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enjoyment and social entertainment,
but no effort was made for any
specific organization there. Nor
was there anywhere in this country, as far as
we are able to ascertain, anything like sys-
tematic effort made to unite the musical
societies of the United States into COM
mon brotherhood until this was done in
this city. Mr. Rattermann, who has pre-
pared tho libretto of the present SGngerfest,
has written for that comprehensive little
work historical sketch of the German
S@ngerbund of North America, from which,
in addition to other facts we have already
drawn upon, we extract as follows:
A formal organization of the North
American Sengerbund was first effected in
1S49, by a union between the singing socie-
ties of Cincinnati, Louisville and Madison,
Ind. These Societies held the first German
Sangerfest in America in the city of Gin
cinnati, June 1st-3d inclusive, 1S49 and at
this festival, on June 2, the German Sanger-
bund of North America was founded. The
following societies participated in
the organization: Liedertafel, Gesang-
und Bildungsverein and Schwei-
zerverein of Cincinnati, Liederkranz of
Louisville and Gesangverein of Madison,
Ind. At the concerts given by these So
cieties one hundred and eighteen singers
participated. The following societies had
promised their attendance, but failed to
appear at the Festival: Orpheus. Louisville
Ia delegation of eight members were pres
ent, however only inoflicallyj; Manner-
chor, Columbus, o.. Deutscher Liederkranz,
Milwaukee, and Mennerchor, of st. Louis.
At the soc al gathering on Bald Hill, where
an open-air concert was given, the attend
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Cleveland Orpheus. ISt. Louis Gesangverein
Ft- Wayne Arion. lYoungst'n Maennerchor.
Hitherto We have in this article omitted
to mention the annexes or wings now in
course of construction north and south of
the present completed Music Hall, which
are designed to be used for the permanent
occupance of the Cincinnati Industrial Ex-
position, that will hereafter be held annu-
ally in its new and capacious quarters.
These wings give completeness to the grand
edifice, and afford the most thoroughly ade-
quate accommodations for display of the
Kind to be found in any city in the United
States.
OF sENGERFEsTs GENERALLY.
The history of the musical festivals inau-
gurated by the North American Sanger-
bund in the United States under the name
of S@ngerfests, may be of interest to some
of our readers.
Musical festivals participated in by musi-
cal societies of several cities seem to have
had their origin in Germany. The first of
which we have an account was held on the
4th, 9th and 9Th of August, 1916. Singers
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young, the cultured and the illiterate. This
was opened in the Senger Hall in Septem-
ber OF 1870, and was, for the four or five
weeks that it continued, thronged with
crow ds from this and the adjacent States,
bringing thrift to the tradesmen of our city
in liberal and constant stream.
These Expositions then and there inaug.
urated continued annually until 1876, the
year of the great Centennial at Phladel.
phia, which was, in fact only great int ter
national copy, on grander scale it is true,
of our own original show, which only
achieved the success it did under the able
management of our successful Exposition
prophet, A. 7. Goshorn, who may be al
most said to have created our first one at
the Sengerfest building. Expositions soon
became chronic throughout the country.
Chicago blossomed with one as soon as the
needed Accommodations could be provided.
indianapolis, Louisville and st. Louis fol-
lowed suit.
conventions.
From the city prominently of the Sen
gerfest Cincinnati became the city of the
Exposition. After this the vast auditorium
of the old hall caused the eyes of the politi-
clans to turn here for the needed accommo-
dations for convention. That which in
1872 nominated Greeley for the Presidency
was held in our old hall, and later-in 1876
Mr.. Hayes was also there placed in nom
ination for the position he now holds
State and city conventions have also met
there to save an imperiled country when in
danger of being wrecked on the shoals and
quicksands of the opposite party.
But the musical fever had been inocu-
lated into the citv's system and must de-
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Mennerchor, the Jung Mennerchor, the
Orpheus and Arion Societies, the carriages,
the Harugari Mennerchor, the Druid Men
nerchor the Odd-fellows Mennerchor, the
Swiss Mennerchor and the Turner Men
nerchor. The Fire Department, with
twelve fire engines handsomely decorated,
followed. President then Governor, Hayes,
with distinguished strangers and citizens,
rode behind the vast procession and after.
ward on behalf of the great State OF Ohio,
welcomed the guests to Cincinnati at the
Senger Hall.
In the evening twelve thousand people
attended the first concert, and two or three
thousand who desired to attend were turned
away by the policemen present when not
even standing-room was left inside. The
crowd and jam outside the building was
something fearful, as many as forty thou.
sand being estimated as occupying the
space about the Hall and the adjacent
streets.
On the Sunday following a grand picnic
was held at Shorts Grove and Prices Wood
some nine miles down the river which was
attended by near thirty thousand people
and the whole city seemed given up to the
cheerful duty of extending hospitality to
the guests gathered to our doors and to the
merry-making of the hour in which high
and low, rich and poor, the idle and the
busy seemed for the moment devoted.
EXPOSITION III THE OLD HALL.
1t is curious to trace the history of the
old S@ngerfest Hall and the fortunate chair
of events that have given to Cincinnati the
spacious and beautiful temple of to-day
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assembly of people gathered within its

walls.
The building had been thrown together
in haste and was now much weakened, and
had been repeatedly propped and staged To
make equal to the demands already made
upon it. will, said this man of wealth and
generosity, tomorrow, propose to donate
1925, 900 to aid this city to place here an edi.
flee sacred to the MUSES., that shall be a
thing of beauty and joy forever to the
citizen of Cincinnati and the strangers who
throng her gates. There stands the edifce,
the most beautiful and the most capacious
in the land-and there we welcome to-day
the friends who nine years ago inspired the
idea out of which, by a rational and yet
mysterious sequence this temple grew, like
palace of Aladdin, into being.
THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
In so fair a shrine, said other gentlemen
of wealth and liberality and taste, why
should not music have a permanent abid-
ing place? and presto, the College of Music,
like Minerva from the brain of Jove, sprang
into being and is to-day Graded beneath
its DOME Among these gentlemen appear
the names Of Col. George Ward Nichols the
present President of the College; Peter
Rudolph NeR the Treasurer; Jacob Bur-
net, Jr, the Secretary; John Shillito, and
Reuben R. Springer, the enchanter whose
wand was first to wave when the scheme
for the great hall was only dream, and
under whose enchantment the dream was
chrystalized into the creation that stands
before us now in all its beauty and COM
pleteness the dwelling place for the princi-
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Singer, .Piano-forte and Theory
IauDer bernard.
Hygiene Of the Throat Anatomy and
Physiology OF the Larynx and Ear,
......Advanced Chorus Glasses
Thomas Theodore Ensemble Playing, Score
Thorndick, Miss Patti Piano forte
Westendorf, Mrs Catharine.
............................E ElocutOn, Department
Whiting, Geo, E..-.~.......The Organ and Theory
Wittgenstein, Hugo..,.... Flute
OF course this magnificent result has not
been accomplished without some discour-
agements and much and persistent toll
Col. George Ward Nichols and Col. Peter
Rudolph Neff have labored early and late
have soothed with patience and discretion
the occasional jars that the propulsion of
so cumbersome mass of machinery re-
quired. The College has had enrolled
among its pupils representatives from every
State in the Union except one, besides a
number from foreign countries. The aver
age attendants during the year has been
upwards of FIVE hundred and fifty, of whom
over one-half are non-residents of this city,
and to-day Cincinnati may not inapuy be
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may eventually develop into something
why not, under a man like Mr.. Joseph
Longworth, into giant as robust and as
world renowned as the present College and
Hall of Music? We have our Probasco-
Davidson Fountain in the place of the
ancient odors that came of fish and garbage
from the unsightly shed that stood in the
place of the present exquisite esplanade
and fountain, and let us bless Henry Pro-
basco that we have that noble and perpet-
ual monument of a soul superior to barter
and cent per cent in an iron age
We have also Post-office slowly rising
into being and to view behind the screens
that surround the developing ediice. We
have private buildings of taste and elegance,
and parks and bridges that stranger may
delight to look upon, and the strangers are
to-day within our gates. In the grand tri-
umphal march of Wednesday we see the
names of societies of singers from distant
States gathered to celebrate with us the
Joyous festivities of the bund that hence
forth must bind Cincinnati to the Germans
of the whole land in links OF triple steel.
Here is list of these societies:
Louisville Band. lFt. Wayne Saengerbund
Louisville Licderkranz. Hamilton Maennerchor
Chicago GermanaMaen'E Lawrenceburg Lieder-
nerchor. tafel.
Chicago Harugari Maen- Indianapolis Maenner.
nerchOr. chor Band.
Chicago Liederkranz. indianapolis Maenncr-
Chicago Orpheus Maen- Ichor.
nerchOr. Louisville Euterpe
Cleveland HarugariBand Milw'u ukee Music Verein.
Cleveland Harmonic Omaha COncordia
Cleveland Gesangverein. Richmond Und) Bee
Buffalo Saengerbund thoven Liedcrkrauz.
Columbus Liederkranz St Louis Social Saenger-
Columbus Maennerchor. chor.
Clcveld Orpheus Band. st. Louis Quartet Club.
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to the number of 1873 were present from all
parts of the German-speaking countries of
Europe. Its success was so great, and the
impetus to musical culture SO marked. that
a second was held in Passau in 1851, where
in seventy-four societies, represented by
some 1, 100 singers, participated. The third
festival held in 1861, at Nuremberg, was
visited by singing societies from almost
the whole civilized world. Over 400
societies were represented, and the
number of singers reached $500. Germany,
Austria and Switzerland were largely rep
resented and even France, Russia, Eng
land, Turkey America and Australia. The
fourth Festival was held at Dresden in 1865,
and excelled everything that had preceded
it. The attendance is reported to have
been something enormous, and the interest
it excited in German musical circles was
unprecedented. Delegations from over one
thousand singing societies from almost ev-
cry civilized nation of the world were pres
ent and the concerts were participated in
by from 5000 to 10000 singers. Dresden
was thronged with q concourse of people
during the continuance of the concerts,
from all parts of Europe. With the Ger
man love Of music transplanted from the
Fatherland along with his household gods
and his native bonhomme and generous
social habits, he has brought the desire to
cultivate the divine art that is so pleasantly
associated with the memories of home.
Here in Cincinnati, where thirty years
ago the generous grape clustered upon al
most every hillside and recalled the Ger
many that fad"d upon the seas as the emf
I'LL
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pal Musical College of the continent.
Mr.. Theodore Thomas was secured at
once as Director of the new institution,
and almost before the prospectus was is
sued letters of inquiry from pupils and of
congratulation from the friends of music
everywhere were received by the projectors
OF the new institution. The College opened
in October Of last year, and was success
from the first. Its faculty was made up
from the very best material to be had in
this country, and the determination was
apparent to make it the equal of any mu-
sical institution in this country, and ulti-
mately the finest in the world.
The following is the Faculty as at pres
ent constituted:
saetens, saete oi; C,ii;;.Prncipal Viola and Theory
Saan AZ;
G6iaiIcii, 6, MIS- Emnla The Voice
poerneT; p Arihlh Piano Forte
roley, ID; Chorus ClaSses
rreuiii, .Languages-French
irartdncnn @ AdoiG 'Bassoon
iihftucbell, huol NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
......:;."..:.... First Vooncello and Piano Forte
Hahn Flute
Iiettel, M ...COrllet
Jacobsohn, s. E,................... .............
First Concertmester and First Professor
of the Violin.
Langenbeck Madame Emma .................
La Villa SignOr PaOa. The Voice
La Villa, Madame acknowledgements
;......"....:. ..:."...."......"llali an and the Voice
Marks, Peter M.....".::; Harp
Mees, Arhur...- ,,..,.".Theory and Chorus Glasses
Moullher, Chas ...........Languages-ltali
Ptrrlng, James Earilst st.................Ihe Voice
RollWaGen, Miss Louise.................-.The Voice
Scnneider, Plsno-iorte
Scnuet, Cari Clarinet
sparrmann. Miss Helen. Pianoi forte
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ance was varously estimated at from two
! to five thousand people.
The following is list OF the Festivals
given by the Sengerbund since its or
ganization:
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together W ith
the world
celebrity as a
center of music
al culture and
industrial art
that seem some
how to h a v Q
grown out of the
enthusiasm that
the seventeenth
s &c n & e r f e s t
stirred upin our
midst. First,
the Sangerfest
DIRE W the crowds
described above
and made Gin
cinnati dear to
musical people,
an d especially
German musical
people, every
where through
out the United
States. Next,
the Exposition,
with its wonder
full display of
the results of the
industrial art s
of this whole
country tn a t
had never in the
West, if, indeed,
in the United
States, been so
dvantageously y
combined in a
gran d display,
attractive alike
to old and
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Fischer Pianos.

NEW SCALE SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
We desire to call especial attention to these New
Scale Pianos Of J. & c. Fischer, which have been SO
greatly improved in the last year.
The demand for them has been so great that dur
ing the past nine months, we have had over two
hundred of them.
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ward the sunset
land, it seemed
but fit that the
first serious eff
fort should be
made to fan into
flame the spirit
of the tests that
had so taken
h o Id of t h e
hearts of the
m Il sic al Ger
mans at home.
In 1876, 1S47 and
l84S, there were
meetings of mu-
81 cal societies
held in this city
much on tn e
plan OF the pres
ent Saengerfest,
b u t of course
greatly smaller
in extent and
rather as conviv-
ial gatherings
t h an strictly
musical fes t i
walls. No at
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are now earnestly sought for by all persons desir-
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ty the ESTEY ORGANS LEAD THE WORLD.
We offer Special Sale large lot Of Secondhand and Shop
Pianos prices much below their value Parties desiring
such should not fail to call We extend special invitation
strangers visiting the city to call and examine Stock and will
take great pleasure in showing what we haye
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NEW MUSIC HALL it will appear when the wings are completed

Dmensons45o deep high Seating capacs
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
sHEHEIiF SALES.
mr~. Marie Martin. wife .t Frank Fe,ten-

Mrs. Marie MARTIN. wife ef Frank Feiten-
| burg. Her Husband
| I,IFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
u iah of Orleans, No. 10 22s by virtue of q
writ If tlei faeAs, to mo directed by the honor
able the Filth DlatrIrt Court for tho parrish
| Of Orleans. In the above entitled nsuse
| will proceed to soil nj public auction
ut Tho Merchants and Au,tioneers' Elk
change. II yal street, be'ween Canal aud Gus
| tomhouaa straets In tho Second District ri ihis
city. on MONDAY January &C. 1850 At u o'clock
m. the fol ,w"g tleaarthed praperty t. WI t.
! !. A OBTAIN PORTION OF GROUND. with
the improvements thereon. sstuat"d IN the rnar
| of this city. aud mas ing part If tho lot daaig
| mated by he numher one hundred aud tlfeen
on u plan drawn by l. BrlpRer. dated July Is
lsia. aud 4. posted In the office Of g. v. Fouluu
| notary. in this city. said portion Of ground
menenring thirty feet front on Orb street by
depth and front on GalveE atieet, and tho aam'
announcement on the lua dividing i from lot
number one hundred aud eistean, which prop
e,ty was pnrchased by tho defendant from
| Kilan Burkatt. hy not passed before Joseph
G"hn. notary In this city. on tho a"cond nf April.
"A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND. with MI
| the buildings ami improv"mants thereon. alt
uatad In the Fnuboutg Trema Of this city in
tho sguar" enmprisnd Within johnson. ttalvaz
| IT. Ann md Main sfrenta. Designated by tho
number eighty four. on n plan drawn by l..
Hriugier. surveyor. on the twenty sixth Of July.
| lHl6 md deposited In the of1iea of |. FerrRnd.
late notary. RAil lot maaauting tFr"neh meas
urol thir feet front on said Johnson street by
ninety feo In depth. hn.wn. parallel lines.
mnieh -, ol GROUND was htI'lifon ~ w aa,
Mrs Llnnnota Wncst widow of John Foster. by
hl 81 e''l" paat' "' n'tlptS '.'ssit LINN INJURY
on tia WEN Y ,n,nin W., 9, =, 'uI ~ 100
y. ioitl ipN ~ ntUo' - AZ nnea ~ me
R"c"hi psiItot 81 ms ms, clty W Inc tdgttff
h"un,tah by tnf"tdAi't Walk ~, f"tef 'alVa.
hhh Johnson h'i"os ~ 'tS'fi INK ~ Wy t"e' i"ht
on Gat0ndnlft Walk tiy one hundred and ssy.
"nty SIX Tow fiS lneiteR hnep, nlhHfY one iNef
eight ln"h"a ON 4 itnG running from letter u IT,
q. eighty four fnat nlne incht s two lin from
lrttHr g tn hotter D. said lust line WtipIting
eighty nin" faet f"tIr inches and Reven lines ~
the rem "fr0m lntfnr Dtn ! tier r. sixty feet
viii" from l. tfer q To le't"t i. tho whole ngr"e.
ably To q sketch made hY q. A. 'iN AtmaR. sur
Hel or. dated October !. 1871 md nsSad I" da-
fendanta oct Of purchne" from Firmin L'svts-
sour. paea"d bafote Auf"in" bptl"o"urt. on the
nj Ktaeuth u October. 1871. which property Waa
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IChambers Magaslne.I


The Rank of England has had no end OF
valuables committed TO It's Keeping. ~"
vaults Of its establishment hold molderng
chests. deposited there for safety's sake. ana
apparently forgotten by their owners In
lSf5 ann fell 10 pieces from shGn rottcnn"Ss.
opposing 10 sigh, quantity Of massive plato
and a bundle o! yellow papers. Tho iattet
proved to bn a collection of love letters 81 ~"
period of the Restoration. which IN" dlrne-
tnrs y,rc rnahlpd "a restore to he lncal de
scrndant of the original owner In 1873 tin
box was Hshed out Of the Seine containing
more than 5no letters. addressed 70 divers
persons In Paris The box sot alloat miles
above Paris had heen hnrneticaiiy sealed.
and was furnished with little metal sails
that Ii might catch the current ~ therivrT at
every point. but It bad failed to achieve a
successful voyage. and laid at the rlvnt .
bottom for years with " freight 81 l'll'ie
fpr t3a bcsinxed parisiana. some of whom,
however. had th" qualification OF receiving
them five years after date.
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and II was gathered that he was 81 wing
pleasant things about Mr. Gladstone Maxi
cam" burst of cheering tho nolud of
which was suddenly stopped and a
| long interval Or silence fpliowed varied from
! tim" to time hY tho nurmur of distant cheora
| Then "a suddenly as aileuCo had fallen thnro
| came the sound Of Mr.. Gadston"'a voice" and
| ne was followed pretty we'll through It, quote
| your reporter In the Odd Felpws' lIaill
| some Temafks on corn averages and the
| condition of India. All ths which greatly
myetiiad the telephone audience Is capable
| ~ naay explanation. Ohsorvars W MI Glad
sfoues manner In tho House Of Commons
will remember what important part the
| right honorable gnnilsman'a hat plays In HIS
| gtoat apeochea, III Invariably places II On
| tho table n little to ono side Of him and on
| tn" top of II he places his noios, which he
rapidly ahniflsa and raarrangas aR tho Grafton
| progresses. lhia afternoon. bringing hia hat
| 10 tho tahl" In ha accustomed manner. he I'M
consciously planted II right In front Of tho
cylinder Of the telephones which had been
/ fixed on tho table. thua, If courrsn cutting Of
/ tho meana of communication. Az tho speech
proceeded he began the Encouragement Of The
papers and the movement Of the hat which
| latter no finally drew away from the tae
/ phone. and thon hocama audible in another
/ building. quarter of mile Off "Eomn ros
marks on corn averages and tho condition Of
/ inIla :
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GINTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR.
} , iAh of Orleans. No. o.Tsa by virtue OF Il
writ Of seizure md sao tn mo directed by The
houorahlet tho Sixth District Court FOR tho par
ish If Orleans. in the above entitled cause.
will proceed To soil ut public auction. ut the
Morehnnte and Auctionoort' Exchange. Royal
street f"twean Canal and Customhouse streats
IN Tho SECOND District Of this city, ON SATUR
DAY. January ~, 1890. ut u o'clock m. tht
following described property. to wit
AGERTAIN LOT OFGROUND situated lying
and heng in the Fourth Dstr Jet Of this city. In
tho squire bounded by st Charles tlata NHyHdes1
Carnudon tIAto Apollo Seventh and Eight
streets Said I"t IL Designated by the number
nine. and measures thirty feet front on Eighth
street by depth heween parallel lines. oi
une hundred and fourteen feet four inches NJ
rer sketch anneyedt to an net 81 sale from John
Henderson to defendant. passed before W.
CHsta notary. on tho wentieth of March 1874
together with all the rights ways aud alvRn-
tnges thereunto belonging or In any wise ap-
pertaining.
Reiz"d T.; tho above suit
Terms Cash on the spot
j. II. ALCEE GAUTHRFAIN.
Civil sheriff of the Parish Of Orleans.
de24 II Iai II II u