New York Clipper (Jan 1881)

S4=e THIS 3STE"W o ifl IPP January 22,1881. V NEW YORK CLIPPER. SATOBDAYi JANTJAB TO CORRESPOND: Wo Answen t«y BaTsall ar'D^paipb. P. D.. Philadelphia.—L Toa are not n uis sa r Ur right!' We do noesee bow m referee u a biniard gvane ceo declare one player winner In caw the roll number at points an played out- There Is no occasion lor a daoJon. and we En never beard or one being aikcd for or given In a bmiard-maten. We gness there le no need for Hi to give a . decision. It ahowa bow mocb batting, oatslde of the day's work that Is done In nora-roma, tu been done on tne Tlsnsm miM nniL that bom the onteet to the praaent time—during which period* thousands ol questions bare been answered, and stwnatthem-doiensas to bllllards- tble UtheflrttQoeetion rSelred br aiir sporU nr. paperlri TelstftoB to the rarla nme. The few people wbo bet on that tame, bare been asked to pay ana flare paid, bare • been rnboed. Tble la all we coealder the affair U worth. X. Poolroom mlee do not govern outside beta. O. B. B.. East Machlaa.—The gentleman cannot be Oar- enor In anv event. The most that be M beta acting Ooraroar *Ii would make do difference IT he could be aoremor. IT the bet was made before the ataioe elecuoo Jbr Ckrvernor, It waa Mttled by the result of that election, mad eren PlaJsted's death on the night ot election would not bare affected 1L Beutng that he would be the next Oorenior wne only another way ol betting that be would ■at more rotes than the Republican candidate lor that •One on a certain day. For aught either of jou knew, the •Section might afterward! be declared aaconaUtntloiiel and void. Had there been no TOtlng at all on that day, or ' bad Plaastad dlad-belhre the day of elacljon, the bet would have been void. Srams aTnc*B.—L The oonnt la high, low. nek. game. thmaspoL nine and flee, in that .order, Z Both aides cannot be out at once; for the reason abore glren. 3. The mffrrr far* * K *' ■ r T^ ***** '" the ave-spnt will not put him out, if hi* opponent can show In bis band high or lowi or on make lack' or nine, supposing both- n bare onetoavt and IX la also obvious thai a player can claim mt on certain card*, even the Are or the nine, without vraltlor-tD play out the carta. But be cannot do It If points which are entitled to count ahead of his can yet be made by lus opponent. _ . . _ . at It. Boston.—L The race between Banian and Trick- ett was-for tbe- cbamplOQSblpot EngUusl. This Is as a rot fact. While not betar In lact far the champion whether he should proretote Hanlan or Tnekelt, ongat to be able to beat aay other oarsman extant. 2. The match between Laycock and Banian Is lor the champion, ablp of Bngtand. d. w. T„ Trinidad,—The statement reads that L bet T two hundred dollars, and put up twenty dollars forfeit, from which we Infer thai T also bet L two hundred, and also put -up twenty forfeit. It Is not necessary for the stakeholder, and oneot the bettors to agree as to what was put up. TberetakeholdeT ought to know how much was put up In his bands, and bis decision should settle It. Ho such Mealy-worded document as that forwarded to us by copy can have weight fur a moment against what the stakeholder ears. W. E. H.1 Newark.—Yon bare brought In question so many things, that It would take us some weeks to decide the wagers. Tint we should bare 10 write to all the car- rnarmfxctorles extant, since lbs price of the same kind of emrrarles; next, we should hare to write to Washington and to Newark to get the width ol those two streets; and finally we should hare to hunt flies of nearly thirty years ago an the prospect of seeing, siier all, only "Berr tirle- raaV* Instead of tils Christian name. 8. IL, Tror. — The following papers are published in Xhmespous. Minn.: Evening Journal. Pioneer Preu, Trtwune. Former's Union and Tribune, Budttltten, Farm (BUS Borne, Frete Prase, MUmaota State Tienlng. Hit- eleeippl I'allewLuwu^ermmand Manufacturer. JfortktoeMt- cm MiUer, Saturday Evening Spectator. Our Forma Jbtex. PTesCens Fancier*' Poultry Journal and Stot±- tmden' Reriert. Ariel. Bomekeeper, Minnesota Farmer. aeota Bonttuaa. eren thongo that ball goea Into a pocket and bounds back, Is not off tne table. J. aL. Brookryn.— L There has been no new rule. It requires a dispensation from the Bishop of the diocese for apsiacttomsrixaCatbouc toa Protestant. 2. There are ways by which any couple lawfully manlad can besep- arated. but we cancot now think of any by which a couple ot those ages can be pat asunder without the consent of one or them. puns. Louisiana.—The Idea of iwfrtwj calls on New- Tear's Day no doubt on gloated la the Roman cuttom, established In the rear747. B. C, ot making goes en that day. A difference betwe en that era and this is that the cauers otto-day bring nothing and take away all they can get, which In many esses amounts to more than they can W 0'H..I«waCHy.—We do not know where he was born. W. J. H., Providence —See tables In Curraa auiaxac, ~ Wilmington firs Ed. James' a dverti sement. Us lanilb) Illsliogoes oBtb aluisllliaro. „ TX.-6«e>T»««sMeslP Curb almawac TV Dud. Oulnrabws. Bas THJS Clippsb, Ammo. rTO BruoklT»-*TS«resre^wrotyln», ».e.a. T. . 0 IT Jkelci llishcf If nnr flsrlllnTi lrrtt|-'—' : W. Z#>+-k. who aetnally played, loses. Tb» tronble wltn. maklnK everTtbJrin; else gnbor- OlBttB .to iCBjigrn on Uib gtue, wbicb appears to. ba a gjtj s ) i ng eruTtom In oar modem tnearres, la that toe real U too olten on worthy to be lntro- daced Into art. We suppose that the enthusiasts in thla school define realism as nothing more than another name for strict fidelity to nature. It Is the essential element of their system to present troth with naked severity. What, they' trlnmph antly ask, can be a higher form of .dramatic art than to reproduce humanity precisely as It exists —precisely as we see It and come to know it In every-day life T SelT-complacently, they take for the corner-stone ol their creed that purpose of playing which Hamlet described as Its end—to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature—and with this they are prepared to answer all possible objections to their theory. Is It desired to represent a thief or a. drunkard or a courtesant The disciple of realism does not content himself with drawing on his Imagination for the character, nor yet on that general knowledge or human nature which the ordinary experience of llle Imparts. Instead, he goes forth Into those special haunts of sin fre- quented by the particular species of evil-doers It is desired to depict, and there he makes a study of the character, searching In its accuracy, micros- copic In Its detail. If it be necessary, he follows the thief In one or bis midnight expeditions, at- tends his trial, dogs him to the prison, and would even accompany a murderer to the gallows. If there seemed a certainty of some new development on the voyage. The drunkard he keeps under close surveillance from the moment when he tastes his first glass of wine to the hour when be dies of de- llrium-tremens in a public hospital. The precise quantity of brandy consumed, the medical treat- ment to which the poor wretch Is subjected, the despair and frenzy and pitiable helplessness of the victim—ail these and a honored other minutest details are observed and made note of by the stndent ol realism. With the same keen scalpel and powerful lens he enters the boudoir of the courtesan, ready to analyze and lay bare every working of the soul, to bring under the magnlly- lna;-e;laas every psychologic change, every twinge of remorse, every yearning after a purer life. With this material carefully indexed, assorted and ar- ranged, the realistic playwright sits down to the con- struction of his drama. The most hideous forms of vice, the most disgusting phases or crime are intro- duced In every scene. Nobody can take exception to the fidelity to nature displayed In the work. No- body can say that the drunkard in the realistic play does not die aa horrible a death as the drunkard In the public asylum; nor that Magdalen does not pay as terrible a penuance for her misstep behind the e^SwTtndraw^ footlights as In the drama of life. But here It is teet-oall come in contact. 2. a ball "off the table" la one ; that we wonld enter our protest against this sort thatlearestbe bed of the table and remains off but for the I . w . .»„„- that the end nf art Ik tntarcsreuce of somebody. A ban that leares the bed and 01 thing, we deny natly mat tne ena 01 an is s to It samln^without the mterierenee^tjuy^peraon. 1 merely to reproduce with photographic correct- ■ .. ^_ _„.. ' negg certain deformities of nature which wonld be mnch better left alone. It is real enough, Heaven knows; but as we said at the outset, It Is that kind of realism which Is not worthy to figure In art. It may require a great deal of practice and study to enable a man to depict the horrors of dellrlum-tremens, and to stretch out his agony through an entire scene In a play. But why should he do it? People don't want to see the dellrlum-tremens on the stage. It may be a piece ol acting which holds the mirror np to nature never so truthfully—Its very fidelity makeB It all the more disgusting. Dramatic art, at Its best, la something many degrees higher than the mere re- producing of what In nature Is essentially coarse and repulsive. Ko matter how perfect the stage representation may be, no matter how true to the original, assuming that the original Itself Is hid- eous and ungainly, the mimic scene can aflbrd very little satisfaction to the spectator. When your advocate of realism would glorify his method above all else that enters Into stage repre- sentation. It might be well to remind him that the highest type of art has ever been regarded the creative. One original creation Is more than a thousand Imitations, viewed as Indicative" of genius. It la very true that there may be realism In original work: but there It Is made subservient to other and higher conditions. We have made wonderful progress of late years in the production of plays on the sage; In mounting and setting and .costuming; In mechanical effects and appropriate s :enery; In Imparting, In abort, a flavor of fleah-and- blood existence to the too often skeleton-like ex- terior which lormerly characterized the material form or the drama. Bnt, while we have done all this, we. should remember that there Is danger or carrying our realism too far. It can never bear more than the relative Importance of the frame to the picture. A flue painting may gain a great deal from a fine frame; bnt, while It la possible to enjoy the picture without any. frame at all, It should be remembered that a frame without any picture at all Is s^ pretty rasaAsntctory thing. Thb Buck Vettus" did not set 'em wild last week at Klblo'a Garden, nor did the menagerie atartle 'em with Its ponderonsness. The tronble with these spectacles is that the managers try to cram them with Incidents and things sufficient to last two nights; : o that by the time the spectator has kept np till one o'clock or so be wants to go home, and thereby misses "the last scene of all." This "Black Venus" is not likely to wean us lrom our allegiance to the white Tennses of "The Black Crook." TuBXTsa the tables. It has been charged against Bernhardt that she baa four children and no hus- band. We do not believe that she has so many, by a large majority; bnt our belief Is neither here nor there. Marie Colombler, one ol the ladles in her train, has written to Paris a letter In which she thus strikes back at the slanderers or Sarah: "The American women have no children. Ko! there are remedies for such evils. Bnt by way of com- pensation they have husbands—as many as you like." Justice must have removed the bandage from her sore eyes recently, for a woman waa hung for murder In Newark, N. J., a few days ago; and on Jan. 14, in Maine, a boy only nine years of age waa sentenced to Imprisonment during his minority. The little fiend killed another small boy, but the wont of It was the boy-murderer was about to bnry his victim before the latter was dead. Justice had better keep the bandage off, and go It blind no more. Texxob, the Canadian prophet, eays that "the middle of this month will bring snowfalls which will terminate In milder weather towards the end of the third quarter. Thla thaw, which will be Interrupted by a brlof cold spell, will extend from about the 16th of the month Into February." Our friends had better get out their boats and water- proofs. Thb plat of ''Fobqet-me-not" seems to have been well sold by Its authore, as also do those wbo have purchased It; for now steps forward a gent who claims that he bought it of Messrs. prove and Merlvale a number ol years ago, when Lester Wal- lackwasa walklng-gent and Genevieve Ward a very youthful prodigy. T. &—As yon put them, both "You and me" and "Ton andF* are nonsense. With enough words added to make something out of them,- either can do duty granunarlcaUy. Thus, "Betwem you and me' 1 would be right, and "Ton and I are right" would not be wrong; while "Ton and me are wrong*' would rjoc be right, and "Between yoa and 1, both are rbrht," would be deid-wrong. OttwgtABT- agings, Chester.—P wins if, when the bet wseaaade, there was yet to be throwing, apart from any ties; fbr.9 won the linker, even though It was thrown by both parties. But IX the bet was made after all the regular chances bad been thrown, then It could bare com- prehended only the throw-ouT; and IT there waa no throw- off. the bet ln> such a case is void. i. ft. C, CUcago.—The Tecumaeh Club of London, One nererwoa the professional championship of the Onlted Stales. The Teeumseas won In 1S77 the championship of the taternatlowal Association,' which Included, besides t&exnsslrae, toe atapleleafa ot Guelph. Buckeyes of Oolum- bos, Lire Oaks ol Lynn, Allegheny*. Bochestars and Man- chostsrs. C. H- B-, 81 IsmlA—The colors msjte no oUlference In the value ot sashes In poker. A flash ot beans la worth no more than a flush of diamonds, and It Is also a tie If A holds a flash of from ace to ten of clubs and B holds a flush ot from ace to ten of spades. W. B. 8- SUrer Plume.—According to the best Informa- tion ulsslnanln as to the population of Chinese dtles, London. Bag..ass about three million more population than Fftktn. China, and considerably more than twice as marry as Caaton. China. B. BV, BascBtglnaw.—I. The man wbo went out does not deal : ITS optional wrtfc the one who Is next on Us left to take the deal hiraself or make bis remaining oppo- nent deal .again. 2. A player can sirs another, out In order to make sure that he uimaelr may not be beaten. T. J. O, Philadelphia—L Clocks were Id rented before tne Christian sra. 1. state the bet, and also whether It refers to area of factory or amount of business done. If ihelaftnr. the clock-makers wul rery properly object to —"""I their private business known. making their private atraC. Louisiana —L That seems to us like a "leading qBestlon'' as to our prints business. 1 The champion ^r^Uliard-player ot America Is George P. fflosaon. 3. See answers In dramatic colomns. 4. Thanks; but we do not JAOK Mclsoxtas, Hempstead.—We submitted your com. mTmlrstlnn to "'Oar Jim." He says somebody has been nruur you. as nothing of the kind has erer appeared m THB CLrrPBB,sofaraa can be Judged by the title- Are yon ntn of the name or the piece? • rrsouxaD—-What I Would Like to See," "How Ludrlg fJdruck aCbob," "The 0*Donahue Oi ' tar." 'The Girl who Smiled on If eV ^ 'MyLastLev . 'A December Idyl." "The Pour Triplets," "Sir Pretty Tuberose,'' "When Someone Pulls the String." J. a.—The United States are so much larger In area than Canada, or than eren ail the British possessions in North America, that it is not worth while comparing tbe two. As for Canada alone, it Is not so large aa Texas and Call- s p—*■ combined. W. Baltimore —Assuming that A called out without loosing back at his tricks, and as soon as he had taken In points enough t* put him out, he won the game, eren though the cell wbs on the last trick. "A sweep is as valid as any other point to call out an. " 0. L., Buffalo.—At tbe call-i It Is plsrsrs unless < ne ot fifteen-ban pool an-gasH caU alike the ball and the pocket. Good y Insist upon both, and they go together exempted by a special agreement. J. C, Milwaukee.—It is not necessary at pin pool that a pba should -be knocked down In order that It can be *—»"»—' Driving It two or more inches tram its spot wlUsnfflce. IK F. H.—We know notbingsbont such prime arrange- ments aa may exist between Hanlan and those who hare amnd the money lor his matches. H. M. B.. aereland —"According to Gnntor" Is an ax- preaelan that la nearly Are hundred years old. w^mwud Oonter was a surrejox, chiefly noted for derlalng a chain to us 1 scUy measure land. F. G. t Singh am wm.—They are colors In one sense, and not ha aaotnar. They are not cardinal or prlmttare colors, and In that view they become shades, although -rotors lu ■- — W.B-j colors lu popni . A.. New Hareo.—The prise goes to nlm fin* whom thest throw was thrown, whether C threw It lor r or waa represented, by anthonty, by D. A and B are both beaten. F. BL a. Dee Homes.—We question that black hair can be dyed light, although there Is noqnsatlon that there are oiucsasea by which It can be aitlflcauy changed to ranoue light shades Bleaching, tor example. Is not dyeing. J)0BS3-—L The diamond cue, representing the billiard championship, became tbe personal property ot CyrUIe Dion. » year or two before he died, z. Neither ot tbe Presidential tick eta had a majority In the lata election. PL C. W.. Albany.—It Is apiece of rubber attached to the burt-eod of a billlard-cus. so that you can kill a man without making any noise about It, or can amuse yourself byhamrnrrtBS* on tboaoor without annoying other players. Btruaaia—L' Richard Lscoose won Boms' 130 hour raos atlUnscHsIl. Boston, corering nearly4SmDea. 2. Walt and see. 3. Ton can Judge from reeorda In Cuma Al>- w*w*ei J. BV,Penn Tan.—It takes two to make a bet. Wl at dldBbetf IX It waa thatCdid not weigh ISSIh, he loses. B.'D.. Bt. Louis.—Tbe best and the tnlra-bett cam left ot a suit constitute the tenace at whist. L. K. O .Boiton-—The count for two sixes, a seven and an eight at crtbbage Is ten. W. a- H* 8., Syracuse.—Twelve Is eren,'and so Is the number fifty. H. Woods cut. Gallon.—Sam CoHyerthe boxer waa born In ISO. O.'B. CamBOLL. Hayden Creek.—Sereral are considered to be about equal in polntof speed for that dletanee. E. T. BL, New Haren.—Good Friday hat come In the month oT starch within the fifteen .-rears Iqji pan no Snrer than all times—In 1SSS, US. 72. 14. >77. and "80. J. B. R, arafcnse.—What were cslted- bertlrig-houaes. designed to fsrirfifste the making of bets, were suppressed by ersTTif* In England In 185X . * . BUG. tL, Carroll ton.—Storey played first base for the Worcester* in' thirty-srren championship games during tbe asason of 1B9U, H. A. C, Baruord.—1S7« was tbe first year In which Tauscumm ausskac was published in pamphlet form. We eacmot supply ths three years that are r " l " 1 "g L. B.-K-, St. Louie,—It would be mure proper to present the rins; Immediately alter the eanagemeat; but presenis otjewelrr ere often accepted where no ring'Is glVen. A. F.. Ohleaga—We cannot supply them; but yon may t— — t*— *** them advertised lor sale through the columns ot Taw CXJOTB. DoBsa.—The majority of the Hayes ticket In Illinois In IB7C was about X.2U0, or about 17,nD leas than its least plnxality.' Lou Lbtois, Charles Cltr.—He Is entirely too youajr to engage In such competitions, nnrtrtr let nlm attend snbooL Itrji.raaroLxa The rest bulk of old coins are worth searesly more than their race. Address Scott Brothers, Pulton street, this dry, for one el their com-catalogues. W. B. D.. Toronto.— we hare not the tali statistics as to tbedlvtslonaand snb-dlrunons ot the world's population. The arses are about equally uirlded. j. B. BL, Boston.— It the bet was that a certain bone would win the race, u la raid. IX it was that that horse had won, Kwlna, En. W., areeneastle.—Whtje having bnt 7,083 majority on the enure rote, the Garfield ticket did hare 20,000 ma- Jorlrr over ths Hancock In tins Stale. M. T. C Leors luster.—L 0. B. Pratt Is the president of the Worcester Clnh. 2. A manager has not yet been se- Sox, Lowell—To which varticuiar race do bou refer! anlaa haa twice beaten Cum mej. JOHSXtrx; Clyde.—It was not deemed ol sufficient bn- Boours-ruTBca, Chicago.—A s between to em. iher fearing gone on D.K, Boston.—B Is right. The J. J. n. ■ t ■ ■ _ fT-gn"~ff 1 rff AilriTrns D. P. Foster, care ol this office. B. C. Loco lx.— We cannot aflbrd the space necessary to do so. x—A and C dlrlde the stakes ne ont on their euchxlnx of fl. There at no difference be- tween color-bltaanees 1 Daltonism. R. F. D„ Iserlden.—The great Are in Hamrmrx, Ger- many, occulted In May, ISO. T. It, Baltimore.—There la no run In S, e, a, s, 2, fbr either tbe two or the second three. FV J.. Hskrlabnrg.—The best runs at billiards are to be nwmd la Tax GLrrrxa AfJLtSaC tor 1SBL CoaaxaaT asanas^—Inquire at the office of the a We keep no record-of tottery drawings. C_ Cairo.—The difference In time be d Bs.' Louis la about Kbtty.flre minutes. J. B. cttrand S. &, Pish sin —B Is wrong." The taklng-ln of pednts does not entitle team to precedence in counting out. No &GHATr/mx.—The play being 4,3,«, 8, A, there la a ran tm flti sBr Clio fln, J. ji- Buub e slau. -We wffl endeavor to decide the bet If you will state exactly what It la. O. A- W. BL, Brans—Ajtdreas Barry Jenmnzs. Broome Street sad Centre Market place, this city. O. Kabs BLtV, Clerriand.—It la optimal with 0 to take tbe deal or to make A deal egaln. ■ OooBOEi, Wahluun.—John Morrlassy was bora on Feb. S, 1S1 ; John C. Heenan May 2, ISM. C L. Clist. —Heenaa ana Bayers fought at Farnbor- ough. Eng., April 17, 1350. _SrcwAap Til as , piuildeme.—There la no such work Ocs proposed big show Is beginning to take root and assume some sort or form. Gen; Grant his been elected president; but so far no dis- position has been made of the other "privileges." "Our Jim" Is pulling the wires In the bope ol securing the . sole right to sell pop-corn on the premises. This Is a bad season for Tricketis. Out In Aus- tralia another of the lengthy family has been Rnsh-ed past. It may perhaps be necessary to add that the victorious oarsman Is named Bush, while the other Tnckett was christened William. Elbctbipibd.— The people far and wide were struck as If by lightning last week when public an- nouncement was made of the union of the various telegraph companies In this country. It'B a strong combination, and at once takes to the road. Davis, Angel Island.—Bare answered you by man. 1 What baa this country; done to deserve it! fiance has just shipped over here a lot of old mares of uncertain pedigree and stallions of doubtful morality, to be sold at auction. « «ta»» t - Inthz- contest for D. S. Senator for Fennsyl vanladld Don Cameron iavor Mr. Oliver because of the little misunderstanding the Don's lather once bad with Mrs. Oliver, the widderf Sabah Bbsnhardt fainted on the stage while playiajr In Chicago last Friday night, and It waant a stAsre faint either. Sarah la ■ getting Into our ways more and more every day. Thb BrLBHT Mak. —Frederick Paulding was credited with doing this character In "Salvlatt" at the FWh-aTOtrre Theatre last week. If he only Hon been a silent mak. Thb han who ."was not bom to be hung" was executed on Friday, Jan- li. Belnhardt did his quietus make In a hard rain. Thb Cltppkb ausanao Is going off like hot buckwheat cakes on a cold day. No family canbe happy without It. We see it stated In the newspapers that "Carl Schnrz is being shown np r ? - -That Is probably bat another way of saying thai there -Is more public wasnlirg or unclean linen—because Schnrz la pronounced ''snlrtaT'? .t.-Tbjebb gwwara to be "a little something" In 'The Onp" that the poet-laureate has Just proffered all London. Henry Irving takes to It as naturally as • dhek to water. . <J . : . The fiat or Nevada has gone forth by a vote of aT,2W to in. She says that the Chinese shall not come. The 183 must feel Juat a little bit lonely. Ctjbltno Is more popular Indoors than out. In the former, ladles are the ptayersfvlh the latter, Scotchmen look upon It as a big thing on-Ice. - As IP the present Winter were not cold enough! It Is proposed to give us New-Yorkers a season or German opera next Winter. Axbeadt we bear threats or a famine In Ice next Summer, DEAT H'S D OIMttS. rV r o*Dlcly RooorA of tJao DeoeaM c jPromlnent Indlvldnals. ODMPXUD MZrBstBSLT FOB THS dk** 1 TOEK CUPFMB. ARRIVABEKE, Coant OlOTsvnnl —A Doled Tulltm 8t*re«mg.Q and aothor—cable dl»parcb dated Jan. 12. ALLEN. A. J.—Member of tho Cltr CooocU of Dan- Tiiie, Viv—there, Jan. 12. BABTLBTT. Bev. Dr. 0vrl(tht K — Pastor or the Second Beionned Cbarcb at AlbaDy, IS*. Y. He wtn gratJaaied at rjaion Colleira where he afterwarda remained a* to tor tromlBUto 1833. laclailre. He then vent to Prlneeton TheolOfTica) Semloaiy, and graduated from that .nnilio- tlon alao. and amtwequenUy was in tbe pastorate at Bocb- ekteraodat AJbanr—here, Jan. ll.Mjted 48. BROWN. J. If.—One or thp wreaithiest ^od most proml- Dent rMldeoU ol Portland. He.—ethere, Jan. lu, arerl 77. BaER, John W — A political atnmp apeaker and ilofler, who bad be*o widely-1. no wo for rortf yaara paat mm tbe "BooiteTB RlackJUDHh"—Philadelphia, Pa., Jan, UL BATE HAN, Mr*. H. L.—Actrctu—See Di-ama. BARRY, Blx Redmond—An eminent Anatrallan J«d», wbo bad occupied many poaltiona of honor. In 1876 be waa ArmtraHen Cbmmlaaloner to the Philadelphia Ceo- tennial Bxpoaltlon—aTlctoria, recently, aaed 77. BBleDEtf, W LI I Lam—Gen, Garfield's steDlaiher—Byron, Hlcl... Jan. 14. acrd 70. CON Dir. Caleb H.-A well-known architect or Newark, V. J.—there, Jan. 13. CLEMENT, Charles R—General baavue-afcenl «r the Pennaylranta Railroad Company—Pbllmaelpbla, Jan. 8. aged 41. DOB80N, William—One or the oldest Mlndsi-lppl ateam- boat cap taJiia, and Tery well-h no wo lrom 8L Loaia to St. Paul—Dobnqne, la,. Jan. 9. ajfed 00. DUNCAN, Obed—A weli knowa cattle-dealer—Pongh- keepitle. N. V., Jan 13. DUPUY. Bllza A.—AnthoretA wbo had lonir been a oon- tiibntor to story papers—Ni w Orleans, recently. EYAKB, Bamuel—He bad held many positions or honor and trait In Tronton, N. J., where he had been a Juailce- oMhft peace for flity yeart—Uiere, Jan. U. ued 89 FOWXaBB, WlUlam C—Pniesaor at Amuerat College. Ho waa the odltor of an adltlon oi" Webater't Dictionary, andfaathorot a treatise on the Engll>b lananscn and of aeTeral Uierary and b I nor leal works. In l&A be waa a member ol the Connectlcnt Senate— Diirham. Ct., Jan. 15, aged 67. PITH LAN, Dr. Joseph—A prominent physician or Wood- bar/, N. J.. wh»>re he bad practiced tor more than h.iif a mlnry—Woodbory, Jan. ft. afed 6& GALLAGHER, Mrs. Bridget — A centenarian—Cincin- nati. O., Jan. 11, aged 107. Gl^NT, ColqahooD—Eteplateroi Bankruptcy at Mnnia, 111., and formerly County JodeTe—Morrla, Jan. 10, aged 70 HVDB, Alexauder—A member ot tbe Maasachusetta Leclatatnre. and one or the oesi-known tarmera and writ- era on AfrTlcmioral topics In the coon try—Boeton, Jan. 11. aired 60 HOTCHKISS, Baaaell—Atone time a prominent realdent or New Haren. Cl He retired from basioeaa In 1663, and badalneerealdnd In this city—here, Jan. II. HILL. Rot. Dr. Benjamin M.—The oldest Baptlat mln - later in the Slate of Cuonectluut—-New Uaveu, Ct., Jan. 16, aged 87. HOWARD, A C—A prominentreildtntol Townabend, Oi., wbieh be had repraeenied In tbe Htaxe JLegLalauire —Townaend. Jan 9, aged 68. KUBTZ.T. Newton—A well-known publisher or Balti- more, Md. He waa for many yenre pnbllaher and pro- prietor ol The Lutheran Oowrraar— Baltimore. Jan. 0, aired 69. LYBLL, John H.—President of the New York Mutual Marino Inturanee Company, with which be bad been con- nected since 1838—Ensl»wood. N. J., Jan. 8. aged 7Z. LEACH, James O.—Poeim aster or Balls ton, N. T.— there, Jan. 13, aged 6B. , LIOON, Tbomaa W.—Ex-Governor of Maryland. He was a graduate or the UnlTenlty or Virginia and of the Yale Law School. In 1B4S be waa elected to tho 6tate Lsrtrlalatare, and trom 1845 to 184S he waa a member of Congress. In 1853 he became Governor or Mary Ian a. and after 1B36 lWed In retirement— EUloott City, Md., aged 69. LECaRT, Theodore— French explorer. He occupied a dlstlngmahed poaltlon as a botanist, and It waa only three weeks after returning irmn a odeotlnc exploration of Sene- avnbla and Western Soadan that ba died. In KTatuer part from the latlguea and aulferanga occaaloned by Alncan trarela—Fraro'a recenUy. MOSSON, Michel—French norellat. He was born at Paris of Tery poor parents; waa In his ynnth a reatanrant waiter, appearing occasionally on the stage aa a lar-flgure In dances, became clerk In a bookstore, and subaeoueDtJy a working Jeweler, imprarlna bla tlmelu prlTateaiody to such adrantage aa to be eneaaed In 1830 aa a contributor to Hgarv, wrfuna at the aame time bomtroas articles lor other papera. He bad already. In 1812, written a play, 'The Conquest of Peru," and two plave and a novel In 16S. and In both departnienta his rabsequent career waa a protrperirna ont—rarla. Prance, ageo 80. MAlutHAlAaUBtshelbert 4_—At one tlmea widely-known theatrical manager—PhHadelDbla. Fa, Jan. 10. aged 7L MONIBS, Colonel W. N.—A prominent reaiuent of 8cranton, Pa., where ha had aerred a term aa Mayor. He waa at one time Treasurer of Lackawanna County. He waa Colonel of the Thirtieth FennsylTanla Volunteers during the late war—Bcranton. Jan. 10, aged 64. MEYER. Conrad—One of the oldest manulactnrere ol pLanoa in the United State*—Philadelphia, Pa,, Jan. 13, aged 88. NOTT. Benjamin—Formerly a resident ol i Ibany, N. Y., where he filled with dUstloctton ibe position ot Jadge. He had studied law with President Van Baron at Kinder* hook . Raat Oranae. N^J M Jan. 10, aged 8r». RIBRX, Ohaa. H.—A wtifkocrn' dryg^iTftr<aliaixT ol Psd nraJu Ky —there, Jan. 13, SWEBTfiFaB, Samuel— A retired merchant oi thla city. He took an active pan In the Battle of North Point, Md., where General Roaa, tbe British commander, waa killed, and the defeat of the British followed. He commenced business In Baltimore aa a drog merchant aarenvy years ago— Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. a aged 89. ' SCOTT, Mra. nancy—A centeiiarlan—Franalln Coonty, Fa., Jan. 7. a«ed 109. STUART, Charles Edward—Count D^AlbanJe. His father, James Stuart, Count D^Albanle. Is beueTed or many to have been the lemtlmate son or Prince Charles Edward Btuart, the "Young Pretender,'* aabe was called. He waa born June 4.1799.-and married In 18S Anne (widow ot Colonel Gardner), darightarof the Hon. John BereaibrdL s»cnnd eon of Marcna Beveaford, Karl ot Tyrone, and brother of the first Marqolas of Wattrturd. The late Count was a writer oi no mean power, both of proee and T eree- on steamer near Bordeaux, France, Dec A, 1880. STEPHBNBON, B. B.—At the time of hla death Col- lector of Cnatoma at Cincinnati, a plane be had held tor uurteatj. — "—" — ' went to C UDxteet. yean. He waa a natlTe ol New Hampihlre, and went to CnidnnaU many years ago. He began the study of law In eompaoy witbBatberf'trd B. Hayes and Edward F. Novea, and later became a partner with Noyea—Cincin- nati. O., Jan. IS, aged 61. TURNER, Malcolm C—A retired hanker ol thla city— here , Jan . 9. VATTIKR, Dr. John L.—One of the best-known and old- est pbysldana In Cincinnati, Him lather was oneot the pioneers of tba' dty. The deceased graduated lrom the Ohio Medical College in 1832. He waa Foatmaattr ol Cin- cinnati under Pierce and Buchanan; waa twice a mem- ber of the State Senate, and bald aeTeral minor county office*. He waa president ot the drat Mreet-rallroad erer eoutructed in Cincinnati, and waa a director ol sev- eral public humane institutions and a Commissioner ot the Surplus Fund under President Jackeon—Cincin- nati. O., Jan. 1A aged7L WEIL SB, Nathan—An ejc-6neruT of Lehigh County, Fa, —AHeotown. Jan. 0, aged 70. WIUJHTON. George H —A leadm« and pioneer reai- dent of JanesTlUe, Wis. He had Berred aeTeral Utms aa Resaster of Deeds and as City Clerk. He waa oneot the earliest Aldermen, waa a member ot tbe Tern to rial l>erLaUaXare, and afearwarda of the Bute Assembly— JanesTlUe,^ao. 9 THE TRIGGER. NEWARK BTFIjsE-BBOTS. Tlie regular monthly tournament ol the Associated Rifle Olobe or Mewarfc, N. J., was held at tbe FrellDghorsen ranee Jan. 10. IL. 12. The aflair prored to be hlgblr in- terestlDg, and, owing to a little dissatisfaction that ensied after the December toorner. this was looked to aa a de- ciding meeting. 61x clabe were represented by teams consisting of ten men esch. krerr member ot all the teams made very creditable shooting, and genera] satis- faction was the result. The Essex team won tj one point, with a sec re of 449. Tne other eeoree are as Jollows: Amateurs. MS: Frelingbuysena. 440; Weahlnr- tons, 434; nrmonths, 415; Barnard, 3E6 A maun took place between the aeaond uaxna of the Ama- teurs and Freungbuyseni Jan. U. and resulted In a victory for the Amateurs. Their score was 438. The Frellnghnysens scored 395 The Amateur Clnb held lu ennnaf meeting Jan. 14, and elected the fbUowlng officers for the ensuing year: President, W. C. Ooraner; vice-president, Harry Montgomery; secretary. Bolla H. Htlion: treasnrer, J. 8. Toblns; delegates to Associa- tion, Wm. Hays and W. C. Ooraner; shootlng-mastera, Wm. Hays and Wm. McLeod. THE TURF. Louibviixe Jockey Club.— On Jan. l the en- tries for the stakes of tola clob closed, with tbe reanlta herewith abown: Alexander Stakes; hair- a-mlle dasb, forty-live entries; Ixmisvllle Ladles' Stakes, bair a mile, forty-five entries; Tennessee " " ,_ ' Tobacco Stakes, Louisville Cup, - . ., tbirty-nlne en- tries. Jobtn atuBPHT's Kbliablb defeated John Qolnn's Lady Qoinn In a trot to Blelgba, tor the wine, on Jerome avenne, from the ArcuJartus House to Oabe Case's on Saturday, Jan. IS. No time taken. LrraooBAPiia of Hand S. and St. Julian, with their drivers, have Just been Issued by Z. A, Smith, whose address And In our business department. THB SAVANKAH (GA.) JOCKBT CT.TTB Will hold B race-meeting Jan. is, IB, 20, three events belntr decided each day. BCCB SPLXBDto Skating as New-Yorkers and Brooklyn lies are now enjoying has not been at command for aer- eral yearepast. Tbe Ice on tbe Park lakes, both at Cen- Frospeet Parts. Isorer a foot thick, and that. BILLIARDS. tral and . „ too, ol olear, glittering crystal. Tbns far no to Jan. 17 ";'»1<sting, oajs at Central Park hare been Dee. 24.», JS. 28, 30 and 31, and Jan.-S. 4. 6, 8, 9,12.13, IS, 16 and 17. At Prospect Park tbe sport began onDec 12, and that Park la some ten or twelre sbead or Central In the num- ber of akatlnc daya this season. The crowda present at the Park lakes on Sunday last wete unprecedented, the weather and the lee being so propitious tor a full' color- mentoruiespore. At Central Park, howerer. there was a drawback to the enjoyment In the Injuries sereral of the skaters sustained. Frank A. Tayior, aged eighteen years, ol No. 22A West Thirteenth street, split his right knee-cap, and was taken to Booserelt Hospitals Henry Meter, .lateen years, of No. SI West Houston street, was terribly cut In the tight leg br tbO Aksto of another yonne man, with whom he eoluded. He was taken home 6y hiM, Irlenda. James afcMabon, twenty years, of WsstThlrty.foorth street, was thrown by trip- ping in a crack in the lee, and broke bis ankle. He also was taken home. During the week the noted skaters Eugene B. Cook, John Bngler. George Plimpton. Will Hectare and Bllas Benson were on the Ice at the Park; also Messrs. Burr, Story, Sutton, Olbeon and Phillips. On Saturday next there Is to be a skating race at the Windsor Kink, the entnee being George Phillips, Charles Ptaff. fL Montgomery, G. Sherwood, I* Fessenton, P. By an, L. Bacon, J. Cudllpp and Henry Hamburg'. » i m » e A oocKDia itAiB win be fought In New York state Jan. SS between Pat Carrol and BUly McQonlgal, both or Phila- delphia, for ainx each to show sersnteen cocks, from aa> iox. to gs> and light all that fall In. Ceab. W. Bancs of the St. George Crloket Clnb of thla city batted In line form for A3 runs on Oct. 4 last, when he waa opposed to the effective bowling of George Wright and Dntton of the Longwood Olub of Boston, Haas, The game In question was decided by the result of .the nrat Inning, and Bance'a score of as waa made In the uncompleted second inning, and consequently waa omitted last week from our list of individual innings of so runs ana upw ards made durin g the season of 1 880. Thb coaTatBBciAi. FLBAscaYB omtb announce that their annual ball win be held Jan. 24 at the Up- town Assembly Booms. Third avenue and FUtr-flnh street, this elty. - THE MITTERT TBIl'KBn, 77ie Parisian thus describes tbe Inning as to which there haa been such an ado on this side of the Atlantic: Small scores were made on both sides tn the frM inning, when a rtrcwmstance occurred which will long be remembered with regret bj all lovers or fair play. his fortr-elrhth shot vfguani madea stroke, nut accord- ing to Hlnesnn failed to cannon. Viruses, maintained thathe had counted, when a diaaiai i fel scene fftllow«1. The Mends of Vlgnanx shouted and literally howled, frying ont: "Plsy on. the csnnou l« made." etc Tbe umpire, who, fimm what he persuadlDg TlgnsiiK not "»llc as could see. appeared te -., _ . - to Insist, said In th- rjuMlc, as soon as be cuM mske blmsell heard, that "ne haanotetenthCMhotr" Whatwas the umpire there'fort Whatsraa to be doner The onlrrnan that abnuM bare seen the shot bad not seen HI Siosson prepared toplsr, hotVbraaox grabbed mi bv cne toprerenthlm Tn-n there was m3re dlscoia^o, uetll Siosson. who can now say with feeling "sere me from my friends," took ths advice ot one of the many people who were worrylog hlm.and Instead of doing as he nnchr—Taring down bis cue. and refusing to continue—ellowed Vlgnaux to pro- ceed with the break, tbe balls being In such a position that, bad he played himself. It was a moral certalntr that he would hare gained the match. Nowhere In Its long report does 77ie Partetan even Intimate that the referee gave (too opposite decisions, as has been claimed. Assuming that tbe referee bad not seen the stroke, 77U» Parisian despairingly asks: "Whatwas to be doner" Nat- urally, a referee In that predicament wonld upon the spur of the moment be guided by tbe actions of tbe player alter having made the stroke; and Siosson has charged tbet Vlgnaux was walking avray from the table, after the manner or another noted player In another notorious name, satisfied that he had not counted. Bat what a referee Is morally and lecally bound to do In such an em- ergency Is to Ignore the actions or both striker and non-striker, and submit tbe matter to tbe judgment of those persona who, besides be- ing presumptively Impartial, were In positions whence the best view of the stroke was to be had. This Is the most Siosson could have asked. He wonld not have been Justified In laylnjr down his cue. as The Parisian thinks he would, and Tefuulng to continne the came, unless tbe referee had once actually decided that Vlgnaux bad not counted, and next had decided that he bad counted: and there Is nothing In Tne Parisian's account ot the affair to suggest tbnt the referee had ever given any decision against Vlgnaux. By-and-bye we expect to hear that the referee in- dignantly denies that he even said that he bad not seen tne shot. Inability to see any stroke with the cue held horizontally Is liable to happen to any referee; but, as confession that he could not see a mass* stroke Is tantamount to an acknowledgment ol tbe rankest kind of Incapacity, wc expect by- and-bye to hear that the vexations forty-elttbth stroke In the sixteenth Inning of the last night (the ninety-second Inning or the game) was not a masse at all l Tbe mystery thickens. Since the foregoing waa placed In type. The Even- ing Post or this city han published'as from Slos- sou's own lips a statementdltrerentfrom that made by him and printed in these columns last week. Then tbe story ran that vignnux played, missed, and walked away from tbe table, as If giving op, before tbe referee was appealed to, and afterwards, at the suggestion or outsiders, came back and ap- pealed to the referee, who decided then that Vlgn- anx had not counted. In The Post siosson is made to say: The nblect-hall lay against the rail; rav bill lay an Inch or two from It, and hl< ball lar near the balk-tine. Vlgn. anx shot, but bis ball paved about a quarter of an Inrh outride ot mine, the object-hall atrlklt.E mine and mnv. Ing It about an Inch. Ax **on as ht haa nuiA.- the shoe Vie referee, wko teas rfanrffne t-Jotc to the rnbv. snut: "No count. Xr. Vignaitx." ana Vlgnaux tooL up hie cnalk anA stores' avmuftom. the table. From this It appears that the referee was guilty ol the surprising act or giving a decision before Siosson had asked him for one I Vlgnanx himself could have impeached tbe referee for that. Every added statement makes the muddle all the greater. 8CHABFER AND SEXTOS AT CTJSHIO: - CAROIIIH. The possibility that we spoke of last week has become a fact. Ths Cooper Institute has been se- cured lor the contest at cushion-caroms between Sexton and Scbaeter, and the date selected Is Feb. 16. vrben not going for "handicaps." while not unmindful of "straights," Scbaeter has been at his rooms practicing cushion-caroms. The weight that has been pnt onto his shoulders In the pool- tonrney, and which has been so heavy as to crash him. la not likely to be piled upon him when be comes to. -encounter Sexton, and he will render a good account ot himself, no doubt. About twenty months ago there was a feeble attempt made In a Western city to match Scbaet- er to play Sexton at the style or game they are now to engage In, but It eventually re- solved Itself Into a proposition for Scbaefer to play two matches—one with Siosson and the other with Sexton—and that ended all negotiations. To-day Schaeler la a much better player around tbe-table than he waa then, and it Is not reasonable to suppose that Sexton has Improved at all. Doting the past few weeks Sexton haa practiced somewhat, and be Is playing well enough to suit hlmsell, which Is at least half the battle; and nerve, which will tell In the last hundred ot such a game as cnshlon-caroma, can accomplish mnch of the re- mainder. At tbe same time luck can play a very Important part In any hundred of that four-bon- dred-point game. In tact, away from the corners, where management of the balls la possible, cush- ion-caroms are made np ot more chance-work, so far aa a series of shots are concerned, than most people have an Idea ot Should Dame Fortune about equally distribute her favors. It can be a tough context between Scbaeter and Sexton, even conceding that the former is In the abstract at least lifteen per cent, stronger player than Sexton, In nniasnnBiicesif one having, neglected practice for about two yean, while the other bos been busy an that time- The contest will be a novelty to the bulk of the public, whether It prove a tough one or not. STRAY SHOTS. When a newspaper devoted-to the advocacy of mperance speaks of a place In which liquor Is Idas '*tbe finest establishment of Its kind In the ' 1." there, must be something In it besides iq*»r. This Is what one of the Lincoln, Neb.. Jour- isJs says of tbe new room of T. P. Qnlck. tbe ipenlng or wbtob we announced last week. What nother Lincoln Journal eays of It appears tn our business columns Tne Lmtlsrxtt* Courier- Journal has been remarking of Will N. Griffith, who is now traveling with F. S. Cbsntrau's Com- bination aa an actor, that be "Inherited a snug lit- tle fortune or thirty thousand dollars, which be energetically squandered In various theatrical en- terprises." His many billiard friends will be pained to hear of bis loss, wblch must have come to him since he kepla room In this city, and since he was a participant In the tournament at A. R. Sam- nells' room. Brooklyn, as np to that period he had not engaged In many theatrical enterprises requir- ing mnch capital Gamier at last advices was still busy in Belgium Eugene Kimball of Rochester, N, Y„ was In town last week John Sexton la In Boston temporarily Frank T. Hagulre. wbo Is at Boerne, Texas, sends word that his health Is mending dally... Theodore Vlgnaux, brother of Maurice, spends most of bis time play- ing sklttle.pool In Toulonse. France There were several interesting sieges at ball-pool In the Hotel Hudson, Jersey City.-last week One or the heaviest backers ol Scbaefer In the match with Sexton Is a gentleman who waa lormerly a resi- dent of Kew Orleans ... Lance Wagner last week spent a day or two In this city as the guest of Yank Adams. Be went home on the l2u. driving a Texan steer ahead of him, and Is supposed to be still on tbe way Tbe veteran Charles Burger, who In 1BST played with Francois Uneasy about the only kind of a "match" that can be got with a French billiard professor In France, Is said to be still making 1M> and 200 points at a run, spite of the fact that be Is sixty years of age. Hav- ing finished his season at Dieppe, at last accounts he was upon the point, of returning to Paris James Sexton, the tallest of the three brothers, sprained his ankle by a fall In Bo ton a few days ago, and has since been unable to attend to busi- ness The prospects are that Maurice Daly will stay abroad for some time longer Ridge Lev- ien. also no stranger In billiard circles. Is likewise In Europe, and 18 said to be tbe companion or Daly It Is proposed to call a meeting ol Phila- delphia roomkeepers for the purpose of regulating prices In that city. At present they are somewhat disjointed, and a uniform rate Is desirable Tbe veteran Tom Hen Ferris last week gave roln to bis Imagination, and In fancvfnnnrl himself at Brighton Beach racecourse Maurice Vlgnanx has for some months past been a resident of Lvoob, France, which accounts for bis having gone to Paris to meet Siosson Edward Kendall, ex- champion of Massachusetts, Is still pressing his hatchway-guard, and congratulates himself that, thanks to the circulation of The Clipper, his old bil- liard friends have not forgotten him, and are send- ing In orders faster than he can fill them. He has started a manufactory at No. 11 Chord on street. Bos- ton...7/>e.Parisian orDec 30, wblch gives a rather full account of the Vlgnaux-Slosson affair, men- tions that If. bad been telegraphed from New York on Dec. 27 that "all pools bad been withheld until It could be ascertained bow the stakes had been paid." Yet we look In vain In The Parisian for a word as to how the stakes have been paid. In fact, the entire Issue contains not a line as to tbe existence of any stake. We have also received a copy of William St. Martin's paper, which Is almost wholly devoted to the Pans affair, of which tbe clever St. Martin was chief manager, according to The Parisian, let St. Martin's paper says nanght about the stake-money William Whitehead has been the doorkeeper at the pool tournament, wblch up to tbe close of last week had been twisted Into this shape by the power of ■'straights" and "handicaps:" WahUtrom 6 0!J. 8chaefer 3 5 Knight s olLambert a s Prey. 6 I Pleld i e King 4 S C. Schaeter 0 7 Wallers 4 SI Morris 3 2 The first column of figures shows tbe number of games all the plaveis but one have got. while tbe second column shows the number of games all hut two ol the players have railed to get. Thirteen series or games remain to be played. Pool-selling has been stopped, resumed, and stopped again and again, and every now and then one or the pool- sellers has been arrested. At first bis ball was •600, but on Saturday last It was raised to (1,000, and was not forthcoming. As pool-selling else- where In this city was not Interfered with, It looks as If this display of police energy In Fourteenth street were tbe result of a scheme on the part of otherpool-sellers. If this is the case. It Is a des- picable proceeding, and must be condemned even by those who realize that pool - sell- ing away from a race-track haa eventually to seriously hurt legitimate sport aa surely as ball-pool. If not kept In check and in lta pro- Kr place, will virtually MU billiards a lew months fore kllilng Itself. But "airplay Is a Jewel" aU the same Joseph Dion and William Sexton bad a tilt at cusblon-caroms at the latter's rooms on the night of the 14th, Sexton winning by a score of about 176 tolas. They started to play ISO np Paris papers figure the "average*" of the late Beam- ing rmpleasantness aa 39.7 tor Vlgnanx, and 20.0 for Siosson. That Is. the former bad 101 innings, and the latter 100. These "averages," In so great a stretch of caroms, are ont of proportion to the "high runs" made. If the "averages" are not ex- cessive, then the "high runs" are light If well enough to undertake the Journey, YankAdamswlll probably start for St. Louis this week to assist at the tournament In Mussey's room. On the night of the 12thlnat.. while araeslngDelancey street after leav- ing Sexton's room, Adams offended s cake oflceand sprained his ankle. This laid him np In bed. On Sunday hut he waa a trine easier. Sexton's will be the death of Adams yet. Some night a Bubal dlzed stUetto, plunged at an angle ol seventy-eight and three-quarter degrees, will strike him wrtbra thirty-one thirty-seconds of the centre of bis adi- pose heart, Nothing saved his lite in tne middle of Delancey street bnt- the tact that his companions were a doctor and Willie Collender. This rescued him from .the fate or an amateur who, while out West recentlv, ten and broke bis leg. Being alone, he bad to lie In the street until daylight. His leg became frozen, and had to be amputated. On Saturday last there was a shocking result In death, The Arizona, In whlan Siosson sslled from Liverpool, arrived here late on tbe nlglitof the loth; endVunless his usual luck Is still pursuing him, Siosson got here too A bulletin In Iront of Sexton's announces that he, the proprietor, and Joseph Dion are to plav at cushion-caroms on the 17th, beginning at 4.30 p. K.■■. - ATHLETIC. AMERICA ENGLAND. The latest Information we are In possession or re gardlngttie pending match between two American and two English peViesitians—a lair waiter and a RO-atvyon-pIeaae traveler oncBchelde—IscontalneO In the following caMefrram, dated London, Jan. 16: "In continence ot Daniel O'Leary'a t*cccptance of the challenge of Charles Rowell. the latter haa gone Into strict training for another world's championship match, narry Vanghon has also (rone into training." These -are tbe two men against whom It Is proposed to match Daniel O'Learj- and the beat go-aa-yon-please man the latter can find In America. Should the six- day tournament which lfl to commence In this city next Monday fall to produce a sal table companion for the promoter thereof, then the latter will look elsewhere for the man he wants to pit against Rowell. The contest may not take place before Hay. (Since the foregoing waa in type we have received The SportinQ Lfji of Jan. 6, containing the appended communication from Rowell, which shows bow tbe match came about: Sir: Borneo! the rer/ortu which have appeared la tbe Americao newApaprn. or late codt«jad .001-4*8100 that 1 reftiMd to take op O'Leary** challenge, which U an flrroDeoiM one. After my last victory lor ihe world'n bale at ths Aariculioral Hall, ItOlnvtoD, I received a ehalleoKa from O'Leary 00 behalf of an Unknown for another m*t«h. and a train]I depnalt wtte placed In your band*, wblch I expressed mr Intention of coTertair: but O'Leary. open heaiiDjc that I nhonld name Mm*) bulldlnc In England lor tbe race, thtmsfat lit to with- draw hli money, and In cod sequence no match waa marie In namlotr, England as tbe wrene fnr the next content I acted (ally In accordanre wlib the eondltlonn nr#r1on(dy enforced by O'Leary when bn wan the holder ol the trophy. Tie., that all matched for the belt, to DreMrre It* Inter- na' lonnt character, should b*» decided In the country la which tbe holder reside*. O'Leary can reAta**iired that I am not unwilling to compete ■valDSt Hart or any other man la tbe world he may think Ot tn pit against me In a match for a eatMtanUaf ntake (not Iam than £500 a «IJe>. profldlng that It be arranced tn lake plant within a raaann- able time and In a nu I table bolldloc, either id London or New Tort. O'Leary In *ald tn be anxious to make a match with Vaughan. If Vaaghan'a backer* do not feel dl*~ powd to risk so much as £200 on him for aweek'« walk an Inst O'Leary, I will make good any difference between tho amount they can rut np and the required num. O'Leary can rent auurtxl he can be accommodai4H* with either or both matchea by aendlne' fair aniclefland a de- posit to The Sporting Life. I am. »lr. your*, etc , cnAHLE3 Rowell. Long-dlatance Champion or the World. Cheiterton, Eng., Jan. 3, ltfSL O'LEARY HVTERlVATlOITAjt, BELT. On Mnndav m^rnloar next, Jan. 24, tbe first competition for this tronhv will eommpnc* at the American Institute Building. Third ar*»nne and Sixty-third street, thit. city. 8nme of those who entered did not pay up In fall, but there will be ot#t thirty starters, th* name* being aa fol- lows: Fred. Rrobne. N. Y. City; Richard Laconae. Bos- ton, Mass.; Jrhn Dillon, N. T. CUv; John Cox, Bradford, P*.: Cwaonee On tod. CMeatrn, III.; Geo. Daft-Mie. K. Y. City; ChestprP.Lewis, Lowell. Mass.; Mike Goodman'* unknown. N. Y, Oliy; John Bnicba, Pnrllngton, Iowa: Ft Lacousc'K Ho known. Boston; B»nj. Cnrran. N. Y. Ciiy; Patrick O'Leary. gnnth Am boy, N. J.: Owen Peeny. Hnv»r*traw. N. Y.; P. N. Campana ("Ynnn» flno r *»>); Ceorge Barter. Jersey City, N. J.; IraD. McCoy, CIst*. land. O.; Philip MlKnanlr. Boston. Mass.; Jiidm B. Cnncblln, Orange, Mass,: Edward Klernau, Bnvobivn, .\. Y.; Robert Vint, Rrooklm: James Moore. N- Y. City: Tlmothr Rorfte, Bro*>klyo, N Y ; John Eon Is' Unknown, N. Y. City: J. It. LamVrtson'it Unkr.OTn, Port Dodrte. Iowa; J. Albert, Philadelphia; Cbrta. Faber. N. Y. City; William Pegram, Boston, Mass.; Harry Howard, Olcn Coy**, I*- I.; John Doblar. Cnlcatro. I1L; D*mel Barns. Blmlra, X. Y.; Ned PbUUpa, Boston, Masaachnsetrs; C. A_ Darrlman, IIaT**Mll a Maas.: Wm. n. Bosh, Brook lyn. N Y.; and John PltegenM-1*. Y. City. It will te observed that tbe list Includes a number of pedestrians who hare already to their credit notable per romances accomplished In similar contests, with otb»ra whoso achievements m races of a snmewhst different description render tb*m promising candidates for places In Che approachlna* atTt-lr, while it Is rrantnabln to aranmo that among the newcomers there are those whose abili- ties, aa demonstrated in private trials, are such u to aatlsly their tnenda that tbey 'bare an eicetlent chance to carry away at least a goodly portion ol the ality per cent ot the grosa receipts which la to be divided among the first Ore men who succeed In covering 480 ml lea. Tbe work ol lavlntr down a track, one-eighth of a mUelndixamlerence anriftX teet wide, and placing the ba tiding In a condition which will render it com tnrtaele alike for TlaUare and ermtestants. will be pro- ceeded with at once, so that an will he In mdlnsaa some timep'evionatotbeope^ogorthednora. Tbe fact that tho stru'-'-ire la unoccupied afford* the management full opportunity to make neca-sair CAangea, with a view to Inauiiog tne comiort of the pablie sod periectUui In good season satisfactory an-aoaremonta for the aoeom- modatlon ot the potte^tilaaa, for whom, we are aa* anred. ano^pctlonable quarters will be provided. Dan- iel O'Leary will be at the Tnatlmte daily daring the current week, and eoanatltore are reqaeetad to meet there between two and Are o*elock on the after- noon of Thnyaday, Jan. 30, to make arrangements to look after their Interest* Id connection wltb the contest. Wm. B. CurtVa. who will referee ths event, will be ably repre- sented during his enforced absence from the building throughout the week, and will appoint ormpetent am a tear athletea to score and time Tba race, wfeUe «x- partenead persons bare been engaged to snperrlas tbe work, as an addiUooalmeaanre t4Twarde Insuring absolute owrectoesa. It Is well to state here. In order that no mis- apprehension may exist, that the exact time of starting the raeew.ll be LZQd A. at. Jan. 24. and It will done at U.03 r. u. Jan, 29. RTTLR8 GOVERNING SUBSEQUENT TOMPBTTTIONS. I. Each successive race tor the belt shall be a sweep- stakes of $riD for eaoh onataaiut. 2 The h-»it shall be snb|eet to challenge from any man In the world. 9, Challenges must be sent to the temporary stake- holder, sc com pan led by SI80. 4. Challenges shall data trom tbe day or their receipt br tbe temporary stakeholder, and tbe bolder of tbe belt mus? arrange a race with the first challenger. A Tbe.bolder ot the belt must name giate and place, sign articles, and deposit his 1100 sweeps takes within lonr weeks fmn date ol challenge. Cs The day named by tbe holder for starting tbe raoa must be not leas than one month or more than three months from date of challenge, except by consent of donor. 7. The Holder may claim any dry In. the world aa the place for tbe raea. & Altera match la made, any person may Join in the ram by sdarnlna tbe articles and denosltlnr ilOD swi^d- stakes money with the temporary atakeholder four weeks be lo re the date set for the commencement or tbe race. 9. Tbe winner mast gtre to the stakeholder satisfactory saatmnty for the safe keeping of the belt and lis prompt return when called lor. la No share of the gate money shall be given to any competitor who doa* not trmv**l 4m miles. II. All necessary sod reasonable expenses shall be paid from tbe gate-money, and tbe remainder, with thesw*-f>o- stakes money added, shall be divided among tho*** com- petitor* neteiceeding five, who go 480 miles or further. In accordance wltb the following conditions: If onlv one man 0ol*-hes 48D miles he shall take all. If two men. the division shall be CO per cent, and 40 oer eent. It three men. BO per cent. 30 per cent, and 20 percent. If tour men, 40 psr cent. 9U per cent.. 30 per rent and 10per cent If five men, 40 par cent, 25 per cent, 17 per cent, 10 per eent. and 8 p**r eenL Every contestant except the Ore sharers In the gate-money wbo covers «80 miles shall receive 9100, aala amount to be deducted from tbe sweepstakes money. 12. The holder must deliver the belt to the temporary stakeholder ten davs ht*F>re the dam of the race. 19. The belt shall become the personal Drooerty of adv man who wins It three times, successively or otherwise, or bolda it for eighteen consecutive months, provided that If at the expiration of the eighteen montba be ahall be under challenge that match must be contested and won bv him. 13. The editor of Thi Ifww To as: Currn shall be tem- porary stakeholder In all contests for the belt and all challenges and moneys shall be sent to blm; said moneys to be trenaferred. alter th« expiration ol tbe time forde- nosltins the same, to Bryan O. HcSwyny, who shall he final stakeholder. 14. The donors ot the belt shall have loll power to ap- point the referee, wbo shall appoint all other necessary officials, and decide all questions not expressly provided for lo these rules. 16. The management ot all future competitions for the belt to be In tbe hands of tne donors thereof, provided the terrns offered by them are as favorable to the bolder and challenger aa may be received trom other parties. The contestant* In all mebshee and aweepstahea to have the right to appoint representatives to guard their interests, financially and otherwise. Tea Bbjdobpobt (Ct.) Atblbttc Club gave another one of ihelr very pleasing monthly entertainments at their club rooms Jan. 12. The members, aided by the pick or the Turn Vereln. performed In a masterly manner on the horizontal and parallel bare, swlneing lings, trapeze and with elnba. Ned McOllnehy and Fred. Boi- ler, gave a neat exhibition or the ninnly art McOllDchy also doing his clnb act and llltutretlng his system ot team- ing sparring with one ol bis pupils. The club-rooms v* -a crowded, more then three-fourths ot the and I en re teiug composed ot tbe fair cex. Maurice Le Mow and B. LttriF lanl, wbo have each seen service In the French army, and have become proficient In the science of lendng. enter- tained the spectators with a very lively and solentlfie bout with tbe lolls. This club Is composed of about flity ath- letes, some of whom have few superiors In their special- ties. E. Letiitlard la a master of fencing, and will start a school there In a few days B. C. Holskk defeated W. A. Hoagland in a walking match at the Academy ol Hnaio, Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 14. Hoagland fell dnring the latter part ot tbe ninth mile and quit the track on the next leaving Holake to finish alone. The supposed distance waa ten miles, but the track waa coiulaerably short, as baa been tbe case at near- ly all the walks which have taken place tb*>re. John Hol- land waa referee, and Ed. Parker timekeeper. Between three- and four bundred people were present and It la pretty sate to say that no one ot them went away perfectly satisfied that everrthing was on the "dead square." al- though few probably questioned tbe ability of Holake to "down" his Ttigtn Bibbt A Rons.—Tbe cstrh-as-catch-c^n wrestling match between Edwin Blbbr and D. C. Boas takes p ace at Turn Hall, Beat Konrth street, this city, on Wednesday even- lug, Jan. 19. Blbby's second deposit el $100 was posted on Jan. 17, but Rosa, through a misunderstanding, failed to appear, a dispatch sent to blm. however, elicited a re- sponse to tbe effect that be would be at Tax CisirrgR of- fice this (Tuesday) morning, stake hla money and be pre- pared to choose floal stakeholder and referee. A 24-hour bictclk RAtti took place In tbe basement of 8t Ignailos Church, San Francisco, CaL, December 31, Jan. 1. EUzht started, P. T. Merrill giving each of bis opponents from twenty to thirty mflee. The score was aa follows: P. T. Merrill, 233 miles 2 laps; O. A. Merrill, 200 miles 8 laps; H. Ezeklel, 169 miles 5 laps; O. Le->, 164 miles9 laps: W. O. HalL 171 miles 0 laps* A. T. Davis. 165 miles X. lapa; C. Lee, 90 miles 2 laps: P. M. Lyon, Co miles 14 laps. Rat cords BxATKif.—In the twenly-mlles run at 6 lam lord Bndge. London, Eng.. Jan. 1 (an acouuntof which > ppe its oo an outside page), tbe winner, Q. A. Dunning, beat tbe best previous amateur time on record for the following miles: Eleven, lb 48*.; twelve, Ih. Gm. 33a,; thirteen, Ih. 12m. 8s.; fourteen, lh. 18m. lfl*,: Olteeo, Ih. 2lra. 21*-.; six- teen, lb. Sum. 42a.; seventeen, lb. 37m. 20a.; eleb een. lh. 44m. fle.; nineteen, lh, 61m. akc; twenty, lh. 68m. 442-3*. Jim Suits, the pedestrian and noted trainer, who has bandied some ol the beat men In the country, and seldom failed to produce a prixe-wlnner, has as yet no engagement for the tournament which commences at the American Institute on Monday next, Jan. 24. Smith Is a thoroughly competent man for services are too valuable to be lost John P. Colbtox, "the big Swede,'* on Jan. 17 com- menced a walk ot one thousand miles In Ore hundred oonseentlve hours at tbe Academy or Mualo, Toledo, O. It waa In a somewhat similar attempt. In a bear ball In Hoboken, If. J., that be first name Into public notice. A BiOTCLB back, ten miles, on an eight-lap traok at the Marble Bin* Q rounds, Clapbam Boad. London, JtSng. Jan. 3, was won by Bradley ] - - - - klnderesbye^trysanla. Tbe the time 37m. 33%a. JsUfaa W. Wxxch defeated John L. Kelley tn a 23-mila the position, and his . adoat, j r Keen, ^-^^"g aVb, Der- 9 prise was a sllvex cup. and walking match at Olooe Hall, _ 16. Kelley quit after walking 11 * W |y , fQUfk rohn L. Kelley 1 > New Bedford* ', ^ 17 mllea 6 laps In Zh. Welch being then nearly a sule ahead. DosOVaUT was beaten by OToole in a GaVmOe n Concert Hall, Natlek, Mass., Jan. IS. Docevan gj after covering 40 miles 3 laps, OToole having than 42mU«s81apa. A Joonxxuar^B Loan—The hsaehal iqsi.uis of Tn CxjLrram will learn with regret, ns> doubt, that Henry Chadwlok aujameda serious peiCTKoJary loss on tbe night of Jan. 0 fbun the -■—*■♦> entire, eawtrnettea, at tho grist- mill at Noyme, Long Island, owned by him. tbe great thaw and rabiatorm ot that night MM *"g tne grftng-way of the mill-dam and tne mlll-worka, exuslllnxf a ****** **ne ofuei $2,000. It was ran by his aonin-Uw, fhoa, & B^drldjrc THE 11.1,6, A BENKFXT FOB BECK I Tale unfortunate Brooklyn, L. I., sportlns-Hian, whose dangerous wonntnua; wltb a pistol-ban <n»- cbarged lo a cowartnj maimer from a revolver in tbe bands of KllDarn Chapln Woglom was mentioned In laat week's Clipper, cannot aa vet be pronounced roHv ont of danger, although the probability la that he win. by careful nortUntr.-altf- mately recover.. Ko attempt has as yet been anade to extract tbe ball; nor will an etrort In thatmrec- aon be made nntll tbe, wound in the, breast where the ' missile entered has healed; or near- ly so. For some time past Hike's business affairs have not been In a prosperous condi- tion; and as he is by this occurrence placed under unexpected expense, hlB friends have taken step9 to raise tbe amount ol money requisite to carry blm comfortably through his present Ill- ness, and place blm strain on nls teet, physically and financially. The Olympic Theatre, on Fulton street, Drooklyn, has been secured for Friday even- ing Jan. 21, when It Is proposed to trlve an athletic entertainment of more than ordinary excellence, the proceeds of which will be banded to Henry. Those who have so kindly Interested themselves In the movement have made It their business to see the following boxers In person, and obtain from them a promise to appear on the stage on tbls occasion In couples aa named, and. in view or the circumstances of the case, it Is safe to say that noons of them will disregard the promlseglven: W. C. HcCIellan and Ed. McGIIncby, BlUy Edwards and Jack Cash, Johnny Saunders and Hike Noonan, Jimmy Kelly and George Taylor, Johnny Rellly and pupil, Jim Kerrltran and Jerry Leary. Fete McCarty and Frank White, Jimmy McGrath and Mike Mullery, Geo. McCarty and Bob Carman, and for the wlnrt-np Mike Donovan and Wm. C. McCel- lon. AIbo the following wrestlers: John McMahon and Matt Grace, in collar-and-elbow style. The firogramme will also Include other features caten- ated to afferd agreeable entertainment. Bob Smith of New York will officiate aa master of cer- emonies. It Is to be hoped that Mike's friends will rally in large numbers to his support, and thus Insure him substantial aid, which cannot but prove very acceptable. BATES' BBnTBiriX. . On Jan. 10 Tom Baua or Sheffield, Eng., look a benefit ac Arihnr Chambers'. P22 Kltlcs arsons, Philadelphia, which waa largslj artsndrd. Among ths sparrers were Vouog Murphr and Hashing, Harry Hlakan and pupil, Billy News and Bock McQus.de, tew Chambers and tlickea's pupil (this was a lively spar, and showed that Cbamnani had Improved wnnderfallv). Sum Thorohlll sod John Wilhts, shi foaght four wry roash rounds, each lasting three minutes. In ihn second round wllllls would haTO galaed a knockdown bnt for ooo of ths stakes. Bam railing against IL Id this ronnd 6am went down by toe ;orce or his own blow, Wilhts hitting him wnlla down. The f bird round was all In Sam'a favor; Wllllis was Diverting (reely lrom the nose. In Uie fourth both ware abont plared ont for want of wind, neither being in condition for so lengthy a spar. Sam showed the best science, but did not have streugth enough. Altar slugging each other to their hearts'content Arthur Chambers advised them to shake hands, wbicb they gladlv did. The wind-up wag between Tom Bates and Arthur Chambers, and waa a very doe dlsplav ol science. Bates was well aauafled with the receipts. Paddy Bradley, Bud Harris. Pal Rooney, Frank Harris and Jease Dusllrer Bang. . Frank Gormler was 51. C. THE MINNESOTA BOYS' SHOW. Another entsrtaloment was given on board the U. 8. training-ship Minnesota, l>log at the Brooklyn Kavy- vard, Jan. 12, the same being a testimonial to Oeo. Miller and Chas. Archer Tbe sparring^waa done hy Jimmy Ross (described ss "the Flower ol the Navy and Champion ol the North Atlantic tiquadron") and Youog 31 lller of Baltimore, Oeo. Milter and Charley Archer (tbelonner winning the gloves). A. fllckeyaxtd w. Wesley (who patoted each other with blackened gloves). Lewis and BaLrd. Johnny Blake and Jim Carroll (who represented tbe long and short ol It). Gum Eggerd and John ChorehLll, Pord and Alarpny, Buater Abbott and Wm. Monaakie. and lastly those aooompllabed profrr-alonala Mike Donovan and Jerry Leary. The run was fast, furious and mnch enjoyed, particularly tbe set-to between Donovan and Leary, to whom thanks are re- turned for so kindly volunteering. The programme alao included dancing by Charles Harris, A. Black and Johnny Blake, wreatiiDgby A. Welssel and P. Hedlnger, a vlolln- aolo by John Bolsnd, and singing by Nat Baggam and tleorge Stewart. J. B Wilson waa manager. Harry Gradax win be the recipient or a benefit at Billy afcLean'a llymnaslnm, No. 13 csooth Broad street, Philadelphia. Jan. -JO. and bopea to see many of his friends. The wlnd-np will be between Graham and Mc- *«an. Wr have lbttbbb for Edwin Blbby and Mike Donovan. CURLING. STEW TORE vi. MANHATTAN. A curling match between these clubs, two rinks was played at Central Park Jan. is In presence of a large number of devotees of tbe game. Tbe Ice was hard and smooth, and tbe play waa good, es- pecially on the part of the New-Yorkers, who won by twenty-one points. Score: v „ K f W IO * 15 ' Elnk "O- L MASrHATTAW. J- Smith. r. B. Shields, ^ J. Patterson, D. Ballantyne, D. Reld. J. c McQuhaL U. Orlere, skip 26 J. Bobb, skip 16 „ „ . Rink No. i W. Earls. J. Brace. W. Houston, H. Duncan, A_ Pyle, J. Falconer, A. NT Cock, skip S o. T. Addison, skip. 14 Total., BENEDICTS ws. BACHBXORS. The annual match between the married and sin- gle members ol the Thistle Curling Club of St, John, N. B., waa played Jan. 10, when the Bene- dicts won by the following score. BaaaDioTa. T. N. Robertson, Jobn Morrlaon, Jam** Knox, R. A. Coortenay, skip. R. C. Thorns, Oeo. Morrison Jr., W. C. Wblttaker, Jaa. Kennedy, aklp.... Total Backbxobb. R. C. Jobn Dans, R. B. Patterson, w. C. Wallace. . 30 R B. Sanctsn, aklp... 8. Olrran. John McXanchlan, James Anderson, . 16 Arch. Malcolm, aklp.. . 46 Total 17 BO88-HE DAL. MATCH. Tba annual match between tbe English and Scotch curlers at CUca, N. Y., for the Koas medal took place Monday, Jan. 10. The ice was In line condition and the match well contested through, out. Score: SooTCHHsif. Orroi _ John Rosa, T. RolUngworu, Jobn Peattle, J. O. French. J. C P. Klncald. W. B Tavlor, Hugh Sloan, aklp la C. 8. Taylor, aklp IS Tna bktobn match between Utlca and Albany was to have been played Jan. li but was post- poned on account of the bad condition of tbe Ice at Albany. Jan. 30 the Dtlca ClubwlU meet the Jersey Clrys at Utlca, and the game will probably be tbe finest exhibition of curling ever seen In that vicinity. Tax dkci8ivb oamb between the married and single members or the Thistle Club of St. Jobn, N. B., was played Jan. 12 between rinks the skips ot which were H. Thompson and P. FL Dlebrow. The benedicts won by a score of 17 to S. The PorNTS-kiEDAL was played for by members of the Fredertcton (N. B.) Clnb Jan. 12, K. A. Mc- Innes winning with a aenre of 16, J. S. Xelil being next with 14, while B. C. Rutter and J. A. Grieves made 12 each. John White, with a score or thirteen, won the points-medal of the St. Andrew's Club of St. John. N. B., Jan 11. ' Ths metropolitan curling dubs began play at Central Park last week for tbe season ol 1831. Tbe Park officials after considerable delay, prepared tbelr old qaaruirs for them at the lake, nearaerenty-ntth street, the small bones on the borders being assigned them, baring the Bast week the Caledonian Olnb defeated the New York, an J ths New Torks defeated the Menhaitana. the "aklpa" of the wlnnera being Americans. The halters ot Knox's estab- lishment mustered In force on Thursday, headed by Baton Templeton and Crawford, and the former won "ky a large majority." On Monday therw was a large number of cnrlera, the weather being floe for the sport. Tax axxtal match between the bachelors and bene- dict* of the St. Aodnwa Carllng Club ol 8c John, fi. B.. wss played Jan. 12.13. Five rinks wars played on each aide, and the benedicts won by a score of 83 to 77. AQUATIC. The Atalakta Boat Club of thlB city on Jan. u elected tbe following officers: President. M. V. B. Smith; flrat vice-president. Oeo. J. Byrd: second vice-president. Wm. Dorsber; secretary F W Hack; treasurer, John K. Eustls; financial secre- tary, Everett Barnes; trustees—Bansom Parker Jr., W. H. Watrstatt, Kelson Greenfield, A. L. Sonl- ard, W L. Taylor; captain, G. P.- Seely; lieuten- ant, J. R- Rosa; log-keeper, Q. H. Day. The Obion Boat Clcb of Hoboken, N. J. w. T. Havens secretary, will hold their second annual reception at Oddfellows' Hall, that place, on the evening or Thursday, Jan. 20. Those who were present at last Winter's reunion will hardly miss attending thla one. Potrrrowan.—A eablesTam dated London, Eng., Jan. 17. says: "The Haalan-Laycoek race has been postponed on account of tbe slate or tbe liver, which as far as Mort- lake la covered wltb floating masses or snow and Ice It Is freexing hard, and huge blocks or Ice are piled up at Putney Bridge. The referee will postpone tbe race day by day until the weather and the coudlilon or the river wlU allow it to lake place. It Is hsrdly probable that the race will ba rowed thla week." Another dispatch says thst Saturday, Jan. 22, at 4 r. as., has beta nxed nnoaas 1 he ttmo for the race. nsNLAX aro Roes' cnALf.Bsca.to row a double-scull rscM sfrwniir auy two men In the world lor as much aa aj.oai a side has been accepted In an unexpected quarter. On Jan. 1» M. P. Davis and John A Kennedy or Portland, Me., a splendid team, well matched, and who have bad long practice together, sent f 1,000 to The Boom Herald. Jltben acceptance. In which they propose to row lor •3.000 a aide, and will allow the chalfaoiera SM0 for the privilege or naming the course. Thla plucky offer will surprise Hanlan and mate, and we hope a match wtn be arranged. NOTWITHSTAWDI.VC tbe fact that ths Schuylkill River at Reading. Pa., la at this time affording skaters excellent •JT* 1 "?? 8 ***• • n »' w ot beautiful Ice fourteen inches thick, tulnga auuatlc are busy. The first race ol tbe sea- son will In aU likelihood ba decided aa soon as the river p 1!7 n U*A. ,he PfeiPaK being three M. D.'s. and Ihe race will be the result 01 an Interesting bnt friendly dispute sroong themselves, the prize to be a piece olpUic. Doctors Dnndore, Good and Olngrlch are each confident thb axxual nBTiso of the Institute Boat Clnb 01 Newark. N. J., was held on Pridsy, Jan. 14. when the fol- lowing officers were elected for the year: President. Harry Sebelok: vice-president. J. p. Hendt tary, John Tobln; treasurer, J. B. Murphy: commodore. M. A. MoUan; oaptaln, T. J. Bran; lieutenant, p. J. Duffy; logkeeper.B. J. Barney. Board ofTmstMs-^I Cobnrn, J. Torrer, O. Conlon and J. E. Murphy; dele- staa to P. B. A- R. A—Messrs. Mullen, etchelek and enny. Oiobok piurwiTT was to bsve. hadabeasat at Cam- bridge Hall of Varieties, London, Jan. IT. THEATRICAL RECORD. rxrrufnuexl/rvm page aa, UHLAaiATIC. Baksband Fabron, supported by a wen-bal- anced company, and under the management or Brooks & Dickson, wen the attraction at the Boy**' Opera-house, Toronto, Ont., thep art week. Busi- ness large, standln^room only Ming tbe role en several nights. Roue Evtlngelri "Drink" appears 'an. 17 Frank Frayne presented "81 Slocam t at tbe Grand 10, xt jo b&slneaa being light, "Tbe Strategists" Coa^nation filled ont the week to large audience a. Salvlnl aa Othello Is announced for xi. his frappwtlngramparjr presenting "French. Flats" at the iaaUnee andevenlng 22. Balvtsi axwscompaay appear|ln "The Gladiator" In Montreal Jan. 11 and 10. "French tyiats" will be given in that city is, at Kingston, Ont. 20, and In Toronto a. Salvlnl plays "Othello" in Toronto zi, and opens in Clndnnarl, o., 2*. l*HrjL Sdskonds haa been enffarred. as advance- agent for Genevieve Ward. ^ 8 r Fbunk HAYortegart a season of four perform aaees at Dickson's part Theatre. IndlaMDoul I ffiot, Jan. 10,In "Tin the .Virginian,"wblcfiwaa repeated 11 and at matinee T2, "Davy Crockett" It night closing a fairly successful engagement. Our correspondent says: "Owing to the bursting of a stfeet main, whereby the; water-supply was cut off from the heating apparatus, tbe two perform- ances 12 were given at tbe Grand Opera-house ......Lotta came to the Park 13 In 'Musette' toi a large attemlance- 'Zip' was aiven u and "'Little Nell', at rhaUnee, and 'Meg's di verrdon' night or^li.Tbe 'One Rondred VClves' Combination Jumped their contract here wftn Brooks & Dlckaon. yrhe Grand Opera-house ho>rever.-was lighted evetnnstof 10—the company's ai«puj>oea opening ehWer-aiMI«ow a suit for dam- agDs tt ^n prospect .Tlgsuhe 4 Hopper want to comprt>mlse by coiriuin;j||hsrln the season Tbe criming week will. IsfiaAtaul one. the onlv an- nouncements Tor any of the theatres being the Leavltt Burlesque Company at the Park one night (20). and John B. Cough at English's 18 The management of the Howard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' troupe threaten Brooks & Dick- son' with a suit for damages tor playing other similar companies over tbe big circuit ahead or them, contrary to contract N. E. Alex- ander, for some time past advertising agent of English's Opera-house, has taken a passenger conductorshlp on the Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield road .-Nearly four thousand people were crowded Into English's Opera-house afternoon of 10 to witness,the Gubernatorial Inauguration ceremonies...:....Three male and five female pupils of .the dramatic school here have obtained professional engagements within tbe pant few months An unsophisticated Individual recently presented hla naturalization papers for admission ta English's. Evening of 9 Jean Delmar (Mrs. Eugene Ellis) visited a restaurant In company with Irlenda. placing a small satchel containing valuable Jewelry on a table nearby, where the party had taken seats. Tbe receptacle ot diamonds, etc., waa soon after mlased. A waiter was charged with the theft, and confessed to hiding It In an ash-plle In the rear 01 tbe bouse, wbere it was found. The thief was arrested, plead guilty, and within forty-eight hours was on his way to prison to serve ont a sentence of two years." OCR Chicago, III., correspondent, under date of Jan. 13, rays: "Sara Bernhardt has arrived; she Is all that we expected her to be. Uanager Mc- Vlcker Is averse to making known the advance sales, or any figures connected with bis business; bnt he goes so far as to nay: -The engagement Is a pronounced success; the advance sales secured that fact. Thla la'emphatic' She ap- peared 10 in 'Adrlenne Lecouvreur.' 11 •Frou- Frou.' 12 'La Sphynx' and 'Le Passant.' 13 •Camllie,' 14 'Pbedre.' On 16 'Frou-Fron' will be given at the matinee; no performance at night. At the Grand Opera-house Frank Chanfran as Kit has drawn fair patronage. On Wednesday, owing to the illness of one of the company, Mrs. Henrietta Chanfran appeared as Marie in "A Mys- tery or Paris." J. H. Alllger of tbe company, who waa very nlek in St. Louis with diphtheria, has re- covered and la again with the company Jan. it "Deacon crankett." Dates have been canceled wltb tbe Soldene Comic-opera Company. At Hooley's Theatre Chas. L. Davis, supported by Walter Aarlan, Charles Drake, Harry Stanley, L. W. Harper. Charles Wlllard. Mrs. Florence Charles. Mrs, C. H. "Washburn. Mlga Jessie Lee Randolph, Miss E. Logan Burnett and Mlsa Ttlley Shields, acted "Alvln Joslln" In a very fair style to a moderately good business Rice's BIJou Opera Company open Jan. 17 At Haverly's Theatre The Pirates ot Penzance' by the D Ovloy cane Company was well received hy good-sized audience*. Many or the singers are familiar to Cblcagoans. Miss Minnie Welsh aa Mabel was pleading, and Mr. Regley as Cen. Stan- ley Is worthy of special mention Jan. IT. Hav- erly's New United Mastodon Minstrels appear for the flrat time In this city. They are heavily billed, and have aroused great expectations." at the* Lelaxd Ofeba-hocsb, Albany, N. Y., Maggie Mitchell attracted large audiences, saya our correspondent, "to witness, 'Jane Eyre' Jan. 10, 16. 'Lorle' 11. 'Fanchon' 12. 'Little Barefoot' 13. and 'Pearl of Savoy' 14. Baker and Fan-on open it, for the week The Jollities Combina- tion are to be at Tweddle Hall 20,21,22. Saisbury Tronbadours 24, and Mrs. Scott Slddons 27, 28.28. Patldy Ryan, tbe well-known heavyweight or this city, baa been engaged to appear as Charles the Wrestler in 'As Yon Llke.lt,' which la to be produced during the engagement The Hunchback,' wblob waa to be given at thb Leland Opera-house 27,28,20, for the benefit of the Child's Hospital, baa been Indefinitely postponed owing to the serious Illness or Mra. Frank Tracy (Agues Ethel), wbo was to have appeared therein The Criterion Comedy Company will be at Martin Hall 24 The new scenery at Tweddle Ball was ex- hibited Thursday evening to a select few by Man- ager Appleton. It consists or twenty-two seta, exteriors, interiors, landscapes, a Gothic chamber and a superb palace scene, all or which are ol artistic character, and reflect credit npon the eklll of the artist, Joseph Plggott," "Rosedale" wan (presented at Haverly's The- atre. Brooklyn, N. T., last week, by Lester Wollack and the following company: G. P. Devere, J. K. Nugent. George R. Edeson, j. w. Shannon, Little Bertie Thornton, T. Jackson, a H. Lewis. W. T. Ranoun. L. H. Spencer. Stuart Clark. LillianCleves Clark, Kate Bartlett, Mrs. Charles Poole, Isabella Thornton, Florence Vincent. Mary Thomas, and Clementine Vaughn. Our correspondent savs: "An enthusiastic welcome waa extended to Mr. Edeson, who made hla first appearance since his return from his starring tour. Mi. Shannon, Mrs. Poole and Miss Bartlett were particularly good. 6a!a- bury'a Troubadours will bold the boards thla week. Mr. and Mrs. McKee Rankin open 24. At the Novelty Theatre (Eastern District). Edouln * Sanger's Snarks Company presented 'Dreams' to good business. Mies Rachel Sanger appeared as Ruby Blnks In place of Miss Alice Ath- erton. and waa well received. Hoey A Handle's "Child or the State" Combination opens 17, and, Buffalo Bin 24 Prof. Herrmann and con: appear at the Park Theatre this .week. Joaepb Jefferson will be the attraction week of 24 A testimonial benefit will be given 20 at the Lyceum (Eastern District) to Thomas H. Wlnnett, when a new comedy entitled 'A Cousin's Love'will be pre- sented." John t. Rathoks closed bis three nights' en- gagement In tbe Euclid-avenue Opera-house. Cleve- land. O.. Jan. is. giving "Col. Sellers," 'Toodlea" and "Paul Pry" to fair business. Onr correspondent says: "Mr. Baymond's manager announced the production of a new play by A. C. Gnnter for IS. but at tbe last moment Mr. Raymond came to the conclusion to postpone the performance until later In tbe asason. owing to the lack of BQenery Two large. audiences witnessed the performances of Snelbaker's Majesties at the Academy of Muslo 10. II. Frank Mayo Is booked for 20,21,22, and the Strategists 24, 26, 2fl Manager Jobn Elteler was In town last week; also A. C. Gnnter. wbo states that Ms new play Is purely comedy, that the scene is laid In Turkey, and that the leading char- acter, which will be taken by Mr. Raymond, repre- sents an American abroad." H. C. Jabbett's "Cinderella"' Cokbinatiox presented that spectacle in Pope's Theatre. St. Louis. Mo., dnring the past week. In good style, and were fairly patronized. The intense cold weather or the latter hair or the week, says our correspondent, "diminished the attendance some- what, aa it did at all or our places of amusement. This company were destined for California, but, as tbelr play has already been produced there by an- other manager, they gave np the Idea and dosed tbelr season and disbanded here. Among the com- pany were Lizzie Kelsey, Annie Sobaflbr, El- ma Delaro, Jennie Hughes. Katie Seymour. W. H. Seymour, J. R. MacDonald, Mark Smith, James Vincent, Lizzie Slmms, change-dancer, and Topack and Moore, gymnasts Jarrett* Rice's -'Fun on the Bristol 1 ' was the attraction at the Opera-house, and waa largely attended. They open in Cincinnati 18. E. E. Rice's Extrava- tranza Company appear here la In the Olympics Theatre "Hearts or Oak" was acted throughout the week by James A. Heme, Katharine Corcoran and company, and attractded good-sized audiences. Fanny Davenport opens 17. TOUT Denibb's "Humptt DCafPTT" Troupe are to amuse the pntrilo ot Evansvllle, Ind.. Jan. 17, Vlnccnnee 18. Madison is, Colnmbus 20, Louisville, Ky. 21 22. John' Dillon's Combination, a new theatrical venture, starts npon the road, opening in De Kaib, III., Jan. 17. The company Includes James A. Devlin. Phillips Hawley. W. H. Gould. H. C. How- ard. J. R. Movnlhan. F. C. Bernard. Al. De Costa, the Misses Minnie Kdrington. Fannie Dillon, Mar- ion Denning and Netta Day. Route: Sycamore 18.10, Dixon 20 Morrison 21, Lvons, la., 22. Edouin A Sander's Spark's CoatrANT Is billed In Danbnry, Ct., Jan. 24, South Ubrwalk 25, Tren- ton. N. J.. 28, Kewark 27,28,29, Philadelphia, Pa., Sl.oneweek. • ah ak r\ stance ot the extraordinary care with which rehearsals are carried on at the Francalss. Paris, it la stated that an entry or a sensational kind, made by an actress. In one or the scenes or Alexandre Dumas' new comedy "The-Princesse de Bagdad," had to be repeated by her seventeen times tbe other afternoon before the author and director were aatlafied that the cUmax or effect had been attaintd. John J. Holxes. treasurer ot tbe Arch-street Theatre, Philadelphia, Informed a Cltpfbk repre- sentative Jan. is that the advance aale of seatx for the engagement of the Boston Ideal Opera Com- pany the current .week exceeded any other advance aale ever made In the theatre, surpassing even that for the recent engagement or Salvlnl. which statement was verified by a reference to the box- sheet. The Ideal Company contemplate giving a special Invitation matinee to tbe profession Jan. 20, when "Pinafore" will be (rung. . Amono the forthcoming attractions which Man- ager George K.Goodwlnaonoancesattus Chestnut- street Opera-bouse. Philadelphia, are tbe Emma Abbott English-opera Company Jan. 31. Lotta In April, Maurice Grac's French-opera Company In April, return engagement of the Strakosch & Bess English-opera Company some time In tbe Spring, "Needles and Plus," performed by Daly's Company, and Mrs. Scott-Slddona. Geo. Holland, having disbanded his "Our Gen- tleman Friends" Combination," has returned to> Philadelphia, and at the Chestnut-street Theatre, that city, wnl play Carrlckfergus In '-The Duke's Motto" Jan. 17.18, and afternoon IB. W. B> Sheri- dan being the Captain Henri De Lagardere. HTgaa Sisters' Combination In "Ont of Bond- age" Is billed In HcmensvlUe. N. Y. Jfor Jan. 21. tbe New York "Hnmpty Dnmpty" Company 22, and Helen Potter's "Resides" 24. - Louis and Alice Harbison In "Photos" will open at tbe Walnot-etreet Theatre, Philadelphia, Jan. 24. . McOtrixocarH remains at the National Theatre. Washington, D. O., another week J. K. Emmet and cempanv commence s week's engagement. Jan. 24. C. E. Perrlne's American Jnveaale Com- pany^ will perform. "Cinderella.'' at tb*> raattiaee Miss Eleanor Calhoun will play In Baltimore the present week, and then goes Soots: under tbe management of John T. For£ The Sunday papera or Washington, D. C, are load In tbelr praises of Miss Calhoun AlfNTg PTXLKT AND THS "M*U8B n COWTANT, who were In New Orleans, La,, the past week, are due In Afemphlp, Tenn., Jan. 17, 18. 1st, Naalrrllle 20,21,29, Bowling Green, Ky., 34, LonssvIUe 2S, 2ft, 27,28, 2B, InManaTDOll*. InrTT SJ, SlOTH A- IIbstaYRR'S Tot/bibtB an billed In Lynn, amass.. Jan. 17, Woonaocket, R, L, 18, Man- chester. N. H., 19, Portsmouth 2D, Portland, Me., 21, 22, Augusta 24. Bangor 2i, Lewlston 20, Salem, Mass., 27,Cheteea 28. Waltham 29. Blasts A Norbjb' Jollities Combination In "The Electrleal Doll" are announced in Great Bar> ringtoD, Maas.. Jan. 17, Lee 18, North. Adasa IS* Albany, N.Y,30,21^23. ~*