Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 19, 1873, Page 2

D) ~ "' THE CIICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JUNE 1y, 187, = . : . a8 GO R N | THE CITY'S HEALTH. How It Is Jeopardized by a .Lack of Oleanliness, Horrible (}ofidition of Portions of tho Sovonth, Kighth, -and Ninth Wards, The Street;s, Gutters, and Lots Reecking with Filth, Slimy Cess-Pools aund Mecomposing Vegotable Meaps Poisoning Our People. Timely Advice on the Subjeot of Cleanliness from a . Physioian, OHAPTER 1L That tho unprecodented inoreaso in the doath- rato of "this city in 1872 over that of provious yonrs s to.bo attributed in o groat mensuro to tho deflcient and insuflicient drainage, and tho filthy aud nogloctod condition of our streots, thero can bo no longer any doubt. It was shown in yostorday's TrisuNe that in ‘Watda whoro tho streots wore sowored, andtheroby rendored com- parativoly clean, tho death-rate wae small, while in districts whoro thera worg no sewors, and tho stroots filthy and neglected, the death-rate waa largo. . IKI this stato of affairs is allowod to continue, and no energetic mensurcs immodiately talon by the proper nuthoritica to mnke the sewerage, and tho stroots of tho city what thoy should be, tho death-rate for 1873, evenif we cscapo an op- {domic, will still bo greater than that of last onT. ¥ Dr. H. A, Johnson, for many years s member of tho Board of health, and a man bf largo sxpo- rience in aanitary matters, was tuterviowod by a Trinuxe roportor for the purpose of ascertaining Uis opinfon a8, to Wwho was most responsible for tho terribly filthy condition of our stroets, and what remody hiad to bo applicd to chinngo this Btate of affairs, 1lis roply was as follows: “The drainogo of tho clty, and tho clonuing of the streots andt gutters, is undor the chargo of the Board of Public Works, The guttors in many parts of tho city aro oxcavated below the oponings into tho estchbasing of tho sowers, and consequently thero s left s pool of ‘stagnant water. It s o matter of much importance that - this should bs immodiately remedied. Where thero - are mno sowers, tho drainago must of necessity be very imporfect, tho soil oecomes improguatod with organic matter, over ready, with on increase of tomperatute, to pro- duco disense and doath. Lach family, then, should endeavor to provent the accumulation of filth ‘of all kinds; should have garbago roady for the scavenger by the timo specified in tho notico that is loft at every housoe in the cily; should romove manure from stables, vaults, or boxes daily, or as often as necessary to provent offengo; cellars, out-houses, and rear yards should not _only be mado clean, but disinfec- tants should bo uscd wherevor thoro are offon- sivo odorg, Tho Board of Ifealth should be no- tificd of any neglect of their dutios. If the seavougor does not pass through tho streots, or oo'lect tho garbage, it is of iho utmost impor~ . taaco that tho fact should immedistely bo made Juown to tho Honlth Otticor, ‘I'heDorrd of Pub- lie Works should be held strictly responsible for the cleaning of tho atreots, guiters, aud _alloys, and for the drainago of the oity, both iu the sew= erod and unsewored parts, "Lhero aro rumors of cholera in Now Orleans, and there is reason to fenr that wo shell have much sickness during the coming season, oven if wo do not heve o visita- tion of this fearful scourge.” o ‘I'no surost mothod of finding tho dirtiest and most postilential spots and streets, is to go'to thoso streets showing the largost mortality. * Tho district lying Lotweon tho niver and Hal- ated, nnd Llwrison and Twenty-gccond stroots, is undoubtodly the most denscly populated in tho city, and in it the dirtiost stroets in Cluengo, not oxaepting Dfldgnport, can bo found. Tho Nintl: Ward, for oxamplo, which runs partly through this district, andis bounded on the north by Van Buren streot, west by Aber- deen street, onst by the river, and south by Twelfth strect. allows ouly 76 square yards of room to each inhabitant. " This deusely-popu-~ Intad district has but fow £ewers, although thors is more noed of them than in any othor part of tho city, the ground being low and the soil cluyey; bosides, this pact of tho clty is nearost to tho centro of the soworago syatom, The want of sewors is groatly felt in tho dis- trict lying botween the river and Canal streot, which'has none at nll, All tho sowers rlmuing sast ompty into the Canal streot sower, insten of ranning through fo the river. It may, thero- fore, bo surmired what a Bou!-bmndlng Bpot this district, which lics in thoe hoart of tho city, must be. | On Mathor strest, only a few paces from Cunal, Lhero i3 o large coss-pool of putrid liquid of the color of molusses, Itis thick, black, and slimy, and scething, foaming, and bolling, aa if & torrible commotiolt was going on undorneath, forcing up ity noxious gages, seattoring stench on overy ido. Lenying this ulckcu!n% epot, aud goiug along the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayno' Rail- road track, s pest-spotis reachied in fromt of Bopor, Brainord & Co.s manufactory, in the shape of a large sunkon lot, filled with rotton mauuro, creating a smell thiat is anything but agreeable. The sitention of the aforesai mannfacturers being dircoted to this nuisance by tho Banitary Policoman nccompanying Tig fiunm{s reportor on his expedition, they prom- iuod to covor the place up with onrth. Passlng ou a littlo further, Dolovon street 18 roached, On both sides of the street, from Canal to the roilrond track, tho gutters dro flled with & green, thick, and slimy cotpound of decomposod Vegor tables, tho smell of which is very obnoxioun. A ticap of rotten potatoes, nearly in the centro of tho streot, and opposite the nllna",l t‘ma placed thoro by & conwidernte grocer, to add to the agreo- ablonogs of the odor and amprovo tho picturesquencss of tho place. Crouse: ing Conal stroct, Bunkor stroct is reschod. There is a very narrow slrect, lined on each sido with dilapidated Luifdings, cach of which is in- habited by sevoral fomilios, Near Canal atroot this strect is almost uuder water, aud the gascs avising therefrom aro undoubtedly rosponsible for tho muny deaths oceurring in the neighbor- hood, ospocfally smong children under b yeara of ago. ‘Tho streot improvos somewhnt on com- Ing nearor to Halsted. On ‘T'welfth stroot, near Desplaines, n lot iy entirely undor water, owing .to n broken hydrant, whicli hus romnined in that condition for the last threemonthu. It is already covered with o green vogotation, and if allpwed to romuin thore o little longor-will bogin toscat- tor disenso snd death. Forquer streol, run- ulug from Hulsted to Blue Island svenuo, la equally as bad as Dunker streot, Hills of manure aro relioved by valloys of slops, lined on eithor side with doop ditclies, full of a thick uud inky substance which has 10 oxit becauso it caunot reach the enteh-besing of tho sowors, the ditches being obstructed overy fow stops by boaps of rubbish, Lwing in anothor very nar- row and densely populated streot, "Lhe ditchos ou both sides “of ‘this street are filled with a groen and nausoous substanco, in which are bo- fug utowed all pousiblo sbomlnations, and tho odors arislug from it aro not very pleagant. But tho paved aud sowered stroots In this ward aro 2luo in o vory dilapidated and unhealiby condl- sion, Canal'ls full of holes, end i)ualu of stag- oant water fill the gutlers on each sida of the stroot, Ilulsted ntroot i the samo, and Polk atroet I8 still worse. 'This lattor thoroughfuro i froquontly obstructed by heaps of garbage, an oxcollent spocimen of whick cun be seon in front of No, 384, B ‘Cho Eighth Ward, which is also very densely opulated along tha river, i still worke than tha Ninth, At the corner of Blue Island avenue and Tolfth utreot, o large cous-pool muy he obuerved, the gtagnant water of which in sovoral feot decp, and reachos far under tho sidowalks and houses, Thia pool is not only dangerous to life on’ po- count of its noxious exhalations, but also that on & dork night any ono passing along those busy thoroughfared may fall futo it and bo drowned, no barriers boing thoro to provent such cplamity, Passing down Blue Island ave- e, Muxwoll street is roachod, which runs from Bluo Island avouue to Halstod streot, Boforo oxhibiting tids stroot to pnblio ) ot tha roador pull out his Jockoy Olub " nd hotd it to liln noso, - This streot may {a o singled ont of a thousand by the poouliar, intenso stonch that arises from tho pools of thick and inky compound ‘whicly, in many places, is soveral feet doop, and ocenslonally oxpands to tho width of o small Inke. Almost at overy stop & dond dog, cat, or rat may bo soon. ‘Chose usunlly sagaclous ani- maln had mistakon this for a rospeciablo stroot, beeauso it i vory bread, and tried to pass through, but with thoir lives hind to pay for tholr rooklopsnoss and_foolliardiness, The poor croa- turos undoubtodly diod of asphyxia. Iow n human boing can fivo there withiout sharing the samo fato is o mystery, . Kramor ntroct- {s ono of the narrowest and mout dousoly-populatod stroats In lio aly, runa onst to wost from Jofforson to Halsted stroot, and during the ontire longth is coverod with do- onyed frult, doad rats, torn shirts, bits of brond, dirt{ paper-collars, groon poas, ogg-sholls, oid bools, potato pools, stovopipo Lats, and many othor artiolos too numorous to monfion, That tho odors arising from thin conglomeration of filth do not smoll like cologne necd hardly be mountioned, nor do thoy bonefit tho health of that vicinity in tho lonat. Wilson and Liborty streots run parallel with Kramor, sro only o [ittlo widor than alloys, and as donsely populated a8 auy stroots in tho city, In thinesa thoso two streots ~ suc- cosafully compoto with any yot montioned, espocially Liborty, which in rainy wenthor is" entiroly {mpassablo. Al through this stroot i8 & stonch which cannot be doseribed ; it sickous and nauseatos in an instant tho passer-by. Anothor stroot of this sort is Barbor, It runs Eumllnl with those mentionod bofore. Through his stroot, or alloy, o sewor has boon laid through the influence of Long Jobn and John Gunzonhaugor, who own considerablo property thoro, Yt tho condition of this stroct is a8 bad as that of its unsowerod neli;hbnm, bocauso tho houses aro not connacted with the sowor in the ntreot. Long Joln's proporty can roadily bo polnted out, bocauas it is covered with tho most unsight), simnllcs, which aro ereotod in the midst of pestilenco-breeding stroams of inky liquid, The . tonants cannob afford to maoke connections with tho sower, beo- caugo most of tho leases aro mado for ono yent only, and such improvoment would cost” moro thau all their earthly posses- sions are worth, and Mr. Woutworfh rofuses to make the connootions because 1t would cost him a fow dollars. > s In front of Fuorman's Ingor-beer saloon, No. 579 Jofforson streot, i8 quito n mall-sized fnkc, tho liquid in which, judging by its color, must bo lagor-beer that Lna beon spillod by tho caro- less occupant of tho promises. Anothor stroot in this noighborhood which do- sorves ospecial montion is Moogher, which fronts tho Burlington Railroad, tho ditch of which is full of a dark-groen, slimy, bubbling substance, tho stonch of which must bo vory unplonsant to the many strangers ontoring our city for tho first time on that lino of rond, and impress them very unfavorably with tho groatnoss, prosperity, aud healthfulness of thia tho glorious mntmpo\ls of the West. The Bovoenth Ward is still worss than tho Eighth and Ninth, It bng;ins at Bixteenth streot and runs south a8 far as Twonfy-second stroot, ond, liko tho other wards, tho district betweon Halsted and Canal streots is tho most thickly gnpulntcd and tho dirtiest. Entoring the ward it ixtoonth and Halated streots, a smell greota ono's noso which would suggast the proximity of “ Drighton Artillery,” with loaded caissons, bub a8 nono of theso odorous artillorymen can bo soon near or far, one woudors whero tha infor- nal stink comes from. Tho curiosity is soon dis- pelled. It comea from Burlington stract, which at this point is ou!{j.wo blocks in oxtent, and o morey it is that {f is no longer. Wera thero no other fllthy streots, no other pest-holes, no stink-factories, or rendoring-housos in this city, tho adors, guscs, sud stouches that dally ariso from this pest-Lolo would bo sufficient to carry disenso and death fnto every house in this cify—to engonder cliolern, small-pox, or auy other post thot can bo thanghl of. Now Yorkers aro bragging snd writing obout their dirty slvoots,—nbout thoir Fivo Poiuts. Let thom come to Chicago nud look at this epot, and then hold their peaco forover. This entiro street is lined with misorablo woodon rookeries, onch . ocoupied by fivo or eix familics. Tho doop gutters. aro filload to ovor- flowing with & black, putrid, lquid- matter, in which dead rats and cals sioop peaco- fully s{do by kide, as it thoy nover had boon on. emioa bofora. Thoso living in this ntroot do ot soom to recogunize their condition, but thioy aro, Aovortheloss, subject to tho inilucuce of the minsms evorywhoro around thom, as i testified by tho nnmorous yellow cards iudicating small- pox, that decorato mm:f' of tho houses in this streat, and tho many deaths occurrmng in this neighborkood. Cholora, which heroe tinds o hot- bed, and sufllciont food for is Icronso, may soon leavo its limits and moko an impartisl on- slaught upou thoso who tolerato and promoto such- abominations, Once freed from ite shackles, chiolora, or any othor eopidemic, will strido triumphonlly formard, invado palaces sna hovels, and murk its entiro route with doath and dosolation, which might have been provented had overyono dono his duty, Leaving this place, and going farthor cnst, snother, strect of the same description will bo found. This is Btrong streat; it oxtends from Bixteonth to Twmx'z—uenoud sireot, Betwoen Bixteonth stroot and Uanalport avonue the atreet is not quite in such bad condition as Burlington, but, crossing Caualport anvenuo, ono's steps nre arrosted by a deop morass of filth which reaches across tho entiro strect, and covers over an acro of ground. Tho odor rising from this voritablo dead sos poigons tho air already dondly with tho essenco of decomposition, No human being could breatho it for an hour, and live to narrato bis exporionces. No vegetation is pous- siblo around tho slimy pool of putrefaction. Not boing able to crosd this cesspool without a stoamor, ono has to rotraco his steps and sock ‘more congenial quarters, Canalport avonuo has & sower, is paved, and is in a tolorably good condition, but some of the lots fronting it aro in anuncloan state, Lots 44, 46, 48, and b0 on this sirect, belonging to D. Fortune, brewor, aro ontirely covored with a groon, filthy wator sovoral foat_deop, o is also another lot nearly opposite, Under the side- walks pools of jluid extractof stablo manuro sond tholr flsvors up to hoaven, and tho alloys along this avonuo raol with filth and manure, Passing a littlo furthor west, Halsted streot iu again ronched, and going north on_that vtroot ot comes to tho Lumberman’s Omnibus stablos, opposito Eighteenth stroot. Flo stonch arising from this atablo, which fs a rickety structuro, and a disgrace to the neighborhood, is a8 intense .08 that produced from tho tilthiost render- ing houses at DBridgoport. ‘The stable is nhh{ insido and outsida, Under lhak Bl deownl!(c] thjo h]lu}( hol‘\;snu of tho Com- pany are kopt, and, judging by appearnncos, Roatly all thoie horsos aro sick, aud v loft standing sovoral inchos in pools of manuro ox- troot. Next fo the stablo is o large, daep lot, sovoral feob lower than the foundation of tho rickety structure, into which drains the mass of corruption, soluble and ingoluble, from tho sta- ble, immouse henp of manure alongside thoe stable adds immensely to this sum ot swoltoring rottenness, Tho neighbors, seoing a good-look- ing mau, with a stovo-pipo int on “hin head and a oane under his arm, standing in -front of tho stablo taking notes, mistool tho roportor ' of Tue TrinuNe for an.ofticor of the Henlth De- artmout. At once he was surroundoed by a nl]iu ond _excited crowd, and the following choice and cmplintic exprossions greeted his o ar : & *“Why in thunder don't you take notico of this post-hole? Any amount of complaints have béen made to yous department, and ever #o many Health Oflicors hiavo boen Licro and looked at it, but nothing has yot, nor ever will Lo, dong to it. What do yoi caro if wo all dio of cholexa 2" “If that shtinking loch will shtay a leedle longor wo will get der collera und der shmatl- pox. Mein Cott! Low das shtiuks und Koin gor-boer on Bundays, ‘' hell mid your dom- berance. Kein Mengch can shtand sich laws," “I'o tho divil wid yoj; if this dirty hole be- longed to & poor Irishmon, yo'd go for him in o minuitt, but theso fellora” are too rich for ye. That's what's tho matter,"” ‘The roportor at longth succeeded in explain- Inghis migsion to the oxcitod crowd, and nssuro.! tham thut Tue Ouicaco 'Lrinuse would leave no stono naturned untll it had scoured them their rights. Uhe large crawd sighed n uigh of Tolief ot honring this, and un oxclamation of “Bully for Tue Trisune" oscaped their lips, knowing that their case was now in good hands, and would be promptly nttendod to. But not only the stroets and placoa mentloned are filthior inthia distriot, but nearly all the stroots botwoon Canal and Halyted, sud {[nl‘!lnull and Twonty-second strects, need Inunodinte at- tontion to provont a calamity which mny yot be avorted. 1 “TIMELY ADVICE. o the Editor of T'he Chicago T'ribune; Bia: [ have read your gble uud well-timed artlole in Lur Tutnose of this duto, respecting soworago and the heulth of the city gonerully, "This s vory fmportant ubjoot ut. thin timo, and if good results from your articlo in the jm- provement of tho sanitary condilion of tho oity, gonorations to comoe, us woll as tho prosont ono, will riso “Y and bloss you, ‘Iho flrut gront thing, ss you have said, s, we WANE 1IOre sowors, o of tho greatest curses wud sourcos of flnn?'ur Is the stagnant and poitonod _water sfanding for months In the {ohio, whish nuver can run jnto tha cateb-basin, becauro tho ditch is lowor than tho bnsin, Romove thia dnuger, and wo will navo made a vast improvomont, Anothor vital point ditring tho hoat of snm- mor is moro closo attention to tho romoval and propor earo of tho garbago nud decomposod nl\n lm; oround dvwellings, butchor-shops, groce- rion, oto. "o fault in not all with tho scavengors, by a Tong ways, ‘I'ho pooplo are at fault. Thoy throw {his motorial in nlloya and in back yards, nnd put {.]holr own lives iu Joopardy as woll as their neigh- 0r8, Moro attention should bo given to wator- closots, Lot them be kept cloan, aud a pound of chlorato of lime put In tho vaults, which will coat just 10 conta, Yot ovory cltizen who has n trough or ditch ‘undor hin houso runniug to the stroot seo that Lblu not slopped up nud overflowing under the ouso. Clonn the baclk yards and alleys, and make the homo & placo fit far mankiud to dwell in, As you havo woll suid, wo must all got to work and do our part, a8 individuals, and do it at onoo ; if wo do not we will havo ondless trouble Doforo this sonson ends, < Onicors, and bolp thom to prosecuto such as are mlwillln{; to observo tho lawa of bLealth. Ro- spoottully, +ITENRY VAN Buney, M. D. Ou10Aa0, Juno 18, 1873, ° SANITANY PRECAUTIONS. To the Editor af The Chicago P'ribune; Bin: Is it not timo that our city authorition should tako somo docided sction In rogard to sanitary mensuros 2 Our city s, in many places, in o filihy condition, Our worthy Mnyor is, 1 Xnow, overtasked with the duties of his office ; atill, would it not bo bettor to give more time and consideration to ennitary matters, evon to tho noglect of what may bo considered nocossary city improvemeonts 7 T could ecall your atton- tion to many placos T have scon which requiro tho seavongoer’s cact, —mlm{ Kllwos rooking with - decaying mattor. You doubtless remembor tho rago of cholern in tho ontly part of October, 1866, It lnsted but o fow days, it is true; bul in thoso fow days it swopt away hundrods, What was tho condition of our strects and alloys ab that time ? Tho most flllh{ that Ihave over known, and I have boon o residont of, Obicago einco 1863. Bhould wo not seriously consider tho- importanco of guarding against possiblo danger from a similar causo 0.8, M. Cit10AGo, Juuo 16, 1673, LITERATURE. ‘Tho Bonupartens. 'Tho sacond volume of Laufroy's ' Napoleon tho First" has just boen published by Mac)Millan & Co. The death of Napoleon I1I has given now intorest to tio wonderful history of his family. 1'mo sooms but to give now intoreat to nll that relates to tho greab Emperor who founded the family, The first volume of Mr. Laufroy’s work appearad o yenr or two ago, and produced & pro- found interest. Tho second volume compriscs that portion of the history of Napoleon from tho firat stops toward monarchy, in 1800, to tho bat- tle of Jena nand the docrco of Dorlin, in 1806. This period, though brief in tho numbor of yoars, is throoged with ovents, It tolls tho story of tho cstablishment of the Empire, aud closes with the victorious Emporor sitting in tho conquered capital of Prussia, dictating to the vassal kingdom of lis domain. This history of the Emperor, whon complote, will take oligh place In historical literaturo. Another contribution to popular knowledge of tho Bonapartes is made by B. Edwards, in his ¢ History of the Bouaparte-Family,” published by Bheldon & Co, It givesa collection of inci- donts, in thoe lives of tho various porsonages who have borno the name of the great Corsican, and is plonsant to read, but hordly worthy tho titlo of * History.” Tho Bouaparte-Patterson marriago, which gave Amoricn o royal fumuly, is the subjectof readablo volumo from thohands of W.T. R, Saf- fell, of Philadelphin. Io describes this famoua allisnco, and publishes a good deal of secrot cor- respoudenco, which forms part of ita sonals, and has novor boforo boen given to the public, und makes an intoroating recital of tho facts of this romance iu real life. (Chicago, Janson, McClurg & Co.) - 'Fhe % Living Age.” Littell’s Living Age for the woeks onding Juno 7 aud 14, has tho followlog valuablo sud Inter- oufinf contents + Maury on Bleep aud Dreams, Edinburgh. Review ; ~ Niagara, by Prof. Tyndall, AMaemillan's AMagazine ; Notes on Ghosts’ and Gobling, Cornhill Maga- zine; Tho Physienl Lileots of Forost upon Atmospheroe aud Boil, Academy; ‘I'wo Acts of Holf-Devotion, Blackwood's Magazine ; Lecturo on Mr, Darwin's Philosophy of Luvguago, by Prof. Max Muller, Fraser's Alagarin Ialin- oring, Chambers' Journal ;_Godehildron, Pall SPail Gasetto ;. Tho Literary Sin of Singularity, Spectalor; with ingtallments of “The Parisi- any," by Bulwer (Lord Lytton) ; “ Inuacent,” by Dri, Oliphant ; *“Tho Proscotd’s of Pamphillon,” Dy tho muthorof * Dorothy Fox,"” and * T'ho Two irothers,” by tho, distinguished French novel- ists, MAf. Erckmaun-Chatrian. Actmowledgment. We havo recelved from R. D. Russoll, 148 Stato street, adyanco copios of Qur Young Foiks, tho ZAllantic Monlldy, Harper's Magazing, and the Topular Science Monthly tor July, —_— RAILROAD CONVENTION AT FORT SMITH, ARK. Fon Surrm, Ark., Juno 13, 1678, To the Editor of The Chicago dribune : Bm: Wo write you to call attention to the Railroad Convention to bo held at this pluco on tho 4th prox,, for the purposo of sccuring a north and south road through the western bor- dor conntics. Wo havo, of courso, no choice ns to whether it I3 in the intoreat of Chicago or 8, TLonis, and would aid for ono as roadily ns for the othor. 'We boliove such & road can be built, and wo believe your business-men aro fntorested in baving it built, a8 o portion of a dircct Toxas and Gulf lino, Chicago now has » road as far us JofTorson City, Mo, tapping the Chicago, Allon & Bt. Louis Road at Jacksonville. Tho roed ia graded and tled ninoty milos south of Jofferson City, and it has boon dotormined to build it to Nooslio, Mo., 120 mlles north of this point. Tho railrosd mon nll soom to bo looking for o route through the Indian country, west of tho Arkangas line, This we believe inimicel to the intarests of your businoss-men. A rond through this part of tho Stato, as o part of a direct Toxas line, having direct communication with your city, would give it the trado of 175,000 peoplo, who havoe ecttled In & country almost devoid of roliablo transportation, and which population would double iu three years with a railrord. It is for Chicago mon to declde whethor tho trado of 360,000 people, who manufacture nothing, and buy everything, oven to corn, bncon, and flour, 18 worth looking aftor. This trhde would be lost to your eity if the road pagses through tho Indian country on Do way to Toxan. “We huvo wrltten the Presidont of your Hosrd of Trado, urging Lim to sond a_compotent person to investigate this matter, and geo what intorost, if uu?', Chicago Lasinlt. ‘Tho Convontion will bo lurgely at~ tended by delegates from the westorn coun- tics, fully propared to talk of town and county nidd; aldo, of private subseriptions in land and othorwise, Thoy will also have with thom atu- tintica of the trade and rcsourcos of tho soveral counties, and will bring with thewn specimens of iron, lond, marble, coal, slate, &o., found futhelr countiecs, with statoments of the location, nn- turo, and oxtont of tue veins, banks, or lodges whenco takon, It will afford & fino opportunity to study tho country, which we hopo will not lio overlooked by tho onterprising men of your clty, We boliove you will be serving the bost inferost of your ‘clty by calling the attention of your busineus mon to this movement. Vory ro- spoctfully, J. 1L OLpNvEHING, Clinirman, &g _— Gionovae Litlcos o Frow the Geneew Lake (Wis) Herald, June 14, Our Chienga and other visitors, ay alsosoyeral camping purtios, have commenced the liveli- ness u}; tlu: roront fenson, and almost overy train this wael No sition oxfuts but what Coneva will have all fi.u visltors sho can possibly entertain, hoth in oublio and private housos, Last year mnu{ of lhu businosa-mon of Chleago ¢amo on a fishing oxonrsion, und this year they ave all coming agaiu, and will bring thoir friends with them, "T'he ciscoos hnvo put in & light appenrance so far, up to tho timo of going to press, On'lhurss day 344 dozen wore brought in by Oharloy Hoy- monr, which roudily found salo. at §2.50,” Bost udges vy Monday or Passduy will bo the day, funy partios from Ohieago, Bolvidore, Llgin Harvard, Elkhorn, aud othor placos are on Luny to enjoy this luxury whiol no othor poople u all tha warld hag added to the mumbor, ean anjav, Lot ovory good citizen stand by tho Healih., THE COURTS. Important Papers Mlsélfig-mh tho Vaults of ihe. United States Courts, In Bankruptoy---The Judgo Enforces o Recently Declared Rule, A Troublesomo Building Suit---North Side Planing ‘Mill in Chancery. Chancery Invoked, Fruitlessly, to Sup= press o Pawnbroker's Sign. Yostorday Wirt Doxtor filed an afidavit in the Unlted States Circuit Court,in tho suit BT A. Howall, Jr., v, Harifora ifiro Insuranco Com- pany, afirming that tho papors in the eauso, filed on tho 15th April lnst, had disapponred. The tollowing lotlor was also put in from M. A. Howoll to Aaron Ruls, for many yoars onginoor and machinist of plaintift: OTTAWA, Ill, March 14, 1871,—DeAn 8m: I havo heard somothig snid about theso insuranco men want~ ing you to auswer quesilonsunder oath, I don't think they want sny such thing, If they could got yon to say that this machinory wae old, pisyed out, and wo 1t would do, but they don't want _any man'a tostimony that will say it was in good order and did tho beat of work, or that any of it waa now, Now 1f 1hoy should bothier you, go and answer tholr questions, ‘hero 18 no uso ‘to go futo martioulars, aud whoro you aro asked any queations that’ you 1night “suswer indifforently, whien not: on oath, youl can say whoro it taxes your memory at all if under outh, thus, if 1t 1s about oy maching, anawor in thls way: *1'do not romembor; it was sometime ago, I cannot say 3 or I am uot preparedto ssy from meniory ‘what oxact amount of new work or imjprovemonts waa put on that machine, It itwas hers before me I could answer ; 1o know 1t was, when it wen packod up, o frst-clans machine, and dld the beat of work; X was employod constantly st this work, and kopt no account of evory whocl, or pulloy, or shaft put in theso ma chines,~ I did my work s ordored by Afr, Howell and hio was satiefied with tho work, it was good.” ZThis {s the eay o anatcer, and o o éan compel yoi tossy any more, or can fnd any fault, Wo aro bullding up iho ‘mill gixty feot longor than bofora—200 feok long now, ‘Wo have got out the main goars to all tho maohines, and overy ono saya thoy can't sco sny wear, I havo got bros boxes, pulleys, split goars, faursizes of pipes from ¥ to 2-inch, ond many L‘l:f‘ to takoin court, Thoy finye iad pimps around looking for old worn-oué goar, but cannot find any, Any question sbout quan- fity br oxact nmount of pipe, balting, or onything, sy that you do not knaw ; your’ busincss to do tho work laid out, not to keep tho accounts; thors was a Iargo quontity of this or that, colors, stook, flock, oto, § Goat Ynow how much ; Howell had ovarything in first—clnes order, and was roady to do a nico buainess, When & man answora _quostions fhis | way, ho knows what ho is dolng. st o man Emow two years sgo, and not sincs th-the semo business, ig lu very apt to forget, and memory caunot bo trusted, *Tho safost woy Is to eay: “ If it was hero 1 could toll you," or “If I had continued in tho busi- Tiess I mighit knosw moro about ity or might remembor bettor.” Lut givo me tho benedt of what you can by our opinion or Judgment, Tho fact 15, When Lewis Jitt, tho mnchines workied poorlys ware meglested, Whén we stopped thoy did the beat’ of work in the country, I lave {he werk, and it proves it, I havo tho gear and samo wheols, ' They prove that thero waa 10 porceptiblo wear on them, Yours, M. A, HoweLy, Jn, It is also related that among tho lost testimony was that of Henry P. Brunker, now decemsal which is claimed to be important to defondants, 23 going to provo that plainti® had conspired with otbors to wilfully burm tho paper tactory, The aflidayit wont on to show in dotailhiow the affiant has _boon engaged throughout this cause, which wag brought to tho United Btatos Court from La Salle County Cirouit Oourt; that tho controversy grow out of o claim of plaintu? ogainst 28 insuranco companies, of which de- fondant was one, tho agggezuto omounting to £90,000, for insurauce on his wall paper manu- factory at Morscilles, Ln Hallo €ounty, which was dostroyed by fire Oct. 8 1869, Dofondan. oxpectod to prove by tho ovidenco, when_tho cause como on for trinl, that tho mmount insured was largoly in oxcoss of tho value and that tho firo was'the result of incendinriam procured by tho plaintiff. Tho missing tostimony wae taken' in 1871. Among it was proof that partof the proporty, insured for 840,000, was worth only 15,000, and that tho balance was in tho samo proportion. On tho day that this tos- timony was plaintif applied for aud recoived a continuanco. On Wednesday, the 11th inst., tho plaintiff came to tho offico of Wirt Doxter and entored into covversation on guueml subjects, flunlly inti- mating that he had experionced some difficulty ot the United States Courts about tho testimony, and thot matters in those Courts “appeared to bo somowhat confused. Thorcupon the affiant sont Mr, Adams from his offico to tho Court to hunt up the facts, and he came back and roport- od that the fln;om could not bo found, . Then ho wont himsolf, and the nows was confirmed. Tho ovidenco made up a largo bundlo, and was con- spicuous. He beliovad it to havo boon stolon by somo interostod part: Willism H. Bradley, Olork of the Court, also filed ‘an afidavit to tho offec that Howell was froquontly about the Court, coming to and {fro, and that, after tho papers woro missed, he complained of being ill-uged by Wirt Dextor, who had acoused him of stoaling thom, and that_thoy woro man; of them really in his intorost. Hoe alyo said thn| Mr. Boylo, counsel associated with Mr. Doxter, afl;;ht havo taken them, aa ho had stolon papera ofore, : II. K. Boyle's affidavit affirmed that ho had nover had thoe papers in his hand sinco they were flled and put eafoly away in tho vault. Biduoy Smith, of counaol, guve confirmatory ofiidavit a8 to tho filing and misaing of tho pa~ pors. E. A. Drammond, Clerk, also afirmoed to the samo offect, ¢ Tho matter coming before the. Conrt, Mr, Glovor, United Blates District Attoruey, for the dofondants, applied for permission to file coun- ter aflidevits 1f a “continusuce was granted on tho aflidavits filed, which was allowed. IN DANERUPTCY. P, Van Valvankenburg & Co., of New York, yes- torday potitioned the Court for the adjudicntion of Giy Wilson, of Harvard, Mollenry Ouuui,fv, clniming as credltor on & nolo for £509.70. In thia caso the Court made the following order ; #There being no «sufficiont evidenco of actual insolvency, 1do not doom it proper to entor n rulo to show cause on this potition. TYhold that sueponsion of payment for fourteon days on o single picco of paper doos not alone show in- solvency.” Goldstein & Mosslor; of Tayloravillo, ILl., yos- tordny potitioned for tho adjudication of Michaol & Qoldstein, of Ohicago, claiming 28 sroditors ot an nupald note of 4405, and in sddition, ok loging proforontial payments to various crodit- ors, of which particulars are unkown. The ususl rulo to show causo aud warrant of seizuro woro cuterod, John I', Chumasero, Provisionsl Assigneo in tho estato of Edmund Shanalou ot al., on mak-, ing bis report, yosterday, filed a rathor unusual. afldavit. Ilo aflirms that, in administering tho catato, ho has boon occupiod sixty doys, aud spont fully ouc-half of Dhiy time In o work'; that tho oara and = ro- sponeibility 'of tho trust hiavo beon quito un- usual, and he has boen subjoot. to, und reccived from, tho debtars, West & Munning, publicly und privately, tho most :foul and unjuse aspereions of his business charactor and_Intogrity in the managemont of this estato, and has boon put to a large amount of anxioty and troubla in respoct ot theasameo, much of whick Is woll known to the Court, ~ And ho bolisves and froely submits to tho Court that Lis componsation in the promises {s worth the amount olaimed on¢his acoount (60 days at $16 por day, or 000, and porcontago $220), 'fho account submitted shows $13,616.08 re- colvod from April 5 to May 28, inclusivo, and 81,484 oxponsics, which, with the alove compon- sation, loavos a balanc of racolpty of $10,063.79. TIOUBLEGOME NUILDING, ~ * Ifenry IMollmann filed & bill in tho Olrcuit Court ngainst Junul)h Dcoker, John Schuoidor, John Buoth, Jucob l'o[)p, Josoph Behloenthaler, Auson A, D‘gulow William II, Bigelow, Charles IL, Bigolow, Trank Staubor, ‘and Danlel Sulli- van, Compluinant rolates his woos as follows: Oun the 21st of June, 1874, ho epterod into a con- traot with ona Jnserh Booker, whoroby Bocker agrecd fo orect for him the bullding, known as 490 Milwaukoo aveune, for 20,075, throe-fourths of kaid sum to bo paid during tho Frcxrunu of tho orection of sal bmmiu{;, and tho balanco ta ba paid thirty daya after tho complotion ; that Lo I8 ignorant, of ito Englleh langusgo, aud that dofondant's, nrchiteot, Melssmer, und Dookor drow up tho agroomont with tho oxpress inton- tion of defrauding complainant, and inserted in it tho contract prico as 80,075, {nstond of 20,075, a4 was notuelly agroed upon ; that not eatibfiod with their clenring $000 abova tho auticipated prico Bookor seampod the work in an outragoous manuor g that duy’ g tho progrosa of tho build- ing complalnant paid to Bookor #3,000, snd to varlous parsony, who bad worked theroon, or bad furnivhed mnterlal, 2,143,006, and to various mochanica who had’obtalned udement axaingt lod in tho United Btates Court, the |- [+ Restored »%mlluulhll Lifo Iusurance Com complainant tho sum of §043.44, nnd 808,22 logal oxponsos; amonnting in all Lo 85,883.72; and thnt aftorwards A numbor of other poople bogan suits ngainst him, Undor theso cirenmatances” complalvant thinks that ho i fil-troatod, nud prays that the defoudants, conslsl: ing of ‘Dooker and sundry othor parties who have done worlk for Boolkar without gotting pnid, nnd aro looking to complainaut for redraus, uny be brought to nnewer iu Court of Equity, ond that a writ of Injunction issuo againat thom mslmlnl:r them from prosocuting lém-nu;r any and all ulis commonced by thom ngainst conr plainant for tho purposo of enforolng & lon up- on complainant's premiucs. * THE NEW NORTI BIDE PLANING O, OARE. Tho ecnso of Folson Elder v. tho Now North Bide Planing Company camo up bofora Judgo Gray yostorday. Plaintift brings the snit poti- tioning for tho appointinent of a Recolver to take account of tho affairs of dofondant, to hand all tho profits to complainant and othor membors of tho North Bido Planing-Mill Company, and to doclaro the propriotors of tho lattor Company, proprictors of tho formor, and _ascortain tholr oxact Interost thorcon and to compel o sottloment of tho offairs of hoth compnnios, a8 far ng thoy peouniarily affoct tho potitioner and all othor partios to tho sult. Plaiutiff statcs that tho North Bide Com- pany was established for s torm of years, now unoxpired, with & capital of &50,000, on his share of which ho rocolved dividends at from 17 to 20 por cont, Tho (ompany's property was dostroyed by firo on the 9tk October, 1871 but, na thoro aro no Habilitien and 82,054 of assots, tho stookholders docided to robuild ot & meotin, hold soon after tho firo. Tho prospects of Ln'ollmhlo businoss wero at that timo very right. The minutes of their mooting disap- poarod shortly aftorwards, and plaintift nhanon tho Secrotary of the dnmpuni, with having fraudulontly disposed of thom, Plaintiff allegen that o majority of the stockholders of the old concorn, frandnlently trading on their knowl- odgo of tho busincss of the old concorn, and usurping its good will, got up & now concorn, tho prosont dofendant, and did tho business which, Hropnrly speaking, bolonged to the old ono.” Plaintift insiats that tho nct of part of the propriotors of the old concern in starting o now one was au aot of unlawful collusion, wherefor lio brings tho pregont action. INTERESTING LAND CABE. The caso of Boteford v. Wilson camo up for trial bofore Judge Farwell yesterdny, —Mre. ‘Wilson, now doad, in hor lifotime’ sold to tho plaintitt, Botsford, cortain property, giving » warranty deod for it. All partios supposed that sho bod o good. title, which was dobied undor administrator's sale of & portion of tho estato of ono Oharles O'Conuor, After the application for anlo was mado, & posthumous child was born, which: upsot Botsford's Litlo in vart, and ho now comes to got back tho considoration monoy ho nid for tho land, out of the hoirs of tho now coseed Mra, Wilson. e PAWNDLORER'S BIGNE, £ T, Bhirley oulurdn{ moved, before Judge Williama, for tho dissolution of the injunotion, in tho catie of Mursh & Co. v. Niola P. Laraen, restraining defondant from oxposing o pawn- ‘broker's sign outside tho building on tho north- oast corner of Monroe and Olark stroots. The motion was eustained, plaintift’s bill -was dis- misscd s wanting oquity, and the triumphant pawnbrokor will hang out his golden symbol as Boon ag possiblo. s ° CRIMINAL COURT ITEMS, - Tho case of James and Mary Ann Wright, charged with an assault to obtain o confossion, was concluded yeaterday, After the trisl the jury wero unable to agree, and were discharged, ‘when tho prisonors plaadod guilty to the pocond icdictment, which was for throatening violonce to extort o confossion, Thoy wore fined 860 onch and costs, % John Driscoll was tried on a chargo of stoal~ Ing o quantity of clothing from the boarding- houso of Mrs. Carew, on Bouth Halsted stroet. Ho was found guilty, and his term of imprison- ‘mont fixed at ono yenr in tho Ponitontiory. Brmuel Gaskins ploaded guilty to tho larceny of o coat. Bentence was susponded. TIIE COUITS CONDENSED. Alfred Ordway filos Lis bill in tho Olrouit Court Court ngainst R. G. Goodwiilio, asking for an_ injunction to restrain dofendant from colleeting any ront from: the tonauts in tho dwelling-houso No. 204 West Taylor streot, or in any way intormeddling with snid tonants, Complsinant avers that ho omployod Goodwillio 18 his agont In tho lotting of sald houso aud the collacting of tho rent, but that Goodwillio hangs on to tho rent with ndgrnsp than only an sppenl to law can looron, and, in the hopo of securing tho ton months' ront still nnpaid, ho brings tho presont action. Lonsing Bonnoll, propristor of tho Nowhall THouse, Milwaukeo, writes in relation to tho suit brought by Charles J. Wicker; of thin city, against Charles D. Relyer, ““of tho Nawball ouso, Milwauken,” for tho rocovery of mouoy loft for safe-kooping, thnt Charles D. Rolyer “ never kopt tho Nowhall Houso,” and that no such porson has any connection with that hotel. Anthony Warnor make application in the Cir- oult Court for o writ of quo warranto sgoinst Mark Winemann, calling upon him to show causo why ho holds the position and fulfilla the dutics of Vico-Prosidont of tho United States Firo Troof Tubulated Plaster Casting Company. Tho argumonts in tho caso of the Lake Bhoro & Michigan Bouthern Railroad Company v. tho Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne Railroasd Company ‘woro cloged {aatnrdny bofore Judge Farwell, who took tho mattor undor advisoment, Ldward McGua filos & pracipo, in assumpsit, in tho Circuit Court, sgainst Ira B. Eddy ; - ages, 910,000, Sarah Wirtlo files o prrecipe, in assumpeit, aguinst tho Continental Lifo Insuranco Company, in the Eunnrim- Court ; damagos, §3,000, In tho County Court, Edwin O. Deninlg was yoatorday - appointed guardinn of Lucy Gray |>Urano ot al., minors, under a bond of 1,000, to be approved. ftophion A. Raco was appointod ar¢ of Btolla J. Brown ot al,, minors, un- r o bond, to bo approved of $200,000. Trank B. Orr and Oswald Lockott file a peti- tion in tho Buperior Court agninst Alfred H, Blake aud Tdward Morrison, for a mechanics’ lion of 612,68 uron Noy, 118, 115, 117 East Mad- ison stroet, and 181 and 183 Bouth Olark siroet, commonly known ag ** Morrison Building.” Oliver 12, Bryant begins an action of replevin in tho Cirenit Conrt against T. M. Bradley ot nl., for the recovery of the fixtures of a two- tablo_ billiard-room, bar, concort-room, scanoty, and fixturces, also ouo horae and buggy, sl the ~proporty of tho ostablishment at No. 104 Mil- waukeo syenue., Richard R. Griffith applies in the Circuit Court for o writ of attachment against Frederick W. Gamos, who, ho alloges, owes him &708, and is about to frandulently conconl his effects 8o as to hinder or dolay his ereditors, SUPREME COURT OPINIONS. OTTAWA, June 18, 1873.—'T'ho following couscs have boen decided, and opinions are filed in this oflice, of this dato, 0. D. Trurr, Clerk, 10—Ticruau v, Granger ; R, and R, G4—Board of 'Truateca of Town 23, N, R, 9, E. 3a P, 3L, Woodford County, v, Davieon; R.and .« 69—Cronk ot al, v, Trumblo; AfF, na to Weaver, and rov'd, aud bill dig'd, s to Alico Cronk, T6—Wolf ct al, v. Boojtchor; Atd, 91—Gllbert v, Bone; R, und R. 112—Mamor v, Lussen ; K. and B, 128—Durr v, Muolier et al.; Ad. 135—Dungah v. 1all ; it, and R, 103—Board of Trado of Gity of ‘Chieago v, Bucking- ham et ali I, aud I, 165—0li]eago, Milwankeo & Bt, Paul Rallway Compa~ 1y v, Molville ; It and B, 173—R, . & Bt, Louls Railroad Company v, Sehunl s afiirmed, 107—Ruo v, Clty of Chicago ; alirmed, 230—Boll v, Gordon s R, and I, . 23—Elsoudrutl v. Kustier ot al; R, and T, 248—Dradloy v, Barhour, impleided, ke, R, aud R, 2T4—Ilonoyman v, Jarvis, ;{u\u‘dluu, &y R, and R, with leavo to plaintifY to plead ovor, 803—Jacob v, Hayes : attirmed, UM—Edwards v, Hartt ot al,; It sud It, !!flT-EAHen v. Webb ct al;; roversed and Lill dis- minsed, 873—Doono ot al. v. Dunlam; R, and R, ORDER TO REDOCKET. It is ordored that tho following cnson be placed on the docket for tho SBoptombor term, 1873, for tho purpose of reargumont. | ¥ 103—Town of Lake View v, Rosehill Cometery, 203—John Btono v, Falrhurg ', N, W, It.R, Co, ot nl, 12—Douglas Btrector v, Tho Peaply, %o 18—-Tra Y, Munn ot al, v, ‘Tho Peoply 642—J. Yoiug Hewmmon v, Goo, W, Jifil, 89i—Hoourlty Iusurauco €0, v, Dowitt G, Fartoll, . 1, 31, Wasien, Binxky Biikesk, - Jonn M..Hcorr, W, K, MoAtLIviEn, BENIAMIN R, BieLuoN, NEW BUITS, "Cun Unrreo Srares Diventor Count,—Olark W. Upton, Assiguce of tho Greut Wostorn Iusuronce Com= uny, In baukruptey, v, Daulol Wobslor ; assumpelt, 0,000, . Tun Omourr COURT,—1,400, 1—Appeals, 7,403— Autliony Warnier v, Mary Witomun ;_spplieation for Qo wrrato, 7,404—Rickard 1, Grimil v, Fraoriok W. Eayor ; aesnmpeit, $708, 7,104—Wilkheld for sere vice, 7,405—Ollvor ¥, Bryant v, T. M. Bradloy; Toploviii of_biliard-roomn fixturen, 7400 0 Tlie canos, 7,418—Vrauk B, Orr ot ul. v, Alfred M, Bluko aud Edward Morrison ; petition for mo~ chiunio’s Hon, T7,410—Hellmay v. Letker ot al.: bill for injunction, "7,4%0—Appeal, 17,43 —Edward MeGua v, Tra I, Bddy ; 'cave, $10,000. 7,432—M, MoNeill v. A, Quydon ; usdumpait, $500, 7,42—Alf10d Ordway v, It, @. Goodiwilliu ; bill for injunction, “nkBurreiion Counr—43,776~Baral Wirllo v, ny; sesumipelt, ,000, 43,770—Toury 11, v, Haunah Morso; diyored out the ground of aduliery,” €3,771—Appeal, 43,778— Thomas 3, Graut ot al, v, M, 1. Dafloy; sssumpslt, £500. 48,T70—Jolin Cavagan v, Jilchard Murpliy; ase Bumpalt, $300, 43,760—Firet ‘National Bauk vf'Chi- oago v, Tudolph Lo Lain h 1t naumpalt, ), 4Y,781—Hon. - Tl e a1 . Polar & Baliss Sastovia G aluin: reulevin af nloro fixturss at 040 Btate streot, 43,769—Manutactur- era’ Natlonnl ank of Chicago v, Milo II, Wagar; nss sumpsit, $700, ; THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. What o Maino Man Snys About Thoni, From.the Portland (Me.) Argus, June 19, It fooms that tho Hon, John J. Porry had been askod to K\mrmlt Lis name to bonsed s Republi- can candidate for Bonator in Oxford County, and hind nbout concluded to pormit his namoto bo ueed, whon the movements of cortain intorest- fil politiolans caugod Lim to change his mind. 0 Bays t “Indopondonca of thought and nction aro of moro yalue to mo than tho office of Bonator, aud Iwil iave no porsonnl connoction with any pfilll\um\ canvaes that looks to - sacrifico of oither," 3 And aftor stnting that tho old issucs regard- mg slavory have passod away, he procoods us 3 ' Tho Ropublican party, .ot the timo it was formad, was o politinal nccosaity, It was organ- 1zed for a purposo, and most grandly has it {hua far fulfllled its mission. But it can novor in the Tuturo mako slavory or divide it from any othor Boutlmfl organization. Neithor can tho party oroaftor bo long used as nn agency to gratify tho ambition of wire-working politisians, nor ba mado o fort of * mutunl admiration socloty’ for the beneflt of political rings or political combina- tiona, i . vital to the very oxlstence of *' Now {sauon, the Amorican fiepublla, 4ro now pressing thom- selves upon the attention of the poople. "Tho) aro now at our very doors, domanding rocogni- tion, Tho noxt great battlo to bo fought out at tho polls will be between combinationsof woslth, backed up by bloatod, soulless corporations, and tho rauk and filo of the pooplo,—betwoen hon- esty on tho ono side, and knavory and raseality on tho other, s * Tho Oredit Mobilior developmont was only & small eropping: out of an aunirod systom of villainy wfl::hiu oxiated In Congross for yenrs, I vonturo to remark that thoro nover has boon singlo railrond Tnnb paesed through Congross not tainted with ‘Oopgrossional knavoryto a groator or loss oxtent, Noithor is the infamous * Balary . Grob'—which, from prosont appear- ancos, will send to political graves ovory mom- ber who in any mannor favored it, or evon takes tho stolen monoy—the grab at tho contonts of tho National Treasury. 0 1ast fow days of tho gesslon of overy Congress for yoars, has always beon epont in wholesalo stoaling from this samo treasury by hitching on amendmonts to the gen- ornl appropriation bills, and then enginoering thom through both branches—through _the agonoy of ‘Committeos of Conferonce. Mil- lions of dollars aro swindled out of tho tronsury in'this kind of & way overy year, b; smoudments, which, in the shapo of bills, coul nover havo pussed either Houso undor tho or- dinary rules of loglslation, In tho meantime, the gneplo havo boen taxed with far{ffs upon al- most ovory articlo that wo havo to eat, k, or o, with ‘a paid corps of Intornal Reventio Coliectors at theirheols, domanding moro money to rn‘plunlah s tronsury {hus doplotod and made empty, “Theso and similar ! grabs® must bo stopped, or there {8 no virtuo loft in tho. American peo- plo. Aguin, railrond mono})ollna and tolographia .monopolios must be throttlod by Congress, and such mombers sont there by the peoplo as will roprosent them—aud nob the _infamously corrupt lobby that hm;fi round Washington, fnttoning on the lifo-blood of tho people. Tho farmors of tho Wost must bo rolioved from the morconary gruag of Wall strect gamblors and spoculators, so that thoir corn to thom will bo worth something more than to bo used for fuel; whilo tho gnuplu of tho East must be savoed from ‘millions of taxation, sunually asscssed on tho bread thoy eat, by thioves, speculators, and cor- poration awindlors. = ‘1 repeat,—thoso of necussuz ‘aro to be mado political issuos to be settled at the polls, Which- ovor party takes tho sido of the poopio will fight o conquer. If neithor of oxisting partios array thomeelves with the massos upon theso issucs, n now party will como up, tako_tho field, and cloar tho track from overytling in its way. 4 Heronftor economy in tho affairs of Govern- mont must bo practised as well a proached, Horoafter honesty must bo ono of tho }fxlnclm.l tosts applied to our public servants. eroaftor the laboring millions must bo relioved from tho opprossions of nssociated wealth and soulless corporations, To all politicel parties, which can flnkvf no othor track but “that . designated Dby tho old * ruts,’ a voico comes travelling upon every passing broezo; ¢ Look out for the engine while the bell rings.” Joux J. Prruy. From the Portland (Me.) Adverttser, The Hon. John J. Perry, whose trenchiant let- tor wo published yestordsy, hos passod through the regular political grades from membor of the Logislaturo to State Bonator pnd Member of Congress, sorving in the latter capacity from 1855 till 1857, ond again from 1850 till 1861, Ho ‘waa algo o mombor of the half forgotten Peaco Congress of 1801. Ho was ono of tho threo Mnine Roprosentatives who in 1856 voted to in- crenso tho pay of Congress from 28 a day to $8,000 a year, Binco the formation of tho Re- ublican” party, ho has baen & rocognizod loador i tho organization and los takon o prominont fi,‘“ in most of tho parly conventione, but of to yonxs has hold no public office. — A MIXED CASE. Two Widows Looking for the Estate of Onc Mane-Both Olaim Him as o Rlusbands Trom the St. Loufs Globe, June 15, Tho case dotailod below, now in progress in Betleville, 11l,, is said to be tho moat strange and novel ever known in Bt. Olair County. Dr. Lo- ore Borna died in l‘ohmmi of this year, and Charlos Askins was appointod administrator of his estate. Now comes beforo Probate Judge Pioper, Mrs. Duth Baldy, of Council Blulls Town, and protests against tho appointmont, an neke tht it Lo so aside, that she muy hava the same, on the following state of facts dotailed in evidonco in tho Probate Court: Dr. Poter O, DBaldy marricd Ruth Stebbins Ogt. 8, 1808, in Toledo, Tama County, Iown, and lived with her in Council Bluffs, Tows, for nine to _twolvo months, and thon' loft |. bor, and Mra, Ruth Baldy has not scon him since, Whilo ho lived in Council Dluffs ho waa acquainted with-Dr. Campboll, an ooulist, on Tifth stroot, Bt. Lonis; soveral witnesses in Council Bluffs know Dr. Campbell also while Dr. Daldy was living thero. After Dr. Baldy loft Cowcil Blufts, hio corresponded with'Mrs. Baldy through Dr. Campbell, the latter gontloman at- tonding to tho lettors from both parties, and particular instructions wore givon that tholattors should not bo diracted to Dr. J. O. Campbell, and that Dr. J. 0. Campbell had rocoived somo of the lottors already. This corrospondonce con~ tinued until the lattor part of 1866, and then tho ovidonce does not show that any more lottors woro roceivod until 1869 ; but there are indica- tions thnt thero had boon moro lettors dnring this intorval, but thoy do not appear in ovidence. In 1869, Dr. Lopore Berns writes, throngh Dr. Campboll, 88 ho says in bis letter, at the instance of Dr. Baldy, that ‘hor husband 'hs boon sick, and wants Lifs wife to tako n_boat and como a onco to 8t. Lonis and stop at tho Everott House, and that he (Dr. Born#) will produce her hus- band, but that Dr. Baldy is a wandoreron the earth. ‘C'his lottor purports tohave beon writton from Alton, lL. Dr. Borns sooms to havo written more lottors to Mrs, Baldy through Dr, Campbell aftor 1869, Tho mprriago of Mra. Baldy was' provon ; pho- tographs of horself and husband, taken in Iowa, woro produced; a8 well as n photograph of Dr. Borns by Mrs. Ruth Baldy. An oxport ewoars thattho phnw&;rn‘:,h of Dr. Berns and Dr. Baldy prove them.to bo one and the same por~ son, The doseription of Dr, Camphell is hold to cstnblih tho fact that Daldy and Borns wero the samo qu“' and he 18 eaid to have written to Mrs. Baldy to come to Bolle- ville and ootablish her olnims as administratrix. ‘The abovo is a vory brief aym‘yuls of the tostie mony on the part of Mrs, Baldy and hor wit- eRE0R, v Per contra—AMra. Lopore Derns swoars that she wng marriod to Dr. Lopero Boras in October, 1406, that hor namo was boforo this marrlnfio Mrn, Obson, and that ho came to Controvilla some fourteon months before, and that sho hnd boarded him continuously during this timo pro- vious to warrisgo, Bho says sho was married by a pricst in Bt. Louls, in the night, but sho cau- not usy in what part of the city, and sho cannot produce any certlfleatoor other proof of marringo, axcfifi)t that sho ocoupied tho position that o wife should occupy, and the law morafnlly Anys that 14 bnough to establish marrisgoe in li- noiy, 'I'he wholo cuse scows to turn in tho eyos of the defonso on two poiuts: 1, That Dr, Le- poro Borns sooms to have turned up in Oontro- villg, Bt. Olair County, IIl, in tho oarly part of 1804, Bomo threo or four witnessos swoar that they woro sequainted with him thon, and Blrs. Baldy swears that ho was living with her in Iowa at the sume timo. 2. Thnt.Dr. Baldy Led s half-brothor, aud that Dr, Lopore Berns was that rothor, ‘I'ho plaintifr's roply that 80 conapicuons s man as Dy, Borus, iu 8o sinall o town as Coutreville, should havo beon known to miore than threo or four witnesson in tho early part of 1864, aud that tho truth is, thoso threo or four wituosses are mistakon about & yoar in their timo, and must by no moans wolgl against thelv strong array of clrcumstancos snd ?oumvo &muf. 1t only romalug €0 bo said that Mra. Dy, Daldy I8 n young woman of about 83 In anponranco mm(fist and finislied in bor manners, ugd ‘soomg honestly and daeply aftectod by the whole pro- ceodlu& hevor smilirig during all tho aibos, trinls, and witliclsms of counsol, whilo Mry.: Borus fs a woman of nbont 50; conreo In foature, with a heavy faco, full; donntlupg gront stiength., Bha smilod froquently during the proceadings. ‘Tha contrast hotweon tho womon was most marked, and wa gonorally remarkad by the orowd of by: standers, Tbo deoision will come Mouday, — NEWS PARAGRAPHS, Maino_claima the most anolont Lachelor in tho world. Mo lives In Bangor, is 102 yoofs of ago, and ia still aotive, —A loading Now York ineuranco journal calls an lfimb to whom it is hostile a * capsulo, fash- iongd aftor tho llkonoess of a man, nnl] filled with tho'oil of & groasy and rancld hypocrisy," —Dotroit 1s not satisfled with hor present {ga:;;zl:lsgfiisga :!)fowil::n{.‘vlorkul and proposes d ying to scou - thing huuolri'{ : i ) e gz —Hoveral Yalo students found a resting-place in tho }mlluu atation, Thursday night, " snslupund- ing » fomnlo boarding-school. What mado it {m‘dcnlnrly hard to boar, thongh, was tho fact I}ll‘:&i ?:"gms had gone to Now York tho avening —Two daughters of Wm. F. Gnlaghor, in the town of Cortjund, I, ths soat ploceq 5ol in 80 ncros of smsll grain. Ono of those girls, Mian Nancy, did tho”plowing, whilo tho ofbor, Mies Adolin, sowed the grain and harrowod it in, 'I'ho{’ungm to bo enfranchised forthyith, lokpockots do not onjoy lifo in California, An old * bull-whacker felt a strange hand in his pockot thoroe rocontly, and, pulling Lis penknifo, ity 8 blado that worghiod ' pouud, ent of thd man's band at tho wrist and throw [t aftor him, with tho advico to *put it in whisky whoro 16 Wo‘fli'lll keap."” i « —Tho crop prospoaty in this vicinity,and alon tho ontiro Muo of tho Northorn Pnclfic Rond i& thia Btate, aro vory flattoring indood. Whoat nnd corn are both looking e well as they could oseibly under any. circumstances, If nothing torvonos tho crops will bo immdhae.—Delroit U Sngtola —Tho Springfleld (Mnsn,) Union, in spoakin; of tho. ciildron of%o n}llln, aaya: e starvod and over-worked, cuffed and shoved about asif thero worono room for them any- whoro, they aro considerably moara in nood than the omnibus and car-horaes of protection of o socloly to provent cruelty to animals, Ten, oloven, twolyo hours o day in onr mills, nnd six~ toon to cighteon in other” countrios, is & hoavior burden than auy such shoulders should carry.” —Tho Dean of Westminstor hns offered to al- Iow the romuins of John Stuart Mill to be in- torrod in tho ancignt Abboy. Tho rolatives of tho decoasod have declined the offer, with thanks, agit waa fl“fl‘ his wish to bo buried by thoside of hor whom living ho so tenderly loved, and whom dead ho 60 fondly remomborod. Avignon will undoubtedly onjoy thio distinction of being ‘his laat resting place. —A brakeman on the Oentral Ohio Road, Jo- soph M. Hawkine by name, just for convenfonce in the enjoyment of homeo comforts, has a wife at onch ond of his route. A cruel sooloty coutd not onduro the lhought of permitting ono man to onjoy such an undue proportion of tho com- mon fund of human_blossing, so the said Jo- soph will bo raquired tospond nbout as much timo in the Peuitentiary as ho has boen ongaged in the porformanco of ‘this doublo act in lite's arena. —DPaseing through Weatminster Abboy, twonty Zum ago, Iromember to have uoth:ady, on the omb of Wajor Audro, an allo relicso omposi- tion containing tho figuro of Washington, the hond of which had beon knocked off, ginco that timo, somo one,—an indignant American, por- haps,—has ‘avonged the insult by knocking oft tho hiond of Andro. = Both are now restored, each figuro showing on its nock tho marks of deenpi- tatlon.—Correspondent New York Evening Post. —A woek ngo thero was a lively Indiau searo on the western ond of the Winona & 8t. Poter Railroad, whoro the construction force is at worlr, somo forty miles boyond Maruhall. A &uty of fitty-throe mountoed” warriors, believed belong to tho ‘Sissoton band of Sioux, drove up within & mile of tho laborars, aud after manke ing & sories of mystorious domonstrations, dia. appearcd. Tho laborors wero entiroly unarmed an _unugrnvnmd for any attack, and folt greatly slarmed, but nothing furthor was heard trom tho Indians aside from thoir stealing two or threa horses.—=St. Paul Pioncer, - —Embryotic yacht lifo and typlesi of the come ing scoundrel, Bays the Brooklyn Eagle, wasa .illustrated the other day in the cage of two Jor- soy City boys. Ono Ind, employed in & bank, was gont to another bank to draw §2,000 in smol bills. Ho got tho bills and some boy compane ions and * slid out " for New Yorlk. ith 2600 of the money a small yacht was purchased, nnd then - onch Ind Furchnuud a gnilor suit. They started on a cruike, and will doubtless’carry out thoir dimo novel dresms by boarding somo fish~ ing smack with drawn outlasses and demanding its trensuro. ~—The Alle-Californian tells a story of an old sgottler, who, having worn his beard full for sov- eral yoors, concluded to shave Lio pide whiskern. o had hardly dono 8o, whon, to his great sur- Priso, on old mining acquaintanes, who lind pass- cd him unrecognized almost every day for years, i gtmck him for » pieco,” aud &nid ho had not known his hirsuto friend all this time, or Lo would havo spoken to him before. And now ¢ old Californian”" iu lotting his whiskers grow again, for he can’t stand tho tax put on for re- cognition by thoso who know him “**in tho days when ke was young.” —It hag Deen generally bolicved that shad could not be taken with tho hook and lino, Mr. Thomas Chalwors, of Holyolke, Mags., has.doms onstrated to the contrary. Discovering that cap- turod " shed contained in thoir maws o peculing kind of miller, ho mado an artificial fly like it, and caught in 1861 not lesa than 1,100 shad in this way, His secrot lesked out, and fly-fishing for shiad is now usual at Holyoke. ‘A common trout-hook iy used with tho fly stiached, eud with o lino of 800 feot, gunrded closo to the hook with catgut or wire. " Tho fish, after boing caught, must Lo pluyed paticntly and tonderly. Gon, Meacham and the Modocw. ‘Gon. Meacham hag boen in Towa City, and the Press, of that place, soys: « Concorning_tho murder of Canby and Thomas, Gen. Meacham was confldont bofore thoy wont to tho council that thoy woro going to their massnero. 'They bad all boen warned by ““Toby,’ Riddlo's squaw, but no one belioved her oxcopt Moncham, ho had Imown her for four oars, and trusted hor implicitly. Sha ia s pura Eloodud Modoo, and_hor husband, Riddlo, is a whito Kontuckian, Tt is too Inte to rogrot that Canby and Thomas hnd not the insight into her character which onabled Meacham to trunk her fidelity, for then tho fatal council would not have been held. But-Canby trusted nobody but the army, sud the Rev. D¢, Thomas contlded in nothing but Providonce, while Mencham re- liod upon the squaw, and he was the only one who came out to tell tho tale. IIo was shot in tho crown and forehead, in the right arm and Joft hand, and had one of his ears nearly cut off in the attompt Iookn Jim made to scalp him, 1lo shot ono of ths Behonchins and 18 confident o killed him, for the hoad was brought to camp by ono of the Warm Bprings. Thora ia o family of Bchonchins, which accounts for tho Schon- chin captured 'with Jack, —_— ‘The Browers. 3 From the Cleveland Herald, It reqnired no groat ponotration during the Broworn' Convention to distinguish its membern from tho ordinary crowd upon the streets. Not so much by the inovitablo cigar,—for that no longor I3 & oharacteristio' of o clnas,~but by tho adiposo conditions_of the nvorago delegato to that Convention. Lagor manufacture has o ton= dency to obesity : we suppose it mnat be tla mnuifacture, for every momber of tho Conyen- tion wag solld, though porhaps lager as & hover~ ago is fattoning. Wo do not kuow that the ecalos wero brought iuto requisition to mark the differenco botwoen lagor-boor drinkers'and cold wator mon during tho Conyention, and so wo cannot state tho difference, but on' an average we should say that ono lsiar-buar brower would make two toototallors kick the boam so quick they would think they woro going up in a bal- loon. At Rochester tho browers relurning Enst from the Cloveland Convontion had their welght taken. Thero wore twonty-two, and their grosa ,woight was two tons, their” individual woight av- ‘oragod a triflo ovor 165 pouuds, If health menna “hoft,” cortainly the brower Argument thet lagox {8 healthful is proved by the neales. —_—— Dluc und, Gray. Frow the Cavro (1LY Builetin, The press i many parts of the country have givon St. Louls tho” eredit of being tho firnt to decorate tho graves of both Confedorate au Uniou goldiors on Docoration day. Tho pooplo of Bouthorn Iliinols, who moot annually at tho Mound Oity National Comotery to strow \vlllu flowors tho graves of 5,000 unldlum‘ bavo nover mado distinetion botweon thoso of flio bluo and tho gray. Both Lavo sharad alike tho tributes of ramambranco, During tho first_years of tho cbeorvanco of tho rito thig wes dono without spoolal pro-srrangoment or commont. A yonr ngo it was ado tho subject ot congratulation by tho epoakors, aud rocoivod the approval of tho Iargo concoursa of poople who took part in tha coromonien, The Mouud Oity Oumulurycoutglnl tho graves of no inslgnificant numbor of Cons fodorato doad, and tho fack wo huve roforred 1o iy not unworthy of nota, b,