Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1874, Page 8

CRIME. Horrible Murder Committed in Topeka, Kan, A Boy of 17 Yoars Kills an Inoffon~ sive Neighbor, The Body Ildden in the Cellar of tho Musdered Man's Houses The Young Assassin Views the Corpse with Entire Composure. Ridionlons Affir of Honor Between Two Darkies in Georgie. ARorrible Murder in Topoka, Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, Torexa, Kau, Mstch 8.—Sinco tho Bender horror in Labotto County - was discovered, thera Lins boon nothing that so much excited tho poo- plo of this community as an attrocily that onmo to light last night in thiscity, A whole family —fathor, mothar, and son—Dby the namo of Olds woro arrosted on suspicion of having mur- dered & noighbor named Danfol Forris, 1fo Lopt » grocory and provision storo on Bixth avonuo, nenr the ocost sido of tho eity, and was carrying on n thriving trade, o sloptin ‘This store, and seardely ever lott, doing his own coaking, and having few intimnto ncquaintanees in tho city. Iowasw very prudent dealer, and woa gonarally believed to have a good deal of monoy. Trod Olds, the eon, who is about 17 yenrs of ago, hns not dono any worl this winter, and way Xnown to bo without moncy, His hoing flush for soveral days past oxcited tho BUSPICIONS OF TR NEIGIDONS, and Mr. Cottrell informed J. M. Hightaole, rolativo of the decensed, that, Forris had not beon Hoon about his place of business for tho pnst two days, and that ho had better look into tho mattor. Mr. Hightshoe, on recolving this word, called on Ofticor Streotor, and with Shonift ‘Wade, Marsthial Hannan and Deputy Sheriff Davis wont to the atoro of Mr. Forris, which they found in possossion of ‘Frank Olds, and his son Frod. Theso men, who are well known in this city, and who bavo boon scen earrying goods away from tho placo at varlous timea during tho past two days, ns atated by persons living in tho vicinity, on being QUESTIONED DY THE OFFICERS, eaid that Ferris bad gone Iast on the night train_for the eo of getting married, aud would be back in two or thro days. T'hig wns donied by Me. Hightehoo, na an impos- siblo thing to buppou, for he felt sura if such had boen the jutention of Ferria it would lave been communicated to him, On further ques- tionlng tho Oldses, thoy mado contradictory statemonts, saymng Yorris had gona south to romain somo time, und, in short, so conducted themselves that thoy woro arrostod and locked up in the County Jail. The oflicors thon jro- reeded to SEATCH THE PREMISES, and after » short time it was shown that their Teurs wero well grounded ; for it took but a little whilo to look through the placo, and to find blood on tho stnirwnsy leading to tho coliar. The examination was .continued by digging in Ewo or throo places in the earll, and undor a pilo of potatoes which wero thore, aud, covered rbout & foot deep, THE DEAD DODY WAS FOUND but it was not disturbed, just sufiicient of ono arm being uncovezed to sbow the oflicers thoy wore right. Coroner Shoeldon was at onco enlled to tho scoue ; and, summoning a jury, procosded to tho Iearful task of uncarthing the remains, Aftor romoving tho potatces, and digging down about | » foot, tho corpso was lifted from the placo where the villune who ctmmitted the bloody deed hnad higden it, and brought up into tho Btore-raom. An exawination showed that My Forrly had boen shot through the head had his throat cut almost from car to car, and was buried in this sballow holo with all Lis clothes on. 1'ho ball had entered the loft sido of the foce just below tho templo aud gono cloan through the head, coming ont a little lowor on the othier gide than where it entered on the loft. An esaminntion of the store showed a lole in the plastering with blood seattored around, whoro it is probable that the bullet atrucls, After boing viewed by the jury, THE REMAINS were placed in charge ot tho Sheriff and remov- ed to the Court House, wera they were kopt till morning, and theinquest was leld to-day, M. Forris wns about 35 yenrs of age, nnd & most excellont man, 1o hnd livod here about a year, coming |to this *placa from Indianapolls, Ind., ‘whoero he leaves two cbildrou, bio belng & widow- er. He has also numorous relntives in that city, whoro ba was greatly osteomed by all who knew him, and be Ly made many feionds hore by his quiot,ungssuning, and strictly moral doportmont. THE CONONER'S JURY commonced at 9 o'clock, and witnesses wore ox- amined by Shoriff Rynn, County Attornoy for Shawneo County. The court-room was packed till it could not hold snother person, sud hun- dreds wont away, unable to gain admittance. Phe churches were about desortod, and all day long, in the hotel aud on tho strect, uothing clae was talked about or thought about but this second edition of the Bonder tragedy, Tho air was rull of wild rumors, but. of courso, moet of them wore songational. 'Phera was strong talk of lynchivg tho guilty parties, but cooler coansels “provatled, and this ‘ovouinz comparative calmnosa is restored among the oxeited populaco. Mrs, Ellen Joffries, s near neighbor of Feriis, was TILE FINST WITNESS put upon the sland. Sko swore that she heard tho roport of ngun about 7 o'clock Thurkday ovening, and s screnm immediately aftorward, and then il was still. Lho ball possed through from side to side, below tho Daso of the brain, and did not neceswurily pro- Ouce instant doath, But the murderous kunifo Hoon aug-pcd tho victim from making a noise, Mrs. Olds, THE MOTAER OF THE MURDENER, was tho next to tostify, Hor testimony wos straightforward, withont any scoming equivaca- tion, and it i generally believed thut xho wus kopt in ignorance of the hollish deed. Her tes- fimony was very dammging to the som, but #s yet nothing las beon doveloped to asnocinte tho father with him 1 the commission of the hovrible crime. She wnid T'rod told hor and his father that 3fr. Ferris had employed him to taka chargo ot his sloro while he wont Enst to get murried.” 8ho identifled » carbine found un- der the counter in tho store, and o pair of bloody ‘boots, found undor Fred's bed, as helonging to hor son, She tostifiod with ag much composuro ns though it was an ordinary civil ease in which sho had no porsonal interost, UK BUBPECTED MURDERER, Fred Olds, was noxt placed upou tho witnosu- Btund, and Lis testimouy oceupicd the timo from 3 o'clock till dark, Your correspondent never suw #o much nerve exhibited by s hardened criminu} us is posscssod by this slight stripling of 17. Ila waw led to the wido of tho corpss, and asked i ho conld idontily tho murdered mau, Ho unswered Yos, 1 can, 'Thnt i David Forris,” @ho Doctor toolk hold of tho hond winle e stond closo to the body, and suddenly pulled it to one #ido, exponiug the hogrible gupiug wonnd in the neek to his viow, but he nevor quailed nor moy- el 6 musclo, o hos rod bwir end cold gray oyes, and his faco i1 momowhat ficokled, Ho wuid thnt ho lnd visi.od the Theatio on Fridav night, and afterward vigited sovoral snloons m company with sovoral young companions; told how many drivks aud cigmn ho hiad taken; how mucl mouoy be ind spent for them, and how much ho aflerward lost ot eards, with au indif feronco that wonld have dono eredit to the haro of a hundrod murders, County-Attornoy Ryan trapped him into mul- fug avoiul INCONRISTENT ATATEMENTH ; hut hio would try to oxplain without even for wowmont losiug Lis presauce of wind, o iden- titied tho g und boots as belonging to him, and expluined thet ho had taken the gun to Lhe store, and lett it thoro soversl days before for tho purposo of teading with » _young mau who sometimes visited tho stare, e donied befug auy vlaco where ho could have got frosi blovd on his boots, ITis shirt slcove had u large spot Aot bivod on it which he had ovideutly tried to jwash out, 1fe claimed that it was BTAINED WITIL TORACCO-IUIOF, The store was closed all day Iriday, yet ho claimed that he had beon In the sture and con- trooted with Forriu thot day at 13 o'olock, aud had rocolved $26 from him to replonlsh tho ‘ supplion of the storo; and Lo bad mot him ngain that night, nbout § o'clock, near tho stors, in compy withn slrangs man, Hosaidthat Forrls told him he was golig East on tho night train, and wanled him to taio chargo of thu storo In Lho morning, 1hs ulor{ was_vory thin, aud ho kept contractioting himsolf and DMARING MATTENS WONHE ovory timo lio triad to bottor it. Abont 6 o'slook Judge lnubnck eamo into conrt, and appenred nw connwol for tho wituees, and told him Lo ro- fuso nupworing any wore questions, Iin (ostls mouy wan then rend to_him, and hin corrocted it in o numbor of particulars; but, under the nd- viso of Iy ocounsel, rofused to sign his nnmne to it T'ho Court thon adjonrned till 0 o'clook to- morrow morning, when tho hu‘ueut will bo ro- nowed, with Iiank Olds,ihe fathor of TIA PINCOUIOUS MONATEN, on thostand. The old man runs nan express wagon, and has alwnys boon considered an hon- est, industriou citizon, Public sontimont fs andeoided ns to his gulle’ or iunosonco, but it hardly weoms possible that ho has no guilly knowledga of the deed. Duel Between L'wo Negroes in Geors 2, Avavusta, Gn., March 8.—Two nogroes, Potor Blair and Mowsos Bullivan, had soma stgry words, “uring which Blair told Sullivan Lie was no gon® tleman. 'Flio latter domanded an apology or st~ infaction with shob-guns or pistols, - Bnir roplied thit he had no apology to muake, but accepted thd challougo, naming time, place, and wonpons, ‘Tho purtios mot at Snnd-Bar Forry this morning, accompanied by their soconds, Lwo nogioos, samed Ralph Knight and Willinn Armatrong. Tho ground wes paced off, and Colt's five-shoot- crs placed in the hands of tho principals, Knight gave tho words of command. o Bnid ** Lotor, is you rondy " Doter paid ** Yod sal.” Moxos, i8 you ready ?" DMoues roplied * Yes sab," i Thon commenced shooting, and both parties firod away until the last barrol was dischurged, The 1““015 wore rolonded, the principals re- sumed their position, words of command woro ropanted aud firing recommoncod aud was continued . until Blair fell to tho ground shot through both legs, 'I'he partioy roturned to the city immodintoly. —_— " Career of a Despernte Villain, * Special Dispateh to_The Clacago I'rthune, Boston, Mass., March 8.—Jamos Wilson, who has been in closo confluemont at the Stato Privon for twenty yoarn—for murdering a fol- low-convict named Willinm Adams—hay had his gontouco commuted ~ to hard labor for tho romainder of hia lifu. DII.l‘IlIE tho first fow yeurs of his conlinemont, Wilson applied himself very diligontly to resding selook works of n philosophical chatntor, Symptomu of a digordered intellout have oceasionally ap~ gcm’ad‘ which gradunlly Incrensed until lo ccomo broken down. both in body and mind, suffering at poriods indeseribablo tortures from, a8 ho terme_it, tho shndo of Adams, the man he murdered, Ifo is an Englishman, about 57 years old, and a notoriously bad mau, Mo was an cducated thiof sud houscbreakor, hus been an inmato of most of the prisons in his own country, and wos finally transported to Dotany Iay. Ho escaped and cnmo to this country, and was arrested and sontenced for bronking into tho ‘I'ronsurer’s offico in Charlestown. Ho killed Adums on the yory morning bis own sentenco oxpirod, the parties nover baving had auy trouble, and thero being no apparont cause for tho act. He was for ibat crimo condomned to Do hanged, Tho gatlows was eracted, and the final gorvices wero Dbeing performed by tho Chaplain when a repriovo for thirty days was re- coived from the Governor, at the end of which torm iho sontenca way commuted to close con- finemont for hfe. rutal Murder in Brooklyn. New Yonrk, March 8.—A brutal murdor was commutted in Brooklyn this atternoon, Thomas TLowndez, o blacksmith residing on North Fifth Bircet, whilo intosicatod, quurrelod with bis wife. During the altercation ho drew o long sheathi-knifo, and slavbed hor over tho loft cyo, and under tha left broast, klling her almost {ustantly. After commuitting the wmurder, Lowndez sont his two young sous for whisky, which ha drank and wont out. Later in tho ovening, ha staggered back to Lis rasidonco, and was ar- :‘flstud. The doconsed wos nlso addicted to rink. Shot in o ouse of XI=Famc. g Daxroy, O., March 8.—This evening, C. A. Drant, & Baltimore drummer, sbout 96 years old, visited Lottio Whitney's houss of iil-fame, Two ot tho girls quarreled, and ono of them, Alty Dennett, whippod out n revolver. Brant quickly interfored, and was nccidontally shot, tho ball taking effcct in his loft broast just be- low the nipple. Ilo is vors dangerously hust but cdtmunt o rolisved. The girl hns beon are rested. Probable fturder. Pirrsnurai, Pa., March 8.—A firoman named Bweency died suddenly to-day, it is supposed from the offocts of u blow recoived some dnys sinco from a poker in tho hand of & brothor fire- maunnamoed Wauderliecko. e e R ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS. Beadow larks hayo been seon alvondy, and the prairio chickens have been chanting their mourn- ful monotone—both indicative that spring is coming,—Creston (Ogle Co.) Times. —Jniige Snyder, of Dellevitle, in o Into decis~ ion, afirmed tho doctriuo thnt the marringe of o porson subscquent to the mukiug of bix will acts a8 a rovocation of that instrument, —The Wilmington Independen 1s sold ab last, S, T, Hounds, of Chicngo, takes the power pross, and W, C. Brown, of the Keithsburg (11i.) News, Lis purchnsed the balnneo of tho otiico. ~—1he Perry County Farmoery' Club has rve- solved that bonds vated by the peoploof that county to the Chester & Tamaron Iinilrond aro illegal, nud s requosted the Board of County Commissioners to resist payment of the same on principal and interest. —During tho last two weels hogs have do- clinod 76 cauts. 'T'hoy are worth now £4 to 2425 per 100 pounds. My, Jack North informs us that tho cholora is etill raging among tho swine it Qoopor Township, and that ono monlnd Jost fifty hoad in a singlo - night.—Springfield Licg- sler, —Tho groat swamp-land suit, in which Wayno County has been involved, hasrecoutly boon do- cided nfiuiust the county, which will, in all proba= Dbility, dispossess ml\nf' worthy farmors of their homesteads,—their all, in fuet. Fho Fairfeld Democrat_predicis troubla befors the bond- holders got possnssion of these lands, —Jolt . Alosauder, of Morgan Connty, s 2,200 head of cattlo noar Aloxunder, which have thrived all wintor on bine-grass pasturago, with- out any other feed whatover. Ob this lot of cat- tlo, which Mr, Aloxunder purchased very low during the pauic last full, ho oxpects to realizo o profit of 240,000 to £50,000. —Clinton County had a specinl election on the 26th of I'ebruary, to vote for or ayuinst funding their county dobl. ‘The result was in favor of the nogative by & very deci majority, Chis rosult was earriod, nob #o much by any ronl op- position to funding the dobt ag it was Ly tho upprehicnsion that there was o stenl in it —1It iy roported thet tho whole amonnt, &100,- 000, hus beon subscribed to induce Richnrds, the Chicogo manpfucturor, to move hia works to Rocholle. o aro informed thnt Mr, Iinckley, President of tho O, & L. Railway, taktes 865,000, aud that Rochollo has subseriped $45,000. —Shurtlift Collego. at Alton, is fortunate again, Tho will of Elijah Gove, of Quingy, which hag_just beon admitled to probate, bo- quesths all bis proporty, excopt n provision for Ius widow and o fow minor lof:uomu, to the col- lege. 'Cho amount which the mstitution will ro- ceive ia in the nesghborhiood of $40.000. —All the prelimiuaries nro now sottled, and in o fow woeks wo shall hwve sovoral muchinists at worl upon tho manufacture of the roquisito muchinery for our watch-factory.—Roclford Gazelle, —T'ho Abingdon Democrat, noticiug n cane on triul in tho Knox Couuty Civenit Court of nfarme er_ogainst the O, B. & Q. Twlrond, thinks the nilrond attornoys, Mossrs, Lrice and Glonn, technicnl in tho seleotion of o jury. Yhoy would aulen Juryman If ho was o Orangor, and mat leust two tndos intolligent Latrons were humilint- ed to hoar them answor tho question, * Aro not tha Grangers organized in apposition ta the rail- rowd #" In the ulirmutive. ~=Mry, Bt. Clair, wife of Tinrry 8t. Oluir, tho youug man who ahout oightcen months ago wus wentonced Lo the Denitoutinry for stonling whont uuar Hoyworth, ufior sorving koo monthy, was pardontl uut, fins boon maling b ively recontly for the talonn-leepors, who sho clalms gold (o Harry the liquor thet stole away his honest brsinn, norl J1 4o Il in tholr plico somao that haa o tolal disrogaid for the elghth command- went, A fom wankit ngo nhio recovored $2u from Lvapold, nwl o ‘Puonday, st Justice Torro's Gourt, whio teeorored X6, Tho lattor onse will Ve uppoalotl ~~ilmminglon Pantagraph, o THE COMMUNE IN REW YORK. New Youut, March #—~Frenoly cltizons, who fled to New York Gity un scconnt of taking park in the Cotammna, Innf night rosolved to colebrate tho 18th of March an the suniversaxy of tho 5 LParls Comumung by & parade, bauguot, aud ball, FOREIGN. Yon Moltke's Great Speechjin (ho German Parliament, He Advocates Liberal Appropriations’ for the Army, A DMilitin Force Dangerous in Peace nnd Inefliciont in War, Neighboring Nations Jealous of Ger- man Supremacy, GERMANY, New Yorg, March 8,—Forolgn papers recelved to-night contain tho recont remarkable spoech of Field-Mnrshal Moltke, It was a clroular noto addressed to the foroign Powers rathor than a 8 tatoment for domestio purposos, Count Moltke Bays: TIE NEAL QUESTION brought bofore tho Housn Is, whethor henoe- forth Qormany shall bear tho Leavy cost neces- sarily inourred by keoping 401,000 men on o per~ manent peaco footing, That question must bo considered in tho light of our homo and foroign rolntions, Tho present genera- tlon could mnot hope {o escapo the on- erou dutios conncoted with tha maintonanco of large armaments. It wns but too probablo that Gormany would be obliged to proteot, for firty yeors to come, what she had gained in five . months, Gormany, by the last war, bad won tho resnect, but certainly not the love, of her neigh- bors, In whatevordirection honorablo membora turned their oyos thoy would find uations haunted with tho idea that Germany was likoly to becomo A DISAGREEADLE NEIGHDOR boforo long. . There was a strong French party in Bolgium, nolwithstending' that Gormany had ropeatedly saved tho indepondonce of that KKing- dom. Iolland had begun to ropeir the worlis by which tho conntry lind been * inundated be- causa the inhabilants wore unnceountably AFRAID OF A QERMAN ATTACK. ‘Thore wes not s man in Gormnn{ who adva- cated the nunoxation of Holland, yel it was but ‘too woll known with whom the Duteh sympn- thizod iu the war of 1870, Iiven England had rocontly witnossed tho publication of pamphlets contemplating the chances, not of a Fronch, but of & Gorman landing in the conntry. Denmark incronses hor coasting vessols, ~dcomiug it necossary to propare against n German descont. Noy, Gormany was ovon charged with tha inten- tion of Inyading the Baltio provinces of Russia, aud coquetting with the Gorman subjocts of Austria, NILITARY OROANIZATION IN FRANCE. And sll this whon Franco bad copied the wholo system of Gormnn military organization, | and by extonding tho duty of military sorvico over twenty years, aud givingatho law o rotrogrossive force, alrondy posscssed an active army of 1,200,000 men, and o torritorial forco of 1,00, 000 more, Francohad now 162 regiments of infantry, instead of 116 a8 beforo tho war; 923 Datterics, instend of 160 as formerly; and 471 men actunlly undor arms .in time of penco, nagainsk the much smallor force at tho dlkposnl of thio Emperor Napolcon. Iranco, who began the war of 1870 with eight corps d'armes, had now nineteen; and, whilo Germany hitherto spent less than 100,000,000 thalurs on her troops, does nob Teritato to appropriato 171,060,000 thalers for the like purposo. The Fronch Legislntive Au- sombly, the other day, actuslly forcod nn oxtra sum of §100,000,000 thalors on their Govoern- _ mont to enablo thom to duill tho sacond portion this yoar, PREPARATIONS OF THE FRENCH. Tho Ironch towns vied with each other in building barracks, sotting apart drill grounds, ote. o bo suro, the great majority of intollis gont TFronclihon boro thewr dofent with more dignity than would appear to be tho cace from {lhe orations of popular speakers, yot if tho Freuch Government sro convineed of tho mnecossity of proouring penco for somo time to come, this, above all, Svas owinge the fact thnt o judiclous General was at tho head of tho nation. ™ 8till Gormany re- membered but too woll the nd exporionce of somo yonrs ago, when tho French Government wns carricd away by extremo par- tios sud hwried into an imprudont war, o was sorty to sny that, howover many peoplo in Franco might bo oppasied to tha ropotltion of such n conrse, no one who listened ta the vocil- orous cries for revenge which penetrated across thoe Verges conld abondon tho iden that what had luppencd onco wight happon soon again. The German army was smallor thon che Irench, but it hud the ad- vaningo of not including any elements of the militia type. Wars carvied on by real soldiery wero always tho shortest, and therefors the chioupot, As Mr, Baneroft had told them, in his escollont history of tho United Stetes, oven Washington realized the comparative 95 OF A MILITIA, nnd again and ngain inssted on the formation of n siaandiog army, ILwas o factthat the Ameri cans_ultimately conquored from posseswing & smull but well-drilled foree of 6,000 men. In 1870 alse, though g0 many wore brave and patriotic, men wore culled to arms by tho Freuch Govern- mont, whou tho wholo Fronch army had boon ‘made prisoners, they wore unablo to yosist the onnlaught of roal troops. As to the Frano tireurs, they novor steyed tho progress of vho Gorman avmy for o single day, though thoy nocesenrily gave the (iorman monsurcs « harshness which might be lamented, bus could nothavebeon voided. ‘This, and the danger there was m arming the people promiscuously when socialistio texts were Laing openly provefioa, ol togethor oxcluded tho milltin projoct that had Deen slarted in another quarter. A STANDING ARIY, . theraforo, was a necessity of tho times, and ho could not but%sk tho Iouse to vote the figure of 401,000 rank and ilo as o peaco footing uuce forall, If they wero to redisenss tho mulitary budgot overy year, military mattors would ba lkept “in & constant stnio of uncortainty; for any alteration that might bo iniroduced affected the numbor and_organization of the troops for a poriod of telve yenrs—tho time of servico exactod from the individual soldler. GERMANY NEEDED NO_ WAR to mcquire glory, nor did sho want war to mako conquests. In her goographical position, it was true &he must have an army sirong euongh to cou- front two pactios at the same timo, Bui whal could she do with pieces of Russia and Francoe it whe weto to conquor them? Gornany nob only wished to keop tho penco bat wished to bo able to force othurs to do tho like. 1t is tho fltst mccessity of & Stato to securo its existenco, DBotweon Stato and State thers is no arbitor but power. A great ompiro exists only by its own might. Tb fulfilly the end of ity Loing only when it has resolved and is propared to uphold its oxistonce, ity frao- dom, and it8 riehts, TUE COUNT CONOLUDES s follows: ‘The heat of mon cannot _live at peaco if an 11l-dis- poscil neighbor will not sllow hins, 1 think, however, we shinll bouble to show the world that' wo have o powerful uution, aud_ that we remmmn » peacodoving peoplo, I fhat long sles of years we o not only to matutain but tocommand peaco, Then, porhapsi; the world will allow ‘fieclf ta ho_ rensyurad that s powerful Gerinuny iu tho contre of Enirops i tho beet security for the poncs of Europe, Hut to lwuro peaco vou must Lo o reidy o for war, ani {n my opibion wo ara now culled on to decido whethor we sl #ny to Europs thit wo da not weed o powerful army ulwaya prepared for war, or shall adopt the measures necessary to insure such an army, Berun, March 8.—The Federal Council has ordered to bo distributod to the States of tho Empiro further instaliment of 42,000,000 thulors of the Ironch indenmnity, ——— FRANOE. New Yonw, March 8.—A Paris dispatch says Madame MacMalion prosided over n meoting of DPurisinn journnlists, among whom wore the chiof editors of ull tho prinelpnl newspepers, T'he objoct of tho Assembly was to consider tho Dest measuves of relief for the misery now prevalont in the populons districts of Pavis, An appoenl s to be mnde Lo the publie through the pres. et ITALY, Noue, March 8,—1he Marquis Do Noailles has presented bis orodontinlg as Miulster of France to Ituly. ——— BPAIN, Mapury, March 8,—3Marshal Borrano has ar- rived at Somorrostro, — GREAT DRITAIN, LoNpow, Maroh 8,—'L'he Obrerver aya a most- lufl of the mombors of tho late Minfstry way held yestorday, The improssion that Gladstons hiad doolined the nclive lendeiship of the Oppo- aition during Lhe provent weason (v contlvined, Tho Marquis of Hartington lms beon montioned o4 hin successor, but nothing han been deeided, A transport has arrived at 8t. Vincont with the fivst. dotachmont of troops of the Ashantoo ex- pedition roturning to England, STATE LEGIS).ATURES. Tho Pofier Rallroad Bill Passed in Wisconsin, Proceodings of the Michigan Legisla- ture. ‘WISCONSIN. Spectal Dispateh to 2he Chicano Tribune, THE PRINTING CLATM. MantsoN, Wis,, March 8,—Tho bill for the ot~ tloment of the Oalking and Proudfit printing claiin by Commiusionors hnd & narrow cecapo, It was firat rofuscd passage by n voto ot 12 to 14, An nttempt to clinch that by tabling & motion to reconsidor led to n call of the Sonate, and after considerablo filibustering tho motion was Jost,— 12 to 14,—and tho bill passod—14 to 12, An at- tempt to tablo a motion to revonsider that voto Jed to another eall, sftor which tho motion pre- vniled,—10 to 13,—so0 tho bill is eafo from that House, v In tho ovonmng the Sonato passed tho bill to rogulato booms on tho Wiscousin and its tribu- taries, and adopted a rosolution in favor of the {mprovomunt of the Miselssippl and its tribu- nrics, A Dill for the rolief of 8. D, Carpentor on his old printing elnim was amonded #o 8 to hnve an investigation by tho Printing Commissionors of tho nmount equitably due, Lo bo reported to tho uoxt Logislature, and then ordered engrossed. Tho Bouato TOTTER RAILROAD DILL, concurrenco in which had Loon roconsidered and rofused, camo back from the Scunte with the provision authorizing tho Railvond Commission- .era to rulso rales in cortmu cascs in Lhawr dia- crotion struck oat, and, s thus amended, wag finally concutrad i, railrond mon being bighly disgusted. PR MIOHIGAN, Snecial Correspondence of The Chicano Tribune, . Laxsixa, Mich., March 7.—It being Saturdny, little buginess was lransacted in either Body. The House, in Committee, ngroed to the substic tate of tho Commiltco on Lducation, recom- monding that monoys from fines, forfeltures, ate., be npplied oitlier to library purposes or for the euppiort of schools, 88 township or city School Dostds may docide. This will probably pask botl Houses. The Houso decided to zivo two Senators to the Upper Peninsular, which now has ouly one, T'ha Mouso on Committoo votes—36 to 35—not to tux the liquor trafic. Tho sontiment sooms to fuvortho rotenuon of tho probibitory Inw, but the final result is quite uneortain, If Lho taxation isndopted, lie maximum tax willnot ba less than $600 per mum. ' Tho Sennto seoms tisposed to leave the mattor of ealoons to bo fixod by Lho Leyislature, 1tis probablo that the twa Iouses will seriously dis- agree nbout the matter. "T'o-day the Senato dobates mattors relating to corporations, and is still much behind the House., Tho latter has rend the wholo Constitu- tion, Business fairly commonces on Monday. i i KANSAS. ST. Lous, March, 8,—'ho Kansas Legislnture has passed o bill authorizing rilrond companies of that State to lssuo preferrad stocic, LT ROCK RIVER SEMINARY. Correspondence of Phe Chicagio Tribune, Mz, Monmis, Ill, March 0, 1874, This ovening was held the anunal contost of the Litorary Socloties of Rock River Suminary, at Mt. Morris, 1ll. The weather was very in- cloment, & violent storm of rain coming on just a8 tho eoxercises wore about to begin, and continuing through tho ovening. The ronds wero impaseublo, or as near it as Illinois mud over makes them. Notwith- standing theso obstacles, the Methodist Church was well filled by an intelligent and attontive audience. Aftor tho singing of an anthem, and o briof prayer, Mr. 8, II, Hurst came on with a declaration, * Parrhnesius and the Captive,” which wa# marked by a ronsonable degreo of improssivoness. Mr. John Roo deltvored “the “Toply to Ilayno” with great precision of cmphasis and evident appraciation of the means ing. *“Tyoand Ears,” an original oration by Mr, Albert " Gicen, wns n sensiblo and well- ogprossod plen for the habit of careful observation. *'The School-boy’s Illstrations Doad,” by John Shoaf, was n Lumorous show- iug-up of the allusiony so often heard in youth- ful oratory ; it was neatly done. A debats camo next on the question, * Itevolved, That tho Urexi- dont of the United States should bo elected by o direct voto of tbo . Deople.”” In the aflirmative, Mr, Milton O, Nell gave, in vigorous Englisl, » good argument, basod upon tho in- conaislencios of tho present modo. Mr, John Sanborn_followed with o tolling defense of tho Elcctoral College. ‘Ulio nitivmntive was further sustained by Mr. A, T’ King,and the ucgativo Ly W. T. Itay, Aftor this came eosnys by Mieves Celin A. Woolsey nud 1da C. Bardwall, which wero in- strnctive and sonsible, nud wore reud in plos H and audible tones, T'ho socioty-papers weroread by Mieses Jessio Gorbam and C. A. Woolsey, on thio part of the Dhilorhetorians, aud by Misses Mary E, Potrie and Eva Iden, on Lo part of tho Am‘vh]c!_\*oun. I'ho_papers wore kpicy and full of local’bits, as well ag good sense and fino sentiment. The oxorcisos were throughout characterized by solidity andgood renso, a3 well ps by o gon- arnl attractivenesn and intorest, (hat onchained tho ationtion of tho mudioncs. Decisions wero as Tollows : Declamation, in fuvor of My, Turst, Philorholorian : oration, in favor of Mr. Shenl, ‘Amphiotyon ; dobate, in favor of Moasts, Sans born and Rny, Amphictyon ; cssuy, in Iavor of Miss Burdwell, Amphictyon : socioty-papor, in fuvor of Misses Dotrie aud Tildon, Awphityou. —_———— MILLIONAIRE ISRAELITES, To the Editor of The Clicaao Tribune : Bin: Inlooking over the Times of tho7th, I nolico an nrtiole Leaded, * Onr Heavy Mon;® und, in reading tho same, I did not notico one Turaolite mentioned among tho list of “Chicago millionnires,” As o general thing, the Tsraclites do not caro to have thomsolves or thoir wealth flaunted in thio papors; novertholess, it scoms to mo that tho editor of the Zimesis not well acquainted with tho citizens of Chicago to forget ihat, among tha Iernclites of 1lio city, thoio aro thosa who also may bo clussed ns “millionnires,” and who, I ventura to ruy, huve better and larger credit than severnl ol those wmentioned in the Times. - Hoping that you will favor an old subserivor by glving this artiole placo in your paper, I T0main yours. AN Isuaruree. OmicaGo, Murch 7, 1874, PERSONAL, J. M. Love, Judge of the United Btates Dis- triot Cowrt for Tows, will soon hecoma a resi- dent ot Kookul. —The denth of Kirby Benedict, formerly of Dacatur, 1ll,, but under’ Presidons’ Piaree’s and thio two sncceeding Administrations Chief Juu- tico of the Suprome Court of Now dexlco, 8 an~ nounced, It pcenrred at Suuta Fo, 47th ult, —John W, McCarvoy, of Lexington, Ky, has boon elected President’ of Abington ‘(111)' Col Iego, by n vote of tho Lrustoes of 10 to 0, lix- Prosident Butlor has been unanlmously oleotod Presidont of Ohistiun Colloge, Ssutn liosa, Cnlifornia, and will probably aceopt immediatoly. —Dr. Allyn, Drosident of the MoKendeeo (111.) Collego, koo tiwo st oleotod Principnl of the Southorn lilinois Novman School, ut Cur- boudale, s nccopted the posttion, and will oloso bis term of tou yoars' service ad L'rosident gl 2MeKondreo at the next commencoment, in une, —Ata muuflur of tho Dircctors of the Dan- ville (Ky.) I'hicological Seminary, hold on Tuos- duy last, tho Rov, Dr, Nathun L, ice, President of Wostministor Oollego, Ifulton, Mo, was choeon Professor of Diductic Theology, uud the tov. Dr, T, J. Nnisoy, of Chiongo, 111, wns choton Trofowsor of Churol Uovornment and Pastoral Thoology. i — In n oller, Bome boilor-makorn a1 Dubuqne put s boy in & boilar to hold » lummor-hend ‘(o the rivets as lhne- wero driven in, and, whon all woro com- ploled, ho wau found oo bit to como out of tho holo, Mo atripped to the Luff aud gronsed his slin, but it was no wne, eud 1t took slx mon three llo:ll‘li gu out solid boilor-lron boforo ho could be got out, ‘| effort. MANIA-A-POTU, (Cantinued from the Firat Pago.) ona that has hoon held i this cily during the woolt. ‘Ihe ladles havo organizod, olostod olii- cors and prnFunn to work at tho coming city clections. 'Mhoy do not proposo to open Lho cru~ ando after the munnor -of Ohto, but Lo uso all their inlluenco to havo no licensos grantod in Gulesburg, AT YOMKVILLE, Spectat Dignateh ty Phe Chicago Tribune, Yonkyiae, 1ll., Mmch 8,—The temporance enuso horo {s Bweeping averything heforo it. Cho ndioy keop up .tholr’ mumi’ugs, and the ontito populnco nro takiog sidos moatly for roform. I'hree suits are to hotrled thin wock, ono agalnst each of our saluon-koopors, and the ovidenco {8 #nid to bo positive and overwhelming, Chey are trylng to compromiso, nud it §s now sald that Hanas, who closed his bar on Friday, did so hop- ing thoreby to induce a withdrawnl of tho suit agninst han ; but o this is an old dodga with him 1t will not avml this time, 'Tho suits witl all be prosceutod with vigor, aud by the bost logal talont to be bad, ‘Tho Committeo have written for Dr, Ross, tho eminont tempeinuce leoturer of Priucoton, to como and belp arouse our peoplo il mare, A potition i bolng . slgued, asking tho Town Trastoes to graut to liconses aftor the 1st of April, and o detormined offort will bo mado to oleot a no-licenso Board at tho April election, To-night the lurge Congregationul Ciuseli was xl:nnunly packed by all clussos of citizous to oar A_TEMPERANCE ADDRESS Dby the Hon. Irus Coy. Lhe spenkor made the best addross over heard Liero on temporanco, and was spplauded ropeatedty and henriily. o hold thut public sontimeut is what makes and unmakes laws, und that it is the duty of all tomporauca peoplo to agitate for n betier Bystom of laws, and thon seo to it that they sro on- forced. 1Io was not I favor of violence or mob Inw, buthoeaid_evorybody mmst eny ©Hunds off,” when the Indics chose to knool in®prayor whore thoir husbands, fathors, Lrolhiors mot to drink, ewenr, aund fight. o fitly bold wp to acorn_ and _publio indiguntion tio Torsonul Liborty Leaguo, wha oponly proclaim their right to deal in dondly poison even on Sunduy, whon all other bueincss 18 closiod by Inw and custom, 1o snid vory fow untive Amerieans over enzngod in snloon-koep- iug, for they ave taught ju thoir infanoy to ablior tho' disroputablo business; aud that, if it wore not for tho foreign element who infost our shores, intemporaucs could easily bo banishod from our land. Foroignora must bo taught to respeat our jnstitutions and obey ourlaws if they would remain, . Muuy passages of tho leclure wero eloquent, pathetie, and convinclug, while the entire address was logical and timely. On T'nesdsy aftornoon the ladics moot again, and in tho eveuing another rousing public meot- inge will bo hield at (ho Metbodist Church, Muny more signed the pledge to-night. g TOWA. At M'anudor, McGnEaor, In., March 8.—The war agninst intomperance in lown 18 aptending, and promisey to be n_formidnblo Lattla agamst the destroyer. he suloon-keepers of Waukon yestorduy ro- coived notices 1o clogo their snloons at once or have thom closed for thom, Someof tho flrst aitizons bavo taken the matter in hand, aud are Qotormined to suppress tho solling ol lntoxis cating Jiquors in the abuve-named village. USOATINS. Correspondence of The, Chicano Tritune, 1USCATINE, 8., March 7.—1he ladies’ move- ment in favor of tho I'emperanco canse at this plico hins not assumed eny defivlie proportions a8 yet. Thoy buve held meotings ot the Mothod- 1t~ Church overy aftornoon this weel; but so far thero has not been uny public domonstration, and the cause don't secm to gathor strength, Judging from tho numbers reprosented, und from tho fact that some of the most promlucut and earnest ladios in tho community nro cugaged in the cause, 1t is very ovidont that, woro thoro ono_enrnest public demonstration mado, hun- drods would join the movement, as infemper~ ance oxists to a fenrful oxtent in our city what makes tho matier worso, its recruily generally foupd amongst our most promising young nion. But wo lubor under ono very great Uisndvautago in & town (or L suppose 1should By city) of this gizo: that the young men and boys have no other placo to resoftto of an ovon- iugs excopt thade den of vica and infamy. n my return from Iuropo, o few years ago, Twas astonishod to ke the amount of drunk- enness on our streols, ovon in tho open dey. In Elwrnnu citics you rorely see a drunken man, owing to their strict polico regulations. L thought it we could introduco the Buglish cof- foo-room or the Fronch cnfo sytem, whore no manuor of intoxicating drinks were kipt; and i viting reading-rooms wero opon to Lho plicd with tho louding newapapots nnd poriodicals of the day; aud biliard-tables and tin-pin-alleys were kept for the solo and ex- clusiva purpose of amuscmont, on the Lnglish plan, no betting or drinking being permitted on tho promiscs,—many of our bost young men would rosort thore; and, even if thers wero only ten out of every hundred saved from a life of intemporanco, surely it would be worth at Why should not some of the Churches set apart & porlion of tho money that s yoarly apprporisted to foveign i slons’ to promote an onterprise that would rosuls in 8o much good in their midst? I last week heard a clergymnan ssked to look ino u cor- tain snloon or billintd-room somo evoning, and #eo how many of tho yorng men of lny cungre- gation ho would find thero, Now, thig is alto- gether owlug to the fack thac thiee places aro not forced to carry on an opon traflie. Aslong a8 such places are permitted in a commuvity, they should be obligzed to carry on au open traf- fic.” I beliovo tho seerot and concealed method of golling lignors carried on at tho progent timo tho worst and most dangorouy fewturo of thoe whole trafiie. England Inst year collected £34,~ 000,000 _storling, or ubont $170,000,000, of rove- e, off of tho two arlicles, tobncco ud spiitu- ous liquors, Now, muuy take the ground that it is wicked to licenso an” ovil, aud no Christinn community wounld do s0. Well. Lo that ns 1t may, the women of tho nation have taken the matter into therr own hands, and apparenly it could be in no bottor, nud I for one heartily wish thom godspeed, s INDIANA. AT UNION OITE. Spectal Diapateh to Lhe Cicano Tribune, Uxron, Cury, 1nd,, Match T.—Jolu Cain and Pat Lalil, the salooi-heopers who were nerest- ed vestorday for violating the liguor luw, wera tried and Dbound over to coutt i ‘tho sum of 4800 ench. Lahiff signifien lis intontion of closing biy saloon 1f no more mdictments are brought agaivgt him, AT RICIMAND, special Disputeh to The Chicano Tribune, Tcnyosn, Ind., March 7,—Tho crusadors aro oncomaged by the Commilssioners rofusing to graut tho liquor-petition entertained while they Aub up with them last EFriduy, nnd by Hueh O'Brien, tho vldest and worst “saloonist in tho city, voluntarly ce nlns; into thelr meoting and prowising to nover soll another drop of iutoxi- cating liquor; whilo Charbo Lincoln, ono of the principal’ saloonists in the city, has made the tnme declaration, and ouo or Lwo othors are on tho 6vo of surrcndor, AT HOUTIC T Srecial Dsateh ta 7 Sourit Bexn, Lud, Much 8 tor soveral of tho South Bond churches havo been conduoting revival meotings with consider- nble succosn as to nnwbers, and when tho tem- Jperance erusado bogon cliowlioro and icoiied il:0 nu opidemic that wounld spread over tho land, your reporter consulted good authority hero s 1o whother it wonld be likely to be npphed to the rum-shops in this city, 1o was informed that, whilo tho rovivals Inatad, that tho oo wonld pobably bo postponad, 1 attemptod ab all. o~ dry the mattor s assuined o doflnito shapo by & cnll belng assued from tho suveral church pulpits, asking that o1l friends fof the lowpocanco ehungy nd tho oy explcilly, meot at tho First Mothodist Church at 10 a. m, on Tuesday. It is understood that n Inrge num- Der of Indies aro willing to apply thomsetves to tho good work if they ‘can huvo propor organi- zation and suppott, : ———— NEW YORX. AT BHOGKLYN, New Yonk, Maroh 8,—Iu Drooklyn to-day, Vienear-Genoral Purner, at St. Jamea Cathedral, veferred to tho temperunco crunade, und urged tho congregation to give tho movemont all the ald In their power, During tho dny n number of ladica presonted themeelves in” front of o number of lurgo liguor saloons und distributed tuacts to all whio ontored, PR S PENNSYLVAMNIA. PHILADELPIIA BUNDAY LAW, Piraperenia, March 8,—1he snloon-leopers onerally closed thelr doors to-dny, but it in ho- hlwél theru was much side-door Lusiuosy tran- aoted, [T USRS Roespiration whon Aseonding Mouns According to enreful experimonta’ mado by M. Taitot, iu tho Valloy of Chumounix, up fo holght of ahout 13,000 feat, tho respiration is but hittlo troubled, if the procuutions are tnken of walking with tho koad low, to diwminioh the orlficon -of tho alr passagos, of keoping the month shut and breathing throughtho nose, and of sucking soma small subkianco, na o nuk or wtono, to thereasa the salivary substance. Abovo this height, the respiration bocomes hurried, ovon to 80 # minuto, and dibleult, tho feol- ing beug ns If the pectornl museles hnd bocomo BT, nud the rils wero encased 3 tho amount of nir which passcs through Is muohloss then it tho vallay, and tho amount'of oxygen for the purifi- cation of the blood is vory small. The pulso, wnys Lortol, incroanos from 64 to 100, nccord- fug to altitudo, nnd is febrilo and waal, tho artorles fealing nimost omply ; tho rapid clrouln- tion of the blood in the lungs adds. to the in- rufliclont oxvionntion arising from royefaction of tho air, tho-volns hecomo swollen, and thore in Invarinbly_oxperioncod - honviness in tho lond, and sloopiness, duo to imporfect acratlon of the blood. ——— TOCAL ITHMS, Lnat evoning the polico visited & houso of i1~ ropute at 87 West Madison streot. and arrested threo of tho inmates, who were behaving in o vory disorderly manner. Their namea. were Annio Cool, S8aralr Rthines, and Erutts Barbor. "Lhey wero locked up in the Madivon strect Sta- tion, and will bo takon befora Justica Scuily this morning. Willinm Toonoy is short of cash, does not Jiko to work, anil wants & nit of spring clothea. Undor tho oxisting circumatancos, ho concluded to stenl somo logal-tendor, Ao yesterdny morn- ing he vistted the premiscs, 52 South Unton straet, occuplod by W, 1. Carroll, aud, finding no ono nbout, stolo tho contonts ~of the monoy-drawer. As lo ing with ~ his ill-gotten Carroll onterod the sloro, and finding & stranger rinning oft with wealth, clinched with Dim, and attempted to regain possossion of it, In the soufilo oonoey strick him ovor tho hoad with the drawer, inflicting auite » sovero wound, and thon escaped. Laler in tho ovening he waa nrrosted by Officer Flogan and locked up i tho Madlgon Streot Station. ‘The alarm from Box 79, early yesterday morn- Ing, was ocenvioned Ly tlo discovery of fire in tho' residonce of Mrs. Cunmingham, 45 Matuo ntroot, As tho ronda ro vory muddy, tho ene winow wora a Jong Lime golting fo the fire, aud tho houso way cntiroly consumod. Tha house wun fusurod in tho Zitnn, fully covaring tho loss of £2,000. In golng to tho fire, Jamos Malonoy, driver of Babcook No. 2, wae ‘thrown off and badly ivjured, At tho firo, Michnol Sullivan, foreman of 35, was bit by n falling wall, sud badly iujurod about tho biond and back, At holf-past 7 last evening o fire was discov- ered in tho one-story cottsye of Rtichurd Shop- rl\r(\, corner of Brooks street and Eilis avenue. Iho alarm wes sonuded from Dox 175, and the engines woro quickly on the ground. ‘The fur- nituro and contents wero all suved, but tio house wns nearly consumed, Tho loss was about 81,600, Insurance unknown, SUNDAY' Noceals Baturday evening, dologates wore choson from the Soventeouth Ward to attend the convontion for the nomination of town oflicers. —A desperado named Patrick Genren, who hiad robbed o lady of 285 by holding a revolvor ob ber hoad in_ber own Louse, was capturad by the _polica Fridny night, and on Satuvdey wag Lield for trial in bail of &3,000, —1ho Library Bonrd, Saturday, passod a rosolution declining to pay Mr. Robsun suy mora monoy for the services ho hny porformed in England in hohalf of tho Library. —A verdict was given, Satwiday, in tho caee of the city against Shoplierd and others, being a po- titlon “to nascertnin tho dnmages for opening Dearborn strect from Jankson to Fouricenth, Tho total dwmages aro lnid st S1,008,211,75, of which #070,687.76 is for laud tulien, 109, or improvemonts, and $5,300 for other damages. Nothing now stands in tho way of the immediala oponing of Dearborn street, after tho benefits all hove been ostimated and asscased. ‘T'heo Nativnai Cupital Atthescsnion of the ITouso, Hatnsd spoechen were mndo by Messrs. Wood, Deck, Koller, and Burchard, of tho Commuttes of Ways ande Means, 'Lhe discussion took a wido ras palicy of (ho Scoretary of the Treasury boing tho general topic and’ the tax on mutches the Dittjenlnr subject of considoration. —The Postmaster-Gonernl lns given to the Vice-President an opimon of the postal- car synteru, Ilobeliovos that it secures tho most cconomical and_oxpeditious transpurtation of the moils, and advises ity retontion and enlarge- ment, uy ono of the moat valunblo feutures of the service, wad ws. Koreign. Tennyson's poem on the marriago of the Duke of Edinburgh was published in London Saturday. —Tho euceess of the Inglish eampnign in Asbanteo ix confirmed by recent dispatches from Gon, Wolseloy. Coomngsio has beon captured and bound, and the natives Lave roquested a treaty of peaco. 2 —The repott of the killing of Ceepedos, ox- Prexident of Cuba, is coufirmed, o was sur- prined by the San Queatin Lattalion on Feb, 27 and immediately shot. His body was brought'to Santingo de Cubn and buried on tho 1st inst. State Legavlatures, A bill to mako women eligible to educalional oflices wag pussed in tho Californin Assenbly Saturdny Dy a voto of 33 to 31, —A yatlond Lill_was passed by the Lower House of the Towa Tegislature Saturdny. Under ug rulronds are d.vided inko threo A, B, C. Rond in Class A aro allowed 1o chiarge i conte por milo for the transportation of passengers ; iu Class B, 314 cents ; C, 4 conts. Ltonds in Class A, for freight, 10 l‘ler cont lews thau the printed vchedulo in the bill, In Clasy 1, b por cent more; in Class C, 20 per cont moie, ‘[hio pennlties for violation are vory severe, and tho State provides 10,000 for tho prosecution of roads, to be drawn pubjoct to the order of tho Govorsior. An indvidual muy recover five timen tho nmount of damu; uustained, Tho bill camo [rom tho Sonato, isnow rendy for tho eiguature of tho Govornor. Miscelluneans. The ico in tho Struits of Muckinae is still sol- 1d, not showing as muuy sigus of brenking up ag & week apo. nttio Holbrook has loft Canads, where sho procured reloase from the custody of o ates police-ufficer, for the States, via 1sion Bridge. : —Gen. Echenck, United States Minisier to England, and ox-Senator Cattell, representing iho rensury Dopartment 1 _Burope, urrived in Now York Bnmr(ln{. Culob Cushing toolk his de- pactuie for Madrid the same dag. —Hillgdallo Collezo, at 1ilkidnle, Mich., wos Durned at an ostly Lione Friduy morning. — Tha Duilding was of brick, 262 feot in Jongth, and four sories high, The totnl loss is estimatad ut &75,000, of which about 346,000 ix covered by insuranco, —Littlo wns nccomplished by the women in the way of refornung tho saloon-kKecpeis on Suturdny. ‘The spirit which animates the lndies of Ohio in thelr horoie attacky seoms to ha hprcnd only in o small measute {o other States, “Phero in nothing now to report from ouy placa seopt Ulladelphin, whors an enforesment of the Sunday law has been decided on. The Mayor hus jssued s proclamation giving notico that, in conscquonce of u recent decision tho Court ¢t Common Plens, tho polico have beon instructed to rigidly enforco tiw provisions of the law, and roport to tho muthorities the unmes of pessous who disrogard it. —_——— MISCELLANEQUS. School teachers in South Curolina nre called gud-ywangors,” ~'ho Presidont of Cornoll University says tho younz wonion thoro avorago 10 per cont botzer on the oxmmingtion papers than the young men, —Tho proudest man m tho United Statos s in Montgomery, Pa. 1o carried off forly-two Premiums ut tho Doylestown poultry show, —A bnudmaster in tho Euglish army for n notiod of forty-nine yonrs lias just selired, and }Ann boch awarded tha muniticont pension of ton centy o doy, tho highost sum tho law allows, ~A wember of tho Boston Schoal Committeo, «ho does not think the elcotion of women to thal body logal, complaina in tho Post that ho bay Loon called #aes,” *dolt.” “*stupld,” *“rowdy," and * mendagious,” by tho gontla ko: —A San Francisoo moskod ball was attonded by n young lndy who porsonnted Nicotine. Ior drowd was mado of Lobaceo leaves, hor necklace was clgnrs, and sho carrled n fan and parasol construeted of the wood, —Tho starlling theory 18 now propounded that Towls Johnson, uccusod of the murder of Mrs, Tirownloe, nowr Divonport, Iown, also committed the Alger murdor, in the snmo vicinity, soveral yours ngo. Mun. Algor hind about $11,000'In gold Ahioh tho usngsin obtained, and it s roported thut Lowis dJobnson loaned out that amount of gold to & Beott County farmer, ~Taxns lias ncquired two now holidays by ro- cent Joglulation at Austin, Tho 21 of March, tho day ob the declaration of Toxas independ~ onee, Wil herealter Lo o logal dies non in thiy Stute, nnd also tho 218t of April, tho sunivervury of tho baltle of Ban Jacinto, whioh aceomplishod tho indenondonce ag a historienl fuct, —Lottors from Misnowi stato that Georgo My« ors, the old man who was charged with taking Daloy's $10,000, was killod n fow daya ago by his son Jamos, who was tho prinoipal wituosy againnt his fathor and brather. Tha ki ling was probably in solf-dofono, ns wo loarn that the old man went to Jim's houso armed and called him to como out, minting that their difiealty muat be aottled ab once with tho lito of one o them, Jim rolused Lo come out, and yarnul (I old man not to enter at hin poril, But the old man burst the door opon, and Jim killo 1 fum with & hatehot.—Carlinville (ZUL.) Democra!, Dartmonth Mumor. The lumor of the Dartmouth student Is ocene slanally lively,—very llvely. ‘Choboiy of Lvaus, the mtirderer, aftor bolng oxhibiled it tho mo:li- cal bulldlnr al 25 conts a liead, was stowod nway for disscotion, snfely, ns was supporod, but Sat= urdny morning, when , the collogo assembled for prayora, it wns found extended on one of thoe peals In the freshman quartor of the ohapel, The President smilad blandly at tho plonntry nnd excurod the freshman from sorvico, ard tho cadaver was removad Lo the wedieal butlding fn n whoolbarrow. DEATHS, T_On tho 8th {nat., nt his lata residonco, 550 Tl Lk NPl e GRS 40 Sonrsy Dorh &t Olonmel qunty Tipperass, Irofund. Tungal Ioavos Fosday, Bareh 10, at 0, ans, for st Patrivkin Churoll, whoro thoro will bo'Tiikh Mass: froin thore to tho depot, and thonco by ears to Calvary Cuma- Th=Ieiah papors ploaso copy. ALLEN—-At Rivorsido, Cook Do, TIA, o afternoon, tho 7th inst,, 1fobart T, Xllon, sge Nurien of tunoral hore s SOOTHING SYRUP, Thirty Years' Expeiieaca of an 04 Nurst WINSLO V! 8. wreriow soorm. NG SXRUP ia tho protcrip. ton of onoof the best fo- Saturda 4 l‘llll!l! malo physiciansand narsos SOOTHING in tha United Statos, and has boen used for thirty SYRUP sears with nover-failing success by millions of mo« thora for their children. von v 1t roltoves tho child trom pain, cures dysontory and CHILDREIN |dirrechwa, griping in the bowols, and wind ootla. By giving heatth to the TEETHING. |ohlid, it reals tho mother, AUCTION SALES, By GEO. P, GORE & CO,, 68 & 70 Wabash-av. DRY GOODS. Splendid Anctien Sale, by Catelogue, on Tuesday, Mareh 10,8t 8 1-2 &, I. Troesa Goods, Notlans, Hats and Un{v’. Hosiory, Nofions, Undorwenr, and White Gooas, e iae Betunatvo- hna of TINIG LINFNS, 1idkfe, Napkins, Tablo Uluths, Tawols, aud Shitt Sronts, J!mhrnldnrlu;, Edllnx!, Tascrtinnz, awl Rulings. Fancy Tollet’ Gondy, Silvor-piated Ware, Utabrol Wallots, Ribhons, &e. Also, 60,000 cholco Sorars. CA RPN, o200 Bulle i 1t wclouly Inesalsy Vonetian, I, and sl Gavi b 4 GEO, P, GORE & CO., i and 70 Wabianhoar, BUYBERS OF Open and Top Buggies, 2 & 3 Bpring Democrats, Single&Double Harness ULAR TUTS P01 A apn Ty to Dy worl Four own prius, AY. AUCTION 0.0 6% and it that’ 1y’ MAD] /830,000 WORTH Bonts Shoas & linpers W be offerst Ly us at Auctton, by Catnlogno, 00 s are WEDNESDAY, March If, a¢ 9%ca,'m. . All g rauied regular i alzcs and Jrrfrot i mike, or b 3 & i ot 3 Wabusi-ar, CLOTHING. THURSDAY, March 12, nt 024 8. m., GREAT AUCTION SALE, $25,966 STOCR OF M COYS', AND YOUTIL'S QUSTON-HiADE CLOTHING, 0f fino and medlum «, Speing and Winter Otarents: Drows ane 3, Tants aud Veats, And PIECE G001 as hmores, Kor Nl Cicailas, Plain and Faz- ey Vestinge, &e. 71, Taifors Telminings, Duttons, Lintogs, Sindiogs, §n v s Fronah Boavers, Coattnis, o, i buyors, do not mlss TILIS, tho GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, GORI & d o Viad ; 1188 GO 3y 108 DESDISON-ST., (3o ween Heathors auel SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN'TO REAL ESTATE SALLS. Tuimproved Prpersy West and South Divisions, Monday Morning, Narch 9, 1874, SALY, COMMENCING AT 10 0'OLOCK, At BUTTERS' AUCTION ROOM, 13 Madison-at ISR (ot ool 6 4t O3 o & ':I‘E l:llll B Bleek 10, 16 a0 G Van Tironostsy beiug south 3§ g Beet Ll okt on Ovwasen-st., bolng (hio south 1§ SF Lot & ook 3. et on Jackson-st., belngsouth i of on Adams.st., belng tha north J§ of ALSO, uthicast curnor Stato and Flfty-firste o) to 20-fual a outhucst c. I bisea prone nh’s';flf'vuu“"fl-’i'.'z'bufi ot koot ¢y iy ki bsfors o day o s will bo g de tonozra, Buogies, Thactmns, Haess, &, WEDNESDAY, at 10 o'clock, at 108 Madison-at, Soda Water Apparatus AT AUCTION, WEDNESDAY MORN (NG, Marcli 11, at 11 o'elos 108 Madisonst, T Awglo:Amicrionn Suda Apparutu X 'y din Ap e, 008t 1100, A Targe and Desirablo Stook of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &o, Bankrupt Sale at Auction, 100 Cases Boofs and Shocs, Clohing, Hals and Caps, Furnising Goods, €1, NING, Maroh 10, 06 10 'clook, at TURSDAY MO Y Randofutuat. o oo 8¢eaE 100 casen Tnote a (o iuaV's, yromen's and chlle dron's woar, all waods, A Taiie stuok o Ulaibing and Gon "y 0lge Furnishiing Guads, Hats, qh‘é\;lfi:‘rfin W toll, ‘I'.n,._ BY HODGES & CO, Real Tstnto Augtlonorrs aud {ualon M o Rl haion vy S8 Vet Lokcs et ' POSTPOINED. B; der of WM. It HUDUES & GO, D e oL ng ot Teb FromaniTiine At the Hold by ord Tusadiy, Biarols 17y unavaldsble olfeumstansss brovuns- “log, ‘Throo Ditliard Tables, 3 le a-Huxos, Tablos, aud Ohatre, adallthe tisuees b tlratolaas wonitivion, tor sule Mon: | AL 148 WISL TWIRELFTI.ST