Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1873, Page 3

e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNIS: ’_I‘l-lURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1873. " THE PERFUMERY WAR, Setfling Down to mlslhess---Exper_ts Toll ihe Wonders of the Stink-Worlil _How Millions of Little Animols Rend Each Other and Cause All the Bother, Beautiful Land, a Foot and a Half Deep with Refuse, that Grows Splendid Cabbages. Wahl Thinks the Uh{oa.go‘ Boys Burned His Placo Down in Revengo for His Stink-Shop, Comploto Iistozy of {he fanufncture.of Evil Smells, Both Ancient and fiodern, The final heavivg of (ho caino, Morthwestorn Fortilizing Company v. {ho viiluge of ITyde Pazk, camo up bofore Judgo Furwell, yeatordny. LOUIB WAUT was the first witnesn oxamined. 1lo depored aa follows, s to n machine ko is about consiruct- ing, aftor somo prelivuunry mattor: 'Cho ma- chino is not n stccess as yob; docy not think the Company is bandling the maolovial ay succesn- fully 08 it could with ono of ihow. Tlo thinks tho Company spond too much monoy in improvemouts. Thero is auother Fortilizing - Company mear the Btock Yorde. Witness eamo to tho city in- tho.year 1864, ot which timo offel of elaughtoring oud packing-housos was dumped promiscuously on tho prairies, tho favorite spot being tho coruer of Thirty-fivat stroot and the Pittsburgh & Forb Wayne Ituilrond. Seoing therea large quantity of bones and animel matier, TUE IDEA SUGGESTED 1TSELY that thoy might bo utilized. Thorc were slaugh- tering-houses on tho North Branch of the Ohi- rcago Rivor, but lio canot say where thoy got rid of thewr refuse. This establishmont was within balf a block of Thirty-first street and the xiver. The chartor of thie Northiwestern Fortll- fzing Jompeny was granted in March, 1867. At thot timo offal was conveyed out. of tho city in ihe cars of the Dittsburgh & Fort Woyno Railroad through Iydo Pari. The dopot at ‘Twonty-sixth sireet way establish- edin 1867, and removed two years ago this spring. TFor tho yoar provious Lo tho obtaining of the Company's charter tho process of sun- drying the offal was croployed. In June or July thecity tirned on o force of mon from tho Bride- well to bury tho offal which had beon dumpod " on the prairie. Witness atlonded tho organiza- tion meeting of the Northwestern Fertilizing Company; remombored tho procuring of the chartor for which his brothor went to Spring- flold; was not conversant with the business affalrs of the Compaoy, butwkuows it did not cost anything to put tho chartor®through. s firm subsequently sold out to o Philadelphin party, in July, 1867, to whom thoy mold tho chartor, togother with the rest of tho Com- pany's poeacesions, They had thon on Lond a Iarge quantily of ruw materisl. They mado a written transfer of tho property for §%0,000. Does not know whether tho Compnny have in- creased thoir property6r not. Has Leen down to vieit their works about twico & yenr sinca the eale. He wont onco with the Corporation, 'Lhoro wos ubused material lying round st tho timo. He wont down in May lust to look at tho new machine, tho Ralsion drier. Lhore were then somo 8,000 or 4,000 TONB OF RAW MATERIAL. It was in good condition, as most of it hind been run through thio drier,—say 400 or 500 tons. His object in going down was to sce the machinery rather than tosee tho stuff. Thoy lad soven driers working all last senson with a daily capn- city ench of about fourleen tons of dried maleri- al. Tho oxpense of putting up a Ralston drior is nbout £1,600 a pieco, making the valuo of the seven in the establishment $11,200. Thinks tho establishmont could be imiproved by the em- ployment of moro driers. The sooner the offal is dried aftor its romovul, the largor the amount of chemical mattor it produces and the greater the profit of the fortilizer-matter. Witness ex- plained a mothod by which ho Liopes to condense the mal-odorous stoam employed in drying ma- tovial and convoy it - IN THE SHAPE OF WATED from the factory. the machinery possessed by tho Company was ot enflicient to work up tho largo amount of offal which is supplied them, Ifas no ides of iho aggregato nmount of oial produced by the claughtoring-housos of tho city, ond hud no Juowledge of “how the Company transport tho material from tha city, Ho cone ducted thoe business of making fortilizor in Chi- <ago in tho years 1863 and 1864, but loft the city BECAUSE OF THE TERTGINLE SMELL Lis foctory made. 1fis place was burnod down, aud bo thinks the citizeus of Chiengo did it. 1lis prosent works et Ainsworth are thirtcon miles Trom tho Court House. If tho Company's estab- lishment could only work up the winter accumu- Intion of mueterial thors would bo no trouble nt other parts of tho year. ~ The offal, when fresh, doos not emit any odor, and if it wore rushed ab onco through the drying mills no odor could arise. Tho buildings the Tortilizing Company ocoupled boforo tho fizo woro inoxponsive mud xough. Dosides {he machine which ho is_por- {fictmg, and by which ho proposes to condonse o MAL-ODOROUS BTEAL, thore is anoihior simple mothod of condensing it, which is not, howovor, omployed at prescnt, 1lave novor tried to pnss ““soft stufl,” that is to eay, liver, light, pluck, ote., through tho deying machine without 1ts undergoing a process. The amount of profit in the business is in proportion to tho amount of evil smell which s rolained; thus it is the iutorcst of the menufecturer to dry the matorial g8 soou a8 posgible. 'Lhe avere ago amount of offal sent during one month from the city wlaughtorhouges, mnounta to 10,000 or 12,000 ‘tons. Tho henviest killing by Chicago butchers is from tho 1st of April to the Ist of October, The process of handling tho material has beon constantly improving, and it is hopod to bo ablo to reduco its avil odor to & minimwn, W. W. THOMGON, of the firm of Thomson & Ldwards, was the noxt witness, Ife teutiflod that he has been in business as & makor of fortilizor for saven yenrs, Hag on hand from 8,000 to 5,000 tons of wet ma- torinl; usos the now drior; tho rasult is noarly double, and tho nmmonia obtained now is noarly twice a8 vuluable as that formerly. OHARLES P, WILLIAIIS, of Rolla, Misy,, Diroctor of tho Missouri fichool of Mines anl Metallurgy, was thou oxamined. Yo doposod that he was employed by the Northwost- ern Fortilizer Company to exnmine their works in 1868, and also spent a week thoro in July laat. Formerly the €ompany dried the raw matorial. Auimal “matter genorally contains about 60 or cent of water, Wlon dried in the sun Pt' will produce from 4 to 6 per cout of nitrogen, moroe of ammonis, Wwhich result ho obtained from rn annlysis of the product in 1807 and 1868, s visited othor fortilizing ostablichments, but Lnows of nono other where Lhe raw material is worked. Last yeur he spent a patt of o day at the Company's works, and his improssion waa that greut improvements had been made in man- aging the work. The materinl was very care- fully managod, and at the time ho oxpresued him- gelf satisficd. Tho procoss of drying as now carried on causes tho PLODUCTION OF NITHOGEN to bo from 7 to U por cont, I'lis was caused by tho fact that through the agenoy of tho new driors much of tlie component parts of the ma= terial, which hind formerly orenped a3 componnd ammonis, {1 now rotained, Hin visit to tho works in 1872 wag in response to an invitation from gontlemon of the works to glva opinions and make suggostions, which, as a chemist, Le might deom necessnry. o was unable to suggeat an, Improvemants, The matoriul used to dry ** tank stul” was salt cako. ITan ofton seen driod blood and analyzed it. It containg ovor 10 por cont of nitrogon, Thinks that 800 ponnds of sulphurio acid would suflico to ooA&'rlunm nnnuéh quid blood to make aton of dry blood. Considars that work of the kind in which the Northwestorn is ongnged, cannot posaibly ho carried on wilh- out n.certain amount of smoll. In cross-oxamination, ho sald ho wasnot o ]n-nuucnl manufacturer of fortilizing material, Iaa nover viaitod SIMILAR ESTADLISTIMENTS IN EUNOTE, Doos not knoyw how the manufacturo of such matorial {s carried on at a placo called Cavnupn, or swhat 19 uged thore for tha purpoeo of cons verling noyw matorinl into ammonin mattor. 1lo nover made n practleal ‘tost on a ton of bload, Dut cansldorn thiat 100 pounds of lquid blood will produco 16 pounds of dry blood. % loro a very edifying conversation on tho VANETY AND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT FVIL ODORR wan entried on by connsel and witness, in which auphomisms woro quito al a discount. Witnens utated that he did not connlder that tho amount f nmmonia produced from mnterial is puy proof of a greator or lessor amount of odor arising from {t bolora or during its manufacturo. Whon lio vigited the" factory, on tho 28th nud 20th of July, 1873, o or two driora wero running, Thero ' Wha n considerablo quantity of raw matorial on_hnnd in which do- composition had boon arrosted and partial drying had taken placo. + 3 “JOBTYH TLESTER, agathioror of bones, which ho drien and hoils, wig noxt oxamined, Jlag carried on businoss in the bona line in Chicago for sixteon’ yenrs, and wag engagoed in it for four years boforo that timo, I ufi visitod tho Northwostorn Manufac- turing Company. Was thero in the montha of Juno and Boptomber of Inst year. In Juno, whon ho wont through the ostablishment, thoro was not mncli matorinl thore, Ho snw the facilitics for hondling it. oy scon wimilar eatablish- ments in tho United Btates. 'Ilio placo was vory clcan, and ovidenced that work was not spared to render it eo, Iias oxamined and fnvented many machines, and {is now putting inlo hin placo o Italston drler, which ho conslders tho best for cconomy and cleanliness. ¢ 'Fhinks the .Northwoestorn worls cnrricd oun ns cleanly ns is po:-ibly, ns it s mmablo Lo got nhm? with busi- newss of tho kind without smell. Haa handled stuff freali from the tank. In five hours after Tonving tho tank it decomposcs, and the idon is ot {6- through tho drior ns ({nick A3 POBe siblo. In 1864, offal was put on tho prairies, aud in a place off soutl of thoe city thoroisan aren of prairio COVERED A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP with anlmal matter. Ttis beautiful land and grows oplondid cabbagos, In Chieago thorois no natural drainago to carry off rofuse. In Now York such rofuso_is_ dropped into the wator, wharo it ia soon earried nway W*thotido, . At B, Toouls thioy boil dead animaly and drop tholr car causos, minus the grease, into tho wators of the Misplssippi. j On _cross-oxamination witness stated that ho considored pickling the “ingredionces " only in- cronses the sourness and strongth of the smoll. In answor to counsel ns to what decomposition was, and why the process was accompauied by ovil odors, witness stated that immedintely aftor tho doath of an aniwal millions of DIFECRENT KINDS OF MINUTE ANIMALS find lifo in tho dond body, and in tho disturb- ences which oneuo between tho contonding “gects,” those smolls ariso which are rendoring fortilizing institutions objectionable. IIo pur- chased tho right touso tho Ralston drier from tho Northwestorn Company about six weoks ago, two weoks subsoquontly to bis giving Lis firat tostimony in the caso now pending. OTHEL WITNLSSES aro Lo bo heard in the case, and the Court ad- Journed until to- PERSONAL. *The Hon. W, E. Cook, of Lacon, is at tho Mat- toson Houso. Mra. Agnes Leonnrd Hill (nce Scanland) is locturing m Iows on ““Men's Wives."” W. Robinson, Buperintondent of tho Michigan Bouthern Railroad, is at tho Sherman Houso. Dr, Turnbull, of London, physician of Quoon Victdria's family, 16 at tho Gardnor Houso. Mr. Enoch Root, n_Chicago artist, is at work in thie Gallory of tho Luxombourg, in Daris. J. H. Btowart, Goneral Buperintendent of the \I}'inonn & St. Potor Railroad, s at the Sherman ouso. Tho Hon. COharles 8§, Hollinshond, Assistant Becrotary of the Union Mutual Insurance Com- any, of Philadolphis, is & guost at tho Bherman (ouso, *B1, C. Slavin is rocommonded for Constablo in tho West Division, by the Coutral Committce, in pl:;ct‘l] of M. IForbes, who was originally nomi- nated. Miss T, Dryer will give a bible reading in the . B, Chureh Block, to-day, from 3 to 4 p. m. Fleming H. Rovell leads the noon prayer meot~ ing to-day. 3, Samuel Davonport, wishing to bo set right, denios that Lo ovor kept & socond-hand storo, of that ho ever withdrow his claim 08 n candidste ‘befors & convention and received $600 therefor. - Milton Forbos, a vory decent and respectsble man, i8 o candidato in the Wost Division for the oftico of Constablo. 1IIis namo waa unintention- ally omitted from the list of candidates published in yestorduy’s TRINUNE. T. B. Gaskell, Into of tho Revore Houso, Bos- ton, now manager of the Grand Pacific, 18 now loented hero with his family, and giving Lis wholo attention to_gotting thab great catablish- ment in readiness for guests on the 1st of May. Gen, Julis White is_in Europe, fulfilling his dutics as Miniater to the Argentine Confedora- tion, His firat duty, he thinks, is to himsolf, and 8o lie stays cway from Buenos Ayres to dodge tho yellow fever. Officors of tho Cnmbrian Benovolent Socioty havo beon eleclod for the ensuing year, as fol- lows: Yresidont, Edwin Thomnsa; “Vice-Presi- donts, James Thomas aud R, D. Williams; Sec- rotary, James Xdwards; Troasurer, William Jones ; Board of Munagers, John Ilughes, John }toborts, T. W. Hughes, Lovi Pritchard, W. 8. ones. Among tho arrivals at the Tremont Houso, iestmdn\', wora iho followiug: J.J. Plerson, vow Yorl ; J. B, Wood, Boston; B. T. Cablo, Rock Island ; H. H. Smith, Detroit; F. P. Symonds, South Haven; B. Baum, Lowell, nss. ; J. F. Joy, Dotroit’; If, H, Romington, TRemington, Wis, 3 J. K, Bole, Pittsburgh ; Wm. Halo, Glontrood. 1t is stated that the Rov. Chas. F, Tucker, who has Loon, for somo monthy pust, associated with tho Rov. Mr. Chonoy in tho spiritual affairs of the parish of Christ Church, has boen suspended from tho ministry b?' Bishop thtle}ahn. of Long Inland. Mr Tucker's offenso las beon tho recognition of end nesociation with Mr, Chonoy. This, and nothing more, Among tho arrivals at tho Gardner House yes- torday woro the following: L. D. L. Bweot, Now Yorl; J. J, A, Quealy, ITannibal; John 11 Dall, Ban Francleco; R, Gordon and family, Tuul; J, T, Keck, Cincinoati; W. B. Miller, Bpringflold; N. J, Enunons, Milwaukeo; James ‘an 1ittn, Janesvillo; Samuel Allen, Boston. Among the arrivals ot tho Briggs Honge yos- torduy were the following: John 8. Glover, Waterloo; ', Greonwood, Milwaukeo; Maggic N. Van Cott, New Yorks (i, 11 Dundy, U, 8. &.; Hollis Whito, Bionx City; 8., Michaol, Duy- ton; J.Q. Burbridgo, Alton; Samucl Gousor, Iown; G. W. McCngg, Coruing, Is.; W. I, Bradford, Ottawn ; Joseph Waterbiiry, Syracuse. Among the arrivals at tho Matteson Houso yostorday woro tho following: A. . Church, Ottawa ; George O. Ray, George II. Littlo, Rustviilo; J, A, Mooro, Boston ; J. M. Bright, Tort Seott; J. A, Bawyer, Genosco ; W. ‘Caylos Clovelend ; A. Crawford, Geneseo; A, E. Gn nor, Montreal ; I, M. Talmage, Toledo ; T. 11, Titfor, Columbus ; . J. Chaddock, Muskegon, Among the arrivals at tho Bherman Iouse estorduy were the following: George O, Raiy, Tow Costle, Penn,; G, L. Kinemay, Milwauloo ; 1., Atkinson, Boston ; 0. T;. Smity, Philadelphia ; Georgo Woods, Springfleld ; William Do Oherins, Ciucinnati; M, DBunyon, New York; B. Horron, Piltsburgh ; N, M. oll,” 8. Louis E. Baldwin, Nov Havon; A, . Timoro, Jort Iloward ; J.V. Poyn, Norwall, O.; A. L, Russell, Ottawa. Theso distinguished markemen of the Konni- cott Bhooting Club, E. 0. Dow, D. Bates, Aleck Trico, T, J. Higgins, J, A, Kinney, D, 8, Mooro, ‘Ab, Prico, Duvo Houry, and Willlam Price, have gone to tho Winnobago Bwamps to kil the wild ange and othor feathored donizens of that dnmp ocality. Thoy wore welcomod to the acone of . thelr sanguinarylabors by a driving snow-storm, and wero compalled to remain in tont and pract tico with tho pocket-pistols purchasod attho gun- gtoro in the roar of “Anderson’s Hotol, A'dis- patch has baon receivod from Moors convoying tho gratifying intolligenco that o red-hond has been killed. Goorgo Blherman and Doo Egeloston will join the party on Iridsy. Tho Cl |hx will romain in the swamps uantil the middle of April, and, it its record as u pigeon-shooting erowd is worth nuylhhnf, an immenve quautity of gamo will bo brought back to the city. e e Livory Stock at Auction, The splendid livery stock of Wright Bros, will b sold at nuction, at No, 100 West Mouroo street, com- ‘mencing at 10 o'clook this forenoou, Tho salo {s mado solely on acconnt of @ chiangin busineas, 1t should be aitended Dy every livery man aud lorso fancier, ns thestock fu nearly iew aiidin good order, Ninely days’ tlme will_ be glven on walea abovo $100, at 10 per cunt {ntorost, wilh satisfactory indoreors; casl must accompany purchasos undor (kb amount, THE LAW GOURTS. The Ascignoos of Munn & Soott Vote Themselves $1,000 Tach on Account, A Story of the Wars---The McMurray Lond Case. The Consequence of a Clork Abusing Miss Dwyor’s Name, Bankraptoy ond General Notes, and New Suita. Tho nccounts of tho Assignocs of Munn & Beott wore hurried off to tha Roglster’s oflice, on' Tugaday ovening, bofore the roporters could sco thom. Wlion tho reportors wont to the Regle- 1or's oftlog, Lha oftico was clored for tho day, and Mr. Ilibbard gono lLiome. Yesterday, on sooing tho accounts; there was no difficulty to placo ono's finger on tho eauso of tho nccounts being reforred to Mr. Hibbard, n coutso that would not Tinvo been adapted if mattera wero ontirely sat- isfaclory. With tho singlo romark thatif tho rendor onnnot point out the objectionablo figires at gight Lo io a stupld follow whomwm It is useless to write for, tho nccount is ers summarized : ‘I'ho Assignoos hinvo roceived in all ‘only 810, 127.63, 'Of this thoy have oxpended all but $5,006.00; the num of £4,000 standing ns » pay- meunt for iudomuity to a bondsman to go socurity in different suits; £600,50 for nttornoys' foes, by oyder of Court; £202.10 for costs of logal pro- ceedings; 82,718 for attorneys’ focs in differont Statos; and $1,000 each, on account of sorvices to bo rendored, taken by the Assignoes. The Court would have been wanting in tho protection expected of it at the hends of tho creditors if ho Lad not roforred this mattor to the Register to take proof as to the correctnoss of the amounts, the Court having made no ordor for the paymont of the last two items mentioned. A STORY OF TUE \WAIS. Evorybody has heard of tho Widow MoMurray lond caso. Committocs of tho doy gave,oxpros- sion, in resolutions, to their opinions as to tho morita of late Capt. MoMurray, o8 n dopartod soldier of tho Unjon; and of his widow and fam- ily, na living momentos of tho rebellion; indi- vidunls stirred themsolves in behalf of tho lnt- tors and o Inweuit commemoratos tho departed woldicr. Do papors in tho onse wera yostorday filod in tho Circuit Court, on change of venua from tho Buperior Court, where they have Inin sinco Fobruary, 1872, without much olse hap- Ron&ng them. DBeforo the death of Capt, feMurray Lo made a contract with cer- tain partios to purchneo land, and thesa partics, by way of inducing him to go to tho front, tols him that thoy could obtain for him tho post of Captain, that ho should receive $100in cash, and that his family sbould obtain 8100 per month out of his pay,” With this understanding ho went to Missouri, whore Lo died soon after, The widow's rights beiug in courso of investigation, it was found that tho defondnnts were in occu- pation of tho land, knowing it to have beon pur- chaged by tho decensed, At this time the land had doubled in valuo, and the widow brought suit for its possession, liolding that parties oc- cupying it had good notico of tho purchnso by lior husband, the torms of which purahase sheis prepared to carry out. EXOITING LITIGATION. A singular trinl is tnking placo boforo Judge TRogors, namely,, Allan H. Taglor v, H. J, Palil- man and D, G. ftueh, Tho action is for the ro- cavery of the nmount of a promissory note of 85,000. Tho facts aro nearly all of thom in dis- ute, and it is almost impossiblo, within tho imits of o uuwaimnor note, to afford any iden of the caso that will fairlyrepresont all sidos, It is claimed by the plantif that lo is the logal holder of the noto in question, and that the do- fondants duly oxceuted it to him ; whilst tho do- foudants, on'tho other hand, deny that they over oxccuted such a noto, and also that they ever promised to pay such n note. A mote was oxccuted for = accommodation purposcs, but not the one gved upon, and the defondents Dbrondly chargo that names hnve beon forged, although thoy do not indicato tho guilty par- ties. ‘The personal fecling that amimates the litigants has spread to the counsol, and an ox- caedingly poppery timo of it Judgo Rogers had, ruling on tho thousand objectiona raised on eithor sido. Tho cnso was not concluded, WUAT'S IN A NANE ? Oharlotte E. Dwyer yestordny filed a bill pray- ing the Court to direct William Tatterson to malo & now morfgage deed to her in her proper name, o deed elio now holds being mado_out in the name of Caroline Dwyor. Mr, Pat- torson answors that all ho knows of the matier is, he borrowed €5,000 from ‘* Miua™ Dwyer, and whother she bo Charlotte, or Caroline, or Jemima, ho cannot sny and does not caro, 8o ho prays tho Court to Eo into the matter with all conveniont speed and sottle the oint to suit itgolf, whick it will do in due time, 'hoso clorical errors in names aro o costly amusement of the quill-drivers of Chicago Towyors. TIlE LALLS OF JUSTICE STAINED ‘WITI DLOOD. I'ho Courts aro gonerally cousidered thodullost laces in Chicngo, but they occasionally wake up I‘o find themselves the scehos of considerable ex- citement, Yestorday was one of those days, Mr. Joseph Pollak, the County Clork, displayed his manhood in an_excecdingly striking man- ner, 08 o Mr. B, disconsolatoly acknowlodged; aud asserted tho supromacy of the lay with tho goodly arm of muscle. Some blood from B's noso dyes the floor of the now vault., Those slains Wwill romain unscrubbed, sacred to the momory of our fighting Clork, Joo Pollak, Mr. B, was looking in thovault for an index, whou tho Clerk desired him to desist, informing him that he could not bo nllowed there. Mr, B. eaid ho had business thore, and should remain. The Clerk £nid ho hadn't ; and ho shouldn't. Mr. B. oxpressed tho opinion that tho Clerk was not the son of his mother, ‘T'ho Clerk rolled up his sleeves, and made ono stop forward, smiling with o cortain grim humor, Mr. B. reokloesly continued that ho didn’t caro n d-— for tho Clerk, and ho defled the Clork to come on, ‘There was a flash, as the Clerk’s, jowelod hand cleft the alr, and tLo_visnge of ono of the party assumod tho hue of clarot. e gotin on the smeller. ‘I'lie elaret-hued dashed to the nearent countor, and seized a woight, With which he was about to renew thoe conflict, when ho wayseized and mado to dopart. DANKBUPTCY MATTERS, ‘Thero wae o donrth in bankruptey business yestordny. Tho only caso intorest ioard was the continucd prococdings in tho matter of the Great Western Telograph Compuny, which fs ro- portod olsewhere, ‘Phero wore no orders wortly of special montion, aud only ane now potition. Powers, Gaston & Co., of the City of New York, nohtiauud for tho adjudication of Jamea M. Conlee, of Warren, Jo Davioss County, IlL, a8 creditors on two notos of $342.60 and $344.66, roapectivoly. ‘Phey nllogo the following profor- ential payments to croditors: ~ John V, Farwell & Co., §16325; llarmon, Mpwsor & Co., BLE‘JO.!{Z‘: Teld, Leiter & Co., $282,25; El Hefty, $113.16; J. Miller, #£03.605 J. W, Btoarns & Son, 851,92 ; Rthodos & Utter, §36,10; Tarmors' Notlonal Daulk of Warren, %1,760; Iaunover Mnunfaoturing Compuuy, $240,97; John TLloyd, £80; BSwartout & ° Ackerman, €007.00;, Tnkmers” Natioual Bank, $8%0; and Hortrand & Jamos, £899.80. Conloo was visited by un agont of the [lwlillunoru, to whom ho statod that ho Was not ablo Lo pay Lis creditors more than 50 cents on tho dollar. In the matter of Farnsworth, Brown & Co,, an ordor was made directing tho Assignoe to pay 2800 attorney’s feos and 3100 costs, Tho Marghal wag divected to remove the prap- orty selzed in the ostato of Jamon D. Robortson, from the basoment of No. 170 East Madison sitroot, to which it lnd boen transforred from the firet tloor, the owner of the bmilding being unable to ront the first floor without the base- mont, The Marshal owes 349 alroady for this storngo, ond the cstato owes 313, GENERAL NOTES, Tho Aichigan Avenne Baptist Church is hoing sued by Robort Qriflith, in assumpsit 8400, in tho Buporlor Court, Jolm R.Thorne yestorday obiained an at- taochmont agalnat (olo Brothers, of tho State of Now York, for tho rovovery of tho valuo of 0,978 pounde of ham, nfxreud Ly the dofendants to be unfely stored in a It and proper fce houe at tho rateof 20 conts por tiorco, which now turne outio havo boen unfiluutod, wud to Liave turned sour and bocotno spoltod. Mosgrs, Lyon & Hoaly nstordnig obtained & writ of atlachnent ogainst Luigl Doma, late of Chicago, but now Lelleved to be o rosident of Italy, for tho rm:ovnrd' of $1,200, tho value of n pinud, lont to Jim In Hoptombor, 1871, to bo prid or at tho rato of £10 por month, on which uothing ling beon_pnld, and for $20.24 moucy advancod for anid Luigl for ndvortising, ‘Tho todioua naturs of tho Oarbon il irial waa shown, yostordny,-in tho bonutiful pationce with which the Judgo, Mr. Van Arman, enother Inwyor, o batliff, and n witnoes, tll promonnded the conrt, shnultancously angelically resigned to thoir fato, In tho mattor of Matz et al,, voluniary bank- rupts, Mr. Goorgo W. Campbell was yostordny nplmlnmd Asnignoo. "Uho trinl, O, M. & Bt. Paul Railrond Company X. ",’;‘ffi“““’ boforo Judgo Booth, i sot for tho ril 10, I}Enuch W. Evans yestorday commenced sult in ngsumpslt, ‘€5,000 “damagos, l\snlm Jool IL Wickor, in the Qireult Qourt. , B Bamuol Curiis sues for divorco from his wito Holen, on tho ground that he was misled by hor ropresionting horsolf to ho s woman of good charactor, which sho was uot, and of desortion. NEW SUITS, T UNITED BTATES OIMOUIT CoUnT.—10,018—Tho West Hnven Buckle Company v, Barnard Salkey and Bimon Lobrecht, Into partnors, cte, : patont {bucklen) Infringemont sit ; Wilkingon, 8ackett & Donan, aitor= neye, 10,920—Henry Elcox and Frederlck X, Larter, pastiors 10 11, Eleos & Co. v. Robort 10it; cans, §15,000, Ttz Sorenton _COUNT.—42,803—Firat National Dank of Chileago v. J, D, Whaloy and Goorge W, Wade § assumpait, $600, 42,804—Bamnel Onrtis v, Ifolon Cur~ tia; divorco ou {ho gronnd of desortlon, and tho con- tract of marringo belng iMlogal, 42,805—Potor Crose- Ioy_oud Jacob Sharp v, Georgo D, Olark and Charlos 8. Churehtll, partners a8 Clark & Churchill; nasumpe wit, $600. '43,800—Tho I. Whitbeck Gompany v, Qould ond John Fordyce, partners as Gould & For- dyco} nasumpsit, $300.° 42,807—Fstor Van lleraclolt v. James Van Doracliolt; divorco on tho gronnd of cruclly. 43,08_Tobert Grifith v, Michigan Avonuo DBaptist Oburch: assumpalf, $100, 42,600~—OCharlotto 1, Dwyor v, \\'lllhm Tattergon ; bill to roctify mistako Il ‘naino of mortgageo in o Ueod fo soours o loan of 85,000 advanced Ly complainaut to defondant, 42,810~John R, Thorne v, Oole Drothers ; attachment, 2500; partof tho defendanta being residents of the Htate of Now Yorlk, l'.l,Bll—A[aij 42,812—Dorn~ hardt Ducsborg v, Frodorick Schwarz; confension, $400,25. 42,813—Ttufus G, Caso nnd T, A, Solover v, é%‘aur{;us TFlelds and Friend J, Chapman; assiumpsit, . 42,814—Lyon & Healy v, Luigl Dama, of Italy ] attochment, $1,320,94, 42,816—Eaword D, Good ot al, v, Hugh Mabor ct al; dobt, $600. 42,810—Daniol O'8ullivan et al. v, E, A, Tolkinh ct al.; treapass on tho case, $300. 42,817—David A, Goge v, Josoph IL, Olovo- Innd'; “treapuss on tho caso, $1,000, 42,818—Ilérmann Itarling, v. Goorgo W. Bolinnbol ; treapnas, $2,000, Tug, Omovrr Goulit,—0,303—Doruard 'ehoy ot al, . Mnthins Schafer ; assumpait, $500. 0,204—Samo v, Thomas O, Donovan { nsauimpdit, 8100, 6205—John Ring, Jr., v, Nothanicl P, Wildor ot ol, ; restored caso, 0,260—Messino MoMurray v, Van If, Higgins, Fredor- 1ck and Amelin Buclinnan ; change of vonuo from the Buperior Court, 0,207—The Union Lithagraphing and Printing Company, for tho uso of D. W, Irwin and H, O, Drow, partners aa D, W, Irwin & Co., v. E. W, Gill- ctt, Paul W. Gillott, O, G. McQullook, pactaern as Glilott, McCulloch & Co,; assumpsit, ‘$500, 6, Appeal.6,200—D, Goodwin v, D, 8, Darbeco ; bill for Bpecifio performance. ~ 6,370—Enoch W, Evans v, Jool XL, Wickur ; assumptt, $6,000, e M — TIE CITY IN BRIEF, - Tho Bonrd of Polico Commissionera yesterday appointed John Myers, bridge-tender of tho Fuller stroot bridge, a special policomsn. Tho propollor Oconto arrived yestorday from Milwoukoo with s ¢argo of 3,500 barrels of flour, and doparted with 20 barrols of oil and 183 pack- ngos of grocories. Tickets for Annn Dickinson's new lecture, “'What's to Hinder ?" at the Mlchigun Avgnuo ng, Baptist Cliurch noxt Monday oyeni will bo Bold nt tho book-rooms of T, IL. Rovell, No. 114 Madigon stroot, nnd at Carpouter & Sheldon's, No. 058 Wabash avenue. The corrocted liat of insurance on T. M. Hale's acking-houso, burned on Monday night, s a8 ollows : Zitun, €8,000; Home, Colnmbus, Obio, £2,000; Moridon, Connecticut, $2,000; Northe woatorn National, Milwaukee, $1,600; Hoffman, Now York, 81,600, Total, 810,600. Michael Mc(!nulu; aud Btophen Beanlon wero at tho West Side Polico Court, yosterday morn- ing, for stoaling 2400 worth of tea from tho cars of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. They woro held for trial undor §500 bail each. Tho concort ndvortised to tako placo on Tuos- day evening, in the Union Park Baptist Olurch, for the benefit of the ‘organ clique,” ¢ wag all rest and no music,” owing to tho storm. It has beon postponed to noxt T'nesday evenming, nnd wo aro roquested to eay that the tickots wifi keap till that time. Tho South Sido BStrcet Rallway kept on thoir snow-plows oll Tuesday night, aud kopt thoir tracks g0 oloar that all tho cars started on time ysa!crdni morning, excopt tho Archer avenus ond Btock Yarda linos, which did not bogin run- ning till about 11 o'clock. An Englishman has recently invontod & check on omnibug fares by an attnchment to the stop dogigned to tul‘lly ovory ono that entors tho ve- bicle. It sbould bo introduced on Wabash av- enuo. It might bother the drivers, but the ex- ceas of tallies ovor rumlgla might bo charged to tho small boys that ride behind, A party of peoplo were asgembled at Fairviow sm:IZm at Thrrty-fll th street, waiting for the bo~ lated train. A person who was tired of ahundlns, concoived the hinppy idea of shouting, ** Hore's tho train!” Of course overybody fiob up, and he sccurod o seat, The man who had boen fooled out of it waxed angry ; blows were the result ; others participated, and & freo fight was under hendway in o short time, Hostilities wore soon susponded by the arrival of the train, A menun§ of the Board of Diroctors of the Mechanics’ Institute was held yosterday after- noon in tho Buildors' Exchango for the purpess of taking action with roforenca to tho contem- lated arrangoments for securing the bonefit of 0 Josink L. Pock boguest. As the wonther was incloment, and the full Board was not presont, it was docidod to take no action, but to ncljourn un- tit noxt Tuceday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when o meoting will bo'held in Judge Jnmicson’s court- room. Itishoped that every momber of the Board will bo prosent. Thero was no meoting of the Harbor and Dridgos Comumittoo of tho_ Gouncil yestordny olthough ono was called, It is understood tha thoe Chairman, Aldorman Cosey, will introduce a rogolution at the uext moeting of tho Council calling upon the Board of Public Works to report the cost of constructing n bridge at Fourtoonth streot. It is not known what aclion will be tnkan concorning tho widening of the river at Twelfth street. ¢ The Board of Publiv Works yoaterday awarded tho following contracts: E." P, Allls & Co., wator-pipo for tho river unncl at Piuo stroet, nb $76 por ton for straight pipo, and 8100 per ton for curved pipo ; Porkina & Stovonson, nsphelt gidowallt around Washington Squaro, at S1.25 per squaro yard, The Secratary was directed to advertise for proposals for ropaira of stroot Iaups, for furnishing lnmps aud posts, for the construction of sidownlks, for tho hauling of water-pipes, and for tho cindering of Elston avenuo. Tho Council Committes on Straets and Alloys for the Wost Division met in tho City Clerl's oflico yosterday afternoon, and disposod of tho following businiess : . Potitions for the Enviug of Peorin streat, Lotwoen Iarrison and Lake, und Joflorson streot, betweon Xarridon and Van Turen, with the Stow improved rondway, wora rocommended to bo placed on filo. A patition for tho opening of Honry atroot from Waller to Morgon, was recommondod to bo grantod. Oousideration of an ordinanco granting pormis- eion to Franklin M. Iall to construct and main- tain a side-track from the track of the Alton & 8t. Louis Railrond across Polk street into his lob on tho northwest cornor of Pollc and Boach stroots, was deferred until a largor mooting of the Comumitteo could be secured, The Mayor's police called upon tha proprietors of Jonos' Musoum yosterday aud succoeded In gotting somo monoy from them for their lato employe, F'rod Hottisch, the ‘wild man," who was spoken of in yuutanfiny‘u’l‘nmux . Itsoems that there was no'jutention on tho part of tho Musonm men to swindle tho ungainly and un- fortunato Gorman. They informed tho ofticors that they had no roady money whon Hattisch domanded hia pay, and that thoy told him thoy would sottlo his claim toward tho olose of the weolk, Afterho left their placo of busineuss gomo pnrsmxurfut him ufiltu make & complaint to lonco tho the Mayor, filculty, nud honco flx'u unplensont prominenco in which Hettisch's namo was placod in the morning papors of yostordny. i SUBURBAN NOTES. ‘Tho Riversido Iotol Is to ba oponed for tho sonson undor & now mansgoment in April. A largo sud handsomo Acadomy building is to bo erooted at Ravenswood, A now hotol is in digcussion, to be bullt ab Englewood this season, ‘Tho now Hotel at Hlfihlund Tarkis & bonutl- ful rztruoh\m, and will' bo roady for summor guoaty, The now lmurl{ suburban traln on tho O, & N. W. Railroad this seagon will bo & great con- vonionge to dwollors at Alaywood, Oal Parl, and etations this side, Porsonal, Measra, Huntor & Puge havo romoved their Taw Ofices to Rooma 81, 5 uud 35 Major Block, corner of Aladlson and LaSallo stroota. N THE TELEGRAPH CASE. The Proceedings Oharged to Bo o Sohome to Handle About ' 400,000 Exhoustive Argumonts hy Both Sides as to Whether -tho Company is Bankrupt or Not. A Study for Those Who are in Favor of Staving Off Bankruptoy, The argument in tho caso of John O, Iilton v. The Grenat Westorn Tolegraph Company,—an application to havo the defendant ndjudicated n bankrupt,—was commenced bofore Judge Blodgett, in the United Slates District Court, yostorday morning, and occupiod the ontiro day. MR, B A, BYALT, for tho potitionor, urged that tho provablo olaim of tho potitionor wan cstablished by the ovie donco, onud that tho iutent to give n proferance had boen clearly hown ; that the Kauens lincs of tho respondout wora under a contractor's lion for construotion ; aud that Reeve's claims upon certain other portions of the lino wore tho sub- Ject of Jitigation in tho Btnte courts, ponding which Roovo claimed that bo still rotnined pos- Bogsion of them ; tunb the lines actually under tho rospondont’s control woro. not paying tho, duily oxponsos ; that whalovor vitality or pocuni- ary strongth THE ROTTEN INSTITUTION " over hind it dorived from tho liborality and crodit of Mr., Gago, and that the Company was clearly ingolvent when tho judgments in favor of tho Commercial National Bank wero confessed. MR, . 3. DENNETT, for the respondont, claimod thnt unless tho power was givon by charter or other legislative onact- ment, no oficer of & corporate body had tho powor, unloss it was dolegated by tho corpora- tion, to bind the corporation by an instrument under seal. Goorgo L. Otis was entirely un- suthorized to sign the namo of the Company to tho powor ot attornoy on the threo judgments in fayor of tho Commorclal National Banle; the notes upon which these judgments were oni woroalso unnnmorizjml.ql'hn Company wn‘:;?:l‘m‘:xl; insolvent, nor in contomplation of insolvenoy, in August or Decombor, 1872, and did not suffor ite proporty to bo takon by logal process with the atont to give n proferonco to the bank. Threa things must concur in tho case before tho ro~ ngoudnut could be deoroed bankrupt: First, that tho Company commited ono of the nots allegod, that is, suthoritatively confossed or gave power to confess fudgmont, or suffored its proporty to bo seized in oxccution boforo tho petition was filed ; socond, that tho Company was insolvent at the time, or in contemplation of insolvency ; third, that bio acts Wore dono with the Tntest o tho part of the Uon&pnny to gecuro a_proferonce to tho Commorcial National Bauk, If the poti- tionor had failod to oatablieh any ono of these throo facts, tho potition must bo dis- missed. Neither had boon established, Tho ‘spectaolo was prosonted of Gago, tho Prestdent, Rebvo, tho contractor, and Hilton,the petitioner, uniting and confedorating, after having bound tho Compnny under n voto, when tho stock- holders hind 1o voico, to push the Company into bankruptey, on sccount of thoir own act, and CRUBH THE ONGANIZATION before it was allowed a trial. The Company owed, substantially, but one dobt, both tho Commercinl National Bank and the Hilton mnte tors boing Reove's indobtednoss, and controllod btyluagu, for which there was & comploto remedy at law, MR, BTARE, for the respondont, followed. Ho snid the cnss failed to show the commission of acts of bank- ruptoy in tho giving of warrants in August, 1862, "to the banlk. It was claimed by tho petitionor thut they were xenowal notos, tho originala_ Laving boon givon in May, with 1lke warrants of attornoy; Dbut it was ovident, if tho warrants waro author izod, they were morely givon ns an ordinary 5o- ctirily fos dobis, und not in contomplation of in- solvency or with intent to give proferonco. Gagoe's statoment that tho Company was ingol- vout in August, 1872, was ovidently noreliablo, as Lio (Gago) did not then think o, according o Liy statomont of the proporty aud assots in his cirenlar in June to tho stockholders, The notes must bo régarded 03 madoe in May, as thoy originatod thon, and the now notes were hut an oxtension of the old ones for less amounts and with no now eocurity., “Tho proof failed to show that the property of the Cnm’illmy had been taken in oxcention, a8 alloged. 'he exceutions wore received by the Bheriff prior to the filing gix tho petition, but nothing further was done. [ho LANGUAGE OF TUE DANKRDPT AGT was, ‘“shall suffor his propertyto be takon on logal process,” Property was not taken in any Just sonso whon only & lion had boen nequired upon it 5 that, he submitted, was not tho taking contemplated by tho nct. He clnimed that the proof failed to show that the Company wos insol- vont at tho time tho judgments wore con- fossod oud executions “issucd. Insolvoucy was o question of Iaw and fact. Gngo's teatimon; was simply to n conclu- elon of law. [lo (Gage) thought the Com- pany was insolveut, bocause it Lad no money, and could not pay the notes. The tochnici dofinition of ingolvoncy, a8 applied to traders, was applied to the Company, ‘The rospouden could not bo classed with traders. The proofs foiled to show an indebtedness, aside from tho judgmonts, oxceeding £6,000. The judi- montk wero £38,000, mnking tho wholo indebted- ness about §40,000." Tho property of thé Com- pouy was ‘WORTH, BEYOND DISPUTE, £200,000. Tho indebtednoes to Heovo was & vary uncor- tnin quantity; from the viow of the Suparior Court, the prosumption wus that the balance waa in favor of the Company. If thoso judgmonts woro juat linbilitios, thoy wore loss tlhian 20 por cont of the real value of tho Company's prosont proporty. Tho unpaid stock subacriptions might not havo much veluo; yot, whon it was seen that tho amount was such that 12 per cont thorcof would bo amply suflicient to cancel ull tho dobts of tho Company, including the judgments, in full, it was not too much to assumne that moro than enough might Do realized from that sourco by comymmluo botwoon such sub- seribors and the Company. 'The proof showed tho cash cost of the lnes to bo not far from 2100 per milo. It could not Lo doubtod that tho matorinl, if taken down and sold, would realize more than twico tha entire indebtoduosd, Tho only.renson thoro could bo for resorting to the Court of llnnknl]!)wy must bo for tho collection of politionor's debt, Tho Banlkruptey nct wag not for the colloction of ordinary debts, and & creditor could not force & dobtor into bankrupley for any othor than tho causog namod in tho nck, Mero insolvency of iteolf was not groumd for involuntary bank- ruptey. The nets charged as nots of baukruptey ‘wero those of certain olticors, Qtis as Treasuror, and Gago ng Prosident, assuming to act for and in the nume of the Company, when, in fact, s had beon decided by the Supreme Court, thoy did not represont tho roal Company,—the boni {ldo stookholders. ‘Iheir position and acts wero an usurpntion; they acquired and JIELD THOEIR POSITIONS BY FRAUD, and woro, at the timo of theso nots, subject to tho decision of the Bupreme Court and the decroe of tho Cirenit Court in pursuance thoroof, Tho Comipauy, under theso circumstances, could not be said to hinye auy volition In tho matter, It might bo eaid justly’to have beon undor duress, and, thoreforo, wholly irresponsible for tho in- toutions, acts, or omissions of David A. Gagn, its whilom President. Tho protended intent to .glve & proforonce was substantiully xliflfimvud by tho facts, It was shown that all the claima agaiust tho Company, thoso of tho bank and of Hilton, woro™ disputed and of doubtful validity. ‘They wore all orented in favor of Rloove; the notos all had one and tho same consideration, and woro paid to Reovo upon ono claim on account of work done undor biy fraudulent contract. Tho oonfessions in favor of the Lank liad boon so far ot asido ne*to allow the Company to put iu a de- fonco and try tho question of its liability on its morits, Why this urgency to forco tho Company into bankruptoy, to tako its proporty from tho custody of the ownors and })lmm it in tho hands of an Assigneo? Was it designed to provont the invostigntion of the account with Rteove? Wag it to shut off inquiry into tho justico of tho po- titionors' clalng, or into the' liability of tho Company on the bank notes 7. Was tho Intorost and wolfare of tho threo.or four thousand atock- lolders to Linye no consideration? Wero they entitlod to no judicial protootion against thoe MAVAGITY OF DISILONEST MEN, alded by tho botrayal of trust by an usurping offl- elal, The Inquiry involved, in's most important sonso, tho quoation whethér this was not o gohome, (in which ho was compelled to beliove Gaco was the leading epirit), thoe plaln obiect of whicl was to_appropristo hotwoon 300,000 and £400,000 of tho money of citizons scatterod throngh tho interfor Hiates, to. their: own uso, without giving one dollar in return, The Court, Lo Leliovad, could not bo mado the instrumon of consummating 8o groat an outrago. N, OAMTDELL, for tho Yom(nncr, snid the material allogations of this potition woro—n éimvnhln dobt, and nots of bankruptoy b{ tho Company. Tho_ovidengo showed thint fwo judgmonts” wero obtalned in favor of Ililton; they woro rendored by acourt of gonornl jurludiction, aftor duo service of pro- ceys, and could nob bo impoached collaterally. Tho Qourt muat presumo thoy wero logal. Tha roof also showed —conclusivoly that tho Uommorcial Nationnl Bank discounted for the Wolograph Company three notes ona for @6,100, snother’ for $2,060, and anothor for 81,000, Tho bank actunlly farniehed tho monoy to tho Oamlgnny on’ thoso notos, tho notes and warrauta attachiod being excouted b tho Troasuror, whoso action wns expressly ratf- fled by the Exccutive Committco on tho 5th of Juno, 1872. Tho first_noto foll duo Aug. 14, 1872, and $500 wns pald on it, and o renowal note with warrant of attornoy was glvon for tho Dbalaneo of 84,600, On Aug. 24, 1874, tho sccond note becamo x)uu; 1,260 was paid, and o renow- ol note with warrant of nttornoy was given for the Lalance, £1,400, Aug. 81 tho third noto foll duc; §800 was paid, and n ronewal noto, &o., givon for tho balanco, 8700, Tho warrants woro o more continuation of tho original warrauts of uitornoy, and wero givon bocauso there was no monoy, in the tressury to pay thom, . ‘They woro {lvon in contemplation of insolvency, for Mr. Gogo blad “testificd that thoy thought it “extromely doubtful —whetnor tho Company conld Yny its debts, and the ovent had fully &uut fiod Lis [Gage's] foars. I'hoy were intondod a8 o proferenco to tho baul, for Gago teatifled ** Thoy wore ronowed, bocause the Compnny could not pay them, The Company got tho monsy on the ori;inals from tho bauls, aud iutoudod to mako tho bank a proferenco creditor if they could. The giving of the war~ rants of attornoy, in Auguat, 1872, wora, thero- {foro, cloarly acts of bmknl}m)fi within tho thirty- ninth soction of the act, 1f thero could_bo sny doubt that those warrants of attornoy were givon in contomplation of insolvoncy, nono conld oxist o4 to tho accond act of bankruptoy charged—that tho Oom‘;nny boing ingolvent, suffored its prop- perty to be taken on logal process with intent to ivon proforonce. On the 12th of Docombor, udgment was rendered by confession in favor tho bank on tho notos, for an raggrogate of £06,800.12, and oxeoutions wero issued and rlncud in tho hnnds of tho Bhoriff of Cook County two doys nftorwarde. Where ‘o porson pormit- ted what ho could provenf, ho sufforod or allowed tho thing to bo done, nnd a dobtor who was pressed could prevent tho taking of his property on logal process by going_into_volun- tory bankruptoy, and if ho did not do go ho suf- fored tho taking and proference wns obtalned when the judgmont was confessed. Thoe Com- pony suffered its %:‘apm‘ly tobo taken on logal Emm”' and thereby gavo a proferonco to tho ommorcial Nationnl bank. It intended this preforonce, for where the gmlmb]o OT NCCOsAATY consoquoncoe of an act was to give o proferenco, the debtor would bo conch\slvo;f presumed to havo intended tho proference, here could be no gerious controversy as to the fact of tho in- golvency of the company on Deo, 14, 1872, On that doy thero wae outstanding indobtedncss of from 40,000 to 850,000, aside from tho claims of Roovo of over 8200,000, and thore was nok a dol- Inr in tho tronsury to pay it with. Tho corporato Pfifll’“fly and franchiees did not yleld an incomo sufliciont to pny oxponsos, snd tho stockholders rofused to pay up their subscriptions, so that tho Company thon was, and still i, unable to pay ity dobts in tho ordinary courso of business. This was insolvenoy srithin tho meaning of the Bankrupt ack as to a businoss corporation. It waa usoless to eay that tho Company owned tolegraph linos eomo 1,600 miles in length, and to OFFER SPECULATIVE OPINIONS 08 to their valuo; the admitted fack was that they yiolded no incomo. It was uecloss to say that thero wero owing to tho Company 8200,~ 000 of unpaid stock subscriptions ; tho admitted fact was tho{' studiously continuo unpaid, and thera wore the examples of a Bcore of in- suranco companies that head beon ad- ministored on by tho _Court on the snma stato of facts, ' It was contonded that the corporation ought not to be adjudicated boukrupt because the presont management did not commit tho aots of bankruptcy, and because the judgments in quostion had not beon stayod, and tho Com{:umny lot in to pload to the cause. The roply to this was—tho President, Socratary, and Troasuror for 1872 wero thon the do facto oflicors of tho Company, and were fully rocog~ nized as such by the Supreme Court. Tholrcon~ tract with Roevo waa sot aside, but TULI O¥FICIAL CMARACTER WAS NOT DEKIED. Thoy had tho right to and did reprogent the Coin~ pauy, and their acts wore binding upon it. The raof showed that the bank would maintain its i’udgmunta and its proference unloss adjudicas lon in bankruptey was had. Tho only way to dofent this preferonce was by an nd&udicnthm in bankruptcy. Unless it wos - bad, tho ox- ecutions ~ would have to bo lov- ded in all the countios in this BStato through which tho lines of the Company run, and tho lines would have to bo sold piece~ meal for what thoy would bring T'OR CORDWOOD AND FENCE WIRE. Tho Bankruptey Court, on the other hand, could administer upon the entiro estato of the ‘bankrupt Corporation, Tho Court said tho case was somowhat com- Fl(cntod, and ho would take it under advisement, ntimating that & decision’ would be given in throo or four days. B ] WHAT THEY WILL RECOMMEND. The Judiciary Committco of the Common Council will consider tho following ordinanco ‘when it meots to discuss tho closing of ssloons at 11 o'clocle overy night in the week. It is bo- lieved that tho Committeo will recommend its pasyage by tho Council just as it stands : AN OnuINANCE concorning tho closing of saloons and otler places kept for the aalo of liquor : SrorioN 1. That nny pordon who shall, during tho ‘night time, nfter the hour of 11 p, m., keep open any saloon, gracery, victualling, or ofhier’ houso or place within'tho ity ‘for fho solling, glving away, or i any monuer doaliug in any vinous, epirifdous, ur- deut, intoxicating, ot fermented Hquors, to bo drankin or about tho premises, or in or about avy room or building connocted with auch premiscs § and_any person who, during tho night time, and after tho hour of 11 o'elock p, m., shull, in any such saloon, groeors, victualllng, oF oliée Liouso of placo withis lio city, sell, givo nway, or deal fn ony manner in vinous, spirituous, ardeit, intoxlcating, or fermontod lquord, tobo dankiu or shout tho proniises, ot fn any orabout suy room or bullding connocted With suc! remises, shinll Lo wubject to a fine of not loss thion F10.0r moro thun $100; provided, Bowever, that drug- gists, ox porsona wloss lief busiuossia 10 soll druics or medielnes, shall not Lo deomed to bo within tho provielons hércof, u_solliogfor purposes purels o~ diciual, 8E0, 3, This ordinance shall be in forco from and aftor fts Ao publi ——— CITIZENS’ MEETING. The citizens and tax-payers of the Town of North Chicago, irrospective of party, who aro dissatisfléd with ¢ bummor dominstion” in town affairs, aud who desiro that tho Town Covern- ment sholl bo faithfully and economically ad- ministerced, are requosted to meot ot Svea Hall, on Chicago avenuo, nonr Franklin strect, this evoning, at 8 o'clool, to place a respoctable ticket in tho field for thelown eloction of noxt Tuesday. plles G- 5 o The Great Olosing-Out Sale. ‘Tho great closing-out salo of J, V, Farwell & Co.’s rotall dopartment {8 n decided success, Thia is tho lnst week ; thoro s an unugually lnrge rush, Groat ‘bargsius are offered on tho entiro halance of this splendid stock, Noeuch opportunity will bo offered egain, Woadviso un early call, —_— Amerlca at the Vienna Exposition, From the New York Times, From the advanco shoets of Mr, ben Brower's official catalogne of tho American section of the World's Fair at Vionns, wa aro euabled to pro- gant to our readors a synopsis of the number of oxhibitors, ‘The whole number of exhibitors to the Amorlean soction is so far 645, which will be somowhot incronsed boforo the exhibition is closod, ‘This nddition will ariso from Amorican mauufaoturers and artists resldont in Europo, who will forward their works from thouce. Divided b{ Blates, tho following rosume mny bo of intoroat ¢ Alabnmn has 8 exhibitors; Calitornia 2 ; Colo- rado, 8 ; Conneeticut, 28 ; Distriot of Columbia, 8; Floiidn, 1; Illinols, '18; Indlous, 8; Ken- tucky, 0; Kunsas, 1; Louisiana, 01; Maine, 1; Massachnselts, 61 ; Miohigan, 85 Mlwsouri, 50 Mississlppl, 25 Minuosota, 17 Maryland, 4 ; Now Yorl, 2385 'Now Jorsoy, 16 ¢ Novads, 1; Ohio, 80; Dounsylvanis, 44 ; Rhodo Tslaud, 12 ; Loxns, 1; Tonuessce, 2; Vermont, ll, Virginio, 93 ‘Wont Virginia, 1; Wisconsin, 1, To this {4 to bo added 6 from England. e PO ~—The Morrlatown (Pa.) Herald has s long story, tho substanco of which is that a young woman of that town got up in her sleep the other night, and proceeded to enaot the role of La Sonnambula by partly dressing herself and tumbling out of the window. Bhelit square on her bustle and bouncod back through the win- dow right into the room againl The ehogk awoko hor, but sho didn't kuow that eho bud baon out, of the room, AMUSEMENTS, TXON'S, Oltnon-at., betwoon Randolph aud' Washington. THIRD WEEK OF JAMES W. WILDER & CO/8 NATIONAL CIRGUS! , Marcl 84, and avory night this weok, Also O PN o Wil uosday Ao Hatrday Adioracois. ¥irst apycaranco of M'LLE, LOUIE LOSHELL JAMES ROBINSON, OLAR: JNiNOI5, EUGENE, FRANK PARTOI, and’ KATIH BTOKILS, togothor with all tho ‘old favorites, and the ;)‘x'ul‘v,':‘;;:runlnncnh stud of ring and potforming borses ovor ATREN'S THEATRE---AIMEE, LABT NIGHT BUT TWO of tho highly sucoesafal AT Parisian Opera Boufle! ‘This (Thursday) livening, March 7, LES BRIGANDS. ATMEE, n lior original HONELLL A JUTEAU a ROLAND, DUGH1SNE, MARUAS, LECUYXR, &a. facoh » BENEFIT OF Erldey, Macoh 2y Joak night, byt omo, B La Beolle Elolence. Baturday ab S—FAREWILL MATINEE, AIMEER in LA PERICHOLE. Saturdny at 8—FAREWELL NIGUT, ORPHEB AUX ENFERS. AIMER, BONELLY, JUTRAU, DUGHESNE, and the entiro’ Gompany {n tho Cast. Monday noxt, McKEE RANKIN as Rip Van Winklo. OPERA BOUFFE LIBRETTOS, Havo20contsl Only carreot and camplota edition, P! OEN'TS. PAIOE, ONLY 16, S onry 16 o For salo by JNO, MOTIKR, 120 Wost Madison; MICHIGAN-AV, BAPT CHURCH. Annga Dickinson, MONDAY, RVENING, March 81, at tho Michigan-ave Baptist Church, in tior Now Locturo, e @23 WIELIAT S TO EIINDE % TRIDAY EVENING, Apdl 11, at tho Uontenary M. £, Churob, Wost Sldo, I3 23 ARC. Admission, G0 cunts: rosorved meats, £3 conta oxtra. Bilo'of suate st I 1% Hovoll's Hook-rooms, 114 -ant Mad: 1;:‘:;:;:'..:"1:\1.!1 ‘Carpontor & Sticldon's Boakstoro, %8 Wa. a3hoay HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. » Friday, and Saturday, March %7, 38, and 2 PE e fidfir’{'flmuncos‘nnd POSITIVELY LASE NIGIITS of Bartloy Campholl's oxquisits Comedy, P = T Tap Or, Love at Long Braneh, th tho Bost Comyiany §n Amorica. Monday, March al, o st st o rant cant TR 0k Shioot now opon, In proparation, ALIXE, direct (rom Do FiluCey. Tucatts, Now York. Satufdey Matiaos, MoVIOKER'S THEATRE, LAST NIGHTS OF EDWIN BOOTH. ‘Wodnosday and Thuraday, Tast Nights of RICEBELIEU. “MIGH.-AV, BAPTIST OHUROE. JOHN B. GOUGH ‘Wil dolivar his last loctnro in Obfoago atthe Michigan- Laptiat Gharoh, on Thursday overing, Merch 27, ?ll{DflMSTANOE . (Orgsn Ovorturs by . V. Flaglor, his Vackuss will ho for thio boneflt of the WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT of tho HAHNEMANN (Iato the Scam. mon) HOSPITAL, ickata, 50 ota, ; Roscrvod Boats, 75 efs. ; for salo on and aftor Monday, at Cobb's Library, 471 Wabash-av., and at Halsoy Bros'. Pharmacy, 72 Btato-st. MYERY OPERA HOUSE. Monroe-st., botwoou Doarbora and Btato-sts. Avingto, Cofton” & Kemble's Minstrels. AN W PROGRAMME. roduction of tho Taugbaslo Darosdso by 3. Tt Kome blo, ontitlod T TTILECES SN IDEE New Vocal Qnar. MAOKIN and WILSON In two aats. totto. Tho Throo Bogs. Good Morning. Evory ovening and Saturday Matineo. ACADEMY OF MURIO. Tho Ladies will go to soo tho fincst looking aotor on the Stago, Shakspeare, Edwin Booth, Opera Boufle, Mile, Almes, Aro at prosont bolow par, Tho relgning scusation of the o oS0t wook Is tho gallant and dashing FRANK MAYO with his DAVY CROCEETT H ked by «* Ballos of Fashlon.” __'l(')}':é‘:;\:v_zafl;;n‘iy o Sa Toom o the BASOINATING SHAWLS, LACES, &o. INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR SHAWLS AND GARE, FINE LACES, French Embroideries, o, 0. J.A.CONNOR & GO., 1151 Broadway, N. Y., Have now roady their Spring importation of tho abovt pooiattios, which thoy aro offorig ‘a extromaly low ices. P X 6ur solootions have boon carofully mado, AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK, And spocial fnducoments are offored 58 to quallty ané X1 ardors wil rocolvo caroful suporrision and prompt attention, J.A.Connor & Co., 1151 Broadway, bet, 26th and 27th-sts. WHOLESATE and RETATT, MEDICAL CARDS. DR. C.BIGELOW CONTIDENTIAL PHYSIOIAN, 461 Stato.at., Chlosgo, Iths wall knowu by all raadors b the popors, that Dr: . Bigotow la tho oilost astablishod piipalolan i Ghlengay Sélonco and exporlence have made Dr. 1i. the most ro- nownod BPECIALIST of tha nge, honored by the pross, esteomed of tho highost medical uttalnmonts Sy all the 4, 5 'l $n perfoeting romodies that wi Suted, ponitively it oasos of OLLRONIG AND BEHOTAL DISEAS| n hoth soxos, JON ATION FIUEE, SEPARATE PARLORS for Indio ontiemon, . CORRISPONDENCE GONFID Addres all lottars, with stamps, to PEA L, Dr, 0. BIGELOW, No, 481 Stato-st. DR.J. H.CLARK, Ist—at 101 East Hareisone oxn ho consulted—day i dison tisutios of & chronicy Gollcato, or conliduntial naturo—of hoth soxos. ' Bpoois) attantion to fomnlo diiticuitios. Modlcinos sont by mail or oxprens. Sond stamp for clcoular to tho Married, “Ad- row Dit. OLARK, 101 Kast larrisonst., Ohicago, Til. NO OURE! D) Nopavi Dr. Kean, 860 South Clark-st., Chicago, - Obstacles to Marriage. Moy bo confidontlally cousulted, personally or by mail, Trgn ot chargo, on ufcnnmlu or nucvous disonsos, 1 tho olty who war- IR Jo KEAN fs the only physiclan TAnLY OUros Or 1Y PAY, _Oitice Huws from 9 A, 1w, 10 8Ptk Dr, B, Bagsett, 0 8tato-ttey Glloagoy n gradunto of tho Univarsity of Puiladelplin is aduillted by tho profession, breis, and publio to bo tho most thorouely ualified” skilitil and ancoensful physlolan In the tratmont azall the disossos o bia spcolmity—Norvaus, Clironis and Spocial Disonses, 'hose living at a d noo treated by luttor, Hond for modical troatiso, Consuliation froe, ~ ~ " Dy PO VY R &N I, 183 BOUTH OLARK-8T., Qontinues fo oura all Clironlo, Norvous, and Urinary Dinoasos f Loth nozos, sml niny bo contidontially corr enlted |wr-uuull( or by-auall, troo of charge. Fomaly Ginioultrbs trontud with enfors And sucsoass 1iis Dodical Trontlso to ladies and gontluinon sent froo, Oonfidontinl Physlolan, 112 W, Madlson-st, Ubiengo, 111, {A regular gradunto in modioino} curca all chronls and “Hpecial Ulscasos, of Lath soxes, at roasonable prices, Medioluos furnish ieroury usod, Consultation fron, oreonallyor by m ros guarantood. Al **lopalo dif’, Rotition ! tronfod wih n!uiyxnmlluw_nuu. Ciroularsico.! Rellof for Y . Hont. 1 sl °:£““.L‘?- o N A SRS AT TION, Phlladoinhia, Pacsn Tuatiutton it B Wil vabutation for honorsble bonduot aud rofusstonal kil