, 1874-01-29
The Fullest Particulars Civon Con-
%; cerning Compiler and
Printer.
The Originator Of tho Idea and His
Objects.
How the Matter Wns Procured and the
Book Sold.
Tho Persons Concerned Full Oht and
Facts Doc0nlo Public.

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It will la romonlorotl TINT Hnn,1ny's sn1nusn
,,,,,,;.,o,, -, .a.%.,',,t - a,ss..ns, - .,s",
eo''.4&'l'eu e u" "'oo""s vi y "''so'osJ y. aoa".
bouts which waa In circulation III ths city, and
whloh contanod nhott 1,000 nnllpA, InaEy ut
thom Of persons Of considerable pronno,toc.
The rce,,it of thin nblfun,ton wnn nnno,n1 In.
.nrhanco % n ~ mnl,r ' cnnl,a"r" n :, F'' hI"nS"v Inv
morning, ~hon H,o h"t'hko1lor wont
to markot to hny ltH provintonn tor tito
t|ny, ho lookod nuosttoni,,ply ut l,is utoeor h,l
.1 ~" ""' ~'" v"to" "f'' w.
couhtohaheo oi LINT h'as'!u!'A'' IL" ~ oi'"
junpod to tho oolIulunon tint lltu iIauu wan III
tho black lint. 1horo was rIlrnea nt ln,nnllnH.
lousc ta,los. All tho E,luutr lookal nj t,no M.
.n1. ' ','on"s ,"s.', .o ''y ~ , n" ,
tl'"oto ~ "auo'ht"n" ~ h"ll"H"tl why ""n
dishatlHuou WIN tho qtlaltY ok LILO Io0t1, Ailu
looked Hloonily at tlon,.
sEggrns roll s,tNowtItur,
noo,,,,,,,,,. s1a,,,,,, amn.,.na., .,,,n,a,,,
~ - a.t ' "&s'e", ee."'s
oIo"a OF poop'e LAS tArot1eod tho looh1 foo1ha
or TuE TRIBUNE. uontlolnon hhyo co1l,o up.
taken tho city editor nyBtorioualy aside. atul
tor rnin,,tan r. .o o,oot,on W. ~ ,s,t ,,n,,
~. -. W.T.. =. 49, ,., ~ w. ""s ~, ',es
wanted TO iook ~, thoy "0nla reply, Ill low
voice. voice. !. Ihat hst' IMoy were has'rctl
1ne1 H., III "as npossloe n thas y
owner p1t tley poseaenlngly aaa, " Now' IT,
fellow iook at IL, Just tor ono minute" Ihoy
were asarou thae 1t was certain that their nanies
ala hos gafe IN 1t, 6ut lhoy htlii Ienaa'ned 1la-
Satisfied, and, oven * assured TINT they thon-
selfoa Wero nos mentioned IN y, yes wero very
inqn!biaYo about tliolr neighnora. III order
to put stop TO tho annoyance, we
intend now to give tho name, OF tho
OF tue prntora that people who aro really ans,
ions on this polhs mny go to headquarters anu
got copy ....-,-...
WHERE TO 90.
Inc n nao 70 a o. tho }unllshSf & - mr.. Lofty
1atea, Halt! u 4lFo ~ NO. aoo Hcst Lhke street,
whofo oop1os of tlila itiol'cnt'on can doubtless
70 had. lilo printers arc hleBsrH. tihzlott d
Kecd, NOS. ~ nht ~ south Clark stroee, who
a!ao haVo on hand quite nlmbor or ti,o last
Of thom at reasonable prico.
TIE ritlLASrihoPlsT.
y appears that, tAroo or Tour months ago. the
phllanthropio, /, mind Of alr. Perry intos was
struck with the iaoa tint great deal Of loss anu
pooPlo anu potty etorekeGpofs IL tnoy "efe IN
formed OF tue namos and addreHses OF those
vampires VINO lSea upon t,iom ny ooardia1g as
thGir housos or ouyllg goous O. thoir stores ana
time, man might proy upon tho Wost Side
boardanF.hous Keepers, anu after 10 had
thoroughly WorKoa up that hola, transfer ms
operations 70 tne oonth JlFlsloat where tile
4a'Ht~S4At OopsAeA+b-%A -%AoHoo houPoAa "0N!o AAoM
nolshor hia name nor the pocnllarlties Which had
maie linn solob1ectionaplo on tio other side OF
tic SOUTH bfanch' Inerefore, Mf. fatos det TO
#ofA to compile
n1oahAP11oAL DICTIONARY
OF tnese indlv1unn's' onablo To Elapple sln6le-
handed a work OF 30 much magnitude, 10 otn-
rloycd gentleman BY The liamo OF Warren,
ngreohg 70 pay nlm 81 tor every 1ofly namea OF
nsst~o'ass, trnstworthY ooad-peats nc snolld re-
port. Mf. Warren took ono Division aud MIR:
4ateH nlinHtlf t0cK another. W4DH they ll1u
Botten Up q huIncleht n'in'per OF hainoA 70 maio
Goou,aiZed panph!ot. thoy arfahsod tlofn al
phapeelcaIly anu Aad tAeh pflhled.
HOW TO COMPILE IT.
IAo plan Oh oporatlona vas very simple. For
instance, one OF thcm walked Gown Wabash az
onno tllL he came to . boarang-housG; lie rang
tile non gnu inquired 1or lho 1analady. slo,
tlinking no Was pera,on1 intending to board r
WIN ler, feceiVed n1in "ita great cofdlality; Ho
informed hor, not TINT 10 wanted board, but
that 10 WAS III seaIoh OF tue names of pconlo
VINO hao ]uupea theaf noard. naturally,
sI'o was curious TO hnoW wi1as no wanted OF such
worthless c9mnoa,ty he informed u .1as her that
he waa compiling . directory OF these people,
with briof notos aiid Incidents Of their career.
aud that it was hls lntent.on to got up book Of
reference, Which would be useful to ,,, hor
and to others nlylng the same trade. This
particular bo2,ardlngnoasS o., keepor, IKE r every
other ono in tho city Was able to furnish o1-hand
half dozon n@mcE-the more the morrier,
since tue cnnvansor got cents for ovary one
Us tuIhoa H. ftou taere 10 WOULD SO 10 TUG
next boarding -holse, or tile next grocery-Btore,
or the next meat market man, aud 30 On until he
| worked up III ontiro attoot.
. nouHLlSd OVER
VI oourso III Lis peregrlnatioena he frequently
ran across the sumo name fifteen, fifty, or q
hllnarod tlmos, and slcn inaiYidnal6 were olaHsi-
ned al "A deaa-ncatn'" IL is possible that IN
some caseB names We're reported to the casiyaHs-
ors which should never haye appeared IN print.
| Many market-nan ~ mny hive taker MS revenge
man by reporting him to this collector Of statiB.
tics. .-..>.
How THEY WE'RE SOLD.
About tive months ago tue first edition WAS
printed. and Mr' Yates made al arrangement
WITH ar. warren 10 put them on the market.
Warren was to pay Yates 6o cents for each ono
sold, and WIS to charge 81 for then; in other
words he was to haye 90 per cent for his
! timo aud labor. No attempt waa made to eocuro
subscriptions for this directory; but Warron and
M Yates wont from place TO place, !, and poddleu it.
Warren found, however, tlias q IT was rather SLOW
work working thom OIL ut 81 apiece, He sold
ono to livory-stabla man md one to aboarding-