Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1873, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1873. 3 ADMONISHED, Judge Blodgett Spcaks Plainty vo the Assignee of the Winnesheilks Eis Removal from Office Denied, But He is Admonished. The Company’s Plan of Settlement---The Insurers to Pay Up, and the Capital to Escape. Judge Blodgettsesterdey denied tho petition to remove W. Lambe, Assignee of the Winnesheik Insurence Company, on the rule to show czuse coming up for hearing; with an admonition to the Assignee, as hereafter reported. The gronnds stated in the petition for the re- ymoval were, briedy, that the Assignee was incom- potent, that he was acting m the wnterest of the givers of secured notes, instead of the creditors, und that he had failed to file the various reports with the Register that tho Bankrupt law requires Lo be done for the protection and information of the creditors. The petition was summarized in this column when filed. The answer was a voluminous one ; it denied the various al- jegations, and reproduced copies of ;reports made by the Aasignee which had been prepared acoording ‘to law, but by unfortunate mishaps had nof been filed with the Register. The reading of the' answer and reports occu- ried coneiderable time, after which counsel for {ho Assignee addressed the Court. He urged {he Court to- consider that everything showed the Assignee to bave been honest and honorablo, if not so particular in the observance of his dnties as strict regard for the law might require. Vith respect to the charge that he had failed to make monthly reports, he hed this ex- case to offer, that he had talked maiters over with tho Register, explaining the condi- tion of affairs to him, and giviog him euch information as the meagre character of the acconnts would permit, when the Register, after hearing what he had to say on thosa points, gave him to undersiand that, provided the facts andfigures were as stated, it might be immate- yial whether or not he went through the formal- ity of fling & report; in point of fact, that whers the amount involved was so emall as it appeared * tobein this ceso, the roport might be dispensed with, 80 long 88 no injury was eustained on the port of the créditors thereby. -He strongly wged the Court to consider that if the Assignee bed erred, he had erred in accordance with the comnsel, or permission, of the Registers end that no injury had been inflicted in" consequence of such neglect. He admitted that, if the law made it absolutely neccssary that a0 Assignee 8hould file thoso reports, whether |- the doing so shonld be of any adventage to the ereditors or not, and that this Assignes had not pertormed this duty, then that ho ought to'be removed. But he considered that the law per- mitted .the judgment of the Court to discern czses where there might be extenuation, where sn ifon rule conld scarcely 2pply, s in this in- stance, where the acconnis were 80 emall s to Ecarcely scem worthiy of being formally filed, waere no good conld bave arisen by tho mere fling of them, where no harm had arisen from tho not filing of them, end where the Assignes had ‘Leen sustained in his course by the Register. He argued for considerabls length in-the eame Erain, evidently considering that in this_open breach of duty 2nd neglect of & very eimple ‘e~ aquirement of ‘the law lay the only real danger, and that he relied more on the: judgment of tha Conrt, based on the facte and figures submitted inthe papers before him in Teply to the petition for removal, than on his own words, to mest other portions of tho charges. Ho referred to 1ha evidences contained in the report of the in- <try of iite Assignee, It wes seen that he 4 collected not Tess than $100,000, sltogether a very largo sum, considering the wide distance beiween tho stockholders and givers of notes, and the incessant attention and con- stant labor involved in obtaining it. He -alo refe at _ some - length t> the position of.the Assigues in_the premium ote question, and expressed the firm belief that cnough monoy could. be collecied from that wource alone to. meet the indebledness of the benkrapt. 1f the Assignee had good gromnd to supposs that g0 favorable a result could be ahieved of & friendly settlement with the par- * a3 concerned, he could not but think that the € art would regard it as a far preferable course \o enlering upon an expensive, todiods, and frequently, dissppointing series of lawsuits. Yicretofore, if the Assignee had made elow pro- gress; it hud been gafe, and what had been done Tid been accamplished for good.- Besides, hehad not wholly meglected litigation. In various Slates, where seitlements by -peaceablo means bad proved hopeless, suits had boen begun, and waro now in progress. Thcy nad been watching the docisions of the Courts, and were not negli- geat of their duties there. From decisions al- Teady made, good results might fairly be expect- ed; 5ad, whenever it was found that to law thoy miist go, they would follow the obvions path. The Assignee should, sboveallthings, be discreet inthe conduct of the affairs enirusted to him, and the last thing he should do, without ita ne- cessizy was demnnztmzedh;\‘as to rush ihto reck- Iezé Litigation. In this line of policy the As- signee bad prejndicod no interests and sacrificed noTights ; and he nrged the Coart to take these matiers into favorable consideration before pass- ing on the petition. - Counzel for the petitioner referred to the re- port before the Conrt itself as the very best proof that conld be given tuat the Assignee was ignorant of the very £implest of his duties. For s part, he confessed that ho was unable to un- derstand chat & msa could come into Court o oath to administer an estate according to faw, end from (hat moment _deliberately set defiance to Lht: first and most important of its require- menta, f The Court aid there was no doubt, and it was the cause of considerable regret, that tho rules of the Court wera ofien disregarded by As- eignees, and the Court was aware that this dis- regard ‘was mot confined to the city, but it was too wnch the fact- in conncction with all the Courts in the district. The circumstance was one that couid not be regarded otberwise than with regret. These rules wers mado for the berefit and protection of creditors, and were contrived o that creditors should rely on them for informing themselves 28 _to the progress of matters in the estates in which they were inter- esied, step by step, a8 _they wero taken. There coald be no doubt in his own mind, after what tud trauspired, thet the Assignee had been guilty of disrogarding cartain rules respecting the filing of reports. Bat the more serious charges were answered satisfactorily, and thera seemed to have been no sacrifice of the interests of the creditors, elthough there had been delayand violation of rules. By mistake, as it now ap- pearcd, tho report of the affairs of the bank- rupt hed been fled by the Assignee with the Clerk of the Cowst, instead of with the Rogister, as provided by law, a result of care- lessness and inattention rather than an act for punishment, or one that, withont some other Eraver causa, could be considered sufficient for removal. With respect to the failure to file the monthly report, there might be some excuse for the Assignee, who n{\penred to consider that he had'boen freed from bhis obligation by the words «of the Assignee, who did not think the matter of great importance, because the account was so meagre. Of courso,.the cxcuees were no pallia- lation of the offeace; the law should dvays be obeyed strictly, becauso - it was designed for the protection of persons" who were otherwise remediless, sud no ono could foreege what the consequences of negli- geace might bo. Bat still the Court ‘might take thess circnmstances into consideration, in pass- g upon 0 important & matter as the removal of the Assignee of & ll.rfie estato from the trust. in which he had been placed M ol good faith and confidencs, The Court was bound to say that he was not sorry that such s movement had made in this estate. The estate and the rels consisted largely of E;:mium notes, and it was desirable that-the best course with re- guxd to them should Lo adopted with delibera- ton, and followed up with vigor, whatover that Jeley might be. It waa confidently saticipated that 280 premium notes would produce cnongh to Pay the indebtedness, without touching the sab- teribed capital stock. It was, of courso, the in- tereat of those who owed on secured capital that fach 8 consummation shorld be reached ; snd it iad been ‘without hesitazion by the peti~ h‘—”fnnn, that the Assignee had subjected Limself the influance of that class of debtors, and that mm!flch_mflumce tbat had caused delay in Proceeding to realize tho estate witkout re- 8urd o persons. On this account tho Court was 0t sorry this movement bLad been made; Boce: 8 -all gvents it had drawn ate tention fo a metter in which, no wrong eppearing to have yet been done,, the possitiity of futuso wrong had been ot osed 2nd might be avoided. umfing the charge that the Assignee was lax in his duties in at- tacking by means of the Courts those who conld not otherwiso bo reached, the Court did not think such .cas had bech mado out 18 would -justify o violent a remedy as removal. Tardy the Assigneo might have been, but that he was culpably go had not been shown. In fact, the Court. himself been informed by & Judgo who was here last week, that this Assignes had instituted over ' two huu- dred snits in the State of Minnesota,— on_itself a labor of no inconsiderable magni- tude—and that the docket was now nearly mads up; whilst from other sources he had gathered tihat suits had also been commenced against dif- ferent parties in the various Btates in which the Company had ‘fransacted business. roceedings, the ‘advantages from which might expected soon to begin to flow,.wouid be largely prejudiced by the removal of the present Assignee, and the_tppointment of & person in his place who would necessarily have to go all over the ground again before he could hope to familiarize himself with the detsils which had now beon mastered. The Court well romembered the opposition to tho confirmation of Mr. Lambe, because it had detormined him to examine closely into the ‘matter, the result of which was that he satisfied himsel? Mr. Lumbe was the proper person for tho office. Since his confirmation, he might not have moved as rapidly as he tpmmhly would had o adoptod any other plan of sction but that of settling the promium notes ; but the Court could not think but that, considering the line he had followed, and the adverse circumstances, he had advanced as rnpifllg’ a8 conld reasonably have been expected ; and in what he had done there_ was no doubt that . ho had’ taken the advice of counsel. It would-soon be a ques- tion as to what should be done with respect to the premium notes and secured capil and whether the Assignee should proceed with tho saloof the lattor or not; but at present it did seem that tho eafest planivas to await the action of the Courts in the cases now pending. These ‘proceedings might, at all events, prove s spur to tho oxertions of tho .Assignec. Tho Court did not think that the Assignes had been over-in- fluenced by the grantors of the sccured mort- gages, and who were, most of them, friends and -neighbors of the Assignee, and subjected him to such a suspicion on that account. The Court .could not bup consider it an advantago to have as Aasxg:ma & person who lived at Freeport, _where the Company’s principal business was transacted, and where most of it must be closed ; but where the Assignee could not fail tobe to some extent in sympathy with infiuential anfl -leading neighbors, it might be well to admonish him that he must be careful that his -conduct wes guch as to preserve him from the slightest suspicion of partiality towards them, or of sacri- ficing ono interest to snother. Even if the Assignee had not more than 10 cents to account for, and the law required him to account for those 10 cents, he should atrlct‘l{ obsarve the obligation. If the Assigneo did not within a reasonable period succeed in realiziug on the premium notes, it wotild become a proper matter for the consideration of the Court whotheran order shonld not be given for _the realization of the mo_riflgod securities. The petition would e denied and the Assignes sdmonished. THE OFFAL QUESTION. A Mode of Relief Proposed. To the Editor of Ths Chicugo Tribune: Bir: The Erening Post mekes the inquiry, ©\What will they do with it ?” and proceeds to state that, during tho pendancyof the Hyde Park order preventing the transmutation of of- “fal, blood, and snimal matter into the town, thus preventing the Fortilizing Company from boing furnished with supplies a8-usual, there was piled up about the depot of the Company, at the Stock Yards, an acre of offal six feot high, and an ecre of blood four foet high; that this sccumulstion froze solidly during the cold weather, but, under the influence of the present atmosphers, **it is beginning to yield up its pungent proportions, end disseminate ita pois- onous gases mpon the wings of the prevail- ing winds,” and then - proceods to ask the people of Hyde Park to stay proceedings until tho present packing scason is over. That «it s, or ought to be, out of the question to shut up the packing houses, and destroy for the season a business interest which s third fn im- portance in, the clty.” That, “unless this al- Teady stinking mass is transforred to Ainaworth 2nd worked up, the consequences are not to bo pictured.” That thoy will be ghastly and beyond endurance. “Permit mo to call the attention of your readors to the proper answers to the inquiry, and to far- nish the peopls of Cook County nd those in- terested, a fow facts for consideration, and that ought not to be overlooked. n the first place, the Northwestern Fertiliz- ing Company's worke were burned- Jan. 1, 1873, and have not been restored so as to consume the offal a8 is proposed ; that about 3,500 tons bave been piled up at and near their location, which is in the same condition as the smaller quantity at the Stock Yards. al - Tn the second place, the Fertilizing Company ‘have the same right (if lny§ to pile this offal at their platform at the Stock Yards that they have to pile it up at Ainsworth. The accumulation of {hio'season .cannot be consumed by machinery until late in the summer. The outrage is thus gx:;ynud to be perpetrated upon all of the south of Cook County, which, in s sanitary view of the case, shonld not be permitted. In alogal view of the case, the Company has no right to pile up such an énormous quantity anywhere. The situation is an unfortunate one, in view of the fact that the parties have relied upon the Fertilizing Company to take their offal in about double the quantity they have ever been able to work up day by day during the packing scason, —thus granting to the Yertilizing Company & ubstantial monopoly in the business, when nearly all the large packers could utilize their offal as well themselves, and not leave the offal business to the tender mercy of & monopoly that was liable to burn, and fail to work up the g‘mdnct. The system of utilization used by the értilizing Company is_mot tho bestin use. Thoy have, by their combination, failed to fulfil promises, and to remove the great objections to their mode and manner. Thoy have constantly kept up_ an inlolerable nuisance, and fully deserve being required to conform to the ordi- nances of the Town of Hydo Perk. The best mods of di ing of the accumula- tion of offal at the Stock Yards and at Ainsworth, is to have 1t worked up by the new and l_mprovg:d process at the Stovk Yards, which will bo in operation in about two weeks, and can be done withont offence ; or remove it to the sand hills and open lands south of their works, where the offal can all be taken and_buried that cannot be worked up by the new and old processes in time £o save the spring and summer offence and pes- tilonce.- - ° Tt is not needful that any check of the slaugh- tering should occur. In New York the offal of slaughtering houses, &c., that is not ntilized without offence, is taken out in the Atlantio Ocean ; and, for the Stock Yards and our city, any surplus, as well a3 the present accumu- lation, can_as easily be transferred to the sand hills and plains 20 miles east and south of tho city, whero it would become a useful element in giving the sand plains fertility. OBITUARY. Dizp, of pnenmonis, Cerusa Conant, wife of James Loug, &t Renwood, Wednesduy, Feb. 5, 1813, at 12:30 T, aged 66 years. Funeral Friday, Feb, 7, 1873, Xt 2p me All frieads of the family aro fnvited to attend. Mrs. Long was a native of Brandon, Vermont, and was among the earlfest eettlers and one of the firm believers in the future greatness of the somewhat unattractive germ of this great city. She was among the foremost of the promoters of all public spirited and charitable measures, and, during the great rebellion, wasone of tho most indefatigable and efficient workers of the Sanitary Commigsion lsbors, and, by her un- .wavering and lofty patriotism, practically dis- layed, Sot s salutary example during the Salar days. of tha groat. conflict “when many doubted snd wavered She had contributed _ seversl membors of her family toward the defence of the Union, and in addition zealously performed every mct that came within her scope to promoie the good cause, being as ready with her pen asher hands in saying just the right words at critical periods. She was ono of a notably accomplished literary family, most of whom were writers or contribu- tors to the press, being asister of Rev.T.J. Conant, the erudite compiler of the new transla- tion of the Bible, and a family connection of the Rev. Pharcellus Church, tho well-known founder of the New York Chronicle, and “with the editors of the Galazy, and Army and Navy Journal, and was herself a person of mo small literary talent, her contributions to tho public press bé- ing chiaracterizod by the most sterling commoa tense, pungently expressed. She was an activo though not &n extreme advocato of the enlarge- mentof the sphere of women, and but for her devotion to her family,—being the mother of nine children,—she would have made & brilliant member of the litarary profession: Al these |- . tion which he is presumed to occupy. - tion_with several RAFFERTY. Argument of the Motion for a New Trial. Judge Williams Decides that It Can- not Be Granted. The Murderer to Receive-His Sentence on the 15th Inst. Yosterdsy morning Christopher Rafferty, the doomed murderer of Police Officer Patrick 0'Meara, was brought before the Circuit Court of Lake County, sitting at Wankegan, to_ hear the "arguments on the motion for s new trial made by his counsel on the previous evening, and havo sentence passed upon him in accord- ence with tho verdict of the jury. The opening of the Court was delayed for & considerabla time beyond the usual hour, because of the absence of the prisoner, who slept soundly through the night and far into the morning. The jail- ors report that he ate a wonderfully hoarty breakfast for a men in the peculiar. posi- Ho cntered the court room and looked around upon the large number of spectators, among whom were many of his reletives and frionds, without any apparent nervousness or difidence. Aftor bo had taken his seat, Mr. Reed request- ed the Court to consider the motion for a new trial. Chief Justice Williams ordered it to be taken up. ir. Small, counsel for the dofendant, briefly called attention to the errors in the trial upon which the .motion -was bpsed.. . He thought the evidence 88 to. the dranken . condition of the prisonor too hours before the killing should have been ad- mitted. It wasnot an easy matter to determino the meaning of the languige of the Supremo Court on this. point, but he believed it was & maxim of law that, where the fact of drunken- ness at the time of committing the murder conld ‘bo proven, the evidence on that point should be admitted. A man who was stupidly drunk at elf-past 10 conld not have been perfectly eobor ot half-past 12. This was tho case with Rafferty on the night when O'Meara was kill- ed. The testimony of Officsr Madison Be- dell with referonce to the meaning of the word “pop,” as need by the defendant in-an alleged conversation with him, was also objected to. The police officer said he thought the word sig- nified pistol or rovolver. His testimony on that point tvonld be advisable, if such was the general or usual meaning of the term, but, if the. person using tho word did not attach any such signification to it, it was not proper to admit it. No nh'i‘ec!inn was made to any of the instructions of the Court, except the one which hind been written by the Court itself. Where the Court said that, if the jury found the srisoner guilty, it should say that he suffer eath by hanging or imprisonment in_the Peni- tentiary, the Court should have said that, if the jury found the Erinonnr guilty, without malice or ‘aforothonght, tho crime Wwas manslaughtor. As to the legality or illegality of the warrant which Scanlon served upon Rafferty, the counsel had ‘besn driven to the conclusion, after conversa- ersons, that tho document was illogally issued. Ho belioved that old offi- cers like O’Meara and Scanlon wore aware that such warrants were unlawfal, Testimony on that point was of sufficient import- anco to the caso to lct it go be- fore the jury for ‘what it was worth, He fully and heartily agreed with the Court tliat men who wero parties to the issuance of such warrants ought to be soverely punished. They should not ba allowed to come into Court and get rid of a man_whom they hated on.3lo strength of an illegal paper. Tho speaker be- ' lieved that a prejucice against his client existed in Wankegan, Ho belioved that if the sumo jury were to try him over again, they would not: Beutenco him ‘to suffer {ho severcst penalty kaown to the law. It was & end fact that, when murder cases are brought be- fore honest and unsuspecting _juries, matters which _haye no conmection with them aro brought forward by the prosecu- tion, and ate 20 colored and distorted as to have undho weight. When iho Stato's Attornoy spoko about the lanes and by-ways of Chicago resounding nightly with the cry of murder, it should not have had a foather’s weight with the jury. 1t wouldnot have received any consid- eration from tho Court, s State's Attorney Reed snid he had nothing to say in suswer to Mr. Small. Chief Justico Williams then replied to the objoctions. As to tho cxclusion of evi- dence: It was sought to be proven by -the defemco that O'Mearn wes aasisting Scanlon to serve the warrant, knowin; it to be an unlawful document. It was claime that defendant should have the benefit of that Enint, if it could be shown in evidence. The sourt allowed the defence to enter on the proof, ‘but afterward excluded the testimony, because be eaw no connection between O’Meara and the warrant. _Scanlon took the warrant when he was standing in the ranks at roll-cell. There was no evidenca that he opened it, or kuew anything of its contents, excopt from &uspicion. There was 1o ovidenco that he opened it before reading it to Rafferty, or that O'Meara Lnew any- thing st all about it. It was necessary to bri that warrant home to O'Meara beforo "the testi- mony concerning it could bo sdmitted. Tho Court had given the matter some reflection, and felt that the testimony should not be allowed to 0 to tho jury. It would hava been doubtful estimony st best. The same ruling would Lo mado again under similar circumstancos, As to the witness' interpretation of the word * pop :" Ho testified that it meant a pistol. The Court thonght that was competont testimony. In- dependent of tho testimony of the wit- nees, the j coutd have . given 1o other interprotation. Certainly the word could not have been meant for shut. Asto the in- structions: The Court gave all the instructions asked for by the defence. In addition, it gavo an instruction of its own with reference to the form of the verdict. It was impossible to give an instruction that tho hypercritical reader would not say was incorrect. The Court gave the instruction because there had been no in- struction from counscl as o the -form of the verdict. It would not have been proper ‘to let them go out “ignorant on that point. The instruction would have been Dotter, perhaps, if it bad been qualified, but the defonce would not have been benefited by the alification, as the question of manslaughter id not enter into the deliberations of the jury. The Court had been exceedingly carefol in try- ing Rafforty’s case. In some instances it had one beyond the rulings of the Suprame Court. oubtlces, Btate's Attorney Reed thought it had Jeancd sgainst him, but it was determined to thy the case fairly. ‘To that end it had excluded {‘nmrs who had swore that their opinions could ave been upset by testimony, and it favored the defence in the Instructions. The motion for a new trial was overruled. . _}r. Small notified the Court that ho reserved the right to file a bill of exceptions. . ‘Mr. Reed said the bill could be filed any time beforo the date of execution. He asked thatthe prisoner be sentenced. ~ My, Small said he would like to have the sen- “tence deferred for somo time, in order to give him an opportunity to confer with his asso- d"l‘;;.e Court saw no necessity for passing sen- tenco immediately. 1f thotonnsel desired do- 5 ’i‘z Efib:.’fi' ,;z?d&asked delay most ear- mreg'cm then inquired what time tho conn- wol wanld Lk to et e Seburday (lo- orrow) would suit him. O e abjected. Tl time was too long. A week from Saturdsy would be sbout right. The Court said that that would be tho proper day, as it was the last day of the term. Ar. Small consented, and the day of sentence wes fixed accordingly, v Raforty was then taken to his ccll. _He ap- eared thankful for the fow days of life which Eifi counsel had secured for him, and cordially ehook hands with M. Small as he left the court- room. —_———— HYMENIALL PERRY—ROSS. . The trath of the precept, *It is not good for man to live alone,” wa3 demonstrated Wednes- day evening, at Englewood, IiL, by Mr. Clarence D. Porry, of Bloomington, Ill., nephew of H. B. Lewis, Esq., of this city, in ukin;iannla himeolf & wifs, Eiss Eva M. Ross, of Engle- wood. The ceremony was performed at the sesidence of the bride's mother, and was fol- lowed by a reception, attended by the frionds of the contracting partics. Englewood's society suffers in consequence of Hymen's visit; but what the suburb loses is assuredly the gain of Bloomington. > 4 LITTLE—HASEELL. Mr. Moses Little, a prominent dry goods mer- chant of Lowell, Mass., hes just taken a Chicago Eurtnar, in the fair person of Miss Hattie Has- coll, danghter of Mr. J. P. T. Haekell, of this city, at whose residence, No. 8 South Peoria street, the ceremony took place, last evening, Rav, Dr. Goodwin, of the First Congregation: Church, officiating. Only the family wero in attendance, but the presents were numerous and handsome. M. and Mra. Little left on the 9:15 train of the.Galens Divieion, last night, for & brief visit smong friends _in Iows, and thence will proceed to their home in Lowell. WHEN WILL IT END ? State of Affairs at City Hall Yes- terday. Why Messrs. Herling and Holden Were Nominated by the Mayor. Yesterday was the regular meeting day of tho Board of Police Commissioners, but there being ‘but one Commissioner, Le could not extend him-~ Bolf into a quorum, and no business. conld be dope. It is true that the ex-Commissioners were present, Mr. Reno lin fa striped overcoat, and Mr. Klokke in a silk hat, which well bacame his classic cast of features. They might have met bhad they been so minded, and exhibited their contempt of the Iaw, but some how or other they could not muster courage to meet. Itismore than probable that the gentleman who furnishes brains for the Board fears that his meeting with gentlemen not lawfally members of the Board may get him into trouble, and that he 8o far re- cognizos the weakness of their case that he de- clines to entangle bhimself * on their behalf fo any very pressing ex- tent. To an moprejudiced obserser, it is evident that Mr. Sheridan has rather weak- cned with regard to the position of tho county reprasentatives who could not be removed by tho City Execative. Indeed, it appeared to the reporter that Mr. Sheridan had returned to first principles. Mr. Sheridan had objected to Mr. Jacob Rehm se Police Commissioner bscause Mr. Rhem lived a few rods beyond the city limits, in the town of Lake View, and was not a residont of the city proper. This Mr. -Sheridan Tegarded as a valid reason for gotting Mr. Rehm out of the Board. And yet Mir. Sheridan thought that Mesars. Klokke and Reno were county officers, and therefore boyond the reach ‘of tho Mn{;‘r‘s &I, Mr. Klokko says the papers have combined to enrich him. The hatting business has received an impotus from their gratuitous sdvertis- ing that is absolutely 85,000 into bhis ocket. The _ reporters were glad to ear of Mr. Klokko's good fortune, supposing that, with this sum, he would be gled to retira from the Board. Mr. Reno expressed himself s pleased with the advertisement he had re- coived. It was suggested to Mr. Klokke to sue tle papers for calling him an * ex-hatfer.” Mr, Klokke smiled grimly, but did not givo Lis ap- proval. Ho is satisfled with the advertisemont. The withdrawal of Measra. Herting and Holden trom the positions from which they were nomi~ nated by the Mayor to the Common Council, end the substitution for them of Messrs. Mason and L. P. Wright has given rise to = groat deal of comment, and_the story may just 8 well bo told from the beginning to avoid any miscon- struction. o The Mayor had determined upon submittin to the Council the names of Carlile Mason an Lovi P. Wright. He had mentionedthese names to tho little * knot " of North Side Alcermen who came ronnd to the Mayor's office on Monday efternoon, 88 being, in Lis opinion, two ex- cellent men. No very etrong objection was made to either of them, but the North Side Al- dermen were anxious that a representative of the Division ehonld be chosen from among the Ger- mans. Ald. Btout, Lengacher, and O'Brien were especially desirous of the appointment of a Ger- man, and equally snxious that that German should be Mr. John' Herting. - The Mayor - was willing to accommodate them in {heir " choico. Ho bad known Mr. Hertiug for_a long time, and Telt that thongh he was opposed to certain police regulations au a matter of principle, he would Dot allow such considerations to_woigh with him in the dischnlfis of his duty as- Police Commis- sionor. Dir, Herting was aware that the exist- ente of the Board was destined to be short, and e would not heeitate to use his best endeavor to promote the best interests of the city, in the improvement of the departmonts during his brief torm of ofice. The Mayor, therofore, waired his own preference for the purpose of conciliat- ing tho Germans of the North Division. ¥ith regard to Dlr. Holden, his namo had been suggested, among others, by tho Aldermen repre- senting the West Division. The gentlemen urged npon the Mayor many reasons why 3r. Holden should bo appointed. Tho Council had confidence in Mr. Holden, and would confirm him without delay. Alr. Holden had c&:sfluefl the Mayor & year and a balf ago, but it did not fol- Jow bocaise the people then did not regord him 28 & good candidate for the ;\Inioxflty that they would now suppose him to be ineflicient 2s Police Commisgioner. The Mayor understood that Mr. Holden wonld accept the nomination. He knew that Mr. Holden had supported his ad- ‘ministration heartily herotofore, a3 well in the Council 88 everywhero else. He knew Mr. Holden's views as to the abolition of the Board, and was assured that he would not uso his influ- ence as & member of the Board to secura its per- potuity. He was also cortain that Mr. Holdon yould uso his vigorous efforts to improve the orce. . The Mayor, therefore, agreed to soud in these names on the understanding that the Council would vote for thoir cofirmation or rejection at once. Should they refuse to confirm, the Mayor aid he would remain in_ his offics and continue to send up names until the Coumcil should be satisfied. Accordingly, on Monday night Dr. Modill waited in his offico. The necessity of a prompt confirmation may bo secn from the fact that the pay-rolls of the department, now due, cannot bo of service to the police and firemen unless audited by the Board, and until there isa Board the unfortunate men go ‘without their pay. Hence the Mayor’s anxiety to have his nominees confirmed at once. But the Council, by the call of two members, roferred tho same to a Commit- teo, and nothing more was to bo done. On tho following morning, Mr. Herting, throngh Ald. Thomas Canman, Teqiested th layor t0 with- draw his name. On Wednesday morning the M‘F" received the following letter from Mr. O. C. P. Holden : 3 Hon. Joseph Medill, Mayor: DEn Sia: Trom tho proceedings of the Council last evening T learn that my name was submitted by your Honor as Police Commiesioner to ll the vacancy caused by ihe removal of Mr. Reno. While I am not only g, but anxious, to serve your Honor snd the ‘best interest of the city in its present difiiculties, my other positive engsgements will not allow me to Al the proffercd position. Thi you most kindly for your preference, I have to ask ihat you will submit some other name, and withdraw mine from the Com- ‘mon Council. X am yours mest respectfully, Cuntzs C. P. HOLDEX. Nothing was to be done but notify the Judi- ciary Committee that there was .nothing before ity sadcall 3 special mogting of the Counci which the Mayor did, sending in the names o Messrs. Wright and Mason, as originally én- tonded. i Mr. Holden would have accepted the nomina- tion had not Mr. Herting backed down. When that event occurred, Mr. Holden decided io give the Mayor an opportunity to make up an entircly new and perhaps more eatisfactory programmo. M. ALDERMAN RICHARDSON of the Firat Ward is understood to haye cast his fortunes with the Board of Police in its contest with the Mayor. If Mr. Alderman Richardson desires to %lin the confidence and esteem of the bummer element of this city's society, that is Mr. Alderman Richardson’s business, but the do- cent Xlenple of Chicago have a right to know why Mr. Alderman Richardson has taken that course, and we proposo to tell them, Previous to his election a8 Alderman, Mr. Richardson was & can- didate for the position of Police Court Prosecut- ing Attorney, an_office made vacant by tho death of Colonel Groaveuor, for whose special bepefit it was created. ayor edill, seeing no special reason for. s nnndyering 22,500 of the city's money on Mr. Richardson, concluded to leave the Prosecuting Attornoeyship vacant, ard thoraby he lost the * confidence” of Mr. Rich- ardson, whose legal abilities are under- stood by the - public. Of course, XMr. Alderman’ Richardson, who is a person is satisfied of immense legal attainments, of the unconstitutionality of the Mayors Lill Of course Mr, Alderman Richardson will oppose the coufirmation of Mesars. Mason and Wright as Police Commissioners rice Klokke and Reno remsved. And the motive of his opposition to the Mayor's attempts to purify the Police De- partment will be understood by his constitu- ents of the First: Ward, who aro almost unani- mously with the Mazor in this fizht. . tashions ; laces of “cellent’ SUBURBAN GAIETY. Grand Masquerade at Hins- dale Station. One of the Most Notable Gatherings of the Season, Description of & Few of the Hand: some Costumes. ? The village of Hinsdale, 12 miles west of the city, and one of the prettiest subnrbs of Chi- cago, was enlivencd last Wednesdsy ovening by an event of ‘social importance. This was a masked biall, given ot Stough's Hall, a place that has seen many gatherings of similar description. Tho guests were from the principal suburban towns on the.line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Bailroad, with the addition of & fow from Evanston and Chicago. The largest quota was from Hinsdale itself, which furnished nearly all | ita residente—certainly the beat portion of them —to grace the occasion. The maskers from & distance wont by ‘special train, thiat left the Union depot st 7 o'clock p. m., recelving contri- butions at all intermediate points, and arriv- mg at its destination an hour, later, They wore hospitably reccived by Mr. and Mra. Stough, who.did tho homors of tho evening, kindly and gracefally. Dancing commenced at 9, and continued until 2 in the morning, when the train retursied to the city. . There is & porennial frcshness about a masked ball, well-dressed, and properly managed. Thero i an opportunity for an unlimited amount of display in the way of toilets, and for an infinite amount of ingenuity in the way of disguise. We ara brought face to face with our’ ancestors with little offort of the imagination, and mako the ‘acquaintance of people of all nations, and re- mote quarters of the globe withont tho incon= venienco of foreign travel. The incongruitics are s fruitful sourco of smusement. To sco bluff Henry VIO, so far forgeifiug his kingly digoity s to bob-nob with the plantation nogro, to seo Quoen Eliza- Deth whirling in the mazy waltz with the typical bog-trotting Irishman, and all the endless jum- blo of Lords, ladies, Knights, fairies, clowns, - and allegorical personages, 1s at the same time Iaughablo and perplesing. Of course we under- stand the costumer’s art, but this does not en- tirely destroy the illusion. We know that our friends are somewhere under the disguises, but cannot fix their identity, and the mystery is kept up until the hour of unmasking, and the pleasuro becomos simply terpsichoresn. The reporter recognizes the full messuro of énjoyment, but does not enter into them with the zest of the di- rect participants. The gloss and newness of pub- licfestivals wears off with repotition. Even the most inveterate Jenkins tires of wandering at s Iato hour, and in plain attire, among ladies and megnificent cavaliers, and of following, with weary midnight pencil, details of dresses that ho can never hope to wear, and of splendor he can never expect to emulate, all of which digression is saide from our prosent purpose. Our Jenkina has attended many masked balls, but rarely one where the dresses were more costly, handsome, tasteful, or ingenious. Many articles worn Lad come, mot exsotly from. “Silken Bamar- cand,” but from points far beyond it. There were silks from Turkish looms, and penked slippers that had really seon Constanti- ople; there were cunning silkon fabrics from “far Cathay,” curionsly wrought in Chineso s complicated fexturo, and el- vets and silks of ed workmanship. The more common and hackneyed costumes showed. ingenuity of dotail, and the unusual dresses were made with care and ingenuity. Assumed characters were generally well sustained, and the dancing was spirited, and in many cases ful and admirable. Having eaid this much Ih tho way.of dnll generalitics, wo descend to personal particulars. 5 Mr. J. D. Easter, of Evanston, was present with Lis three daughters. Miss Ella Easter, o tall, dashing young lady, was dressed ss ‘sn equestrienne, Miss~ Birdie Eastor as “Littlo NelL” Mr. J. M. Lyons, of the ssme place, was costumed as Louls the Fourteenth, in royal pur- plo and satin, in keoping vith tho ver- Bide was handsomely represented, both as re- ards. numbers and costumes. ~Mr. Murray, ccrafary of the Risersido Company, in tho guiss of o gay Spapish cavalier, accompanied his lady, who was attired in the bright Luies. affcted by Castilian dames. JIr. Jouny was simply dis- d in s black domino, Mrs. Jonny, appearing 58 » Moxican girl, i » protty and sppropriata costume. Mr. and Mrs. Gladding were in simple evening dress. Several others were present from the same village, whose modesty prevents their achieving that immortality which it is the in- tention of this article to confer. "Tho various qusons of cards wero Landsomely imporsonated. by four ladies, whose dresses cor- responded 1o general particulars. Miss -Doolit- tle, of Hinsdalo, as thie Queen of Clubs, wora s gcarlot satin akirt, over which was on_overskirt of velvet, adosned with medallions of -black vel- vet, on which, a8 a ground, clubs were wrought in grocn satin. The symbol also appeared elso- where on the hat and on various portions of the costume. 3frs. Jsaac Hines, of Hinedale, ro%r:- gented the Queen of Diamonds. 0 wore & green satin_ overskirt, with black eatin_ underskirt, The diamonds were ‘beautifully inwrought in crimson upon medal- lions of orange eatin that adorned the overskirt. Dr. H. Keller, of Hinsdale, as Hamlet, worea Destly fitting suit of ssbles that bacamo him woll. He han a trim leg for medival costume, but & pleasant face™ that - disabused tho mind of the spectator of the idoa “that ho was suffaring from a rooted sorrow. MMrs. Mer- rick, of Hinsdale, wore the bridal dregs in which sho was marricd four years sgo; her oranga’ blossoms seomed mot to have withered, or her maiden roses to have faded. Pocahontas, “ye entle sauvage,” was personated by Mrs. %"id.fl\\'urth. of Hinsdale, who wore o profusion jof ornements, and had her Dands stained to the comploxion of the ‘‘nut Dbrowns maid” of the old ballad. Nights and Mornings were numerous, and alinost in_equal numbers—in fact, it might be said that *“nights were almost at odds with mornings.” Mrs. Hudson, wife of a well-knowa “railroad man, was one of them, and looked well With her spangles on'a black ground, and her crescont and star. Other:ladies who wore & similar costume, which became them hand- somely, were Miss Lewis, of Hinsdale, and Misa ‘Villt:!)xi:| 2lso of that village. Tom Lonerg upon whom his years it Lightly, wore motley, and danced with most extraordinary nimbleness. His character of clown was well assumed. . Warren, of Hinsdale, s the Grand Tark, wore & silk robo made in Coustantinoplo, and slippers also from the Golden Horn. ‘here was another Turk, whose charncter was well aesumed, but the pame has eacaped the writer. ~Mr. Montagie wore s sail- or's dress ; Mrs. Montague a French Court cos- tume. * Morning” was s charming persona- tion taken by Miss Warren, of Hinsdale, in & white drese, iace veil, spangled with stars. 'Undino,” the hapless sea-maiden, was -, sumed by Migs.Dora Welch, of Chicago, envel- oped in a profusion of seatweed, who scemed to forget her sorrows in tho gayety of the scoue. Mr. J. L. Hines, of Hinsdale, looked traly like oar ancestors of colonial times in a rich continen- tal guit,with handsome B8y wig. A friar—not the- one of * orders grey "—found a fitting repre- sentativein Mr. Charles Whitcomb, of Hinsdalo Begutiful Snow " ceased to bs commonplace as dreased and personated by Aliss Ella Tiffany, of Hinsdale. Mr. E.H. Fellows of Chicago, Jooked handsomely as & Spanish cavalier. The stage Yankeo, with the striped clothing, and the endless coat-tails, found two fitting representatives in Dr. Merrick and Mr, Charles Fox,. both _eof le. Miss Belle Simpeop, of Hinsdale, dreséed in a peasl-grey satin, showed how well onr grandmothers looke in narrow gkirts and gimple oruaments. Miss Nottinghem, of Hinsdale, & thfiherdels in a red skirt with blue ~overskirt, looked gweelly, but_ bad no Colin . to ~bear Yier company. Miss Lida Enster represented the Queen of Spades, in_a costumo whose general featnres have been already given in dotail. Miss Fanoie Ball, of Chicago, petite-and protty, was drossed as a Gypuy Queen. Tho Rev. Mr. Cram, of Hinsdale, gave 2an_odor of eanctity to the en- tertaiment by appearing as a military officer with large epauletts and ennngdini sword, His ex- wora simply a black domino. Little all, son of . tho Treasurer of the Burlington_ & Quincy Railroad, was creditably costumed ss Topscy, and cre- ated” quite & sensstion by 4 1ads-liko manners and excellent dancing. Mr. aed Mrs. ‘barbaric Charley Chicago social ropresentatives of Riverside, Mrs. Ly- man, of West Lyrns, was sttired simply in white, 23 a pop-corn g:r], and attracted consid- erabls attention by her gracefal dancing. Mies Harrington, of Geneva, was preitily dressed a3 the “Daughter of the Regiment.” The cos- tume of Mr. Albert Sawyer, of Hinsdale, who was dressed as Thaddous in the ‘‘ Bohemian Girl,” waa noted 58 handsome and gracefully worn: -The costume of a Chinese lady, whose name canuot be recalled by the writer, was much praised for tho elogance of the materisl, and the conscientious accuracy of ita details. g . Thie music was of good quality, and had all necegsary variety, One of tho numbers wasthe ¢ Beautifal Blue Danube.” Prot. Snow, of Chicago, assisted as floor man- ager and prompter, snd rendered efficient servico in making the party pleasant and succes: A handsome lunch was served at 12 o'clock. At 2- tho sysembly dispersed with hearty oxpressions of satisfaction for the pleasurs enjoyed, snd congratulating themsolves at the prospect of re- nowal of tho same at no distant day. THE LAW COURTS. The Schoolmaster Abroad Among the Divoree Lawyers, Interesting Notes Gleaned from the Bankruptey Court. Married Women's Rights Again-- New Suits.’ The ground of complaint inthe bill for divorco yesterdsy filed by W. D. Brown, golicitor for the ‘complainant, Clara ML v. David J. Mclutosh, ia » cause of wonderment to Judge Gary and every one who has perused it. Without taking his affidavit to the accurncy of the transcription, tho reporter vorily believes the charge to bo as fol- lows: ‘“that sbout 12, weeks sgo, her said fresart buslaw calfully deserted am absented ‘himself from Lor, am lersaid child am remained away. sbont. G weeks, am retumn, am staid a few weeke, am then . left sgain em doserted her and now hives seperate am apart from he am eaid child withon any fault or onur whatsever am during eaid obsense am nom he rendus her no hugport whatever on fault of your petitioner that ho 80 left her fot in express Tarfore it being in mor clare connction am im- frofor intimacy with.other wamen with. whom he is on temes of imfrofer intimacy and with wharw he has nolanfol inter caure, sm upon he spenars th laiger (with a dotted I} fartion ef “his weekly incow.” - And of such are the records of Cook County. BANEBUPTCY NOTES. In the matter of Cyrus B. Durfee, s Wood- stock bankrupt, the Court yesterday allowed a lien of Merritt A. Joslyn on'a quantity of brick burned at that person's expeno, to complete & contract eptered into by the hankrupt, and paid for in advance, but which 1o was unable to put through for want of money {6 emplay Isbor; and directed the balance tobo sold By the As- signee by auction. In the same estato, an order was entered directing the Assigneeito file a bill to set amdo o certain trust deed and judgment, and to burn a kiln of unfinished bricks, and to gell the samio by private_sale or publio auction. Jaoob L. Stone, of Elgin, yestorday prayed for adjudioation. He owes 86,875 on mart%lges, and 815,177 for merchandise and loans. His ausota consist of the property mortgaged, and a fow accounts duo Lim from small traders, chiely peddlers. His cash socount was light, not suf- Hcient even to pay the fees in bankrupfc, which be raised by dogrees and paid by ents. The Court yesterday diracted the _delivery to 8. A. Rothermal, clork to the bankrupt Lowis W. Cass, of the household furniture of the bank- rupt, which waa bought by Rothermal of the bankrapt for €474, snd paid for by Rothormal ing up two notes amonnting to 8500, made in his fayor by the bankrupt for services per- formed, as deacribed moro fully in this column when thio petition was granted. : Jumos Smith yasterday led & petition for his adjudication. Hia debts amount to 6,036, wholly to St. Louls and Now York creditors; and his assets consist of his clothing and furniture. The Court yeaterday directed Thomas Buckloy Assigneo in the matter of the Home Insurance Company, to sell Lot 10, in Block 11, and the west fivo feot of Lot 11 in samo, in Wolcott's Addition to Chicago, to secars & note given by Charles Charlaston. B : S The injunction in the matter of Charles R. Fross was yesterday d.xsolved as to C. W. Rocd and Henry Graat, aud all claims for damages on sccount of said injunction wera waived. The petition of Henry Adon & Co:, of New York, for the allowance of & claim. of - 31,068 against the Lankruot Willism H. Hackett, for ‘merchandise, was yosterdsy dismissod. George . Campbell, - Assignoo of the estato Court tho sale of the banlrupt's stock to E. Moyer for $850.° . ALARRIED TWOMAN'S RIGHTS AGAIN. The readers of this column will remember a rocent opinion of Judge Blolgatt as to the pow- ers of & married woman to make contracts and enter ito partnerships. * Early yesterday morn- ing, s petision for review by the Circuit Court was filed.. The caseis the matter of Joseph D. Kenkead and Kenkead & Co., bankrupts. The petitioner, Miles Monser, afirms that on the 4th July, 1672, Lio filed proofs of a claim against tho bunkrupt, Jossph D. Kenkesd, smounting at that time, after giving - proper - credits, to .the. sum of £10,677.97; that on the 16th of July, 1872, he held proofs of his certain other claim, amounting” at that time, principal nod interest, to $4,970.74 the latter being secured by mortgage on real estate in Quincy, 1L, of the values not exceeding $3,000; which two claims were duly approved by the Register in Bankruptcy. Further, ho aeserts the various proceedings in ‘tho matter, which haveduly Sppeared in this column, snd praya that the order of the District- Court be set agide on the ground that the wife had no share or interest in the business, having put nomoney in it, and taking no part in it. ‘ AISCELLANEOUS ITEXS. Judge Blodgett yesterday dolivered a decision in the petition to remove tho Assignee of tho Winneshik. Insurance Company, which, whilst evincing s kindly desire not to bear too hardly upon sins of omission, allowed no uncertainty to exist as to the penalty that would attend sina of commission. Tho matter had not been an- nounced in advance, and tho Iaw reporter “ hap- pened in,” in & happy-go-lucky sort of way, just ‘on time to take s fow notes that may chance to sorve s good purpose in letting the people know s little moro than they do siready of the Assignecs, Registers, and the Bankrupt law. i - Yeaac B. English was yesterdsy enjoined col- lecting any monoy, obtalning poseession of any partnorship property, or disturbing or intcrfer- ing therewith, or with tho aflairs of the firm of Btearn & Co., of which Lo is °£mn"' in tho oyster business, carried on in the bascment of the corner of South Clark and Madison strects. and restrained from using the name or credit of tho firm until the farther order of Court. The German National [Benk yesteiday com- menced guit in the United States Cifcuit Court againgt the Adams Express Company, to recover Titcomb aud Miss Titcomb were among the £5,000, the valuo of a package of Pittsburgh, Tost botween that city and Chicago. ; JTudge Porter will eall 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 25, 29, 30, 51, 93, 38, 87 to 41 inclnsive. ' Judge Rogers will call 116 to 184 inclusive; and Judge Booth 100 to 115, except 103 and 11%. Henry Ricchert yostorday began an action fn the Girgait Court Against tho Chicego & Pasific Bailroad Co., in case, 810,000 _ The suits against the Sheriff received an addi- tion, yesterdsy, in the shape of one in_assump- sit, dimsgea "Z5,000, instituted by Thomas Ham. ilton. Barah Fitzgerald yesterday commenced suit againat the city of Chicago, in case, 310,000 dam- ages. At a'meeting of creditors, yesterday mornin in the matter of Jobn Bims; Jasper N. Huss was elected Assignee, The first meeting of creditors in the matier of Bierustein will take placo at 11 o'clock this morn- ing. = In Godfrey v. the C. &. N. W. B. R. Co., yes- terday, before’ Judge Ebgers, the jury found for tho plaintiff §1,452. - . The Stone habeas corpus potition was yestorday granted by Judge Rogers. * In the matfer of {e bankrupt Prior, David J. Mitclrell was yesterday appointed Aseignee. - Jagues v. Miller went to tho jury last mght. NEW SUITS. * Tug UsTTED STATES Cricurt Covrr—In the matter of doseph D, Kinkead and Kinkesd & Coq {0 Fapics, netiticn of Miles Munser to set zaide arder of District Conrt,- H. Frieod & Brothers, of Milwsu- Wla., v, 4. F. Chapman, of Mount Carroll, IiL; treapass on ihe case on_ contract, $1,000.—L. D. Bredz, Assigneo of the Aarors Insurance Company, v, Fre:- men Poilard. James Brown. aud Dewitt C. Browa ; of Tred. 1L Vater, yosterday reported to the. bill for foreclosure of mortgage for $1,000 of land in Kano County, a0 answer cllming s sehoff. Tae Cmcrrr COUBT—S,192—Thomas v Timothy M. Bradley, Martin Best, Mablon D, Ogder, and Edwin H. Sheldon; tresjass, $5,000. 5,183 and 5,7H—Withheld. 5,79—Bernbard Fowler v. Hugh assumpsit, £600.5,794—Orcatt v. Winchester preal, 5,197—Sarah Fitzgerald v. City of 3 5,703—Henry Riechert v. Chi- cago & Pacific d Company ; case, 510,000, Herman Felsenthal ct al,'y. Marcnia Pefier ; assumpsit, £1,200. hfii 00—Same v. George Foster and Nathan Rasenthal; asinmpsit, $1,200. 5,801—Georgs How- ard v. J. W. lakeu and G. W. Schultz, partners ; gssumpait, 340). 5,802—J. Loewenthal ¥. 8. B Nickerson ; assumpeit, £500. 5,803—W! N, Brunner v. Mahlon U, Ogden and M. L. Scudder ; replevin of an ubstract of title; dsmagos, $110, 5,804 —Edward Mendel v. Raphael’ J. Prius} assumpalt, $1,050, and_atfidavit for caplas od respondend: 5,805—Humboldt Safe Deposit & Trust Company Standish V. Cornish ; assumpsit, £,000, 5,800—James Sullivan v, Jacob A, Cost; peiition for' mechanic's lien on coftage st tho tovn of Thatcher. (Burnt Ree- ords) 43—Homer Cook v, Wm. H. Adams; petition to establish and confirm title. Tae SUPERIOn COUBT—42,215—Clara M. v. David 3. Mclntosh ; divorce on the groand of desertion. 43,216—Junigunder Hepp v, Chrisian Frznsher confession of judgment, 42,217—Chicago Marble Man. ufacturing Company v. George Wiite, Benjsmin F. aud Gertrude A. Quimby; petition for mechanics len. 42,M8—Kimble v. Kimble : lightning dirorce : no papers. 42.219—Treidway & Jewell v, John Julian: confession of judgment, $16. 42,220—P. J. Sexton Lebman & Billings Brothers ; 2, Isaac B. Creighton Margarets Zefgler; _petition compel the satisfaction of _mortgage and remove cloud from title, 42,2—Louls Bush and ‘Winchester Hall v. Edgar Loomis; petition to restora a bond destroyed by fira, in the suit Dush et al ¥. Sherman et al. _ 42,224—Elizabeth C. Kirchoff for uss of Willard N, Brunuer v, Adam Garler; sssumpsi . 42,235 Henry M. Knickerbocker v. George Dryan, Tesac Walker, and Adam ers, fFumpelt, $500, 42,24—Darling, J. Ralph ; casc’on contract. 42,227 and beld for service, 42,22 i Craig; partners, ae- Smith & Co,, v. W¥m. i3 with- W, T. Noblo et al. v. Union Tailroad and Tragsportation Compony. 42.230—Jacob Walllser v. Town of Lyons ; case $350. ey @ . Investment Bonds. - The Northern Pacific 7-30 first mortguge gold bonds ‘bear 73-10 per cent interest in gold, and have the fol- lowing clements of strength and safety, viz.: 1. Thiey are the obligation of & strong corporatics. 2. They are a first mortgage on the road,its Tigl, franchises snd equipments, 3. They are a first lien on its net earnings. 4. There is plodged, for payment of principal and interest, o land grant of 12,800 acres per mile through e States, and 35,600 aczes pr milo Lhraugh the Terr- torfes, . Over 500 miles of the road is completed, and the eernings for 1873 will be large. The Company recelve the bonds at 10 per cent pree mium in payment for their Jands. Jax Cooxx & Co., Financial Agents. For sale by Lunt, Preston & Kein, Chicago. e R e . Taxes, The State and county taxes on real estato and per- sonal property, for the year 1673, arenow dueand poyable st the places designated below. Underths new law the time for the collection of these taxes is ‘about balf what it hias been in former sears, sll having 10 be paid before tho 10th of March. ~ Checks eent in payment of taxes must be certificd. JouN W. TAPPAN, Collsctor South Chiesgo ; oflice, No. 161 LaSalls street. ¥ A, L. Morzsox, Collectgr West Olitago; Gilico, cormer Halsted and olph streets. . Jomx B, WALsH, Collector North Chicago; office, No, 133 North Clark street. — . Lunt, Preston & Kean, : Bank of discount and deposit. Commercial banking in all its branches transacted, Cortificates of deposit ismmod, bearing interest according to contract, West Side, corner Halsted and Bandolph streets. Bouth Side. No. 157 and 169 LaSalle street. gl AMUSEMENTS. McVICKER'S THEATRE. MAX MARETZEK. +-osere -DIRECTOR. _ GRAND ITALIAN OPERA - THIS EVERING (Friday), GRAND GALA NIGHT. 3 PRIMA DONNAS IN THE CAST. PAULINE LTCCA, 5 CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. LEONI LEVIELLI LE NOZZE DI F1GARO. ? (The Marriage of Figaro.) And s great Stac Caste TO-MOREOW (Saturday), GRAND GALA MATINEE. FPauline LnicoR. FAUST. MONDAY, FER. 10, 1873, First time in thls city “Op Ambraise Thomas' sclobratad MIGINON. CAy LARA LOUISE RELLOGG, " ELEANOR SANZ, VIZZANI, JAMET, &c. OPERA LIBRETTOS.: - - - Save 20 conts. Only correct and complets sdition. Price only 15 cants. Priceonly 15 cents. For sale by J. MOL- TER, 1) West Madison-st. . GLOBE THEATRE. THIS EVENING, BENEFIT OF J. L. WEATHERWAZX. R. M.CARROLL, AND HIS SOKS, LITTLE DICK, the General, and MASTER ERDIE JOHN McLAUGHLIN, MISS LULU GULLU, sad mw(we:};iz‘%z haye klod s c Rod EDWARDS, aad the +oua Bill, concluding with . “ JACK SHEPPARD. (IS8 FANNY HERRING as.. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. BENEFIT ot Mr. JOHN DILLOXN. Friday Eveniug, Feb, 7, Four Excellent Plecss. BLAISDELL WORRIED BY DILLON. TWO POLTS. TOO MUCU FOR GOOD NA:I'UHE- " BARNEY THE BARON. Mr. Dillon in Four Characters. Satarday Afternoon and Evening, last performances o1 (wa FOR BLOW. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. . BENEFIT OF MISS CARLOTTA LE CLERCO, THE GREATEST LIVING ACTRESS. Shakspeare's clogant Comeds, C L ffAS TOU LIEKE TT. ‘To-morrow (3Maf 0)—MASKS AND FACES. Eatundsy Night—" A8 YOU LICE 1T Monday, tbe Jast sensation—PYGMALION & GALATEA. MYERS OPERA HOUSE, - Manroe-st., between Dearborn and State-sts. Arlingtm, Coltm” & Rembles - Hintrels. . AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME. * Tackin and Wilson in their Elaborale Songs and Dazrs. Quartotts—** The Knights' Farewsll," The Haunted Man. A Day's Fishin-~. More Lovers taan Ons. Every ovening and Baturd. ) ‘matinee. OYSTER SUPPER AND SOCIABLE Ladies of Plymouth Church, Cor. Tndiana’av. and Twent;-sixtb-st., Friday Xvening, Feb. From 5 to10o'clock. ADAISSION, FREE. SUPPER, £ C; MEDICAL CARDS. DR.C. BIGELOW NFIDENTIAL PHYSICIAN, 404 State-st., Chicago. LA, et SUECIALIST of ' (he ‘a3n e ¥ B S s wm PIVENTY YEATS OF HIS IR I pectocs, odies that will ositirely the worst of o s A PRIV aTE DISHASES o1 tBaGENITO A5 PAULINE L. volantacred, and wil REESAN SISTERS, EAGAS o & Glori- Comody Company, 23 Py URINARY ORGANS i both sexex, SEMINAL WEAK. PSS SERVOUSNESS, AVERSION TG roxt:fl".wl‘::" Rk - VISION, LOSS OF SEMORY A 3 21y carod. A OB er. Pand fur medical troattso; cacmen atamp. NO CURE! D K NO PAY!! Y. Aean, 360 South Clark-st., Chicago, ‘May be confidentially cousulted, persomlly or by mail, {free of cha; nn all chroaic or pervous diseascs. DR. 3. KEAN Is the oaly phyulician in tha city who war- rants cares or no pay. Offics buars {rom 9a. m. th 8 p.m. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY, -$5 Packages FRACTIONAL CURRENGY FOR SALE AT - TRIBUNE OFTICE.