Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1872, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO ‘DAiLY. WEBNE SDAY, “DECEMBER 18; 1873 - - FOREIGN. Details of the Great Novem: ber Storm in the Baltic. e The London Times on President Grant’s Message. . Election Outrages in nfgfico. GERMANY, Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tridbunt. - . NEw Yorx, Dec. 17.—A German correspond~ ent writes as follows of the great tempest on the North Sea and Baltic coast :, ‘We will attempt to give some idea of - the ter- ¥ible devastation occasioned “by the high tide and fearful storm from the northwest on the 18th of November. This tide, which reached its, preatest height on the comstof Schelswig at about 9 o'clock at night, was the greatest ‘ever Jmown on the shores of tho Baltic, exceeding’ ‘the great tide of 1864 by 16 inches in height, and that of 1836 by 88 inches. - The ‘water rose sbout 11 Teet above thie mean Tovel of. t.hq sea on the shores of the Baltic, which are quite unsheltéred. An inundation could not fail’ to take place, against which all human exertiona wnd precautions were utterly powerless. In the umxfi town of Apenrode alone, 90 honses have become uninhabitable, and nearly 230 families bave not s roof over their heads. _ The’ news from Eckernforde is still worse. Entire eireets have been_literally annibilated, while- many of the buildings left standing are under- mined. The exact number of dwellings totally destroyed in Eckernforda cannob yet be gsce tained, but it will not fall short of 100. Hun-- dreds of inhabitants have lost everything, The" news from the . District of Oldenberg is- most- saddening. . On the Island of Femarn the sea broke_through all the dykes, and, out of forty- w0 villages, the fields and property of only. eleven escaped the flood. The entire coast of Western Pomeranis and- the Island of Rugen, with its projecting penin- sulas, and the er islands lying aromnd if have also most severely suffered. - The long and- zarrow Island of - Hiddensoe, mnear . Rugen, through which the sez onco before forced, its e has heen divided_into two parts by a chan- siel ‘seventeen foot desp. Two villages wero completely inundatac and .had to be. abandoned by their inhsbitants, Dumbering fifty-seven families. Vitte was also | entirely covered by th ses, and its inhabitants, seventy families, had to be rescued from the. garrets by boats. Provisions, winter stores of | all kingds, spoile: o salt water with which they are filled. BeRLry, Dec. 17.—General Yon Roen will act” mimgn,fl_ly t:vs? Erféidelan; of the J;m.séisn Coun- | of -Ministers, the ror having granted rince Bismark's request ¢ be ralioved. o . S ———— GREAT BRITAIN. E and foel have been washed away-or. .. Lowpox, De: el in the north of England yesterday. Fourteen ringleaders in the disorderly demon-| sirations at the Fenien meeting " at Stockton| Hiave besn imprisoned for various terms. .. _The fi xt of President Grant's message has - been received by. mail, and is published in the London journals; The Times, reviowing the mensage eaya the President appears reticent, ‘ormal, and courteous, bowing to the-diplomatic- circle “with all the. urbanity of an Old World statealnan. The mmeagais & strikin, iyictm of FEosperits and the rapid prosress of the Gotntzy. e Times approves of the Alaska Boundary- <Commiskion; praises the President’s moderation toward Cuba, and applands the recommendation for the Tednction of the army, andadds : * The President, "about to énter upon his second term, finds the~Union-restored to its normal state s all salient points, but still bearing traces of the great war in the public debt and g.inorgmiznfion" of the Sonth.” ‘Loxpox, Dec. 18—5:30 8. mi—The fusieral ‘of Lady Bescousfeid takes place on Thursday. -1t, il be strictly private. = for the- last twenty-four 1t has been stormin, hours, and the rain fall has been the heaviest of* the season. Large tractsof land in Leicestershire are inundated. In Derbyshire snow has fallen to the depth-of twelve inches.~ The telegraph lines in all directions sre badly damaged. ete grphic communication with Liverpool, Leeds, and Hull is interrupted. At Grimsby the gale ‘was 8 hurricane, and many casualties ave re- po! . THe .Daily News, commenting on’ President Grant's meseage, trusts his recommendation for- the sbolition of ‘elsvery in Cuba will be success- ful with the Spanish Government. The ship Laconis,- from Philadelphia for Rot- | terdam, went ashore in & storm near Boulogne, and became n total wreck. All on board were eaved except one. v s AFRICA. ArExaxpris, Egypt, Dec. 16.—Bartle Frere, who ia now enroule to Oden to join inthe British expedition for the suppreesion of the African.glave irade, hss arrived here. He was warmly welcomed. At Cairo he will bothe guest of the Khedive, —_—— ~ SPAIN, Maprm, Dec, 17.—The Carlist bands were defeated and dispersed by the Government txoops on the 16th. ——— E MEXICO. MaTamoras, Dec. 17.—The delegates from the different precinci quarters of the election without counting the votes for municipal officers, on account of- the- interference of . the military on_the 15th, wers induced, last evening, by Colonel Crsito, Military Commander, o sgain meet, and having done so, and being about to count the votes, were at- tacked by thirty armed roughs. The gnpam and votes were taken away and destroyed. This is supposed to have been the work of Cortina, he ‘having probably stated that with one delegate of the 24 he wonld carry the slection. "SPRINGFIELD. State Board of Charities—Funeral— Mining Inspectors’ Report — The ‘Warebouse Commissioners—Report on Canada Thistle—Xhe ConlMiner’s Threatened Strike. Special Despatch to]The Chicago Tribune. ‘BPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 17.—Tho State Board o2 Public Charities Tet in this city, to-dsy, but R0 quorum being present, they adjourned with- out action. The meeting, at this time, isto in-" spect and revise the estimates for appropriations zaked for by the various State institutions. The aggregate amount of appropriation will be sbout §2,500,000. This amount, it is thought, will be very much reduced by the action of the Board. 0. H. McKinsiry, a prominent .citizen of this city, was buried to-dey. His remains were es- corted to their last resting place by the Knights of Pythias, and the order of 0dd Fellows, of both of which orders he was an honored mem- ber. By the 12th gection of an act approyed March 27, 1862, providing for the health and safoty of Persons employed in mining, County Surveyors are mado ex-officio Inspectors of conl mines. They are emporwered to employ a practical miner to assist in the inspection of the mines. The twelfth section requires them to report the re- :glf; - their inspection to the Governor an- The following report from the Surveyor of McLean County shows the results of cfi’s In- EE‘ecfion. Tt says: Number of acres of work- able coal Iands in McLean Coumg, 774,235 ; num- ber of veins of coal, 3; depth of first vein, 29815 feot; thickness, 33§ fect; depth of second vein, 3833 feet: thickness, 43¢ feet; depth of third vein, 520 feet; thickress, 8 feet; mining is by shaft; number of mines in operation, 1; number of men employed, 170; yearly production, 60,000 tons: capital employ- ed in'mining, £100,000. The condition of the 8, ) mine_as io safetyis good. But one fatal acci- dent has occurred in the mine, and that was by a an falling agwn thosbatt. Anotherwas slight- ly injured by the explosion of gas-in tho mine, axd another injured slightly by falling cosl. The In!gector mskes no recommendation concerning the Jaw. The above is the scope of the report required of Inspectors. This is the first and only report on the subject received. The Board of Ruilroad and Warehouse - Com- miesioners, &t a late hour last night, completed the principal part of their second annual report. ‘The statistical part will be completed on the.ar- Tival of the three reports of railroad companios promised for to-morrow. and the whole vlaced d, 2nd the wells are useless on _sccount of c. 17.—Snow to the.depth of & faot - who retired from the head- | in the hands of th pittors - probably on Theis- day or Friday. ' One railroad compaiy has fail- ed to make the report requirsd bl;“mz' and :he County Attorney- of Tazewell County has been instructed to-seitmence proceedings ageinst the Peorid, Pekifi & Jacksonville Railroad Company, for their failure to" file the required réport, the penaliy being. $100° to ince 1st Septemben - The v $500 for every ten dsys following tosolution wes adopted- by the * Resolred, That, in regard 1o, the investigation asked for by Mr, Tompkins, Chiéf Inspector :;(rm grain, . into the facts connegted with the different inspsction and grading of the pame - barley, this Board will take the earliest - opE3rtunity; the_complotioh of its ‘an.’ 2unl report, to comply with Lip Midaest | tuat in the mesntime 3fr, Tompkin! ct £ his ‘principal Aseistart, Inspector to collect all the infor- mation, Aad feport the same’ to this Board without Qeley ¢ and, also, suspend any Inspector who, in his Judgment, may biave been fn-any way culpable fa con- ection with the transaction. - - following s the report of the State Board A iculture on the Canada. thistle, to Gover- nor Palmert 3 - --Bection gix of * An Act concerning Oariada Thistles,” approved March 15, 1872, makes it my duty to Collate, and ;:??gm the Governor fhe subatance of the fn- formation derjved from the. ** Commissionera of - Can- ads, Thistles, whoso appointment 15 providod for ia id act, i . . - 02 . In compliance therewith T have fhe. honor to. hand Jou information obtained from portions of &ix coun- ties. only, although.d have. delayed my report beyond - the time contempiated, in tho hope that something like 2 general response could behad from the various coun- Hes in which Canada- thistles are reported to be grow- Beyond What {4 gathered from the retumns of thé Proper officers in oné tosnship in Boone County, two towriships in Bureau County, two. townsbips in Du- page County, two townships in Kano County, one townsliip in McHenry_ County, ond one township in Sangamon County, nothing is known of the extent to.. Thich tho Tequirements of tho,Jaw havo been ob- Berve 3 B _Tam of opinfon that the law will nieed to bo more siringent before a general obsorvance of its require— ‘ments will be secured, : ; Tam, with high regard, very truly yours, A, 1L, GARLAXD, - Becretary Stato Board Agriculture, To His Excellency, Jomy M. PaLurm, Governor of Bagne County—Tsae Sowell reports Canada thistlea growing upon three forms in Caledonia Township: No -attempt was mado to eradicato_them, besond securing a promise from tho owners of tho land to cut them down ia iz to prevent seeding, Sureau County—W, H. Bloom reports two patches of - Cavada thistles fn the Township of [adisntona. Thess were plowed tidroughly on the .5th day of June, snd aftervard raked and all parts of tho roots picked off. Aftervard the hoe was used st intervals of five daya through the monthef June, and of ten dsys during Juls, cutting off every plant in sight. The last hoeing-| ‘was Sept, 20, when bt three -plants woro visible, snd and these were. destroyed. Balieves the same.irests ‘aent extended throngh another year will oxterminzte them, _An attempt to destroy_them by Beavy mulch- ing with appla pomace was not successful. Thistles | were introduced into the county by emigranis camping ds. by the rondside, and in zerden sec Caleb Pierco reports Canada thistles at five pointa inthe Township of Dover, Two of -these tracts have been plowed and bad hogs yarded on - them, which: treatment, in the opinion of the Commissioner, *will eventually exterminate them,” The other tracts have been mowed to provent seeding. , Dupage County—T. R. Stevens reports . hu found Conada thistles on’twenty-one differcnt farma in the Town of Bloomingdale. ~On nine of these ' thistle were found sceding, and wers cut and burned. In the remaining cases the owner-of the infested lands had cut them back to prevent seeding, ' Is of the’ opinion that repeating plowing and digging _will eradicate them, In ang instance thistles wers intro- duced in sced wheat bought in Chicago, E E.H. Eetcham Teporta Oanada thistles on-nins farms, and along the public highway, in the p | of Winfield. Rocommends tnat the ground be not cul .| tivated, and that 5clt o sown st frequent intervals during the growing season, and-that live stock have access toit,” Should any. plants survive, they should be cut off, In two instances this trestment hss proved effectual, - ~Eane County — Daniel - mith - reports Canads thistles growing on nine farms, and at pointson the | _highway, and beside the railroad, in the town of Dun- ‘de, - These ho treated with strong- brine, which, he states, . ““appesrs to effectually eradicats them.” Thistles were introduced into this county by s travél- jer with an ox-team, stopping st the viliage of Dundee, some twenty-five or thirty years ago. : W. . More reports Canada thistles growing seventeen farms in the Town of St. Charles. were taken. towird ersdicating them, 56 thy the infested farms agreed -to take fhst Iabor npon themselves. Recommends cutting down about the first of August, and sowing salt over the gronnd, and ey Cmiy—E, O, 3 sports cHenry County—F. O, Joslyn re Canada thistles'at titcoty-one dliferéit points in the Town .of.| Door. trestment consisted in pulling up and filling _the_ cavity - left by-the Toots with cosl oil or benzirié, Thls, apparently, has been success- ful. Introduced some twenty years ‘since by emi-. grants, and in the straw packing” around frult frecs angamon _County—)r, Doyle reports Canada thilstles_at six points n Springfeld. Township—all ine sido tho limits of the .city of Springfield. His treat- ment consisted in_ cutting “down wheat in full bloom, . snd oyerlaying thé ground to the depth of three inches on ‘with spent lime from the gas-works—what is erall; fermed ¢ gas lizae.” Thls seers to bo effectanl, In. “trodiced from Eastern States in straw packing around fruit trees, - - P _Thé proprietors of ' the coal imines here de- cided, Iast night, not to yield to the demands of the . miners. for an incresss-of-1 cent on the bushel for mining. They can get plenty of miners to dothe work at the present price, 4 cents per bushel, if they shall not be interfered with by the strikers. To this end the Governor Tas been notified of the foars of & disturbance, and steps have been taken to quell any riotous proceedings, and it is now believed it there will be no call for strong messures. - - INDIANA. Proceedings in the Legislature Yess terdaye “ Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. SENATE. Ixpuwarerss, Dec. 17.—Tha whole morning was spent in the reading of the journsl, and in discussing an amendment then offered by Mr. Williams. A communication was received from the Attorney General in regard to the Calumet dam. _He reports thatthe injunciion can be removed by having ‘some person empowered to attend to it. T The bill to fix the salaries of the Judges came up s special_order, sud was made tho special order for Fridsy next. : The House bill to provide for the valuation of geal snd - personal 'property | for taxa- tiom, Inown a8 the “ Bhoemaker bill” was teken up. Mr. Harvey s2id this bill bad one merit, at least; that it was consistent throughont, 1t created s system founded on s new order of things. The taxes Tere to be lavied equally on all property, st its fair valuation, on a voluntary sale. ~Under the . old. law .the valuation was made .at what the property would bring on a forced eale, The bill was passed—yeas, $6; nags, 7. . P : ToUSE: The Senate bill to_provide for the permanent iqclos;‘lre of the Tippecanoe battle ground passed. The Ways and Means Committes reported the Special Appropriation bill ; the bill to raise the salary of the Attorney General to $3,000, and 10 docket fee. . ‘The bill to render uniform the rate of interest on money loaned from the school fund, fixing it at 8 per cent, passed. ‘The bil to make it a for any County Commissioner, Trustee, Mayor, member of the City Council, or School Board to become concerned in any con- tract in the letting of which_ they exercise part control, and compelling testimony. Passed— yeas, 87 ; nays, 3. The bill authorizing. cities to issue bonds for the purposes of creating school houses and levy texes for the peyment of the same, and to provide for the taxing of property of persons wishing their children transferred from one dis~ trict to another * passed. Tho bill appropristing $15,000 to the State TUnives pas: The bill £o jirors passed. : The bill to givesecurity to persons contracting with railroad corporations passed. Mr.-Carnaban introduced an spportionment bill for Senators and Representatives, which, with the Senate bill on the same subject, was referred to the Committee on Elections. Mr, ‘Branham said the majority could not afford to puss an unfair spporlionment bill, and on his motion both bills were ordered printed—yoss, 55; nays, 40, Soon after the passage of this motion & mo-~ tion to reconsider was offered and, Mr. Branham made a lengthy speech against any unfairness in the bill, but would give his political friends the benefit of all doubts in the forming of di: triots. Tho rcotion to reconsider was carried- yeas, 49 ;nays, 48. The motion to print was lost; Jens, 47 nays, 50, Here a message was recoived annduncing that the President of the Senate had signed the per diem bill, which restored the era of gaad faeling, and & motion to adjourn was carried. felony Township e bate the nuisance of professional = T R . Obituary. New Yorx, Dec. 17.—Dr. Henry Greene, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who was admitted to the Park Hospital, a fow days ngo, died to-dny of spoplexy. His brother srrived here yesterdsy, and W;lss Wlt;lplzm :v’!‘n:n}‘;z died. *_ Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, * Font WAtSE, Ind., Dec. 17.ob. W, Crane, Treasurer of the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincin- nati Railroad, died at Boston to-day from soften- ing of tho brain.- Ho left here & fow days since for medical 2id in that city. His suddep death | piolonging ¢ will shock kis large cirdle'of friends. Ho was » highly respected citizen, ;. . . . . g Fon, Tov Hantek, ad old dad fesgsoted citizen of Muneie, Ind:, diad list vening st bis The funeral takes' place regidents in that cit; to-morrow aftérigont.: PO . HauFAX, N. B., D 17.—A belogram has heén. ivéd announcing the death in” London of the Hon, Wm. Garvie, Commissioner of. Mines and Works of Nova Scotis. . .. CIxoDsNATI, Dec..17.—G. A. Reynolds, editor of the Home 'Journal, st Lexington, Ky., died yesterday. ; shgide . “Ricmuoxn; Va.; Dec: 17.—Edward A. Pollard, editor and suthor, died st Lynchburg, yesterday evening; aged 45. . POLITICAL. . .. THURLOW WEED ON CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. _ Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, . NEw Yorx, Dec, 17.—Thurlow. Weéd gives opinion of Cfivil Service Reform in & communi- cation in which he says: L et +The.din -raiged -in Congress-and by Liberal , Republican and Democratic journals “beivildered” and begniled the public. so generally that the Republican party ws constrained ta accept it s a0 i8suein the Presidential canvass, but-now the ‘theory is'"about’ tobe, tested. Howaever plausible as a theory, it will be found utterly im- | practicable, or if it be carried. inito arbitrary effoct, it.will occasion--abuses far greator than any we have hithorto experienced.. Any nttempt to create & privileged class, or to build up an offico-holding eristocracy, Will prove discredite~" bly atiortive, No stronger illustration of the fa- tuity of the Civil Servico in meeded than. the fact that neither the late Dean Richmond, nor. Commodore Vanderbilt, could pass an examina- tion for » subordinate office in the Custom House. Mr. Weed says the new Postmaster in Philadelphis had nhusual capacity; but that the present Government will find it impossible fo | enforce the Givil Servico regulations in any but & small minority of ‘cases. THE-" OBLIVION.RESOLUTIONS ” "IN THE MAS- SACHUSETTS HOUSE. Bosrox, Dec, 17.—In the Massachusetts House, to-day, Mr. Lincoln, of Boston, from the Com« mittee on Federal Helations, reported s draft of resqlyos relating to Senator Sumner's proposi-, tion, os follows: .. . . . 1 Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representa- tives in General Court assembled, that WaxeReAs, A bill has been introduced into the Sen- ste of the United States by a Senator from Massachu- seits, providing that “ the nsmes of battles with thoseof fsllow-citizena eball not be continued in the army reg- iater, or placed on the regimental colors of .the United Biatea; and, WaEies, Tho passage of such & bill would be an insult to the loyal soldiery of the nation and depreciate their grond ackievements i the lato Rebellion; theros ore, ¥ “Resoloed, That such legislation moets the unqualis fsd congeinnation of s pecgle of the Common- ‘wealth, Resolted, That the Governorbe requested to forward . to the Sonators ond Representatives in Congress,” copiea of these resolutions, = _Thompson, Smith, and Heard, of the House, dissented from the report of the majority of the Committee, believing that it i8 inexpedient for the Legislature to pass any resolutions concorn- ing the action of the Hon. - Charles Sumner in -| the Senatw of the United States, rolativeto the armyregister and regimental colors. - - No action was taken. " THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. Moxtaoxeny, Ala. Dec, 17.—According to agroement the members of the Court Housé and Capitol Leglalatures met at the State House at 13 0'clock, to-dsy, and proceeded to business °| aceording to the plan of Attorney General Wil- A lisms, the Senate, the Lieutenant Governor presided. No special bosiness was transacted. 'fhe Barbour Cotnity Republican Senator tack his geat, but it is contested. The seat of the Marengo County Republican Senator will pro- bably bo also contested, In tho Houso the Ropublicans elected a tom- porary Speaker and clerk, | Thoy will have a msjority of from six to eight. LOUISIANA- POLITICAL MATTERS. New Omreaxs, Dec. 17.—A. P. Field was, to- day, recognized 33 Attorney General by the Su- preme Court. E. Munnier was, to-day, seated #s Judge of the Third District Court, F. 4. Mon- T00 being forcibly. ejected. . In tho " Legislaturs, o joint resolution passed extraordinary session to the first onday in January, when the rogular session commences. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA: PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.—Ab a maeting of the Wovan's Suffrage Association, last night, & pe- tition was presented asking the Constitutional Convention to 50 amend the Pennsylvania State Constitution as to provide for femals suffrage. A resolution was sdopted asking the women of the State'to manifeat their sympathies sither for against the proposition. WEST VIRGINIA CAPITAL. Crxoryxar, Deo. 17.—Tho bill to remove the Capital of West Virginis from Charlestown to Wheeling passed the House yesterdsy, by a vote of 83 to 30. It ia bolieved that it will not pass the Senate. B POLITICAL BLACKMAILING. Corwsys, 8. C., Dec. 17.—The alleged bribery cases_against John J. Patterson, Senator-elect, were heard to-day, and dismissed. One witness, named Miller, admitted the falsily of his affida- vit, and sad 1t was made to compel Patterson to pey $1,000. CINCINNATI. Engine and Machine Manufacturers’ Conventionse-In Memoriama=elusi= cals Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Cmcg'm-u, lg’;:. 17.—The Executive Commit- tee of the Musical Festival, to be held here next May, under the directions of Theodore Thomas, reports that they slready have obtained promisa ot 800 cultivated musicians to take part in melect and mixed chornses. Thaese nre from Western States.. Chicago musicians have accepted the invitation, but the St. Louis and Milwaukes So- cities are holding off. Delegates tothe National Engine and Machine Manufacturer's Convention represent a large amount of capital. The attendanco to-morrow is expected to be increased. Illinois has regis- tered two delegates—one from Moline, another from DuQuoin. Others may be present, though, by © singular omission, all the names were mot recorded. The subjects set for to-morrow promise an interesting discus- sion. An effort willbe made to bring all the oanufacturers in the country into the Associa- tion. With that view aun April meeting of the Convention will probably be held in some East- ern city. The Association sets forth for its aim the mutual information of its members, Its other objects are indicated by the nature of the Teports of committees read this afternaon. Crxcryvatr, Dee. 17.—The National Conven- tion of the Engine and Machine Manufacturers’ Association met here to-day, and adopted » con- stitution, and continued the officers chosen at ‘the last meeting in office till the third Wednes- day in Apnl, the dsy fixed for tho an- nual mesting, About fifty delegates were resent from indiens, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, ennsylvania, Wisconsin, and other States. ‘The President is H. Blandy, of Zanesville, and fl:t:_ Vioo President is A. B. Walters, of Cincin- aati. 1. D. Leggtt Commissioner of Patents, will deliver an address to the Convention on employ- -ers and employes. . The order to-morrow will be discussion and action on reports of Committees. The Committee on Prices recommends making cash before shipment, or, if credit, not to more -than half the purchaso price, and {hat in notes ‘payable in bank &t not more than six months, the note to be forcibly collected if allowed to go ‘to protest. The Committes on Rating Powers recom- smended the establishment of & unit of measure, tobp designated “Commercial Horso Power, +he standard to be four square inches of piston area, with areas of helhnF, surface of boiler Jarying sccording to the.style of construction. + A report on freights was alao read. * The Chamber of Commerce -to-dsy sdopted a memorial of respect to the memory of 8. N. Pike, prepared by a_committes appointed for that’ purpose, in which the sentiment was ex- pressed that his death occasioned n loss to this Community, where his interests were large and ‘his public spirit felt and honored. e Boerd of Trade, ihis afternoonm, sp- pointed a Committee to memorialize Congress to approprists money to enable the United States to have representation at the Vienna Ex- ‘position, ‘The effort of Jocal musicians here to organize an orchestrs after the model of Theodore - cscaped trim the Jail o ' some ‘time hes been lodging iu the -| pressing demand for the momont. Thomas, concerning which much has been said of lato, ripened this afternoon into it firat fand concert, but it was vary slimly attended. o oxecution was th best over attempted hora of a local nature, but the public support was far ‘below what had been hoped for. s daiis v ) Telegraphic Brevities. General Dix has declined o public dinner ten- dered by & number of the most influential citi- Zens. Three men convicted of Penitentiary offences “Hy ton: 07 on Mon- v, by taking up 5 _flag-stone in the iterior of 46 Jail and digging underneath ths foundation 7| Tha-Harv. Collega graduates of ‘Philadel- fhin Lave Faissd $5,000 toiward eovering the losses by the. Boston fire. . = ¥ .The sunual exhibition of. the . Michi State Poultry Association commenced in Detroit, st Merrill's - Hall, lnst night; with 8 fine ‘ghow of blooded fowla. < e g _General McCook, of Dayton, Ohiv, left with his family for Texas, on Monday night, where he has been stationed by the Government. Fourteen Baltimore..gamblers, Tecently. in- dicted, appeared at th imi ort, - Bu- 1., “yostérday -voted td Expend $90,000 in connection with the acceptance.of the Bogors boguest of $100,000-for the erection ' of; s High school.. "7 .70 e ook -A-man, sipposed t0 ‘be Isasc: Moredith, the formor Sierif of Starko Cousify, - Ob, who for ation Hotlso end jail ot Dayton, hio, yus fornd dead” yesterday morning, by the Shoriff, in his cell. ‘Aninquast was held over his body, but-tho jury: ere-unable to_decido-the -cause of “his- death. Tt is believed ha dietd it tit of some kind, a8 he™ was conmdered-insano’ by the antorities.. . . WALL Reviow of the .Ioney, Gold, Stock, Bond, and Produce JIarkets. .. - Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. -New Yomg, Dec. 17.—The stringency in money was_greater, to-day; than for‘a long time, and was the ohief featnre of financidl circles.. During the morning borxowers on ¢all -Were actommo- dated ‘at 1-82 to 1-16 per. diem, but in the after- noon, a- large’ crowd of brokers assembled on- Broad streot, and dealings in monoy were con- ducted -with snimation. - - At first, the rate was 116, at. which figure.s, large buainess. was transected, but later the price advancedto %, then to 8-32, and Befors'.3 ‘o'clock, X per-cent per diem was - paid. - Money to-day was worth from 7 to 91}5 per cent per annum. After 8 o'clock, it declined to 6@7 per cent per snnum. Mercentile peper is dull and nominal. ‘The Evening Post says: “ The.Sacretary of . the ’I‘reunury"%:u taken this very inopportune time to withdraw from the banks $1,345,846.88 of money left with them ' in October, whon the Secrefary ‘came- to the re- lief' of the money market by buyln% $5,000,000 of 5-20 bonds, and selling" $5,000,00 in gold.- The- money maket is -now fully as stringent as at the time when this Government money was put in'the bsnks; and the whole o] eration in an illustratior of : how unwisely the grest power of the Treamry can_be used, and is an argument against the demand of the Secretae 1y, in his Teport to Congress, that the power to expand-and contract-should be -vested in-the head of the Treasury Department, . = STCCKS. . ‘The stock market was strong to-day; closing at s slight advance. = ° ' - ok : EXCIANGE. \ Forcign exchange wss wesker, owing to the fact that one banking firm has recently drawn from £400;000 to £540,000. ' These bills were sold at 109, less 1-1¢, and have supplied the ome_say this sterling was a rexewal of loan, and others that it was drawn aainst a. negotiation of a railway losn of s Pennsylvania corporation,- The * prime ~ barkers -“still'- ask: 1093 less 1-16 for 60 deyssterling, but 109 is the best bid on the street. ' - GOLD was lower and declined from 1183 to 1118, ~with o recovery to112. There was more activity 2t decline. 7 i 5, OB Government bonds opened lower, but advanced slightly, and closed firm. PROICE. - Flour cloges irregulx and heavy for low frndea; strong for choice Michigan fami- ]Z’ cand - very.. fim . for choice Bt. ouis. Holders of - wheat early in. the day advanced their 7lows, but nothing was done to establish values. Winter was not of- fared to uny extent, a8 lolders -are confident. The market closos easier and quiet. The rb- sence of freight- room gratly retards -businees | for export. Millers are biying eparingly. Pork was stecdy and in moderde demand, with sales of 850 bris mew ' for February at $18.25; 200 brls st 91325 for old: in tho jobbing way, and 85.75 for_uninspected clear. ~Cut meats were i1 somo demand, with gales of 150 boxes dry ealted shoulders for January at 43¢c, and smoked shoulders on the spot at 6c. Bacon was farly active for the fa- ture. Long clear waa offere on the spot at Te, with sales of 500 boxes ehort clear for Janu- ary at 73c. THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. Speculations as to What are Fr. Or= ton’s Designs. Special Despatch to The Chicego Tribune. New Yorg, Dec. 17.~The sweeping changes about to occur in the Tribune ofice are the sub- ject of much comment aad coajecture. It io said nearly all the force of editors and reporters have propared their resigaations, to take effect with the closo of the present week. The pur-' chase of the controling interest in the Tribune by Mr. Orton, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, is reported. tomean that he wan® an organ to favor the postal telegraph, 8o tint his company con sell it to the Governmeont yith advantage. A second ramor is that he wans an organ to oppose pos- tal telography, and, yit another, that ho seeks to bo Postmaster Genenl. 5 The selection of G W. Smelley for managing editor, is probably due to his _familiari with_the working of the postal telegrap] in England, Mr. Smalley having been the Tribune's Londm correspondent for several yours. The extensve salo made of Tribune stock at 810,000 pes share, is generally consid- ered a bargain for the zellers. The Zribune real estate i8 estimaed to be worth $350,000; its materigl, $150,000. Its good will therefore be rated at’ §500,000, though, under the circum- stances, its futuriis regarded s highly in- definite,. Mr. Shacks, city, editor, and Colonel Hay, will positivelyrotire with Mr. Reid. FIRES. Destruction of Property Yesterday. Special Despatc to Che Chicago Tribune, Derrorr, Deo 17.—A Lawion, Mich,, special to tho Free Press, says the saw-mill belonging to Criminal Court yester- | | day, pleaded guilty; and wers fined $500 &nd | they all cried. Smith and the men who assisted still bo unable to give help. | not of himself, half-naked, starving, left to the Waldroon & Grover Bros., valued at about £5,000, was entiraly consumed by fire ot sn cnli hour yesterésy mcmingl. It'is supposed to- have caught by the carelessness of sgome drunken rowdies, who went there fora good Dight's rest. No fasurance. 5 UBLINGTON, Vt, Deo. 17.—The Barlington Manufacturing Compapy’s planing-mill was ‘burned this morring. ‘The lossis $34,000. HanizToN, Ctnads, Dec. 17.—The premises ocoupied by Harvey & Co., wool brokers, were burned last mignt. The adjoining buildinga were damaged. The total loss is $120,000. Dernorr, Dec. 18.—On Friday evening, st Chesening, in this State, four stores and dwel- ling-houses wete burned. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘Mranissura, O., Dec. 17.—This morning sev- eral barns, full of grain and farming utensils, belonging' to Mrs. Caskey, were 8ot on firo by unknown partiss, snd totally burned. Loss, $2,500 ; insursnce, 3500, A party of incendiaries seem to be banded to- gether in this neighborhaod, a8 there have been Twelve large and valuablo barns destroyed in thia vicinity in the last_four weeks. Detectives heve been employed to catch the rascals by farmers in this region, and they will probably e Iynched as soon as caught, as great indigna- tion is felt here. g - Hawrroy, Onl:.f Dec. 17.—The smouldering xuins of yesterday's fire burst into flames this afternoon, communisating with Davis & Co.'s store adjoining. Their loss is £60,000 ; insur- ance, $40,000, James Turner & Co.'s wholesalo gocery was damaged to 3 large amonnt. The ank ~ of Commerce received considerable damage. The total loss is estimated at $100,000, which, with yesterday’s fire, makes the loss over £200,000. BALTINORE, Dec. 17.—The steam- saw and planing mill of Otto Duker & Brother, at the ‘northesst corner of President street and Canton avenue, adjoining the President street depob of the Philadelphia & Wilmington Railroad, was totally burned fo-night, with s quantity of val- usble machinery and stock. _The lass to-night is roughly ecstimated st ©60,000; insurance about $27,000. —————— ‘War Department Wenther Prognos= tications. ‘Wae DepARTMENT, OFFIOE OF THE CHIEF S16NAL OFFICER, DivisioX orF TELEGRAMS AND REPORTS FoR THY BENEFIT OX COMMERCE, ‘WasaiNgToN, D. C.. Dec. 17.—Probabilities— For the Northwost and Upper Lake region, and 5. : For' Tennesaes, -the Gulf “and Sodhit States, northerly and easterly winds, | and occasional light rain,” with cloudy weather; to-night, followed by clearing .&nd _Golder; eather, and higher. pressures; to-morrow. - For tha Lower Lakes and Canads, westorly, and. southwesterly winds, and generally clear cold weather. -For-the Middle:and -Eastern States, northwesterly and ‘northerly winds, high:pres<’ snx‘el'sfi Tower temperafires, “#nd paitly cloudy weather, - e AN OCEAN WAIF. . .. of Anéilier of the Lost o L Crew, B From the New York Herald, Dec, 15 . - 'The stésmship Columbia, seven days from Ha- veon; drrived yestérday mornifig: Among, the ‘passengors was Richard Smith; the firemén of the Missourl. A reportar of the Ierald went to sep Srith'as §6on 28 he bad afrivéd, and ‘the brave fireman gave him.willingly ‘an_extendsd socount. of. his terrible sufferings. -For seven deys-Smith drifted -in the ocoen, without water | or food, and, after he had landed on the western- key'ot “Abliéo; 18 lived for sisteon days on o fow crabs and pridkly “pedrs. His crly” companion” perished before hid eyes,..but Smith was. saved “to tell the story of his heartrending sufferings: . :The ship.-was -omfire. - The Captain gave or= ders to stop tho engines, Smith- Wenkto assist in*getting -the first bout ready.. * Children' were screaming, women iwerd rushing to and fro, men”| stood pallid wWith fear. * **The boats, the boats!” hdm felt the-importance.of every moment. .Ina minute the boat -was overboard: - “Now or never ” “was the thought uppermost in_overy mind. They all rushed for the boat. Tt was: bottota” up. uthi “went o anothar, . bost, which ‘contdined " nihe men. . He -jump- ed inta .the..boat.. He .. thought. .he. was saved—at least for the moment. The vast, stormy ocean—is before him, buthe left tlid burning ship ‘behind. The boat was dashed aguinst, the ship, and it scomed a8 though 'the 1rail little craft would be shattered to pieces. At Iast she was cast adrift. ent out on the: ocesn. - - After-they-had been ting fiftecn. or twenty minutes thoy snw another-boat. The men-| who were init gave.them a bucket. Smith snd his " companions- fried "to bail their "boat, | bt | the ses ran. so ‘high that it was imipossible to “empty it. = The nine'.men | kept rowing till° 3 or 4 o'clock. saw-anothér boat, which was bottom. up. men were- clinging to it. Smith abandoned his companions amd swam to the capsized boat for- tho purpose of righting her. e painter con- necting the two. boats, was cat, and Smith and Stewart were left alone on tho capaized. boat ot the - mercy of the waves. . The men whose place Smith had taken had joined the nine inthe other boat. It-wes dark, and they had given up all hope of ever Beeing tha ship again; but all ofa sidden thera was s hollow peal of thunder and o flash of lightning scemed to rend the black, denso mass of driving clouds over their heads. Toey henrd wild screams, and could distin- ish the voices of men, women, and children. e cries became fainter and ‘fainter. It was | the sixteenth dey a schooner came in sight. terrible to hear theso heartrending screams and | Ibised a-signal, using the pantaloans which the | cead friend. -had - left. He saw-the..gchoone selp.* Smith, a8 b clun to the boat’s keel, and s the wild waves washe over lim; . heard these cries, Sometimes he thought he heard some familar voice. *‘ They | 1dust perish in“the flames,” he thought; what' a terrible, miserable death!™ He loved his Cap- tain, and, ashe looked out and could see nothing - but waves, and clouds, and foam, and the luri glare of thelightning, he thought he heard tha Captain's voice.- -He heard the cries of children —how they screech in agony | Bmith: bowed his head -and - tears came to his eyes. Ho thought mercy of the storm; but he thought of the. many who were dyinf a miserable death in the fated steamship. They heard these screams, but did not see the ship. After five or ten min- utes Smith saw her again. The ses seemed to becoms s mass of flames.” The waves were like fire, and at o little distance Smith saw the ship's 'masts, “They tottered and fell. _Thegulf of fire beneath them opened and closed again, Wo saw the masts no_more, but I heard a terrible crash, ns though the ship had burst ssunder. A flood of flame deluged the sky, and then the flaming gulf beneath seemed to open | and to close again. All was dark. “ That's the last of the ship,” Smith ssid to Stewart, who +was unsblo to ay & _word in reply, 5o horrified | was he by the spectacle. 2 The .two_men.at length succeeded in right- ing the boat. One sat at one end of the boat, the other at the other end. - They bad mo ehoes, and the bost was full of water. They Iashed the oars across the boat, to prevent her from again capsiziog. Tho storm was terrible. The waves ran mountains high, and tossed the bost ns though it were a football. Every moment they thought the little craft would again be capsized. Bmith prayed to God to save them, and to let them pass through thia night. While he was praying the epray filled his eyes, his mouth, his nose,—1t almost blinded him. They could not sleep; they were kept awake by the lightning and thunder, and by the dreadful whistling of the wind. The sun rose at last. The two ocean waifs Droke the seats of the bogt and_made paddles of ihom. Thoy kept paddling all day, and when night came Smith filled the plughole with broken pieces of rope. Ho tore “.f his drawers aad wound them round the rope. hey had not seen & eail all day, and Stewart prophesied that they both wonld perish in the boat. T toll you,” Stewart said, I shall never see America sgain,” % Yes; you will,” Smith replied. “Trust to God; a8 long as there is life there i hope.” Stewart was afraid of the sharka. They fol- lowed the boat constantly, and Smith frequent- 1y hit them with is oar. At night, when trying to get a moment’s sleep, he would look down into’ the water and out of the dark waves the eyes of the sbarks would look at him and the ‘monster jaws would open, and, a8 it ‘seemed to his excifed imagination, grin at him. The shark’s head would dart forward, and the sleeper’ would withdraw his head with | an exclamation of horror. On the morn- ing of ' the third day the two friends susceeded in bailing the boat. They rigged a sail. They tore the canvass off one of the life- preservers and made s sail out of that. They . folt vory thiraty. The eelt water, in keeping their faces constantly wet, had parched their mouths. What would they not have given for a drop of fresh water to wet their dried, withered lips with-? The keen genso of thirst made them | insensible to hunger. Smith weut down on his Jmees and prayed again. But one drop of water! No, there was no hope. It seemed as though they must porishof thirst., ’flm third night came. No sail in sight, not a morsel of food, not & drop. of water, no buman aid near. They could not sleep. Smith was sit- ting at one end of the boat, when he sudden). heard a noise. Ee:g! help!” a voice cried. was Stewart, who had fallen into the ocean. Smith jumped into the water and saved him. Ho was justin time. A sberk had seen Stewarz from afar, and, like s flash of lightning, the monster darted at the boat. As the ghark opened its jaws Stewart rose out of the water. Smith ‘was already in the boat. 'They were eaved from & horrible death. = 1 The shark remained all night slongside the ‘boat, Bmith hit it with his oar, but the hideous ‘monater always returned, and the boat was scon surrounded by huge sharks, that seemed to ba waiting for their prey. _Stewart was very much excites Ho fell round Smith’s neck a dozen times and thanked him for having saved his life. He said he was not afraid to die, butdid not ~want to die so horrible a death. This night seemed to last an age. At daybreak they saw a sail. They rowed towards the ship, they shouted and signalled; but it was allin vain; nobody | con‘:d hear them, and the ship sailed out of sight. As the dark outlines of the ship became Hamter and fainter their hearts sank in them, and it seemed indeed as though they were to perish on the wild, ossing sen, and becomo & ‘prey to the hungry sharks. ~ Smith felt no hun- ger; although he had tasted no food for four duys. If ho could only see land how happy he wouldbe! Ho forgob the cold, the blinding sfirny the thirst, the hunger, in ' that one thought of land. He looked for land until his | eyes. became ‘weary and he could look no Tore. A rain storm came, and the two friends could nt last wet their dried lips. What pleasure it was to feel the cnul; fresh water ‘once more on their parched lips! The boon was dearly paid for. The rain poured down in tor- Tents, the wind whirled the boat round every ‘minute, and clouds and waves seemed to be one , amass of dashing foam. . i In the simple language of Mr.. Smith, ¢ It ‘blowed and stormed a8 though heaven and earth were coming together.” And etill they thanked God for the few drops of water they could catch with their lips. Had it not been for this awful rain-storm they would have probably died of_thirat. s AR Four days and four nights passedaway. Every, ‘hour was in 1tself a story of suffering, of SOrToW. "The sharks 2nd the thunder, tbe spray and the howling wind, the bitter Cold and the dark, ‘threatening sky—these were their onlycomrades, At Iast they saw land. It was on the eighth day. Land ! hat o sight! They embraced each other ; they shed tears of Jo¥l Lend! What magio in tho simple word: It tremsported them from sadness snd despair to a parosysm of. joy. They had struck s reef thence to the Lower Missouri and Lower Ohio Valloys, light mortherly winds, partly cloudy weather, with low temperature and high pres- 2bouts mileand s helf from Abaco. It ws3 J'clock in the morning, and they kept the boat "back as much a8 they could. AC6 o’ ".2| A dogen of ¢ seaxl ‘clock they | “rocks:" ¥t -was 8 wild, ~]nnel§ spot. Thére Wers no sicfi‘i;‘u-‘fl! vegetation. Both were exhzusted from chiibing,-and Smith-crawled on - his hends - and- feet-on: the -rooks looking for something to eat: - How-his -heart beat when-he | found some-crabs-(he calls them'“spiderarabs”) | and a few prickly pears! Hé ate some of the crabs, - the -firsf food “he had tasted -for- elght days: - who ¢aid-ho wonld -ett them, even- though they- werefilled with poison=, ‘‘ Never- in - mylife his guything tzsted o -me eo sweet,” he said to- ‘Staith, after he hadeatén-the firab pear: - Bmith - ato'gome too, -and- thought -they wete delicious:- - fiess prickly péars lasted them. three - days. - They-built themaelves-a small hut out of ono-oor and-aTnass of weeds which -Smith -Had- {foting among the rocks: . B :Stewart had euffered terribly - from--hunger. - He'said, * I'know'l shail-starve - to-death. avo-been. saved from' the- eharks-{o-dio- of starvation.” . -Atmight he raved, -The-hanger- hed driven him to madness. He-raved abob his | family, his wife,and his dear, dear children, and lugged Smithi tv his heast inthe -belief that-ho-| \ms%is 86it: -Oz¢night they were -sleeping to-| gother'in their aizerablé tent and sll of = eud- | denStewart's kreath seerdéd to, ¢easd. - Smith- feli his body.” It was warm. ‘Buf in: the-next-| moment hig, friend's pulse- had-stoppéd,:‘znd that true’ and kind heart had cessed “to beat.| Not o breathi It was still - as - death “in-the - huf. ‘Smith %lt his friend’s body again: - It was-| cold: Smith rushed “out into the night. - My"| best, friend,’ " e {Bought, ¢ died of stervation; and whab wil becomé~of ‘me? '~ Hesaton the | rocks all night. . He conld not. boar to aleep in" the hut where 1ay the corpss of hié best, truest friond} ‘but’ nozb- morning, fter. a. slcepless night, helnd to_fulfil his Inst duty toward bis dead comrtide: - He-went into the hul and Iooked ‘at.the fatures which.had . once. shone with friendshi> -and goodness. No bright. smile of | Tecognitim, no:, ‘kindly; - pleasant glance ‘of the eyc, but & Horrible' expression of agony and _the , " ghastly” lecr - of - dgath! He shudlered as he sat befors thé body of his_ dead frixd, He took hishand.. It was cold and’ clammy-—the grip of fEiendship could not revive ‘him. -§pith buried Mim: He- dragged- him. to the'rocks:” There ywas no esrth- was “golid | roclk., e took some seaweed #nd some sand;-| and tnder this he buried his dead friénd. = As™ he'put the sand and. seaweed. over_his face, he ‘remombored many & kind word the dend man hud- spoker ; many & favor-he- had-done. him who now w8 burying hus benefactor; meny & pleas-+ -ant hour they had spent talking of their dear opes jt homo. =~ i el % Smeth had given up all hopa of éver. feeing & | humm face agaln, . His feet were . sore . from walling on the rocks. He had- tied -pieces-of corkout of the life-presérver to- his feet, and- therope with which he bound ther chafed terri- bly. Hefound some oil in the'crabd, sad it hetled the ores on his feat. ' I thought it &as | pritty hard tobe left there and die alone,”he ad yesterdsy to a.Herald reporter. . He had., ‘become 0 weak-that he Was unable to crawl'on tke rocks, and still there'was no sign of salva: toon.’ . Fifteen days he hiad passed on the rocks [%:3 He menty-four hours- befors anybody noticed bis signal: - What agony he suffere g every, moment that the schooner would sl “dway &id °| ieave him to die. I heard a voice,” Smith said -| to the reporte it appeared.to me almost like a dream.” , A human.voice! He..had not heard | » human voic‘ehsinc:ckl:is l:;,end- lfid -tdied. ~He- a8 lying on the T sick, unable to move.. % Eaxymgtmn," the voice said; **but I don’t | o is dead or a) Brhith heard | snother voica:—* No, Captain, this man is not | dead, I see him move.” iassnay s S No, he-was not dead. The words he had heard had revived him. He jumped up-and fainted in- s0 the'arms'of the Captain’ snd -the mate, who bad corié t6 take him e Yes! Y d the brave .firaman .at his home hera in New, York. While..on the dreary rocks -of-Abaco ho had. dreamed of»themflv_flrzni ht, snd now he was sitting - before s bright, blazing ‘ire, - hugging| them to his heart. i3 FIRE -IN BRIDGEP! At8o'clock Iast evening fire broke out ins shed used es a'depository for bartels, located on Faxrell street near Archer avenue. The siruc- tare was full of tierces and barrels, and was al- - ‘most completely enveloped in flames before the steamers which responded to Box No.'82 reached the scene, -An- adjacent -cooper shop, con- stracted of boards, was in danger of destruction snd ignited two . or three times, but - Marshal ~ Williams and his® assistants . saved it. Beveral piles of shingles and timber in the vicinity also caught fire, but Were nob materially damaged.. The shed, ‘which was 100 -| feet long and 16 feet wide, With its contents, - was totally destroyed, and the cooper shop dam- aged to tha extent of 8300, Richard Cole, . cooper, owned both. He estimates his- losa-on the former at $4,000, and" has o insurance on | either. The origin of the fire i3 attributed to an | incendiary. young man :named: Edward’ Cashill, who was standing near a window in* tho cooper shop, had his hair singed and face | glightly burned, the flames issuing from the aperturs very suddenly, and befors he was aware the cooper shop was on fire. - A msn who was standing beside him also had his hair singed. The fire was witnessed, a8 is usual in Bridgaphno by sbout five thousand people, most of Whom occupied commanding positions on board piles. The men and boys on one of the_stacks, being restless, it fell over,urreaipitnfing all" fo the ound. One youth had his leg badly bmmegl LT be! and cl us piles, muchto.’ T el ot ths Cooamntay BB UNKNOWN DEAD. The body of an unknown man came- to the surface of the river, at Rush street bridge, shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It was conveyed to the Morgue, where it now | awaits identification. The remains are those of - .man apparently about 50 years old. Hewass little over six feet in height, and symmetrically and muscularly built. The ~ hair ‘an whiskers sre iron-grsy. . His clothing consists _of & cotton overshirt, a red flannel undershirt, brown striped panta- loons, brown woollen drawers, heavy lined kid gloves, brown vest, dark frock cost, heavy kip boots, and woollen socks. The appearance of the body denotes that it was in the water several | dsys. The neck and lower jaw ate crushed, as if by the wheel of a steamboat, or by collision with a epile. A little boy, whote name was mok .| ascertained, visited the Morgue last evening, and - viewed the body. He thought, at Arst, that it was that of his father, who i8 rissing, but bhe changed his views somewhat on closer examination. He went away promising to call again this morning. - - MISCELLANEOUS CITY ITEMS. The inmates of Potor Mahr's dance hall, on Caualport avenue, which wes pulled by the police yesterday morning, wore -fined 950 apiece | ‘by Juatice Scully. ‘Thera were twenty of them, 2nd nearly all were sent to the Bridewell ‘Phree men and two women, who were all slesp- ing in one bed in & housein Centro avenue, were fined $100 spieco by Justice Scully yesterdsy. They were charged with disorderly conduct. John Wilson, & rough, and Panl Schumil, & re- spectable-looking German, became involved in an altercation at_the corner of Twenty- soventh streot and Cottage Grove svenus 1t 9 o'clack lnst evening, owing to an intemper- nto argument sbouk some trivial matter. The discuseion was bronght to & startling conclusion by Wilson, with- the mid of & revolver, from which he fired two shots at the German. Ono ball whistled_harmlessly over his head, snd the other grazed his arm. _ Wilson was arrested, and confined in the Second Precinct Station. - A boy sbout 12 years of age wWas arrested at Nixon’s Amphitheatre, last night, for attempt- ing to pick the pocket of & man who was pur- chasing a'ticket. = Many money-holders have been purioined from persons who visited the Amphitheatro on Monday and last night. The crowd is 8o grest that the thieves egemaboldl A the officers being unable to see them at worl J. H. Northrup, of LoweH, Ind., was one of the victims last night, his pocketbook, which con- thined $145, being taken while he was witnessing the performance. S C e Kilicd by & Fly-Wheel. Camo, TIl., Dec, 17.—Joseph 8. Davis, of the firm of Parson, Davis & Co., of this cily, was instantly killed this afternoon st the barrel fac- tors, by the bursting of & fly-whesl, a fragment of Fhich struck and literally tore oft the npper par of hishead. He leavesa wife and three chiliren. - MARRIED. JARDWELL_O'MEARA—_Tn this clty, on Sand; 3y, . 15, at th atoral residenca, by tbe Rev. Father Bilios & 3 Bt ings & Oardwoll and Mis Lizzia G'Meara, Nocards, - He:* b-wughé the- pears to Stewart,~| . -| legvo Milwsakeo Dopot for Galeary ‘axo forvite . sell, by the best makers tx ta Exry Rev. E. Pu - M. Osonr X dameg and Bles Greenwood, at the res] idence of the bride's sisur, Maria Hoffmann, , 331 - B5* Sortuwestorn Signa and Toledo Blada plecsd eoxf SWANDER-HORN_Iz thia clty, Nov, 97 32 & [o B Clmzch; by the-Rov. r. Fqwler, 416 Gt . O ., sughir 0f f: Rav. S.ds-Forn, of thiaoity. -~~~ Gt DIED. TWILSON—Onthe Lith {ust., Thomas McLatosh W) ‘second son of Jobo snd. Elizs TWilion, aged 135ears 2 month. = Toronto Globe pleass cops. SROYDES—On the moming of the 17th, Mrs. Hoydon, wifo of Thomas Hoyden. ] Funeral from her ints residenee, 417 Wost Tarcisera {2 o T B e L a Prosuo) & lay mo; 3 . 19, & o'clock, e e St Patricis Ohaveit, whorn High Stass yiliod Beld, 2ad ‘at Tociok. Frionds of the family o nttend MOORE-Doc, 17, of pueumonta;, Florozo £, sorexd daughtezof A. P. s E. Afoors et “Fonerat at I'F:PEll.l:gvbf‘: HiSasedas, a4 10 oflock 0UR daNSxfififigwAm’ MONEY Ou- WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18,81 12 A 1, " "WE SHALL CLOSE OUT THEIR. Boots & Shoes ‘assortment Inrgsand of ail grades. e o o oF theso Gelsbraced SacLer Hoots i3 len's, Boys',.sud Yonths. x S GEO; P, GEBE & 00, - ©- " gp g4 and 26 Randeish 26 BISEOP COURT, Botween West Madison ‘and Wishigtea-ste.. b The Entire Contents.of s Fimt-Class Drellings : AT ATCOTION. Bich Marble-top g, Marble-top Ta« English; Brussels, - “Flégant _Barlor Suites, bles, Fxtension Tables ; ohe Mhraely Carpata, foe Chest, Parlor and Chamber Stoves, ¥urnace, k3 3 China and Glasawdre, Cook B o 3 Sfadisont, A ison-st. cars at 521 Mac 1-8t. 65 Weannssa 2 fpddh orelock.! - O e o R & G0 Auctioncers. By WAL A, BUTTERS & CO. . oo Y. F5and 57 South Canal-ss.. . ... THE COLLECTION OF "~~~ ¥R VON WENDT, a3 ¢ Stoves,. &c. An’ ALE ... Will be Sold by Auction, dnesday Afternoon, Dec. 18 We © U/AT 388 STATE-ST. SALE COMMENCINGAT 3 O’Cli ‘We invite the Public to view these Paintings, and judge of their merit ' WM. A. BUTTERS & CO.," ~: : Auoctioneers.. t5-Pianofortes . .l AT AUCTION, ¥ On FRIDAY, Dec, 20, at 10 celock A I, At 55 and 57 South Canal-st. ‘W shall sell, withont reserve, 15 Planofortes, all madst 0 CoRaLy. . 1 Very Fine Parlor Orgz: ‘WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioncers. [ . By ELISON & FOSTER. : OF s Holiday Gifts! BY AUCTION, CONSISTING OF ELEGANT WATBLE SEATIARY, BEAUTIFUL Bronzes and Clocks, G, Dec. 17, ab T3 Sals will continia sach afterncon at. %n'c!ock and oroning at 73§ o'cl antil aliare sold. This & the finest eollecton we havayes ELISON & FOSTER, Auctioncera. By ELISON & FOSTER. No. 183 South Morgan-st, Genteel Furniture AT AUCTION, Tl taka placa on TUESDAY EVENTX. o'clock, at Stors No. 970 Wabash-av. | Ou Thursday Horning, Dee, 19, a 10 olock, Consisting of Parlor, Chaxber, Diningroom, and Kitche ea Fumitire, Hod afnm?fufi S ol ELION & FOSTER, Auctioneors. - By HARRISON & CO. 1,000 Canary Birds, Imported from the Hartz Mountains, and all Guarinteed Singers. i Theso bicds have been imported by tho well knows, firmy of Ches. Reiche & Bro. of New Y« finest mgfi.:!"' “Drogght to ths conntzy. 3 et vy ol Alw&hrfslokus o N & CO., Auctioncers, ° OO i oo, LARGEH LOT OF. Clothing, Hats & Caps, & Kid Gloves THIS MORNING AT o3 O'CLOCK. HARRISON &G0, Auctionoers RECULAR DRY COODS SALE THIS MORNING AT 9% O'CLOCK. "l Largestock of Woollen Goads, Gloves, Furs, and. Assoriment, HARRYSOR & 00., Anctionesr * 00 ot Canal-st. 5,000 CIGARS, To close consignment, THIS EVENING, at 93 o'clocks HARRISON & CO., Auctione: & Sonth Canal-ste - oot e e i By JAMES GEARY & CO. ! EXTENSIVE %yGTION SALE © Pawnbroker’s Uur_efleemafl Pleloes, Wo will offer the Entire Stock of the Original ~ 1 * Andrews Loan Office; No. 461 State-st., AT PUBLIO AUCTION, ciog THURSDAY, e o o e T DA ing until all is sold.. 1 a lsts of fine Gold arge one, and conalsts o Gold Ch: %leo 1d Ring d Pins, Bra o sces, Chatms, Bolid GO Hizgs set with Fretions stanse: . 500 s011d Silvor Watchas, of theb ac, Englicy s Swiss manafactaes - atso, Herorsers Gaas; Blssis Musical” Tastruments, Fancy Attioles, and maay oher ergpuies whick oeo fiudgnx{hhm,hnrnx.hmlmim store, No. 451 Stateny, Lo Lo orsinaldndeom, & big g JAS. GEARY & CO., Auctimeers. : CLOSING QUT SALEL" HALF-ACRE LOTS At Auction, ’ By T. S. FITCH & CO,, On Wednenday, Dec, 18, . o o ol BaLE Ry = et ¥ Milwankee papers pleass copy. JOXES—GREENWOOD—Oa the 13th fnst., by tho TThese lots a7a each 64x297 fee! 3 the Sub< aiaion of “SIDDLETON, Heas T oieeton, only ond Bour's xide by the Michigan 'Central Rt b baneht s v aien, il mak s ooy s Soa, Joaicable Christmas »-&:rf A5 N SR TG AN