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

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, MARCH - 1874, m,, and thora procoed to organize,—ZLetlatown demgorat o iittla moro than four waola (1L tho April eloction for town oflicara In anch of o eleven towns of the county will oceur. % %R 1 wportant that tho right mon bhioutd bo rolected to fill theso oflicos, nud the farniors connot altord to seattor thoir votes.— yla Union Zanncr. 7 oWt bnd a1 ovar tho Btato thal ho fanmots can't ot to market. Wo hopo thay will employ their Joisuro time at home trying to diseavor what hocomes of all the monoy paid for rond {axes.—lllinots Stale Register, —An 1ho timo for elocting “township officers is near at liand, wo would call the attontion of the frionds of tho Iarmors’ Movement to tho im- Portanca of putting o distinctive lickot in the: flold in ovory township, Thera i yot o large amount of work to ho performed befors tho ro. formu wo seok can bo attained, and to nccomplish this work thore must bo thorough orgauization, A fair fight aud comploto victory at tho spring electiony will pave th way for a more important victory next Novembor, and will serve to atrongthon our orgnization, Tlio famors shoutd nowinnte a full ticket in overy township, and Hes thnt no aNort is lacking to scourcits eloction.— - Clinton Regisler, —Wo prosumo that by this time the people of this county are boginning to look arouud for men to manngo thoir township eud connty affairs for the onsuiug yenr. It is the duty aud intorest I avery taxpayer to give sonte attaution to the wnliflentions of tho men they may wolect as 8u- 1rvisors, The whole finaucial welfare of the cunty i in the hands of thirteon men, and tho question to bo decidod is, whother the taxpayors Wil golect careful businoss mou, or mon beeauso tha may have attnined some looal popularity.— Cliston Public. —id our 1armora ever refloct on the fack that profisyod politicinus never eared to inquiro aftor theirwelfare, rave on the eve of nu eloction, until ftor thoy began to vote thewr own candi- dates? “L'hoy could como and fin from town, and never la noficed, But for the lnst year things hovoctanged, Tivery timo a feam fu in tho streets o ownor Is gought out, and great anxio- ty is foltin his belinlf, ~ Wo'll wagor » triflo that overy poticinnin town will have his nrm in & sling Dbefore fad, on necount of lamo shouldors caused by hund-skaking.— Wilminglon Advocate. PENNSYLVANIA MADMEN. Abuse of the.Insene in Pennsylvania Poor-Houses, Some Cases Witnessed by the Board of = Public Charjtics, Instances of Shocking Neglect. Cruelty and Spcetal risrateh to 1he ¢ hicago Tribune, PmrapeLrusa, March 8.—A fow weoks ago wero published in Tne Cmioago TRIBUNE ex- trncts from ndvance shoots of tho report of the Board of Public Charities, declaring the horrible treatmont to which insane paupors wers sub- jected in many poor-houses in this Buate. It thought that the matter then brought to light wus unparalloled, and their recurrence im- possible. Frank Wolls, and his fellow-Commis- wioners of tho Doard, huve propared for pre- sontation to the Logislature many casos of in- humnn troatmont of uufortunates consigned to these living tombs. Out of soveral, the Northampton Connty Poor-House is taken as AN EXAMPLE. This institution is within ton miles of the towns of Esston and Bethlehem, in a somewhat obscare locality., There is uno railrond or im- pottant highway to tho place, and it is not liablo 1o much iucidontal visitation, It sheitors aboul 270 paupers. Tho engineer aud overseer of the ingane departiment arc Germans, thoe Intter una- blo to speak u word of English, and {he former barely able to make himself iutetligible. Loth, of courec, ate unable to communicato With or understand the majority of the patients. THE REFORT BAYH t ‘Wae entored an underground pussege-way in the buiidiug ubout 4+ fout wido liod on ouo side with mix wooden cages, sohidly boarded up to the low cetling with solid doors, in which an open- g5 is_cut about 2 feet long by 8or 10 inches wide, Tueopening is protected’ by iron bars, Tho engos aro partially lighted, ‘are 7 feot squaro, and hove no furniturd eave pilos of loso Languago caunot describe the foul, ing _ odor _wiuch porvades them, Jow unimal lite can bo sustained uuiong pnck mophitic shominntions, is a mys- tery, Froquently we wero driven to outor air for' puro breath, and the Lorrible efluvium clung to our cluthes for hours nftor wo Lud left the spol, In theso subtorrancan dens woro six grown mion, silently ROTTING IN BRAIN AND DODY. In /Cage~1 was Goorgo J. —. Attendants al- leged thet ho was quiet and clvil, but, buving no pitriiontas paco for him, ho waa placed Lore, 1o vus barefoot, clud in punts nndrugfiou knitshirt. Ilis 1ight band bad been torn off Dy an agricul~ tural machivoe, 1n cago 2 was Jumes K. Nnsb, a misorable- lookiug crenture, His solo garmeut was o coarso biue fiocs, reaching to his knees, Ho sat down on Ing siraw in & corner. Whoun sddressod, he made a violent offort torise, but the knee-joints, stiffencd witli long crouchmg in his enforced ate titnie, rofusod to relax, and with a groan he foll foeblyon his side, UYTERLY UNADLE TO STAND. Two yorrs ago ke entored the lunthsome coll, eroct and sound. I Cu:o 8, o man stark-naked hos beon two years without clothing. In cago 4, was o stul- wari, fine-looking Irishman, 30 years old, quict and plensnnt-gpoken, He was abuolutely, nude liko s uoighbor, The condition of the jumates of the remaining two cagos wore precively similar, Crossing tbe roxd to the poor-house hospitel, we decended into tho basoment, und there in coges like those already seeu we beheld aome BUOCKING sights, _ Wo tako the first as a samplo of the rest, In ome eage, fving ona beap of littor, wod o young woman 20 years'of age. She i dumb, Zuttering only an “unmoaning clucking sound, -~ Sho wad born with but ono hand. _¥er right foot is so distortad us to be uscless. don- tally, ho hny beon idotia from hor birth. T\ eighitecn yoars sho bas boen in this Poor-Houso, and tho last six yenrs have Leon pussed in this etvle. The poor woman 18 naked as whon born, uuless n wisp of coarse bed-ticking, origivally shajod like o slcevless shirt, and not roaching from her armpit to her hip, can be called o goy- ment, Shoeking to decoucy, - OUTHAGINOG ALL NUMANITY, ubo Iny upon her side, lier buck turned to us, unconscious—thank God !—of hor exposuro, A #pectuclo of oivihized houthonism of utmost depradation, she lay with her apparently sound log druwn np ngniust itself. Wo ssked if sho could walle ubout her eage. ¢ No," swid our gnide. “Sho lay so long that _way whe can't walk, Bhe got round a littlo on hor kneesi™ and, stepping in on tho straw, he grasped lor andle, Aud drew the limb down to show bow fur it would go, An expros- wion of pain flashed neross the poor crenture’s fuca, and we bade him desist, Obgorving thut #hy was oxtromoly robust and almost swollen in apponranco, wo asked if it was tho resuls of disonss, tho bare thigh which was turned townrds us betug so cuormously large ag to_sug- gosL some. 4 DECREPIT AFTECTION, With the oxnot air of & farmor exhibiting somo futloned suimal, our guide namured us that It was ““wolid fut,” and presnod s Hst into this buman flesh nd o butenor might do iuto the flesh of o iz ox. Fighteen oub of twonty years of a woman's life in such o hiomo! Bix yoars of naked imprisonment on tho straw-litter of an ulma-houwo celtl As we_turned away, stunned snd elok ot Leart over such poctacle of humun woo and Inhuman indifferonce, we felt that this ponr girl missed tho ono blossing of hor life EHH hor mother tailed to atrangle her at Ler i, MORTUARY, smeefal Dispateh to Fhe Chicano Tribune, Rockronp, 1ll., Muroh 8,—~The funoral of the lete revivaliet, the Rov. Jacob Kuapp, wus Lirgely attondod nt tho Btato Straot Muptit Chureh tLis afternoon, - A special traln bronght +0tno 200 or 3U0 to thio place, aud tho ehurch was litorally pucked, e funoral sormon wus presched by the Rov. J. D, Cole, D, D,,, of Obi- uago, _— SCHENCK, New Yonr, March 8,—Gen, Schonck says his 4iuit to his councry is solely on ln-lvt\la aifaire § that Lo has not eomo Loma to fill uuy Cabinot or othor oftiea 3 and that be will roturn”to Eugland in May, wheu hiu leave of ubsence oxpires, 1lie goon to Washington t'uesday, whore he vemnius threo dnys, und will thou vieit Quio, ‘Tho lust throa woeka of Lls stay in tho United Biatos will be paused lu Now Xork, CHICAGO LOTTERIES. How the Poorer Classes Spond Their Money, The Workings ‘of the Polioy Sys- tem, ' Profits of the Operators---Location of Their Oflices, They Claim that Chicago is Thoir Besi Field of Operations., Buporstitions of the Buyers--~How Thoy Toke Their Luok. Crovisions of tho State Law. Althongh mankind lays claim to higher quali- ties than auy other auimal, yot there aro pro- ponsities which ke displays which cortainly ox- hibit less than horso senso, aud mark him s the only croature that will not be goverved by in- stinet, remson, or experience, For instance, thero i8 no othor living animo! that would en- duro tho whisky that {8 dranlc in this clty daily. It would bo o vain oudeavor to forco it upon brutes, but the number of men who como up smiling to the task aro not to Lo outimated. A Jury of cows would condemn a helfer to con- firmed jusanity it it was canght chowing tobaceo, and, in fact, n dumb brute will not stultify its convictions by indulging n any habis that it has once diacovered to Do an injury or discomfort, Tho bonsted triumph of mind over mattor boroin finds o robuke so plain snd practical that it is wondorful that it is not acted upon, Probably tho most charactonstic trait in which humanity shows its freedom of all the trammoels of sonse, is soon in the zoal with which men follow a zame of ohnnco of any kind, when the most ordivary reasoning will demon- strate to thom in o moment that the chavces avo boundlossly ngaiuat them. This papor bns had oceasion, from time to time, to point out tho va. rious methods by which frail man is relioved of his eash withoul an equivalont, and has Lol ite solf called upon to urgo tho nuthoritios to do~ s8troy, root and branch, all the varieua swindloy that flourish hore, knowing this to bo the rule, that humanity is 1ot personally responsible for ts foibles. A mowspaper must be the guardian £ tho people. 1f there is anything that sure pagges tho dullness or mulishuess of ordinary men, in standing np to bo continuaily flocced, whon thoy can nvoid it as well a8 not, it is THE AMAZING I0NORANCE shown by the polico awloritios regnrding tho various practices that shurpors use all about them. A Chicago policomin of firat-rate quali- fleations will sit on & dry-gyods box in frout of . petty gambling cstablishmata wholo afterncou, and naver know but what fiere is going to be o Sunday-school fostival instle, Perbaps he is thiuking over the problems >f Euclid or traciug tho couises of tho atars, o, still more lilcly, flomouutrntlufi tho quostionof simplo mathe~ matics stated under somethitg like the follow- ing formuln : At £83.98 per month, how much is dua ma for 9 days, & hours, ani 17 minutes; at any rate, o is not attending'tohis business. THE LOTTERY BUSNESS, To exhibit a practical illustration of this T Trivung, hovieg 1econtly inforned the polico of somo thirty or forty burgluriet which had oc- curred within a short time, and of wluch thoy were densoly ignotant, uow procods to say that thore are moro lottery tickets jold in Chicago daily, and the saidsales amount by o nch larger sum thau in St. Louts or Leuisvilo, whore tho sule Is authorized by inw. Morcovor, Murray, Millor & Co., of 8t. Louis, ngentt for the Stute Lottories, bonst that they roulize more monoy out of Chicago daily’ than they do out of botls the above-named places, aad that the drawings are mude twico & duy sud telegraphod in full mn ciphor. TIE NEADQUARTERS, And further, thero ara no_less thin forty lot. tery offices in this city in full blast to-day, and still further, & man named J. H. Hoyard, Mana~ ger, with elegant rooms at No. b, 116 Monron street, is the chiof suporintendent of the whola business in this city, and, morecover; oflices for the snle of tickets may be found nt lsom 9, Ex- chango Building, on_tho corner of Clark and Washington, sad at Room 11 in tue Kentucity Block, and i the rear of almost any small tobuc- co store on Clurk atreet, and, to continue, ngents arooubin the stroet from morning to night bringing in tho customors, inducing tho hurd- working lnborors and mechanica by glittering and specious arguments to come in and try their luck and spend thoir hard-earned savings, and this is tho worst fenture of it all, for these mon_grow reckloss by tho loas thicy ean ill wiford, and,hay- ing once atarted, go to’ min by tho run. POLICY. 1t is not only lottery tickots that nro sold, but, hf © sharp contrivanco, the opportunity to ‘ganie blo in these chsacos is brought within tho range of the poorest man by a lotiery within o lottery, which allows of belting on the numbera drawn twico n duy, the stakes being nny amount over 25 conts, aud tho prizes proportionntely gront or smull, and this is the form of gambling practiced Lero that rakes in the poor mun's cash to_the excent of thousauds of dollers each weok, That the publio may lLuow how this littlo gama is operated, the following explanation s given, Every morning and aftornoon seveuty-five num- bert are placeid in tho wheel of euch lottory at &t. Louis, Paducal, and Louisville, and of theso twelve numbers uro drawn out., Thewo twelvo numbers are immediately oficially telegraphed by symbols to all the different ngoncis, thus glving two drawings per doy, Now tho customer who comes “in and buys sny o 231 cent tieket ins tho option of sclecting five num- ors within tho rango of the soventy-five, and whon the drawing takes placo, if ho bo fuchy onough to bit thron of the numbers, o makos what is ealicd » *'day," forwhich he receves 6, Irhe “gaddles” this bot, or doubles ite Propor- tions, fn other words, ho receives doublo tho amount—namely, $10; or treble the amount so- curos o “glg" of the valuo of $16, und four times tho stuke fetchos a * horso™ worth $20, #ud 80 on, the proportion econtinuing the siame, the uverage chanconot going nbova tho privilegs of getting twenty timos his investmout for so- lecting three drawn numbers ont of soveuty-five; or, in other words, the chaucos ate as 300 to 1 s to drawlug o prize, THE PROFITE, But, s the prizo would amount to 5, thum giving him buck his stuke and ninotoen timen its umount, the proportion is as twenly to 225, or ubout 16 4-5 to oue, that iy tha investor standa ono chanco in fifteon and four-Afths of receiving back the amount of his bet, the projectorn pay- s expouses aud Homo briffing profiia oot of the balance of tho fund producod. That is to eny tho Palicy-denlers give back to their customors, for 2nch §15.80 thoy pay in, 81 cash, whicl cortamly cannot be oullod lavish gonorosity, ‘T'hin 18 an opportunity, howaever, whiclh has wich u specious brillinnoy ‘about 1t that hundreds will buy into this gewme, whare only one would buy ticket ora portion of it, in 8 common lottery displaying all the numbers to be sold rud tho prizes toiu wou upon the faco of the schome. esides this its choapnoss and quiclkuess com- mend it to the tove for oxperimeutsl ventirs of the fast young man and to the nocossitios for quick returns on the part of the hard up. b ANOTHER ST, LOUIS SCHEME, Anothor cheap #eheme, which is drawn in Bt, Louis ovary Thursday of fhe yoar 1874, theto ho- ing a lottory of ono’ kind or anothor lor ench day, is os follows: Thore are 70,076 tickoty at $1 aach, and 83,390 prizes nmounting to &67,057, of whiol 27,040 ara for 81 cnch, ono of 56,000 two of 81,000 ench, and one of 497, tho rest varying from 875 downwards, ‘To determine tho futa of prizos und blanks 78 numbors, from 1 to 78 inclusivo, are put into the wheot aud 19 ara drawn out at random. Theso 78 numbera form 76,076 terusy tombinations, and that ticket which has for'its combination the first, socond, and third diawn numbors is ontitled to the oap tul prize. The tlokot haviug tho fowth, iifih, and gixth combination, und that with the soventh, eigth, aud ninth, oach draw 1,000, ‘Lhia next thioo, 3497, ‘Ihanoxt elglhty combita- tlous araw from 876 to £40 each, 'T'wo hundred and two_tiokots with anv throo of the numbors on draw 930 each; thoso 130 tickets having on thom tho first aud second, or third aud Fourth dinwn numberd, onch $10; thone 180 tlokets hnvmr on thom tho fifth aud uixth, or sovonuth and eighth drawn numbers, onoh ¥6; thoso 1350 tiokots having on thow tho mnth und tonth, or olovouth and twolfth drawn numbers, oach 4} all other tlokels (bolng 4,080) with two of the drawn numbers on, ench £3; tiekor Chefug 97,010) with one oy of tho drawn tmmbors ‘on, ensh &1; prizes pyablo forty days afiar drmwing,.aubjeot Lo o discount of 16 por cent, o opportun by of drawing nprizo neco-ding to thaplan s ab- +oured by the methad of sta‘oment and tho com- plication of the wyalein, Waothior this ls an fn- tontional biind or not it { dithonlt to sy, but as thoro seom [o by somo advantazos in making the figures louk stupaudons, and oarefully iding the }ymnrououmo rinlty 16 14 Fair to nsaumo that thin 8 {ho. purposo of tho mudlle, It Is porfootly cloar, howevor, what the propriotors u} tho lot- tory mako out of {t. It wiil hio wcen that thay pockot the dilforouce botweon 867,067 and ®76,070 (Just one-third of tho amount of the prizos), boing &19,010, and add to this tho 16 por cont. dlsconnt, 55,653 and intorost forty duys, rbout %700, and their profit is shown to ho'iu round numbara $24,277, or ahout 100 per cont. 1t is probably figarod on tlis busia ¢ miu catelios ut tho ddon of gotting §5,000 for 91, nud snys that somobody must gut Lho clitof prizo, and argues that hiw clianees are ns good ns those of any other individual, Yet thatchanco in rathor remote, ‘Thare ars 76,076 tornory combinations ‘which may be drawn, nud, of thore, ona nloio draws tho capital prize, ‘The chanco of tho mau s, theroloro, na 1 to 76,076, and his gaing, 1€ ho doos win, nro s 4,000 to 1, Tho constint gain of tho bank may, tharoforo, Ue roprosonted by the fraction 71,076-76,076, . TIE ANNOUNCEMENT. ‘The tlokets for this kind of schomo aro sold upon the streots and In the policv-nhops named, all thono nnd aro disposod ‘of dn great numbors. Yho room, “at the" timo tho draw- ing s “posted,” “thet is the lucky numbors chalked on's banrd for the inspoution of tho holdors of tickats, prosouts u scuno which i8 now to Chicago, but s familtar to many who huve been prosont at snch drawings in Ilevana or the Southorn cities, Tho Intenss ox- cltoment that is shown in the faces of the com- piny of individun's gatherod there, many of wham heve stokod their Tust cent, which ropro- souts their honor, their childron’s biend, and tha tears and ontroatios of their wives, i n sight to movo tho heart to pity und indiguation, The fow woll-dressod and nonchinlant porsons prosont have tho mark of the gambler or sport plaiuly upon thoni, but for the most part the spooulators aro of the hard-working classes, drank with tho oxcitoment of nvarico, trowmbling with intouse ongernoss of hope, audl quito rendy, if fortune favors them agan, or if it fails, to stand stupo- fled for » moment, and thon hurry out to drown tho maddoning thought of their mirfortune and shamo in the nearost rum-hole, Such inatitu- tious thus becomo the most prolific and fruitful sources of despair and cousequent ruin, It is particularly Lo Lo uoted that no class of peoplo patronizo theso nlacos more readily thau TUE COLORED POPULATION. It would bo onsy to rmi,' thut, 08 & race, thoy ate credulous and easily flatterad, and this is no doubt tho cause. 'Tho sale of cheap tickets nmong thent is vory large, and tho concorns Lave out a grent many negro agents, whone duty it is to w.rk thom np to the point of pur- chose. Tewagonts of auy kind will visit Lusi- ness men, for tho absoluto proportion of guin und chanco fa not enongh to commend itsolf to the intelligont, but only to thoso whose necoasi- ties aro pruaam?, and whose undoerstanding is wsuperdicial, In fret, 1t fs ono of the many ways of onticng money from the unwary, worlking under cover of dnrimess, and succeeding by playing upon the untutored passions of tha ig~ norunt. LUCK, Superstitions nve vory prevalent among thoso necustomed to buyings lottery-tickets. A dream which ean be construed in _any way to refer to cartatn numbors, is constdored tobo n Inclky ‘omen, and the happy dreamer travsfers ail tho elittoring pronusc of the occasion into o day dream which he Dhugs to his heart, lla straightway buys the ticket reforred o if it 18 possiblo to be hiad, often carrying his fan- oy to such an oxtent ng to pay an extortionate price to somo ono who owns the tickot, tho owner himself being subject to the superarition, and thus each specalutes on o marpin of eredu- lizy, 'The dospuir nrising from failure to draw thi0 Prizo ia in the inverso ratio of tho hope of gotting it, und it is therefor not wondorful tunt many are driven to suicide or ruin by their fan- ciod misfortune. It is considered lucky to buy an interest iu o ticket in winch nn amatour or ccoculiorn hias nchiance, The old adago, “a Tool for luck,” scoms to have a flrm place in the gumbler's creed. The story is told that o little applo-gitl cnmo into the policy-oflico a duy or iwo ago, aud ono of the habitues of the place having induced hor to solact some numbers, he Dbet on them and won n congiderable sum. Fhis and gimiloy stovies become mognifled by ropeat- iug, aud apple-gitla rise in prico nm-ruulmndmgly. Unbapmly they do not know tho fall value of their present opinfons as to combinations. An nceident in the streot which rovenls any num- bers of brolien articles or incidents is considored a dino sugwry of success if tho corre- sponding ticket coincident wilk the numbers cun bo hed, Even tho crowd that assembies will bo counted and form the mediwm for the lucky solection, But o still more singnlae phaso of tiug superstition is tho manuerin which the holdor of the chance, when he finds it tobea Dlank, will arguo Limself into o bolief in somo tritling nterposition, omission, or inisconception which o had nntortunately made. If ho can oxplain it in this way it rolioves in & measure his duiuc on ay his il tuck snd emboldens him to try ngain. It is tho common tallk of tho habitues of tho plico to speculnte over those fallios, and 50 common i their rolnnco upon thom that they are sure of sympathy in their nxslmmhqnu of the whys and whorefores. It I8 o distracting thing to just miss o prize, and this hus becomo Ho sorions an infliction on the minds or hoalth of their enstomors that most fottery-donlers malko o provision for this disaster by ng small prizes to the numbers ' approXiawting the great p h thus lotting them dowu oasy, This is o provis- ion of the law under which lottorics oporate in Ifuwvau, and 1t ia in goneral practice in all the States whore the lottory-business is nuthorized, AN INSIDE VIEW. But to roturn to the policy shops of this city, As hns nlready boon stated, the Sunerintoudent’s attico is lacated al-Loom 5, 116 Monroe strect. A tin sign marked * Howard, Room 5, hangs at the doorway, giving mysterions intimation, by its brovity und Tuek of explanataty uotes, of some queer Buggestion to the uninitiated. Upon on- tering the oftico, the casunl visitor will scarcel: thinlt that thero fs auything out of tho way. flue Brussols carpet flowers the flooy, A mag- nificont sufo, suggesiive of tho untold resources of the firn, stands opon in one corner, with the baoiss of portly ledgers aud journals arrayed in o business-hke row looking out., A mneat iron reitiug vauges around the semi-circular counter, relieved at intervals by glass windows, through whieh clerks may bo soen, busy at their work of Eoszing the morcantile oporations of the day, Even tho selr-autisfied proprictor, in hiy siuffed casy-chait, and with his separuto *‘private of- {leo,” i not wauting to glve touo to the goueral clfect, Aliogether, it would Lo tsken for o biokorage or resl cstato ofiica, with tho purse-prond moguate of tha stock morket at enso in the considoration of his woighty projocts and_venbures, What his real business is it 18 ‘hard to tell. o doos not soil hie whilo flugors by taling tho vuluar dollar ut_firet hunds, aud you will gat no tickots thoro unless you coma with un opon sesawme, “Thig 18 not to avaid dotection, howover, so much ug proof, it would seom, for thoy do not hesitate to tell where tickets muy bo procured, or oxplain tho mothuds of tho diawings, e s probably thought by his omployers Lo bo koon auough to rocoghize the resl articlo, aud will close up lke un oyslor on any one wh seoks to draw him ont for ulterior plu'\)onuu. It is u poart of Lis busi- ness to receive tho roports and cash of the sub- agancics, and to oxorcise n genural suporvision over them, Ho also omploys the men who run the minor oflicas and woliclt customers, Of theso, thore wera several rcedy-looking uppl- cants. for o job abt tho hands of tho giont und good wan during our inform- ant's presouca in the . room. 'They woro_hnstily oxamined with & sharp glinco asked regurding thelr nnmber of acquaintances, and thewr famtharity with the mtricacios of tho business, nud thou roferred to this or that ofiicer on Clmit street, or in some of tho businoss Dblooks in the hoait of tha cley, and, with a care- los nod from the autoerat, took a eringiug leave of L prosence, Lnough was gcon in thiy briof visit to cnable the visitor to oleaily conclude that the systom of solling lottery or poliey tlokots is thoroughly orgamzod und working in Cnleago, aud it is not an overestimate to sny that theve are forty oftices whoro tickets nro sold, Au estimate of tho amonnt of businoss dono at these shops caunot ba dolinitoly assumed, but it roaohes & sum equul to 81,000 & duy without doubty THE MINOI OFFIVES visitod do not oxlubut tunch style or business- like appesiance, Lhove fs no extra outlay of monoy i oflico-fittings, but o plam - tae Dblo, "6 sereen, or parctioned corner, with a cash-window, and a Yew chans, aro thought to bo sullicient for the prosent uso, for they sre linble to movo wimost uny duy, ‘I'horo 1 uo pro- touso to concenlmont, however, and tho walls nre postod with bills sotting forth tho various wohemen, aud raLmrlu. and othor flaming adver- tisemonts, A blackboard hangs ou the wall, giving the numbers of the last two drawiugs of tho evening before and the prosent mornlng, A motloy evowd of hangors-on sit sround, chewing tho oud of biltar roficotion for tho most purt, or silontly connlug the causos of thelr fuiluro or tho clios whioh lead thom to now Yontures, Izon timo to Hime a new one entors wud adds his curses Lo tho gonoral stook, or, naving drawn a small prizo, ia surrounded by tho eagoer aud on- vious congratuiators npon Wiy good fortuno. Thia cron:os tho only divorsion, and reswnkeus tho storien told under tho canopy of a oloud of shag-tobaceo, and amid tho rx\ttor\ngs of tobnc- go-juias upon tho floor, What they congipt of hag aicendy boon related, Tho hoast, thit'thoy #oll moro tickots nt thoso pinces in Chieago than in _nny other city In tho country, is, no donbt woll foundod, o 1 18 o stranga talo fo toll thak our efloiont polies lknow nothing nbout them, It i3 £» bo hoped that, now that the Tianuxy has pointed out the facts nnd shown tho methods and rosorts of tha lotlery aud polioy donlers, thoy will'at lonat bo called wpon Tor thoir liconses, or mnde to know tho porils that attond the breaking of tho law, TIHE LAW, Tho provisions of the criminal eode on the lot- tory-business nro ns follows : I ony porson or poraons shiall hereafier keop mu oflice, room, or place, for tho salo or other disposition of lotteryetickota in this Mtate, hoor they wiinll Lo JNinblo to'inulctment, and, on conviction for much of- fense, sliall bo fined 1n o sum tot Jess than $100, nor moro 'than $300, with costs of proscention, 1f iy persont alsall vend, well, or othorwino disposa of any lol&ry-uc!m( in this Btate, ko, she, or thoy shall Hablo™ to indictment, wnd’ on conviction thoveof fined fn & am ok lows than $100, nar moro than $500, and olail staud eonviolod wuntil the fino ana cosls ars patd, LOCAL MISCELLANY. THE WORKINGMEN. Tho Workingmon's Association of Ilinois hold itn firat Congross yostorday morning at § o'eloclk, twonty-goven roctions or lodges boing roprosont- ed. 'Tho mooting was hold with olosed doors, and no outsidors were ndmitted. It is undor- stood that tho pracecdings were quite harmoni- ous and that nothing of any importance wos tinnsacted, The main object was to eluct a por- manont Locnl Committeo in place of tho provia- fonnl ono appointed by o muss meoting somo tlme ngo, 'This Associntion, like all tho Intor- nntional Socio-Political Workingmon's Associn- tions, is gx;nvcrund by n Local Oymmitteo instoad of o Presidont, and this Comimilttes is ngain un- der tho jurisdiction of the Council of tha United States, which again is governod by the Gouernl Counneil of Europe. Tho names of the new Committeo, which con- sists of nine membars, could not be loarnad, tho newly elected belug averso to having their numes published because it mllghh cost thom their situntiong, soveral of tlhieoll Committeo having been discharged when tholr positions beeamno known, Al the membors of the Looal Committen excopt two are unew mon who have bKnt recontly bocome identifiod with tho Assocla- tion. Soveral smondments to the ]flnttnrm Wore pro- posed and disenssed, but nil woro finaily lost, it being doomed best to make nmo changes until tho Asocintion was strong enongh to take moro decisive action to gain its onds. The Conyon- tion ndjonned sine dio nt half-past 1 p. m, After ndjournment, the announcement was mado that a large mass-mosting would ba hold on tho 18th, The aunouncoment was also mado that the Associntion would celobrato the auniversary of the heroie uprising of the Commuuists of Daris in 1872, noxt Sunday-ovening, at No. 63 ‘West Lako street. The enlertainment will bo freo, and will consist of sougs, recitations, speechos, and dances. Whothor avy fireworks, with petrolewm, will be used, was not stated, Another celebration in honor of the uprisin, of the Iterublicans of Gormany in 1848, will tala placo Wednosdny evening, March 18, st No. 189 West Polk streot. — LOCAL LETTERS. DR, COLLYER'S SERMON OF MAROH 1, To the Lditor of The Chicago Tribunc: Brm: Nover, oxcopt upon two occasions, do I remember to have wished mygelf & man, Tho first aud over-memorablo one, was whon n big boy snatched off, and made round the corner with, my bran-now 825 *“ waterfull,” hallooing at tho top of his voico, *““Hain't this & benuty, though?" The othor was last Monday, nfter roading Mr. Collyer’s Bunday sormon, wherein he spouks his mind, *“likea little man,” rogard- ing the Woman's Prayer-League in our midst, and otherwhores in the Iand, But, for fear somebody won's understand this unwomanly wiuh, I will, with a!l bocoming humwility, say that not oven tho faintest fras granco of a hope, provided I had happencd Lo bo that untrammeled cronture, @ mau, could linvo passed over me, to wenr the im- mortal wreath of forgel-me-nuts which encircles tho brow of tho good mun, Dr. Collyer; but simply o de- siro to have had the opportunity of standing up and giving utterance to the conviction of my haart, undor the inmonso prossire of pub- lic n\)imull. Womau s a brave soul, the bravest in all tho earth ; nw who that have seen borat tho Led-eide of “the plague-stricken, or keoping hier pont in cramped, durk spartments, out of of which hind_gone the sunlight ar day, of hope, of love,—overything butthe souso of duty uud faith in *the cternal gooduoss,"—can deny 7— but it takes an overwhelmning sense of Divine npproprintion, and & goodly proportion of human sympathy, to L a woman up into tho fonrless utteranco of impropor sentiments, Danded togother in o good cause, or otherwise, this_potticonted-nrmy {8 wimply torriblo; but singlo-honded, the first faint ““norther" which walls out = the word _*‘unpopular)’ us- unlly puflices to dissipnte tho most philantlropic scheme. It takes numbors, or that swilt-rolling vapor, human sympathy, to mako us draw tho bow in defouse of oven our most sacred rights. I thouk Mr, Collyor in behalf of every truo women, aud bless him for the couragn ho Lns given tomo, Individual solf ; and, Just so long 26 women livo upon this earth, and have * tho curious way" of proserving * slight tokons," such as little slipa of paper, * closoly writ,” and little curls of Lair, aud little bundles of with- cred flowers, and tuttered little picces of aw- fully-suggestive blue, just so loug will they hold, and kaep, aud prizo nbove more printed matter, your issue of lust Monday morning, Woarax, Cuicaao, March 7, 1874, % = TIE CLOUD- To the Editor of T'he Chu 81 : Ad alover of fair play, Lo say nothing of my sincero mtorest in whatever can prumoto the wellaro of my fellow-men, I respectfully and fiemly protest against your mannor of treating from tho outset u subject of immoense valuo to mankind. As your payor is your own, of courso you will conguet it as you please, but you hacdl need bo reminded thaf the weight it has with intelligout and curnest minds results from the cnndid and enlightened way thot it dosls with the groat topics of buman concorument, Do you cousder your article on * Tho Cloud-Shooter,” this morning, fair and philosophieal ? Iy it concoived it the spirit that inspires your trontment of tho great quostions of political seience, and your handling of tho various subjects of useful invontion and discov- ory? Tuit, in fact, anything moro than an ap- peal to tho projudices of tha ignorant and wun- thinking? 'L shiall vonture to expross my rogrot ut your stylo of writing sbout this matior, even thongh you should say that it is quite unneces- sary, 4 Lsball onter into no discussion of the sub- foct of the aruficinl production of rain by artil- ory fiting,—the question canuot be settled in o usoful way without exporiment,~but I bog the priviloge to wtate thac my brother, Edward Powers, s seoking, at & good deal of porsounl exponsg, lahor, und juconvenionce, to acoom- phish o beuovolent end ; that hus belief is found- ed oun caveful obsorvation of recorded fucts aud deductions from thom; nand that his troptmont of tho subject I8 purely goion- titlo, without a shadow of charlatanry, Thut & good many porsons of ditinetion and learning agreo with him, ndds nothing to the reasonnbla- nees ot his thoory, I am perfectly sware that tho proposition to produce rain by artiticinl mosns nifords abundang oppottuuity for merriment and criticism, aud I can vory well soe how tho Inugh ean bo turuod awainst myself for even advoeating fair play in thie promisos, Still, tho subjoct 18 & very serious and important one, aud doserves from thought- ful and studious minds something botter than lhgpmloy und snoers, 1T, N. Powzns, i110AGO, Slarch T, 1874, THE OUSTOM HOTSE, Oirsoaae, Barch 7, 1874, To the Edifor of e Chicaun Tribtias s Sm: Iuhould liks 10 publish o complaint in Dbelilf of tho worenntilo co.amunity, in rogard to tho out-of-the-wuy looation of the “Obicago Quu- tom-Houso, In tho contr. of the block bounded by LauSulle, Madison, Clark, and Monrao siroots, nny be found the Arcado building, Tho Cus- tom-House, United Stutes Bub-‘Crensury, Iutar- nal Revemio Oftieos, andd United Btates Court TRooms uro loeated {u this dronnicst, darkont, and gonorally most undesirablo butlding in the city, Why doos uot the Guvernmont romove o do- cont quartors this spring? ‘The peoplo buve rights which ought to Lo respected, Thousauds of thewm, sou-Captuing, vossol-owners, impoiters, and Femauu interustod i conrt procecdings ore put to great inconvoenionce daily by tho location of tho United Btutes oflicos in n building which L, litorally, o frontugo upon nu alloy, It is an intolorable nulkance that the peoplo should pay $25,000 por annum rent for such minorablo Quartors a8 aro now ooouplod by the Todernl offices. "ho fact that the ownor in in- fluontinl showld not wolgh sgainst publle con- veuionco, 'I'ho exponsn of moviug would bo covered by olieapor ront, A, e GENERAL NEWS. Mr. J, W. Dean will lend tho noonday prayoer- mooting to-day. Dusiness mon and ladles should not forpot tho Christlan Unlon lunches at 172 Madison streot, which will be contiuued this weok moro attractivo then ever, At tho timo of the groat firo, the First Nogl- mont of Tliinows Stato Guarls tondered their sorvicon to Mayor Mason, ‘lhoy woro accopted and rotainoed for twonty days. Cho Gth of Inst Fobruary the State Yennto passed a bill ap- propriuting & sufliclont sum to pny the mou for tho servico thoy rondered the city during tint l.r{'mg timo, Yestorduy n meoting was bold at Military Hall, No. 227 Randolph strect, by the Ofticord of this regimont, to take notion in tho matior. Tho meoting wns eallod to order by Capt. Yiuhor, of “* Company A," who was unanimou: 1y chosen permanent Chulrman, and 8. Bins- hoimer, Ordorly — Borgesnt of ¢ Compuny O, was olected Socrotary, A, committon of fivo_wes .np\minmd, connirting of Cnptu, Crona, Paul, and PFisher, and Lieut. Wichman and Ord. Horgt. Biusheimer, who wera-inatructed to coufor immediately with the Ropresontatives of Cank County in “the Htate Logislature, and urgo tho passngo of tho bill through the. lower 1longo during the prosont session, Aftor n briel' discunsion of what the unifoim of the rogimont u:mu(lld bo in tho future, the moeting adjourned siue die, TLnst ovoning, about 7 o'clock, as the reporter of Tue TRINUSE was passing along Adums straat, near LaSalle, he heard # ery of murder, roponfed throo or four tinos, Sorgt. Eborsold and Detective Douny Simwons arrived at the samo timo, nud found n crowd of about ten men, in tha contro of which woro two men fighting, ong of thom, getting the worst of tho battlo, was calling out murder. They wera arroated and takon into the Contral Station, whera thoy wero rocognized ns Mr, Lutber D. Brady, recontly proprictor of n botol In this clty, uud Jir. Gum- fis oll, a clork in the United States Marshal's of- ico, Thoro {8 a littlo story connooted with tho af- fair, thut mokes it quite interasting, Before ir. Brady camo to Chicago, ho was o Uniled States Doputy Colloctor at Allnuts, Goorgin. Coming to Chicago, ho wout into this houso as a pru- prictor, but tho course of hotol-keoping nover did ruv smooth, and Brady and boctor half got into frequent quarrels with tho boarders and tho sorvants, were taken beforo Chief Justice Ban- on on the charge of disorderly conduot, aud at st bocamo disgusted with Liotel-keeping, and sold out, rotiriug to tho shades of privaza hife, My, Brady was congrutulating hitnself upon having found a haven of rost, whon his dronms woro broken by tho appearance of United States Marshal Chambarlain lnst Friday, with s requui- tion from the Governor of Georgin for tho hody of Luther D. Brady ou the charge of embezzling monoy. As the surprised ox-Colloctor nooded sowo timo to arrange his business, ho way put iv charge of o young Mr, Campbeli for n fow days. {aulnn}ny that gentleman and bis prisonor got glotiously drunk sud bogan fighting in the utrgats, for which they woro arrestod, aud Camp- boll put in s coll ip the Armory and Brady fur- nished with a bed at tho Canural Station, ety il PERSONAL, Prof, Proctor arrived yestorday, and is stop- ping at tho Palmer Houso, HOTEL ARRIVALS, @rand Pacific—Col. A. J. Smith, Burveyor- Gonernl of Montana; tho Hon, Charles I. Shirrill, Washington ; Jamos Muri, Washington ; John O. Cutter, Sult Lake Ciwy; Maj. I, V, Preston, Hartford ; John F. Traoy, Now Yorlk; ‘L. E. Hogg, Orogon; A, Thompson, Now Orlonns; Angus Smith, Milwaukee. + + o Tremont House—TFravlke Vail, England ; Snmuel Campoell, Aun Arhor; E, 1. Phelan, Now York ; L. C, Comstock, Rochestar ; Josoph Daoters, 8t. Lonis ; P, IL Gill, Now York; A, F. Nowton, Danbury. . . . Sherman House— Goen. Gibhons, U, 8, A T, W. Meore, Now York ; Bamucl Sossman, San Froneisco ; R, M. Braithwait, Philadelphin ; G, Nusbaum, Pooria ; Virgil P. Klino, Clovelund ; Loo Fox, Han Frane citco ; M1, Willlams, LaPorto. . . . Palmer Jouse—Nobort Maore, St. Louis : H. Barnard, Now York ; 0. N. 'Futtle, Now. Yoric; Willinm MeDarmott, Cleveland ; L. W. Frankhn, Balti- more ; D, Milpnugh, Dotroit ; Charles I, Ham, Boston ; Parker Fuller, Boston, —— HYDE PARX, The rogular woekly moeling of the Trustees of IIyde Park was neld Snturday aftornoon, All the mombers were present. ‘'he minutos of the lnst inoeting woro rond and approved, WIIAT OUR WATER-WORKS WILL DO. Prosidont Cudy distributed, for the informn- tion of (ho mombors, copios of tho Rochester papers of Fob. 19, detailing at lcugth tho oxtra- ordinary results obtainod by a trinl-test of tho Holly Water-Warks in that city. First—Lwelvo onc-inch streams wore thrown 195 foot high, throwing 8,360 goilons por minuto, or 4,838,400 gallons in twenty-four hours, with & prassura of 120 pounds to the incl. Second—Twonty one-inoh strenms wore thrown 135 foot high, throwing 5,600 gallons per mmute, or 8,064,000 gallous in tweuty-four hows, with a prossuro of 126 pounds to the inch, Tlhird—Thirty-ong inch streams wero thrown 185 foot high, throwing 8,400 rallons por miuute, or 12,096,000 gallons 1n twonty-four hours, with & pressura of 185 pounds to the incl, Jrourth—Ono wwo-inch stream was thrown 220 faet high, throwing 1,120 gallons por minuto, or 1,612,800 gallons in twonty-fours, with & prossure of 115 pounds to the inch. IFiftli—~Ouo three-iuch strenm was thrown 295.1 feot high, throwing 8,000 gallons per min- ute, or 4,820,900 gallons in twenty-four hours, witl a pressuro of 175 pounds to the inch. Stzth—Oue [our-inch strerm was thrown hori- zontally 465 foot, throwing 6,630 galions o minute, or 7,968,200 gallons in twenty-four hours, with a pressure of 176 pounds to tho incli. Seventh—One five-ieh strenm was thrown 260.5 feot high, throwing 8,300 gallons por minute, or 11,952,000 gallons in twonty-four hiours, with a presiuro of 140 pounds to tha inch. Tho trial test far oxcooded tho domands of the contract aud gave nnivorsal satistaction to all tho citizens aud disl.iu;iuiuhed strangors who wore present to witness tho signal triumph, AVENUE IIPROVEMENTS. The regnlar proceedings wero suspouded to bear o vorbul petition from Joln McCallroy, that the ‘Lronsurer should be authorized to pay him what money has been colloctod on Prairie nvenue improvements, nud the Prosident and Clotk bo nuthorized to take up his old warrant and igsuo Dim o uow one, payablo Aug. 1, 1874, for the buluuce, includiug interost, “ho Judiciury Commuitteo yoported back the continet nnd specifieations with Mr. McCaffroy {ar the hmprovementa of Indinna avenuo, Mr. MeCaffrey explained thut the contract provided that the Lrustees should reserve 16 por cent nn- til tho work wus cowpioted, sud also roserve the right to ordor Lo work, or any purt of it sloppu ut uny thwo, Ho wantod towdd o proviso that, if tho Trustees should order tho worlk stoppud, Do waw to boe puid in full for what ho had done, and ia that cuso no purt should bo resorved. ‘Cha proposed addition was agroed to. DILLY. The regular business was resumed, and the Btanding Committees reported buck tite follow- ing bills approved, aud they were ordered to be puid. Uaud, MeNally & Co., uuuimn books, 8105 Samuel G, Ithodes, water district map, 57 Jonsh 8. Scovel, auscssmont services, S72} Bonuott, Davivon & HSeates, roporting, 3,603 Cuarnley Bros, & Co., lumber billy, 398,20 ; LPuyrolls on street improvements, 164815 Hydo Park Gua Co., strect lights and hall, $295.16; D. W. Cablo, foeding prisoners, 800,60} totul, $T6467. STRELT REAULATIONS, - Mr, Bonfleld woved thut there bo noplats approved horeafter with olloys less than four- taon foot wido; tunt wator-pipes be luid on the the onst and notth sides of tho strostn; that streots running cust and west be laid ovt eight to a milo and nt equal distances ; thav sixty-six- foot stroots huve torty fect of rondway and thir- toon teot of sidewnlk ; thut elghly-foot streots Lye forty feat roudway and wixtaon foob side~ walks, and thut one-hundrod-foot treots huve sixty feot roadway and twouty foot sidowalks, Roferred to Committee ” No. 4 and the Clork, VILLAGE ATTORNEY. Tho Judiclary Committes reported on the pe- Htion of Fronkfin D, Oentt for the removal of R, 8. Thompson as Vitlage Attoruey for iucompo- tonoy, thut they had carolully and “putiomly i vestigaled tho euso and found that Lhio tostimony aud vordiot, o8 to the improvoments taken for oponiug Forrestville nvenuo, woro us followss Ou Weslen's Bubdivision, south of Forly-fifth atreot, Tuprovements on Lot 7. The testimony of Orenti gu o vallio, 51,400 GlTurd, 33,000 Curson, 34,000 Lowls, $3,800; Sehoenberger, 33,450, Verdict, §1, Tmprovements o Lot 8, Sus lostimony of ' Orén $1,000 3 Heliwenberger, $1,1003 Ginord, $1,500; $1,600§ Lowly, $1,K50 5 Birowa, 3,000, Verdi Lmprovemeuta on Lot 0, ‘Lostmony, Orou Qitford, 81,700, Veraiot of the jury, $1,480, "Flio only'otlior contentud casos'us” Lo luprovements waro upon the following lots in Weaton's Subdiviston & Twiprovements on Lot 27, Testimony of Oreutt, $280,70 1 Ayors, $203; Caréon, $130: Qifford, §806, Vordiet of Jury, $500, TImiptoveinoite on Lok #7 (roprosonted and partly awned by Me, Oreutt), Tealimony of Oreutt, $2507 Ayors, 235, Vordiet of jury, $200 Tho fallowing i ahout th nverago of tho casen an to land taken, 'Costimony nud vordiet roduced to prico per front foof, Land fronlfug north on Forty-clghth atroot, Teatl- mony of Iaew, 3533 Oray, 4003 Dawniug, $70 to $80; Matthow, $U0¢ MeKeovor, $00 : Sabin,$100, Verdict $70, Land fronting south on Bowen ayenue, Testlmony of Tieee, £ Gray, $65; Downing, $80 to $100; 8livia, £85; Rulin, $100; Tecdie, 300; Blu, $90, Vordict ,$77,50, Aud no on thronghout the report—oxcopting whore thero wan 1o contlict of teatlmony, and cxcoplig as to Lots in Weaton'’s Subdivieion, a8 follow ¢ Tho rear 2 fool of Lot 47, 'Tho teatimony on tho gntiro valuo of price fakion, ~Gray) $10§ Lawle, $346; Bonnett, £60, Verdict 100, "Lho ruar 2 feot of Lot 87 (Oreutt's), Testimony on tho entiro valito of prico taken,Gray,$1300 jOrcutt, $100 ; Boonott, $100. Verdict $100, Dumagos wero clulmod by the owner of Lots 7 to17 incluslvo in Dlock 2, of Fowlers Sitbdivision of Tola 11 to 14 fnclusive i’ Forrostvillo, Verdict wes ' Not demaged,” Mr, Oroutt_claimed damogos for two lota on south. weat cornor of Forty-fifth sircet and Evana nvoutio, but no damages were allowed him tnereon, o alao ciaimed damages for tho cast 13 feot of the west 40 fout of wald Lot 37, Weaton's Subdivision, but the ver- dict of tho fury was ““ Not damayed,'” Trom tho above It will Lo scon that Mr, Ot- cutt cluimed dnmnges on two lots and on » ploco of anothor on which ho gobt none, -and that he claimed for tho proporty taken $650 and got only 5800 ullowed. In couclusion tho Commic- teo nro of opinion that tho charges nro nob sus. tained, and that tho.casos cited wero woll and ably maunged by Col. Peompson, nnd recom- mond that said petition bo pluced on filo. ‘Tho report was unanimously adopted, UNION LEGISLATION, Theo Clork roporled the procecdings and rec- ommendations of the jomt conforenco ' of the Irustoos of Hyde Park and Lalo at their moot- ing Suturdsy, The recommendations wern ndopted and ordored to Lo recorded on the miuutos, C, M. Cady, Chinirman of the Conforonce hold at tho Pown Hull in the Town of Lake, Saturdny morng, roported the proccedings thoreof ns published it Tue Tipose yestordny. The Committoo had recommended "the adoption of the nino nrticles of Chapter 56 of tho Chicago Oxdinauces in_rolation to water-works regule- Thore lind beon added to the Committeo \ Bonflold, of Hyde Park, and Mr. Drake, of Lake, and the wholo subjact had bueen referred back for s tull report to bo made Saturday, Muarch 14, ton joint meoting at Villago Hall, Hyde Park. TLTITIONS WENE YRESENTED +from H.Vandor Bolt and othors that Peter Strow- borger bo apnointed Villago Constable; from Gollott and athers to open nlloy in Block & of Clenvorville ; from J, L. Storms and othors to vaeate alloy in Block 1, Drookling; from George G, Havding to vacate plat of Junction Grove ?n Beea, 22, 88, 14 ; from J. W, Brackott and others to vaento soventcon ncres of same subdivision, ull of which werae rolorred. COLLECTOR'S RETURNS. An ordinance way adoptoed requiring the Vil- lago Collector to roturn his warrants to the County Treasurer, in accordance with See. 178, of tho law of March 18, 1872, as amended Moy 8, 1873, nnd aleo in accordanco with Chapter 9 of the uct to incorpornto cities nnd villages, ap- proved April 10, 1872, MISOELTANEOUS, Special Policemun Owen Sheridan was contin- ued on the police forco muothor month. FPor~ mission was grantod Daniel Foaly to uso n wagon bolongiug to the vilage to hanl wator- pipos to thoir destination, Tho third sworn estimate of 0. E. Hequem- bourgs on water-pines, boing for 900 foot of 16- inch, 6,180 teot of 12-inch, and 8,460 feot of 8- inch, amounting to aftor tmluuunli; 20 por cent rescrved and including balance of Tnst otimate, to 347,880, was submitted, approved, and oy- derad o bo paid by warrants for $14,000, 18,- 000, 12,000, and 28,830, TO SEE THE LEGISLATURE, Prosidont Drako, of the Lown of Lake, came injto tho meoting and roquested louve to expluin bis visit, Sinco tho conteroncs in the morning thoy lind seriounly considored the importance of luying their fiftcon miles of water-pipes, with- out dolay, but in order to do #o, it was impera- tivo that tho logislation nceossary to enublo themn to collest speciul nssossments in installments shonld be flrst sccured, ‘This mensure lingored in the General Ammmbl{ and needed specinl at- tontion. Yhey had delemated Buporvisor Col- man o go down to Springlield ou this businuess and wished Hyde Purk to send with him ono of their Board, On motion it was rosolved that Prosident Cady bo roquested and authorized to go with tho represoniative from Lako., ‘The Board adjourned to Saturday, S e, FORT WAYNE, All About the Proposed Location ofn District Court. Special Disputeh to The Chicugo Tribune, TFonr Waxyg, Ind., Morch 8.—A meoting of Master Grangors was hola last evening at the Court-tiouse, to porfoct orgauization, Noarly nll tho Mnstors of tho Grauges in Northern In- diane woro present, sud tho utmost harmouy provailed. Among other things, tho matter of loeating tho United States District Court at thin point was brought up, and those present ngroed to use thoir utmout influence to securo the pas- sngo of tho proposed mensure. Petitions will ba propared and nndoubtedly recolva the signntures of all tho Grangors in the Lwonty-cight countics to bo benofitod. Citizens here avo oarneat in thelr endoavors to securo the Jms“"gu of tho bill now ponding in Congross, and are much jncons- od at the sonscless opposition of Evausville and Southern Indinua genorally, to a moasuro of so much justice. THE FARMERS., Views of Grangers. Corveapondence of The Chicugo Tribune, Erpumaevivee, Ford Co., {ll, March 2.—I nerowith_sand you o copy of tho resolutions adoptad Feb, 18, 1874, by the County Counci of Datrons of Husbandry of Ford County, for pub- lication in your paper: Witeneas, In every stage of oppression, our ropent- e potitions have beon auswered by silence, or by suel Taw us acent to meot our wante, but are, iu fack, ouly Tegal suares for court to disigres upon fud corpori- tions to disohey 3 Worefore, 2 Ziesolved, Thut wo will uso all lawful and peaceful mean to {reo ourselyes from the tyrauny of Monopo- Iy, and will nover coare our ufforts” for reform until houesty und fuir-denling refgn fustoad, Witknizas, ‘Bucenmbing, for o single moment, {0 the mpudent vesolutfons udopled by the Dlow-Riug fu Ghieago would, 1 onr oplufon, bo a lasting dlsgruce to the furming community 3 thorefore, Jtesolved, That wo fgiioro them eutirely, and ll othe ore who will_not deal diractly with us,—patronizing exclupivaly those manufuctirers who' doul directly with us, 8, CLAYTON, President, 3, A, Dinsonr, Seorctary, The Farmers? Movemont in Roono County, 11k, Correspondenca of The Chicayo Tribune, Brrvipens, 1, Mach b, . Smith, Sccretury of the “Slate Farmovs' Association, #polie horo yosterday ton good sized audicneo, in Ridor's Hall. 1Iis romarks wore well rocoived, and listenod_to with attontion. Tho Farmers' Movemont hns mado gront progress iu this county (Boone), Evory township has its reguturly-orgunized Grunge, and its Bpecial Pur- chusing Agent, roady to do business on ity own hook, without rogard to outside middiemen, FINANCIAL. ‘Tho Ocoun Nationul Bantk, of Now Yorlk. Nrw Yonx, March 8.—The Jerald saya it is roported that the Sub-Committoec of the Banking anil Curronoy Committoo of tho Houso of Nop- rosoutimuivos has discovered that cortain ofiicers of tho Qceun Nationnl Danl, by coliusion with cortnin parties in Wall street, mudo all the nec- esuary arrangements for having tho bank closed up at a particulor timo, nnd that theso arrunge- meuts were perfectad months provions to the time tho bank reslly closed, = Among othor fontures of the arrungomenty, 1t s ulloged tunt tho tostimony shows that Davis waa decidod upon ad rofereo from the first duy the conspiraoy was rosolved upon, and that to male the conspiracy & guceoss it was found necessary Lo heoure the oftioial assistance of n promivent nud woll-known ofticin] of the Governmout ab Washiny tfl{l. The Committeo loft lant aveniug for Wasbingion, CAS UAL'I!IES.- Accidentally Killed Flfmself, Correapondence of P Chivupo Tribnie, Mook, Wis., Maroh 5,—A hud und fatal scei- dont oovmred ab this pluco to-duy, resulting in tho doath of & youny man nsmed Hownrd Davon- port. _1lo and n compunion wore out hunting, whon Davenport's gun yess uccidentally dischavg- ed, tho bail enteriug Lis stomaob. 1o was taken to o Liouso nemr by, but only survived the acci- dont half un bour, "o was & youngman of good uhavnotor, sud highly ostcomod by ull who knew Lim, — MISSING. Spactal Disnateh to ‘I Chicago Tribune, Pronia, 1il, Dog, 8,~Miss Kato Ubalmors, whio osvepod froms lor youmk on tho 4th inat., as te]qgrnphcd at tha timo, has not yot turned up. Tho greatent oxeltomont oxists” hero over lLier myrtorloun dissnppentanco, Lvory morning siuco tho nightsho ran nwny, scoroy of volun- teora have offerod thoir sorvices in monrching for hor, but nothing can bo loarned, Thero #eoms to ho but littlo doubt that sho is fn tho Inke, and although a gun Gny Loon fired over tho water, and men with’ grappling hooks hnvo been nt work, nothiug comos to who surfacn, 1t doos not woom probablo that the can Lo alive and yot romain conconled, CAPITAL AND LABOR. Erie Ratlrond Striko. Snectal Disnateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, Burravo, N, Y., March 8.—Tho ettiko on the Erio Rnllway still continues, and is extonding nlong tho Niagara Inll division to tho bridgo. Eighty-nino men have jolned tho strikers sinca Saturdey oftornoon. Thoy are in good spirits, bave ‘,'ut money, and feel confldont that thoy will win the figlit. The officors of tho Company Aoy that the atrike is ended, and that thoy nre filllug tho pinces of tho strikers with new mon. Anothor mass-meoting of the strikers is to bt Lold horo Mondny evening. The Locomotive Engincers. 51, Louts, March 8.~Intorviows by Globe ro- porters with soveral railroad ofticials roveal the faot that it s tho proity genoral opinion in railroad circlos that the Brothorhood of Loco- motive Engineers will vory snon mako a formnl domand for the restoration of the wugos provail- Ing beforo tho panio, and It this is not acceded to, that I, M. Arthur, the nowly-clected Chief of that Ordor, will nt ouco declate a striko, and whll rc?ulra all mombors to refnsa to work until tho ratiroad companies surreudor. e BUTLER'S NEW CARPAIGN. Bosrox, Mareh 8,—A rumor {s gainfog pround horo thut Postminstor Burt is Lo rotire, and Stato Sonntor Balley to bomade Postmaster of Boston. Dailoy wus an anrnest worker for Gon. Butler in Dotk his attempts on the Gubernatorial chair, g ALBANY LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Srecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Arpany, N. ¥,,. March 8,—Bikvea—At the oponing murket Thutsday, tho ntfendunce, composod - prins cipally of local und Eastorn conntry dealers, was small, and business that duy was vory limifted, Thoso i ate tendanco wero only in want of o fow head, nud_these thoy puirchased ot nbout last weolds current pricen, Tho following day (ho attendance wan much larger, composty reveral of tho Toading dowlers from Briyhe ton und Now Yark, but the market was dull, Tho busi- nesn done was very Mmited, and prices ruled e por pound lower than Tast weekt, On- Saturday {héra wan butlittle it any, dinprovement in (lie {ono of flio markot, ales bulig slow, and dragging at unsatiefao- tory prices, ‘Tl week's morket may ba safely classed ns " alow, drugging, ond unsitisfuctory. Tho average ' quullty of thp offerings waa about caual to Just weok. In the recelpts wera 20 enra Toxus und Ohierokeos, o fow choloa butchering sicers, and n large number 'of medium and common grades, Tho heavieat deciino was folt on medium rades, which may bo placed at 3foper 1b lower than Inst week, Tteceipts, 6,611 head, sgainst 6,853 head o rices a8 follows ; $0.76@7.00 @656 0.00 @5.20 (254,73 . 004,23 3—ticceipts, 17,700 head. The quality of hio_recelptn was sbout oqual to lost weck, two-tlilrds boing common und o fow choico, The market opencd at Xge por Ib off, but rallied toward the claso, when it ruled 4o of, the demand Lelog confin- od principally to Edstern 'dealers. Bheop, 4%@70} extru, Tig@8e, £ SILKS.. TO BUYERS OF BLACK SILKS GREATATTRAGTIONS CARSOT, PIRIE & (0, Madison and Peoria-sts., Offer the following Extraordis nary Inducements: Lot of cheap Black Silks for trimming, mak. ing over, &c.. at 75, 85, and 800, Tot of Black Glace Bilks, nice bright goods, ot $1cnd $1.10 per yard; 25 por cont une dor value. Lot of Black Gros Graing, all silk, at $1 per yard; good sightly goods, and very choap. B’k Gros Grain Silks, botter goods, ot $1.20 and $1.60; groat bargains, Bl’k Lyons Gros Grains at $1.70 and $1.80; bright, handsomo goods. Rich BI'k Lyons Gros Grains, satin flnish, af $3; o special bargain, worth $3,75, Richost and flnest qualities Black Lyona Billes at equally low prices. FANCY SILES. Justreceived from Auction, and will soon ba nold, a line of Fancy 8ilks in dark and light colors, at 76 and 85 ots ; o decided bargain, Two cases new style groy ground and black ground 8tripe Bilks, groat bargams; being from 35 to 60 ots o yard bolow rogular prigos, Bargoins in Real Lyons Clogi Volvets, Bargains on Cheap Dress Goods Tables as previously adver- tised. Hamburg Embroideries at a - great sacrifice. Madison & Peoria-sts. oS Importations, BLACK AND FANCY SITLES FIELD, LEITER & CO. State & Washington-sts, ‘Will offer on Monday, March 9, full assortment of nll tho oplobrated makos of Black Silkig---Bonnet's, Guinet’s, Giraud’s, Jaubert’s, Pon- son’s, Pouocet’s, Gaurd’s, Tapeos- siore’s, Audibort’s, Mouvernay’s, and Cheney Bros.’ Amorican; & lnrgo line of Black Tailotas, Blacle Goods, Rhinos and Lustrinas; Now shados, in folid colors, Gros Grain ot $2,00 and $2,560, docidod Novol- tios and very great bargains; light colorod Stripes at 850, $1.00, $1.25, and §1.60, benutiful end choap 3 and solectod atylos Black and Whito Stripes, from 750 to $2.50, without exooption the handsomest lino of Bilks they havo ovor offored, and which thoy have detormined to soll ot Popular Pricos, STATE AND WASHINGTON-STS,