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They have somewhat remarkable sensation
| over in Iowa. Some time in 1878, two men,
named Penny and Balthis, got up q grand lot
| terry scheme; they we're to sell chromos at one
dollar each, and for every chrome purchased
there was ticket given emitting the holder to a
chance in distribution OF prizos worth 5100, ,000
These prizes consisted Of SO, 900 in cash, a farm
worth $4,000, several 40-acre lots, and various
town and city lots, steamengines, boilers, dwell
ing-houacs, etc. The business was extensively
advertised, but proved failure, aud was aban-
doned. The only persons investing any money
in the transaction, and that very little. we're the
firm OF Waldron Brothers. This firm, Rome time
ago, sued Penny and Balthis on note for eco,
and upon the trial it Was declared that all,
or nearly all, OF the real estate advor-
tised as prizes, worth $4,000, was the
property Of the Hon. c. G. Cole, Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court OF Iowa Tho sensation
grows out Of the suspicion that Judge of tho
Supreme Court has been engaged in the lottery
business, and attempting to dispose Of his prop
erty at excessive valuations. Judge Cole ap-
peared In court and said that one Of the Wal
drons married his niece, and had been assisted in
business by him; that, under ono prete1t or
eaother, Wa1dron had obtained list OF the
Judges real estate for sale, and had used this
list in getting up the prospectus Of the lottery.
The first knowledge that Judge Cole had Of the
transaction, he says, Was in reading one OF the
lottery handbi11s 1T Iowa City, and on his return
be spoke to Waldron about it, who told him the
thing Ind been abandoned. He denied any
knowledge OF the business while it Was alive.
However plausible this explanation may be, It
doea not seem to be satisfactory. At meeting
Of the members Of tho Bar held at kcoknk, it
vas unanimously recommended that the Legis-
lature investigate the transaction, and ascertain
whether it was true or not that Judge OF the
Supreme Court had been engaged in any transac-
tions derogatory to the character OF an officer Of
that high position. It is assumed that il Judge
Cole WAS knowing to the fact that his property
advertised to be given away to credulous people
who might pay dollar for palt1y picture and
ticket in lottery, be has been guilty Of conduct
uniting him for the place he holds. It is also
assumed TINT a lottery, based upon his property,
could not be advertised two months in his own
town and throughout the State Tithou. his
knowing perfectly well the character Of the en-
fernrisa.
, 1874-02-08

Adolph Satro has been busy for years in driy-
ing into Mount Davidson hugo tunnel, which
is to drain al the mines in TINT rich neghbor-
hood. Several Of the companies agreed to pay
linn 50 per ton Of Ill the ore they got after
the drainage began. At present rates, this roy
atty would amount to 100000 q day. In 1866,
Sutro got from Congress the right Of why for
ever, the title to 1880 acres u. the tunnels
mouth, the title to all mines, not ther, owned,
discovered by the boring Of the tunnel, aud
provision that every mining company, whether
OF not it had rgreed to pay the royalty, should
be obliged TO do so or should lose its title. This
last sweeping provision rousod the companies to
resistance in Congress and elsewhere. Despite
their efforts, the law has remained unchanged,
one-third Of the great bore is done, and the
50, 600 needed to complete it is said to be
guaranteed. 4 Inst effort is to be made. The
San Francisco Chronicle publishes an agree
nent signed by about thirty companies,
which promise to raise 8 fund Of 5000, 900
to he used in lobbying at Washington.
One reason Of such determined opposition is said
by the Chronicle to be the fear that tho Tunnel
Company may DO ablo to vitiate the titles to al
the great mines, may drain them and their
owners. Since the law Of '66, all the companies
have began working new ora-beds. They claim
that they are but combinations OF the old ones,
but aome experts believe that they are wholly
district. Should this be so, the tunnel, since it
will cut them, will establish the Tunnel Com
pany's right to than. Hence these fears and
this lobby-fund.
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ACCESS TO THE PA4KB.

The Commissioners Of the South Parks have
before them for decision this week the question
whether they will admit or exclude the railroads
from the right OF way through such parks. The
decision OF that question is OF considerable in
terest. The South Park on the lake shore is
nearly eight miles from tie Courthouse. I'm
less these PARKS werc intended as local pleas
uro-cround for those who in time may live in
their immediate vicinity, there must be some
means adopted for easy and expeditions access
to them, or they might as well be located in Joliet
or at Michigan City. It will be many years before
horsc-cars will run there, and, when they do,
they will be Of little use to the public. The time
taken in the journey to and from the park will
consume the better part Of the day. TO render
it possible to visit the parks and spend some
time in them, there should be ample and rapid
means Of communication to and from them, and
this can only be done on cars moved By steam.
train Of cara containing 500 persons can be
moved TO the park in twenty minutes, picking
up passengers at convenient points all along
the route through the city. These trains, in the
season Of fair weather, could be run at all
hours OF the day. To nineteen-twentieths Of
the people who would visit these parks
and enjoy them, this means Of reaching
them ia the only one possible. II tho Park
Commissioners shall decide to exclude
the railways and oonfne the parks to those who
can get there by private carriages or on foot,
they will practically close them to the great
bulk Of the community. Such result was not
bargained for when the people voted to tax
themselves $4,000, 900 for the various parks and
boulevards Of this city. The argument which
most commended them to the public favor WIS
that they would be forever FREQ to the public,
and an unfailing pleasure and enjoyment, So
far "a the public nre concerned, tue Commission
ers may as well erect toll-gatos at all the en-
frances as to forbid the establishment Of railroad
transit to and from them. The theory that the
owning the adjoining lots is simply frivolous.
They were intended for the whole people Of
Chicago, and every facility should be granted to
make them accessible. It is not pretended that
the admission Of the railroads will in the least
interfere with the internal arrangements OF tho
parks. It is conceded that they will add to the
general appearance Of tho landscape, and that
the handsomely viaducts will re-
move All possibility Of danger. It would be d
great convenience to the public if trains for
these parks could be furnished by all the rail-
roads leading out Of tho city. This will possibly
he done hereafter but for the present the ques-
tion is whether railroads be admitted Of e1-
cluded, or whether the parks be Kept for the
exclusive pleasure Of the few who have private
conveyances. This is the real question to be
decided by the Commissioners and ne have no
doubt they will take the broad view OF accommo-
dating the public rather than the contracted one
Of cutting OF the multitude from ali means Of
ever visiting the parks.
, 1874-02-08

s.. Louis wants the Grangers to build thar
headquarters in that city instead Of in Washing
ton Of Chicago. The bare idea Of having $780,
Gao structure put up there seems to hare driven
ths p1ess quite Wild with exoitansnt Il ia In
, 1874-02-08

The report that Secretary Fish will decline to
send to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
the correspondence about the Vienna Exposi-
ton scandal is scarcely credible. The Ameri-
can name has never been SO disgraced abroad as
it was by the unseemly squabble between Jay
and Van Buren,. The State Department sustain
ed Jay at tho time. Van Buren WAS publicly,
contemptuously dismissed. He Was not even
suffered to resign. Tho g1avest charges we're
made against him. The German press recounted
how Minister Jay had found out that the Ameri-
can Commissioner had sold himself for q few
hundred tbalera. Il he was guilty, his uomius-
ton as Consul to Kanagwa WAS an insult to the
country; it he il innocent, let the State Depart
ment say 80 and provo so,-not damn him with
the faint praise of minor Office. Why does not
Van Buren himself speak7 Seven months ago he
was savage as Cerberup. Is this pitiful sop to
console him for ruined 1eputation7
, 1874-02-08

In answer to numerous inquiries, We state that
the new Order Of tho sovcreigns Of Industry can
be reached by letter addressed to ~. G. Alb
bots, Secretary National Council of aoya1siQns
OF Industry, WozosBtsr, Maas"
, 1874-02-08

MTERS' 0PEnA-H0USE-Monroe street. bet1ee1
Minstrela Burlcsque Of Mazeppa." Mtnstrelay ant
.s~11tf
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Dearborn aud State Engagement OF The Btoddart
poubiuation Company. 4'Thc Long Strife " md "A
Dangerous Toy"
, 1874-02-08

HASKELL BROTHERS.. TRUNK MANUFAC-
tutcrs We pay particular attention to the maoaiac-
tarv Of kinds Of sample trunks and sauplecnses to
order. large and welleecced etock Of goods can bo
<onad At store, Tribune building. corner OF MAoson
knd Dearbotn-kt8.
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GLOBE ETHEATRE-Desplanc.sM st5ssta 81 bstTee9 Maa Mad
augaa Truupe - The Black Crook"
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citing tho merchants to bribo the Order to stay
there. In one of these frantic pleas, the Demo-
crat cries that st. Louis ought to be the head
quarters because she is .full- -bloodcd."
, 1874-02-08
BUSINESS NOTICES.

DIR. KAHNS ANATOMICAL MUSEuM-No. 143
Eouth Clark street. Science and Art
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ACADEMY OF MUslC-Halsted street, betTeeq9 T. Mad
isou aud Monroe. Engagement Of Donainiek Murray
s. Escaped from Sing Sing"
, 1874-02-08

KNGSBuRY MUSIC HALL-Cla1k street, betxccr
Randolph and Lako - Teanesseans' Slave-CAbin coo
, 1874-02-08

TIE GREAT ADELPHI-Corner Of Wabash avenue
md Congress street. Variety performance.
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afford to see cities like New York and Chicago
reveling in the luxury Of ministerial scandals,
and has been compelled to put forward it's
champion, in the person Of the Raw. James
Jones, Congregational clergyman. l1r. jones'
deinquencies we're Of very commonplace type.
At his trial last week, he found himself con-
fronted with the very ordinary charges Of alan
der, uutruthfulness, hypocrisy, aud fraud To
acquire tho last distinction, Mr. Jones
was compelled to dof1 the cloth in
measure, and condescend to speculations in
wheat and wool to giving promissory notes OF
Value1ess character; and drawing checks
against banks in which he had no funds. In his
capacity Of clergyman he issued other worthless
paper assaiGng the character Of members Of his
congregation; in that OF u1ill-owner he has re-
ceived the equivalent Of about 417, 900 without
paying anything for it. This is all very common
place and unsensational, and would not rescue
his name from the oblivion to which it would
naturally be consigned. But when hs
said from the pulpit that member
Of his congregation, and his family,
had tiled about him ike.their father the Devil,''
and subsequently threatened to slick" ono Of
his Deacoua, Union Grove thought it had pref
ty good thing in the way Of refractory ministers,
and entered HIM against ali competitors. 4
clerical jury, however, have smoothed over his
offenses by mild phraseology, and only find that
ho has "been guilty Of conduct unbocoming
minister; tha: he has not handled the truth with
sufficient carefulness to meet the demands Of
vcracity; and that in his business relations he
has nnhappily yielded to strong temptations"
Notwi:hatandiu. this gentle correction, the
Council have suspended him from tho ministry
indefinitely.
, 1874-02-08

| The recent statements OF the two oporatic man
agerB, Max Strakosch and Max Maretzek, with
reference to the cost OF opera, although they
were evidently aomawhat exaggerated, have,
nevertheless, given the public some idea
Of the extraordinary expenses attendant
upon the representations OF opera, and
explained the reason why they are such
| expensive lu1urics in this country. A re-
cent French work, by II. Moynet, furnishes
| some figures touching the cost OF producing
| opera in Franco, which ARC extremely interest
| ing by way Of comparison. From this author
re learn that the famous ballet comique de Ia
Royne at the Court Of Catharine de Medecis
cost no less Than s1,2oo,ooo. The first repre-
sentation OF Lnli's opera, "Tcmple de Ia Pai1,'
at Fontainebleau, IN 1856, cost about 23,000-
LA Tour Enchanter,' ballet performed at
Versailles Juno 20, 1910, on the occasion OF the
marriage OF the Dauphin, cost $4,000, and
the production Of the Dellerophon," three
years later, $4,000. In 1907. tho opera o1pend-
ed 954 900 in the production OF Leaueur's " Tri-
omphe de Trajan," and, In 1922, Aladdin Was
given at cost OF $4,000. Coming down to re-
cent times, from the Goth Of June, 1881, to the
23d Of February. 1885. the expenses for scenery
alone for twelve operas, among them "Robert
the Devil,'' 1.-THE Masked Ball." "Don Juan,"
and The Jewess, amounted to e60,0 900. The
ballet known as lie Source" cost about 81, 600;
"Don Carlos" s25,0oo; Gounods "Faust,'
$4,000; and "Hamlet," $4,000. The French
author gives the items Of expense in the last
named, which were as follows:
A1p1c. 1lt8
Accessories os....-.................... 103
4e%o@ao1As ssooo
Total tabout] LOCO
Last year Paris produced ten new operas,
among them Gounod's Jeanne Dare" at an
average OF $4,000 francs, making in round num-
bers 100000, and the new opera-house thus
far has cost 100000 francs. From such
figures as these \ slight idea may
be gained OF the enormous expense Of
giving operus On the Continent, and the lavish
manner IN which the various Governments
spend money to keep their people amused. It
is undoubtedly owing to this fact that European
arti.ts come to this country with such in8ated
notions as to their value. The experiences,
however, Of two artists ut least-Lucca and
Nilsson-have been suah uudax the Hspua<;.an
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form OF government that they have come down
to Republican prices- Managers, Of necessity,
learned the lesson long ago.
d BELLIGERENT VICAR.


Eccentricities are by no means confined to
American cergymen. The average English cler-
syman can discount his American brother any
time in getting into trouble. Scarcely an Eng
ish paper arrives here that does not have mar
rntive Of the misfortunes OF the cloth. The
latest OF these is contained in the touching story
OF the Vicar O: Barnoldswick, near Skipron- This
Vicar, Ioson by name, had occasion to preside
the wrong spot, and, whero he dug. the ground
was already too full. The Vicar. instead of pro-
hibiting the interment, which would have been
an infraction OF the laws OF health, chose to
fec. This tho relatives would not pay.
Without it, however, the Vicar would not read
the service, SO the corpse remained in tho church
all night unburied. When Sunday came the OBJ
hands Of his flock, who greeted him with hoot
and yell, and then commenced to pelt him with
mud. This operation, however, uas inconti-
nently suppressed By the Vicar, who drew re-
volver and faced lis prosecutors, whereupon
they fled as precipitately IS did Zerlina'a friends
when Don Giovanni faced them pistol in hand.
There are two facts in this little story which
will ut once strike the American reader. First,
the cupidity Of the Vicar, who OF all men should
hare been the most thoroughly impressed With
the solemnity of the business he had on baud,
and to respect the sanctity With which death is
regarded by others. Whatever failinss Ameri-
can clergymen may have, there is no instance on
record where they have specu1ated in dead men,
or sought to grindn few pennies ont Of the sur-
vivors by refusing to bury their friends. The Sec
ond fact is the singular weapon which this
Vicar kept in his Christian armosy. Fiction OF
the Charles OMa1ley aort, for instance, now and
then draws picture Of q pugnacious priest who
carries blackthorn with which to correct his
unruly parishionezs; but this Vicar is the first
Clergyman On record who has gone into the pull
pit with 3 si1-shooter in his pocket, and used it
to keep his flock in subsection. Good old Peter
Cartwright used sometimes to descend from his
pulpit and fog the ungodly in \ rough
and make good use OF his
muscle in the service Of the church.
militant. Had he only been provided
with a si1-shooter, how he might have extended
his sphere Of usefulness by bringing in SIX at \
time instead Of one. What wonders the McCar-
thys also might perform in settling yexed qucs-
tons With their congregational Tho Vicar OF
Darnoldswick has set 4 bad example in the style
Of Christian ar1nor he has adopted, aud must
have hadin mind the party whose tombstone John
Phoenix mentions, who died by shooting himself |
with "a pistol Of the o1d-faahioned Kind, brass-
mounted, and Of euchis the Kingdom Of Heaven"
, 1874-10-19
Col. Frank Hampton,

Dls
aeconl Soutl Carp)iuA Cavalry,
Killed In pa't'e A y =. Virginia. 1sd3'
"Al 70 tha. are about ht.n Iemc.n him, nd ysthat
or tile beautiful rod."-Jtrsn,sah.
Tile above wore tho son, BROTHER aud nephew
Of tho present Wade Hampton. -Four goncra-
lions Of soldiers lie horo tosether,-nono bcttor
Of braver than tile laat. Wads Hampton Aimaelf,
the finest holueman iii tho South, las taken tho
bankrupt net AMI romoyod to Baltimore, md tho
ancostral mansion Of tho HAmptous and ples-
tons hns been aoid to tie alopl!iter, Gov. MoseH
md In inhnbited by hin. Near the city arc tho
rnins OF Fiaui Aantou's residence, burned by
Shern,an's n,su. Iwo naidon sisters Of tito
Goneral. whom their father opposed IN marria1e,
perhaps from, motires OF fanly pride, entertain
tholr brother whci1 lo visits Columbia.
In Tho graveyard aforesaid are also burind
generally With tasteful nsertptioua, Louisa Waldo
hampton. Wado Hampton p.eatoh, sud Alfred
Hampton Preston. whOBo paternity will 10 rccog-
,aizcd; Mrs. Sarah frances Manning, Nade's
Blster; Martini Mario Calhoun, Harriet FLUID
Hampton. anl Mary Fisher Hampton. tTha lat
ter tomb ia inscribed:
Father, ! wilt that thcy ato whom Thon hast giyen
me, be with me wnurn an,.'-ASt. John.
In the District Of Columbia Is a very old, IT'LL
paiutcd wooslan honac, with outside brick
chInneys, spared by tile flames, aud ucar It is d
worry capactous graveyard, filled with Cellar
Taylor family and in tho Administrator Of
Gov. John Taylor. in 1897, the first ndyosse
Legislation to tue National tariff laws was passed.
These aro tho inscriptions PM TALLY:
Col. Thomas Taylor, ST.,
norn In 'lrs'ni'' ~, Ia D,Sa d iii Columbia 1883
AColonel In tho Revolutionary War, etc.
Col. John Taylor, Of s. O., 177o-lsa2.
lure, iuGeaibic, and uurolnrrinaiAing.
FITu
, 1874-10-19

The fourth volume OF the cabinet edition Of
Tcnnyson's poems, just published III London
contains tno hitherto unpublished poe.nH. Iha
first ID ''1n tho Garden At SwalnAtou," and IL as
follows:
IN THE GARDEN At swA1asToN.
Naghtihgaloa wArt,e.l Without
Within was weeping for thea;
Shadows OF three dead mon
Walked In the walks With ma;
Shadows Of three dead men,
Aud thuu ~aat uln Of tbs tnrsc,
Nishtingales sang In his woods,
Tbs master WaR far aHays
NiUht1ngalcs warDled aud Yang
Ofa passion that lasts but day;
Stt!l In the honPa in his coffin
The prince Of Courtezy lay.
Two dead mon haye known
IN cotresy liKe to iiies
TTO doa0 men have oxed
With lore that over will be;
Ihree dead men haya loved,
Aud thou art laat Of tho three.
The othor-'rIo Voice aud the poak"-fs emf.
nonty Tennyaonian, both iu thought aad
rhythm:
THE VOICE AND THE PxAk.
Tho voice and tlc peak
Far oYer summit a1ll lawn,
Tue LONE glow sud lolIg roar,
areeu rushing FROM tAs rosy tArouoa sf dawn.
Ali night heard the voice
Rave over tile rocky bar;
But thou wsrt ailent ii Heavan,-
Above thee Bltdsd tho altar.
Hast thou no votcs, oh, peak,
That staudest high above AIT
VI aan ths voice Of tho peak,
1roar and rave for fau.'
a thousand voices go
NJ TO North. South, Eaat, and Wss.;
They leave the heights aud are trou1lsd,
Aud inoap and aink to their rost.
The folds a1a fair besids thsru,
The chestnut towora In Lin bloom;
LIT they-they feel the desire Of ths deep,
, 1874-10-19


Frum ths Sele OTleans [heavu,,s, Oct. 9.
Tile victims Of the onormitlos no are about to
prossnt to tho public, having gneon uoy. Kellogg's
declaration ot cconomy aud reduction OF ex-
puusos, iucloae Us QUO or two specimens Of tho
esporouco thny hayo had In such reduction.
Thcae couaiat Of tax-bls on ccrshlu properties
In Nntctooilea Parish, onoo rich eHtatas, but
now deprecated IN YaIue, almost abandoned, and
very fur from being worth the amounts at which
thoy have baen assessed. The first bill roals III
fullows:
PAn1aH or NaTcnrroolrEs, April a, 1874.
fayat caml6tfi & Rf:ktrby. CITY " He.e Drt>ans:
2nn hnreby notified TINT your State, arec1a1
naria aud parish taxes FOR 1878 ara now duo, ete.
Yau3tlon .$ll 0l500
, 1874-10-19

JACKSON, La, Oct. 18.--At naBs-ncetlug Of
oolored people hel d at this place, called at tue
instieation OF L. L. Wobher, Brcnux, and Low, a
riot took place at about o'clock p. M, between
tue Beean1 and Gsir mon, in which
four colorod mon vera shot, three probably
fatally. III tho morning John 0air waB waylald
speaking at tho meotiug. Some OF the Dscaux
orators assaulted Mr.. Gair, hence tho riot.
Tho co!ored people, in numbers Of ten and twelve,
are patrulling tho atreets on horseback,
With g,na. The unitea States Surveyor, Capt
ablo, will call for United States troops. Groat
excitement prevails. Wcbber and Dreau1 have
juat arrived from, bayou Sara, and brought Win
cheHter riteH, to punish tho rioter8.
, 1874-10-19

The fourth volume OF the cabine. edition Of
Tcnnyson's poems, just published III London,
contains tno hitherto unpublished poe.nH. Tho
fnlInYa.
, 1874-10-19
COUNTRY REAL EsTATE.


II AHTlsD-TD BUY FOR CASH, 4 LOT on
n State-1t., otweeh Harrison aud Fnnrtaont only
ona itig ownuIs maud anaMgr: Adtlrees T. o Box SH.
, 1874-10-19

FOR SALE.
L1OH EALE-AT A. GREAT SADRIFiGE-ONE
AfEe dTo and burglar ytuuf sEts+ unVa Trust Com.
Uany. tG ulAfk.s4.
TOK RALk--A FINE NEW. COUNTER, Is FEET
Il long suitable Tor luhen bar; will b sold ctoan
Apply At UtAes u Hnsks's Aots u and ~ Naaaon. III
, 1874-10-19

The polite way to report tho flaming looks
OF young lady, nor-A-dayB, iB to call them
"6kenaatalss Asir. because II IL q littls beyond
Auhpkn.
, 1874-10-19

NEW ORLEANS, La.. Oct. 1S.-Thors will p,ob-
ably bo II rnooting Of tho Conference COMMITTEES
tomorrow, the Conservatives having to-day sons
anote to tho Republicans inviting t conference.
Inc t"eRe fof creating
Conference agreemont, expired to-day. The
Conservatives arc ready With their mon to Gil the
two vacancies that wera promised. Gov. Kellogg
hhs not as get beon ablo to obtain tue required
designations, but fonr mon,bcrH OF the Return
ing Board have agreed to resign provided Wells
will resign. Wc!a is absent, and the dato Of his
return Ii uncertain.