Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1873, Page 5

REAL ESTATE. - sufinfir_m Land Speculations ipd Railroad Projects, A Scheme to Build a - Belt Rail- road” Around the City.. .. Landlord and Tenant Laws--- Long Leases. j The New Custom-House---A Wholesale 'Dry Goods and Clothing - .- Quarter. Transfers for the Wéek. The-milder weather of the lsst week or ten days has incressed the disposition ‘to' buy suburban lands, but it has also caused a feeling of greater confidence on the part of holders of 1and, and many who were willing to sell a few weeks ago, when the weather was wintery and the blesk prairie lands in fhe suburbs looked anything but inviting, are unwilling to sell now. Bpring sunshine and eprouting gress are great stimulants to imaginations that picture fature suburban villas where there is nothing of the kind yet. But while there is more confidence there are fewer transactions, for the reason that the views of holders and of wonld-be-buyers seem to be frther apart. Some of the latter be-; gin o think that, possibly, ** tho speculation out ™ of land in‘some directions, where the ad- vance in prices has been great within the last few months. » The most active speculation just at present i perhaps in that _extensive, uninhabited, and al- most insecossible district extending about six xmiles west from the Great Eastern Railroad, and about &ix miles southivard from’ tho Chicago & Alton Railrcad, comprising about twelve square ‘miles of territory in the west half of the Town o Lake, and about the same in the esst half of thi Town of Lybos. The price of land in that diréction is low compared to the prices in other directions the same "distance from the city, be- cause thers i5 o means of transit to 'and froi. - thecity. Two or thres suburban railroad pro- Jects for aking this land accessible are talked ‘of, -‘thoughw ' have reason to believe nmone " of . them ' eve, “as ' yet, any more’ “substantinl’ foundation than *talk.” The talk, however, has had @6 effect to increase the prices asked for a large part of the land in that quarter, and & good many sales have been made at prices double what the land could have ‘been bought for & yearago. The latest sale we hear. of in that Qirection is that of 160 scres, in_ the’ northi n;ln?_{ of Section 23, Town of Lake, being four miles west of Englewood, ‘and one wile directly west of South e, ot 8500 per. acre. There appears &1so to b some kind of & speculative rallroad project browing in connect tion with the distriot between the C. B. & Q. R. R./end the "Ogden ditch, and extending all_the way from the- city limits out to the Desplaines River, In the 4 ‘ < NOBTHERN PART OF CICERO, whichincludes Ridgeland; Austin, and tho North- wektern shops, there is also 2 good deal of spec-. alative activity, though it haa a more substantial basis of ac improvement—in the way of new Tailroads" already built, and - buildings bein, erected—than the districts first “mentionad. About a'hundred men are notv at work on’ the, roind-house, which is to be part of the groat hive of industry at the Northwestern shops, and “several dwellings for éecupation by persous con- .petted with ‘the mechanical department of the ‘Northwebtern Railroid aré sbout to b erected. Inkhis quarter we hear of the sale of 10 acres in’ Bec. 15, being ‘on Madison street, half & mile west of the new city limits, at £3,500 per acre. als0 4 acres in Sec. 16, over & mile and & half weat of the ciry limits, and half a mile southeast” of Austin, for $2,500 per acro. i A RAILROAD ROUND THE CITY. Two projécts for a “ Belt Railway ” around the: entire auburbsn territory, just outside the city limits, are being talked of. One of these hea & 1gort. of quasi .indorsement from the North- western Railrosd Company, and it is proposed. o meke a line'from some point in the Town of Lake View, porth of Lincoln Park, and ranning west and south, adjacent to the-boulevard. - It would Buus Humboldt, Central, Douglas, and the South Parks, thus forming a belt rawlway, which, Anits progress, would cross svery railroad enter-* Jing Chicago. - All .the. advantages of a union, ‘depot would thereby be secured to the traveler. Trains wounld be run, say starting from the southern torminus ; 4nd, on ariival at the first crosning, the name 'of that railway would be an< ponnoed, tho trausfer of prsseners made, and 6 same proceeding repeated at_e crossin upon the circular rgnka. o e ALOXG THE CHIGAGO & PACIFIC BATLEOAD. The work on the Chicago & Pacific Railway is now being pusued forward with energy. . About ‘one mile of track is Iaid per day.: The road is Eu_iefl,_ with . the - exception of a few cuts, to I and the track islaid a distance of 25 fes from their ‘emporary depot, corner North ‘Branch, Water, and Halstad streets. It is ex- finud that the line will be in working order to Elgin by the 10th of next May, and to the junc- Hon onthe Western Union Railway during the eeason. There ia considerable activity in refer-, enceto stock along the: line, ‘and the subscrip- |- tions are ensonngin%; T y A mixed train will be %:t on within & week, running over the completed part each way once perday. As soon ai spring Las fairly opened a €uburban train, running six.or eifi):: times a day, will be added. ' The Company is alresdy supplie with considerabls rolling stock to meet the de- 1nands for freight and passenger traffic. Several. stations are_established near the city limits ‘around which there is much activity in real .estate. The first “one of these .i8 at Humboldt Park: XLands =adjacent may be put down st from $1600 000 per acre. Much .of it is. subdivided, and is on the markot by the lot. One and a half miles west of Humboldt is' the second station, called ‘ Pacific.” The lands at this point have been subdivided into village lots and ‘are held at sbout the same figares as above. Next to Pacific andonoand a half miles farther, is the third etstion, called ‘“Kelvyn Grove.” The lands around this station are now being subdivided.. Seven hundred and fortyacres .are in the posses- sion of cne party, who proposes to mako this . Jocality one of %&at attraction. A boulevard 200 feet wide will extend .through it east and ‘west, and north and south. ‘etreet will be 100 feet in width. The naxt station is “Galewood,” which is lo- cated on “ the ridge.” Then another mile and a half comes * Lovett,” where a station has been buils,. and two miles more brin the - line to the Desplaines River, at “ Cazenovia,” whers there is active demand for acre property. This line of railway reaches the city oniue Bloomingdale Rozd, crogsing the North Branch' Dear the Rolling Mills. - THE EVANSTON TRATNA The residents of Evanston maké considerable complaint of the fact that the trains onthe Northwestern Railroad_do no¢ run into Wells street depot, as they did last year, but start from and stop in the }{unhwulu:n depot, on the west side of the river,to the great incon- venience of the Evanston people. = _ ‘Tho other project is for a similar lino’ branch- ing off to the west from the Illnois Central 2 somevwhere about Hyde Park and run- ning west just south of the South Park to some int west of Sonth Lynne, thence north throngh 8 Town of Cicero, and eastward through the “Town of Lake View to _some point. of junction with the Milwaukee . railroads, thus crossing all the railroads that enter thecity. One of the ob- Jects in view is to transfer freight cars from one Tallrosd to another. This rosdis, we under- tong, favored by the Tilinols Central Company, 0 profess willingness to give passenger depo facilities for the trains of the road in their Lake Bhore Depot, : LANDLORD AND TESANT. There is no question that has more to do with $he healthy growth of Chicago than that which m&m to the relation cflandlord and tenant, and under exisitng statutes, is slail{nl!. Variance with the interests of both parties. every city the bulk of the dwellers cannot be honse-owners, elthough we are glad tobelievethat in Chicago the proportion of house-owners to tenants is than in any other city on the globe. The true secret of the advance, and the rapid devel- fimmt of suburban property lies in the fact that 6 easily realized ambition of our workingmen is each to buy his own lot, and build his_cottage thereop. But this willnot meet the condition of | many thonsands who neve will, and never de- &ire t0, own » homo. Not all of these are of the Every alternate | arrearsif he can only get back his THE CHICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY APRIL 6, 1873. unthrifty class, but they prefer paying rent making an investment to );ave mfn’mn%ffi d.\‘; cuss the question here, we scdept thi fact that muititudes of tenants th Chicago need tenement homes, "and aré tinlikely to bo well accom- modated in 'the present wido and well- -grounded disfavor ‘into ' which tenement prop- erty has passed. Itis for the sake of the ten: ant that we urge a better legal protection for the - rights of the landlord. e least salable of.all property in Chicago to-day, the property . less likely to bo accimulated, is tece- ment houses. And ihia bocause tho kasvish cunning’ among tenants have for years used the machinery of sharkish attorns ‘y and weak statutes to override evory right of the landlord. If his tenant choses he can postpone, protract, and multiply processes and devices and stays of sjr‘ocgedmg ‘until the landlord is only too glad to miss_his trouble bymrnndorinE‘cllun for attered and damaged tenement to put it in readiness for an- other occupant, and ru}npu » repetition of the ‘former experience.* Wo believe this subject is «|:well placed before our Legialature at. Bpriog- ‘field, and there is no rclief measurs-that conld bo ' more: of , advantags to - Chicago. Tts best. olaims mro urged, .88 we urge: them in bobalf. of the temant world, who -meed ‘to have .fiva or. ten thou- sand tenements built for them annually in Chi- cago, and Who afe wiuinita pay their ronts, and retarn a good profit on the investment, and will Ho80f thotr parposos are not defonted and de- mioralized by the loosc and dishonsst practices that have brought toncment property into bad | odor. Give us a good tenant law and our capi- - talists are ready to build tenements by the score. LEASES. 1t is noticeable how almost entirely leases on long time have passed out of the list of recl estate operations since the firo. . The promise was to- the contrary .when the entire bnsiness heart and the most valuable portion of our real estate were swept entirely clear of improve- monts. It was the first aspect that our property- owners of the older.and more conservative class would leave others to build the new structures. It is to be taken 18 one of the notablo and most gratifying facts of the groat rebuilding that 0 largo o sharo has been actively bome. .by citizens past their prime in years, and whose habits, up to tho time of this g eat emergency, indicated littlo of the spiris of enter- priso. To the honer of some of these, be it said, that they were the earliest to lead off in recon- struction, and set tho shovelors at work while ‘the ruins were still hot. *This is only one of the circumstances, but s principal one, in theactive and firm _condition of business-property which | has only lightly favorea.long lesses, property- ;oivners desiring to make their' own improve- | ‘ments, and willing to concede nothing to- favor the creation .of leaseholds. 2 " The leasehold belongs to & peculiar condition of real estate, and must-bear the features of a long term to securo to the lessee the benefits of sn advance, and it must not be loaded at tho ont: set too heavily with a predicated advance. It is almost as necessury that the rate of interest be lower -than the »urrent rates of money.. Tho holder of the leaso o all taxes and assoss- ‘ments, and, during the terms namod in the 16ase, .runs the risks of vicissitude in the prop- ‘erty.. The leaschold, - therefore, belongs to . a ‘condition of the real estate ' in- terest where . heavy holders - of unemcum- Dered property creato an annuity from rentals of the land, without risk or trouble in building, and scattered rents from numerous parties. - - The period of long leases in Chicago will come round again with the restoration of fhe normal condis tion of things, and the increase of parties of the ‘first part pilfering this use of thoir "landed pos- sessions. It is the common resort of large es- tates, = favorite with those who desire to provide for minor heirs, but the differenco between an~ nuity rates and current interost rates must entor into the ‘consideration. i i Inall the older cities, ground rents, for the rea- ‘sons sbove indicated, are maore-common ‘then in COhicago, and doubtless they belong to' s . pariod of sluggishness measurably lost in modern._city: .property. In New York whole tracts, whose undries Weré those of the Wouter Van ler day, and the period of the ' Revolution, are held a8 leaseholds, which include many of the best ‘down-town blocks and squares.. In Philadelphia the rent’system is even more widely extended, to the great advantage of householders of a mode- “rate class whose outlay for a home is only the cost of the improvements, the land being held at ' low'rate of interest. - It will be of large advan- ‘tage to Chicago when the same facility is offered Lere, and the thrifty family- man. of small means literally - borrows his money & perpetual loan ' from. the owner of “the ground he occupies, and puts his own Teady monoy into the structure. - - - . - ‘The term of a land lease ghonld be long if the full advantage of the principal is to be realized to both parties, and short terms to cover inter- mediate nse of property must be judged of ns separate instances varying in profit seldom to be calculated on the side of tho lesseo. The rate of interest must be moderate. Vory fow Jeaseholds aro desirable property at a rate above 6 per cent, and it was at this rate that some of the most considerable leases made within the pastfifteen years wore fixed. The advanceof the Tate to 8 and even 9 per cent has_prevented the list " of leaseholds from further increase, and it will only regain growth when the sccumulation of estates here suggest this disposition of prop- efty whose holders do not desire -themselves to improve. . i % ' WHOLESALE DEY GOODSAND OLOTHING. ‘The tendency in all largs cities is, for different departments of business, especially of thowhole- sale trade, to form centres, around which all .soom to clustor. Immediately after the fire, it mgpel.red 88 if the entire dry goods business was about to looate in the three or four blocks bound- .ed by Market, Washington, Monroe, and Wells streats. It is now evident that most of the Iarger retail stores will drift back totheir old quar- ‘ters; but the wholesale trade seems lkely to remain where it is. Within the lasv week or two, several of the wholesale clothing estabiish- ments have been looking for quarters .n vhe vicinity of the heavy dry goods houses, and we should not be surprised to see a very conmder- able movement in that diraction by tho 1st of 2 THE NEW OUSIOM-HOUSE. The work on tho new Custom-House building will commence vigorously, with a force of noarly 100 men, as Boon a8 the weathor permita and the frost is thoroughly out of the ;rmmd. TUp to the present time, and for the excavating and concreting, etc., 851,000 has boen expended. All eports to the contrary, and there are such abroad, are false. The work has progressed, in addition to the excavations, to the laying of ‘the foundation of the area wall. The stone for this ‘wall is nearly all on the ground, together with & .good portion of the pier stones. It is being do~ Livered as fast a8 it is prepared. Ifis furnished byJohn M. Mueller, and comes from Buena vjirm, in Ohio. Bomoideaof the contract for this material may be formed when 1t is stated that the machinery, alone, for handling this stone. st the quarry and the landing at Cincinnati’ and at the depot on Twelfth strest, cost $200,000. It is brought from Buena Vista down the Ohio River to Cin- cinnati, and thence to_Chicago over the 1llinois ‘Central Railroad, vis Kankakee. The pier stones will each weigh five tons. The ‘machinery for hoisting and handling this mate- rial is'now_being received at the Post-Office grounds. There aro other single pieces of the ‘stone-work thatwill weigh twonty-two and s half tons. i The cost for all sizes will average $1.50 per cubic foct. It will be sandstone, and of the same kind as seen in the Board of Trade Build- ing and many other fine buildings in the city. ‘The iron work of the basement and first story will be let on the 12th inst. The competition for the contract, which includes the material tndglmelag itin position, is extended all over the United Btates. 1t is not known who Te- csive i, bat it is hoped it may be amard- od. to Chicago. o bids . will bo opened . on _the 12th, and then sent to ashington for award. . The columns of the first stoFy—tnany of themwill weigh eight tons— ‘ars single castings. 1he iron-work for the ‘basement and first story will cost near $400,000. Tt is oxpected that two stories of the great adifice will be completed during the season. At the present, nm.!n.n({il more is being done than the pumping out of the water inthe founda- -tion that is below the sewer level, and the planking around the building to facililate team- mg. 2 SATURDAY'S TRANSFERS. The - following instruments were filed for record on B:tnngny, April 5: | Hantt (ind near Lalis st, 1, 1t to a1 st., 0 of and near nt, - Toy, nted Apill 13 consideration, 81,100, ‘Sheffield av, between Clay and Kroger st, o £, Lots 110 and 111, dated April 3; consideration, $1,330, - West Harrison st, between Gold and forgan sts, n 2, Lot 46, dated April 3 ; consideration, $5,000. Calumot av, near Twenty-eighth st, o f, Lot 7, dated March 20 ; consideration, $6,600. =< Tots 24 and 35, in Block 5, of Sherman's Addition to Istein, dated Oct, 12, 1873 ; consideration, $800. e Sorn at, neaz & 0 cor of Panlina st, a1, Lot a1, inney’s Subdivision, ? fod i, 35 ofher property, da rch 15 ; comai . - o 8y, between Thirly-sovonth and elghthi sts, w{, 24 {t to alley, dated March 28 consideraton, ‘Sub-lot 18 of Lot 5, in Block 28, Sec. 29, 39, 14, dated April 3; consideration, $500. Forest av, n ¢ cornez of Thirty-seventh st, 3¢ acres, dated March 29: consideration, $75,000. George Bickerdiks to Jacob Butler. : . Bun-lot 7 of Lot 8, in Blocks 3 and 4, Secs 29, 39, 14, dated Mazch 813 considosation. 8550, = Arnold st, n w corner of Thirty-third st, e, S0%x110 1t dated Afiril 3 ; consideration, $1,100. "Broad 6t, 8 of and near Archer av, w £, 24 {t to alley, with bulldinge, dsted Feb, 13 ; consideration, §1,767. "Ogdenav, n & of and near Taslor st, s & fronk, 24 1t to ailey, dated March 29; consideration, $1,450. Lots 28 and 29, in Wiison’s subdivision in w 3 of . wi¢ of Bec.18, 99, 14,” dated Feb 1. Considertion, Tndiana av, 221 23 £t north of Thirty-fifth st, o f, 25x 1607-10 ft, dstd March 3; consideration, 8,500, Westers av, 148 {t south of Thompson-st, © f, 50x 4p1 126 1t, dated April 2; conslderation, $1,600. Tiobey ct, 283 £¢ d of Polk st, w1, 24xLi4); ft, dated Nov. 6, 1872; considerti on, $2,750. Winchester av, 336 ftn of Polk st, e f, 24x1143 ft, dsted Nov. 6, 1872 ; consideration, uim West Chicago av, neat Rose at, 6 T, 25x120 feet, dated April 5 ; considsration, $4.100. . *Ihe premiscs No. 408 West Chicago ‘av, dated April 5; consideration, $3,900. v "Firat st, 100 £t 6 of Bouben s, 1 1, 25x133 ft, dsted April £ Gonsiderstion) $100. t2,'in Block 9, in. McRoynolds' Addition, dated April 65 consideration, £790. Sixteonth st, near Prairieav, sf, 25x145 ft, dated July 0, 1872 ;' consideration, ST Milwaukee av, bet Division and Cleaver sts, s w £, 25 3144 1t, dated March 7 ; consideration, $2.000, Superior M, bet Cassand Rush sts, s f, 25125 ft, dated March 1 ; consideration, $5,000, s ‘West Monroe st, near n w cor of Lincoln st, s £, Lot 325, dated March 17 ; consideration, $2,650, ooy 2h 1 same," dated Mareh'17; " consideration NORTH OF OTTY LIMITS, - Block 8, in Lill et al. subdivision of 8 w 3§ of n w i Bec. 29, 40, 14, dated Feb. 22; consideration, §15,500. Yots 42 and'43, in Block 2, of 8 3 of te X 80 X Sec. 20,40, 14, dntod March 31 ; Gonsideration, 1,500 Lot'17,'of Weago & Hyde's Lot 1, of n W i of 8 6 X 56020, 40, 14, dated March 20; consideration, $900, 2 - EOUTH OF OITY LIMITE, y » Lot 4, in Block7, of Taylor & Eriegh's e 3¢ of then T Seci 4 3, T4, duted March 23; considerstion, Lot 7, in Block 2, of w 3 n W X Séc 3, 88, 14, dated pril 3; consideration, $13,500, 2 Lots 4’and 5, in Blofj: 3, of Patrick’s Subdivision in 8w i of 8 wif Sec 16, 38, 14, dated June 5, 1872; con- sideration, $9,500. , Lots 25 to 33, in Block 2, of Traver'sn w X of nw 3¢ of e 3¢ of Boc 8, 38, 14, dated March 11; considera- O Sores of 8w X Bec 4, 38, . tSacresof n ¥ WiSs ¥ n X ofaw , 38, 14, dated Feb 28; 'e’n‘mldm lon, $22,500; " Dlock 14, of Parker'sne X of sw i Ses 5, 38, 14, Qated Feb, 25 ; considerstion, $18,000. : Lot 34, in Block 1, of Heintz’ Sudivision in s w 3¢ of Bec 4, 38, 14, dated Feb. 25 ; consideration, $300. Lots 7to9, in Block 2, of McChesney’s Subdivision in nw X of Sec9, 33, 14, dated March 15; considera- Hon, §900, WEST OF oTTY LnMTS, Block 9, in Salisbury’se }f of 8 e i dsted March 1 ; conaideration, $12,600. BUMMARY FOR THE WEER. ", ugfolloring is tho total amount,of city and suburban property transferred during the week, ending Saturday, Aprl5: ity property, num- ber of sales, 197 ; _consideration, $1,271,183. Nosth of city limits; number of sales, 4 ; con- sideration, $21,900. ' South of city limits, num- ber of sales, 33 ; consideration, 8170,601. West of city limits, number of salés, 1; corsidora- tion, $12,500. ' Total sales, 235 ; total considera- tion, §1,476,189. Bee 5 89, 1, THE BIDWELLS. Career of the Bank of England Forgers. Their Opera,fions in the East, West, and South, ‘America Made Too Hot for Them. “The two Bidwells, recently arrested fo= "heavy_ forgeries on the Bankof England, are smong tHie most remarkable men known to the criminal annals of America. The: simplo record of their ‘offenses against the law reads like romance. They are” villaind of the rose-ater kind, who have nover doscended to valgar crime. Common thiovery or housebreaking is entiroly foreizn to their gentle and gentlemanly natures. ‘So'far a8 their history. is known to the writer, their opet- ations “have been confined to a class of offenses included under the terms swindling and forgory. Their having lived in Chicago, and made it the thedtre of some of their boldest exploits, gives them a local interest. Ths two Bidwells men- | tioned—George and Austin—belong to = family of six brothers scattered over different parts of the West. "Their parents, who were from one'of the New England States, lived et Grand Rapids, Michigan, orin that neighborhood. Their first recorded crime was commutted in Cincinnati in -1859 or 1860. They came to that city, leasod & store on one of the most prominent wholesale streeta, and Iaid in, on credit, & large stock of goods, chbiefiy tess . and -spices. Thoy also solicited consignments, to be disposed of at the customary percentage. Not a cgnt of money was advanced on anything purchased. Their creditors were re- quested to meet at their place of business for payment on & certain afternoon. All came et the hour, and ‘were paid with'checks on various banks of the cify, the sggregate amornt of which was $60,000. ‘That night the goods were :whisked out of Cincinnati, and when the checks were offered at thie counters of the banks on the following day, it was discovered that tho Bid- ‘wells had not a cent on deposit at any financial institution of Cincinnati. One of the ‘victims, ‘more energotio than the rest, traced his goods esstward, and found a portion of them, valned 8t £18,000, in the hands of a New York lswyer. No more of them were ever recovered, George Bidwell néxtappeared atGrand Rapids, with a third brother, in the role of Baptist prescher, for which his clerical appearance well fitted bim. Stories of his misdeeds had preceded him, but he was wont to speak of them as elan- ders, and to berate his traducers with holy unc- ‘tion. After a brief term of service in the Lord's vinoyard, George, in company with the same brother, opened a grocery store at Grand Rapids, purchasing their goods in New York. Thoy failed soon afterwards, swindling their creditors ont of their entire dues. In 1864 this delectable pair appeared in Chicago. Their first objective pommt was a candy store mear the centre of the city, in _ which an honest and unsuspecting man had invested £4,000, They soon stripped him of all his monoy, and jumped the city. About the same date, Austin ‘Bidwell made his appearance in New Orleans. He was_an extremely handsome man, with a pleasing address, and some culture, well calculated to win his way in any community. He urchased and sold goods from the North, and, Eeing detected in some {raudulent transactions, +wwas obliged to leave the city after a brief resi- dence there. i Soon afterward, George and Austin again united their fortunes at Wheeling, W. Va. Here they met with temporary misfortune. They purchased a stock of goods, and for attempting to make payment with bogus deeds on property never theirs, and drafts endorsed with fictitions names, they were arrested, tried, and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for one year. Two months afterwards they 2ecaped, and came to Chicago. After lookini around circumspectly for awhile, they visi Quincy, and obtained from a firm thers a large stock of goods, chiefly tobaccos, upon fraada- lent representations of high finanaial standing in Chicago. The fioodu wore traced to Chicago, and recovered in the freight depot of tho Chica- go, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and Austin Bidwell was arrested by & private police agency whose name it is not e oot o rogotn o © aaas: cf - me#l ‘:'l::;atj:;:tivu held him in custody with- warrant, for the expenses incurred Getting the goods back to Qu B e B0 b retonded to psve recaivod & cost 3 o arount of money from his brother Genr.gle Who, be said, was somewhere in the East, al- thongh, in fact, George wasall the whils secreted i Chicago. Austin was boarded in luxurious stylo at the Briggs House, and takon every day by the officers to see hia wife, who lived on Eighteenth street, near the lake. Having at 1ast communicated with » lawyer, ho was told that he had a legal right to escape by any means bo could command. Weapons were furnished him, and one evening when he reached his home on Eighteenth street, he drew s pistol, turned on the detective who accompanied him, and told he had no further use for him, nin_g ordered im to leave on the peril of his life. The officer, hiving no legal right to detain his prisoner, hastily departed. Austin entered the house, whers he found his brother, Georifl waiting for him, bade farewell to his wife, an both left for New York immediately. This was in the year 1867. For George went to Boston, lesving Austin in New York. =By prearrangement, under assumed pames, George drew & draft on New York, and Austin drew one on Boston. George was arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to the Charlestonp Fopitentiary for .of helf a dozen aliases, and by proaching. ~ The five yoars. Austin_was ‘sont to Sing Bing for two years. The trial- and conviction were in 1869. ~ Justice followed sreedily and equallyupon the crime, for the brothers were sentwcug within ten days of each other. George 'was pardened by the Governor of Massachusetts soon after his incarceration ; Austin served out out his full time. Georgo came West soon after his release, and was in destitute circumstances. ‘When in pressing need of mpne{, hawould make his talents as a swindler available under any one 1ast mentioned occupation seems to have been a never-failing resourco up to his final departure from America, the scene of his clorical labors be- ing generally, Michigan, Indiana, -and New Or- eans. George and Austin went to Europe early in the yenr 1872. Itisnot known that the brothers accompanied them, but those who profess to know, sey that such is the fact, and that he af- terwards followed Austin to Havana, where tho latter was arrested. 'Goorge.and Austin, after arriving abroad, spent_ most of - their time in London," visiting | oocasionally. Their method of operation in London has been re~ cently made familiar to the public by the news- pupers. They sold genuine paper until they had Oobtained a roputation for financialstanding, then presented their forged paper, which without hesitation. They - wers immediately identified and pursued. Austin was arrested some weeks 8go, as stated, and George was canght in Fdinburgh dsy before _yesterdsy. Georgo will undoubtedly moet with his deserts, but the punishment of Austin, who isstill in Havana, is not go-certain. : The brothers are married to accomplished women. George Bidwell ha3 a family of several children, and, until recently, his wife was livin, in Chicago. Austin married a very beantift ir], in some small town in Michigan, who fell in gzve with: him, after the manner of the village maiden who adores the brigand in the opera, and left the school which ehe was attending to share his fortunes. George is now a man past 40, while Austin is about 85. DRY GOODS. 000000000000000000000006000000000000000 ©000000000000000000000C0000000000000000 JOHN B, DAVEY & €0, - 328 & 330 West Madison-st., CORNER ABERDEEN, Sucoessors to Hamlin, Hale & Co.'s Retail, 4 ‘WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, APRIL 7, - NEW GOODS + AND Great Bargains throughout their entire atock. 1,000 pieces of Bleached and Brown Cot- tons, in all the popular brands, at manufacturers’ cost. GO0 pieces Crash Toweling at 7o per yard, _ worth 13c. Ench piece contairs 25’ yards, and will be sold at 7eper yard, or $1.75 per piece. ‘Quilts, large size,-at $1," worth $1.50. Only 100 in'atock, and can’t get any more. Guilts at $1.50, 53, $2.80, $3, $3.50, and : upwards. 3.4 yard Union Napkins ot $112 per dozen. i - Extra bargaina.. .. - Tinen Napkins from $1.per doszen upward. Towels at 75c per dozen, and upwards. Tinen Damask, good quality, from 756 per E yard upwards. Hamburg Edgings and lasertions. Al West " Biders say they are the cheapest in the city.. vn TLinen Collars and Cuffs, Linen Emtroidered Seta, Tucking, Rufiing, Ruthing, *" Laces, Handkerchiefs, - i Corsets,. ‘Bustles, Hoop Skirts, Gloves, Hoslery, Rib- bons snd Ties, all new and . new styles. DRESS GOODS—The largest and best se- lected stock on the West Bido. BLACK SILES—A very large assortment, and we-defy competition. Double-warp Black Alpacas at 500, worth 650, and selling at that elsewhere. - *. Percales snd Cambrics, all new, and all the 1atest styles. Cloths, Cassimeres, and Oloakings, & very large and attractive assortmeént.. BHAWLS, in all the Latest Novelties. The best $3.50 ond $5 Shawl offered on. the West Bide. ‘We have fully determined to locate perma- ' nently on the West Side, and desire to make our atore an institution ¥ that every West Bide - - Lady will be Plecsed to patronize, and save time as well 88 money in going on the South Side g to do their Bhopping. ‘We will at all times offer such inducements es will guarantee the entiro patronsge of all who are identified with © West Bide inter- ests, Should our Btock failin any erticles requir- ‘" ed, wo will take the order. and place the goods at your doorsat ° very short notice. ‘We will have one price strictly, and any goods taken home either by children or adults, if not satisfactory, can be returned and ex- changed, or Money will be refunded cheerfully. Our earnest desire is that every customer en- tering the store shall -be treated with the utmost courtesy, snd-any inattention by our Em- ployes; ifreported, ‘Will be speedily remedied. Every Monday will find our Remnant Tables replenished with Remnants accumu- 1ated during the previous week, and we shall always offer vory Grest Inducementa in this class of Goods. JOHN H, DAVEY & CO, 328 West Madison-st., Corner Aberdeen. ©000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ©000000000000000000000000000000000000000 PAPER HANGINGS. Paper Hangings! UPHOLSTERY & - SHADE G0ODS! LACE CURTAINS! ., "We are now offering Special Inducements i - d_stock of from_our large ‘and wu!faalec% grock o AMERIC - FEmS SHADES, and UPHOLSTERY GO0 ‘WINDOW DRAPERIES a Bpecialty. HACKEY & DRVERRATE, 760 EAST MADISON-ST., Third Door from Btate, . THE EVENING WISCONSIN. HILWAUKEETRADE FOR GHICAGO MERGHANTS, EBY ADVERTISING IN THE Frening Wistnsi TEr MrLwAUKEE EVENING WISCONSIN s the oldeit and leading newspaper in that city. Iv bas ths largost clrculation ia he city, of. any newspaper. Priats thres editions ‘dafly. - Advertisements run through all three editions. Eight passcagor trains daily leave Milwaukee for Chi- cago, fonr af which anable prescngors to come to Chlcog and feturn the ssmoday. Hundreds of Milwaukes people come to Chicago every day to make purchases. . For both the Wholesalo and Rotail trade it 0 advertisa in THE EVENING WISCONSIN at the redaced rates. Ordcrs may bo sent direct to Milwaakee, or laft at our Galcago Office, 114 Monros-at., with Cblcsgo Nempaper nion. Soo samples of ratos bolow, and then try tho exporiment of advortising for Mibraukes business., o * MITWAUKEE. RATES: An advertissment this size in all oditions of the EVENING WISCONSIX will cost: Day... 56| Ono Month........8 450 B e by e g T An'advertisoment EVENIN thia size in all editiona of the G WISCONSIN will 5 cost: Ono Mont Threo Mogthis. CRAMER, AIKENS & CRAMEI i wavkes. An advertisement this size in all oditions of the EVEX.¥G WISCONSIN will cost: RAMER, AIKENS & OR, Y g i _'-'&u. H An sdvertisemont this siz0 in all editionsof the EvENING WiscoNsDy will cost: ORAMER, AIKENS & ORAM vertisement $his xize 1 all editions of the A adr e ivo Wisoosarx will coet EDICAL BYDROKE 8, 0, PRATT, H. Physician Bpecial for ASTHNA, CATARRE, AND TEROAT DISEASE, BY © Medical Hydrokonia, Of which treatment hols the author and sols Practitioner. PROFESSIONAL ROOMS: .. CORNER DEARBORN & MADISON-STS. ¥ Ohicago Bavinge Institution Building. Reception Hours from 10 &. m. to 13 m., and from 2 to 5 p. m., and positively at no other hours, noron Sunday, except in case of ne- cessity, and by special appointment. ‘With every means and {acility that artand scionce ean bestow in theuse and fartherance. of his profession, to- gether with the advantages derived from twenty years® axperience in the treatment of Discases of the Breathing Organs as a spocialty, Dr. Pratt extends his services to the public, with tha fajthfal assurance that in the fatars, asin tha past, it shall be his earnest endeavor tomerit the confidence repoesd tn his professional claims. CATARRH. tinually operating to the peril of thoss who unfortunately :coms within thelr range. Locally, the disessois & congested, and oftentimes ul- cerated, condition of the mucous lining of the noss and {acial cavities, or the throat snd bronchis, sccording to its character and duration. Constitutionally, tho discase springs from 2 poison in theblood, whieh breeds and mal tiplies and works after the manner of ferment; the face, throat and bronchis being the cosspools of the body through which the infection is being continually poursd out; hance, if not arrgsted, it as surcly predisposes to consumption as follows night the morning. ‘With this diseass, every bresth of alr taken fnto the lungs is drawn over a diseased surface; poisoning, infect- ing, inflaming, and with & fate as cortain, {/ not arrerted, a3 that the brook from the mountain will run to the sea. No matter how strong the constitution, catarrh will bresk it. Bothe faconever so_ beautifal, its mildew touch will blanche the cheek, and pale the lip, and steal the lustre from the eye. If you have this disease it matters not how ‘much money sou havo speat, nor how much medicine yon have taken; what Dr. Jones sald, nor whatDr. Smith did; if you are not cured, it is simply because what was done was not what ought to have peen dona: if of medicine that cores—and the way it is used, quantity nor variety, snd this is why the commonmodes of treatment for catarrh do not curs. POPULAR TREATMENT. 1t wonld seem that a discase so common and £0 offensive withal, should be thoroughly understood by medical men everywhers. But those who loarn from books alone are dom wiser than thelr suthorn, and (¢ is s veritable trath that the acknowledged authorities upon the diseasain question are of lttle service either to practitionar or pa- tient. Nitrato of silvar, scotatoof lead, sulphateand chlorate of zinc, tannin, and such Iike powerful caustic and astringent remedies, comprise the routing of popalar treatment for catarrh. These remedies, inthe form of powder or solutlon, of different strength, are snuffed up the nostrils or thrown upbsckof the palatine arch, witha view to dislodgo s disease which Invariably exists from co-operating canses Iatent in the system, and over which local treatment alone canhavebuta pallistive effoct atmost. We write from experience in this matter, and foel but little concern at ‘what may be this or that one's mere opinion. If inthls |: specialty wa claim to bewise beyond that which Is writtsn, 1t 15 cnly that in the school of constant experionce, we happen to know a difference between popular theory and succestful practice. SILF-NEGLECT. ‘The catarrhal subject usually torturas himself with nos- trams commended by the medical bnountebank or patent ‘medicine vendor, and then settles into & sort of mental apathy, encouraged by the bellef that the family physician nows all that & known upon this subject; and thus mat- tors stand, while the disease progresses antil hope is dead aud life bocomes a mockery, whan comes tha stersotyped a0d hackneyed advico of **a visit to the conntry,” “'a change of climate,” *a sea voyage,” **s return of health intho spring,” eto. ; but, alas! tho country referred to is that which les beyond the confines of the festering gravo, and the spring is the season that blooms eternal when life's fitfal fever is over. “Let those who doubt this portrayal of Catarrh question the podr consumptive, whoso sun of 1ifo 1s going down at noon, or watch its progress from those who negloct its timely and judicious treatment. A littlo while, ud we ‘miss their coming ; youth and health bave faded from lips. and cheek, the light from the eye has gone out, the ‘hands are folded peacefully over the still heart—they are gone. * Reader! Have you Catarrth? Hope it will got well ; try +¢nitrate of ailver’—try it thoronghly, and then hope on; try *““catarrh solutions™ aod *‘catarrh suufls;” beltave tho dissase incurable becanse your physician canmot cars you with that which never cured anybody of Catarrh; make Do effort to discover & rational treatment for the disazss; but delay, postpone, negloct, wait antil the lungs aro at- tacked and the blood is pofsoned—till the physical body 18 crumbling away and death starcs you in the {sce—and then remember the nmalterable fact that to neglect tho rational treatment of Faclal Oatarrh 13 to dis of Con. sum) MEDIOAL HYDROKONIA. This mode of trestment for Catarrh and 1ts complica- tions differs essentially from all othars ever presented to the public, with the following rasults: Ist. The most painfal and distressing cases of Catarrh inflammation are relioved at onve. 24. Itsoftens the hardened secretions which obstruct the nasal passages, speedily giving the greatest amount of comfort and rellef. 8d. It deodorizes the ulcerated surfsces, removes the Qischarges, and restores the offensive breath to sweet- nesa. 4th. It restores the sensa of taste and smell, loss of voice, deafness, dimneas of vislon, aud loss of memory, when those ars the result of Catarrh. $th.. It neutralizes and arrests tho polscnous action of the disesso upon the throat, and thus averts consump- tion. And last of all, & complete and radical cure is fally es tablished, when and where all other known means and mothods havs totally failed. Refers by permission to Mr. A.T. Bates, 129 East Wash- ington-st. ; Mr. Wm. A. Butters, 85 and 57 South Canal- st.; Mr, L. E, Bollook, 6 Wabtsb-av.; Mr. George E. Staaton, 145 East Madison-st. ; Mr, James 8. Hamiltoo, 99 State-st.. corner of Washingion; aad othezs. Catarrhprevailseverywhers. Itisconfined tonoolassnor . position inlife, but affects tho high and tholow, the rich and the poor, the fgnorant and the learned, and the pro- fesslon gonerally know not what to do with it, whilst the so-called ‘‘catarrh remedies,” with which the country is flooded, 1tk fire-arms in the hands of children, are con- DRY GOODS, $100,000 DRY GOODS TO BE SOLD AT A REAT SACRIFICE. HUNT, BARBOUR & CO. Having determined to close oat their RETAIL Stock of DRY GOODS previous to May 1, will sell the entire Stock, regardless of cost. i Special inducements offered to Merchants. 7 103 East Madison-st., Between Clark & Dearborn. : CARPETS. “GARPETINGS PAPER, HANGINGS! ‘Special Bargains. Respectfully announce that they are prepared to exhibit an excellent as- sortment of goods in theirline of the finest guality and most graceful pat- terns, at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction. ALLEN & MACKEY, 180 State-st., Also Monrog-st, Opposite Paimer's - Hotel, TO RENT. TO RENT, Several very desirable offices, suites, and single, in Tribune Building; fire-proof, English tile floor, with and without vaults, elevator. . g W. C. DOW, © Room 1 Nevada Block. ~T0 RENT, A very large room on Fourth Floor Tribune Building, north light, suitable for Architect oz Artist; English tile floor, mar- ble mantels, steam heated, ele- wvator. 'W. C. DOW, Room 1 Nevada Block. TO RENT, Very large room, with vault, Dearborn-st. front, third story; English tile floor, steam heated, elevator. W. C. DOW, Room 1 Nevada Block.- BILLIARD HALL TO RENT. The largest and best-located Hall in Chi- cago for lease, 54x128 feet, with store on Clark-st. and entrance on Washington.st. and Board of Trade alley, in Exchange Building. Apply on the premises. " T0 RENT, Four 4story and basement Brick Stores, Nos. 63, 65, &3 and 73 West Washington-st. Steam power ifvwanted. Also, 34, 3d.and 4th floors, containing 30 rooms, No. 2 South Clintou-st. Inquirs at 16 South Jofferson-st. . TO RENT, ' No. 138 Bouth Green-st., a large house with some 20 suitable for boarding-house, lodging-rooms, oF Wil givo & throe.years' Ioaso to rosponsible a first-class Plano for sals. REAL ESTATE. Wastingion Heigfs Wo offer to clerks, mechanics, and porsans of moderate income, thoir cholc of fine residence Jots at We Helghts, to b paid for in monthly payments of 3100 820 Er monin. Persons Gosirag tosoe these lots, o othies roperty on Helghts, can accompany our 7. Glark (freo of expanse to thom) Garing the wesk, by A P T m -F. CLARK) B F CLARKE S0, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, The regular mail-traln on Chicago, Rock Island & Ps- cifio Railrosd will leave Depot, at Harrison-st., at 10 o'clock Sunday, April6, and return to the city at4p. m. Forty Acres. rooms, subleitiag, es. The handsomest high grove land sround Wahington e e xad e out-buldings; fize orchard, excellent water, commanding views, and 8 very bairision_or improvement. For cholce property for sale C. H. BECKWITHL FOR SALE. SALE OF CHURCH ORGAN, . This has twenty stops, two manuals and fall 2aahs 1t1a perfoctly new, of thé very best workmanihip both awoatnes add power in o maavked degron i e aota Tow with smal ey paymeat dewe hs ook in 314 Y montha: Admlrably ofied to a sl mediame = . Call 5t3 Tndians. . e i —— 308 ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. T COX & OGS, + Mannfacturers sad Importors of Artifiial Flowers, Roses, Leaves, Eto, For Millinery use, 182 East Madison-st., Up-stairs. LAUNDRY. DOWN-TOWN OFFICE OF MUNGER’S LAUNDRY, 126 Dearborn-st,, Opens Monday, April 7,