Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1872, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1873 3 DELAYED TRANSPORTATION. The Liability ef Chipping Compal for Lesses Arising Through Negtigent Delay, The Value of a Relense-Note Where a Company Fails to Use Due Diligence. An Important Decision on New Grounds by Judge Rogers. Judge Rogers has reviewed the evidenco and law governing the case, Wilcox v. tho Erio Rail- way Company, in which considerable interest bas been felt by the mercantile community doing this,—so crhoustively that we pace docs mot allow us to follow him,—His Honor spoke in effoct a8 follows : THE DECISION. The plaiutiff, Wilcos, being about to remove from the State of ork to tha State of Iow, on the 23 Septcmber, 1571, shipped several boses of goods from Friendship, N. Y., a station on ihe Erie Reilroad, marked “A. J. Wilcox, Eckley, Towa," takiug a receipt from the Erie Railway Company, by wiuch that Company agreed “ to forward the goods from Friendship to Cleveland” upen cerlain conditions therein expressed and not matericl tobe stated. At tho same i'me tho agest of the Company presented to tho shipper s writing a4 follows: In oration of the Reilway Compsny recciving for trensportation two boxes and ono bbL, to be shipped to Eciley, Towa, at reduced Tutes at owner's risk, and upon the basis of this agreewent, the un:dersigned hereby releases said Erie Kailway Company from all liability for dam- Bge, delay. or luss of any kind, whether arising froin neghigence or fault of any such Company, or its ageats or employes, or from sny other caueo, and agrees to pay froight of Teducod rates,” which was Signed by the -plaintiff. The charges were not then paid, but were marked on the expene bill sent with the goods, and were - at reduced rates—about one-half of 'tho usual charges on way freight when sent without such agrecment. ‘The agent at Friendship stated tha: Wilcox told him to matk them *A. J. Wil- ‘cliley, Towa,” aad _that he did so. The 7eve sent from Friendship on_the 25th Soptomber, and reached Chicago on of October, 1571, Tho freight zgent Lete of the Railrond Company which brought the goods o this city, applied_to havo them shipped over the Ilinaia Central Railroad fo Iowa, but the freight agent of that com- pany deelined fo receive them ashe knew of no such place as Eckley in Iowa, and they wero held to esceriain the correciness of tha direction. There was in factno Eckley, Ackley. in Towa. On thelst, than ihe 2d dey of October, tho freight agent 2: Chicago sent a telegram to Friendship, N. Y. (it having to be repeated at Cleveland, Ohio) as follows, *No such place 18 Eckloy—was not Ackiey intended " Tho agen ot Friendship on thie receipt of this despatch iustituted inquiries aud tried to fud persons in and around Friend- &hip wko could tell, as to the proper placo they ehould be sent, and 2lso examined a Meap and Blippors’ Guide as eoon &3 iz got the despatch. His inquiries of persons resulicd 1 nothing but he did learn from the Map and Shipper: but there was an certainly not later groe, which incurs the linbility,” ssy the Court in the Wills caso. “Justico Cur- tis scoms to adopt a similar view in regard to theso distinctions,” (or degreos_of negligence,) “ being more or loss unintelligible and in practice often leading to misconstruction ond misundorstanding. 1t scoms, too, that {heso distinctions are ropudinted by many of the continentel jutistain Enron, as producing moro \ncortainty than thoy cure.”’ Rodfold on Car- rios, p. 247, note. b So'in 2 Parsons on Contract 248-250, it is oeid, “Tpon the question whother ho” (s common carrier) “ may exompt himeol¢ from all Liability for the consequencos of tho mere negligence of hiraself or his servants, wo are inclined to think that tho present weight of authority would _ mot” pormit bim o do so. This i oxprosely . probibited by the recent FEnglish _ Railroad ~ Tratiic Act.” That the Supremo Court of this_ State so regard tho law, and Lave not intended, by anything said in 1o Morrison or Reeud oaso, £6 affirm o different doctrine, is clear from what they say and_decido in the latest case of which we have any knowl- clgo. Tho Adsme Expross Company vs, Louis Stettaucrs, found in 4 Legal News, p. 234, in which Lawrenee, C. J., eass: *Wo cannot hold the carrier oxcused from the oxerciso of reason- oblo and ordinary caro, even whea tho shipp has agreed 10 the torms of & bill of lading, o cmpting the carrier from liability boyond & co fath sun. And again ssys the learned Chicf Justico : “In order to provent the carrier from Teloating, Limselt, by contract, from all Liability, Courls v laid down the rulo ‘abovo stated, that Bocannot, even by contract exempt himself from the' exercisoof reasonablo care.” Tho counterpart of this rule must, of necessity, bo frue, that ho cannot, by contract, exempt Linutelf from losses ariting from ordinary neg- ligence. While courts have often exprossed ro- grat that common carriers have beon pormitted, By positivo agreement, to dischergo themsalvos from lisbility as insurers, certainly they willnot hiold that (hay cm bo discharged {rom Tosponsi- Dility for losscs occasioned by negligenco of any degroe. 1f T am right in the opinion that the Comapany was bound o carry tho goods to Ack- Ty, Tows, thon thero is, mo such varisnce be- tsen the declaration and the evidence n9 would Gofoat ths action. The dofendant contracted to Carrs the goods to Eckloy, which I think meant, and was snfi‘x:inntly known to the agents at .tho Hailrosd Company’s o b Ackloy. ~They failed by nesligonco to do a0, The ovidonco substan- tially sustains the averments of the declaration. The motion for a new trisl is overruled. doiph Soges appeared for the plaimtiff, and Gaorgs W, Millard for tho dofondant. i PERSONAL. Hon. /George Green, of Iows, was at tho Briggs yesterday. Hon. Paul T. Hastings, of Novads, was at the Gardnor yesterday. Hon. George Carter, of New Jerscy, was &b the Briggs yesterdas. Hon. J. M. Efler, of Jacksonville, was at the Sherman yesterday. ) Captain T. V. Hooker, United States Army, quar- tered at tho Tremont yesterday. Hon. M. V. Hamilton, of Bloomington, IIL, was in the city yesterday. Goneral John K. Thompeon, of Columbus, Ohio, was at the Tremont yesterday. The employes of Mr. H. C. Goodrich, manu- facturer of the tuck marker, presented him with a cane on Christmas evo, said canc being gold mounted. Mr. H. 3. Whitcomb madethe neces- sary remarks, o Johnoy Muir, one of the most efficiefiken'a popular of Treasurers, i8 t0_lef'in the box Thentro, and resume bis old 0" Hurry Deakin office at the Academy ofq>represont Mr. Gar- is to go to l;xlf%“kninnemnclxnr‘s Opera House. dinor's intergg oro among the arrivals at tho Tho febterday: W. Walton, Palmyris, N. Y. ; BrigfcDermott, Cleveland, Ohio; C. L. Bush, Guide (as had the Chicago agent) that there was ou Ackley in Iows, and not & Eckley. He did not answer this despatchyth or ho received a sccond one, and then o This 7th of Octover replicd, *“Seud ta.ére on the day suswer must have been reccigent only found it it was seat, but the figir October, one or two out on the 10th o} tire. e was not the officer dnys after thaGived the despatch. The boxes who sent eat on, and were burnt up in the Chi- were ng of the 9th of October, 1871. Upon €358 facts two questions arise: 1. Was there negligence upon the part of the | Railrcad Compuuy ? 2. If «o, did the writing given by Wilcox re- 3easo it from respo; for such negligonce ? @ pon the part of the defondant it is contended #thut there wus no negligence at all, or if any, only slight or ordinary negligenco, and_that the release 13 good, and protects the defendant from liability for the loss. That thers was & mistake made in markicg the boxes Eckley instead of Ackley, thore is no doubt. Tho agent of the de- Yendant Company in his testimony swore that tie pluintiffi told him to mark them Eck- ley. It does mnot appear that Wilcox kaw the marking, or eaw the boxes after they were eo marked. That Ackley is and was the true destination is positively cortain, and Wilcox must have known it sud must heve 50 t0ld ths agent, but he caught the sound - Eckley, and 8o wrote it. It was an orthographi- cal mistake made by Frics, the agont, innot catching tho true pronunciation of the name. This is not singular or strange. “Both our orthography and pronunciation of many words are_extremely irrogular,” says Webstor; and this, not among the ignorant and uncducated alone, but thoe educated, also,—even lexicographers. _ Walker differs from Sheridan, Johnson from Walker, snd Webster from each and all of them. Tho speiling of proper names of places and persons s arbitrary. 'There are Do well established rules therefor, and mistakes often occur. Then, the sound is frequently mis- apprehended, and one who attempts tospell from sound will be guilty of errors in trug orthog- yaphy, however correct he may be in_phonatica. His Honor here continued minutely to ana- Iyze the nature of the sound of letters, and then Proceeded.] But I take stronger ground, and feel bound to hold the defendant and the connecting railroad jines guilty of negligenco, in not, upon tho knowledge they had on tho lst or 2d of the sending on tho goods; and if I am right , then the negligence was gross. 1f thero was gross negligence, as I think there was, then it ie admitied that tho release does not avail the Gofandant; snd I might content myself with placing my decision upon that ground. But I am willing to go farther and say that, oven if it falls withiu the degres of negligence called or nery, still the Telease cannot Lo abar to plain- +iff 's recovery, under the principles of law es- tablished or Tecognized by the courts of last Tesort in this country orinEngland. * . "The Read case—37 Iils., 484—is tho strongestone in favor of the claim of the defendant, that com- mon carriers can, by special agreoment, exempt themselves from linbility for damages occasion- ed by zuy other species or dogroe of negligence not denominated grose.” The plaintiff in that case, being a passenger with 3 freo pass, receiv- ed injurics while travelling in tho cars, occasion- ed by n collision of trains. On tho back of the pese was en endorsement to tho cffect that ho zssumed all risks of accidents and sgroed that the Company should not be liable under any circumstances whether of nogligence or otherwise, for injury to the person. It wes Leld that this agrcement did not oxempt the Company from Lishility for gross mogligence, but did exempt 1t from any othor degreo of nog- ligence, or from liability on account of unavoid- able accident. This would be an authority di- rectly spplicable to tho case before this Court, and woald be decisive of it unless the negligenco complained of was gross, except for the material fact that the ono, Read, was . passenger, travelling upon a freo pass—a gra- tuity—and in the other, Wilcox, had_contracted for the transportation of fTeight, and was bound to pay for the carriage of his goods. But for tho gratuitous presontation of the pass, and its ac- ceptance and use by Read, tho endorsement on it would have been s notico mainly, and mot a contract. A common carrier is not hound by lawto receivo and carrya passenger freo of charge. For this reason, it has a right to im- pose any terms it may ploase to exact, of omo who accapts the gratuity and rides upon s freo ass. DBut it is different with the passenger for ire, and the shipper who offers freight and pro- poses to pay forits carrisge; in that case the carrier i8 bound by law to receive and carry the ‘passenger or the goods, and should not be, and is mot, in my opinion, permitted to con- tract = for any exomption from lia- bility for damages oceasioned by negligenco of any degree. There can bo no doubt that the Supremo Court in this ceso of Road, atiached great importance to the fact that ho was a pas- songer, cnjoying the free and gratuitous bounty of the Company, and as such took all the risks of the road cxcept from the gross negligenco of the servants of the Company. The case, then, is a procedent and authority in like cascs, but the exemption therein acceded to the Company ought not to be farther extended or_enlarged. The New York cases,—Wills v. the N. Y. Cen. R. R. Co., 26 Barb. 611, and Perkins v. the samo Company, 24 N. 1., cited by our Supreme Court in the Read case, as sustaining tho legality of such a release, cxpressly repudiate any d tion between gross negligence aud other degr Ancennes, Ind.; W.I. Cary, Ottawa; H.E. Myer, Fairbolt, Neb. ; 3. M. Clark, Galesburg, 217 2. B, Surges, Louisvills, Ky. Colonel O, Lippincott has been presented with o fino life-sizo portrait of himself, painted by Professor Chandler, late of Boston, and the Christmas-gitt of tho members of Lippin- cott’s Battory. A portrait of Captain B. R. Do Young, of Lippincott's Battery, also by Chand- ler, was presented to the originel on he same occasion. The following were at the Sherman yesterda Cheuncy Cook, Boston;_J. 3ills, St. Louis; D. Smith, Marquette; F. B. Fostor, Hartford, Conn.; E. J. Dunning and family, Now York R. H. Fleming, Cincionati; G, E.Bursloy, Co- Tumbus, Ohio; W. H. Cheeny, Rochester ; Rus- sel Sage, Jr., Detroit; 6a§ama, San' Fran- cie:zl); D. W. Lozur, Nes2dn; A. V. Brown, St. Paul. Hon, Mark Skinnor and family are making the tour of tho South this winter. They will return home early in February. In a privato lotter written from thoe Stanton House, Chattanoogs, Tonn., Mr. Skinnersays : ““Ihave beon delighted with our frip thus far. 1 feared, on reaching this place, that we would find poor hotel accom- modetions, but the Stanton House has most agrecably dissppointed mo. It is an clegant Botel, and will bo s great convenienco to persons visiting this city end Lookout Mountain. Miss Viola Pomeroy, & prims_donna_who has achieved a brilliant reputation in San Francisco, and who is now on her way to New York to fill a professionsl ongagement, has beon -engaged to appear in & concert to bo given on Sunday even- fng next in tho Academy of Music, the Pracger Family assisting. Mies Pomeroy haa beon the subiect of the most cxtravagant preises by the San Francisco press, and hor single appearance in this city will doubtloss oxcito a_strong inter- est in musical circles, Her voice is said o cover tho extraordinary rango of threo octaves and three notes, and sho eings in four different lan- guagos. P — The Mania for Trading in the Green Mountain State. Sazton's River. éVl.)ALe(ltr to the Boston Herald. Ono of myold frionds, who has lived here sinco boyhood, is governed entirely by trade, and had much rather “swop” with a littlo to boot than sell for money outright. A fow years since Lo visited the “ Hub,” and his_ sttention was struck squaro in the front whilo passing throngh Dock Squato by the sweet gounds of u tin music box, which was doing its level best to ivo all the domi-semiguavers of “ Hull's ictory.” He bought it by paying currency at the low prico of two-fty. ~Tho mu- sic box pleased his dear Morib and the other musicloving peoplo of the village; but this singlo tune could mot always pleaso, and Hull, though a splendid naval officer in his way, could not expect to have bis victory to last long- erthana fow months, when it was so ofton started up, and so it was accounted a_bore. Hodgkins, we will call his name, needed boots for the winter, and ho had no moncy. Ho offer- ed to trade with tho shocmaker for & pair of boots by giving him his box, but the shoe- maker was not disposed to do so. Yot Hodgkins was_bound to fight for his boots on that line, if it took all iwinter, and that the bootman should either got the box or its equivalent in trado ho was bound to seo dove. There was man in Grafton, a fow miles above, who had not only & fow hons, but & nice ear for music. Hodgkins started for him, snd, welking his team past the old follow’s Houso, ho wound up his tin machine, **Hull's Vic: tory” sosoundod among the lulls of that sati- railrond town. The niusic-box - took, and in & few minutcs the hens wero in the wagon und tho box in_the front of the rural ro- treat, with & dollar twolve and a half in Hodgking' broeches pocket. Converting the hena to boots was snother matter, but Hodgkins' oxecutivo capacity was amply suffi- cient to occmplish tho task, —Starting for homo, ho met the mail etage which plies rogulariy be- tween Bellows Falls and Grafton, and whose driver, being & lover of poultry, stopped the United Statcs mail and proposed to trade. Hodgkins was resdy—didn't care sbout trading, of course, but if the driver had o pair of boots to swap he didn't know but what he would. Tho driver didn’t have boots, but ho did have under Lis seat a fresh steor's hide he was taking to Grafton to gt tanned, and he would swap for that. Hore was o chanco; it was the nearest spproach to boots Hodgkins had seen since the tin machine had been in his possession. Hodgking' faco _was radiant unawares, for ~his heart bubbled up tho omiles agtinat tho trading Judgmont mad with the smile, but esrnost for the trade, it is no strotch of the imngination to picture Hodg- kins, a few_minutes later, wonding his weary way to tho bosom of tho loved ones at home, seated on the sweet-smelling hido of tho iuno- cont stoer, who had given Lis life that Hodgkins might go for tho Graiton stage. Hodgkins_tock tho'skin to the_shoemaker's and swapped it for boots, with 8175 into the bargain. Ilc says o made moucy on the box and on the hens, but, as ho keeps no books by double entry, Lo cauniot tell exactly the net results. Ho kuew he nceded tlio boots, and he_got thom, and L is gatisavd tL:at if tho shoemaker hasn'L fnt ste DOX ho may ot havo to dinke it it POSSOSSOL. el _Gladstone is an enthusizstic a treo caltivator 23 was Horaco Greeley, and spends much of Lis of negligenca. “It is the fact of segli- gence, mero negligence, and uot its de- time trimming seplings 8t Howarden, bis Chap- noqus, ANOTHER DAY'S WORK. stances Attending the Sale and Pur- chase of State Insurance Policies, and Register Hibbard---0f Course, the 4 ypper Court” Cannot Err. torday. 1871. From four to six days after the fire Mr. McMullen and Mr. Bowen camo to him, repro- senting that they were endesvoring to make & sottlement of claims, and asked him to sign an ngreement to take 10 conts on the dollar. Such &n agroement was signed. Tho loss was not to- tal, the salvage being about 25 per cent. Me- Mullen and Bowen loft the impression that their object was to kecp the Company out of bank- ruptey. In reply to Mr. Ayer, Mr. Keith stated that the assignment of the policy was signed by his brother, E. G. Keith. Was not present when it wos signed. Witoess signod the agreement to sottlo for 10 cents on the dollar. His statoment as to salvage related to the torms cf settlement, Does not remember tho basis of settlemout with other companies. Samuel T. Atwater, an adjuster of marino losses, testified to hoving administered an oath as to proof of loss to Hibbard & Spencer on » policy in the State Insurance Company, on the 28th of Decombor, 1871 0. F. Fuller, of tho firm of Fuller & Fuller, wholesale druggists, testified to having had two policies in the Stato, one of $4,000 and one of $1,000. Theso policies wero delivered last spring to the Netional Loan and Trust Company. Ho got 10 cents on the dollar. Mcdullen came in and esid he had a paper which ho wanted him to sign; that they were trying to settlo up the affairs of the State Insuranco Company ; that thoy thought they could pay 10 cents on the dol- lar. Asked him if that was all they could pay. McAullen said it wasall. Witness was a Director in tho State and in the National Losn and Trust Company. : By Mr. Cooper—Did you ever know, as an offi- cial'of the bank, of a resolution or agreement to bus up policies in the State Insurance Com- aiy v Mr. Ayer objected, on the ground that it was not material to show whether the policies were bought by full authority of all the officials of thie Bank; it was only ‘material to show that 0 nary transactigpp,= 10 claimed «hat tho ct o e Cosprgpiy [Dresident must bo by suthority Of, o Register—I don’t ses how this interests tho croditors of the State Insuranco Company. 1f the Cashicr and President violated their func- tions they are amenable to tho Directors. Mr. Cooper said that if it could be shown that this was done without due suthority, thon the banlk was out of Court. ‘The Register decided to exclude the question, and Mr. Cooper excepted. Afr. Gooper (to Mr. Fuller)—Did yon ever authorize the purchase of certificates against the Stato Insurance Company? Objected to, and objection sustained. IIr. Fuller stated that a record of the pro- cecdings*vas kept by the officers of the Banl. Ifo had been & Director of the bank since its or- E,";‘,‘“""“' There was never a report made to concerning any profit, or supposed profit, growing out of the purchese by the bank of claims against tho State Insurance. Mr. Cooper—Did you know that Messrs. Van Inwagen and McMullen were purchasing such claims for tho purpose of sotting them against tho banlk account ? Objected to, and objection sustained. Ar. Cooper—As a Director, wero you prosent at any moeting of Directors’ whon ‘the subject of those claime was talked of ? A.—1 have been present when theywero talked of; it was threo or four months after tho fire; it was not_previous to the 8th of December; could not swear that any action was taken, though it was talked of ; never hed any conversation with Geo. C. Smith or W. H. Park on the subject of tho claims; was afterwards told that the claims had been purchased ; did not know tho claims were to bo offact af th time tho agrecment with McKullen to settle for10 cents on the dollar was signed. By the Rogistor—Do you_propose to rovoke tho salo of your claims, or do you confirm it. A I proposo to confirm it. Ar. Cooper—Did you have any conversation with Mr. Hurlbut with reference to_the sale of the claim. Objected to, and the objection sus- tained. Mr. Cooper—You may keop this ovidence out, but the case will be taken to a Court whero the evidence will bo admitted. - Tho Register—That remark is improper, Mr. Cooper, and unlessfyou withdraw or retract, it will b nocessary that somo. other attornoy ehall represont this case, Mr. Cooper disclaimed sny intention to roflect upon tho Registor's integrity. He merely meant to eay that the Rogister was mistaken in exclud- ing the evidence. 1o Register—Yes, we all mako mistakes, ex- copting the upper court, whera no mistake can be made, even though thoy occasionally reverso former decisions. The Register stated that it was his intention horeafter to ask of overy witness whethor ho purposed to rovoke or confirm the sale of his clim. AMr. Cooper said ho should object to both the question and the snsvwer, on the ground that in caso tho witnoss should' state his intention to confirm tho_sale, he was thereby debarrad from theroafter changing his mind aud attempting to revoke the sale, though it was plain that it was made as tho result of fraudulont misrepresenta~ tions. Mr. Aver (to ihe witness)—Have you ever claimed, or do you now claim, that the sale or transfer of the policy was void ? A. I have not, and do not. Mr. Cooper—Do you believe that yon weroe de- ceived as to tha asdots of the company? A. It turns out very differently from what I supposed. 1 have not been promised, have notraceived, and do not expect, to reccive any further payment onthe claim. A recess of twenty minutes was then taken, and, on resssembling, Mr. John Alston was call- ed.’ Ho tostified that ho wos a member of the firmn of Alston, Dovoo & Co., 8t the time of the fire. The firm had $7,500 covered in the State Insuranco Company. Tho policies were surrend- cred to Mr. Von Inwagen on & settlement of 10 ‘ents on the dollar. Did not ask Mr. Van In- wagen ss to tho sffairs of tho com- pany, and Do statoment of the kind was mede by him. Is & Director in tho National Loan and Trust Company, has been sinco its organization. Was never at any moeting of Directors when the question of claims againgt tho Stato Insurance Company was discussed. Mr. Cooper—Were you even consulted as to the purchase of such claims ? Objected to, and objoction sustained. claims _against tho deposit sccount. intohis vault lost spring. In November wore taken away. bank. cies. we didn't think it was worth any more. cents on tho dollar for it. 7'to 10 cents on tho dollar. The Register asked of Mr. Daniel. contirm or revoke the salo of the relivy am eatisfied with the eslv. being sworn, fes aomigned it ; Somo Further Inquiries Into the Circum- Sharp Passage at Arms Belween Hlr. Cooper Tho caso of the State Insurance Company was resumed before the Register in Bankruptoy yes- Edson Keith, being eworn, testified that the firm of Keith Brothers had a_policy to tho smount of 95,000 in tho State Insurance Company, covering a loss sustained in October, ‘bargained to sell ollar. To the Register Mr. Healy etated that he meant to revoke tho assignment, because it was vtained on tho strength of false reprosenta- Yions. Ho now supposos that Mr. Mullen knew his statements o be untrue. 3 Ar. Cooper inquired whother the Registor was ready to give his opinion as to the produc- tion of the books of the banik. The Register replied that ho was not ready to give the opinion. g Tho Register adjourned the further considera- tion of the case until 10 o'clock a. m. on the 2d of Janusry, 1873. THE LAW COURTS. NOTES OF INTEREST. On tho 1st of April, 1870, Captain Steel enter- &d into an agreement with Robert L: Bell, sell- ing him the house aud lob on Robey stréét known ss Tiot 99, Block 28, Section 7, Township 39; snid Bell to pay $50 per month for one year, &nd then decide whether he should buy or not; of April, 1872, Bell having $500 on the 1st May, 1872, due Sept. est, tho whole eecizred cordancs with this concract, Boll paid ¥300, relying on the sands of friendship, ‘made out, acco] after which Bell found that his friend had sol estate. comfortably onongh fell in wit ‘makers of passepartouts, show-mats ‘board mounting for pictures, etc trol thercof to the samo Lonis. of it, yelue. Louis, and_was) tory, Louis refus togother that cloand swear to to put everraiog right. authorized by tho Comp promiums, Judge Boot the verdict. ‘bacco store. of attachment they yesterday prayed. effect on the holders of her notes. Moore & Blake, asking for 300. Alexander East Adams street. bouso, A- 8. Swords, and Frank S. Hogt. community, subject of 4 where. all. o getting over the dispiriting influence. usually at about 2759 —to 93° above, the firoman boing low spirited, and influence of an intlated digestion. any timo it the reporters werc not bandy. the day, yesterdsy. under the oyes, and bad-tempered, yesterdsy. rior Court, and Tuesdsy for filing trial notices. terday; not any Judge, if 8o preferred. and Circuit Courts yesterdey. No petitions for bankru orders were made, yesterdsy. until the 6th of January. Judge Booth will sit to-day to hear motions. dsy. Very littlo to report in the County Court. ATTORNEY'S RECORD, JUDOMENT Tge Crmoyrr Count.—(Booth, Dy plantiff, 85’ 850—Vail, administrator, Dew trial granted. v. Gowan ; motion for new trial deufed and judgment 3,470—Stern v, Wayne ; time to tended till 4th J: ance Company ; dismissed by plaintiff, CHANCERY, Tae Cmovrr Count—(Farucll, J. case sct for final hearing Tuesday, Jan, Taz Surerton Count—(Gary, v.Lilljo et al,; 8ot for Alarch 19. inventory approved. Mr. Alston stated that ho nover received any Toport made through tho offest of tho State omo boxes of papors belonging to the bank wore put thoy Never heard that the vault wes geerched for tho missing ledger of the Has nover received, nor been promised, more than 10 cents on the dollar for the poli- Was a_Director intho Stato Insurance Company at the time of the sale of the policies. William Y. Danicls, being sworn, testified that Got 10 1t was not one of the Smiths connected with tho bank. Had been told by JicMaullen that the Company could psy from Do, TN Patrick J. Healy, of tho firm of Lyon & Healy, fied that the firm had a policy of 5,000 in the State; sold the claim for 10 centa on ¢he dollar; don’t remember to whom he was told by McMullon that it was desired to savo the charter and go on with the not pay more than 10 per cent., and might not boable to pay that much; tloreupon witness salo coniirmed. 1,148—Lebin v. Coben ; claim for ton conts on thé | M: Whlte v. Wi it; 1,000, Fusummit. ks ,wa.&x if ho bought, he was to pay $400 down, and in- torcst for $1,500 during the following year; and if ho not buy, eaid Stecl was _to refund one-half the first yoar’s payments, or £300. Subsequent- 1y this agreement was set aside, and on tho 1st already paid $350 on account of the purchase, it was further agreed that Steel should give Bell a warrantee doed on the latter furnishing $300 in_cash,a noto_for 17, 1872, bearing 8 per cent intorest, and another for $1,672, at two years, boaring the same inter- 'by a mortgage. In ac- but, neglected cither the execution of tha notes or mortgage uantil after the date when tho first note should Bave been paid, under the terms of the agree- ment. By and byo the mortgage snd notes wera ted by Steel and his wifo, ahortls cancellation of tho sale to Bataille, and an in Junction rostraining any further dealings in tho To-day is the last day of servico in_the Supe s J.)—3,083—Stono et al, v. Fuller; leave to amend all pleas inatanter. 2,365— Hamlin of al. v. Pacific Insurance Company ; dismissed Fahrenking v. Eclectio Life Insur- ance Company; motion for & Tew trial and anar- rest of judgment overruled, snd judgment on verdict, . Purkhurst; motion for Tax SUPERIOR Count.—{Porter, J.)—2,000—Eehoo )—850—Douling et al. v. Kellogg et al. ; 20 days to defendant to plead, etc., to smended bill,” 494—Walton et nl. v, Walton ; 7, J.)—314s—Cleveland 1,0423—Adams v, Gaubert ; set for March 18, 620—0'Conner ; report of junction dissolved. G4—Hartman v. Hartman; Snowhook & co of defendant in original bill, Gray enter sppearan and Adolph Aopes enters his by agroement. WILLS PROBATED, Tss CouxTy Count (Wallace, J.)—Susan McCord ; administrator's flnal account approved, and balance of estato to be distributed. Aatheas and Nichols Schent, minors; guardianship inventory approved. Jacob ment approved. ascots ond liabilities approved. Hy, ¥. Kingsbus guardian’s sccount approved. Rudolph Kemmle claim of Ernst and Louis Jseger reinstated by agree- ment and allowed. Benjamin F. Hadduck; claim of Horace F, Waite approved, Henry Manstorman et al., minors ; gusrdianabip to Hy. Rathe ; bond of §126,000 approved. Johanna Mapsterman ; administration to Heinrich Bathe; bond of §12,700 approved. LUNAOT, Johm McDonald; jury trial at 10 this morning. Trl- als of Thomas T. Wolff, Gottifed Hutt, and James Peterson continued till this morning at 10 o'clock, NEW SUITS, ‘TrE CrucorT COURT—S,310—Robert L. Bell v. Tru- man V. Steels; both for specific performaance, to cancel an alloged sale, and to Testrain any assignment he bad a_policy in the State for £3,000, | or interference with Lot 98, Block 28, Section 7, Town- and gold | tho claim, to whom' h¢ | skip3%. 63l1—Goldsmith'k Schieling, partners, v. can't tell. It was » short man, and | JOfEM J. Apsey atiachment 600 forgoods, 53 thinks his namo ws Smith. Sold it because | S Y ssme; replovin 82003 roplovia of pane: 5,313—Matt v. Oftenheim. 5,314—David P. Barrett #ad Ma k D. Knowlton v. Louls Dampf. 5,3if =™ nor v, Shuman; appe: . TRE SurERIOR CoUnT.—4].70c =W, O, Crawley v, Wm. H. Rogers, Thog--" v 00anor, ant, Thomad B, i bt €7, v jos, $300. 41, v o iller ; 5B Sohn Burdan, and Ssmuel S. Hubbard v. jucius A, Willard ; assumpsit, $600. 41,791—Rufus Gray v. Alexander Drake and Charles McLuan, 41,793 Moore & Baker v. Botsy Boilvin: sssumpeit, $300. 3—John Norcott v. Wincheatet Hall ; narr’in an Sit suit on a note for $00. ~41,734—John Stevens v, Augustus C. Prout and James E. Stevin tition for mechanics’ lien on the southeast corner of ifth nvenuo and Madison street, 41,795—Jamea Duguid and _James Crighton v. Clarence H. Blake, Franels AL Whitehouse, A, S. Sviords and Frank S, Company; ho said the Company could pay | Hoyt; assumpsit, §15,000, ~41,795—John M. Stevens 10 cents on the dollar; he eshibited a paper | v. Augustus C. Prout; assumpsit, $5,000. 41,707 showing assets of about 400,000, and lia- | —John A. Brugger = v. conard _Hodgea bilitics” of ~about §4,000,0005 ' McMullen | 20d Homry 8. Suddon, porinors under obe stated that the Company could name of the Norwood Landind Building Association ; mpsit, $600, 41,79 los Riceand Benjamin® G. Robineon, for tho uso'dY Benjamin_ G. Robinzon v, ames Matthews; assumpsit, N,E! ¥ 41,799—C; 7 Greenebaum, Jr.; administrator’s account and atate- Isabells T. Templeton ; guardisn’s Ludwig Hahn;_statement of tho property to Louis E. Bataillo; a0d he now prags the reliof of the ircuit Court, in the shape of & compulsory performance of the contract, If their sworn ststement be believed, David P. Barrett and Mark D. Knowlton were doing till, in su evil hour, they Louis Dampf, and added to their business of paper-bag menufacturers that of 3 nr:ld‘ card- ., giving the con- hgmy soon tired 2nd Louis offered to buy them out, they to maké an inventory, and heto pay the proper Whereupon they gavoe possession to Siod thir bauds ‘of the wholo ‘business. When they wanted to make the inven- ; and whon they wanted to identify their stock, they found Louis had manu- e s Tot_more, rnd 50 mixed the whole nobod-could take up a single arti- Now they want the Court o e Jifo insuranco litigation, Fahrenkrug v. Jutbctic Life Insurence Company, where a jary in Judge Booth’s Court found a verdict for the Isintiff for the amount of the policy, which the ompany declined to pay, on eccount of tho pre- mium having been handed to the person who de- livered the policy, and not somo other person any specially to collect ~vesterday overruled the motion for & new trial, and gave judgment on Joseph J. Apsey lives on tho West Sido,—at 96 South Halsted street,—and_keepa a little to- Megsrs. Goldsmith & Schmeling ewear that hio ia about to hide, that his bills ho cannot meet, and he owes them $392, a little loss ormore, Desiring his_intentions stayed, & writ The fact that Betsy Boilvin has beou peti- tioned into bankruptcy seems to have had no Now comes Tufus Gray has brought suit in replevin ageinst rake and Charles McLean, for the ossession of the two-story frame house 139 James Duguid and James Creighton yosterdsy commenced an_ action in sssumpsit for 315,000, ngatast Clarence H. Blake, Francis M. White- A decision, interesting to the entire mercantile Gelivered by Judge Rogers, on_the he responsibility of carriers arising- from delay in transportation, is printed olse- The record of the Courtswas so insignificant, yosterday, that almost overy ono will agree ‘with us that there might as well have been none at The influence of turkoy and overlonded stom- achs shadowed the law yestorday, and there was The heat in the stoam-pipes moderated—being yesterdsy, under the There was no business in the Register’s office, yestorday, although thero might have been at The lawyers omitted to spring their usual big bill on the reporters just as work was over for Several law clerks wero observed to be dark No Judge sat in the United States Courts yes- There were no new suits filed in the District stey were filed, and no The United States Courts havo adjourned over Nothing at all in the Criminal Court, yoster- appeal, bond §2,000 in 20 days and exceptionsin 40 day. , fllo bond and bill ex- nary. 2,509—Ticld v, Pacific Insur- Terimen pnd_Fredorick Morgan- B ‘sé‘ao. 41,50)—Blanchard & 3illan Thir and Amos F, Tompkins | :8) 1—F, Harricite Liaridge V.70 ,502—Michiacl Stercel v, $5300 wor-coatorsion of judgmeft ou 4 noto of 525, 41,803 —Joeeph Bennett v, Ztun Insurancd Sorl panof Hastford, Conn.; assumpsit, SI00. 41,804~ fWillilam Wayman and Richard Chester v Ner BL McCartby, Jacob Birk, and A, J. Bent ; debt and dam- ages, $600. 41,503—Henry E.McDonald v: Thomas Mackin ; assamisit, $1,000. THE ORLEANS PRINCES. Their Confiscated Property Rcturned 10 Them—Gver 40,000,000 Francs 10 Be Distribated, Pans, Doc. 21.—Boforo adjourning this after- noon the French National Assembly fnally passed tho bill restoring to the Orleans Princes their confiscated propes "The sum which wi thaler { 2examps] v, Josoph I, S jus of French money. into eight portions, uzehof the following persons, of ki First—Tor the Count do Puris and Duke ds Chartres, on the title of their fatlicr, the Duke of Orleans, ‘Second—Duke do Nemours, Third—Prince de Joinville, Pourth—Dulke do Motpensier, Fifth—Duke d’Aumale, Sizth—King of the Eelgizns, Count do Fleudre, Princess Charlotte, cx-Empress of Mexico, from their ‘Princess Louiso of Orlesne. Seventh—Prince Philippe of Wustemburg, from his ‘mother, the Princess Mario of Orleaus, ZEighth—The Princess of Saxe-Coburg, nee Princess Clementina_of Orlenns. . The living descendants of Lis late Majesty King Louis Philippe, of France, number fifty persons. OF the 50,000,000 francs constituting the fortune of the Duc @'Orleans, which was confiscatod on the 23d of Jenuary, 1852, 44,000, 000 have been alienated for French endowments of various kinds—the military medal, the Legion of Honor, assistance to poor country pricsts, &c. There remain estates worth 40,000,000, which are incorporated inthe domain of the State. According to the law passed yesterday these will bo released, to return to their former proprictors, and bo divided among the fifty-two Swho form to-dny the posterity of King Louis ‘Philippe. ol The French legislative discussions upon the subject of the restitution have been protracted, and wero very interesting, The Asscmbly was nearly unanimous in condemning the decree of confiscation of January, 1852, A goodly number on the Left were not very indisposed to approve it at heart, but none of the Radical speakers ventured to express approbation; Thatis the only form of opposition from which thoy have abstained laWuH this bill; thoy have availed themselves of all others. L. Pascal Dupret, in order more effectually to attack the bill, pre- sonted & counter proposition, repealing in the first place the decree of January, 1852; sonding the Princes, in the sccond place, to the law courts for their romedy, and, in the third place, requiring them to restore to the archives of the Stato the papers which woro romoved from them in 1815 by virtue of & royal ordonnance, and which wore made mse of by the Duc d'Orleans to settle with his creditors tho debts which were his paternal snccession. The battle +was fonght upon this counter proposition. Ina short extempore sgench, 2L Cloment Laurier de- monstrated that the grounds wero unsubstan- tial; that the first proposition, if adopted, would replace the Princes in possession of the ostatos a8 they existed before tho decree; that conse- quontly tho Princes would have no occasion to bring actions against any person, but that, on the contrary, it would be for the State, if it had any rights, to enforeo them against the Princes. i e The Mississippi, ot St. Louis, Frozen Tight. From the St. Louis Times, Dcc. 25, Teams began crossing on the ice at the foot of Carr street yestordsy abont noon, and by dark over 8,000 wagous had testod its strength. As vet no ice bridge hes been laid across the river, but there are two approaches leading from each shore, opposite the foot of Carr street, extend- ing some forty feet, from the ends of which the crossing is made on the baro ice. Theso ap- proaches are private property, ono bolonging to Alexander Bogle, 2nd the other to the St. Louis Transfor Company, and no teams but thoso be- longing to these partics are allowod to uso them. By to-day, however, soveral other approaches Will be laid, and ono or Lwo of the railroad com- panies will put down an ice-bridge from shore to shore, when tho facilitios of transfor will be am- plo for all purposes. At the foot of Vine strect, four ferry-boats orn, making rogular trips sostorday, using the Northern Line wharf-boat for & Ianding. Here, throughont the day, were hundreds of toams awaiting an_opportunity to got over the river, but the polico were on hand. and kept strict order, forcing every one to take his regular turn. The Gartside tugboot cut a channel from tho coal heave above the Enst St. Loms elevator to the New Orleans Packet Company's wharf-boat, from which the Company was busy delivering cosl to Al contracts, but would sell none st any price. They delivered about forty loads yestor- dny. One of tho teamsters was offored a dollar 5 bushel for a two-horselond, but refused to sell. The dealers claim that the difiiculty of getting coal across the yiver is what keops tho price up. If this be tho case, it will bo chenp cnough in & day or two, when ico bridges are fully in operation. At tho foot of Choutenu avenuo, the tug Res- cue was endesvoring to cut a channelin order to get over coal from the Belloville mines, but she was meeting with littlo success. From the Vulean Iron Works south, s far as the eyo_can rench, the riveris froe of ico. Tha tow-boat Potrel cut a channel from §1cso works to a point above whero she connects with the railroad op- site Carondolat, and where & full supply of coal for tho works is obtained. This is the situation at present, and, from sp- pearsnces last ovening, somo tinle mint elzpae fore thera will bo any materisl chango. IAY, NOTiCES. or their nearsst Lt 53 rostituted to tho Or- leans Princes by virtue of the present act of the National Assembly amotnts to over forty mill- i This will be divided and distributed to or for the Upont which occasion she will produce, by AMUSEMENTS. UNION PARK CONG'L CHURCH. | Congressin 1972, Tho Ladies of {4 Tnion Park ConsTogational Charch, % ure, il give an_onioriainment oo Ve fho St (PLEERNGE, Dec. B onddr, "™ CoNGRESS IN 1972; | The Resut a7 100 Years of Womer's Riohts, At the Gl sonthvost ceroer of Wshington-at. and Sland-67. Tickata for stle at Horton's and Emerson & Stott's. NIZON'S. Friday night, Dee. 27, Complimoatary ‘Bench, o the tiented melo-dramatic a¢tross, MLLL O ES, special request, tlio Grert Military Dramia, tho FRENCE SPY. Mlle. Zoo in the terrific sword combat with four wild {ondored Arabs; 2lso, the wild Arab Danco. o —Rosedals. ATKEN'S THEATRE, ‘Wabash-ar. and Congress-st. ROSII_IDA L. TO-NIGHT, BENKFIT OF LAWRENCE BARRETT. ROSEDALE: ..LAWRENCE BARRETT. Matinoo, w, Ssturdny—Last night of Lawrence Barrott ‘Monday—Long Striko. Rosc GLOBE THEATRE. O - I GELT, And Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, LEON BROTHERS, Bliss Tney Adams, Miss Sallio Sgity Miss Mario Olise, obby Guy_Linton, Charley Howard, Newcomh, ina oW bill, coutluding with tho National Drama entitfod THE I‘JNION SCOUT. MoVICKER'S THEATRE. RSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS, AND THURSDAY. L b M e, wiss CEARLOTTE CUSHMAN, S MEG MERRILIES. =Next weol:, MISS CUSHIAN willappoar 3s LADY MACBETH and QUERN CATHARINE. Cl > MYERY OPERA HOUSE. oaroo-st., bet. Doarborn and State. Artinglon, Cofmn & Kemble's Hinsrels A Monster_Bill for_tho Holidaya. MACKIN AND WILSOX in Now and Striking Specialties. Obsying Orders! A Midnight Assault ! A Trip to 3o the Moon. Now Songs, New Daaces. New OTICE - Our rognlar Matiuso this week will bo givon on Wednesday instead of Saturdag, Wednesday, Grand Christmas 2asinco. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ENGAGEMESNT OF R. M. CARROLL And his Threo Talented Sons in thelr mow Sensational Drama, OUR MOTEER, dupipg all tho FAMOUS SPECTALTIES cf this i}{fi%:‘ ully, ‘overy might, Christmas, and Saturday atinco. 4 HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, sod SATURDAY MATI- THE LANCASHIRE LASS, Which has proved AN IMMENSE HIT! And fs nightly witnossed by delighted rudicnces who crgwd this magntdeont templo of the deama. Wil shoctly bo produced in answer to 8 genoral desire, PEEP O'DAY. MARTINE'S South Side Dancing Academy, 1010 INDIANA-AV., OPEN. New Heating Arrangements complcted, and everything in order for the roception of lars. WEST SIDE ACADEMY. BUSE{ESS DIRECTORY. Advertising Agencles. H. H. CHANDLER & CO. aro authorized to rocoivo ad- Vortiscments for all Chicago dsily papsra at thoir lowost dical inthe U. 8. nnks, SECQND NATIONAL, 63 West Washington-st. Billigrds (Phelnn & Collender Tabies). STEPHANI, MONHEIMER & HART, GI9 State-st. Blank Book Muanutacturers, Stacioners, and Wob Trinters. OAMERON, AMBERG & CO-y 1 nd 16 W. Randolph. SN YT G0, Siaad 13 Soath Lasaile. DEAN BROS. (OFFMANN, 67 W. Washington-st. J. W. MIDDLETON, 55 State-st. Cnrringo COAN & TEN BROERE ¢ *Aun and W. Randolph. s ANERICAN CLOOK Sie 86 Wabashar. 4 i Ciing, Glasswore, Lamps, de. RN AN G0N Webasheav: flery. HENRY SEARS & CO., 51 3353 Sonth Canal-st. D. E. BURNHAM & 5 Fresco Painters nnd Glass Stalners. OTTOJEVEE & (O, 9 nad 81 Dearborn- ns LEX & PERRINS WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. uyors aro cautioned to avold tho numerous Counter- folta and Imitations offercd for salo, JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, New York, Agonts for the Urited Statos. OCEAN NAVIGATION. Anchor Line. CATTION Tho new and powerfal steamehips of this popalac line gali regularly EVERY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY from tno Compan's Pler, No. 20 NORTH RIVER, NEW YORK, with goods @lasgow, Liverpool, and all parts of Great Brifain, Ireland, and the Continent of Eurape. FARE PAYABLE IN U. S. CURRENCY. T0 or from British and Irish parts - - $3000 To or from Hamburg, Antwerp, Havre, &. - - 3300 To or {rom Bremen, Gotlgnberg, Bergen, & - - 38.00 First Cabin, fare $60 to $95, and return tickets at reduced rates. Sond for clrcalar giving fall information. HENDERSON BROTHERS, Agents, 7 Bowling Green, New York, and 324 Wa- bash-av., Chicago. NINTH PRESBYTER'N CHURCH, Ellis-av., just south of Thirty-sovent] and passongers for MRS. SCOTT SIDDONS? Readings. ‘Monday evening, Dec. 30, 1573. Admisslon, $1. oin By Scaverod without. extra chargo. at D o, Tiyds Pack? Fag” ators, corn Groteav, ; Shiblo Cottago Grovo-n EDUCATIONAL KEMPER X ATI. A select echool for girls and young ladies, reopene JAN. 15th. Thoe olegant comforts, tho thoruslnoss of train- ing, and discipline as to menucrs and character, and ‘superior mode -ud Courso of instruction havo attracted fa- e Patrons many leading people of Chicago ana sus Northwest. For particalars apply to GEO. M. EVERHART, D.D., Rector, Kenosha, Wis. Mademoiselle Tardivels French Sohiool Tho only ono ta . ¥. whero Fronch is taught as in Paris. Saporior Enslish education. Draving, Latin and Sinng included in the toition, Boarders havoanexcellent home. Seats ow's_drug 5 room: Pobols t. and Cottage of Egan and Donglas Houso n of Thirty—sovent] grocers store, col permiasion {6 3rs mag, Chicago, B2, Buil, Qi MEDICAL CARDS. DR. J. & CLARK, Tho o1d and reliablo speclalist in prisato diseases and fo- malodifiiculti ants a cars, o7 no pey. Fomalo pille, 81, bymail. French saes, for tho malo, 81 each, or3 for 82, by mail. Scnd stamp for Circular on ** Marrlad Won- n's Proventise "—tho bost known. Offico aad addrors— 101 East Harrisonst.. Chicago. Hours, 2. m. till9v. m, Sewi THE LIGH’!;-RQ%"KI:““% i a DENNISON & CO., 34 South Canal-st, Trunks. CHAS. T. WILT, 1# v5!!'4) and 385 Wabash-av. C. H. JO! JAMES T CRANE BROS. MF'G CO., H. M. WILMART) % 3. WINGEAVE, JR., & C Hardware {Wholesale.) MILLER BROS. & KEEP, 19 Lako-at. Lion, Steol, Nails, &c. M. GREENEBAU, 161 West ma..l;l,h,n. Jewellers (Wholesale aud Ietail). 50.. 265 & st Wab. & 534 W. Madlson, GIL . & CO.. t8 Wab. & 534 W. Madls B. ALLEN & CO., suc. Stark & Allon, 137 State-at. J. B. MAYO & CO., 360 Wabash-av., p. Post Otfi WAL M. MAYO, 158 22d-t. su Leathor, Tanners’ Oil and ©. €, WALLIN & SONS, 8 South Canal.at. Nillinery end Straw Goods (W holeaalo). WALSH & HI Tl}m%ll)lt(. li'l and 253 Wabash-av. s, Etc. EENLEY & JENKINS, 28 South Wa 3 Paper Dealers. N. Dosplainof, and 335 Stato. Wabash, & t Madison- Tools. 7L W. Wash, ‘ashington-st. ington-st. H. M. KNI KER, 80 and & West Randolph. MCcCANN, FITCH & CONVERSE, 12 and 14 LaSalle-st. NORTHWEST PAPER CO., 154 and 155 Michigan.av, OGLESBY, BARNITZ & 0., 5 and 30 W. Washinton. Fionos nnd Drzous. W. W. KIMBALL, cor, Wabash-av, and Thirteenth-st. on* A. B. MEEKER & 00,50 Wabssb-av. H. W. AUSTIN & clrgfllm"\'" i Soath Waterat. t oans. SNYDER & LEF, 1i NitonBalding, Lavalle-st. Saddlery Hardwire GEORGE F. BRIGHABL& CO, 47 Stat Sates. DIEBOLD & KINZLE, 5 Stata-st. HEBRING'S, 46 Stats, and cor. 14th and Tndisna-av. Salt. HASKIN, MARTIN & WHEELER, 41 Lake-st. N DMuachines. “DOMESTIO, T4 State-st. Branches, 158 Trwenty-socond and 19 North Clark-st. s¥-8 Chandlers & Sailmakers FINNEY BROTHERS, 214 and 216 South Water-st. GILBERT, HUBBARD & CO., 2% to South Water, PURRINGTON & scaa{x"rofl. 281 South Watorst. oves. AMERICAN BASE BURNER, 141 East Lako-st. Jewellers’ Findings. . C. CLARI ndertnlcer. SELDON & DAVIES I8 Vot Madieon-at. 5. WRIGHT, 12 N, Glinton, near Randolph-st. ‘rought Iron Pibe. 10 North Jofferson-st. "TMONEY CANNOT BUY IT! ground from minato cryatal pobblgs, melted togotiier, ax B S Diamion Hardness and Brilliancy. They wwill last < ot an nd. cy- ey, a5t muwnlflwflh usp. trade mark. B A, n SPECTACLES. For Bight is Priceless !! ectacles will Preserve It It you valuo your eyesight use these perfect .Lense: rivo their name, " on account of their a ted My'“!'i"m“\‘;éf:;:o l;p:xflwwfi York. J. E. NCE! 2 cias . CAUTION—Nono genuine Ghloss stampod with our others in Forsalo by responsible agents throughout the Unloa. nhlAYJ & ‘(‘.;8\,('8“ Stafo'st and gfwm fi:‘e’:‘fsg:_ NAYO, comer v X N . ASHLMAR No. 53 Wabashar., Jow- 13 and Opticiaus, are solo ngents for Chicags, i) om they can baly bo ob o podlers e e DISSOLUTION NOTICES. Witliam Hise an Smib, hayo dissol mads by Hiso Bros. and DISSOLUTION. Tho par!nership heretoforo existing boty . H, Hise, W Rmith, ks 2 Hito Bron & an ;3&'“‘1 :%{Ilpufiuns‘ will 'be THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. 1873. THE 1873. CHICAGD TRIBUKE. PROSPECTUS. THE DAILY. THE TRIBUNE enters npon the coming year in tha oceus paney of its robuilt business premises, tho new Tribune Building, in the heart of the business centro of Chicago, aud is prepared, to a degroe better then ever before, to fill and carry to a still bigher standpolat THE PLACE IT HAS CREATED IV JOURNALISIL In ita growth it has kept pace with the developmen of Chicago and the Northwest. By the adranccmort in wealth, intelligence, and strengthof the community i3 represoats, new and con- stantly-incroasing demands havo been made upon i3 ropresentative journals, and theso THE TRIBUNE bas ia overy case antlolpatad in Its prompt coticction of Sows by telegraph from all parts of the countsy, and by corra- spondents throaghont tho world. 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Taw OmcAGo TRIMTNE supported, (n the recent elec- tion, the platform and nominces of the Liberal-Republi- oan Convention, which mot at Cincinnati on the Ist of Mag. Tho defent of tho candidatas of that convention has ‘Dot diminished, in any degree, the necossity for carrying forward ita principles, Wo hold theso principles to ba easontisl to good government, to tho prosparity of tha country, and ovon to the permanence of ropublican nsti tutions. We shall, therofore, continuo to givo them our hearty sapport aud advocacy, and shall sustain the mon who fitly ropresont them, whatever party desiguatlon they may wear. We shall givo an impartial hoaring to the Ad- ministration of Genoral Grant, and shall support, 1t i all acts which scem to us wise and useful to tho country, 33 cordially a5 though 1t woro 20 Administration of cur own cholco. 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