Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1874, Page 5

. circulsted in Massuchusotts for signaturo ' ascer. e e ¢ rlnht 1o bo nccomplished and tho Legistaturo ad- journod by tho Int of Mnreh, ~B. Y. Thoruton (Demoorat), member of tho Loglslaturo, writes, in the Canton (1iL.) Zedger: The farmers on the Republican side of the inure wore nmong tho moat rampant for un early adjotrne ment ; but they uvo leen invergled into the party eatcudes, and Liovo joined handa with their party trienda {o provent su adjournmont, o o . . 118 wmusine to #00 how eanlly the mujority of tiem have sucommued to tho party enaree, —James K. Magie, ouo of tho Clorke of the Touso nt Bpriugfeld, writes, in the Canton (1) * Register The Domocratic sidn of the Ifousa has nbout given up trying to muko politieal capital out of this Tegiala~ diire. Cimtaings {Demacratlo Bouator] hus got 10 ho un indopendent, o attends no cancuacs aud wnys tho Demacratio party ia desd, I dow't belleve but what Cumntings would be willing to take $3,000 o year sud 80 to Cotigress, ~—A. . Crosby (Democrat), of Contralia, votod in the Logislature against a repenl of tho rail- xond tox-grab Jaw, aud the Contralin Democrat -charitably intimntos that Mr. C. was inobriated. “Ihe Democrat further romarks : Tho taxpsyera of Marion County nre nnm nffec- “tlonate, long-suffering peoplo, holding nothing iy o ytor, ond gonorally thonk God it $n 1o worse, Thin tax-grab Inw fastenn upon Marlon County an_ snmsl .lux of $0,370 more thau the county ought in equity to bo required to pay, and for which Ao obtains no viluo, It {a the inost dammnably infamous Inw that sever disgraced a legislative lnw budget, Tt waa i frand 31 {ta concoption, il hus ever borne tipon it face the imprint of theft and corruption, Its porpetuation [by thu volea of povouty-soven legislators] calls for seveti- ty-seven peniteutinry Laths, —Tho Monmouth Atlas (Republican) thinks it n hardslip to coutinue tho tax-grab law, and Bays: In the new condition of things wo should not favor tho passago of sueh o law, AL tho thne of it adoption ftwusa [{;vuorul practios to encournge, by all possiblo means, tho exteusion of rulirond factlitlen, o o . o Tts repeal now 48 regarded in the nature of & Violation -of contracts, —Tho ITouse of the Illinois Legislature hns :rofused to repeal the railroad tax-grab law of 1869 by o vots of 77 ta 48, Wo nre sorry to sce *the namo of Geo. P, Gralinm votiug against tho :repenl. Btirector did not voto; whore was ho?— .Aledo Banuer. 3 —A now wny for John Bmith to pay Willinm -Jones' debts is being dovelop:d in this Btate. Wo most carnest’y protest neainst any such :manner of doing business. There is no good :renson in tho world why 8¢, Clair County whoutd ihelp to poy tho debts “of Perry County, or of Randolph County, or any other county in tho Btato,—Belleville Advocale, —Wo havo taken oecasion beforato reforto this most infquitous [railrond tax-grab] law, aud we now charactorizo it as o swindlo and an outrage upon a majority of tho peuplo of this State, By menne of it 40 per cont of tho pcople of the Stato linve fastoned & railroad-aid debt of $13,- .600,000, benring intorest at thoe rato of over .$1,000,000 por annum, upou the other GO ‘per cent of tho population. And mnow o .Legislnturo whose solo excuso for ns- igembling was that tho intorests of the ipeoplo demanded their tmmediato atton- ‘tion; that the peoplo wore -undor wrongs that would make it all but criminsl ‘to postpone their riphting until next winter; a Legislaturo prating of jastice and roform, de- .cides to porpetusto one of the most glarin, frauds of the nge, by the docided vote of 43077, To this edjourned Legisluture woe have only a word to say, snd thut i3, if tho railroads have no Auvther use for you; if they have atopped win- ing nud_dining you, go homo. Tho people aro -ired aud sick of you,—Burcau Coualy Tribune. —In short, forty-four counties in the Stato Jinve issued railrond bonds to the amount of 18,501,051, The amount of money-to be drawn from thio trersury in 1873, to apply on these local -debts, ts $058,947, which Tutter sum is wo much :zdditional tax on the fifty-seven counties that “have no such railrond debt. Jo Daviess County +paya this year 86,710 of this iniquitous levy, i ‘unless tho Bupreme Court decides the law un- scoustitutional, our county will Lo burdened in ithis muunor for years tocome, . . . Poli- ticinng wounder at the Grange movomont, It iy these multiplied swindlos that have aroused the peoplo, aud_ they avo detormiued to bring about reform.— Warrea Sentinel. o, —As to the tox question, wo will nay that the Ropublican—yes,” wo say Republican—Legisla~ ture made oxiravagant appropriations, and made ‘s Rtevenus law by which au oxorbitant and op- .pressive tax has been levied,~$2,500,000 for uto purposcs,—a tax unpazalloled in any Stato iIn the Union for like nmount of property, and by 'which a lugo susplus will bo loft in the Stato *Troosury (if 1t don't slip into n fow of tho favor- «ed banks) a8 & temptation to public grabbors, /Alrondy tho immaculate Solons of the Logisla~ #ure havo their ayos on this unappropriatad s plus, and, to meet tho emergency of the cuso, . we at work on a bill to Incioasd thoir salaries.—, 4 Yason Qity (I.) Independent. _ =Lt would bo both an interesting and profit- able ewterpriso to have o committee appointed to ‘afn how muel movoy has been drawn from ‘e Treasury, by the present membors of “atature, for sorvices which were never ~Allon Telegraph. Yespresontatives of the people of the Yayois ¥ arve still * putting in their 1y pothing of 1mportance to their Eiftngham Democrat. {profonging tho seesion] the emylature linve got Lhemuelves 0 the wishes of tho grent Serall over tho State, When ‘\'somau,l l‘hD ‘\lrlxmt_-tlu-uufi merbars Wil . Y scouclndo that it woul o it "ot {hemaolves us the 1@ vantu of the peoplo, n Wead of us tholr wover eigne.— Cairo Lulleti, ZThe Springfleld Journ canse the Chicago Times members of the Legislature 1 ® ¢ Journal can Iny nuido its fears, would bo_missed, oven wero obuyed,—Peoria T'ranseript. tho St tho Leg. rondered, —The ¢ Btate of 11 time " in doi. constituents.— —By this act. majority in tho L in direet oppositio. majority of the pou; tho day of reckonin,. tho * bouest home." The aly & very fow b injunction s« LOCAL ITEMS, About 9 o'clock last ovening two m. ¥0 nam ed Colemun Honkomp aud Petor Hudlot, . sugugou’ in an altorcation concorning thoir rival el Vims to the affection of a woman, in a wwloon at No. G0 North Welis street. Attor a pas- sage at arms, tho couplo adjourned to tho:psve- ment and ronewed the dispate. There tho wrangling led to blows, and a fierco fight ensm:d. Iiudlot was rapidly overcoming hus antagomist when the latter drew o wsmall lknife and plunged it into Hudlet four times, twice in the nead, once in the left broust narrowly escapiug the ' hourt, and once u the wiist Tho vietim of thiy attompted slnugister became cxbausted from loss of blood aud his assailant stiemnpted to elfect his eacnpe. Dr. Cook was called to attend the wounaded man, aud pronounced his injnrica not daugorous. Honkomp was aricsted Ly Ollicor Diurguw and locked up in tha Chicago Avenue Séatiow, —_—— THE WEATHER, 1asurxaToy, Fab. 8.—Probabilitice—iFor Mon- day, in Now Englund, northwost winds a ud cloar wouther, For the Luke region und Mddle Stucos, southorly winds, falling buromebsr, and inereasing cloudinoss. For the Houth Adlantio Siates, continucd northensterly winde, with clouds and raiu, attending o storm-centyo off tho const, For the Ol Vulley and Lastura Guif Stotes, winds backing to northwest, with, falliug tomperature, clearing woather, nnd cc:nmmnl raing. — fcone In the Louisiana Legislatures From the New Orleans Iinics, Mr. Lowia charged My, Hartain with Laving veoeived u bribe. In n Jifty, or, moro wppropri- ately, perhaps, In the vwinkling of o bed-post, ALr. Sartain ws on the war-paih, paint, fonthe ory, and ll, and, before the words of My, Lowis hiad grown rairly cold, hie clutched that Lonora- ble momber by the throut, and lo! in w trics, ho proceeded Lo fondlo Lim iu that pecdiarly ro- froghing stylo of art known in its fulkest sonso only to pugilistio logislators aud other members of tho prize-1 What wmight have been the fate of Mr. Lowie s rather painful to contem- plte, Anything *less thun belug converted mto & gory, munglod corpse could not possibly have beon $hought of, in con- noction with Lewls' grau[:uow, by tim torror- strickon logiglators and lobbyists, who stood ap- palled at tho sight. Luckily, howovor, & half- dozen of theso frightened onos quidily found thoir lost facultics, snd gently ambled Lowsrd tho. combatants, and suatched Mr, Leowis from his impouding doom just as o was in the uot of recoiviug suokdologer from tho dexter mawle: of his ageailant, who launched his {in through spoce with u fearful _swoop und concontrated vigor, thut, had Mr, Lewis boou there, hi0 would bavo boen gothered to bis fathers, boyond tho shadow of u doubt, 'Uhis striking ocowrrouco hiad tho offect to so scattor the idoas of tla live- ly logislators that, despairing of gathering them bofore the morrow, thoy straightway adpourned. e Tobacco and Temperance, The following is a copy of a petition now Ha‘l’l;g + 0, tho undoraignod, citizons of Massachusotts, snd gonsumers of tobaceo, protest aguinat any ad- ‘vanco in the ratoof taxon what wo conmder one -of the necousarios of life and » great holp in ;hwworuu reform now golug on in this b A suilering o I8 fiightened be- |- s THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1874, 5 WASHINGTON, Composition of the Court- Martial to Try Gen, Howard, Probable Change in the Ad- ministration of In- dian Affairs, The Drift of Opinion Concerning the Finameial Situations A Henlthy Toning Down of 'Wild Inflationist Views. TFurther Particulars of Butler's Internal Revenue Job, THE HOWARD INVESTIGATION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago T'ribune. Wasinaroy, D, O, Fob, 8.—The Court of In- quiry to try Gen. lloward lns not yet beon ap- pointed, but it is ascortnined that tho Presidont Ling concluded that it shall consist of Goen. W. T. Shorman, Liout.~Gon, Bhoridan, Maj.-Gon. McDowell, and Drig.-Gen, Pago and Moigs. The aunouncoment of the Court will doubtliess bo made to-morrow or l'uesdny. ‘Thero could not b a fairer court convened, the high character of all tho officors named precluding the " possibility that any unworthy mfluence will bo pormitted to Dina thoir judgumont. e INDIAN AFFAIRS. WasmnaToy, Fob, 8.—1'he Committeo on In- diun Affaire aro maturing monsuras which look to a chauge in tho managemont of Indian afairs, diepensing with tho prosont Board of Indian Commissionors, and restoring munogement to the War Depm{mnut. A goneral yoform ia In- diun wgencies will be recommonded, e g THE FINANOES, +..cetal Dispatoh to The Chicugo Tribune, VILWS OF MEMBERS. WasnmiaTox, D. 0., Feb, 8,—The financinl opinion of Congresamen aro gradually undergo- ing aclizuge. Of the inflationists, bul o fow of tho extremo Western and Southorn mombers still cling to tho first uotion, that the Government ought to {ssuo o large addition to the greonbncks now iu circulation, Tho majority of them are coming round to tho apiuion that Duwes' schome, nutherizing froo bauking, will cure the evils under which tho country suffors, and o fow who camo ore rampant infiationists are aetunily fulling in with Boutwell intho belief that to do nothing s the wiker comrso under the presont state of aifairs. It is bolioved by those in Congress who have given the matter particu- lor nttention of necessity from their position, that the probabilitioy aro incrousing in favor of Dawos' proposition as set forth in your dispatch- o# somo timo since. Thero will doubtless bo a tomporary lonn authorized, and freo bauks will bo provice | for it anything at all is done. b THE DEFICIT, An article in the Now York Zribunc of yeator- dny, giving o vory gloomy picturo of the con- dition of the 'Preasury, charging such an oxcess of oxpenditures ovor appropriations ns will malko » detleit by the end of the year of about £40,000,000,” has _excited o great deal of comment in ol circlos, & rulo, those who have given it nttention, are disposed to regard tho statomonts in tho editorial oy very bighly colored and overdrawn, At the same time, there I8 an approhcusion of a disagreenblo atato of affairs in this rogard. A vory fow huyo the confidenco to boliove that there will uot bo a dotieit of somo extout to be supplied. TIE NEED OF ECONOMY. Thore is _justcomplaint mado that the Gov- crnment oflicials are perversely nud dotorminod- 1y blind to tho necersity that oxists for rigid cconomy. They constautly reply toall Buggoct cna of the sort, and that it i8 propostorous for tho peaple to oxpeck o rapidly doveloping country to ot along with the simple oxponditures of years gone by, In this they wero nided nud abetted by tho city pross, which labors of course in tho city, But Congrosgmen take a different viow of tho matter, Tor inatance, thoy sny thut they cant.o: understand why o clerk in Washington should bo paid more for the vame smount of work _ aclually porformed than a clork Now York, Cineinnati, Chicago, Louis, or any olher of tho cities, The favoritista that lms ng up through political influence to io tho Government pay wore for its work un privace employers do, stands a fair chunco to ba thoroughly ventilated und ubolished, pro- vided ulways that the presont virluousfit of Congress contiunes uny length of time. LRICHARDSON'S OPINION, Soerotary Richurdson has, it appears, again demoustraied that he lives and learns. He now states thut iustend of o dofleit of $42,000,000 which ho feared o ehort time sinco, he in con- vineed thatit will bo safo to drop 312,000,000, and call it 280,000,000, ile suggests that instend of making o loau of any sort, this deficicuey can be supplied Ly increasing tho tux on tobaceo of all grades to 52 conts n pound, tho presont rate be- » 1z 30 conts, and by raising the tax on whisky Trm 70 cents to $1 per gallon. TIE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. o, Wtitng, the Ways and Moans Committaa atill 1n.2ld to their boliof that the deficioncy is not like 1y to excced 5,000,000, aud that the Bocretary 18 morely ambitious of paying off part of {he ' debt, aud oriey “defloicncy ™ to ob- Fain the wie towltial, ey also continno to as- ore that an f 'orease of tho tax on whisky to. 80 cents por gahou is all that is nocessary to bo done. ——i——s INTER.NAL REVENUE, Speetal Disputen’s to The Chicage Tribune, THE BOUTLOSR-KILSEY Jou, WasmiNgToN, D, C., Fob, 8.—By a law ap- proved Fob. 26, 1853, it it made o misdemeanor, punished by fine or imprisinment, or both, for a momber of Congress or orlficor of tho Govern- 1neut to id in any way in the proscoution of any claims agninst the Governmont,, 88 puid azont or attorney, or in any way incite or instigate for mouey tho presentation of sudiia claim. This ciroumstauco, it is hinted, moy nccount for the dotormined opposition of Ben Butlor und Assist- ant-Socratery Sawyer to the publication of the Sanborn mtmcb in tho flmlnr-hllusy job, tho theory boing that theue two gontlomon huve yocelvod fees from Suuborn mud the other par- tics in intorest. Ben Butler hus publicly an- nounced his intention to havo Distriot-Attornoy Wouny, of Lrooklyn, whe rocured the indiel- ment'of Sauborn for frouds perpetrated undor cover of tha law authorizing Lim' to coilect do- linqueut taxes, romoved from oflico. ~ The chargo that Butler will briug against him ig, Aintehe offored to lat Bnuborn off if ho would pey him £2,000, Tonuy's friends scout tho chrge us utterly nnrensonable and unworthy of negico, whilo athors, who aro tolorably woll in- forod with rogura to tho gontlomon, do not ro- . il tho charge as unlikely to bo true. ™ Nowithatmnding Secrotary Richardson's prom- [ in0 to send tho Sauborn contracts to tho House, | tho cireumstances of the caso aro euch that many i *boliovo st he will do nothing of the sort, or ' that, it e docs suswer tho reolution, ho will | furnish snly a part of the dosred information. . BEVENUE COLLECTOR RESIGNED, Mr, Taylor, Revonue Colloctor in Toxay, is in | the city, Ty x'lwlls;uu.fiun was Hlncud in the | Luuds of tho Preafdont last Satuiday, aud will, donbtless, be accepted Iu & fow days, 8T, LOUIS, . Maport of the Grund Jury=-Why thut Eminently ltespoctable Hody Was IRotused Admission to the Social Evil Slospital wee Judge Finnoy’s oubles. Spectul Dispatoh to The Chfcugo Tribune, 81, Lous, Fob, 8,—Somo weeks ago, tho Grand Jury woro denfed admission to the Sociul Evil Houpital, whon making their regular round of uho public visitations of tho couuty. The Tules of the plave require that no ono shall bo allowed to entor without & wriiten permi from the Mayor, On this occasion |‘il weams that those in chargo of the hospital had rocotved spoclal orders not to ndmit the Grand Jurors, and, linviug no power o forco ndmis- wlon, thoy loft discomfited. "Thoy take up the matter i tholr roport ust nubmitted, and din- cuss It ot womo longlh, Lhoy sny of tho visib ¢ “Tho $netitution belng of n peenlisr character, tho Grand Jury would not, fu nll probability, lnvo includ= od 1t it Sts et uf visitutiona had not yoports nowlse flattoring or complimentary to the virtnous manuge- ment of the hospital heen browght fo the aitention of our body, to tho offoct that ¢onio of {ho unfortunate {nmater, Instend of botug dischnrged ot tho propur time, wero Koyl thero for impropor and. Imnioful ite- pones, Wo folt 1t our boundou duty to mako this in- veutigativo visit, to prove tho truth or feisity of theso seandalovs churjzer, Had wo Loon pormitied to molic an (nspicelion of ho promiscs, wo miglt hnve been ou= nbied to put theso invidioug ramors to shame, Mnayor Brown was looking aftor his mines in Colorado at tho timoe, and My, Ovoratolz, n niom- Lorof the Councll, was occeupying his placo, Ovoratols visited tho institntion an_hour or two Lofora tho arrtval of the Graad Jury, and gave tho ordors not to adwmit thom. 'Tho report of the Grand Jury cvokes considorablo discus- slon, oud all iho porsons involved in tho matlor aro being interviewed. Mayor Brown intimntes that tho renson for the oxclulslon was nis former troublo with the Grand Jury, which complained thot ho forcod himsolt rudely iato tholr presence when prepaving thoir roport, and tried to ovorawe them aud shapo it to suil him- solf. Dr, Ovoratulz declines to answor untit ho can got his roply iuto propor forny. Judge Finuoy, County dudgo, is accused in tho roport of Insuring the county buldings in cor- taln companios, and taking n porcoutnge from them. Insurance men say further that tho Judge has Kln“d somo tivks outsido of tho counly, which {s contrary to law and puuishable by o fino of £5600. Fiunoy replios ina card in thio morning papers, substuutially contradicuing tho firat cunrge, and bocomos porsonal as fol- lows s There woro men on that Grand Jury who have long een coemics of mine—uot honorablo cnemies, but of {hio erawling spectos,—and I will nowtake copnizanco of them at oce, ‘Tho signaturs to tho document {s “Jolin O, Vogel,? foremun, Ue s President of nn jusurance compauy, No ono who kuows tho man would attributo “smy fdes in it to lim ex- copt dta mnlignity, Mo Lns cnough offeunuing, ‘ut not sufticiont culturo to bo a Aral-clars — weil, no matter what, Tho Suprome Court of tie Slate, in {ho ease of Samuel Gaty v, John G, Vogel, Bhorifr,” 40 Missauri Reports, pago 655, docldes that this samo John 0, Vogel, Sheri(f of 8t, Loula County, nttempted $0 colloct, fn tho flat faco of (o luw, commissions on moucys that lbud mover pussed through his Nonds, and lad refused to make - roturn until thero rascally Commisslonera woro paid. Now, if nt that time this sanio Grand Jury had been in ses- slon, thoy would possibly bave thrown a slir ou his choracter, Bome Grand Jurors would have put him i {ho way of going toJofforsou City—uot, Lowover, i o logislator, I do not ot {hfs moment deairo to ray anylling fouching this man's conuection with the fraudulent sale of tho lron Alountain Tafiroud, b, if I limve y fie, L will givo Listory in that 'conncetion whenever itmay bo necossary, Anotber man ou that Grand Jury entitled to mention {8 Dr. Frederick Hill, Iln Tiaw for u long porfod of years bech renawniod s **{ho grent Cavoudelet lsnd-shark,” whatover that meane. Ifc hus scquired u widely-spread roputation in ofther matters, T can readily concetvo tho renson why Acting-Mayor Overstolz refused his nd- mission to tho socinl cvil hospital. Tt was on high moral grounds, uud hundreds of Dr, Hill's follow- citizens beliove that Mr, Overatolz was right u so Qolug, Ouo man—an honost ono—on thut jury told them that they wero slandering in their report myeelf and other publlo ofliciats, Ut tho temptation {0 gratify thelr tudlvidual mallca Waa {00 great, and thoy ylelded. Itisulittlo hnrd that such wen as I havo named should sl fn the seclusion und sccrecy of » Grand Jury roou, uud spow out thelr venom {0 wn oxtent that might do ujury It it were uot properly exposed, Judgo Finuey further advises that tho Grand inu-y Locotno less hortatory, and either ignoroor indict. "o maka local mattors still livelior, the Grand Jury find that 51,500 was_given to havo n cortain market house ordinance ropealed. Tho object was accomplished, The monoy i traced into the lands of 8wift, the City Clovk, and thero tho scont is lost. Swilt is, of conrse, in a rago. 1o doos not deny luving roceived the monoy, but seys that, betuy at tho same time Gity Clork and editorial writor for un ovening paper, Lo earned tho monoy sud bad & right to it. FOREIGN. Gladstone to Await the Issue of tho Elections, Spread of the Famine in India, GREAT BRITAIN. Loxpoy, Iob, 8.~Gladstono will await the conclusion of the elections before deciding es to what courso the Government will take. Loxpos, Feb, 9.—Parliamentary roturns nn- nounced Lo this date show that 76 Courorvatives have been elocted to sents formerly fllled by Liberals, and that 28 Liberals have boen chosou in place of Conservatives, plivaca s SR ACHEEN. Loxpoy, Feb, 8.—Llho lntest advices from Sumatra show that the Achcen Chiefs still hold out, and aro building forts in the interior. P i ki INDIA. Loxpoy, Feb. 8.—A specinl to the Times ro- ports that the famine has extouded to Nepanl. RELIGIOUS. The Reformed Church Movement in Aurora, 1. Special Dispateh to The Clueago Tribune, Avrona, Ill., Fob. §.—The lecture of Dr. Haw- ley took place this morning in lieu of a sermoun, toa lurge congrogation, tho regulur sorvices of the church beiug cut down to adunt of it. Its delivery was fn compliance with tho official ro- quest of the Vestry. Tho address was o sories of extracts from church authorities, to show the dangerous and growing tondencies of ritunlisu, and thoroughly dissppointed thoso who expecter to hear an intlamatory invitation to join to Re- formed Cluch, and laudation of Meesra, Choucy and Cummins, Neithor tho ono or othier of those gentlemen was alluded toin the discourse. ‘The Sunday Z%mes has o communication hond- od ** A 'nipuxe Slander,” iuupired from Aurora, stating that the voto roported by your corro- spondont was false, ‘I'he actual vote wau counted and givon your corrospondent by one momber of tho vestry, and flve prominent church members, A ishop Quintnrd in St L,ouis. specinl Dispateh to The Cirfeugo T'ribune. Sr. Lows, Mo., Fob, 8,—Bishop Quintird, of Touncasor, {4 horo in tho intorests of ‘the University of the South, and has preached threo sormous to-day, ol S T TEGAL INTELLIGENCE, Fighting u Kailroad. Special Inopateh to The Chicaan Tribune, Broomxaroy, Ill, Feb, 8.~~O0n Friduy n ‘man named Wood, of Arrowsmith, this county, got on a train bound east on the Linfayctte Road, and presentod o return ticket, good for only two days, aud dated Jun. 19, in payment of faro, o was ojected f1rom the train at Holden Station by Conductor Wiuclicator and Daggagoe-Muster Fintor, Yestorduy thoy were arrestod at Ar- rowsmith, and fined, lut took an uppeal. ‘Whe f&n:} L;'Bly Pprobably be intensly intoresting bofore e CRIME. Murder Near Springficld, X1, Specind Dispatel to The Chicago I'ribune, BermavieLp, 111, Jon, 8.—Lhe body of n man was found last night about 10 o'clack half a mile south of tho city on the Chicago & Alton Inil- rond. Bomo miners roturning from the wmiuos at tho junctlon discoverad tho hody, and notitied tho authorities Liero, who causedit to be brought to thiy city, ‘I'ho remuins weve finally identifled, and proved to bo those of Jacob Yriend, of Dloomington. o hail beon visiting partics horo for soveral days past, and loft last evening on tho b o'clock train for 8t. Louls, but for tome unknown roeson ho got off the train at the junc- tion and steried to roturn to thocity, When found hio was lying on the tios outside the rail ou the road, TUE WOUND which caused kis douth secws to have beon medo with o binut_ iustrament, and oxtonds frow tho lower part of tho rlfiht ourto the top of tho liead, mashing the skull, and mebiug a frightral wound, Mis gold watghe-ohain woy tuken, but his watoh was lofe, Ilis pockets wero ritlod, and ho Iy uum)uued tohave had alurgo sum of nionoy, Thore is no doubt that it was n- tondod by the murdorers to muke the impression that ho wasa killod by tho cury, but the evidenco in olour that it was o murdor most foul, s body {s still here, awaiting tho arrival of his frisnds from Bloomington, at which pluce it is . sald hly family rosldes, Il leaves a wifo and soveral ehildren, Sectal Dieates ta 'Ihe Chicago Tritune, BrooMiNaros, IiL, I'el, 8.—Tacoh I'riond, mur- dored ht the jumctlon, near Hprln;;flnhf Inat night, wan o lewding ITobrow rosidont of thiu city, 'The affaie causes much excitowont and comment hore. Performances of John Cronl. Spectat Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, Mirawaures, Wis., Fob. 8,—Particulnrs of an oxtraordinary erimo have been received hero. Joln Oron! loft this city, where hio hos & brothor on tho polies-foreo, Inst Suturday, for Baulk County, hls formor homo. Ifa wont to his houso on tho following Monday, and his wifo, hoaring Diis approach, and feariug him, fled, nbandoniug Dot four childron, Cronl pickoed up tho youngest child, dashed it upon tie Hoo, iekod 1, and stamped upon i, #o that it was not oxpected to live more than n fow mo- meonts when lnst heard from. Croal then went to tho houns of Patrick Kinoy, his brothor-tu-law, whouo lifo be lad_yepentedly {hreatoned, aud, fluding Mr, and Mrs, Konoy absont, fired the barn, stucks of niraw, and graiu- Ding, and escaped to tho woods, Ilere, by & pingular fatality, ho found his nuP[m\v James Kutioy, choppiug wood, and usked him to lond Lim hisax, Who young man complicd, nud ho instantly oitncked bim, cutting him in the ab- domon and tho muscles at tho bnso of the brain, P'hinking o had killed him, ho covered tho body with snow, and loft, its belioved, for Richland County. At lnst ndvices & Constublo nnd sov- otal citizons wore in pursuit. Young Kauey was still living. RBroke Inil, Special Diapateh to The Chicago Tribune, IxpIANATOL1, Ind., Fob, 8.—Jamos O'Neal, the notorions confidonce mon, and Ueorgo Brueo, & uh'lkh:f; printor, broko joil this morn- ing and cscaped. _0'Noal was coufined for plying 18 vocation ou & Kentuckion a wook ago, Druco is o dangerous man, 1o wos in for drunken and disordorly conduct. 1o is_suspeoted of being tho man Who shot into the Sentinel snd Journal oflicos lnsb Monday. CASUALTIES. Threo Men Killed Dy a Boiler Ex- plosion, Record of Minor Accidents. fRoilor BExplosions 8r, Louvis, I'ch. 8.—Tho Republican has a special from Cunoningham, Charilon County, l\‘o., which says tho boilor in the saw-mill of 'Thomas Dobbins, situated on Grand River, two and a half miles from the town exploded yostorday mormning, killing Elishn Hmith‘ tho engincer; Richard Worthington, avd Josso Thatelier, employes, nnd_badly wounding William Simpson. Smith way blown sbont six rods from the mill. _Dis head, both arms snd logs wera torn cff. Ilis body was ront open, and Lin brains seuttered over tho ground. Warth- inggton was blown 250 foot from the mill. Both arms wore torn off, and both logs broken near the aukles. 'Thatcher had his skull broken, ona of Lis hands cut off by n piceo of the boiler, nnd carried £0 feet from tho mill. The causo of tho oxplosion i unkuown, Run Gver nnd Killeds speeiand Dispatch to ‘'he Chicago Eribune, OnesruNg, O., Feb. 8.—A sad uceident ocenr- red ubout noon to-dny in tho railrond yards ab thin placo, A littlo boy, nemed Dounis Mack, about 10 years of age, Wwhoso paronts reside noar tho railrond, was playing with other boys among tho cars In the yord near Lis houso, unobsorved by any one. Thelittle follow wan caught bo- tween twocars thab woro sot inmotion bya froight tvain bocking up to make connections, 1o lived but a fow moments. No blame isat- tached to the railrond employes. Burncd to Henth, CiNoINNATI, O., Feb. 8.—Miss Duffy Worknm, 1ngt night, was nsing n linimont cuul.ninln%nlua- hol for theumatism, 'The bottls droppod, Droko, and caught five. Tho flames communicated to her ciothing, shio was soverely burned, and died to-day iu cousequenco. Shot ITimgckf Accidentnlly. Spanranp, 1L, Feb, 7.—A son of Michaol Dodds, & wealthy farmor, living o fow miles west of horo, shot himsolf to-duy accidentally, whilo out Lunting, illing him iustantly. fEilied by u Fails Mich,, Feb. 8.—At York, Fridny, George Warner, who was riding ona loud of Iy, foll to tho ground, striking on his head aud Drouking his ueck, Ho died instantly. RATLROAD NEWS, Toledo, Peoria & Warsnw Rond. Srecial apateh to The Chicago Tiribune. Pronua, Tll., Feb, 8.—Owing to the default in payment of interest on its bouds, tho Toledo, Toorln & Warsaw Railrond Company has passod into tho hands of Mesers. James I Secor and Wiltiam Tracy, of New York, tho Trustees andor the mortgago bouds. They took possession of tha cntiro roud on 18b, 8, aud lavo uppointed John Newall, of the Lllinois Contral ltoad, ns their agent to operato tho rond until such timo ns cireimstancgs oy warrant o chango. I, Vermun, of New York, is tho now manngor, and William' I, Crugor, late Vico-Presidont and Superintendent of the Toledo, Poorin & Warsaw Railrond Company, is Superintendont under,tho now muanagement, DzTnorr; At Upper Sandunkyy O Special Inspatch to The Clicago Tribune, Urren Sanpusky, 0., Feb, 8.—A firo broke out this foronoon in the furnittrd-rooms owned Dy L. Bowman. The damago to furniture and building is estimated at about £3,000; insured in (ho Richland Mutunl for $2,800. Bchacfer's restaurant in en sdjoining room was also dnm- ngod cousideribly. The origin of tho flve is sup- posed to bave besn from the flue or stovepipo. RS S NS A RELIC. Special Diapatch to T'he Chicago Tribune. Tiaxsixa, Mich., Feb, 7.—A subscriptionspaper for the benefit of tho wifo aud children of n Chaplain in tho United Statos Army—cmbracing the names of Winiield Scott, Gideon J. Pillow, J, T, Jobnston, B. I Harmoy, Frauk Pierce, G. P, Benurogard, and Q. B. Mugrader—has boon presented to tho Stato Librariau as o relio of the Alexiean War, ST. LOUIS STOCK-YARDS. Sr. Louts, Tob, §,—Another Inrge moeting of prominent Lusiniess mon wus hold yesterdsy to consider tho quostion of establishing groat stoek-vards in this city, Articles of associntion wero adopted, n Board of Directors elocted, and measures takon to raise stook and push the en- terprise vigorously, SUICIDE. 81, Louls, Mo,, Feb, 8.—1', P, Hatch, suppos- od Lobo o traveliug ngeut of komo Now Yorlk houso, was found dend in his room at the Llant- ors' Iouso, lust ovouing, with tho top of his Liend nearly blown off by o pistol shot, the work of his own hand, RS S SOVEREIGNS OF INDUSTRY. 81, Louts, Feb, 8,—Wm, 1I, Burle, of Worces- tor, Mus#,, Mnster of tho Natlonal Counell of Soverolgus of Indusiry, at organization almost idontical with the Vaivons of Husbuudry in its lfluu und purposes, is hero oxplaining tho Order o mochanivs, artigans, and laborers, aud orgau= izing subordinute Councity, —————— INDIANAPOLIS PRINTERS’ STRIKE. Speetul Isputeh to Phe Chicupo T'ribune, IxviaNavorts, Ind,, Feb, B.—The oxcitoment ovor the printers’ alriko hos nearly died out. ‘Plio uewspupors and job ofilcos are woll uu})pued with © ruts," thauks to Chieugo, Cincinuac, and Loulsvitlo, ———— THE TEMPZRANCE CRUSADE. Corustus, O, Feb. 8.—~Tho eucocss ol the wotan's tomporanco movoments wt otlor polnts hus cunsed the disciplos of tomperance horo to organize, aud arrangements are now boiug wudo for = grand uttuck at this pomt, Dio Lewis Lus boen called on, and will Lo here to start tho mwovement, e . THE SIAMESE TWINS, PiiLADELPUIA, Da,, Feb, 8,—~Tho oxamination of the bodics of Chang and ;Eng will tako placo in the Opllege of Physiclans to-mosrow, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. The Origin of the Order. Mr. O. H. Kelly==-Some Facts and . Figures. 1Hoox's Pornt, amilton Co,, Ta, To the Edilor of The Chtcuyo L'ribune Bm: -Discrotlon does not nlwnys accompany courago, nor is boldness as often tompered with prudonce ns worldly wisdom dictntes, Yet, sooner or lator, the world pays its tributo of ro- spect o the momory of thoso who, with fonrless sud pormstont offorts, maintaln the cauko of truth and justice, Ils snoer at thoso who *iry to burn a vivor " is, in time, justly chauged into aduiralion, and oven roverence, though sges oftou olapse beforo the martyr iu rocognized. As o gonoral rulo, howover, self-Iutorest is tho standard of our faith and our practicos, aud fow indead are thoy who will not indorso the policy of Constantine tho Grent Lowards tho vises and corruptions of the early Clristin Qlirek : *¢ 1o was satisflod that seorot impunity would bo less pornicions than public scandal and tho Nicano Gouncil was edifled by his decla- ration that, it he surprised u Bishop iu the act of adultery, ho should east his Imporinl mantlo over tho LIipiscopnl sinner,” ‘I'heso roflections bave nnturally ocourred to mio sinee I gat down to write you an articlo upon tho subject of Patrons of Husbandry. But, ne I claim no praise, and dosorve no punishmont, for adding to tho goneral stock of publle intelli- gonce, I may cousidor myself outside tho in- fluence, oithor way, of tho forogoiug profound aud pondorous obsorvations, THE OMOIN OF TIE ONDER 14 involved in obsenrity, Mr. O, I, Kelly, now Socrotary of tho so-called Nationnl Graige, ub ‘Washington, certainly knows nore ubout it thun any other man ; but I don’t think ho will tell us whint lie knows until ho is rendy, when, porhups, like Barnum, ho may turn author, and publish another volume on Humbug. At presont ho Lins very ‘(uor.'l ronsons for not making his knowl- odge publio; ono of which may bo, that ho, to- gother with his oarliost partnors, Mr. Buundors nnd Mr, Grosh, who aro grown gray in ox-~ perience knowledgo of “sceret or- dors like sasonry and Odd-Fellowship, and whose thrifty brains ovolved this ono, is uepiring to a future apotheosis, Apothoosis i an honor mankind confors only upon mon whoso pretonsions aro tho most absurd, their morits the most obscurs, sud lifo the most mysterious. Unfortunately for uspirations after porfect im- mortality, history hnpertinently revenls to tho curious some peculianties or habits of tho would- be-deity which always dotract from the universal homago maukind is seked to yiold. ‘Flio pon of tho futuro historian will do no injustice ot to the vonorable Datriarchy of tho Grange when it tracos in their ocarthly curcor somo of tho common wenknesses of humanity. A.sbrewd suspicion oxists that, if dollars and centa hnd not Leon tho most promis~ ing und taugible result to tho founders, philan- thropy need not have expected suything from the invention of tho ** Grange.” il of thoso canting stutomonts, vogue hints, and ontertainiug Distorios of its birth, given to the public through tho papors, for offact, by gushing fomalo corre- spundents, snpernumerary clerical book-peddlors, aud vorsafdle Bohemiuus, yeluting to certain & philantbropic gentlomen ssgombling in o hotet at’ Washington, one dark and stormy night of winter, for tho purpose of dovising soms plun for tho elevationof the agricultura! class,"sound vory protty and sentimental, Dbut svmobody Luows it is oll Yosh. STRIPFED OF ALL DIEGUISE, tho * Grango " can_luy elaim to o nobler im- pulso than that of thrilt. A patent-right conld not bo seeured for the invoution, beeauso ik lucked originality of dosign ; but the application of it to tho wauts of an unsophisticated jeoplo offored a glittering prospoct, bnd o fow mon in- vested a 8mall sum in it, a8 they would ina movwer, or a barvester, 1t was thouglt it might proveto bo “a gocd {hing” in n yecuniary sonse, Instead of Stato “xights" and couuty “rights,” usin tho salo of o “patent tlying- machine," wo have * State Grange ™ aud * Sun- ordinate Grange:” aund for + royalty wo_may read ‘‘disponsutious,” ¢ charters," and “duen.” The entorprico Wil started about the beginning of 188, Yours elapsed bafors snles could ba made. Tho timo was not favorable for tho ** Grange " to bo organized. Mionesotn wus tho flrsl flield of labor. Mr, Kelly bad previously ** played ont™ thoro a8 » farmer, Porhiaps ho was willing, like Ericsson, to confer upon his adopted home tho liouors of hig invention ; or, porhaps, like u groat many impecunious mon of tho \Vmst, he found it convenicut to “mako a trade” ot tho store whero ho was owing. Wioconsin also lind its attraction na a fleld of contomplatod labor.. But trado was very dull. It scemed dififeult to cstablish ngencles; ov, if eatablished, customorn wo! wantiug. The closo of 1871 was, howover, full of promise, und a largo business wus done in 1872, The article began to find o market; it suited the tastes und undotinablo wants of o hitherto- neglected class, Lo farmers wero {hon bo- giuning to suifer went, and to comprohend their #orvilo political status in the nation; awd tho Grunge promised thom relief and power. It attracted their attention a9 a means of organ- {zation, and suddonly became pupuhr. “DeEpyTIS” now began to proaper, With o compensation of @5 per day und their traveling oxpenscs, paid Dy tho people, besides prospective political in~ fluence arising from their prowminenco in dis- triets and couuties where they orgauized Sub- Granges, to eay nothing of other considora- tions, tho oflice, or commission, of & *Doputy” becamo o prize of contention amongst a Bwarm of idlers, dead-beats, politi- cinus, and * pabyd-rights” peddlors. It bocamo o profussion, and the opportunity it offered for abuse and frand was not always neglectod by theso venal itinerant philauthropists. Whon funcy, inclination, and solf-interest prompted, is itany wonder that tho Ordor han noarly rivaled the Morus-multicaulis, the Merino-sheep, or the Shanghni chicken fever? I doubt if the busi- noss nf_the “Uulon Furnishing Company,” which offe:s to overy farmer omothing for nothing,” can show n moro extraordinary progress in extent and thrift than that of ** the Patrons of Husbandry.” According to the * Financinl statoment of the Natiounl Grange sineo its organization,” copicd from “Tiport of tho Auditing Comuitteo up to Jan. 1,1873,” thore wero only 1,072 Granges nt thut date, of which 1,050 were organizod in 1872, Bat it is cstimatod now that the numbor was up- wards of 9,000 on tho 1st of Junuary, 1874,— showing nu inereaso in 1873 of about 7,000, AN, KELLY'S DEDITS AND CREDITH, The receipts of Mr. Kolly, undor tho name of « National Grange,” up to Jun. 1, 1873, woro: For dispehsatious 19 1,072 Grauges, at $16 el varsanen - $10,073.00 Tor ducs recelvo 1,072.00 Tor manuals, tin cases, elc. . Totul receipt Colly's cloims against thicko receipty, ns allowed by his partnors, uro as follows : Printing, binding, and folding, song-hoole, tin cascs und locks, papers for distribue tion, regaliu-sampled, telograme, station- ery aud Llauk-books, tugosnd migcell ndonk ... Oftice-rent (3, Oflige-furniture Lecturers aud e Mr.Koll{"A balance proviously due,$6,071.48 Alr, Xolly's elerk-biros oy connsenes 270,00 404,22 My, Kolly's Auslstnt Becrélary, BUHS 9,000,00—$13,137,33 . $20,008,89 Bulance yot due Mr, Xelly, 1o come outof th recolplu of 1673, .. sassasvaseseesh B,510:08 Technically speaking, theso accounts wore ro~ ported on by an Auditing Committeo of tho Na- tiounl Grango ab its sossion of Junuaiy, 1878; and thoy say, *Thoy find tho same tobe por- foclly corrack; nnd thoy ombraco this opportu- nity to congratulato tho DTatrons of Husbandry of tho whole United Statos upon this evidence of the busineay L‘Ilmll!ll{ aud finauciul intogrity of the flscal ofllcors of hoir Natfunal Grange,” TIu thoro any sative lioro? Lot s noxt look, in connection with tho sbove figures, nt tho OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF EXPENAES for tho yoar 1878, as reported by tle Finance Comnnitteo, and spproved by the Exvoutive: ‘To pay the sbove Lalsuce due Mr, Kelly uud A, Kelly's salury for 1672 Total amoutit,.es s, otlice domunds, ,. cossrrnirer sesiensd Ay Yo puy indlongro uiid per div of Mewmbora 8t (i Nationnl Grango ression, datury, 1878,., 3 o pay exacunes of Execativo’ Comuitteo,oivy 3,000 Lo juy for priutiny, statfonery, postage, ol G000 ‘Lo pay Mr, Kolly for salary, 1 000 To pay rent of um\F... Lo o puy salury of u Treu 1,00 o yuy contingont expones, Tolal oatiimuted oxpensss for 1878,vesmss v 4 24,000 ‘The forogolny figures sppesr to me sgnill cant and suggestive, Dut it waa disloyal, & year ngo, to mako any commont upon thom, That dispo- sition way ofoctually subdued by D. W, Adams, tho Mastor of tho Nationrl Grango, at_the sos- #ion of tho Town Binte Grango, last Tobruary, Buroly,” nnid ho, in o burat of indignation, *wo ought not to grumblo at paying o goo prito for the Order. Wo cannot, have that, and our money, too, Let us not, by our ponurious action npon this ocealon, justify the ancer, al- rondy too prevalont in the common sentimont, that * Tho truo way to enteh s Patron of Iluse bandry Is to bait wateel trap with a 8-cont ploce, nud rot it by his door,'” In my next lottor, I proposo to conduct you n- sido of TIE NATIONAL GRANGE, and introduce you porsonnlly to itnlegitimato mombors, Whilo I point out'to you the roally honest, nctivo, nud talonted partuers of the con- carn, wo will look into its rules nnd modaof doing business, It may bo that I shall (nd it nocessn~ ry to giva an insight {uto the charactor, Linbits, and formor ocoupntion of most of the distine uished ofticials of tho Natlonal Grange,—show- ng how they contrived to live boforo the Order bognn to pay ; aud even tho lessor Blato-Graugo llliul(m ies may not escapo our notico, ut whilo wo freoly eriticiso tho inhorent do- fects of ita fundamental lnws, and xéunuy do- nouuco the rulers of the Order of Fatrons of Husbaudry, my pen shall not fail to pay an elo- auont (tribute’ of love, admiration, ond ro- spect to ita puro prineiplos, liboral precopty, and noblo aims. Ouanres WiITARER, Xoeport of Spturday?’s Proceciings in tho National Grauge nit Ste fou Speetal Dwpateh to The Chicago Tribune, 8r. Louts, Mo, Teb. 8.~Tho National Grangors have had o quiet day, and seattored about In & miscellancous way to tho differont churches, They will try sud conclude thelr labors this weok, 8r. Louis, Feb. 7.—~The National Grango held but one buslness rossion lo-day, Tho call of Blates was contlunod to-day. ~ Master Iudson, of Kaneas, presented s memorisl rogarding the eatablishinent of a Torritorisl Goverument over the Indiun Territory. Rotorred to the Commit- teo on Commerciul Relationy. Gen, Vaughan, of Massachusctts, presented a claim from AMastor Lowis, of Lonisiang, also one from tho National Dullllty of tho wsamo State. Referred to tho Committeo on Olaims., Mastor Chaso, of ' Now Hmmpshire, offored a rosolution to bavo printed 500 uo}g(us of n com- ploto list of mombers of tho National Grange preuent with their wives, aud their Post-Ofice address ; also a Jist of commiltcos sppointed. Carried. - Master Porter, of Nebrasks, moved » Commit- teo on Btatistical Crop Reports, and tho Com- mitteo on Conatitution and DLy-Laws was np- pointed such Committee. Severnl othor resolutious wors roforred to the Committeo on Rosolutions aud Constitution and By-Lows. "Tho evening session was dovoted to conforring ihe sixth dagroo on Mastors of Bfate Grangos and thelr wivos, thoy boiug tho ouly persons entitlod to receive, N A good donl of intorest contros in the forth- coming rclpm't of the Committeo ou Transportas tion, of which Col. Smedley, of Iown, is Chair- man, and whicli 18 expeotedl to embody the muin points of tho address recontly dolivorod by that gentleman Leforo the Stato Graugo of Towa, This nddress has niready been published. Grangoers and Plow=Manufucturers. Famrirrp, Jeferson Co,, Ia,, Fob. 6. o the Editor of Yhe Chicano Tribun Sm: 'I'he following resolutions wore passed by thoe County Council of the Pntrons of Hus- biudry of Jeiferson County, In.: WnEneas, A Convention of Tlow-Manufacturers, held ju Chicago, regolved (hut they would sell uo plows to Farmers' Clubs or Grauges, excopt at Totall prices ; therefore, Liesoled, That wo will not purchase any fmplements made by kald Companies at retall prices or any other price, and that wo will ure our influence to prevent othors from dolnyg to, while they mintaiu tho position assumed towurd the Granges und Farmers' Clubs in {lio sbove resolutions, Joux Ross, Becrtury. A New Granges Spectal Disnateh to The Chicago T'ribune, LaASstNG, Mich., Fob, 7.—Mr. C. S. Whitney, State Deputy, orgauized o Grange of 00 mem- tiors at Okemos rocently,—S, E. Joifers, Mastor. — TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY, The Austonishing Xcesults of Signing o Document=-A Paterson Jewoler nnd §liv Wite Fighting for Posscssion oX the Stores 2'rom the New York sun, I'eb, 3, For thirty yours tho loading, most responsible, wid Targedt Jowolry extublidhmout o, Patorson Law boew that of David Laverack. Ho owuned not only s largo stock, all paid for, but also the clegnnt building in which the store is situ- ated, and in which bo aud his wilo lived up rtnirs, And this wifo was no nmgly drag on his life—no idlo butterfly to do naught but ilit awny his carnings. In o business point of viow shio wag tho shrowder, and all the sharpor bargains, most extensive salos, 08 woll 28 majority of the purchases of stock, were intrustod to Ler better judgment, - DBut they did not live happily. They quarrclod, and thiey wore mado by out aud out ‘quarrels to the neighbos notorious. A few moutis ago Mr, Laverack beeame aick. His recovery was tho last thing expected. And, while lying in this condition, to prevent tho an- noyauces of subsequent litigation and tho de- Inys of probato, it was docided that Mr, Lavor- uck, supposed to bo on Lis deathi-bed, should turn over lus entiro property to Lis wifo, Tho building they cccupy must be worth $30,000 or 240,000 thoir atock must have beon worth ay much more. With tho ussistanco of & lawyor, o paper was drewn up signing over the ontiro property to Mrs, Lnverack, and tho name of David Layoruck artached to that decument is snid to bo tho uutafirnph of Mr. Lavoracls, signed whon ho was gicl. But instead of dying, Mr. Laverack recovored. Mra, Laverack retained the documont, Mr, Luv- erack’s sickness ombitlored his temper, which wag cortainly augmiented every time there was o q;lmrml by the information from Mrs, Laverack that if ho didw't remawa quict nud behave lum- self ho would be put out, as tho property wus uil hers now. Mr. Laverack declured that tho Bnnur hig wifo had was signed by him when 0 was out of his hoad, ond he didnot kuow what he was doing, congequently it did not hold good, Soveral quarrels ovor this poiut onsued ; tho two would appoar ofton with black ecyes and brnised nosos, Soveral times tho police woro collod on to separnto thom, and ofion the storo was the contro of attraction to great througs gathered in front to see what was going on in- ido, Yentordny the storo wns closed all the morn- ing, This was tho result of a detormination on the part of both to take possesaion, It is said thet My, Laverack on Sunday night, heariug o noiso in tho atoro, crept down and saw his wifo removing valunbles from tho eases to o carpot- bag, aud looking for thosafo key. Dnt David had tho sate key himsolf. Waiting till his wifo wag {hrough aud had returned to bed, ho went stealthily down, unlocked tho safe, removed 1l the gold watches und diumonds Lo o stehiol, and took the first train to Now York, whore tho valuablos wore loft with a Safe Doposit Com- puny. Then Mr, Laverack roturned to hin store in Patorson. Ho ruised the iron shuttors, aud whou ho trivmphautly told his wifo how ke had flanked her after all, sho was wild withrage. Sho wont to the police stetion and demauded that ofticers Lo sont to ** takeo cure” of Mr, Lavorack, who wus golng erazy, aud moving all hor things from the store, But tho police would have nothing to do with themuss, haying already burued their fingers ot tho snmo firo. Tteturning to tho store, Mrs. Lavorack once more snnounced her intoution of taking posses- slon, and proouring o carpot-bag, bogat romov- ing gold bracolats, oarrings, ete.,from tho long phow-cuses on tho countor. Boeinyg this, M. Lavornoi was not slow to follow tho oxample, for it was at ouco npparent fo him that *pos- sesslon would bo nine pointe of tho law." 8o lie soized o satchiel, aud bogan snutching tho ringy, gold pens nnd pencils, wuteli-chuing, &e,, from their casos, thm\\-ing Lhem in a con- fused plle in his carpet-bag, Tor o while there was tho liveliest wort of work, and soon all tho cuses wero completely swopt of their con- tents; tho emnller and more valuable articles wers romoved from tho show windows, and such visitors ns “called suw nothing upon the sholves but tho clocks amd lnri‘wr articles of silverwaro, It was worso thun if thero Liad boen au alarm of fro or su oflicial visit of tho Bherlft. This was tho condition of affairs last night, both persons boing in their respeotive corners of tho house, apparontly under asort of truce, or too prostrated to roncw tho fight. All Paterson will be up boforo duybroak this morning to seo tho reat of tho fun, sl e o ALBANY LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Spectul Dispateh to The Chicuno Tribune, Atoany, Ne Yo, tfoh, S—Drrvis—Tho markel opened Thursd Ath u moderato uttendunes of loesl and Eastorn conntry buyors, and u good supply of Htoel, ‘Ll businesn donu wia limitad, uwiug to” the Totusil of halders who were confidont of oblufutug this Drico asked to make couccssions, On tho followlng Uay tho sitenduuco was much lurgor, embracing s niitmbor of prominent Eastorn doalers 'und Drigh i bbby b oot fom, o Darts of the Busiuoss for tho thno was quite rspld, pun | yradels —eeee e chaners obtatning cattlo at about tho anmo prices as Inst woek, Baburday's nttendanco way good, and bisie neas wan rapld, New Yotk taking most Hherally of tha ofierings, At oon hut fow cattlo romalned iy tho vty and trado bw closed. Tho ruling of tho mor- ot has Been atexdy and firm from {he opering il the close, with 1o quotable ndvance over tho Tty pricen of Jast week, 'Tho advance'on tho muporior quality of tho wiocl fs mauly wndo up i the lottor qualily, Thero wero o ntimbor of herd - collent Atockin tho yards, but thy nverago q-:nl;’(!yuzr oo e laut week, The ree 03 car-loads, Prices worenn offorings was searcely ow colpta for the week wero 3 Extra, .o TFirat r]lmm e Kocond quniity. Third quulit; Tuforlor, Bueep AND LAMDA~-1 ipte, 14 ad. markot ruled firm nud stendy ut lasl week's quota- tlous, Tho nverage quniity of tho stock fa fair, with fow receipta of lambe, Bheep, B(d70; ostra, 7)5@8c, UOE{\N STEAMSHIP NEWS. Prymourir, Fob, 8,—Tho L {rmfi N:w Yo‘rk.uhna mlvu’r‘!‘. premallp Hatl, New Your, TFob, 8.—Arrived—Stonmor Aus- tralia, from l:flusgu 5 R (S p— ~Five hundred million i about the numbor of wooden toothplclks sold by tho Doston house which controls tho whole business in this coun- try, and the numbor incronses onormonsly onch yénr,. Abox holding 2,000 seils for 25 conts, whilo thio samo quantity of quill-picks would cost 34, Moro ordor for toothpicks como from ho- tels and rostaurants thau from pll other sources combinod. _Ho grent Lins boen the popularity of choep woodon toothpicks in this country that tho oxvorlmont of oxporting them is soon to be tried LI FIELD, LEITER & CO. State & Washington-sts, Areopening their Spring Importa- tions in FINE TABLE and BED LINENS, consisting of Damask Ta- ble Cloths and Napkins in sets, of Irish, Barnsley, and German: manufacture; mnew patterns in Teay Cloths, Napkins, and Doy- lies; Novelties in Buif and Crira- son and White and Crimson Toili- nettes; something entirely new in Lunch Cloths, all ¢colors, with Nap- kins to match ; Novelties in Stand Covers and Toilet Mats; a new ar- ticle of Bathing Towels, with Mit- tens of sanme material; Damask and Huck Towels of every deserip- tion; all widths and qualities Shecting, Pillow and Shirting Linens; Marseilles, Cluny, and Nottingham Lace Quilts; Ioney- comb, Alhambra, and Reversible do; All-wool Spreads, Bed and Crib Blankets, all sizes; and fall lines of Sheeting Cottons, Pillow Cottons, Cotton Shirtings, Cotton Flannels, Tickings, Denims, &c.. all miarked at popular prices, to which we jnvite the attention of Housckeopers and the public gen= erally. STATE AND WASHINGTON-STS AUCTION SALES. By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONBERS, INO. 108 MLADISON-ST., (Botwoon Dearborn aud Clerk.) BUGGIES, PIAETONS, & COTTERS, HARNESS, &, On WEDNESDAY, nt10 o'olook, at 108 Madison-st, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &o,, On TIIURSDAY, ut 10 o'clock, at 1t Madison-st. SPICIAY, SATIN 0 Paintings, Chvontes, Phutozragh Porfraits 0Ot Prominont Men of Oliloaga, Also & Fino Paintings by Loomana, which have beou on oxhibition at the piang storo of Julius Bauer and Co,, on TIURSDAY AFTER. NOON at 3 o'clock, at our Auction 1ouse, 108 Madison-st, WAL _A. BUTTERS & €O., Auctionaors, HOPS)F:?EOLD FURNITURE Desiralls Marbls Dwelling, -BRICK BARN AND LOT, No, 588 Van Buren.st., noar Ashlnnd-av., on Mondsay Afternoon, ¥eb. 18, at 3 o'clook, OIN THE PREMISES. Tho houso is finished in tho best atylo, with all modorn improvemonts, hiot and cold wator, Marblo Basine and Murblo Mantols throughaut; contafns two Parlors, Li- brary, 4 Olawbers, Dinlog-Room, Kitohon, Sorvantss Room, Pantrios, Closots, nnd Bath, ‘Torms vasy. Titlo porfeat, ‘WX, A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctionoors, Valuable Property Tast Front on Fourth-av. (bolwdbon Van Buren and Hurrlsou-sts.), 2. AY, af u el ison: On Tesday Aftornoon, Teb, 17, at 3 o'clock, ON TEE PREMISES, Tt 213 foot by 100 faot doop, botn south 4% foat of 1 :mm&flx T g g b T R Lot 17 (or Lot £, Lot 17, in Blook 124 Sohaol Soctlon Addition. ‘Torius easy; titlo porfogt. i i BUTTERS & CO Auatlono: WL A, 48 Residence Lots In Block 8 M"“‘l‘;fufif-‘llm: fiix’\ovtahlhln‘hn Llnlnl.;ll « On Wednesday Evening, Fob, 18,at 7 1-2 o'clock, At our Auotion Houso, 103 Mudison-st, Particulars hore altor, WAL, 1_Auotionoors, BY GIO. I, GORE & CO., 68 & 70 Wabash-nv, DRY GOODS. Regular Sale, Taesday, Feb, 10, at 10 o'lock, Oonsiuting of o fine stook of Notions, Hos: o Sndimvaie SIS ong, ot 80, no of Wh g Updstivonr, Bagingn. and Wi~ ** Tablo Damaalc, Lane Eaaakoraliot Hooma: toc o Nopkins, . invoice B hs By of Tinware, Hardwaro, Saws, Whito and Gray Wool Blankots, Bod Ewuds, Horse Illnzknu. &o. i 111 nlso close & Bankrupt Btock of Hats and Oaps, Gloves, Gauntlets, &o, GEO. P, GORE & CO,, GH & 70 Wabnsheav, BOOTS AND SHOES AT AUCTION, On Wednesday, Feb, 11, at 10 8, m,, by G RO, . GO o & OO, 68 & 70 Wabash-av. Country Merchanta sliould siota the fagt (Lat PRIOES Al m'firvmu,r:' H0-AV YRR L AC AL N Y