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GOODS SOLD MORE CAPITAL
IN Represented
South Oinrihn , FIRST In Our Business . 'I
Fort Omnhn , Thou in
Florence ,
All Other Instalment Houses
Council Bluffs.
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Spring Stock , in addition to large quantities of goods remaining from our great Eastern
purchase. We claim to have the most complete House Furnishing Establish
ment in Omaha. Our goods in store and warehouse would to-day
inventory $100,000. Houses furnished complete at one day's notice.
PRICES FfOR THIS
Chamber Suits worth $25.00 now $ lii,00 Ladies' Cabinets worth . 40.00 now 25.CO No. 1 wool mattresses worth 7.50 now 4.75
Chamber Suits worth 85.00 now 2X00 Ladies' Cabinets worth . 50.00 now 80.00 Hods worth , ,
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; ! ( X ) now Mil )
Ingrain Carpels worth . 00 now .85
Chamber
Suits worth . .
-15.00 now 80.00 Stoves worth ,
" " 15.00 .
Ingrain Carpels worth . > now .50 now 9.50
Chamber Suits worth CO.Ol ) now 10.00 Ingrain Carpets worth . . . 1.0(1 ( now .113 Stoves worth 20.(10 ( now 12.50
Sideboards worth 30.00 now IS.00 Brussels Carpets worth . "o now .45 Ranges worth 60.00 now 80.00
Sidonoards worth ; 40.00 now 25.00 Brussels Carpets worth . . , 1 .00 now Wash-Boilers worth . - ] .75 .08
now
worth . . . ' . . . . , ' . 1.23 .
Sideboards worth 50.00 now 80.00 Brussels Carpets now .95 Mrs. Potts' Irons worth . .
2.50 1.50
Secretaries worth 85.00 now 22.50 Stair Carpet worth . ' . 23 now .12 Pins worth now
Secretaries worth . 40.00 now 27.50 Matting worth . 83 now .17 Rolling „ i now .08
Secretaries worth 50.00 now 83.00 Oil Cloth worth . ; . 50 now .30 Potato Mashers worth , ] Q now .04
CholTonolrs worth 20.00 now 12,50 Rues worth . 5.00 now 2.50 Washing Machines worth 15.00 now 9.60
Folding Beds worth , 40.00 now 2o.0 ( ) Window Shades worth . 1 .00 now .40 Lemonade Sets worth , ioi ( now .90
Folding Beds worth 60.00 now 33.00 Table Oil Cloths worth . 85 now .15 Castors worth i.fo , now .90
Folding Beds worth ( iO.OO now 40.00 Pillows worth . 1-00 now .40 Set of Tumblers worth 60 now .20
Hat Racks worth 15.00 now 5.00 Comforts worth . ' . -50 1 now .75 Water Pitchers worth fi ( ) now .25
Hat Racks worth 20.00 now 10.00 Lace Curtains worth . 2.00 now 1.00 Clock Shelves worth 1.00 now .40
Curtain Poles worth . LOO now .4 ! ) Gasoline Stoves worth
Hatltaoks worth 25.00 now 15.00 ( i.do now 8.60
Parlor Suits worth ' 45.00 now 80.00 Mirrors worth . - " " now . ! ) ( ) Refrigerators ' worth 20.00 now 12.00
Parlor Suits worth 50.00 now 85.00 Mirrors worth . " .00 now 2.50 Chebts'worth 10.00 now li.OO
Parlor Suits worth ( iO.OO now 40.00 Bureaus worth . 15.00 now 9.50 Baby Carriages worth : 15.00 now 9.50
Plush Rockers worth 15.00 now 9.00 Bureaus worth . 20.00 now 12.50 Baby Carriages worth 20.00 now 12.60
PhiHli Rockers worth : 1S.OO now 12.00 Springs worth now 2.50 . Baby Carriages worth 25.0(1 ( now 15.00
worth ! -0 ( now 1.60
Springs -
Bod-Lounges worth 18.00 now 0.50 Mattresses worth now 2.25 Parasols ( separate ) worth 1.25 i.ow .50
Ladies' Desks worth 25.00 now 12'50 No. 2 wool mattresses worth now 3.75 Toilet Comodes worth 15.00 now 9.60
All on Easy Weekly or Monthly Payments.
Carpets sewed free of charge. Every purchaser of $10 and over is presented with a nice rug1 , Car tickets furnished those residing at a dis-
tance. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Goods sold in any part of Coimcil Bluffs
amd
TERMS. TERMS.
$1O worth of Goods
, $75 worth of Goods ,
$1 a week , $4 a month. $2.5O n week , $ IO n month.
$23 worth of Goods , $1OO worth of Goods ,
$1.0O n week , $6 a month. $ S a week , $12 a month.
$8O worth of Goods
, TELEPHONE $2uO vvoijth of Goods ,
$2 a week , $8 a month.
, $ T a week , $2O a month
LOUNGERS IN THE ROTUNDA ,
The Do-Nothing Mako-Boliovos Who
Infest the Hotels.
"GOT ANY MAIL FOR ME , PLEASE ? "
at a Cliop-IIoti.se , Dressed
in llie Fashion , anil
on Strangers With
KcprcscntatloriH.
Tim Itntiimln Loafer.
"Any mail for mo to-day ? "
Thus queried n young1 follow of ( Jlcrlc
Sherman at the Pa.xlon hotel yesterday
evening' , aa ho duditthly sauntered up
to the loiter window of the hotel.
"Naw , sir , Ihore's no mail for you lo-
day , " was Iho disdainful reply lo the
interrogation.
Turning to the reporter for Tun BKH ,
who was slandlnpr near byihe clerk re
marked :
"Now , just size that duck up. "
"Who is he ? "
"Well , in fact , ho Is the next tinner to
n confidence manbut ho isn't. lie isn't
uuitu smooth enough for that , but he IB
an hotel vagrant. He has no visible
means of support , and if ho did not
have pretty good clothcn to make a fair
appearance on Iho street , the police
would run him in for a 'vag. ' Wo are
troubled with lots of hotel vags fellows
who make an endeavor lo induce the
public to believe they are gentlemen.
Till a particular individual , vhom you
hoard inquire for mail is n
great nuisance. Ho is a nightmare
to UB all. llo receive * all
his mail hero. Ho docs this in order lo
make his correspondents believe that
lie i boarding at the hotel. Ho never
spent a dollar in the house , not oven as
much aw turned in a quarter over the
bar. 1 have boon keeping cases on him
and have hoard that ho lakes his meals
ut the 10-cent chop houses. You sue
that ho la well-dressed. "
The reporter looked at the young fol
low , after being told his name , which
is withhold. The latter took a seat on
ono of the plush divans. He Is. per
haps , 21 years of ago , .lark complexion ,
blaek eyes and a little black moustache.
In utnturo ho is rather small. His
malo-np : is neat , but eomuwhat gaudy ,
especially Ihis mny bo said of a largo
blaek nockllo with while dols. His
dross IB of black , with a low-cut vest
which is calculated lo display the loud
tje. Another noticeable , feature of
his wearing npparol is a very
light overcoat. It is almost
n dirty white , favoring n cream color.
Ills headgear consists of a silk tile ,
around which Is an inch and linlf weed.
Soinuliiiies ho carries a mnuli c\no : \ , at
the top end of which is an Ivory handle ,
"Well I'll loll about him "
, you , con
tinued the clerk.
.lust then Night Clerk Council
dropped into the olllco.
" don't know him ? "
"Why , you jok
ingly asked the latter with n lilllo
laugh. "If you don't , you can see him
hero from 10 o'clock in Iho morning
until after midnight , and perhaps you
cjin iiBcortaln some of his lilllo games.
Hu U not the only ono , but Is the prin
cipal1 one that . \ve are annoyed with.
That fullntv Bitting down there now ,
who u BtraiiRor would suppose was u
guent of the house or a member of some
nice wealthy family , is nothing more or
else than a money worker. How docs
he got.it ? . Why , ho , intlies : loans of a
low dollars from strangers whenever ho
can. Ho knows the town and there are
any number of people who stop
hero that are glad enough to
have some ono show them
around. Such fellows , presenting a
neat appearance , telling strangers they
are the sons of so-and-so , and that they
have such mid such influential uncles
as Mandcrson , MeShanoand Croighton ,
are seldom mistrusted when they get a
chance to work a victim. That duck
over there tries every now cleric that
is engaged in the hotel on cashing a
check , but ho has never succeeded in
gelling any money from the house , for
wo post every now man to look out for
such workers. The other morning , at
" o'clock , when everybody was tisluop ,
ho came into the house with another
young chap who , at present , holds a
very good position , but who bus u ten
dency to dress loud , and will bo out in
the cold world soon if ho keeps up his
association with this fellow. The pair
had been out going tl.e rounds. Both
wcro full. This wcll-drcs.scd lounger
went up to the first landing on
the stairs to do n fall
as Harry King did when ho was shot by
Libbio Beeehler last November. Ho
did it with a scream and fell sprawling
on the landing , and then asked his
companion how ho liked llie 'King
tragedy act.1 I called him down on it
and fired
"OTII OUT OK TUB IIOUSK.
A few nights ago , a traveling man
mimed Cliaso , from Galesburg , Ills , ,
came to Iho house and , after being as
signed to a room , requested mo to in
form this party , should ho call around ,
that ho was broke ; that he could nut
buy ; that ho would not lend , nor would
he bo entertained. Scarcely half an
hour had passed when the follow bobbed
up and asked if the traveling man had
arrived. I told him that he had , but
ho could not see him. Ho has also been
troubling n traveling man from Chicago
cage , named Case. Hu can hardly bo
called a confidence man , but ho is the
next thing to it. Al'limns ho pretends
to bo a commercial man himself. "
The Millard hotel is not indicted "with
many such fellows. The management
will not tolerate thorn. Whenever it
thin leu that hiich things are going on
Iho follows arc forcibly ejected by a
porter called Sullivan.
"Once in a while , " said ono of the
clerks , "wo have ono of these follows
who will smilingly coino up to the desk
and say , 'Sorry to bother you , but is
there any mail for mo to-day ? f am
not stopping at your house but 1 wrote a
little note on ono of your letter heads
and Iho answer may coma hero. ' I
would rather have a man ask If there
were any mail for him. Generally Iho
excuse it ) moro bother than watting
upon him.
"Then , there is ono of Ihcse sweet
little things who is stopping for a few
days with a friend who Is boarding at
thu house. He thinks there might be
homo mail for him In care of his friend.
So soon an wo get-onto ono of Iheso
mail fiends wo throw them into the
alloy.
"Thriro is a tin horn gambler thnt
has a particular liking for Bitting
around the lobby. Ho has
boon told sovond times thnt
ho would bo thrown out if .ho did not
make himself scarce , He is a chronic
und will got into trouble before long.
"Another lounger is an old mnti per
haps fifty years of ago. He bourdn ut a
third-class hotel and claims to be a
horse trader. He is here nearly nil day
and night. His hobby Is to snatch
newspapers in Iho chairs nt > soon ns a
man drops ono. He U also a wriling-
paper fiend , He is one of the rocking-
. .uhalr nuisances. You'll know him if
you ever see him. He-wears a full gray
beard , /Jrcsscs } n common st lo , uiiif ,
upon his head , ho carries a black derby
hat. lie also wears a heavy dark over
coat.
"There is still another fellow that is
quite a hotel lounger. He claims to be
a cigar drummer , but is about the hotel
nightly , and receives his mail first atone
ono place and then at another. Ho
dresses neatlymost of the time in u feack
suit and wears a derby hat. Ho
has a dark mustache and .sort of ori
ental eyebrows. He talks in a wander
ing manner as if ho wore half-full. He
always alludes to some noted personages
with whom he is acquainted when in
conversation wilii a stranger. Ho will
also throw in some kind of a big paren
thesis regarding some incident with Ihc
famous one of whom he happens to bo
talking.
"Tuoro is another kind of a follow
wo have a hatred for. It is he who
comes in lalo at night , or rather in the
morning. Ho is drunk , lie has a wife
over at some other hotel. She never
know of him getting full. He
doesn't want lo go to the house
in which they have enjoyed rooms and
in which his wife is. asleep. Ho doesn't
want her to know where ho has boon.
Ho wants a room and breakfast at our
house and will settle with the day man.
Ho wouldn't for the world have his wife
know that ho is drunk. lie will slctu >
it off in our house and go to his wire
and loll her that ho had business in
Council Blulls and got left on the last
train. You know that kind of business
won't go with us'now * unless he settles
in advance. Then wo don't care where
his wife is or whether lie has one. .hint
such a man owes one of Ihono hotels
! 00 for board. Any of the clerks over
Ihcre will loll you who ho is.
JUCMUIOUS.
Pope Leo recently entered upon his eight
ieth year. Ho Is extremely feeble in health ,
Ground was recently broken for the Meth
odist college at Sodalhi , Mo. Uishop Newman -
man delivered the address.
The Jews free school at Spltulflohls , Kug-
land , is said to bo the largest In the world.
It numbers y.rxX ) jiupils ' , ' , ' ,50 boys , and
It IH csUnmicu'ttiat there are in London
Dl-I.OOO wholly dependent on casual labor ,
and nearly a million who never see the insulo
of a church.
The progress of the linptist churches of
the United States during the past year has
been very great. More than Su.OOJ members
huvu been added to the roll and 1,001) )
churches ,
The long inchoate plan for a diocesan
union of the five Protestant Knisconal dioceses
ceses of Now York state into a province has
advnnosd another step. A meeting was held
yesterday at the sou-house In Now York ,
Bishop Potter presiding and allflvudiosecscs
being represented.
'
A national Christian Kndcavor day was
observed very generally by societies In all
parts of the country In thd llilrd week of
February , by offering special prayer for Iho
work throughout the world , and by making
a thank offering 10 some missionary cause
commenced with their own denomination.
The 100th anniversary of the founding of
Georgetown college , by the Jesuits , under
rather John Carroll , first bishop of the
church In the United States , a most notable
event celebrated In the closing days of last
week , called together loadingruiirt'Benlatlves
of the Culholle church from all sections of
the country ,
The "Hlatr bill , " as it Is called , from tlio
name of its author and chief supporter at
Washington , Senator lllalr.is causing a great
stir among that excellent but not ver.v numer
ous class of Christians who regard Saturday ,
or , as they call It , "tho > seventh day of the
week , " as the truu Christian Sabbath ,
Thp new start that Nat Goodwin makes
this season In laying aside farcical comedy to
take up the moro ambitious schema of legiti
mate cojncdy , has jiovcn a uiulter of sur
prise lo many persons. Mr. Goodwin main
tains , however , thnt Silas Woolcott , In Ills'
new comedy , "A Gold Minn , " gives him
quite as great scope fur fun muUiug as any ho
has yet played. ,
OLD KNIGHTS OR THE'ROAD. '
How They Were. Defeated by a Resolute
elute Express Messenger.
THE JAMES BOYS' METHODS.
A llnilro.id 3luii With Terror TlcciillK
One ol' the Most During or
Their Jluliliorleft on
Ihc Knil.
He Shot , Tlirotiuli the Door- .
"Wore you over instructed to throw
up your hands ? ' ' queried Conductor
Mondonhull of the Union Pacific of a
reporter , a few diiys ago. Well then ,
you have not had a very extensive o.\-
] ) ciicnco : in the west mid more especially
in tlio early days. Tn the autumn of
1S77. I was an express messenger and
ran between North Pintle and Denver.
Wo loft this Plattt ) in the afternoon ,
wcMwurd bound and I had about $75,000
in my vault which was assigned to par
ties in San I'YaucUco. I often carried
amounts nearly as largo as that , hut , for
homo reason or other , on this occasion ,
1 had a fceling'that 1 would bo the vic-
lim of the almost inevitable train-rob
ber before I reached the end of my
journey. I Icept my revolvers in closes
proximity lo my familiar post in the car
and was prepared for almost any emer
gency , although 1 was desirous of not
having uuy occasion to use my weapons
because I know that it meant blood
shed and probably loss of life. All
along the route 1 had inspected every
passenger that hoarded the train.
"At Worcester , a small and forsaken
hamlet , the train stopped for water ,
and , although it was quite dark , I im
agined that I saw thruo men emerge
from behind the tank as the
train pulled out. My blood turned
cold as I strained my eyes to ascertain
whether 1 was mistakonuii my disoov-
orv. The train sped onand several
miles of track wore lofo behind , and
everything was going on in the usual
way. Suddenly she was brought to a
stand without a signal. C know what
this meant. There was. no station
within several miles of thU point. We
were in the hands of tbo bandits , This
suggested itself lo me in an instance ,
and it.turned out to J > o too true. I
grubbed a revolver in eaoh hr.nd and
determined that if my car was entered ,
the intruders would huvu lo slip over
my dead body , In a few moments a de
mand wiis made for mo. to open the
door. 1 did not speakhut alutohod the
handles of my revolvers raoro tightly.
The demand was repeated , with a
threat that if I did not open the door
they would break it in and kill me.
I observed that there were . several
voices , but I made no olfort to open the
door or to ascertain wiio , or how many
were outside ,
"Suddenly a loud sound , as if the
door was being battered with a sledge
hammer , fell upon my oars. My hair
stood on ends , but 1 decided that ro-
trcut was uboloss , and that my chances
for Hying as well as retaining the
money and valuables entrusted to my
care , wore as good by returning lire
should it reach this point , Another
blow was dealt and the door partially
succumbed. Catching big.it of one of
inv unwelcome guests , 1 tired , and a
pi'or.uing yell reached my e U-H. I know
that } hud struck my man. J could not
POO outside hut drew myself closer to
the opening , and locating the men IIH
best I could I llrod three s-hots in rapid
succession. One of the three bullets
must have performed its mission as an
other cry escaped from the lips of the
bandits. 1 gain shot at random in
hopes if not wounding , at least fright
ening the robbers away. Wlioro were
the conductor , the engineer , the passen
gers that they did not come to my us-
aistancc , 1 asked myself.
Suddenly the train started oIT , and in
a few minutes we were going
a sixty-mile gait. Wo reached
Wilbur and almost overcome with
fright I emerged from the ear and
was about to relate my experience when
the engineer and conductor , with faces
bleached as the driven snow , informed
mo that while they wore held under
cover of a Smith iS : Wesson the men
wore working at my car. I found that
my experience was not let * pleasant
than theirs.
"As well as I could ascertain there
were live outlaws in the bund , but I
will wager my month's pay that if any
of those follows are living they bear
evidence of my marksmanship on that
occasion. 1 foiled what was evidently
a well-planned robbery , but I would
rather jump olT a ten-story building
than go through the same ordeal
agvin. "
* *
"Possibly you have arrived at the
conclusion " continued the conductor ,
"that the .lames boys wore the most to
bo dreaded of all the bandits that in
fested the west , but such is not the case.
There are two methods of robbing a
train. One is to subdue the individuals
on hoard by thobrandishingof weapons ,
and the other is the placing of obstruc
tions on the track wrecking Hie train
and afterwards effecting the robbery.
In the early days , the latter system was
practiced largely , but , on no occasion
was this method employed by the .lames
gangalthough they had been connected
with such achievements in many re
ports published about them. The
.lames beys , while a more lawless set of
men never breathed a breath of life ,
olTected their robberies at the rnu/.y.le of
a revolver. They would shoot to kill if
nncohsurybut that was their last resort.
When I was braking on a passenger
train on the Southern Pacific , the
.lames boys , with a stronpbtalf made an
advance on the train. One of them
mounted the platform of the baggage
car which was adjacent lo the louder.
He stopped on bpard at a station just as
any other passenger would do. The
rest of his gang was in iim-
liush about four miles out of the
village beside the track. As the train
approached , they made their nppour-
unco. and suddenly the passenger
climbed over th'o louder and , with a
gun leveled on the engineer , instructed
him to halt his engine. It is needless
to say thai ho wont through the enro-
inony lilce an adept , and in short the
train was brought to a bland-still. In
the rear coach was an apparently ngcd
ndividual , resembling vorv much an
mbassador from the rural districts , hut
o was also ono of the gang. AH soon
s the train began lo slacken up ho
sprang to his feet , and , pointing two
glittering pieces of firearms at the pus-
songers , the conductor and myself
everybody sooinod to bo in range ho
commanded us .to throw up our hands.
Military discipline could not have re
sulted in u more uniform movement.
Strong and delicate fingers alike point
ed heavenward , and , us the train
stopped , live masked bandits .entered
the coach and dispossessed the passen
gers and our train stall of their valua
bles and money.
"I had some small change and a sil
ver watch , which was purl of the booty
they received. After pilfering the ar
ticles of value , they retreated one by
ono with great precaution and the old
man , who wa.s last to retreat , backed
out of the car with a revolver in each
hand resting upon all of us.
1 did not know at the lime , but I sub
sequently ascertained that the robbers
were of a bund known as the James
boys. Fortunately we had no express
car , and not much money on board.
"
This system of robbery , of"course , was
anything but inviting , but it-was much
less dreaded than that in which the
the train was wrecked and everybody
on board subjected to dual chances of
being killed. "
.
JIUSIDAli AM ) DKAMATIC.
Margaret Mnthcr has ttcca playing Liuly
Macbeth.
Kuto Claxton is a vcr.v side woman , ami
tlii probabilities nre that shu will bo u pain
ful invalid wliilo siic lives.
Washington society is exploiting Mamie
Morris , a pianisto , fourteen years old , who is
described us "a fumiilu.lnsof Hofmaim. "
Lawrence JliiiTCtt delivered n lec'turo upon
Charlotte Cushman the other night i" Iho
Union League club at Philadelphia , before u
distinguished aiulicncc.
The opening of the now Union Square
theater , New York city , is now set down for
Wednesday evening , March 2 . Particularly
brilliant decoration is promised.
ICdward Harngau lias completed a three-
act local play , which ho will use at thu open
ing of his next .season. "Pete" and the
"O'Keagims" will last until May comes ,
Snr.ih Ucrnhnrdt will appear at the Paris
Vnrletes in April , in the French adaptation
of F. U. Phillips' "As in a Looking Glass , "
which was prepared for her some time ago.
Gustuv Ambon ; has engaged CoBtanxa
Donita , "tho celebrated prima uona of the
Stailt theater , Cologne , " lo sing m opcrulta
at his theater on Irving-placo , New York
city , next season
Mho performance of an English version of
the "Ulcctra" ofKophoclos by the students
of ttie American Academy of the Dramatic
Arts , will tuUo iilaeo in the Lyceum theater ,
New York , in tlio near future.
Jt Is announced that Mrs , Annlo Yoamans
will leave Mr. llarngan's company at thD
end of the present season , If this 03 soMr ,
llarngim will lind it extremely difileiilt to re-
lilnco her , for In her own particular line she
is without a rival.
In the production of "Kielmrd III. " by Mr.
Hlrhard Ma-isiield in London , especial atten
tion will bo paid to the battle scenes , which
ant Intended to illustrate the actual method *
of combat at that period. Kehearaals uro now
In full progress.
Huns Von Hulow will arrive In this coun
try towards the lust of March to givu sixteen
piano recitals and conduct , soimi orchestral
concerts , It is said. With so limited a num
ber of appearances , it Is unlikely that his
perfect piano playing will bo beard oulsldo
of New York ami liostoii.
Jules Lumuitro , the dlstlngulshoJ French
critic , has a play in rehearsal ut the Odeon ,
In Paris , which Is waited for with great ex
pectations. It Is called "Kuvolteo,11 and-
Jlunieny and Tcssandlor will huvo thoprm
cipal rotes. This title means that the heroine
is a woman Who objects to thu prejudices of
society ,
Mrs. Ward has written a graceful little
note to Mr. A. M. Palmer , thanking him for
his refusal to permit i > n unauthorl/iid drama-
tUation of "Koburt Klsemorc" to bo per
formed in his theater. .Shu says thnt the
idea of Klscmero anu Catharine on the sta o
"had lain heavy on her mind , " and that sliu
Is now greatly relieved.
Miss Mary Anderson , declares , with a
great show of indignation , that she will
never , never again play in St. Louis. She
roue lies this historic resolution because thu
professional critics of St. Louis dealt sav
agely with hers to bo more explicit , they
bain that she did not deserve the reputation
accorded to tier.
IJolund Uecd scorns to hauodroimoJ very
naturally into the vacancy occasiouod by the
death of John T. Raymond. He has always
had a largo and enthusiastic constituency ,
bill In this higher sphnro Into which liu has
entered he is accorded a popularity second
only to that enjoyed by thq uuiiublo genius
whom he UattBUCccedcd ,
Ienry | 'K. Abbey has arranpod to coin
meia-o Mine. Pa'.ti's ' concert tour in this conn ,
try iu Chicago , thu divu ojiciilnt ; in the tin
mcnso auditorium in that city December 5-
As to who will support 1'atti Mr. Abbey has
not y l definitely derided , but ho says that ,
though her company will not bo n largo one ,
it will be the best to bo obtained.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson liurnutt'n now
play , which she has written to fit thu pecu
liarities of the leading member * of Air.
Frohmaii's stock company , will probably bo
played at the Lyceum , Now York , this
hpring , for "Sweet Lavender" earned its
reputi.tion as a good road play when it
readied its ono hundredth performance.
Mmo. Hading will not bo seen on the staga
again in tin's country. Her delay In starling
for Paris , where she is engaged to play a
spring engagement , is duo to her desire to
see Mary Anderson act. Miss Anderson
plays in Washington next week , and Mine.
Hading will go there as tlio guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Abbey to witness the performance
of "Thu Winter's Tale , " which she has not
yet seen.
Miss Agues HuntinL'ton has made ho r
debut In London In the opera of "Paul
Jones , " ami she seems to have mailo a dis
tinct hit us a male impersonator. Tlio Lon
don papers , aftur complimenting her work ,
announce that she has just turned twenty-
five vear.sof ago. London seems to bo the par
adise for American talent which is not appre
ciated at homo. AVe have In mind just now
Miss Hunlington , Miss Grace Hawthorne
and Miss Murv Anderson.
KDIJCATIOXAIj.
The Harvard Heat club have dccliiioil to
row an elght-o.ircd race with Columbia at
Now London next spring.
An increase of twenty in tlio nninlior of
students at Syracuse unlvorsitv smco the
publication of tlio last uatalogut ? , now giv. s u
total of iWO.
Prof. ( Jhurlos H. Hitchcock of Dartmouth ,
has Just presented 'o ' that collude a largo < 'ol-
lection of natural history specimens , made
by Prof , .lamus Hall , of Albany.
Cardinal ( libbons , Archbishops Corngan , | of
Now York : Uyan , of Philudulphli , mid
Luughlln , of Hrooltlyn , wcro present at the
contcnnial celebration of tlio Georgetown
Jesuit university.
Mr. Ocorge ICunimn has boon lecturing In
several of the Now ICngland colleges. At a
curtain point in his address ho retires lo an
anto-raom , and comes clothed In the full garb
of a Siberian prisoner.
Prof. Lounsbiir.v , of Yale , Is binty at his
now work on L'hauccr. Prof. Lounshurv ,
bv close study and application , has so greatly
Injured Ills eyes that ho sees with the great-
fist difficulty , but , like many another scholar ,
plods heroically on ,
The Yule divinity school sends Mr. Jamoi
1) , Reynolds as missionary to ICuropiian col
leges , the idea lining to iidvanc'j Christian
work among the students thorn , mid to os-
tahllbh uco-oporuiltru organization between
those on the two continents.
Tlio Kdiion company have presented lo
Cornell's engineering department a dynamo
having a capacity of H ) lunin | , and valued at
$ liOO. Tlio Hrush Klectrlcal company have
also contributed an Improved mortor , worth
Mr. Jacob Tome , of Hultlmoro , has g ven
$ J , < JOJKC ( ) fur Industrial education , and Its
Hlgnillcaiii'u can only bo npprf'hitod In con-
nccilon with tlio millions * lvon for uilucn *
llonal purposes bv Lulanu .Stanford , of Cull-
fornla : Mr. Williams , of Philadelphia ; Mr.
Clark , of Worcester , and Mr. Pratt , of
Brooklyn.
Dartmouth college Is soon to have n genu
ine professor in ICifytlsh , to tie supported by
the Willard fund , which , after twenty ycarH.
has readied the amount required for u full
professorship. The trustees have appointed
a committee to select a man for thu j'osltion ' ,
and he will probably bo Installed before next
full. .
The rout of maintaining thu public sdiouis
In Nutv Yortc state lunt year was . . ,
an inen-asoof moro than SI.'JUO.O.HJ over I S7.
ThU money wus for the education of 1.771 ! , *
! uV > children of school ago , of whom l < ( Wt'Xtt
attended school , The number of teachers
employed was Ul.WJ , ut un average nnnutil
salary of $41(1.75. (
Kutgars college has the promise from Mr.
Gamut 1C. Wlnunts , of Horgou Point , K. J. .
of a flno dormitory building which , will prob-
ubly rout 11 hundred thounund dollar" . This
iniifiillli-unl gift Will prnvldo room * for a
hundrpd btudunlH ami. with thu largo In-
crt'uxoGstudents / under President dates'
administration , will afford urcul relief.