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TIE NEW MUSIC-HALL.

The movement which has. been on foot SC
long for the erection of an elegant and com.
nodious music-hall in this city has now
reached that point of financial success where
no further doubt remains of its accomplish
ment. The ground has been secured, the plans
are finished, the large majority of the stock
has been placed, ond the opening of spring will
witness the commencement Of an edifice Oh
the southeast corner of State and Randolph
streets, jointly devoted to art, religion, and
business, which will be IN ornament to the
city and matter Of pride to its citizens. .
It is Us yet too early to give anything like
a complete statement Of the details Of the
plans, but We may generally allude to their
more salient features. The primary object
of the projectors is the erection of music
hall which will satisfy the largest demands
Of musical occasions, aud this will OCCUPY
the ground floor. It's construction viii com.
bine not only oil the latest improvements,
but somo ideas both novel and original in the
way of vision and acoustics, while its adorn-
ment is intended to be elegant aud at the
same time chaste, 1t will be equipped with
an organ to cost not less than $4,000. As
quality is more desirable than quantity in
an organ, We ere glad there is no in
cinnati, by trying to get the largest in
strunent in the country. The exits will bo
ample, opening upon the two streets and to
Large balcony in the rcnr only few feet
above the alley, which is almost rs spacious
Us the streets, and will be so arranged as to
prevent the possibility Of being choked up
or crowded. There will be separate ell
frances and exits to the parqnette. circle, aud
galleries, and the aisles will not only ratiia,t;
from very largo lobbics, but will encircle
each section Of the auditorium, so that
there caunot be any confusion in seating or
unseeting.
The appointments Of the stage and retiring
rooms do not particularly concern the public,
and VIC need not refer to them at present.
This large auditorium will find Sunday use
as The home Of Prof. SWING and his large
SO that oil who wish to hear
him can be accommodated,-a result which
Cannot be accomplished in his present
quarters at A1cVickcr's Theatre, though its
seating capacity is larger than that Of any =.
church in the city, we believe. Tho plans
for this auditorium, as well as for the rest Of
the structure, have not been hastily adopt
ed. They were commenced threo years
1go, and have been slowly matured
~ frequent revision, until experts
aow pronounce them to be Us nearly
perfect es possible, Above the large hall
there will be smaller one, to be devoted TO
chamber music md to tie minor concert |
Eroupes. 1t will bo in all respects little !
:opy of the former, with the snme advan- |
ages and conveniences These two halls will |
'e amply sufficient to meet the present |
musical demands OF the city. In addition to
ne two Aells there will be large and elegant
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FORECLOSING MORTGAGES

Senator BAsH has offered bill in the Leo.
islature Of Illinois which is SO comncndable
and just that the wonder IS that its principle
has not been long since incorporated in the
la~s Of the State. The bill repeals Sec. 1G
of Chap. 95, title "Mortgagcs," of the Re-
vised Statutes of Illinois. Tho section to be
repealed reads as follows:
In all dccrccs hereafter to be made in quits in
equity directing foreclosure OF mortgages degree
may pc pc rendered @ for any balance Of money that
may be found due to the complainant over and
above the proceeds OF the sale OF sases ana execn
ton may issue for the collection Of such balanca
tue same US when the decree is solely for the nay
mcnt Of money. And such dccrcc NAV be renttler-
ed conditionaly at the time of dccrceing the fora.
closure. or It n:ag DC rendered after tic sale ana
Thut such execution shall Issue onIy in cases whore
personal service shall have been had upon the H.
fcndant or defendants personally liuble fon tic
mortgage debt, unicss thcir 2ppearauce shalt, he
entered in such suits.
The bill proposes to substitute for this ex-
1stiug provision Of law that hereafter in all
foreclosure proceedings ,io dccree shall be
rendered for any balance of money Which
may be due the complainant over and above
the proceeds of the sa1e Of the mortcaeed
property, and no execution shall issue for tle
collection of such balance under such fore
closure. It further provides that, if, after
foreclosure is begun, the person entitled 10
the debt shall recover Judgment or obtain a
decree for any part of such debt in another
action, on tho ground that the value OF the
mortgesed property was insufficient ut the
time of the foreclosure to satisfy the debt.
such recovery shall have the effect to omen
the foreclosure, aud the mortgagor mar re-
deem the property, notwithstanding the time
OF redemption may have expired,-ihe suit
Tor redemption to be brought within two
years.
Inc Dill Of Mr. Bash might possibly go
further without violating justice and equity.
1t might provide that whore man gives a
mortgage for balance Of pt1rchase-money, or
for money loaned, the creditor, having during
the Lifetime of the debt lien on the prop
ersy, to the exclusion of all other creditors,
mu5t lock to the mor:ss:gal prcp perry c=c!u-
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f44 CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY PAGES

rooms for musical societies, smaller ones fo1
teachers, and plenty Of studio-roons With
/ good light for artists. Last, but not least OF
interest to the shareholders, the main hail.
though upon the ground floor, will be so
constructed as to leave ample room for stores
on the, fronts. In all respects, ,-soldity'
light, ventilation, ease Of exit, safety from
nll danger, acoustics, and surroundings TO
please the eye,-we are assured that nothing
will be left undone to secure the best.
There is every reason why the new ball
| will commend itself to the public, aud per-
haps the most conspicuous one is the 1mpera-
tive necessity for it. Since the Opera House
was swept away by the fire, we have had no
| distinctive music-ha1l, and no fit place for
musical gatherings of an important descrip-
ton, whence it has happened several times
that an underground cellar, fortunately now
diverted to its proper purposes, has had to
be utilized Boston, New York, Philadel-
pAia, Cincinnati, and other large cities, have
their halls, while: Chicago, through stress of
necessity, has been without one for eight
years, so that our musical progress has been
retarded by numerous obstacles, of which
this deficiency was the chief. This will nat
stand III our way any longer. We shall have
hall in all respects the peer of that in Gin
cinnati; in some details its superior, so far as
music is concerned. Its location is ndmira-
BILE, being at the intersection Of oil the
street-rainoaas and omnibus lines, SO
that access to it will be easy from all
parts Of the city, and at the close OF per-
formances the audience can step directly:
from the hall into the cars. While everything
will be done for the comfort and convenience
Of The public, the absolute security from dam
ger will be ono of its strongest attractions.
Its accommodations and conveniences will
make it the home Of teachers, societies,
artists, and connoisseurs; and, having a
nucleus, We may reasonably expect that
music III Chicago will feel new impulses and
broaden and strengthen its sphere. The
financial basis upon which The new hall will
rest has been carefully considered, and it is
believed the building can be made to pny
handsome interest upon the Investment
the best evidence of which is the willingness
of our strongest business men to take large
amounts Of the stock. h1r. GEORGE B. CAR |
rENrER, who has Ind the engineering of the
movement, is to be congratulated upon the !
success which has crowned his energy and
industry, and We may now look forward with
confidence that next season Chicago will be |
at homo to music in quarters worthy Of her !
musical reputation.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1879.

The Chicago Bar Association at its annual
meeting yesterday inaugurated q movement
i'll the right direction by seeking to put n
stop to the system Of extortion practiced
l4y Justices CT The Peace and Con-
stables i'll ezacting excessive and iile-
I'll fees. 4 motion looking to proper
remedy fer tais crying evil, md
recommending that none but lawyers should
he suggested for the office of Justice By the
Judges, met with some opposition, which
Lad the effect Of deferring action. It is
questionable whether the Har Association
ct'::ld abolish the evil BY resolving ever so
unanimously to Go 80, yet the agitation Of
tie matter is timely, aud may lead to desira-
c1e results
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sively to satisfy his claim in case thu d.t,
for any cause should default in payrent
There is nothing inequitabla in this n,
man who lends money on mortgage rare1v -
ever, loans more than so per cant ~ :.
| value Of the security. If the pronartr 'as
the time have value eqnal to 100 nar ..e' ~
Of the loan, it will always remain eou,1 -
satisfaction of the debt, unless there h. ~,
general or severe financial calamity enb.sa
ing the ya1ue Of money. In such caqo ~ ~
creditor loans cheap money; and il. atn w.
tims Of payment, money shall have ~ -
vanced in value that the property il ass
equal to the sum Of the debt, is it mt w. ~
pressive to make the debtor yield tbe ny
erty, and, in addition thereto, pay a Ivy
balance in dear money? 4 mo-tcanos ~ tsc
many and special privileges. Ha tataa
pledge of property 100 per cent pra,..~
than his debt. His lien has priority orss
all other claims, and, when money sb,n NJ
advance in value rs to consume the I'm W.
cent margin, the law ought rot to give h;ra dn,
any claim beyond the property inclndsa
within his lien.
The bill of Senator BAsH does not b..-
ever, go to this extent. It confines tba ~.
ceedings in equity to the mere fo1eclosn-s
II the property sell for less than is dua ~
the mortgage, then the remedy is BY som.
other action brought for the recovery Of II,
unsatisded balance, and such reco7erv: =:
judgment for such balance will have IA
effect of opening the foreclosure and givino
to the mortgagor the privilege of redeenira
the property at eny time within two years
Against such provision of law there on,ht
to be no serious objection in the Legislatnra
It will put an end to, or at least mitigate. H..
rapacious Shylock practice of foreclos;nn
mortgages when due, or, upon default of
interest, leyying before the principal Is dua
and buying in the property at nominal
sum, taking judggmnt, with interest, for
the balance against the stripped debtor. to
hang over him for his lifetime. The nm.
posed bill merely gives the debtor, in csss
his property fails to satisfy the mortgage
debt, and a judgment is taken for the bal,
ance, the privilege Of :redeeming the prop
erty within two years, notwithstanding td,
foreclosure. The passage Of the bill oueh:
not to be delayed day unnecessarily.
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famous combat in which any strategy was
shown that cen be compared with Clowns,
and that was in JoHN PHGN11's celebrated
fight with tho editor in San francisco, when
he held down his antagonist by ipgeniously
inserting his (Jons's) nose between the teeth
Of the other man; and JOHN PHOENIX was
not more successful than our friend GLOVER
III the general results. We have 20 doubt
that Lenceforth there will be universal
demand for G1ovEE wherever there is
doubtful Senatorial contest pending.
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Education, as well as to parents, of the
necessity Of sound body to the existence
of sound mind. There is very large
treatise in this very small picture whict
parents and guardians would do well to
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i. TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

TIE CHICAGO TE1nrsE has established branch offices
sr the rcceItt Of subscriptions and advertisements
<1!owx:
NEW Y0EK-Eccm % tribune Building. FIT. Mo-
ALDEN, Manager.
Fh1:ls- france No. lG Eue de Ia Grsagc-Eatcllere.
N.NAu1-1E. Agent.
LONDON. Er@.-Amc7tcan Exchange, 4<9 Strnnd.
EEAEY T. GlL1+io, Agent.
IAN FRANCISCO. Cal.-Palacc Hotel.
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uEi3tI Eorsmen-ita regular me:ltng ir.u .,snday
ssa t' fasi "a Master WorSa'an: ] AeS fr.ssS. Msstcl
staf esnds
Haaa5 o esi p.ds mfGr ohn
Fora. Outside WutchrnaE: bernhard Molcke. Repre-
~; a n @eaassday II
fnsaaea' Is 'hs Il; sTa Ys Sssixssy & g.
r.: 4: cAsHMAN LODGE; 10 $50 ESA .,; ;;7 M;r
csss wcst % saitoa ana i:obey- .hs Sunday A.
e - Soac fS5 o of GnE
lncaon and time o fnaeF1 e + GMosSsy ss4eiary ps2S
ENcELsloE LODGE; ~: = !. 9. 9; :. T:mNembsers q =
ns1 arc n9sss as sEsG Tia Ioass On
s;s9 Ss:: s III s Sfsr aISzS / as & r
M. GnALNEEs. Recording; Secretary.
s.ien siseels e! ~ ensuing year I'm e heil il
;iessss: iR TSSS SssSs,
VAN RENSSELAER, GEASpLoDGE OF PERFEc-
TInA-Htl! confer Ihc 4l and 5h Grades 9f the 4 &;
AMOS PETTiBoSE r.: q. m.
ED G0ODAiE, Grand secretary.
APOLLO COMMANDEEY. NO. !, K. T.-Specia1
Co.c.ate Tncs1ay evening, ian II. 1s19, for work.
ht tho Te1urlc will be conferred. Visitors
aie always welcome. By order of the Commander.
II. 5. TIFFANY, Recorder.
LAFAYETTE CHAPTER NO. .. T. L. M.-Hnn
- G!ource-sr--Stnfed Co2yoc2tton Monday evening.
'uu. H. lS7A for business 1::1} o'clock. Members
Ind visitors cordially Invited By orles OF H. L.
+. n TUCKER. Secretary.
.cOR1NTHIAN CHAPTER, NO. 50. T. 4. ~
Regular Couvoca.toa Monday evening, Jan. -, at
.::fl o'clock. No-k the r. A. degree. Visiting Com
unions arc invited to meet with Us: " order q
SAMUEL KERR, Y. P.
ST. BERNARD CO3!MANDERT, no. IS. r. t.
Stated CoEcaye Wednesday evening. Jan. IS 7:3O
ncItl.. Visiting Sir Knights courteously invited.
isy order Ct c. F. MAUREl: T.. C..
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.coR1NTH1AN CHAPTER, NO. es. T. L. NJ
Regular Conyoca:tou Monday evening, Jan. IT, at
- osclock No:S On the r n DEGREE f. Visiting Com
SAMUEL KERR, y. P.
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ST. BERNARD CO3lMANDERT, NO. IS. r. t.
Stated CoEcaye Wednesday evening. Jan. IS 7:30
s'cIucE. Whiting Sir knights courteously invited.
i;y order Ct c. F. MAUREl:, T.. G.
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LAFAYETTE CHAPTER. NO. .. T.. A. M.-Ran
- 1!ource-sr--Stnfed Co1yocatton Monday evening.
4u+ IL. lszA, for business at 1:ap O'clock. Members
Ind yIsitprs cordially Invited. BY orlcr OF H. /.
-. Z. \. TICKER, SecrcfarY.
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APOLLO coMMANDEEY. no. i, X. T.-speclal
Co.cIa.e Tuesday evening" 1aa. II. 1s79, for work.
he order Of tho Temrc will be conferred. Visitors
il. s. TIFFANY, Recorder.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-28

by young woman seventeen years old.
On the night Of July 18th, during the
mothers illness, one of the inf 'nts dis
appeared, and when the midwife ap-
peared in the morning she, as well as
the mother, was informed that
it had died. On Saturday even.
ing hast Mrs. Davenport concluded
IN engagement in a theater at Fort
Wayne, Ind, in the play of "The Child
steaier." As she was about to go on the
boards for the last time she was handed a
letter, which informed her that the child
which she supposed to be dead was alive
and we'll. The husband of the woman
who had adopted the child would not per
nit her to keep it; she therefore returned
it to the girl who had stolen it, and who
cared for it as best she could. Last Mon
day the girl met with serious accident
in a cotton-mill at Philadelphia, and, be-
Iieving she WAS about to di confessed
the theft of the child to her landlaiy,
begging her to discover the whereabouts
of its parents and satisfy them that the
child was alive, which she did accord
ingly. The child is now in charge of a
poor family in this city.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-28

The Supreme Court of Indiana has af-
iirmed principle in respect to the COM
putation of time which is likely to prove
Of serious trouble to bankers and others.
IL is that the 18th of February and the
18th day of February are to be computed
as one day. The question becomes of
special Importance now that the leap
! year (1SS0) is 50 close at hand.
70 illustrate, suppose that note be
drawn ON the 2Sth day Of February, A.
d., 1880, at one day after date. If the
2Sth and 29th be counted as one day,
then the note would mature on the 4th
of March. but otherwise on the Sd. If
on the Sd, clearly protest on the 4th
would not hold the endorsers Vice versa,
if the rule of computation BIZ to count
separately the 2Sth and Doth of February,
the protest on the 4th would be of nc
avail.
The question in Indiana was suggested
| by the fact that there ten days previous
service of process is necessary for judg
ment. And the cause having been be-
gun in the last leap year, 1876, the pro
cess was not served i'll time, if the 2Stl
and 18th days OF February were to be
computed as one day. And the Cour
held that they must be 50 counted.
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IHarper's Magazine.l

Mr.. Seward was once asked why he had
not kept q diary during the war. He
sent for a book, which was brought to
him-a huge blank book bound in Rus
sia, with Il paddock and key "There,"
said he, II bought this book for the pur-
pose. made every arrangement. de-
termined to write here every day the his
tory of events. | was quite ardent in my
purpose; but when ] reflected that | was
to be chief actor in the events to be re-
corded, and that my diary would lie un-
der suspicion of being special plea, an
apologize pro vita mia in poor sense, ]
decided to let somebody else tell the
story"
Suppose that Caesar had made the
same decision, or Sully! Who are to
give us authentic accounts of events it
not the chief actors in them? And moth
ing is surer than that the secondary writ
ers will have distorting admiration or
dislike of the chief actors whom they
describe, so that their work will be as in
accurate as any autobiographical record
of the actors themselves Historians and
biographers take sides with persons and
events quite as ardently US any man
would take sides with himself. Frederick
the Greats autobiography would have
been less fattering to its hero than Car
lyle's memoir.
In the literary and private autobiogra'
phies there are other charms, such as
those of Cotton and Gibbon. Here are
the fine details Of daily private life in
town or country of another century-the
manners, the customs, the minor Incl.
dents, which supply the vivid 'local
color" which is essential to the true pic
ture. There is one amusing touch OF
this kind in all essay of Leigh Hunt upon
early Rising" in the Indicator. 1t car
ries the reader instantly into the cold
winter bedroom of the London house Of
sixty and seventy years ago, before the
era of warm houses, recalling the time
with freshness that fixes it forever. VIZ
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-28
Atthe EOuisVis5e EynesftiOD,

Last night, says the Courler-Journal, a
young man took his sweetheart to the
exposition with cold-blooded determin
alton. He showed her the dog show.
"This," said he, "is one Of the best
things in the exposition"
He conducted her to the place where
the beautiful Rorneo Apollos hold forth
'"rhis," said he, sis one of the sights
here which is very interesting"
He then explained the two great en-.
gines seen in the industrial part of the
building,
He showed her the art-gallery and thai
pretty picture in the press-room which /.
called Farewell to the Forest" and
which every Lady who sees it wishes tt
carry of.
"Tnis picture" he explained, "cxhibits
a gem of female loveliness. and few
things could hs rgettier, The creates!
attraction ( have reserved for the last
1t is by far the most unique thing in the
building" The young lady became very
much interested ak he led her up stairs
and eXpatiated on the beauties of the un-
known object.
Soon they stood before the large mir
ror; he paused, and 50 did she. Then
with cold-b!ooled explanation worthy
.of a better cause, he pointed into the
mirror at the young lady's reflection, and
said: That, | think, is the boss attrac.
ton in the exposition"
at is strange she murmured, among
her bushes, "tbatone glass should mirror
both the greatest and the least attraction
at the same time"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-28

A romance of real life has just been
enacted in fashionable Partisan hotel.
The characters were an American girl
and her family and French Count and
his family and friends. The audience
has been large, the strangers at the hotel
were amused and all the servants were
interested. The young Count came early
in the morning and watched his adofed
eat her breakfast; he staid and staid, and
if he absented himself during the day he
came back with friends to dinner.
The friends would entertain the mother
and grandmother while the lovers whis.
pered together in a corner or promenadcd
up and down the hotel parlor arm in
arm. All were sure of happy union,
for the fair American was endowed with
fortune, and the youthful Count-he
was real Count-for he had crown on
the corner of his handkerchief and in his
hat, and his name was famous and en-
deared to many, for was it not borne by
one of the most famous cooks that Paris
contained? The Counts mother called
what a buzzing! how they encircled her!
The next evening the Count did not ap.
pear, but his parents came as usual.
There was the least sign to the lockers
on of something wrong in the matri
monial atmosphere. The following days
nothing was seen of the Count, and or
the next day there was mourning
throughout the family. The happy
dreams of the future and the Spanish
chateau in the environs of Paris had col
lapsed suddenly, as one of the witnesses
remarked, like the famous balloon, ant
the would-be Countess wept in he
crownless handkerchief The Coun
never came again, and the knowing one
say that he is an obedient son, and obey
his mother, who was not satisfied witt
the dot offered by the beautiful. youns
| American
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The New Pnss;a1 Card.
Tpnef,Y, IIarAl1

Mr.. Tyner, the postal agent at Holyoke,
received yesterday forty steel plates, en-
graved with the design for the proposed
2-cent international card adopted by the
postal union 1t can be sent to all coun-
tries represented in the union, including
all of Europe, China, Japan, Brazil, etc.
The design necessarily contains more
printing than the present card, and has
border something like the old one. At
the top are the words, "Universal Postal
Union" a little curved, and repeated in
French in smaller type beneath. Then
come words, in bold type, United States
of America" also repeated in French.
and then the line, in English only,
"Writc only the address on this side"
The stamp is a well-detined head of lib
erty, surrounded by an eliptical border,
with a figure '2'' on each side, and the
words, ~. S. Postal Card" around it.
The cards will begin to be issued early
next month, the contractors being obliged
to put in new press and two cutters.