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Show CHICAGO- (inspel and Tltealro in ilni 'ar- lien Cily. - ( Iii'InIuiiim In IIm)('I'' I i;-fV-tol(M ul' I litt ort li v-"l - (nin.iiio, Uee. "2, K7. LltiiuM ttfiittd: Christmas haw gladdened ih'i hernia nf many Chicago merchant", f(,r in the particular branehen d,al p..y mml during tho holidays, l-u.--iuesi hao heoil oxlrenlely dull Until wilhill a low aoeki, Tho weal her i ple.nanl, no much so that the buys and girls aio ufiaid tin y won't It ivo much nkiiting tins winter, ntoi'-. dav lit hwimi in now thoroughly c-.lahli.-,ir d al Mc-Vieker's Mc-Vieker's theatre, wiiich is known on Sunday as tho ("eiilnd church, and now dispenscH Christianity at whoto-nale. whoto-nale. Tho seiiU hud to bo bought of course, by tin ro who wihIh d to uttend , this groat Central eluirch, and tht-on ranj;el from six to liltei n dollars lor tlio fiscal year. Tno dt- of, oourso want.'d tho doaie.iL seal-, and tho ollico for their f it- . wad kept open all night la-t Monday Mon-day and there wart a premium on twelvo u:.d tilteen dollar Tho theatm softta about '2 '2t persoun, aud many of tlin lower prici-d soati uro as got ul as tho higher, except in tho fact lh.it they co-t lesfc, and th: fact lowers them in thft esiituaiioti of the 'itt for then they couldn't e.iy t-i Mr. Urowti or M rn. Joins that "our In in i 1 V S'-at at Swinn's church eoj-t j ' two hundred dollars." All tlm ncal ' aro gone, and llioro Won't !' any cnll.'.-ti.in Imx or any of that old way o! ej'ttuiK money to lay tho p intor. On S ttunlay nicht gay theatric I airs aro p'ayetl by tno orehehtra and ileeiU of Iri'aehery and murder I enact'-d; on Sunday, thu Holt chord ' of tlio or:; in, and tne s ileuin doinai i ol lehgion. j AM 1EM V. S'TS. I Chicago ia overrun with miui"'- j nienls. There aro three dillerent lecture Courtis, U'cides ihwiii t,f congrogattonal Id.-ture1, gi ( n by p.Lslors of eburchc-i on different fven-mgH fven-mgH during the week, lor a small fee, and thus hindering meinln rs from idling to tho theatro, which i.n eon-.-;denl a bn aeh of religion by mo.il of the orthodox churches. Ol course the mcmbirn of a congregational church feel duly bound lu patronize tho doings ol tho churcli, and ohen sit lor an hour or ho likening lo merely, or next thing to nothing, but consider it ten a nee, 1 suppos. I Sen id cs these various loctur'-s there are scores of church social h n, amateur ama-teur theatricals, (to. Tliero uru two l:i'-atrea occupied by micstrt, two by butl'-squo extravaganz is, and two hy It-mtuuate or rather nmdern i"-cn'ty i"-cn'ty plav- and four sort of third rla.-u variety shows. Sj you see the people tif this city have no cans to complain a'-out a lack of variety. r.. MLIfc, Vho!ssl".c? One would sunpose by tn-r allusions Lli.it siio re illy liad the honor that is the misfortune to bfl acnuaintdl With "Dummy." Well, wo won't enquire, but let tnis ijiiHiec : That it's sJini' one whom tne shoe tin, or she would not be so rea:ly to wield tho delender's quill against an assmlt, if a-ssault il was, M.iicii d.d not concern her. liudgi-r Ciaw-on, ot Salt Lake, w;u lu re ou business la-t week from New York, and returnc-d to his hoadquar-tcra hoadquar-tcra on Monday hut. Ho was looking look-ing boiler in.in I ever saw him. The only Christmas Rill I can Bond the I! f.uaj.o is my good will and wisii you "A Merry Christmas" and "A li'ipp.v New Year." Dl'MM V. |