Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1873, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY MARCH 4, 1873. THE LAW COURTS. Dostwick Snllé---olmllng of tho Battlp in tiio Skinnzr Caso. The Troubles at the Sny Island Loves Works Camp, Anothor Curions Land Transaclion=m= Charges Against an Attorney, The Winstone Mortgage of Part of the Munn Estate. Ogle County Railrond Bonds.--A Dead Erothor's Actions Raked Up, Bankruptey, General, United Statos, and Oriminal Court News. —_— It appeors that tho provisioning of the camp of Bny Island Lovee Works has beon. the sub- Joct of somo difliculty, which has found its way Into court, tho employos hnving at oue tiho ‘throatoned to strike in consequence of tho pros- pect of starvation through lack of Bupplies, the caterors and tho contractors having fallon out, ond tho state of nfieirs doveloped in the bill fllad yostorday in tho Suporior Court, having the offect of for tho lime breaking up the Commis- sarlat Department. Edward Blkolsoy, of Keokuk, Sosoph Skolsey, of Ohicago, E. W, Fuller, of Cauton, Mo., and R. P. Parker Plerco, tho contractors of tho works, under the firm nnma of Skolsoy, Fuller & Tiorco, aro tho complaivants, and John J. Hollig- ter and Joshun Piko the defendants. The com- plainants afirm that tho works were authorized ‘by an act approved April 24, 1872.- Thoy wero carried on by from 800 to 800 men and 200 to 470 “teams, according to tho scuson. To supply pro- vislons and forngo for this Ingo community, the firm lot n contract, for mutual profit, for the car- rylng on of salo stores aud dopots, to pald” John 'J, Hollistor, of annibal, Mo., end Joshua Pike, of Pittsfleld, Pike County, 111, whoraby it was ngroed that Hollls- tor & Uo., as thoy cnltod the Inttor firm, ahould furnish tho capital, and pey 50 por cont of tho profits on the sulo of all)provisions and supplies, oxcopt froeh beof and modicino, the right to ol which was reserved ; oll expenses of clork hira* aud such like tobo deducted from tha amount realizod bofore profits should bo divided ; com-~ Ininants to have nccess to tho bools, bills, aud nvolces § complainents to_sottlo with Hollistor & Co., on the monthly pay-day, for oll goods and matorlals furnished by tho Intter, on - catimates and orders ap- proved by ‘tho Suporintendent of tho works ; complainants not to bo responsiblo for goods sold without vouchers: such ocontract fo bo annulled on notico that tho supply of goods and 80 forth shiould not prove satisfactory to \the compluinants, In pursuanco of this contract, tho store was put up, supplies wero bought of the dofendauts by the complainants, snd orders puid by tho Inttor to tho extont of about 84,000, of which sum obout’ $2,600 was_oxpressly puid for the purchaso in advanco of furthor provis- iona for tho camp, namely : $1,000 to Hollister, tnd 1,000 Lo Viko, of which, it is charged, only €200 wos oxponded for that purpose by_tho tormor, and tho wholo wug uppropriated by tho latter for Lis own private_purposos; whoroupon the supply of pm\-xsmd’fium, and & striko of work was threatoned, to Avort whioh | donger the cowplainants wero compellod to send clsowhore for provivious, which_they purchaged ot tho highout yetail price. ‘They afilm that neCoss Was nover permitted them to Lhe books, as provided for by tho contract; and that, with intont to commit fraud in these accounts—tho provisions, iustond of boing bought in the opon marliot, boing Lought of John J. Hollistor him- golf, at his storo m llanuibal,.at bigh pricos, thus proventing tho profit that would othorwise havo been mado, 'Theso causes of complaint boing stated to the defendants, the complainants deolarod tho contract sunulled, and. npplied to Hollister & Co. for an nccount, which thoy have refused to furnish, but, instead, have made e domond upon complainants for S11,000, threatentng snita at Jaw to onforce such clnim, and to lovy atiaclmonts on tho works, and thug borass tho oporatious of the complainants. Thoy eny they aro willing to payall that may Lo shown tobedue bythem to Hollistar & Co., but they aro guro that they owe them noither $10,000), ©5,000, or any other sum. They pray tho Court fo restrain auy intorfetenco on the part of - tho dofondants with the Loveo works, and the pro- cceding ‘with any suits; that an nccount bo 1aken, and n decrde granted for whatover may bo found to bo duo ou citherside. A temporary in- Juaction wau granted on bonda for $11,000, TAMI BOSTWICK-SKINNER SUIT. Theso who lave property to lose will have Zfollowed 'ne TUIDUNE reports of tho Bostwick suite with intorest. The firat field day in the Skinner caso was fought in Judge Gery's room yesterday, coming up an demurrer. My, Edward Martin, counsol for Georgs R. Clark, Samuel Rowe nd wife, and tomo otlier losa important_dofendauts, consumed tho entiro forenoon and the greater portion of tho aftor- noon in &specch of considorablo powar. Ho said that tho argument for tho demurrors naturally ol into throo positions: 1. As tonotice. Tho bill of tho plaintiffs did not charge tho dofond- ants with notice or knowledgo g0 a8 to hold thom rosponsibla for the frauds of thoir romoto ances- tors, 2, Astothe administrator’ssale. Thoealo,au slhown by the bill, is finnfl and suflicient to pass tho estnto of Bosuwick, 8, As to the rest of tho bill. 'T'ho defendunis’ titlo 1s good cnongh for :}ham. Thoy can sustain it when properly callod pon, As to notico, tho bill failed to charge defond- &nta ot bar with any notice_or knowledgo of the allegod fraude. The more important grounds on which plaintiffs attackoed the adiministrator's sale were that the Court (tho County Cowrt of Cook County) hnd no jurisdiction to " grant_lottors of adminlatration iu thocase, and Ehat tho lottors were granied on o potition which, though good enough on Its faco, was falso and fraudulent in fact. -~ Turoply tho defondo argued, that tho Court of the county whoro tho intestato diod way charged with his estate. The odjudication of- that Court could not Lo t}nnulinucu collnterally, Tho granting of lottors of adminiatration on o petition good on its face, though fraudulont in faot, was' o logal procoeding, und . tho snlo mndo under it was valid, The lottors, how- over, could hayo been vevoked by propor appli- cdtion to tho County Court. Mr. Sartin argued this point for o long timio, nd quatod ssvornl authorities to show that the Supremo Court of this Btato acted on tha principle stated In soveral cases. Ilo closed by calling nttention to tho fact that somo of tho dofendants are publio ofticers, intrusted with tho consummation of vast jme provoments, and that tho work upon which tho are engaged would bo soriously intorfered with if tho sottlonmont of this auit was dolayed beyond o rensonablo time, Ho alyo alluded tor portion of J\ldge Qary's docision 'in tho case of the do- posed Polico Conunissionors, whoro His Iouor reforrad to the annoyauces with which men in cflicinl lifeare besot, end which ho sald he would proteot thiom fromi in overy logal way thut suggosted itsolf. Mr, Edward Roby, counsel for the Bontwick heiry, ropliod bilefly, the basis of his argument being thet the dofundanis must establich what thoy et up. Administration procecdings in Cools County wero not suthorized Dy any atat- uto, and thoso were accordingly void, Purchas- ers under thom wero tho persons who committod fraud, aud they could not dorivo title to tho proporty through tho crime, As to the foreclo- buro proceodingy, they wero also void for want of jurisdiction, ‘Tho plaintiffs wore ontitled to rodress unlous their oquity of redomption had heon cut off by lapse of timo., If the Court thought thns the allogations of the plaintiffs would bo improved by & moro distinct statoment than that made in the bill, it would be amonded 20 that tho subjects for detormination would ba, first, ns to tho vahdily of the ndministration Frocuudlnga, snd second, a8 to whother the de- onie must sot up ity dofenses and prove tlhom, or that tho pluintiffy must auticipate them by their bill and proots, At the conolusion of Mr, Toby's nddrees the Court ndjourned, Judge Gary said ho would liko to fiavo the briofu of both parties; nd promieed to rendor o declsion toward the 'oloso 2 the week. EXTRAORDINARY BTATEMENT RESPEOTING A LAND TRANAAQTION, William Bennett, gole minor helr of William Bonnett, docossed, Boemn to be tho vietim of aumerous conkpiracios, first by a number of por- sony who thought they hnd u {itle to n share of the lands loft him by his father, and second by ono W, II, Stow, who produced o warranteo decd of olghty ncedn of uad land, to him, from but which his son and helr doclares to bo n forgory, Bald deed in nllogod to bo dntad in 1655, maony yems after tho old man's denth, Buits grow unt of thono clalms, Goorgo Bedgwick nand Jamos M. Walker, attorneyn, agrood to dofend this last suit, to bo Jmm by ono-olghth of nll {hoy could save of snld landd. Bald atlornoys, Dounctt ufiirms, without his Kknowlodgo, compromised thio matter for tho sum of §20,000 to bo paid to Bonuctt, and sovon lota in tho Oity of Cliicago, ono of which they sold to Lowia Fuollgraft for §000, its present value bolng §8,000. Donnott next makos au oxcood- ingly gravo charge, namely : that tho ntlor- noya gmont for him," nomo time lator, told him ho must wign tho transfor of tho Iand, oxcopt of tho above named lots, to Wallcr, that the monoy flm( Diad recoived from Wallor, ana othors, in” sottfemont of tho ltigation, an g forll, was only Jusk onougls to puy- oxnoisos, and that thoy did ok caro whotlok 1o eignod of not, a8 he had nlready signed away ol his inter- st to thom, a fact of which ho wasnot aware, Lha considoration mentioned in tho quit claim dood, that o was thus by falso ropresentntions {nt duced to sign, was only £8,500; and had ho hoou nwaro thnt tho roal prico was §20,000, asho aftor- wards found it was, ho novor would have con- sontod. Honow prays tho Goirt to docrao tho payment of all monoys that may bo found due to le undor tho above trangactions, IN MUNN & BOOTT—THE WINATONE MORTGAGE. T'redorick . Winstono, whose advertised sulo of a pioco of properly hold by Ira Y. DMuun, un- dor o convoyance from Eliza Rolnowan,—puch salo bolug authorized uundor s mortgago mado Dy Tolnowan for $10,000, loancd to her by Win- B{nlm prior to tho transfer to Munn,—as latel; stoppod by injunction of the Court. on tho poti tion of tho Assigneos of Munn & Scott, yoster- day filed his suswer to that potition. Ho nd- mils tho mattors of fact stated in the patition gutofho morlgago hold by bim, ita atoppugo b{ injuction, and adjournment to tho 8lst inutant: nand procoods to dony all lmowledga of Munn bolng_deelarod a banlrupt on tho 23d of Hoptombor, 1872, or {hat_ho con- voyed sald land to Oharles W. Wheelor; but, whiethor theso things be 8o or not, o holds to: bo immatorinl as o his rights undor tho mort~ ago, and tho rights of tho Assignoos to the Ennkmpt’ncnnte. Ho is informed that tho es- tato is worth 285,000, but canuot ndmit that it would sell at a snorifico by public nuction, fnasg- much as tho Assignoos would have tho powor to bid at such saloand Lnve the irusk transforrod to them, or thoy might pay the defondant tho amount due, nnd ho would make such transfer ; all of which ho is willing to do, whereforo ho* prays reliof from tho injunotion. OULE COUNTY BATLROAD TONDS. Among the new snits filed inthe United States Circult Court, yestorday, was a bill by Mix ot al.. v. Jonnings atal., n eauto transforred from tho Oglo Oounty Circuit Court. Chis is o suit tore- sirain the collection of bonds and to_ declaro them void, issued by Oglo County to the Ogla & Carroll Connty Railrond Company. Tho’ amount involved is not Inrge, but groat intercat ' attachos to tho coso, tho bonds having boon sold, to partios lving in other Statos, transeforred in paymont for work dono and ‘maforial delivered, | and traflicked in as o marketable sccurity. Tho Btato Tronsuror, the Railrond Compoany, all tho orsons known to have possossion of such Eumm, and oll unknown holders, aro made purtios dofendants to tho suit. ' A DEAD DROTHER 8 SHORTCOMINGS. . The Lioixs of the decensed ‘Thomas Covell have- filed a bill, in which scrious clharges aro mado ngainet tho good faith and honesty of o dear: departod brother, a bachelor, who died intestate, This brothor is alloged to huvo-tonded tho dying bedsido of Mr. Covoll, aud chiown .him such at~ tontions s woro likoly to awaken in the broast of the lattor his most complate confidonce and rogmd. Whilst onjoying the most. intimato rolations with tho fast sinking Thomas, itis chargod that hio induced the lattor to convoy to him, absolutely, his real estato, npon the oun- ning dovico and protense that it should be subdlvided ond_partitionod among the children and widow, go that each might bave his or Lier luub ehare, and the property be laid ont to tho ogt possible ndvantago,” Tho conveyance was duly made, but nothing was ever dono by tho bacholor, the present complaingnts romaining mn undisturbed pousesslon. Tho defendauts in this bill are tho heirs of tho interestod bacholor, and thoy claimed tho catato. Tho mattor was takon into the courts, and tho partics now pray for -tho exccution of tho decrco thon givon dofining thoir rights. TIE FIRE AGAIN DESPONSIDLE, Marcus Peisor yesterdsy commonced suit in the Circuit Court v. the hoira of Edward A. Tiucker, under tho l‘f.)llmvlnxtj circumstancos : The complafnant afirms that Lo obtained o loan on noton socurad by mortgage on his real catate, In which bis wifo joined; that said notos wero transforred to said Ruckor; that the full amount was ropuid to Rucker, and tho notes and mortgage ware duly returned to tho mortgagors thom by, when the firo osma sod desiroyed them, and thoy now pray the Court to relosse tho Tion that Rucker's hoird claim to.Lave on tho proporty. . DANKRUPTOY NOTES. In the mattor of Nathan Foator ot al., George W. Campboll was yuelerdnx' np}mintod provis- ional Assigneo, on the potition of tho potitioning creditors, ropresonting that the stock is valuod at about 26,000, and that tho assots besides in- clude soveral thousand dollars’ worth of ne- counts which It ia for tho interest of tho eatato should be specdily dealt with. Straus, IHahno & Co., brick-mokers and denl~ ors, zustonlny obtained leavo of tho Court to filo o potition for mechanic's lien against Now. 201 and 293 North avenuo, belonging to tho estate of Goorgo Iansloin, on which the have dono worlk that lins not been paid for. + Adjudications of bankruptey were cntored in tho following eases : Theodore Walker, return- able befor Registor Hibbard, 25th inst; Milo R, and Samuol 1. Battlos, roturnablo 24th inst., and .Tcuoxh and Marcus Metz. 7 Edward Baudford, of Morris, was, on Saturday, eloctod Asnigueo of the eatate of M. Progcott, ab tho first moeting of creditors of that bankrupt, i NOTES FOM TUF, UNITED BTATER COURIS. Judge Blodgott sat in the Cirouit Conrt all day yosterday, finishing up business in hand. Itia sunounced that he will sit in tho District Conrt onand after Wodnesday (to-morrow) morning, and takeo up the trial calendar for the Docember torm. Judge Drummond will on Wednesday (to-mor- row) continue the callin the United Btates Cir- for the Murch term, An ordor for & vonire in the United Btatos District Court was yestorday given, The Cironit Court Eot through tho cause on trial in timo to give the case to the jury beforo adjournment ; but no verdict was renderoed, uite a number of euits against the Occldon- tal Insuranco Cownpany, of Ban Francisco, which v boon ponding in the Cook Connty sxgmrlor Court, wero yostorday tranaferred to the United Btetes Circuit Court, making a mnss of papor which could uot have been originally mauufac- tuied for a less sum than $25 at the recont prico of staticnery, NOTES FROM THE ORIMINAL COURS. The Groud Jury wes cmpaueled, and Jobn Fitton was np&minmd foremun; aud & petit jury wag cmpanoled for the weelt. 'mmnmumgnn and John Englesby, charged with burglary, wora tried aud fonnd gallty; torm fixod at threa yenrs in tho Peuitoutisry, Edward Cremenux, charged with forgery of an order for glass, waa tried, nod tho jury was diu- chargod, boing tnable to agrso. Judge Willinma prosided, GENEBAL NOTES, Appouls from Justices were the ordor of the dn{ in tho way of now suits yestorday. awyera whb fllo bills aftor noon earn the un- dying contempt of the reportors. Tho fow nssumpsit suita flled yestorday were too miscrably small to deservo notico. Jnmos Matthews {u!terdny distrained on the premives occupiod by William D. Pahlman, at No. 259 Bouth Clark streot, for 8350, Eight bar- _xols of Cedar Run whieky aro the trophies of war, In the muttor of Mannum & Copp, Goorge W. Cnmpholl was appointed Assignec, NEW SuUITS, e Usrren Brates Crmcurr Count,—Mix of al, /% deunlbgs ot nl.; rucord from Ogla County Olvouit 'Court, Polensky v. Kuickerbocker Lifo Tusurance Company of New York; record from Cook County Cireult Court, Rocords of snits sgafust Occldental Jusurance Conpany of Ban Tranciuco, from tho Bupo- rlor CQuurt of Cook County, Purnell Auusen Vo Princeton Loan aud Trust Company etal,; change of ‘yenite from Superior Uourt of Cook County, \Tur: Orrou1T Count,—0,031—Bornard liconoy ef ol, v, Jumea Dalton and ‘limofly Huys ; sssumpatf, $600, 0,003—Kame v, A, 8, T, Lynch ; eamo, §300, §,058— drannis v, Olson 3 appeal. - 0,03{—LEdward A, Diay v, Corson Dioluno: uppeal. * 6,045—11, 1T, Ohandlor v, J, L., Campholl; aemo. 6 + 1L, Bluclair v, Jobn Worth; ssme, 0,057-F, I, Whito v, Iaille G, 0,0d8—Ivederick 1, Wiwon v, L, I, Walker’; nssumpslt, $1,000, 0,089—Samuol White ‘v, D, WL’ icou; confowsion, $17, '0,040—Win, Liennett v,Goorgs Bedgowick and James M, Walker; Uil of compisint. 6,01—Jar:i0 Butthowa v, ‘W, D, Pahlman ; distrcas for ront of No, 259 South Clark streot; elght barrels of Cedur Run whi 6,042—Jacob A, Kothachild etul. v, Chnrles Shanos snd Merman Shafine: nulmlsnll, $1,000, 6,043 BLircus Polsor v, M, Loulso Steluburg et ul,, the heiry of Ldward A, Rucker; bill to relensu llen on propert; morigaged for $895, the notes aud wmortgage, wiilel ‘woro given up, belng burned by firs, Tue Burenton COURT,—44,620—Dotfus I, Tves otal, v, Ferusndo O, Proscott; sseumpedt, $500, 42,500— Elins B, Hord and_Josfall' B, Rocmo’ v, Olarlds W, Deun and Josoph ¥, Maunington ; putllion to rostare record, uppral, 49,572 Td=3lurln J, 2 eald Benuott, decensed, purpoiting to be a salo, Coveli o al, v, Loury Govell, Iocbe Lrown, wido, 8, who put: 1 n cuit Court; and an order wa8 givon for jurors | and Barah Granger, widew ; bill to exconto formor do- eree, 43,604—Stophen W, Rawson v, Albert Kidder; confueslon of Judgment, 551,‘3’ 42,605—John Binith v, Audrow and Hammel I, Wright ; replevin of one closo ghasn catrigo valued ot §330, ' 42,60—Thomas Qogawell ot nl, v, Ii, D, Valentino ; assumpsit, $1,000, 42,037—Tohn v, Mary Kloin, divores ; noven children 3 aixteen yoarn married 3 Labitunl drunXouncas nlleged and ocustody of childron prayed, 44,538—Edward Jucob v, Feanke Selmldl; confostion Gt Sudymonts noto, $300, 43,630—Edward oud Joseph 8, Kelaoy, E, W, Fuller, nnd R, Parkor Plorco v, John . Ioliinter and Joshiia Piko } Will for fnjunction, —42,040—Patrick Dununo ot al, v, Jobn 0, McCord ; caup, §300, llll‘;fl—- Oharien 11, Low v, Perry & Oo,, Allany, N. ¥.; aliach. ment for £300, (hs partics being resideuts of (hiia Btate, 42043, 11, laud V. Jolin Nold ; asausapalt 4600, PERSONAL., Olo Bull will givo two grand concorts at Con- iral Holl on Lheuovmllnug of March 10 and 11, Dra. Matilda Vlotohor will attond the concort and lecture at tho Univorsity Place DBaptist Church thiy evoning. It is rumored by Michigan ||1npurn that Mr. Qeorgo O. Kimball, Buporintendont of the Flint, & Poro Marquolte hnllway. is about to become gniwm] Buperintoudent of tho Michigan Cen- rnl. An astonishod party was tho dramatio man of tho Jouraal last night, whon ho cnrried n folio Bhakospoare into MeViclor's Thoatre to use ns s libretto, aud could ot find **Richelieu” in tho yolumo, IIo now thinls that after all **Riche- liou" wos written by o man in Baffalo. It is sunounced that ono of our best-known and widoly-osteomed clm‘(fimml, Rov. Roborb Duttorson, for yonrs identitiod with n wido class of Iuterosta hore, will immodiately resign his nstorato of tho Jefforson Park Prosbytorinn Ghureh, with a viow of removal to Californis, his honlth domanding a changa of climato. - Miss Isnbolla Frooman, an actregs of consider- ablo versatility, who was lending lady at Wood's Dusoum at tho timo of the fire, was married ro- cently to Captain Norton, -of tho Now Orleans and New York steamslip, Unitod States. Dur- ing the spring Misg Freoman and Mr, Goorgo Tyor will uppear at ono of our theatrea in o now. ploy nomed *“Lin Contanaire.” , . Mossrs. T. B, aud B. T. Wakeman, of tho Chicngo ba?, leavo for Sycamore, to-dny, to do- fond tho mun Bride, chinrged with murdering Connors in July last, near Woodstock, Ill. He is fortunate in boing dofonded by two wide- . awale-men, citherof whom could doubtloss ob- tain all the supersodoascs necessary to respite him until the day of judgmont, if required, = - Alombors of that virtioua body known es tho! Common . Council of tho City of Chicngo aro, seandalizod at tho reckloss disrogard displnyod bi’ ono of thoir nssocintos for hig moat solomn” plodsgs. Ald. Soliaffuor, who, it was undoratood, od ‘‘sworn off” spocch-making for threo months, spoke five times last eyening, and *Council was dolayed accordingly. The transfor of the Roy. Joremish Portor,. Chaoplain of the garrison at Brownsyillo, 'Toxns, calla forth from n local papor a warm eunlogy on that gentlomon's work. Tho itom atates that:| YO MMr. Yortor graduated at Princoton Theological Sominary in 1833, and camo to Clicago, where Lo organized tho first church, \vl.m:hf nocordlng‘ to the paper reforrod to, iy still ono of leading religious inatitutions, Superintendont Washburn, having seen hin poraccutors_ creoping ignominiously out of tho Chicago's oxamplo by porsonnlly ausisting in the capture of haif a dozen notorious thioves and burglars in tho notorious houso of tho woman Em;-y, on Stato streot. Did auy of Mr. Washburn's pro- deeeegors overy do wuch a thing 7 Had this oc- cwred two months ago, Mr. Washburn would lave been ‘ suspended” for making o raid with- out perminsion of Mosurs. Reno, Klolko, and Bheridan. . The following-named Chicagosus aro in New Orleans: D. V. Bakor, E. I, Honshaw, Dr, John Davics, 0. T, Chisholm, E. G, Kortle' and wife, Mra, Olancy and daughtoer, Dr. Boll, Mre, Jumds Loug, L. B. Hoono iud daughtor, I XK. Morrill, 7. A. Francls aud_wifo, Low Monhals mor, Fred Loavitt, Goorgo T. Elfiott {and wifo; Miss Lillio Elliott, J, Farmer, appon Halsg W. IL. Lord, Soncea Kimbark,'J. O, deGord, Bd Lawrenco, Dan Thompson nnd family, Robort Law and family, J, B Otis, P. D, Smith, J. B. Whilehead, J. ¥, Garver, G. I\, Duiley, Dr, M lon~ roo, Mr. Ilino, Br. Rogers, R, T. Gosdrich, and . Burrowa. ra. Emma E. Keop has givon $100,000 to the Ophthelmio Hospital, in Now York, 8. D. Harrls succeeds Goorgo B, Blakelos as editor of the Ohio Farmer, at Cloveland. Congressman George F. Hoar is named fos tho Massachusotts Buprome Bench, an addi- tional place having bocn created. g ‘Somo mombora of Congross have taken to pronounoing tho name of Oakes Amos with two Byllables, thus: O-cuss Ames] « That fascinating shovel-maker, the Hon, Onkoes Amios, now starts on his nowspaper travels as tho Knavo of Spados. Gov. Dix hag been imposed on by s fomalo pardon-broker, who has made 91,600 out of tho oporation. Ono D. W. Jobson is suing Daniol Drew for $10,000 for informatioon given him in rogard to spooulation. ol J. I, Notowaro has boon re-cleoted, by tho Nobraska Legielature, SBuperintendent of Immi- gration, and his salary fixed at. 61,200, Joln O, Bagby, of Rushville, TIl., us guardian, haa_ twonty-fivo childron to look ‘after, besids govon in whom Mrs, B, has an intorest. Tt is roported that Grotiot Washburno, son of tho Hon. E. B. Washburno, s soon to load to tho hymoneal altar & woalthy French widow.— Galena Gazelle. . Nolson II, Van Voorheos, presont Spenker of tho Houso in the Ohio Lufila}ltl\m, will be a eandidate boforo the Republican State Conven- tion for thoe Lisutenant-Governorship. Mrs, Alico O, Clymer, the favorito nieco of the Cury sislors, to whom ‘was loft the paintings, library, otc., di0d nt Jacksonville, Florida, o fow woeoks ainco, % Gov. Wermoth, wwhiloin Washington, was voted by tho lndios tho handsomest man in the capital, “ How charming and handsomo he s, tobo suro; and g0 wicked bosides,” thoy say. 2 Sonator Thurman is eald to hayo madoe 875,000 from “riso of roal ostato.” Dut, it muy bo nddod, ho mado moro {han that by saying * yes” to the minister at the proper tima. Whatever may have boon Mme. Loyson's (Friar Hyacintho's wife) lossos by Bensrs, Bowlos, all her fortuna was not swept away, for sho hasjust mado Mossrs, Droxel, Harjos & Co. hor banliors, D. N. Foater, of Storling, Genoral Doputy of tho Illivofs State Grange, is traveling through tho Militury Truct at presont, organizing grangos in countios aud townships, William Barncs, son-in-Jaw of Thurlow Wood, Lias baon appointcd Gonoral Manager of the In. dustrial Exhibition Company of New York. Ie .waa for ten years Buporintondent of the Insur- anco Dopartment at Albany. ‘Whallace, the only South Oarolina Congress- man who 18 & whito man, was the other day vie- timized out of £700, by “n strango woman.” Ho voted, howaover, for incroased p: ‘{, and now has 85,000 duo him as unesmrned dividends, Ex-Presidont Hoplkins, of Willlams, is not “deeply intorested in collego banfinfi sehomes, bub expreasos Lis proforenco for o skull raco, the of- feot of which shall be to dnvolnE the corebrum aud the coroboltum, rather than the biceps. Thoy Lave discovored a “retired pirate” in Ban Franolsco, sud tho papers aro giving Liographiod of bim, Thero are two or threo about to rotire in Washington. Tholr biogra- hics may bo found in Lanman's Congressional lotionary. TLord Westbury, an ex-Lord Ohancellor of England (somo who read this ma; fiusblbly Te- momber liim botter as Bir Richa othell, ono of tho grontest Iawyers England has ownod), has Iately married Elonuor Maria, third daughtor of tho late Hanr{ Tonunnt, Beq. The bridegroom hes attained the mature age of 78, The Right Hon, Arthur Ionry Ohicester was brought up at the Police Court, London, thros weoli# ago, charged with assaulbing two policp- mon who Intorfored to prevent his baoking a Iangom onb through shop windows and othor meorLy on l’icun'filly. Ifo was fined £6 for each assault and atlowod to leavo. It is statod that in conjunction with a suit brought by John Kondriok, Jr., of Waterbury, Conn,, against hiy father, for cortain Froporly John ' Toudrick, Hr., hus' bronght sull. againab iy fatlior, ex-liout.-Cov, Groono Kondrick, for §1490,000 for advico given at various tirios on businoss watlors aud investmonta, s g —— = o Taxos, £ ‘The book for tha collectlon of Stato and Gounty Taxen for tho year 1873 will bo clousd 1 ten days, Joux W, Pavrax, Collsator, ofiico No, 101 Lafially atreot. , L, Monzmwox, Qollector, ofieo corner of Halstod sud Randilph streotu, Jouw B, Warar, Gollostor, ofilco No, 139 North Glark strect, small ond of homhhnu sot Lis subordinates an THE RAILROADS. Anual Roport of the Olioago, Bur- lington & Quinoy Road, Also of the Burlington & Mis- souri River Road. Not Enrnings of the Former in Right Months, 2,315,944.42, A Counch Committee Mcoting on Rallroads. Tho ninotoonth sunual roport of thae Prealdent of the Ghicago, Burlington & Quiney Rallroad, for, eight months of thoyearending Deo, 81, 1872, is now publlshed, and glven tho following intor- csting fucts. Tho gross recolpts aud disburec- montn of the Compauy for tho period named have boen as follow From passongers, $1,243,321.67 From freight... 3,814,007.13 From mimolmneots.. '332,519,01 Burlington bridgo, 184,822,14 Total rovenuo, ,624,780.85 Tho operaling oxpi mmo period, oxclusivo of A0X0800iesereerass -$9,009,000,61 Taxes havo bocn, 1 ail + '100,762.00 ———$3,208,780.43 Lcnvln‘y net earnings for thie olghit months, £2,015,044,42 Amount of intorest bonds s been,.. 610,718.62 Loaving o balanco of. $1,090,238.90 ©Out of which bas becn paid Dividend No. 24. . $052,015,00 Tont of tracka, + 10,418,080 Intorest and oxoliango, 4562010 085,000.16 Leaving of not carnings for 8montha to 140 oredit of InCOmD ACCOMAE.vsvv.evec$ 10,6307 o which ndd surplus nt commencomont f 10 porlod, Moy 1, 1873.v0vu v vovesess 2,002,705.01 Making surplus {o credit of this account , .$2,800,271.75 Amouut to ercdit of sinking fund, take £rom earninga of Provious years, i...,.. 1,170,744.88 ‘Which, sdded to $ncome crodits, mnken the AIOUDY Of BUFPIUB,see v evsrsnens aveeerse$,083,010.03 "Thio groas earnings exceod Lhogo of tho cor- responding elght month of Inst year,...$ 76,830.72 Tho net carnings oxceed thoso of ‘the Tesponding period of lnat yoar,.. 131,718,12 + The average number of miles of rond operatod from May to Decombor, inclusive, was 787, an inorongo of 28- miles 'ovor tho averago of lnut ar, Tho numbor and mileago of passengors, 08 woll &8 tho amount of rrolfiut carried, is also in oxcosa of tho samo period of tho preceding oar. 4 Trom the above tablo it will be seen that tho 088 nnmingu of tho road for oight months wore EE,BM,’IM.S 3 tho oporating oxpenses, oxclusive of taxds, 8,000,008.51. During tho eamo poriod of tho precoding yonr the recolpts wero $5,448,~ 807.13 ; oxponscs, 8,226,610.10; showing an incrense In tho groes earnings over tho corrosponding monthe of lInst yoar of $75,898,72 ; and o decreaso in o[znrnfing expenses of $127,516.08. Tho aotunl not oarnings, thore- foro, are in’‘oxceas of thoso of the corresponding poriod last yoor, §303,818,40, The porcentago o ugnmung oxponses to gross carnings has been 68 9-100 oxclusive of taxes, and 68 8-100 inclu- sivo of taxes. The not earnings of tho road for the period ombraced in the myart, above operating ox- ponscs, taxes, ond intorest on bonds, not includ- ing bonde of branch roads, havo boen 910.41; ond including intorest on bonds of branch roads, $8.80 per sharo of capital stock. The entiro gross onrnings of tho road have boen at the rato of §7,019.09 por mile for eight months. A largo part of the grain crop of 1871 in tho country along nand tril ntmx to the lino has yot to bo moved, and this added to tho late hnrvest, cchunlly abundant with that of the romvious year, will, during tho ensning yoar, fax to the utmost, the freight cquipmonts of the rond. Thera havo been brought into the city la; tho various rail- ronds, during tho last year, 634,075, head of cat. tlo, of which thin rond carried é‘m,lfiB 5 the total number of hogabroughtto tho city was 8,202,624, of which 985,146 arrtved on the Ohicago, Bur- Tngton & Quincy Railroad. - Tho carnings of the road on the business to and from the Haonibal & St. Joseph Railrond, lave beon, for the lnat eight months : 41000 8300,002,08 163,990,03 Total... $522,608,08 Tho enrainga of tho trafle to and from the Durlinglon & Missouri Rior ailroad Lavo o0n : Frelght. 17,984,55 Passongor, R iehon Total...... $865,430.01 An inoroase on the lafter road, and s diminu- tion on tha formor. Attention ig called to tho Chicago& Yowsa Rail- rond, oxtonding from Aurcra to lorreston, 80 milos, the stocl of tho road boing 1,928,000, of whieli thio' Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Tail- road owns one-half. Its bonded indebtednoss is 81,760,000, boaring annual intorost at 8 por cont, which is $140,000. The Chicago & Rock River Branch is now com- loted, and has nlready furnished oconsiderablo usiness for tho main Line. In the renewal of track on the main lin, steol has boen substituted for iron, and tho excoss of tho cost of stecl over iron constitutes the largost {tom of construction oxpenditure, There havo ‘boon Inid during the period embraced in tho re- §nrt 79 22-100 miles of stool-rail, making a otal 0f 184 16-100 miles of steol rails now in use. During the oight months, 17 engines havo beon added, making tho total number on the road, 209, 'Tho oquipment of the road Lias boon addod to by tho construction of 4 passenger, and 106_froight-oars ; 92 platform and coal-cars ; 7 droyors' and ‘caboose-cars; 14 hand and 16 rubblo-cars, making the total equip- ment of tho road s follows: Enginos, 209; ngsenger cars, - 83 inspoction car, I; pay car, i, Dnggngo, mat), and exprous cars, 4 ; Troight cars, 2,716 coal ‘and flat cars, 1,002; ‘drovors' and conductors’ cars, 89; dump cars, 40; tool cars, 8; pilo drivor, 1; bund cars, 282; rubblo cars, 244, 1t i thio pusposo of tho Company to add abou 500 froight cars to its prosont oquip- ment before tho 18t of May. The soquisition of the Burlington & Missourl River Ioad may necesgitato some additions to be made to tho pugsenger equipment, but not to_any consider- &ble extent, The princlr:l oxpenditure that will bo required for the ensuing yoar will, of course, Do on tho track, and the substitution of steel for iron, It s oxpocted that about 70 miles of iron on the Ohieago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 'Sro}mt will be roquired to bo roplaced with stosl uri ng tho ensuing year, nside frown the smount that may be requircd on the Burlington & Mis-~ sourl River Road elsewlioro montioned, Tha pormanent Investment of tho Company, on tho 81at of Docomber, 1872, on account of Construction, equipmont, cost of Dbranch roads, rullrond bonds, stouk, sud materiula for future ugo, Was, Copital stock. $18,852,010,00 Bonded dobt, bearlpg in- plraabosus e cns s 11,040,225.00 tip fssited o pay for Noribarn Cross Rond from Gilosburg to Quin= oy, not boaring intereat.. Amount dus bondbolders Northern Cross Road, ua porsettlement with them “Amount of bLills and go counts payablo ovor bills and accounts recolvable, and cosl Aniount ¢ on i ties for bonds on brancl roads, upon which lia- billty primarily rests, ... 6,756,000,00 $41,508,699,00 162,250,00 250,200,05 102,044,18 $37,326,200,13 Tooving a surplus of,, $ 4,342,403,80 In the abovo statemont, taken from tho 'Iroa- surar's roport, thera i includod that part of tho originul cost of tho proporty whioh has not hitherto boen roprosented in the accounts by sither atock or bonds. BURLINGTON & MISSOURI RIVER NOAD, It is known to our roaders thut the Purpuae af uniting the Burlington & Missourl Iilver Ruil- roud with the Ohicago, Burlington & Quinoy Itail- rond has boon nccompiished, - Tho railrond aud sppurtenuncos hevo boon transforrod, and! on £ho laut day of tho yoar the Ohicago, Burlington & Quinoy Hailroad}look posuossion of tholr newly- sequired praqm‘ly, aud the two roads have sluce boen operated a8 ono. “Tho acquisition of this road, extending, 8a it doen, from Burlington to the' Missouri River, ‘connceting with the Unlon Pacifio_ et Omahs,— sud'at Omaha, Plattemouth, and Nobraska Oity, tho Chiengo, Burlington & Quincy Ttoads, form- Ing channels of commerco and highways to the country wont of the Missourd, and to the Paclilo ot likoly to bo bolon or intareu ptod,—catnob fell to add lm‘gnle{ to the pormanent valua of tho combinod proporty of the two Cuménmlnu, An sbstract of o ntatomont by the Assistant Trensuror of tho newly uequirad rond of the property and nanots of” the Compnny, und of the amount and chataator of Lo linbilitios assumed Ly tho Clicago, Burlington & Quiney Iiailroad ompany, is pr&nlcd, o4 followa ANRETH, Construction of 443 00-100 miles of road and appur- tonnnces, including 16 milea of loasod road, 14,012,189.87 Equipment, 4,108,137,64 Daterials, +100,118,0) )Y 10,250,440,02 Bills recetvablo forlandsold, . 1,787,400,02 Valno of laud unsold, catis Woted rreersarsnaniienses 1,583,507.04 Totalisosansisanrorssans $19,635,451,08 LIADILITIEG, b Capital stock, inclnding atock of " Drauch roads > $7,207,61270 | Road Londs, 7 por ot .8 9,000,00 - Tand-grant and road moxtgago bonds, 7 por cent, 038,350,000 Con. bonds, 2d serics, 7 yor Celbuesssionerassreiesarser 000,030,00 Gon, honds, 3 ‘sotien, 8 ‘per 5 cont. £ 03,000.00 438,000.00 412,000,00 500,500.00 $1,710,030,00 Bills and accounts payablo and Foolveabl, 430,821.85 ; $16,648,444.71 m s to eredit of incomo necount, 711,000.41 Land-grant including lands un- 80ld and balances dito on ac- count of ales, valued at.... 5,070,000.00 $19,036,461,08 qlmscnta & summary inbilities of the two at tho dato of the The followin of the combined asaots and atatemont companies 08 _consolidated, report, in reforenco to- th conduct of which futuro reports will treat : SUMMARY STATEMENT, e munagomout and Pormanent fnvestment...... £01,204,151.07 Capital stock..... ,$20,050,582,76 ondod ~ dobt ™ (incluidin brauch 25,813,165.00 . 162,250.00 250,208.05 and rocelvablo balauca thelr accounts.eeseeees., 602,460,03 ———502,874,600.74 Hurpluy $8,320,470,03 gounTs, Sinking fund $1,170,744,88 Incomo nccont ,014,272.10 Surplus fund, 147,23 {And grant, eto, 8,376,000.00 $ 5,820,970.33 OIIOAGO AND MILWAUXEETIOAD, . The Common Council Committoo on Streots and Alleys for the Wost Division mot yostorday afternoon to cansider tho action of the Chicago, Milwauleo & 8t. Paul Rallyay Company, whioll Inid its tracks on corlain atrcots botwoon West- orn avenuo and the city limits without having nbtnémd the pormission of tho City Govern= mont. . Aldorman Bailoy read s long ordinanco giving tho Company permission to lay ull nocosssry tracks from a point on tho soutli eide of Kinzio streot, al or near tho crossing of Western ave- nuo, to North avenue, provided it builda two vinduckd overy yonr uudlor tho dirogtion of the Board of Publio Works, the latter to desiguato tho pointa ut which they should bo constructed. The romaining fontures of tho ordinance aro similar to thoso in the ordinanco passed somo months ago for the bonefit of the Danville & Tncennos, and other ronds, "Tho Committeo deoided toroport the ordinanco to the Council,whore it could be amended to suit tho tastos of Aldormen. Aldorman Cullerton gpolie sgainst sovoral of ita provisions, and sald- 0t the Board of Public Works would neyar got tho powor conferred upon them by tho ordinancoe with Lis vote. —_— UNFASHIONABLE WEDDING. A Convicted Confldencoe Operator Maxried at tho Connty Jull, Justico Daggott, on ncconnt of the numbor of marriago coromonies ho porforms, muy not in- appropriatoly be called the Parson of the Ju- diciary of Ohiengo, Ho seems to bo the Grand Sachem of the Hymencal Ring in this city, and to hold o commission which gives him all its im- portant business. Espocially has ho beon con- cerned in giving company to misery by uniting, “ for botter or for worso,” the criminals of tho county, confined in tho Bridowell and County Jail. “Only two weoks ago, his flat enabled a woman to buy her liberty at tho DBride- well by excouting a contrnct of marriage. Yesterdoy nftornoon ho recoived s moto from Mr. Toltz, of tho County Juil, informing him that John A, Howell, tho confidonce opera- tor, who waa geutonced last Saturday. by Judgo Gary to two years Iu_tho Penitentiary, and Miss Mary Colling, had boen granted n liconse for. marriage, and requesting him td come over pud porform the ceremony. Upon arriving ot tho TR Sustioo Daggott found o lnrge orowd ns- sombled in the south corridor, in tho contre of which were Howoll and his lovo. boing informod by them of thoir wishes aud n- tontions, thero and then, in the presonce of Wilfam Wray and rs, tiouien Boyeo, Tom White and Nolly Simpson, united them. Tho ceromony being performed, the guests of the wedding woro ordored into their colls, the huge bars closod againet thom, and the Justico, loay- ing much hoppiness behind him, wont away. ——— e OBITUARY. DEATIL OF JAMES LARION. Tho denth of James Larmon removes from our midst a citizen who has long boen identified with the most substantial growth of Ohicago. Mr, Larmon was o native of Kentucky, and for more than twenty yoars has boen zealous and oarnest iu all thut portained to tho advangoment ©of our city. Ho has boon largely identifiod with ronl estato matters hore, and ‘ though ot tho timo hio commenced his rosidenco hero he had turned tho age of life which in many moen marks tho docadenco of activity and new enterprises, fow of our lyunngor men had a stronger confidenco than Tio in tho futuro of. Chicago. He was tho pioncor in building construc- tions of tho host class in neighborhoods where his judgment marked a future contro of our busincss, aud ho Jived to_soe his predic- tions realizod, though tho gront fira swopt away tho fine structuros ko yoars ago orccted. His examplo, and tho confidonco in his integrity and sound opinions, hind much to do with bringing Kontucky caHilnl horo, much of which camo diractly to and through him, to tho good fortune of thelr prosont ownars. Like many pioucors of his olnss, Mr, Larmon oame short of realizing the full benoflt Lis eniorpriso morited, and Lo was a sovoro sufferer in the revorses of 1857. But nothing ovor chauged the tone and intorest with which he watched, gnided, and adviged in all mattors of our growth, Ile was ono of tho miost undannted in the trinl poriod of tho firo, and never questioned the futuro of our comploto aud enlarged restoration. Mr. . Larmon was & man of tuoufiht as woll ng_notion, o student of Looks ag woll as men, and loaves mm{‘ friends who will mourn his death, Sov- ornl brothiers of doconsed reside in thig city and Drought into conngction with tho railrond systom of Nobraska, and, by its branches and conneo~ tlons, reaching the anstorn terminusa of tho Kan- ans Yaolfio, the Atchison, Topeka & Banta To, aud the ayatom of Kansag rouds, thoreby. with Btate, all sharing tho views which mado him o -firm believer in all valuea prodicatod upon the growth of this soction. ‘Che romnins of decoasod Wero takon to Runsollvillo, Ky., yestorday aftor- noon, for interment. FREDERIOR P, UPDIKE, & young man Eg‘ynnm of uge, aud living in this clly, died at Monton, Franco, last weol, Ho wout abroad to recovor Liu health, boing nlmost hopelessly consumptivo, Fiard on English Doctors, To the Infinite disgust and dismay of tho med- ieal profossion thraughout * tho United King- dom of Great Britain and Irolnd.” the Joyul flnlln;gfl of Physiolans of London has announced that it doos not recognize nor sanction tho us- sumption of tho titlo of *“Doctor” by its licon- tintos, It nimanra aldo, that neithor hins a licon- tiato of tha Rtoyal Golloge of Pliyuiciann of Ldin- burgh, or of tho King's and Queen's Collogo of Lhygicinng, Ircland, nuy right, ny such, to stylo Dbhnsolf “Dootor.” * ho Dritish Modicnl Journal, whioh communicates this nformntion, adds thit & univorsity dogroo nlone gives this distinguish- ing titlo to'graduaton in medicino, but overlooky tho faot that, by Joug proseriptive right, whioh is oceasionully exorclged to this day, tho Archbishop of Cnutorhur{[ g tho privilego of conforring tho dogreo of 3L D." upon any person whom ho may think qualified or \vmt[\;y of it, and (hin diploma fron the Arclibishop confers tho title of The Justice . “Dootor " upon ity reciplont, 'ho number of persons in tho Britiul ian\du who have gradu- Msd l‘xlx modiciuo af the universitios is very sma't ood. —_— —Tha Swisa Governmont rofusos to tolorato the prosenco of o Josuit fn nuy part of tho coun- try. on auy protost whatavar, !Minor, Mooro, THE COUNCIL, - A Special bonnllx)lttec Afipnlnte(l to Investigato the Rellef Socloty The Smnll-Pox Hospital to Bo Loeated on tho Now Drldowell Grounds---Thg Now Gas Companies. Tho Common Counoil hold a rogular mosting’ [. lnst ovening, Ald. Hoath in tho chair, Presont: Aldormon Bowen, Riohardson, Dixon, ‘Warren, McGanniss, MoAvoy, Bidwell, Plckoring, Tracoy, Bohmitz, Cullorton, McOlowry Clowry, Balloy, Powell, O'Brion, Clark, Biwoot, Kohoo, Heatl, Oloveland, Quirk, idckhardt, Stout, Mabr, Longaocher, Hohaffnor, Carnoy, Cannon, Ogden, Woodman, Corcoran, NELIEY AND AID BOOIETY. I, W, King, Eeq., Prosidont of tho Chloago Roliof and Ald Bocioty, in rosponso to & resolu- tion offered in the Counoll, transmitted coplioa of tho last aunual roport of tho Bocloty, which would have been ready sooner, but for the groat amount of figure-work, It was placed on -filo. Ald. Bailoy moved that a special committeo of six bo appointed to examine the report. Tho point was raisod that nothing was bofore tho moeting, The voto by which tho report was filéd was rocousidered, and Ald. Bailoy ronowed his mo- tlon, Ald. Dixon moved to refor the subjootto tho Financo Committeo. Ald. Olavk wanted to know if tho Council had suy authority to investigato as to tho balances iu tho hands of the Hocioty, and whethor thoy - AMUSEMENTS, RUBINSTEIN CONOERTS, ‘Wea taka polensura in announcing that wo havn sua. ceedod, atgrunt oxpenso, in arranglug {or tha AICAND GOMBINATION of tha " 'HED, THOMAS RUBINSTEIN CONCERT OCOMPANIES. THIS GREATEOT OONOKRT COMBINATION ON GILAND UONGIILIS, ono on d oo on tho Weat Slde of tho eity, onday, Bfaroh 17, B Tuoaday, March 18, and will bo tho firat appenrance In the ‘Woat an the wooorid tn Awmerion of thieat o groas com= onlos hor, " Fuil. porifoular aunounon - oy R A LY S BN Manngers, . STAR LECTURE OOURSE. WENDELI, PRILLIFS Street Life in Europe, To=RNiskht, At the Michigan.av, Taptist Oburch. _Admisston, 760, Koucevod Huats, 81, Jfor salo a w8 Walinali-av., and cor. RONERT OOLLYER'S LECTURE, annownced for to:night, ix nocesarlly postnonod, Brok, MOTWIZS Kotoatifo Tasturon, with tntmitabla Dincidonrd Tilustratione--sputlc Sdey” oxt “Monday, T e 3 , T, ¢ The Boxt Piardnze 0 OARERNTRR & BHELDON: ACADEMY OF MUSIC. "This avantng Jolnt Bouotit of th Favorita Comedians, Katie Wilson and Ed, Marble, duced first, thmo in four yoars, tho mage When will bo B metionsl. D, UNDER THE GASLIGHT, drow intorest ? 3 Tho subjeot was discussed b groat”jength, nnd, after n motion to indefinitely postpono had hoen lost,—yeas, 16; nays, 16,—and the motion to refor to tho Financo Committeo had failod,— yong, 13; nnys, 20,—tho motion for s speclal committeo was carrlod—yeas, 25; noys, 8. z PETITIONS. Petitions wero prosented and refused for sow~ ora in Augusta stroot, from Milwaukeo avonuo to. Toubon streot ; in Coolldgo strect, from Loomia to Laflin; in’ Rumuoy stroot, botwoen Indiana and Fourth; of the Womnw's Homo, to bo rolioved from paying & water-tax; to ostoblish dock-lines on the Wost Fork of the South Branch fromWostornto Orawford avBuuo; against further chango of grade of North Water stroot ; for sidewalle on the weat sido of Dixon streot from Blackhawk to Blank straet ; against !nyinF railroad tracks on Ashland avenue j for open n£ John placo from Halstod streot to tho ' B. & Q. Blip. onpLRY, The Bonrd of Public Works was ordered to caueo tho filling of Kinzlo stroet at the junction of North Water aud eastward on Water, to bo nuafiondud 3 to preparo an ordinance for a ide- walk on Kinzio stroot, botsoon Stato and Oass ; tobuild a sowor onjSoibyo stroot, noar Division ; to “Eropnro an ordinanco for widoning the ens bank of tho river morth of Twolfth strect; to invostigato as to tho probablo ndvantages or disndvantages of opening Milwaukeo nvenuo to Lnke atroot, in viow of the fact that Kinzie and Carroll stroats will be filled with railroad tracks, and that the building of 3 railroad ncross them would be a very oxponsive businoss; and to re- Eorh tho cost of & viaduct, tho probable land- amages, oto. ; to proparo an ordinanco forn sidowalk on the wost side of Halsted, from \VtanE to Thirty-firat; to roport the ressons why tho robate for paving Canal stroot, from Madison to Twelth, had not been paid; to pro- ceed to cloar away the building matorial and debris in front of completed buildings, eapecially in tho First Ward. TESOLUTIONS DIRECTING tho Board of Tiro and Polico Commissionora to mako provision in tho annual ostimates for a firo engino in the Wobster avenue house, for the Rurchnun of o lot, and croction of an engine- ous{‘), wdrpluehuu of mr‘l lux:gmu}:,[ !n;:‘d flor the purchasgo of an ongino and lot on Halstond, nar Lbirty-fith, were referred to the Committeo on Tiro and Water. The Board was ordored to place fire-alarm boxes at the corner of Carroll and Hoyne, and Ghicago nvonue and Wood. : A resolution directing tho Board to station a policoman at evory school during rocoss, was roferred to tho Committoo on Bchools. A resolution directing the Board to dotail policemen enough to compel tho railroad com- panios to romove all cars standing on the stroots and obumlcung tho crossings, was roforred to the Judiciary Committes, Tho Committog on tho Jadiciary was directed to’ revise tho ordinancos in relation to licensas, #0 thiat tho licenscs may bo prorated. THE §0AVENGER. “A communication from ihe City Beavenger, Potor Downey, oxplaining how well'ho had dono his duty, und bow unjustly ho Lud boen acoused, was temporurily tabled, to be takon up with tho roport of tho Special Committae, BMALL-POX. < Tho ordinanco locating the Small-pox Iospital at the Bridowell Orounds was taken up. , The usunl debate onsued, involving tho groat question as to whethor the Bridewell Grounds or Lincoln Parl wers of the most importanco, after whick Ald. Cullorton moved to tablo tho whole quastion. ‘ho motion failed—yens, 11 ; nays, 19. The ordinance was thon pnssod—yoas, 19 ; ueys, 11, v NEW OAS_COMPANIES, ! Tho Commitico on Gas Lights, to whom was roforred tho old ordinances rolative to tho Na- tional ond Mutual Companies, being unable to agroo, roportod them back without amendment, exprossing tho opinion that thoy woro carefully drawn, and companios organizing under them wero offored suflicient encouragemont, Tho roport was laid over, THE RELIEF AND AID, Tho Chair aunouuced as the special committoo on the roliof aud aid roport, Mossrs, Bnllo{ Nc- Gonniss, Clark, Bidwoll, Schaffnor, and Wood- mun, Mosgrs, Schuffaor and MeGonnies declined. T'he Council adjournod, ks P Farwell's Groat Dry Goods House. A walk through the oxtensivorotail rooma of Mesars. Jon V, Furwell & Co. will satisfy tho skeptic that tho firm 18 porforming all it promised o tho matter of aftordiug the peaplo an. opportunity of purchasing choles, uniujured dry goods at tho lowest prices ovor askod, Tho obliging superintendent taken ploasura i piloting visitors through tho establislinent, aud is over o Lappy as when ho calis particular attention to thio bettor cluss of goods, and oxplains why thoy are botter and choper at Farwell's than st any othor tuco, Ho will display the clogant calorod gros-grain Bilia "ot $2.55, ‘$00, and S5 wien oot Tops por yord, by $1.60 to $3, tian they avo ‘ever boon boforo, "o stock of laces, ribbons, ladien’ sud_goute” furiubing gools, ‘shawle, poplide, ana dross foods will aleo bo frooly’ ozltbitdd. Thosb who desire to make purchasea from it should not hesitata long, v it s rapidly decreasing bofora {lio army of buyera who daily tlirong tho roome. Tho carpet rooms alio prosent great attractions, All styles and texturca can bo found there, from common ‘ingrain to & hux. urlous moquetto, 'Thia clieap salo of Farwall's should Do romeimberad by thoso who desiro to save money, and at the samo tlmo socurs usoful and durablo goods, - the Torriflo Railroad Sonsation. Miss Ma b A AR S I et soveraihor promiott pebiebtargls hnvo wtufiy ollie fon, ta appear L. o Woinoadsy Matinon-Boneltof Mim Rote Llstoher: MoVIOKER'S THEATRE. Tuosday and Wodnosday, Lost Nights of ‘ED WV IR IBOOTEL IN JIIS GREAT OHARACTER, RICHEILLIFU. Thursdny—Shiakosporlan Uomody Night, T g T AT ok oy L D ayaid Santar, oty Diahes 5 KA OHIPRTL. Baturday—BOOTIL STATINKE. MYERS' OPERA HOUSE, Monroo-st., botwoon Doarborn and Stato-uts, Arfington, Cotton_& Kemble's Minsirels. Apotior Dl of Novoltias, MACKIN and WILSON ta Tl coa, U ABVESINIAN | DWAKE TOMMY. VOOAL- ARTUITE. Skolches from Naturo. ROBERT MAKHE-ATRS, b 1] e EVERY EVENISG “AND SATUNBXY MATINEE. * GLOBE THEATRE ing, March B, night and Wodnoedas o RO A SN ‘oago favorito, HARRY LINDEN, 1 )t WOOL in his great anaistbl Lot e BN EFEANDI 'OURTRIGHT & GILBERT, WYLIE HAMILTON. Bt R T HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. Be ter Sy of Smetn, Bonday, March 3, duriag tho wook, and at tho Natiuces, roappoiranco of tho Fopular Comedian JOHN DILLON, ta, THI SILENT PROTECTOR B ond matlTaet ook of the G ront London Buccoms FAILSID - “ Thg scanery bas movor boon oquaiod fn Chicago."— I wdeatesblo plag.Y— i, bl lo Oty 3 March 10, Bastioy Qampbollis’ **PERIL ; OR, LOVE AT LONG BRANOH, " introllucing the charming. biiss i Glovor, tho piduant Siaasy Covwoll, and B o We arsls. UNION PARK CONG'L. CHUROH. LECTURE BY Rev. A, E. Kittredge, Thursday Hvening, March C. Musio by OHICAGO ORATORIO SOOIETY. g Flakotaat Lyon & Hoaly's, Kounleott's, snd Horton's 1. UNIVERSITY PLACE BAP'T CH'H. HUMOROUS LECTORE, RALPEL B. EXOXT, b tion with & CONOERT Ly Distingulshod Muse By VYR R THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING. Admisston, 50 conty, Proceods for tho bonofit of the ZLadlos' Honcvolent Socloty of the Church. EIGHTH PRESBYTERTAN OH'CH, Corner Washington and Raoboy-sts. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, Lecture by Rev. W, I, Milburn, THE BLIND PREACHER. Bubjaot—! o Renst Deof and Plum Pudding of Mor, 15 O Hagland o What s U Ham S i Hoplond lcicots, 0 conta. OCEAN NAVIGATION. . FOR EUROPE. INMAN LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, Will palt from Now York as follows: KLYN ....Bntucdny, Marohd, 3P, M. furday, "Mareh 10, 21 310 011" 4} iaturday, March noou, CITY OF NEW YORK.... Fhursduy, acch 27, § P. BL. And each_succooding SATURDAY and TLURSDAY, from Plor No, 45, Noreh Rivor, Cubin Pausngo, 3756 and S90 Gold. Stoorago, to Britlsh Part 3,00 Curroncy. Stooraito. to German For .00 Ourroucy. i e o 83,00 Curroncy. BIGIIT DRAETS for snlo ot Tow rales. FRANCIS C. BROWN, Gonoral Westorn Agent, 86 South Mnrket~s§., Chicago. CUNARD MAIL LINE ESTABLISEED 1840. Passengers carried during 1872 - - - - 72,363 From Now York overy Wednesday, LFrom Doston ovory Balurday, Cabin Passage, $#80 and $100 Gold. Kxoursion Tickots at Reduced Rates., Staerago Basaungors bookad toand from Tarope at low. eatratos., Drafts on Groat Brifain, Iroland, and tho Con- tinont, “Through Lllis of Lading for Murcfiaudise (o sud from Europo. . H, DU VERNET, Gon'l West'n Agont. N. W. cor. Glark and Handolyh'st., now Shornian Houss, The Fine Arts, Acollection of seveuty-five ofl paintings, in which aro many cholco subjects by artists of eminenco, s to be sold without the least resorve, at auction, this after- noon at 3 o'clock, at the sulearooms of W, A, Buttors & Co,, Noa, 65 ond 67 Houth Oanal strcet, 2ho plc- tures are now on oxhibition, Ul e e —Some of tho Baptist papora_nro disoussing tho question whuthux?lle ular Old-Lino Daptists should communoc at s fablo whero Free-Will Baptists are pormittod to participato, ~Tha corner-stone of an American Protestant Tpigcopal church was laid in Rome on the 2Gth of Tamunry. . 16 will, whon complotod, bo tho first edifico devotod to Protestant worahip yot erooted within tho walls of tho oity, It site is i tho Vin Nozlonale, n new streot loading from the raflway torminug to the centro of Romo, The church is to accorumodate 760 porsons, and is entimated to cost 560,000, 'L'e stylo ia Gothic, It Is dodicatod to 8t Paul, on the anniversary of whose conversion tho coremony toolk place. Among thoso presont weg the Bishop of Dorry, who deliverod an uddross, Removal. WM. H. LOTZ, PATANT SOLICITOR, REMOVED TO Roouts 25 aud 26, 165 aud 157 Washingtou:st, Hotwoon LaSale-at and Fifth-ave White Star Line. NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL—Nawand full-powared stoaniabips; the six Iargoat in tho worli. oomaniG, " MU, "Ribunrio, ATLANTIO, TI0, ADRIATIO, 3 BALTI 1 00 tons butdon. 8,000 . v, onh, Snillus from N ‘ork on BATURDAYS, from Livorpool on THURS~ DAY, calliug at Corle Uarbor tho day following. Irom tho Whita Star Dook, Pavonia Forry, oraoy. e Passongor accomniodations for ol claseos] uirival combining safoty, sped and comfart, Baloons, Tooms, smoking-mont, and bath-rooms in mi g ton, Whoro lonst motlon s fult, Burgeon and slowaris l)lnll‘nn:({:n pany theso stos Ierl.l 2, atos—Saloon, gold: stoorngo, B30, ourronoy, Thioso whabing tb sl 105 (tlorels Tt (00 014 it <can obtain steorako propaid oortificatcs, Passongors boukod to o fru i jasts of Amaries, aris, Hambarg, Norway, Swodon, Indis, Ausiralk olo. Bxoursion tloknls rantod % (ho'fom i) Desite fom Sy, fi:r nspootiow of plifs o ion, Sotupanyh 3 No. 10 irondway, Now Yorie, 1 (10 Company'y oflous 5. Hi, SPARKS, Gouoral A Or o tho White Btar' Ting Oiiloo o Qhileago. A, 1Ad b Markot-at, Aucnt, It A RG A TIWAL BN NATI i Sailing from Now York for Queens- town and Livorpool overy Wednes- day, and for London direct over toxx;flght. ¥ CABIN PASSAGE, $65 AND $15, Propald -1»9:1:55’}\3‘?("'(3”'md"m"n : " trow,_Livo Tondundorey, Glusgow, Cardif, Biiete), or Lovuin Sl Hor B iaaougors bookad Pass0ngors Bo* e 3 il aaacigors bookol to or from orman aad Sor . i fatn. T'hu Bloamships of this lno are tho I Diratta o Grott, Britain, Troivad, s fom Conn hucsed® WILLIAM MACATISTER, 66 Murkot-ate Chlcuga,