Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1873, Page 8

when the tournament colamna will be filled i SPORTING. fs ended the two blank Seventh Day of the Gteat Na- tional Tournament, Ubassy Barely Soves Himself from ; Dofont I_Jy Blosson, Joo Dion Beats Bessungor---Ubassy and Garnior Come'Togother, TIE GAMES TO-DAY wrill bo betweon Joe Dion aud Daly in tho after- noon, aud Oyrillo Dion and Bossunger, and nd Daly i tho ovoning. tho tournament now. 0. DION AND BLOBSON MATOUED. An onthusiastio admiror of young Slosson lnst ovening made a match for him with Oyrille Dion 8t the threo-ball game for %50 gamo ia to conslat of 600 points, and Slosson ro- colves odls of 8 ot boon put in the hands of a mtako- eafo to say whon the The Former Prove's an Easy Vic-~ tor il.l a Poor Game. cord of the ’.l'oumnment---'l'é-])ny's Games-C. Dion and Slosson As tho monoy gamo will bo played. Anothor tremendous sudionce attonded the hilliard tournament at Kingsbury Musle Hall asl ovening, and there was s much largor numbor of ladies prosont than at any of tho provious games. Tho best of order was main- tained from bogluning to ond, nothing belng sald or dono that could offend tho most sonsitive porson. The afterncon's attendance waa rathor slim, but the management have becomo used to it now, and do not look for much patronago in Tho tournament will not end ba- fore Friday ovoning, aud the most oxoiting of it has yot tocomo. If Mr. Foloy or Mr. Goary would endoavor to porauadoe the individual who has chinrge of the liall to heat itup justa little, it would bo & sourco of pleasure to those who play and thoso who look o, THE TWENTY-TIIND GAME of the tournamont, and tho last one in which Gaorgo Slosson was to figura, was played in the attornoon, cominencing at Lnlf-pst 2 o'clock, botweon him ond Ubassy. Mr. Michael Foloy acted 28 reforoe. It was gonerally supposed that tho Chicago boy stood no show whetevor %0 win, against such an opponont, Whila thoro- ault justificd popular anticipation in & measuro, it is nono tho lees truo that Ubsssy had all ho could do to carry off the victory, winning by only 30 points. *A briof description of tho game will suflico, as it did not attact genoral attention, und possessod but fow featuros desorving of more than ordinary notice, most to tho third hundrod, having played ar very stondy game from ¢lio boginning. Tt sosmod 18 if hohad caught the old mah on ono of Ljs bad days, and would , defeat him ensily, until runs of 57 and 69 wore put in'on the French sido of the string, which put Ubassy sbout 100 in ad- Ho romained about that far ahend until the lest inning, when BSlosson, who had a few points over 80 to go, ran 562 in good atylo. Ubassy thon ended tho game. Following is tho 'THE ORLEDRATED RACE-IOMSE TIAD 6TEVENS, ‘Tho following cketoh of tho breeding and rac- ing ocareor of tho now world-celobrated raco- horeo Thad Btovons, winuor of tho rocont gront four-mile hont contest in California, is from the Now York World : who hau 80 suddonly become histori- ‘in Amorica, was r onsoquently'lio i 0 4 by Langford out of Mory Chile ted Gloncoo out of an- Amioricn grand dam Queen Mary by Dortrsnd. am’s wldo of themsme family Extra, Fadladeen, Allie Tt ete, i in dencribed a6 n chiostnt norr ud standsabout fittcon two Jmown of s eatly training, ear-old Lo won trotting 2, and that ho was_ mubsos n.As s runner o fiest — = cal as tho best four- bred in Oalifortifa in tho year 1605, ¢ 10w 8 yoars old, M milo heat horse a8 Longfellow, Littleton, or thrao high, Butlittlo {a but it is said that whon a 3 stako for S-yoar-olds in 3:1: quintly driven to a road wagos appeared on tho California turf in 1870, with but littlo In 1871 e won ssveral races of onc-mila rnd an on New Year's Day twomilo heals, In 187 ho boy Dy bolug beaten fn a raco of m| » by Pllibos, affor winning tho first heat in 1 1making the fourth & dend heat in the ssmo running =ccond in each of the nuary ho turned {ho tables on Pillbox in a similar race, winning the third, 0 othiore, On tho B4 fourth, snd fifth Leatn fu , and 11493, On tho Bth of Juno, over irack (the ofliers having been run over tho Agricultural ¥ark track) Lo was beston hy Ireno Harding in threo and 1473 ; but on the 221 hird, oud fourth heats in 151, 154736, winning the socond heat in co fourth heata in beating Nottio Drown, Irene Hard- 7 snd Modesto; Nottle Lrown winning 1bo Arst heat In 3:404(; At onio time it was contem- r tho $20,000 purao race, 1o have loans, L., this spring: but the Olub withdrawing the purso, ol iden of sending him Kaat wan given up, o has run sovorsl od races this year, but nona bettor than s milo heats at Sacramonto on the Gth of Jul; oud fifth heats winning tho first two heate, "l wou tho third Blosson led al- plated to cnter him fo taken place at New Orl Loulsiann Jockoy when ho won the third, 1:43%, 13407, and 1345, ') heat In 1:43 and 1:43,’ Noll_Flaherty running und third In all the heats, Tiis last grand porformance rovious o yestorday washls raco of 4-milo Liosts on Lio 18th of Octobicr, when lio beat Joe Danfele, Ballog Box, Ireno Harding, Targo inhing tho accond ond_thiry Joo Daufols winning tho first hoat 236 ; thy for the second belug fhio best tima for o socond and Kato Gift, Thad Stosson—0,7, 9, 0, 8, 0, 1, 49, 0, 13, 0,14,9,1,8,0,0, 8, 28, 0, 47, 3l, 1,1,3,2,1,0, 4,0, 12, 63, *Total, 870, 4.0,1,07,0,31 1,71, 4,2, 0,7, 1,12, b Averages—Slosson, 7.34; Ubaasy, 8,10, Z'ime of Gume—Two kours and 20 minutes, TIE TWENTY-FOURTI GAXE was commenced at Lalt-past 7 o'clack, botween Josoph Dion and Jobn Bessunger, and was tho Iost but ono of tho latter's regular sories, Mr. Tom Foloy accupied the reforee's chair. tho exception of & run of 2l made by Dion in laut half of the first inning, the early innings of the game wero tamely playod on both sides. In the ninth inning, Bessungor rolioved tho monot- ony somowbat by making 22 through nursing, o tho run by a miss of simplo carom when followod with was tho last double figuro run for six innings. In tho toventeonth, the gamo began to grow in- teresting, and from that point to tho twonty- ninth somo nico billinrds wore shown on both Dion knocked outruns of 10, 17, 18, and | 87, which Bessunger moro than offset with 20, 27, 11, ond 44, oll of which were mado woll but badly ended. Bessungor was tho first to turn on tho second ‘string, which o did whon the o, 5,9,18,3,1,1,1, 1, 4, THE DEST FOUR-MILE TIME. April 2, 1€55, at Now Orlean: against time, carrying 103 Ibs., 7:193¢. April 14, 1355, at Now Orleans, Loxi Lecompto, carry 1083 Ibs., 7:2357. April 8, 1854, at Lexington and Roub Juue 25, 1863, at carrying 117 lbs., T:261¢. Oct. 18, 1873, at San Francisco, Thad. Btovens, earrying 115 Ibs (sccond heat), 7:30. 1ni 1880, ot Buratogs, N. Y., Loathorlungs, 7:313¢. In 1867, ot Jerome Park time, carrying 120 Iba., 7:31Y; In 1842, nt the Union track, Boston, 7:3214. , 12,2, 2, 13, 2, 9, 0, md T.ecompto beat ontrovillo, L. 1,, Tdlowild, Kentucky beat Ju- ), Kentucky against , L. L, Fashion beat In1871, nt Jeromo Pack, Abd-al-Koros beat In 1872, at Joromo Park, Monarchist beat Har- 1y Bugsott, 7:983. AMUSEMENTS, “* All the world's & stage,” romarked tho mol- ancholy Jacques, and procoeds to carry out the figure, The quotation, trite as it is, scoms rather aptly to apply to & fow romarks nocossi- tated by the, production of “Aurora Floyd" nt tho Acadomy of Music. Wo shall assumo, without tho foar: of contradiction, that in tho drama of life the exporionco of overy reador will Do that tho incidonts of that drama follow upon one anothor conuectodly throughout. Or, to chango tho figure, thot tho most important ta- life's journoy aro From the twenty-ninth to tho (n;finm iuning tho play was not. worth looking at. "In tho latter 1nning, however, it brightened up considerably, Dessunger increasing his scoro by a run of 21, and Dion sdding a mugnificont run of 93 to his, vihich was mado principally on the head rail and around tho corners. John's coniidence 1 in the next ton or elovon inninga bo did littlo or oxcept miss, while Dion steadily m- crensed his lend by small rung. Tn the fifty-sec- oud inning Bossungor managod to gerapo 39 to- gothor, and ho followed it up with 12, Later in the game he mado 11 and 81, but Dion held his ground, Andveventually won tho game in the sievoniy-flset inning, Tho contest, a8 s wholo, wns not particularly brilliant. Following is the “fhe run IMhOr | 1i1q o faot, which every dayof esistence con. flrms by oxporionce to tho individual, that the most unexpocted changes in Luman affaira aro Dbrought about by the sequence of ovonts trivinl apparently in thomsolvos, snd yet prognant with importance, These vory trivial occurrences havo heen the themo of more provorbs than Solomon ever ponnod, more sormons than one would care to liston*to. What then can bo thought of o dramatist who coolly ignoros any links of inci- dont to connect tho tragio oloments'of lis play ? What would o thought of tho coolk who served up Chili poppors for soup without oven wator to bring out their flavor ? And yot such & compound is Mr. Clifton W. Taylouro's vorsion of Mies Draddon’s novel * Aurora Floyd.” The principal ingredionts ara elopement, bigamy, robbory, compounding a folony, and, finally, murdor. Theso crimos aro fired ruthlossty at the audionca in flvo conscentivo nets, with only onough of minorincident to sorvo s wadding ; only enough of dialoguo to oxhibit the want of moro ;* only eunough to rovesl the work 01,3 20,061,205 14,0063, 1,010,001 2,2,81,0,0,1,131,5, b 0, 1,6 40,3, 4, 2 3 Arcrayes—Bessunger, 4, Time of Game—2 Nours 25 ininutce, VEN was played hotween Ubassy and Garnior, sud turned out to bo not noar 8 intorcsting o con- teab us it promiged. Dr. John W. Blaisdell was Gurnior won tholead, aud openad fho ball with & run of 10, onding by missing o masso. Ubnesy miscied on o draw-shot, aud failed to count. Tho noxt throo jsnings dovolapod notli- ing trange. At tho end of the fourth, Ubassy, u short bank-ghot, aud of - charnctor-drawmg of iho novelist and iho dramatist, othor words, *Aurora Floyd " is o succossion of strong dramatio mcidents crudely woven into o Bo imporfect is the wor ment that the very incidonts which fittod togothor in the novel s as flendishly improbable, merely for tho want of a littlo wkill, It may bo design on tho part of the author to take uu audienco by storm with beavy urtillery, bub his version looks too much like tho uchool of ¢ JBuffalo Bill" and ““Tho Red Pockot-Bool" to daeserve a high placo in dra- matic litorature, Howavor, tho programme care- fully imforms tho rendor tlial * complimentod after making 7, misso left an exceliont Lrenk y mado 14 out of it, howevor. Ubnssy then rolleil up 42, “scoming to hindio hin ouo with gront Garnier’'s noxt run was 12, and then Ubassy made 11and 10. innings wero almost fruitloss for both parties, In the tanth Ganier mado a very protty run of 47, mainly by round-the-tablo and single-cushiou play, which turucd bim on hin second tring, tha kcoro being 105 to 72, Both playera jogged nlong b casy stnges until the latter” ond of tho fourtcenth inning, whon Ubnssy onco moro veu- tured into big fignres with good result, a rim of 62ucerning, 'Phis put_him iu the van, the scoro being 1561 to 118, Inthe twenty-secoud {nning Lo turued on hia thivd siring, having pleyed 50 per_cent botter than his opponent Indeed, Garnier secmed to bo suf- fering from nervousness, or from tiome other disorder nutngonistic to billiards, "he scoro now slood : Ubussy, 208 ; Guryior, 188, Tho latter in tho twonty-third inning nhaged by hard work to mako 43, onding by u_mius” of un onsy shot. Ubrssy followed with s frightful soraluh, which avo him tn opportunity to muke 35 points, inrnior's noxt throo junings wero well plzyod, and yiokded Lima totalof 81, In tho swenty- sovonth inning he turncdon his tidrd atring with o ran of 29, and threo inwings later ho to his seore, which materially decronsod player wont woll to immodiately, moking trikio us In tho play Tho two noxt Miss Draddon ly roquest for o copy"— Chaufrau ncied her part, Aurora Floyd, vith her aceustomed couscientious curo, buf yielded to & tomptation to common-placo noikoou Loaring the unmo of hor tirst husband pronounced by her sccond. Neitbor terror nor horror take ~ such tones ag hors in this seono, Thoy are heard only on tho stago, naver in natfire, " It 1s also slagoy and unnatural to utter the exclamation hefors the namo of- James Conyers s fairly out of John "Pliat this romurk is corroot in witnossiod by tho faot that Mellish apeaks of Loy fortissimo us ‘‘ngitation.” 'Tho meat difiienlt Alellish's wmouth, Ed Morblo succoodod giving a vory falr intorprotation of tho charac- tor, it groatly to his cradit. @ play isalmost o suporiluity, aud i usolessly god in twico afier the tocond act to show the nuthor has nat hoon compellad to drop hira, Tho acting generally was fair, but s liltle mero smaotbness on Mr, nugalarity in his siylo ; wold bo becoming, Tt would also bo just au woll it tho words * dush and “ dashied ™ or oquivalonts wero usad for * Jenlousy " id to bo ‘s lead. The latter Capt. Talbot in tho carried him on his last string, the call belng 306 to 262, Ilo loft a goud break for Guraior, and the laiterdook 18 out of i, ‘Thon tho game be- caino uninteresting on botis sides, moro ospecial- Gurnier, who seomed to bo afraid. It tho fortioth funing Ubnsay mando 25, but tho playing from that time on was spiritloss, and the audicnce folt vastly relioved when sy won it in the Aifty-pixth inning, Garnlor amo ull” through, aud it was no bassy to boat lim, Following 18 th . Barrolt's part ; lens ly on the_part of more forciblo onths, played at tho matines on Saturday, evening Lydia Thompson opens her sorgon at CENTENNIAL. PrmnanrLrni, Nov, 10,—1he 1Ton, Alfred T, n, Dircctor of the General Centonnial addressed o circulnr com- overnors of ovory Hiate and Tortltory i tho Union, sodlolting thelr co- 0,0,0,'0,4,1,9,3 10, 1, 0% 4 010 3, Commission, to-da; wmunication to tho unicr, 5,103 Ubassy, 7.8, ne—2 Bowiss 30 winites, zsconb o HIE 'ro‘\m[:ulslmx;“ ; L wing is a record ol 1o tornament e fullu\“ (‘vill be publisied over until tho games ure finished, so that the publio | morrow leaves for il tuuy #eo ol a glance how cach playor stands. The figtires will bo changed as gamos are playod, sud ynrposo of scewring o the Txhibition, wore ulso {ssned, contnining carefully compiled inatructions in dotall to thoso desiring to becomo oxhibitors in the Exposition. roproventation M1, Goshorn to- s homa in Olio, whore ha will pereonally endoavor to awaken un interest in the ontorpiso. " WASHINGTON. Heport of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The Receipts for the Past Month Two Millions Less than Estimated, History of Fred Douglass’ Connection with the John Brown Raid, ) Disposition to Be Made of Lands Granted to Railroads that Have Failed. Speetal Dispatch to The Chtcago Tridune, INTERNAL REVENOZ REPORT, ‘Wasmvarow, D, 0., Nov. 10,—The roport of Douglase, Commissionor of Intornal Rovente,will bo givon to the Associated Pross to-morrow. The total recelpts for tha yoar have beon $114,000,- 000 from this source, which is £6,000,000 mora than Becrotary Boutwell estimated, The ox- penaoa of collection havo boon §6,000,000, The Commissionor cstimntes that by using the re- duced forco it will cost £4,000,000 noxt yesr. Ho ostimates, with all duo allowances for tho panic and striogency, he will collact |. 3110,000,000 noxt year. The panio hna abiortened tharoceipta to tho amount of 42,000,000 in tho past month, While the Commissioner doss not deom it courtaons for him to mako any recom- meondation, o suggosts that tho taxes onillu- minating gas, and on Jegacies, and boquosts might be restorod on tho ground that tho ro- Yv“l in tho formor cnao has not lessened the gaa i1l of consumors ; and that the poople who got bequosts can afford the tax, Theso two itoms mn‘}m a good drop in the genoral bucket, FREDERIOK DOUGLASS, in s lecturo dolivered n this city last night, un- nosomed himself for tho first timo in rogard to hi#: porsounl connection with the John Brown xaid, It will bo romembored that Mr, Douglass fled to Canada at tho timo of tho raid. Hosays that Brown's constitution for tho govornmont of tho insurrectionary republic, was writton at his housa in Rochestor, aud the_sponker still pos- sossed tho otlginal droft, Howns not privy, Lowever, to Brown'a invasion until summonod from ~ Rocliestor to Chamborsburg just baforo the. descont. on Harper's Forry, when ke spent a_ whole day and a night 1n a stonc-quarry with Brown and Shields, Greon_ ticoking to disnunde them from thoir mad attempt. Groon was finally captured by Brown's Tervor, and 8o mot his doath on lho(f 1lows. Lwolve yoars before the raid, Brown Inid before Douglnss the plan of » goneral insurrcotion all along tho Allogheny ridgas of the Blayo Btates, with tho ides” of mounting Lundreds ofghlaclt mon on thoir masters' horses and lotting them rido to freo soil. The subsequent plan of the raid was changed from tho first plan o littlo whilo before he put it into oxccution. Donglass koonly oriticized William I, Soward's proposition that Brown was justly hauged. BTATDE OF GEN, BCOTT. The largent blocks of granite ?Hurflud and cut in modern times are now iu“» aco to roceivo Drown's aquestrian statuo of Winfleld Scott, of which the Pluludnlyhln public Lias had tho bene- it for fivo years, Thoso stones, five in number, woigh 320 tons, and the platform slong woighs 120 tons. Two weeks woro ro- quited to move thom throe-quartors of & milo from the Inuding to the station. ‘Ihe statue will be dedicated in January. Tho Moxicun vetorans from both of the Intely hostilo soctions have been invited to attond. "Lougstrect hes been suggosted as tho orator. Anothor status of Gen, Scott is nearly ready to bo placed on the brow of tho bill, ot the Soldiors’ lomo overlooking the city, and the podestal was fixed this summor, - NUW YORK'S ANT CONTRIDUTION. New York's contribution of bronzo statuary tp tho National Goverumont—Gaorge Clinton and Ghancellor Livingston—will bo preconted to Congross affor tho holidays, Wnshington Los now ton open air statuos, with ‘Chomag, Grant, Rawling, und Farragut to como. THE LASD OPFICH BUSINESS. Inquiry was mado to-day of tho Commissioner of the Land Oflico ne to tho smount of lands which will probably revert to tho Government {from grauts to railroads subsequontly bankrupt. "hero has already rovertod auito o lnr[{u quan- tity of such lands from various companics, and under the paralyzing influonco of of tho present finaucial stross ‘it Is expected that such rover- sion witl largoly increnso, A fuct of some intorest was divulzed in regara to the reversion of lands grented to corpora- tions whick have failed to comply with the terms of the grauts, Until about two yoars ngo, it was_the custom, under euch cirenmytances, for tho'Secretary of the Intorior to at once declare the land forfeitud restored to tho Government, ond oubject to homestead entry a4 other Governmont lends, This custom has been almont uniformly sustained by State court declsiong in varions Stalos, but recently Justice Iiller, in tho Cirenit Court in Iowa, decided thnt bofore nuch lands could be doclarod forfoitod to the Government aud opon to homestead cutry there ‘must eithor bo n judicial docree . or logislalive cnactment to that effoct, end that tho declnration of reversion by tho Secretary of the Interior was not sufileient. Tho question was token thenco to the Bupreme sourt, whera it roats for decision. Meanwhilo vast tracts of land lio unoless, s tho railroad companios cannot do anything with thom, nor can sottlors lookiug for homes go upon them nnder Judgo Millr's decinion, oxcept by a po- culiar iutorpretation of tholr cwn, The Legislaturo of Wisconsin undertook to dispose of the lands forfoitod by tho Dayfield & St. Croix ltailrond, and after somo struggles thoy wera awarded to the Milwankeo & St. Prul Tailrond. Whon tho officers of the road came to take posscesion under thoir questionable titlo, thoy found (ho question, ne has beon statod, in tho Supromo Court. ~ Scorotary Dolauo and Commiesionor Drummond aro of tha opiniot that nothing beyond tho action of tho Intorior Dopariment Is nocessary to restors such forfeited lends to iho murkot. "As the Supromo Court moves in o ponderous fashion, no ono can guess when the question will bo decidad finally. THE WRANGLE ADOUT TUE SURRATT CASE, Judge-Advocato Holt nssorts that William M. Tvartd wroto ex-Prosidout Johunon, lately, o let- tor on tho Surratt case. Ho unys that Johnson bas taken advantago of tho docensoof Socro- torios Seward aud Stanton, and of the rosolution of ox-Attorney-Goneral Spoed not. to opon his wmouth on {hat oceurrouce, Judgo Holt will writo s reply to Johnsou's lottor in n fow dnya, {70 the Anoclated Press.) POSTAL TREATY WITI GERMANY, Wasnivaros, Nov, 19,—Tho Postofice De- partment Lins coneludod a partial postal-card nr- rangement with Gormany; to go into offect the Iast of Decomber, ‘The arrangemont is precise- 1y tho enmo as with tho Canadian Governinent, DECISION UNDER THE DANKIUPTOY ACT. Attornoy-General Williams, ona quostion sub- mitted to him Ly tho Sacrotary of the Trensury, decldos (it paymont mado by s debtor to f croditor who Iint * committed wi nct of bank- raptey, aml against whom provendings in_banke ruptey have been instituted and are onding, but who has not yot been nd- Yuagm bunkrapt, will not bo valid i the ovont: of nn_adjudication of bunkruptey in etch proceodings if payment transpired mlhsu:lllcnt to tho filing of tho peti- tion thoroin; and that payment mado by debtor to u oreditor who is kuown to have committed sn nct of hanltruptoy, but aguinot whom pracoad- ings havo not at tlio timo hoon taken, is valid in m-lnxr u8 it in affectod by thq existing bankrupt- cy laws, APTOINTIENTS, "'ho followlng Intarnal Lavonuo appointmonts woro madu to-(lay Btorokeopers—Sixth Dis- trict of Tentucky, Frank I, - Stron, Josoph Manyor, Josoph Dillls, and IL. W, Bi 0 ; Second Distriol of Indluna, L, 3, 1ucio Gauger ==D. G, Borhe, Third District of Wieconain, Brownoed from u Sicigf, Tont Manisox, Ta, Nov, 19,~Laut ovoning n porty of five andi ffom Tilinols wero cronsing lio river hievo, on thokr way howno, in o mnall skif, Owing Lo its being tou small for tho load, and the roughness of tho rivor, the kit hogwa fille Ing Witk water ou approaching tho lstand, nd onoof the party, Janios Mareh, jumped out, thinking to lighton the boat and auve himself, e wwain noarly to (ho islaud, and when last seon wut swimmlog on his baok, but tho water a3 bo cold that Lin effaits woro in vain to roach tha wiore, Tho other four men woro ploked up by nhift fromn tha stoamer Jiolle of En(‘.’rowa. &nd taken on board of hov, all of thom bolug en- (W) AGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, tlroly oxhausted. Maralvs body haa not ben Bargo Burned on the M1 Viorepuno, Nov. 18,—About 6 p. m. yester- t0 the Delts, tho barge Holls, of Al n tow'of the Henry Amaes, In onsequonao of was impossible to bxtinguish the thobarge was turned adritt, Tho bargo and oorgo s a total loss. It had on board 1,200 balos of cotton and 4,000 prokages, consisting of xye, flour, corn, odts, and sundrios. was discovered An Emigrant Girl Killed by the Oars, Povankeepsre, N, Y., Nov, Dagg, of Dublin, an emigrant girl, foll botweon tho cars of an omigrapt train passing S snd was g0 badly injured that she died soon after. Bho was on routo to Fatal Mine Explosion. PorrsviLre, Pa,, Nov. 10, aulphur in the mines ne movon men. woro torribly burned about thoir faces, and another, was inatantly killed, ~—Byan oxplosion of Tremont, to-day, John Willismson, Marino Disaster OIF Long Island, Huntivaton, L. I., Nov. 19, —Schooner F. V. Turnor was capsized in the sound off Lioyd's Neok, on Tuosday night, and tho stoward and two of tho crow wore RAILROAD NEWS, Com:entlon of the Railway Auo- ciation of America. Soventy-Two Ronds Agree to Pay No More Commissions to Agents and Scalpers. Tho Rallway Asscolation of Amorics, consiat- ing of tho Buporintendonts and Msnagors of all tho railroads in tho United Btates and tho Cana- das, hold a goneral convention yosterday at tho Grand Paciflo Hotol, for tho purpose of taking action in rogard to tho paying of commissions on tho ealo of railroad tiokets to agonts and scalp- «ors. Tho Convention was botter attonded than any proviously hold, seventy-two of tho loading raflronds in tho country being roprosentod. Bhortly after oponing {he mooting, Mr. Rich- ard Pottor, of London, England, Prosidont of tho Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, aroso, and m strong torms denounced the boen in vogue in England, but tho English press donouncing it as dangorous to both the railrosds and travolers, it was abolished. No commissions ‘wore now paid in England on tho salo of railroad tickots, and all tho partios wero well satisfied with tho way it worked. Ho hoped the railroad Managora presont would take tho same action as their English brothron, and sbolish tho systom Tho spoech of Mr. Potter had s strong offect upon tho shaky Managers, and but few made any opon resistance to having the obnoxious 8y8- tom nbolished. After o longthy debato, o long agreomont was drawn up plodging tho railronds thot signed it to abatain from puying commis- slons horonttor. Soventy-two of the loading railrondd in tho country have agroed to sign a ro s railroad, tho Baltimore & signifiod its willingnoss to join tho othors, Dut it is generally believed that this rond will atso como to torms in a fow days, it being bad policy for it to hold outolone, A fow of thoemallor roads that havo not yet signified thoir willingncas to accodo to the reform will be tho Inrgor ronds rofusing to chack receive or soll tickats oyer thouo re Soveral of thoso tho pross of this ci; UNE, for tha ablo and they bad advocated the Tho Convention ass hnt has ot you baggnge, or to presont highly commonded and ospecially Tue Tnin- fenrloss manner in which abolition of tho aystom, emblod at 10 o'elock in and rownined in sossion until 8 in taking only ono hour for dinner, ronssomblo sgain at 10 proboblo that £ oxtonding the m to the Eastorn t up during tho session, 0 infested tho lobby of tha ay yostorday, and could bo by the large diamonds in tlteir shirt-hosoms and tho immenso gold chains dane gling ~from their vost-pockets, in tho morning, thinking they just whora they found out their miatako in th and loud wora tho curses hurlo thing and_evarybody, tho pross and roportors misfortuna upon them. clongatod countonaces th o'clock this morning, tho quoation of the ndvieability o abolition of tho fras-pass systos ronds will bo brough ‘fhe scalpers, w Pacific Hotol all di easily recognized wero in high gloo ad the Managors but when thioy 0 ovoning, many d against ovory- and particularly againet for having brought this With sad faces and ey marched in a body room and drowned their wsorrows in that stuil that cheors and makes n fedlow drunk. THE C. D, 4 X, T R, reident of tho Chicago, Du- o Railroad, is on a visit to this city. Hostates that his road, which was com- plotad sbout a yoar ugo, is in 5 Tho road commence tho bank ; of the Mis La Crescent, Minn., adistanco of abou A branch lino runs from Turkoy River, near Du- buque, to Elkport, Io., a diatanco of about 16 miles, At Dubuque tho rond connacts with the rroston with thoe Chicago, . sud at {Clinton with tho J. K. Graves, 1’ bnquo & Minnosot YOIy prosperous 1llinoin Contral, ut Fo Burlington & Quincy, & Northwostorn, proposad _extension Burlington & Quincy Rail to Clinton, through trains will bo run to this city. At La Cresent it connects with tho South- orn Minnesota Raflroad, which runs 170 milen weat to Fountain City, and connection is also mado with the Milwatlkeo & St. which runs along. tho Mispisi Paspeuger trafilo is ox entire yoar, whilo froight bueino sidorablo compotitio the steamboats, but tion closes, frolght business also of “tho Chicngo, road fs comploted Poul Railrond, ppl to St. Paul, ood during tho buklnoss rocolves con- n during the summer, from becomes very Annual Meoting of the Koston & Provie dence Corporations-An Encouruging Exhibit of the Comp: Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dostox, Mass., Nov. 19.~1'ho Boston & Provi- dence Railrond Corporation hield its thirty-oighth sunual mectivg this afterncon. Tho Directora say that thoy rogard it s cspecially fortunate that the lurge rovenuo of the corporation during tho year—tho largest it has evor received, both {rom pas sengor and freight, and as well from it satisfactory connections as from its local traflic— has onabled thom to maki and tmely expendituro tho dividonds to its stockholders. these expendivures havo anticipnted s supplios and improvemonts required for tho fu. turo, and theroby enabled tho ofticors to encoun. « leAs prosporous sonson, if tho proseut depressed condition of the busincss of tho country should contin timo to affect injuriously ‘I'hio gross earnings of “the year havo Leon § tho previous yens tho lurgost of 0 liberal but judicloun tor with gafoty we'for any longth of tho railrond intoronts, an increaso over o0 tho poriod way ear of ity operations, of 8105,708,70, Tho como, aftor deducting exponditures,was $397,- 106,10, of which £895,000 hns consfituted tho dividond of 10 per cout on ts capital of g3,- Daring the yoor, the rond has purchased tho the Providouce, Warron & | Rivor, Warron & Providenco it of &500,000 wore wnd el sold at o Stoughton Brauch Bristol, and tio I'n Ttonds, Bonds to the amount isaucd for thoso purposcs, n The Proposod Dircct Linmo IRotweon Chicngo 1na Charloston, S, Co Cutanrestox, 8, O, Nov, of tho Chiambur of Commer: Dlo uotlon rogarding the propored dircot railway from Chicago to Charloston, and has uppolntod a committoo to arrangoe far the recoption of del- ogates from tho Northwast on tho 11th of Docem. peted Lo givo o fresh fmpotus .—A lurgo mooting Las tnkon fayora- her, whon it is ox, to tho movement. Inspection of the Cuiro & Fulton Rnile TarTLr Roex, Nov, 14.—The Commissioner of , accompanied by Col, I, L, Allon, will prrivo hioro from 8t, Touls to-mor- row morning, to inspect the Bouthorn Division of the Cairo & Fulton Ruitroad, CINCINNAT! GOVERNVENT BUILDINGS, Uinoinnary, Nov, 10,—Tho verdiet in the first of tho condomnation nuits for o slte for tho Ky A rondered, (o- 4 for tho proport; property on the sii Govornmont huildin allowing #1,000 por front foof AL tho iame rate the wholo p will cost not ovor #400,000, NOVEMBER 20, 1873, SUFFERING (N IOWA, Destitution in the Northwestern Part of the State, Need of Money, Provisions, Clothing, and Fuel, An Appeal for Assistance. Jeferson, Ta, (Nov, 17), Dispateh to the Des Moinea Reg- I havo just had & long intorview with a former soldier comrado, now a. **homostoador” in Osco- ola Gounty, ‘and from him Ioarn womothiog con- corning tho prosent and future wants of tho hundroda of ‘good pooplo making thomselves homes in that sud othor countles, Tt will bo ro- memberod that in 1872 finod orops woro raised in tbat soction, nnd that nll had plonty and tosparo, In tho mpring of 1873, ovoty praparation: was mado for & groat crop of amall grain, and it pros. pored exceodingly until abont the lat of funn, whon the grasshoppors came, and tho flolds of waving grain wero mado dosolato—ontirely ruin- Ing tho orop. A grent many homostendor ot onco loft, ranlizing th coming of tho pros- ont condition of matters. But hundroda of fam- ilies had nat the monnn at command to pay their exponsos of traval, and honce wero compellod to stay. A littlo corn was saved in somo soctions, but of vory inferior quality. Plonty of hny was mado, of tho host grado, 80 the atock will at lenst have that much for support _But s to tho poo- plo? My informant makes this atatomont ** Noarly evory man is poor—vory poor, and a groat mnjority aro ox-soldiors of the Union, with young familics to support. Whon tho grasshop- ‘pors took the crops we did the bost wo could for tho coming wintor. Wo wont to tho lakos and caught barrels of fish, but wo did not have the moans to proporly caro for them: so_thoy ugollod. Btock wha macrificod to tho sharks thot infest our scction, at tho next to nothing of a prico, and mony of us havo ‘thus eaton up and worn out tho horses and_work cattle that had boon our malnsiay, We could buy no fuel, and when I loft twisted hoy nnd rank reod-grass was tho only fuel nino-tonths of tho people wera using. Much siclnoss pravails, brought on by u long ubstinonco from wholesomo and nutritious food. Ono family I know of haa the fathor down with the rhoumatism, threo out of six childron wore down with tho mousles, while the mother was about worn down herself, Corn moal, gratod from frost-bitton nubbins, was the only food in tho house, if the sod and’ board shanty may bo called such. Tho peoplo bear with oach ot} 0T, and mutually oxtoud aid as much as possiblo, Ono young man from Jaspor County, who hap- pes to bo s good shot, hns valisntly thkon upen himsolf tho task of koepiug all invalid families suppliod with most,—wild gamo,—nd, the day T Ioft, bronght Somo gecso and ducke to'tho famil I havo montioned, ~But that will soon ond, witfi cold wenthor, You wnnk to know what' thoy nbod ? They need ovorything—tuel, clothing, and provisions, The women™ and children ng sufforing grently already for tho want of olothe ing. Iknow of soveral womon who dled soon after giving birth to childron bocausa thoy could not biave ovon the comimon luxiuy of o cup of o, or anything nutsitious to aid them in ro- goining strength, cunrlml with the want of proper bed covering, ‘I'he most of the countlos enn extond no aid, for the reason that thiovos hove boen running affairs, and have stolon all, just s thoy did somo_yoars ago in Olay County, Many families will loave on fool, having nold thoir cattlo or horses to keop thom alive, Somo general way of relieving thoss who must romain muat be put in_oporation Hight amay, oleo o first enap of cold seathor will sond many o good man, or_woman, or child, to doath—frazen, bo- causo thoy will bo 6o wosk and emaciated 'that thoy cannot stand tho rigors of wintor, ovon in in its wealiest appearanco,” Tho porson who_makes this statemont T know to Lo roliablo. It will bo soon from this, thon, that aid canno be sont too soon, aud that s gen. oral plan of rolief must not bo dolayed longer than necessary. AL Swarar, Appeal of the Iclicf Association of Osccola Connty. Storzy, Nov. 16, 1878.—Tho following appenl bra just'boen fssed boro. Wosond it to tho Jiegister, aud ask tho papors of tho Btato to copy it "othe People of the State of Towa : Wo, tho \mdural&:ued. # committeo appointed by tho “ Howouteudors' Protective Association of Osceoln County," an organization effected for the purpoacof looking after tho oxtremo aud urgont nocessitios of tho puaFlu of said county, caused by tho almost total failuro of thé crops, do deem it just aud proper that wo lot our sistor couuticn, who are in aflluent circumstances, havo positive kuowledga of tho situation of n very large pro- portion of tho citizons of this county, ‘The moat of tho sottlers came hero Iast spring with littlo or no means, and dopending entirely on their offorts during tho summer to carry thom through tho winter ; honostly aund faith- fully bavo they toiled, A very large amount of grond was sown and plauted in- tho spRng— moro than sufficiont to ratso subsistonco for all for tho coming wintar, if it had not boon for an ox- tromoly wot, backward spring, and tho invasion of n vast army of grassbioppors, which eausod ulmost u total failura of corn and small gruin crops, 6o that they now find thomsolves on’ tho ave of a long, cold winter, worse off than in tha spriug; without food of tho plainost kind, and without means to purchinso fuel to protact thom- solves and familios during the coming winter, ‘Thore aro huudreds of familios who have not sufliclout clall!ln;,;. and know not where tho Drend that they will eat ton days honce is coming from, or their fucl, Theso samo peoplo, relying on thieir crops to curry thow through tha wiatar, hava labored diligantly through the summor, and thousands of acros of thoe prairio havo beor turned ovor raady for crop noxt spring. Nov, thorefors, be it Lnown to the people of tho Stato of Town that, without liberal axsistance from some sourco, o 'very Inrga portion of the citizona of this county will bo without the neces- saries to sustain life, aud also fuel to keop them from {freozing, and, unless from somo sourco seed Is furnichiod to thoso pooplo to sow and plant in tho spring, many of tho broad acros that aro now roady will have to lie idlo tho coming scason, We, therofors, appeal to tho liberal, Christian- Tiearted poople of this Stata for asslstanco in tho ubopo of monoy, clothing, fuel, aud staplo ar- ticles of food. At tho presont writing thers are at least 200 familios in tho county needing immodiate assist- anco, All consignments will bo made to C. M. Bailey, Agent L T. A,, Sibley, Oaceola County, To. (For Reliot), ALTER Gauviy, Ronent Brasy, W. W, Cnax, J. L. Romxson, 3. 11. Dovarass, Tteliof Committes, Aid for the Suffcrers. Des Morszs, Nov. 19,—Adit.-Gen, Dakor will send four car-loadn uf conl o tho Oscools County sufferers, The railronds, oxcopt the Iilinoin Central, will earry donotion {reo. TRAGEDY AT STOCKBRIDGE, WIS, The Postmaster and ¥iis Wife Found Dend in ‘Thoir Bed—Way It Suicideo} From the Oslikash Times, Nov, 19, On tho morning of Wednonday Tnnt, tho poace- ful villagors of Stookbridye, twelve miles onst of loro, woro atartlod by tho discovary of & foarful tragedy in thoir midat, Mr. T, C. Stoarns, tho villaga Postmaster, wag ono of tho oldeus inhabitants of that placo, and, togethor with tho meagro pittanco allowod Dim by tho Govornmont for tho performance of hiu duties in that capnoity, roaped o slight rav- enua from tho profits of o drug-shop and nowa- room, ‘o_countorbalance Liu_small incomo, bowevor, Mr. Stosrns was tho managor of tho IUtd Tiuterprise, which monthly nto up what was Toft, ftor clothing and fco«Tug him- aelland wife. Financiul aifoultios had long frettod tho mind of tho editor of tho Enlerprise, and forn fow wocks past the nelghbors hnd noticed that ho way vnl{ pale and ead, oven for him, Both Bloans and Lis wita had fong beon suffering frem thewmnntiom, and it was well known thiat to dontray ite astondabt poins, the aged couplo partook largoly of morphine and other nercotles, Porhaps “from that causo originated the wild look which thoy had both ansumod for somo timo past. ‘Che Postinastor beeamo oxtremoly fond of diecussing tho in- {luence of polson “on the human rame, Lo the numorans villago gossips, both malo and romalo, who daily haunted tho fiitle shop; and would #omotimos Iu tho midst of wueh o disquisition branci off into tales of woerat rulumxlug. that would striko to tho henrts of his listeners with a thrill of horror, incroasod somowhat by the wild look with which ho would almout piorea thom tho while, On Tuesday evening, tho Post-Ofcoand drg- storo were c{ouml as usual st b o'olack, and the Btoarns family rolirod to tho privuey of thoir own apartonts overhead. A light wasseen in the ltlo room that constituled bodroom, T 1b: 008 office_and sliting-ro Inte in thonfght, and whon that was out, bridge waa ealoep, Tho next thorning, at 8 o'clock, thras or four rominent business men wore at tho door of the shop for 0 of keoping g the dilatory Postmastor that mail was wanted, for o good half hour, an A gloom came ovor thom, sn hushoed, and Jistoned, facos, thoy kuow not why, villagers “wora now on doserted aud stores for to ascortain tho rumpus in thostroots of Btookbrldgo, than the rost,forced the door opon wi bar, aud a committoe of four or five of tho dar- ing ones, wendod their way up ntairs to fathom tho mystory, if such wore ment,thoy prusod on the lani Inddor-like atairs, of Stookbridge's Itioking thoir heols the double purpos warm, and warnin Tho balance of the tho spol—overy cot the ‘momont "~ shut causo of this ossiblo. For a mo- ing of tho ateep and and hold o council Thon slowly the loader, hio who had forcod tho barrod door below, lifthed tho latal of the bod- ‘Tho noisa and clattor of the rusty iron Bounded like o doath-knell throughout tha old bullding, and fairly grated on tho Horvos of thoro strong men who had nover known foar, bod-chambor was s fltting climax, yot now that it was facod, they booamo firm, and advanced to the bodsido, Postmaster Iny outstrotched, out, and a fow bubblos of fr hin wide-oponed mouth ; featires dis- & horriblo picture to goze was still gasp- Tho scone in the with tonguo lollin oth hauging hf torted, Lo Iay thoro, upon,” Mrs. Ktoarns, ¢ his side, th whon the village committo on- in o fow minutes aftor, By this time, many of thosa too timid to load g the stairs and peoring in er door, not daring, howaver, throshold, 'the doad-lino of the {ablo—which, togatlior with & bu- quated shape, two high-bnoked matio wash-stand, trunk ‘studded with groat brass furniturc of tho a writing materinls, now camo crowdin thuough tho chamb doublo tragody, and an anciont ails, formed tho spartment—woro found Home ‘Theao noxt wera the objects A sheot of logal cap Iny stretohod by & quill pon, 88 it loft for a fow Upon it was writton writton to Stoarns’ pubird, which, aftor the ro- lonts of & confidential char- momonts, to be again used. tho portion of o lettor, brothor in New Ifam) Intion of family inci this in tho morning : wife is now asloop, and it i of an emipty morphine bottle on «tho bedsido, rained for n mo- mont tho quostion, Was it suicide? As statod boforo, it was woll known that mo; been often used by tho decoased for tion of rhowmatic pains.. arose whothor an extra doso night bofore or not. That poison of somo kind bad beon used was evidant from tho facinl ox- proseions of tho Postmastor. the washatand Tho question now had boon taken the ‘Waa it intontional It scomed ourious indeed, as among themsolvos, that both bocomo victims of nmistako at samo momont, and tho opinion of the majos loaned towards tho strongthon thom, was tho well thet' Btearns Lad attempted suicide moma in tho act. And 1 througlout tho vil ed the villagors uld 50 pnddonly years bafore, t was soon currontly reported llago that tho Postmastor had olsoned his wifo and then himself aftorwards ; ported trua or not, it cortainly soome by avery circumstanco, and is to- ghout the length tho village precincts of Stook- beliovad_throu aud breadtliof Tho ciroulation of tho report oreatod goneral tho onst sliore, and was not A prominent villager Postmastor for a fow consternation aton long in reaching th voluntorad tho position of days, and quict wassoon rostorad. Thie funcral on Wednosday aftornoon was Iargely attonded, the' Postmnstor and Lis wife ‘many acquaintances and frionds in who will miss tho prosonce of the 2o ad for 50 many years caat thioir THE ALLEN-HOGAN FIGHT. The Stalkkcholder Jailed on o Charge of Embezzlemont, and Obliged to Dise gorge==Card from Allen, O31aus, Nov, 19.—Jim Egan, stakeholdor of tho Hogan-Allen fight, was arrosted ot o lato hour Inst might, on & chary g0 0f embezzlement. Tusod and ho was sent to jsi. Ho was searched for money, but only £690 woro Tho arrest was mado at the in- stigation of Hogan and friends, on scoount of Looney, deoision, mada during tho ovoning, that Allen should lave the prize monoy, Ho was obstinate at first, but this morning wenkoned, and 18 willin, $1,000 to onch. 'The charge is to a8 6oon a8 guarantce suflicient bo givon for a foir divide, 'Tho excursion moncy has been equelly divided botween the two parties, Allen’s wheroabouts Thore is much found on him, the Egan and ronlly unknown, Mll-feoling againgt him. It ho hna issued n card to-day, dotermination nover to fight much disgustod and only consontod to of ' outstde_pressuro, con- tible, oto. Ho tolographed Joo RRoad, to give his sharo to the poor along the with Hogan's challongo, fight him on account sidering him contompf Mr. Dawes, of tho St. of the excursion monoy rand, but has sinco pocics OBITUARY. ‘The flon. John P. Hale, Nov, 19.~Tho Hon, John P, elock this evening, OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. —Arrived, stoamsbip SRe- Pennsyivania, from Glas. R, Hala died af 9 o' New Youx, Nov. 19. sla, from Hamburg ; ov. 19.—Stosmships Holland, Cas- hein, from Now York, have arrived Qm:xmfra\m, Nov. 19.—Arrived, Batavia, from NEw Yonr, Nov. 19.—Arrive: of New Yori, from Havaua, Loxpo, Nov. 19.—Arrived out, Anglia and Greece, from New Yorli. Brt o mp THE TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS, New Yonx, Nov, 13.—Tho Tobucco Manufac- turore' Association licra liavo asked thoir Gon srossmon to advocato tho pasnn owing licorice and oty d, stesmer City or eesontial ingrodionts to puss undor bond into tobaceo manufactorics froo of oustoms duty. oo, THE BAVARIAN DISASTER. . MoXTREAL, Can., Nov. 19,—Investigation Into o the' steamer Davarian shows tho onr for lowering tho lifo boats was inoflicient, 'ho crow ioro undisciplined, and if any ordors wore given by the Captain after the fira out, thiey wero unhoard or unhiooded, o FEARS OF FAMINE IN INDIA, 19.—Foars of n famino in Dongal ate rovived, " Tho pross adviso tho im- portation of food from Ausorica. —e———— McVICKER IN INDIANAPOLIS, pecial Disvaten to The CF InpraxaroLis, Ind., Nov, 19, man, supportod by MoViokor's Thentre Come any, is playing hiore to crowded honees, ogg appaart in English opera noxt woeks, ——— HAS NOT FAILED, New Yonit, Nov. 10.—I'he United Staton Lita Insuranco Company, of New York, has not COavcurra, Nov. ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS, The Tllinoia Contral I rabuilt tholr stook-yards I WV, I, Fullerson_ovns the flucst rest- dence in Jornoy County. It cost $28,000, —'Fhiore Iy & Inrger nmbor in courso of eroet ailrond Compuny have of bnildings now on in Cairo than at any one o conl trado at the mines in Sauthorn linois liny within the pant eix wooiy fallon olf nerly 50 por cent, —On and aftor nuxt Friday, Nov, 81, the houra of Inbor at tho Clucago, Alion & St Louts Raile in Bloowington, will bo redneod Lo —{t Pleasa don't shos o farnior's fenco e tondod for ity sportemon wh 4 tho cows,” io a sign on of ‘Springhiod, in- BO out uftor pral- W, Smith having reslgnod (Lo position of Moungor of tho Peorin & oy of that ofiteo will herenftor Dretident Inmilton, atviol soys tho business of Rond is incrensing nt tho cok, and adda ¢ ' Conaidor- h of timo that this rond has boon it b decidodly wuccesstul finan- —ho Jaoksonvilla Wator-1W plated and in oporation b not oxoeed 120,000, boin aity voted for their constructi Railway, the dutics ba performed by —1'ho l;\lht\ltl Fg rato of ©1,500 yor w ‘orks will ho com- y $ho closo of tho pres- o8t of tho works' will 230,000 less thon'tho Juatioo of tho Panoe of Carrollton, i 4th, han_hold itho positlon. aino_ {os sy S18 drow Kolloy, who was chiosen at the famo time, for tho samo offico, hmy morved sins 1hgg! During M}, Reiney's adminlatration ho has, hy tho nuthorlty of tha instaumont b held 1y 1 baud,” porformed tho marrlago coromony. S ovor i. 00 aouplos, —Tho statoment in Tne Trmoye, soveral days ainoo, rolativo to tho dodication of the Luially Mothodit Olurch, was o miatake, Tho ohiirol will bo dodicnted on tho coming Bunday, the 394 inst, —Dr, Fowlor, of Lvanston, oflcialing, —BIaj. Btiorlin, who for tho past four o five yanrs hins beon in chargo of the car acoountantiy oflico of the Chicngo & Altou Railroad in Bloom- ington, having tondored hin ronignation, was su- oracded on tho 1st inet. by B, I, Lackner, who a8 boon for somo time in” the sorvice of tho Company in tho capaclty of station agont at various points, - ~—Tho Chicago & Alton Raflrond Company oro busily ongnged In placing upon. tholr paasenger trafus tho Wostinghouse Afr-Brake, whioh has alrondy boon adoptod by noarly all tho prominent railromls of thio country. —O0ld Gov, John Roynolds, during hinlitotime, was & yarm advocato of the annoxation of Cuba to tho United Btates. As onrly as the yoor 1820 ho mado & fismIng spooch_in favor of annoxar tlon, for this resson: Cuba, Iio ur od, was o reallty s part of tho Unitod States. Thi whol istand vas formod b{ tho mud and dobris washed down by tho Missiasippi River into tho Gulf, and theroforo it was our soll. **‘Thoro a h—] ofyn sob of tonants got poksossion of if," bo 6ald, and he was in” favor of going down there, clonning out the wholo lot, and taking back tho old farm.—Allon Telegraph, P o L L T BIRTHS. ‘WILSON. s Nov. 18, WHALSON-—~On Taosday, Nov, 18, to tho wita of Tobert 62~ Aontroal and Quobno papsrs ploso capy, MARRIAGES. rent, Suoz,. Tt on Tuosias, Nov. 15, 5 R Bk Altion Fikon tavams: Haciao" o DEATHS. KONUTTLER-On Tnord 18, Emma Trowne, ungoat dnightor of Aumolia 0 Moot o Ry Mo el o aged 3 years, 8 monilis nud 23 days, o :flr'x'nlmf-"" . ‘»Gdrflu‘llzg. Thoe BE:I‘HVHM sea = Gy £7° Clovoland and Claalnnalt, O.. papses pleasa eapy. MAGUIRE—~On Wodneadsy aftornoon, Nov, 19, Ter. o N L L T, o TEaldonao, Nor av. Thirsdey, Nov. 3, 2t relack, "rignds arg taviian. Y METOALI—Wodnosda ing, Nov. 10, at . donco, No, 123 Twontiothoatey Nathan Meteslh [kl Mex ‘fmlnlhr fond and graidfathor of Mrs. P 8, Gona Etinoral sorvices nt ho chanel of {ho Socond Prashy. tarian Church, corne: Mich| 3 - s, Thurada, Nov. 0, at § o ahosk o o, 200 Tmentietl KIRBY—1In this elty, 3 e ‘}‘q’” {i"nl"( le:nudly.NNor 1:; :‘hnnu anoral {rom’ tio lato residonoo, No, 49 Vode: Frliday, Nov. 21, at1o'olock p. oy N d Teleh papors Floseg mans. T2 AUCTION SALES. BY GEO. P. GORE & CO., 68 & 70 Wabnsh-av, Regular Thursday's Sa? AT 10 0'OLOCK, NOV. 20, Open and Top Buggies, Democrat Wagons, Express Wagons, Double and Single Harnesses. GEO. P, GORE & CO., Aur.Htmoerl_.‘ DRY GOODS SALE, Ou THURSDAY, Nov. 20, at 9 o'clock. Dross Goods, Notions, Underwear, Honle ‘hito Goods, Gents’ O'yorohivts, Jo.okots, £o, Lindicx' and Missey’ Trimmod Iata. Licer, fullings, Embroideries, Edgin Wax Dolls, Toys, Games, and Ohing Ware. Knit Goods, Manby Tofloh Artiolos, &or Carpets, at i1 o'clocic, by tho Roll. GEO. P. GORE & CO., 68 and 70 Wabnah-av, BY G. P. GORE & CO., 68 and 70 Wabssl-av. AT AUCTION, Regalar Salo of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Euratture from sovoral first-alass dvellings. 80 rolls Oil Oloth, 20 tos W, (. O gillen and Rocklnghym Wary: Hiint o it e ; Sowing Machines, Parlc d k 3 S e and ook Sorr Suor i Bugglos aud Hamess on Satnrdas, Nov. 23,at 93 oolock, B GO 8 05, Aatramaek By ELISON, POMEROY & CO., ANOTHER IMMENSE SALE OF NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE Falday Morning, Nov, 21, at 9 1.3 0'Clck, §opalating of new and eleeant PARTOR UITS, GITAN. BER SETS [n xroat varioty, new aud socoud-head Ward. zobus, walnut au marbis-idp Buranus, 1oungos, waih. atands, 100 new and socond-hand Stoves, 25 crates Crock- ey indpon lnte, and o VULL LINKof BLANKETS, Qomlortors, Plated Waro, and gonoral nssortment of housukocping goods, &o., &o., &o. Al builders,— 3olting maohinos, earinlats, \ihut since, ELISON, PO3EROY & 00, Avotlondets, 81 and 5 Randolph-st. UNCLAIMED FREIGHT Wo will scll on I'riday, Nov. 21, at1 o'clock, 100 PAOKAGER UNOLATMED FREIGHT Bold for account of whom it may concorn. RLISON, POMEROY & 0O, & and & Randolp! BANKRUPY SIGE F SNEYARD AT ATUCTION, To. 518 Lumbsr-st, on Fnday, Nov. 21, at 2 0Clock 3, m Tho entiro atack and fixturcs of a Stono Yard, sndlssse of ground, Alwo, 3, foot drossod aud undressed stono; Engino and Boiler, 'ln good ordor; Shalting, 4largo Dor: Flcks, Stone.Trncks and Wagons, Junta Hardess, 1 Hor Sheds and Stables, GangSaws, itubbing.Bods, Stova an i 3 lo persnpiors.” Torme, cash *fy ampball, {eaqs’ Assianoo in lisnks 03 ¥ & CO., Auot'ss. By TAYLOR & HATRRISON, On Thursdey, Nov. 20, at 1-2 o'olook, BPECIAL SALE OF DRY¥Y GOODs, BTC., Oonslsting of Mon's Undorwear, Cardigan Jackets, Kait Goods, Loods, Fanoy Goods, ote. Great bargalns {a this aelo. TAYLOR & HARRISON, Auctionoars, 204 and 206 Kast Madlsda-at. 300 Ghoics Gaary Biris, Irmported from tho Hartz Mountains, guaranteed sing- ors, by TAYLOR & HARRISON, Auctionecrs, 204 and 206 Rast Madlson-st, On SATURDAY, Nov. 31, ut 0:30 0'Olool Large”Auction Belo o e NEW AND SECOND HIAND FfiMH’I‘URE, Ourpets, Tto., Hie, TAYLOR & lgi'\‘lmluux‘ Auctionasrs, =01 an il - laut Madisonit, By WM. A, BUTTLRS & Cco, (ESTABLISHED 1856) Auotlousers, 16 and 17 Randolph.at,, VILL BRLL WILL B D J\Yi Dry Gonds, Olothing, Toys, ana (0 THUR 0N SATORDAY PORTRAITR OF I‘]-QOHINENT Citizens' of Chicago AT ATOTION, On BATURDAY, Nov, 22, ut 11 o'k k, At our sale Tortrat of HiayorSeallh, wioh Foaoma-#te 18 Wall, with 1% ey Gaods, ke, Louschoid Goods and Mor~ chandise, Dorital of haul alt with beaca: Portrait of Supt. Folr w eamo, Partestt of Dr, o, Alies, with rae: 4o abava wara'uingzabiition. st 146 Exposition, and il Bo'sold Ly, ardof of $ha artims WL Ax BUTHENS & 0O, Auctlongo TO MECHANICS, REAL ESTATE ATOTION, Ou THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. x ity horoxitor, at 15y by Sy W 1T BhR o 038 Wout Lakouat., Wost “Uulitin, ‘will” sifor oo Fosiduncn luts ot Washington Holghts Ssvivg Pack Nocwonit Park, au other first-olass sauehe 1 13 Iiarihiont swored a1 the awnce ts uin 10 Mipo, atlon vrasesntol Dorfuat. - Torniey 810 cualand S hor Jhonthe Witl fatorost at 7 porcoid, ur o Nberal dimiay forelh waehy ow ta tho ko 60 Wochanios Jsbore 2 1ino lot i oasy p privos, Danot forgat the Mace, IRt pAtle 638 Woat Lalko-st. _W. . HODGES & CO., Aoty OSGO0D & WILLIAM! ‘Wost Bldo Auction "‘i‘l".m outh Canalost, Hava Auotion Salos WEDNb: ", I Y, Hontlng Biovon, b, Sl "Bt 3%, Utnkine. ail ~—Maj. Willian: 0, Bainey, who was clooted Fand tlaravas, Bugelod, &0, WIL Soutiuus the sghe'ci