Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1874, Page 3

l THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TITURSDAY, BRUARY 19, 187 LAGER BEER. The Wail of the Saloon-Keep- ers, 'i‘urner Hall Rosounds with Their Lamentations. They BSign tho Solemn Pledge and Covenant, They Will Not Pny'$12 a Barrel. And They Insist on the Lawful Number of Gallons, oL If the Drowers Hold Out They Will I« port Their Beer. Trom 400 to 500 saloon-keopers aasomblod ab the North 8ide Tuvner liall yesterduy afiernoon for tho purposo of exprossing thoir indignation 2 tho aclion of the browers in ralsing the prico of lngor boer from 210 to 13 o bnrrel nud to provide moaaures to puccosfully opposo etoh an increuse. RETROSTECTIVE ORGANIZATION, Tho meoting was called to order by Mr. G A. Koou tho P'rosident of the Boclety of Liberal- Minded Citizons, who said that this was tho second timo o mass-meoting had” beon called by tho xbontive Commitico of the Liboral- Mindod Citizons. ‘'Tho first mass-meeting was hLeld at the samo pluce laat’ summer Whon their libertics “wero at stake; Lut, although that mecting wos just ag lnrgoly attondod s this oue, thore wore but fow thut stood by thom to eco tho eond, and, although many bittor words of reproach lnd beon cust against the organization, it still surviyed, aud was now, a8 then, battlng for the rights of snloon-keepors, 'That their Bocloty was a neces- * ity for thoe snloon-keopors in this city was bost Bliown by the fact thal, although they Lnd won un_immenso victory at tho poily, tho Sunday ordinauco was still on the statute book, and had not yot beon ropealed. . TUE PRESEST. And now o now quostion bad arnsen far moro important than the oue they battled against laat smmor and fall; for, while bt quostion was only onoof time, this was ono which throntoned to destroy their existenco aud thoir livelihood, for if tho price of lager wna raised to $12 a barrol thoy would bo unablo to make oxponsos at a time like this, To provent such a calamity thoy would have to stand by ono suother and unnmfly work against a common cnemy. Unity alono could eave them from ruin, andit was theroforo tho duty of every snloon-keoper 1n tho city to join tho ‘Bocloty of Liberal-Minded Citizens. They had met for the purposo of prosonting a unitod front against tho encronchiments of tho brewers who had docided to raiso the prico of Inger beor at this timo. ACTION OF THUE LUIERAL-MINDED, Ar. IT, Motz thon road the following minutes of the last maoting of tho Bxocutive Conmmittes of tho Liboral-Minded Citizons : ‘Tho Executivo Committecof the Bocioty of Liboral~ Minded Citizens resolved at its lnst meeting to tako into constderation tho fact that {ho Lrowers had ro- solved to raisu the prico of beer, eud 88 in their opiue {on such action was unwarrax ted and, unjust, they ro- golved ta call » muss-meoting of atl thio saloow-keapers in (ho city for tho purposs of agitating agaiust this mensure, In thoir opinion such ncoting waa a neces- sity, a8 tho brawers, ut o moeting bold by thomselves, decided to raiso the prico of beer, Yhore wis o cauge for puch nction, for although Larley, was somewhat higler than 4t hnd Leen, atils thay (tuo browers) mado maro proft thon was made in anywthor brahch of businous, and by cuntinuing to sell beér ut $10 o barrel their profits would atill continue to bavery large, The brewers should have taken futo consideration what immonso sacrificgs they (tho saloou-keepers) had to make during tho summer and fall, aud that thoy (the Lrowers) suffered but very little from tho difiicultics st that (fme, nud suffored no loes, "To prevout au {ucroaso in the price of bear the Com- mitteo reconnnend the followlng measures: DEOLARATION OF PRINCIFLES, First—Support of such brewara only 58 do not join il; lbl:‘n action of tho other brewers in raising the price of buon, ‘Second—Tlint good beer bo procured from other cities, and tuat for this purpose a largo ico-lionse bo ercetod {u which large quantities of beer could bekept. By such procedurw it was probablo that beer could bo pEacured at & loss price than $10, “L'lils measuro would undoubtediy be a great benefit in m(u‘rn times, and provent such occurrences s the present, ! Z'hird—Bonds should bo {ssucd nt $20 each, and each raloou-keeper should take somo 8f them, each siguer to yay immadiately on such bouds thy wum of $5 or $10 for oach share, os noon us tho necessary committeos wero appointed. The balaues could b pald when needed, Measures should also o taken to compel the brewera to mark on each barrel Low mauy gallona it contaius, 58 most of tho burrels contain from threo to llons less than the lawful sure, "Ly uleo recommiend that the Execut{ve Commitico of th Socioty bo increaeed from ten membars o fif- teen, and that they should be authorized to preparo a plun of netion, and presont tho same to a muss-meot~ iug to be Lield Wednesday afternoon, DOWN WITH THE MUCKERS, 5 Mr. 0. Mathieu, tho first speakor, said that on this dny thoy would lay tho coryor-stone of thio structura 1o which to colebrato the downfall of tho ‘* mucltors,” and thoo who wera generally opposed to the rights of saloon-keopers. ‘Uho; would show tho world that they could stand an act togother, and that thoy were gontloman, and not bootblacks, ‘They wero shamefully. troated und abused last fall when tho *muckers” and fanatics trented thom liko outeasts, To show the world tLiat thoy hod been wronged, eovery snloon-keeper in “tho city should ~join the Socioty of Liboral-Minded Citizons who bad done suech moble work last son- son, and had, In o grent mensuro, o thoe glorious victory of last fall. A saloon- kecper wag just as respectable as any othor mer- chant, aud most of thom were men of education and refluoment. They were not orators, but, nov- certholoss thoy could express their opinions, AMr. Lmil Dietzach wanted to know what this had to do with the quostion before thom, ‘fho Chairmon told the speaker to koop to tho question. 1118 INVESTIGATIONS. Mr. Mathion thon continued by esying that he tod mado inquirios at the Board of Trade sud other ];lncm!, and hnd found thyt burley was not much bigher than it had beon, and that brewers could etill make a largo profit by selling beor at §10 a barrol, as would bo scon by tho following figuros: Thoro was required to male a barrol of Leer 134 bushels of barloy at $1,80, 1 bushcl o Liopa ut $1.20, nx, 1t would bo scen from this that browers could sell their boor at £8, and make u good protit, TDUBINESS, r, Behwuohow snid he did not come to honr what it cost browors to manufacture the boor. Thoy all Lnow that, They bad come for the [)urposn of finding out Low beor could ba ob- nincd at $10 a bavrol, ‘tho Chanirman cautioned the speker to kosp closor to the question, but Mr. Mathion thought Lie was 08 close to itas ho could possibly got, sud bo had, therofore, nothing more to HRY, __NO JUBINFICATION FOR IT. Mr. Emil Diotzsch, tho next spoaker, enid he bad como to tho mooting o8 o business man, for tha purposo of inquiring whother o rise in the price of lagor-boor nt tho prosont timo was jus- tifled or uot, and, if not, whothor mensures should bo takon to get boor at the former price, 1o fonnd that the incronse iy the prico of Leor was unjustitlable and wrong. The browers had no cause whatevor to tront them in such a man- uor, especiully n8_thoy (the #aloon-keopors) had made them wealthymen, At the utmost it could cost a brower only $8.26 to manufacture and deliver o barrel of "baer, whioh would still leave a profit to mostof the brewers of about £1,800 & month, which would seom to an unbins. ¢d mind quito a reasonablo profit for any estab- lislmont co mako, GIVE US LAWFUL MEASURE. Tt thoy submittod to tho damands of the brew- ra they would ba ruinod, sud they might just 18 woll shut up slm[: at ouce. Tley should also weist on it that ouch barrel contained thirty-ouo gollony, a8 required by law, DBut fow barrels aow contained that amount, and it way, thoro- fore, no wonder that the browors woro all gote ing 8o immengoly rich, nithough most of thom bad bogun with os littlo as any of the saloon keepors prosont. Tho boer should bo sold o thein by tho gallon, instead of by the barrel, Euch kog shonld bo marked with tho amount of boor It contalned, and they should pay for no woro than thoy roceivod. A committse should bo appoiuted to maot tho brewars, to toll thom that thoy wera not willing to puy the incroaso, and that hereaftor beor wonld bopald for by the gallon, = ONTTY, * Mr. Jogoph Zenleachook advocated the adope tion of tho roport of the Excoutive Committao, Mo could soo uothing objeotivnable in {t, 1If the - browora thought the saloon-keopors woro do- pondont upon them thoy, woro sadly mistakon, for the browora wero dependont tpon the snloon= koopors, Lvery snloon-keopor in Lha city should Join the Associntion, bocnuko it hind provon that ho best Intorests of tho saloon-keopors was its main objoct, A fow mon alone gould accom- plish nothing, Unily alono could srye thomn rom utter ruin, for nono of thom could make n living at the incronsed prico, 1o finnlly moved the mlul)uou of tho roport of tho Exccutive Committeo, 3. A, v«agol also mado n Apeoch, donouneing tho nction of the hrowers aa unjust and unwar- rantnblo, a8 good beer could Lo manufactured for loss than 88, . TEORUITING! On motlon, nrocess of ten minutes was taken to givo unloon-keopora n chanca to sign thoir namnos ou tho roll of tho Assoclation, During the recoss many of thoso presont availed thein- solves of the opportunity and joined tho Socioly. s THEY WILL NESIBT, Tho Chalrman, on ealling tho moeling to ordor ngain, aald tho first thing in order was the consideration of Mr. Zeniescheck's motion to adope thio roporl of the Excentive Committoo. The provious question belng called for, tho motion was put and unaimously carried, Tho following-named goutlemon wore added to the Exccutive Committeo: Emil Diotzech, Joseph Zoniencheck, August Vogol, Charles Hulke, and Ionry Fassbendor, % THE BOLEMN COVENANT. On motlon of Bmil Dictzach, tho following res- olution was adoptod : WHEREAY, Tho jucreaco in tho prico of Inger-beer fa unwarranied at the prescnt timo § therofore, bo it Jiesalved, That wo, tho, salooni-eopors, pledgo our- wolves {o pay no moro than $10 a barzal, A largo number of those presont thon camo forward and signed tho resolution, I''o moeting thon ndjourned to meot again ‘Woduosday afternoon at tho same placo. LOCAL MISCELLANY. GRAIN-INSPEOTOR HARPER. T'ne TrnuNe contdined yontordny horning o lottor written by E. R. Smith, late Chief-Clerk of Grain-Iuspector Harper, chnarging tho lnttor with haying cortified, oflicinlly, overy month, to tho oxistencoof balaucos in his possession whon ‘the nioney bad been drawn out for the purposo of speculnting in grain, Mr, Smith also charged tlnt tho Inspoctor hnd him make out n now sot of Dbooks, in which the oash balance was re- duced from £28,000 to 86,000, In roply tothose allegations, Mr, Iarpor says that ho wout into oftico enrly in April; that at the_oloso of tho month, when his pay-roll was mado out, Lo found that thoro was not monoy euough on haud to puy tho employes, and that ho, _ thorofore, ndvanced out of his own funds tho sum of §2,153.86, At the close of May, ho advancod for the same purpose, $£05,091.06; at the oloso of June, $4,783.47 ; at tho close of July, 92,460,153 aud Bt tho oloso of August, §1,940,90, By this time, finding that tho schedulo of focs thon in forco could mot, by uny possibility, produco ouough to moet tho oxponaes of tho ofilc, he ro- ported tho fact to the Board of Warchouse Com- 1missioners, and an inoronse waa ordercd, which has resulted in running tho oflico and iu lpaving a slight surpiug, Tho Commissioners commend- ed bim highly for his courso in tho matter, and oxprossad tho opinjon that nothing but an enrnast zeal would bave induced him to so long delay rocommendiug sn incroaso of the fees. Mr, Harper ropeats Lis denial that ho over used tho State funds for privato spoculations, and sayas that, a8 tho abovo oxhibit will show, ho bad no funds bolonging to the State with which to apec- ulate. iy recordy, ho says,"tho old and tho new, aro open at any time for inspooction, Bo far as the charga of making out new books isconcernéd, 1o says Alr. Bmith so blotted the old onos that ha was ashamed of their nppearance, and thevoforo directed tho making of a new sot. * A Springfiold dispateh states that I Purdie hns been confirmed a8 Chiof Clork for W. II. Harpor, Grain_Inspector, by tho action of tho Itnilrond and Warehouso Commissioners. Com- missionera Brown and Bteolo loft Springfleld Inst night for Chicago, to mako an inveatigation into tho acconnts of William IL Harpor. Itis undoratood that Mr. Harpor desires” thom to count tho monoy, aud they now propose to do so. —— A FELLOW-FEELING. Last week a young Gorman girl named Amelia Donnerachlag, baving s trustfnl confidenco in the laws of her country, especially as oxpounded by Banyon, went before that Justico and began o suit for $200 sgainst August Behbrens for broach of promiso. o would have sucd for more, but 8200 is the limit of the jurisdiction of a Justico, and tbnt is ‘tho reason why sho atoppod at that figure, not but what shio ou- toomed her lover to bo worth a much higher sam. A warraut was issued, and the cage camo up yostorday, All the partica wore in attend- anco, . f Tho complainant atated .that sha lad known the dofendnnt in GN‘mllnfl, and had beeomo on- gagod to Lim thore. Mo hind omigrated o this | country in order to carn & lhome, and sho had followed him in tho courso of o year, Soon aftor ber arrival, finding him in good circum- stances, sho prossod him to fulfill his .Promhm, but be refused to do so. Honco tho suit. The Justice asked tho young man if ho had rnyLhing to say in his belulf, and Lo stated he hiad. Mr. Bebrens—As this young lady eays, Your Honor, I was engagod to bor in Germany, where sho was living with ber father, I eymo to Chi- engo and boarded at tho houso of Ler sistor and mother, who wero living on North Division street, aud 1 lived with them for nino monthe, During that nine months I Lad many opportuni- ties to watch thoways of this young lady's mother, aud I was not plonsed with them, at all. At this point tho brow of the Justice unbent. His mauner, which had beon particularly gloamy, Degan to chango, and holooked with something ol%rinmflluuua upon Mr, Bolirons. # Excuso mo," snid the Judge, *I should like tonek you afow quostions: Did this woman say that she intendod to live with you nfter you wore married? Did sho inform you that she was rondy to take all the care of the houschold off yourhands ? Did she ask you to lot her save up yourmonoy? Didshe say thatsha could take caroof it & great deal bettor than you could ?" “Yes," said Mr, Behreus, ‘*Go on,"” said the Judge. Mr, Behirens—When this young lady came over liore from Germany she did"ask me to marry hor, and I wasreadyto, and I told hor I was. Dutshe #nid that her mother must live with us and keop house for us. I told her I hud watched tho woys of her mother, and that I was not ploased with thom that T loved hor vory dooply, and was ready to marry bor, but did not wish to marry hier mother alao, who was a woman of lordly and unpleasant habits, and insisted upon feoding mo too much u‘mu cabbage, & vogetablo I hava always had a disliko for. I am ready, Your Honor, to marry her now, providing that she will leave ber mothey out in the cold ; but I will not marry the old woman, Ihave made up my mind to that, o matter what comes, s The Justice—~Novw, let mo ask you, my young friend, which would you rather do. Pay down $200, or marry the youug lady and have hor mother live with you ? Mr. Bohrens (firmly)—I will pay the 200, ‘Lho Justico—Allow mo to shake hauds with you. Ionvy your firmuess, Thoro wasa poried in the lifo of ihis Court, Mr. Behrens, whon it waa placed in cironmstances somewhat similar to your own, Ifithad had the moral courago which you posscss, it_would have saved sbout |, twonty-fivo yoars of misery and unhappiness, The alternative_was presentod to this Court whether it would marry & young lndy and hor mother, orwhetherit would pay §135 in gold. This Court was poor at that time, It was carning an unentisfactory living at the restaurant business, It yieldod. It took tho {nnng woman and tho mothor-in-law, and kept tho $125. Ior a quard ter of a contury this Court rogrotted ite hasty action, It is glad to moot & man who chorishes Lappinoss more than Lo does monoy. The order of the Court is that tho defendant stand die- charged, and that the complainant, who las beon trying to bring & man iuto slavery to o mothor-w-law, bo fined 810 and costs, —_—— OORRESPONDENCE, RAILTOADS OX PUBLIO BTHEETS, To the Editor of T'he Chicaya T'ribune: 8in; Tho roport made by the minority of the Committeo on Strocts and Alleys to the Common Council 1nst Monday night is certainly a very ro- morkable production, emanating from so pro- found an Alderman as Ald, Stone, fIls objection to compelling the Rallrond Company to use horse-power iy, according to his roport, that tho t track on Houth Clark strost has not killed moro pooplo than othor rands; that if tho roads are compollod to abandon steam it Would enhance tho prico of property, which Lo contonds tho Council has no right to do. I doos not say that it would bo violating the charter, but that #ooms to bo bis meaning, 1o chargos that tho protent ownora of proporty op Clark strgeb bought it low on account of tho great damnge done by the track, but falls to inform the Coux- cil whother origiual ownors woro remuuerated for this damago. DBut why he should bo 8o caro~ ful to guard the intorest of railroad companios V X and noglect that of individuals, he alono por- Lapa will bo ablo to oxplain, What aro tho vested rights of tho Company that hins this track on Olnrk atroot I don't know, and what right the Common Council lina to grant the uno of publlo atraots to both manutacturing com- ponies and rallrond companion for rallroad trnoks, withont componsating ownora of pmy- orty on such atroots, iy nlso gomothing that is not explained by onr roprosontntives in that lonorablo body. ~ Oug prosont Constitution do- clares that private proporty shall not bo takon or dnmaged for publis use without juat componsa- tion, and yot thore aro np{:limuouu Doforo tho Council now by compnnies to got tha priviloge of ocenpying publlo streota|for raflrond trackn, = If tho Council bad tho right to 3rnnt such priviloge, then no man's property would be #nafo ; tho value of his promises * would have to depond on the L\muco and wikdom of the Counctl, and wa should avo uo seourily whatover, JUBTICE. CONREGTION, O1110AGO, Tob, 17, 1674, T the Editor of The Chicago Zribune: Sim: Under an articlo hoaded *Labor—A Roviow of the Situation,” In your issuo of this dnto, wo find tho following item: Trown & Van Aradale Manufuctiring - Gompany wns closed Jan, 125 hins been closod {liree montha s aronow runuing, giving employmont to 100 mo ; working nine hours; nverage wages, $1.75, * Instond of being closod for ‘‘throo months,” wo shut down for threo wocks for such ropaira 848 nre nocessary in o factory liko ours, Wo aro now, aud havo bean, running sinco Jan, 14, giv- ing umplognmnl t0 136 mon, our pay-roll amount- ing to 95,000 por month, Wo nre molting down twonty tons of pig-iron per. day, aud in our spe- cinlty, *thimble-skelns,” nro running up to our full enpacity, By givh\tz thin os much promi- nenco a8 you gavo tho item quoted above, you will much oblige, yours, very truly, Browx & VAN AnguaLz Man's'a Co, 'Turo, F. Broww, Becrolary, A CRY YOR IELIEF, Cmioaao, Feb, 18, 1874, b the Editor of The Chicago L'ribune : Bar ¢ Wo wish thit tho Board of Toalth would romovo allnuisancos such as arelloft by Mr, Potor Downoy, such 8 carcaesos of Liorsaes, and swill, ofo, Wohavoboon twico to bim and havo asked him to romovo the samo, but ho will not do it Ha.damps all his stufl ingido tho west city limits. near our residoncos. YAN PETERSEN, . - OumsriaN MoLLeR, . INFONMATION CALLED FOR, v Do the Editor of I'he Chicago Tribune - Bm:' The ominent banker who honored tho public, in last Monday's Zimes, with his well-ma- tured plan for tho resumption of specio pay- ment would confer n great favor on the tnx-pni'- ing community, and moro enpecinlly on his brother bankors, by publishing also his {dess on “ Municipal Finauces.,” Having paid the cnor- amous sum of 893 for Stato.faud county, and town tnxes of 1873, on his capital nssossod-at 6,000, thereis overy renson to bolleve that ho has mnde tho subject of taxcs & special study, His valu- ablo oxporicnce would bo of great benlit to many poor dupos who have not given this mat- tor tho sama attontlon, and, consoquentiy, here- tofore allowed the Assossorsto impose on them, TAX-PAYER, P e, CRIMINAL. Michacl Laing, who stabbed Thomas Mcllalioh in o saloon at No. 184 North Clark streot, threo months sluco, was, yesterdny nfternoon hold to the Criminal Coirt in bail of $1,000 by Justico Canuon, Crosby, the mnotorious confidenco-man, was yostorday afternoon taken bofore Justice Maore, of tho Criminal Court, and releasod undor bonds, of $1,000, sigued A. 8, Trude, his attornoy. Yesterdoy mornivg William 8, Shaw, of Elgin, sllowed himeolf to bo taken in charge by somo bunko men, and went to their room, on the cor- nor of Adams aud Clark streets. 'They pormit- tod: him to win sonmo monoy, and, when thoy wero gotting ready to win it back, he serencly turned and loft them, informing them ho under- stood their ways, A dispatoh wan recaived by Jailer Folz yester- day aftarndon from J. L. Gill at Waukegau, an- nouncing that ho had obtained o supersedens in tha caso againat Michael Joues, convieted at tho lnst term of the Crimiual Court of larceny from tho Star Union Line, . John Bakor was hold by Justico Boyden yestor- duy, in honds of $700, to appear at the Criminal Court in suswor to a chargo of lareeny proferred against him by his omployer, %. M. Ilall, whoso storo iy at the coruer of Market and Randolph stroots, The boy Thomas Colling, who was arrested some time ngo on o charge of stabbing's com- panion, was yestorday brought befora Justice Scully, who, in the absonce of prosecuting wit- ness, discharged bim, Collin was_ eubsequont- Iy reavrosted on the charge, and taken before Justico Vant Woud, who committed Lim for triat in dofault of £500 bail, . Justice Scully made another onslaught upon the vagrants and ovil-floers yesterday, and suc- cecdod in thinning their ranks to tho oxtent of ten, who will serve out lorms of from twonty- fivd to ninoty days in the Dridewell or Houso of Correction, ~Among those.was the notorious Lizzio Davis, whoso face is as familiar at Polico Court aud Bridewoll as in her pot haunts in tho city. A German by the name of Charles Kloinsmith is wanted by tho police, 1lo has been obtaining goods under false pretenses, and made victims of T, W, Diotasch, W. L. Rogers, and Gromes & Frankel. From ono ho obtained furniture ; from anothor o doed for some land in Michigan, pay- ing theroforo in_worthioss notes; ana from anothor wines and liguors, A warrant has been iseucd for his arrest, but Lio has sdld all tho fur-~ nituro in his house, aud, with 'his wife, loft the city. 1 Louis Robinson amd Albort Fentross, both colored, woro charged betora Justice Boyden, at tho South Sido Polico Court, vosterday morn- ing, with assanlting Thomas Jofforson, & whito man, with intont to do bodily injury. The affair grow out of jealousy of the preferonce which a white girl, named ,Mary McLellnn, showed to Jefforson ovor hor sable admirers. The prison- ors woro hold in $700 Dbail each. Sary Mc- Lallan, who causod the disturbanco, and hor companion, Georginua Thomas, were sont down to tho House of Corraction for niyety days each, Less than o month ago tho church prosided over by Dr. Davls, at tho comor of Forty-flrat stroot end DPrairio avonuo, was entorod b; burglary, and tho library robbed of hooks valuc ot €500, ‘The Vestry have suspected that Frank Rigo lmow something about the matter, and Do- tootive Morgan was ongaged to shadow him. Yesterday morning Morgan saw him acting in & suspicious manner on Stato gtreet, and arrostod him. Tho thief confoesed at onco, and the stolon goods were_recovered at n second-hand I.\l?ok-aturo on Madigon stroot, where he had sold them, Yeatorday morning a man namod William L, Bmith committed suicide in a saloon at No. 21 ‘Wast Randolph street, by severing the jugulur voin with's pon-knifo. o had for a number of yoars bebn afllictod with consumption, which gradually rondered him so wesk as to provont hla working, and thus ho becamo ' o burden on g _acquaiutancos, ItLlnd boen detormined to sond him to the County Poor-Ilouso_ yosterday, wnd, whon lio was informod of tho dacision, ho remarked that ko would dio before submitting to & commitmont to that institution, Little atton- tion was paid to his threaty, but yesterday morn- Ing _ho entored the saloon, and, tho subject of sonding him to the Poor-Houso being revived, ho whipped out s knife, and, Loforo any one conld provent him, had cccomplished tho'decd. De- censed wsd an Englishman, about 05 yoars of age, and by profession a musicinn. His body };ns taken to the Morgue, and the Ooroner noti- od. A lawyor named A. B, English was conduoting & losing eause beforo Justico lln,)'don yestorday aftornoon, when, socing that all was' lost, ho digmnigsed tho suit and rushed over tho passago to Justico DoWolf's to start a now cnso against the samo defoudauts. While ho was gone, one of tho bummers round the court snenked o! with the Inwyor's bat, which was quita a_goo hat for a lawyer, and loft ono of tho shabbiest tilos in tho cityn its stond. ho unfortunato Iawyor, having lost hia cnso and his hat within five minutes of onch other, rushed barohended from tho court and was not soen duriug tho rost of tho day. The entiro dny of the Oriminal Court yostor- dng was oceupied ot the trigl of lsano and Albort Felsonthnl on n chargo of receiving stolon goods, knowing them to bo such, The prison- ora aro junk-doalors, and have beon surpected of Loing & **fonco,” oapocially for the doposit of gooda stolen from’ railrond compauios, Tho rosgcuting party in tho case was the Chicago & fiarlhwastnm Tuilway Company, ‘The avidenco showed that - thero” lLud boon found in tho posyossion of tho prisoners sundry piocos of hardwarp, the proporty of the Unjnpmxfl of theso a specimon was produced in court—what is commonly known as & brags “Journal"—und was identiflod by » rail- road offlolal aa tho property of the Northwost- orn Rond, 'Tlio -dofonso sot forth waw that the gouds had boon purchased by the privonory from partios outside tho vity, who shipped them by the Ohicago, Burliugton & Quinoy Iiailrond, tho prisonors bolng iguorant of their nature until aftor thoy had mrrived, Tho proscoution was conduotad by the Binto's Attornoy, nssiatod by Mr. Btaokpols, tho defonso boing In' tho hands of Menura, Robort Horvoy and Tiawson. Up to n Into hour yostorday ovoning the jury hind not sgrood upon a verdict. THE APECIALISTA, Tho following disposition has been mado of | fAomo of the partles arroated at tho instanco of Mr, Qomstock for tho publioation of obacona litoraturo, thoy having beon informed that, on necount of Mr, Comatock's departuro for Wash- ington to-day, thoy would bo requited to sign_ o vlen of uollo eumuqldom or go to jml to awnit tho notion of the Grand Jury, The only one who took the lattor courso” was Charled Nelson. Johnson 11 Jordan alins J, I, Olark, Oharlos Bigelow, Martin Phillipa alias J, . dnnkbm‘n, Richard L, Monroo, and Charles Hor- ton signed tho plen of mnollo contondero, by which, virtually, thoy agree to nnkno\vludfiu thelr guilt, and “throw thommolyos upon the meroy of tha Court, With regard to tho pris- oner Tlorton, it 18 but just to stato that ho en- torod upon tho trafile in tho obucene works on his own responsibility, and without the knowl- edgo of his fathor and brothor, the othor mom- bers of tho flrm, Tho &)\'nflm of the nofariona business may bo judged from the faot that of & consignmont of 200 books sent along in Docom- ber, only throo are lofs fn tho store, 'Tho lot hiad coat Horton 824, and ho had wold them all but throo at thoe rate of 60 conts spiece ] It in not generally known that Mr, Comstock ia tho spacial ngont of tho New York Bocicty for tho Bupprossion of Obscono Litoraturo, from which sololy ho draws his romunoration, is present oxpensos, howover, will bo rofund- od to tho soclety which ho ropresonts by tho Chicago Young Mon's Obristian Association, which was instrumontal in bringing him lere. ‘Whon the following statomont.of the nmount of work nccnmyllshml by Mr, Comstock, sinco his appointinent fwo yons ago, is rend, tha necossi- t{ of a local Mr, Qomatock in each of tho larger citics of the Unlon will become apparont s ANTIOLES SE1ZED AND DESTRO! Obikeeno photographs, otc, Obacanio Looka, TLottor-press, - Shocta of impuro song MMieroacoplo clinrms, Negativo plates for printing obsceno views., Xugraved steol and coppor platos, Littiographie stonea Stercotypo plates for Nowspapers seizod, . Letters from all par U s0sases 00 Ng‘mu of dealors found Obscono rubbor goods, . Lead molds for inanufncluring rubbor goods ... Advortisomonts stricken out of nowspapors throughout the country are moro than onough to fill the sides of an oight-page newspaper, aud storoolypo plates for printing 146 differont ob- seono bools have boen seized and destroyod. ‘I'ho numbor of porsons arrested by Mr, Com- atock hag beon 118, of whom forty-six havo been convicted, cight discharged, and tho rost swait trial at tho prosent time, S S THE CITY HALL. The City Collector gatherod in $18,000 of taxos yoaterday. Soveral sanitary policomen were sworn in by the Board of Polico yesterdsy, as was ono for tho Board of Public Works. 3 Thore was no meoting of the Bonrd of Public Works yesterday aftornoon, Commissiouer I'hompson being i1l and unablo to ba prosout. Tho Hayor has a carbuncle on tho right cheol, and, although sufforing much pain, attouds to his dutics a8 if nothing was the matter with him. Tho Inst of the new fire-nlarm boxes was placed in position yosterday, ‘T'his will oud tho growhug ecaused by not finding boxos whero the alarm-card said they were. Tho Comptrollor intonds paying, to-day, all Dbills ngainat tho city which aro for $100 and loss, 1o has about 1,000 of thoso bilie, and 1t will ‘roquiro rbout £35,000 to pay thom. Tax-certificates aro selling very slowly, and the Gomptrollor cannot understand why property- owners do not redcom their land. About §420,~ 000 of old taxca vot remain unpaid. Tho general morlality in Chicago is much lower tlua week than it has boen for a number of yenrs, Tho plonsant woather necounts for it, tho atmosphero being very bencticial to those sufforing from pulmonary complaints, Tho Board of Public Works issucd the follow- ing-building permits yestorday: . R, Millard, two-story and basement brick, 40367 feet, Nos. 44 and 48 Peorla streot; Nicholas Zimmor, two- story and basoment brick, 22x50 foet, No. 145 Tn- dioun streot; Jolm Walal), two-story and base- n:uut: brick, 20x47 foot, No. 271 North Market stroot, All of tho prominent clty offlcials, excopt Comptroller Huyes, hava igued the petition for tho commutation of Rufforty's sentenco, Mark Shoridan had the.document for two daye, and, it is snid, obtuined soveral siguatures, It was givon out yestorday that Ald, Dixon would nal tho Council Monday night to indorso tho petition ar Uity Olerk Forrest, praying Con- groes to issuo more greenbacks. . The Aldermen will probably do so, as all are fond of currency. Long Jobn and Samuol J. Walker aro said to bo figuring to have Leavitt stroot entonded through tho latter's Iand, 8o as to join Haratoga stroot. ‘Cho oxtension involves thie bLuilding of two bridgos, ono over tho canal and the othor over tho river, and it is uot likely that the Board of Publio Works will rocommend it just uow. The Financo Committoe of tho Board of Health ; Superintendent Wilson, of the Board of Publio Works, and tha Sanitary Superintendont will visit and Inspect the new Smali-Pox Hospital to-day. It will bo ready for oceupancy by Satur- day, and tho ix pationts now in the old hospital will bo transforred Mondsay or ‘Cuesday.. Tfforta aro making to romovo Alexander Sulli- van from the offico of Secretary of tho Board of Public Worlis aud to rostore Mr. Bailoy, Gen, MeArthur is pushing Mr. Hesing and ho tho Mayor, who appointed Mr. Sullivan, His Honor hiad o consultation with Commissioners Prinde- villo and Walil, yostorday, but no counclusion was arrived at. Onl{ ono hiouso was reported to tho Board of Henlth yostorday ns infected with small-pox, Pliua far in this wool there have boen no deaths from this disease. Thero ara fewer porsons now afllicted with it than during any duy for thg lnst aix yonrs, aud the Sanitary Suporintondont is jubilant. ‘Chere can bo no doubt that whole- salo vaccination has brought about this result. The Banitary Suporintondent and Commission- er ook, of the Board of IHoalth, visited the Dridgeport packing and alnnf,htcrhml«cu yestor- day, and inspacted them. All were in good con- dition, notably Tobey & Booth's, At Bomo of thom, slaughtering "had bean cnrcluss}{ dane, and tho walls wore coverod with blood, ‘The proprietors, howeyer, promigod to prevent this n the futuro, No_oftensive odors wero en- counterod, and Dr, Miller heliovos that care will Lo taken to remove all ground of complaint. The Commissionors of the Board of Tolice yeatordsy, visited tho stonc-quarries in the vi- umitfl of Ltighteonth and Waod stroots, to judge for themsclyos whathar tho propoerty and lives of thoso who live in the neighborhood wore endan- gored by the blusting. From what thoy saw, thoy wero satisfled thioy wore, and, wpou return- ing to tho Oity Hall, wmtorviowed Mayor Colvin rogarding the mattor. It appears that tho own. ors of the quarrios havo nover taken out n pe: mit to blast rock, and that, woro sny person in- ?umd, or houso demolished, the city would be inblo for damnges, Ifonce it was docided to compol tho Emprlulon to tako out a pormit, and to givo bonds to conduct their business in a safe manner, aud to indemnify the city in caso au ac- cldent oceura, The roporters of the Infer-Ocean woro inlor- viowing nll the prominont men in the city yos- tordny, to ascortain what thoy think of 'tho Infer-Ocean, ''he 1tem-gathoror to whom the oity ofticials wore assigned was succossful in got- ting thom to tall, but their views wera not very complimentary. ~ 'he quostion_ askod was, SWhat do you think of the Inter-Occan? To this the Mayor roplied, *Thut iy o protty quostion to ask me” Com- wmisslonor Shoridans * Tho introduotion of roligious rancor into its columns destroyed tho littlo influence it had, and pided matorially in tho election of Dan O'liara.” "Commissioner Klokka; ** It iu o brilliant sheot,” Commission- or lteno: *'Ihavo no opinion, a8 I have not scon an Infer-Ocoan in gix months,"” It is undorstood that orders have been given the reporter to in- Ject nomo #pico and humor into thelr axtioles, and that the ane in which the Interviews ara to bo embodied is intonded for * a joko,” { ——— GENERAL NEWS, The Trustoos of Kingebury Musle TTall have rofusod to allow Victorla Woodhull tho use of the room for her lectures, annonncad to begivon iu this city Baturday and Sunday, The slarm of fire from Box No. 946 wan cnugod by the burning of somo shavings, in front of Wallaco Graham'd furniture fagtory at No, 820 ‘Clinton streot; Damngo insignificant, Cause of firo not roported. g e A chimney on firo eauged the slarmto be souncod from Box No, 70 at half-past 7 o'clook Inst ovening, No dumago, Tho County Clork fusued only three marriago ldeusos yestorday—the smallest numbor glnw @ “donth, tho firo, Tho falllng oft Is attributed to Lon during which Roman Untholies do not marry. "Tho Alumni of the Countff Hon}mnl—— hyai- eiang who linve beon on duty thore from timo to timo=hold o rounion at tho hospital last ovon- fng. Dr.D. B. Root fa tho Prosidont of the: Asgoolation, Totitions to His Tixcolloncy the Governor, ro- questing him to allow tho law to take its coirse In tho caso of Christophor Rafforty, wero cireu- Intod yostorday and recolved a fow slguaturos, Dbut not ro meuy as those praylog a commutation of sontence. The alarm from Dox No. 827, nt 0:43 Yuulnrdnv ovaning, was cansced by an inciplont ilro iu tho one-nnd-n-half-story framo house nt No. 110 Qurloy stroot, owned by o Mr, Wilson, and ocou- l}lnd by Margarot Bowes, Damnge insignificant, 'ho fIro is supposad to Liave boon tho work of an incondiary. It Iy asgorted that thore ia to bo active opposi- tion on tho routs betweon Milwaukee, Pont~ wator, Tudington, and Manisteo this season. Cnpt. Goodrich will run o propeller making weallly trips, and tho Engelman "Transportation Company will opposo him with a propollor and slde-whool atenmor mgking daily trips. A ro- dufiuqu in freight ond poegongor toriffs is prom- sod. "Tho body of o’mnn named Michaol McGowan was discovored in the hall-way of It R, Barncs' bonrding-hiouse, No.7 Archer avonuo, at binlf- past b o'clock yestorday morning. 'Lhore woro 10 marks of violonce on tho body, oxcopt o slight seratoh on the rlght tnmrln, mautiliciont to causo IIo had boon drinking frecly for & num- Lor of days, and tho supposition s tliat his doath rosulted from this cause. Ho wan a singlo man, about 85 yours of age, and cmployed a6 & driver by tho Chicago Ciby Rallway Company. Yostordny afternoon 2t about 2 o’clock, 8 hoy named A“snumu Burns mounted n dummy engino in the yavd of tho Fort Wayne Road for tho pur- * poso of stonling o ride. When tho engino had ronclied the Jackson slroot crossing, Lo jumped from tho maohing and_ attompting to cross the track nd]ommlg. 1To had but just roached tho contro of tho track when he was struck by a Jocomotive going north, which dashed him to'the fi:o\md. Boforo bio wns ablo to regain lie feol, 0 wheels of tho engino ran over his right nrm and crushied 1t 8o Aovaroly ns to necessitate a,m- putation. 1Io was takon to Dr. Prica’s oftice nt 0. 41 West VanBuron street, whoro his wounds woro dressed, aftor which ho was takon homo. Yesterdoy morning Tus Tmisyse published on articlo in regard to the too intimato rolations botweon aman pamed J. 0, Van Arsdale and n Mra. Conroy.” A lottor from Van Arsdalo was also publishod, whioh was hoaded * Lakesido Printing Company,” This hag created an im- pression that Van Arsdalo wasconneeted with the Company in question. Tho facts aro that ho s had desk-room in tho office for eomo _littlo timo, and improperly used paper with the Lake« gido Publishing Company'’s hending for his cor- respondonco, Tho affair has cansed Alr. Don- nolley and his partners considerablo annoyanco, alnco thoy have had to anewer o fow hundrod questtous, and it will' probably prove n warning to thom nnad o others to be moro careful about lenving thoir lotter-heads around. D. A GAGE, Tho Staals-Zeitung published n atatemont yos- torday to the offcct that Mr. Wirt Doxter hiad fmm to 8pringficld for the purposo of using Lis ufluence with tho Legislature to have the soo- tion of tho law upon which tho indictmont against Mr, Gago is based left out of therovised criminal code, 8o that, if the revised codo passed with 1t-out, his cliont might cscape, Mr, Swott, who is Mr, Doxter's associate in tho Gnge enso, was quostionod concerning this allegation, and said that ib was utterly truthless ; Mr. Dextor lind not gona to Springfield, but to Quincy to consult with Mr, Browning in rogard to the tax caso,of_the Chicigo, Burlington & Quincy Ruil- rond, Mr. Bmith, Mr. Doxter's partner, also ‘emphatically doniod the truth of tho statoment. CO-OPERATION IN OUIOAGO. The Legislature has incorporated “ The Amajgamated _Co-oporative Carpontors' and Builders' Associntion of Obieago.” For the ben- | olit of othor workingmon who may wish to be- como their own omployers, wo subjoin the arti- clos of tncorporation ¢ Antione 1. Tho name of this Association shall be #The Amalgamated Co-oporativo Carpentors’ and Builders’ Asuociation of Chicago,” Ant. 11 Its objoct eball bo to furnish a safe and profitable mediinm for the investwent of tho Inbor and savings of ita membors, ana_ to enconrago and ns- sist thom {n the acquisition of homes and permanent omployment, Aur, 111, This Association ehall havo tho power o mako and accept proposals for the construction, re- paration, and slteration of all Lulldings, ngd for tho oxecution of the samo, Anr, IV, Tho capital stock of the Assoclation shall ‘bo £50,000, divided into 1,000 shares of $50 each, Tho yorsans comprising this Assoctation shall bo entitted to ong vote, elther in person or by prosy, for cach sharo 80 beld, provided tho proxy be dated ‘not moro than twonty duya previous to the meeting. AR, V. Tho oflice or principal plaos of business of the Assoclation shall Lo.in tho Oity of Chieago, Btate of Iilinois; aud tho term of its cxistenco shall be for ninety-niuo years, Tho Assaciation has umml;' nfiurml on geveral contraots, Tho only one of these yet decidod Llias boen awarded to it. Books for tho subserip- tion of stock’ aro open at tho oflice of James Dunno, 167 Madison streot. g PERSONAL. Mrs. Lucinds 8. Cowdery, sister, of A.. I Sabin, Esq., of this city, and formerly woll kuown in our musical circlos, died at Cobden, 1L, on tho 18th inst. C. Wheolor, Superintondent of the i Coutral Railroad, and his wife aro visiting tho city, and aro rogistered at the Tromont Houso. At a mooting of tho students of the Chicago Collego of Pharmacy, held Monday evening, res- olutions were adopted expressive of their sor- row at the doath of Prof, William Proctor, Jr., of the Philadolphia Colloge of Pharmacy. J. Q. A, Bonn, Gonéral Passenger Agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad, has gone to the Enst on business, and will bo nbsent threo or four weeks. In tho meantimo, Assistant General Troight Agent, . B. Washbur, will fill Lis chair. Theodore Thomas and troupe leavo this morn- ing by tho Lnake Shore & Michigan Southern Tsilroad for Laporte, Ind,, whero he will givo o concert to-night. Tio will Jenve that city by the night express on the same road, for Ciave- land, O., whoro ho is advortised to play Friday and Saturday. An articlo was publistied in this Rnpur yestor- dny relativo to tho trisl of W, 1, Allen for in- snnity, which contained o statement by Allen to the offect that, backed Ly Miko McDonuld, he had opened a_ faro and pokor-room at No. 518 Btato streot. It in but justico to MeDonald to sy that the statoment is incorroct, he nover having hind any businoss rolations with Allen, aud nover having been interosted in a faro- bauk at that place. UOTEL ARRIVALS, g Grand Pacifle—Judge Lovi_ITubbell, Milwau- koo ; tho Hon, B. P." Alliy, Milwaukes ; E. O. Biclkford, Toronto ; 1. P. Baldwin, Jr., Detroit; TFrank Peel, Now York ; A. B. Burbank, Cincin- pati; W. J. Hadley, Albany ; AL T\ I lumbus, . . . . Sherman Simpson, Now York ; 8. 8. Grny,) Boston ; John MeArthur, Jr., ‘loronto; J. I, Manson, Came bridgo; O. Beokel, Dotroit: M, IL Bmith, aven, Ca- Iouse—W. W. Lowville; L, W, Farnsworth, San Francleco; R. Richardson, St Lonis; A, 1. Adoms, Doston; Robert MecLomry, . _Tremont ose—O. 1L, Ricl, roos, and to tranunct importaut businoss, Vis- ting brothors cordinlly invited, Tho Indies of tho Indlana Avente Christian Ohurch will glvo an old folks' tea-party nnd concort I'ridny ovening at the churoh. tho standard Now England dishoes will ho served, the songs of other days ming, and varions old-timo colobrities roprosonted in costumo, Tickots, with suppor, 25 conts, to bo hind at tho door. "Tho pondnlum oxporimont will bogin to-day in tho Ixposition unlldiur‘ Only thoso who have recofvad invitations will bo admnitted. Baturday the building will bo opon to collego profesaora nnd students, and Baturday weelk to the tonohors of publlo and privato soliovls and to membors of Ligh school clussos. LENT. i Thoro will bo a short sorvico at 12 o'clock m,, overy dny durlng Lont, at 46 Bouth Clark streot, beginning to-day. Bishop Whitchouse and the rosident olorgy will conduct thio sotvice. Tho Litany has boon Iv‘rhxlml togothor with © soloc- tion of hymns, which will bo placod in tho hands of all who attond, Tho Lonton services at tho Church of the Asconston, corner of Llm and North LnSaile stroots, tho Rav. C. P. Dorsot Rector, will bo ns follows : Enndnfu—i\lumln -prayor and sormon, 10:80 8, m,; 1ol (y Communion, 11:45 a. m.; Lit- any and catochis g, 3 p. m.; ovening-prayer and #ermon, 7:00 p. m, ‘Vuukqln_vn—)\loming-prnyur, 9n.m.; ovoning-prayor, 7:30111. .; Holy Com- munion on all Thursdays and Ioly days, 7 n, m.; Wednerdoy ovonings, mooting of Parish Gulld ; Thursday ovonings, musical rohonrsal; Frida ovonings, instruction to confirmation clags, Afl the seats {n tho church aro free, S EVANSTON. THR VILLAGK TRUSTEES, ' The adjourned mooting of tho Village Trustaos waos bold at the Town Iall Tuosday ovoniug. Prosont—Trustoss Gilbert, Willard, Powors, and Dlanchard. On motion, tho rogular order of bueiness was' susponded, and the propositions rocolved for the salo of land for the location of tho Wator-Works woro road by the Clork. 3 The following proposals wero prosented : Trom W, II. Lunt, Secrotary of the Northuwest- orn Univorsity, offoring to soll 160 feot on Good- rich stroot, oxtonded to the lake, beginning ot tho odge of tho baulk next to the lake, and run- ning oant 150 feot, and north fo tho Jand ownod by W, P. Jones, Jr., for £15 por front foot, pay- monis to be arranged to auit, Trom W, P._Jones, Jr,, tho plat of ground south of the Univorsity land and north of Mil- burn straot,? 100 feat wile, by 221 feet deep on ono sido and 236!¢ on thoathor, located botwoon Clicago aveuue and tho lako, for 2,250, on coml]ii‘o.‘un that the buildings orocted aro of good quality. From Morril Ladd, the enst 200 foet of Lot 11, Block 5, of Lake Grove addition to Evanston, with right of way through rest of enid lot, for £2,000, or nll of Lot 11 for $3,000, payablo in villago bonds, From Isano R, Hitt, for 100 feot on Chicago ayenue by 200 feot deop, said lot lying soutn of aud adjoining the Light-House, $2,600; or lot adjoining tho Light-House, on tho south 100 feot ou south lino of enid Light-Houso lot, comunenc- ing at tho odgo of the blufY, running west 140 feet in dopth, with sccoss to Chicago avenuo or Milburn street, for 3,000, Tho proposals wero referred to the Committeo on Water-Works, with power to Rmmm the con- tracta for tho action of the Baard, Trusteo Blanchard offered the following : Resolved, That the bld of tho Tolly Wator-Works Company for machinery for tho Iivanston \Water- Works be, and the same {a hereby, aceepted ; and that tho contract with eaid Ilolly Water-Works Company, Ernsnnled to this Board, bo accepted and ontered into tho Villago of Lvanston ; and that tho President of this Board hoempowered'and instructed to oxcoute said contract in {hio numo of and ou tho patt_of sald villnge ; and that the Olerk nttest the same with the corporata scal, As ono of tho Trusteos considered this action precipitate, in viow of the fact that no location uad yot boen electod and the othor stops woro incomplato, and as his volo was roquired to puss tho resolution, it was withdrawn. Trusteo Powers offered tho following, which was adopted : OnpEnEp, That the pamphlct containing tho pub- lishied ordinances of (his village, entitled *Ordina of tho Villaga of Evanston, in Gook County, Ill,, pub- Islied by nuthority of tho President undt’ Boird of Truntees” bo, aud the samo fa horeby, declared to be published bi’ authority of this Doargd, and that tho dato of the jrsud and publication of sAil pamphlct Lo fixed nd of tho 20th day of Fobrucry, 1874, Tho timo for publication having oxpired, the rules wero susponded, nud the following ordi- nancos wore re-onncted : # Woights and Acns- ures,” * Btreot Labor,” * Water aud Gas Pipes,” * Ordinances,” * Provention of Firet," and * Stroets,” . Aun ordinanco providing for submitting the propositiou for the annoxation of North Evans- ton to yoto of the peoplo on tho second Tuesday of April was thon adopted, and the Board sud- donly found itsclf ~ ndjourned, the *light woight * huving gono to bo o tablesu. e - TMISOELLANEOGS, S Tho entortainment given,by tho ladics of tho Congrogational Church Tuesday ovening was well attonded, and is described a8 the bost that hns taken plage in Evanston for a long time, Tho tableaux were prapared with great caro and ekill, and woro Prodnccd with flue effect, Tho programme will Lo ropeated at Jennings' Hall this ovoning, C. J. Gilbert, Eaq.,’s_leading momber of tho Board of Trade, and Prosident of Evanston’s Board of Trustees, loft for New Orlenns yostor- day with his wifo expoecting to spend a ‘month In travoliug through the South for pleasure, —_—a Frosh Fish for Lont. I, M, Curtis, 107 East Twelfth strect, lLas in his ‘mnmmnioth freezing-house a full supply of fresb-dressed whitofish and trout, and s propared to fill all orders prompily, 1o iss nlso freali_codfish, allbut, emelts, aund salinon coustantly on hund, Beware of fish cx- posed and subject to sudden changes of weather, OCEAN STEAMSHIPS, CUNARD MAIL LINE, Donver, » & o W. M. Swift, 0.'T. Hills, and Judd Budley, Da: trolt; Henry Rtogors, Now York; 8. L. Gillott, Toston ; Syduoy Osborn, Brooklyn; G. W. Cliadbourne, Bt. T.ouis; . O. Rausom, Kane 8, . o . . Palmer House—G, T. Jonos, St. Louis; L. W. Bell, Now York; Nathan Hll, Bulfalo; O, E. Page, Loston;_lonry I Darling: ton, Philadelphin: W. A. Tendricks, Indian- apolis; W, It Dowling, Now York; L. D, slooro, Olgnciunntl;.l. M. Dryant, Louisuille, « + « ———— ANNOUNCEMENTS, Anthony Comstock, of New*York, will lead the noonday prayer-meeting to-day, Nanst will have a crowded hougo, judging from tho rapidity with which tiokets aro selling. Prot, Swing will proach,at the Union moeting in tho First M, E, Church at 4 p, m, to-day. All aro invited. e, Tho IMinols 8t. Androw's Booloty "will give & ohatity Lall Friday evoniug, March 6, at the Sher~ man House, " Prof. J, W. Powell, the grant Colorado explor- or, will doliver Lwo lectures in the Y. M. O, A, lacture-course, Monduy and 'I'uosday evenings, It will Intorest tho delinquont tax-payers of Wost Chlengo to know that tho Gollootor, Mr, Lawrenco O'Brien, d)nrnohnu nuh)ralll[( colleo- tions bx;lcvylnx on the personal proporty of tho dolinquonts, Asthe tax-warrants are mado ro- turnablo to the County Collector at an early day, no altornative romaius but to euforco by tho we- voro mensures of soizure and sala of property the paymnent of tho dolinquont taxoes, All membors of Tomplar Lodgo, No. 440, I, O. 0, I, are roquestad to be on hnnd at their hall, cornor of Washington and Doplainos slroets, this evouing, at 7:80 o'olock, for work in the de+ ESTABLISHED 1840. Sfeam Between New York, Boston, Liverpool, Queenstown, Glasgow. Tondon and all British Points, From Now York evary Wedneaday, From Boston overy SBaturday. Cabin Passnge, 880, 8100 and 8130, Gold. Excitrslon Tlokol ut Ruducod itntou, Stooraga Passage, B8) ourrenoy, Passengors and frolght hookod ta and feoin all parts of Turopo it lowest ratas. SightDraftou Great Beltnin and Iroland. P. 1L, DU VERNET, Gou'l West'n Agent, N. W, cor, Blurk and Randoloh-sis, NEW YORK TO CARDIET, Tha South Wnles Atlantio Bteamship Uompany's Now st cinas, - Full-nowered, Clsdo-bulll Steaniiins will acil from Pouneylva: liroad Wharf, deraoy Oily: uartored. LAMORGA il PUMBROKE: Gureylng goods and passangore at through ratos from all parts of tho United Statos and Canada to ports [u the Biribial Channol, and all uclior wotnts in Luglnd. Thioso steameliips, bullt exprossly for tha teado, are pro: widod with a1l tho litout iuprovanants for (ho omfortaud consguience of QABIN AND STEERAGI: PASSENGRRS. Firat Cabin. 76 aud §80 curronoy, Hocond Cul (] currency, Kteora ourrouty. o Propattioorio soriilicaio Drafts for £1 and upwa Yor furthor partioulard, apnly In Cavdill, at the Cont pauy's Otices, No. I Duck Chininbors, and i Now York t3 AROIHIDALD BAXTER & 0., Aronts, No, 17 lirandiay.. NATIONAT LINE, NOTION—'this Company takos the risk of (nsurance {un to 040,000 in gold) on cnch ot its stoamors, thus glvin passongars tho bost nosslble guarantao for safoly an avoldanca of dangor atsen, iHiig, wost. southirly oufo bas alivaga Leon adoptod by this Company toavoid fcg and howllands, To LIVIitE STOWN, from Plors Nos, 44 und’ ork, Teypt March 14 tiraueo, Marol 31 taly. arch 23 HOLLAND; Bra, . 17, at 3, m, Cabin l'lllbéx: i $90 Curroncy. ake, $20 Currency. Raturn tickotsnt raducod rates, Passengors booked to or from Gormauand Scandinavian poluts at low rates, 'The Steamships of this 1luo aro tho Jargestin the trado. Drafts ou Great Britain, Jroland, and the Contiuent, at Northeast cornor Ulark and Randolph-ts, Bherman Honso), Chicago, WILL] Qonoral Wostorn Asont, STATE LINE. To Glasgow, Belfust, Tiiverpool, Londenderry, &e. STATI OF PENNSYLVANIA salls. Saturdny, Mar, 7 BEATH RN BTt w0y SO AV AV Ratomot pu o Sulinge noxt Sor, 0: Cabln, 00 and $% A 50 curronoy s DUbAIl, S carruney: - Lirails 2t lowest by 3 farthor particulre sty to AUSTIN BALDWIN & ty, 73 Broadway, Now ¥or Gioaits. Ao A8t i ACA IR OARIYING HITTL UNITED STATHS MALL, {ficent, now and full-poworod bl O 1 F T A N PR PP e T T L sall from New York on Haturdiys aud 'Livorpsol oh Fharadaye, Ratea s low as sy sl o] 2 Lon rolun: d ‘Bouth Clark: oY S, Ohieayo, ALIRED LAUELAREN, Agout, AMUSEMENTS, THE ADELPHI, This (Thursday) Kvontng, Kob, 10, Second Ladies’ Night! Unenuivacal and FmplinttoBuccoss nt *‘Fadios Nyght." wetalionta, i :xi[lulvln:{ tho rnllv::nw'n"\!mwflgv‘l“Ilmfl::'u many Suoro Iniio hrosont: Tho 2tro 10 tho oity oulr bousy, v--gipumey ' OHLL a0 K AN IMMRNSIG PROGRAMME, pronibiton an tio antooms ate clogsd, * 1 Boklnk & LOUTNA Th 0 TUE oy A’luc}(‘q BOSHELL, TIENRY 8. PAGE, PAVIZ, wud ni tho Stars appear, AND_GERALDINE. MISS MISSFRANKLE, Tho LIEON HROTI: K. Hie foue Groat Oomiedinng, i1 : GOMPANY in & brilliant Gomio Deama, . PRIOES-b00., 850, 160, § Hoourad Orchiestra Hoats, 25¢, oxtra. () Toprodiiotion of AFTRRL THI WAR. T, ‘nmorro, Friday, Tarawall Bonofitaf ALEX, DA BnitirdayGront. fatgn WANTINGTON TIUPADAL atingo. ~ Admisslon, 25 canta: Ulildron, Iiaonts, ondny—Tho Great Tndinn loz Myatory, 1'ho Moclioll Drothiors, Lulu Daimay, and many ottors’ oot MoVICKER'S THEATRE, BPEOTAL NOTICE-ENGAGEMENT O DWW IN BOOTEL COMMENOING MONDAY, FED, 2, 8alo of Tiokots will o TIURSDAY MONN- INC, o 102t th0 OFven.nf e Tnbatra, i Sonts Oan Bo Scoured Ona Woek in Advance, Monday, Fob, 21—TI11 MERCHANT OF VENIOE, Tuonlny-OTHELLO, Wadnestsy—MUOIL ADO AROUT NOTIHING. Fhuraday and Saturday—TIL1e APOSTATE, Tridy A Ar, BOOTH will appear durl Jwook am *'Bhy. gkt oo FHisginior SUEIRE tho Mook e, b PILIOES=tc, 81, and #1,25, nccurding o location. No extrn chargo for rosorvad ao HOOLEY'S THEATRE, Wedneaday aftornoon and evoning, and Thursday ovon- o MISS LUCILLE WESTERN WAL anpenr o b alinractor of BA T ROORIEEY i io tu i Senpen onttftod aar 0 AT Supportod by fio alonted A tena':\*relr\anj\x. ) e 177 o 2% LY he AT O bOSR, M Krilny Ievouing—Tienoilt of Miss LUGILLE WEST- nnOuiror i Endiday Motnco ud Night 01 ont h 4 Diiton, Me. J. W Hiatadail, and Miss Kats Moo MoVICKER'S THEATRE. LAST WEEK of tho Great Gomedian, Mr, J.EH.STODDART, From Waltack's Theatra, New York, and tho Company under the mansgoment of RINGGOLD & ROOKWHLI. Monday and avary ovening (oxcopt Saturday), also at the Eaturday Matinoo, - Jolin SECRBET MARRIAGEI] And tho brllliant Socioty Play, AMEIIOANS IN PARIS, Mr. STODDART a8 Jou Spurritt and Dr. Hotheror, Snturday avoning—THE LONG STRIKE, Bonday, Fob, 2~EDWIN BOOTIH. KINGSBURY MUSIC HATL, MONDAY, ¥ob, 23, THOS. NAST AND HIS FAMOUS CARICATURES. Tickota at ox Offica aud Cobh's Library, 83 Monroo-at, ACADEMY OF MUSIOC. Unqualified it of OLIVER DOUD BYRON. This and evory ovoning, and Saturday Matinoo, BEN McCULLOUGH. Mondny Aft, —Tonofit of O, T.. GRAVES, T :‘nl?&;’nnnl‘—"ri?g;l‘\lfl')“.‘&c“ AY. g GLOBE THEATRE. LAST PERFORMANCES 0f Bidwell & McDonough's BLACK CROOK! SATURDAY, LAST CROOK MATINEE. Monday, ¥ob. 23-MR. JOSEPH K. EMMET in FRITZ, oan now bo scourod. MYERY OPERA-HOUSE, - Alonroest., bot, Dearborn and Stato, Avlington, Cotton” & Kemhl's Binstoes "Tramondous sucooss of tho now Looal Burlasque, entitled AZERPPAL 2 WILD MULE OF KAN-KRR-KEE, - The Tennessoans, Now Acts by Bllly Courtright, Bobby Nawcomb, Wal- tors and Morion, Arlingion, Coitan, aad Kewbla. ' Every evening and Satiirdny Matifoo, REDUCED PRICES. Provious to romoval to anothor city, tho propriotor of the calobratod DR, RARNS ANATOMIOAL EXHIBITION, 148 CLARK-ST., . Has reduced admission fee to 25 CENTS, o enablo tioh nd pooe to 800 tho most wondorful colleo- tion of works of Art and Naturo ovor exbibited in thisoity. THE PRODIGAL SON. UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THR Finest Paintings of the World! ON VIEW AT TR EXPOSITION BUILDING. Day Exhibition, 10 to 5. Lvenlug, 7 till 10, Tiskota, 4 conts, Ohildren, KINGSBURY MUSIO HALL, VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, Will speak on Saturdey Evening, Fob. 41, in Kingsbu Mo i, ’mh{m’m Trofrmation e Ruvolution Whiohi? or, Iehind tho Polltical and Soctal Scenca, HOME LEOTURE CUOURSE, ‘Third Unitarian Cliuroh, cor, Monroo and Lafliu-sts, Leoturo by PROI. BWING, on * B PEHILOSOPE ¥ _ 72 THURSDAY EVEENING, Fob, 19, atBo'clock. Tiok: ota, S5 gouta, _Coma oarly. or, TH ce MARTIN’S IMPROVED BRICK MACHINE Will mako mara and botter Bricks than any Machino It w0, Adopted and usud by the touding Iisiok Manufac: turors, AManufacturod and sold by AMES M'F’G CO., Chicopeo, Mass, K ANA LOTT}ZR‘Y’. Royal Havana Lottery. 50y . Whol o o e & Ko, 11 Wall.at.. N. V. = scaiss, FAIRBANKS BTANDARD * SCALRES OF ALL SIZKS, FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 0O 111 AND 113 LAK R8T, Der—y ___GCOMMISSION B W.C. WATTS & GO., 21 Brown’s Eunildlng, Liverpooly Ballclt conslgnmants of Provislons, Tard, &o., and exo- ento ordors loc tho puroliney and salo of ‘same’ for futurg shipmont or dellvors, vances maile on conslizumonts, audall infurmtlon &fforded by our friends, Movsrs, Fox & Vinsh, No. 25 Willinm-at., Now Yark, HOTEL. = WESTMINSTER HOTEL, ON THE DUROPEAN PLAN. Corner Irving=plnce nnd Sixtcoutlesty NEW YORK. Only ans block from Union Sqnare, tho most central, ulot Togativn in the clty, iu tho tmmediato vicinity of ‘all flu principal places of amusomont and leading retnll i ms m“‘m-mnu oud impravod the hastsonson by L GE Ly o AL B DRSRONE Svetons LUHAS, u.‘muu 1N, I’ni‘prlnior. BITTERS. - PERFECTION! BOXER'S BITTERS. Bewnre of ¢! FRACIIONAL CU " @5 Packages FRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOR BALK AT TRIBUNE OFFICE.”