Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1873, Page 3

Gl e B L B M e b A B e e TR REA W A MR s At e e i e P N1 T | Tt MRS Y a Bh e FRd nkn By RET THE CHICAGO :DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1873. —— e — — THE VERDICT. conclusion of the Trial of Eeo Canman., -~ Argument of Hon. J. O. Glover © for the Prosecution. Faborate Charge to the Jury by Judge Blodgeit. The Verdict, “ Guilty of All Three _Counts of the Indictment.” Ap Affecting Scene Between the Prisoner and His Wife, The trial of Leo Canman, charged with open- 35 letter ead appropriating the contents, was peenmed and concluded before Judge Blodgett, fotho United Stales District Court, vesterday moming. The District Attorney made his argu- ent, contending that the jury had nothing to 2 with tho penalty for tho offence, and should corcongider 1t in agreoing upon a vordict, He ‘asted tho truth, and that alone ;. if tho ovidonco proved bhat Cauman. wizs guilty of opening » Jeter, and sppropriating tho contents, they must eqnsict bim; they conld not do otherwise and bo ¢rae to their obligatior. Mr. Glover then pro- eeded to disprove Ar. Van Arman’s. assertion {12t the story of Stowart and Blattner was un- ptral, unreasonable, and improbable. He eslled Mr. Btewart to the bar of the court, and, ¢iroking him on the head, asked the jury if they e2ld “1ind perjury peeping out of that terrible cymtensnce,” Ho dwelt at some length mpon it “searching ' question,” claiming that o omo of the four or five Post pSosofficials who saw Conman after his arrost bsd 8 Jegalright tosearch him; had they searched $im, and no money been found, they would have tecn linblo for trespass. They kept him in cus- iy until s proper officer came, and he searched Lim, 23 ho wes authiorized to do. Tho rule of s wes that & man’s testimony, whon supported by corroborating’ circumetances, and formed an ez, natural connecting link, was cntitled to full yeigot and credit. Stewart corroborated Blattner, 1od Stowart's story was proved to bo true by fauires. © Never was such a chain of evidence Itrown around & prisoner. It was undisputed b2t Gizeaux wroto a Jetter to Lis son,’inclosing #12: that itecamo to Chicago, and went into Csoman's hands. The money was found in his pouth. _ What more conyincing proof did the juyned? He asked them to dischargo their Coty without fear of doing wrong; the Court won'd correct their errora. % CHARGE TO THE 3URY. ° The Court then charged tue jury o8 follows: GESTLEWXY oF TuE Jumy : The prisoncr at the bar {schiarged with one of the most griesous offences, if yroved, known to the statuto Iaw of the United States— 21z enacted for the purpose of securing, if poesible, the fnviolability of the mail mstter which tha citizen seads through the mediury of the Government mail ; 53 offcnce, the penalties of which aro severe, becanso pany of the Government employes having charge of the mafl matter are placed under ccs of great femptation, to which they aro liable to yield, Tney bave sbundint opportunitics or the perpetration of the crime sgainst wl the pensities of the lawaro directed. . ‘The ndictment fn tiis caso contatns three counts, Tbe first charges that the defendant, being employed icons of the departmenta of the Post Ofiice eatablish- ment of the United States, did unlawfully open a lotter, which then ond thery came to his poesession, and hich was intended to be conveyed by post. The recond _count charges that, belng emplosed in tio Post Offico department of tho Unitod States, the defendant did unlawfolly take divers bank notes of the malas of 14 out of s letier which then and there camo 1o Lis posscsion, and which had not been delivered to thg person {o whioms {t was ‘"gfl,’.;‘d ki The third count charges ng an employe the Post Offico establishment of *the United States, the defendant did thenand thero taks thres bank notes, w0 of the denomination and value of $5 each and one of tho denomination and valus of $3,outaf » leiter hich came to his possession, and which had not boen delivered to the person to whom it was directed. Tnder the fat couat, gharglag the deendunt i dmply aletter intenc sent o panalty for which is & fine not less than $300, OF {mprisopment not less than six_manthe, or both, and under the second and third counts, charging the de- feadant with taking - money from & letier which had delivered o~ the pers not on to whom the defendant, if convicted, imprisonment -of mot Jess than ten years nor more than twenty-one yewe, Thoso severe ties are prescribod for the urpose of protecting letters sent and their conients, from violation by those throngh whose hands they must o resch thelr destination. the general language of the secon although, upon tho principie that the groater includes the lesa, T instruct you that, if the evidence satisfios you that the defendant took the money from tho lotter, 18 exhibited in proof, he must nocessarily have opencd the lefter, and thereby have violated the first, and be il unicr tho st sa well 28 uader th second aad coun The caso insisted upon by yibeiantially this s On b et ome David G e Post OMco in. Ottaws, Canada, cons tsining £12, made up by one £2 bill and two §5 bills of Canads moRey, sald etier being_directed to his son, Alphonss Giresur, in this clty. The letter {n question waa tered at Ottawa under the post tiond of the Dominfon of Canads, and was recelved ot §e Bow Oltco tn this clty on {10 0t of April st waa duly placed among the letters for city delivery, 21, pursuant {o the usago or regulations of tho Post 0cfies here, & notice wan eent throtgh the Post Office fothe pereon to whom tho letter was directed, notify= him of the fact that ihero was registered. letter for bim at the Post Olicr, and that it would bo deliv- ered to him if ho would call forit. By the usagsor of the Post Office, if a registored letter i3 00t called for n fifteen days after tho Grst motice is feat, anothier notice Is made outand gent to the ad- the person to whom the letter is o, and letters g un for unti] 1My second potico is eent are denominatod “second notice” letteras that the letter in question ¥anot called for o e Arst, notice and passed into thollst of second notice letters ; that on the Alst of 1y the defendant was arrested ob account of ceriain suspicions actions and circumatances which had been observed by the person set to watch him, iting under the charge of tho chief cler) 43 the Postmasters roam, ho was observe smething n his mouth, and on beipg required fo give 1£p, it proved ta be two £5 bills and one $2 bill, Csn. s zioney. On examining the letters which tho de- (endant biad been handling or sorting that morning, 1ad fust previons to his srrest, the letter in question T found bearlng tho appeiranco of having been opened or tampered with. The letter was returned by the Postmaster of this cif5 to the Postmaster at Otta. 3, with request that hé would bave it opened in his prisence for tho purpone of ascerialning i its com. the, the Government is o 24th i ) oo ;:hl:ing ‘money foun £ the part ‘of tho prosecution is, that the money thus taken from the defendant an the morniag of tho 2lst of May yastaken from this Girea Lot in question. It corresponds in amount and in de- forminstions 1ad nationality of the bills o that placed ach stress has been 18 by e prosecution—nd tfully, too—npon the attempte r Mbfikbrthudz‘;mdm', mdl{‘hl ent for me & murder, or the property faken after a larcen; o burglary, all of which, unlees 80mo othior satisfan. fory re3son for the action is shown, *are considercd as e criminal cansciousness of guilt, the part of the prosecution have been sad, if established, whether they fairly and A reasousbls doubt raisc the presumption of The burden of proof is upon the prosecution, and e proof must not only preponderate in nmnél tho bpothests of the guilt of the accused, but you must bo fUs8ed of his guilt beyond a reasoasblo doubt; for o consistent with = ressonablo frthe accused of the facts and circumstances which ,f!‘lll;;o establieh, when all taken together, the hypothe- . 1a Greomstance 1s sucej(idio of two xplanations, one tending to show ghu::zd the other innocence, ‘the nccused is entitled et favoralle explanation or conclusion. It is un- Whigary for me to recapilulste ihe festimony by € prosecution claims to establish the facts snd s metances from which thes clzim that you mus The e neceasity, infer the gullt of the defendant, to show how the business was trans- regard to registered lstfers; dulles of ihe defendant in that ' offics Sommection with such letters, snd with ihis s letter, and the time within which the letter hud poetion had boen in his bands; tho losces which Oficerpp,FUstained in that department of the Post j e syatem of esplonsge adopted ; the detalls Tiness Blattners observations while on the Lho scene in the Postmaster's room wken TGt e animed destroy of attempting to T teetmons 1 ooch B 1n the act 0e of his caflt—all ‘your recollection, and it s for sou to weigh, consider, and pass upon it. ‘The poiuts relled upon by the defenco may be, for convenience, classed under two head: first, the for- mer good character of the aceused ; eecond, tho jm- peachument of the credibility of the material witnasses Tor the proeecution, Inall criminal cases the accused has tho rightto show, if he i able to do 20, Lis previous good cliuracs ter, for the purpose of rebutting tha conclusfon of criminal intent or design from the suspicious circums #tances givea in evidence against him ; and when a cir- (- cumstance is susceptible of two constructions, oDs tending to ehow bis guilt, and nnother consistent with his innocence, evidence of former good character may turn the scale in favor of Lis innocence, This class of testimony should not be allowed much, if ay, weight against positive and direct evidencoof the gilt of the accueed ; but when it is_sought to estsblish guilt by evidence of suspicious circumstances alope, this class of evidence 18 entitlod to coneideration and weight, For instance: if a person is found in possessicn of stolen goods, possession alone, uuexplzined, is deemed eufficlent to justifya verdict for larceny against tho poescssor ; but in some cases the Courts have held that evidence of previously frreproachable character is sufiiclent toovercomo the presumption of gullt, becanse hie might have come in possession of them,or they Lave been in his poesession, witlont his ha been guilty of siealing them, He may havopurchased them honestly in trade from a stranger who has disappeared, or they might havo been left in his house or room ‘while lis was abeent, and he thereby be unable to ex— Lisin how they carmo spparently fa his possession. ut, a5 I eaid before, against very good evidence, or even a strong met-work of circumstances tend- ing inexorably to cstablish the guilt of tho accus ovidence of this kind ehould have very little weight, 88 we know how frequently persons of irreproachable fame havo ielded to temptation, and_commiited crime, ad slto with what facility slmost any person can’ call wit- nossea who have never heardany evil Teports ocncern- ing them, 1 say this much, not to disparage tho evidence of this kind which the accused has adduced, Dut ta caution you against giving too much welght 10 a kind of evidenca which almost any bad man can fn- voke in his favor, as the accueed will, of coarse, call galy Hliose whom he kuowa “sil only’speak favorably There are various ways of impeaching witnesses ; a3, for instance, by showing by the testimony of per- 002 who Xnow the witness that he or sho has 3. bad- reputation for {ruthfulness in {he neigh- borliood where he or she reeides and is nown, and i, therefore, not tobe belleved on cath; or thaba ‘witness has made statements of tho subject matter of his testimony contradictory and different from that testified to on the trisl. The Isiter is the method adopted in this caso. 1n referenco to this kind of im- cat, it will be suficlent for me to say tuat th contradiction must bo upon a material and relevant point, A witness may state a minor detall, not neces- sarily conncsted with the main incident, in 3 different mauner at different times, and yet not Justify a doubt a8 {0 the truthfulness of the main statement.” 8o, too, a witness msy have stated o matter differently from ‘what hoavers to when interrogated by an unauthor- ired, officious, or meddlesome person, on Prposo to throw such person . off the Beent, or Xeep him in the dark in regard to the evidoncein tha casc, Awitnessmsy also bave mada wilfully false statéments of material matters in regard to a transac— tion on other occasions, snd yet have sworn to tho truth on the trial, the credibility of 5_witness Delng ‘fter alla matierfor tho fury ; snd it belng for Lhem 10 5ay whother they think, under all the circumstances, the witness hos sworn to the trath or not on the tril, In this case you will boar in mind the examination of all the witnesses, Blattner, Stewart, Uenncberry, and Squires, upon thelr former teatimony {n_regard o the Taktn i thla case, 0 5o wil also.beax in mind tho testimony offered to ehow their former statements or testimony ; and it is for yon to ssy whethor ftherods any self-contradiction on any material point, And evan if such self-contradiction is_established, 1t will still be for you to determino whether the former or present statements are truc, 1 cannot dlsmias this branch of the czse without calling sour attention to the fact that tho learned couselfor the dsfence, to hls sble axgument, for bis client, admitted that, if tho jury believed the state- ment of the witness Stewart in regard to tho taking of tho money from tho mouth of the defendant, the jury must find the defendsnt gullty ; and tho nble_counsel then proceeded toargue that Sfewart’s tostimony was false, or ot worthy of credit, and, therefors, you' are nmot fo convict. This assum ton that Stewst bus cominitied ‘wital taitous , the most heinous o es, Fethiaps, knowa 10 the moral décaloguo or tho crimiast Code, should not be allowed to pase unchalienged by tho Gourt or jury. Tho want of adequale motive for committing the crime is usually desmed one of the eat evidences of the innocence of the accuscd person. And here o effort is mado by the proof to show that Slewast had any motiye o prompt him to the perro- xtion of the crimo with which bo 1 chazgod by coun- s0], for it ia dmitted that. if Stewnrtold the trath, the defendant s guilty. Tho record is barren of any evidence to show that Stewar, or suy Of tho witnosses for tho prosecution 'for that matter, had sny revengo or {lwill fo gratify, or any end of their own to attain by ewearing falscly against ho defenaant. T eay this not for tho purposs of ad- mitting that you are obliged toaccept tho dilemmaof tho Gouneel's argument, bnt. simply for the purpose of cautioning you not %o hastily accopt the ‘conclusion of Jury againat the witnessos for the prosecation un- oss ully warranted by the evidence, Nor do T intand £0 88y bt what perjury may be proven g0 cleatly that it must bo taken as established ogninst 5 person withe ont & motive being disclosed ; but, 38 5 general rule— 2 reasonablo rulo—no such crimo &hould bo_presumed againat o pereom, bo he witness or party, witliout some temptation or motio being sbown, To conclude, then, if you find, from & carefal con- siderntion of all thofacts, tnat the defendant is gullty of tho offence charged, or of elther of the offences named in the indictment, you will 537 50 by your ver- dict, 1f, on tho contrar, you find there is & reason- able doubt of tho defendant’s guilt, either because of the want of the credibility of the witnesses, or any of them, for the prosecution, or for theresson that all the guspicions circumetanoes giren In evidonco nguinat e {ctondant aro still ecomcilsble wih the bypothesis of ocence, you will so fnd. - The totas of your verdict will ba: W, tho jury, £ind the defendant guilty, or mot guilty, a8 you may find. The extent of punishment is to be fxed by the Court under tho law; therefors, as the punishment under tho first connt is ifferont from that under the second and third counts, you will gay, if guilts, under which count of counta of the indictment you i your vordict, . . : THE TERDICT. The jury then rotired to confult, 2nd after an absence of three-quarters of xn hour returned, sud, through the foreman, said they had found the de!am‘fmf. guilty of all three counts in tho indictment. THE PRISONER was overwhelmed by the announcement, and raised hig hands to hishead and wept. His wife, who was seated beaido him, uttered & shrill cry and fainted. he recoveredin & moment or two, and ing her husband by the head, drow him towards her and cried bitterly. Her mother and Geuman's friends gathored sxound the unhappy couple, and endeavored to console them, but without - avail. Mr. Mrs, Can- men's brother, was mnot prement when the verdict was rendered. He came _into Court directly aftey its announcemeut, and was visibly affocted. Ho mauifested his grief by throwing himself into a chair, snd then, jump- ing to his feot, calliug upon_the Almighty to 4 d—n the sconndrels who had sworn a man's lifo away.” The Court room was full of spec- tators, many of whom conld not svoid pa- thizing with Canman. They quietly withdrow when the verdict was_given, lesving him alone with his relatives, and bat fewheard his counsel make & motion for & new trial. s e e IS THIS TRUE? M. Bexton, the Bt. Louis Fire Marshal, in a conversation with a reporter of the Missouri Re- publican a dayor two ago, made the following rather extraordinary statoment : r. Bextan, a8 the conversation drew fo a close, gave A bricf resumoe of his experiences in_ Chigago o few ‘montbs ago, while participating in atrial of engines, hehaving in charge an engine of the Ahrens’ Cincine nati pattern, p ed for the uso of (ho St. Louls Fire Dopartment, The opposition e were all operatod on a rotary plan, snd were of Fastern make. Alr. Sexton eays: X Tho tris® wasto take place befors the Mayor, a ‘number of members of the City Council, snd other guns, and eo T wanted my engine to have s fair show. §ant before the trial cams off however, T found hat Ty cngine was 88 cold as ice, while the others wera warm. T complained, and fhey sald: ‘Well, your enging con raise steam quicker than (lie others, “and wo want to give them all & fair ehow. “Well’ says I, “that’s pretty good. Do you know the frat principle of a fire engine 7" “The man I was speaking t Fire ors, said bLe belleved he did, Manage “T will do as the Yankee did and answer a8 well 8 aak the question. ' The first prixciplo of o fire engine is to raise steam ; if my engine can do that quicker than tho others it ix the best machine. That settlen the guestion right ot the start.’ He laughed, but didn't gay much, and I thought T wonld let the trial go on. Well, they ‘drow tho engines up, four abreast, ‘mine in the centre, Before trial begin I turned to Mayor Bledill (there was large crowd around, toojand Eaid : ¢ Afr, Medill, do you know thiat one of thess en- gines has forty pounds’ of steam already raised, and another nineteen, while my engine hiaan't bad fire tonched to her yet 7' 44 That raised = stir, but the trial and wo had vater in one miniite and several seconds less iime than any of them. When it came o the throw wo throw 2 horizantal stream over forty-nine feet shead of any of them, Well, of conrse, I gof to blackguarding them thep, snd one of the engineers of the Eastern en- ginessaid ‘Well, e beat you on a perpendicalar throw.’ The Judges zeemed to be of the same way of thinking, and ‘that made me mad, £o I sald: ‘I havent got much money with me—only & thousand dollars—but 111 bet that much that my engine can throw kgher than elther ane of the rotarles. Do you mean to tell mo that an engine that can {hrow fifty feet fur- ther horizontally can’t beat them perpendicularly? T'll make the trial now, or any time on may give us.} With that the Eastern engineer said, ‘Oh, we ain’ta Deiting.! Then I wanted permission to throw over their shiot-tower, but the men in it wonldu't allow it, Then Iacked them if we cowid throw in tho sireet, They kald yes, and we soon settled the quention na to which enging could throw the highest. Stil they wouldn't givo in, and Il be—if they didn' buy thireg of the rotary engines,” County Contracts, The Board of Commissioners yesterday awarded to Cameron, Amberg & Co., Nos. 35 and 37 South Canal street, the contract for furnishing the st=tionery suj ‘plies, various temss of printing, and all the recor and blank books nesded by the fmany Courts and ofi ces of the county for the present year. General satls- factlon is expressed by all the officers at the actlon of e o3 the 8rm named fled the contract Buring year i & mepner creditable to themsslves, Tt wosa of complaint from any oficer f the county, ! ferred to the Committee on Licanses. .G. A. Hoffman, 24,887. who.wa# one of the COUNTY MATTERS. The Comnuissioners ‘in Ses- sion Yesterday Af= termoon. Dr. Bluthardt’s Little Game Completely Exposed. Award of Contracts for Supplying Groceries, Drugs, Printing, Stationery, Ete. List of Proposed Salaries of Cook County Officiais. The Board Shows How Easy It Is to Vote Away Other People’s Money, - An sdjourned meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, President Miller in the chair, Thero were present, Commissioners Ashton, Crawford, Harris, Harri- eon, Herting, Bogne, Clough, Galloway, Jones, Lonergan, Pahlman, Russoll, Singrr. APPEALS FOR PROMIBITION. A communication was resd from citizens of River Forest inthe Town of Proviso, geiting forth their protest against allowing the sale of liquors in tho River House, in that village. Re- A similar communication from citizons of AMaywood was similarly disposed of. AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. The Bpecial Committce appointed to consider the various bids for groceries, bread, and Hour, reported recommending the award of tho flour contract io Schweinfurth & Co., at $£6.75 per barrel ; bread to Fred. Volz, at 3 and 16-100 cents per pound; and groceries to Jamos Forsyth & Co. at tho following rates for the principsl itoms : Sugar, standard A, 12 cents per pound; Excelsior brown, 93¢ cents per pound; coffce, ground, 20 cents; whole, 193¢ @213 cents; syrups, 26, 45@53 conts per gal- lon; teas, 43, 56, 62@92 cents per pound; gonp, b5Y%@14 cents per pound; kero- sene, 30 conts per gallon; starch, 8%/@9}4 cents por pound ; candles, 193¢ cents ; rice, 73 centa ; ~inegar, 20 cents per gallon; salt, ©2.60 per bar- rel, and 50 cents per sack. The roport was con- curred in. PBINTING. The Committee on stationery and printing ‘bids reported, recommending tho award of con- tracts as follows: Blanks, “to Clark & Edwards; pamphlets, Camoron & Amberg, at 50 cents for composition; 15 cents per pound for book paper; 1 for press-work, and $1.75@8.20 for binding; Assessor's blanks, the Staats Zeilung Printing Company, st £119.70; blank books, record books, binding, ote., for the Courts and offices of Cook County, at €6,895.80 for estimated quantity tobe used, and $3,423 for books for the Recorder's offico. The report was concurred in. DRUGH. &0 - The Spocial Committee on bids for drugs and modical | supplies reported that the various Ppropositions covered in_bulk tho followinz smounts: T. J. Bluthardt, $3,190.12 ; Hurlbut & Edsall, 84,120.57 ; L. D. Garrison, §4,493.817 85; J, W. Ehrman, 84,635.31. The report adds: “Your Committes are farther advised that the per- son presenting the lowest bid in the above list did pro- pose & collusion with another bidder.to induce him or them not to bid, eo that money might be mads out of the county, promising s large trade with seld party or firm if he or they would not compete. For this reason your Committee have decmed it proper to report tho facts and testimony, without recommendation es to avard. W The testimony referred to by the Committeeis a8 follows : 1 am employed as a salesman by the firm of Harlbut & Edsall, doing business at Nos. #4 and 40 River street, Chicago, On the 10th day of December, 1872, I was in the Cook County Commissioner’s room making prep- srations to make propoeals for the above named firm for furnishing mecdical supplics to Cook County dllru:g the year 1873 (which proposnls had then been advertis: for), and while in that room Dr, T. J. Bluibardt was introduced to me by Dr. Ben C. Miller, Dr. Bluthardt #aid to me that he Bad a proposition to mako the firm I nn‘r’emmd, and procecdod to_stato it in words to the following effect, viz.: That if Hurltut & Edsall would withdraw and make no proposal, thus ending competi- tion (it then appearing that thess two houses would be the only idders), that e, Dr. Bluthardt, would put in a bid st priced which would pay him better profits on phanmacen rations, and in coneideration of Hurlbut & M’: ‘with- drawal, be, Dr. B,, would purchase of H. & E., at cur- rent market ratos, the g 6 required to fill the county xe&n!sluam. 80 far as they kept them, and in sddition thereto goods enough to make the IE 1te purchase during the year 1873, $10,000. I replied that I would submit his proposition to Mr. Hurlbut, and so did, The same day Mr. Iurlbut replied by letter to Dr. Bluthardt, entirely refusing to conaider his roposition ; and I further affirm that the copy of said etter, read by me on Saturday afternoon, Jax. 11, 1873, before the Committec, consiating of Mesars. Clough, Galloway, Lonergan, and Singer, waa trus copy. axes D. HYpx, Sworn to and subscribed beforo me this 13i day “of January, 1873, by James D. Hde, aanary, 1675, by Jagea EUrn¥oK, Notary Public, - ASHTON TO THE RESCUE. * Commiasioner Ashton said this was all a tem- est in & tespot, and ho moved that the contract B e rarian 6 D, Bluthardt as belng the lowest bidder. The nndemtrmdfi‘g betwoen Dr. Bluth- ardt and Hurlbut & Edsell had nothing to do with the morits of the case; but, in any. ovent, it had resulted lo the bepefit of tbe county. The motion gmrnllm ‘:fi a vote of 10 to 4, Com- missioners Clough, Galloway, Singer, and Lon- ergan voting in tho negative. - ko Committeo on bids for miscellaneous sup- plies were not ready to report, snd further time was granted. 2 FIXING BALARIES. ; The Board then resolved itself into Committes '{ of the Whole, Commissioner Bogus in the chair, to consider the report of the Committee on Public Bervice. For tho salary of Judge of the County Court, £7,000, the amount fixed by Iaw, was not changed, and two bailiffs wers voted 21,200 each per year. For the salarics of tho various Judges of the Circuit, Superior, and Criminal Courts tho amonn{s fixed by [aw were not changed, but for the 28 bailiffs in theso Courta the uniform pay of $4 per day was adopted. 7 CIRCUIT CLERK'S OFFICE. = In addition to the fixed salary of the Circuit Clerk, the salary of his Chief Clerk was fixed at ,400; Assistant Chief Clerk, 81800; two common and chancery law Tecord writers, each, $1,800; four Court -clerks, £1,200 each; two ofifce clerks, $1,000 each. In the itema for com- mon 2nd chandery law writers, Commissioner Gallawsy moved to fix their salaries at 31,500 ench, instead of 1,800, but the motion was lost. RECORDER'S OFFICE. Commissioner Harrison moved to fix at £2,000 the pay of the Chief Clerk in the Recorder's offica; - lost. Commissioner Galloway moved that it ba 22,400, and the motion prevaifed. Tho of the Aisistant Chief Clerk was fixed at 21,600; Entry Clerk, §1,600; Superintendent of the Folio Department, 21,800; Superintendent of Records, $1,200; three index clerks, each, §12,000; four comparers, cach, §1,000; map clerk, $1,600 ; folio writers, 4 cents per falio for words actuslly written. This Iatter item was the occasion of consider- ablo discussion. 2 Commissioner ‘Clough moved to fix the at 8cents per folio, tho same as paid by Gassette. Ho did not s00 why tho County shounld pay more than a private individual. The motion was lost. Commissfoner Galloway moyed to fix the price at, 83 cents per folio for words actually written, This nlso whs voted down. . gk Commissiono: Miller moved that the price bs 4 centa for words actually written, sad tho mo- tion prevailed. 5 SHERITF'S OFFICE, Commissioner Crawford moved the passsge of a resolution cslling uni)lnn tho Legislature to pass a Lill roquiring thatall feesin tho Bherill's office shall be paid in advance. This was adopted. The printed schedule of salsries provided for #ix Doputy Sheriffa at $2,500 each B et Commiseioner Ashton moved that the salary be fixed at 32,500 Lost. g Commiesioner Clough moved that £1,500 be the sum, Lost. Commissioner Galloway moved to fix the ealary of the six deputies 3¢ 1,800 each. Car- ried. s Four Deputy Sheriffs (for céountry services it was explained) wars voted each per year. 3 ° Tho report provided for an offics clerk, ¥ith a salary of 22,500, Commissioner Ashton moved to make it £2,000 ; lost. Commissioner Gallowsy, 81,800 ; Tost.- Commissioper Clough, £1,500,at whick figure it was carried. The assistant office clerk was voted 3900. Tha Jailor's wea recommended at :83,000, "at which sum_Commissioner Ashton ‘moved that it be fixed, nging it in» longthy or- ,gument, but to no purpose, as tho motion was lost. Commissioner Galloway moved to fix it at 32,400, and this was adoptod. The JTailor's aseistant was voted £1,2%0. Items of €600 each, for clerk and cook in the |- 3ail, were sfricken out, sioner Millor. uTg'o Jjail watchmen were provided for at £000 -each. on motion of Commis- OTHED SALARIES. A Coroner's aseistant tras recommended at the snug ealary of §2,000 a year. It was Dunn, and stll;}itdv‘r,:u lnnf done. hcommiaaiontfirx Harrison spoiled the little game by moving to the pa; at 1,200, which was agreed to. A Lo 'he salary of the Assislant Soperintendent of Schoolswas fixed at 8720. A janitor for the Court House was held to be worth 8900 janitor for the City Hall, 5790 ; as- sistant, 8600; watchman for the Court House, 2720 ; watchman for the City Hall, 8720. At this point the Committee arose, reported ‘progress, asked leave to sit again, and the Board adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. THE PERFUMERY WAR. : The Mayor on the Outcfi’ Against the Fertilizing Works. e Clalms that Hyde Park Is Not Tronbled With Any Odor from Ainsworth. The Mayor yosterday made tho following state- wmont to a TRIDUNE roporter in relation to the Hydo Park outery againat tho Northwestern Fer- tilizing Company : Ainswortl is situated one milo and a half south of the old line of tho Township of Hydo Park. Ona straight line, due north and south, itis two miles east of the Hyde Park House; ands line drawn north from Ainsworth falls into the lake £wo miles from the Hyde Park Houso and three miles from the hneof the Township of Hyde Park. Unless thowind happens to be from one particalar point of the thirty-two on iho compass, pamely, the southecast by east, Hyde Park village does nol experience tho least odor . from Ainsworth. The eouthenst wind would carry the emell to the west of tho Town- ohip of Hyde Park; & west windvould blow it over the railroed track; & south wind would Iand 1t in the lake. It is only when the wind is qguartering as above mentioned that the smell comos near the village, half way botween the southeast and tho goumth. No southwest wind affocts it,—that carries the smoll awar; and the prevelence of this wind is attested by the per- etual odors from Bridgoport to Chicago. Winds from the north, west, northoast, east, east by Mth;rEr east by south wonld not affect the village. Tho only quarter is that described, and the wind does not blow from this quarter move than four days in 365. Thero isno place within a radius of 14 miles of the centre of the city from which smells would be can\t‘oa;_d into unwelcome places thau that st ‘worth, or which would incommode the people of Hydo 'Park less. Of course, if the establish- ment could bo moved down to the mst sontherly poit in the Township of Bloom, tiore would be Joss smell on_account of tho greater distance, but it would be in & more direct line with the provailing winds, for the wind from the ;auu.x is more frequent than from the sontheast ast, ¥ Thio Mayor bas o feeling in the matter, ex- copt that the City of Chicago must not be hedg- od in or destroyed by her suburbs, and _thers 10 place within 14 miles of the city whera the slaughter-houses can bo placed and do so littlo injury. "ho Msyor holds that the allughlarinfilnr ani- mala constitutes a very important branch of our local industry, and is the most important item of production. We live, o psys, in this climate, on moat more than on anything else, and killing this meat is onr largest industry. Abolish thi, suppresses the business, and yon Teduco tho population of the city by at lesat omo-fourth, for this industry represents fully a fourth of the population. Itamountato $100,000,000 2 year, and 1t would be the most serious step that thecity of Chicago over undortook. And these circam- atances would assuredly follow tho removal of the eatablishmont from Ainsworth. The town- ships nnd villages round Chicago, therefors, must not ba permitted to deprive the city ol some place to doposit the offal from theslaughter- bouees, for it must bo dumped somowhere. By opposing this they would destroy the city, and coneequently kill themselves. 3 ‘Tho Mayor insists that tho offence commitied by Ainsworth on Hyde Parlk is against o few real estate specnlators, and that this injury is purely imaginary, for they cannot show t they are o to suffer half a dozen times a yezr. In addition to this, the Mayor states that the Ainsworth Company claim~ that under thoir charter they have a_vested right to carry on their busincss. The matter is now in tho Courts, and there it rust be determined. If thore is & nuisance, they must abate it; if the Company themselves are a nuisance, thoy must be abated. They claim, howover, that they aro in possession of a process by which the material upon which their work con be completely de- orized, and that they were ‘about to in- troduce it into -their works at the - time of tho fire s fow duys sgo. They will make nso of this process in their new works: If thisis truo, eays the Ml.{ar then Hyde Park should encourago the establishment . rathor than to ex- torminate it, as it will give mgoymenz to bon- dreds of people, and incresase the value of: adja- cent property. A, Medill concludes that while he is Mayor of the m{’ his first and highest allogiance {a to the City of Chicago. ' ; REAL ESTATE. The following instruments were lllmi for z;an- ord on Mondsy, Jan. 13: crrx PROPEETY. . South Halsted st, 8 & cor of Thirly-third st, wf, 513 1t, running to east end of block, dated Dec. 25, 1672; conslderation, $23,000. Gt g Ruble st, s of and . near Sixteenthst, wf,24ft to alley, dated Oct. 30, 1872; conslderation, $925. Second st, bet Armour and Bickerdike sts, .1, 50 £t toalley, with 50 £t in adjoining block, dated Jam.G; consideration, $5,600, — Lot 4 In Asscasor’s Lots 23 {0 25, fn North Addition dated Feb. 25, 1873 ; consideration, $325. -Langleyat, 264 {t n of Thirty-nfnth sf, e f, 38 feet, running 10 énd of Iot, dated Dec. 7, 1873; considera 5-first-st, bet' Butterfield Lot 41, dated Oct. 9, 1872 ; consideration, ) North Dearborn st, 1003 fect s of North av, ef, 50T 149 ¢, dated Jan, 15, 18795 consideration, $8,750. Lots 87 and 38 in Block 3 of Millard & Decker’s @ 3 elfof n'w i Sec 26,39,13, dated Aug.1, 1872; con- sideration, $1,200. in Assesior’s e of n W X Sec 2, 14 dated Jan_3; conslderation, $1.500, W 1 acre of w 5 of o 20 acres of 8 & X Secil, 3, 13, Secdl, 39, 14, ration, $2.960. | Lot 24, in Block 2 of Quentin’s Babdiviaion in Blocks 23 and 18, Sheffield’s Addition, dated Jan. 11 consid- eration, $750. g Park b, bet Leavitt and Hoyne sts, 1, 61 1t o alley, dated Nov. 1, 1612; consideration, £10,000. Lota 1 and 2, {n Block 3, of Waterman’s subdivision 1n € 35 of n 3 Bec 6, 39, 14, dated Dec. 2, 1673; conaid- 400, o s Iatlmafilndfl,innlotkfl,&c 7, 39, 14, dated Jan. 2; consideratian, $1,400, 5 % Btate st, bet Fourieenth mdmmm,whml} ey, June 21, 1872; considerstion, $24,000. Lot § to ¥ in Block 1, of Hamilton's wife 3 ofn b4 il ) 14, dated Dec. 17,1872 ; oonsideration, %, of Sublots 6 108, of Lot 15, in Block 3, T, 8. Bak A4d, dated Dec. 10, 1672; consideration, $500. NORTZ OF CTrY Lywrrs, , Frederick st, cor Louis st, u 1, 100x174” 6-10 ft, dated Jan. 9; consideration, $4,600. . or crrx Laerms, in University Subdivislcn, in 8607, 38, 14, dated July 17, 1872 ; consideration, $300. Lot 210, in David Henry's Subdivisionin s e 3 of n'e 1 ‘Bec 9, 39, 14, dated Dec, 23, 1872 ; conaideration, Lot 27, of Bonerbry and Olds’ Lots 2107, in Bosen- merkel's 5 3¢ of Lot in Sec 16, 38, 14, dated Jan.8; constderation. $600. Lot G, in Block 4, of n T4 rods of & 3 ¥, Sez. 4,29, 14, dated Oct. 15, 1572 ; consjderation, $450. Lot %, in Biode . 1 e daied Moy, 4.1872; con- elderats - = Lots 22 an: i Block 77, of Bimbarks Addition to i2; consl A S kT 3 of Bec. 9, 38, 14, with other property, dsted Feb, 10, dom, $1,500. e T . The Wilson Underfeed as reached what seems to be the paint of perfection among sewing. michines, Improvements bave been made from time to time, until now if stands at the Bead of the Hat, combining Il that can be dexired for a family machine. Itis trulya family friend, sa thon- £ands of sdmirers bear witness, It issold st 3 much 1esa price than any machine. Sales- room st No, 878 West streot, Chicago, and in all other cities in the United States, The Company 'WARS sents 3 country | tho stores on Randolph street, with varions other HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS. | Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors. Reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Iiatron. Election. of Officers—The Church Com- mittees, Etc. The Board of Managers of the Chicago Home of the Friendless mot in tho parlors of that in- stitution yosterday afternoon, Alr. F. D. Gray in tho chair, aud Mr. E. M. Boring acting as Socre- tary. About twenty ladies were present. The regular annual routine business was transacted with the usnal unobtrusive formalitics. SECRETARY'S REPORT. The Secretary presented his report, showing s highly favorable exhibit for the lastyesr. The Iast aunual meoling followed close upon the heelsof the great fire, and things at that timo had their discouraging aspects. But tho ex- perience of tho last twelve months showed tiat tho strong feith in which tho institution had beon fonnded had been fully wairanted, Its objects were still tha ecme, that ir, to furnish o homo to friendless women end children, and to cure, by preventing, the evilsjof society. Tho reporsof the matron showed that there had been admitted sinco tho last anumal roport : Adults, 933; childron, 524, Total, 1,580, Also that thero were present on the first of June Iast 102, and that the average family had boen 132. Theso persons were sheltered and fed; many of them were clothod, and received medi- cal attention. The children had been instructed in an excollent school, and had been further- more instrueted in the practical duties of life. The report also stated thet 350 meals had been given to hungry men, : FINANCIAL REPOST. The roport of the Treaaurer also showed a8 favorablo a condition of affairs as could bo ex- pected. The gross smonut recerved during the year from all dources was §22,093.49; the total expenditures, $22,150.35; or 205.86 in excoss of all recoipts. To the expenditures shomld bo added tho ontstanding bills ordered to be paid at the lnst sunual meeting, amounting to ©1,500, and from the receipts should be deducted 210,- 900,25 set spart for the payment of principal and interest on tho debt of tho Home. ~ The ag- gregates would then stand: Total receipts, €11,193.24; total cxpenditures, $12,759.10, In addition to tho moneys specificd, large amounts of fuel, provisions, clothing, and other necossa- rios havo been roceivod. considorable in the sg- gregate, and useful for tho Homo. THE SCHOOL. Several hundred children had been placed in Christian families, whero they were generully doing weill. The benofit thus conferred by the Hom upon society aad upon iadividuals conld not be over-estimated. ~The school had been doing well. It is supported by the interest of a fand loft in trust to the Home by the late Jon- athan Burr. From the executors of the estate, 2,000 more had beon _received, which had been put out atinterest. The total smount thus far recrived is $18,810. The Barr School and Mission continue in progress. The bm'minlgunu heen put in com~ &I)etc repair. A [ibrary has been added, towhich th young and old had access. From tho estate, during tho year, $5,000 bas been received, which has been pat out &t in- terest, making tho total thus far received 887,620, Mr. Burr left in trust two storeson Randolph street, the thres-fourths of the rent of which was to go to pay the current expenses of the l.mms,h and one-fourth to assist in the su; portof the mission. Theso stores are nearly robuilt, and will soon bo ready for occupancy. Where the means is to bo obtained to pay the deticit is not apparent, but the Managers hops for the best. Tho report of thd Secratary, of which tho above ia & compend, closed with an oxpression of thankfulness to the friends of the Home, the railroads, the press, etc., for the faithful manner in which they had - stood by the institution and rogardod its interosts. : OTHER REPORTS. The usual formal reports from the Matron, the schiool, and the mission were duly made. Mr. Gray, the President of the Board of Man agers, gave s defailed account of the bilding of memoranda. He thought that the Committes desorved some censure for the delay in rebuild- ing, but the architects were not entirely blame- less in tho matter. There being a surplus of stores to rent it did not seem likely that these would be lessed before the 1st of May. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 5 The following ofticora were elected for the en- suing year: OFFICERS OF THE TONT, President—T. D, Gray. Tice President—Mancel Talcott. Sceretargi—E. M. Boring. Recording Sgerefary-—3r. ¥. . Gray, Trecasurer—N. B. Kidder. Matron—3rs. 3. Grant. MaNAGERS, Mrs. E. 8. Wodsworty, Mre. A, H. Hoge, Mra. Anna M. Gibbs, Mrs. N, B. Judd, Mrs, Van H. Higgins, dLrs. . 7. Cilver, Mre, James Larmon, Mre.-Chusles Whecler, Mrs. Robert Harris, Mrs. Dr. Banks, Mrs. N, P. Wilder, Mrs, F. D, Grey. LOCAL MANAGERS. Daptist—First Church, Mra., 3. M, Marshall, Mrs, J. F. Gillette; Second Church, Alrs, Alonzo Snider, Mre, J. B, Storey ; Michigan Avenue Church, Alrs, Dr, Miller, ‘iss Mary Thomas ; University Place Church, Mre: Professor Arnold ; Union Park, Mra. Heath; Fifth Chreh, Mrs, 0. L. arker; Indiina Avenue, Mrs. Van Winkle, 3rs, I, 8, Bristol} Freewill Chnreh, Mrs. J. Bartlet!, Mrs, A, P, Downe; Western Avenué Church, Mrs, Newland. niccrsalist—St, Pul's Clinreh, Mrs, E. F. Pulsifer; Chareh of the Redeemer, 3irs, W, Woodard. Unitarian—Clurch of the Messiah, Mrs, G. P. Gore; Unity Place, Mrs. W. 0. Dow ; Third Chureh, Mrs, 3. D, Ward. Presbylerian —First Church, _ Mrs; Chag. Wheeler, Mrs, Georgo Loflin, Mra. H. L B. Bud; Becond Churchs, Mrs, James Couch, Mry, Fdward Ely, Mrs, B, 0. Meldrom; Third Chufeh, Mrs, Sanford Johnson; Fourth Church, Mre, A. Keith, Mra. C. N. Shipman, Mrs. Wirt Dexter; Elghth Church. rs. Witney? Fullortan Avenue Church, Mrs. Meservo: Jeflerson Park Church, Mre, Dr. Rbes; Hydo Park, Mew, James Wadswort, who has friends in the city wiom thiey want vizited, or concerning whom they want informa- tion obtained. All cases recommended to its caro will receive prompt attention. The monthly meeting of ladies for the dizcus- sion of domestic, social, and educational ques- tions will be held at No. 121 Calumet averuc this slternoon, at 2 o'clock. All ladies who may be intercsted are invited to attend. Tho Young People's Social Club of the Third Pregbyterian Church will mect this ovening, in the chapel of the charch. Professor Swin will read an essay, and thera will be music an rafreshments. A delightful evening may well be anticipated. About 7 o'clock last ovening a middle-aged lady was run_over by a Lnggy At the corner of Stato and Thirty-first atreets. She was knocked down aud badly injured. She was carried to a re:gihhonug drug store, where she received at- eution, . - Thero aro three classes of people in Chicago who ouglit to Lo extermmnated ; {1) Patientaxio persiat i gaying they arc uot sick when the Doc- for is really anxious to increase his bill ; (2) Customers who will not put implicit confidence in tho dry-goods clerk ; and (3) Clients who are impudent cnough to #eo when thsy are being robbed outright. A litorary and musical goireo, under tho ans- pices of tho Yonng People’s Atsociation of Ply- mouth Clureh, wiil be given tlis evening i the Church, corner of Indiana avenue and ‘I'wenty- sixth street. Professor A. L. Burbank, the pop- ular and talented clocutioniet, will give & choico scloction of readings, and music, both vocal and insiramontal, will Le furnished by the organist and choir of the Churcl. “The.” Cameron, tho somewhat notorions gambling-louse at No. 92 West inon stract, and fen men who were arrested in his placo by tho West Sids police, on Satur: dsy, were arraigned boforo Justice Seally, ses- arday. dofendants wero remanded for further examina- tion on Thuradas. It will bo remembered that, after s short, sharp, and bitter fight betwoen the Merchants' Union and American Express Companies, the former was swallowed up by tho Iatfer. “Since tho consolidation the Company has been known a3 the * Amorican-erchauts' Union,” but it has been decided that tho ¢ Morchants’ Union™ shall ¢ dio tho death,” and on the 1st of Fabruary that part of the name will be dropped, aund tho Company will thereafter bo oa e 4 American Express Company.” The reportorial staff of Tuz TRIDUNE desires to return their thanks to Messra, F. Nickerson & Son, of No. 241 Micligan avonue, for o basket of mummoth “spples, Jmown_as ' ¢ Thompson County King " variety, grown by B. G. Bull, of Littls Prairic Rouds, Michigan. The basket gont to this uflice are a part of a barrel exhibited at the lant Michigan State Fair, and which took tho first promiam. Fersons desirimg to sce s sample from the premium barrel cando 5o by calling at No. 91 Bouth Water streat. ‘The gervices at tho ThirdPresbyterian Church, corner,of Washington sud Carpenter streets, were unnsually impressive on Sunday. It was tho communion service, and the number of com- municants filled the entire floor of the large building, #o thst chairs were placed in tho alsles. The pulpit was tastefully decorated with fowers and vines. Tifty-six united with the church, of which number twenty-threo confessed the love of Christ for the first time, and fourteen of thess wero heads of families, men and women in mid- dlo life, The entire service was one of the mot interesting and affeoting that has ever been witnessed in this city. Yesterdsy, as tho workmen on the Merchants' Building woro hoisting a latge pisce of belt- course for the cornico of tho fourth story, aud Ladclovated it to s point over sixty feat from tho sidewalk, the lowis” slippod out, and down came the stone, bringing with it a quoin- stone,—both descending with & cresh through the pavemont beneath. Fortunatcly, the men sapogod escaped in time and 1o om0 was in- jured. Accidenta of this character have been too frequent thia season, owing to contractors allow- ing unskitled mechanica to fit the “lowia" in the stone. It i3 n very important post, and de- mands considerable care and experience. The annual maoting for the election of a Board of Dircctors, for the yesr 1873, of the Chicago Gas Light and Colio Company, was held yestor- day afternoon in the Company's office on Hub- bard court. There were present Messrs, 8. B. Cobb, Fred.W. Peck,V. C, Turer, Ssmuel John- son, J. Beecher, B. V. Raymond, E. T. Watkins, B. 8, Morris, A, T. Dicky. Sixty-four thousan two hundred and one shares were represented, at 25 ashare. The following gentlomen wers elected Directors: A. T. Dicky, B. B. Cobb, B. 8. Maris, J. Beecher, P. L. Goe, B. W. Hay- mond, John A. Brown, Jr., of New York; §. A. Smith, E. I. \vatkins. Tho meeting then adjourned. About 11 o'clock night before last & man named Danicl Burgoss was set upon by two highwaymen vwhile passing near tho comer of Twelfth street and Ashland avenue. One of them prosented a_ rovolver at his hesd, and threatencd to blow it to atoms unless he spoedi- Iy handed over his valuables to his companion, who stood in readiness to receive them. Lur- geey conxidorately followed the * pad's™ advice, rendoring up a costly watch and £52 in cash. Bimon O'Donnell is on tho track of the thiaves, and, if his former success in running down peo- plo of tho kind is sny criterion to_judge by, Lose two highwaymon will be soon in the Peni~ tentiary. A regular meeting of the Polico and Fire Com- missiguers was_beld yestorday afternoon, the Dresident, Mr. Keno, in the chair. The other two Commissioncrs were alfo present. Com- missioner Sucridan was present at 2 o'elock, Commissioner Klokke at 2:30, and Commis. sioner Reno at4 o'clock, just after the Doard mot. Robert E. McFarlandwas, on motion, ap- pointed to regular service. Officer John Casay was finod ten dnys'dy-y for disobedience of orders and inattention to daty. Oflicer Jobn Clark was charged with intoxication, inattention to duty, and conduct unbecoming an officer. The do- cision of tho Board was reserved. The other cases, and thero was a hr’%e docket of them, were faid over. Tho Board adjourned. Abont 11 o'clock yesterday morning, a brick pler inthe new six-story brick andstons building, own- edby Benjamin Lombsrd, on Dearborn street, be- tween Van Buren and Jackson, gave way, pre- ciginfing the floors above it to the basement. There were mln[ workmen in. the building at the time, many of whom woro engaged in the vic cinity of the pior, but fortunately they escaped Tfl%‘fl.m KenuaLCfinu?g. u}‘fz"‘y‘?}"“ injury. ib'ha u;lxilflca was connidmblyd;mfid urch. Mra. Thoman . B, F. Alur | jneide, but the walls were not injure pby; Clark Stree: Church, Mrs, Professor Wheeler | Tho penoral expression among the work- R, ¥. Queal; Grace Cnurch, Mrs, J. B, Hobbs; Cenfennary, Clured, Mra. John A. Packard ; Ada Streel Church, 3Mrs, Brewster; Grant Flace Church, Mre. E. M. Boring; Michigan Avenus Church, J. lfltng Mra, imit Mre, B. J. Cbas, 8 Park’Avenue Church, Miss, Etta Springer ; St, John's Church, Mre, Tiffany, 3Mrs, C. G. Truesdall; Simpeon - Btroot Cht Mrs. 12 A, Forsyth; Maxwell Street Church, Mre. Daggett; Western Avenue Church, Mrs, Episcopal—Trinity Church, 3frs, Edward Forman ;* B Brey Btk M. General Sherisln: s, J. A Ellis; Grace, Mrs, Wiiliam Swmith, s, Bfartin Andrews: 8t Johw's, Mrs. Atkins; Christ Glureh, Mrs, Smail. Congrepational—First Church, A, 8. 2frs. Medill ; Plymouth, Mrs. F, A, Stevens ; Ne land, s, F. Bi. Grogin ; Ms, George Herbert : Union Park, Mre. B, B, Boynton; Tabernacle, Mrs, Williams;. South, aira. W. W. Bullen Lesvit Stiect, ire. 2oses imith. . Swedenborgian—Xrs, O, W. Sanford, Friends—31rs. Plfl'u‘hig. Ecanston—2ra. N. P. g,leh:.fi. AMrs, J. H, Kedsie, rs, O, M. Murray, Miss blaikie. Hightand F}:arl:ialn E. H. Dentson, Lake Forest, C. . B. Farwe . Rivergide—Mrs. Willlams, River Forest—re, Watson Thatcher. Auditing Committeo—~iss Blakie, 3rs, Harris, Treasurers—>r. Boring and Mr, Guild, The offieers of the Home and the general man- agers - were empowered to sell or otherwise con- seryed one of the combatants meu waa that the supports wore inadequate to sustain the immense weight of the floors above them, and they assigned the accident to this cause. Bat it is more reasonsble to suppose that the frost, coming out of the brick pins and walls, had caused them to eettls, aand thus be- come incapable of sustaining the weight of the structure above. The damsge can be exsily re- paired. A couple of bartendors employed in a lsger beer saloon under tho fherman House reported to tho police authorities an adventure with ‘which they met, about m:dmfil::‘ on_Baturday. Whilo walking homeward on Tiandolph, between Jefferson and Desplaines streots, their sttention waa attracted to a loud-talking snd seemingly angry party of men on the opposite side of the thoronghfare. Impelled by curiosity, they crosa- cd over to ascertain the cause of the disturb- snce, aud had barely reached the contending perties befora the latter begsa to fght. Tho artenders beard s cry -of. pain, mtd ob-~ otagger and fall into the arms of s companion. Then the altercation suddenly ceased, and the injured man_sad two or three others of the party en- tered » hack standing near by and drove away. Early yesterday morning one of the witnessoa of this singular affray visited the scens of it, and o e o o, sod el | B o 5 [ volver in e sireef. 10 Weapon een Thismesting edjaniwied. giren o the potico, asd may Tead to e ttent i ication o e parties. It is the ~the - THE CITY IN BRIEF. bar-tenders that the man whom they had soen - £all, and who had undonbtedly uitered the cry . A good ides, the new extension of a Wabash | which was heard, was atabbed. : avenus séage line to the Northwestern depot. The beart of winter hasbroken. It was ahard heart, and thero are no mourners, _ 2 ._Smoko is still riging from the deliis ¢! the YVincent & Nelson Elevator, burned in the great fire sixteen months 2go. ; “Rev. William Alvin Bartlett will lead the ncon przpormooting in the Xfethodist Church Block to-day. An important ealo of real estate wis closed on Batarday, 80 acres, one mile west of Brighton House, Section 11, Tgmh'i‘a 33, Bauge 18, for £52.000, or 3650 he purchasers are lerstood to [esars Kent & Co. Work has begun for a new building on the southwest corner of State aud Adams streets, and when we noticed 1t sixty idle_men were watching ten workmen. But a few days will set all the boys at work again. The geutlemen interested in tho organization of s gymnastic class, are requested. to meet at the Weat 8ide rooms of tha Cilxiatjzn Union, No. 205 Madison street, at 8 o'clock this evening. The Youug Men's Christian Association will bs pleaged to receive communications from any one or atre. unds be GRAIN.INSPECTION, How They Do It In Milwaunkee-No. 3 Graded as No. 2 Wheat. A gentleman connected with the grain inspeo- tion business in this city was lsst week. in Mil- waukee, and, while there, naturally {nterested himeelf in Jooking at the method of inspecting grain ‘a8 practised ‘there. His observations, «while not very oxtended, are etill interesting, especially to a number of commission men who are complaining that the standard of inspection at Milwaukee i Jowered,—wheat which is graded Lere a8 No. 8, being graded there as No, 2,— in order osid their grain there, .1 This gentleman fonnd_ that tbe way of doing lmsi.nezlu differed materially from what it does here af Inspecto: card, and makes on it the number of & carand the grade, aud then Lands that over tothe clevztor. The Inspector keeps no" record, and gives no cartificates of inspect S=as0n, he had woighed 1y £TeiE 7@ GRIY M0 induce producers- to ship rather than to resent. The r there takesa tion, During the Cameron was discharged, snd th other | cars, prading tho others spparcatly simply from tho general appeamnce of the . Tha tricrs used thore ara_ tho old kind, end do noy reach within sevoral inches of the bottom of a car. A couplo of car-loads of wheat, wkich wore graded as No. 2, wero found to weigh, respoctively, 5514 and 55 pounds. Here they wold bo graded as No, 3. " At tho eams & another car-load, weighing 5315 pounds, W gradad as No. 3. Oue reason, possibly, why the system of inspection is less perfect thore than Liere, is that there is not a3 much distrnat. The commission men there are not at war with the elovators. They have full confidencoin them, and all interested in the business work together barmoniondly. Notwithatanding this shert weight. No. 2 Milwaukoe grein brings n Ligher prico than Chicago grain of the »ame grade, and 3t Iy suggested that it ia possible that” the Min- nesota wheat, of which s0 much goes to tho former placo, may be mixed with the lightor grades, and tlus make a satisfactory average. " STAR LECTURE COURSE. OUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TilE SECOND COURSE Are now cumplotod, and ensure whiat wo ars coaid:nt will be sccepted as the BEST LEC' E COURSE ever given in the W The Seuth Sid="Conrza will ba ipsuganted Mondsg, Fob. 1 aod the W n Cours Toesllag, Kob, & wiib 3 B CERT by the BUSTON SLX'T LUK, ““Star ¥ oo o tartataments wil follos on each successive Mouday an Taesday oventags, ¢ B N NEXT the Names: LUR, AN X1 ucfip#«'&yy"x&u NG (Sonth Stla), i c““,ll\mm:lfll COLLYER (West sude), * 7 UPROFESSOR E. S. MORS MR FoRgronsE, Jrnla we Lave sanght to xoup togother O¥LY thore Tihnss known and ackaonicdgad abilly s s pusranies thiat thoir oflorts will comimand the profoundest rospsct, Wo aro awaro that a cyurse, lnvolriag aa it docs such ax ‘unusnal outlay for fecs, is somewkat of an experiment, A LDUTED NUMBER OF COURSE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT £5 EAOIL. 8ale of Ggurse Tickets will begin MONDAY. JAN. &0, CAKPENTER & SHELDOGN, Propriotors and Managors Star Course. ATKEN'S THEATRE,—AIMEE, AIKEN & LAWLOR...... -eseuseee Mansgers. Six nights and ono matinee of AATNEIEEE, And the New Parisian Opera Bonffe, Comprising oves & parsons. ©. A. OHIZZOLA & CO. g+ Directers Opentog night, Honday, Ja La Grand Duchesse. ATMEE: & od rolo of DUCHESSE: JU- TuU(nu,E.rfl onyarpassod zolo o {ESSE: JU- ace)ss sarzpce) as Fritz: ROLAND (her ilrst D3x: Smsers, DUGHESSE, SMANCAS, Mons, ‘Tuesday, Jas. 91 (urai LA PETIT FAUST, "Alm ‘Bephlsto. T o 3 LA n};,mciu'gll;c. s’l]‘“ll’dl\; “(cmwn.km{:d“zlilfivéu. urday nigt, {arowell Detfornianca, - £ast tme, N B o raserrod mawior 20 oents oxira: bozes, 210 nd $12; secand Laleuny, i) cents. Balo of scate commcnces Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Box Otfice, Thoatre. Matince price—Admission, $1{includ- ing roserved seat). HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE. Monday. Jan. 13, 1873, du; the weok and Wednesday and Bng-'rd;ymn}n‘ez:: cmfi:&muy Desma. Thomee. ent (akes preat plensure in AUAGaRCInE, aiter woe of carctul preparation, BARTLEY CASIPBELLS en- Urely now drame of contemporansias kaeioty, FATE! Written exprosaly for this elogant Theatre. Actl— Rosa Cotaste. Aet 54 Diighted Hestts - ActaeDL vorea.” Act. Web. “Act 5, 4.—1In . —FATE. the favorites In tho cast, including Messra. Dillon, Blaisdoll, Padgot, Soggs, and Wilson, and 3liss Kite et dust cé Urftton, and ifrs. Emra Clin Hogers. Ordor carriages 8t 1090 D 0. McVICKER'S THEATRE. ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS. MR. & MRS, DION BOUCICAULT, Every night and Saturday Matineo, in Boucicault's own Irish drama, “ARRAX N.A POGUE,” Presented with a strong cast and correctly iounted. In proparation **Kerry, or Night and Morning,"” and the_# Colleon Baom,” wurks of tho groat author. P Order earriages at 100, GLOBE THEATRE. To-night, and Wed nd Saturday Maticees, st 1ns 3 Vhin Sig of ‘vbe Soriind #onsncinn drasms sntitied CARTOUCHE, THE JACK SHEPPARD OF PARIS. R. M. CARROI:I. Andhisboys, Little Dick, The General, and Master Eddla Bobby ‘INosvocoimnb, Mias Moude ililton, Miss Lelis Elils; Sappho, 2ad the Comedy Company ih a now and attraciive bill. AIRKEN'S THEATRE, ‘Wabash-av. and Congress-at. Last week of tho popular actor, MR. JOSEPH PROCTOR. Aonday, Taesdsy, Wednosday, and Wednesday Matinee, Inat four periormances of THE RED POCEKETBOOK. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Matince, INICE OF THE WOODS. Monday, Jau. 20~ AIMEE. MYERSY OPERA HOUSE. Monroe-st., botwsen Dearborn and Statoats. on, Cotton & Kemble's Rinstrels. MACKIN AND WILSON In new Bpecialtics. Ben Uottan in Lis yroat caracter of ol 37, Sobimmarhorn, The Young Scamp, ol (uks, and Tho Hloy of Tho Verlod. Sstarday, Grand ajlgm- 1In preparation, with new szenory, .y Arrab o Brogie. Rlonday, Jan, 0, Benedt of Willlam Aslington. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Engagement with the alar Irish Oomodiss and " Vodallst MR, JOEN COLLINS, Who will eppear Monday and T ts s MYLES VA COPXEHEN ta the gratos of alf Insh Dramas, COLLEEIN BAWIN! With all tho original musio sad Mr. Collina ig esveral of R cxaniaite Dallods.Evevioes 5o which (ho eiegent o ‘edistts. HIS LAST LEGS. 31r. John Collins {n one of his great apocialtioy. ALL HATL THE WORLD'S WONDER!! PROF. J. M, MACALLISTER !!: WILL 800N APPBAR! WILL 500N AFPEAR! CHICAGO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Piano, Voice, liarmony, snd Organ taught. A largs church organ (3 {o the eatablishment for Jesauns and prac. tico of organ pupils; 320 fu claset 34 privatoly. Halc cf 125 each, wccuring tan torma at & la: ‘é‘&'k will bo closed Fab. L ixces will then advanca te each. ROBFRY COTDBICK, 5 Indiana‘av., comor Twentiotteat. THE PRINCE OF WIZARDS!! Prof. J. }. MACALLISTER!"! e IS COMING!! - ___MEDICAL CARDS. DR.C. BIGELCW ONFIDENTIAL, PEYEICIAN, 16t Sii-tt, Chicago. Tyis well knemn byal ssaders f the Dapars; St B2 C. Blgulow 1a {he oldest sstabiished physician in Coicars enta and experience hiave madebr. B, the moxt 1o s Downod BPECIALIST of the age. honored by the pra eiteemed of the hl,hnbm.dlul attainmaenia B O Y BRI a e cting cemadies that. ot 2 pirteeiing symedies. the {Rively all cases af’ CHRONIC AND SPECIAL care DISEARE I both sezes, CORNSULTATION FREE. SBEPARATE PARLORY for Indies and gentiemen. Call. GOREZXSPONDENCH CONFIDENTIAL. Addcess sil lettars, with stamys, ta BIGELOW, No. 454 Stata-st. Di Dr. TOVWNSENI, 150 SOUTH HALSTED-8T., erveus, o o e ] ] esanally o by mall, fres o CRcet™ o Yieaial Trostiio sent froe. AN femiale it~ treated with safety and success. DER. STOIN =, . Confidential Phyziotas, 112 W.Madison-st., Obicage, I, (‘Asvvxuhrfi:duno"l:'md:ex)’:u:l all :Efi:};fl:nd sed. Consnltatlos [t Modicines farished. Nomercuzy ased: Covanltatloz (ro Bt (reated wiih safets sad sucsess: Clrealses s, NO CURE! = - :~ 360 South Clark-st., Chicago, May be conidentially conrlted, persamalls or by ma), e s ants cures or 0o pay. Ofica hours from Y. el Acoll