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| DECORATION OF CHICAGO STREETS.
| 10 the Editor Of Jh< Chicago tribune:
The presence amoug us OF such an exhibition
as that of ''Paris by Moonlight affords us an
opportunity which should not be suffered to
escape Of impressinG upon our citizens the i'm
portance and value of judicious and
TASTEFUL DECORATION OF STREETS,
avenues, and open spaces, Whoreye1it is possible,
with trees and shrubbary.
The view of the city is taken from a point
directly over the garden Of the Tui[eries and
the first view which meets the eye of the sPecta-
tor Oh reaching the area, from Which he looks
down as ii from the summit OF tomer is that
OF the Avenue des Champs Elyeees, which, as
will be seen at glance, is IN itself 6 beautiful
park or garden directly in the heart OF the city.
In Whatever direction the eye is turned it will be
seen that every opportunity has been seized
upon to relieve maus artificial work in stone BY
the refreshing and ever-changing beauty OF
vegetable life.
Tho exhibition will doubtless be visited
while here by thousands OF citizeus and stran-
gers, aud there il no one who may not gam more
tban mere idle amusement from It, II be WILL
but steady tho manner in which attractive effect
has been secured in that
MOST ATTRACTIVE OF CIT1Es
and endeavor to practice or lncu1cate the ldeaa
thus obtained whenever and wherever opportupl-
ty Offers.
Tie one general fact that will strike him as
differing f1om American cities with which he is
familiar is that beauty and grace pervade the at
mosphere OF tho whole city, instead Of being SC.
apart and confined to particular localities, OF
bauished from the scenes of everyday life and
exhibited ouly in ornamental areas 30 distant
from, the central portions OF the city that they
can only be renched by journey OF miles
through monotonouE Streets Public gardening
in Paris is not confined 10 parks at distance
from town, and absent from the places where it
is most wanted It follows the street. builders with
trees, turns the lit:le squares into gardens.
introduces graceful fountains here and there
and margins them with Aowers.-presenting
every charm Of natural beauty to the eye of tbs
poorest workman, and aiming directly aud ef~
fectiyely at tile recreation and benens o1 the
people.
Let US study the subject with view to profit
by it, instead Of stupidly adnsiEns what has been
done elsewhere without an effort to r1va1 or even
to initiate it.
CHICAGO Has ALREADY LOST
many opportunities OF preserving Areas, Tn1ch
would now add intellectually to the beauty OF tne
city, to cay nothing OF Increased pecunlary value
which is always conferred upon adjacent prop |
efty By the introduction Of ornamental areas and
fine avenues in the midst Of densely-populatcd |
districts, but much may yet be done BY the e1-
erc:se Of timely energy. It was thought to be b |
needless aud e1trayagant waste OF land when
one OF our Park mlsaloners, AfeT years since,
urged tue construction Of tho boulevards connect
ing the city NTH the South PARK, With width OF
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Ellison, Pomeroy j. Co. will cell at auction .
| their rooms, on Tuesday next, 500 lots OF cit
aud suburban property, the effects Of the Groa
| Western Insurance Company and fully dc
scribed in our advertising columns.
/ On Thursday they sell FIVE residences, thre
on Forest avenua, near Thirty-first street. an
| avenue. No 1886.
Forest Of which mention has already been made
On July they sell l 600 lots Of R. G. Givina
property ut South Englewood.
TIE BALTIMORE / OHIO RAILROAD.
Measrs. Kaiser and Quincy, Of tho Balttmor'
t OHIO Railroad, are in the city fn
the purpose of attending the final detail.
letting tho contracts for the grading and
construction OF the rond. Delay has been occar
wood Park, where the Baitmoto & Ohio Railroad
ia join the Illinois Central in insisting that the
road should condemn its right of way through
their land. Both sides have agreed to facilitate
matters By referring the decision Of the value OF
the land to two arb1trators; Mr w. H. Derby for
the road. This method is more expeditions than
the procrastinatons Of tho law but at the beet
must cause delay that will prevent as speedy q
performance Of their plans as the Railroad Com
pnnV UaQ 10teuQeQ Cn IllCaj tne oiuclalb oI
the road we're to have Signed the contracts fer
grading the line between south Chicago nha
parkHide Station, but the unexpected obsta-
clio thrown in their way By the property
owners At 0akwood Park has forced them to post
poue the matter indefinitely. The right OF way
for ali the rest OF tue line has been secured
without any opposition from the landowners,
and nothing but the delay at Oakwood Park
prevents the immediate inception OF the con-
struction Of the road
THE NORTH SIDE.
There was some fear expressed two years ago
thet the North Side would not recover from Its
disaster aod resume the position It had hitherto
held as residence section. 1t Was rebuilt very
slowly at first since Capital and interest were for
the time being ceutered upon the business quar-
ter to the exclusion OF lesser matters. Tho
provision concerning the fire limits also re-
quired q better class OF houses than people felt
they could afford ut that time. though it is now
demonstrated that It waa wise ordnance at
the time 1t undoubtedly retarded improvements.
These and other 1easous made proE'eEty-owners
anxious, and not few disposed OF their land
at q sacrifice. During the past eighteen months
the building Of residences has been remarkably
active in the North Division. At the present
time it presents beautiful aspect and the total
value Of the buildings now standing is very much
in excess Of what it ever reachcd before.
TIE three vacant lots belonging to tue 1TcGee,
Ogden, aud Newbury estates. ranging in line
from State to Rush Streets, leave al unsighuy
zap. They were formerly occupied By three
dwellings, and mass of foliage, but now, in
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4 Dog With n Prcsentimcnt.

4 Wilmington (Del) paper tells this story:
Writ, his wife tried to persuade him from going
3 fishing, when he took from his finger his gold
riug and, placing it upon hers told her to wear it
until his return. and that he would not be gone
long. When lie was leaving his residence his
dog, fno animal. caught hlm BY the pants leg
ian act be WAS never known to do before). when
he drove him of; aud as he etarted of tho dog
seized him BY the feg again, aud could not BE-
driven on, eeemingly trying to prevent his mas
ter from leaving his home, when Wirt, to get rid
Ahot him.
, 1874-06-21

6OME SALES OF THE WEEK,
The most notable salo Of tho week is thai
made By F. L. Fake Co. yesterday afternoon
This vas the sale Of the Concordia Hall, 1G6 anG
1853 Twenty second street, for 100000. The
Exchange was made with parties in the CITY,
Fred L. Fake l. Co. have sold Concordia Hull
Nos LEG and l6s Twenty second street, between
State street and Wabash avenue, for CLOG, 900 =:
ilso. 2701809 feet on Archer avenue, corner OF
Farrell street, and running through to Lyman
'reet for S75 600; also the brick factory, corner
pf TWeuty-el1th street and Stewart avenue. with
tround, 9G1lo3 feet, beonging to William ].
ie"6sbury, to John Adams, OF Rochester, n. T.,
Tor $4,000.
e. Il. Smith has sold the property at the SOUTH
rest corner Sixteenth aud Arthur streets for
$4,000.
Charles H. Dyer has sold 40 feet On Randolph
hreet, vest Of State, south front, to Van Il.
Higgins, for S62, 900.
Day d Sanborn have sold house and lot On
winchester avenue for $1,000; Lots and 3, in
BLOCK .. John Millcr's Addition to Irving Park,
iof Sl,oan; nnd Lot Z, in Block 6, Cook T.
anderson's Subdivision on Ogden avenue, for
l4,0oo. ~N
F. 4. Bragg has sold house and lot No. 81
eouth Robey street for $4,000.
charles L. Hancock has sold IS feet on South
fiafef street, so feet east of Fifth avenue, to
tlegllsou l. Shields, for ESQ, ,442.
T.. ". D. kerfoot 1; Co. have sold 101155 feet on
soash Hater street, between LaSal1e and Wells
he ute Of the old Board OF Trade. The copsid-
Hatlon WIRE CSC, ,000. The land Is to bo immedi-
Nely improved with fine block of storee. Of
pfck, with stone trimmings. This adjacent 100
]eet On LaSalle street is also to be improved
At the southeast corner OF Superior aud St.
.ar streets they hare sold los ice: for 51G, 900;
block Of octagon marble fronts is to be built
hn the land.
In the Packers Addition they have sold, for
fza,03o. 300x400 feet, north of Fo1ty-seyenth
[1set. On which new packing-house Is to to
. oa Western avenue, at the corner OF Flou1noy
freet, fre lots for 50, 500.
Al the coI1er OF Archer avenue and ST. Jo-
epa ttreet, 50xl00 feet for s, 900.
Qn Calumet avenue, betwsen Tblsty-second
fna lhn ty-ihlrd streets, IS feet at 500 foot.
N y 70 be Immediately improved.
~ = +. Culver has sold eou:h half Block 122,
e1ywood. 264 feet, st SIS per foot
aooert G. Girins has sold four half-acte lots
south Englewood for 81 200 each.
=. y. Z. Crafts has sold sixteen lots near tie
ao't1sn"estern Cat>Shops At $16 Fer front foot
morton Culver has sold ten tots at Evanston
70 Emma T. Bingham for $3.50; the house
Ano lot No. Is Milwaukee avenue to l.. L. Green
ls@1 1oS $780, house aud lot On Union street,
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THE LCAN-MARKET.

Loan-ageuts report the market dull, and no
demand for money except on outside property,
which they DO not caro- to touch. THIS ia gen.
orally locked upon as the dull aeason of the
year, but the present June bids fair to make Us
good a showing rs any previous month OF 1874.
In past years there has been marked falling
OF in this department Of business on the ap-
proach Of warm weather. June, 1878, compared
with May or april, 1872, exhibits Elimination OF
nearly SO per cent; but June, 1874, is not only
fully up to the average, but slightly in excesa Of
it. In the first thrce weeks of April there we're
filed for record ,002 trust-decds and mortgages,
with an aggregate consideration Of s. 846 631 !;
On the same time in May 1,074 trust -deeds ann
mortgages, representing e, o., 400. appeared on
the Recorders books, and from June to 20 the
figures ate !, lib Instruments, total consideration
S. 361, S23-
Another and still more gratifying fact is that
the liabilities on real esnt arc being more rap
idly reduced than they have been. at auy time
during the past two years. The releases for tue
third week OF June, 1872, we1e 172, for June,
1873. they numbered 201, and for the Same peri
cd III June, 1874, they amount to 800 in number,
almost equaling the aggregate number OF trust
deeds and mortgages. the releases increased
from S45 in the month Of January to 1,179 in
May. 1874, and they havo evidently acquired
momentum which promises to reduce the incuul-
Grances placed on real estate ty the necessities
growing out Of the Great Fire more rapidly
than the most sanguine could have anticipated.
It Is doubtless true that there Is nttle or no de-
mand for money on inside property, and to
those Uho foudly inger over the flush times OF
the 1oaning business Immediately after our great
calamity. the present seaeon must seem aggra-
ratingly dull. Below some tabular state
ments:
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FOR THE MOUNTAINS,
Of Hhite Sicilienne. lined With quilted
Of or white veIsot. piped with blue
satin, had ornaments in Swiss work Of carved
aud painted wood. The usual ornaments we're
g.slauds and bouquets OF foEget-nuo-nots, whllo
the corset represented Il succession Of Cupids
chasing each other and becoming entnnelcd in
similar garlanls. A blue quilted satin petticoas
accompanied this robe. These are the models
from which others were to be made, either elab
oraiing Or simplifying them to suit varying
kaste8.
The new dresses are much
LoS6ER-wAIsTED,
30 that those of French importation TT American
women with but little alteration. The great
trouble with them hitherto has been, that tho
corsago has always seemed too short to suit
the figures OF % cur faiz count caantrS-Tomen'
has been this same rather long waist
D.ack silk, which seems to have been tho staple
travelling dress in drawing-room cars, is giving
way, AZ the season advances, to gray goods, aud
petticoat Of rich, dark brown, trimmed with
ein1le ehnred founce. The polooaise Vas OF
summer camers hair, shade lighter, trimmed
With ba1l-fringe aud carved tortolse-she1 put
tons The umbrella matched the pettlcoat IN
shade, and WAS lined with pa!e E2 E9se a- e9io[,
Of velvet and silk, a roll Of the two 3abr1cs
twisted about the crown. with pale pink wing
and little dark foil.ge to complete it.. A neck
lie OF pale pink, and gloves the shade Of the
petticoat completed this stylish costume An
other, Of stcei-gray silk, had knife-pla1ting on
the st1rt. cAnels hair polonaise With ox1dized
silver-buttous IN the shape OF KNAPP
sacks, the umbrella lined with blue, and the
uzcatie also Of blue, graz, and white, striped
linen collar, chcmisette, and cuffs-
Black silk pet.icoass will not form such nee
esgary adjunct TO walking-drease1 as they did =
Iear ago. They arc 1eDlsced this Season BY
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TRANSFERS.
The following instruments we're filed for REQ
ord on Saturday, June 20:
CITY PROPERTY.

EITI PROPERTY.
Dier st, 1eo # 3 Of OHIO 81, o :, 4711osx it.,
West indiana diana It, iss II oi Western ay, Is
11oo #, dated jan. 1s72..... ........-... 1000
Wet ct adams st. 40 f. { Of Loorns st, n +, 25x
Fioa9noy 3stss 1s su9s ct Levitt st. .s:ios
wood st. 125 It Of oaiada St, VII s;ii5o IT.
Wood 8 oi ciiaa st, vi; 2s1iao It,
washington It. iia8 Il Of Lev Wit s,, . N''
H9-loo113J It. dated June II: 7:........-....- 5,50o
Halste.a 1t, IS II n OF Snsteenth 1T, t, 175x
lcy:l IT. dated Sept 5o 1873. 1a,5oo
bnrlng Ct, H3 # 8 of Webster aY, 81, A17o #,
1ssvtt 81. III It Of North az. t. 5o1i2i: 0'
Ogden ECO cor ot California .v if.nee Of
l59 i-101142 40 It. dated Aug. j, 1B73.... 4DOO
Indiana av, ~ IT. Of Eighteenth st, VI 1, liz
kossuth st. lse feet of Stewart av, 5o1i ''''
uais,ed st. is7S its of Eighteenth st, /, :;1
1ndiana AZ, s. lilo Il of Tliftietb ST. WI 'o0
4ox1lo It, dated Jane - tSelson De-
Golyer to Charles II. Lawrenre} ........... 80 COO
Ashley st, g cor Hoyns AZ, 1, 24x1o0 #,
En,sssld IT,. It, cor ot thirty s.;
1103 It, dated May Observation-Disclosures. 49,. 600
Quinn st, 100 I. 8 Of stearns st, ef, 2s1l1s
#, dated Oct. q, 1873 Observation-Disclosures. 100
The premises No. e4s Fourth av. dated June
clyeou1a AZ, Is It n wof KnerT st, E i, 1T, s
Forest AZ, Of Thift; st. W. 3. s4io0x '0'
rs #, dated April 7........ ............. 2,612
Forest az, Of Thrty-.hird st, +, 43 T1001
1o5 #, dated Aprl 2. ..........:... 5,o75
Central Park Nv, rs; II Of Ogden ~, II I, 25x
146K #, dated June ne1.....-....-.......... 20. 1000
Vest Taylor st, zig # " Of Leavitt St, II, 4s1
phnney A. 1eo II Of West Ohio St. 3c61 'l''
125 IT, dated June Observation-Disclosures. 49, 1o5oo
SOUTH or c1rf LIMITS WITHIN RADIUS OF SEVEN
MILES or CouHr-HoCsx
Six lots In Secrist's scres in a.se4of Of
< Sec. II, 80, IA, dated Feb 70 .......-. 2,1oo
Forty -four and one-hal It on St1ty-1rst 1t. in
Englewood, Of " Il Sec. 16 IS, II, dated
June 70. 1900
Lots Gu and c1 of Hcnrys Subdivision il q h
ofne4 4 Sec. 9. 81, H. dated June CO.. ...- 1900
SUMMARY or TRANSPORTS roR THE WEEK.
The following Is the total amount Of city and
suburban property within radiouz Of miles Of
the Courthouse transferred during the week ending
2 lLturday lime 10.
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allopathists hang their heads in shame; but tho
tslan c9mmon people look very sober, and wonder
safe > - ~Ao'~<oo *A"S ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-12
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
COUNT Won ARNIM.


LONDON, December 1l.-Count Won
Arnlm at the trial yesterday showed
symptoms Of illness, and was also over
come by heat. The Court rose at an early
hour at hls request.
Count Won Arnim was interrogated
in reference to tho authorship OF Ger.
tain newspaper articles attributed 10 him.
he admitted that he authorized the pub
lication In the Brussels Eclo do Parliament,
the statement that he was about to 70
sign the Ambassadorship because Of the
treatment he received from the Partisan
Society. He said that he would call the
Secretary Of State 10 prove that the Tor.
eign office asked whether he wanted this
news toappear in the German newspapers.
dc afterwards denied the authorship of
the article 10 order to mitigate the imprcs.
sion 1t produced. He acknowledged the
authorship ot the article in the Cologne
Gazette, and admitted that he wished TO
influence the press. He also aCknowl-
edged that the letter 10 Dr., DollinCer was
his, but refused TO answer any questions
in relation to tho revelations in the vi.
emma FreS'e, Tor fear Of compromising
others.
Herr Braun, formerly proprietor OF the
SSpeuer Gazette, testified that in May Herr
Lindau, on behalf OF Count Won Arnim,
requested the publication OF an article OF
Herr Zehliche. The editor repeated the
testimony given by him atthe preliminary
inquiry.
Herr Won Bulow testified that Bis
marck ordered Baron Holstein, subject 10
Arnim'g approval, 10 treat the statement
IN The Eeh0 ironically and reproduce it in
the German papers.
Herr Landsberg, q journalist, was ex-
amined. He acknowledged that he sent
the disclosure to the Vienna press, but de-
cIined to state whether Arnim was impli-
Gated in the publication. Landsberg ad-
mllted that he wrote the letters included
IN the indictment concerning the purchase
OF the 1d9S6!dtt or some other newspaper
by Arnim. The latter frequently spoke
on that subject, but witness never consid-
cred his intentions serious.
Herr MSjunke, member Of Parliament
ana editor OF an Ultramontane journal in
Germany, has been arrested and impris-
aned for publishing seditiOus matter.
THE TRANSIT OF vRNUs.
The following dispatch has been receiv-
ed IRON Cairo, Egypt, relative 10 the
transit OF venus; a few minutes prior to
the contacts the longitude was established
with Greenwich. all observations we're
successful Rt the Central Station, at Mo
kattan Heights and atthe branch stations
at Suez and Thebes.
The bullion has gone into the Bank OF
England on q balance to-day of $1,000
pounds.
LONDON, December 11,-2 p. M.-The
rate OF discount in the open market for
three months bills is 81 per cent, 4 per
cent below the Bank Of England rate.
The strike Of the operatives in the Jute
mills OF Dundee, has ended in victory,
the proprietors having renouuced their
intention OF reducing the wages.
1t is feared that the steamer Pelican,
from Cardiff for Cork, has been lost with
all on board, The passengers and crew
numbered DC.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-12
Destructive Fire a, Charleston.

The State Capital has been visited with
another destructive fire-this time more
destructive than before One Of our ape.
cial dispatches puts the loss al $4,000
with only $4,000 Of insurance-$l5,OOO
Of which Is In Wheeling companies. II
the loss Is correctly stated by our CORES.
pondent the calamity will fall heavily
upon those burned out, but as general
thing first accounts as to losses by FIRE are
to be taken with much allowance. The
burnt district this timo Is that portion Of
Kanawha street lying between Anderson
aud Court streets, and the blocks on both
sides OF the street are reported as totally
destroyed.
hATER.-Since the foregoing was
written we have received a dispatch put
tug the loss at $4,000, and the lnsur.
snCe at $4,000. 30 tho calamity at both
ends Of the string commences to diminish
already.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-12

all agitation Of the great questions
referred to, reminds us oi the satire ol the
celebrated Frenchman, PAUL LOUIS
COURIER, who saw in q vision fanatic
Of the status quo order deprecaling all ag
itation on the morning Of creation, and
crying out in indignation and alarm, mon
Dieu! C0nSeroOnS le Chaos"
The.reverend gentleman Is dyspcpliC
croaker. That Ia all that aiIs him. lie
reminds us of poor GRAVES, in BULwRR'a
play OF "MoDey"-lhc man who hated
newspapers so intensely, because he had
seen in them within his livery brief re-
membrance" eighteen crises, elk ami
hilations of agriculture and commerce,
four overthrows of the church, and three
last, final, awful and irremediable deslruc.
tions Of society"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-12
WASHINGTON.

RRINTERMENT OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
WAsHINGToN, December 12 -BetweeI
IL and IL o'clock to-day o large number
OF persons witnessed the re inlerment il
the Grace Church grave yard, near Silvel
Springs, of the remains of seventeen con
federate soldiers, killed in the attack or
Washington, near fort Bunker Hill, JULY
1864. Bishop Pinckney read poem an(
General Phillip Cook, who was com
manding in that engagement, delivered
an address.
At the re.interment Of the Confederate
dead to-day DR.. Garnett, OF this city, son
in.law Of Ex. Governor Wise OF Virginia
delivered the address, not General Philir
Cook, as the noon dispatch stated. The
address was strongly tinctured with Con
tederate sentiment, and justified the South
for their action.
WILL SUPPRESS VIOLENCE.
In response to urgent requests from
New Orleans that the President should
place troops in the State house, he is rep
resented as saying he would not act from
apprehended danger, but If violence oc
Cured he would take means to suppress 1t
REVENUE ApPoTNTMENLs-DIsT
John G. Fanty and o. B. Moore, have
been appointed Internal Revenue Store
keepers at Chicago.
Distilleries increased 30 in November
making total on the 1st OF December
of 255. Increased producing capacity
thirty thousand five hundred and fifteen
gallons.
The Committee on judiciary TO day
discussed the Civil Rights bill, but camt
to no conclusion.
PACIFIC NAIL STEAMSHIP sUB;IDY CASE.
The Ways and Means.C Committee OF the
House examined Russell Sage this morn
ing in regard TO the alleged improper use
OF money by the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company 10 procure subsidy two years
ago. MIR. Sage stated that the books oI
the company showed that checks were
drawn in favor OF Richard B. Irwin. ther
the San Francisco agent, Tor over $780,.
600, and that suit had been brought tC
ascertain what had become Of the money
Rufus Hatch will be eXamiH cd 10 morrow
THE HAWAIIAN KING.
Arrangements have been completed fol
a reception tomorrow TO the King OF the
Hawaiian Islands. A State dinner will be
given next week. Thirteen rooms have
been engaged at the Arlington House, five
being for the personal use Of the King, be,
sides two large parlors for general recep
tions. The marines will form an escort
WILL DENY BROADLY.
Representative Parsons, of Ohio, will at
the earliest moment on Monday from his
place in the House, deny in the broadest
manner that he had any connection with
the distribution Of the so'called Pacific
Mail fund, as charged in recent news
paper article, and will state that be never
paid member Of Congress one dollar for
his services or his vote upon the measure,
nor know Of one being paid out,