, 1876-02-08
me-, nfter all. that thu estimate which l llavc
ecnt In to tho Comptroller ia not In any respect
Iii extrA7agRnt ono."
THE CARNIVAL.

NAsgEp DALL or TUE TCHNoE1IE1SpE.
The annual carnival Of the Chicago Turn
gonnanae came OF last night At North Hlde I'ur-
ner.IIalt, and VIVA by all odda ons Of tho most
successful affairs Of tho season. Tho
gallcrles wero packed witt lookora.on, and
the tloor was occupied by tho merry maskots.
the costumes being rich. varied, aud. IL, many
inStAncoH, both artistio and humorous. Thc hall
wAs quantly decorated with odd figures and cat
toons, representing g'otcsf'io dancoa mostly
One picture predicted locomotlon 10 1ne
tWontioth centnry.-a train ot cArb drawn py
a tsyv Of faat gris. Around tho
gallery. on largo wros, wore hung cages Which
contained beautiful fcathsrcd sonGeters In tho
shaps of tsrco 1,ralma coolA, which would orow
1t O'Clock III tho morning. There vote lhtrtcon
,,,re f;uuros OF policemen placod Around sho pill
lara Of tho gallery, each With niglt-cAp on,
a hinge star aud upon their belta the beautiful
word ''krumn,r which In plain English moaua
"crooked" and their clubs wota marked. "hAn-
1t 10 O'Clock the boil rang. and tho curtain Oh
.hn a,agu was rnecd when An old man sppearod
and announced
the COMING CARNIVAL ~,
1Io WAS followed by Fagtn-liks tn-
asyllusl snd other queer reople. a
lated on crooked whisky, and ether folliea snd
female, who talked for womana rights. Then
camo tie emjgrant who would Introduce them
to "schlsradon Land" whore pork .nd
beans grew On . tFeeS' Al. and | whore pEa
country. 4 clock WAS exhibited. Upon which
soon appeared Father Time" Who, through, a
huge tir.hogn, announced that. At tho hous Of
pear. immediately tho hands we're turned 10
tho hour, and then came terriblo
racket, followed BY = grotosquo can;
pailful, and soon merged into the King and
Quenu, who. with tAor attendants. endea the
tahlcau,
The peas OF the " roet and Peasant sound.
Cd through tho hall aud TIE makers ..s!s'd woIe @
lug cesscd, tho hell uaa ruug agnn.
Once mora the curtain was ring up, and this
timo tho Ecenn WAS changed. Ftom tho stage .
slautng platform had hncn constructed. 1.
wagon appeared, drawn by cowns, aud upon u
,ro1e moro clowns, Soatod in all iunense sl'sll,
high up. wero tle King and Queen OF tho cafnl-
vs( aud thair faithful attendants. Then cRno
the Ministers (Da}azzos). -.-,,
Asia and harem Of beautiful houris In
hammock awtugng from palm trscs WAS tho
Sultau'a favorito wife, kecpIng.herself cool with
.ns ss paos s f t;a AQ25Son5as Ssnp so a
| America. Drothor Jonathan and the Goddess ot
Liberty were standing Oh top OF huge pedestal.
| American Indians drow tho car. and upon It
cilefs and squawa were reclining, tho former
| amoltlug tho oAlumet.-t1 pipo Of peace.
Africa followed with its ptcnttas natives amid
palms and date treca, and accompanied BY = huge
| lion. Tho dark danscls and Youths, howovef
| had suspicieus-lookti,K 1eutonfo noses.
| The last, but not least. represented the oI-
tremo frozcn North. Tie car was drawn by
queer-lookiug Esquiinnux. Upon It are seated
fishermen with fish lust harpooned, resting
| against huge cnko Of leo, upon tho top Of
which a very woos1y-looktug Polar bear Was
| ataptling straight Those cara passed around
| tho hall soyeral times aud we1o then dragged
back. The whole thing closed With beautiful
tanleau OF all nations.
A bofore stated
4 THE COSTUMES
were varied. Col. c!e..v =. Represented I'd
way TO Ireland very effectively willis
Commissioner johnson looked charmLng ~
"Jonn OF Arc." Coroner Dotzsch represented
tiny Bnes sheperdess to perfection. There
, weze many other uotablo coetumna. At "a
o'clock the maaha wore tAkon OIL, and unaltoye1
hnppness reignel supreme till 8 o'clock this
morning, when the cockn crow, and tho affair
broke MP. the bal.mseque having become . thing
Of the past,