Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1873, Page 2

' Ar, Culbertson replied that ¢! THE PERFUMERY WAR. . Mayor Medill Interviewed by the City Packers, _V‘Ii".thé Tefipomij Tnjitnotion in Dis k solved, What'? .Hyde Park to be Consulted This s Afternoon. I Tho Mayor waa walted upon youterday after- 101 by o delegation of pnokers, with roferenco ! toiho present porfumery war. Thore wors - present the following named gontlemon: B. P, i Hutehinson, J. W. Higgins, J. M. Mitcholl, * Louis Wahl, O. M. Culbertson, John Reid, J. W. ! Tamor, Josoph Armour, II. Bottsford; snd Loonard Swatt, Attoruoy for tho Northwostern Tortilizing Company. Mr. Culbortson introduced ¥ho nubject by . Inquiring of tho Mayor what io infended dolng *with tho packora, * If 16 was concluded that they ;. could not removo the offal from the oity somo- whore, thoy miglit just as woll ‘claso’ up the Btock Yards, and toll tho farmors to eond thelr hogs somowhere else, Thoy must disposo of their offal somowhoro, The Mayor supposod they could romove it to tho Afnsworth establishment,'" * + Mr. Culbortson smiled, and the Mayor in- guired what ho wented tho eity to do on thoe subject. Mr. Culbortson wanted tho Fertilizing Com-- pauy not to bo enjoined from removing tho offal for tho remaindor of the season. Tho Mayor said ho underatood thint the Com- pany had obtained a tomporary injunction ngaingt tho nuthoritios of Yyde Pack, 1t thls injunction was sustained, thore was nothing ‘more to bo done. If not, thon tho packers must soek somo other means of dieposing of their olfal, Ho had assumed that the works could bo carrfod on without Deing a nuis- .ancs, for tho 'Company ciaimed: to havo | overcome these objections. Ho then explained tho geographical nrdvantages to Hydo Park of the situation of tho Company's works at Ains- worth. Tho Company had their charter for this placo and for no othor. J ¢ Mr. Bwett sseonted tothis. The Company vonld not, under this charter, looato. anywhere olse. Besidos it wna absolutely impracticable to do g0 now and furnish another outlet during the prosent sonson, Nothing could bo done to re- dieve tho packing interest during the present winter, The questionnssumed tho shepe whether the establisnment at Ainsworth should bo kept open, or the packing houses bo complotoly closed. The Mayor did not hesitato to say that tho Board of Health regavded it as an imporative sunitary nocossity that tho smell should bo dis- tributed somewhere. I the puckors should at- tompt. to manipylato the offal in tho city, thoy would assuredly come under the law, and would '* ‘be indicted, tholr business suppressed, and thoir packing-housos closed. Eithor they must man- uiacture inoffensively or closo ux{‘. is could not bo done during the -present season. They needed certain drying apparatus to render the offal in- offensivo. There was only ono way opon, and #hat was fo remove iho offal, or shut up the acking houses, and throw ont of employment gfl 000 peoplo, 5 Tho Mayor raid ho thought it the heeviest in- Austry in tho city, hoing, ns ho said to a roporter ‘somo days ago, to Clicago what the iron interest wras to Pittsburgh, * DMx, Culbertson was afraid that tho fnjunction would bo removed. 3 The Mayor was at a los. to know whare tho ‘businoss could bo conducted without being of- dousivo. Thore appenred to bo o placo in the .county whore it could be situated, our suburbs exhibited uch violonco at ‘tho location of tho .establishment in a placo where it did not affect them. A residont of Hyde Park assured him that tho smell from the establishment did uob JAffect the Xyde Park House four times in & yoar. ‘He had spent n great denl of time in investigat- Jng the matter of a lacation, and tho only placa ithat seemed practicablo to him was at a point enst of tho railrond track, and south of the Cal- .umet River. But tho bumpuny‘s chartor pro- . +vented thoir moving thore, k 7 . Mr, Calbartson said if they could go on unin- “etrupted through tho" present season thero . .would bo no further troublo, as tho commotion had determiucd every packer to sdopt other means for the future, Ho inquired what would ‘e donp in caze the injunction was dissolved. The Mayor said it would Jeave tho packers at the meroy of tho Hydo Park authorities, MMr, ' Bwett supposed it would, and,. under their ordinances, tho nuthorities could. succesd iv proventing uny offal to bo carried through . the township, even to remote points. By meana of daily arrests and finoy beforo' maglistrates, thoy would effectually broak up the h\mlucau, for” mo offal could be pormitted to pass through the priucipality of Hlydo Park. At tho same time, ho 'did’ not bolieve that the pockera or the Company could bo proscouted, or the catablishmont closed Loforo :tho end of the pucking season, in March. . Thoy .could not be forced to atop inside of six woeks; ns the mat« Sur u:?:lfld undoubtodly bo carried to {io Bupremo ourt, 2 3 . The Mayor—Would it ba the lesser evil to empty this nnimal matter in the clty or 14 miles away in tho Calumet swamps ? % r, Bvett—It ia worgo than that, -As soon as this matter is taken to Aineworth, chemicals aro Applied to if, und it s thoroughly cleaned. ‘there aro, at this moment, nearly one thousand tons of offal in this city, 400 tons of blood, and over 600 tons oflivors, Lights, and entrails. Itcan- not be deodorizod here as it ean at Ainsworth, The question ig, must thres or four thousand tons of this be allowed to acoumulato hore ? The Mayor. thought that the Hydo Park ob- jectora wonld suffer more keenly from this emell than thoy would from the Ainsworth works, even wupponing that the wind was in tho one quarter wherae the latter J>lncu wilected Hyde Park, Mr, Swott snid ho lived at Konwood Rtation, and they smolled lecaly Blough ton times for » e\‘er{l timo they oxperiepgad thodelightaof Aing- o worlh, 1 & ¥ \a L% The Mayor coincided with Mr, Swoth - Mr, Culbertson suggested ealling o meoting to consult with tho mugnates of ITydo Park, at which %hu Mayor and Board of Heslth should be presont, . The Mayor lf‘l’m}ifl[,’, it was arranged ‘that the moeting bo held to-day, at 2 o'clock, in tho ‘Common Council Chamber. . THE NORTH, SIDE RAILWAY, The'annual meoting of the stockholdors of tho North Chicago City:Railway Company was held yesterday. morning at their offico, No. 430 Nortl Clark streot, The. following gentlemen were clocted to conatitute the Board of Directors for the presont yenr: W, C. Goudy, Georgo ¥. Rum- oy, Jacob Rehm, W. H. Ferry, V. C.-'Turnor; 8,057 votes wore - cast, " reprosenting $363,700, art of tho new Board lmlug absent, the election far othor offices was postponed . o the rogular 1aonthly mesting in Fournu:—]y. "o éondition of the rond and its oporations during the past yoar, #0 contained in the reports of the Emuidout, Mr. V. 0. Turner, and = tho Seoretary, Ar. H. M. Towner, was safisfactory to the stockholders, aund indleated ‘s very efficlent management, The Company have not et recovered from the effect of tho fire, which and to dofray the expenaes’of tho' ftate, ote. . Tho mensngo recommends tho raduction of ihe principnl of the dobt by the salo, and application of tho pracoeds, of tho railroad Londs and atook and non-productive property of tho Hialo, by which tho proportion of tho debt nssumed by |- Virgluia will bo reducod to 26,000,000, tho nual intorost upon which will bo 81,600, 000. It rocommeonds cortain changen and re- forms in tho Btato Governmnont, thereby re- ducing ita sunual expouscs to §600,000, 1t recommonds tho equalization and correction of. nasespruents, and & more thorough nerossmont of personal property, by which tho tolnl nasossod valuation of real and personnl proporty will ronel $400,000,000, tho annual tax upon ‘which will bro £3,000,000, " Tho tax from othor sources 18 estimated nt £800,000, making w total revenuo of §3,800,000, of which €100,008 ia to bo_appro- riated to sehools, leaving o balanco of £2,100,- 00 nvatlablo to poy the intorost on tho publle debt and pug'. tho curront oxpendos of tho Binto GQovernmont, 'The Clovernor says the intorest upon the bonds fundod uudor tlio nct of March 80, 1871,—that 1y, tho mnumF act,—must ba nn‘fl, and 1o modo of avolding It can bo dovisod, evon if wo dosirod it. Ilo showa that tho intor- o8t du and unpaid on thoso bonds on tho 1ut of January, 1878, and that which will fall duo by the 18t of Jauuary, 1874, will amount to nenrly #£2,000,000, which nmount, ndded to other iu- dobtoducas falling duo during tho current year, makes n total of ovor §4,260,000 to e provided for by the 1t of January, 1874, THE ARNOLD STREET ROOKERY. Something Ahout the DBuilding Called n Hospital. Facts for the Counly Commlssionors---Lotier from a Physiclan. To the Editor of The Chicagd Tribtins : Sin: Tho peoplo "of Chicago, and of Cook County, aro cortainly not deficiont in one cardi- pal virtuo, mumoly, patieuco. Month aftor month hns dragged by sinco tho County Com- migsloners first bogan to lall Hoapital, and yob the wholo mattor remaing i1 slafu quo, It is safo, becauno it is frue, to say that no city in the civilized world furnighos such atrocious houpital recommodntions for its:sick poor as Chicago. What aro the facts ? Boston, with a population ‘conslderably loss than Chieago, has mioro than four times tho hospital facilitics of the latter, Philadolphis, with leas than doublo our own pop- ulation, possossos morathan fen times our hospite alaccommnodations, New Yorlk ia fur ehond of ua that tho compavivon would bo simply ridiculous, But, more than this, other citfos construct thoir hospitals with somo regard to tho clwmces for the rocovery of the patients within them ; whilo it is notoriously true that ourone and only pibe lic hospital seems to have boen consiructed for tho oxpress purposo of violuting overy principle of hospital architeoturo, “Will tho roaders of Tnz Tninuxs who believe in decontly providing for the nacossitios of tho sick poor, listen to n fow factn? In tho first placo it bas been demonstrated over and over #gain that 1,600 cubic feet of air spacoe for each pationt is the lonat that can bo ellowed wilh safely; but when tho County Hospital is mod- erately fuil, not moro than 1,100 enhic foot of air to a patient is obtained, nnd this is somotimon unavoidably diminished by the nocessity of ovor- crowding. : Hocondly, an abundanco of light is indispensa- Dlo if the best results are to ho obtained; henca modern hospital ruthoritios tell us that every hoopital ward should have windows on both gides. But in tho Arnold streot rookory not o single ward is ihus construct- od, evory ward being mupon ono 8ido or the othor, of a long aud narrow corridor, thus shutting out both light and air. Thirdly, tho arraugements for ventilation in tho County Hospita! aro simply exocrablo, It auy man doubts this Statement, or bellovestt to Do oxaggorated, lok him visit tha hospital wards, and if hehas u frustworthy noso he can Eoon convineo himself. Even Bt. Lmkes Hoapilal— which was nover constructed for hospital puw- poses at all—is immenasurably nhead of the County Hospital in the matter of vontilation. Tourthly, what are tho hospital surroundings? It is bonnded in front by o street which is five or six foot lower than the establishod grade, and which is consaquently more of & mud-holo than & streot,. -Tor soveral wooks last apring, Arnold streot in front of the hospital, was an impassa- blo quagmire, reoking with odors which Dridge- port could not surpass, Eastof Arnold stroot, aro sovoral railroad tracks in almost conatant use ; thus, pufling emolkestacks furnich lamp- black .for the bonefit of patients with pulmonary disoases, whilo clanging bells and scrocching whistles braco up tho norves of those ‘who aro terically inclined. In the rear are sovoral pncfim -housos, and o largo oil and lard factory; .out of tho various and onorgotic “gtinks” dorived from theso ostablishments the hospital maungos to keop itself supplied with its quota of erysipalag nud puerporal fover, According to the recolloction of the writer, it isnow nearly or quiet n_year sineo tho County Commissionors advortisod Tor and rocoived bids for hospital grounds. -Whord aro thoso bids ? What do thoy proposs to do with thom ? If the county .is too poor to build w decont hospital, i8 it rich enough to build o palatial jail? or can it sfford to spond a million and o half of dollars in building o Court House? What say tho puu)}ln? ¢ ' The medical and surgicsl staff of Cook Coun- ty Hospital is composed of men whoso ability caunot bo questioned, and they are domng all in their li)u\ver to make the institution what it should ha; but thio defocts in the bospital build- ing aro radical; it ig impossible to remedy them. CIVITIZATION, CHICAGO, Jan, 14, 1370, i TELEGRAHIC ITEMS. Governor Osborn, of Kaunsas, has roquested the President to remove tho United Btates troops now oceupying what aro known as tho # Cherokeo Noutral Lands.” —Heury M. Hamilton, Vico President of tho National Railwey Compeny, was, Jan, 18, brought.into the Philadelphin Court of Quarter Bessions on sn indiotment charging Lim with obtaining 50,000 from tho Pounsylvanin Rail- rond Company by falsely roprosenting that ho owned all the stock of the Hamilton Improve- ment Company, of Now Jorsoy. Lio was bailed in $10,000, 4 —The Commissionera nppointod - to make o valuation of gll the real eatate in the Diatrict of Columbin belonging to tho United Statos, ox- copt public buildings, and also grounds which hiavo boen dedicatod to publio uso as prrades and squares, report tho total valuation at 316,186,335, he Russlan budgot for 1878 shows a nur- plus of receipts ovor oxpenditures. ~-John Hancock has beon choeen President of tho Peovia (I11) Board of Trade, and A. Q. TynF and John Warnor, Vice Presidents, o United Btntos Senuto has confirmod W, E. McbMackin as Pension Agent at Salem, IlL. 5 0. T. oru ns Rogistor of tho Land Onleo af ‘Auatin, Neveda 3 J.'0% More as Lostmnstor at Y.ebanon, Mo, ; and M, O. Frost as Postiunstor ot Marshall, 111, ~The “Old Liberty Bell,” in Philadelphia wag removed, Jan. 18, from Independence Haul to tho vestibule whero it in to stand in futuro, —At o mceting of conlmon, in Philadolphia, Jan. 12, tho operators ccoptéd tho offer mudo iras not only verysorious 1o them in the dostruc- 1ion of buildings, stook, cars, and traok, but in the yoduced population on the North Biflo, upon which they woro dependent for thelr revenuo. During the yoar 1872 tholr cars travelled 691,278 10jlos, cnrr{ ng 2,000,000 Fn!ungam which num- ber was akout ‘ono’ million loss than the yoor, rmvinns to the firo, ‘The Company vompleted, nst yenr, their nuw stable aud oftico building at wcost of $26,000, on the foundations of tho old building, “'IMioy aro running tho same numbor of cars a8 bofora tho- fire, tho traok isin good coudition, and now the Company ara pationtly swaiting 'tho robuildlog of the North Bide, to bring thelr rovonua up to the old standard, VIRGINIAJ FINANCES. Tscuaony; v, Jan, 10, 1679, Governor Walker to-day sout o spocin} mes- rage to the Senate, in responsato & resolutlon' of that body, requesting him to give his' vioirs 23 to the best miode of rasiug moucy with which to vay the intercal on tho publio dab, Edward W. Harris, of Port Iuron, “and educational olrclos, and Princi Xo Jav, 12, by the miners Jan. 10. Soveral colliorios wont toworlk on tha 13th, and thero will lio u goneral resumption of work thronghout tho Pennsylva- nia coal rnfihm immudintely. —Tho dobt of Now York Cily incroased 87,250,000 Iast yoar, —The National Prison Assoclation will moot at Baltimoro, Jan, 21, ~The Caonrad Block, at Ligonier, Ind,—in- cluding the Folmer Houso,—wns burned Jan, 13, Loss, - £10,000 to 16,0005 lnnurauce logs than 81,000. Juko's paper-mill, st Amstordam, N. Y., was burned Jan. 13, Loss, 00,000 —Alayor Iuvemeyer, of Now York, has ap- ofnted Haloin M., Waloa nu Park Commuissionor, n placo of Thomas 0, Toldy, -+ —I'he widow of Prosident John Tylor is about ‘tosoll har};r]uperl{ on Htaten fsland, and repur~ ylor eala chaso tho 1 to in Virginia, ~Qayerncr Bagley, of Michigan, hasappointed a .J’ungn of the Bixteorth Ciranit, vice Mitchell, resignod, ~blias Juno It Balkley, woll knownin literary pul of an In- stitoto bearing hor nawe, dled at Lursytown, N, VIADUCTS. - ' Conferenco Betweoen Cily Oficials and Railroad Representa- tives Moyor Madill on the Viaduot Ques- tion---The City's Rights, Tho Places and Time for Build- ing Viaduets, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN Tho soveral Committees on Btroota and:Alleys and tho Commitice on Railronds met yesterday aftornoon at tho offico of the Bonrd of Tublic Works to discuss tho rovoral quostions of ntroot and railroad viaducts in tho city, Theroe wero prosont, of tho Hallroad Committes, Mossrs. ‘Woodman, 8weat, Dixon, and Quirk;. of the Committeo on Stroots and Alloys, North Division, Messrs, Carney, Lengacher,” and Woodmanj South Division, Messrs, Dixon, Sidwoll, Stone, and Tracy; Wost Division, Messrs, Bailoy, Poroll, Xehoe, Moore, and Eckhardt. There woro alfo present, bosidestho officors of the Board of Public Works, Mayor Modill, Mr. "Fuloy, Corporation Counsel ; Mr. Huglitt, Gon- ornl Superintondent of the Chiongo & Northe wostern Railroad, and Mr. Walker, roprosenting tho interosta of the Milwaukeo & St. Paul Rail- road, and the 0., 0. & I. O. Railroad. A dolegation of our Irish fellow-citizons intor- onted in tho contemplatod vinduot at the corner, ' of Clark and Bixtconth stroots filedintotno plnco of ooting at un carly stago of tho procoodings, - but filed out nyain speodily when it becamo Inown that their viows and olnims must bo ven- tilated elsowhore. Mr, C, L. Woodman, Chafrmanof tho Committeo on Railroads, preeidod over the deliborations of 1ho combinod sossion, Ho stated tho object of the meoting to be tho discussion of tho general question of raflroad viaduets ovor the thorough- furas of tho city, Upon invitation, Mayor Medill mads s speech of somo longth, giving a full rosume of tlo ease. He aaid that tho subjcct was ono of tho most important that ovor engaged tho attention of n Committes of the Common Council. tor had bub recently assumed so gront n magni- tude. Whon the railroads firat Intd thoir tracks in tho city, {ho travel and tenfilo upon tho streots was comparatively light, aund the obstruction was searcely felt. 'Che pooplo of Chicago woro at that timo only too glad to have tho railronds ontor tha city, and most happy to accommodsate thom on any forms. But business had gono on incrensing from duy to dny, end from year to year, until it began to ho sovionely intorruptod by the frequont presngo of trains aerbes tho most fre- quented thovoughfares, Trafic had iucreased with oqually great rapidity upon tho railroad. “ho ‘mat- | *WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1873. eller gupport for iron columna and welght nbove than {ron colimns socin thoy hind a larger hoaring il wero niot 50 lika to nettlo, On fop of eack of thiesa };‘r‘ll;k Dplora was an fron plato two inches thick, two feot, and alxteon inoliea wide, on which tho 'iron col- wmna shove rented. Undernlf the modn cross wnlla and solumne of Ui bitkling thers wero lines o footiug olones thirty inchos thtck, built in throo conrsos, (i lower ono being fivo aud ohe-half feat ‘wide, the second one four foct wids, sud tho tho third ot threo foct I will my in vegard lo tho ‘wood work, that (hero 7o billding In Chfoago battor timborod tihn thfs bloc All folata cighteen feot long aud upward nro threo’ Inclien by twelve, and placed nino Jnclics apart, Al atudding fn the' majn pattitions ao four by six, and cight inclics apart, ana tho lightstudding, two by four, arq ouly wned In making closete, ko, As ta thocanro of th:a pecidents’ The frost coming out of {ho pler In fho batoment cmised it to crumblo mud give way, Tho plor should havo tind hond ntone tho fall iz of tho pler upon it, na sl the antrido plors have, nud tio it could ot hava wyread, and wonld havo borno all tho wolght that could huve et put upon §t, . Tho nrehitocts ind i carto blancho® as to ihio con- stuiiction” of tho bubfding, and it was tnderstood {linf tlioy wero {0 relfovo nio of ali porsonal oversight in tho matter, Tho orlgiul fatention, waa fo build & Sveslory bullding, but afrorwards )t was_deelded by tho archi- teeta that (ho supports wero aufclently sirong for an other story, inetead of n “Mansard roof,” "Tho aceldont has boon groatly magnified, aa tho _wholo damago can bo repaired {n threo days ab an oz« Donse of not moro than $230. BENJAMIN LOMBARD, COUNTY AFFAIRS. Reslgnatfon of - Commissloner Slugersse Award of Contracts, Consideration of the Salaries of Coun- -ty Officials. ‘Tl Doard ef Connty Commisslonars mot yes- terday aftornoon, Presidont Miller iu tho chalr. " A full quorum was presont, TESIGNATION OF IL. M, AINGER, Commissionor Singor, desiring to sovor his conuection with tho Board, sont in tho following communication: OpNTLEMEN: It fa written in tho Dook of books {hat % No mau can serve two masters,” T find mysolf tho lavo of two masters, ont of which X cannot sorvo, Duty to myself, to thoso with whom I am nssociated, and to .tho peoplo of Cook Caunty, demnudy that T ahnil devoto my time to oue or tho otfier, I cannot do miy duty a1 8 membor of your Board without negloct- fuy my business, wiaich T dou't think I am called on to do; nor can I conseut longer to make a pretenco of atténding to tio busiuess of tho county when I know T am neglecting 1t, X theroforo tender you {his, my realguation nd u membor of your hunorabio bady. . H. 31, BiNorn, The communication was placed on file, A Liil, smouuting to’ 34,845, for Coronor's foes, wan allowed, covering inquosts since lnat June, AWARD OF CONTRACTS, Tho committoo to whom was roforred the con- sideration of miscellancous bids for county sup- plies roported rocommending tho nward of the milk contract to Charles Ilarms, at 19 cents per satlon for tha firat threo months, 16 cents per gal- lon for the ensuing six months, aud 19 conts per allon for tho cloeing threo months; to Honry srms the contract for furnishing woad, at 89 per cord, for not mor than one hundrod cords ; orockery, to James Forsyth & Co.; mattresses, Tho one traflie interfered continually with the 4 othor, and, unless soms romedy was nppHed, tho city wonld eilhor have to vacata its strects, or thoroilrond abaudon tho use of its tracks. Vehicles waiting for traing soomed now very much to reaemble the person who cat down on the bauks of the Euphrates, and waited for it to run by so that he might go over dry-shod. Vin- ducts’of somo kind must bo built, Lither tho stroots must pass over tho iracks on thoir pros- ont level, tho railronds must bo clovated above slroety, or tho tracks must bo {mrthlly sunl, and the stroots pastinlly elovated ut tho points of intersection. Tho necessily had become most lmfimmu\'o. nilreads that had latelyrocoived chavtors had not only consented to enfor the city under cor- tain_specifiod lititations and disabilitios, bhut had been gladto doit. Tho older railroads had not boon similarly hampored by special logigla- tion, but the city had nover forogone its privil- egos in respect to them, It still'rotained its police powers, graniod by tho Btate, and conld: rogulate them ab its pleasure. Thd mpenker had understood that thero wes not o city, or o villagn of importanco in Europe, lu its passigo through which s roilvoad oconpind the samo bod as atroot or wagon road, or croseed it on the samo lovol, Thoy cither passed under tho stroots, or on vinducts clevated over them, It would ho for tho intorest of tho railronds to build the vinducts wwherevor required, and really, in tho end, a saving to thent. ‘Thoro eoxisted no hostility botweon the citizons of Chicago and the railronds, but in reality ncommunity of intoraat, | The city could not do Without tho rallroads, and tho railronds could not do without the city. Bub tho passago of the cnrs acroas the stroots was in the nnture of o nuigauco that must bo abated. Ordinances regulating the running of traing within tha city had gono in a measuro into dos- uetudo, and thero'was no singlo thing in regard to which ho had boen o persistently importuned ay to see that they were onforced. - + "Tho Mayor closod by exprossing the opinion that therailroads shounldbo at the entire exponso of building Lthe yiaducts with their approaches, but that it would Lo no moroe than fair that the city should tako charge of them aftor they wore ouco built, aud keop them in ropair, Mr. M. F. Tuley, Corporation Counsel, noxt addressed the meofing, ~ Ho anid that tho Stato had dologated to tho city all the power necosuary to enablo tho city to Km!flcb itzelf against tho railronds. Tho roads had been permitted to on- tor the city and to traverso tho stroots by ‘vari- ous ordinnnces of ‘the Council, grant- ing vurious privilogos, o bolleved in oxpress stipulations with the ronds, at the timo_thoy wero granted right of way through tho city, as it saved much subscquent trouble. But thocity, so far as its rclations to the rail- Yoads nre conoernad, has tho snme power a8 the Logislature of tho Slato itsolf, aud ho had found municipal legislation upon the subject as far back ps 1842, - Thero could be no doubt about tha power of tho Stales to regulato railroads, and to dolegate that power to municipal corporn: tions, 'Tholaws of ‘Maine, Massachusatls, and Connoeticut wero all specifio on tho subjeat, aud. always direriminated in_ favor of tho people againat tho railronds. The right of the peopla to thoir thoroughfares was piramount. Tho power should never he exorcised in s wanton way; and; tho necossities of tho case should al- waya be carefully considered. Mr. Tuley had prepared an ordinance in regard to the mattor, specifying what -viaducts should o built, when they should ba built, and provid- ing that the railroads hould not onlybuild them, - with the necossary appronches, but should for- avor aftorkeep them in repair. Tho dralt of the ordinanco provided for the eunforcoment of the same, giving permission to romove the track it obedienco wero delayed, orinflict fine, a8 seomod advisable, o Board of Tublic Works wero proparcd with plans and drawings of tio proposod vin~ ducts, Mr, Cartor, President of the Board, read tho liat which follows, specifying the years in which thoy should be Luilt, special oxigencios boing rogarded : % = 10 DE DUILT IN 1873, Talk and Besch streets, Lwelfths uud ench atroets, Hixteenth and Caual stroets, , Sangemou and Kinzlostreets, . North aveuuo and Okerry streets, axwthorne avenue, Halsted and Kinzio atreets, & ‘Tho Inat two of these are already provided for, by ordinance. . TO DE BUILT 1N 1874, Biue Teland avenue and Slxteenth street, Talated stroct and Chicugo avenuo (Lwice), Lighteenth strectand lewart avenie, Haleled atroet and tho f3t, Louls & Alton Rallroad, Densplaines and Fonrth etreets, Hinte sircet, Watiuh avenue, Michigun aventie, 5 O BE BUTLT 1¥ 1873, Lako and Rockwell strec.d, Madiscn sud Rockwell atreets, . Waehiugton and Rockwall streets, Ashiland avenue and Kinzle straof, Centro avenue and Kixteenth atrest, 301, Walker oxpressed the hope that the old ronds would bo as strictly dealt with as the naw. The meeting adjourncd until a future time, when all tho interosta Involved can be better roprosented. e THE LOMBARD BUILDING ACCIDENT. Mr, Benjamin Tombard writes as follows cou- corning the accident at hls building on Mopday last To the Editoraf Tha Chicngo Tribine ¢ Bin: About 11 o'clo ferday morning, the pler in the bavemunt next to (o rast \Wall gave way, throw- about twelvo of tho jofats of (Lo firet, sccond, and third floors Into the basement, leaving an_openiug about twelvo feat wide by foity long. 'Tho jolsts abiove thie third tloor all remafued fu thety places, Tho ante sido walls wers not infurcd fu tho losst, Tho % props,” whicl thia Lasd roporter saw, wero atmply tho supporls piaced under esch stone s tho buflding was erected, 0 bold them until tho anchors were pul in und the brick work faid on top, In_copsullation with my architects, M brooko & Bigelow, it was doelded to put Lrig! . pier in tho basewnent slxte n inches wide, and four fest long, lesving & uraco botweun tho plork of but four foot, was to Chas, IL.-Carpentor & Uo.; burial of. paupors, to Wm, Niomeyor, at $3.50 ‘lxm. corpso, coffin and transportation to be furnished; moaf, to Wm, Rolubardt & Co., at 5 0-10 cents por pound, also to furnish tho Hospital with chickons, hams, fisl, oto,, at tho current markot prics. The report was concmrrod in, COUNTY CLERK'S PAY, The Committeo on Judiciary, through Com- missionor Ashton, reported, on the subject of the County Clork's comgnnsv.tion, that the term of offico of the late J. G. Gindole did not expira until Decomber, 1879, and (hat Josoph Pollak, tho prosont Olork, was clected to flll the unex- pired torin, and is entitled to receive tho eame fees and emoluments and compensation which would have beon raceived by Mr. Gindole ; but aftor tho expiration of the torm for which Mr. Gindole was olestod, Lls succossor can recoive only tho salary fixed by law. On_tho motion of “Commissioner Harrison, who dewired to hlr(iulro further into tho matter, tho roport was laid over temporurily. THE SALALY LIST, The Board then resumed tho conslderation of tho roport ou the salarics of county officors, go- ing into Committee of the Whole, Commisslouer Boguoe In {he chair, Commiseioner Iarrison moved the roconsidor- slion of tho action of the Committeo of the ‘Whole, Tho motiou was lost by a vote of 0 to 4, Commisslonor Harrison labored to show that many salaries had beon ‘Flu.cad too high, but Comm(llxuxonare Asnton and' Millor tool contrary ground, ; Coming to the Dopartment of Publio Ghavi- ties, . Commissioner Miller moved that the enlary ug the Buporintondent, Dr. Miller, bo fixed at ,000. Commissioner Harrison, though he valaed Dr, Millor's servicos hlghli, folt constrained to move that tho salary bo fixed at §2,600% Commissionor Olough moved that tho'salaries of all'olective officers bo fixed the same aa last yoar, ', : Commisslonor Ashton pald an oloquent trib- ute to tho roat valuo of the sorvices of Dr. Millor, and hoped that the Board would vote him £8,000," Mo desired to do justice to a com- petont and faithful officer, ' Conunigsioner Gnlloway was o] snlarics, butho was .in favor o Miller’s salaiy to £8,000, Commigsioner Clough’s motton was “los ‘was elso Commisaioner Harrison's. was fixed ot $8,000, © ¢ - Commisgioner Miller ‘moved that the salarics of the County Physicinn, Poor Houso and Insane Asylum omployes, and éounty Hospital officiala bo fixed the snme as Inst year. | ‘Commissioner Sihger moved ' to striko ont the pay of tho Assistant Physician at the Insnne Asylum. Tlonly of compotent: men could ba secured without salary. Tho motion was loat. Commissloner Millor’s motion was adopted. Commissionor Harrison moved to’ fix the salary of tha County Agent at 82 Commissionor Ashton moved at 32,500, jposed to large incronsing Dr. t, a8 The unl'nry 000. Tost, to fix the nalary Carried, ‘The remainder of the employes of tho County* Agent's ofiico wore voted tho same pny as Inst year. Tho palary of the County Attornoy was fixed &t 34,000, on motion of Commissioner Miller. Tho safary of tho Olark of the Board of County | Commissionors was fixed at $2,600. " MEMDENS PER DIEMN. When tho Board reached the item of por diam for tho County Commissioners, & lengthy roport wna submitted by Commissioner Ashton, in -which s herculonn effort way put forth to sliow that the meombors of the Board, boing county officors, could fix their componsation, which was recommended to bo &5 }mr wy, and 10 cents per mile of necessary travel, * Commisslonor Gallowny, a member of the -Committoe, #aid that he did not sign tho roport, end did not coincide with it. Ho did not bolieve , that tho Boavd was ontitled to milesge, oxcept- irlm in going and roturning from quartorly mes- elons, Commisgloner Millor moved that the milongo ho reducud to b cents. This was carrled, and the remaindor of the report was conenrred fu. In tho County Treasurat’s oftice, §2,000 wag votod tho Asslstaut, and 31,600 for the Cashior. The Commitles arose, roported progress, and nsleod loave to it again, after whioh the Board adjourned until this atternoon at 2 o'olools, e EVANSTON., - + “The clasu of 1574, ‘at n mooting Lold in tho Univeralty Chapol, clacted the following mem- bors of thelrclasa to dellver orations at tho Junlor exhibition, which will take place on tho ovening of Maroh 25, , the cloging night of tho trimostor: Aogsrs, William L, Martin, Eli Mc- Qligh, Riohard G. Hobbs, Blolvillo 0. Wive, Will- fam O, Estos, Murtin O, Lowls, Matthing 8. Kaufman, and "Willlam B, Robinson. Nono Lut those .up in all thelr 'studies wero eligiblo for this hionor, and tho cleclion waa ox- citing and not .\vhnllr{mn from manipulation, Tho custom in provious yoars was for the en- tlro clasa to appoar, butthoe rapid increase in tho number of students bas noconsitated this change. 1t is doubtful if thoclass could hava reprosented themeolvos botter, nlthongh some of {ho ablost memborg were ineligible, e Michigan State Pomological Sovictys= ‘Thoe Ponch Crop. Spectal Despateh to The Chicayo L'ribuns, QGnaxp Juxcriox, Mich,, Jau, 18.—Tho notico *given {n Baturday's Timmnuxe of tho Btato Pamo- loglenl Rocloty at Lansing this wealk is ¢u error, growing out of ‘the fact of the Northorn Agrl- cultural Socloty sltting on tho 15th. The Btate Pomological Hoclely meots at Lausing, Jan, 21, for a throo daya’ suesion, z ‘The peach crop for the noxt season promises woll in the violnity of the lake; but few fruit buds are injured, " 'The lowost dogree of cold, a8 roported from Bonth Jnven and athor favorable oach roglony still further north, was 12 lo 14 olow 2oro, - WHATTH A 'Bfi!\fi Low Tt Was Oi'nflo})kud.'l)& tho Personal Liherty Lenguors, What Would Tavo Oceurred Tind tho Couneil Adopled ko Amondment o tho Sundag Ordinances % A roportor, yostorday, quastioned tho Mayor with rogard Lo tho defent, of tho smendment. to ‘the Bunday liquor ordinance, and recolved tho followlng reply from the Clty Exccutivo: Thé Common Councll, or n portion of the motnbers of the Common Uonnell, in considor- ing tho compromire of the liquor question, Aoom o hiave overlooked such portions of tho Inw 08 woro boyond the " control of thoe city and its loglulative dopartmoit. If thoy hiad ndoptod Mr, Xeslng's compromise, so-called, to keop tho anloons closed , until 1 o'clock, and then open thoca till midnight, thoy would have offorad tho enloon-keepers no immunity from prose- cution whatover, but would have brought thom more violently futo confliot' with tho law, The Mayor eallod tho reporter’s attention to the statuto over which tho Council ips no control, and ovor which the Mayor had no control or dis- crotion. The passago referrod to is Boction , Olass 80, aud roads ns follows : SEoTIoN 0, Tippling Houss on the Sabbath—If any peraon shall be gulliy of opon lowdness, or othor no- torjoun net of, public indeconoy, tenaing w deuestch thio publio marals, or shall openany toplng louss on the Sabbdth day or nighh ot aball matntain o koop b lowd houso for tho praatice of fornication, or ohiull keop o common ili-governed and dfsorderly lopeo fo tho oncoumgomentof _Idlencas, garming, Finking, formeation, or other misbohavior, ever such perbon shinll, on convletion, bo fined not oxccode ing §100, or impriaoned not oxccbding six months, ‘This section of the Inw, the Mayor .continued, applios to all portions of tho Stato. There are no oxceptions in citios or counties, Whethor wo roponl or modify our Sunduy. rogulations, or de- tormine to annul our Bunday ordinances, the Stato law atands until tho Logislaturoof tho Btato roposls it. If wo should abolish all tho ordinances of the cify on Bunday liquor-golling, this law would be suffioiout to prevent tho eale of liquor, It is tho duty of tho ‘rrnsennun attornoy, all maglatrates, tho grand jury, and the Criminal Cowrt, to enforco this law, and tho . city suthorities could not escapo thelr duty in its onforcoment by si ordinance. 'T'his fact {5 cstablished by roferonce to Soction® of Ohapter 8 of tho City Charter, undor tho head of ** Powera and dutios of ofiicers of tho clty,” passed twonty years ago, and nevor ot rapealod or_modified, but in full forco and effect to-day. - It is indopondont of :the Mayor's bill, and contains tho following provisions : BFOTION 2, Tho Mayor shall presida over the moat- inga of tho Common Gauuefl aud tako caro that tho duly guforced, respected, and obscrved, ote. Common Council had passod that compromiso of Mr. Hosing's, and had struck the whola Sunda; liquor provielons out of the ordinence, thon it would have became tho duty of the dayor and police, under the commandof this charter pro- vislon, to proceed to_suforca Bection 9, Chaptor 80, of tho Btatutes of Illinois, Tho penaltios at- tached to violations of the Btato lnw are moro govers than thoso undor tho clty ordinance, and tho courso that would fall upon persons under tho Btatuto, would oxceod the wholo of tho aver- nge finos imposod by our magistrates. So _that the liquor loague would be ex- ceodingly foolish fo abolish the ordi- nauce on the subject, without abolishing 1lily portion of the statuto or tho other portion of tho charter, 8o long as tho statuto stands, ond this gection of the charter stands, the law againat keoping tippling houses almn on Bundny romains in full forco aud vigor. Tho Mayor and polico could not aveid enforcing it without gpurly and palpably disregarding their sworn luties. ‘The Mayor believes that the Peraonal Liberty Leaguo overlooked the provisions of tha statuto und chartor, or thoy nover would bave pressed tho Council'to repoal the ordinance, and Dring into forco tha gevorer law beyond tho control of the Council. THE FIELD AND STACLE. Self-Sharpening Calkins==Scratches, Lrom Our Own Correspondent. MANIATTAY, Kan,, Jan, 10, 1873, BNARE OALKINS, Jack Frost has assumed his reign again ; tho roads ara covored with enow and 1co ; and the time has como in which tho shoes of Lorscs have to bo provided with sharp calking, or corks. It iareally the hervest-time of the horse-shoors, again to-morros, or at least within a fow days, aud then the horao has to botaken to the black- amith-shop again, The blacksmith, of oourae, huoa no objections ; but the ownor of the horse ligs, for lio loses time and-money, or elso has torisk tho meok and lmba of his animal; or, under ciroumatances, ovon his own, Btill, such a repested sharpening of tho ealkins, and conse- quently such a froquont and othorwise unnocos- sary rosotting of tho shoes, ean be avoided alto- gether by inserting n thin piece of steel into the contre of onch calkin, for then the woaring off itsolf will keop thom sharp. A horseshoo with such solf-sharpening calkine can - bo prepared vory easily in the following way: A common horaeshog, with common corks, or calkine, at- tached to it, such ns are gonerally usod in other sonsons, may bo taken ; ench calkin be split in the centro clesr to a lovel with tho shoo proper; o picco of good steel, ns thick oy the bLlade of o lmife, and a3 wide as the catkin, be put and welded into tho split ; and then the calkin has to bo sharpened stitutes tho sharp edgo, After that Las beon done, and aftor the shoo has beon fitted to the foot,—tho shoe should always be fitted to the licof, and not the hoof to the shqo, a5 18 often done,—tho calking may bohardoned and tho shoes Le noiled on. will woar.off mnch slower than the compnrative- 1y soft iron which constitutes the sidoe of the calk- Ing; conac(finsuuy the lattor will bo self-sharpon- il itn;;, '1““1 avill remnin sharp until almost worn off 0 1 lovi . I know very o grent many horae-shoors will object to thin method of making calxing,—not 80 much on account of the additional labor, but bocaugo thoy-kuow that o horse stod in that way will not noed to bo taken to tho blacksmith- shop ovory fow dnys. Btill, if one_blackemith refuses, anothor will consent ; and I am coufis dont that those readors of *‘'Tha Field and Stablo " who give tho self-eharponing enlkin o trial will bo uatisfled, evon if they shonld have tn&n{ o littlo oxtrn to the blacksmith. for-tho additional work roquired. I will yob romarlk that thore is no danger of infringing upon a ]mtont‘by nsing thoso calkins, for they novor havo beon patonted. . : ' _ AcRAToRLs, % Bcratches—ns Thave had repontod ocessions to romuayk in these columus—ara n_child of neg- lect, and are much casior provonted than cured, thougli oven o cure is not conneotod with any Pnr:iuulu dimcull{, Tho lega and pasterns of horsen neod carefitl oleaning ut any seuson of the year, but ospecially in tho latter part of winter and tho fore part of spring, when tho snow is mélting, and whon the ronds are coverad with dirty and ico-cold water, and with an abundance of mud. . At present, the ground, alnost overywhero, is covered with enows; but, eoonor,.or later, tho snmno will molt, and thon. the soason of Hevatchos, and so-called Greaso, will make its appearance, unloss the legs and pasterns of thoss horses that are used on the road are cleancd with tho greateat caro, at loast oncea day, In thoso casos, howover, in whioh Soratohes should muke thelr dppoaranco, exact cleaning, and o fow ap- plications of nmixture of one purt of the fluid subacetute of lead with throe parts of pure olive- oil, will goon etfect a cure, provided tha Scratchoy hinve not yot degencrated the skin, VETERINARIAY. ——— Olvilizing the Indin An Interests ing Nurrative by Goneral Garifelds At & gocial guthering in Washington Inst Sat- urday ovening, General Qarlleld fave au inter- outing acconnt of his obaorvations in Montana last summer, whilo on a special misslon for tho Indian Burenw, 1o expressod vmir Iittlo faith in tho ponsibility of elvilizing tho Indian tribos of that Torrltory, Tho most discowraging trait in their charaotor was & lack of ncquisitivoness. They mpponred to have no dosire to sequire proporty, and it ono emmo in pouacs- slon of nny eurplus of provislons or blankots, ovory vagabond in his tribe was ab liberty to como and holp himsolt, The Indlans sevmed 1o fool bonnd to carsy houpital- mfily ropoaling tho- laws qf the State and tho ordinancea of the clty are -| Tho Mayor coutinucd : Buppoaing that the for calkins sharpened to-day are froquently dull | n such a way that tho steol in tho contio con- The hardoned steel in tho contros’ T T Ity to such an extont asto glve awny evorything theyhad.! An industrions fellow, who had nge nmalated o store of dried moat or flel for Wine tor consumption, would soon bo visited by a crowd of his imorovidont ‘brethren, who would- live on him ns long as ho had anything to oat, and whon bis Iast morsol was gono, ho would -Join Lils guoats, and they would all quartor on romo o'her momber of tha tribe. Thus thera absurd idens.of tho dutles of hospitality took awny oll fucentive for the accumulation of prop- orby. - Gonernl Garfleld thought tho chief hope for the ultimato vivilization of thogo wild tribes was to bo fonud in their love for horses and calilo, which wan thd only kind of proporty they ap- pesrod to ol any value npon. Thoy rarely gave nway-their live ‘stock, and if thoy wore. ever to bo lod out of barbarlem, it world bo into tha condition of hordsmon, e did not bellove-it was posslblo to convert m aavago tribe at onco into” peacoful agrioulturists, and was -cortain that 1o amount, of presonta of plows, patont roupora, and scods would accomplish {hin ond, Nature's procoss for clviliziug savage racos was to make of them flrat & nomadlo, pstoral fnoplu, agriculturo coming ns tho second step in lo path of progross, and .manufactures as the lust, Tho mistake in all our dunllnfin with_tho Indions was thet wo Lad attomptod-to induce them to mako an immodiato change from tha lifo of hunter to that of fermera, If any rom- naut of tho Indiany should bo pruservndy from tho process of oxtinction so rapidly going on, the Qoneral holtovad it would be thirough thoir adoption of stock-raising a3 nmonna of subris- tonco, for'which a vaut oxtont of ‘country among tho Rocky Mountaing,” whore the nutritiona “Lunch-grasa” flourishes, wan admirally ndapted, —_— THE FREIGHT QUESTION. Rome Opinions of the Westorn Pres _ From the Decatur (L) Republiean, facturos, it Is onsy to soo that it is an Impont- tion. Tot us take up noxt agricultural implemonts of all kinds. Notonlyis tho iron and steel in overy one of _those implements subjocted to tha onerous oxactlon of 40 to 60 {mr cent duly, hut the wood and paint used in tbelr mnnufacturo nro aluo subjected to exastlon, Wo eamnot bring & pleco of woud oven from Cnnade ‘\ith- out paying o duty ' on it and this duly on’wood, Jiko the duty on {ron, oporatos no ay to make domestio wood used lu wagou-build- . ing and in othor agrlenttural fmploments derrer than it othorwiso would bo, »Wo might go on through every branch of man- ufsctures which nuom}sm to show its hond In this Blato, and thero is not ono of them that {u not aflectod injuriously by teviff loglulation, s that, hoaiden the nonay tributo of £25,000,000 n yoar yghich tli‘e l‘oo}flu of Town aro.obliged to what {g pay for called protection, thia #amo - protection affccts hem serlous- ly, ‘ by . hindoring manufactures which aro much mnecded ~ from flourishing among us, Itis truo that some fow manufactures flont= inh in this Htato in spile of all thero drawbacks, but thie is a good evidenco that wore it not for tho impediments and obstacles thrown in tho way by loglslation, manufscturors wonid dot tho Btate nll uvor, in place of being, ns {a now tha cago, fow and far botween. Wolay It down as a maxlm, tho truth of whick must bo apparont to reasonablo beings, that whatevor artificialmonng mnkes raw matorial dear, such means {8 o hin- drance,-an finpedimont, an obataolo to tho use of such materinl in manufactures, nnd, of cowse, whatever hinders, impodes, or interfores with tho'esiablislimont of manufaoturés, is, to what- ever dogres or oxteus it s n hindrance or im- podimout, inirical to maunfacturing; oot TFrom the Clinton (Iowa) Herald, . Undor tho influonce of natural and unviolated laws of trade, the railroad crossing points of tha Missigsippi should bo marts of oxchange, vary- . SUPPLY AND DEMAND, - . The groat problom of ‘tho day,—chéspor trans« ortation —-flthI to rench o solution Lefora ong, if’thero fu any virtuo in disousston, for it is ovorywhero tho topic of conversation. Tom- adios of all kinds oro suggasted, but fow pooplo soom to havo nrrivod at n_proper uadoratanding of tho fact that tho wholo trouble ‘arisos from the diaposition in humnn naturg’ to -take advantage of tho necessities of -individuals or communilies. »Tho inoxorablo law of mlpplr, and demand governa railroad freights ns woll a4 otlior things, and it so happens that just at tho senson of the yoar when tho cropa of tho Wost aro to bo moved ‘the great regulator of froight tariffe—wator transportation—ia cut off, As o consoquence, the produce of tho grain- rowing States in annkhfl; o market overtasks 0 onrrying capacity of-tio great through linos of railroad, and freights advance. Wo muy prate 18 wo 3lensu about the grasping cxtortions of railroad compunios, but it is not in human naturo to desist from exacting increasod remun~ eration for any commodity of sorvice for which “tho domand is in excesa of tho nup%ly. With all our railroad bullding in ‘the Wost during tho past tenm yonrs, wo have built no trunk lines loading towards tidewator, but Lave .confined our extonsions to local lines, which net a3 foedora to the main artorics built years ago. Tach ono of thoso feeders ndds to tho. vast amonut of surplus produce which must be shipped .u.wn’y, by tho offect it hias upon produc- tion, which i% stimulated by ovory new raitrond, ‘The result of sll tuis is goon in the accumule- tion of froight at the points where tha feodors cpty their tronsures'of corn and wheat upon the ovorcrowded main lines, whoro thousands of londed cars stend for days' aud weoks, on_ne- count of the sheer 1mpossibility of sonding thom forward ns fast sa thoy arrive. Becauso of thia glat, as railroud oflicials claim, ratos nre_sometimes put np for the very purposo of checking shi) nts, 80 &3 to allow tho roada tim to got thoir freight moved forward. But whother this claim Is entitlod to belief or not, it cannot bo thought strange that railrond compa- uies should oxact high rates when the demand upon their carrying capacity is &0 great. Tho samo result is seon in all othor departments of business, when the demand oxcceds tho supply. “Thore i8 no doubt that there aro many griovous abuses in the manngement of railroads—nbuses which necd correction, and which may possibly domand the strong arm of tho lnw to romedy, but when wo look at tho question of trane- portation” in tho - samo light in- svhich wo viow all other quostions of n business charheter, wo cannot avold the conclusion that what wo most neod is, more com- petition in tho way of trunk lines, If we Lud moro_routes to the seavonrd, the queation of roighta would sooo gettle itself, and the poli- ticien or statesman who desires to make for him- self o Insting reputation aw a public benefactor nceds only to devise means for tho accomplish- ment of this end. Whethor this is to be accom- plishiod by building competing lines of railroad, or by the establichment of n systom of water communication botween this great valloy nnd tidawator which will not bo frozen up during five or six months of the year, i8 & question which should call for tho most caroful exemination by thoso who ave inferesting themsoelves - just now with roference to this subjoot. “From the Des Joinés (Fowa) Reateter, “ TuY BKELETON IN THE CORN-CRIB.": .. The u&mcch ‘of Governor Cnrgonier, on tho overahadowing problem of tho day, the trans- portation questicn; as_delivered by him beforo the. Stato Agricultural Socioty, on Wednesday ovening last, is publighed in full in thir issue of tho Repister, and will also sppear in our next weekly. Wo have not apaco in this issuo to re- viow the plans and theorics of the Governor, and shall reserve discussion of the mos important.of thom for subsequont issues, We may. eay hero in briof, that it deals with the question with candor, and.is characterized throughout by pervading good sense. It isnot o restatoment of old theorios, nor a re-arguing of old ideas, It “deals with the mattor. ffom on _original stand-point, and pro- sonts plans and theorles which will bo recog- nized 28 now, and striking o8 Well, Itis gonor- ally practicable, although somoe of it wo shonld not considor so—s, for instence, the proposition for a Govornment froight railroad, of which & farmer ' can hiro a train of lis own and on which he .may carry his own produco to market. We' imagine, from tha littlo we know. nbont:tho business, that a railrqad could not bio oporated very succensfully on the livory stablo plan. The Governor's arguments in favor of cheapor. fréights aro irresistiblo,— and hisshowing, by rolinble_statistics, thap tho differonce botweon rensonablo. froights and ex- tortlonate tariffa would bo sufiicient, in the mattor of the Iown crops for ono year alono, to mako the Fox sud Wisconein River improve- ment, fs the most practical: and the tnost powor- ful iffustration of the caso in print that wo hayo yob ecen. Very clearly, too, doos, Lo dopiot . the injustico . of rwmous _tarifs, and. dqually . itelligont snd concludive 1t the manner ‘in_which difficulty of framing n statute -80 elastio as to uuccessiunlly rogulato thorates of tariff. Thero succosstul soluiion, in his theory, that the lonly curo, by process of raliroads, is for tho railfonds to voluntarily put the tariffs down. 'The Gover- nor believes,—znd who shell oy ho is notright, and provo it P—that tho. increaso of businpss which this would bring Would malko the touality of tho railrond’s profit in the ond greatey.’ It was by reduction of lotter ratos that tho postal sorvico mado itaclf anywhora nonr s6lf-suppsrt- ing; and, as tho Governor says, 1t is well known' that fifty conts tax on whiskey por gallon raisod alarger rovenuo than o tox of $2. - From the Dubugtio Telegraph i © JOWA'S TRIPUTE TO.PROTRGIION, . Wa havo sliown that, of thhe thousand mitlion dollara per sunun , whick:' the peoplo of thiy couutry are obliged by tarll logislation to con- tributo to the profit of cortain branches of man- - ufacture, the people of Towa ure forced to pay £25,000,d00 per sunum of the amoun withuut gotting anything for “it;and wo -promisod {o show Smt, asides thla Frn:s Imposition on-our poople, protectiva legislntion, in Plnno of its. Lalugu benofit ton single indlvidusl in this Stato, is a poeitive aund” unqualitied an\n-{m such manufactures -as, we buvo nmong us. Let us bogin here athome. Wo have in Dubuquo somo foundrios, machino shops, wagon and car~ ripge factorios, and othior brauches of manufac- ture, all of wbich uso iron, wood, paint, and otlier commodities which are subject to import duties, Lot us begin with tho iron foundrios, The pig {ron thoy uso {8 made nenrly $3in ton denrer than it would otherwiso bo in conso- quence of the seven dollars o ton gold duty put upon it by the nets of Congregs, -and to that amount tho jron foundry buslupss in Dubuque _and in other parts of Towa is ham- pered und provented from belng n profitable aud prosperous business. Take ucxt the ma. chine shops, whore manufactured ivon ang stocl nro used; 'Pheus commoditios aro minde doarer by from 40 to 60 por cont by tho tarkT laws than tlioy would bo If thero were no auch laws, Can- noquontly, s machinist in Towa who sets up iv husjneas’is subjooted ab tho outset to the tribute of 40 to 00 porcent on tho yaw mnterial with whioh ho commoncer business. And it s ptill worse on the toola he uses, Theeo ure mado to cont him at lomst Lwlco aw much as they are worth, and as thoy coukl be pur-| choged for were it not for ithoi taviy npon teols and fmploments of labor and indus- try., 8o that, Ioatead of proteotion boing any vantago (o thoue branchos of Iows Jmanus ho poiuts out tho is much good senso, and perhaps tho wisdom of, 1 Sn%ln dogroo only by tho amount of torritory tributary to the wostwward. *Tho competition for iransportation should oconr kore, groat nav- +lgable wator courso cuts the. east and woat lincs at right angles, and producors should hayvo tho opportunityof holsotingss thqulnuxo,or at lenst, of aving the ndvantage resulting from keen compoetition for tho carrying trade from thoe river onstward., Let Mr. Shollabarger's bill pasa aud bocomo hioncstly oporativo, aud thoro will e no class of our population mora benefitted than the farmors of Iows, and the morchants and manu- Tacturers of hor riyar citics. And the railroaus, a3 such, will not be injured. Tho wishes of those who own them may be. thwarted, asro- ards hcaping up wealth ai Chicago, and in hold« g such places as Keokulr, Burll ngton, Musca- tino, Davenport, Olinton, ' Dubuquo, and Modragor in a powerless condition, comumorcinl- ly considered ; but the roads will do as much business as ever, when practicing n spirit of oven-handed justico to allthe communities along their respeetivo linoa. = It canoot bo deniod that tho mouosgllzlng ' tondenoy of railrond corporations has beon ex- orcinod in Bomo quartors at the oxpeuso of great local intereats. 'I'ho disposition, thorefore, ia gathering strongth rapidly to put this matter within legitimate bounds. 'Chis bill of Mr. Shel- labarger's is tho firat move, Its enactwent vill do away with an ovil which has sprung up in conneetion with our railrond system, and Lring tho pooplo moro in accord with thly great ad- junot of civilization. . o important ave tho nd- Vautnges, and g0 manifold tho blosaings result~ ing from railronds, that their relatious with the Lody politio should alwnys be awmicablo. Congressman Iawley?’s Bill. Be il enacled by the Sevate and House of Repre- sentatives of the Uniled Slales of America in Congress assembled, That the Presidont of the United Btates be, and ho is hereby, suthorized to nppolnt, by aud with. the advico and consent of the Benato, threo discrect and disinterested citizons ng Commissionors, whose dnty it shall bo to collect information.. exhibiting the amount of earnings aund. oxpenditures of euch railrond companies, the ratos of transportatjon of passen- gors aud froight chargod by such compnnies, tho ‘manner of constructing and operating their rofl- ing-stock with roforonco to tho safety, lealth, and comfort of passengers o7 liva stock trans: portod by them, and the coudition and general churacte™ of thoir rond-beds, tracks, and Lridges. It shall bo the duty of said Commissioners to_raport to Congress their procecdings under this nobon_or before the fusk day of tho uest rogular session, togothor with thelr yecomme:- dation as to the rates thal, 1 their opiuion, ought to be charged per mile for transportation of passengers and freight Il‘pon such roads, and gonorally tha results of their investigation, B0, 2. That seid Commissionors ehall hold thoir offices far oue year, aud shall each receive w nsnlary of 84,000, % STRANGE MEETING. A Burglor Detected in the Act of Roba Ding Elis 2rother’s Mousc, | From the San Francieco Bulletiny Dec, 28, Somio ton yoars go two brothers loft their home in Illinoiy and eame - to "California, elder wns o man of- the moat sfeady habits, who had recolved a thorough business education in his native Stato, and who had mado up bis mind to prosper in the new country he had choscn, I'lie other waa inclined to bo dissipated, and had figured in so_meny scrapes at homo tlat he stood. in-yery pad’,odof in” lis-village. Tho brothers lived . togather ffor “some time in 8un Franoisco, whilo both looked for, situatious, Tho younger brother,- however, fell .into Lad company and bad habits, and aftor » few months thoy soparatod by mutual.consent. Tho elder obtained a situation in % wholesale atore ns por- tor, and by his diligenco, and steadincea soon worked hiwsel? into” the:conflderice of hia em- ployera. “OF his'brothor hd saw littlo. Ono day o note reached him from hig wild relative, vho “wag then confined in the cily'- %iaun ona cfm-g« o h of petit larcony.. Ho-bailed him out and om- ployed counsel to'defond him, 'Though circum- stautially evidont that tho, prisoner had commit- tod the crime alloged, yot tlie_actual proof wng -80 meagro. that in hxq trinl ab"the gluuicipnl Court ha was acquitted. . Thao older brothier now renounced the criminal altogother, and untll Christmas ove thoy had not met for nearly ton years. Advancing fapilly in tho esteom -of hisy amployers, “tho industrious young man'soon-Tound Lilthsol in the receipt of o-good solary, and-gradualiyrose toa partnership in the firm which hio had entered as storo porter. Ho purcliagod o houso on Bush stract, married a .Jady with a considerablo fortuno of Lor own, ‘and ‘on'last Chriotmas ‘ho: sa. thrdo bonutirul children around him to cnjoy the wondors of the Christmas troe, ' That -night tho family retired -sbout midright. -Toward 2 o’clock in the morn- ing the goutloman heard a4 noies Lelow stairs, and moving quiotly out: of bed stood at tho head of tho stairs to assure himself - that hin suspiclons of burglars boing in. the houso wois~ corract. Tho glosm of a caudlo u the parlor a- sured him, and, roturning to his bedroom and arming hlmuoll’ hocrept down steirs to capture tho thiof. Ho hnd prococded fo cautiously that tho burgiar was not aware of any ono stirring in ‘tho hiousohold, aud, when ho _rozched tho parior door,'ho eaw & mau ondeavoring to ipry open tho buffet whero ho kept his aflver. Lovoling hia rovolver nt the thief, ho whoutod, ** Stop, ur you aro o dead man,” and ho had tho burglar com- plotaly at-bis moroy, Tho * jimmy " dropped from bhis nervous hands, and'the gentleman was advancing {o ses euxo him, when, to his influito horror, (hu per- ceived that it was his youuger brotlior, whor ho had thus detected in {ho act of crime, Both stood motionless for & momont, and then the unfortunaty wretch, dropping on 111)13 kneos, criod onit: ¢ As God is my judge, Robort, I did not kuow that you lived hero!”” ‘'l other bo- lovod him, and biddivg him .elé down, ssked him what could Liave led to tho . comminsion of such ncrime. 'Twas tho old atory. Liquor and ovil compaunfons. That night tho wonld-be burglar slopt undor tha roof of his forgiving brother, ‘who, when Lo told this strange story to our roporter, declared with toars in ais oyof that hia intoudod to save Lim, if posslble, and was goin, (ltu glvo him. employment in his own store, Tho reckless man eppears to bo truly ponitont, g = —_— A Small-Pox Embroglio. (- Special Despatoh to Tho Chicago Tribune, DeTiiorr, Jon, 10.—Some days ago the police, acting undor information of tho attonding physi- cian, aiixod n smull-pox sign to the houso of a leading citizon hers, living noxt door to Mayor XMoffat, Phis was dono undor the city ordinauce establishing.a poualty of £300 for the removal of [ such card, Tho Mayor, howover, regarding him. solf as vested with' discretionary power in the wmatter, us Chict Magistato of tlie cily, removed tho slgn. Tho mattor occasioned much fooling, sud lus power was gonerally denied. Tio polica authorities, Lowover, refused to mako complaint agaiust Lim, aud .to-uight, at o session of the Comnion Council, a regolution was offereddircet- ing them to do k0, Aftor au animated Gobato it pnssed, by u voto of 14 to 4. Tho whole coutra- vursy Ly occasioued vory doop feeling. ————— —On & rocont rough estimate, out of o num- ber of about 8,610 Lmporors or Kings of ovar 61 nations, 999 wore dothroned, 04 sbdicated, 20 comuitted suicido, 11 went mad, 100 died on the twtila-flold, 123 wero mado prisoners, 26 became or wore pronounced martyra aud saiuts, 161 were nsensslnated, 43 poisonod, and 103 wontenced 1 doat~total, 033, .