Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1873, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -92, 1§73. . TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TEAMS u!nmnlcrl\xrnou (PAYADLE IN ADVANOE). Daily, by mall... . 8 12,00 Bunday, Td-\"on{)].-......s (J-"[” Weokly Darinof n yoar at tho samo rato, Toproront dolny and mistakon, o suro and glyo Post ‘OMce address In Tull, Including Btato and County, . . Remittancos may bo nndo oithior by deatt, oxpross, Fosh QMo order, orin regintorod lottors, at our xlak, TKINS T OITY BUNCRITENS, - , delivored, Snnda; tad, 25 cents por week. Dol deivered, Hunany ':'x‘.in'u!'anh,nw Sonts bor wiok: s THE. TRIBUI At or Madison and Deatbort pX MPANY, Chioao, Til, OF TO:DAY'S TRIBUNE. CONTEN TIKST PAGT—Samann Biay : Bocrot History of tho Ban Daomingo Nogotiations—Washivgton Nows: Pro- coodingn in Congranas Tho Tnvestigations, BRCOND PAGI--Tho §20,000 Bult: Third Day of the Caso of Tuckor 2, tho Rollof Bootaty—Mr. Whoolor's Instanco of Tax-Doeda—Tho Tlold and Btable~Tho National Insuranco Company~Governmont and the . ‘Telegraph—Oorrospondonco betwoon Mr, Willlam Orton and Mayor Medtit-Obloago Dry Goods Mar- kot THIRD PAGR-Btroot Visduots: Who Shall Pay for Tridglng tho Stroots P—Sanitary Matlers—Tho Law Courts—Porsonsl —Tho Vionoa Expositlon—Rall- road Tiuio Tablo—Advortisomonte, FOURTH PAGE—Rditorlals; Governor Oglesby's Eleo- tlon; & Leglalativo Placer—1ow Frio Canal Tolls are Expondod—~Tho Earth's Intorior—~Ourront Nows Toms~Amusomonts, FIFTIL PAGE-Tho Stata Ospital: Election of United States Bonator—Markots by Telograph—Advortise- ments, BIXTH PAGE—Monoy and Gommeroo, SEVENTH PAGE—Tho Washingtontsn Home—The Burnod-Out Congrogattan: Tho City In Brlef— Qonorat Naws Itoms—Small Advertisomonts : Ttaal Estato, For Balo, To Rent, Wanted, Doarding, Lodging, Eto, RIQUTH PAGE-Stato Logislaturos—Now York Nows— Forolgn—~Misgollanoous Tolograms—Auction Advor- tisoments, TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, AIREN'S THEATRE-Wabash avenue, cornar of Oon. «cross streot, Almoo Opora Bouflo Troupo, Evening, ** La Bello Holene." Aftornoon, ** Uncle Tom's Oabln," by Atken's Company. 3 M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Madivon strost, between State and Dosrborn, Evgagemontof Dion Bonolosult ead wlfo, *Korrg; or Night and Marntogs® **Ailly, thio Matd with tho Milk-Pail,” ACADEMY OF MUSIO— Halstod streot, south of- Tdadlion, Rogagomoht of Joseph Murphy. *‘Help" Aftornoon and evoning. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE-Randolph strest, bo- " sn Olack and - LaSallo. Now Comedy Companr. 'ato, Afternoon and ovoning.; . IAYERS' OPERA JOUSE—Monron stroot, between Fteto end Doarborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kombla's lustrol and Burlosquo Troupo. Kthloplsn Gomtcalitios. GLOBE THEATRE—Dosplaino: ronaud Washington, Afternoon and evening, traot, botwoon Madi- Dramatio and Musloal Variotios. NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE-Ollnton, botwoen Wash- Ington and Randolph strosts, Macaillstor. ' Afternoon and eveolng. 3 STAR CONOERT—Soguin Fuglish Opora Troupo. Aftorucon. Unlon Park Congrogational Oliurch, BUSINESS NOTICES, SALT RUFUM OURED BY USING JUNIPER TAR b aamntsotused by Ohowotl Horard & Gos Now DYSPEPSIY, INDIGESTION, DEPRESSTON ! EAIE Pt ek Cnlioms Barc o TP Tt SN isays Bark (Unlisa) ark and Iron), bon fono, "Mado by Caawoll, Hazard & Oo , Now York, and aold by Drugiste. : The Thcage Tiibune, ‘Wednesdsy Morning, Jonuary 23, 1873, Pinchbacl's crodontinls as Benator-olect from Louisiana woro presontod to the Senato yoator- day. Tarlan, the oditor, vouohes that Harlan, the Bonator, is without taint of corruption In Union Pacifio mattorn. The debate on the Sloop bill {s still under way in tho Bomato, It was docided, yostordey, to limit tho sggrogate tonunge of tho sloops to 10,000 tons, and their cost, in all, to 4,000,000, Fostor, tho car-hool murderer, bas failed in Lis last hope. The Now York Court of Appoals upholds tho decision of the Lower Court, and ordors it to “ eftectuato” its sontonce,—in plain Lngligh, to hang him, e e— ? Porteot, who has boen twice convicted of mur- der, now makes & personal appenl to Governor Oglosby for o commutation of his sontonce to imprieonment for life. He pleads that the evi- denco against him is all civeumstantial. ———— Ames was questioned, yosterdsy, sbout the £10,000 contributed toward Harlan’s election by the Union Pacific Railway, Ho knew nothing ebout it ; but eaid that ho and his Lrother had contributed 24,000 for the last Indiana October elaction, at the request of Sccrotery Boutwoll nnd Senator Morton. When asked why he sent Lis monoy to that Btate, he replied, in his favo- rito phrase, it ho pub it whero e thought it would do tho most good. | ————— Govornor Oglesby was clectod United States Seuator for this Stato, yostordsy. A formal joint ballot romains to bo hold, to-day, but the result, aftor tho soparate votes of the Senato aud Houso, yesterday, ia o forgono conclusion. Sonatorial clections were bheld, yosterdsy, in roveral othor States. In Goorgln, tho balloting shows Gordon to be the strongost of the five candidates, but no eloction has yot boen roached. Fonator Howe has been re-olected in Wiaconsin. In Now:York, Conkling is far shoad on the eoparato ballots, and will, without doubt, be clected on tho joint bellot, to-day. Nevada bas given, or rather hag 80ld, her Bonatorship to Jokn P. Jouos, of San Francisco, who, to make suro of Lis votes, ' bonght 'em twice over, sir,” A resolution has been offored in tho Italian Chamboy of Doputies, asking that monsuros bo taken to provent tho frauds practised upon emi- giunts by Amorican Imigration Companies. ‘Uho rerolution, undoubtedly, has roferonco to the large numbers of Italiaus who are arriving b New York inan utterly dentitute condition, luving boen induced to lonvo Italy by misropre- rentations of agonts. It is but recontly that certain Gorman papors bave commented very gevorely upon the maoner in which Germnan emigrants aro treated, and huvo charged that the United States Govornment has rofused to entor into a Conventlon with the German Gov- ernmont to secure protaction for emigrants, As these chargon and rofloctions upon the Unitod States now como from a double source, it is tiino that our own Government gave the mattor werious attention, espocially as it is for our in- tarests Lo oncourago omigration. Homebody haa introduced into the Legialature ot Indiana o bill to prohibit the salo of goods by le in that Stato by non-residonts. '[hisisa 1repesition to transplant tho Ohinoso system Ty vhich monin the Flowory Kingdom think thoy 1 ¢t themseolves from outside barbarinns. 't 4w hill will not bo perfect unless it prohibit any person in Indlana going out of the Btate to Luy goods, Then Indlana will, commerolally, I us well protocted as Chiua, It necsesary to «ulorea the Inw, o wall might bo built around 1ha Stata, to keop foreign pediers out aud the than he can got thom at homo for? Why not build up » home market? If protection s right for the wholo country ngainst forelgn natious, why § {6 not right for Indinns, a8 against Ohio, ichigan, Illinos, and Kentuoliy ? ' Tho dlsgracoful business of vontesting sonts in Cougress is illusirated by tho rosult of two casos just roported. Congross mot March: 4; 1871, and will expiro March 8, noxt. Ono Dolargo was rotnrmod aa & member from Bouth Carolins, and tock his seat; & man named Bowon contostod it; now, at tho ‘closo of - the form,: the Committoo roporta that noithor of thom was lionesily elected, yot both will got paid, poesibly, 812,000 sach. Tho sont of the mombor from Florida was contosted, and now, aftor Lio hag drawn two- yosrs pay end milongo, it in roportod tbat Lo wna novor ontilled ton soat, and- that somo othor porson was. Both will of courso got paid, and the rightful member will gorvo about one month of bhis torm, Oon- tosted casos ought to bohoard prompily, and decided upon at the vory beginning of tho ros- slon, Mombora aro olectod now twelva months ‘bofora tho meoting of Oongroms, and tho whole ovidonco ought to bo roady to bo laid before tho House at its mooting, and immediate action should bo had. T — Tho dotermination of tho Bostd of Undor. writers to examino the Loating arrangomonts of the various ohurches which are insured ia & vory proper one, The Commitioo appointod for the purpose will not make its oxamination for two or throo days yot, which will givo the intorosted partios timo to oxamino their heating arrange- ments, snd, it thoy aro defootive or unaafo, thoy will Lavo timo to make tho nocossary nltora- tlons. This will be a matter of nooossity, a8 the Underwriters have given n practi- cal shapo to thoir notion by resolving to notify tho ownors of wuvpsafo property to makothoe nocossary repaira within fivo days, or alae the risks hold by companios reprosentod 1n tho Board will bo withdrawn, . This is praise- worthy aa far as it goos, but why limit action to tho ‘churchos, which nre in use butonco or twleo o wook, ‘and loave out tho numorous othor Iargo buildings in the city which aro in constant uso? Dofoctivo flues have beon tho causos of nine-tontha of tho rocont fires. ot the Undor- writors mako tholr rule univereal, and this wholosale destruction of propertyby fire will goon bo checked. ey Mr. Brooks tostifies in his own bohalf boforo the. Credit Mobilior Committeo that he was not sppointed n Governmont Dircotor until October, 1867, and, in order to avoid ontangle- ment in tho discords of tho Board, did not take the oath of offlcs for aix months sftorwards, Ho sccoptod tho position st o sncrifice, for it pro- vented him from owning Pacific Railroad stocl, bad beoomo ontitled in 1867, boforo ho was a ‘membor of Oongrees, Ho has nover, ho says, ro- celved any dividends or any profite in any shapo from this transfor. Iis advancos to hi son-in~ law wero o loan, payment of which was striotly “enforced. Ho says, in brief, “All I have dono was, when not a membor of Congross, to accept an offer Durant mado to soll me at par certain shares of Credit Mobllier stock, and wheon not o Govornment Director of the road to transfor to Neilson tho offer made mo whon not a Con- grossman,” Mr, Brooks denios polnt-blank that bo evor conversed with Alley, as assorfed by M'Comb, who awaara that Lo hoard Brooks ne- gotiating for the control of the Domooratio side of the House. It Geoms rathor unfair that tho Constitutional probibition of epocial priviloges and advantages in commerco shonld bo urgod againat tho bill for the relief of the sufferors by the Boston firo, and Chicago would be tho lsst to call forits enforcoment after tho kindnesses, Govorn- mentel and individual, which have beon shown to our city. It is not to bo denied, howevor, that tho procedents which havo boon offered in tho doparturo from this principlo, for Portlend and Chicago aro full of dangor, andthe accumulation of such procodents must constantly incroaso thia dsangor. It must bo recollected that Boston's own actions and declarations have proved that hor peoplo are mot in noed of roliof to nnything like tho zame oxtent ss woro Port- land and Chicago. Tho peoplo werarich and out of dobt ; their insurance was reasonably good ; thoy have abundant monetary xoeources; and thoy have declinod proffers of assistance from other cities. It isaleo truo that, lumber being oxcluded, ns in the case of Chicago, thoy will derive ovon loss rollof than wa did from the tem- porary abandonmont of tho tariff on cortain arti- cles, and our oxperionco has proved that this reliet was nob important oxcopt in onoor two articles. In this viow of tho case, Boston can bettor afford fo sacrifico tho small benoflt that might bo derived from the bill than could cither Portland or Chicago Tho Chieago produce marksts wore gonorally highor yostorday, and moderately active. NMess pork was in fair domand, and 10c per brl highor, closing at 1L.75@11.85 cash, and $12.25@12,30 soller March.. Lard was quiot and 5@10c por 100 Ibs higher, at §7.20@7.26 cash, and 27.66@ 7.00 soller March, Meats wore modoratoly ace tive, and n shrdo firmer, at 3J¢@4o for shoul- dors ; 53¢{@5}{c for short ribs; Gigo for short clear, and 73{c por Ib for 16 Ib green hama. Drosnod hogs woro active and a shado firmer, at £4.40 por 100 1bs for heavy, and $4.00@4.65 for light, Highwinoa wore quiot and stoady at 880 por gallon. Flour was very quiot, but strong, nativowin, Why ehould au Indisnfan bo per- wittod by tho Legislature to purchaso gooda from u nou-rowideut 25 to 40 per cont cheaper owing to light stocks, Whoat was active and irregular at Monday's prices, closing at $1.255¢ cash, aud $1.203¢ eoller Fobrunry. Corn was more active, and 2{@Xo higher, olosing firm at 803{@30}goc cash, and 805 @80%c scller Fobrnary, Oats wero dull and stondy at 25}¢0 cagh, and 2630 seller Fobruary, Tiyo wes quiot and firm at 68c. Barloy waa weak, doclining 40, nnd closlog at 76c for No. 2, and Gdo for No, 8, * Tho hog market opened notivo and Lighor, but beforo the closo the improvement was Jont, tho market closing steady at 83.66@ 9,90, Cattlo contivue dull, and pricos woro 250 ror100 Ibs, lower than at tho closo of last wool. Bheop woro in fair roquast at unchanged prices, On Saturday last thoro woro in storo in this ity 1,870,090 bu wheat, 2,710,135 bu corn, 1,020,375 bu oats, 237,043 bu ryo, and 801,040 bu barloy. e Whilo it ie not to bo denled thnt tho ovidenco boforo the Credit Mobilior Investigating Com- mitteos, 6o far, has implicated Mr. Jamos Brooks In a largor degreo than any othor mombor of Congreas, it would not be well that publio atten- tion should bo o concontrated upon lus caso as to overlook others who aro lilely to be impli- catod in the samo mannor, though perhaps not to the pamo extent. Thero appears to ba an of- ofsbIu costain quartors to bring thiy about, But and compellod him to transfor to his son-in-law s contract for Credit Mobtlior stack, to which ho {* tho investigntion las cossed to bo n ro- spooter of persons. It has gono far onough in it various dovelopmonts of. fraud and bribery, in conncotion with both the Crodlt Mobiller and the Union- Pacific Rallrond, to attésta sad and sorlous statoof corruption that | must bo mot now, if we would oscapon ropotition I tho futuro, Tho timohas passod when any por- sonal or politienl, considorations should enter into tho caso, 'Thore is no ronson that Ropubli~ cans should congratulatulato thomsolves and tholr party bocause Mr. Brooks is a Domoorat, Tt is rathor o faot to be commonly regrotted that corruption of the onormons proportions dovel- opod in the presout inveatigations should have boon possible st any time and in any party. It is not probable that Mr, -Brooks was. tho only momber of Congross: who was corrupted with Oredlt Mobilier dividonds, Wo know already that olhors have onjoyed profits from 1 sohiomo in which tho Govornmont was dofrauded. Tho rolative extent of the guilt of thoso various Congrossmen haa not yot boen dotarmined; but it will bo whon thoir knowl- edgo of tho moturo of tho transaction ehall bo demonstrated. Ar, Brooks' culpability has boon incrossed by tho vohomenco of his protosts, porhaps, but ho must not bo made a scapogoat, upon whom public odium may bo concontrated, to tho oxclusion of others who sro guilty. Neithor justico nor tho object of the investiga- tion will be fully satiefied until all who have boon gullty eball bo adjudged and punishod accordingly. s . —— Ono branch of the Illinols Legislature, a fow days ago, pormitted itsolt to be whoedled into o subatantially unanimous vote in favor of a bill ponding in Congress, which professos to grant ‘homestoads to soldiors snd sailora of the late war, but which is in reality nothing but a bill to givo businoss, at the publio oxponae, o claim agentn, Undor oxisting law, anybody, soldier or sailor, can got a homestend of publio land froo of all cost, and froo of any feo to any claim agont. This law is not popular with olaim agonta. Thoy think that any porson who wants & home- stoad phould bo made to pay 25, st lonst, to some poreon for gotting it for him. 8o they have invenfiod a bill which authorizos any soldier or satlor 4o recolvo serip from tho Governmont for & homoutond, and when tho homostond . shall bo ocoupied by tho soldler or eailor, or his assignon thon o patont for the 1and shall istue to him.' This eerip is assignablo, that s, it may be sold by the sailor or soldior, but it 'is coupled. with tho comdition that bofors tho land is patented it must bo occupiod and cultivated. The valuo of such morip may be estimated when any person can go and got tho samo land for nothing by morely occupying and sottling on it. Itisrop- rosonfed that this Bill will call for serip for- nearly 250,000,000 neros of land. The sorip will, atmogt, during the life-time of any soldier or sailor:mow living, not have o valuo of ovor 20 cents &n acro, which will make 832 for the scrip issued to each soldior or eailor. It will cost to prepare the papors, obtaln proofs of diachargo, and otltor expenses, including the foes of tho claim agont, $18to §20, for which tho agent will hold the serip until paid. -Tho homestead, thoresforo, will conaist of $12 or §14 in monoy, obtained aftor two or three years' dolay. The scrip will bo bought up by capitalists in largo quantitios, and twonty-five years honco will bo worth €3 to £Ganacre. Tho fiuancial operation of tho bill may bo thus statod: 250,- 000,000 acros of land, worth $1.25 per acro, $825,000,000, granted to tho soldiors and sailors, in serip, which will gell for £60,000,000, which sum will be divided—to tho soldiers and sailors, $18,760,000, and to tho claim jegents 331,250,000, Id this & bill for the reliof of tho soldiers and sailors, or for tho claim agents? And in tho end tho bill throws this immenso body of Iand, at a nominal coat, into tho hands of speculators,who can afford to hold it until it is worth somothing. Yot that is tho bill which the Legialature of Illinois proposes to ask Congross to pass, It would bo infinitely better to ask Congross to vote diroctly $20 por head to every man who sorved in the war, or his widow or children. GOVERNOE OGLESBY'S ELECTION. Tho protest propared by a number of the members of the Legislature against the conati- tutionality of the olection of Governor Oglesby totho United Statcs Bonate may sorve as s moand for tho display of respect for Constitu- tions, ‘but it unfortunatoly wants legal force. The Constitution of the' Btate of Ilinois of 1870, E'ection b, Articlo 5, provides: Nelthier tho Governor, Lioutonsut Governor, Auditor of Pubic Accounts, Secratary of State, Suporintendent of Pubtio Instruction, nor Attornoy General ahall be eligiblo to any other offilco during tho porfod for which ho shall bave been olected, Bocguso of this provision, & number of mem- bors of. tho General Assombly deny : 1, tha oligi- bility of Governor Oglesbyto tho offico of United Btatos Bonator; and, 2, that any membor who hga sworn to support- tho - Constitution of Tllinols can vote for him for any offico during tho torm for which he was elected Governor. This donial includes, of course, tho proposition that Govornor Oglosby, having just sworn to support tho Stato Constitution, cannot accopt the Bonatorship without violating that oath. TTho firat part of this proteat, that denying the oligibility of Governor Oglesby, has boon dis- posod of so long ago, and 6o froquently, thatit aoos not admit of disoussion. Tho qualifications of Bonstors and Roprosontatives in Congresa are progeriped by tho Constitution of the Unitea Btates, and no State, by law or by Constitution, cen add to or take from those qualifications. Any men oligible to the ofilee of Bonator under the National Constitution cannot be disqualified or rendered inoligiblo by anything contained in any Btuto law or Constitution, That was de- cided sixty yoara ago, and froquontly sinco then, In the Constitution of Illinols of 1848 thore was o provision that no per- gon olected to tho offico of Judgo of the Bupremo Courl, of tho Btate should bo cligiblo to any oflico in this Btate, or tho United States, during tho term for which ho was olectod, and for ono yoar thoreafier; and it further do- clared that * all votes for either of thom for any elective office, given by tho Goneral Assembly or tho people, shallbe void." This was much strongor than tho prosent Constitution, because it doclared that all votes givon for a Judge dur- ng the nino yonrs of his torm, and ono yoar aftor, should Lo void. Notwithatanding this prohibition, Judgo Trumbull, who hnd beon a Judgo of tho Supromo Court, and whoso torm Lid not: expired, was olocted Roprosontative in Congress in Novembor, 1854, and in the wintor following was olocted Senator, Tho caso was docided by both Housos of Congross, that, belng qualified undor the Constitntion of the United Statos, he could not bo rendered ineligible by enything in tho Btate Oonatitution, The same thing hag beon docided over and pvor again, and is not open any longer to any doubt or question. ‘Tho second auoshion, ag to the right of s mem« or of tho Gonoral Assombly to. violato, hils osth to support the Constitution of tho Btato by vob~ Ing for Govornor Ogleaby, and tho other question, as to Governora acoopting.the offioo, ore praotis cally disposed of by the,answer Lo tho quostion of oligibility. The Constitution of .{he United Btatos s the law of tho land, anything in tho Btato Constltution to tho Gontrary notwlthstand- ‘Ing. Mombora who hiavo sworn to support tho Btato Conatitution Liave also-sworn that, whon it conflictu or is inconalatont with the Conetitutlon of tho United Biatos, thoy must obey and fol- low tho Jatior, anything in tho State Conntitu- tion to.tho contrary.nobwithstanding, If tho prohibitions of the State' Conititution aro repug= nant to, and inconsistont with, tho suporior pro- vistons of tho Conatliution of the United Btatos, thoy ate vold, and have no effoct, and tho oaths af tho mombors of tho Goneral’ Assombly: ro-: quito that they bo dlarogarded, -, Howevor just and portinent may bo tho objoo- tion to vacating tho offlco of Govornor by the oloction .of tho incumbont to the United Btatos Sonato, "it 1z only an objoction going totho ox- podienoy of that olection, and in o senso affacts tho Iagality thoreof, nor the sworn obligations "ot tho mombera, . Tho provisions of.the State Constitution, of courde, romain infull forcoss prohibiting tho olaction of any of the officors named to any of- fieo cronted by the lawa or Conatitution of this State, and of which this Biate has any jurisdic- tion, 5 A LEGISLATIVE PLACER, Tho Logislature of Wisconsin las beforo'it a ‘monsuro which promises s lively if not profitable entortainmont.. A mammoth Jand-grant Is to be disposod of, and its value 18 groat. In Juno," 1850, Congrosa granted to tho State .of, Wiscon- sin, iu ald of tho construotion of o railroad from Madigon or Columbus, by way.af Portage City, to tho 8t. Croix River, or lako, thencoe to the wost ond of Lnke Buporior, land to the extent of overy altornato section for six milos on oach sido of tho rond, for its full lengih. Tho Stato granted tho land to the St Oroix & Suporior Tnilway Company. Btrangoe to say; nothing was dono undor this grant. Ten yoars later, whon tho grant was shout oxpiring, Congress granted an oxtension of time, with an nddition of four seotfons of lndd in ‘width, It waa fur- ther. added, that' tho " road - ghonld be oxtonded: to '‘Boyflold. ' Northorn . Wiscon- #in ‘was still rogarded’ ‘a8 o - wildorness, and ovon tho nddition £o the grant of land did 1ot appeal suMiclontly strong to tho 8t Orolx & Suporlor Raflroad Company’ to induco thom to oomply with the terms, and tho - grant was al- lowad to explreby limitation, Intho monutime, that corporation had pricticslly oxpired. Itwas thon discovored that this long-neglected grant had a valuo—wos nmino 6f woalth, The coun- try through which the road was to havo run was explored, Tho 8%, Orolx land-grant was found to includo s million and o halt of acros, most of it fine timbor land, Tho Legislature of Wiscon- ein at last roponled the chartor of the B, Oroix Ratlrosd Company, This waain the spring of 1871, In Boptombor of | tlio' samo year, s now Company was organized at Hudgon, by tho name of tho North Wisconsin Railway Company. Its organization included tho managers of the Wost ‘Wisconsin Railway. This Company propoacd to tako tho grant, making the rosd an extension of tho recontly-comploted West Wisconsin Railway, and immediatoly, constructed 18 miles of road on the line of tho original survey. Tho ownor- shipof tho grant was, howover, disputed. J.Proo- tor Knott's famous speoch on Duluth killed the Dill fora furtber oxtensfon of the grant., At 1aat, Juatica Miller, holding o Oireuit Courtat 8t. Paul, Jast summor decided that, until Con- gress should declaro & dofault, tho title to tho land was in the Btato of Wisconsin, . Thia pro- duced & chango. The Logislaturo would again hiavo tho disposition of the grant, tho value of which is variously ostimated from twolveto forty millions of dollars. It comprises aver 600,000 acresof timber lands, and as much more of hard- wood land. Itis also #ald to contain bods of iron ore, the outcroppings of which yiold 67 per cont of pure iron. Who will got this ‘val- uablo gift? Of courso, s large lobby is intor- ostod. Foremost among the contostants s the North Wisconsin Railway Company, roprosented by Mr. A. Baldwin, Prosident of tho Weat Wia- consin Railway Company, and s bill donating the land to this Company has alroady been intro- duced in tho Stato Senato. Tho Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul Railway Company, represented by tho vetoran Hans Orookor, Eaq., claimsit, as having in fact boon o portion-of a grant origi- nally mnde to .one of ' the branch roads of tho prosont system of that Company. ‘They offor, in caeo thoy got it, to build, in addi- tion to tho linos named in tho grant, a road from tho mouth of the Chippewa River, vie Durand and Eau Claire, to Ohippows Falls, and a branch to Monomoneo City, Mr. J..F, Joy claims tho. grant for the Sheboygan & Fond du Lao Rail- rond. The lumbormen. cc-operating with Ezra Cornoll and other Enatorn caplialists; propase to tako tho grant, do all that the Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul Company offors to do, and, in addition, build 76 milas of road through the Rod Cedar Valloy. Itis undorstood at Madison that tho Northwestern Railway Company ia not an indit- forent spectator of this prize distribution, and that it will cust its wtropgth in favor of the North Wiscousin Company. Ginvarnar Wash. burn has gono to Washington, and it is thought will como back propared to advise o division of the subsidy,—one part to tho railroad and the rost to endow Stato charities, It has boon s long timo minco a Wostern Legislaturo has had guoch & rich prizo to givo away as & reward of vir- tuo to the most exemplary applicant. A BOLD STOCOK OPERATION, . Theo Ciroular on Financo, which the Turkish Qoveroment was allogod to have issued to its principal onvoys, the publication of which in tho London T'imes has beon mado the basis of a libol suit instituted by the Turkish Government ngsinet that papor, was, it appears, a vory clover forgory concootod by etock-Jobbers, and in its way was worthy of Figk or Jay Gould. Sovoral of tho Turkish loans carry G por cont intorost on thelr par valuo, and in soma of them s portion of tho bonds aro pald off by poriodical drawings, Tho circular stated that thoro would bs no moro of these drawings snd no more ginking fund, and that tho wholo ot thio Turkish Joans would soon bo consolidated into a singlo atock, bearing only 6 por cont in- torost, Tho circular also stated that atax was to bo lovied both on the foreign and domostio holdora of tho debt. Of course, the intention was to purchase Turkish stock very largely, which would bo sure to fall upon such ropre- sontations from the Government. The project migoarriod, howover, as the oiroular appeared in the Z%mos on tho morning of tho firat of two days on which ‘tho English °Btock Ex- change was closed, and $hug no. epexs e e reesemeememeranremeee atlona' could. bo . effcolod boforo tho. dla- avowal was mado publio, The achomo, how- over, was A vory ingonious one, and would hsve mado s black day In the London stock markot hiad it not boon for tho aboyo {ll-luck, Regard- ing itin allits nspocta,'thoro da an amusing do- groo‘of coolnoss in tho alinost constaut lecturen which our Englieh brotliron-are in the habit of- ronding to us concorning stook apeoulations of tho Jay Gould sort, +Tha Now York stock mar- kot noyor doveloped & more Ingenious swindle .than this, orwiso boautify tho alang, all of which is to bo dono from the roveriuo that may bu derived from tho lessing of’ building siton. Tho bill fall]to provido that the;Scorotary shall also hnvo powor fo coorce tho ploasure-sockera of thia country'to loase el tos and build howsen thoroon, This acomn £0 bo an omisslon, If tho Govorn- mont ia to underctnlo to rogulate tho rocrontivns .of henlih-reedidng gacapados of tho ‘Amerlcan peopla at all, it should hiave full powera to mako thom act in wycordanco with ite pupromo judg- ment, AMUSEMENTS. ——— HOW ERIE OANAL TOLLS ARE EXPENDED, Tho'Now York and Erlo Canal bogun’ opora- tlona in 1826, and botweon 1852 and 1854 thera Was Bomo .onlargomont of its.capacity, - Tho monoy oxpondod for its originnl construction, and tho monoy ‘exponded for its onlargomont, as woll ag all tho cost of ropairs, and manago- mont, hivo boon rofundod with intorekt to tho Btato of Now York out'of ita enrnings, and with & surplus now smounting to about $50,000,000: It should boalso bornoin mind that the manago« mont of tho canal has boen ab times oxcood- ingly corrupt. ‘Both parties‘ have used tho ‘oansl 8’ o pollifeal machine, from whoso rovonuos. thero was to bo paid lsrgo dividends. 1t In frankly copfessed that, of the sums chargod to ropaira.on the Erio Cansl for the lnst thirty: yoars, at lohst G0 por cent wan used fraudulontly and corruptly. Nover~ tholoss, , charging tho Erlo Canal with tho cost of its construction, and with the Interest on all loans, and with the exponditures for ropairs and sslarles, ond sll othor oxponsos of whatover nature and kind, tho revonues re- celved by the Stato havo paid all thoso,” and oxe hiblt o eurplus to tho credit of (ho canal of ©50,000,000, - That sum exponded by tho Btate upon tho enlargoment of tho canal would give us o ateambont cansl from tho lakes to New York Clty. Al this rovonuo has beon collectod Dy tho Stato of Now York from o tax loviod upon the :produots of tho West passing through ihat Btate, and upon tho return products pur- chasod by tho peoplo of the Weat. Al appeals made to tho State of Now York to remit this tax, and to mako tho canal free, have boon dis- regarded. The nn_bwnr always made is, that Now York haa a iorgo cancl debt, and that the .roves nuos from the cansl do not pay tho intorost on that dobt, and’ tho .cost of maintaining and ropairing tho canals. Fhis is truo in one sense ; but, ‘whon applied to the Erfo Canal, in ‘whioh the people of tho West salone are inter- osted, it is wholly untrue. It scoms’ that somo twenty-five yoars ago the Logislature of Now York, nnable to rosist the demands of neighbor- loods, provided asystem of Iatoral canals, Tho tchome was 8 monatrous job. It wad n moasure o rob thia State, and to perpotuato thoe tax upon tho West, To construct theso Iateral canals o large dobt was created, and tho revonues of tho Erie Oanal wore pledged to pay the intorost on this debt, and in aid of tho cost of maintaining and ropairing these canala, No ono of thoso eanals has ovor dono business énough to psya titho of ita cost, or oven to pay tho ealarics of tho toll-gathorors,” In the annual report of tho Comptroller of the Btato of New York, giving tho business of 1872, we have nstatemont of tho gross oarnings ofnll those canals, with & statoment of the exponditures for ropsirs and salarion upon cach, This roport is ag followss Salarfes Canals, Grogrevenue, and repairs. t1 $485,0 o Oayuga ai ) Chemung 118,98 Chenango. ... 250,748 Dlack River,.. 110470 Goneseo Valie; 220,013 noida 6,11 Baldwinsvil 16 Onolda River. Boneca Rivor. Total oxpen Total groes sevenu Excoss of salarles snd ropalra over revento,$1,387,400 year wero £2,700,147; expenditures for salaries and ropairs, $1,687,021; oxcoss of rovenuo over oxponsos, $1,078,126. It will bo soon that tho entire surplus rovonuo from tho Erio Canal was taken to pay the deficiency in tho receipts of the other canmals, snd that even this was not enough for the purpose, It will bo scen also, that tho cost of ropairs and salaries for theso canals was $1,687,681, when tho whole groea rovenuo from them was but €300,000, This is no accidonts] rosult. Itiscqually ns favorablo as tho results for the last fifteen yoars. To keop an army of officors employed, and to give outcontractafor repairs to partissn frionds, from ono million to a million and & half of tho surplus earnings of the Erie Canal aro taken an- nually. This is tho way tho mouoy oxtorted by New York for tho transit of goods ncross that Stato is applied, and this is the oxplanation why that Stato cannot oxpend any of the £50,000,000 * surplus rovenuo roceived from the Erio Canal in its onlargoment. 'Tire Eurth’s Interlor. ‘The following paragraph is travelling tho rounds of the pross: From a late telegram it appears that for thelast twenty-fivo years thero has beenn party of Aclentiste, comyposed of representatives from five different no- tions, Including the United States, engaged in sinking shatt into tho bowels of tho carth, for tho purpose of invm(‘znung tho truth of tho theoryof juternal fu- slon, ‘Chis shaft was sunk near Druges, in Delgium, On tho firat of last November {ho heat becnme #o fu- {enso that t woa found {mpossiblo to procead. They had then reached the depth of 47,810 feot and six inches—so tho story runs. A few lours after tho mingro ad withdrawa froi o shstt » sulpliuzous amaka A aes. Legan (o fraoo From e Aroutty oF il MANR ISR RERR 59 KR blings and tremblings of tho earlb, and o dlschargo of Dburning Iava with ashies, Burrounding towns and vil- lages woro destroyed, and many Inbubitants perished, ‘Tho peoplo are Alled with terror, and beliove_tbat tho sclontfats have bLored through into hell, Even tho scioutista thomsclves appear to bo Atruck with constor- nation at tho appalling success of thoir investigations, and at last accounta wero devising ways and mcana 10 plug up thio iolo tioy biad opond 1010 tho fufersal re- glons., The story ia a vory protty ono, lacking only tho ossontial of truth. Wo aro not yot able to oxcavato to & dopth of soven and ong-sixth miles, and porhaps nover will bo; but evon if such & dopth could ba resclied weo should not bho more than Linl? way down to the sea of liquld firo, which ia bolioved to form about 82 purts in 88 of tho oblato spheroid that men call the solid globo, 'Tho story of tho mysterious boring must rank with that of tha Plautamour comot and tho moon hoax. S s e e Benator Forry, of Michigan, ia evidently of tho opinion that the United States Government has not businoss onough on its hands at the present time. He desiro that it ehould now tako parental chargo of tho plensure-gooking of its good people. 1Io wanta tho Island of Mack- Inno et apart a8 a Publio Park, and placed under tho control of tho Becrotary of War, Why tho Bacretary of War should have the special priv- 1lego of overlooking the recreations of tho in- habitants of tho United Btates rather than any otlior offioial, Senator Ferry doos not stop to ox- plain, o dosiros, however, that this gontle- man should rollove his eerious dutios of kooplng the murderous machinery of Gov- ornmont in good ordor by protectiug the Ieland of Muckinao from the vandalism that might shoot the gamoin iis forests, catoh the fish on ile The rocoipts from thio Erle Canal in the samo | THE APOLLO OLUD CONCERT. "Tho firet recoption of tho Apollo Musical Olub. was glven, Inat evoning, at Standard Hall, to ono of tho mogt brilllant audiencos ever assomblad fn Obfeago, and alao to ono of the moat dolight- od. Tho Apollo Club, which is organized on- tirely with ‘malo volces, on tho Maonnorchor bnste, was started for the practico aud study of malo ohorusos and part songs sbout four montha since, during which time it has boon under the careful and sovero drilling of Mr. A, ‘W. Dohn, its musical diroctor, tho formor conductor of tho Mondelegohn Bocloby, which attained o groat reputation in its day, Ithas Inborod falthfully and arducusly, and with a dogreo of onthuslasm hithérto unknown to any musieal society over organizod horo, Tho'Club hias a doublo objoot in viows first, to attain a high dogreo of oxcel- lonco in elnging; and, second, to combime with this an oqually high dogree of soclal enjoyment. "It is tho Intontion of the officors of the Olub, when tho opportunily is afforded, to obinin pos- sosalon of n commodious hall and mnko its en- tortaloments purely of & featiwml na- ture. During tho scason four miore on- tertalnments will be givon, at which many musical novelties will bo brought out which oould not be producod at the first ro- coption. Thoe concerts aro only given to associ- ato mombors, tho numbor of whom le I3mited by tho consatitution to 500. Prior to tho commencoment of the.concert, tho ‘Prosident of the Club meadoe & brief stato- mont of the origin and objects of the Saclety, and ' tho ‘Club then -opencd tho comcert with Kuecken's - stirring * chorus * Evor Loyal." The remsining numbers wore Soifort's * Always Moro ;" Girschnor's “Be- waro;" Bohumann's ‘‘ Dresmy Loke;" Durner's * Bpring Agaln © Rejolcos;" Schrootoer's # Champagno Bong,”. sud Haertol's ¢ Millor’s Daughter.” It Is not too much {o ssy orhaps, that it was tho bost male sioging- ever Bund. in this elt{] by & homo society. 10 parts aro not ontirely balanced, the - basses, cepocially tho sotond basgos, boing the prodominant part, but this i a defoct which will speedify be rome- diod, Tho baes parts are nosw full, and- spocial attontion will bo glven to the terors, _n.qlm which s alwaya moro diffioult to obtaln' than tho bags. There are now about 80 singars in tho club, and tho romalning 10 (tho singing membors boing limited to 40) -will be added to the tonors, nlrabo!n&tnkon-&o salect only tho bost. In drilling the Olub, pariicular nttontion has been given to shading and oxpros- ston, and in those respects nothing hes boon Loard here comparable to tho Club's singing eince tho time of the.Saengorfost in 1800, when tho Now York Arion Sooloty made such & roputation heroe for tho very samo qualitios, Tho audionce was dolighted, and _oxpressed its dolight in tho most unmistakable mannor, An attempt was mado to encore soveral of the momborg, but tho conductor suocessfully resisted until the ¢ Champagno Song,” when tho demonstration becamo. 8o pronounced that ho yielded, and’ tho Olub ropeated it. The soloists of the evening weore Miss Jossics Has- kell,” Mr. Robert Goldbock, and Messrs, Foltz and Bowen, the Iatter two hoiug mombers of the Club, Misa Haskell's numbors wero choson from Schumann's and Schubert’s mueip, ; and wore thus- in sdmirable keoping = with the goneral character _of . tho pro- ramme. Hor swoot, * sympathetic - .voice ound full play In tho Bchumann songs, and lod the way to & gonuine surprise at tho foroibloand highly dramatic manner in which she sang the “Erl King,” B8ho roccived tho heartiost of en- cores for her singing, snd repliod with one of Boumanmarongs iross tho * Oyehun,” & Woman's Lifo and Loye." In tlus connoction, too much pralse can hardly bo given to Mr, Flor- onco Ziogfold for the handsome manner in which he furnished tho trying accom- apiment to the “Erl King.” . Gold- ook played TLiszt's ‘“Beremata" and offoctivo and brilliant ¢ Kuni&rlm Rhapeody" in a manner which aroused tho enthusiasm of tho sudionce. His crisp, olear touch, and fin- ishod stylo of plaging woro uappily alaptod to both numbors. . Foltz, who i8 an aotive mombor of tho Olub, and gives his business letsure to musio without making it his sole pro- fopsion, eung tho Augorb ballad of - Loowo's, “Tho Meoting at the Soa Shoro,” ina manner which could only make one wish that his whole time were given to musie, His fino method - and fine voico: were hnndsomolfi devoloped in tho ballad, which is of & mucl “higher clags than the Englich ballads. Mr Bowen, . also_an notive momber of tho Olub, sang the *Saluto a Borgamo” in a vory forgible and spirited way, and was eallod out to make hin acknowledgments, The Olub is deserving of congratulation for tho haundsome mannor in which it acquitted itsolf, and, 88 it gives four more public recep- tions hofare apring, its associate members may also congratulate themselves. *LE PETIT FAUST” . wag producod by tho Aimes Opora Bouffo Qom- pony ot Aikon's Thoatro, Inst eveniug, for the firef timo in Ohicago. Tho house was woll filled, though not g0 Iarge as on_tho precoding night, the opera boing wholly unkoown. It can hardly hopo to rival in Pri) Poricholo,” and ' Lin Bello Helone," and it would hinyo boou as woll to havegiven # Los Brigands * i its place, apart from the managorial desire to Dbring out aomulhing now, Tho plot and the dla- loguo of “Potit ¥aust" aro among tho moat daring of tho Fronch school—in fact, so decidedly, bad ot times 8s to rander ignorance . of Fronch _ n blissful cone tion for the modostly inolined. The performance was chiefly notable in tho first appearance of Mlle, Bonolli, & buxom, rollicking prima, very much after Aimoo's ovn attorn, and a dangorous rival to her in all the elements of popularity. Her volco is of o frosh, pure quality, and sho naos it to the bost possiblo ad- vantago.. Tho hit of the ovening was_hor ren- dering of the burlosque on **Veterland,” Nons, Jutenu sharing in the double encore, Tha chorus wag_in oxcollont training, and the orchestra, Liaving roceived the bolated musio baoks, proved to Lo very fino, ‘Fo-night, “La Bollo Tolonc™ will bo glyen for tho only timo, with Ainico ag Helene and Juteau a8 Paris, THE ONATORIO CONCERT. The Oratorio Concert, which was interrnpted by the firo on Thursday evening last, will bo {vun to-morrow evening, at the Unlon Park angragatinnal Chureh, with tha fallowing pro- grammo: 1, Organ Voluntary, 5 bis @. C. Enopfel. 2, Choras—'¢ The Heavens aro Telling,” 3, Quartette, Mra. Farwell, Miss Holden, Mesars, Hocard and Hb- ard, 4. Solo— It s Enough," from * Elljah,” Ay Fritz Tolts. B, Quartetto from “Fidelio, Jre, Furwell, 3lra. Johngon, HMeasrs, Dowenand Sabin, 0, Organ—+Hallelujah Ohorus,"—% Mouut of Oliven, 27, G. C, Knipfel. 7. Leoture—* Nectlioveu, i Tev, Robert Latrd Collier, 8. Chorus—* Ilo Watching ovor Isracl” 9. Bolo from “Tho Seasons,” Ar. ¥, A, Bowen, 10, Quartette, ra. Faricell, Hro, Johnaoy, and Musre, Howard and i ubbird, 11, Qliorus—{i Tho Qurée of tho Lord,” from “Nas- mau," Tho old mombera of tho socloty aro earneatly invited to asslst ip this concert, and to be at the church by 7 o'clock on theevening of the concort. e e BENEVOLENT FIREMEN, The Benevolent Associntion of the pald Fire Depsrtrent liold its annual meeting last even- ing at tho Williams engine house, on West Lake sireot, and electod tho following officers for the enauing yoar: Prosident, E. B. Chandler; Vice Prosident, D, J. Bweonie; Recording Secrotary, D, B, Konyon ; Finanolsl Secretary, Joel A, Kin- noy; Trensuror, Jool Presoott, Sovoral yearly yoporta wore road, tho most important and in- torosting of which was that of the Troasurer, Tt shows that the amount of gonoral fund. on hand ot tho comwnoncement of the Ilast flscal yoar was $0,850,80; that the recolpts dur- ing the yoar wero'$1,171,89; that the oxpondi- tures durlng tho yoar woro #1,682.13; and that tho balance remaining in the hands of tho Treas- shores, or out down its timbor. Tho Booretary, undor this bill, {s alao expeoted to suporviso the coustruption of xeads and. bridle-paths, aud oth- uror at the commencemont of tho prosont year 18 §441.01, Tho amount of insurance premium ularity tho * Duchosse,” *“La | ‘| variotios ornptwlea; T, T, during tho yeor, 8248,00. Tho other Lusiness transactod was of no particular Im{mfl,nucfl, nud would not intorost the gonoral public. DAVENPORT, IOWA. Annunl Mceting of the ¥owa State orlenftural Socletys Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, Daveyront, Jon, 21,—The annual meoting of tho Jown Btate Iorticultuel Bocloty bognn ite geaslon in thin city to-day. Prosident Fostor callod tho Convention to ordor at 104 o'lock. ‘Iho sossion wns oponod With prayor by Mr. Bmith, Presldont Fostor oxprossed his rogrota that tha Northorn Illinols Hortioultural Boolety mot at thosamoe timo. Tho dato of. tho.Towa mooting was fixod by ntatuto, and could not be changed. Tho Bonrd of Dircctors, with substi- tutos for thoso absont, werc appointod a Commit. too on Programmo. Mr, Budd, of Bonton County, rafsed the ques: tion of memborship, A roading of the by-lawa showed that the momborsbip of tho Sosioty ox- pired the day Jrovious to_tho annual meoting, oxcopt ns to oflicors, Somo ono moved that thia old membors roconstitute themsolves' mombora by paying tho foe. Mr. Budd suggested thab hioro was no Hoclety to act upon tho motion. Mr. Browstor, Prosldont of the Scott County Bocloty, cut tho knot by paying hia foo, Others followed suit. 'The Bociely was organized imme- diatoly after. The balance of the morning hour was ipune i discuseing_ hardy varioty of apples and pears, shown by Mr. Kinney, of Rook Island. At 3¢d'clock p.m., the Commiltea on Pro- fimx_nmn roported for Wodnosday and Thuraday. For Wodnesday forsuoon, reports upon apples, b( E. H, Colking and R, C. Bpoar, with dlscus~ slons, snd rovislon of lists; in tho aftornoon, roports upon small fruits, and revislon; in tho ovoning, election of ofiicers, and an cmeny upon hardy flowering plants, by J. 1. 'lem- plo, For 'Fhuraday mominq, discugsion tpon poars, chorrics, and pitma; after- noon, essay on _structural - botany, by Mr. Budd, avd tho rolation_of soientiflo’ botany to hortioulture, by O. G, Parry, oclosing with a disoussion on hodges ; overgroon and forest troe culturo to occupy tho ayeniig, On motion, Presidont Foster was invited ta, deliver his address, which was compliod with.. It embracod a largo view of horticultural ' pros~. poots in Iows, The annual report ‘of tho Socrotary follawed tho address, An esgay on ontomoalogy by Pro- fossor Beasoy had boen received by tho Socreta- ry, aud its.roading ovolied & goneral disenssion upon the nature and habits of the white grub. worm and the meaus of exterminnting it. Somo. bad. found. fall Yluwlng offoctive ; othors not,, thoug}:x thoroughly cultivating was favored by oll. . Tho discussion finally wandered off upom the advisability of selling fruit by woight. Tt was unanfmously voted that the reports of the ad inferim Committocs for the sovoral dis- tricts closo tho afterncon session, though but three of the ten Committoes reported, viz.: Mr. Brackett, of tho Tirst; Mro. 1ves, of tho Sco- ond, and'Alr. Watroo, of tho Third, This ovoning tho Sooloty attond, by invilation, & locture of Profeseor O. O. Parry upon_tha “Early Explorations and Bottlomont of tho Ais~ slasippl Valloy, ‘The Sooiety is- not largely at- tonded, but ita best men aro hero. Among the noted horticulturists prosent are Carkins and Laoonard, of Burlington ; Brackett, of Denmark;. Wood, of Springdale; Strohm, ofTowa City; Mra, Tvos, of Ottumwa; Budd, of Denton County; Mott, of Alamankes, and others. 3 SPRINGFIELD. Pertect’s Personnl Application for o Commutation of Sentenco — Filing ©of Corporate Articles—Xmportant Moa tions Mefore the Supreme Court. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, Ben:NoF1ELD, Jon. 21.—A. J. Portect, who was .convicted of murder by & Will County jury & fow days ago, has proforred & porsonal request “for a commutation of his sentonce. Ho allogos that tho evidenco ageinst him, whick will be laia bofore the Govornor-as soon as practicable, is _purely circumetantial, as will bo soon by s care- ful ronding, and tipon it ho hopes to recolve a commutation of his sontenco to imprisonmont for life in tho Btate Prison. He adda that he little thought cighteen yoars ngo, when he was & cook at Taylor's Hotel, in Decatur, whero Gov- ernor Oglosby boarded, thot he would now be potitioning the Governor for his life, It is not probablo that Govornor Qglesby will act upon tho potition, and it will fall to Govornor Bove- ridge to decide upon the quostion of commuta~ tion, ¥ - Governor Oglegby nominntos Josoph Carier, of Normal, a 'rustoe of tho State Normal Uni- vorsity, vice Josao W. Fell, whose tarm of ofiice has oxpired, and who refuges to accept a re- nomination. The nomiuation will bo gent to the Bonate to-morrow, p Tho United Stntes Patent Firo-Proot’ Tubu-~ Inted Plaster Caating Company, ‘of Chioago, cap- ital stock £30,000, filed' articles . of ,assaciation, with tho Becrotary of State to-day. E. Fullatt Butl, Prosident, film{ in’ the offien of tho Bocrotary of Stato, & cortificate of thq chango of pame of ' tho LaSalle & Clicago Rail~ road Company to tho Chicago & Great Western Railroad Qorepany. ¢ ~ The \\'llmillq!on & Vincennes Rallrond Com- peny filed articles of association with tho Bcore~ tary of 8tata this morning. Tha capital stock of tho Oamgnny i §9,000,000. The purpose is to. construot and oporate o rallroad” betweon the. citios of Wilmington, Will County, and tho city: ‘Vinconues, in Indiana, 3 Wo nro having plenty of mud in'tlio straots of thi; exkty ‘imcnimotrla\s. " v ostorday, in the Buprome Court, thore ap- carod C, )§ Isham, of gmcngo, who {s muilugl or tho nppoelicos in tho colobrated caso of Buck~ nor ¢t al, v3, Kingsbury et al., Ila madq tho fol- lowing motlons : 'To vacate tho judgmont of tho January torm, 18715 to recall tho final ordor is- sued, and to dismiss tho appeal, The ground on which r, Tsham buses: Wis motions o, (hut tho jl\\dgmunz was obtainod by fraud. 'This casa uvolves $5,000,000 of property. 'LANSING, MICH. Annual Mecting of tho State Pomos logical Soclety, Spectal Despateh to The Chicago Tribuns, LaxsiNa, Mick,, Jan, 21.—Tho Stato Pomo- logical Bociety met this aftornoon, President Dyckman in tho chalr, with o full attendanco of mombers, Intoresting reports from peach-grow- org weroe pregonted. Tho prospects are good in Western Michigan, Plenty of ponch buds wore exhibitod, alivo and frash. Tho general pros- pects in the Btato for fruit are good. Some threo hundred plates of applos woro oxbibited; forty-five varieties by W. H. Gregory, of Kons dnl, VauBuren Co.; forty-throo vancties by of W, Ridwall, tho momo county 3 also, pears, grapos, aud canned fruit by both of theso gentlomen, Afr. Bmeathe ors, of South Boaton, Ionin County, exhibits 30 Lyon, ot Plymt:\\llh1 Wayno Oounty, 80 kinds; H. P, Husted, of Lowoll, Kent County, 84 varietice, aud othor membors moro or los8 of apples, poars, grapes, driod fruit and canned; This ovening tho Socloty metin tho hall of the Houso of Representatives, ‘Chore was a largo, sttendanco, Progidont Dyokman read his inaugus . ral addrose, which wag warmly applauded, Pa- . pors wora road by T, T, Lyon ‘on the * Clagsifl-. catfon of Fruits,” and Bonjamin Hathaway, on, * Boe Culture.” The Bocioty nu‘asfil an invitation to-morrow afterncon to visit tho Agricultural Collego, and abjourns to 9a. m, to-mmorrow, whon addlliond of fruit aro expected, and important discussions rolating to tho culturo, presorvation, and mar~ kottng of fruit will tako }xlnco. Govornor Dagloy vieited the rooms of tho Booloty to-day, and oxprossed himself highly gratifiod at tho display, and with the labors of the Bocloty. Bonators aud Roprosontativesare present to-night, Dangers to Wood=Ohoppers, Special Despateh to the Chicagn Lridune, DUBYQuE, Ia,, Jan. 21,.—On Baturday last, in Grant County, Wis, & man named T\ Dlmpfxeu was injured by & lnfllng troo, which orushod his loft knoe in puch & mauner that ho had to have 1t amputated nbove tha knce, Near Epworth, ITowa, to-dsy, & young mam, namod . Kiddot, whilo' ongagod in tolling trece, was instantly killed by a"troo falling on him, erushing Lis body foariully, . b S SN N Northern Xilinois IZorticultural So= , clety, ° Spectal Deapateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, Fnerront, I, Jou, 21,—The Northern T~ nois Hortioultural Booloty convened in saventh, . aunual session at tho Court Houmo at 10 a. m, Tho attondance is not large,"on account of - tho delnyed traius. Nong of the Btaudiug Com- fund in tho treasury Jau. 16, 1879, was $2,644.87; the progent amount ls $3,390,87; exponditures mittces woro roady to roport. The day wae , spent in proliminwry atrangoments, . . ’