Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1873, Page 3

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, LAND TITLES. How Wo Have Been Gefting Along with Our Restored Titles Sinco the Fire. d The Law Rogulating the Abstract- Makers—TIt Seoms to Have Been Disrogarded. Yho Abstract-Mon Declaro They Will Not Observo tho Law--=Tho. Dac- ument that Pilots Thom Around If. Real Estate ‘Men and Lawyers Inter- viewed on the One Side, and the Abstract-Men on the Other. The Panacen that Edward Roby Prescribes for Us. Handy, Simmons- & Co.’s Esti- mate of Their Own Liabil- ity for Negligence. Berlous complaints have rocently beon made, personally and by letter, by respectablo oitizons, of -tho * neodless delay" oxperionced In obtain- Ing abstraots of titlo from tho lessors of the ab- stract books, and the * oxtortionato charges” imposed by that, firm for work done. Theso complaints at longth bocamo €0 numerous that thero acemod sufliolont ground to warrant n Inquiry into tho matter, and a roportor of Tue Tomune was assignod to that duty, THE FIRST ADSTRACT-MARERS.. The nocessity for sbstract-makera bocamo ap- parent almost a4 oon sa tho first lawa were made, conturies bofore the City of Chicago was thought of. At this time of writing, thoy aro ypart and parcel of the institutions of every civil- izod ocountryin tho world, slthough it was ro- gorved for Chicago to show the porfoction to which abstract-making could be brought. Ordinary monopolists, mon of tho Crodit Mobilier etamp, and members of mo- nopoly rings, composed of all eorts and conditions of men, havo nevor droamod of & monopoly #0 -sweeping and thorough as that established by the abstract-makers of Ohicago. The despotio tyrannios of Europe aro nothing to §t. The City of Chicago, na far aa ite real cstato interests aro concernod, is delivered over to this modern and enlightoncd dospotism of sbstract making, bound hand and foot. Even the laws of the Btate aro poworless ; and tho only provi- sion on tho statute-books that hasbeon ventured on by the Logislature with tho view of control~ ling this new eoclal power in our midst, i slmply ignored, Tho sbstract-makers do not pretond oven & show of dissimulation; thoy svow with thie most engaging franknoss that thoy simply 4guore this law. Chaso Brothors, Shortall & Hoard, and Jones & Bollars woro the firms that established them- eolves in Ohicago ns sbatract-makers. For many yoars tho business was barely ro- munerative. Thoy gsined o frugal but honest Yiving, literally. by the ewent of the brow. Theso men set to worlc and copied from * the records of COook County everything that Affectod real eatato, in the shape of transfors, Hiens, oto., making s complote chain of titlo for avery land-owner, a8 it sppesred by tho publio records. -When a man wanted to borrow monoy, and had to produce an abstract of titlo to tho property to bo mortgaged, ho wont straight- way to ono or other of iho above firms, and hed tho sbatract prepared from the rocords as they appoared by their books. Genorally, us tho trustworthy character of the work.came to be known, thess abetracts wero nccopted as thor- oughly satifactory ; but, when the amount waa unusually Jarge, or the lenders or thoir counsel were more than ordinarily prudent, tho abatract waa carefully compored with the public records, which were in thoso doys accessiblo to overy- tiody. The fire swept tho public records away; but the abstract irms wero lucky enough to eave their books. Had they not been, thoro would bave remuined positivoly no means whatever of nscortaining tho titlo to o single soro of land among all the goldon acres of Chicago, excopt from the occaaional aud quostionable deads held boro and thero by solitary individuals. Belng saved, their ownors found themsolves at ono foll swoop tho most important men to the most im- portant interest in tho city, Thoeir will was ab- solute Jaw. Had they packed up their books and removed, msyto Indians, who could have stopped them ? Wherevor thoy wont, the citizen of Chicsgo who wantod to buy or sell real estate hore ‘must follow them, As & renl catate agent said to tho roporter, * If they had omigrated to Kamschatks, with theso books, wo should have boen compelled to have gone after thom and pay their own prica.” The County of Cook, authorized by Iaw, pro= posed absolutely to buy these books, but conld not come to torms, and flually tho threo firms roferred to made a common parinor~ ehip of their intorests, throw their booka together into one concérn, and loased them to the firm of Handy, 8immons & Co,,—comprising some young mon formerly nmpfayod y tho above 8, and much trosted by them, who en- joyed genoral confidends,—on pro rats terma; ‘which amount to an income, at & rough caloula~ tion, of noarly €80,000 por annum. ATTEMPT TO QURB THE NEW POWER. The solitery law passod b{ the Legielaturo attempting o limit or regulato the dealings of the abstract-makora with their oustomers, oon- tained the following words, in Beation 23 (Burnt Records act), which are all that nead bo printed for the prosont purpose : BroTion 23, (Licne snd Incumsbrances).— . . . #/And that any and ll persona who may be engsged in the business of making writings or wrilten entries con- cerning or rolating to lands county of the Siate to which this act applics, and are’ furnishing to persons applying thorefor sbstracts and coplea of'such wrilings, or Written entries as aforosnid for & foe, Teward, or colpensation thersfor, and shall Dot make the same truly and without alterstion or fn- terpolation in any matier of substance with tha view snd intent to altor or chango the same in any mate- ‘risl matter, or matter of substance, aball be gullty of o orime of forgory, sud punlabod sccordingly; and sny and all such’ person or persons sball #ald mbeiracts or coples s aforesald to the pers or persons from tims to tims oD applying thorefor, in tho order of applications and ‘rilhout unpscessdry doley ; and f0r a Eeagonable con- slderation {o beallowod therafor, which in Do case aliall oxcood tho sum of $1,50 for sach and every con- eyanco or other Like chango of titie shown upon” such 18 horeby declared to 1iko footing with common earriers, who shal [ todo It tonder of payment bo mado to him or them of the amount demanded for such sbstract or copy, not ozceoding the smount aforcaaid, as soon 8a such amouni {s made known or ascerisined, shall bo guilty of the erime of sxtortion, and ba punished by a ine of Dot lews than $100 and not oxceeding $1,000 therefor, m);:al;:dlntmmi in sny Court having jurisdiction The points worthy of notice are, that coples ehall bo farnished * in the order of apphoation, + and withont unnecessary dolsy,” and that such coples ahall bo paid for at tho'rato of $1.50 per conyeyanoo, or every such-like documont. High- or charges aro declared (o belong to the orime of extortion, punishable by heavy fino, Wa shall 800D B {hat copios are not furnished in the or- dor of application, sud that the sbove charge 18 fiunomlly ‘oxceedod by an average of about threo més the amonnt, cuanune to the law, na wo find it on tho statuto book, the complaints of needloss delay and oxtortion mado -to Tas Taisune are woll founded. The abstract-men freely admit I¢; but thoy dony the constitution- ality of tho law, clalmivg porfect right s indl- viduals nwnln? private property to dispose of that property {n any way and on any terms thoy loaso, Ilow shrewdly thoy havo protecte hemselyes, in this viow of the caso, by entoring into s anao‘flo agreoment with overy porson do- ing business with thom, wo shall presently seo. TOUR AMONG TIE REAL-EGTATE MEN. 'Tho roportor firat vielted tho ronl-catate mon, callipg on as.many as ho conveniontly could within the limits of one brief busincsa day. Avnn%&ng tho roal ontato doalors of all claascs, highost and lowest, richost and poorest, ho foun thiat his intorviows with Mr, Kerfoot (M. D, Kor« foot & Co.) and Mr: Aea Vail wero the most pro- 1ifio of information, and of the most represonta~ tivo oharactor, if tho term bo admieaiblo. Mr, Korfoot bocamo attontivo immedintoly tho roporter bronched tho subjoect of Liu visit, Aftor a fow llehnlnm- explnnations, tho reportor askod Mr, Xerfoot for any information ho could glvo 08 to tho truth, or othorwiso, of tho charges of ncodloss dolay and oxtortion proforrod against Handy, ‘Bimmons & Co. Mr. Korfoot, laughing, said: * What's tho fund of talking of oxtortion ? . Wo've got to pay t, whatevor they ohargo." Reporter—Woll, but is thero oxtortion ? I sup- oo you know what the law providos. Do thoy oxcood tho nhnf;u allowod by tho Inw? Mr. K,—The Jaw! Btuff, "What's tho law gob to do with my ledgers and privato booka? Tho law" con't Bay what ia oxtortion in regard ton mau's J:lrlnle property. Buppora thoy do chargo more Jt. inmany cago it was a thousand timesas much. Roporter—A thousand times! Coma, you are oking, - Mr. K.—Not at sll. Thoro aro some casos whoro Iam Lound to got absiragts. I cannot E“ thom anywhoro but of Hnnfl( Simmons, Wi ng, oo 1 am compelled to do a th - bellove that means thot it's got to bo donc somehow, rogardloss of cxponso. For instanco, o lonn muet be obtained on & cortain day, or a man loses sall tho proporty he lns in the world, by mortgago salo. Holhas lot the daya slip on, 80 that ho haw no time loft for dilly-daflying, Thoe monoy roust bo in his hands on the Ist of tlio montl, and no later. Onoof my frionds promises to lot him havo the money if tho ab- Btrack I8 satisfaotory, **If the abatraot is eatis- factory!” You know s woll a3 I do that the sbetract must bo sativfactory, Whoro, in the wido world, is my client to got ~ihint abnfract, if ngt of Handy, Simmons & Co.? Nawhord, Time is Qying, 'Thorods no god stopping ab igiflo, Tlo proporty as morigagad for 820, 000, ond it i worth, to-day, at least - $160,000. Ho 'con soll at that prico in fourteon days, if Lo profors selling to. holding on; but mesuwhilo tho mortgago #ale will take paco in ton days, unloes ho can find tho monoy to settlo with, But tho man who is wanting $160,000, 88y you, will eurely advance £20,000, Not a bit of it. Ho will want'to ¢o tho abstract first. Bo, whichover way you laok at i, it comes .down to the question of gotting an abstract, and thoro is o ono in the universo who can give him tho abstract oxcopt Handy, SBimmons & Co. 'Tho ordinary prico for that abstract would bo 930, but in tho usual run of things ho wop't gob it for oiglit months, leave alono ton days, With tonrsin Lis oyos, ho bc%smo,!orflod'sankn. 0gor that abatrack, if it costs $1,000. By putting-on throo or four oxtra mon, and working. nights, porbaps tho abstract can be got in time. If 1t is, o you suppouo th fellows mudh a 100l gs id look sakanco at tho, sy, 8260 thoy probably chargo him, inatoad of tho §80 they would hava chargod if things went on inan ordinary wsy ? No, air. Ho pays it, gets hin abatrant and Lis money, pays off fho mortgage, and {5 & Loppy man. It wes o raco between the mortgagee and my client who 'shall oaess that valuable proporty, Tho mortgageo dn't want his money, bless you. He'd willingly have paid Handy, 8immous & Co. $1,000, £2,000, 3,000, £6,000, Lo Lavo kopt back that abatract if thoy could have been bribed. That’s how tho thing worke. 5 Roporter—All very eatiafactors, Ao far oe it Enua; but it doca not go far enongh. I want to now if, according to Iaw, they make extortion- ato chargoes Mr, K.—I don’t bollove that thoy do. I nover know them to, Whon a man begs aud implores thom to do special work, aud puton epecial men, and hio offors to pay moro than thoregular prico, you can't call that an oxtortionate charge, i 080, As far ad I know, thoir charges are with- in the Iaw. They make ono chargo, however, in all cases, of $10 for o cortificato, But suppose thoy do!' The law isn't worth aenap of one's fingor! Raporter—Woll ; about noedlees dolay ? Br. K,—Say vesatious dolay, aunoying dolay, oxasporating delay, and I agree with you. don't altagether_eay neodlesa doloy. Juat look at thoir place, It is crammed full witlrclerks. Whon they ara all working, and thoy eaunof work any hardor, I don't 8cc much needless de- to buy for and real estato in any, oy, Teportor—Wall, well. Does tho delay hurt snybody? Thoro fa somo dolay, I suppose, or thore wouldn't be complaints. M. K.—Tho delay hurts almast overshody. I don’t know whom it don't burt, It hurts mo. It costs mo thousands of dollara. I loso thousands by it; but it can’t'be helped. . Tieportor—Why don't you do somotbing to stir ‘omup? Con you make thom movo faster? Afr, K.—I thivk not. Theyare doing all they can, Thoy oro employing all the compotent men thoycan find. ~Yot, with all they can_do, how many demands for abstracts areaboud of tham, think you? Roporter—Havn't tho slightost ides. Mr, K.—Over fiftcen hLundred. Probably nearer two thonsand. Do you supposo overy tailor or shoemaler can make an abstract? Do you suppose you can? Reportor—I don't supposo auything of the kind, Iknow quite woll I cowldn’tif I was to dio for not doing it. Mr. K.—That's just the experience of tho abstraot-makers. They can't got men compotent to do tho work. ' Tlioy can got plonty of laafers and fellows who can writo ; but that's all. Bul thoy can’t got atoady men who understand the husinoss, because, probably, in all the world, for tho noxt quarter of a century, thore won't bo such a demand for abstract men a8 that October ‘blaze created in Chicago. _Thoro aro a fow men in tho oity who wore bred up. to tho businoss, and thoy are worth_their woight in gold. Roportor—Littlo Jimmy Murray, for iustanca, Thot mon is o bettor real ostato lawyer than ninaty-nine out of overy hundrod Iawyora prac- tising. But you don't find many mon like Jimmy? Mr. K.—You don't find msny men, sir, that arg worth thoir salt. Just whon & good man hag ot into working harness, off he goos and gots runk., Ton to ono he turns outa drunkard, It's wondorful how those mon tnko to drinking, Vou aca, tho monatony of tho work is g0 trying, Thoy got good wagos, too, Toportor.—blon who aro worth good wages are cnerally too seusiblo to become druukards, ow do Handy, Simmons & Co. intond to gof ovor this difflcalty ? Mr. K—Well, Tanppose thoy aro training up }mm mon to tho businoss. I boliove they aro. t is tho only thing thoy can do. TReporter—Accordiug to your viow, then, thero is no neodiess delay?. Mr. K.—Plonty of dolay, slr. Too much do- lay. But I cannotssy ncodloss, Thora's no good to blow away at these mou. Thoy've got the weathor-hand of you, and can do what the; ploass, Considoring that thoy have so mucl power, thoy are_very accommodating; but you mu{ bet that nobody can drive them one incli, Ttoportor—You moan to eay that in' this com- ‘munity no mosns, not even the law, can bo found to remedy any ovils the comménwoalth ‘may bo suforing through theso gentlomen boing the sole holders of tho only copies in oxistence of our &luhllu racords. Mr, K.—That's precieely what I do say, and what you'l say, too, before you ore through with your enterprise. Joylng a sl i 1a 2s oot Iyis was onjoying o slosta in his cool rooms, lying on T Dable fo1l length on & loungo, sy A Drated as the champion litigaut of Chicago. Ho umped up on rocognizing his visitor. ‘I'ho ob- oot of tho visit being explained, Mr, Vail pro- ested that nino-tenths of the lawyers and othors who are growling about overcharges would gl Ty 3y rion. anmuch, if tho absiract-mon iked to_be crusty. Teporter—But thore seems to be no doubt, acoording to tho statuto, that tho firm are liablo for the crime of oxtortion, punishable by s flue of— Mr. V.-Ob‘, yos! Tho statutol Of coursol! 1 suppose you'vo road tho atatuto? Reporter—Certainly, Got it in my pockot. Mr. V.—Now, I ask you as a roportor uot al- togethor unconnected with the law, Whatdo you think of the constitutionalityof that statuto? Roportor—I think, sir, as I hopo and beliove oll good oitizens think, that nll laws found on the statute-book must bo Bhe{nd. But what I think has notbing to do with 1t. Do you moan to say that the law is unvonstitutionnl? Mr, V.—Certalnly, sir! That's what Handy, Simmons & Co. eay, They aroright. The law cannot dictate to thom what thoy uro to do with {hsir privato possessions, That ia a ploco of tyranny that nover was attompted n modorn timos, ~ It never was attompted hore until this Btato tried it. [t con naver be sustained. It would bo & porfoct outago if it woro, Roporter—Do you suppoto that the abstract men will rofuse to acknowlodgo tho validity of tho law ? Mr, V.—I have no doubt of it, Thoy will nob consont to havo suoh torma imposed “on them. ‘What might have beon vory fair terms to pay to nbstract men before the fire would not be aven ‘barely ramunarative now, Thoy would starvoon nuch,prices, Defore the fire, esch firm had a fow emplol;nu who wera compotent fo do all the work, Tho expenso end risk wore equally an thoy used fo, \what doea that aiguily? | Wo aro bound to oy it.” Wo shiould have (o pay: 8 small. At prosent tho rush {as tromondons. Evorybody wants to bs firat. Tho siaff of clerkas 18 vory largo, and tho subordinatos aro more numoroun, probably, than at any sfmilar ostab- lishment in the world, Tho pay-roll every waok must bo vory hoavy ; and tho rosponsibility (as common carriors) s onormous. All " this conld not bo kopt ' up at. anto-firo raton, Add to this that, a5 lossors, thoy hiavo to poy a hohvy rontal to tho ownors of tho books, and yoh will ace plonty of good rosona why thoy do not oboy the lnw, oven if it woro a _good lnw, Thoy could not do go if thoy would. Thoy wonld o obllgod to shut up shop In & wook, If thoy wara compolled to limit themsolvon to the Tflm namod, thoy could not pay thelr an oyos, Without sufliclont and oficient holp, their work wonld como tg n standatitl. Whoro, thon, would yonbo 7+ You conld not force thom to make ab- Btracts just for the fun of tho lhinq~ Yet that is, what tho Inw amouuts to, I havo always found tho firm acoommodating, and ns. rnm{:t o6 1hind any ronson to oxpect, considerfng tho amount of businees they have to porform, - Tho cliargos aro not no low as poor gooplu would like to havo then, but thoy aro tho lowost, I have ne donbt, that thoy can makoe n living out of. Reportor—Can't you got along in’ 8omo way without abstracts—burnt records potitions, fur . oxamplo ? Me. V.—You kuow hotlor. Thoy cost too mutch, and tako up too muol timo. Aud, after all, thoy avo liable within tho poriods specified to Do upsot. They sro vory good-in thelr ways Dut what wo should do if o hud to roly sololy upon them I am suro I don't protond to know, Tho roal catato denlers do not tako n titho of thoso abutracts. Look al tho bauks. For'overy loan they make thoy must havo on abstract. Thay cantok otherwieo atlafy thomsolves us to tho atato of the titlo. No, sir, wo couldn’t gab along without abatracts; not for adny. Wo are Ioing thousnnds, yonrly, morely by tho unnyoid- able dolay that talios placo in tio absiract mon's oflico, What should wo loga if wo wore doprived of tho abstracts altogothor - Reporter—It would bo chaon, I suppose, AMr, V.—Yen; ohoos. A protiy stato of things. Mosers. Handy, Smmons & Co. ean Aafoly af- ford to dlavogard, snch o lw et that. pusacd in this Stato. Tiore fan't tho slightest fonr of thoir over hurting by it, If thero was, all ‘thoy havo todois to box up thoir Looks, go off to Towa, Indiana, Csunda, or somowhoro. Wa- should liavo Lo go ftor hom, wharavor it wat, and pay them thoir own prico. Moanwhile, woslionid fnd trada (in real ostate) ontirely stopped. As it is, it is bad onongth, : Topoitor—Iiad cnough! Tow? Mr. V.—Dolayh ; barguiua novor_earriod out ; trado at n-oiondstill for months. Tooplo como horo to buy, prepared to 1uspeet abstruot, pny cash, and roceivo n couvoyauco; instead of which they aro unablo to seo tho abatract for months, Whero tho amonut invaived is consid- erable, possibly thoy arrango to got tho work douo_kpeodily, paving spcial pricos, Dt it tlioy do, the ganeral work 18 corrospondingly do- layod; and somobody, of courso tho poorer clags, suffor. : TIE LEGAL ASPEOT. - By this time it bad_becomo abundantly cloar that if tho roault of thia voyngo of inquiry amounted to anything, it moant that tholaw rog- ulating thoproparation of nbstracte in this oity was_ouo tlnt had not boon oboyod, and sould not be olioyed. It wna usoloss to wasto timo in . sooking ovidenco on collatoral points, tha object- ive point boing fully ostablished. The ovil boing nscertained, tho ?unshun becamo one of remedy. With the view of talking with a compotent por- sou on this point, tho repartor waited on Edward Roby, who has more to do with land titles and with prodding aftor sccrots hidden away among: musty records probably than auy other man in tho Northwest, Doing Intorrogated, Mr. Roby sald ho know of .no just cause or impediment why o remody conld mov bo found. 1lis advocacy of cortain :\\'cc&niug changes in the law would bo remem- orod, ! Tteporter—Dleaning propositions sou mado aftor tho firo, when overybody waa filling tho = pors with proposala for restoriug tho records Mr. R.~Meaning just that, By Empnuil.iunn wore considorod too sweoping. They did have rather a democratio air. DBut by the light of tho oxperionco of Iater days, I don't think onc-half the harm would have beon dong that is doing evory day by the_oporation of tho prosont law, Wo should have had a hard time for o couple of yonrs, ut things would iave coma right afier- “ard, and kept right. TRoportor—If I intorproted yon oright, your favorito ides was, briofly stated, to restoro all titlos by cortain gimplo but !)mclicuhl means, Lringivg all ovidonco in existence boforo the courts, and-eetablishing overy titlo in tha coua- ty, oxcopling none, aud imposing certain limita- tions for upsetling auch title so absolute and well-dofined that, aftor n cortain poriod, all titles shiould bo actually unasasilablo? Mr. R.—Practioslly, (bat vayit. Imightbon sufferor by such & systom, sinco my own father's property 18 scattored. If .I could gathor to- gothor tho threads that would foad to my recov- ering thoso Jands, which I am withont doubt en- titled to, L should becomo & woaltly mau, and simply obtain juutico. But I cannot doso ;' and othor partios should not o subject foraver to some_littlo incidont turning up in my favor that wonld cast thom Leggars upon tho world. No ; I am contont to suffor by being barrod absolute- Iy from over toucbing that proporly. Tho more experionco £ have, tho more I am persuadod of tho wisdom of such a law, It will have to come to that, Thero is mo battor way to simplify thewo titles, Wa ought to havo asimpler plan, Woare reduced to absolute dnyondoucu on a firm of gontlemen who are freo to depart from this State to-morrow if thoy liko, Tteporter—I supposo the records rostored since tho firo must bs vory numorous. I wish you would meke mo astatemont of tho wholo sub- jeot. I am sure it would bo interosting to tho readers of Tue TRIDUNE, Mr. R.—I havo no objoction. Thero ara now noarly, if not quite, 08 many volumes of records a8 thore wore bofore tho firo, This avises Eufly from tho re-record of old deeds, and from tho in- orensed mumbor of tranafors nud mortgages (those mads to rogular loa ngoncios boing vory long nnd intricato in thoir otn\lua, and from tomporary shifts to pateh out titles by rocording aMidavits, and certitiod or eworn copies of party of rocords in old suits for partition foreclosure, otc, Thoso couses mako tho sbatructs nearly double the eize of thoso mada bofore the fire, and as tho cost is not omly proportionntely groator, but tho rates upon abstraots of tho gamo sizo being doubled, the abatract of a given trnot costs about four times the for mer prico, These voluminous documents and ropal"tionn, and somotimes countlicling state- ments, moro than doublo tho Iabor of counsel who oxamine them ; but tho added exponto docs 1ot stop thre, Tt will not do for counsol to ro- {uct an abstract simply becauso ho finds difficul- ies in It. Buying land is not child’s play. Tho Fumhuem buy bocauao thoy beliove it to bo for hoir advantago; tho vendors soll becauso of nocesgity or of somo nd'nntufa accruing to them, 1f counsel should rojoct all titles that a tyro can- Dot understand, » general fosling of insocurity and an actuel dopreciation in tho rojocted prop- orty wonld causo disastrous results, Houco he must solve the difllculties, Whoro tho rocords aro comploto, an apparent difficulty often van- ishes on their inspection, but ‘when thoy are destroyed, some of the most difi- cult and ~ perploxing questions of ovi- dence ore prosonted. At best, ho can obtain from tho abstracts only a prima facie caso, for ho does not know what wmstrumonts are in fact prosorved, nor what their special contenta may be, nor does Lo know to what oxtent tho orl%(nnl entrios and indoxes, snd othor data from which tho abstracter has compilod tho abstraot, will, if brought to o sovoro tost, hoar out tho conclusions ho drawa from tho abstract, ITo must discriminate earofully botweon mere form- nl(tiou-—lmrmpnrly called techhicalitios—and sub- stontial dofects, for! tho wholo titlo may depond ona word; and a legal procoeding from which the power to adjudge is absent 1s of no more va- Jidlty than o will unsigned. For this responsi- Dbility and labor he will have componsation. Tho tax upon tho transfor of & proporty worth loss than £5,000 thus bocomes out of all proportion, and HOMO cases !mwuully withdraws the land from considera- fon s o ovailable assot, Persqus subdivid- ing lurqo traots thus gain o conniderable gdvan- tuge, 'Choy perfoct and patch up tho title until it will pasy with any counsol, print thoir ab- stracts, and distributo thom froely. Tho matier soon acquires a raputation, Evorybody in that noighborhood understands that lhe particular title is good, and ‘Aalon aro conetomatod Dromple Jy and without oxpense to clther party. For the 'yast masa of the poople, howaver, thero is an opproessive dolay, sud fiwm oxpense, from whicl tlioy oannot escape, A nocossary portion of tho oyidenco of ovory titlo is tho proporty of a sin. gle fim, and no logislation can compel them cithor to mako haste boyond thelr own wills, or do their work well for any chargo it may fix, Torce them to mako abstraots for o wum thoy don't ngreo to, and thoy will givo yonall the law requires or can compol thom to glve; an abstract of bungling combiuation, or 8 moro clialn of titlo unarrangod and without certiticates; an instrumont into_which they Lave incorporated their private skill, exporionco, aud roputation, It they had mado ancli abutracts for ton conts & convoyunco, thoy conld got stil, for the infusion of skill and tho cortificate, tho full smount they now oliargo for tho abutrack, Roquired to mako and doliver abutructs in tho ordor of application, they could have applications mado at propor timos for abstruoty that would requiro six months to complote, and could koop a slow man for that kind, thus holding all sbstraocts back 3 from delivory for eix months, hut of courso tho law could not prevefit tho complotion of tho othors, nor the admisaion of outsidera to cnpfl therofrom thelr books upon payment of sucl foos ‘ns they ohoso to oxnct. Ko long-as titles must bo traced through their proporty, thoy aro maators of tho situation, controlled h{ Hothing ‘but thelr own intorosts ; or their passions, i2 ir- ritated by attempts at coercivo legislntion: or their solf-dofonso, if surroundod 7 pouallios. Many of thoso who, in tho wintor naftor tho fire, ophosad tho restoration of all titlos by simple, yat thorougl, agonclok for bringing all tho ovi- Uonco in oxistonco boforo tho conrts, and uys- tomatically ostablishing ovory title in tho county without any oxcoption iu favor of iutants, marricd wopion, or_any others, 1ow fool that tholr argu-~ monts againet auch n plan Liave boen moro than sngworod, sud that it Is now only a question of time whon wo must como to it ; that our prosont practice of rolying on tho private nnd imporfoct mamoranda of scrangers to tho ownors is ot bost ‘but & tomporary expediont, [rom which sooner or Iator wo muet hnve comploto emancipation. Wo must havoe sccurify fu titlos, and it must bo so qvidenced that eles nud pledgos can bo promnpt and ‘inoxponsive. They sny: ‘‘Wo opposod suth & sohomo, then, bocruso wa found it would in somo onsea work hardship, and would in some oagen doprivo infants sud persons undor disabili- ty. of thoir rights,” but X am satisflad that ho numbor of suoh cnsos swould not comparo with thoso now of datly occurronce, That hun- drods such now-loso thoir rights beeausio they can't alford to oscortain ovon tho description of tho propotty that thoy once ownéd, or to which their ancostors Liad title, thoro can bo no doubt ; or if thoy attempt to-know whother.thoy own thht which thoy posscss thoy must pay o quarter of. ito valno tonscortain it. Tloynlzosny : “Wo feared that the cost, & million ond & bnif, to so porfoct tho titlos, would bo too groat an expouso to _bo warrantabla;" vet the cost of abutracts and thoir oxaminstions will in threo years have excooded t'ut, sumd, aud tho = nocessit for abstracts and oxamination {ixe upon _ovory -lot a8 o condition of wnlo burdons the valuo of cv_m'i' lot in tho county to that amount, and, boyond thnt, tho dolay”and uncortainty, loss of interost on trunsactions ponding, and loss of sales which canniot bo mado unless promypitly, amount every yoar, and porhaps ovory month, to a8 much as adjudging: und os- {ublishing ol the ticlgs in tho county would cost, if systomatically ond simply arravgod. Nor i6 thic plan witliout procodent. In'somo coutitrios of Europe 1 has boon found nocessary to have o poriodical . cloaring: of titles, overy fiftoon or bwonly yenrs, under judiclel suporvieion, ‘ without expento to tho individual, aud it works woll. ‘That 1t is thiora an act of dospotia power {8 true, but it bas no benelit to tho raler, oxcopt it tho prospority and hnppinoss of tho yiooplo ; end even if it should bo o Hittlo. sevoro in oporn~ tion, it 18 bottor than tho despolism of & monop- oly or insocwity of proporty 1ights. ]logxnrlor—And you aro u firm boliaver in tho oxpeditious plan suggosted, and in tho periodical oxumination of titley 7 Mir. R,.—I canot'sco any botter plan at pros- ont. I om nuot awaro that any groat changos bavo boen made in Iurope other than I have montioned, or I might kmow of a botter. Treporter—I8 it truo that thero has beon & co- dification In Bngland 7. 3lr. R—L will tiot undertako to say what hns boon done in England. Binco the fire,'my ouer- 1eB Lisvo boon omployed uncensingly ih unrayel- £ thaso. problotas’ Cunlocking & drawor flied with now abstracts), I have not had tho timo to -keop posted, 88 I should haye wished. Toportor—Do you think tho abstract men ex- tortiounto, or unreasonably slow? Mr. R.—That dependa upon the way you look .atit. Idonot; but anothor might. Wo must allow for circumstances. Thoy tuko months to ‘preparo an abstrack now whera thoy used 10 tako eeks. I havo paid $250 for what would at one timo havo cost porhaps not moro than €30, But thoy tako all that timo bacauss hundreds aro all the timo shead ; and in that $260 cago, tho work . thoy did waa woll worth the monoy, Thoy workod night aud doy. It was for a {nnlcu!nr purpose, and wo were bound to got it by » cortain doy. “Thoy violate the law, but they. openly doclaro that thoy will disrcgard tho law, Wlen a law iB violatod, and the violators say thoy kiow thoy are violating it, and that they intond to keop on violuting it, that nbout oxhausts the subjeot, I ::yucu At sll ovents, I havo nothing to add it. TIHE ABSTRACI-MEN INTERVIEWED, It only remnined to visit the abatract-mon tliomsclvos, snd bear what thoy hod to sy ou the subjeot. Tho firm of Handy, Simmons & Co. are lo- catod in Groonebaum's Bank Building south- west corner of Randolph stroet and Fifth ave- nuo, ocoupying tho bssomont. Tho entrauce i fitted up as an offico for tho abstract-mon, where orders aro_takou, mouoy received, ani Dbusinoss gouorally transacted. Boyond the glase partition, tho room is seon to CGomplotely fllled with clorks, Ono would eny thoro wasn't room for & einglo additional clork. T'his is whoro the abatracts are made. Tho number propared and sont out sinco Dee. 1, 1872, whon the now firm took hold, is 6,60, a8 indicatod by tho flles, or an avorage of 29 and 63-227 overy day, including Sundays. Without nsklug rudo quostions, which' wo aro suro would not bo anaworod, we may assumo that thesoabatracts will nvnrnfin 860 each, very fow being loss than 930 each, aud ‘many being over 8100 oach, tho speclal csce, of which thore are largo numbors, smounting, not raroly, but gonorally, to over 3200 each, Talung £50 o8 an_ avorage, thorofore, wo shall find our frionds earning tho pittauco of about $6560,000 per year, tho Teooipts sovon months” and sovontcen days being 9932,800. As_ thoy are etraining evory morve to dd to thoir atafl, it is roasonabla to Buppose thoy will soon bo turning out abstracts ot tho ratd of 750,000 per yoar, Tho clerk-hiro, subordinates, etc., may bo put down at 110 in number, carniug an average, big and little, of less than $20 per wook. Tho littlo Balanco of o couplo of hundred thousand or o, for the six month’ work, will stand for the prof- 1ts of our moritorious and lucky young friends, Handy, Bimmons & Co. It s anid on the straets that thoy poy 960,000 & year for tho rental of the books ; thoy thomsolves ssy it is moro than that,—pro rats, in fact,—and it must bo, for on those torms tho Icgsors would bo swallowing {liroo-fifths of tho profits, aftor paying all ox- pensos. In reply to the message of tho roporter, Br. Simmons appoared at tho littlo wicket. Tho dis- tinguishod man hiad disponsed with o shirt-ool- Jar, owing to the warmth: It Is justice to A, Simmona to say that, from the point of his board to tho corners of his oycs, he looks & pre-omi- nontly sharp sort of oitizon, Ho was in a hurry to roturn to his work of rovision, inside, but found timo to bo both civil and communicative. Tho roporter having informed Mr, Slmmous of his orrand, propounded tho quostion, slap, if tho firm wasn’t guilty of tho critne of extortion, according to tho now law. Mr, Bimmons_looked hard words, but good- humoredly snid that ho supposed overybody know thoy didn’t pay tho slightest attontion o the now Inw, ‘ho roportor, his breath spparently earriod away with the iden, asked Mr. Bimmous if he meant to gay ho dofled tho lay. Mr, 8, wishod to bo undorstood that thoy almply didu’t know suything at all sbout it. Thoy had & cortain proporty which peoplo do- sired to uso and pay for. On u!gui!filug such a dosire, they woro dirooted to sigu tho following N ONDED FOR EXAMINATION OF TITLE, OHIOAGO, cvvsrsaaees s 18T Handy, Simmona & Co: Muko an examinatiou, according to the Indexes | 1n your possesslon to tho records iu Covk County, 1linols, of decds, judgments, aud Lax sales, of 1o jitlo to' the following describod land, in' Covk } ounty, lixol : i ordor §a'givon by’ thy undcraiguod, aud i coepted by HANDY, Bistaons & Co,, upon tho i ollowing express conditions and agrecments, to i (1) Fhat the ald Haxpx, Sisisions & Co. not be liabla for a failufo to make au rch 1ot specified in tho cortificate, to bo i tached fo such examination : whicll cortificata + shall bo construed literally, (4,) That tho under- ¢ gigned do ..., horoby Waive any rights, auven- { togos, or right of nction at law, or ofhierwizo, ol ho sy have, or which ‘may accruv to ., under and by virtue of thu 332 Hoction of | of, passed by tho General Assombly of tho § Blato of Tilluols, ontitled, #An Act to remedy | 110 vils consoquient upon tho dostriiction of any : Publio Records, by Gro or otherwise," in forco | Tuly 1,137 stract would bo propared ; if ho did not, ho waa wolcome to take up his hat and walk ; or do nny- thing ho likod ; but ho could do no business thoro, s it would bo only waste of timo to stop. o did not think that his propgring sbatraots for anyono undor such an agroomont violated auny Iaw, If it did, ho waa sorry for it. DBut thoy lind o strong conviotion that they wore within tho Iaw, oven as common carriers, whon they gave su abutract in pursusuce to that agreo- mont, Roportor—Thoy charge you with noodlosa do- ny. ilr. B.~Alil Woll, you seo how it is, If you can got ua competont mon wo will ompioy them, We don't want dolay, It doos not pay us 8o woll as to get work out” of the way. ‘v‘lu omploy ninety-five men here, and we aro taking on ono, tio, or three overy wook—all wo cau got. . Bome do not turn out woll, aud give us a great doal of troublo; but on the whold wo aro gotting alon protty well. Wo dow't intond to dolny, ol ovonta; whntevor dolny thoro mny bo isnot {llfinélluufl, but unavoidablo; you may depond on int. ¢ TRoportor—Exouso mo, but it haa boon suggoat- odl that, if you were troublod with prossoutions at law, you—ha—might bolt, to_another Stato, or Canada, or Bacramonto, or Kamechatks, or somowloro. 1low's that? Mr. 8,—I nasuro you thst our intention s to romain bero, and gfvb no troublo. We desiro to ive il the nccommodation wo can, It pays us 0 doso, That Is whoro we look to mako what wo can mako, Roporter—What yon ean make? And aboub how much do yout make, my donr Mr. B.? Mr, 8.—Really, you know— Well, it's impos- slblo to Bay. Any information of 5 publio cbar- notor, you know, I sball bo— Tteportor—Of " course. What do yon charge for an abatract ? Mr, 8.—Wo hiave no nchedule. It is fmpoaslblo to mako n schodulo that would fit, Every caso diffors, Thin caso, horo, say 6,020, took & man {um 73 hours, but tho vory noxb cnde, ey 6,021, ool auather man, of equul ability, to who wo pay the samo wages, 180 hours; bosides assiet- anco, and 8 good 'deal of oxbra copylng, and othor oxpensos, We make the same chiarges for thio enmo class of work, a8 noarly 08 possiblo; ‘but tho work is hardly in any “two cnsos the samo, Wo nleo_discriminato ‘slightly Dbetweon largo and small/cnsos. Wo chiargo s mun n shedo moro, pro rata, for & voluublo onwo than for o emnll enso, Tho poor ‘man can ill-nMord tho lightest prico wo can man- age to work for; but the rich man, with his hun- drods of thousands, can sometimes mako up for it. Tho difforonce, howevar, is vory slight; un- important to tho 'Individunl payer, in fact, but vory important in the nggregato to un, Ttoporter—Woell, it scoms thal you aro nof oz~ tortionato, that you are nok guilly of noodloss dolay, and thut Whatover disciimination there is in'fovor of tho poor man. Tuat's a protty good show, £ Mr. B.—Wo do tho boat we can, sir. Anything Nsln flcnn tell you, I sholl be very glad, indeod, to Loll. Roporler—Yes. Tho old firma used to have an understanding with their clionts that thoy waro to poy dnmagos for ol injury nrising from o iniadescription, incorrect Absiract, and so forth, Havo you any suit outstauding, s suc- consora of thoso firma? I dou't want you to su- gwor the question, If you feel 1t ombnrmaslnf, but you romembor tho caso of Chuso Drothors, in which thoy wore found guilty aud damaos s~ sossed. I roported that cnso, and the readors of Tur Tmpoxk will oxpect to know aa to this. Mr. 8.—I think tho question iy & proper ono, and ought to bonuswered. Wo conslder our- solves bounden, tho snmo ns common carriers, Wo aro howud to exoraiso ordinary diligonco and cnro; and, if wo do not, wo shall oxpect to sullor tho consequences, Mistaloa will occur ; but many that at tho lirst night would bo im= pmtod to us roally bolong to inyporfoot records. Wo cannot bo hold responsible for that ; it is no pact of our business. Wo will oxorcieo care, diligence, and ndustry in our pursuit; but if it shonld prove that wo lavo rofaxed in'our cnre, diligonco, and industry, sud suy ono suflers thorofrom, wo shall hold oursolves Labio, as thongh tho courts had so decrood. - 'The reporter, laving come to an eud of his questions, bid tho Abatracs Prince adion, and, on 1ooking ovor his uotos, thought tunt no prossing necessity oxistod for taking any more. el ol = THE FIRE DEPARTME: What the Ioard of Folico Commis= stoners Did for Uw EZenefit Yesters day. The regular semi-weokly meoting of tho Bonrd of Polico Commissioners for the Firo Dopart- mont was hold yestorday afterncon, Commis- gionor Bheridan in tho Chair, and preseut Com- misslonora Wright and Davie. John M. Gloason, pipeman of Lngino Com- pony No. 3, was dischargod from the Dopartmont for intoxication. John O'Rourke, James Maloney, Henry E. Taylor, and Patriok Gallaghor wero appointed regular membors of tho Doparimont, on the rocommondation of tho Firo Marshal. Tho resignation of Potor J. Hommerabach, pipeman of Evgino Company Ne. 8, was nc- coptad, undor charges of neglect of duty and in- toxication. ) The rosignation of James A, Carlin, driver of supply wagon No. 8, was hlso accoptod. recommondation of tho Fire Marahal con- corning foul chimnoys and the proper way to hava thom cleaned, was taken under advisoment. John Desn and Nolson” Lee wore sppointed special policomon for the Exposition Building. Copt. Willism Buckloy progonted his commis- sion to act s Commandor of the First District, and was congratulnted by the Board, Tho Becrotary was instructed to advertiso for Rmposnls, ag follows : For o now hook-and-lad- or truck ; for lot in the vicinity of State aud Twolith streots ; for two lots noar Halatod and Thirty-fifth stroots ; for n lot locatod botweon Btate and Walls stroets snd ‘Gootho nnd Elm stroots, with a two-atory briclk building therson ; for n 10t in tho vicinity of Canalport Bvenuo an Tralated streot, with n two-story brick building thereon. ‘Tho Board of Publio Works was requested to roparo plans and speoifications for a two-story rick building to be erccted on tho original site ab tho corner of Washington and Cliuton streots. The purchaso of * threo Concord b“gl ies _and thioo horses for tho use of Assistant Xiro Mar- shaly, aud tho eale of other vehicles not needed H the Departmont, recommonded by the Firo (aralial, wore takon under advisoment, ‘Tho Board thon adjourned. o i et o PR Tho Pacific Hotol News-Stand. Tho gontlemen in chnrgo of o Pacific Hotal made fortunsto scloction whon thoy loased o Moarss. Drock- way & Behnffuor tho privilego of keeping the clgar and nowspapor-atond within thelr liotel, It roquires con- sidornblo businoss ability to yun such an catablishmont in uch a manner 88 to moat 8ll tho demands of the ‘numorons ueats, who aro thelr principal customors, but Mossre, Brockwsy & Shaffuor havo fully shown their Otucsy, Their cigars and tobaceo aro of excellont quality, nnd their stock of stationery, newspapers, pe- Hodicals, foncy goods, ete., i fully equsl to that of any olbior establistiment i1 town, FLORIDA WATERE, TVPERISHABLE FRAGRANCE! HIURRAY & LANMAN'S CELEBRATED FLORIDA WATER Tha rlohost, most Insting, yet most dolioato of all Por- fumes, for uso on tho HANDKERCHIEF At the TOILET, And in tho BATH. As thoro ars mitations and countorfolts, always ask for tho Floritla Water which hay on the ottle, on the Iabel, and . thio pamphtut, the names of MURKAY & LANMARN, without iwhich nono s gonulno. Yor wulo by all Perfumers, Druggists, nnd Dealers in Fancy Gools, AMUSEMENTS. GRAND Corman Wilitary Concars'! BY THE FAMOUS Band of the Royal Saxon Sharpshooters' Regiment, No. 108, (Prince George), from Dresden, 2 CONCERTS ONLY, 'UNDER TIHIE LEADERSHIP OF MR.HANS GIROD, Cornot-a-Plston Virtuoso to tho King ot Saxouy, 1. Ooncort to-day (Friday) Afternoon, from 2:30 to 7 p. m,, 8t OGDEN'S8 GROVE. Ad- minsion, $1.00. Tamily Tiokots, admitting throe, $3.00, IT. Conort To-Night (Fridny) at 8 0’clook, ot NORTH SIDE TURNER HALL. Ad- mission, $1.00, By general roguost ona moro Conoort will bo givon, Baturday (to-morrow) at 8 p. m., ot the UNION PARK CONGREGATIONAL OIIUROCH, Admission to Concort, $1.00; throo blokots for $2.00, HOOLEY'S THEATRE, THl PARLOR HOMH OF COMEDY! Putronized by the Elite of Hoclety! MONDAY, July 14, ing, and sAIONDAY, Juls U, overy evauing, and Wodnoaday snd URAND DOUBLI BILT,. Tiobortson's Roaintiful Bocloty Gomody, . = And rosppyarsua of John Dillon In tho Glurions Farco of v TEH TWO FPOLTS. In rohcarsal—SOI00L, NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE, THE 000LEST PLACE IN THE CITY, Ponltively the LAST THRER NIGIITS of TONY PASTORY GREAT STAR TROUPE! Cllgagols Iast opporiunits of witnessing thoperformancns SRR R R BTN ATTON, e oy wro ad- wortisod for and must positively appoar in R, on Mondsy noxt. HURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, TRY; CHANGE OF PROGRAMME, 1HE GHANGE OF PROGRANAME: ng a1l tho Stars In thoir groat Specialtios, Mond, ok, July 19 Grand Gompimiontacy Teatts mbiat 1 TORY PARLoM, O Couplinionisry Tott M'VICKER'S THEATRE, POSITIVELY LAST WEEK Of tho Drlllinat Young Actres, KATIE PUTINAM. MONDAY BEVENING, July 14, snd daring tho woek, first tiimo'in Amorica of tho now fmotional Drama, ‘WORLD AND STAGE. KATE ROBERTSON, KATIE PUTNAI Farowoll Matinon Snt: OCEAN NAVIGATION. NATIONAL LINE OF STEAMSHIPS. lamazoo, Snling from Now York for Quaanstown and Lizorpool ovary Sn(llrtlg(, aud for London direct uvory fortuight. 06 QU RKNGTOWN and LIVEREOOL, trom Plors 44 Yreorb o muedss: Jaly 13| Canada. ..Saturday, Jaly 3 aturday, July 13| Canads. .. Saturday, Ja Serotorrr Satiniay, July 10| Spaiher. . Satnrday, Aug. 4 Cubin Passnge, S30, S50, ani 8100 Ourrency. Fxcuralon Tickota at Reducod Ratoss BTEERAGE PASSAGE, 829, uurranug‘ ‘Parsongors bookod to or from Gorman and Scandina- vian polnis at [ow ratos. b Blosmanips of ¢hia lino aro tho Iargost (n tho tmde, Diatia on Groat Britain, Troland, and tho Outigont, WILLIAM MACALISTER, Gon'l Weatorn Agent, ‘Northoast corner Clark and Randolph-ts, (opnosito nosw ‘Bhornau Houso), Uhioaro. Salllng twico & wook from New York, and carrying pas: ‘sangars to all parts of Grent Britain, Iruland, Continental Euraps, and the Moliterranoau, Unbin from $65; Steor- Yitish and Irish porty aaat, £30; wost, $32. ' Contl: mtal purts ssuio us atllor rogulay 3 ayablo in 5, oleranox, “Auply for full {aformaiion at the Cont- ‘pany's offices, No. 7 Howling Greon, Now York, and N, . corner LaSalfoaud Madison-sts., Ghicago, HENDERSON BROTHERS, Agents. STATE LINE. 5 AND GLABGOW, LIVERPOOL, BEL- R N S A Thuaclc'?hmw atesmors will sail from Stato Lino 9 » Brooklyn, N, ¥, as follows: penilons o & ¥, oy vy PENNSYLV. VIRGINIA, GEORGIA, Fortnightly ffioreatior. s‘\nxléffi'ffiff\fifi’fg.wfi"fifgin. & Cor. of Cannl aud Wost Madison-sts., Ohicago, NEW YORK TO CARDIET, BRISTOL, LONDON, And a1l Other Points in England and Wales, The South Wales Atlantio Steamship Uompany's now 2iaas Stonraships ril sall from Ponasylvania Rail- A Vhart, Jorsos Clly: y AABRORLE, May 28 et A Ak sy Lk (s o e Y it opron s, s Vidod Witk ATl the 14tost Improvoniants for tho comforiand f CORTOREOSIN AND STEERAGE PASSENGERS, Firat curreney Bacond 85 curroncy Rtooras B0 currency Pl isors St i €aral atta for L hnd umards S i i S e o, ., O X 0. I ambers, at n eyt OTTRONTBALD BAXTER & CO.x Agontd, No. 17 Broadway. CIN.C}INNA'lI‘.I [ndusirial Exposition The Leading Industria. FAIR OF AMERICA. The Fourth Exhibition will open Wednesday, Sept. 3, and continue until Saturday, Oct. 4, 1873. Goods received from August 4 to August 80. Ex- hibitors should make immedi- ate application for space. ~__ _EDUCATIONAL. Harvard University, 1878~74. Mombors of ono dopartmant Liave a right to attond lec. turos snd rocitations in any othor dopattmont of the Uni- voraity without paying additiunal fucs; for examp studonts moy attend any oxorolsos thoy plossa in Harvard Callogs, Medlcal students the oxor of tho Bolonttfic ohool, ota. Tho degroos of Maator of Arts, Dootor of Philoiophy, and Dootor ot Bolono are opon to Backolors of othor in~ stitutiona, “Tho yosr bogins 1n all dopartmontes on Thuraday, Bopt, 25,1873, Mzaminations for adudssjun ta HARVARD COLLEGE, the LAWRENCI SOIENTIIIO HOHOOL, tho MINING BOHOOL, aud (ho BUBSEY INSTIIU. TION will bogin on Thursday, Bopt. 15, at8a, m, Tho oxamination for advanoed standing {n the MEDIOAL SOIOOT, takos placa Sopt, 22; for advanced standiog in tho LAW SCIOOL, Hopt, 25, Tho Univorslty Uataloguo (including oxamination papers ot 1871-73) may bo obtalnod from CMARLIS W, REVER, ‘Booksaller, Oambridgo; prioo, 60 couts, Ciroulars do- soribing tha suvoral dopartnunts may bo abtaluod onap plication ta JAMKS W, HARNIS, Soorotary, Qawbridge, Mass, KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY, MERIDENs N, Il onsos lowor, at any othor strlotly first-olass Al o pa e AUSTIN, A. M., Priclpal, REAL ESTATE, FOR SALE. : s First-Olass Central Property. I pm authorized to offor for salo, for & short timo, the 40x110-foot lot on the carner of Doarborn-st. and Onlhoun-place, being on the anst side of Doarborn-st. botwoon Wash. ington and Mydison-sts. THOMAS LYMAN, Room 17 Portland Black. FAIRBANKS' ETANDARD SCATES OF ALL BIZES. zrp—.;;fip FAIRBANKS, MORSE &GO 111 AND 118 LAKKE-8T. FRACTIONAYL CURRENOCY, $5 Pa;cpkages FRACTIONAL CURRENGY FOR BALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE. RAILROAD TIME TABLE. IRRIVAL 20 i DEPARTURE OF TRAINS Smnmer Arrangenont, wlh:{r‘x.m.«gm: uronnfi?‘muz fim‘\}m—- ;u Ei&\;rd:iy: i ted. ¥ Bunday oxcoptod, T Monday ox L 1An TRV Hlinday at 4 00 e o 5 Dalle, " X! MICHIGA CENTAL & GREAT WESTERN AAILAOADS ok hie, oy B e, it ot and 6 Cunal-st,, corner af Madlson, TLeave, Arrive. Mol ol matn and alr lino) Day Kxprown... kson Accommodation. Moruing Fixpross, Night lapre: PR eesees p.m.| IENRY 0. WENTWORTH, General Passougor Agorit. ] CHICARD & ALTON RAILROAD. - Chieag Kaneas City and Denrer Shori Line, via Lauisi. ant, Mo, und Chicago, Sprinusield, Alton and St, Louls Through Line. Unfon Depot, \est Side, wear Hadlsomest, “brlidge, Ticket Ojicca : AL Depot, und 133 itandolpheets Arrive. Ranwa Clty B IR T g Knnans Oty Fasé Henros roksonwillo, Ti, and via Biain Lo in Main) * B:10p. m, - [£9:00 p. m. * oad A, mi 9:007 m, Bt T A a oy g ton 1 Hprignal 1agt 3 =3 ohorson Uity Fxpra Ta0n . Tieoria, Keokuic & Briia i 3 wl':"x';.m n, and Washi i 5 Joltot & Diight Ascommbuation.|® 4410 p. ms1* DHO R e CHIGAGO, MILWAUKEE & Sf. PAUL RAILWAY. Union Depot, corner Mudizon and Canal-sls,; Ticket Ofice okt Clas eabes opotits Shecpuin Hoseey it Degnis Teave, | Arrive, 9:30 0. m. *6:00 0, m. [+8:30 p, m. *4:18p. m. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & UUINCY RAILROAD. Depola—Foot of Lakeat,, Indiana-ac., and Sixteenthost,, and Canal and Sixteent ‘Ticket ifices, No, 89 Clark. at., and at depots, Matl and Expross, . Otiawa ani Stronio; ind Siou Oity Ex ‘ast Lin Aurora Passongor.. ‘Aurors Passenger (K35 Dubunuo & Sloax ity fixi Pacific Night Kzpress,, M Dawnor'a Grove Accomimotation| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, Depot foot af Lakest. and oot af Ticenty-secondaty (g T S e Teave, Ticka Arrive. Bt. Lonis Rxpross. t, Loula Fast Lin Oslro Mail, airo IExpic Springtlold 1¢ Springtold Kxpros ubuguo & Sloux Ciiy Ex. Dubugue & Sioux Ol Eiogliam P Kagkukoo Passsnyor 1Iyde Parkand Dak Woods 4D iyde Park and Oak Woo 0 Hydo Park and Oak Woods. 00, m Hydo Park and Oak Wood: 3 a. . Hydo Park and Oak Wood: H15p. m, Hydo Parkand Osk Woods G:20p. . Tiydo Park and Oak Wood: 886 p. m. 1iydo Park and Oak Woods 7:400 m, CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. ity afices, corner Kandolph ant FaSalle-ats,, and 75 Canal. at., corner Sadisaii-st, PaclfioFaat Lino. Cxpi Bt. Faul Espre: CHICAGD, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. Depot, corner of VanBuren and Shermanats, Ticket otfice, 13 I¥eat adison-st. Leave, | Arrite. Omahs, Leavonw*th&Atchison Ex KR ich o Lotvouwarth & LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Depot, Van Dureni-ti., foot ar LaSalle-st. Ticket ofices, northweit comer Clark and Randolph-te,, amd southuest Corner Canat and Hadlion-att, Teav Expros Accom. via Matn Lino. Mal), via Air Line and Mala Line|* slmcln "Now York Espeoss, via T Linn.. Atlantio Bxpros 8 9. 5: 9 3. D p. m. Night Expross, vis ain Line.... (" 3 B fatom, .| S8 B Bouths Olitcogo Accommodation.:| 12:00 m. PITTSBURGH. FORT WAYNE & CHICAGO R Taave, e il . . 8558 e Mail... Valparaiso Acconmodation. ... CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNATI LINE, VIA KANKAKEE ROUTE. From the Great Central Rallroad Depot, foot of Lake-st, For throush tlekels and aleenlig-car berihy aypl; neto Ticket afice, 131 linndolph-at., near corner Clark; 15 Salleat,, corner Washe nalt., corner Madison; dngton, and at iitinols Central Depot. Toavo Chica Ariy Araat Yomai 3% Tndian ATeiva at Jinoinnatt Trains arrive at Ohlcago ot 7:07 2. 7:40p. m, Only lino runuing Saturda, dianapolis and Cinclnnati, South Knd bagago olsokod and tako' train at Sbots ., 836 8, ., an tght traia fo In. ngors can got ‘wenty-socond-at. CHICAGO & PACIFIC HAILROAD. (OPEN T0 ELGIN, B MILES.) Depot corner Malstet and North Branetiats, General affice 18 ‘Metropolitan Block, corner ftandolph and LaSallests. Fxpross [Passongor. . Treight Accommodali I MEDICAL CARDS. DR. C. BIGELOW, CONFIDENTIAL THYBICIAN, (64 BTATEST., 2 Yeieiwall known by all zeadors af tho papersthat Dr. O Bigolow Is the oldost catablishod physictan, haviog basa praoticing in Chicago for thie laat 1 yosrs, Bcionco and experionce hava mado Dr, B. tho most ronowned SPES QuALiser e acy hoored by (he ek sachenl o 3 ing romortios thal H e e et L DTRRG Ah LERand S (EAS] ho 7O, Enthsoxon: BEATIN, RS pradueing NERE 1 BE! L WEAK] VOUBNESS, AVERSION 10 SOOLLTY, IMPAIRID VBN STols O aEN AND' MANHOOD porfoctly sured, ORY & s evidont that ano who confinos himn. self to tha study of corfain disoa: gases ovary gour ‘troating thousands of o leoator skl thiu & pETS n gonural e 3 . of tho highost rospootability, o doatlomanot tbls ST, 06l Taculfy mow Deuetialug 14 Dhdomerabiors Sihyand rondy (o attast bis scill, Koad hils ln‘tblfll&h’l‘fiEAATlsliinlm; Jadior and, i aon g Aent I U ARATI PARLONS for thdles and e, S A 0 R it to DR, 0. BIGELOW, with stanips, No. 401 Stato-t. COBURN Medical Institute, 175 and. 177 South Olark.st,, comer Monroo, Toundod ‘and opiuoted by’ Dr. d: . obui oo of it foruinal chioalo a leian ontlomon. BULTA: ular graduate of modlvine, R as (.t bost. Gollegos in the marbotporianod i (45 csktings 1ok ol any phrsicisn o o. privaiy discauss o o b ovor Tl o find. spaody ro: P e mart. ¢ st (hy hnnda of De. Goburm. Hond twostamps for hle hooks on malo and fomale diseass to any address, in ldllfl&l snvelopos, ross lotters, Dr. J% U, COBURK, 176and 177 Bouths Filconfiluntal 0o hours: V5. NO CURE! tod - m. Ny Dr. 'Kean, 360 South Clark-st., Chieago, My o coutidontally conusitod porsonally o by wsll B e o all ahrunio or harvous diaoasss. 00 Ja KEX N I tho only pliysiotan 1n tho ity who war- pay. T on ook sout for 60 conts. Tihustratod with numoe ous finoungrarings, DR, A, G. OLIN, NFIDENTIAL PHYSIOIAN No. 41 Wort oot Chieaya (st ooes, oura . LI 1 m, ; Bunday, vate, ohironlc, ol nervous discasos in boll soxos D e v fallods - all or wrilo; surea gairan B o fra corrospmicug confidont a1 & Lo (3l Taforsbation fof two stainpa, Houd fur olroulse i G