Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1874, Page 5

THE GRANGERS. Yesterday’s Proceedings in the Na- tional Grango at St. Louis The Boston Grange Question Consid- . erad in Committee, An Explanatory Communication from the Laiter Organization. ‘They Claim to Bo Regularly Organized, and Deserving of Recog~ nition, Proposttion to Havo the Headguarters of {ho National Grauge at ? St. Lonis. The Natlonal Granges * &pecial Dispateh to The Chicago T'ridune, . '8r. Lous, Mo., Fob, 9.—The National Granga i8 dovoting mornings and evenings to business, and aftornoony to confercuce of committecs, At the session this morning, & rosolution for the appropriation of suflicient funda to defray tho oxpensos of tho soventh sunual scsglon of the National Grango was preeonted by Mr. Bhank- laud; of Tows, and roferred to tho Financo Cam- miftes. Tho conslderation of tho roport of the Com- .mbteeon Ititusl was postponed to- tho noxt aunual sossion. It was docided to have TINEE SESSIONS A DAY IN FUTURE, When the roll of States was oulled, California prosonted a reaolution to have thebullotin of tho Clrapgos printed and sout to the oficers of all tho Stato and subordinate Granges. An unsuccegsful offort to adjourn noxt Friday ‘was mnde by Mastor Bmith, of Gooxgin. . Indiaua presented a resolution on tho curron- ¢y, requesting that o potition bo seut to Congress from the Nnltona! Grange, which was appropri- atoly roforrad, . Manenchusotts prosented o resolution for o . constitutional . amendmont.. Minuesota offered reyolution to removo the_headquarters of the National Grange to Bt. Louls, Reforred to a Special Committoo of Five, tho Convention to “Toport ot the cighh anuma{ sossion of the Na~ tionsl Gravgo, - It way decided to visit the St. Louis Exchango in a body on Thureday at 12 o'clock, Wortby Mastor Adams named as the Committon on National Hendguartors, Parsous, of Minne- gota ; Wardoen, of Ilorida; Hamilton, of Cali- 4 Cotton, of Vermont; aud Allon, of Mis- TRANSPORTATION, Col. Willinm M. Grosvenor, Secrotary of the Transporiation Committoo of tho Kt. Louis Board of I'rade, met the Transportation * Com- itteo of tho National Grange Dby sppointinont tLis aftornoon, aud had an extended couferonco, which has not yot boon made publie. THE COMMITTEE ON LOSTON GRANGE also held n meeting, ut which only Master Allis of Mussachusotts, roprescoted tho intercsia of that organization, Mr. Harrison Staples, the rogular delepate, not having yot arrived. Tho whola quostion whothor other than farmors 8lull become Patrons of Husbandry is involved 1 {ho Boston Grange iusuc, and the importanco of the .question to tho Order 18 gou- erally admitled by wombors of tho National Grangoe. 3z, Allis soys that ibe num- ber of grain-dealors bolouging to the Boston Grange ha been ovor-estimated, Mr. Noyes, editor of the Massachusells Plowman, onc of . the chict complainants, bomg able to find only threo in it. Mr. Allis submitted to the Convon- tion this afternoon tho following statemont, pro- pared by a Committos of the Doston Grange appoiuted for the purpose: Zo the Officers and Members of the Nationat Grange of the itrona of Husbandry tn Cortention Assenidied, wreetit ¢ Z ‘Tho Bostou Graugo No, 4, Patrons of Husbandry of Blucsachnrolts, through th undorsigned, tleir Com. anftiee, Lumbly potitioning, would ’ respectfully ‘Lring o your notice aud reprosent that Boston Grange No, 4 Wik composed of nineteen gentlemen and ten ladies a8 charter mombers,and was duly constituted sud Ycgulorly organized as'a Grango of tho Patvons of Husbandry by National Deputy J. O. Abbott, on Wodnesday, Aug. 20, 1813, and {hat for over n year gprior to this tima ot Jeast two POTAONS WhO suuoinco themselves 8s cloacly allicd or ‘oven exponents of o agricultural interestn of- Mossachusetts had been in commisalon o8 Deputios, but from the want of by ac~ tloron their part, or oven auattempt toadvancathio in. tereata of our Order,tho public were eutirely ignorant of 1ho exlitouce of such commisslons, nor had &u attempt “heen mude by sald Doputies to establish a sluglo Greuge in Massacliusotta; and we further roprosent 4hut on tho coming_of Deputy I. C. Abbott to Boston, #ho purposes and sdvantages of the Ordor Were pube 1licly sunounced in the Boston daily press for some Wooks prior {0 his sppesrance; but, notwitbatanding 1his fact, tho founders of tho Jostol Grango were the only purtics wito mondfested an fntorestin tho move-. ment or sought to sid bim dn iy work, und that ut the organization of the Boston Grango onb of the Deputie3 aforomentioned was present, partici pated and wae incorporated as oue of {ta members, tho ‘othior members of suid Grunge boiug persounlly kuown tohim; but he raised no_voice against its oslublish- Tout or queutioned the legality of tho proceedings, although lio Lus since been most activoin {he oppusie sition 1o its success; and your petitioners further rup- - zusent that the formation” of the Doston Grange, aud the determined action of ita members finshed through Dinssachunetls, awakoning s gencral inquiry and inter- estiu the Order,ond bringiug snauy persons in tho numerous towns'of New Euglaud to apply for diapen- sations to form Gronges; duat the movemont, prown- ixing strength und futuro rapid growtlh in Masschu- selt, cortain intercatod purtios, only entitled to dis- tinction na farmers by bhaving made aftere diuner speoches ut farmers’ hod proviouely declined to embrace tha move- ment untl ¢ wos o success, now commenced o ntrigue ond consplre fa get control or provent its aucceserul futroduction fnto New England ; that as s att of uch consplraoy, falss renorta concérning the oston Grange and ita composition, calculated to pro~ duce sgitation, discussion, und discord in the Ordor, were cireulatull throughout tho Union ; snd wo further Tepresent thut, in cunstquence of such misseprescnta- tons, after thié Grange hud beon iu_existence over o montb, o document signed by Dudley W, Adams, W, M., purporting to issue from the Natlonal Grango, rocalling thie dispensation of tho Boston Grenge, was Toceived by its members, said dacument assiguing as 1ho causo of the revocation, *“'That tho Graugo was Dot compoced of the materials contemplated by the Conetitution of tho Order,” ordering ihe Graugo to turn over its books und popers to o deputy author- i200 to recelvo thom; but fhe books ond papers of sald Gronge were mever called for by auy deputy of tho Order, and no doputy over et in the Boston Grange oxcept io install ity oficera; and 1lat, ulthough such document was {saued without n. quiry, examination, or trial, wo recognized the AMns- clubs, wr of tho Nutiomal Grango sa tho head of tho ~Order, worthy of respect oud entitled to obediénce, and as o Grango wo ceased to ‘work sud make Putrons, but met to investigate our Tights and position; that, rocognizing the Coustitution of the Ordur as tho supreme law to which all good Pa- trons must bow, wo find that “any person interoated du griculiual pureuits,” moy becomo a member of ‘tho Order ; that bl lauguago i plaiu, and st the or- gauization of tho Order the word *iuteroated” was substituted for the word * cngaged,” which leaves no doubt of theintontion of the founders of the Orderas to tho qualification for membership, Wo further ropre- suut that tho members of tho Btaio Grange, st their grgunization wnd Srst regular mealiug, Deg, 3 and 4, belug sware of the true atate of uifulrs in Massachus -nm‘, and understanding the apposition of tho sama partics who caused the fsuning of the cbove document, maguatimously tudoricd (he Bosion - Granges, yiug ¢ teaolked, That wo indorso the action of Doputy J, 0. Abott, 1n tho formation of tho Boston GIMIK‘:!, llylld we baliové thls Grangs is a ncceasity to the full kuce ce!Au’(:‘l (}“rfnlll'lnlu Maulfi;:huw\u. it at by our obligations as Palrons, beln obliged to conform to thio" Conatitution of 1he Ordor, wo ot at the Lt wonual moeting in Decomber, all members bewy duly uotified, nd a Ust of “officors wns closon for 1hio susting yoar, nnd such officers have subsoquently ‘Duen duly und reguiarly instalied by o member of the Stuto Grange, clothed with the power Lo instull, elnco which time the Grango hua met rogularly, boing pro- vided with all tho paraphernaifa and regalla requirad Dy {ho rules of tho Order; sud we womld furtlior zopresentund declare that tho'present oficerd und menis Ders of (o Doston Grangoliave, 1u pito of ridiculoand oppontion, atyictly adbered to the priuciplea of the Order, aud endeavored to ndvence its interesta; thoy are 1ot now, poruever Lave been, conuected or inter- ented i any-political pun{ oF moyewent, ex<ept an voters; that recognizing the Patrous of Jusbaudry ¢ pledged o that retreuchmeut, Tefori o much uocded ut the du the injurles produced by luzury, ond ouly to Lo correoted by frugulity:' and Telioviug this can bo secomplished moat efféciually by Lo ndvaucement of (ho sgricultural working clusavi, Wwhich wg recoguize na thu moet Crugal clava in the Uujou, wo stund pledged to wecuro to them thoir, lglite, 8 full equivalont for their productions, und a fair " roproscutation the councils of the mation; wnd that laving thus represonted our- Relves, ond belleving that the iutiueuco which jouglf, our destuction 18 will st work 88 au llegul Grange, Wi ul Bk aud peti 4 " Jha snpe0 a on that your honorablo and_suproing Tull 3, B, Bawriery, M., (Blgned) Puzes U, Hovay, O, TUE BVENINO BEUTION % will iu ¥ome monner fndoreo us us & Grange, in E, G, Buows, 0, The saction of the Natioual Grange on tho - 82 the Grauge was entlrely ocaupied by the gon. economy and prodcut day sympathy with tho good of the Ordor, HaunueoN Bravees, L, mator esunot be known for somo dayu, but who | slderation of tho roport on tho Conntitution and By-Lawa. groat number of changos woro recommonded, mostly vorbal, and not of spocial intorost to tho public, Tho groat polnta whick most concorn the wolfaro of thio Order have not boon reached, but will bo acted on to-morrow. The by-laws Tiave boon 6o amendod as to allow tho National Grange to FIX TIIR COMPENBATION OF ITH MEMDERS, Tha b{-lnwn have been also amended by adding’ Articlo 14, na follows: There msy be established District Granges in the fih degroe, not to oxecod ono in cach cointy, com- posed of Mastera and Past Mantors of subordinato QGrangen and thoir wives, who are Matrons, and such fourth-dogroo membors may bo clected therety, aftor having been duly examined as to thely proficloncy 'in fho work, = Tuets Granges sball avo chargo of the educationnl nnd business fnterests of tho Order in their roapsctive districts, and shnll one courago, strougthen, and aid the aubordinnte Grangos ropresoutod thoroltr, Dispousations for mich Gravgea uhall [sauo from tie Btuto Grange, aud undor suel rogulations ns the State Grangs may adopt, Tho Grange adjournod at 11 o'clock this oven- ing. An Invitation to the Legislature, « Correspondence of The Chicapo T'ribune, GaALENA, IlL, Fob. -8,—At s mass-inooting of tho farmors of Jo_ Davigsa Count; , ot Warron, I, on Saturday last, the following rosolution wos prosonted and unanimously adopted : WaEenzas, Tho. Legialaturo s now in sesslon, In contravention to the spirit of tho Constitution of the Stato of Iilinols, ata cost of $1,600 per day, without rendering adequate sorvices to {he taxpayers for the name thorofore, bo it Resolved, Thut thoy be respectfully invited to ad- dollrn 8ino dio ; and that this resolution Le forwarded o tho Prosiding Oficcr of oach Lrauch of the samo, CANADA. Election fteturns — Receipts and Ex. penditures of the Dominlon Govs . exmmont—0fticers Susponded for Mis= conducts . Special Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribune, Tonoxto, Out., Fob. 9.—Full roturny rocolved from Princo . Edward Island, show that all six mombors aro Ministorial, - At- firat, with partial returns, one Oppositioniet was roported olectod! but all six are strougly-pronounced Ministerial- ists, All the Nova Scotia returns uro in, and this Province has almost unaniwously do- clared favor - of Mackenzio's Gov- orument, Dr. 'Tupper, ‘4t “‘one timo a Toformer, but subsoquontly. .= renegade to hiw party, and bosom companion of Sir Jofin in tho Cabinet,whero ho becamo Prosident of the Counecll, boing the only Oppositionist returned of twenty-one ropresentatives ; Macdonsld, of Capo Broton Conuty, aa Indepondont, being the only other.member from thal Provinco not pledged to support Maokonzie, although his ten- doncies aro Liberal. A MANKED FEATURE OF THE CONTEST ia the immenso majoritios obtained. That ob- tainod by Meusrs, Joucs and Powers is already over 2,600, with eight polliug places to hear rom. Ono constituency in Now DBrunswicls yet to be heard from. Of 'the fiftecn members-slect, in ‘twelve are Miuistorial and threo Opposition. Two of these, tho Hou. ‘Peter Mitchell aud Yalmer, woro formor Ropresentatives, Mitchell liaving boon Mindster of Marino aud Fighorios in Sir Joln's Coalition Government, and always claiming to bo a Liberal, Of tho forty-tbree maritime mombors, Sir Jobn, a8 leader of the Opposition, can ouiy depond on three support- ers, Theso results, combined with similar ones in the larger Drovinces, are, in the highest venso, ENCOURAGING AND REASSURING, a8 proof of the moral tone of the ‘paaplo, and o fitting tribute to the sterling qualitics of Mac- kenzie, the now Primo Ministor, who, notwith- stauding froquent offers and_temptatious to enter Sir John A. Macdouald’'s Governmont, }ua gradually and honorably worked his way up rom THE POSITION OF A WORKING STONEMASON to that of First Miniator of the Crown in the Laominion. . Alluding to the rosults of the contest, the Qlobe moys: *‘Tho cousequonces inevitubly witl be the consolidation of = strong na- tiounl party ; infusion of tho truo national sontiment of obliteration of those landmuorke which have divided tho Confederation moro or loss into hostilo camps instead of presonting o compact uvion of the whole of tho people. It 18 for this the Roformers havo protested against those assaults on tho Constitution, which were committed with no othor purpodo than tho strengthoning of tho late Mmistry, atthe ox- penso of the dearest interests of Counda. And now tho echo of their voice comos back from tho farthest limits of tho Dominion, in_the hearty rosponse given by Nova Scotin and New Bruoa- wick at the polla,” IN MANITOBA, A tologram Laa beon received from Fort Garry concorning the nommnations for Manitoba on Saturdsy. That Proviuce js entitled to four membors in the Commons, The Hon. D. A. Smith, former mombor for Solkirl, has a strong opponont in the porson of the Hon. G. A. Ban- nutyne, Dr, Shultzis to be opposed by Huy in Lisgar. Cunningham and Rysu, both Minla- terialists, are m tho fleld for Marquotte, while Ricl, tho murdorar of Scott daring tho robollion, is o candidate for Provencher, Tormerly ropro- sented by the lste Sir Goorge Cartier, but whethor a8 o Ministerinlist or Oppositionist it is not stated. REVENUES. OtrAwa, Feb. 9,—The Dominion revenno for tho month of January was : Customs, 8693,162.~ 06; ‘exciae, 8469,113; Poat-Offico, $77,057.4 Public Works, 980,669.33; Bill Stamps, $11,771. 20; miscollencous, $125,047.10. Total, $1,456,~ 645,60, Expendituros, $8,769,201.36. A RIBLON-FACTORY, tha cnlfono in Csnads, has boen oponed at Chambly Basin. - SUSPENDED FOR MICONDUCT. The City Treasurer of Quebee snd other city officials have been. suspended for miaconduct. THE INDIANS. Sioux on the War-Path=-Scveral Cat= tle Raids Keportods 0O3rama, Neb,, Feb, 9.—Ofcial lotters from the commanding officer of Sidnoy Barracks roports that Pawnee Killor and Two Lances, accom- panicd by ninoty-threo lodges of Whistler's baud of Bioux and twoof the Brule baud, hava left the resorvation, and are moving to tho hunting grounds south ot the Platte, by way of Lowis Conon, They claimed that they had the verbal pormiesion of the Agont to doso. Two Lauces reportad two otber bands near Lewis Canon, ono of twenty-five lodges of Arrapahoos, and another of some fifteon warriors, after the Utes, who had o fow days previous stolon a large number of horses - from thore, Thera isno question but that tho Indians are highly incensed nt tho treat- ment. 1 On the night of the 4th a party of about 200 Cheyennes, under Littla Artow, attempted to bronk into tho houses at Antelope Station, but wore driven off by theomployes ; henco these Indinny avo on tho war-puth againet the Utos. Johu 8, King, s trapper, whilo cooking supper in camp, on Pumpkin Cresk, ou the nigut of the Gth, was attackod by » band of about thirly Bioux, and shot in tho kneeandankle, 1o killed one Iudian, and:oscaped ,with tho loss of horses, ‘wagon, and $800 worth of furs, This was a war party, finely mounted. Klog dragged himself to Atrg}:lth twelve miles from the fight, and is now at Bidnay. On tho 7th a band of Indians rau off soven horses from Reddingion Ranch. Gon, Ord has wont a party in pursuit. Tvidence is dulty accumulating that the In- dlans, being ill-troated on the roservations, con- tampfnta an uprising in the spring, and ure even now swavmung tho prairies prepared for war, —— MILWAUKEE, Porsonal-~Registry of Lalko Shipping. Speciul Dispateh to The Chicaye Tribune. Miuwaukee, Wis,, Fob, 9.—Judgo Mann to- day took his seat as Judge of tho Milwnulee County Court in place of Judge Palmer, 10- signed to take tho Presidency of tho Northwoat- ern Mutunl Lifo-Insurance Company. In my roport of the procoedings of tho Lake Underwriters thoro was su important omission. The Board dotermined to appoint au Inspector to iuspact, classity, and rogister lako shippiug. Thore aro botween 2,600 und 5,000 such vesuols, A rogiuter will bo kept, and muoh the same plan followed ns by Lloyds, of England, and. Voritas, in France, —_— ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Tuomonp, Fob, §,—W. D, Colemnn, Clark of tho Board of Public Works, nttompted suicido this evoning by ocuttiug his thront. 1t uppoars that o heavy defalcotion los been discovered in the oftice of tho Commluaioner of tho Binking Fuud, whicli was traced to Coleman, anda warraut. wag 1ssued for his arrest, Upon tho oflicer go- ing to Coleman's room to exccute tho warrant, ho (Coloman), sttemptod Lis lifo, as above stated, iu the preseuco of the oflicor, Coleman: wag tarmarll editor of the Richmond Enquirer, and was hold o high eatimation, His lite is not eousidazed in danger, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1874, e —— et e AP e P e et e e e e e ey SPRINGFIELD. What the Illinois Legislature Accomplished Yes- terday. Passage of an Important Bill Con- cerning Railroad Suits, U Extraordinary * Traveling Expenses” of the Penitentiary Commis~ sioners. The Affairs of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Homo to Be Investigated. Valn Struggle of the Mouse with the Usury Question, Proposed Regulation of Commercial Agencies. K TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS. Spacial Dispateh to The Chicago Triduna. RAILROAD SUITS, BrriNaEiELD, Iil, Fob, 9.—The Houso passed thio “Sofii{o bill smonding tho lnw rogulating practico in courts ‘of rocord so that suits may bo brought in any county through which a railrond runs. Herotoforoe suit had' to be brought in the county where the principal office of tha road was located. QUINKN AB A nEGULATOR." Having spont the Sabbath in prayorful consid- oration of the subject, Mr. Quinn enterad the Houso this morning determinod to pormit no moro ralirond smashups. - Ho thorofore pro- sented o rosolution that a bill, bo proparod pro- viding for- a State Bonrd to examine gentlomen ambitious to navigate locomotives. Quinn, who is not without sonso occagionally, should havo thought twice bofore prosont- ir;fi Lis ~ rosolution, but' thon ho s afllicted by the regulutiug fover. . Railronds aro nat likely - to place their property in charge of mon who will ditch thoir trains, smush their cars, and kill their passougors. "Accidents avo exgenslvo. but will occur on the hest, rosulated ratlroads, .. No Board can provent rais from bronking or boilers from burating. Tho Houso declined to suspond .tho rules. It 18 not true that Mr, Quinn is engaged proparing a_bill for thie oxamination of cooks and housemaida, CANAL WANTED. ¢ Wicker's memorial, asking Congress to dig o canal from Rock lslaud to Heonepin so as to conneet the Mlssiaulnm with the Illinois River, way laid hold of by Cassedy, and sont to Agri- culture, because ‘that Committeo knows mosk about dlgging the canal and river inprovements. The Senato adopted tho memorial. b i & MATTERS FOR INVESTIGATION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago T'ribune, TRINTING AND DINDERY PRAUDS. Benrinar1ELp, Il., Feb, 9.—The Priating Com~ mittee is meoting avery evening, trying to got st the bottom of the printwg and binding irregu- laritics, It sooms that tho publio printors took overy advantage of tho law and of tho ignorance of the Printing Commissoners. T'ho differenco in their favor {s probablyin the vicinity of $20,000, and tho binder hns boen chargiug out- rageous prices for work done outside his eon- tract. When the Commissioners went into the fancy binding business they transgroased the law ond shiould bave been oxtromoly careful that au illogsl act cout tho Btato s littlo as pousible, It was folly to bind the agricultural reports and tho roport of tho Rovision Comumitieo in cloty, and it was worso to biud the journals of the last gossion ju balf~calf and decornto them with tho names of membors in gilt, THE AUDITOR'S PRINTING BILL. The Scnate Committeo reported tho printing bil} prepared in the Auditor's office with amond- ntents, It was mado the specisl ordor for Thurs- day. It needs watching, PENITENTIARY TRAVELERS, Following is statomont of the travoling ex- pouses of the Penitontinry Comunissionors from May 10 to Dec. 81, 1878 : Junc—Canlsius, 394; Bane, $110,20; Canisius, $09.75. August— Baoo, $63.95. Boptembor—Canisine, $525.95 ; Bane, $120,] Bouthworth, $7.60, Octobar— Bouthworth, 10; Bane, 3156, Novembor— Conisius, $182. ; Southworth, $21. Decem- ber—Southworth, $35.70 ; Bano, §71.50; Cani- siue, 892, It will be noticed that Canisius drow = 8625,35 for Saptembor. Ho must lave travoled night and day, sud Lave bhad Lis family along. It will also bo noticed that all cases Southworth’s ox- enscs are much less than Bane's and Canisius'. Zither he travels to, littlo or thoy travel too much, Itis curious that this statemont has boen in possossion of tho Scuate Penitontinry Committes, but was nover made public. Tho mysterios of the Prison will not bo solved until & more honest and dotermined Legislaturo suc- ceeda this suppor-eating crowd, A PRETTY BILL, Thero is a very protty littlo bill bofore the Senate, with tho following title: *T'o empower tho Auditor to draw his warrant for unexpended ‘money heretofore appropriated to the Institution for tho Iiducation of the Bling," undor which titlo it is called np without objoction and pushed toward its passage. The unoxpended umount.is 5,000, but jn the second scction of the bill £10,000 in addition thereto is npproprinted to tho same institution. Tho bill is open to the conati~ tutional objection that the objeot of tho bill is not fully oxpressed in the titlo, EOLDIENS' OUPHANS' HOME. Benator Reynolds introduced the following : Resoleel, That tharo bo sppolnted by the Prosldont of the Bouate 3 committes of threw to fuvestigate the ailsirs of {he Soldiers’ Orphons’ Howe, and capeclally ‘why some ¥ixty-five ininates are relained in tho Homo whoaro above tho ugo of 14 years, while many chil- dren legally entitlo to bo ndiited are vefused admis siou for want of accommodations; also, to cxaminein- to the finaucial management of tho Home,and capecinlly the smounts paid for fuel, lights, and eafarics, and tho jtems_of miscellancous and_incldental cxpcniscs, and roport to this Gaueral Assembly whether, in thelr opine fon, there should be & chango In the laws relating to the nge when inmutes of the IHomo should bo dis- charged therefrom ; aud, aleo, whether the Ifomois «economically aud Mlh:luut:{ managod or not. The resolution pagsed, slthough Reynolds said he bolicved everything was all right. If go, what does hio waut to investigate ? MIBSING MENBEUS. ‘Williamson, of Cook, lelt Lere ovor go long ago, aud hus net been heard from giuco. Sevions approbiensions are eutortained for Lii snfoty. Lomar, Shorman, Kaun, Hartiog, McLuughli ,and "Booth ure also missing, U] thought they have been murdered. Thoy are mot the only ones misking, twonty-ono Senntors aud fifty Ropresontatives boing absent to-day, ‘Lhoy will druw $4 for which they can give no equivalont. Emergancy bills had to bo postponed for want of an emerpgency mol. k'l‘hlu i8 & 8waeot Gonoral Assembly, and no ake, e COOK. COUNTY AFFAIRS. Special Duspateh to W'he Chicago Tribune, UHANCELLOR BURROUGHS. SrniNarrewp, Ill, Fob, 9.—Tho bill to ennble Dr. Barrongbs to be appeited Chancollor of the Uulversity of Obicsgo waa read a second timoin tho Bouata, ¥ ORIMINAL COURT. The Houeo poesod the Seuste bill, rovising the law regulating the Oriminal Court of Cook County, which makoes no chango worth men- tloning, Btato's-Attornoy Charloy Rood's bill, taking from the County Board the appolntmiont of his nugiatant and tho fixing of bis salary, wus ro- ported favorably to the iIouse, the maximum snlary being cut down from $8,000 to $2,600, and tho oinorgotiay clauno striol:on out, Lo bill i intonded to veat tho appointmont in Itood, ron- dnrlu‘: Lim independent of tho Commissionor, Mr, laed’s nusintant {s reported to be in favor of rolongiug thls session until the litéle bill rais- ug Lig income iu pussod, OEMETERY COMPANIES, ‘Ie following bill hiaw passed both Mouses A BruLforan wet to eusblp comatery companiss to aoll und convey land uot required for burial pur- roued, 0TI 1,—118 4 enacted by the P'zople of the State a7 Tiincte ropresvited i she ‘Gumerat A ssenily, st in ol casos whore cemotery wmt:uku Invorporuted law, have bowut a¥ akall b ue by ang Logiaaturooe Munlcipal ordinsnco feom osapring any Iand purchused for burial purchascs, and. tha Sovaation Timited by auch low or ordinanice, it slinil and may bo lawful for an Rell npd convey. il Tand ontaide Tor other than buris! purponcs, COMMEBEROIAL AGENOIES. Special Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, BeniNarierp, 1L, ob. 9,—Scanlan's bill ¥ for the protection of indlvidusls, morchants, com- panies, or corporations doing business or living in tho State " is intended to rogulate commercinl ngoncies, nnd compel them to, give bonds for $20,000 to tho Stato. Tho mportant section of tha bill roads os follows : % Blould the compauy, corporalion, individual, or umm acting for rald cumpany, corporation, or fudi- jdual whila dolug buninoss in this Siate, mako a fals mallelous, or unwarrantablo report of tho commorcisl slanding of tho valuo of proporty, monoys, or other goods belonglng to any_merchunt, compiny, corpora- tidn, or {ndividual who has boen, or is, doing businees in th Btatu of linols, ho_lnllfiava 'rocoutse tothie courta as i1 tho usual manuor, Butifiin caze the prin- clpal members of tho firns aro livig In atlior than ts Htato of Tiiinols,thon the party or partics sufng ahnll fila tho warrant with thio Becretary of Stato, and serving s copy of the same on tho agent Wwhio roprosonts the sald firm, and whoso namo 18 on filo in tho Bocrotary of Btatd's_ofiice, 1t shall bo legal, and tho Court shall rocognizo tho'satno, Aud should tho sald individual, ‘merchat, compaug, o corporation prova to the Court e said 'report was false, malicious, or unwarrant- able, ond- shall prove that such report has injured wtich individual or individuals in busincss by 10ss of chatactor, commercinl, Atanding, or monoye, then the Gaurt ahall adjudgo stich dniugesjas i may deem Just, —_——— MISOELLANEOUS MATTERS. Special Dispateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, TOWNBIIIP INSURANGE, BrmnarieLy, IH,; Fob, 9,—The Senate order- ed tho Township Insurauco bill toa third read- ing, While defending it, and Crews denouncing 1t a8 a swindle, such companies to of puch boundaries ¥ usuRY, B The House pagsed on the subject of usury by rofusing to pass the Sonato bl fixing the logal rato of intorost at 0 per cent and allowing the intorest on judgment as on the dobt, provided it did not exceod 10 por cent. Holles, Collins, and ‘Wiolcor showod that usury 1aws woro useless bo- causo thoy wore castly ovaded, and that they wora an interforence with private businoss?’ The bill was reconsidered aud will have anothdr trial, In tho aftornoon tho Committos on Bauks and Banking roported & bill rogulating rates of in- toreat, and the Houso wont into Committes of the Wholo, Hart in the Chnir, Thon came a oir- cus porformanco, lasting threo hours, Havin, got nto the Committeo, tho membors did nof know how to got ont, and when thoy did emerge, tho bill had not sdvanced a step, No recom- mondation wag-medo, If Cullomnputs Hart in the Chair again ho will kill him a8 s candidate for Governor. Perhiaps that's bis intontion, COLLECTION OF TAXES, Orondorft got the Houeo to adopt s resolu- tion luutmctmiz the Judiciary Committeo to in- rwire what legislntion was nesossory to mecuro tho collcction of taxes asuessed against tho cap- {tal stock of incorporations, and to dofond by atatuto the * grounds upon which courts may grant injunctions restraining the - collections of taxos, TAX BTATISTICS, The Committos on Civil Scrvice roported nd- voraely to Halolu's bill providing for the col- lection nnd publieation of tax statistics, The author of tho scheme not boing preeent, the Dill,—which should pass,—was consigned to the limbo whence bills soldom roturn. g BILLE PAHSED. Tho Sonate passed tho following billa: Allow- ing tho City of Mncomb to rovise the Inw cone corning costs; allowing two townships in Vor- million County, to amend the law concerning noticos ; concerning the levy and collection of taxes in Quinoy ; to remove the remains of mom- bers of tho Genoral Assembly from Vandalia, * BILLS APPROVED. - ‘The Governor has signed and approved Senate bills of the follm\'imi titlos: An act to amend the act concerning election of officers, approvod April 8, 1872; toroviso the Jaw inrelation to replovin; to rovise the lnw in rclation to partition of roal catnte ; to ropoal & spocinl act for the clection of additional Suporvisors in a cortain couuty ; to fix tho terms of tho Courts of Cook County ; an not to smend Bec. 9 of the act of 1872 concerning tho Administration of estates, To encouragethe planting and growth of lnmber. JURORS’ FEES. Tho Feos and Salary Committeo roported favorably on s House bill giving country jurors’ 82 a doy. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Disagreement of the Jury in One of the Distillory Cases at Springfieldse Auother to Bo Given to the Jury 'Fo= Day--ExeCollcbior flarper’s estis mony in the Latter Case—Who EHas the Minming Bonds ? Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Senariey, 1ll, Fob. 9.—The juryin the cnso of tho United States vs. D. T. 'Thompson wore collod to-night, and discharged by Judgo "Iroat, they having failed tolagreo. It i reported now that they stood soven for the Governmont and five for tho dofondant, and this 1a doubtless true, The other case against Thompnon is now being srgued by the counsel, and will bo given to tho jusy to-morrow. VARPER'S TESIIMONY differs little from that given iu tho other case, oxcept in this: Ho tolls how the bonds were originully stolen. Mo says thatiu tho eurly part of Soptembor, 1871, he wentto bishomoin¥iPaso, and whilo there ho roceived a tetogram from Smith asking him to come down immodiatoly, which ho did.” Bmith told him that during his sbaenco be (Smith) had %ouu to Lincoln, Il., snd while away some one hiad gone through tho office.” Bmith eaid the records and everything were right, excopt it might bo that somo of tho bonds of tho Pokin distillors wero missing, Harper eays ho examined aud found the bonds of Thompson, Melntyre. and others gone. Hoa instituted strict soarch and inquiry, and then called upon Gen. Swoat, tho Supervigor of Intornal Rovenue, who camo Lnre, and o month was spent in tho sonrch which was fruitless. Harper says he then tool tho copies of the bonds whichk Lo had snd de- posited them in asealed euvelope, properly marked, in the vault of the Stato Natioual Bank. On his retarn horo Lo wont to tho bank to get tho copies which ho had loft thore, and ofter tho most caroful soarch be failed to fiud auny of them anvo the onewhich ho gavein hia tostimony in the othor cazo, He saye no ono hud ncceas to theso copies excopt hia chiof clork, Bmith, and another clerl, whoso name is Pardy, both of whom, by tho way, wore on the stand, and ench awore he did uob take them. Tho duplicate copy of the bond in this caso, which was sont to Washington, had beon returned to Wilson, and Harpor tostifled to it a8 being tho ono ho had mede, and that it was a truo cap{ of the bond. In thig cnso, his testimony regarding tho sure- tioa wos procisely the same. Harpor has an opinion o8 to % WIIO GOT TIE COPIES OF TAE TONDS which woro in the Btato Nationzl Bank. Ho anys that Inst August bo was approached and in- formod thut if be would surrender thom he conld got o large mmount of money. Your correspond- ont dosived, naturally, to Luow who made the proposition, and Iarpor, while declining to au- Bwer diroctly, loft the unmistakablo jmpression on my mind that it was Smith, the clork, Of course it is now plain to bo keen thut an issue ag to WO 18 TIE QUILTY PARTY in the whole transaction lus uiison betwoon Harper and Smith. Indoed, Iurpor’s [riends #ny thut Smith took tho original bonds, sud na- sert that there is evidence to provo l‘, aud of courso Bruith denfes it, a8 he sworo to-dny be Qid not take tho copios. If he did not, who did, romains an open question, Col. Wilson, tho District Attorney, is proseouting theso casos, and Liaa displuyed groat ability, His speoch to-duy ‘was pronounced a wastorly offoxt. Libel Suit in Phitadelphiae Pumavzenis, Fob, 9.—Oharlos O, Gray, Domocratic nominee for Rocoiver of Luxes, Lo~ day sued Col, Iinool U, Greene, publisher of the Sunday Lranseript, for libol in having charged hlm with boing a thief sudswindlor, ‘Tho hicar- ing took place beforo Alderman BloColyan. Gray swore thnt the impututions wora falso, aud that Groene had greatly injured his roputation. On cross-oxmivation, ho said bo had lived in Now York and beon in the ico busivess, but did not remombor tho numbor of tho atroot in which ho lived; doclined to sny whathor ha evor kopt & lhouse of bad roputo, and denied that his picturo adorned tho rogue's gallery iu Baltimoro, Col, Groene was finally bound over in 1,000, to avawor at tho prosont term of Cowrt, Iu consoquenco of tho vae ohargos brought aguinst him, Gray with- row from tho Demooratio Reform tlolcot to-duy, and the Domacratie delogatos assembled in con- vontion to-night, and unaninously nominated in Lis stoad Thomas May Plorce, 'rincipu! of tho ‘Union Duslnews College, guit e W OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Layenrooy, Feb, 0,—1The steamships Columbla aud Frisla, from Now York, have arrived out. l Nxw York, Fob, 0,~Arrived—Stoamatip Hole land, froin Livarnool, THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE. Progress of the Great Work in Sonth- ern Ohio. The War Promises to Break| Out in the Larger Cities Remarkable Sucoess Achieved by the Women of Ripley. Stubborn Whisky-Sellers Succumb to the Force of Public Opinion. 01d TopersJThirsty and No Man *‘ Wait- ; ing for Them Outside."” The Campalgn Opencd in Sounthern Indiana. speetal Dupateh to The Chieapo Tribune. OmvoixNaTy, 0., Fob, 9.—The woman's whisky wnr sproads like wildfire. Privato dispatchos roceived to-night stato that it i on tho ove of ‘breaking out in Toledo, Columbus, aud Wheoling. A larga and cnthusisstio tomperanco meoting waa lold ju Toledo to-night. The Hutchinson Family furnished tho musio. At Hormony, Clark County, yesterdsy, o delogation of women visited tho only saloon in the place, kept by B. Gribo, Prayer was offered, and, afier some selections woro sung, the propriotor ngroed to quit solling Mquor, and gave a pledgoe to that effect, Tho oruando hug renchod CAMIRIDOE, IND, The ladies aro thoroughly organized, aro circu~ Jating numerous petitions, and will probsbly apou prayor-meelings at tho saloons aya, n a fow AT LOGAN, Hocking County,Ohio, to-day, thera is notasinglo drop of the boverage to be b Bnloous are closoed, some of the proprictors baving gone to somo city on business. The most remarkablo featuro to be obsorved ls the whisky-imbibers oxprossing themselves as boing in sympathy with tho movement, At Loudon, Madison County, it is said the crusado is LANGUISHING A LITTLE. Tho ladies thore have boon wading through tho snow for two woeks, aud yet nearly all of tho ealoous aro in full blagt. ‘Tho lndies of Hills- Doro liavo not done nuy street work sinco Judgo Safford 1sued his injunction, deoming it wiser 1o rofrain from outdoor work until the injunc- tlon is desided. AT DLANCHESTER, Clinton County, the saloons have all boon prayed out, and o ant glorifleation temporance moet- ing way held, st which all the Protestant seots in. AT POMEROY, since last Wedneaday, the ladies Lave mode thoir daily visits to the saloons, and iucronse in numbers and determination uvmx day. The; have gocured plodgos from all the drugglsts an physicinns in the placo. Thus farthoy heve failo to close upany of the saloons, of whichi there aro about gixty, Alrs, Clouter, tho propriotross of oncof the largest saloons, has mado a prop- osition, which s, that if tho ludics will buy her fixtures sand sccure a Jeoseo for hor business houso, Bho will quit the busincas, Thamattor is at prosent undor advisemont. Two or throo otber snloon- koopers aro under conyiction, and promuige to quit, About eighty ladies woro out to-day. Af Byracuzo tho ‘ludics sro also on tho war- path, DR, DIO LEWIS, invontor of the now system of gymunaties, ed- itor of To-Day, and o popular lecturer on tem- porance sud other topies, roncliod this city ot 6:30 this ovoning, snd s slopping ot the Burnet Houso, Your roporter on tem- perauce called upon tho Doctor lnst “evoning, aud found him busy studying the map of Ohlo, Iaying out s campapn in tho intorests of tem- ranco. Fo was flanked on ono side by the tov, G, B, Beecher, of the First Presbyterian Chureh of th city, and Mr. M. P, Handy, of the Now Yol Tribunc, sand on the other by John Calvin VanDelt, tho celebrated young con- ert £o tho tomporante goupel. ‘Che Doctor is n fino epecimen ot tho natural man, sfx foet high, and broad in proportion, with a mobilo cye, an oxprossive foaturos, 'I'ho Doctor loft Boston Inst Fridsy ovening. Boing dotnined at Cloveland, he delivered o temporauce Jecture thoro on Sunday - ovening. Hohad s few engagomonts in Ohio for lecturvs on othor subjects, but this woman’s war on temperance having shoved asido oll other in- torests, he now. proposes to devoto over two monthe exolugivoly to the work. Business boing complotod at lagt, and the Doctor's route Jaia out with tolerable procision, the reposter again oasayed to APPLY THE OLMLET, Toporter—What do you think of tho legal coged raiwod ? Dr, Lowis—There never was a day sinco this movomont was inaugurated that presented such » golden opportunity as that now offercd the In- dios of Washington and Hillsboro. - For yoears, theso saloon-men have been violating every Juw of God and msan, and tbo mon have tronted it lightly, The ladies, in this holiest of cnusos of mere human interest, have violated some technieslity of thelaw. Themighty law is appoaled to at onco, Now lot tho ludies prove oqual to tho occasion,—go, 200 strong, and kucol snd pray before Dr. Dunn’s store, and then sub- mit tothe law. ‘Ile blood of tho martyr is TIE SEED OF THE CUULCH, s thore a Judgo in Ohio that would consign thow to prison,’or a Constable that would vxeoute such & decroo? yPhon_ should tho Iadies submit to take hmprisonment, for rost assured it will not belong. Every manin Ohio who has a spark of monliness in him would bumn with shame, and the freomen in this State would riso in their might and oy 4 This trafiio in donth ; it shall bo crushed out.” Roportor—I understand you to mean that | thero is s ptrong temperance sentimont in the Btato if called out. A Lowig—0verwhelming, sir, overwhelming, It is safe to any that threo-fourths of tho mou and ninetoon-twontieths of tho ladios aro m fuvor of strong temporance measures, if they could be got at without v INTANALING BIDE 183ULS, But why {8 not this sentiment pul into netion ? A hos & business; s oyo is ou that, Lo o shop; his eyo is thera. O and D have farms aud morchandise, and thoy go their way pity, @ unyln(‘;! its o great pity, that mon will debaso thomselves, but 1t always hos beon so and alwaye will bo, Dut let thom sco a band of women 1pmyhxg. sluging, and plonding with tho rum-soliors, and ull at ance thia latont sentiment springs up into life, the man snd cltizon s shamed, snd the Christian ana patriot alarmed for their country, ry ono s impelled'to do his bost,—-nn that it why I justidy this modo of fightl temporance, 1 know nico. would bo much plonsnuter for those Indics tostay at home aud talk ubout the evils of in- tewporauce, But whall they sit ot homo while brothers perish ? No, thoy must come end awak- on tho mursl sense of the community. Why, WE ARE NOT TALKING TO CONVINGE PEOFLE of the evils of intemperauce. That would be & pure wasto of time. Wo want them to acton what they already know. Now, lat tho lndics of Hillsborough maot the issue, It is tho crisis of tho cause. T'wo bundred womon in jail for the csuse of tempersnce —snd it would Do but for a short time—would ralso & moral rovolution, such us this nntion has nevor seon. 1do hosu thoy will Hive up to the oceasion, 'wo bundred wowon in Hitlsboro have it in their power to crush the rum-trufllc in Obio. TRoporter—Whero do you go next ? Dr, Lewis—Lo Xonii to-morrow, Tuesdny night to H{muxflold, the noxt to Lobauon, noxt to Maysvillo, and then probably to Mount Vor- non, Delaware, Washington, Wilmingtou, and other places us the good of tho cause may dictate. I wng urfisd by a Inrgo mentivg iu Boa- ton to romain to lead “fu the worls, but I fold thom thut (ho o DRAM-SHOPS OFf ABSACHURETTH can be closed bottor {u Ohio thun at lome, The battle hns begun liero, and wo must follow the lending of Providonce, At this juncture MR. VAN TELT dopartod, and the Doctor Informed mo that tho young convert intended to truvel with him for & Tow dayu in thoe intorest of tomporauce, Turthor conversatlon showod that the Doc- tor's campaign in Ohio I8 anything but a good fluuncial movoment. Hin terny for lectures on othor subjects uro $100 & night ; ou Temper- aues, where ko churgey at all, $60 or $26. AT RIPLEY, Spectul Dispateh to L' Chicago Tvibune, TieLey, Q. Dob, 0,.—For four days tha war on Intoxisating Uquare has waged Leze with astonnding snccess. When proporod, over a weolt sinco, thoro wero very fow to bo found who had the lenst faith in tho enter- prise, and nono who anticipated wuch wondorful *succoss 3 has attended tho offort, howover, & fow womon, with two or throo pronchors, bogan to got the peoplo in a spirit for the work, by prayors and ]lronohlng, showing only a epirlt of Chrlatinn ove for tho wsloon-koopers, aud anxioty for tholr good. Thoy ~ have and baforo A misslonary band was formed, bad four working days, thelr powerful — prayors, swoot songs, sand {ears, the hardos hearts Linvo boon molted, Our saloon-keopers aro all Germans, and wo have expeoted s atub- Lorn rosistance, but tholr arguments havo failed thom: and their stolidnesa given way in the tear- ful Frnnnnco of fujured Innocence, - Conscionco- smitton, ono by one they have viclded, until only & fow remnin, and all are practleally inaotive, At firat it was tho prearranged plan that sl saloona phould SHUT TIHE LADIES OUT. Tho weathor wis alorm{ and cold, and, asthe ladies sung and prayed In tho cold, publlo gontl- miont overwhelmingly votoed tho cowardly course of tho saloon-keepers, and thoy wors glad to APOLOGISE AND OPEN THEIR DOORS. Honvy mass mootings are held every night, and during the dny the mon keop up a continue and fervent praylug-meoting for tho ladios® suc- coss, Whilo thoy are ON TIEIR MISSIONARY ROUNDS. Two wooks since public sontimont hero would not uphold tomperance, Now the esrnostuosa of injured and helploss women for roform has wrought such a change that nine-tenths of our votars would uphold tho most rigid ensctmonts ou this subjeot. An immonse masi-mooting I8 bolng held to-night, Groat succossos to-dmy, {To the Associated Press.) - Turrrey, 0., Feb. 0.—Thoe tomperanco work is still progrossing with marvolous success, Bove eral snloons surrondored to-day in town and suburbs. Domondin, TIE WICKEDEST PREACHER IN OHIO, has roappeared, trying, in a frantic, nnderhanded way, to_frustrate the movement. Ifo is a peou~ liar burlesquo, awenrlng vehemontly, aud drink- ing hard. The ladies aro praying bard for him. A tremendous mass mooting was held last might and .avother to-night. Tho ladics who visit tho bLoat-bars are well received, and ns- sured that no liquora shall bo dispousod at (s landing. Without exaggeration, it 15 NEXT TO TMPOSBIILE TO GET A GLASS OF LIQUOR in tho placo, Swloon-keopors swoar thoy wou't soll it, and dry topera prove their word by tho saduess of their faces. OiNoINNATI, Yeb., 9.—The Gazelle's spocial from Riploy aays the women's temporance move- ment {8 at foyor-hoat in that town, and that six- toen out of twenty-throo snloon-keopers havo ;ltgned tho pledge and abandoned the businoss. i8 . TAKING A PRONOUND RELIGIOUS TURN, Mon hold daily prayer-meotings nino hours, while tho women visit tho saloons, Thomootings aro crowded, and a deep roligious intorest is manifested, Tho Iadies visit tho steamboats at tho landing and calt on the barkeopers not to sell to citizens. Thoy havo been mot kindly by the Captains of tho boats and tho bar-lkeopors, Riplav is one of the largest towna in which the work hins gone on. Preparations are beginnin in Dayton, nnd DioLewis s liore now, and%s expected to mako nn effort to start tho move- mont here. In all tho southorn balf of the State tho oxcitoment on the subject is groat, aud is spreadivg, BOUTHWESTERN INDIANA in affected considorably by 1t. Jobn O. Van Tolt, o convarted saloon-keopor, of Now Vionnu is traveling and lecturing. Washington an Hillsboro are tho only instances in which tho vendors hnve enjoived the womon through the courts from visiting them. "IN SOUTHIERN INDIANA. BvansviLig, Ind,, Feb. 0.—A special to the Journal from Hazloton, Gibson County, Ind., says Inst Saturdny, tho lndies of that placo organized for a movemont on the liquor- denlors. To-day thoy visited the saloon-koepers oud drug-stores in a body, hold services, and bosought tho liquor-dealers to give up their traf- fle. Ono of tho saloon-kespers acknowledged his businesa was not as holy ns it. might be, but has thus for rosisted nll entroatics. The work will Do continned to-morroy, the ladios being dotor- mined to carry their point, Xhe Temperance Movement in Wiss consin, Spectal Dispateh to U'he Chicago Tribune, Fonp pu Lao, Wis., Feb, 9.—There is a gen- oral religious awakening in all the Protestant ohurchos of _tho city, and many convorsions are reported. There is also much interest in bobalf of the temporance cause, 'Tho Hon, Jamas Ross, of Madison, and Gen, John A, Kellogg, of La- Crosge, both cloquont ndvocates of the causo, who bave Lad much experionco on the opposita side of the quostion, will lecture here this week. PSS S ey EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE. Strike of the Printery of the Loulsville Courier«Journal Office, LoussvirtLe, Ky, Fob. 9,—The printers in the Courier-Journal oftico aro on s striko because of a refusni of the propriotors to discharge Johin Benuett, foroman, on their domand, Tho pro- priotors aro entiroly satinficd with their foroman, and the first intintation they had of objections to him :f the printers was thoir demand for bis dismissal, and refugal to go to work othorwise. Only nix mon ont of about fifty printors romain, but enough have beon secured to get out & haif- sheet to-morrow morning. There was 1o com- plaint sbout wages, the propriotors payiug 50 cents, Only thoroughly competont printers need apply for placos, which will, in all proba- bility, bo filled in fow days. Philndelphin Shawl-Weavers, special Dipateh to The Chicago Tribune, PrILADELPUITA, Pa., Fob, mags-meoting of hand-loom ghawl-weavers was hold this even- ing at Germanin Hall, Androw Black presiding, Theo following eard was presented to the manu- facturers somo time ago: Tho following schiedulo of wagoes for weaving rep shawle, cithor cotton or worsted, has been agrood to y_the showl manufacturers and the Abawl-weavors of Philadelphia : For3,000 threads of warp ond sixteen picks of illing per incli, 10 conta per shaw! ; for each plok abovo uixteon 'per inch, to risa’ 1 ceut for ench pick; below sixteen per juch, to fall 1 cont; above 5,000 fhirends of warp, snd up to 4,000, t0 riao 3¢ of % cent por shawl for each 50 threads; aboye 4,000 fhroads, and up to 6,000, to yise 35 of n cont por shuwl for esch G0 {hreads; abové 5,000 thireadls, to risa 3 cont per shawl for each 50 threcds 3 for each additiohal shatt for Dolly Vardon or figuring, 1 cent extra per shawl, At prescnt there are no two shops in_the city paying ono prica for similar goods, We horeby prosient tlis stutemont for your adoption, Everyshop in Phila- delphiu and Camglon hus roceived, or will raceive, o copy this day. Your weavers will walt upon_ you on Moiday moriing noxt, tho 9th inat., at 9 o'clock, for your deelsion, Reports wore made that all the mannfacturera rofuso to pay tho above prices. Tho mooting de- tormined that o goneral strike Lo inaugurated, and n rosolution was unanimously passod to tho offoct that all weavers who do not cowe out by 18-o'clock to-morrow shall hava their names placarded on the gatos and walls 62 the various wills in the districts. The Now Vork Cap-Malors? Strike. Nw Yonr,, Ieb, 9,—To-night tha cap manu- facturers mado a proposition to tuke the worl mon baclk at reduced wages, Thoy esy they will nover resume work on such o basis, i FIRES. At Now Yorlt. New Yong, Fob. 9,—A fire early this morning at No. 871 Drondway, occupied by O, D. Ross, dry-goods nuctioneer, and A. Friedman & Co., importers of lnce and flue white-goods, caused o loas ostimunted at 100,000, At Swanton, Ve 8r, ALnaxs, Vi, Fob, 8.—Martin & Moore's tanuory, at Swanton, Vt., was burned yoaterday, e lobs I $26,000 5 the lnsurance 98,000, Burning of a SnweMill, Correspondence of The agro Tribune. MeGuEaox, Ia., Fob, 8.—The saw-mill of G. H. & J. Woolf, of Eldorado, Iayette Couuty, In., on Friday last woe consumed by flre, to- sotlior with sl tho books aud accouuts of tho rm, No_insursuce. Loss estimated ab from $2,000 to €8,000, Incondinrism, Correspondence of The L'ngz Tribune, Kawnxanes, I, Yob. 9.—Tho remdeucs of Ohristopher Strevalo, betweeu Xaukakeo and Ohebruse, was burned last ovening about & o'olaok. . Strovalo wau absont from home, and his wifo and childron baroly escaped with thoir lives, At tho sumo timo, two otbar dwell- ings, on_the opposite side of the track of tho Tiinols Contral Railvoad, 2 miloy distant from Strovalo's, and 57 of 'a milo apart, were alsa in flamos, Of course, more accidont could not have caused this stravga colucidonce, . —A ynuug]wnmlm, 16 years of ngo, has Leen viotimlzing tnany merotunts in Dubuque, Ia., b(ylnprcflantm(.: loruolf aa o daughtor of Jumos Kolly, & promiuent booksoller, Dry-goods and confeotioners woro the ones takea In. Tho yoaug lady hiss left town, CRIME. The Sccrot of tho Bank Robhery at Conncautsville, Pa. The Cashier Arrested on o Oharge of Defaloation, Tammany Ring Fugitives Anxious to Peach on Their Confederates. The Bank=obbery at Conncnutville, P, . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, * Wasusarox, D. 0, Feb, 0.—A fow days ago, tho announcoment was mado sn tho rogular pross tolograms that Mr. Williams, Cashior of tho First National Bank of Conneautvillo, P'a., whilo sitting in the bank writing, beard o knoclc at tho door, and, upon oponing it, was thrown down, gagged, and loft in an ineonsible condi- ton by somo men unknown to him; that tho robbers had escaped, and Williams, who was pleked up snd cared for, wasin fair way to recoverj but the thioves had carried away o large sum of monoy, which they got out ‘ovflllm bank gafo with tho koy that thoy got from lliamys, A Bank Examiuor was immodiatoly sont by tho Comptroller of the Ourrency to Conneautvillo to examine into tho affalrs of tho Dbank, awd to-dny o tologram wns recolved stating that Williams had boon arrested snd placed in joil. It seems tho afllairs of the bank havo not been in good order Iately, although formerly its reports indicatod gnod_nnfl correst management, ‘The concern ad to be urgod to forward reports of 1ts con- diction on the -20th of Decomber, Tho fitst roquosts wero ignored, and a poremptory order was sont by telograph. The roport cumeia fow days ago'’ signed by tho Iresi- dont of the bank, Itindicated overdrafts to tho oxtent of about £30,000, Asido from this,the ro- port is unid to bove boen regular. When tho whole truth bocomos lnown it is probable that o defaleation amounting to many thousand dollars will appear. A Holder of Forged IZonds Fails in _ -Alis Calculations. OrNe1nNaTi, O., Fob, 9.—About the middle of 1nst Soptombor 0. K, Gilbert camo here and do- posited & Jargo amount of cash in tho banls,— 265,000 o rogistered United States bonds, and 838,000 in Union Pacillc bonds. o took rooms 1 the College buildings, hired s manager and bookkeepor, and gave out that bo was going to buy boxod meats for Europesn martkoets, Ha lived high, paid his _rent and clerks, but bought no meats, He eaid his wifo wns a niece of Vandorbilt, Ho told his clerks Vander- Dilt hud notified him that o crisis was coming. He professed to got & telegram last Fridny that o crisiy would b bero in four days, Ho sont his clorks out to try to negotinto his bonds, but they suspected him to bo swindlor, aud did nothing. He himsolf triod to nogotiato, at tho Third Na- tional Bank, a check on tho Buichers' National Bank, n Now York, for §9,600. Tho bank ogreed to collect andforwarded by mail, On Bat- urday Gilbert loft, taking all bis bonds, and Monday, having paid all bis debts hero, has not been acen einco. To-dny tho Butchers’ National Bank tolcgmglmd that tho cliock was raised from £100 to $Y,600, and it is supposed that ho waa trying to establish confldonco horo to sell larga. amounts of stolen bonds, Iis porsonal ex. ponees hero were ovor 10,000, and wero all paid, Tammany Ring 'Thicves Anxious tg Poach on Their Pals. ‘New Yorg, Feb, 8.—An effort ia said to be making to induco the authoritics to ainudon th rosecation of Michacl Norton, tho fugitive ox. ‘ourt-House Commiesioner, on condition thal he wiil moke aflidayits that may sorvo n pend. ing aud prospectivo suits. Norton fled to Cana. da on the conviction of Genet, and is reprosont~ od to bo- only ono of & numbor of the former Ring-workors who are in s hurry to turn ine fnfm'er should the net bo advantageous to them. selves. NEw Yorg, Fob, 0.—Presidont Palmer, of the Tonth National Bank, ssys that he is propared to denythe attempt mido threugh ox-Oourt Houso Commissionor Norton by menna of hig afidavit, to show a collusion on thudpart of the bank with the Iate' ring. Palmer satd that ho had no porsonal transactions with Norton, nothwith- standing tho etatoments of tho latter, who, Palmer snys, has not only a confused remem- brance of dates, but s disregard for the facts, The whereabouts of Norton aro not mnde known, but.the belief is that the Comptrollor can pro- duce hiim when necessary, and now holds him in xcubcfivu until the answer to his afliduvit is made publie, Convicted of Murder in the Second De« grec, Correspondence af The Chicago Tribune, McGreaoR, In., Fob. 7.—On Thuraday of Inst wock, at Waverly, In,, Ursula Spanglor was con- vioted of murder in tho wccond dogree. Tha sontenco probably will bo for ton years, Whercabouts of & Defaunlter, New Yonx, Feb. 9.—Hamilton, defaultin fruuuumr of joreoy City, is at Corpus Christ, Toxag. POLITICAL. Pittsburgh City Polities. Prrrspynay, Pa., Fob. 9.—Ex-MnEm' W. O MecCarthy received the nomination, by the Ro publican’ Convontion, this morning, for Mayor of Pittsburgh, The dolegatos for Gross end Kirk bolted, and Lave called a convontion, to bi held at'4 o'clock this afternoon. - Pirrspunoy, Pa,, Fob, 9.—Tho delogates whe withdrow from the Ropublican Conventiou thit morning met at the Contral Hotoel this evenin, and nominated David Kirk Indepondent candi dato for Mayor. Considorable excitoment pre- vails over tho spirit in the party, and an oxciticg canvass is oxpocted. 4 Republican Nomiuntions for the Ohie Connatitutionul Conventiol Tovrkpo, 0., Feh, 9.—The Republican Conven. tion to-day nominated Wm.. Baker, & prowinen! Inwyer of this city, to fill tho vacancy in the State Constitutionn! Convention occasioned by tho resignation of Chiof-Justice Waite. ROBINSON, CHASE &00. BANKIERS, No. 18 Broad-st., N. Y., ‘Transact ;scnml banking business in nil its dotails, allowing intereat upon doposits to BANKS, SAVINGS INSTITOTIONS, PRIVATE BANKERS, ARD INDIVIDUALS. Partionlsr attoution pafd to tho fuvcstment of ESTATE AND TRUST FUNDS, And information regarding tho samo furnished upon A application, . Buy and soll upor, conimission Gald, Unlted, Statos §lacks, ud all soouritias doslt tn at tho Now York Siock Lxohnhy Muntolpal and Rallroad Bonda nogotiatad, TnoMas B.ATKL Geonge 1. Qi FOR SALE, WAGIC TNRSTAND! For sala by J. M, W, JONES, 104 Madison- onts wantad a3, A DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. ‘The coparinership horetolc e the un- ool TSR Horetalaro iz n borroch W9 e day dissolvod by mutual consont. — Ivaag M. Frank alona ix authorized to colicct all autstanding duo to, and will rottla all liabilitlos owing by tho Iato firm, 8d, JACOB 1L, FRANK, g Uhlcago, 1ob.'9, 1674, SAAO_M: FILANK, STOOKHOLDERS' MEETING, TN O CEEL Offioo af tha ultimore, Pittaburgh & Chilcago Rallway Co. (Titiols Divisiony, Ohloago, Fels. 10, 1814, 0 Stockholdors of tho Baltimoro, Pittsburgh & Ohl- oagy Ruilway Uowpany aro berohy totilicd that tho un. sl susotime for tho olection of Diruotos, will bo hold at tho altiow uf tho Duxnnnuy‘ A B ‘Morchauta b il i1 3 27th d ¢, iniaty, 6t Julldiug, Ubluayo, on the STtk day of 13 daates | ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY 3450, 000 drawa gvory 17 d Olroulars t“ full In. fimenars, oty LA oS0 Rt Thoardow Narks B, O Box st "