Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1872, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECHEMBER 9, 1§73 RAILWAY CHARGES. The Power of the Legislature to Regulate Them. Decision of Judge Wood, of Kanka= kee, Thereon, Whe Act of the Legislature Declared Un- constituiional apd Void as to Pre-existing Charters. [Stephen. B. Moore v. The llinois Central Katt- road Company.—In the Kankalkee Circuit Courts of the December Term, 1872. DECISION. This cause is submitted upon an agreed state f facts, from which it appears that the plaintiff, ion the 2d day of July, A. D. 1871, entered tho s of defendant st Chicago to tuke passage “therein over defendant!s road to Kankekee ; that “the plaintiff tendered the conductor three cents per mile a5 fare, or one dollar and sixty-eight conts for the whole distance ; that the conductor cefused to receive the money so tendered, and demanded the sum of iwo dollars and forty ‘cents, the regular fare then existing, and which 24 been previcusly fised by the defendant; that ‘the plaintif, to avoid being ejected from the Yoars, paid the sum demanded under protest, and ow bringsthissuittorecover back theexcesspaid ver three cents per mile. It is further admit. cd, elong with other formal matters as a stato- ent of which is unnecessary to an understend- ing of this case, that the Board of Railrond and arehouse Commissioncrs, during the month of eptember, A. D. 1871, sseigned the railroad of de- endant to Class B,” under eot of the General sembly entitled *“An act to establish a rea- skonable maximum rate of charges for tho trans- ‘portation of passengers on railroads in this Btate,” approved April 15, 1871, by virtue of svhich act and classification the defendant wonld Thave the right to charge passengers for carriage #hree cents per mile only. The defendant resists a recovery on the gund that its charter gives it the right to es- tablish the ratcs of toll for the conveyanee of- passergers, and because such charter is a con- trach and within the protection of the provisions ©f the Federal Constitution, which de- claps thag *‘no, State ghall pass »2y law impeiring’ thoe obligstion = of cenrects,” and that consequently its right to £x i tolls e0 granted cennot be impaired by the Lst claase of Sec. 12 bf Article 11 of the Coasttution of 1870, which males it tho duty of kle Gumeral Assembly to pass laws establishing Teasomble mazimum rates of charges for the transpaiation of passengers on the different Tailroas in this Stato, nor by_the Reilroad act in queston passed pursuant thercto. The doitrine first ennuciated in Dartmouth Coliege v, Woodward, 4 Wleaton, 625, that o charter of incorporation constitutes & contract, hes been naintained by an_unbroken chain of decisiops ntil, says Mr. Justice Davis in the EBringhampton Bridge case, 3 Wallace, 73, “We have eupposed, if anything was settled in the Federal 204 State Courts, 1t was that an act of incorporation was a contract between the State -and the stockholders. All Courts at this day are estopped from questioning the doctrine. Tho sacunity of property rests upon it, 2nd every suc- cessfcl enterprise is undertaken in the un- ‘roken belief that it will nevor be forsaken.” The charter of defendant constitutes sucha contrsct. Neustadt ¢s. Tllinois Central Railroad Company, 81 1., 484 Being a contract, no T ce be passed to lossen or 1mpair any of the easenial privileges conferred by the charter, or, a5 ourown Coury heve expressed it, any act of tho Icgislature which repeals, materially im- peirs, or alters tho rights of the corporators ithott their assent, would bo in contravention of the constitutional provision.” Ohio & Mi gissipi Railrosd Company 8. McClelland, | 31, 10. And a State Constitution equally with -n steute is within the mesning of the pro- hibitin of the Federal Constitution. Cum- minge vs. the State of Missouri, 4 allaco, .~ Railrond Company vs. McClare, 10 Ibid, B3, Thequestion, then, axises, whether this act, fizinga maximum Tete of_cliarges for the trans- ortaion of passengers, deprives tho defendant of a1y material vested right secured to it by it charbr, and, if 8o, whether it can bo justificd . on tls ground of the nature of its organization, end he relations fo the public which such & cor- poraton susteing, or whetherit can be sustained ¥ tls ground of the proper exercise of police powea which are confessedly inaliensble by the ezismture. Tieighth section of the charter of defend- ant delares “ thot the Bonrd of Directors shall havo jower to eatgblish such rates of toll for the caiveyance of persons and_property upan the semo s they shall from time to time, by their Iy Jaws, dicect and determine, and to levy nd cillect the seme for the use of suid Com- any. ‘The right to collect some toll in & corporation I'this cLaracter constitutes one of its essen- cial franchises, witbont the exercise of which it “would be imposaible for it to_continue long to Thorpe zs. B. & B. B. B. Co., 27 Ver- * ‘ont Rep., 146. o » And tlo etipulation in this caso sliows that the «in aucstion reduces the rate of toll for pas- gera about one and one-fourtk cents permilo s the rate fixed by the Company between i igocnd Keukakee. It is, thoreforo, a neces- . s conclusion thas the effect of the act i3 o Tuaterially restrict this_important franchise of {ho Gefendant conferred upon it by its charter. She question of the degree of control that may ‘o constitntionally exercised by the Legislaturo “er such corporations at onco ariges. Somo Siculty is found in the solution of this ques- n from the dispute as to tho nature of theso rporations, tho one sifo insisting that they o public corporations, {ho_other that thoy are { 4vate; but neither view is wholly correct. In "o sento thot it operates & great bighway for the public uses of transit end of commerce, and a8 hod the power of eminent domain exercised Dy tho State in its behalf ; in the senso, t0o, that §% holds its franchises to be exercised for tho benofit of tho whole public without par- Ginliy, discrimination, or extortion, o rilroad is undoubtedly a public corporation ‘ut in the sease that its road, with 21l its rollin€ Ptok, buildingr, and fixtures, have been created B irivate capitsl, and that it is owned and ope- yatd by the company for the exclusive pecun- Jar benefit and_advantage of its stock holders, 3t 1 espontinlly private. In other words, 5o far fosthe sccommodstion of the public in the car- £z of passengors and freight is concerned, the Erschises of such & corporation are publici juris. fidar as they require capital and produco reve- 1Rps, they are privati juris, 5 % ’wes held in Thorpo vs. The Rutland & Bur- 1Jington Beilroad Company, beforo cited, that as $05uch corporations the privilege of running the road and collecting tolls, or fare and *freight, is fhe essoptial franchiso conferred, end thet Eny sct essentially paralyzing this fran- chise, or destroyin ths profits there- Stom’ arising, would no doubt_be void, Bt boyond that the entire power of Legislativo Sontrol resides in the Legislature, unless such powar is expressly limited in_the grant to the Porporation. Upon the question Liere mado the Ot is limited in the charter, but that, it is Bolieved, will male no difference, provided the tatnte in question be & valid exercise of police Powers by the Legislature. What, then, s¥e the Police powers that may be Iswiully exercised in ihis behalf ? Plainly, they extend only to the reguletion of the exercise of such franchises of {ue corporation as ave publici juris. ‘Tn tho proper exercise of this power, the Leg- felnture may pass such laws 88 msy be roquired to punish reglect or miscondnct in the manage- ment of the rond ; to msure the safely of pas- serers nd property; to guard the people tegast unjust crimination, imposition, or aextction ; to provide for the forfeiture of the franbise for mon-user or misuser, judicially @scetsined; or, in the exercise of the swereign powers of eminent domain, may resums the property for public use on . just ompensation. But when tho Legislaturo in any oiber way undertakes to deprive railroads of ther property, or to depriva them of their Tegitimate reots and profits, it exercises & power that is eubversive of the grant in an essential respect, and, therefore, void. It is not per- coived how thie defendant can be brought within tho legitimate oxcrcise of the polico power vest- Sedinthe TLegislature as to rates of toll, until it < Joan bo Ehown that it has been unreasonable or {extortionato in the uso of the franchiso in this L g0 \? %c comes, then, at last, to a question of reason- ¢ Yuble chargés on the one hand, and of ressonable \ fzontrol on the other. For, while it may bo ne- 1 sgwered, in the language of Mr. Justice Walkor { %2 the 'Obio & Mississippi Railroad Company s, ‘fcClelland (25 I, '73), that It never could have been the - Legislative will .glat thess bodies, when created, should bo wholly independent of and irresponsibla to the Govornment; for, if such wero the opera- tions of their charters, then we bave created.in fhe heart of our own Government an uncontroil- sble power which must sooner or later become dangerous to our rights, if not to Constitutional Iiberty itself,” 80, on tho other band, it may o £aid that it cannot bo the supreme law thaf the essential franchises of 'lbeau,corpnnszmng, about which so- many millions have been ex- pended, and the exercise of which are 8o esgen- tial to the prosperity of the people, should be Teld by the public tenure of the legislative will, and, consequently, subject to never-ending hnhgo. If the Legislature has obsoluto author- ity to fix the rates of toll, a8 is nssumed by this ack, then it say reduce’ the Tates to one cent mile or any other nominal o, end O thus . bemiupt, ulti- mately, railrond corporation any in the State. Besides, the exercise of sucha porwer might destroy, 18 to the public, the para- ‘mount object the Legislature had in view in cre- ating such 3 corporation, to-wit: the corporate 1250 of the highway constructed byit. It is, oo, of vast importenice, mob only to the corpo- ration, but to the lic, that it shall have a sofe, good, and well-managed road ; but this might be impracticable, if the Legislaturs should soTeduce the rates that no surplus would re- main to the stockholders, after defraying the Current expenses of operstion. To suy, in an- swer to this position, thet -the -Legislature will never exercise such unreasonable control, is sim- piy begging the guestion s to the existence of the power claime On tho other hand, to say that this defendant, under this charter, hes tho power to charge whatever it pleases for passenger fares, withont Tégard to their boing reasonable or ‘nreagsonable, fair compensation or estortionate, is s power that I equally deny. To licenso o corporation to commit extortion in its charges is what the Legislature has no power to do, They could only grmt the right to charge rea- sonable fares, and 8o the charter must be con- strued. To hold otherwise would ba to say that the Legislature m"Xht crepte on_imperium in imperio, but it would be to eny thit it might Ticenso fmposition and_extortion, to bo limited only by tho svarice of the corporation. The act in question either assumes that the defendant has no righy to fix rates at all, which assumption would be in. plain contrevention of tho charter, or it assumes that tho retes therein rovided for are reasonable, and the rates fived gyflle defendant unreasonsble and extortion- . ate. To have reached these conclusions tho Legis: tore must be presumed to bavo mec- essarily investigoted tho justico, rea- sonablenees, end egality ~ of tho charges of défendant, and dotermined from ovi- dence, or otherwiso orbitrarly determined, that their charges are unreasouable. In cither case, jons fro to bo jfldged as conceding that corporations Dy the seme rules a8 _individuals, defendant had its rights adjudicated upon without an op- portanity for o hearing, which is in violation of tho Bill of Rights, Says Mr, Justice Skinner, in Newland vs. Mersh 14 111, 353: The Legisla- tive power extends orly to the maling of Tavws, and in its exercise is Limited and resirained by {he paramount authority of the Federal and State Constitutions. It cannot dircctly reach the property or vested right of the citizen by providing for their forfeituro or transfer to nu- other without trial snd judgment in the Courts, fortodoeo would be ‘the exerciso of a pawer which belongs to enother branch of the Govern- ment, and is forbidden to tho Legislature.” Aside from tho obvious impropricty of per- mitting one party to o contract to interprot its provisions or impair its terms without the assent of the other, tho question whother, in o given caso, charges are rensonablo or tho' contrary is essentielly o judicial question. The rights of the defendant, as a matter of law, depend upon particular facts to b eécertained, and, in overy Buch case, investigation must precede decision, and both aro judicial and not legislative func- tions. Whicther this act bo volid, as sgainet tho de- fendant, doperds nob upon the considerstion that certain amounts are fied s tolls, but upon the question whether it can be made to appear that the rates 5o fixed aro reasonablo, and that thoso fixed by the defendant are not g0 ; for if those fixed by the defendant . aro just and reasonable, there can bo no jastification for logislative interference, But I maintain that th'e quostion cannot be dctermined by any arbi- trary ach of legislation, but it is a question of Ias, to be dotermined by the Courts upon facts admitted or proved. The admitted facts in this cnse are wholly eilent npon this vital question. Tt cannot be determined os & matter of law with- out extrinsic proof either that tho sum tendered s rensonablo, or that that demanded and paid was extortionste. I am not suthorized to eay which is the case from the evidenco—my private opinion whether tho fare was high or low is nothing to the purpose. The law must bo de- clored upon tho facts of the given caso, and not upon_the whim of iny Conrt. The defendent Las tho granted right to fix its retes of toll; it has done 0. The rato fixed in this caso cennot be judged per se extortionato, and, nntil it is eo malo fo appear, it is not porceived upon what ground tho Legislature can interfero. Judgment must, thereforo, go for tho defand- uat, and it is sccordingly so ordered. Cmas: H. Woo. Some Remarks on the Decisien. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sm: The opinion of Judge Wood, of the Kan- Jalkee Circuit Court, in the case of Sicphen R. Aioore against the Illinois Centrgl Railroad, must nocessarily provoke much discussion, declaring, as it does, the dangerons doctrine that railroads ero private corporations, possossod of certain « vegted r ights” by reason of having accepted & charter from the Stato, by means whereof-the Stato hos lost sll contral over thém, end the cre- ated corporation hes becomo superior to the ‘power which created it. The decision holds that section 12 of article 11 6f the Constitution of 1870 i inoperative and void ; that tho 3,000,000 peo- ple of Tilinois, while acting in their sovereign capacity in reorganizing a State ond adopting an orgenic law, had noright to declzre and say, “The General Assembly ehall, from time to time, pass laws establishing ressonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the differont railroads in this State;” and that the General Aseembly was powerloss to accomplish a purpoge when, in ac- cordanco with tho will of the people and the commards of the Constitution, it passed tho act establishing & ‘““ressonable masimum rato of charges for the transportation of passengers on railrosds in this State.” The decision is to the effect that this act is unconstitutional. although tho State Constitution exprossly makes it the duty of the Legislature to pass such 4 law ; snd, further, that the Constitution itself is unconsti- tutional. Ttiss repetition of the often-told talo Yy railroad corporations, and railrozd attorneys, znd railroad legislators, that the charter of tho Company is & contract with the Btate, which places the Compan: above tho Stato in_ power; s the _ Dartmouth College case is cited as usual, as_if, perchance, it had any possible application to the case at bar. The Dartmouth College decision was meado rela- tive to the control by the Legislature of a purely pritate and educational institution, in which the ‘public hod no interest. That is good low when applied to the charter of a private corporation, e & collej eilor corporation formed to mine cosl, or uhfis & newspaper; but it would not be good law when applied to & charter of a pub- Tic corporation, like the charter of the City of Chicago. When the people reorganized the State by the sdoption of the constitution of 1870, they dele- ?tefl cortain powers to the three branches of he Government,—tho Executive, the Legisla- tive, end the Judicial. Eachis independent of the other; each i8 supreme in the exercige of the powers and dutles intrusted_to it; and one of the duties of the Legislative Department, as declared by tho people, wes to eu: this law; and it is made the daty of the Execcutive fo execuie the law; and how can the Judicial Department step in and say the people have no right to confer this power and duty-upon the Legislative and Ex- ecative Departments? If it can, then our form of government is a snsre and & delnsion. Ons gimilar constitutional provizion in New York, concerning the modification of bank charters and which are purely private corporations), enio, Justice, says : ‘‘ The defendnnt's couns insists that he should not construe the clause [of the Constitution] so as to disturb vested rights, unlees compelled by language that would not admit of any other meaning. Butf we are not to interpret the Constitution pracisely as we would an act of -the lfifinlu.tum. The Conyen- tion was not obliged, like the legislative bodies, to look carefully to the preservation of veste rights. It was compotent to deal, subject to ratification by the people, and to the Constitu- tion of the Foderal Government, with all private gocial rights, and with all the oxisting laws and inatitations of the State. If the Convention had 20’ ruled, snd tho peoplo, had concurred, all former charters and grante might have hoen ihilated. When, thsrefore, wo aro seckin, for the true construction of a constitutional rovision, we are constantly to bearin mind that ts authors were not executing a delegated sn- thority, limited by any other constitutional ro- straints, but are to look upon themas the founders of a State, intent o vngon establish- ing euch prinoiplos 86 seomed best calenlated to produce good government and to promote_ the public happiness, at the expense of any and all existing institutions which might stand in their way. The rule J2id down, by which the Courts are admonished to avaid, if possible, such an in- terpratation as ehould give n statute a retro- spectivo operation, has but alimited application, ifany, to tho construction of & statute.’—2& And, tonching the eame matter, Peck, J., in Maley'vs. Marietta, Ohio N. S. Rept, 639, says : * Ve know of no rights-conferred upon Courts to interfera with tho exercise of o legislative discretion which the Constitution has delegated to tho law-making power.” The State Constitution mekes it mnndatm:; ‘upon the Legislature gmt simply discretionary, to enact laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of, charges; and it is discretionary with the law-making power to determino what is rea- sopable. And, upon the principles above de- cided, there is no suthority in the Courts to in- terfere with o legislative diecrotion which the Constitution bas delegated. Tho Constitution in this-Btate has given the discretion to the Logislature; and there is no supreme judicial discretion to which this legisletive discrotion is amonable, And, in case of the C., D. & V. R. R, zs, Smith, in this State, not yet reported, Thornton, J., says: *1In tio disoussion of legisiative power, wo have nothing to do witl® policy or expediency. The Constitution lis crested the Legislative and Judicial De- partments, tho one to_malo the laws, and the other to construe and administer them. It may De mischievous in its_effects, burdensome upon the peoplé, conflict with our conceptions of nat- ural Tight, abstract justice, and pure morality, and be of doubtful propriety in numerous re- spects; and yet wo would not ba justified to hold that it was not within the scopo of legisla- tive authority for such reasons.” v "Testod by the principles and governed by the rules laid down bythe eminent. jurlsts above quoted, it is difficnlt to sustain the decision of Judgo Wood, thst_holds the Railroad law of this State unconstitutional, and the 12th section of article 11 of tho Constitution inoperative. cannot be sustained upon principle or anlz)hogty. A. D, H. — PEPER AND INK, Zow to Preserve Valuable Docnments from Bestruction by Firc., 121 CruTnar Sreeer, LOWELL, Nov., 25, 1872, Mrn. Eprron: It may mot be unintercsting nor profitless to somo of your readers to have tho result_of some of my observations amongst: the burned account books, ohprred Government bonds, and other ddoumenis—soma of the fruits of Boston’s terrible conilagration. Nor, per- Haps,, althongh outsido of my profession, will ono or two suggestions Imaymake bo considered obtrusive by the ‘mercantile community, as thoy aro made in good faith, with the viow to aid thoso who mey wish to furnish themselves with tho Dbest paper -in their account books, and ink for permanent documents—particularly with re- gord to the possibility of thoir integrity being aseailed by fire, Account books are better whon made of decp bluo paper than when of white. White paper, of fine quality, is made from purc whitorags ; when burned to_ cinder, it_contracts amazingly, and lenves only o Dblack and very tondor ash. Bluo pepor is mede from tho same stock, col- | ‘ored by the addition of blue smalts. This color- ing matter is o kind of blue glass, powdered and nonconbustible. Peper of this description, when burned to cinder, shows a bluish color, and does not contract in’ anything like the same proportion. On bumed whito paper the writing is vory obscure, whilo on the charred it is vimqil.llly sfliciently clear to be easily rendored egible. ok 1a an important erticle, and that which for permanency of color is all that can be desired for documents not subjected to fire, becomes under this last condition of an uneatisfacto description. A blue writing flnid turning blacl upon paper msy bo thus described: It is a solu- tion of an iron selt in a certain degreo of oxida~ tion; when applied to paper, it 2t once, on ab- sorption, unites intimately with the fibro, and now on éxposure to thoe atmosphers it at once 2hsorbs oxvgen gas, and Lhe iron salt is convert~ ed to e higher state of oxidation, rendered in- soluble, aud on tho principlo of frst dyeing, as- sumes & permanent black color, Theso very cir- cumstances militate against its usefulness, when tho wholo is exposed to the fire; inlk, fibre, and all contract irregularly, and tho very inti- macy of tho union between tho iron end fibre imperils ite after legibility. The old-fashionod inl—o moro mechanical suspension of the higher oxidized salt of iron in a weak solution of gum —though so troublesomein clogging the penand ‘becoming thick in tho stand, is of much moro service under tho Promethean conditions. On its application to paper tho fluid is absorbed, and much of tho insolublo blsck matter lies ‘morely on the surfaco and secured by the drying of the gum water. On burning the paper, this black pigment remains on tho surface, tud is almost withont trouble perfectly legible—espo- cially on tho blue material. Copying ink i8 not supposed to bo ueed in ‘booklieoping ; nevertholess it is used, more per- Laps through inattention or carclesincss than design. 1ts efizet I would notice: Copying ink has that propcrt{‘givcn to it chiefly by the mero addition of & littls sugar, When dry,—nob copiod,—it usually hias & shining surface, When two sheets of pspor written upon with ink are pressed together, ond baked black in a tafe, the suger melts, and eventually forms & carbonaco- ous cement hetween tle two surfaces, comploto- Iy sticking them together, g0 that there is no chance to soparate and decipher them. Strong canvas envolopes domore thsn would be supposed toward preserving their contonts, but Heaven knows it 1 little anough to boast of. Fancy anilene, carmine, and red inks aro ut- terly useloss, ae also are most of the so-called non-corrogive black mks—fire not allowing a vestigo to remain for Tecognition. Vormilion ink, uscd in printing some portions of bonds that came nnder my notice, i also useless, for tho reason that heat volatilizes it, 16 being Bi- sulphide of Moroury. Government bonds, cou- pons, &c., havo apparently had much labor and attention devoted to them to makea pretty and attractive sppcarance. ‘Tho most important and distinetivo mark on theso- next to their dencmination,—sppears to. be tho pumber. Those numbers uro printed in o beautiful car- mino ink, particulerly easy of destruction by heat, Fortuustely these valuablo documents could bo identificd by experts in Washington, through the aid of the microscope detecting the effect of thb presauro of the typo on the linen previously printed on the pepe; Beforo the authoritics in Washington notified the public to send all such to headquerters, 1 was sppealed to by many bankere and morchants to apply somo chomical, in order to dovelop the extinguishod mark. 1 could not, however, ren- dor any assistance, s there was nothing to which any chemical rezgent could be applied. "o question thon naturally comee, whak, bril- liant color mey be employed, sceing that car- mine and vermilion are £o casily destroyed 7 1 would suggest the Besic Chromate of Lead ; in brillisney it is almost equal to vermilion, but under certein_circumstances it is somewhat apt 10 become o littlo dull ; but if subjected to the sction of fire, thore would bo_ample material left on the charred paper to render identification ‘quite casy end reliablo. The sme coloring mat- fer would sleo answer for the scal end numbers on bank bills, &e. In reference to writing inks, I would mention that the non-corrosive inks boforo referred to are mostly notural vegetable juices, withont any metallic base at all,—for instance, tho juice of Coriaria_Thymifolia (the common name of which I don'tAknawg{ o native of Now Granada, gives & red juice, which tarns to a rich and per- manent bleck; the juice slso of tho myrile- leaved sumach, that of elderberrics, otc., an in- fasion of logwood and a very small percentege of chromate of potash,—all very good for ordi- nary use, but after the action of fire there is nothing loft by which to reveal sny provious mork. To sum up the drift of these remarks, I sug- ent— g That account-hook paper should be # deep lue. That black'lnk; to best stand fire, should be quite rich in _iron, if not having some even in suspension, skhough ot the risk of clogging the pen and bocoming thick in the stand. That fancy-inks for important matters should not be used atall. . That strong, canvas-lined envelopes bo used forlooso papers. Tiat erimson. printing fuk for, umbers of bonds, coupons, bank bills, etc., be mado with Basio Chromate of Lead, which is at once bean- tiful and chesp. That the binding of sccount books bo mainly of thicknesses of strong canvas or gail-cloth, in proference to leather. Yours respectfully, Epwarp H. Hosiiy, Consulting and Anglytical Chiemist. ———————— How English Capitalists Lost by Cans adian €il Works. Tho Montreal Herald says that the *Canadian Coal Oil Works” is the title of gne of those Cenpdian schemes which, baving been put on the English money market, have by tho result Dot complotely satisfied thoso who have em- boarked in it. It learns thet the capital was fixed at the trifling little sum of £340,000 sterling. Of this £50,000 went to puxchaso the magniticent gmperly from whenoe the oil first, and the divi~ ends subsequently, were to be drawn, Then there was working capital to be raised by mork- gage, 1,600 debentures at £100 each, bearing at 12 per cent. Tho prospectus stated that even under the disadvantages of shortness of capi- tal, under the old manegement; these oil works had produced £100,000 sterlipg per annum, which a diffusive spirit of benevolence on tho part of the propristors, joined to a more concentrated an irresistiblo desire to © dovelop,” had induced them to offer to divide among any gentlemen haviog this small sum of £340,000, and willin, to invest it. With the capacity for pushing nng extending the works thus elevated, it was stated that thé sums svailable for dividends would rango from 16 to 20 per cent per annum for five years. During that time the redemption of the debentures was to go on, snd after that short period of probation the happy stockholders were t0 have 40 per cent per annum, 8- rate of profit which nppears to ba looked upon 88 normal for Canadisn achemes by those Who offer them on the London market.~ We regret to say' that tho Kkindly feeling of the promoters of the plan on this side has not been adoquately cppreciated on the other. The stock was taken up, and a great many fhousands of pounds were paid by the subscribers. But dividonds are nowhere; interest on debentures is unpaid, and the avail- ablo assets are £9 in the hands of the bLankers. They oven pronounce this Canadian Oil Works Company a grest Canadion swindle. R e G GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, argoes of Michigan apples have been shipped to Europe this mu.g i —The 8t. Louis Globe has discharged a scis- gors editor who was found operating on & Phila~ delphis. paper. —Dulath is a candidate for a half million ap- propristion from the Government for harbor improvements. —The Loetonia (Ohio) Iron and Nail Com- pany has made en assignment ; lisbilities statod to bo $650,000, and assots expected to footup $1,000,000, —Captain E. B. Ward's mills at Ludingto Riich., cost £403,000. He ownes 70,000 acres of pin {sads, located trom 12 to 40 ‘miles from that Fillage. v < —On tho railrosd from Muskogon to Big Rupids, Mich., 51 miles aro graded, and the track, {s lsid to Fromont Centre, in Nowaygo County, 20 miles from Muskegon, —About $2,000 worth of buckskin gloves per ‘month are made at one establishment in Berx!%s- burg, Cal., and sbout £1,000 per. month ig paid to tho am&aloygs, ‘mostly women and girls. —The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer mays that during the recent.cold spell s liftle girl was welking nlon(éhiha street, half blubbering, and cegmplmning at she had ‘¢ the headache In her g e —But §7,000 of the money left by Lucky Os- trom, the meiden miser, of Poughkeepsie, re- maing to ba divided among the heirs, and the lsvg;yuoég have not been paid. It was originally ,000. —The survey of the river ronte from Clinton to Burlington, Tows, hua been comploted, and Tugs the river all the way down, just koeping slong the edgo of the bluffs. The distance bo-- tween tho two places is 107 milos. —1In view of the numerous railrosd accidents caused by tho mieplacomont of switches, the American Manufacturer calls upon inventors to Pproduco an automstic gwitoh-tonder, which, it fiuserts, will do the work better, a8 o rulo, than most men, - —The wholo section of Central Kentucly, com- gmmg the blug limestone region—if, indeed, it oos “tiot fnvolvo the whole State—is suffering from & drought of unprecodented peverity. Sprmgs which haye never failed within the mem- ory of the oldest inhabitant are now dry, and all through the higher lands there is much com- plaint, The railroad comes in as an especial sufforer, the supply of water at soversl of tho Fnslt relinble water stations having failed en- irely. —Last weels tho New York Life Ingurance Company paid to theheirs of the Isto Captain Colvacoraeses the amount of its_policy on his Lfo, $10,000, and thereby withdrow irom tho suit pending againat it in Litchfield County, Conn., for thie recovery of ‘the insurance. The other companies will contest. . —The arrangement for 5 throngh lino between Muskegon and Detroit has beon made by connec- tion with the Detroit, Lausing & Lako Michigan, and whon completed the name of the road will bo changed to “ Michigan Northern Central,” and it will be operated as a_trunk line between Maskegon and Detroit. The road to the mouth of Muskegon harbor will also be finished next summer, and then two daily line of large steam- era will ply between Muskegon, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan. —Charles Sackott, who was shot by Albert M. Smith, ot Westfield, Alass., three weeks 8go, died on Tuesday of last week. He was 43 years of age. Miss Bates has nearly recovered from her wound, but will probably be disfigured for life. Whon informed of the result of his bloody work, Smith troated it wifh indifference, romark- ing to o fellow prisoner, The old man has gone!” Ho inquired with great interest regard- Ing Miss Bates, and oxprossed satisfaction at her recovery. - —A school was to have been opened in District No. 2, Douglas County, Mo., a short_time ago, but the teacher, Miss Elizabeth Carrick, on_go- ing to tho echoolhouse on the opening day, found the seats heoped together and in lames. She also found 2 notice on the door stating that sho was not wrnted; that there was ouly one man in the district who wanted s school, and he should not rule. —Thore is now nearly completed at South Bethlehem, Pa., the largest rolling-mill known in the civilized world ; the mein mill being 936 foot long and 111 feet wide, the wings forming crosa 384 feot long, tho whole being built in_the most solid monnor of stono, iron, and alate. The boilors are outside the main workas, the stacks being built of tho most solid iron, rivet- od. Thoy are 14 feet in diameter at the base, and nbout 130 feet high. —Our area in acres of soil suitable for grape roduction is eaid to oxcsed that of Francain ho. tpropuruan of 4t01, or 18,000,000 ncres in California to about 4,500,000 for France;- and et Californis has 14,000’ square miles loss of torritory than Franco. It will not bo long till tho winos of California are in threutening com- petition with the best brands of France, with overy dpraspmt of driving them into a circam- scribed merket. —Coreg is gotting more and moro obstreper- ous, and is sacking protexts tho most triviel for wor with Jupan. —Another insulting letter has been sent to the Mikado. The writer orders the Mikado.to return immediately to Kioto and keep himself in seclusion, and to pay several million dollara to Corea for ever baving left it. Failing todo so, war will be declarod by Cores, whero great preparntions are being made for that pur- pose. —Tho Russlan Foreign Ministry has given & gracious reply to tho spplication of foar thon- Band raskolulki (a now religions sect), desirous to- omigrate in & body to_ the Bukovina. By ordor of tho COzar each immigrant is 0 xeceive o froe grant of sevon dessatines of land £s his own property. The immigrants may choose the placo they desire to inhabit; they woll be oxempt for tho first three years from ail taxes, for the next throo from half the ordinary taxes, and for full six years from military ser- vice. —The marine losses of November among vos- sels bolonging to or bound to or from ports of tho United States amount to 41 totally lost and missing. Of this number 24 wore wrecked, 4 absndoned, 8 burned, 8 sunk by col- lision, 8 foundered, and 4 aremissing, Tho ves- aels are classed a8 follows : 1 stenmer, 3 ships, 8 barks, 4 brigs, and 25 schooners, ‘The tofal valuo of these vessels, exclusive of cargoes, is estimated at 628,000 —A Dr, Jomes filuxny who was a yenr_ sgo engaged in the slsve trade, but who, like New- ton, has repented of it, has given a confession which is striking horror into the hearts of Eng- lishmen that thoir own countrymen could still e guilty of such crimes. The cool devilishness of the sctors may bo judged of from the plan of the kidnappers. to Becure their vietims. The South Sea‘;nlnndars were invited to bring pro- visions to tho ship ; and, when alongeide, heavy icces of iron were thrown into their boats, and fhe struggling wretches were seized as they swam. %ays‘br. Durray: * The pieces of iron were not wasled, as they were fastened {o the brig with long ropes. —Chag. E. Gorham hds been sppointed As- gistant Genersl Manager of the Western Divi- gion of the Pittsburgh, Tort Wayne aud Chica- go Railvay, from Grestling t9 Chicago; also of the G, R. & I, the M. & L. 8,, and the C. R. & Tt. W. Roilways, with headquartera at Fort Weyne. —Augustus_S. Merrimon, the newly elected Senator from North Carolina, is native of Bun- combe County, in the western part of that State. His first appearance in public life was in 1860, when he was elected to the Legiclature on the Bell and Everett ticket. Nr. Merrimon gained considerable reputation about that time by the publication of & pamphlet urging the abolition of the ropresentation .of the colored race as property. This was considered an anti-slavery prafiuntion, and made him many enemies. He “vas universally regarded durgn% and bofore the war a8 g Union man, and until the Iate canvass hos not been bitterly arrayed in- politics. His nomination for Governor last summer was a concession to tho Conservative wing of the Democratic party. Heis strongly in favor of internal improvements, desirous of building up the Steto by immigration, snd_particularly par- tial to his native seotion, whis long negleoted SPECIAY, NOTICES, Like the Electric Tele- graph, CENTAUR LINIMENT bas been a long time coming,—but what & work it isnow doing, Tho halt and lamo, 0o and wounded, are literally throw- ok avay thelr crutehes. Rheomatisra S bg" and stif jointsarebanished, anddumb e~ beasts cry out for joy. Ono trial tells KENTAYpTZ tho story, and explains tho wholo thing. Children Cry for Pitoher's Castoria. It rogulatas the Tind colio and causes atural slcop. . 1655 & Subscivate Tor castar oil. The Human Kitchen and its, Dumb Waiters. Tho body 1s supplied with aliment bs vessols which con- nect the stomach and ita auxiliaries with tho venous sys- tem, and, 50 to speak, perform the ofice of dumb waiters ina restaurant. ‘a otber words, thoso media of commu- nication between the animal kitchen and its dependents supply. to each momber sud organ, near or romote, tho quantity and kind of sustenance required tokeep it golng. ‘When the stomach is derelict in its duty, or the dumb ‘waiters {nert or obstrusted, f:1s the pocullar proviace of ‘Hostettar's Celebrated Stomach Bitters to strengthenand Tegulato thom. Honce its marvellous ures of chronic in- digestion, and the omaciation, debility, and languor which aro genorally its concomitants. It is, morcover, & ‘poworful alteratise and corzective, and tho rapidity with which it checks {rregulsritios of tho livor and bowols, and braces and lnvigorates tho nerous system, is a marvol, not only to the general publie, but to professional men, CAUTION! wongssrmosmme s WORCESTERSHIRE - SATCE, ‘Buyers aro cantioned to avoid tho numerons Counter- felts and Imitations offored for salo. JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, New York, Agents for the United Statcs. On Marriage. SXPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN. Rcmarkabls Reports sent froe, Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, ‘Philzdelphia, Pa, : BANKING. SPECIAL AND PERPETUAL CHARTER. THE BANK OF CHICAGO. GENERAL BANKING AND SAVINGS BANK. Bouth Ride Office now open in onr new premises, Comer LaSalle and Randolph-sts. Exchange on all parts Bought and Sold. . INTEREST ALLOWED ON SPECIAL DEPOSITS, Money sent by Telegraph to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and San Franciseo. BAMUEL J. WALKER, President. W.H.PARE, Cashier. J.J,MOCARTAY, Ass't Cashler. West Side West Randolgh- I 1S O T S RAILROAD TIME TABLE. TRRIVAL, AND DEPKRIURE OF TRATES. ‘Winter Arrangement. EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE MARES.— 1 Baturday ex- copled. * Sunda: tod. 3 Mo tod. | Ax- £ive Sinday st 0. m. imfiv- S CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD. e Ji 3, ok Tt e St ity e ey e Sacisoncst, radges e Zeavs, Arrice, ABMUSEMENTS. _ SCOTT-SIDDONS BJ:‘.ADD‘I Gé. RETURN OF - SCOTT-STHDONS The Managers of the Btar Lecture Course take great pleasure in announcing that in re- sponse to the universal request, they have succeeded in re-engaging TS GREAT HISTRIONIC ARTIST FOR TWO READINGS, FRIDAY NIGET, Union Park Congregational Church. ONLY APPEARANCE ON THE WEST SIDE. SATURDAY NIGHT, Michigen-av. Baptist Church. ONLY APPEARANOCE ON THE SQUTH SIDE. édmhflofl, 75 centa; Rosorved Seats, $1.00 ICKETS FOR SALE _This morning, 1t Carpenter & Sheldon's ook Store, 553 Wabsstav. Back & Kayer's Drag Store; comer Stato and Madison: West S ; ide ‘West Madison-st., and Boll's Drug Store, 495 Library, Wost Wadison, cor, Sheldo: REV. T. DE WITT TATMAGE, OF BROOKLYN, WILL LECTURE IN THE MICHIGAN-AV. BAPTIST CHURCH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, On Thursday Evening of Next Week, Dec.12, AND IN THE . THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CEURCH, ON THE WEST SIDE, On Friday Evening, Dec, 13, Admission, 75 conts, Reserved Seats, $1.00. Rosorved, Seats can be obtainod on Friday, Dec. 6, nt Carpenter & Sheldon’s, 558 Wabash-ay. ;: Buck & Rayner's Drug Btors, corner of State and Maglaonsta. 5 and on the West Sido at Wost Side Iibrary, 29 Wost adison- 8t., and at Bell's Drug Storo, corner Madison and Shel- don-sta. L McVICKER'S THEATRE. MISS JANE COOMBS AS LADY GAY SPANKER, Ta Bonefcault’s Brilliant Comeds, LONDON ASSURANCE., MAGIFICENTLY PRODUCED. EVERY EVENIN( AN S ATORDAY NATINER, = 5 E7Secure your seats. Noxt week, LADY OF LYONS. ATKEN'S THEATRE, Wabnah-av. and Congrozs-at. Enthusisstio Reception of tho Scholarly Art; LAWRENEE BARRETT, MONDAY EVENING, Deo. 9, i fumtber Sotios, yroanciia of Shelepsans Fearates ELARAY «F"H", With new Seenory, Costames, Decorntions, and. sn Dnoxampl=d Cast, - FRIDAY, Boneat of LAWR BARABRE Siiiras, Geand BARRETL Sniaoer o~ HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Randolph-at., between Clark and LaSalle. BONDAY, Dec, 9, and evory evening and Wednesda; and Batardaj Matinees, Srstappostance of Hoolay's now Comedy Company TIn Henry J. Byron's Iatost socioty comedy, entitled PARTNERS FOR LIFE! And Operztic Bagatelle. Se0 24 83 apropos Operstic Bagatalle, t. Lonis & Sprt S aar § s B 9:5a. m.(* 800 p. m. \Exvas' ity Fast Express, Sooksonvilie, 1U.. ad Lo 1158, m.[* 8:10p. m. s, ot s Doahe Aecm ivision gi‘.x TLouis 2 &gnfufi“flgfln‘n’& RS R A MYERS' OPERA HOUSE. Bionroe-st., botween Dearborn and State-sts. Arlington, Cofton & Kemble's HMinstrels, LOOK AT THE GREAT COMBINATION. Fisst wok of ik popular Comoiian, INATION;. T o traly wondorfol Bong and Danco Artiste, MACKIN a4 SWILEGN. . T e 3 L 3 SSoTALEQR,, The ey Choncienatn I e MK 4 now a5 varlod programame. Eve:y evaning and Satar: G Daily, via Main Line, and daily axcept Saturday, vis Jacksouvilio Division. 32 Daily, via Main Lino, and datly, ‘except Mopday, vis Jacksonville Division. ekl CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. Depota—Foot of, Lakest,, Indianaav., and Sizteentheat., and Canal and Sixteentheste., Ticket ofice in Briggs Houss and at depote. on| Downer’s Grove Accommodstion| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. Depat foot nf Lakest, and foot of Ticenty<ccond=t. R b R el St. Lonts Expro: Bt: Touis Fast Lini e o Park and Oak Woods Earliand Oax Woods. **0n Saturdays this traln wiil bo run to Champalga. CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNATI THROUGH LINE, VIA KANKAKEE ROUTE. Srainsarrica and depart from the Great Central Rairoad Depol, Foot o Lakews, | For ihrough icksts and sleep eaf bevths apply at Ticket ofice, 5 Canalat,, corner il som ;- 130 Washingtonat,; Tremont Houae, corner Gongres st. and Michigan-av.; also foot of Twenly-second-st. Toavo Chigaz Arrive at Indl 420p. m. ‘xrivo at Cincinuatl 930 p. m. Trains axivo at Chicago 26 7:00 8. . 2nd 9:15 p. m. Only line running Satardey night traln to Ciucinnail, Tho ontiro train runs through 10 Olocinnatl, Pullman eloopors on night traias. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. Ticket office, 31 West Madison-st., §:0a. m. m. HEBHEBEEES CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. Depot, comer of Harrison and Shermanests, ZTicket ofice, 83 e Madison-st. Qraaba and Lesvonworth . Poru Accommodation, Night Express..... Loavenworth BIOrSs,uues LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SQUTHERN RAILROAD. Depot,. corner Harrison_and_ Sherm Ticket ofice, an-ats. ‘southicest corner Jladison and Canalssts. Zecre, drrice, *920p. m. Mall, via Air Line and Main Line| Bpocial Now York Bxpros: r Ling.c.... Atlantic Expros Night Tixpress, via diain Lino Bofith Ohicago Accommotation. Elkhart Accommodation.. CHICAGO, DANVILLE & VINCENNES RAILROAD. Passenger Depot at P, C. & St. Louis Depot, corner of Ca~ ‘naland Kinste-sts, " Out.freight afice, corner of Ada and Kingieats, In-freight ofice ot ., C. & St, Lo Depol, cor- ner Halsted and Corroll-ais, Frelght and Ticket offce, 163 ashingionat, o haking offect Deo. 1, 1672, Arrive, bas been g0 | Bail..... -|*1:9p. m. Evanstille § Terre Haite Ex. 3 7:308. m. PITTSBURGH, FORT WAYNE & CHICAGO RAILROAD. Day Expres: Padifc Bxps Lin Mail........ Valparaiso Accommodatio WICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADS. Depoty oot of Lakeest., “and foot of Theenty.second-st. P e cec s Canabato ornenar St o ‘Mail (vis maln and air line)... B Jodkaon Aocommuodstion.. Atlantic gk Eapeis i o.m.| 9:5p. m. b . QRAND RAPIDS AND PENTWATER. Night Expross..... .. 19:10p. m.| *8:008. m. HENRY 0. WENTWORTH, Genoral Passonger Aguit, ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ENGAGEMENT OF THE FAMOUS LYDIA THOMPSON And he B! SQUE - atidane el FURLSSGUE AHOVEE BlLUo:x BEEARID: }ntmfifinx the entire company with all their wonderful GLOBE THEATRE: Monday Evening, Dec. 5, every night and Wed e Rttty Wathoes, 0 T odncaday MISS LELIA ELLIS, The Fairy Star SAPPHO. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ellis, tn thoir colcbrated epecialty, THE BELLES OF THE EITCHEN. Babby, Newcomb, Chasloy Howaxd, Miss Lula Dolmaz, fiss d1ary Biako, snd the Sta 1o & New Bill, Canetuding wiih fhe Laity Exisagnnsn onied - PRINCE AMABEL: OR, THE FAIRY ROSES. B8TOVES, &c. STOVE DEALERS We are now receiving and filling orders promptly for the following populer Stoves: BRILLIART Base Burner, for Hard Coal. FEARLESS Ceoking Stove, forWood or Coal. Reservoir Stoves, Of all grades and prices. ACORN . Base Heater, for Wood. Tops and Eases, With or without cast lining. Box Stoves, From 15 to 45 inches. Swiss and Jewel, All Styles, Wood or Coal. MONITOR CGAL BERNER, Ali Sizes in Steck. AURGRA BARE BURNER, Four Sizes, Hard cr Soft Coal. FARMERY' BROILERS, For £J to 65 gal., for Wood. 1 variety of other , all at Ana « laxgo vagicty of othor eds the J. &, BATHBOWE & 00, Salesroom. & 40 Lalke-st, ‘Warchoase.. .North Piers Foundries. aas Albany, N. Ye £~ Send for Cataloguo and Pricy List. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. “Adveriising Aroncics, H. B, CHANDLER & U0. aro nathorised to receio ady vu‘rfisuml:n;; for all Chicago daily p:fi{;fi&l{:af ll‘zllgg Tates: also fof any noMSEADEE o D A n G Torbign couniries. - 24 Sonth Clark-ate anlcs. SECOND NATIONAL, 65 West Weshlugtou-st. By s (Bhe & Collendes Tabies) STEPHANI, MONHEIMER & HART, 612 State- Biank Book Maputacturers, Stationers CAMERON, AMBERG & CO., 1534 16 W. Ran JOHN H. SMALL & CO., 157 and 139 South LaSa. DEAN BROS. & HOZFSANN, 67 W. Washingts <5, COAX & TEN BROERE, obr Aun and W. Rax ANERICAN GLOCK c‘g"; 287 Wabsal-ar. + Glagsware, Lavps, « FRENCH REAM & 60, 51 Wabash-ae 0™ ilery. HENRY SEARS & CO% b 89453 Sonth Caual-st eninl Depot. SAMUELS. WEITE, 1 fad. 16 £25 Madison-st. Draggista (Wholesale). T8 OTTO JEVNE & CO., 79 and & Deatborn-st. Gns Eritares nnd Kitting, H. M. WILMARTH & BRO., 3% to 3% Wabash-av. Haurdwarg (Whalesale.) MILLER BROS. & KEEP, 19 Lake:t, .G 08 ShEW 3B B W abach. Pout e %N SDashAT. b WAL M, MAYO, 158 55d.-at. und 155 {Veas Madison-ste Leather, Tanners’ Oil und Tooia. i imary dud Stresr Gooda (¥ patenale nery an . WA T PO ON, St and 2t Wabasmars - ), Etc. KENLEY & JENKINS, 218 Soath Water-st. I3, BUTLER & 00 52 8- Despiaines, snd 25 State. BRADNER, EMITH &'C0., 544 Wabash, &1 1. Wash. 'APER Ci "est shington-at. ., 78 West, Wa: AR, S gGLESBY. HABPSXT%& C o W. . KIMBALL, aop ) Sobaneas: aid Thirteenth.st. Tron. A. B. MEEEER & CO_, %6 Webashav, Pamps, L W. AUSTIY & CO,, = sd 523 Sonth Wator-st. eal Egtate and Loans. SNYDER & LEE, i Nizon Kaliding, LsSillost. Sidalery Hardwere. GEORGEJ. BP.!“BEA%::D., 47 Sh?avlf.. 32 DIEBOLD & KINZLE, 5; Stato-st. REBRING'S, 46 State, and cor. 14th and Indisns-av. HASEIN, MARTIN & WHEELER, 41 Lake-st. FINNEY BT S aad 58 Boa e 214 an¢ x GILBERT, £ Soatis HUBBARD & CO., to 230 SURRINGTON & SCRANTON, 6 Soath Wataere % Stoves. AMERICAN mszdn'nné’xl‘a;fif 41 Fast Lake-st, and Jewelle dings. DENNISON £C0n 51 South Canal-ar. oo Franks, CHSS. T. WILT, muin‘.izflu’fsssmmmw. er SHELDON & DAYVITS, 133 Wt ©, B JORDAN, 113 nsa. JAMES WRIGHT, 12 N. Clinton, near Randolph-st. Vfenslt Irox Pive. CRANE BROS. MG CO., 10 North Joflarson-st. NIXON'S. MONDAY, Dec. 9, LEOQO HUDSON, Tho renowaod equestrienno nnd dramatic artist, wi Tratnod Bioci homes SACE BHSS T Popuier spse: HIPPA, ‘With all its SENSATIONAL and THRILLING Effects. UNION CATHOLIC LIBR'Y ASY'N. LECTURE BY * Rev. Dr, McGlynn, (OF St. Stephen's Chureh, N. Y.) At St. Patrick’s Church, Corner Adams and Desplaincs-sts., ‘WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 11, 1872 Subjoct: Tho Christian Priesthood. Tickets, 50 cents. MARTINE'S HATL, Hal ? At Martine's Fal!, on_Ada-st., R R iy v e g e ploonof AlSaints" (Episcopal) Chuceh Ladlos' Ald So- “BANQUET AND PROMENADE.” (MUSIO FROM 8% 0'CLOCK). Ticksts (including Oyster Suppor), for gentleman and . 83¢ siuglo, 8., For sala b gommitzoomen ond ‘mezibora’, alsoat tho ** Chureh Book Storc, 518 Wabash- 873 and at Burkitt & Sutton's, corner Madison and Sen- amon-sta., and at tho olfice i Martine's Hall. GENERAL NOTICES. TO ARCHITECTS. Deslgns for the Construction of o public bulldi tho D Dosaded by cl(clndzfl%h B e €120, to b used jointly for & Court House and ity Hall, i Bourd, of Publib miuns - For the best deslgn... For thesccond bost desiga.. ‘For the third best dosign o Bailding Commist 5 osfon- ers of Cook Counts, and the Common, Council of tho City of Ghicago, aud the Bourd of Publiy Works aro to bo th Judges of the merits of the plans submitted. A'genoral description of thobuilding and s echedulo of tho number aud size of th various rooms required, hava boen prepared and may bo had on application to the Board of Pablic Works of sald oty 10 o es ust bo gsalod an ot 3 Gomes Honsa.ana City Hall, Chicago, " and sddrassad to ¥ Tho Bullding Committess of tho Tounty of Cook, and of the City of Chicago. BUILDING COMMITTEE of tho County Commissionsrs of Cook County, BUILDING COMMITTEE of tho Common Council of tho Cl%ui Chicago, Bosith o ST ST, Ciucaco, Nos. 16, 1572, = & EDUCATIONAL. EKEMPER EATLIL. A select school for girls and soung ladies, roopens JAN, 15th. The elegaat comforts, the thoroughness of train- ing, ond disciplino ns to manners and chacacter, and tho sperior mode snd coutea of fustruciioa havo attracted for its patrons many leading peopl of Chi and tho Northwost. Sieaple ol Ohiesge For particulars apply to GEO. M, EVERHART, D.D., & ‘Rector, Kenosha, Wis. SCALES. FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCATES OF ALL SIZES. FATRBANKS, MORSE &CO 6 WBST WASHINGTON-ST. MEDICAL CARDS. COBURKN Medical Institute, Ko, 18 West Madisen-st., cornor of Halsted-st., foundod azd conduoted by DR. J. C. COBURN for tho troatment of chironic and privata disoases in both sexes. DR. COBURN has threo diplomas from (ho best Cole eges in tho vorld. DR. COBURN has records to provo his exicasive hospls #al practice, both private and public. DR. COBURN has bad moro experienco ia tho trosts ment of private discascs than any physician iz Chicago.. DI COBURN cures tho worst form of steictira with.. out paia or catting, bt with naw Freuch Dilator, which, acvrals, The COBURN MEDICAL INSTITUTE fs conceded: B o an n bonsie toTae oy flioted, whoro all who axo in noed ¢t med: for any dissasaof 3 privato nain: fontitic 2hd SEUfal {rontrics A e s b CILU RS Gan a3 woll aa forcigm Colleras. SRS faion Ts Union-wide, -zod. bis Medical ~Institaze &t thronged with patients from 1l 72718 G5 tho country for toeatumont, Separate parlors for Iadies and_gentlemen, and the. fincag o Chicao, Noomois Sa bit tho Doctor. 15 Booxs on Sinie and Femals Dissases ato seat free for two stamps, I sealed oavclopes. Odice HOuzs, 83, m. to. 8. m. s Sunday, 260 4p. me DR.C. BIGELOW PI¥SICLLN, o, 45i SODTR byall soadess of tha hon- by tho mediéal at- taipments b day, having lect devoted TWENTY YEARS i 3 0f CHRONI A 13 remedies that will curs Euslt AND SPECIAL DISEASES "Tiso roputation of Dr. Bigolow i i may or certificates from Eiropeas, th_Wioe a6 3 woll-known praises are in the nts; they aro not, ¢ our doors; they w. Gentlemen in 2nd membera of iE. The ucst rooma. in th PARLORS for ladios and. el 7ou only se: the dector. CORRE- POND! FIDENTIAL. Addressall lotzers to Dr. C. BIGELOY, No. 461 Stato-st. Office hours froma 3.m. to8p. m. : Sundays, 3104 P. M. Dr. F. Brooks, Chicago, 111, office 155 South Clork-st,, corner of 2lonros, cares zlf forms of Cancors, Ulcers, Wens, and Schirrous. Tumors, Scxual and Urinary discases, and all dificultios of a delicato patura incident to the generativa organs. A ‘Treatise describing causes, symptoms, and cffects, iadics and gentlemen, sent freo to any addross. Of ‘houss from ¥a. m. to 8p. m., Sundays excepted. NO CURE! D K NO PAY!! T, Aean, 380 South Clark-st., Chicego, Bay be coafidentially consulted, pessonally or by mail, Trog of charse, o al] chronic or Aorvous diseases. . J. KEAN js the only physician in the city who war~ rants cures or no pay. Rubber goods alivays os haad, FRACTIONAL CORRENCY. $5 Packages FRACTIONAL CURRENGY fo2 cs * FOR SALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE.