Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1874, Page 8

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1874, SPRINGFIELD. Mir. Hesing Assumes Direction of the Legislature, His Suggestions - Adopted with Re- : markable Alacrity. The North Side People to Have Sunday Music in Lincoln Park, A Part of the Mayor's Bill to Be Retained. Probable Repeal of the Rogistry Law. The Revision Bill Concerning Husband and Wife Considered. COOK COUNTY AFFAIRS, Specral Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. PASBAGE OF TIE LINCOLN PARK DILL, « SrriNorierD, I, Teb, 18.—NMr, Hosing nr-- rivod this moruing, and all the candidates for Congress—\Waite, Rountreo, Dow, MoGrath, Roy- molds, Willismson, Bradywell, ete., ete.—woro do- lighted to sco Lim, but he gave not tho slightost indication &8 to whom he would send. Ho has not yot medo up his mind, and tho gontlemen are insusponse. Mr. Heslng's vislt relatos moro par- Ificn]uly to tho Lincoln Park bill, in which he : takos quito an intorest. Mr. B. F, Culver, Mr. * 8. 8. Taylor, and Mr, I, I, Winston were on tho samo misaion. Thoir visit had the gocd effoot of waking up tho Cook County Sonators, and Will- iamson moved to take up the Park bill, which being done, it wus discharged from considera- tion by soctions and passed by 36 votes, Itisan emergoncy bill, and will tnke effect when ape . proved by the Governor. THE IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS to the old law aro the following : A8 noon s practicablo, n apoclsl sesceament may bo Tho pronent bill elmifly and only made the hus. band snd wifo oqual in thelr proporty-rolations, and in thoir dutien to their childron, THE BILL WAS LOBT 4 for want of n constitutional majority, by the fol. lowing votot TEAS, Daldwin, Tonry, Slarno, Chstlo, inchclite, Btrong, Ounningham, Nicholon, Upton, Cusoy, Tatmer, Waite, v, Toynolds, Willismaon Torroll, Banford, Youngblood, Glonn, ‘Bheldon, Mr, President—13 Hampion, 8hopard, * NATS, Archer, CQuaey, Relly, Brooks, Donnline, Pattorson, Brown, tundloy, Bleclo, Buurko, Jacobs, Warron—14, Canfloid, Kehor, Vorln, Whito, and McGrath did not vote, but aro said to bo in favor of the bill. They wero dhla. gustod becanso objection was mndo to Cosoy's anewering Stalo, and would not voto, Thoy, with Stoclo, who voted no for the purposo of ro- consldering, will make n majority for tho bill Whting, Wilcox, and Yngor, who arc absont, are also in favor of tho bill, nnd it will probably phes, Stoolo enterad & motion to roconsider. TOLL-MOADS. Tho Rovision bill in rolation to toll-roads, which paased tho Senate and wont to the House uatofl]ny, 'omhodios all tho provisions of thoe old aw, Boc. 8 fixes tho tolla ns horotofors pro- vailing, _Seo, 9, o now soction, provides that tho County Bonrd in any county 1n which any toll- rond Isin wholo or in part situated may fix a smado by tho Suporvisorand Asscssor, corporate aus thorities of eachs of tho towna n which any siich parks may bo situated, on all the lands and_ lota’ withu thio “corporato limita’of _such town bonefited by fho pro- ut not grester thau'tho benoflis theroto in the pro- portion to the bopefita resulting thercto by su Proposed improvement and enlargument, but tho ag. gate smount of such asscasmont shall not oxceed *tho probablo dmagos for taking such land, and the conts and exponsos incident to such taking, ' tho costs “and oxpenses of sald\oppraisoment snd of making such assossmont and collocting the ame, and ile robablo fucroage of damages, aud costs, aud exponses n case an appeal aball bo taken, of which ‘porate authorities phall ba tho fidges, Tho smount of the special assessmont shall bo divided into installments, the first not ex- ceeding 95 per cont, and the romamnder to be di- vided into fifteen equal inatallmonis, pnyable annually, and bearing intorest at 7 per cent, ‘The Supervisor and Assessor in any town deacribed in'this act: shall not fix upon and determine tho -amount of faxea necessary to bo raised in any year, or: “grocead to condomn or purclisss sny Ianda within the ndaries of any park, or make any epecial asscas— \@ent, o {ssue any bonds whero thero shall bo a Board ;of Trustees {n suoh town, unleas resolutfon sl ‘firat bo passed by such Board authorizing the proposed action ; and, until such a resolution shafl be adopted, the said Buporvisor and Assessor shall haye,no author- 1ty to pertorm any of said acta. - Another section provides s modoe for laying ont a drivewsy, and the last section is tho emer- ‘gency clanse, THE DOARD OF COMMISSIONEES, Tho Lincoln Park bill was signod by the Goy- ,emnor, who sent to tho Benate tho following namos to flll vacancies on the Board of Commis- elonors: F. H. Winston, vice W. H. Bradloy ; A. O, Hosing, vico 8. M, Nlokorson ; Jake Rohm, ~vico F. H, Kales, Thoy woro confirmod. ‘Thero gontlemon aro a majority of the Board, and thoy are in favor of Bunday musie, which will be ono of tho chief atiractions noxt summer. Gon. Stockton and B, F, Culver rotain their places on the Board, Pato Mahr and Tom Oannon wanted to get on, but of courso couldn't. A MODIFIED MAYOR'S DILL. ‘Mr. Hesing is in favor of re-onacting so much. of the Mayor's bill a8 givea the Mayor power to veto part of un ordinance without votoing tho .whole of it, and in accordanco -with his instruc- tions Mr. Rountren introduced abill to that offects The Cook County membors will probably be & anit in favor of the measure, but the roprosent~ atives of smallgr citios where thers arc local squabbles will opposa it, fearing that & Mayor if elocted by one ssotion of the town would veto appropristions for other sections. ANNEXATION OF LAXE. Tho ‘Trustees of the Town of Lake have been inatructing membors from the Seventh District 1o voto sgainat the Bob Clark Annoxation bill, 23 thoir peoplo don't want to annex Chicago, WIAT DEXTER'S NUSINESH. Tho statement in the Staats-Zeitung to-dny, that Mr, Wirt Doxtor is hero trying to fix up the Criminel Coda go 88 to proveut Mr. Gage from being tried, is untrue, Mr, Doxtor bas not been ‘horo this winter, —_— REVISION OF THE STATUTES. Special Dispateh to"The Chicago Tribune, CONCERNING HUSDAND AND WIFE, BeriNarieLp, 1il, Feb. 18,—Thoe rovision bill concerning husband and wifo was put upon ity poesage in the Sonate, in tho prosence of & goodly number of the fmrsex, Castleopened the discussion in & cavofully propared specch, the firat part of which was the following COMPLETE BYNOFORIS OF THE DILL: B0, 1. Provides that the wife may sue and be soed without the husband's joining, S8ec. 2. Providea that, when sued together, eitlier may defend. Bro. 8. That, in cago of dosertlon,she may sue in his name for tho protection of his property. BEo, 4. A marnied woman is reaponsible for ber clyil injurics, 8zo, 5, Neither is responsiblo for the dobts of the other incurred before marringe, nor is the sprivato proporty of either subject for tho debts 1of the other. 8eo. 0. The wife can make contracta. * Bec. 7. Sho may control her earnings, ' 8ro. 8. Noither shall rocoive componaation for gervices in tho family. 8ro, 9. Tho wifo can hold real or personal jproperty the samo as hor husband, Bro. 10. 8ho is liable for the property pur- chnsed tho eamo as if unmarried, 8ec, 11, The wife may convey to hor husband , and the hueband to the wife, 4 Under Bections 12, 18, nnd 14, ho may possess lhur property and eho his for tho support of tho | family, in cages of sbandonment or imprison- mont. i b | Bro. 16, Eithor may mako tho other thoir at- tornoy. | Bections 16 and 17 mako tho property of the band and wife jointly and equally liablo for ;{’l?: nt:“ ort of the’ family and the education of the chi gwu. N + Boctions 18 to 22 relato to proceedings in cases of insanity, in order to convey tho dower interest of the ineane party Lo the other, " The burden of MR, OASTLE'S ATOUNENT +waain favor of the crystallization of the decisions of courts into law, Tho preparation of hig spoeoch was unusually caroful for & Benatorisl offnsion, Home vorbal criticlsms was mado, and the bijl waa rocommitted, its verbinge amended, reported back, the amondmont adopted, the bill again read and ‘{mt upon its pussage, when Casey continucd the discussion by showing that the anmendment roportod and just adopted did mot cover the ground intonded, but left & glaring in- consistency intho ill, Ho did not intond to mako & specch, but wad so FULL OF OPPOSITION 0 tho bill that he boiled gver und denounced sovoroly the Insmnity provision as a tendency toward woman sumngo and Woodhullism, aud tho utter domolition of all tho éxisting legal re- lntious of husband and wife, Iiis slrongest argument was that, though tho bill did not spocifically #o pravide, yot conslstency required tgns the wife should bo mado rosponsible, {olutly and ogually, with tho husbaud for earn- g and 1lr0\'lldhxg {ho moans of support for the family, and for tho education of the chitdvon. Stoole followed at longth, ehowing the origin and charaoter of tho provisions of tho uli, and asgorted that woman snffrage aud Woodhull- ism could have no connection with the bill, Tho gocial and filial relations of the family could not be made (he subject of statutury roguation, poted improrement sndaulargaicnt of ny sich pnx.\wdu 4 firat imo, such cor- 1oss roto of _toll than thoso mentioned 1n Beo, 8, as thoy shall deom propor, andndds: “Andin caso of tho neglect of tho ownor or oporator of any toll-rond to keop the same in repalr and suitnblo {nrfiubflo travol, thoy moy prohibit the taking of toll thoreon,” The following are also additional sections: 820,13, No toll-gato shiall bo_ erected or kapt, or toll demendod, within the corporato limils of nny iucor- porated elly, town, or villogo, or within 160 rods of such limit, 8E0, 20, "No part of any toll-road [oss then tho whols shall bo condomnod without the consont of tho porson or company owning or oporating such rond, Tho Sonnta added a aection to the bill allowin, tho oxtansion of any turnpike, plank, gravel, ‘macadamized, or othor toll-road at either end, and tho examination of such oxtousion by threo Judicious houscholdors, to bo appointed by the County Boord. If the roportof the examiners Lo favorablo (tho samo being undor oath), the County Board shall then nuthorizo tho collection of tolls on such extension. NELATING TO THE GENERAL ABSENIILY, Tho Seuata bill rovisng the Iaw relating to tho Gonoral Assembly was amended 80 a8 to compel witnesses to testify boforo a committeo, but not to criminato themselvos, and Bradwell, haviy, in view tho contumacious witnesaca who mf\mufi to tostify beforo tho Printing Investigating Com- mitton, added an emergency clause, with which the bill was ordored to n third readinig. THE QRIMINAL CODE. Tho Houee met in tho ovening, and wont through tho protense of roading the criminnl —— ‘ THE REGISIRY LAW. Special Diepateh to The Chicago Tribune, THE MATTER IN TIE HOUBSE. Srrvarienp, I, Fob, 18,—Tho Jones Regis- try bill, which providos for rogistering at State oclectious only, and diminishos the oxponso of rogistration by a largo amount, came up Zon its second reading. Mr. Joues made o partisan speech demaunding that the bill pass, in ordor to prevent ropoating and victory for the Domo- oratio party. Mr. Oberly said he wna not n Domocrat, cer- tainly not & Ropublican, nor did Le belong to tho Railroad party or the Farmera’ party, but ho did bolong to tho Anti-Monopoly party, it thoy would only lot him in, He atood there. nat as & parifsan, Dut in the interest ot oconomy. In Now York, Democrats used tho rogistty to cormupt the ‘ballot-box, and in Philadelphia Republicans did the samo. Whatevor party had tho majority ueed the registry for corruption. Marsh offered a sobstitute . REPEALING TUE ENTINE LAW. ° Walkor desirod ropeal, Bo did Ji n;[\mnu, Moore, of Adams, Rogers, and tho man withthe Henry Cloy forohond, somotimes called Knse; while Connolly, Oleson, and & few others argued in favor of the present law, The dobate was stupid onough, aud, though it lnsted all day, nothing novel or bright was uttored. Johnston offered an amondment, * com- pelling countiee to pay for their own blanks, Bradwell and Jones made frautio efforts to rally tho party, and koop thom up to the cauous agroement. 3 Mursh's motion to strike out and insert tho TRepealing bill was carried, 66 to 6V, many Re- publicans voting aflirmatively. Honnington moved fo order the bill to its third reading, whon Bradwoll mado o sonseless motion to tablo, which, of courge, was defeated, showing 78 votes for the bill, whick was then or- dorad 10 o third reading, and stands an oxcellont show of passing. WAREHOUSES AND RATLROADS, WAREUOUSE MATTERS. ported in favor of paying $10,000 damngon to tho ownorn of the Calumot dam. Tho report of the Honato thls winter rocommonding 6,000 has boen cut _down by the Iouso Commitiea to 4,000, Rithor of tho lattor amounts nro unant- {gfactory ta tho owners. Thoy })mnou to necopt 810,000, or lenva tho quostion of dnmagos to tho {lnal dotormination of throo arbitrators, one to ‘o appointed by tho Governor, one by tho own- ors, thono two io soloct a third. The counsol for the ownors of the dam has & potition: signed by f100holdora in Blue Inland ngainst toaring down the dom. AN ANQIENT TOWN FEUD, Tho anolont fond botween the towns of Naper- villo and Whoaton, in Dul'age County, has ap- pearod in p now phaso. It #eoms that Napor- villo and Lislo rofused to oxtend tho tnxes of 1858, which wero nover collasted, The Supreme Court decided thoy conld Do collocted, #o the ‘Whoatoniten sont Monsra, Patrick and Dunham horo to got a Inw passed providing for the ap- ofutmont of nu oflico to collect tho dolinquont axos, Thoy Invo unlgnged counsol, and & bill hwa beon proparod, Naparville is roprosonted by Mr. Wriihb, and the battlo i being waged WMY\ all the bittorness of tho county-soat disputo. ‘Ihg amount involvod s §18,000, TURNER'S SUCORRSOR. The nama of Whitlock, nomiusted to stcceod Turnor ay Trusteo of the Jacksonvillo Asylum, was referred to tho Sonato, —_— STATE LEGISLATURES. - The Wisconsin Assembly . Makes a Record on the Liquor Question. A Bill Repealing the Graham Taw Ordered to Third Reading, Inefficient and Corrupt Management of Minnesota Institutions. The New York Assembly Refuse to Ex~ tend the Appointing Power of the Governor, Spactal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Srninorierp, 111, Fob. 18.~The Hon. John N. Jewott, attorney, and Mr. Hirsm Wueeler hayo been in consultation with tho Board of Railrond and Warchouse Commissionors con- corning tho rates of storage for grain in ware- houses aa now eatablished by law, Mr, Jowett addrosaed tho Commiesion atlength, and desired, on the part of the warchoussmen of Chicago, that the law should bo 8o amonded that the rates at present charged should be mnde logal maxi- mum rates. This would reduce tho wintor rates and raise the summer ratos a8 now proscribed by law. The winter rates of the law amount to 6 conts from Nov. 15 to April 16. If tho request of the warchousomen is acceded to, this rato willbe roduced to 4 conts, The summer ratos of tho law are 2 conts for evory thirty days, and the rato charged by the warchousemen and sdvocated by them 28 max- imum rates to bo cngrafted into the law is 2 conts for ovory twonty days. The ropresouta- tives did not expect 10 obtain any active sup- port from tho Commissionors, but made rep- rosontations to them firat, ns & matter of cour- tosy, and hoping to conciliato them, Contrary to thoir expectations, thoy rocolved aroply from the Board that it would not opposo the move in the Logislature. Of course not. ‘The warchouse reprosentntives were advised by the Commissioners to go home and take out licondes under the law, beforo asking for amend- ments. Mr. Jowett thunked the Commissioners, and snid ho would think about it. BOALES AT STATIONS. Mr. How, of the Bonrd of Trade, is hero to urge on tha Commissionsrs the necessity of compelling railroads to furnish scalos at all thelir stations, ~ Tho Comimissioners have notified the ronds to comply with the law in that particular, aud will take steps to enforce it if thoy do not comply in a_reasouabfo timo. Mr. Hody i8 not advocating tho passagoof the Bykes Rogistration bill, TAILROAD DNIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPTT, ‘Tho joint_resolution requesting Congross to compel the Northwestern Kailroad to allow other roads to uso the bridga over the Mississippi Rivor at Clinton, Ia,, on paying roasonable com- penention, passed the Houso yestordny with- out » dissonting voice. This ovening, the North- woatern peoplo having sent word that the roso- Iution should be recousidered, Mr, Efner moved to rocall it from the Bouate, snd, in spite of the Pmtunl of Alr, Dewey, the motlon provailed. * Gus " Herrington Is horo, "Th rosolution was reforred to the Houso Rall- road Committeo, —_— MISOELLANEOUS MATTERS, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Lribune, THE REVENUE LAW. BrrmarreLn, Fob, 18,.—Ms, Masele moved that tho bills rolating to reyouue, in tho House, be roferred to o Special Committee of Five, which provalled, and was a merited rebuko to the standing Committco on that subject. If the Bpeaker appoints an aple Committoe, filled with » sincore purpose to amoud the law, somo good may bo done. NEGROPHONETS, Domoorats like Burke and Archer, in the SBon- ate, think thoy were sold in voting for Mr, J. J. Bird, of Cairo, who wns nomiuated as Trustes of tho Champaign Industrial University, Mr. Bird s & moan of somo ability, o Pollce Magietrato in Cairo, and o sleeping-car conduat- or on tho Illingis Contral. It issald he will be alocted to the Logislaturo next time from tho Cairo District, There was no quostion aufo bis fituess for the Trusteeship, that is,ho was about ne fit ag tho goneral run of mon np[n)ulumd to auch placos—his only disquahiication being that ho woro colored slln, Whon his nomo was be- foro the Senate, that misfortunc was nct known to tho cast-ironDomocrats, who vated for hiy confirmation. They aroangry at being taken in, and havo deoided to voto against futurs nominecs unless the hue of thelr epidermlis is specifled, TIE CALUMET DAM, Tho Benato Canol Comuwitteo last winter re- ‘WISCONSIN. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, TOE BENATE, MapigoN, Wis, Feb. 18.—Commuulcations woro presonted from tho Milwaukeo Board of Trade protesting ngainst any bill to reduco the rnton of storage in warchouges, aud from tho Californin Xioglalature in favor of amending the United Btatos Constitution 8o as to elect Senn- tors by s voto of the people. ‘Yestorday's joint resolution relating to pro- tection of Superior Harbor wag taken up, and, after somo oxplonation by Sonator Barron showing that tho Northorn Pacific Railrond Com- any snd other parties had not carmed out the orms of tho compromiss made with citizons of Superlor relativo to the building of o dyke and tho romoval of obstructions, was.adopted. Two Bonate bills woro possed, ono amending the act rolnt.h:gi') {0 guctioncers ; and half-a dozon Assombly bills were concurred in, moatly local. One of tho lattor is dosignod to regulnte the establishmont of highways on the bottom- lands of the Mississippi River, A bill to protect the people in their rights, by robibiting cortaln limitations in contracts, was indefinitely postponed. Thore was coneiderable debate, after which the subject wont over till ta-morrow, on tho pro- prioty of publishing moro or less of the report of tgu firat year's progress in the geological survoy. All rallroad bills now pending wore mado the special ordor for next Tucsdny. fe 0 ASSEMBLY. In tho Assombly, Dr. Bartran announced that Mr. Bauncroft, s member, was quiteill, andit way not expeotod hio would recover. Bovoral local Benato bills woro concnrred in, and o u;:mber of Assombly billa woro ordored on- rossod, : & horo was somo shorp disoussion ovorathe Benate bill fixing tho salary of the Assistant At- tornoy-Gonoral st $1,200, instond of 600, s horetoforo _allowed for clerk's ‘hire. Spenker Boysk, in Committeo of the Whole, said b lind onco beon Attorney-General, and at a timo when tho business was a3 grent a8 it hnd ever boen, and that he hind attended to it sll. Hoe believod tho Attorney-Goneral could do tho business of the ofiico and bo absént from tho Capital ono- holf of the timo, The bill was indof ponad. THE TEMPERANCE DILL was congidered this evening in tho Assombly, which went into Committea of tho Wholo for that purposo, Soveral unimportant nmend- ‘monts were adopted. An amendment offerod to striko out the seotion ropealing the Grabam law waa lost. An amondment was offored jto insert a section prohibiting the sale of liquors on Bun~ days and election days, which wns' lost, tho Re- formera voting solid ngainst the amondment. ‘Tho bill was finally ordered to third roading by a voto of 65 to 88. g, MINNESOTA. Special Dispatch to The Chicage Tridune, BTATE INSTITUTIONS. 8r. Pavur, Feb. 18.—The suspicion on- terisined rogarding the managoment of Stato institutions was increased Isst oven- ing by tho statomont of Sonator Mac- aonnld in the debato on tho Normal 'School bills, that Austin, ‘rensuior of the Mankato Normal School, is a dofaulter for about ®1,600, "'his fooliug was intonsified this morning by the roport of tho Senato Prison Committos, confirm- Ing tho charge that tho Inspeotors had oxpendod $12,000 without nuthority, and that tho current oxpenaes of tho prison oro unnecessarily largo. ‘The ssme roport Bhows that tho prison inclosure inoludes soveral parcols of land to which tho Btato has no shadow of titlo, bosides otuor tracts of which the boen lost, and tho titls is spparentl in tho original owner. Aun attempt will now bo mado to make the prison self-sustaining ‘by purchasing the proporty of tho lessces, Hufi- mour, Sabin & Co., of Btillwator, and undortak. ing to run the prison-shops under thoe direction of tho prison ofiicers and cmployes. BAILROADS AND NORMAL SCHOOLS. Tho Normal School aud Railway local bills, for which tho rules can_ba suspended, sro likely to romain beforo both Housos for two or thros days. Tho Benato has beon canyaesed, and it is sscertained that there is o mojority of two for sustaining the Nurmal Bchools, Bome sort of bill for regulating fares and freighta andimposing penalties for discriminntion botwoen persons oud plncos {8 puro to pass, both Housos boing slrongly committed to such propositions. A NEW YORK. Arnawy, N. Y., Fob, 18,—Tho Assombly voted down, by a Iarge majority, an amendment to the Conatitution oxtonding the appoiuting power of the Governor. toly post- e A OHIO. Covunnus, 0., Feb, 18,—In tho Houso, the Honso bill to punigh by Imprisonment in the Ponitontiary porsons who malicionsly place soap in stoam boilers, waa passed. In tho Bouato, tho Houso bill to incronse tho foos of witnessics boforo Justices’ Courts 91 por day was indefinitely postponed. hio Benate bill to repeal tha sot for the rogis- try of births aud deatbs failed. CASUALTIES. Canght in Machinerys Spectal Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Lasaue, I, Tob. 18.—Jacob Leimmer, a Qorman employed in oiling machinery at tno Illinois Zino ¥actory in Poru, at an early hour this morning, had his cont caught by n horizon- tal shaft anlng 120 rovolutions in a minute. e was liforatly wound around it, his arms and logs threshing against tho floor and a contiguous wall, One hand and one foot wero torn off, somo of tho bones of which woro ticattored n dlstance of five foot, and nprnrunt\y avery bono in Ly arma and logs was brolon, Denth was {u- nt:utnuunufl. Ho leaves o wife and child in poy- orty, Erozo to Death, Dernoir, Mich, Fob. 18.—At Bay City John Torry, oged 44 yours, was found frozen to doath this morning, Ho was drunk last night, and ot 0 o'clock started home, On hig way, ho foll ovor & log on his bands and knoos, aud 1 this con- dition was found frozon stiff. Fainl Runaway Accldent, InpiaNavorts, Iob. 18.—Frederlck Mussman, & grocory morcLuul of this oity, was fatally in- 1urm] this ovening, Ho was Wriving a wagon heavily loaded, when tho toam-was frightened and ran away, Mr. Mussmoan waa throwa undor {ho whools aud run ovor, RAILROAD NEWS. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Lotter from the Grand Chief Engi- neor-==The Principal Point Evaded, Constitution of the Illinois Railway Assooiation, Reduction of Passenger Rates to the East. Business in the Lake Superior Iron Region. THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, Tha artiole published in these columus a fow weoks ago assorting that n now striko is contom- plated by the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gincers, has called out a roply from Mr, Clarles ‘Wilson, the Grand Chief Engiucor, in which that gontloman ADMITS THE GENUINENTSS of tho circular printed in conmection with tho ortlole, and, whilo bo does oven admit thata strike may bo in contomplation by the Brother- hood, a8 nssorted by Tur TRDUNE, denfes that tho circular is an otiginal or personal plan of his own, but that it was gotlon up in conformity to thoir rules, and, therefore, 18 all right. ¥ THE LETTER. Mr. Wilson's lottor ia as follows: L] CLRVELAND, Fob, 16, 1674, T the Edilor af The Chicago Tribune: Tlaving just roturned homo aftor o week's absenco, my atieution was callod to an article in your paper re. Inting to tho ooginsers’ atriko, sud- ot clrcular of an, 3. 1 desiro to aay that all the action taken by mo in re- gard to tho striko on tho Tenusylvanin Tnilronds was it o viow to maintaimng tho Tules of tho Brother- Linod of Locomotivo Engluccrs, and with o sincoro de. siro to induco the engiucera to rolurn to work beforo their places woro occupied by now men, It appears to bo o general error that I have tho authorily vested in o £ order a strike, Such fanot tho cnso; but, with thia 1dea In tho minds of many men, much’ more ir- ‘portance ia attached to my offico than it s cntitlod to, 1 hava no more autbority to order a striko than nuy ne dividusl membor of our orgsulzstion, TRE TRIDUNE sstorta that a siriko 1s_contomplated, and prints onr eircular o provo its nesortfon, "Tlaty may bo truoin o certain sonse, but tho infor- enco that tho circular fe an original or peraonal plan of any of our ofticials, or that it proposes or advisos n goneral pirike, i3 erroncous, and au_nct of injustico towards the meu that sigued tho circular, and towards all mombors of the Brothcrhood that ‘have already shiown o disposition to use all honorable means to pre« vent strikes, “Tlie ciroular fs {n_conformity to our rules, and it fa oli right, It embodies tho only principlo’that lina made n roputation for our Brotherhood, Our fricnds havo warmly commended our plan of submitting all voxod questions that como up in our subdivisions, 1o the conaidoration and doctslon of all our subdivislona ; this Is_just what our cireulsr pro- poses to do now, * Tho misfortuna haa been that somo subdivisions have totally dierogarded ail rules, and acted upon tholr own responsibility. I do not bolicve thnt tho ongincers as a body wiil ‘go o a gencral striko unlcss the couso s “sufliclont to induco Tne Tninung: and every othier honest nowspaper to sustain them, Tuo danger oli lics in tho_cxelfement of tho moment, A littio time for calm roflection on both sldes uaially brings mnttors right wnd avolds oll dau- gor of a sirike, * Honce my faith i ourrules roquiring an appoal 0 ail such divitfons in scttiing all oxoiting snd important matters, . Thera is only one plan Gottor than ours to provent etrikes, and tint fu arbiteation, 1n my opinion the Governmont would bo justified fn_compeliing’ corpo- rations and therr employes to acttlo ull thelr difiicul- tlos thiat would interforo with the public, by arbitea— tion, Not buing ablo to induco our employers 0 ur~ rangea syslom of arbitration, we luvo adopted tho next best plaa, which s ox parto arbitration, Our circular of Jan, 2, is not intonded, neither does 1t stata that wo ask authority for o goneral strike, "Tho troublo does not affcetonly s part of the divisions, Hamo of tho llvislons that Lswy had their members ‘wiages reducd aak for nuthiotity o domand theirxestor- ation, but nc referanco is liud 1o vich a8 aro coutent to accept tie reluctine (or & timo, of to 8 argo umber of divislonatliot huve not been educed in pay, or to such as havenat beon reduced, or to auch a8 hivo ob- tained o restoration of pay. 1t only rofors Lo‘auch on doods Tiavo | invo applied for suthority througl tho propor chunnol to make a demand for the realoration of their pay. I Lava already stated that the ruls of tho Bratherbood indicato the right plon to avold strikes, and I bellovo that wo should have tho encouragement and, support of all good men {0 asslst in carryiug out a plan that would beof immenee advantage to tho publio snd everybody concernod, You nesert thint I was ot thoe bottom of tha wholo aif- ficulty in regard to the Michigan Southern strike which occurred soveral years siuce, 1 have only to ay that tho first intimation X lind of that triko was through tho Chicsgo nowspapers, It is proper toadd that tho Brotherhood bad no rulesat ::mll U.m:‘ to provent any division from striking when pleased, I do not supposo you intend fo bo unjust towards any man, but I think your criticisms on my acts avo rathor sovoro, and I hopo you will show o willingness to nct justly Ly a man who Is irying to simply perform 1iis duty in'a proper manner, CrranLEs WiLsox, O, G, E. TOINTS AYOIDED, 1t will bo seon by tho abovo lettor that Mr. ‘Wilsou carefully avoids any mention of the most obnoxious sentonco in his circular, which reads a8 follows: . ‘We must not overlook tho fact thnt, if we nro sblo to compol rafiroads by force to accede to our terms, wo then shall be able to demand and obtain all their earn- 1ngs if wo dealra to do so. As long as_Mr. Wilson doss not oxplain this sentence; which is tho ono which Las brought out all tha eriticisms of which he complaing, ho must not complain if o is charged with playing o double game. Ho also omitted to Bay anything about the Conyontion of the Locomofive "Engi- neers to bo hiold at Clovoland on the 28th, a call for whioh appoars in the Locomotive Engineers" Journal, and upon the nction of which, sccord- ing to the Obief Engincer's own words, the life of the Brotherhood depends. Will Mr., Wilson plenso riso and oxplain 7 — MISOELLANEOUS, JLLINOIS RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. Tha following is tho constitution of the Illi- nois Railway Astociation, an organization which has beon jolued by nenrly all tho roads, ‘tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifie, and tho North- wostern being among tho outsiders, Antionr 1, The namo qf the Assocltion sball bo this Iilinola Tiatlway Association. Anr. 2, Tho purposo of the Associstion s the pro- toction of its mombora iu matters of common goneral interest, and to obtain and dissomiuato corruct ine formation, Ant, 3, Tho Assocfation shall conmst of raflway companics, Any railway company may mo & membor by ity propor oificer migningn copy of the coustitution, and depositing tho same with the Secre- tary of the Associution, Any member of the Assoca~ tioh 1nay withdraw therefrom at ouy quarterly moot ing of tho samo, Membore withdrawing will bo required o pay thefr proportion of oxpenscs fo- curred up to tlio time of thoir withdrawal, Aut, 4, Tho Prenident, Vico-President, General Manoger, or Gonoral Superintendont of eachi member, or such porsons, s either of sald officers may, from timo to timo, {u'writing, appolut, wmay roprescit snil act for such membor atall medtings of the Associn. tion, and such roprosontatlyes, each Laving an cqual valce, shall manage tho affalra of tho Auzaclation ; but fivo representatives hall coustituto o quorum for tho transaction of busincss at any quarterly mcoting, which numbor mny bo enlarged by 5 mujority of the ‘members, 3 Ant, 5. Annusl meotings of tho Associne tion eholl’ bo hold &t Ohicogo, on the msec. ond Tueaday of Jnuusry, in cach year; and quor~ terly meotings shull Lo held “at tho samo place, on sccond Tucedays of Aprll, July, und ‘October in each yesr, Nollco of holding annual aud quarierly maotings will 1ot bo requirod. Tue Prosident, at Lis disorotion, or_Secrotary, upon tho application of threo mambets, moy call kpeclal meetings of tho Assaclution, by mulling o notico of the timoaud placo whon thosumo will be. held, dirocted to the Prosident, Vico-Presldent, Gonoral Managor, or General Buperintoudcnt, of oselt membor, at bis post- office address, at luast tun daya bLefors the thno of holding such meeting ; which notics shall stato the Dusluess to ba traneactall : st which moeting a wnjor- ity of the members shall Lo noeesney for quoru, Awr 0, ‘Cho officors of tho Awvclation shatl ‘bo a Drasldent ani Boorctary, suid such vlcors s mny bo deamcd oxpodient, Tha' ofiicors shall be olected by thio Assoctation, aud thelr powors and dulics shall bo suoh s runy ba from timeto timo prescribod by it, Aur, T, Tho oxpouscy of the Assooistion shall bo Toruo n proportion to the gross. onrniugs, to bo takon fronm tho Iaat annunl report of each momiber, and, it auch report includes carnings u othor Slates, tho gross oarninga in Xliinols, for tho purjoso of tho As- sociaion, shall bo coualuérad stcl proparlon thareot 2 the umibor of niles operated in Hiinois Muail bear ta tho whole number of auilos oporated by such mene bor, LAKE GUPERIOR BUSINESS. ‘Tho proapocts for business iu the LakeBuporlor rogion are dull, compared with what_thoy woro one year ago, Thon tho Ohicago & Northwest. ern and Marquetto & Ontonagon Railroad Col panies woroe urging forward their dock-oxten- sions, and wore rapidly turning ont new equip- ment with which to handle tho 2,000,000 tons ot ore expeoted to Lo shipped, The pans futer- fored with tho busincss when at its Lolght, so prostrating it that it has not yot recovored. Iron oll nplulf‘ Lost snmmor, stocl ralls wore noarce at £120 to 8126 por ton dellvered on dook at Now York or at Enstorn milla, Now, um{ aron drugat 20 por ton reduction. To anch Companios na tho Rtock ,laland, Ohicsgo, Butlinglon & Quinoy, and Northwostorn, which usually lay about 10,000 tons of atool & yonr, this reduction makes an individus) diffcrence of 00,000, A unrronpnndlnq docreass is notico- avloin iron, Tho result is, that the furnaco mon domand a raduotion In the price of oro or oluo threnton to go out of binat, Tho miners aro rohzotant abon ylohlhui. Thoy contond that tho largo pricos roceivod inat yoar wore more than countorbalauced by the incronsed cost of Inbor and othor working oxpomscs, 'Llious will bo mnietlally roduced this ons son. Ioth tha MNalirond Compnnica will lower thoir ratos. Lako froights aro nlso ox- peoted to ba quits low, and thers is n plothora of cbionpor labor fu tho I}vpur Poninsula, Sovorn} importavt discoveries of hard ore hnave recontly beeu mnde, some in tho vicinity of the famous Ttopubilo Stino, Kiill, wikly all theso incontivos to buniness, 1t is not probable there will bo more shipmonts offored than oithor ouo of the rail- ronds could convoniently handle, Neithor tho Erleun of ore, nor tho ratey of frelght have yot con dotormined, buc o goneral docronae {a cer- taln, and will soon be announced. TEDUCED. PASSENGER RATES, The Baltimora & Ohio Ruflroad, undaunted by tho action of tho Pan Handlo and Kanlknkeo Ronda in raising tho pnssenger faros toths Eaaz\ Las now ndvertised that tiolots to the Eust wil o #old at thoir office, comor of Washington and Lnfollo stroots, vin tho Kankakeo Liuo, at tho following rates : o Washingtomand Bultimoro, $16, To Phil- adolplia, S18. ‘T'his action will undoubtedly compol tho other linos to reduco their ratey, also, or olse their pasgonger traflle will amount to but vory littlo, Thoro is no probability that the fl?ht Detweon tho Daltimore & Ohio snd tho Pennsylvanin Rnifvoads will goon conse, and whon the former Compnny has comploted its contemplated ling to Lhiy city, peoplo may look out for continued cheap ratos, ag Tom Heott and Mr. Garrott will always be at war for the bonefit of the public, BALE OF THE Y. LODIS 2 ST. JOSEPIU NAILROAD. New Yonxk, Fob, 18.~Tha 8t Lauls & St Joreph Railrond was sold for $100,000. Tt wne bought in the interost of the bondholders by Charles W, Hasslor, TAILNOAD ELEOTIONS, Qinorwnaty, Fob. 18.—Tho Mariotts,. Cinoin- nati & Dayton 8hort Line, and Oincinuati & Baltimore stockholders eleoted the old Boards of Direvtors to-dny, and the Boards organized tho BRmo a8 Iast yoar, THE COURTS. State Insurance Again. . dompany A. Sleeping~Car Company Held to Boe 2 Common Carrier. Tho Toledo, Peortn & Warsaw Road-s- Forcible Entry aud Detainer, - THE STATE INSURANOE COMPANY. On tho 26th of July, 1872, & rulo was mado in tho mattor of the Btate Insuranco Company against H. A, Hurlbut, President, snd James Van Inwagen, Secrotary, of said Company, and Georgo O, Smith, President, and W. H, Park, Becretary, of the National Loan and Trust Com- pany, to show causo why thoy should not pay over to N, O. Perkins, Assignoe, tho snm of £812,078.24, belonging to tho bankrupt Insur- ance Company. Aug. 6, a further rule was mads on Goorgo O. Bmith, Trensurer of the Btate, to show cause why he should not pny over §334,- 413.52, enid to bo in his hands, and belonging to the Company. ‘Tho partios flled anawors deny- ing the jurisdletion of the court, and thnt they hold such smounts. On the 30th of Augnst & compromise was made, by which tho Nationnl Loen and Trust Company wan to pay ovor $167,673.12, and both rules were to Lo dismiesed. Judge Blodgett, thorefore, mede an order to that 3ect, which, it was subsequently found, was nefer ontered. A petition for o reviow of thisorder was sub- soquently male, and o fow wooks sgo Judgo Drummnond o7erruled the order, and rewnstated tho rule ngainst Smith ns Treasuror. Yestorday Smith filod n supplemental answor, sotting ous tho atipulation in full, statingthat tho facts were made kuown to tho Judge, and approved by him ; that no objettion was made therelo by any croditor; that tho smount so received from tho National Lomn and 'Trust Com- pany ~ was gaoon afterward pnid _ out us & dividoud, and that therefore the croditors who received it me theraby estopped from diss puting the e)mcnmlingu of which they have e 5oynd tho bonefli. Moreover the Court, itis urged, has no power fo compel the respondent to surrender the money by sich & summary pro- coeding as o rulo to show cause. Tho amount to be paid over ($157‘G7H.1‘!? was ascortnined in tho following way. Tho claims nllowed agninst tho State Inauranco Company, amounted at that time to $364,057.08, Tho amount of claims held by tho National Loan & ‘Trust Company wore $261,585, making o total of $025,642.08, "Tho sum in the bank to tho crodit of tho Company was 261,685, to which was added $0,500,” boing sslarios paid to various officors of the Company and rofunded. 'This would moke 971,685 to Lo acconnted for by the bauk, ns this wos about 48 31-100 per cent of the wholo claims nigninst tho Insuranco Company, $625,042,08 tha bank agreed to pay 48 81-100 por cont of tha total amount of proved claims $:364,057.08, whioh would be $157,678.12. Tho amount on hand when tho dividend was declared was $202,108,71, and_the whole nmount. of claims proved ngainst tho Company then was $407,000, Smith denigs that ho Las any monoys in bis possession as ‘Prensurer belonging to the Company, or that ho has any powor over tho' National Loan & Trust Company to maka jt pay ovor any of the monoys doposited thorein by tho bankrapt Compnn{; ‘Whoréfore, ho humbly prays that the rulo bo discharged. 18 IT A COMMON OARRIER? A cnge of much interest hns been on trial beforo Judge Gary for a fow days, and was finished to-dny. 1t.was nn action” brought by Choster M., Smith, of Oconomowac, against The TPullman Palace Car Company, to recover 91,180 lost in one of tho dofondants’ cara ot night. It yapponrs that Smith took o slecping car on the train, on the night of the 17th of Docembor, 1872, on tho Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad. Ho put bis vost, contaiming the monoy, under bis pillow. In tho morning tho veut and pocket~ boole wora still there, but ovorg dollar of the money was gone. A suit was brought by him thereupon, charging, in two connts, that tho Pullman Palace Car Company wns liablo a8 o common carrior. In two othor counts, it was alleged that the dofondant was liablo a8 'a hotel- keopor, A uumber of instructions wore aslked by each party, but thoy wore all rofused by Judge Gary, who charged tho jury that the Compuny waa linblo ag u common carrier only. for the loss of n rensonable amount of money whick a man might carry with him to pay the ‘oxpense of tho trip, but no more. He did not ree any equelity as rogarded liability Lotwoon tho Com nn{mdn. hotol-koopor, 1t did not advertise to koep a hotel. Tho jury, aftor holn;iv out an hour or 8o, rc;tg;%!a & verdict for tho plaintif for tho sum o A Tho question {8 & novel one, and of much in- tereat, s money 18 vory_froquently lost on tho slooping-cars, Mousra. Doxtor & Bmith ropro- sentod the Company, and Shufeldt & Dall tho plaintift, Tho attornoys for tho defondant urge that they aro not liablo a8 n common carrier, as thoy do not recelve sue' pny for cnrrE‘l‘ng B por- son, but only for furn{shing bim a bod, nor are they liablo a8 » hotol-keepor, as thoy only givo a lodging, ~ Thoir position, Lowever, 18 more noarly allied to that of a lhotol-keopor than s carrlér. Anappeal was asked by both parties, —by the plaintiffa bocauso the Judge refused to ohargo the Company's liability as o hotel-keepor, by tho dofoudants boesuso their lability as a carrior was aloged, ‘I'ho caso will therefore bo takon to the Supreme Court, & An nctlon was lately brought in Dixon against the samy Company, to fix its la- b“hy for trespnss, in ojocting & passen- ger for mon-puyment of his faro.,™ The ngsengor oluimed ho bad o ticket whon Eo outerod tho sleoplug-car, but lost it, This oxouso was not considored sufliciont by the con- ductor, aud the gontloman was compolled to go into anothor cor. T'ho ticket wan found the noxt dny In tho car, aud tho irato presongor sued for 810,000 damagos,. Although tho clinrgo of the Judgoinelined in faver of the Company, the jury roturned & vordiot for $3,000. An appenal’way takon, and the caso g “now ponding In the Su- promo Court, - 'TIE LAW OF FOROIRLE ENTRY AND DETAINER, Ongof the most doubtful questions of law undor our statutes is that rolating to forciblo ontry and detalnor, ~ About six monthe ago an action was brought by s man named Small againet & Mr, Ridd to rocover possesslon of n houso. Tbo_nction was brought bofors Juotico Huntoon, of Evanston, and waa declded in fayor of tho plaiutifl. An apponl was taken to tho Cir- ouit Cotrt. The plainti’s attorney disrogard- ing thoe apponl, roquouwl Huntoon to Issuo n writ of posscasign. 'Tho Justico rofused, and n mandamus was jgsnod, to which ho mpliod the pondenoy of the snit in the Oiremt Court. Yostorday fif tho caso of Lowin D. YVoloo agamst Patrick Ward, appealed to the Buporfor Court from tho deolsion of & Justico, bolug an natfon in foroiblo onfry and dotafnor, Judgo Gary on motion dismissed tho euit on tho rround of want of jurisdiotion. Tho statute, though somowhnt obseuro, rendered it impora~ tive, ho thought, that afl nwmln in cneos of foreiblo nntrg and dotaiuer should bo takon to the County Court, and any appeals to tho Buporior and Circuit woro nugatory and vold. 8o tbat horo oxista & utter varinneo In tho prac- tlca in the two comrts, an the Oircuit Court by allowing tlio mandamua to isue ovidently T0C0g~ nized its jurisdiction of tho subjoct mattor, An appoal was takon in tho prosent cage, and it will go to tho Bupremo Court. BPECIFIO PENFONMANOE AGAINST TIHE T., P. 4 W, Iy Adolph Rusch flled & WY yostordsy fn th olph Rusch filed a ostorday in tho Unitod States Ciromt Court Ilgnyinui thoyToludo, Pooria & Warsaw Railrond Company and J, T. Beoor, W. H. Osborn, and Willlam ‘TI'raoy for epaciflo porformanoo,’ Gomplainant staten that botwoon Qotabor, 1809, nnd Juuo, 1870, tho Raiiroad Company made 1,200 notoa or bonds for 31,000 onch, with Iintorost coupons at- tacied. On cach bond wore printed certain resolutions -wheroby the Company ro- rolved that as it was necossary to raiso $600,000, {t wonld fssuo 600 bonda for 31,000 oach, to bo ealled “*eight per cont convertible sinking fund bouds,” running ton years; that those should bo convertiblo into thoe common stock of the Com- an y and that for thoir redomption o inking und should bo provided. Thess' bonds wero subsequently Incrensed to 1,200, aud it was agroed that no furthor bonds should be jssued until those wore converted into o mortgage bond. Thosoi1,200 bonds wore thon issued to bo converted into & mortgage bond bil July 1, 1809, ‘Ten of thoso bouds were botoro tho 1st of No- vombor, 1869, bought by nom;flnlnant. In Mn{ 1870 tho Company,mortgaged ita proporty to sald Segor & Tracy to sccure the bonds, which woro to bo divided into savoral classos. Only a part of said bonds have beon convorted into the mortgngo bonds, in_which complainants' wero not included. Ho offored his honds to Bocor last Novembor, and asked to have them changed into ‘mortgage bouds of Class A, but Secor rofused, and tho suit {s now brought to compel & por- formance of the obligation incurred by the Com- pauy in accordance with its resolutions, THE DUBDICK ‘IOUSE. A bill for specific porformanco was filed yos- terday in the Suporior Court by D. 8, Low, Kate Davis, tho Anrora Bilver-Plate Company, E. N. Tillotson, W, E. Tilloteon, and J. O. Fronch against 0, W, & E. Pardridgo & Co, Com- r ninants allogo that on tho 1st of Octobor nat tho dofendants mado an agreoment with Low and drs, Davis, by which snid dofondants, in consideration of the delivery aud possession of nll the furniture, carpet goods, wares, and merchandise in the Burdick 1ouse, on the corner of Wabash avenuo and Ad- ams street, ngrood to pay all morigagoes or lieny on tho furniture, eto., of said hotel, which said Low and Davis are obligated to pay, sud to keop them eafo from oll claims of tho Wobor Furni- turo Compnny agaiuss thom. Pardridgo & Co, also agroed that they would return or E“y for all goods, etc., in the hotel not mortgaged and paid for, Mrs, Davis was to keop her own proporty and have her room for a month from Oct. 1, The Aurora Silver-Plate Comonny alleges that it sold a largo amount of silver-plated goods which wore not mortgaged © or aid for, Tillotson Bros, & Co, also claim that thoy had delivered 3160 worth of ézondu atill unpaid for. Low aad Mrs,"Davis had givon notos for a part of this, The complainonts thoreforo ssked that the defondauts may bo compelled to pay for such goods s they have not delivered up, and that tho notes given, whon iaken up, may Lo delivered to Low and Alrs, Davis as provided for by the agreement. THE CHENEY CASE is 8till ontrial, Yosterdny was consumed largoly in tho roading of Murray Hoffman's doposition, nudDiuhoP Whitehouse's opinions were noxt sot forth in his doposition. UNITED STATES COURTS, W. H, Cargon filed o bill against E. F. Hon- shaw, ‘Chomas C. Boyd, J, J. Bufton, 8. M., Millard, E.J.snd P, Dodge, J. L. 8chureman, N. Davis, . 8. Fullom and 8. W. Fullom, sud G. 8. Hubbard, Jr., trustoe to foreclose n trust docd for §2,600 on » part of Lot 38 in Eliis’ enst addition, . The Goodyear Dontal Vulcanite Ccmnm{hfllad o bill for infringoment of patent sgalust Rogor M. Benton. BANKRUPTOY ITEMS, Horace A, Hurlbut and Lord & Smith filed & petition against Nott Smith & J. Spafford Huut, druggists, on tho corner of Lako and Halste streas. Potitionors claim that thero is owing thom about 954286 on four promissory notos, two for 9105 each, and two for $166.43 each, nnd charge tho dobtors with having fraudulently sold their stock to one D, O, McLain, A swtto show cause was issued, ro- turnublo tho 28th inst, In the motter of Leandor Rockwell, Cyrus Bontloy, as solicitor of & number of croditors, filed o potition_nsking that W, H. Wills, tho Assignoo of said estato, be romoved for incom- otoncy and gross inaftontion to his business, IA rule to show couso was made roturnablo with- in five days nfter servico. J. V. Farwell & Co, filed a_ potition against Charles R. Watera and Bidney Wators, dry-zoods morchants at Pontiac. Petitioners claim $6,- 401.94 duo on » noto and open nccount, and charge suspension of payment of thoir commercisl paper, nnd an attompt to compromiso at 60 conts, whon their atock and liabilities arg about cqual, A rule to show causs March b, and o provisional warrant of seizure wero issued. SUFERIOR COURT IX BRIEF, Daniel Boaty commonced & suit in trespass against 8parrow M. Nickerson and Lorenzo R. ‘Smith, Inying damnges st 850,000, - George A, Childs nnd Octavius Princo brought t]a}uu for 81,000, againgt O, H. Alking,and Thomes urgess, i J(fim Bollett bogan an action against Philo D. Nichles, claiming 32,500, Tho T'irs National Bank of mt. Lounis sued Brian Philpot for 2,600, Tho Traders’ National Dank brought suit against 8. J, Walker for $2,600, Charlos Shoroy swed Charles McGraw for 22,000, ‘Iho Firat National Bank of Gonesco com- monced au setion ngainst J. E, Loring and Hon- ry Crawford for 310,000, * Honry Kingsberg sued Ernst Book for $3,000 The Calumot and Chicsgo Oanal and Dook COompany sued Mary Ann Hunt for 81,000, Stewart Spalding brought suit for $1,000 sguinet Alvin A, Patton, CIRCUIT COURT, ‘Willinm Dayidson rocovered judgment by de- foult ngainst Edwin Walker, for £9,730.96. Charles Holmberg snd E, B. Stark rocoyered a deoroe ngainst Eva and Jacob Singer, J. M. Barker, aud J. McCaffroy for $1,350. GOUNTY COURT, Tho wiil of Ephraim Ward was proven and loitors testamontary granted to - Elizaboth ‘Ward under an approved bond of $7,000. Charlea Utesch was appointed administrator of the estate of Frodortok Utesch under an ap- proved bond of $4,000, NEW YORK. Soutfie in o Theatrc-Catholic Pil= grimue~lho Korsc-Discuse. New Yorg, I'eb. 17.—Georgo II. Butler, tho Into United Btatos Consul to Egypt, and Abraliam Meade, & theatre ticket sollor, got into a difil- oculty st Niblo's Garden, in tho course of which tho former used his cano, but was removed be- fore damage could bo dono, A warrant has boon igsuod for tho arrost of Butlor, ' A PILOBIMAGE, Committoes of the Catholic Union aro propar- ing a pilgrimago to Rome and elsewhioro by Catholies of thia country. It is proposed to loave not later than tho middlo of May, = A TIONSE EPIDEMIO, L'rom the New York Tribuno, Feb, 17, An apparently contagious disoato, a8 yot with- out a name, has broken out among the horses in tho stablos of somo of tha stago and car compa- niog, nod, though it first wade ity appearanco somo two or thireo woeaks ago, until now has not attracted much attention outslde of the stables affaoted. 'T'he digeaso, tho Bym(ptomu of which bave boen tho sumo {n nearly all oases, hos not been conflnod to any particular condi- tion of tho stook, affeoting all alike, aud in ity attaok given littlo warning. At first tho snimals exhibit stupor and great wenkuess ; whon selzed on tho road, in some canos, reachiug tho stables with difeulty, For atima thoy refuso all food, tho eyew bocome swollen, and & coplous discharge of yellowish, nnttor follows, In womo fustuncos tho eyes have bocome entirely closed, ‘I'hoso indicatlons aro scoompaniad by swelliug of tha tore sud hind logs, and somotimes other portious of tho body, though usually the swelliig has boen coniines to tho logy, Littlo mortality has attonded tho opidemio thua far; with prompt modioal troat- ment the appelite soon roturning, and, a8 arule, s 8 tho animal recovering from the attack in tha eotraa of throo daya or a woek, Tho stablos of tho Third Avonue Rallrond havo boon the most sorlously nffeated, Tho dise onso made its Apporrance somo throo wooks AgO, when a largo number of the horsos rofusod thoir food, and & liberal uso of tho whip was requirod in making tho customary trips. Of tho 2,000 borses in tho atable, prnbnh‘lly one-hialfhave boon moro or losa nffoctod, audat the prosont time over 200 nro snid to bo unflt for use. Ho goner- ally affoctod wero the horses at oo timo that it waa found necossary to draw off a number of onrs, both on {his and the branch line to tho Grand Central Dopot, Xven now a number of horsos are bomg worked who show «ovidoncos of tho . dlgoase. The medicine has conslsted of a mixture of sul- ‘phur, nconite, and bolladonna, and Lias proved a vory oxcollont romedy. Frosh casce aro oceur- xing overy dny, and Lho numberas compared with thouo reoovoring has somowhat incrensed during the past day or {wo, A lglrgo majority of tho horses in the Socond’ Avonue Btables Lave boon affcoted, but uot aa soriously as thoso of tho Third Avenue Rond, and under the homeopathlo trontment have gon- erally quickly rocovordd, so as not to intorfore with the work of tho road, As yob there hns beon no appearance of the disensa in tho stables of the Fourth, Bixth, Eighth, or Ninth Avonuo Roads, nor in thouo of thnmmulw:; oud Boventh avenue lino, beyond somowhat of a disincling- tion Lo eat by the horees, recontly obsorved. 'Tha horsos of the stago lines appoar to have boon the moat seriously affected, and it {s stated thot & numbor of fatal cases havo ocourrad. Little information could bo gained in theso sta- Dbles Inst ovening, Tho disoaso bas boon attrib- uted to overwork of horses and tho ill vontila- tion of somo of tha stables. This oxplanationia mado by those pertons connectod with stables yot unaffooted, and porhops tho fact that it has not yot made its appoaratice in any of tho prie vato or livery stablos, 80 far as known, in & mens« ure ubutantiatos this theory.f New Yonx, Feb, 18.—The distompor which rovails among horses in this city, sud thought ba conflued to stago and streot-cor borses, ia found in the atablos'of tho loading oxprous coms panios, also in livery and private stablos, 8T. LOUIS. Mardi-Gras and Xts Excesses-Lotter from a Fallen Woman to the Rove Hammond, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Br. Lous, Fob, 18.—Among tho Mardi-Grag ontortainmonts lagt night was & loud ball at the Theatre Comiquo, at which the sporting frater- nity, tho women of tho town, and tho busluess and profossional gontlomon of 8t. Louls wora about equally reprosouted. The Euening Dis« palch publislics the names thia aftornoon, and a goodly list it is. TLiquor was profusely disponsed at tho bar, and, after midnight, the conversation waa far from chaste and the seones & goud denl Joss than docent. Tho following, from s woll-known sporting man and his mistross, is a good snmplo_ of o cor« tnin class of epistles daily recoived by Mr. Ham. mond ¢ Mosr REv. Stn: Pleaso pray for me, Annfo Goode rich, and iy men, James Eagar, Wo aro o very wicke od couplo, and we ara fn s very'bad business at prose ent, Wo hiave nttendod many of your moctings, and feol consldurably comforted thoreby, Wo intond give ing up this bisiucsa as soon na possiblo, and sottla down to load & different life. Bo please pray and help s, ANN12 GooduicH and JadES BaaAn, . =705 Christio Avenue, S el OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, » Livenroor, Feb. 18.--Steamships California, from Now York, Novn Scotin, from Portland, anud Samarin, from Boaton, have arrived out. Prapgrenra, Fob. 18.—Steamship Vadore Innd, from Autwerp, has arrived. New Yonx, Fob, 18,~Arrived—Steamor Mans, from Rottordam? DEATHS, WHIPPLE-Tob, 18, Mrs. Goorgo Whipplo, At ronidonco of her daughtor, 65 West HAtron mctr&‘. oaed 18 yenrm, unacal Irids; i relock. o i morning ot 10 o'clock. Carriagos ta “Tlio lreads OF s annily ara rvsion i nl;r:‘Aubum (N %', 3ud Tincola (111 papors ploase 7. BELTL—At tho ros(doncoof his parents, 1077 Wost Made 20 atreot, on, Alonday, Iob, 18, of consumption, Altred Toll, 10 tha 23d yoar of his jfa. Punoral scryices Feldny at 1330 p. m., from the Woste otn dvanug Hotbodit Chirct. OK—Fob. 17, John Cook, brather of Miss Ma gk and Men: Urans Saxd saoa i senrer 0 roerel Tumnins token Knst for Intornents £ Albany (. ¥ papors esss con. S—Fab, 18, 0. H. Millar, only ol 32 and Lisin 0 KiGhols, akod bcars ood 1L sesndhar =" Tranoral iiriday at 10 0'clog &2~ Portiaud (Mo.) papers pl Nellio wifo of Goorge Coultes nd Tillgn Nichole, #0030 year, b, 20, At 11 o'elock &, m. from 183 erigos to Ruso Lill. Frionds of i invited. *Wao thibught sho was tao good to dls, God, to puro to livo." OARRIGAN—On Tunsdoy tho 17th inst., at the rest. dongo of hier motlicr, 411 Atolior avenus, Mary f, Wild of Androw J. Carrigan, ngnd 93 years nnd 12 days, Gitunsralon Yelday'at 0 a. m., by carlages to Calrazy ometery, E77~Evoning papers pleaso copy. NEWBERRY—At Pou, France, on *Wodnosday, Fob. 18, vory sudtonly, after two dns's ffinoss of homorrliago of thio lungs, Mary Loulaa, oldost daughter of tho lato Wal- tor L. Nowborry, of Chlcago, BOND--Woduesday morning, Fob. 18, Virginia Gor. triio, IRt AAENDr of e Kt S, Thes B Bon Funioral from thoir rosidenca No, 1160 Indiana Avonuo, Thursday, Fob, 10, at 13 o'olock. COWDERY~At Cobden, Ill., Fab, 18, Mrs. 8 SGNBERY- AL, Cabdan, 1ll., Fob, 18, Mra. Lucinda —_— AUCTION SALES. ‘By GEO. P, GORE & CO., 08 & 70 Wabash-av., 2,600 PACAKGES OF UNCLAIMED FREIGHT 01 tho Americnn I . il PRSP an i, b sold at duction o GEO, P, GORE & 00., 63 And 70 Wabasi-av. AT ATTCTETION, On SATURDAY, Feb. 21, at 9 12 tclock, REGUEAR SOUTIL SIDE SALE OF ° HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Whoro do you attond Auction on Saturdny ! At Q. P ora & Co.'s, hocauso thoy have a large atock of Honse. hold Gonds, Parior and Ghambor Sota, 70 Watut Bod: stoads, 100 Walnut Huroats and W, 8. Turoas, 6 Mar bloand Wood-Top Unntre Tablos, 100 Chalrs ami_ liooke arn, 16 Sowing Machinas, 160 Mirrors, Loutigon, Warde robies, Sidoboards, Mattzatsos, Purlor and Qillco Desks, 8liow Cascs, Carpata, 10 Cratos Knglish Crackars., At 11 '0luok 6 iugglos, Carrlagos, and. Lxpress Wy ons 60 Doublo and Slagls Tincnees GIO. P, 00., Austionoors. _ « By WM A. BULTERS & CO., UCTIONEBERS, - INO. 108 MADISON-ST., . 10 (Batwoon Dearborn and Olark.) REGULAR BALES: 1 20 Bugaes, Phaetons, Harmess, &e,, WEDNESDAY, a4 10 o'closk, at 108 Madison-st. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &o. THURSDAY, nt 10 o'clack, at 108 Madison.at. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, On SATURDAY, at 8)§ o'clock, at 108 Madison.st, Two-Story and Basement Freme Dwelling, Barn, and Lot 181 WATLNUT-ST., Monday Afternoon, Feb, 23, at 3 ‘oiclock, ON THF, PREMISES, Partioulnrs horoafter. WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., Austionoors. = By ELISON, POMEROY & CO, Friday Morning, Feb, 20, at 9 1-2 o'clock, Furniture, Carpets, &o. t of Now and Second-hand FURNI- Barlorami Chansper Hols, Wardrobos, Loungoy Also, 60 rolls Wool Carpoti 25 rolls Brussele o !A(}:::?‘\:;m,.‘l’llwflwlrfl. and a Gone : N, POM BLOY & CO., 81 & 88 Randolph-at. Bankrupt Sale At Auction, LARGE RETAIL STOOK Clothing, Faruishing Geods, Hats, allg_[l Cansi At Btore, 133 Dlue Island.av., on MONDAY, 10 o'clock, Lolng tha antiso stk of s doalor, . All§ e oty anl el e ol T i i it i Ll Bold by ordor of GLO., W. OAMI"!XELL, Eauy Ase *EM% prISON, POMEROY & 00., Auotionesrs, By OSGOOD & WILLIAMS, Auotion and Commission House, 65 South Caual-st. This wook, Auotion Ssies Weduosday, Felday and at- ardsy of How and seoond-hand Furaiturd, fuoludis Mer. Bortop ol Bote, Otiote, Gook Blovor Soting: 8o, A Botoret Moty 1hoatin Shao. Ol Iq sale at loss t! ue, 1o . 100 brls, of chaloe Pick b SWRKTLAND KROR., Austionsass.