Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1873, Page 4

4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TENUMA OP AUBRORIPTION (FATAMLE 1N ADVANOE), Daily, byl 2.00 2 Paoeedy S 300! Pattnaln b tho samo rato, £ To provont delny and mistakos, bo suro and givo Post Ofico addrosa in {ull, Jucluding Btate und Couaty, . Tomlttaucos may bo nindo ofthor by dralt, oxpross, Post Oftico order, or in reglsturod fottars, at our rlsk. TENME TO CITY SUNZCRINERN, A Dills, dolisorod, Sunday oxeontod, S5 coute por wook, Dails, dolivorod, Sunday inolulod, 30 conts yor wook, Addren TUL TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madiron aud Doarborn-ata., Ohloago, Til, TO.DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, '8 THEATRE-Madison, botweon Doar. DI S M anes ot e Faoe "Eoung dan. Dietiwann Mad. ITEATRI-I) QLOIM TITATRE Dotwann Mad: dxlslnnlllrn& spon anil” Washivgioa, ** Eiuster," arling; or, JI0OLKY'S, THIRATRE-Randol; streot, botweon Clark anil LaSallo, **Tho Now Maydalen, s DARNUM'S MRNAGERIRE~Cornor of, Madison and Elizaboth strec BUSINESS NOTICES, INGTEAD OF BITTER: 4yqn qwrgr quinmn R DVii. THIS SPLENDID il Sl el et e, amd {nstan 3 Lot iota it ot Wnblonsant oor TLanio: Sien tho 1l offocts of bai dyes and wislion.” Prolaces im- prodinioly w aupost biack oemeiralrowny sod loayes Inflr clean, solt, and hmum:lll. Tho """“.‘“'U'llf'}:?ldr.‘l! S BATONELOR'S halrdyo is tho o ! drugginta. Hatebln, Bol ot ore v, Y. VAN SOUAACK, NSON ¢ IIID, Adents. @he Chicage Teibue, \Pucsday Morning, August 19, 1873, Tho roport of tho Joint Committos on the Court-Houso Plans, awarding preminms to Matz, Gay, and fTilloy, les beon mccopted by the Common , Council and the- County Commissionors, The plan for racommitting tho report, with directions to have it 8o amended a8 to give the firet prizo to Tilloy, was not carriod out, v Tho Common Council were informed by the Mayor last oveniug that ho dosired to loave the city this weok for an indefinito time, and that it would bo necosgary for thom to choosoan Acting- Mayor in his place. Ald. L. L. Dond was- then chosen to act as Mayor during Mr. Modill's abeonce, This soloction is such a8 to ronder it anlikely that Mayor Modill will findit nocessaryto toturn during the romaindor of his termof oftice. Heo will loavo Chicago this wook, snd sail from New Yorl on the 27th iust. with bis family for Europe, to be gouo a year or more. e To-day will bo observed in Springfleld, by eonimon congont, ns a day of public mourning ovor tho four citizens of that city who wero killed in tho Lomont accident. Appropriate resolutiona have boen passed to thoir memory by- the Common Council, and the peoplo have appointed & committoo to take charge af the in- tormont, which will be ot & public charaoter. Ono of tho funeral nddrosses will bo dolivered by Gov. Bovoridgo, and tho city aud Stato officinls will bo presont in a body. ‘I'ho railway disnstor of Saturday night shows how ceuontial the Miller or the Blackstono coupler is to the sofety of rallway travel. Had it nat been for the coupler inuse on the Alton Rond, there can bo no doubt that the cars would bave ‘“tolescoped,” and the loss of lifo svould havoe probably beon three or four timos what it was, Thoso couplers and tho platforme of the cars wore made g0 strong that they kept the Four hind cars in lino on the track, giving the poople in the two pussonger conches & prolly severo jar; but the sloopers mocm to have escaped even that, Had tho conchea on tho Pennsylvania Railway boon 0 coupled, tho accidont on that road, last De- omber, would not have oceurred, and five lives would have boon eaved. 3 Tho Chicngo produco markots wers more sc- tivo yostorduy, Bloss pork was in fair domand, and stondy at $15.95@10.00 for cash or sollor Scptomber. Lard was quiot, and a shado firmer at 7%@8c por Ib for winter, sud 75@734c for anmmor rondored. Monts wero guict and firm at 7%@8c for shoulders, 9}{@93¢c for short middiings, and 10@12¢ for sweot-pickled hams. Luko freights wero rather moro active and un- shanged, st 4c for corn to Buffalo. ' Highwines wora oxcited, advancing 2ige, -but closed eusier, ot 9o por gallon. TFlour was more active and firm, Wheat wag active, nad 1340 lowor for cash, closing at $1.22; but 20 highor on options, closlng at $1.21 scller tho month, nnd §1.135 eoller Hoptombor. Corn was aotive, and unchinngod, closing at 39%4c_cash or sellor Beptembor. Oats were moderately active, and 34@Xo lower, closing at 2730 cash, and 2630 soller Soptombor. Iiyo wan quiet and strong, ab 67¢c cash, and G5)¢c seller Soptember, Barloy was active, and 2@be higher, closing at $1.05 for new No. 2 soller Soptember. Hogs were in de- mand at steady prices, with sales at 84.80@4.90. Cattle wero without quotsble ghange, though choico geades wero firmar, Mayor Melilll urged upon the Common Coun- eil Jnst night tho paseago of an ordi- nanco msking it obligatory upon tho ownors of high buildings to placo ivon pipes in them with proper hose-couplings on each floor and tho roof. Experienco shows that ordinary hoso will not stand tho strain to which it is subjected when wator is forcod through it up four or more stories. Iu the recent fire at tho Singer builling, nearly & milo of hoso was spoiled fu two hours. Such pipes a8 thoso the Mayor recommonds, tho valuo'of which Tas | already bLeon pressod in our columus, would suve their cost in the reduction of tho annual insurance chargos, and in caso of fira would pay for themselves & thousand-fold, In addition to this, the Mayor urges that tho safoty of tho city roguires their adoption. His moessage waa roferred to the proper committoo, ——— e Superintendent 3Modlullen, of tho Chicago & Alton Road, Station-Mastor Houston, of Le- mout, snd Conductor Russell, of the wreckod passenger traln, were hofore tho Coronor’s jury yesterday investigating tho causoy of ‘the racent nccident, Buperintend- ont McMullen statod that tio blame of tho acel- dont luy upon the conductor and engincer of the coal train, The formor had beon ono yoar, the Inttor ono month, on the road, and they woro both bolieved to bo capablo and trustworthy. The engincor had full disorotion undor his fustructions from the Company to disrogard any. ordor from the conductor that would endaunger lifa or property or violato the rules. The pres- ent woy such a caso, a8 tho coal iraln had no right whatevor to be on the road. Tho oxcuso of the enginoer, that hia watch had stopped, the Buperintondent says, iy tho oxouse always mado in such casos, Tho ongincor has boon thrown into Jjail b{ the Company, and tho conductor ‘will bo put ~hera ou soon #4 thoy oan optoh -Lim, 1HIS CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: 'TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1873, i n i Tho tontimony of the othors corroliornled theso statomonts concerning. tho culpability of the ongineer aud conduotor of the gonl train, In commenting upon tho rocont rallrond dis- astor whioh ocourred near Wigan, England, tho London Netos.takea tho ground that thoro onn Do In that country no acoidonts which oan bo atriotly rogarded as “ unavoldable.” It admita tlnt, in‘cortaln cotinlrios and’ olimatos, tho olo montg may furnish enusos over -which human manngemant can oxorcise no confrol,—suoh ag tho nwooping of & whole train of cara from tho trick by o tornndo, or tho suddon slidos-of land and auow, or the Impotuous washing away of bridges. As these oauses aro movor presont in England, it Is hold that nono can ocour which * conld not have boon proventod by humen caution and foresight. Tho accident which called out this commont was noarly a8 serlous, though not 80 appalling, 88 tho Lomont disnater. Eight porsona woro killed instantly, and thirty wore badly wounded, The train was & hoavy one, consisting of twonty-two carringes (tho English railroad-onrriage bolng about one-third the sizo of the Amorican possonger-coach), three vans (bnggnge-cars), and two onginos. Tho cars woro all full, a largo number of the pnssengers being on their wny toScotland for the summor, Within o fow yards of the platform nt Wigan station, tho train ‘passea two ewitchos lending off to ciroular tracks accommodating local trains, Tho two enginos and sevauteen of tho- coaches pnssed over all right; tho others woro somehow, not yot oxplainod, thrown off tho lino, and jammod up agalnst tho atation-buildings, Of conrae, tho wrock was completo, But, on the hypothesis that no act s entiroly unavoidable,—and this idoa obtaina vory genorolly in England,—the in- vostigntion will be thorough, and the responsl- bility fixed whore it proporly bolonga, THE LEMONT DISASTER AND THE ALTON - RAILROAD COMPANY, It ia important to fix as accurately ns possiblo tho responsibility of the railrond managera for an acoidont like that which oceurrod near Le- mont. In this caso tho immediate blamo at- tachos to theconductor and engincor of tho coal tramn, who violated existing rules, and, by what appoara to have beon deliberate nnd' porverse oction, insured tho hazard of s collision with a recklossness that is sltogothor unparalleled. No oxcuso haa yot beon offered on tho part of the conduotor who tool hla conl train from Lomont contrary to ordors, and also contrary to custom, with the full knowledgo that ho must meot the rogular pnssonger train going south, unless thero wore somo unusual detontion. Tho engi- noor is roportod as saying that ho was misled by his watoh, which was fitty minutes slow. If this 18 truo, it is no oxcueo for him, sa roflrosd traina are not run by engincors’ watchos, But the story has tho appoarance of having been invented to shicld bim from blame. He accounts for tlio watch_ heing 80 much’ bohind time becauso the hands had caught, Whon tho hands of & watch catch, ono of two things occur: Either tho watch stops, in which caso tho enginecor would have known it, or | the watch gaina timo by means of tho minute- hend carrying the hour-hand forward, In no cage cap the hands go- bnokward. Tho engi- ncor's atory is bardly entitled to credonco in viow of tho terrible rosponsibility from which it is intended to reliove him, Ho must have known tho dauger which the’ conductor was incurring, aad it was his duty to rofuso to run tho traiu. ‘Whatover may be shown to havo boen tho short- comings of the Railroad Company, it does not now look as though the conductor aud ongi- teer of the coal train con eseapo conviction 6f ecriminal rooklossnoss, which should bo soveroly punished for the common good of humanity. This cannot oxcuse or ex- tonuate the: errors in tho managemont of tho Chicago & Alton Road, which are primarily ro- sponsible, ‘and the only possible justification for which is to bo found in the circumstanco that thoy are common to the managoment of nearly all tho railronds in this country, First—Tho Chicago & Alton Railrond ought to havo a doublo track. Wo print elsewhero a communication from =» large railway stock- holder, in which he takes tho brond ground that overy radrond shonld bo compelled to lay s doublo track by imposing o statutory pen- alty of $100,000 for overy collision that oc- curs, As o stockholdor, ho belisves that tho investment wonld pay, but, outside of overy con- sideration of profit, the safoty of humau life do- mands it.” A double track ia the first and great- osl protection against collisions, So long ny traiug thunder along on o single track in oppo- sito directions in the black nighé and around curved, neither human judgment nor human caro can bo trusted to always ‘overt collisions. Human liability to orr seoms to be intensified on railronds. A doublo track nlono can seoure tho certainty of two traing passing onch other with- out danger. This applica to all railronds. Tho blamo that attaches particularly to the Chicago & Alton is, that its businees has warranted the Inyiog of o double track beforo now. Tho railrond has boen in oporation for twenty yoars, and for many yoars pust has beon making a groat deal of money. There cortajnly should have ‘boon a doublo track bétween Chicago and Joliot. longago. Tho stono business and coal business alono would have warranted it, Tho lossos of thorond by this single accldent would almost havo laid a second track for that distance,—about 40 miles, Tho track could bo Iaid this distance, probably, for §600,000; the losses to the Com- pany ou sccount of the prosont disaster will, porbaps, reach £300,000, It is probable that thero will bo eightoen doaths, the ponalty for which is fixed by law 6t 5,000 oncl, Tho doaths alone will cost the Company $00,000. Tho damages awarded to thoso who survive thelr injuries will be utill lJarger, 08 thore is mno statutory lmit. Tho loss of the locomotives, damages to cars and track, delay aud loss of businoss will mako anothor large oxpeudituro. The disaster s ono that Is Likely to ocour any day, and it is sato to eoy that tho monoy eaved in damagos would moro than balancd tho intorcat on the cost of a sccond track. Every trunk line running to or from Ohi- cago should lave & doublo track =t lonst , within 300 miles of tho elty, in order’ to do the business eafely or even thoroughly. As rallrond companies are not apt to liston to tho arguments of outsiders, perhaps tho suggostion of the railway stockholder—a £100,000 penalty for collislons rosulting in doath —will commend fteolf to tho Legislaturo, Bccond—The Lomont colllslon {llustrates an obvious error in traln-dispatohing, ‘Tralus are run on all railronds nowadaya by telograph. Tho train-dispatchor 18 at tho loadquarlors of tho division,—Chicago in thia caso,—and knows tho preoise locatlon of every train on tho road. The arrival ot & station is Inutantly roported, and instructions’ {mmediatoly roturned, Tho presont custom is for tho ntation-mas- for to hand tho dlsvatch io the eanduotor, who I to bo govorned by it Wo prominio tiis was dono st Lomont, . If it-wasn't,.thon thoro is somobody olso bosides tho conduotor and onginoor to biame, But, ovon if 1t waa done, the error in tho systom still romaing, Ivery sta- tion-mantor sliould have abaolute power to hold 6vory train that arrives. o should bo the dep- uty of the tralu-dispatehor. By this means, the train-dispatehior would practleally bo at overy station in porson. If tho stnation-master at Lo- mout bad beon vostod with this authorlty, tho murderous coal traln would never have boon staried. No one would have dared to atart it witbout expliolt ivstructions from tho sta- tion-mnstor under this rulo * Thoso instructions the station-master would nover have given. It ia roportod that ho romonstrated with tho con- ductor or other poraona on tho coal traln againat starting ; if ho had boon vested with tho author- ity to hold tho train, tho engincor would not hava dared to opon the throtilo-valvo of his machino, Third—Tho officors of the Chicago & Alton Tiond havo beon blamed by many porsons for the dolay in gotling a roliof train to tho wreck. Wo aro inolined to think that there {8 no fault to bo found on this scoro. Oortainly thoy wWora mot moro dilatory than othor railrond officors wonld havo boon undor similar ciroumstancos. Infor- mation of tho disnstor had to bo takon to Lomont on foot; thonco it camo to Chicago by tolograph, and tho proper officors had to bo sont for, and dootors oalled out of bod, and the roliof train organized. Moro or loga delay ia inevitablo in tho natural contusion of such an oconsion. But thero Is ono procaution which all railronds shoyld tako, and whicli wo beliovo that fow of them have takon. Thoro stould bo an extra engine, with eteam up, ot tho terminal stations, if not olaowhero, sll the timo. If such a systom had been in vogus.on tho Obicago & Alton Rond, thoro is no doubt that moro apoedy rollof would have roached the sufforing victima of tho dQisaster, Wo do not know what additional ro- sponsibility mey bo fixed wupon tho Ohi- osgo & Alton Railrosd Company and its managors by futuro mvestigation; but the criticism we have made is gonerally applicabla to nearly all tho railronds in the country. Tho Lomont dlsaster should bo the point of dopsr- ture leading to n rectification of these obvious orrors in managoment. Thero was one procau- tlon which averted n more serious loss of lifo than actaally occurred in tha late collision, and for which tho Company should have credit. The passonger cars, 08 well a8 tho sleeping conches, woro provided with tho Millor platform, which nlono could have provented tolescoping in a oolligion of such tromiondous force. Rnilroads which bave nogleated to provide thoso platforms and couplinga should now bo convincod of thoir usefulnoss, aud attach them at onco to all thoir possonger conchos. UNWRITTEN HEROES, Amid all tho horrors of tho recont railrond- disnstor noar Lomont,—and wo can scarcoly ro- call any calastropho of a similar nature whore tho dotails havo boon moro torrible,—it is ro- froshing to read of the noble humanity and Lioroio offort to roliove suffering which wore charaotertstic of somo of the passongors on tho ill-fated traln, It does not mitigato the suffor- ings of the poor victima; it cannot rostors the dead to life or olleviato the sorrow in so many houscholds; 1t does not palliato the criminal foolhordiness and rocklesencss of the con- ductor of tho froight train, and yot ono can- not read of tho noble work of theso mon ond women, and of the remarkable faot that, although this disnator occurred in a noighborhood inbabited by rough peoplo, thero waos not an unsoomly ack committed, without fooling n goneo of thankfulnoess and admiration, and having a more abiding faith in the nobility of humanity. Itisno discredit to tho groat majority of those who woro witnossos of this disnstor that thoy woro 8o paralyzed with horror 48 to bo utterly demoralizod, and that thoir very firak impulso was to fly from fhe dreadful sconc, to turn thoir.oyes from tho honrt-ronding sight, and closo thoir cars to tho walls and groans of agony. Noarly all the passongors had retired or ‘wero rotiring for the night, This sudden aud torriblo change, this unexpected summons to meot death at un instant's notice In its most tor~ xiblo form, was sufficiont to appal tho stoutest hoart, Tha darkness of the night, the sudden .erash,- the ronding of tho ponderous enginos, -tho eplitting and crushing of cars pilad togother in promiscuous ruin, the bursting of the boilor and tho cacape of tho scalding stoam into car full of human boings, some of them nnablo to oxtricate themselves, others hurled many fook away, and shll othors to whom death was more merciful and cane fustantly, make a picture of ubsolute torror which must forover haunt tho memorios of thoso who have survived it. Dark and torrible ag this picture is, howaver, ‘it is rolioved by tho noble conduct of s fow who rogo guperior to it, and showed themselves to Lo the masters of tho situation, To master such & situntion, and to mastor one's gelf at such a time, roquire montal and physical quali- ties of tho highest order. IIumanity and sym~ pathy aro not tho only clomeuls necessary. Thoy only suggest that something must bo dons, and, in such a torrible emergonoy -aa this, the person who doos not focl thess promptings is a littlo lower thon tho bruto, Probably every por- 8on on the trajn who cscaped unhart folt as if ho must do somothing, and yot it iy ovident that but two out of the largo numbor woro not wholly ovorcome and demoralized. 1ven tho conductor Limeelf, upon whom passongers placa rolianco at such o timo, Wad of no.moro Lelp than if lio bad boen o thousand miles away. . Two men, howover, in addition to their humsnity and sym- pathy, had coolness and prosonce of mind enough to renlizo tho oxtont of tho disastor, to 800 the necossity of doing somothing immodi- ololy, and to dotormine what must bo dono. Thero were others who may also have boon equal thus far to tho omergenoy; but there s 8till anothior quality of & physical ohnractor, which s absolutely necessary to the sohiove- mont of any result in such cascs, and that i norve, ‘There aro fow, very fow, poo- ple - who can leok wupon euch terr- blo slaughtor and euch sgonies of suf foring without quailing and being paralyzod, however humane and sympathetic and pnxions to do somathing thoy may bo, Theso two mon, Mr. B. . Hawloy, of Normal, and tho Toxan, Magoo, had all theso qualitios, and when othera slood torrified, or fled domoralized, or waited for somo ono to take the lead, they beut all their onorgles to tho work of roscue, dirooted othors, and worked like horaos thomaolves untll all tho vietims in tho mmoking-car wore taken oub from thoir prison-houso of torlure, and tendorly cared for untll help arrived from Lomont aud Chicago, , Buch men as those never waut reward, for ihelr reward coisluts in tho consolousnoss thst thov bave done & man's duty, in mmans 1y, way, but: 16 thin whl bo Added;flid torveht! gratitude..of. those who survive, and the tearful blnaulngs:nf tho friends of tho dead. -, Thero woro other inatancos of lieroism on this and ocenslon. Tho fondor eato; tho sympathotis heart, the loving hands ‘of woman aided theso mon ‘and the othops who word réady to'do wlion tho way was shown thewm, Such occastonn sathoko demonstrata that all women aro not dolls or faint hoarts ; bist, on tho othor hand, that thero aro thoRo who havo norve enough for any situation— an almost suporhuman atrongth with which to worlt, and sn Intuitlve knowledge how bost to adminiator thoso offlcos of consolation and morcy whioh bolovg only to o woman's tonder hands, Tho intorviows of our reportors havo discovored tho inmo of one of thoso ladics, Mrs. Robort McCart, of Dloomington, “a little Iady who worked liko nn ange),” Br. Burgess, tho sloop- ing-car conductor, saye.' This little lndy found hor misalon,—~somehow it is nlmost always tho littlo women who havo thoe groat hearts aud strong norves,—and sho porformed it like & beroino, and the sngols of morcy above muat Lavo recognized ono of their numboer in this angel of morey bolow. Tho deods of those mon and women belong to the unwritton history of loroos, and yot thers must como a day whon much that appoars. groat must bo pronounced small, and on that day theuo will bo rocognizod and rocolve tholr reward. © Tho rocord of.tho daods of horolsm on that night would bo incomplete without & roforoncoe to tho oloar gritof Mr: Lottlo, of Bpringflold, who, while in the agony of death, sent for the slevp- ing-car conductor, told him his name, mado his will and signed it, snd handed over his watch and jowolry to bo sent to his wife and family, and thon roquested tho conduator to leave him and holp thoso to whom help would be of avoll. That man wos made in the horolo mould. Xe was borribly scalded, bolled, snd mutilated, and yot ho would not die until ho had performed his Inst duty liko a man. In this tor~ riblo rotroapoot it is gratifying to contemplate such instancos as wo have cltod. It proves ouce moro that, in tho prosonco of these groat catas- trophes, os high o nobility of charnoter snd ag chivalrous a dogroo of purposc msy be devel- opod 28 tho world's battle-flelds have over shown, or tho pagea of history have resorded. NOTES AND OPINION. The election in Indiana, Oot. 14, will be for county officers, Cirouit Judgoes, and Prosoouting- Attorneys. . Tho canvaes is just oponing. In " tho Thirty-fourth Oircuit (Elkhart nnd LaGrango " Countics), the Republicans bave nominated W. A. Woods, 0t Goshon, for Judge, ond, in tholr rosolutions, declare it *“tho right and duty of the Btato to control every corporato franchiso,” moro capeoially and pointedly raitroad corpora- .tions in their managoment.and charges. Tho rosolutions slso donounce Crodit Mobilier, aud domand tho furthor exposure of all partios there- to, or to any othor spocios of political abuso or corruption ; and, finally, thoy docreo the death of ovory man who protits by the incroase of sal- wries, past, prosont, or futuro. + ., —It is moro than probable that tho mon who will be clected to Congross, aftor this, will be directly hirod by thelr constituents for so much poy, and no etoaling. Already tho mon of Tk~ nois ara gotting thoir hand in on this, and the Bollevillo Advocale says: . ‘Tho Ropublicantd of Perry County hold & masa:moet~ ing et Pincknoyville,a fow dsys ago, looking o tho coming vounty ‘eloctlon, Among other things, thoy concluded that tho county oflicers “aro goti oo much moncy, and thoy fixed by resolution tha oa whiclh they will bo wlling o pay in future, Tho County Qlerk they think alioull' havo about §1,600 per snnunl, out of wiiich Lo sliould pay clerk-hiro, Tho Qounty Judgo should have about $100 por annum. ‘Ihe County School Commissioners should have $200 per aunuui, —Tho Tarmors ot Point Plonsant, Bcott County, IiL, doclaro that the railroad article in tho Illinois Conatitution was knowingly adopted, and for & purposo ;'ond that membora of tha, prosent Logislature have violatod their onths by not putting that articlo' in fores. Theroforo, thoy call on niombora to rosign. ~In Rock Island County, Il., whore the Re- publican managers give no haed to the Farmers' - Movement, an apportionment of dologates hes Dbeen mado whereby tho clty procinots of Rock Island aud Molino will out-voto the rural dis- tricts, In that county the Farmora' Mov emont is called * tho tnil of tho Domocratio kite ;" and, in Jersoy County, it Is called *‘tho tail of tho Ropublican kite.” The Jorsoyville Democrat takos Bourbon straight, and says: Now, this so-called *‘Farmoras' Ticket" ia simpl; 140 woodon Lorss, {uid of which les tho enomy.. - T+ 1a tho cosch insido of which tho Republican party ex- | pect to rido into power into Jernoy County, As foon us they get well séatod, thalr political drivers will takg Lold of the Unes, tightcn purty roius, aud say, *Good dny, gontlomen,” - Tho hisiory of tho ltspublican party is one of treachery aud hatred toward tho Do- mocracy, —A Ropublican Convention at Bundusky, Ohio, Inst wools, roso up and said: _ . ., Ii¢solved, That wo condomn tho so-callod * Inorenao ' of Salary Bill ¥ passod by the last Congresa ; that th mombers of Congroas Who favercd tho moasuro, and the President who signed it aro guilly of violating tho confldence rl;}’flnml. 1n them by tho peoplo, and of vio- lating tho pledges mado by thoin during the last Presie dontisl campaign, .. e But tho Oglo Connty (Ill) Reporter, which is also & Fedoral oflice-holder, wados into tho sub- ject a column deep, and brings out this : Tho “ galary Bleal ® wns a Democratlo measure, en- ginoered by Democratic Congressmon, who almost to a nn_voted for it and, With tho sesistancoof d fow Ro- publican members, uow politically desd boyond all {i0n0 of romurroction, carriod tho bill, —Tho Hon. Willinm E. Niblack defends his ac- tion in drawing his shara of the ‘‘ back-pry swag” in_a long lottor, publishod in tho Pike Qounty (Ind.) -Democrat of tho Oth inst. Mr. Niblack's argumonts against the grab aro good. In' fact they ara _ves Enm\ —so_ good that ‘thoy. shoul ayo convinced tho houorablo gentloman himaslf, 1n dofonding his own nation, {n toking the money nftor voting and working ngainst tho bill, Mr, Niblack makes a mistako, Ho belioved the bill an oufirngo, and yot nccoptod its provisions. Tho only dofouso & man can make for accopting the monoy i8 to return it. It amounts to noth- ing to donounco tho robbory, while rotaining the tgwag,” and if tho Hon, Willism E. Niblack wishes to rotain the confidonce of tho peoplo, ‘he must rotarn tho" incroased back-| n{‘ ta the Tronsury, whers it belonga; "Mr, TitTuck has heretofore boon 16oked 1pau 84 ono of, the T: ost mon in Oongross, and his old friends will re- grot the necossity that con:Ipnla o radical change of fipln(an.-—lt]nammlls (Ind:) Qourier—Demo- cratic, - 1 —DBIr. Niblack is no longer eligible ta Con- e from iho Tiret Col}gm»uloulfi District,” If io was, tho article whioli we copy- from tho Courier of yestorday would- have’ pooulinr sig- nificance. If the Vinconnes Sun -would ou? d .copy and {ndorge the articlo, it would be n gous thing anyhow, but wo lm-dly hope for auchn manifostation of indopondonco on the part of. tho Sun, - Mr..Niblack is a vory clover follow,. and the boat Domiooratio Congroksman we know of. 1o displayed & good desl of wisdom in vot- ing againet tho salnry-grab—it is a pity hio spoils his record by .taking ‘tho monoy.—Euansvillo (Ind.) Journal-—Republican, —Ii is a plaintivo sort of lotter, with nothing insolont or bullying about it, but it will do tho , business for Mr. Niblack. Ho confeases that Lo . diin't like to tako money that came in that way, " yot hio noodod it, aud Congross undoubtodly had ihoe right to puss tho law, aud after all iy little sharo would not amount to much,—Indignapolis Journal—Aforlon organ. —Why doos not” Senator Morton covor his bacle-pny _into the Treasury, and thus rollove himeclf "and his frionds from unjuat susplelons, ag Sonntor Pratt and soveral of the Indiana Rop- rosontatives hnve dono ? - This thing of kecping - tho monoy whera it will do the moug good {u not. Just tho ¢l xlnfi. Wo should bo “pleasod - to an- nounco that Souator Morton hnd followed in tho ‘wako of his Benatorial colloague in this partiou- lar.—New Albany Ledger, ~Tho Ooulfmuum\m Who, like Morton, intend to yoturn tholr back pay attor nwhile w boar watohiug, ospeclally when it 8 knoww that at tho ond of oach month tho - Bergeant-at-Ayma makes out a cheok for ‘each mombor's monthly salary aud sonds it to Liw, Honoe, thoue who did not promptly roturn their I.l_-nk-pn haya. boeu receiving thoir pro yata esoh mouth sinoe p e itho aljorrnmont of Céngroun and of these fa Morton,—Logansport (Ind.) Pharos, . _ omo_may nak’ whnt T Lnve donie with {f {Vock pey) or intond dolng with 8., Although nok hmng usod it or aYpr riatod it to my pri- vato uap, I Liave control of it, and intond to laoy ontrol of it until T am shown soma person hold- Ing & Ubettor olaim to it than I have mysolf, . . . . Ho could polnt to_ many who hud stolon moro than ho had, It waa truo that Bhormnn had relurnod his back-pa; but he wantod to know whothor or not ha wanm keop tho oxtrapay of his coming.aix yoars, holding that it is a8 mueh a moral wrong to nc- gopt the Increased pay for theso yonra, whon ho was oleoted undor tho £5,000 salary, aa Lo accopt of tho back-pay.—Zewis D. Campbell, at Hamil- ton, Ohio. —Ouly & fow montha ago and wo wero na- sured by tho Ropublican pross and tho blowors and atrikors’ of tho pary, that thoso very mon [eandidatos for Congross) wero modols of Virtue and proprlo‘!.y[i that tho principles of our fore- fathors. woilld ba subvorted; that, in fact, tho vory foundatlons of our Governmont would bo overturned, wunloss theso honost, -and patriotic “men were oleoted to ofilco, now wo aro told by the highest authoritics . of tho porty that tholr tantes aro nntunll{h low, dopraved, and oor- rupt, and ot wo must bo vory enre- tul, kind, and indulgont to thom, also they will disgrace thomaolyos and the nation, In’ plain English, wo must hiro thom to live decent, sobor ivon, Jirom all this thoro can bo but ono of two conolusions, oither tho Ropublican preas misrop- rosonted tho charactor of these mon, in fact liad moat ontragoously, or olso it is_morally degrad- ing to bo a Congressman., Most poople will come to the farmer conolusion.—Princaton (1il.) bune. —Boligving that tho *‘partaker ia as bad as tho thiof,” wo condomn all who rocoived a dollar of that back pay, Woe aeo no differonce in thoir gullt, whother voting for or against it, if they took tho monoy.—AMaquokela (Towa) t0r, —Tho salary-grab finds no quartor in Toxas, Tho Austin Journal ssys: *The lo of Texas may have many thinga to rogrot, and somo thinga to bo ashamod of, but wo do not think thoro fs muoh dangor of rowarding with futuro oftico tho coarso sud cratly mon who took part in thln‘nutrnguuun plundor of the National Treas- ury.” THE CHOLERA. sy ‘What tho Socloty of Physicians and Surgcons Said About the Fresence of tho Discaso in This Ofty. A spocial meoting of tho Asgociation of Sur- goons and Phyelolans wag held yestorday evon-- ing at the Protostant Orphan Asylum, on Michi- gon avonuo, noar Twenty-socond streot. Tho mooting was called to order by Dr, Hyde, who nominated Dr, Owens as Chairman, Dr. Owons, on boing olooted, assumod tho Chair and stated that the objoot of tho meeting was to hear tha roport of physicians on tho disease resambling cholora at prosent oxisting in this city. Dr. Simons boing called upon to sponk, sald Lio oamo rathor to hoar than to disouss the ques- tion himself, ~ But, a8 ho was considorably no- quainted with tho disoase, ho would make & fow romarks, Thoro was no doubt in his mind that tho prosont diseaso was tho roal cholera, aud tho main quostion now was how to trast if. Over 100 casos had alresdy occurred, of which forty- elx. had boen fatal, and ten of them since last meoting. On the of August o waa . called to 80 8 man nomed Honlibaw, At 8 o'clock this man. csme home with diarrhan, and soon after bogan vomit- ing and showed all tho symptoms of the diseaso, 'Ou the samo day he found a Polander named Vatoland in'the samo condition, Vatoland was gont to the hospital and died soon aftor, A fow days afterwardd this man’s wife and_child wora alko takon sick with the disenso, and soon aftor died. Othor similar cases have como under hig notico, and all Bhowoed the samo symptoma, Yostordsy & Mrd,: Vicker dicd of the same symptoms, vomiting, purging, and cramps. Had al8o romoved yoatunlny & wman by tho namo of Nolson, who waa now dolng bettor, Mot pa- tionta rocovor whon remedios are immedlatoly applied, and if not in a collapsed condition. r. Bowen agreod with evorything Dr. S8imons bod eaid, and Lnd notbing new to sdd. e thought tint olectricity conld bo euccossfully applied. 3 7 r. Bort had trentod but fow casos. His first caso was at No. 1011 Buttorfiold street, A boy waa takon slck with the disoase, and died half an hour after boing attacked. tho othor cnses undor his oaro woro of o mild typo. Almoat all tho cosges thus far hnd ocourred in tho south. wostorn part of tho city. Thero was no doubt in his mind that this was tho samo disease thoy had in Gormany in 1866, Hot water batha had boen triod with groat success. o hiad also tried it, aud found thom to baan eoxcellent romady. .Our hospitals should ba provided with them as 'soon 8 posaible. Dr. Hydo said ho had writton to several promi~ nent surgeansin citios whoro the disoage oxisted. Heo'rond o lotter from Davis Haldormau, of. Co- lumbug, Ohio. Dr. Wood said that many caros had come un- dor his obeorvation that lad beon induced by surface well water, Ho daprocatod tho use of woll water in strong torms. Dr., Wood, of Gon. Bheridan’a headquartors, waid ho had hoard of acaso on tho West Sido, corner of Kinzio and Carpounter atreets, Dr. Burtlott_reportad that there were no csses on tho North Bide, Dr, Brooks eaid ho had ecen three cases of bad dysentory near Wright's Grove, but did not think it wonld turn into cholora. Dr, Simona thought the disoase rather spread by oqutngion than epidemio, Tho Germans bad o habit of slecping in a fosther bed, which thoy would not dostroy when some one with the dis- easo bad died in it, but- would carry it along wheraver thoy moved to. Ho continued by sny- ing that sevoral of tho nurees in thohospital had boon attacked, but had rocovored. Dr. Port thon made a Jongthy specch, showing that the discase existing now in this city was tho | somo thoy had in Gormany in 1860, Aftor somo furthor romarks by othor phyei- cisns the meeting adjourned, A REMEDY. Mr. William P, Woodruff, of No. 148 West Modison stroot, who hos had considerablo ox- ericnao with oholora pationts, says that tho fol- Yowing remedy for the discase had nevor boon Inown to fail; 9 drachms of Iaudnnum, 9 draclims of spirits turpentine, 9 deachms of spirita camphor, 90 drops of essoncs of poppormint, Tn oxtrome cases (adult), ono tablespoontul ia a dose, to bo ropeatod fn ono hbur, In modarato ¢ases, ono tesipoonful, to ba repoated in nn hour, 1a a doso. For childron, 3 days to 2 years old, from throo drops {anif o teaspoonful of tho mixtura {s a dose, to be modoratod with pulverizod auger sud: water, —_—— THE CITY IN BRIEF. Qarden City Divislon Suns of Tcmémrnncu, tho oldest organization of the kind in Chicago, will Liold thelr ninotoonth anuivorsary exorcises this evening at tho hall corner of Clintun and Ran- dolph streots, There will bo speskiug, musje, and rofroshmontg, 5 /The now schooner MoVelgh left this port on Bntuxdnf Inat for Ford River, Groon Bay, on bor firet trip. Bho s a baudsome, woll-builf soliooner, with three masts, is full canal-sizo, and iu fitted out in flrst-clasa fashion, IHor own- er'anamo is G. J. McVeigh, a resident of Ohi- cago. A meoting of law-aud-order poopls will bo hold at the Tifth Baptist Church, cornor of Har- rigon aud SauEnmon streots, this ovening, Ad- droseos will Do doliveted by tho Rov. N. F. Ravlin, tho Hou. A. L. Morrison, and other prominont apoakors. ¥ The Mothodist Oamp-Meeting will begin to- morrow at their prounds mnoar Desplaiues Btation, Trains will leavo .tha dopot of the Northwestorn Road on Kinzle stroct at 9 a. m., 8:90 p, m,, and 6:20 g m, Ticketa for the round trip will cost 31, if. on&ht ab tha dopot ; if not, fill faro will bo oharged. Daggage froo, Tho Committes on Equalization of Taxes has not yet comploted ita oquulization of tho conuty nsyossment this year, I'ho work on tho real estalo has beon substantinlly finishod, bub the railroad ‘agsosimonts were mot roceived from Bpringfild till yostorday, nnd the poraonal prap- erty booke hava not been worked up, _The Com- miltoo expects to report Friday, It is under- stood that about 2,000,000 havo beon added to tho nssosuod valuo of rosl eatate in Hyde Park, while the valnation in Lake, Jofferson, Proviso, and somo othor country towns has boen'reduced, ‘Weo bave just rvocoived from tho publishor, Jamos Van Vochion, Bsq,, & copy of his new map of Chicago. Old in the businoks as Van Voeohton. iy, ho has succoodod in his last isuo In acoome pfiuhh: e boltor work than o lLus over dono ba- fora, ‘Tho now wmap shows distinctly, and without confusion, the oity and 'ward bouudarlos, with .Dixon, tho numbors of tho lattor, the lnes of tho burn dlstriot and of the fire limits, nud tho parks and boulevards. Tho stroot indox is brought down to dato, and ls in accordunce with the ordinanco gasod Task yoss, waklog Madlion aud Blale tho Phaolinen for tho various strocts, This map, which costa $3, can Lo obtained at the publish- o1’y offlog, No. 124 Olark atrophs ZEn . s THE COUNGCIL. Alderman .llomi Eleeted Acting-Nayor. MoGrath CGots Augry and Makes Buselgss Oharges, It Is Ordored that Matz, Gay, and Tilley Get Their Premiums. Resolutions 'Offered in Favor . of Eureka. - Extension of the Water-Pipes to Checle Cholera, ‘Btand-Pipes in High Buildingge--No Fire-Marshal Yot, The Commor Council mot yesterday evening, Ald, McAvoy in tho chair, Prosent: The Mayor and Ald, Bowen, Dixon, Warron, McGenniss, Cooy, McAvay, Bidwell, Stouns, Plckering, Tracoy, Schmitz, Cullorton, McOlowry, Clowry, Bailoy, Powoll, O'Brion, Dond, Clark, IKohoo, Honth, Miner, Bhorwood, Moore, Cloveland, Quirk, MoGrath, Eckhardt, Stout, Mahr, Lon- gachor, Schaffnor, Carncy, Caunnon, Ogden, Brandt, Woodmsn, IRON BTAND-PIPES, Tho following communication from the Maiyor wag roforred to tho Committeo on Fire and Waters ‘Tho rocent fire in tho Singor Building, on the cornor of Blato and Washiugton atroots, lina’ domonateatod hiat tho hoso in use, or any that ean probably be ob~ {ained by tlo Flro Doartmont, cannot Lo dapondod upon, with roasonablo cortainity, for tho oxtinguishi- niontof fires that may break ouf on tlo top of vory bigh bulldings, On tho oocsalon of tlat fire, tha ro. port of (1o Firo-Marshal to tho Board of Poliée Come missionore sliows that nlfiht{-mm soctions of hoso woro bursted in the cfforta fo forco water upon tho Toof. ‘of tho burning building, Thero was nearly & milo's longth of hose put outot servico in 5 couplo of houre’ wotk, Ezporionca_sooms to domone sirato that hoso, 1€ it his boon in worvica for soma timi ‘will not sustain tho pressure roquired whon twistos 3nd kinked In dragging it up crooked stairwsys orovor the shrp edges of cornico or angloa at 80 to 100 foot aboyo tho gronnd. Tha nginea possoss sufficlont, power to drivo tho water to theroof of tho tallest edificoe, but tho hoso can not ba dopended upon to ro- sist tho cnormous strain to whicl 1t 1a subjoctod on oocasfons of fires in five, aix, or savon-atory bulldings, 1t is vory doubiful whiothor any vegatablo substancy can bo found from which to manufacture hoso-pipo of tho nocossary strongth nnd enduranco, Hose deterio- ralos by us0 fastor thanin gonarally supposed ; and whilo It'will romain of amplo strongth for a long timo for oxtinguishing firoa in structures of modarate hofght, it gives way at tho critical moment whon em- ployed ngainst fires whoro it must bo dragged over cornices and walls, in bulldings of great altitude, But {iiis dangorous weaknoss can ossily bo remedlod or avoided by substituting iron stand-pipes for rubber or losthor lioke, 88 hns boen fully demonstrated in povoral of tho Inrgest blooks in_thla and othor citios, Tho uttlity of such iron pipea is not, thoraforo, a mors theory, but has been proven by actusl trial, If tho firo ordinnance was 8o smonded as to requiro tho own- ore of all bufldings, of four or moro stories in holght, to crect iron atand-pipes of muitable diamoter ‘nlldafl of $ho oxtorior walls, fronting ontho srests and alloys, with proper hose coupllugs and stop valves, on each of thio uppor floors, and_projocting abovo tho roof, stondy and poworful stroams of water could vory quick’ ly bo brought fo besr on tho flames in ‘ouy of the: \lpffir storfes ‘of tho ftallest structure in the city without bursiing hoss or de- Inying the firemen in thelr work, Where high build- inga linvo a frontago of more than 40 orf0 foct thoro siould bo stand-plpes placed at o distanco apact of not oxceoding U0 foot nt tho resr aa well as front wall,whara accessihio by an alloy, tho lower cnd of tho pipo pro- truding through the all to tho outsido thoreof, with o a coupling for the attschment of hoso directly from ho enging, I thinkt it would not bo ndvisablo to run theso pipes undr tho sidowslk fo tho curb, bocauso they would Lo lisblo to Lo mistsken at night for bydrauts, and might bo troublosomo o keop froo of frozen wator in wintor, which would lodge in tho “trap,” besides {t would add largely to the expenso of construction without any compensating benefit. The cost of aimplo iron stand:pipes, with hose-couplinge, and stop-valves, tho lowor cud passing through thy ol s for fiot shove the sidovalt, s’ o uppor ond projecting through the roof, and read, BRIl ‘timos for Ingtant who wotlld by tho merech triflo compared with thoir valuo, Thoy would probae by aavo thelr cost annually in the reduction of {nsur sncoon buildings alone, a8 lhe‘v ‘would matorinlly aid tho Firo Departuient in combating fires, and groatly Increaso the chances of oxtingulshing them bLoforo sorious damago was dono, It must Lo apparent that the firomon could soizo a section of hoso aud run upe stalry to the \lpsyur sloriea or roof and attach it to the coupling in far Joss timo thun thoy could drsg soveral hundrod feot up etairways, or hatchways, or outside over tho wall and cornlee, 10 tho midst of smoko and flame, Thosaving of proporty in a einglo building on firb by tho use of fron stand-pipes may often oxceod tho aggregato coat of auch pipes in all tho high buildings in tho busincss portlona of the city, Iregard thelr eraction in high bulldings aa ucccssiky to the safoly Dot only of such bulldiugs, butof the city, I, thera: fore, recommend tho passigo of an ordinanco inaking 1t obligatory on the part of all ownora of Ligh bulld- iugs to construct {ron stand-plpes at propor distances apart in such bulldings, undor the diraction of the Boord of Public Works, tho ordinauce to bo enforcod by ndoquato penltica £or negloct or xofusal to comply with ita torma, Subsequently Ald. Pickering Introduced an ordinance, which was referred to the Commitles on Fire and-Wator, Y‘rovldlug that all buildings avor four atorlos in helght must Lavo at loast ono three-inch stand-pipe. THE LIBRARY DUILDING, The Mayor submitted the following 1 herewith present ka(f'nur Lonorablo bods & commu. nieation from tho Doard of Education In relation to ox- changlug the_so-callod “old Bridowell lot " for the old Custom-ITouso and Post-Ofitico property; and also a communleation frow tho Corporation Cousol tating that o hus oxamined tho titlo to eald old Qustom. Tiouso and Post-Ofico property, and finds the title ‘substantially good, and advisos {hio passago of {ho so- companying osolution, whieh T herawlth franmuit, T recommiend tho pasnago of tho said resolution, belioys ing tho oxchango of property will bo advantageous to tho Intorcata of tho iy, Thio only atop now rematulng 1o bp lakon to porfoct tho exchange aud vest tho title fo o old Quslom-TTouso aud Pust-Ohico proporty fn o city is the passago of satd resolution propare umhv{ dn;\nfl{:e.ul. i i The resolution, which is the one acted on by tho Board of Education at its last moeting, was adopted. THE AGTING MAYOR, Tho tollowing communication from the Mayor was road : 1 propose to bo abront from tho olty for an uncor- taln Tongth of timo after Wednosduy of Thuraday of thin weok, and I desire tho Common Council to ap- oint an ** Acting Mayor " st thia meeting, as providod in Clap. 3, Scc. b, of the Obartor, Revised Edition, to surve durlng my contemplatod absonce, AlQ, Bchaftuor movod tho Oouncil proceed to tho election of an Acting Mayor, and the motion .| s agreod to, Ald. Callorton nominated Ald. McGrath; Ald, Bpiloy nominated Ald. Boud; Ald. Pickering npninated Ald, Shorwood ; Ald, Brand nominat~ ed -Ald. McAvoy ; and Ald, Bidwell pominsted Ald. Dixon, “The first ballot was had, resulting ¢ Ovovet=4-1 MeAvoy Buerwood . The socond ballot rosulted as followa: 0 9 [ 1 o 1 Ald, Dixon withdrow. A third ballot was had, rosulting: Bond..... . . MeGral Ald, Bond was doclared cleotod, Six = Ald. MeGrath folt complimented by hig large voto, siuce ho hod askod 1o oug ta votg for him, “and espooially iu viow of tho mionus rosorted to to panvass againet bim, Tho Mayor Lad sont privato lottors to his colloaguod, sayiug ho would not loave if Ald. MoGrath ~ was olected, and in view of tho engernesa of mouy, Aldermon and oltizons to have the Mayor loave. Had ho beon olacted, which ho Lkuaw could not have beou tho casg, ho would havo Inbored to show {ho pooplo hio waw not uu~ dosarving of thely confidenco, During his four. yoara' torm of oftioe he had always worked for ihio poople, and intonded to do so horoafter. Ho hed boon olected to the Binto Houato by tho lurgost majority given to any Sonator, which wus o gratitying mark of confldunce as woll aa the largo voto Lo had roceived for Acting Mayor. - - In roply to tho Rfraomu Eurl of Ald, Mo- Qratl'’s romarks, tho Mayor, who was prosont, and waa groatly onragod, atatod that that Aldor- man was & falsifior; that ho had never writton o line pgaiuat him to any ono, challonged any por- son to show anything “of the kind, and author- izod any Alderman to show anythingof tho kind 1t ho had it, Ald, Meath asked lenve.of abmence for fou wraoks, sud it was grantod, . > COUNNM-UQUSE TLANS, The communication from the County, Comnia- B l(l:rlly roporty slopors, atating that thoy lind adoptod the mas otz, wag road and fllod, , ., Ad. Btono movpd to roconslder the yote ‘bs whioh the Council recommitted the roport, an 1t wan agreed to, . - - . Tho "“"‘""5 motion waa to ndnllt_tllp msjority roport; providéd: thnt-that should not,lio con-.; strudd as ln(‘llcatlufi any proforonco us to which plan ahduld ho used to bulld by. ¥ T'ho matlor.wag discuased for momo_ Limo, and thon 1t was quastioned whothor (o monoy could bo approprinted by simply adopting tho veport, but it was stated that tho moncy had alrendy boen appropriated; and couldbo paid on the order of tho Counedd. = .- _ . Tho majority ruport wan then ‘ndoptod,—yens, 103 nnys, 14,~an followa Yean—cGenntus, MeAvoy, Tracoy, Behmitz, Cullor. ton, Powall, 0'Brion, Bond, Husrwood, Mooro, Clovo- Iantt, McGrath, Eckharit, 'Stout, Lengachor, Mahr, BchafTuor, Ogdon, and Brandt—19, - m::'u --Dison, é‘{nrmll, 'x‘m;?y, B;awn!l, Blona, Ol’lclur- ow [0 al Inor, Qulr] arno) ifinon, nd Woodman—14, " i ReR S Hubsequontly Ald, Bailoy offered the fallowing,. which was roforrod to tho Committea on Public Bulldings « WIEREAR, Tt 18 tho pubilia oxpronalo: or tho most nclontifio architects, aud nx.u‘ixfi,“fi."flfii",‘fm. sud tho most .substantial buiness mon of our city, that tho plan No, G, known sa ¢ Euroka,” {s the most deeirablo for beauty and artistls design, aud {13 porfect adaptability £t tho sov aral branchos of our Olty Govornmont rocommenda it to tho mopt fa~ tarablo r:?nlldurauun of the {ax-paylug communily 3 ¥ ) tesotveid, Tt tho plan No, 5, known an " » bo -dnpmfi by the Common Counell of thy cu?':;’:mém- cngo a8 tho plan to govorn tho bullding of our contome | plated ity Itali, Bl x-zrmousl.l otitlons wore prosonted and reforrod for mtur—plgn on Dudloy, Buddan, Wood, Aud?}tl{or sireoty, fors sower on for sidewalks on Polk and Taylor utreota, ONDERA, ~ + Tho Doard of Public Works was ordered to Bracoad lmmediatoly to coustruct sewors on urlington, Beward, Jofferson, and Unlon stroots, in tho Sovonth “Ward, This immodiste action boiug necossary on account of the ex- tromoly fllthy condition of tho stroots. Tho Board of Firo and Polico was ordorod to g‘ut up an alarm box at tha cornor of Taylor and «oonia strects, OHOLERA, Ald, McGrath anid many casos of cholora had been roportad, the chief cause boing n lack of 00d wator, Undor the prosont regulationa of 0 Board of Public Works, it could not bo Iaid 88 fast a8 was needod, aud tho Board disliked to ask for moro, sinco tho Mayor objectod to ine crossing tho sum. Then, too, the regulations of tho Board woro that pipes wold not bo latd ex . copt whoro there woro consumora onough to pay: 16 por cont, .In viow of thoso facts ho offored; the following, which was adopted : Ihereas, Applications aro continually mada to thik Qouncil and to the Doard of Publio Works for wator- vipe and Fhereas, Many cares of cholera havae been reported 1o the Donrd of Hoalth which havo boon oitributod te & want of purs water, snd hereas, Tho Board of Publis Works mow requiree & ravonue of fificen cents o° fool Lofora thoy lny water- pipe in any of the streeis of tho city, thuy proventing thousands of our eitlzons fron: oujoging tho blossings of pure water, . Jtesoloed, That tho Doard bo ordered to rodnios thy Tovenuo roguired before laying down water ten conts foot, 7 e lo STREET TAPROVEMENTS, Thoe Board of Public Works submitted ordis nances for establishing the grade on tho south, side of Madison from Oakley to-Western ave-. o, for paving Tudisus from Roboy to Hoyne,, Oharlos-placo from Fifth avenuo to ¥ranklin, for: opening Arnold from 'Twenty-sixth to Twenty-- govonth, for oponing Warren and Park nvonuos,. and Washington stroot to Crawford_avenue, any for opening an alley from Polk to Taylor, bo- twoon Wood streot _and, Hormitago avenue, for planking Randall-placo from Aberdecn to Centra avonuo, for paving Twolfth from Contro to Ash~ land avenue, for paving Cornell from Milwaukeo to Ashland avenuo, for widoning Washington streot noar Homor avenue, for opening Winchos- tor sygno trom Oglon avonuo to olk atroot, for villting streats’ ond rlloys in Sec, 80, 30, 14. Tho ordinances woro all passed oxcopt those for eronting and oxtending pundry stroots, Tho Board roported that the plans and speolfis cations for oxtonding tho Twelfth atroot sower to the lake have beon propared, and thoy aro nt work on thoso for Twenty-socond streot, When dono, tho Boord _will advertise for_proposals, Tho worl is a difficult one, and-the plans must e thoroughly considered, The Board also mgonud that the grade of Hal. sted, Union, and uthor stroots, whoro thicy crose tho Hilwaulteo & 8, Ponl Railr by virtue of an ordinance of the Council. ‘The Board also mfid tho necokalty of imme- ate notion in rogard to tho viaduet at Halsted and Kinzie stroots, which would have to bo bo- awarding-the firat -promium to Mr. - Wontworth avenue, aud oad, wan lowerod gun doon {n order to comploto the work this, yenr. The Committeo on Strects and Alleys, W. D, waa ordored to report on tho subjoct st the nux{' mwfiufi. The Bonrd submitted an order authorizing the construction of an_appronch to tho Twelfth strect vindact from Btewart aveuuo, and_flxing tho width ot thirty foot. Tho cont’ will bo $4,~ 033.60. It was roferred to the Committeo on Btraata and Alleys, W. D. The Board ulso submitted an ordinance authorizing the construction of a bridge at Cly-~ bourne avonue, tho cout to ba pald out of the appropristion for the North avenuo bridge, stating that the present bridge is not aafo for hoavy teams, and that te prosent North avenus bridgo cau bo used for o fow years without detriment, Tho mattor was postponod one wool. BTREET ENDS. Ald. Cullorton moved the appointment of & Bpocial Committee of SBoven to oxaming troot ondy, snd roport which should bo lonaod. Tho motién was sgreed fo, and tho Chair appointod as such Committoo Alds, Cullorton, McGrath, Clark, Sidwell, Sohintz, Woodman, and Counon. . TNE FINE-MARSIAL, The Committee on Fire and Water submitted two m]igrtu, on the nomination of W. B. Bate- ham o8 Firo-Marshal, tho majority roporting it back without recommiondation,” tho minority; Tacommending tha confirmation, y Tho wmatter was laid over. JOARD OF EDUOATION, The nomination of John P, Ohlinger 28 mom« ber of the Baard of Education was taken up, Ald, McGrath did not know this nominoe, and. had nover hoard of him, nor did Lo seo why Mv.. Washiugton Hosing, ‘on oxcollent wembor,, should have been slighted, oxcopt on account. of the epito the Mayor to hia fathor ns tho Mayor 'had ' stated. The Council should not countouanco such a low;’ monn procoeding s that, 'Tho Council sbanid rofuso to confirm anyouo until Mr, Washington Hesing was renominated. He should therefora ‘vote against Mr. Ohlinger. - -~ . Clawry hind kuown the ‘nominoo for fif- toen yoara, and vouchod for him, Ald. MeAvoy also vouched for the nominoo. A voto was hind rosnltlug, yens, 20 ; unys, 23 and ho was confirmed, Tho Coungil then gdjourned. THE COURT-HOUSE PLANS. Tho action of tho County Comminaionors, yos- torday, in adopting tho majority roport of tho Joint Committeo awarding tho premiums for the Couirt-Iouso plans, took several people by aur~ prise, for it was inderstood thut a plan bad been gotten up to recommit the roport, with diractiona to Yoturn it so smended as to give Tilly the frst. - ptize, and that oight votos had beon secured for it. This schoma would bave beon carried out,’ bad it not boon for John Orawford, who failed’ . to come to time: or rathor, who vol- od on the othor wide, and defoated. tha project, 'Thereforo, as mattars thon atood, thio Comminsioners had adoptod the report an tho Oouncil hnd Tecommitted it, with instructions. to thoir Committeo to ascertain the cvst of the plang, it boing undorstoad, however, that .the. roal object wad to socuro a modifieation of tho Teport, ; R X bhmn‘ that conld’ mot “bo dono, the Council promptly roconsidered “its action, decided to ke & virtuo of nocossity, aud gava Matz his’ €6,000, with tho expross undorstanding that that did not imply that tho Coust-Houso i to ba' erootod nccunivlng to hia plan,’ . —— Fall Prices, One thiongand ploces ‘tubla dumask at $1 per yard,— would be chieap at $1.75 5 20,000 ysrds Uumburg odg- ings ot bout balf tho usual price, Look at our $2,80° apking,—prico olsowhoro, $4.60. Ono thousatid plecos cloths and casalneres at from 75c to $1, whick is nok thotr cont to manufucturo, Tivo thousand ploces falk roas good, huw oponiig st vory low prices.: Bugers, of all kindu of dry goods should not forget that h‘e“?' conpuve at least one-tlipd thelr monoy,” O, Wy & K. Tardridge & Co,, Noa, 11 d 118 Blute strevt, Attention, . Your attentlon 1s callod to the advertisament in to- ‘uy'a TRinuNE af the great sale of oue hundrod ohoico resldenco lote ut Humboldt Park Btation, ou the Chis cugo & Milwaukee Railrond, A spocial free train will Jeave tho dpol, cornar of Madison aud Oaun) streots at 2 a’clock this aflernoon, calling st Iialstod stroek: w1 Park “l-lll.olld. lTll‘:J] l&l’m‘{l of IJBE:‘I;:J‘:‘YA; ll}:l,.!‘:; pesty vy Goslrablo, Moirs, ] Bk o saley ‘ol minuzioth teul ko thio ualo, sud hinve providod fo tpy Quenalon ., ' | s