Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 9, 1873, Page 2

Q2 MG RESURRECTIONISTS, { Meeting of One of the Dem- ocratic Céntral Com- mittees, pa Long Debato as to Whether the Democratic: Parly Is Dead or Alive, Anzious Inquiries for the Party Treasurer and the Assets, Opinions as to the Result of the Mu- nicipal Election. The Committee Deoides to Hold Itself in Abeyance, and Await De- velopments, Who that is familiar with local politics con sver forget tho horole leadors of tho Domocratio party who stuck to the old organization through evil and good roport, mnintained its intogrity as a party againet overwholming odds and dis- henrtening defeats often ropeated? As sure ss the yesr camo round they came to the front, smiling and confidont, full of plnck, and pre- pared to do or dioin dofonso of the immortal principles of Jefforson or any othor man, What pictures can be conjured up of thoso old Dom~ ocratic Conventions, with all the familiar facos around the hall! 'Thero was Dan O'Hara, known of all mon ; Bill Biruml, tho German Domocratic sutocrat of .tho North Side; ex-Ald. Behintz, who wasacting Mayor during the intorrognumin Mayor ‘Mason’s administration; J. O. Richberg, who rogo to bo School Inspector, and is ono atill; N. B. Boyden, now a Justice of tho Ponce, and an adhorent of the Hesing-Hibernian combina~ tion; Obarloy Korn, who has beon running for Shori for the last hundred yoars; John Comis- koy, the once prominent Alderman, who used to bo Presidont of tho Council, but has rotired to private lifo in a bank ; Mark Shoridan, Alderman and Polico Commissioner; Billy Onahan, the handsome ox-City Collector; Adami Baer, who rallled the boys around the foaming boor- glasa; P. MoHugh, onco candidate for City Attorney, mow a rising young limb of the law; Phil Conley, of hotel famo, an ox-Aldermnn Tom Bhirloy ; Bin Goggin, of tho North Side; Jim Lyman, from the eamo Division; Bob Kennoy, who bas loft tho Democracy for, and is o shining light in, the Bismarck Hall combination ; Charley Dennihoy, of offico-holding fame ; Honry E. Hamilton, who ran for Senator and was benten, and who is now spoken of as probable candidato on tho conlition - tickot for County Clerk; John Armatrong, archi- toct of the County Jnil; Larry O'Brion, Wost Bido Assessor; Michacl Keoley, County Treas- urer in 1859, and now talked of by tho Hesing crowd a8 & probable candidate for tho same of- fico; Miko Cnsoy, the over-faithful delogato to conventions, still alive and kicking; Tom Moran, who was honored last year by a nomination for State-Attorney, whick ho subgo- quently declined boforo boing waxed at the polls; Tom Dronnan, omo of Dan O'Harn's truost honchmon, whose gray suit was niways to Do scon in conventions ; John O. Partridgo ; Mr. Bollenhauser, tho monoy-keepor of tha organi- zation ; Albort Michelson, who has forsaken his old love, and taken up with & now inamorata in the snuPo of Mr. Hosing; Wm, Y. Daniols, noyw in Philadelpbin ; Goorge Meoech, an 0'Con~ or Bourbon ; tho natty Hildreth, of tho Eighth Ward, now rolegated to obacnrl%; Charloy Blohmo ; B. Loowenthal ; John H. Peck ; Dag- el Booth ; Bt, Clair Buthorland, n small but epunky war-horso ; Redmond Bhoriden, olear- hoadod and positive ; Col, Baldwin, of powerful chent ; the distiognished. illuminator, John H. Daniols, who always seomod to disapoar when politics woro flat, and to floet to tho surface again when the pot began to boil ; John Garrick, who hold that the fato of empires deponde npon him ; and othors too numorous to cata- logue, who, like the Domocratio party, have “‘moved to tho pale realms of shade,"” Thesa men kept up the Domocratic party in spito of itaolf ; not, porhaps, that a8 & rulo thoy oared much for the party, but it was the moang Lo an and,—that end, thio holding of office, boing the eond aud aim of all politicians, no matter of what party. = The organizs- lion was__ preservod intact tho Citizons' Movement of 1809, which for tho time obliterated party lines, und gave such s shock to the systom of ‘making party nomina- tions for local oftices, that tho usofulness of tho arty organization for local purposes was greatly Slmminhud. Tho Fire-Proo? ticket, two yoars tator, was anothor shock, and though party lines woro drawn last year, it was on account of the Presidential eloction. The more advanced load- ora of tho Demooratic party have long since reached the couclusion that “the puL{lin doad ; that it bas boon duly * waked," and tho corpso fntorred, That wns why s0 mavoy of thom were fed into tho new “movement insugurated by Mr. Hesing. They knew they ocould not resuscitato the party in this locality, and what- evor hopo they had of sbaring the plunder lay In a now party, no matter what it was called, or by whom it was led ; so it was really n God send to them when Ar, Hosing abandoned the Bopub- licans and started s movement on his own hook, Whother they can draw nftor them the votors who followed their fortunes in days gone by i & quostlon to bo yot settled. ut that in _neither hore nor there in this until conncction. When the Democratic corpse wng Isid in the wgold, cold ground, and the earth piled above it, hiding it from the sight of mortal men, thero wore mourners who thought the burial promse ture, and that tho body had been buried slive, ‘Thoy held a moeting yostorday to take mensures to resurract it, and, by the aid_of galvanism or somo other occult sgency, make it move, and jump up and down, and wrlgfilo,md wiggle, and dance beforo tho public oye like a skeloton on wiros. These political body-enatchers consulted to- other youterday at 1 o'clock, in the law-office of ?flg‘bea & Plummer, in Hawloy's Building, at tno corner of Madison and = Dearborn stroots, Liko all resurroctionists, thoy bold & secrot meseting, no one _ being admitted but ¢ho snatohers thomsolves, It novor floea to lot it be known when gravoyarda ars to bo invaded and the sanctity of tho grave vio- Iated, It is an unnatural proceeding to lift n ‘v atifY,” and cadaver are unploasant commodi- ties to parado before the public vislon. There- fore tho meeting was private, though s reporter of 'Fue TrinUNE can fpll what took place, The ontlomen present wore members of tho old f!omocrmn Contral Committes, They were Bt, Clair Buthorland, Redmond_Sheridan, Col, Bald- win, John H, Daniels, and John Garriok, Mr, Sutherland took tho chair, and cailed the meoting to ordor. Ho briefly explained that they 1ot to conuult on political affairs, and to goo what they should do as leadors of tho Pomocracy in the ensuing local ca.mpalq:), Thinga looked very much mixed, and though he - bnd been in politics for twenty {ours, Lo could pot soo kis way out of the muddlo, The spigots wore then turned on, and olo- jmenco bogan to pour out in & perfoot etream, fhoro was hittle or no cousccutiveness in tho orantion, cc'}"J:dmuml Bhorldan reviewed tho situation, Ho belioved tho Re{mbllcnn' arly would nomi- nato o ticket if the Domoeratio party did, and probably one would bo boaton pa bad as thoothor, Much of tho Democratio strongth bad soceded to O'Hara and Hesing, and ho did not knowl but the (‘!!BIIUNDH might be esful if properly managed. uux«:‘u'hm unrt ‘n::liu jute aroso 8s Lo the authorl- ty of tho Committeo to aof. ’m-. Butherland waid, By G—d, gentlomon, thero's a big pile of Democrats who contend wo bave no powor to act,’ baving boon supersedsd { oar," ’nul’ll{ Daniels sald they wera the lme'm'lltte.cll : and, being reprosontative Demacrats, tho it powor to_ ot &nyway. Any half-dozen Domo+ rats could call & convention, ~ Why could not thoy take advantago of the Grange_ moyomont, pud siart & Grango or Anti-Monopoly ticket in aid of the farmoera and lnnymfnthywlth them ? Mr, Shoridan was disposed to putertsln doubte .|-do mith a mere-lncal.aontost 2. TR SR o nnhgéf‘u;%es‘u gh‘l)"% i W& no udo tutnink one to bo boaten. 2r. 'Bathiorlud acked thom ¢ it thoy thought'of a oltinena™tiokot, by G—d." by to bo hatched in advanco, Mr. Garriok wanted to know why thoy could . not start a I'ree-Trade purtf a4 the Buccossor of tho Domocratd party # It would kaop tholr Committeo {n powor. Mr, Shoridan wantod to know what that liad to At this. point, inquiry wea made ns to_ Mark' Sherldan’s attitude. It 'wns held that ho was not .nmombor of that select body, though ho ‘had; boon Inyited to attond, 5 I Mr. Garrick desired to' Imow ' whoro Bollerl- hausor, tho 'Crensurer, was, Thoy should got hold of tho money he had—8700—~over from inst| yonr's campaign, They should have control of ihat money, g £ N Bir. Suthorland said ho sont men attor Bollon- Lisusor, but Bollonhausor wouldn’t come. looked blue for thoir {{otthlk tho monoy. Ho had baen aftor him half a dozen times. Mr, Garrick bolioved they should got that 3, Guthorland—" By G—, T want to got that ‘monoy,” ! Mr. Daniols suggentod tho calling of & moot-~ ing to disouss who had lawful control of the monoy. 5 Hir. Suthorland vory oandldly admitéed Ho did not call tho mooting fo digouss a conventlon, but to 1&“ tho money. Thoy wantod the monoy. r. Bhoridan supposed the mooting was called to discusa tho general situstion, Mr. Garrick understood they were invited b; tho Chairman to talk over the foasibility of hold- ing a conveution, and not to discuss the moncy question only. Mr. Buthorland was nnder tho improssion that thoy should talk over the situation, It was un~ nocossary to conflno their attontion oxclusivol; to filthy lucro, Thero wero more important maf- tora domanding tholr attention, nua thoy should concantralo tholr minds on tho lmmediato future, Bhould thoy havo a convention ? Mr. Bhorldan was disposed to await dovelop- moute for two woeks. Mr, Baldwin had no faith in Hesing’s ability to control the Gormans, and he did not think the Irieh would follow him or his assoctntes, Mr. Daniols was suro the Law-and-Order party ‘would malo a ticket con‘:})oud chiofly of Ropub- licans, and that would suit the Republicans, Mr, Bhoridan rocounted how ho went by invie tation to & Law-aua-Ordor meeting held in Judge Scully’s offico. Thore woro a large number of good men thore. Io had nokbeeu 1nvited to the first _meoting of the Hibernjo-Germans [laugh- ter] Bunday moeting, and he would not have gono if ho had, aa ho bolieved in law and order B0 far na Sundn:v_b‘:na concorned, Ho had been (tuvidtog tothe Fridsy meoting, which he at- ondod, Mr. Suthorland by this time made up hia mind that tho discordant clomonts of both parties wufih}l make o strong party if they could be unifed. Mr. Bheridan sald the Hoslog-O'Hara combi- nation had a strong nuclous to start on, as thoy hiad tho solid Gorman vote, and a conslderablo eharo of tho Irish voto, 2 Mr. Baldwin bolioved s Law-and-Ordor move- mont would choose mon from ali porties, and put up o ticket of Hboral mon, which would bo their on&f salvation. r. Garrick announced that if tho Law-and- Ordor men mado & whisky ticket, “by G—d it would bo o fraud,” Ho did not like to give up thooldship, but, in tho presentstate of affairs, the Democratio party would not roceive much sup- Forc, ospooially if thore was s Law-and-Ordor ioket nominated. Tho issuo was law and order or liberdy league. Mr. Baldwin thought if a Law-and-Order tioket waa nominated tho Hesing crowd might as well toss u‘})n.m spongo, Mr. Daniols did not beliove a Latw-and-Order ticket was sure of success, Mr. Bhoridan rotorted with, “Oh fudgo, Dan- iols, you are not talking nsyou fool." At 'this point thore woa a Babel of tongues, evory one shouting at the same timo. IMr, Bhoridon said part of the Irish would go with tho Gormans ; and all that was nooded to make tho Hening-d'flnm movement succoed was enough Irish, Mr. Baldwin though the Republicans would nominato s ticket, oxpooting to win, on account of tho division m Hesing's forcos. Mr, Garrick roturned to thoe quostion as to \rhutthur they wero the Domocratic Contral Com- ‘mitteo. Mr. Butherland insinuated they wore not the Committeo—thera wore too few of them presont. Mr. Dantols thought thoy were tho Contral Committeo. Thoro soomed to be an ncquiescence in Mr, Daniols’ opinion, Tho discussion ngain turned on tho future,—that future #0 prognant with groat ovents, Mr. Sutherland asserted very emphatically that the Germon's would not mupport a citizons' ticket, by G—d; by h—I thoy would not vote for such a tickot this timo, Mr. Baldwio—* Bnppose David A, Gage %uts the nomination on the Ropublican ticket for City Treasuror 7" Mr. Sheridan—* o will run, that's all," Mr, Baldwin bolioved Mr. Gago would run on any ticket to gat the oflico, and " thoy would find the Ropublicans dropping Phil Wadaworth and putting Gagoon. Ho did not beliove Hesing could curry tho German element. Mr. Garrick boliovod tho Gormans wora gov- ernod by their individual foolings, and Hesing did not load, but followed them. Hesing know their weakucss for boer, and oncouraged it, Mr. Buthorland inclined to think that Hesing floated with the curront, Mr. Bhoridan was undor the improssion that Hosing took good cara to go with tho Germans whorevor they went. He did not think thoy should finally decide about nominating a ticket for two wooks, Under tho circumstances, mas- torly inactivity would be his policy. by aniols woke up again, and howled for a straight Demooratio tickot. Mr, Baldwin wanted to know if tho Demooracy would not ssy that aftor supporting Groeloy they could vory consistently support a Law-and- Order tickot,or anything else almost, A Law-and- Oxdor ticket of good men would meot his ap~ probation, provided thoy could nothavo s Domo- cratio tickot, Mr, Sheridan rominded them that the Germana held the balance of powor botween the parties, Mr, Baldwin desired to have it known that he bad no faith in that d—d German movement. Nr, Bhoridan believed there would bo nomina~ tions all round, and thore would bo s Ropublican ticket, Tho Infer-Ocean would support & straight Ropublican ticket, It was gonerally re« orted it had rocoived instructions from Wash. nfitnn to that offoot, h {r. Daniols did not know what papers the Demacracy conld roly on, Trz TRinuNE, Times, rud Journal would be for a citizons' tiokot; as for the Post and Aail, they wonted tho city printing, aud it was impossible to prodict how they would jump. Objection wes made to including the Journal in o citizons’ movomont, it boing contended that it would bo obliged fo support a Republican tiokot if such a ticket was nominatod. Mr, Garrick, who scomed to know sll about it, obseryed that Soammon's organ would be for & Ropublican ticket, Mr, Baldwin by this time began to doubt if thore would ba a Ropublican tickot, Mr, Bheridan snid ihore would be. Charloy Farwell said thore would, and he thought Char- loy Farwoll would have something to say about it. E\l'grybody socmed to think that Oharley would, : Ouco mora tho conversation turned on the ob- Joct of tho meeting. Mr, Buthorland wanted to go, Mr, QGarrick belioved thut the meeting was called to get the views of soveral hoads as to thoe best thing to bo done in the coming cam- aign, Ly Mr. 8horidan did not know but it might bo conaidersd n consultation of private gentlomen, The sentimant of the meoting wane advorso to this construction, and it was docided to boe tha Pemoeratic Contral Committee, the party not having beon dead, but sleping, Mr, Bheridan belioved 'if there woro two straight party tickets, the peoplo would bust "oy all up, f MI!: Baldwin stated that if they called a Demo- oratio Uonvention they would got slashed from the presy like h—], “Thoy woroa rallying point, lmwuvm‘i and might yot be called upon taeall & Conventlon, y Mr. Shoridan bogged of them to taka his word for it, that thoy l.uuf botter keop thomselves in nbu;nnuu. Thoro was somo mora talk about tho assots of tho lato party, nbout the proprioty of making Bollenhausor come dowy, and about the necos- sity of maintalning tho party organization, so s to 'bo propared for an emorgency, Thero was confusion at the end of the mest{ng, some cry. ing for tho monoy, sowme for a straight tiokat, anid somo for moans to porpotuato thoe Commit~ teo in powor, ‘The maoting adjourncd subjoect to the call of ths Chair at an eazly day, Tho Committoo did adfoyrn, the gentlomon ut _on their hats, and one of them turned the Bsudlo of tho door, when lo! and behold! it waa looked on the outeide, ‘The room in which the Commlitoo mot was divided from the main apartmont by & partition two-thirds of tho height to the colling, While the atatesmon wore jnuide sottling the fateof a cl&y, soms wicksd wag locked the door on the outalde, so that they might bo safe from iutrusion, Thore thoey were, ratio tokot; and It | - b, Biioridau natd n oltizdps Hokot would have’ THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1873 aveN froat mon, with a: misorable .pate JHtion and a locked ‘Whot was'to bo “dono? It wam tnondurablo, -Bomothing hid ta bo dono, and dono i hurry. Men who had 8o ealsfactorily rosuscitated s corpse, and woro rondy to roceivo the nssots of tho docensed, woro nol to ho balked by n fow squnro yards of lumbor. “They wero equal to tho omorgoney, Col, Baldwin holufy the ptoutest, * arogkea tlio pregunut hinges" of hitwo knees, - Mr. Danlola.climbed on.to his -Lnek, - where- he dovoultly knelt, and thou Mr, Bhoridnan, with the' agllity of »_oat, mounted the human ladder, ronched tho top .of tho partition, and droppod 'down on .tho . other side. Ho turned the koy, the door opouod, aud tho im- rivoned patricts wore froomen ‘onco. more. hey conld not imagine how that door was locked, and wont awsy attributing it to somo, B nu;nmnh\ml ‘agenoy. 'his mooting givos an Iden of how tho lato Demooratic Contral Committoo fool about tho coming oampaign, Thoir anxlety to got tho furida from Mr. Bollonhausor is not llfinly to sbato, a8 it is nnderstood ho oontonds that the Domooratic party is no more, and as Lie sympa- thisos with the German-Hibornio conlition, he will probably transfor to it tho $700; whioh neems to bo tho roal matter at isano, . . i Thero is somo doubt as to the jurisdiction of tho gontlemon who mot yostordny aud sssumed to be thio Domocratic Contral Committeo. At the Qonvention held Oct, 8, 1872, a committeo of ono from onch ward was elected, as followa: Phil Oonloy, 0. H. Swain, J. D, Folthouso, N. B. Boydon, J. J. Whitehouso, 7. H.' Bon- flold, B. H. Joyco, J, H. Hildroth, Thomas Adams, 1, 8. Hahn, M, Rhodes, ‘Thomas ¥lood, J. H, Pick, Trncey D. Hull, A. Michelson, John MoCaifroy, Robort Konnoy, E, Kehoo, and from the country towns, Mosars, Gardnor, Shirloy, Bwaeotzer, and Koyos. It is ahout tima thia Committeomot and cstab- Ushed its claim to the $700. THE PORK-PACKERS, Arrnngements About Comploted for Thoir Nationnl Convention, Which Nlects in Chicngo To=morrow. An adjournod meoting of pork packers and provision denlers was hold yosterday aftornoon: in tho holl of tho Opon Board of Trado, for tho purposo of completing tho arrange- meonts for the holding of the National Pork- Packors’ Conventlon, which is to moot in this city to-morrow. Col. John L. Hancock occupied tho chair, The Financo Committee roported that sufliciont subsoriptions bhad been received to do- {ray tho oxponses of tho Convention. .On motion, the minimum amount of future subscriptions was fixod ot §20, which will ontitle tho subseribors to all the privileges of tho Con- vention, Tho Committeo on Hall roported that snitable arrangomont had been made for providing a meoting-place and committec-rooms for tho dolegntos. . Mr. Gulbortaon, from tho Committeo on Bolect- ing Dologates, roported a list of twenty-two to represont Ohicago in the Oonvention. The rocommendation of tho Committee mot with' considerablo opposition from a number of ontlomon, and & running dobate was indalged 1 for some minutes. 'T'he vigorous decisions of tho Chair created not a littlo amusoment, Tho roport of the Committeo was finally adopted. It was as follows ¢ Cominitles on Credentials—A, 8, Burt, - Commiltee on Perinanent Organization—D, A, Jonsa, Camnittce to Cast the Vote af Ilinofa—D, F. Murphy, Goorge W. Higging, 1. Botsford, J. Robiuson, O. Per= kine, D, A, Jones, Johin -Butcher, Goorgo Barron, O, 1, Gulborleon, Géorgo Btewart, Ohnrles’ Gounselmin, Audrow Brown, Frank Blerwood, A, 8, Burt, Thomne Kont, 1. N, Stiles, H, A, Lan," 8. A, Rickor, Ira Younglovo, Iizra Taylor, Josoph Jonos, Mr. Culbertson offerod the following pro- grammo, which wos adopted, subjoot to modifi- cations ag occasion may require : Post bulloting st il tho hotels, on programmes for each day, and from doy to day, commaoncing Wednos- dny morning. _Dolegates must procuro badges and tickots to the Couvention at the Open Board rooms, from 8:40 to 0:30 a. m, on Wednesday. A. B, Burt, of tho Committoo on Orgsnization for Illinois, will do- liver thom fo such as oro_entitled to them, Ono man from each State will Lo appointed by tho seversl .Biotes aa Cominitteo on Orodentials, and he shall designato who are ontitled to badges and ticketa for his State. B, X', Howsrd will aupply the tioketa and ‘badges to the differont Btato Committoss on Groden~ tials, at the rooms of the Open Board, The Commit- toes ou Cradentials will bo on hand at tho Open Board Toums from 8:30 {09,390 on Wednesday. No_ono {8 oxpected to participate In tho business of the Convone tion except packerw, brokers, dealors, and shippors ‘who mako provisions thelr speciaity gonerally, ick- ota for tho excursions and Llie ovening yarly must bo obtaled at the Open Bosrd rooms, Tho various Stato Committeos on Credentils nre slono suthorized to issue them. Thoy will boat the Open Board rooms for tht purposo at statod timos, hereafior to Lo an- nouncod, a8 oceaslon may require, Printod lista by Siles aliould bo procured for fho purpose of taklug votes, An invitation to lnnch was received from Mr, John Bhorman, of tho Union Btock Yards, and nccopted, and Mr, Culbertson was appointed n committeo to wait on him and lot him know when the Conventlon will visit his place. Roports from the Committecs on Railroads and Telegraph were recoived. Anothor rambling discussion aroso on the re- port of the Committoe on Bolecting Dologntes, aud 1t was finally rosolvod to hold anothor meet- ing this afternoon in the Opon Board Hull for the p“flmm of gotting an exprossion of opinion from all branches of the pravision trade on mat~ ters which aro to coma before the Convention. Tho moeting then adjournod. BOARD OF POLICE, Xeport of the Superintendent for the NMonth of August==The Totul Axrosts, 3,0753; Valuo of Froperty Stolen, $31,978.60 ; Rocovered, 816,850.37. A rogular meoling of the Board of Polico Commissioners wag hold yestordsy afternoon, ZProsident Clovoland in the chair, Commission- ora Wright and Bheridan also prosent. After & customary wranglo,—this time over tho records in referenco to the Bimmons shirt cate,—the Board went to consult with the Com- -mittoo on Fire and Water, with roforonce to- the appointment of Matt Bonner Fire Marshal. On their return tho Superintendont's report for tho month of July was presonted. The num- bor of arrests in fhe First District was 1,108 convlotions, 688 ; - valuo of -fincs, £6,164; valuo of property stolen, $16,008.25 ; recoveroed, §9,~ €03.09. Tho numbor of arresta in the Socond District was 1,870; convictions, 873; amount of finos, 80,861 ; property stolon, $18,212.85; re- covered, 84,651.95, ' In tho Third Diatriot thore woro 362 nrrests, and 810 convictions; amount of fines, $2,873; value of stolen property, $1,856; recoverod, 8455.93. Central Station—Arrests, 81; convictions, 22: amount of finos, 861; value of property stolen—; rocovered, sl,m.éa. Total number of arrosts, 8,075; convyiotions, 1,808; Taluo of proporty stolon, §31,078.00; rocovored, $10,864.87. ¢ The list of offenses show the following among others : Assnults with deadly weapons,- 63; dis- ordorly oonduct, 871 drunk, 478; drunk and disorderly, 985 ; gambling, 6 ; iumates of gambe Jing-houso, 42} inmates of houses of ill-7ame, 83; - kooping & gambling-house, 5; .kaoping &' houso of ill-famo, 41; robbery, {0; violation of 12 o'clook ordinanoe, 104; violatlon of Sunday ordinance, 104 ; violation of hack ordinance, 5’ ghooting insido city limits, 28. Besidos thesaare many other oontrasts showing the stern desire of tho police authoritios to suppress all gambling and similar offenses. . Commieslonor Shoridan called tho attontion of the Board to the discropancy between the num- bor of arrests nnd convictiony, and the discrop- nuu{ botwoen the smouunt of property stolon and that racovorod. ; Comminsionor Shoridan complained of inter- foreuca with the action of the Board by persoual romarke, aud in ordor to put a stop to'this prace tico, offered tho followiug : Oridered, That hiereafter the B\Ilwrinh\nflam of Police and tho Flro Marabial b requirad to submit in writing ail communications or sugkestions intended for the ace ton of tho Board, journed, —_— Queon Isnbolla Sucd by Xler Nfuse hand. Tho euit of Don Frauciaco d'Assis agalnst .Donna Isabolla, latoly Quoen of len, s to stand ovor until the beginning of Novombor, Don Franolsco has appoaled to the Civil Tribu- nsl of the Bolno_for an ordor pbliging his wifo to placo In the bands of a rocoiver & suficlont capital to sscuro tho rogular paymont of cortain annuitios 1o bo pald from his catate, Thoso an- nuitios amount respoctively to 160,000 francs for Don Franclsco, 100,000 francs for the Princo of ‘Asturias, and 90,000 francs for tho four Infautas, Tho plalntift roprononta that his wife Ia squan. dering hor fortuno in political onterprios and extravagant amusoments, Blio was: worth o million francs & yosr whon ehe camo to Paris, Sinco then her annual incomo has dwindlad down to 500,000 francs, and he alloges that sho will be penniloss n p fow yoars, door’botwaon ; fhomn: ; and'liborty, to sny nothing of dinnot and drinkd. - Tho order wag adopted and the Doard ad- - - Theatro. . Bunday night, thoy called for a CRIB: ] E'TROUBLE:AT THE “Additional Facts-Concerning tho Al- leged Leakage of the ) Tunnels Ts the Water PerfiolntinnghrougK the Foundation of the Aud if* §o,Mow Long Will it Bo Until Thero is Sinkago as Well ;i fit] Lonkuge_‘l Didn't the Engineer, in Sinking the New Shaft, *Forget,” and Go too Near the * 01d Pocket?” Tne Trinone on Bunday contained no acconnt of tho loakage that had occurred at tho now shaft in the crib from which tho eupply of wator for tho now tunnol is to bo obtained. Tho facts a9 given then aro' entirely corroct, except that tho duration of the misery of drivking *‘ basin wator waa fixed at flve wooks, whorons it may bo only five days, or flvo months. A ologe in- quiry elicits the following additional facta : The Board of Publio Works and the City En- ginoor have Loon maturing thoir plaos for tho propoaed ohange for some time, and hoped to accomplish the results thoy aimod ot . without awakening tho city to tho importance of tho work they woro engaged upon, A drodge to oporato upon * tha basin ™ has beon in rendiness, waiting for calm weather, for somo time, but, owlng to tho roughnoss of the water, the suthoritios Lave boon unable to remoya it to the scone of its usefulnoss. Thoy do not know how long it will take to dredgo the basin, but waok of fair weather will onablo thom to havo it In condition aa a rogervoir, Connaotions will bs mado at the Wator-Worke immedintely, and tho work of pumping out the tunnolproscouted from that timo out without delay. Tho quostion of building a sewer to convey away the hot wator into tho main sower docs not appear to have agitated hendquarters very considerably. 1t is oxpacted that when tho basin is dredged, thoro will be no apparont chauge in the quality of tho water to consumers, If the wind blows from tho shora it will bo pure and lmpid; it {from tho east it will bo milky snd turbid, but Just as pura for domostio purposes ns ever. - Tho tunnel is to be pumpod out, but arraugements are to bo mado to A1l it again at & fow Loure' notice. - Bhould tho water in the basin_Lecomo 80 impure suddenly as to demand immediato nt- tontion, tho purer water from tho crib will bo allowed to flow in through tho tunnel until such timo as tho basin may becomo cloar sgain, The procaution 18 a wise one, aud will tond to recon- cilo the city to the discomforts of its now water TOBOTVOIT. But this proposed chango develops some inter- oating facts, A roportor yesterday interviewed COhiof Engineer Chesbrough upon tho sityation. Mr. Ohogbrough wae as polito nnd affablo ps usual, but could not' conceal hia irritation at tho publication of the articlo in quostion. He nad not scen it, but supposed from what he had hoard that it sot forth tho utter deprivation of water which tho city was to suffor, Ha ndmitted that tho Board of Publio Works had ondeavorod to concoal the ‘facts, for tho renson that thoy did not think it’ wiso to creato n panie _about tho cholera and other things, but could not dany the truth of tho article. Ho told the roporter, in -explaining the supposed lek, fhat ho had no doubt thab it waa in the tunnol ;' that ho expected a brick tun- nol to leak ; that ho conld not hopo to construct ono which did not lonk, bu that, proper preca- tions boing taken, it would not woik injury. Y conaldor,” yaid Mr. Chesbrough, * tho quoi- tion of our wntur-uupgly #o important that the oxponditure of 850,000 moro or loss to provont injury to our systom quite insignificant.” And now for tho injury to our system, Ifitis true that the tunuel is leaking benoath the eril, and porcolating throngh-tho vory foundation of thot structure, n new and unlocked-for dangor stares us in the faco, Tho new crib build- ing is n ' massive stono structuro, and, 26 1t -foundation is being sappod by tho loak, thero is no'eaying at” what moment it may bogin to sink. Ts not this & serions discovery? No wondor that the Board of Publio Works is anxious to concoal this fact, as it is tho causo of the removal of the land shaft from Fifth avenue to Franklin strect, To call the thing a * botoh” is to apply n mild term to it, If thia wero the truo state of affairs, thore ‘would be overy cause for alarm; but, from cer-~ toin statemonts mads, 1t would appear that this theory is started to provent tho arrival of the public at the truo cause of tho leal in tho crib shaft. Tho old shaft, a8 evory one knows, con- nects with tho old tunuel eomo fitteen or twonty foot north of tho now shaft. It is stated that the ““pocket™ or continuation of the old tun- nel o fow foot boyond tho shaft runs, not directly east, but turns off and runs in adircotion soutli- enst, and that the new-shaft has boen sunk within a foot of the old pocket. This would con- noct the new shaft most palpably with tho old one, And, to supEort this theory, is tho fact thnt, aa tho wator sinks in tho old woll orshaft, it sinks simultanconsly in tho now one. Evidently thoro is n Conductor Beans in the affair. Tho engincer, in sinking tho now shaft, b (oli{!ot " tho old pocket, and dolved down into it. This oxplaing overythiug ; it explains how the ‘“ water porcolates twenty feot of stiff clay without pressure, and also explains tho nnxioty of tho Bonrd to keep the mattor 8 socrel, Hera is the altornative, and n view of the dlagram will -gettle the question at once. Mr. Ches- brough will plense rise and explain. any - mte, tho water At nngpudng to have trickled through twonty foot of stiff clay, the worst thing that could bave been dono -was to apply on nir prosauso of fitty pounds to forco back that water and further imporil tho foundation of the massive building resting upon it. Will not somebody - throw s little light upon this transnotion? If tho * forgot-the-old-pock- ot " theory is incorraot, it is duo to_ Mr. Ohos- brough's “roputation to correct it. If it is cor- root, tho clty shonld know it. TIIE CITY IN BRIET, Thero will be an adjourned meoting of tho friends of law ond order in the Third Ward thi ovening, at tho lecture-room of tho First Baptist Church, on Wabash avenue, . A little boy namod Robert Evorett Brant, who says ho came to the city yestorday morning from Galons, with his fathor, is at the Armory Po- lco Btation. Ho was picked up by a police of- ficor at tho corner of Olark and Twolfth stroots. Tho other day a little boy in tho primary-room of the Jonos fchool wasasked by a lady toacher, “Who assists Gen. Grant to mako tho laws ?" ‘Tho boy suoked hia thumb a moment, and then toplied, with much oarncatness, *¢ Justice Ban- yon." Ho srent to tho hoad of tho clasa, The railrosd companios londing toward Peo- - ris axe making gront preparations to accomodate ‘tho Iargo crowds of pooplo that are expectod to vimt the 8tato Fair at that oity, . Tho faro has beon reduced from the rogular rates, and tickels melml’m good during tho entire coniinunnce of 0 fair. = s J. V. Farwoll's & Co,"s drivers, togothor witha number of invited friends, held a pienio on Bun- dn{, twolvo largo wagons taking tho party a dozen milos out of the olty, whoro tho dny was passod very ploasantly. ' Chorles Saunders, James Brown, and Bon Braily aro thrao actors engaged at tho ull?bn olice- man, aud whon ho came they didn't wnn? him, but fio wantod them, and Kautman chargod thomn 885 oach for thoir miatake, - . Michael and Mary Hattnor, who 8o brutually. poundod thoir son a fow days eince, an sccount of which waa given in Tny TrinoNg, had a pre- liminary “oxaminatlon boforo Judgo ‘Kaufmsn yeuinrdni morning, nt the Weat Bido Court, nnd iroro onoh hold to bail o the smount of 8600 to sppear bofore tho Criminal Court, A small nogro boy displayed & atarveling oolt, about 746 hauds high, to tho astounded multi- tudo .on Madison strost, Finding thet tho ani- mal was gotting too much obsorvation,. the boy bought an Inter-Ocean, and, complotoly envel- opiug tho animal therein, shiolded Ft from publio gazo, The Ohlon&e Amateur Dramatlo’ Assostation will mook a¥ thelr hall. No, 83 Laiullo utreot, to« . morrow ovoning.. ' The Indlds arid gontlomen, of tho club, 88 well as theao. wishing to bocome 'mombors, nre roquasled Lo bo presont nt 8 o’clock - oxactly, ks businesa of intorest ia ‘to be iitro- \d\_m_od\. TN ' o * The*hody of Michael 0'S8hon, who has boon missing for some days, was recovored yosterday from Ogdow’s - Slip, nowr Sherwin's paoking- houso., A vordict of drowning was rondorod nt ‘| the inquost yesiorday., It is supposed he fell into tho wator while dfunk, e Ieaves s family, ‘The billinrd matob, for $260_a sido, botwoon' Goorgo Slosion nnd ' John Bosuungor, ocours at tho Kingebury Muslo Hall thia oveniug, and should not be forgotton b{ thone who adnire tho gomo, Tho seating and lighting arrangomonts aro porfoot, and all who atfond will flud atie- faolory nccommodations, The box-oftice will be opéii for tho Balo of resorved meats to-day, * Tho Humhno Boolety 1s requosted to look aftor the turtlo-tortarers, who, for days boforo utiliz- . ing tholr cnormous but delieatoly-flavorod vie- tima, oxposo thom to view in vonsols, subject to the tonsing of n scoro of bootblacks. Tho fato of tho gladiator *‘Lutchored to mako a Roman holidny," waa hardly worao than that of the ter- rapin during tho weok that precedes his lnat ap- pearanco in tho slinpe of * turtle-stoak: d #oups this day." : Rl Anothor palr of disconsolate parinors aro Joseph Laba and Francls Bravnnh{, Thoy keop n enloon under tho Gault Ilouse, Evorything soomsa to havo gono on smoothly until Josoph committed tho unpardonablo sin'of loaving ono of the doors of tho saloon open, which so en- raged Francls that ho shut it. This was enough provocation for both, and, finding n clean place to Iny down their coats, thoy Smhod into ono anothor, and wero both arrostod whilo fighting. That door cost ench of them &3, A horso and buggy, tied up on tho east sido of Olark stroot, nearly opposite Foloy's, was run into yostorday aftornoon by & hoavy, two-horsa wagon bolonging toJ, 8. & W. G. Mond. Tho bugpy was overturnod, and tho horso took fright and made dorporato attompta to oross the: eido- walk and dash into n subterranean cigar-storo. In this ho was thwarted bfl‘Ed Griy, who hung on to the reins until an officor camo up, when, hetwoon thom, tho benst was subduod. Mr. Gray, who by his prompt action hindored & _sori- oua nction, was somewhat hurt in tho kneo in the soufllo on tho sidowalk. Tha Iady directors of the Orphan-Asylum pro- Poso glviug n baskot-picnio and ball at Riverside noxt Thursday, Bept, 11. 'The procesds are in- tonded for tho benoflt of the Orphan-Asylum, and the prica of tickets, including pienfo and ball, is.one dollar, Thoy will bo good on any of the regnlar traing on tho C. B. & Q. Raiiroad, but tho 10:00 a. m. and 6:15 p.m. trains will be tho moat conveniont, Tickets may be obtained at Tollansbog's Bank, in tho Methodist Church Blook; at Cobb's Library, and ot the Asylum. A soloct party of ladios and gentlomen, num- b_e.rm;i’nhnut soventy, asrombled in tho now Kingsbury Music Hall, at tho invitation of tha propriotor, last ovening, to inspect tho ball and ‘witness a privato billinyd exhibition on the table which bas been set up for tho Sloason-Bessunger matoh to-night, Messrs, Bessunger and Geat; oud Slosson” and Foloy played o four-hando four-ball gamo of 500 points, which was onsily won by tho formor, Bessungor ot the start mak- ing a run of ovor 400 points. At tho conclusion of tho gamo Mr. Joo Vermeulon exocuted a fow of his oxtraordinary fancy shots very success- fully. Tho party oxpressed itsolf pleadod with tho ontortninmont, and was lavish in its praisca of the hall, which they pronounced the bLaud- ‘s0most tho'city has ever bad. At noon yestorday Mr. Burke, of the European Hotol, dotailed a couplo of darkies to watch tho movemonts of n Blm‘l‘lr:lnun-lnokhlg character, and sot nnothor darkey watching the spoous closoly. Yostordsy aftornoon tho Journal pub- lished tho following item : “ Bixtcon local pol~ iticlans, bosides six Aldermen, three of tha County Commissioners, and four city ofticinls, wero counted by a Journatreportor at the tablea in DBurke's restaurant, betwoon 12 and 1 o'clock to-dny. * Birds of a foathor,’ &c.” In thore any ocoult connection between the two facts ? At tho- occurronce of tho accidont at Bag Bridgo, on the Chicago, Alton & 8t, Louis Raii- rond, {t was_discovored by tho managors of tho road that- Biblos nud prager-books wero badly nooded on railrond cars, aod somo wont oven 8o far a8 to attributo to the absonce of these books . tho ead occurronce. Themanagors have, there- foro, suppliod cnch car_of thoir traing with a Biblo and Penlm-book, Thesa books avo beauti- fully bound in morocco, and the namo of tho Compnuy is imprinted upon them in lotters of gold. 1ho menagars Liops that this may prove o truo enfoguard againat furthor olatmitios on their rond, but should an accident novertholess oceur, theso books will prove & great blossing to the woundod sufforers, Quito a funny cago was up boforo Banyon yos- torday morniug! T amusod overybody hut the participants, Bomo timo ago, W. L. O'Calla- ghan and F. R. Butler formed s copartnorship for tho practice: of law. Damon and Pythins wero moro casual acquaintancos in comparison with thoso two young ndvocaton; indeod they formed & mutual admiration socioty, ato all their menls togothor, slept togother, and, tho iruth must bo told, got drunk togother. Thoso faots, and many moro oqually disoreditable to both partios, woro loliad yostordsy morning In tho rial of Butlor for stonling his partner's money after thoir friondship began-to cool.: Postmaster McArthur hos made arrongments for an intorcsting and poouliar exporimént for tho accommodation of the public. Ten boxes of galvanizod iron, similar to other lottor-boxos, though smallor, have beon placed on ns many cars of tho Stato and Madison streot lino, to onablo passengers going down town to post their lottors without atnapin§; at n_lnmp-post, If_tho publio only takes kindly to the idoa, it will bo a great convenionce to every ono noed- ing to poat lettors, and also to tho lotter-carri- ors, whoso labora will bo congiderably lightenad., As tho car having ono of theso boxos attached posscs Harrison stract, tho contonts are ro- moved and immediately mailed, 8o that poople living up-town can catoh any mail they wish by utting thoir lettors into theso boxes nbout hirty or forty minutos provious to the hour for olosing of the mail. An interesting meoting of ladics and gentlo- men was held in one of the lecture-rooms in Mothodist Church Block, last ovening, for tho purposo of organizing a social (lshilnaaymnnl club for mutual 1mprovement and culture. Thore woro only fow ladies prosent, mueh to tho disap pointment of tho young men, The maating was called to order by its chief promoter, the Rev. Mr. H. W. Thomas, upon whoso motion Dr. Abbott was called to q}mmdu ond 3. Hall to act a8 Becrotary. Tho object of tho moeting and tho nims of the proposed orfinnlznuon WOre briofly stated by the Rov. Mr, Thomas. Quite a number of gentlomen sfmku carnostly in favor of the Association and pledged thoir support, 1t is intonded to meot at least once & weok to dis- oues roligious, moral, and scientifio questions., ‘The following gontlomen wero choson a Commit- teo on Permnuent Orgonization: A. B. Kel Toy. H. W. Thowns, Dr. Blavd, E. F. Abbott, ond, Dr. Taylor, To the samo Committco was intrusted the duty of providing o programme of cntertainmont nt tho noxt mosting, with tho in- junction that they invite and request tho Raev. 1L W. Thomas to doliver tho opening lecture, Tho samo Committeo was instructed to fix tho initiation membership foo ot §1, The mosting thon ndjourned, aftor an intorosting and prom- Ising inaugural session, -untl noxt Tuesday ovoning, . 8 THE ELEVATOR FIRE. The burning of theFulton Elevator was n gon- oral subject of conversation among tho graln oporators yostorday, This was not becauso any | ono felt dopressed, bit becauso the magnitude of tho firo and tho faot that a grain storehoueo bad boon, dostroyod mado it lutoresting. "The buildiug waa insured for 16,250, tho policles for whioh nro hold Mr, George Watson, in tho following compauios: Meohanics' and Tradora’, Now York, $2,600; Amazon, 2,600; Michigan Btato, $1,600; Northwostern Natlonal, 1,200 ; Girard nud 'Tradors', $1,200 cach; Commoroial, (Bt. Louis, $3,500; Dotroit Firo' and Mnrino, §2,600. Tho grain' was very fully insurcd, but,' fonring thot a. publication of ~ thewr losses would affect their crodit, tho own- ors, without oxcoption, denied that thoy had lost anything. Tho following CumHaumn have, insued poliolcs on the grain ;: The Millville Com- pany, N. J., $1,000; Poun, of Pa., §700; Homo, of N. Y., 23,600; 8t. Josoph, of Mo., 23,000 ; Phoniz, of Brooklyn, 83,500 National, of Hart’ ford, Gorman-American, and New Orloana Au- tual, §7,000 onoh ; T'radors’, of Chicago, $4,000; Tairflold, of Conn., $800; Iravidenco, ©4,000; Continontal, 81,000; Dnangor, $1,000 ; Laclode, of Bt, Louls, 84,400, - Tho total valno of prop orty dostroyod is mot far from £84,000, upon ch, a8 will be obueryed, there was about (§48,000 insuronco. Mossra, Josso Moyt & Co proposs to orect upon the sito of tha destroyed nluva&nr one of groator dimonsions, within ‘six months, £ — i T Stewnrt's Will, Washinaton (Sept,3) Dispateh to the Hoston Advertiser, Vice-Chancellor Wedgewood, jn opening for the snnual session of the Natlonal Univorslty Luw Bchool last ovaning, said he had reason to Delleve that A, T, Btowsrt, in his will, made just’ b ofora leaving for Eumgo, had- bequeathed to t bt institution $1,000.000, .ast Sesson of the Siato -Board of Equatizatlon, List of Corporations Supposed to be Sound. Interesting " Statefiont Concors ing Land-Values in the City and County. The concluding day's sesslon of tho Com- mittoe of tho Blate’ Bonra’ of Equalization, choson to investigato tho matter of nssessmont of corporations in Cook and other countles, was held yestordsy. Thoro word prosont Mossts, R. P, Dorrickeon and D, R, MoMasters. Tho Clork of tho Gommittoo was instructod to propare nllst of all the corporations fu Cook County which are supposed to be sound, and to appond to ench the valuntion assozsed by the Asrossors. ABGESSOR’S VALUATIONS. The following is o copy of that list submitted by tho Clerk: ' UTR CRIOAGO, 5o a ¥ North Obicago Rolliug Mill Compuny (ofice), .8 3, 2 S Northweatern Papor Company. 15,000 Nouotuck Bilk Company. ... 15,000 iational Watch Company, o 25,000 Northweatorn Foriflizing Gompan; 500 National Printin 2,000 Prairis Farmer Co 8,000 Toopleat Omnibus g 32,900 Tiock Biver Taper Company.. 2,650 W, W, Btrong Furniture Compan, 10,000 Thio Waltor A, Wood 31, & I, Gompany +88,240 Singer Sewing Machino Comipan; 11,000 Taunton Tack Gompany “4,100 Tuttlo Manufacturing O - 8,500 TnipuNE Qompany... . 25,000 Thnyor & Toboy Furnituro Gompan; 25,000 Anderson Stosm Hoater Gompany, 90 Athatio & Paciflo Tos Company.. 20,000 Adams, Blackmer & Lyon Pubilshing Company 20,000 Chicagh Nowapaper Unfon 5,000 Ohicago & Peorla Yoast Co 370 Gliengo Building Bocloty. 00 Ghiengo Gaalight and Col 0,000 Commorclal Printing 0o 2,500 10,000 1,500 200,000 2%0 2,0 700 1,000 1ido and Leathor Company, 10,000 TInll's Bafo snd Lock Cotapany.. 20,000 Titnota Staats Zeitung.. 10,000 Tilinois Stono Company. 5,000 Jallet Iron and Bteol 5,000 Kirby Carpenter Company.,. 1000 Lako Btreat Printing Company. 1,600 Lakesido Printing Company. 000 Monosha Woodon-Waro Company. 'WEST CHICAGO, Weat Chicngo Gaslight and Coko Gompany. Ghicago Shot-Tower Company. City Savings Dank... .. Goppor Tubo Lighting Hod Goripan: Ghicago Viso & Chicago Filo Works Company Chicago Scalo Company: .. Co-operative Modicino Company . Glilcago, Wilmington & Vermillio North Chicago Rolling Mill Company. Richard's Iron Workee,.useeeisass 2,560 Blierwood Bchool Furnifure Gompuny. 1000 Union Hido & Leathor Company. 22,000 Union Park Bankese,.oees e 7,000 Yulean Irou Works Gompany. 6,725 Weatorn Star Botal Company,. K Union Hido & Losther Compn 12,000 United Express Company. 7,640 Union Rolling Mill Compa 40,000 Union_Foundry Works, 29,950 Wost Ohieago Gity Railway Company. 70,000 NOBTIE OLICAGO, Drown & YanOsdel Munufacturing Company. , $10,200 Ohleago Gaalight aud Coko Company (Norlh and South) 30,000 Composition Graniie Comj 5,000 Gowen Marblo Company. . 8, Ilinots Leather Company. 5,000 Northwestorn Distilling Compat 16,000 New North 8ldo Planing Mill Coinpany. 35,000 North Clicago Clty Raifway Company. . 40000 Union Drass Manufacturing Company, . L 10,000 Westorn . Electrio Tolegraph Manufaciuring COIPALY 1es 04053 o s sobsnassnsassassensanse H000 LANDS AND VALUES, Mr. Alexander Wolcott was called upon and submittedthofollowingintoroating statoment con- cerning lands and values in the city and county : Stats of Iltinois, County of Cook, sr. i 1, Aloxander Wolcott, County Burveyor of iho Goun- ty of Cook, in the Htato aforesald, ao solomuly swear the following stntemonts Lo bo trus xud corradt, vie.: Firat—That tho Governmont wurvoy of Cook County, a8 appeara from a certified copy of tho original survey (tho property of thia oftice) sliows tho total number of acres in- Cook Oounty to havo boon (less fraction) 891, Second—Thnt tho total number of acres in Cook Gounty linblo to assessmont for 1873, not subdivided Inta town or city lota (excopt tho property of raiirosd companics) {s (less fraction) 624,010, lard—"Thot the tolal number of acres of raflroad proporty in Cook County liablo to assesamont for 187, s ot subdividod iato town o city lota, 1a (lsas race on) 1,667, Jourth—Thot tho the tolal number of sorea (ine | cluding town snd elty lots reducod to acree) in_Cook County occupled by churches, cometorios, schools, YPoor-Liouso farm, Reform School, choritablo {nstituc tions, Bridowel), onginc-honscs, Xilinoia Contral Lail- road, nnd public grounds, oxemph by Iaw from taxie tion Ju (losa fraction) 4,665. Fifth—Tht tho total nimber of sores in the City of Chicago subdivided futo lots, (not inciuding property ovompt by Inw) I8 (loas fraction) 18,41, ° Sizth—That tho total number of scres in the Cotinty of Cook, outeldo of tho City of Chicogo, subdivided intolols (wot tncludlug property cxompt by luw) 1s (losn fraction) 47,670, Seventh—Tho original numbor of acres in Cook County wa 605,851, Efghth—That thare aro 104,411 lots in tho City of: Qlicago, including 1,630 bolonging to raflroad comn nlos, and excepting thosa exempt by law (which aro n- cludod in tho fourth statoment sbovo), and the avorago number of lots per acre in tho City of Ohicago is 6, 67~ 100, ‘Ninth—That thoro aro 120,801 lots outaldo of tha Qity of Cliicogo, in Cook County, fncluding 223 bo- longiug fo raiiroad companica, snd ezeeptiny thoso ox- empt by low (which are included in the fourth state~ ‘mont above), and {ho avorago number of lots poe aere outalde the City of Chicago, in Cook County, 3, 52 100, “Zenth—Thot within pix milos from tho Oty of Chi- cago thero are, in Cook County, 04,842 lots, Lileventh~That over six milea and under twelvo milca from the City of Chicago, thero are in Cook County 9,731 lota. : Ticelfth—That bver twelyo and under ofghicen miles from Ohicngu thore are in Cook County 8,475 lots, Tihirteenth—That over eighteon milea and under twonty-four miles from County 6,410 lota, JFourtcenth—That over twenty-four miles and under thirty miles from Chicago Lioro aco 1a Caok County 37 lots, Iiffteanth—Tho tots] numbor of lotn in Cook County, *outside tho Ollfl of Uhicago, 18 120,301, Sizteenth—That thore are 36,000 Jots In Cook County, jhicsga there are in Cook 25 foot frout by 135 foot doop, that are of no moro valug thon they wera na soro proparty, for the reason thet they lie undor water, o in low, marshy ground, . Sorenteenth—That thoro aro over 2,000 lots fu Cook County, 73 foet front by 40 fect decp, with a 3-foot alley and a 6-foot streot ; i addition lo tholr dimiuu- tlvo slzo, thoy o under water, about 33 miles from tho Court-1ouso, and 6 milea from any radlroad, in Soc- tlon 19, ‘Cown 87, Rango 13, & locality whore draluago cun nover bo successfully sccomplished, i Avex, Worcort, . Gounty Surveyor Cook Canaty, Til, Subseribod and sworn to before mo _this 8th' day of September, 1873, E. P, Nitrs, Notary Publie, AN APT ILLUSTRATION. Mr. 1. H, Portor, Prosidont of the expired West Bide Laud Company mado an_oxplanation of tho affairs of that corporation, which serves s illustrative of many othor onca flattoring or- gonizations and thoir ond. o said that the Company was incorporated with an authorized. capital o €3,000,000, tho major part of ywhiok; ‘had boon paid up. TDoubts wore thon exprossod! a8 to tho 1‘2;..1 pawora of tho corporate Cumpnny’y‘ whon Judgos 'Prumbull, Lawronco, Caton an other eminent jurists were consulted, and they hiad oxprossod the ufinlon»thnb the organization was unconstitutional, This had necosnitated tho ropaymont to stockholders of their money, and the virtual dissolution of the Compuny. . DULING THE AFTERNOON ! nenslon tho businoss was all. informal, resulting, in the bolief that tho Committeo would recom-: mend to tho Stato Board the propriety of holding: -all stock of corporato companies thatdid not make roturns to bo at par, and make an asuoss-! ment therenn. at faco yaluo. Thus all interosted will soo the advisability of prompt, explanato: Yoturna ta tho Stato Board at Bpringheld, to avoid! much vexatious trouble. The Committos leave for Will County this morning, and will spend a couple of dayuat Joliet. The alloon Ready. From the New York Graphic, Sept, 0, Tho groat balloon i finished, and will her atior be on exhibition daily at tho Capotoline Urounds, Broaklyn, until fhe day of depariure. Yostesdny the oar, tho canoce Doualdsop, and the numeroua fittings and atores that have boen e .{ reparod and collected In the _Datly fl ul{, I’yfl Graphta dings wore romoved to Brook! iu the rosence of a crowd of lookors-on atfrnoted “tho novolty of the spectacle, The baleon will bo at onco inflated with atmosphoerio ir, both a8 » teat of its capabilitics for holding gaa and nn & menns of permitting tho public to’ porccive ita vast proportions..... ... i "Pho final Inflation of the balloon will bo with ran from tho worke of the Brooklyn' Gaalight Company, which will be oblained by tapplng the gas-mnin on Marcy avonuo, and conduoting i into tho grounda through eight-inch iron gna pipos, which pro now laying from tho main to iho balloon, The lmlngmnnwcr of this gan is thirty-six pounds for cach 1,000 cublo feot, and it is Intonded to put Into the balloon 400,000 foot of gas, which will enablo it to lift from tho ground, including its own woight, 14,400 ponnduJ On Wodnosdny noxt the balloon will start for Europe, Whother it reaches ita dostinntion ox not, the ox!audmon can . hatdly fail to prove of yaat bonefit to-eoienca. - If the existance of tha wostorly norinl currontis catablished, the baoly loon-will have mado s long stride towardn rivald ling tho atormship, Whils the balloon remaing in'sight of land, tho enrrior-pigeonn will bring us constant information of ita progross, and oven if tho worst should hinppon, ‘'and tho voyagers bo compolled to tako to their boat, the expodition will not have boon o frultless one, jreieeins iy THAT EXPRESS ROBSERY, It Is unnacossary. to toll the peopla of this olty. that the Ohlcago Times {an blackguard newse paper. | Evary {ssuo bears testimony to tho fack A roportor, no matter how well quulified ho may he to @l any position in bis line, will not bo ro« tainod in its sorvice vory long unlosa hio losos hig solf-respoot and assists in moking the black< gunrdism of tho papor moro conspicuous, Evem thon ho i almost aortain to bo dischinrged if he noglacts to offer up’ dally incenso to tho romarke able little being who is pormitted to control thef local columna, When this diminutive man's ine finitosimal livor gots out of order, and o person or thing remains to bo sbused, ho gonerally ree lioves his subordinate blackguards of the task and porforms it himself. This micro= scoplo portion of his anatomy hss beon iu s wretched state sinco his omployor ine quired in tho vigorous way which- is poous liarly his own, why tho Times did not contain | nreport of that Important political mesting which wos held a weok ago'last Bunday. The littlo follow was just boginning to rocover when & copy of Tir TRINUNE, contnining oxclusive aos counts of & heayy. robbery, a disnstroun firo, and o sorlons leak in the lnko tuunol, was put iuta his hand, and ho immedintely oxporioncod o re« Inpao. The very clever ariiclo i yostordny's Tlimes ahout a reporter of this paper iu tho 1ge sult. Itis o romarkablo production, The writ« or’s familinviby with Ruch abstruse mottors ag ‘' gin,” * Fourth'avenuo,” ete., ote,, i3 'eimply oxtraordinary, and recalls to mind tho mastorly menoor in “which ho handled the oqually ab< n‘trusn mattor of *sloove-buttons,” not loug since, It s olaimod in tho articlo that Tne Tnimuye's ncoonnt of tho oxpross robbory was manuface tured out of whole cloch, and that thoro is not a toan named Gray'in tho omploy of the Pinkorton Ageney. . Tho lattor nssortion is simply absurd, for overy business man from the river to Madison ™ streot, is ncquainted with Lionut. Groy, who bns had chargo of & portion of tho Provontive Polico force for years, No evidenco is'ndduced to prove that the robbory was a “‘mnnufactured " ono, and'it'scoms to boa waste of time and writing motorinls to reitorate that the account of-- the affair in.Bunday's 'I'nisunm was in tho main correct. Ian ordor, however, that tho'little Times nian rony have occasion to writo anothor clovar article, wo will ropublisly 00 | tho most important statemonty’ in tho report: “The Amorican-Exprees Company was robbed of Py pncknqo of_mongy and jewolry amounting to | $50,000 i valuo, 'Tho thiof was o mossongor employed by the Company. Tleut. (or Sorgt.) Gray, of -tho Piukerton Preventive Police, are restod him iu DBurlington, Iowa, and’ brought him to Chicago. 'T'ho coutonts of tho packnga ‘woro noarly-all recovered, ~Tho errors in the roport woro oxcuscblo owing to tho haste in which it was written and the im= glflfunt story which was told ta the reporter. 'ho mossenger did not bv.-lon‘zf in thia scction of the country, but was employed by tho Express Company in tho East. Ho was not locked up in tho Counly Jail or in any of tho city atation~ hounses, but was detained at the Pinlkorton office until takon East, The facta and tho orrors in the original report have now boen published for tho second time, and the littlo man with the disordercd liver can howl again, He shiould not forget to howlabout that fire and that tunnollesk whilo hois about it. Go and oo tho Pinkorton pooplo, litilo mnu, and got fow faols, ond. Tus- Intnude- will perbapa giva ite authority for tho robbary. +” It js gotdom that ouy nowa of importanco with which tho Pinlierton Agouoy i in auy way con~ corned gota into tho hunds of roporters befora Mr, Pivkerton or his chiof officors ero propared to give it. This striot secrecy is the socrot of the Agonoy's success In overy city. More care than ususl is taken to koop & criminal Lransnce tion quiot when an oxpress company is intere estod, the latter deoming it o wise policy not’ ta let their patrons know of a robbery, espeeiully it tho thiof has been caught and the proporty re« .coverod, Dut for an accident the ‘robbery mon« tioned in Bundny's TrimuNi would not have lonkod out, and.now that it hes the Pinkertos officors havo_ too much sense to dony it. i THE WHISKY POINT MYSTERY. Public attontion has been oo awakenod ‘to the Whisky Point mystory, that tho wlighlost rova elation coucorning it will bo roceived with intore est. It now mppoars thiet the murdarod man (or, 88 somo boliove, tho sccidontally-killad man,) waa n brothor of a Mr. Stonchouser, of tho Village of Austin, Boon nfter the discovory of thobody on Whisky Point rond,n son of Btonchousor's informed o resident in tha vicinity of tho Chicsgo Avenue Polico S:ntion that the ,unknown man was hig fatbor's brother, Ilis grounds for tho assortion were, that the des Beription given of bim by & neighbor, aud tiat contninod in the nowspapors, were identical with that of his unclo, Subscquently n polics officer, who had repentedly seon tho body, 6oy Stonehousor, aud ho nlso declared that tha Lody was that of 8.'s brothor, Stunehouser said that for some yenrs Lis brothor hed boen very <dissipated, and had sorved in the vory vigorous cnpucity of » saloon loafer.. e hind repentedly boon sgen at o brickyard in the vicinity of whoro the body was.discovored, but, luowing that ha was worthless, ho pnid no’ nitcution to hin, .Tor the sama reason, this unfeeling man appoard to havo kopt secret hiy bellef that the body wwas that of bis brother. He did not waut to pay tho funeral oxpensos, Tho body is now buried, nnd will probably not be exbumed. e ANOTHER ROUTE 70 THE EAST. CoLLINaWwooD, Ont., Eept, 4, 1879, To the Editor af The Chicago Triltne: Sm: Touching the grost quostion of trangs portation from the Wostorn Btates to tho Enstorn pealionrd, permit mo to call your attention ton _route that has not hitherto been brought sulli~ ‘ciontly under tho notico of Wautorn mon. I rofor to n wator-transport, ray, from Chicago to “Collingwood, then by “an -nir-line .railroad to Montreal. A very caaual ox: on of & good map of the country will convines wov ono thab such o rouca s the mnost divect ponsible, und - volyes but ono transhipment belween your city znd Moutreal, o As compnred with the Harnin rounte;the did- tanco I8 nearly, 200 miles loss, The-distuuce by water trom Ciieago to_Collingwoud iu 20 miles less than to Sarnia, . The distanco fram Col wood to Montroal by adirect lino in over 1o0 miloy Josy than from Barnin, A railway berweon this port and Moutresl wonld puss through a oartally-developod district, rich in ngricnliuzal, _miparal, and timbor rosources, Tho contract is now lot for _building new broskwatows and drodglug our hurbor, Wo have also fing, opon wator navigation, similar to. your own, to vur vory doors, | ) Ww.J. e Accldont to John Morrissey, Jr. From the Tyoy Tuics, John Morrissey, Jry, son of the 1fon, John Morrigsoy, mot with s 8ad_acoldont at Jamos M. Cola'i house at Filend's Lake, fiyo miles from tho Glon Btation, on the Adirondack Rallroad, about B34 o'clock Wednosdsy mormug. un“u boon engaged _in making * powder suakes” on tho grass, pouring tho ) ound con, aftorward fixl nui tho snake with a H htod rag, and thus csusl ufiln pyrotochnioal dfiaphy. oung John was in the act of pouring moro poyder from tho' can for similar display when, it ia Lelloved, it ignited from a ploce of burning rag lying on the [irouud, iustantano- ously -communicating with -the oan, a torriblo oxplosion .following, tho roport of which waa hoard a distance of four miles. Tho lad's hands woro torribly out and lacerated, and his faco -nud arwa soveroly burnt, i Eurmnnla oaught ! and he was gaved from being burned to doath by tho presance of mind of & colorod sor= vant namod Adkins, who throw m blauket over him and stified the flamoa owdor from a throes '