Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1874, Page 5

THE THICAGO DAILY 'I'RIBU MONDAY, APRIL b6, 1.4, ) s ; 5o : TEMPERANCE, (Continued from the First Pag bich the Twouty-fourth Paalm was rend, and ko Rev. Dr. Edwards offorod pruyor. MIE, JUTKING woa the firat Aponker. Bho denied that tho wom- &n wero discouragad, Lhough they had labored undor groat disndvautagos, among which waa tho 2nct thatthey woro unacquainted with ench other, A gront strugglo would bo nocossary, as (o “domou of intompornico wonld not ho subducd ‘without violenco. ‘was but onc-lalf of tha proposltion ; tho entoons aado tho drunkards, 'Tho women must pray doud and long for tho supprossiou of tha grostost -evil tho world over knew, % Prayor was thon offerod by tho Rev. Mr. *“Thompson. s s IS8 FRANGES E. WILLATD, Prosidont of the Northwostern Fomnlo Collego, -gald the occasion reminded ler of war timos, ‘when mon camo forward and signod their namos “t0 thoroll, - Auothor war scomed to.have boon commencod, and it had boon said that tho Indics « oot their “Bull Ruu” the othor dayst tho » .Common Council Chinmber, Sho was wllllng to ~ oall 1t tho fst dofost st tho boginning of tho -campaign. Thospeakor gave somo Hiatistics of :tho money paid out fn ono year for intoxicating ‘boveragos of all kinds. 8le aald tho ballot in «tho hand of a drunkard was liko the torot in- the haud of a -madmnan, ‘Liguor pelling was o orimo, nnd for that igeason It was warred upon. It wns o combinn- itlon of theft, araon, murder, and treason. Tho wploa ot overy drunkon criminal wag, **I wasn't yeolf whon 1 did it.” Thoy wanted to give mon ok to thomsolvos, The old war waa torgiva -physical liborty to mitlions; this wos n war lo igivo frecdom to milllons of manncled souls. Bho ibolieved it would ba a boy's proud bonst, twenty .yonra henco, that his mothor was one of tho wvomen who weont tuat night to the Common aunell, aud mat with & rabufl. Tatal abstingnee 08 tho truo basis, Fhe difforonce Botwoen boor end whigky was the differonca botwoon 6 per «cont and 50 por cont of nicohol, One might ns woll talk of tomporato murder and temporate &hoft ns tomporato drinking. She was in favor of gowing up & temperatce eatochiem for Bunday-schaols, so that the young pooplo might bo furnishod with srgumonts. Thero whould bo o tomporance baud in tho church, to #00 that no_distiller, brower, retailor, drinker of “beoror whisky, should be allowed to sit quictly in ' paw withaut being atired up on tho subject. Bhe would have tbo pledge attractively ombel- tisho.? by art, and then huug up in every con- potvab.'e placo. Tut 1! into pootry; lot Tonnyson pxoroigo L8 genius in the diiection of a poetic tomporancyt Wedgo. Seo liked tho Catholio idoa of taking th v piedge at tho altar, Xverv woman should enden Vor £0 influouce some onc to sign tho pledgo, anc1 if Aho did ot know liow to g nbout it, let har* ask for Qod's Liclp to do 1t. Tho spoakior olosed w.\th 8 prayer to this offect. 0.8, MOSES BIITIL said that on Enstor- v/ay every onomuat bo think- ing of that time whoy the cross waa liftod and tho sky was dorkonod. Clreist must have seen that audionce to-night ien ho asid: * Bear yo ono anothor's burdons.” Ona or tho other thoy must do—oither join in tl\o work, or elsa got out . of tho way, and not olog the whoels. Many 1raios kopt ont of the woids beasnee thelr hus- bands woro o little fastidions, and wero not will- Ing that the Lord should take save-of their ropu- £ations or_their wivos when thoy devated them- eclves to His work. Prayer and faith jvere nca- esgary. s Affor some snnouncements wero mady, tho choir and congregation joined in singing . * Al hall the powor of Jesus' nome,” - and the bonodiction was pronounced by the Rev> Mr. MoKown. e LECTURE BY MRS. ELLIOTT. Mrs, M. M. Elliott, of Minnoeapolis, Minn., lec- tured yesterdny ovening in .the First Mothodist Church to o large audience upon the temporance question. Bra. Ellioft 3 a fine-looking matron, with & cloar voico, and ensy, natural dolivery. Bho was introduced by Dr, Thompson, pastor of tho church, and she snoke about forty minutes. A TASTE YOI PARALLELS. Tha greator portion of Ler lecturs Was not Aifforent from tho usanl argnments advanced by tomperanco locturors, oxcopt that thoy wero clothed in moro than ordinsrily clear and foreible langusge, whilo hor dolivory was romarkably 0. ~ Uno peculinrity of _purely. -mentlmental locturars was partioularly noticeablo ‘In Mre. Elliott’s argument—n froquont_wandor- .Ing from the subjoct of tha locture to draw far- Fofhod parollels botwaan tho temparanco move- -mont, tho Revolution, the late war, Auderson- villo prison, cte. -In_fact, it sho hnd beon .aposking upon & goliticnl ' subjeot, her leoturo ‘would have Een liablo to tho chargo of sprend- onglolsm, But, thkeu aq o wholo, it was a faithful and forciblo presentation of tho ovils of intempor- Ance, und, judged from tha etandard of the ox- tremiats who insist upon_tota) sbstinence, with girict prohibitory alws, a8 : tho onl mfoty of tho nation, it was mudl Fbovo tho overago lecturo, Whethor such ‘acourae was a practicablo ono, or whotler, even, 34 would bo the most immediatoly bonoficial 1:m3Ll “3a8 not considered nor srgued, but it was urge n s vory oloquent mauner. Perhaps the lecture ‘wae mora opon to criticism on this scoro thanany + .other, tiat it sppealed wholly to the feolings and not to the mind, Honco, printed and read ¢ loigure, iustead of baing heard ns dolivered, ‘sapidly and ologuently, the Jectara would prob- abgy lose much of its cifeet. Z LICENSE LAWS. Bpeaking npon the offcet of licenso laws, Ars. Elliott smd thet no ono could «clzim any good from the male of Jiquor, oxcept the moncy made by the desler, and the roveuue o the Stato. But ocould tho .| for tho Common If drinltors made snloons, it | n muccoss, Tho orator of the avonlng, Mr, Oyrus Ooy, of Yorkville, advanced thoe ‘usual romodios for intemporanco, and portrayed” the necossity Uouucil rotusing leonso, Thoto woto other sponkors, and soms good singiug. The Indles havo beon vory Auccossful in geeutln, signoturos, buk it romainis to Lo soon how m\mfi weight othor than u havpy moral. offect thouo Iabors will bava on tho eiky fathors, AT YORRILL A Spectal Digpatch to The Chivago Tribune, Yongvit, Ly :\['l'\\ b,—Thors wayno pub- Ho tompor'ioe-mocting of this placo Insb week, but tho lull wae broti to-night by a meoting at tho Congrogationnl Olimtroh, which was well nt- toudad, nobwithebauding tlha-snowntorm and tho fnot that the meoting waa only enlled this aftornoon. During tho ~present woolk Hullivan and Beck, two saloon-koopors, aro golng to' bo triod for violating tho law, "1t is now foared that tho Corporatlou-Altorney is fixing thinga so na to provent furthor prossoution of Bock. 1f oo tho paoplo wili find a . way {0 cmry out their laws and ordinances which no lnwyer can. oir- oumvert. ¢ AT TLANO tho Roformors have brought the Inst ealoons koapor to forms, o plodged hitmsolf to giving ub tho trafile on tho last day of this month, ot whicli timo bis liconse oxpires, and the citizons withdrow tho sult which waa to linve boon tried Iast Tuowdny. o Indies ntood guard ab tio snloon-door ench dny snd oveniug Inst weolt, they boing doniod admissfon by the proprictors. An m!m'uuljniz publio meating was held last night, aud it ls proposed tokaep tho utmost vigi- lanco till tho entiro bueiness fa broken up. AT OTTAWA. - Epeefal Diseateh to Yhe Chicano Tribune, Or74%4, Til., April 6.—Tho Intost cato of in- torest to both temperanco and anti-tomporanen pooplo in this olty oconrred tn Justico Loavin's Court yostorday aftetnoon, Mrs. Thomas Foloy suod Christophor Walters for selling whishy to hier husband, Both partics intorosted wore woll suppliod with goungol. Tho jury thonght Wal tora ought to giva up his liconso, besldos paying s fino of $100and costs. s mation safford to dorivo profit from such s gourco? Under a lioonso law tho liconso se-: + gnrod to the Biato the monoy paid therefor to makoe improvements, Undor a liconse law, anonoy was stolen from weary mothers and hun- y childron to build up the improvements of fio various muunicipalilies, Tho ovils of intom- orance, of course, woro not liconsod—oh, nol Bt g sesait woa the gamor 15 wiad, Woute, n thougand (himes worse, to liconse the sule of Yiguor, than to openly countenance the orimes Whiah'the liquor proteed, WOMAN BUFFRAGE, ra. Elliott called attontion to the fact that avhild’we had rovolted against slaveiy because It doprivea- men of tho right to act for.them- Eclvos, yot now, whilo tho ignorant sud tho brutal, even the varicat driiiilieh sots conld voto nud logislato, the begt.oud purest womon in the Jand were unable to voto againat the giant evils which intemporance brought upon them. vl ELSEWHERE. IOWA. AT DAVENFORT, Speetal Dispateh o T'he Chicago Tribune, Davesrorr, Tn., April 4—The annual olection Yo' this ity to'duy'rosulted in a victory for tho Kiboral party, compoged largely of all clements ‘©opposed fo tomperance, aa this Wwas the fssuo, A vory lnfin voto was pollod, reaching ahout 1,500 wotos. The Liboraly elected three Aldermon, &hus giviug them control of the Council. Thoy also clocted Jacoh W, Btowart, for Mayor ; Gity arsbal, Btreet Commissioner, and, probably, Asyossor, Clork, Tronsuror, and othor officars, Tho tomperauce olomont combined with the Re- gnblima on L. 8. Davies for Mayor, but ho was lofented by ovor 200 mnjority. The Antl-Tem- erancoe men rojoice over the resnit, while the vI?omponncn moyement ia about killed by this de- oat. —— ILLINOIS, ‘ ATLASALLE, spectal Dispatch to e Chicago Tribune, LaBALLE, 11, April 4, —Tho ludy tomperanco orusaders of this city hold a lago mecting laat ovening, and effeoted an organization for {ho summer campaign, Thoy will not attempt to hold any prayer-moetings in lquor-saleons, but nonounce their intontion to seo how much can be wcum'})llulmd by tho circulation of tem- eranco plodges, oud gnndcuvorlngmuuuuu Firo etoetion of tho Gty Gouncil; who will put 5o bigh a prico on snloon licensics u8 to reuder It namfiy protiibitory, ‘Lhey will also endanvor E’gmiao ‘monoy for tho enforcoment of existing temperance Iaws and ovdinances, AT QUANPAIGN, Special Diapatch to T'he Chicago Tribune, OnaxreatoN, Jil, April 4.—Thoe temporance masg-mooting hold hero Llo-night was addressed by some of the most prominont sitizons, who wiero strongly in favor of tho elootion of nou- onse meu, - The intorost Is on the inoreaso. AT OTIAVA. Bvecial Dispatch to T'ha Chicago Tyibune. Otrawa, I, April 4,—To-day Ohristian Wal- Jor, & saloon-kooper, was brought beforo a Jus- tico of tho Youce on s eharge of having sold quluor to & person in the habit of gotting intoxi- cnted, 'Tho obargo wae proforred by a relative of tho incbriate, ‘Thorownsa &nry trial, ond n oloso contest. ‘I'he jury returned a vordiot of 81 and costs againat tho anloon-keepor, Thls case is vegurded by tho lndies of thetomporanco moves mont as gomawkat of a tost of their succoss In winning popular favor for tholr oause, Spectal Dlapnteh 13 Tig. Oh ectal Dispatoh to La Chicago Tribuine, Aonoga, I, April 4.—Tho mass-mooting hield & the Uourt-Elouso thia ovening was minacioully S MANKAREE. . .o Correapondance of he Chiedgo Tribune, Kaxraueg, I, Apil 8,—~Last Wednesday avening tho Common Council agdambled ta ot upon tho two potitions recontly lnid beforo that body. As Tug Trinune has announced, ong po- tition was sigued by 800 ladios and gontlomon in. favor of “no liconso;" the other was framed in tho intorest of tho liguor eloment, and wos llfinufl by 880 names, wholly German and French, hio Gommittge to whom woro reforrod tho potic tions reported in favor of the adoption of the no-liconso prayor, and recommonded au ordi- nanae to carry out it domands, ‘The ealoon-intorest came fully propared to voto aye on this report. ‘Cheir grounds for this action are bolisved to bo as follows: -If the roport conld bo ndopled, -ond an ordinanco passed - ropoaling ‘tho loonso, they would go to work u their rospactive wards, and ranko a strong ondeavor to onrry the comd eloction, giving tho city & whisky-Board, who would, in all probubility, ropeal the prohibition- ordingnce, and pass o 1aw-liconge one instend; socond, in their jgnoranco of tho declsions of: Stata and Federal Courts, they hopo to be able to #oll na frocly under thoir Govarnmont l- conao™ (which i8 not & liconss, but s tax), and thua malko a cloar gain of the amount heratofore Joviad on thom by tho corporation. ‘With these, or* oqually solf-intorestod views, they eama to tho" maocting fully qualified to put .the no-licenss ordinange through. Tho Council bad been ennvassed, and would have stood, on & vote, 6 tod; but an adjournment was offectod aftor n groat deal of confusion and wild disre- I;m'rl of parliamontary usnges and without bring- ug tho mattor to a voto. Lt night tho lkl;mr interest called & spooial mooting to rovise the irrogular procecdings of the previous night, and crowd thio ordinanco to’ its passage. - In tho moantime, Ald. Enyart—an upright, good man, whoso voto had been com- mitted {o thin cloment solelyon tho moral ground of probibition~had *“soen” their gamo and turned his vote over to tho high-liconse faction, This tied the voto, and tho Mayor's vote would liave givon tho majority to the licanse party. On ‘mooting, the pronibition ordinance was rond nud roforred to o committes. An_adjowrnmont was thon immedintoly offected to Monday night next. Thua tho matter s, hanging fire. Vhav may bo ovolved in the menutime is a mattor for conjec- ture. But, should tho saloon mon ocarry their polut _and got “thoir” prohibitory ordinance passed, aud, if the incoming Board does not re- enl tho ordinnnce, tho temporanca peoplo of his town aro dotorminod to mako it excoediuply warm for thom, and, by means of liberal sube geriptions, will prosecuts all violations, whioh involve imprisonment as_woll aa s fine. One geutloman of wealth haw doclarod his willing- neas to give $1,000 toward this objoot. Tho sn- loon-mon oro likely to run thoir nocks into o 10080 by their sharp maneuvering, A meoting of the lndics was algo holdlast night, to consider tho proprioty of nominating a tom- porance tlcket for the approashing city cloction, A number of gontlomen wero asked toattend and counsel the ladios in thir mattor. A rambling debato on the masouline side of the howsa wag intorapersed with the specific object of the meot- ing, until tho Presidont,—a monsiblo and com- otont womn-—sugzostad o closer adhorence to hio purpose for which tho -meoting was called. A portion of tho Indies, at lenst, desirea tha ad- vic and ensistanco of tho mon } but it was final- 1y decided, by ono of thoto: votes in which few articipate whoro a divided opinion oxists, that ho lndies should bo intrunted exclusively with tho nomination of a city ticket. Whether thoy will nomiuato a prohibition ticket, or a ticket of temporanco mon who will eustain the policy adopted by the Council last wook (when the liconso was raised to §300), is unknown. Theve can bono quostion that o largo wajority of tho bn{xilneu men and taxpayers prefor the latter polioy. "GALYA. Garva, Il., Apnl 8.—In Tz Trinuse of the 1st just. a lottor from hove sags that tho ladios" 7ald on tho snloons way _crowned with comploto success,—tho lasi saloon-keoper having sur- rondered and emptied his whislty into the gutter. The ladies have not as yot appenred in thoe stroot in a body, nor us the crusaders in any form ; and, furlhor, thero has no saloon surrendared ag yot, nor s there any such prospect, so farasIam swaroof. Tho Indies hold a mosa-mooting in Liboral ITnll this afternoon, which was ]n.rFoly attonded by tho first ladios of the town. 'Tho meoting was secrot, theraforo, I can't toll any~ thing about it, but wo will Tonr from it next weok suve, P. g INDIANA. R A TEMPERANCE FNOSECUTION, Spectal Irsputeh to Lhe Chicago Tribune, Lavonry, Ind, April 6—Tho Rav. A, . Carnoy, who claims to bo the founder of the United Christian Church, has prenchod on tho stroots hero for tho last fow doys, Last ovening ho dolivered o locture in front of tho Court- Houso, His snbfoct wes: “Tno Other Sido of the Temporanco Question.” Immodiately after tho closo of his lecture, ho was arresied and brought boforo the Justice on & charge of hav- ing provoked an nsssult on Georgo Ionnott, a pennut-vendor, tho day bofore. He pleaded ilty, and Lis fino and costs wers taxed at £30.2, Wolob e stayod for ninety days his preaching in tho streots, Al the saloons will bo ulam:‘d this woolk for an indefinito time by agrco- ment. SOUTHL BEND. . Spectal Dispatclito The Chicago Tribune, Sovrn BeNy, Ind,, April 6.—~The temparanco 1adics yosterday visitod raveral saloons, for the purpose of having s tnii with tho propriotors, wWith & viow to induca them to quit businoss, and nlsp to obtain signers to the pledge from among the visitors, Thoy wore kindly received. Thoy still continuo making prosocutions for violations of {ho Baxter law,—ono of their numbor making pormils tho roanonable nso of hnvarn“gaa 1n rospoctablo Ell-;:v oud suppresses avory disordorly businosa of nd, 2 ltesolved, That, in tho coming campalgn, wo bl wio OuF TafioneTn favoR oF ThaE. ORARRAY WAl ahall most noarly repreront onr viowa and deslres in this mattor, and most implieltly plodgo itsclt to boliah -or modify tha Baxter law, , Theae rosolutiofia wiil be presentod to the Ro- hublican and Nomooratio Binte Couventions of ndians, i < —— oxro, 3 AT DAYTON, Darxrox, Oy April 4,.—Tho political fooling in antonso, Doth partios ara at work. Tlie whale mnsy of Jiquor-denlors, sunié hundrods fn nium- bor, with o Buperabundnuce of .monoy,. aro workiug with tho tromendous encrgy, and aro ulll[flflnn of olecting tho whisky tickot. o Re~ publicann, reinlorcad by many of the best Domo- ornty, nto hopoful, but not sangune, Tor throo yoars past tho olty ling givan n small Domoeratio majority, and the liquor mon consldor.their bar- rooms in dougor. Thoy aro nob noglacting auy points. Thore aro moro_dranken men,in town than ever boforo seon. Freo whisky flowa. Tho Republicaus do mot protond to worl In an- loons, a8 every ono,of thom ia on tho Domocratio do. Tho beat improsaion of tho Democrnts is that thoy will eatry tho city by several hundrod gome #ay over 6U0, but thare will bo much quiof Domouratio voling ngainst tho whisky-tickot. Tho armsndors ‘were aut agaln to-day in anite of tho disngroenblo woather. Thoy Liave now beon on the sireota a month, The prospeots aro not oncouraging, % AT MOUNT VERNON. Svecfal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Mount Vennon, O., April 5.~Tho monotony in tho whisky-war was broken to-dsy. Somo 41mo ngo the Mayor ordored tho City Marshal to romove from tho strects tho' shantios in which tho womon took nholter to gunid saloons, and alao Lo keop tho stroots oloar. = Tho Moarshal ro- fused to do this, and tho Mayor, with a posso, appoaroed .on tho stroots to-day, aud commoncod Inooking down the shnuties while the womon wore In thom. This drow o larga orowd and compollod tho Mayor. and -his forao to atop: worl, Juat_thon gome ono 1n ths orowd struck & Mr. Boach a blow, Imecking him down. A seono of great confusion followed, which bnde fair to bocome & sorious and bloody riot, but by the prompt notion of the oflicers tho mob wag controlled. It is fonrod groat trouble wil yab coma from the whisky-war hero, as those who nt first wore in n{‘mpnthy with the womon have turned against thom sinco their spy-systom has been in force. (70 the Associated Prear.] Mounr Venxon, O., Apxil 5.—A Mount Ver- non, O., special to tho Inquirer says Judgo Dnvis to-day attompted to onforce the ordinance against obstruoting tho sidowalk, nud ordered the sontry-box used by tho crusaders to ba ro- moved from the front of the grocery storo. of Jamos Rogors. An excited crowd of men and ‘women interferad, and provonted the romoval of the box, Tho affair occasioned excltemont and foars of & sorious disturbance. gl S ‘WISCONSIN. AT MADIBON, . spactal Dispatch to The Chilcago Tribune. Mapisox, Wis.,, April 5,—Thoro was a largoe and enthusiastio temporance-meeting in the Asgombly Chambor, with_ fully 1,000 persous csent. It was ogsed by the Hon, James. ots, of this city, who has boon sponding the paat threo months in_prenobing on tomperanco throughont {lus State, His specch was full of power and well recoive — NEW YORE. IN NEW YOE OITY. New Yong, April 4.—At a tomperance meeting ot the Cooper Union, last evoning, under the auspices of tho Bons of Tomporance, the Rov. Dr. Quylor spoke of the inefliciency of prohibi- tion Inws, and showed how much more had beon dono throngh the moral sussion of the women in tnroo months, in the Wost, than had boon ef- fectod by logislation in years. Rosolutions call- ing upon thio Legislatura for the supprossion of dram-shops throughout the State, aud for pre- venting tho sale of all spirituous and intoxicat~ iog liquors, wore adopted, ‘I'he Rey. Dr. John 1Tall has publishod & card de- fonding tho resolutions adopted at the miniaters” mooting, and says that the words ** conaistent and intelligont temperanco,” which appenr in in thom wera not intonded fo diaclaim tho Wost- o Movemont, nor to disclaim total abstinence, but woro wsed to securs public co-operation against drunkenness, no mattor what might bo tho individun] convictions of persons,” Conglat- ont and iotelligent tomperance, ho Eays, moans auch n personal attitude toward strong drinl, in ractico, 08 is consistent with good morals, with ruth, and with man’s avowod opinion, and such as {8 defonsible by Soripturo and reason, It waa intended to oxclude rant, cant, ignorance, dogmatism, the potty soifishness that trados on femporance roform, and the honest or dishonest blundering which makes tho reform a roligion. A well-known saloon-keepor of Melroso sub- urb, of this city, has yielded to tho prossure of tho Iadics, and resolved to oloso his saloon. — IN NEW ENGLAND. . AT WORCESTER, MASS, Special Dispatch to The Chicaao Tridune, ‘WoRCESTEN, Maes., April 4.—Tiwelve crue waders wore out this aftornoon working on Tem- ple titreet and that vicinity, They oEl ained admittanco fo ono plade nut of six v[ar‘:\yi that O'Neil's, being on m, T ORo, Tko all -othors, - Pishe.a M50 the hupport of his. tamlly doperhu at his business. He would chango if angthing olso offered itsolf which afforded na large profits, Very little oxcitement_attended tho raid, and it was unknown except in the immodiate vicinity. A tomporance mooting held at the Old South to-night wns not largely atfonded, but Stephon Foster, the prinoipal spenker, rematked that “tho cream of tho tom- perauce-cause waa thore, 1o addrossed them for holf an hour, siming deoldedly and fenrlosaly at the * higher-tonod criminals,” ag Do called them, who sided intemromnun by tho rental of their buildings for the -liquor tralfic to be carried on thorein. Ife was extremoly rad- ical in his romarks—so much so that ho often asked tho quostion, “Am I crazy?" Lo could mot repronch tho ‘poor woman of Tivo BMeadow who sold rum to pro- curo food for her baby, but ho would raiso tho public ecniiment till the peopla should not olect to tho highest positions of trust and honor mon_who endorsed the rum trafllo, who ongnged in {4 thomsolves, and whoso ill- gotten wealth nllowed them to rovel in luxury and roll. through- our straots in their soft- cushionad chariots,—drossing” thomselves in brondeloth, and tholr wives and daughters m silks and eatlus, — POLITICAL. McOrary Positively Declines n MRe=cloction. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Kroxux, In, April 5.—Tho Hon. George W. MeOrary, Mombor of Uongross from tho First Distriot of Tows, Ghalrmsn of tho Committeo on Rollways and Oanals, and author of the Railroad Transportation bill, has written o lottor to tlie Gate Oify in which ho declinos to bo 5 candidato for re-oloction, Tho necosslty of giving bis un- divided. nitontion to his privato affairs is the rension nepigned for this action. Mr. McOrary 'was tho choice of the Ropublicans of this Die- trict, and _would unquestionably have beon re- turned Lind ho consented to be s candidato. Republican City C ention ot South Bend, Ind, Mre tho afliidavit on information. They atlend cho trinls in large numbors, which scoms to have o good offect ln prucudnfi convictions. ‘I'ho following resolutions, which wore adopted at o recent convention of Gorman ‘papers in In- dinna, wera sanctioned the past weok by an or- ganization fn outh Bond, which proposos to do all posgiblo for the purposo Indl;:a;‘nsl: B AT Tho agitation and loglstailon, provalent In i gt iy iod Eiatea for tho Jnt. cwenis- fivo years, to produco goncral sobwioty by tho enact~ ment of ‘moro or loss etringent prohibitory lnws sgaingt (ho trafio {n wpirlluous lquors, hos utterly afled of its objeota ; un Wineas, Auy and all cnactmenta for effecting gon- eral sobristy nnist nocessarily aud ttorly fall n their Turpose, it not busad upon tlio kelf-respoct of tha in~ dividua, and a publiu opinton which upholds tho mo- Tality of' tho individual, by holding Liwm sesponslble for overy violation of good morals; and Winkneas, All prolibilory Iawa vitiute this principle and rocogizo tho opposite, that the Blate must protac tho judividual agalust his individuality, by tuking away evory opporlunty for obtaining suy Intoxieating boverages ; anid Witknes, The so-callod Tiaxtor law {a such 8 pro- bibikory sty with o sdditonsl objeetion that 1 secks {0 obtain its object—prohibition—undor false _proteusos aud In an {udirect manner ; and Wizneas, Tho Muxtor luw, fn’ unduo mauner, restriots aud cueraschos wpon’ {ho porsonal freodom. and lberly of trads of tho cifizons s oud Wazeis, 1¥o st though opposod o, Lot atetl nones, decldadly 1o’ favor of general sobristy, and therofore, likowlse condemm thy buxter law, bochusn, by ita practical operatios, it leasoua tho ueo' of Iigh p and_increases tho oxcesslyo and sourot uso of stroug drinls, thus Jeading to hypocrisy und intowper wnco; therefarc, b “Teedolved, ‘Thnt we, tho Gorman oditora of tho Staloof Indluna, plodigo onrscivas us cftizons aud adltoru ot (0 asslst sty caudidato, ut tho comlng clootious for Stat offices niid Laglslatiiro, who la kuown te bo I favor of fho ‘Tempetatice Jaw 0 fls prosent proscriptive form, or advacates utill more stringont reutriotiony, Tpsalupil That W ure in fuvor of u liconse law which Spectal Diapatch to L'he Chicago Tribune, foutnt Bexn, Ind, April 5.—Last night the Republican party of tuis city made the oxpari- ment of holding’ » nominating convention with tho delegnte systom, and, from tho rosults ob- tained, it ia hopod by many of tho faithful that it will bo the last, for a moro inharmonious body novor assombled in this parb of the country. ‘The distnrbing elemouts grow out of the feelings engendorod by tho water-Works controvorsy of a yoar ago, which then woll-nigh sovored friend- ships of lfo-long standing, and now tho rupture would soem comploto. Thon the friends of the Holly systom mado o protonded contract for a Holly wator-supply ; but the frionds of.tho stand-pipa systom man- agod to stave it off, and got it to voto Lefore the people, and carried overy ward in tho ulty} after which nothing moro was heard of the Holly con- tract, and tha other system was adopted, and tho works ndopted and put in, and are now in succossful operation; but, this spring, tho old kore broke out anew, and, aided by tho atrong tomporanco poople, tho Hollyitea formod a com- bination to run the machine to sult themsclves, ad it appoars \flmn tho surfaco. Undor covor of a Ropublican Uonvoution, they sought the power B0 atrongly coveted ; and, at tho primaries, the plpu-lnyfi:u wne done in n manuor so trans- parent that ovorything was visible to tho nalicd, oyo. The two Inrgest wards wora solooted for oporations ; but the story of the way they did it is an old one, and would not on- lightou any oue of the prosout day. Thorettho combinntion wae successful, ns it ‘was also fast night at the convention, which was beld in the Opora-House, The two succossful wurds sont thoir delogates uninstructed, whilo the two minority wards Instiucted their delogutos sa to whom thoy should vote for; and this mado & deadlock from tho start, as tho main fight was to Lo on the oflice of Mayor, for which thore wore twocandidntos t tho pnsmmt lr'l'unmbunt, Willlam Millor, brothor of *'Buffalo” Millor, County Trosstirer of im“ county, and Elliot Tutt, s por- slatont offico-holdor In & small way,—lilo Town- ship Truatoo, Aldorman, oto.,—for many yoars. ‘As'8oon g tho organizatlon was offgofod, nn nabruolod dologate inoved. rules, ono of which ‘was, that nominations shonld commonco with tho small ofiicos and end with tho Mayor, This was opposed by tho uninatritotod, who carrlod tho dny, “Noxt, on instructed moved for a viva vaco voto (cheors from tho nudionce), tho pur- poso of which was to eateh & fow who woio sup- dosod to bo earrying wator on loth sldes; bub goveral of tho uninstructed popped up nnd op- posod tlint, and wantod n batlot, whicl way Lind, L. Pino, of Bingor sowing-machiug famo, way inatrneted, and wanted to know if tho wnin- structod dologates wero thorounplodged ; whare- upon a numbor responded that they waro un- adgod to any living man, &6, Many of theso Il‘nvo beon for days tho sublect of discussion, and numerous part{os have told how they would vote, and tho resulis showod their correstness, "By tils timo the inatructod hind folt tholr way to o cortatnty, and know how tonct; and, whon tho annonncoments of candidatos were rond by thio Beoratary, that of Mayor Millor was rocolved witl_choors, whilo Tutt roceived o fow hisses, Provious to this, nfow wooks ago, Miller had ublishiod n carefully-worded call for his ra-oleu~ g’lon, signed by both Democrats and Ropublicans, and signiflod his accoptnneo ; 8o that his su) Eorllum woro in shaps vow to nct undorstands ngly. 5% lf\l¥ Pino nrose and said ho had a lottor from tho Mayor, and procoeded to road It, tho follow~ ing bolug o copy: E Sovrn Dexp, April 4, 1874, To the Membera of ths kepubhican Cily Convention: GrNTLEMEN : Prior to Ulo lalo Ward ' Convautions, ‘my unmg, through tho pavtinlity of my frionds, waa proposed for nomination as candfdato for tho Mayor- ity Hluce theso Convontlons, I have heard that grave iseatisfaction oxists on the part of b largo number of volera in tho Second a0d Third Wards, the sirongest Topublican wards in the city, upo Lo’ lleged grouad hat thoy woro nol allowed the opportunity of giving anoxprosslon_of tholr preforcncos in tho clioieo of vnrious candidnton, I lavo alwaya bollovod i tho rhybte of e pooplo (o oxpraas by voto thoie. oplnions on overy Bubjoct; and I cannot but appreliend that isnatisfaotion basied upon such grounds_will tend to produco serious dffficulty in the Republican rouks. Hormonfous action is ncceseary to (ho euc- cczof party nominations, and capocially is this trug ot tho present time, whén wo are commencing the ox- poriment of tho delegato syatom, Unwilling to place mysclf in the position of either directly or indircelly alitlug or praventing votora from oxorcising the riglit of uxnrfllh? thelr withes in tho primary conven- tions, I feel it my duty under the circumstances, and at thfs time, to withdraw my name from tho sufffagos of tho Convention, I am, geutlemen, your obedlont sorvant, ‘WiLtzast MinLEnR, The ronding of this, which was rocoived with profonged choors, left tho flold to ‘Tutt by tho vote ot the uninstructod wards,—the inslructod delogatos claiming that, ns Millor's namo had boen withdrawn, thoy had no right to vote, and did not voto, for Mayor. An inntruoted moved that the nominations bo postponed, inordor that tho dolegations might be instructed; but it wag Tutt or nn“flnfi' and that would not do; so Tutt wasg declarod tho choice of the Convention,—the instructod refusing to mako tho nomination unanimous, a8 thoy came under positive instruc- tions. This was a cause for more chaors, The balance of the programme was likewiss oune- sidod, tho naual procosa of plodging candidates boing gono through with; and no particular commont washad oxcopt upon that specinl bono of contontion, tho handling of the city’s monoy, which hns a history. At tho County Convention, nearly two years ago, & high candidato was droppod by mistake, and, to heal tho breach, was promised tho Oity Tronsuryship, whon it camo around ; and, 80 far as nomination iscon- cerned, the piud 0 18 kept ; but another candi- date, Bolomon %V. Palmer, of undorgronud- railroad notorioty, who lost his_proporty in car- ing & fugitive, 8 poor old elave, owned in Rontacky, canld nob Lolp expressing his disgust st boing eacrificad for & purposo as above stated, ‘which e did with decided fecling. As the Convention was on the poiut of ad- Jjourning, three clieors were called for by some onlul in the orowd, snd thoy woro given with & will, A Mr, Tutt camo forward and mado o speech, saying that e lad never solicited the nomina- tion, and, finding 80 great dlus&uuflnuon. he talkod of giving back his nominatibn o the pao- pla for tho sako of harmony. Ho had baon & rosident of the city for forty-threo yeats, whioh should establish his identity with iho Intorests of thoolty, [Mixed hisses snd choering.] Af- tor tho Convention had adjourned, Lo said Lo thought he would yot doclina tho nomination. A delegate who voted for him eaid Miller was bound to be Mayor, and that the doings of this Convontion would be ripped up. FPolitics in Madison, Wis. Special Dioputch to_she Chivuun 31 ilune, MapisoN, Wis.,, April 5, —City politics have beou i & goud deal of o muddlo for mome days. Bome of the leading Gorman citizens insisted on having & candidate for Mayor pledged not to enforce the Bunday liquor law; in which caso tho temporance = peoplo favor meeting tho {ssue by nominnting & man who would enforco the lnw. A cousiderable number of Lhe Inttor party, signed o call to Chandler P, Chapman, who, a8 Acting-Mayor, last summer, madoe a vigorous effort in that direction. Thiungs have settled down, howovor, into tho regular f'“"' cliannels, with the advantage largely on ho ‘sido of tho Roform or Liberal-Democratio Party, which this afternoon nominated for Mayor 8. N. Pioney, of the firm of Grogory & Pinney, whoso partuer is Mayor now; aud Gott~ lichb Grimm, & German, for Trensuror. The Re- UDU~ng Jaak nixgzt in a very spiritless convon- {on, nominavwa Rinhard Lynch, an Irishmap, for Tronsuror, and ignorea < Ay! oralty, rojecting & resolution indorsing Pinuoy. oinve are mfi party nominations for ward offices, but tionig likoly to be quict and onc-sided. The IKendall County Farmers, Spectal Dispaich to The Chicago Tribune, ‘YonxviLLe, IT.. April 6.—In soveral of tho towns of this county, the farmers havo mado full nominations for tho cloction of town-ollicors, to bp held next Tuesdny. It is bolioved that wherover such nominations have been mado, thoy will win, Tho contest willbo closo and vory oxciting in tho Town of Kondall, whoro tho County-ueat ring of politiciana will loave nothing undono to defeat the formor ticket. Two separata cauouses Woro held lore yostorday * at the ssme _hour, the Tin, baving mot ot Union” Hall ond the farmers abthe Court-House. Strangoas it ‘would soem, & number of good farmers allowed themselves to bo used by tho ring- mnaters, but tho majority of the farmers aroe ‘wide-awake, and aro coufident of success, Xcloit Oity Pollticss Special Dispateh to The Chicago Iribune, Brroir, Wis., April 4.—D. 8. Ifostor recoivod the nominution for Mayor by acolamation nt the Republican Union Convention to-night, T, F. Cox was nominated for Oity Treasurer on_tho socond ballot. A, Taggart was renominated for Polico Justica by acolamation. Tue contest bo- twoen tho liconse and no-liconso candidates for Mayor and Aldormon is expected to bo very lively noxt Tuesday. Council Bluffs Oity Nominntions, CouNoww Brures, In., April 4—The Republi- cang to-night nominatad Goorgo K. Wright Mayor. Judge Jomes is the opposing candidate. e e RELIGIOUS. Jlow Easter-Day YWas Celebrated. New Yonk, April b.—Eastor Buunday was ap- ropriataly colobratod in_many of tho churchos Eurn to-day. The floral decorations were elabo~ rato and the musio, both vocal and instromental, of tho Lighestorddr, Thoday Lusboon obsorvod by appropriate services through tho cities Bouth and East. Annual Mecting of the American Fract Sociotys ‘WasmnaTon, D. O., April 6, —Fhe Washington annual mooting of tho Amorican Tract Bociety was held in the Fiet Presbytorian Ohurch thin evaning, Associata-Justico Strong, of the United Statos anromn Court, Presidont of the Booloty, presided. The roceipts *for tho year woro 8500,020; exponditnres, $764,710; dona- tions and logacies 116,873, The benovolent expenditures oxcoed tho recoipts about §10,000. Rl ieigne o L CASUALTIES, Accident to o Balloon Excursion. Bax Tnavotsco, April 5,—Barbler's balloon “ Lo Becours,” mado un ascopsion yestordsy saftornoon from Woodward's Gardons. Whon nnurl&_ovm‘ tho town of Ban Lonndro, 600 feot In tho air, tho balloon collapsed, ‘Thers wero four mon and two Indigs in tho car. The balloon struck tho ground with grent force, andwas draggod about 800 yards, No lives wero lost, but all tho ocoupants of the ear wora burt; none unrlouelfi. Allbut Barbier roturned to the city last night. Cnught in a Rolts Special Diepateh to The Chicago Tribune, Innranarorg, Ind,, April 5,—William Doushte, an cmployo in Hinker's foundry, wascaught in o bolt yostorday, and drawn around o shaft making 200 rovolutions a minnte, Tho Jogs, to tho knooe, wora litarally whippod off. Fortunatoly, his hoad wad hold by his nl’; hing to the ahatt, proventin Iustant doath, Both limbs have been awputated, and {¢ {a thouglt recover is nosslble, |- oue -diviston, ne a v avo up bimeolf, A jimmy and s cold DRESS G LOCAL MISCELLANY. é{"%‘ tlyo,Iwofllufltnndd?)ub{efilyu\lnulmld‘:fl sor MWWW"ODM’.;.!?:.......- r, Eagan's aafo. or drossin) atter do TOWN BLECTIONS. livarod Hondorson ovor o tho authorltion s tho IT PAYS Tfl TRA'DE TIE WEST BIDE WORKINGMEN, fruit of his pluck nud endurance. Tho workingmon of West Ohlcngo held a e OIN DETE mnrg-mooting yostorday nftornoon at No. 081 Bluo Island nyonuo, ahout 200 holng present. M. Monry Woboking was olected Chairman, ond Mr. Honry Winner Sccrotary. Tho Chafrman stated that tho meoting lind boon entled for the purpaso of urging upon tho ‘Workingmon of tho Wesat Side to mako no nomi- natlons for town-officors In tholr divielon, 8 the timo for bringing out candidntes was too short, It wan thoir dnty to assist tho Workingmon on tho North 8{do nll thoy could, nnd they shonld bo thero on oleotlon-day and poddlo tickats. Thoy should ~rofrain’ from _voting for any " of tho tickets nominated by political oliques, ns all of thom woro gotton up {I:y Hos- ing, g&r. Ohristinn Kraus also nddrossed tho mogt- ing at some longth, advising thom to stand by ench othor, and Lring out o full voto 'Tucaday. If thoy auccoaded in olocting tholr tioket on tho North Bido, thoy would sweop tho city noxt 2oll from ono ond 0 tho other, and dishoneaty and coryuption would bo driven from our ofilcos, and tha Workingmon would regain tho Hberty for lwhlnh thoy had boen fighting so valisntly and so ong, Mr. Woboking aleo begged them to quit work on oleotion-day, and to emigrato to tho North Biilo to nesfst fn tho clection of tho Working- men's tickot, 2 On mofion of Mr, Loudonberg, tho following pranmble and rosolution wore unanimously adopted ¢ Wirkncag, Tho Workingmen of the Weat 81do Sind it impracticablo to nomiunto n town.dickat of thele owi § thorefore, be it dtceolved, Thiat the Workingmen of tho West 8ldo ‘will quit work on cloction-day nnd assist in the oloction of tho Workiugmew's candidates for town-oMcors on ! tha North 8ldo; and be | & Jesolved, That we will fako no part in the olcction in 1l tha ticki ckota nominated woro [gatton up and aro supported by tho corruptioniat party. Aftor sovoralother sponkors had mado speschen urging united nction' on tho Workingmon, tho meoting adjourned. Y In tho ovening tho Internationals celobrated tho groat victory thoy intond to win to-morrow at thio North Blde town-eloction with a graud ball n: Ingumnnnnnl Hall, Nos, 68 and 70 Weist Luko: Biroet. A NLW TICKET, The Eoglish-8peaking Workingmen's Political and Oo-operative Aszociation, at s large and on- thusinatic meoting Lold in thewr hall Baturdny evoning, unanimously reaclyed, aftor considern~ blo discusuion, that the followlng gontlomon bo nominated sa town-officors for tho Weat Di- vision, and thot the mombors pledge thomsolves to- vote, and work heaxtily togother, to moours their election, a8 chooslng the lenst of ovils atlaing out of the %ruunt townnbip-mismanagemont: £at Hickoy, Jollector; Pat Rafforty, Ausessor; Thomas Ovm\uy& Bupervisor ; o] oorge Mullor, Town- Qlerk; hn Roidy, Constabla, ' OFT TOK TRACK. David Hallanin, who bas boon montioned nn & enndidate for Colleotor of West Chicago, donics thaot ho bas any politionl aspirations, and says hig name bias boon uged without his knowledgo. A. B. B. King announcos that ho has with- drawn a8 o candidato for the ofiice of Town- Olerk ot Wost Chicago, and asks hig frionds to glvo their votos to Thomas Kinnoy. . AMUSEMENTS. TNE BEETHOVEN BOCIETY, ‘The noxt regular recoption of the Beethoven Bocioty to its associato membors will be given Thuraday ovening, April 9, at Standard Hall. Tho programmo (which was receivad too Iato for infortion in our regular review of amuse- ‘monts on Bunday) will bo as follows : TARTI, 1, Kyrla from * Mesen Solaunis, Beethoven Socety, 3, Trlo for plauo, violin and 'cello....... . Rublnstetn Mezars. "Wolfsohn, Lowit, and Diein. <Bargld @ * Bpring Night.", o {gu B RE N ity 4. ntorecau fantasiiguo, “EXONERIG". 1se.req . Rafl Hessrs, Wolfeohn and Lient, »es+ . Beothoven b ¢ How Can » Bird R Iicethoven Society. 2, L Bello Griselidia ... Mra. 11, L, Frank and r. " Wol 9. March and Gliorua from 4 Tannhiausor Beothoven Suctety. OIILDRER'E ENTERTAINMENT, An entortainmant will bo given at the Oakland Congrogational Ohurch on Friduy evening, April 10, for the bonofit of tha churab, by tho childron of tho Bociety. There i eyory prospect that tho ontertainment, like many othors which have re- contly bean givou at the same church, will be of very enjoyable charactor, aud one yhich will ccommond itaolf to those who livein the Southern section of ‘tho city as especially worthy of pat- ronago. . 1, {a “Tyening Song”, —— GENERAL NEWS. Georgo Milburn, the great wagon manuface turor of Mishawaks, snd Jamea Milburn, of Terre Haute, were ot the Grand FPacifio yoster- day, and lofc for Now Orxleans last night. Robort Weidonsall will conduct the Stianger's meeting this evening at the Young Mon's Christian Association rooms, No. 148 Madison stroot, About 8 o'clock yestordny morning flre was discovorod In tho cottnge No, 360 West Twelfth swwont, owned and ocoupiod by Jamos Codoy a8 a residonce: A aHll ularm was givon tu Engiie 18, and the flames wero quickly oxtinguishod aflor causing o logs of about $25. Last oveniog, Officer Barry arrested Fannio Starr and Lillic Vall for stealing four drosscs, o volvet oloak, and somo furs, from Maggio Glen- gon, lraopor of a bagnio at No. 398?{&11 o atreot, They aro also charged with stealing from Mrs, ‘Waldron, No. 210 West Randolph streot, the fur- nituro they rented from her, oud and eolling it to outsldo parties. - ¥ ik A pergon writes to aslk tho wheresbonts of Goorge B. Hodge, who formorly ran the National Union Furnishing Compauny. While many per- sons in this city and Stato bave a consuming Qosiro to see Mr. Hodgo, none of thom know whera to luol for him, and the paperis unnblo totoll ** A Farmer” just whore to tum for in- formation. SUNDAY-APTERNOON LECTURES. Notwithstanding the driving storm, abont 100 porsons, & fow of whom wore women, gathorod at Wall's Hall, yestorday afternoon, to haten to » locturo by Dr. N. W. Abbott, on Belonco and Trua Keligion not Antagomistic.” Mr, H. B, Perkins bogan tho entortainment with a solo @ “I'm Thinking of Homo.” The audience joined in the ohorus. Aftor a -piano prelude, the loo- ture was given. Ita able portrayal of tho advan- tages of scionce, of tho spint in which to study it, of tho thorough harmony between it and truo religion, slnco both of them came from tho game God, and of the great lesson of mutual tolorance, was listoned to with the koonest in- torest. Theleoturo was followed by hourty ap- plnuse, Tho audience, aftor singiug * Amorios, " disporsed. T'ho noxt locturas will bo givon in Wall'a Hall, coruer of Adums aud Halsted stroats, at 8 p, m., next Banday. Prof, John W. Clarko will spenk on 4 Coal—n Contraction of Sun-Rays.” Tho quar- totto of Prof. Swing's church will furnish tho musio. A second courso of leotures will soon bo opened on the North Side. Fhe Sunday-Aftor- noon Leotura Bocloty hapes to give, ora long, & locture in each division evory Sunday. JIOTEL ARNIVALS, Palmer Iouse—Cyrus Woodman, Boston; Qoorgo T, Emery, Portland; Willism R. Hind, Now Yori; O. F. Qurrison, St. Louls; W. R, Grin, Philadelphia; T\, I1, Hostings, Loulsyille, . Tyemont ILiouse—D. P, Hinman, Cinclunati; I H. Mund, Denver; P. MoArthur, Toron- T. Vau_ Voorhis, Washington; “T. O, New York; J. R. Long, _Thiladel- s, . o Sherman House—Josoph Bock, Lou- on ; 8, L, Fox, thiladelphia: L. . Sidway, Springfleld; J. D. Lawlor, Praitlo du Chion; J. 2y ll‘msten; 13, . Chawberlain, Mondota, . . . @Qrand Paoiflo—J. L. Lowis, Montreasl; R.V, Qonaut, Portland; W, H. Wyman, Oluncinnati; James Milburn, Torre Hunto; J, R, Faruam, Boston ; Jobn O, Honld, Orango, N. J, AN EXCITING OHABE. About 1 o’clock yesterdny morning, Mr, James - Eagan, residing on 1ntsted street noar Thivty- fifth, was awakoned by hearing some one mov- ing in his bLodroom. Ho jumped up in timo to 0. a_ man_ " gottlng out of W6 room Mr. Eagan followed Lim down stnirs and out into tho slrect. Whon ho got out doors ho found it was cold aud anow- ing, and us lo was dressod in Toxan costumo, minus the spury, ho hesitated & moment boforo following his man, But it was only a moment, for the {hought crossed ~his mind that the mnn ho saw f filng down Inlstod streot might lLave most of the property of tho Lingoan fumily abont him, nnd ho set out aftor im, Delng unincumbored - with olothing, he mado bettor timo thau the would-bo burglar, and, oftor running about a wle, over frozen grouud, ovortook the light-fingero gontleman, and onllod upon him to surrender or #uffor tha consoquonces, John Lendorson. for that was the thiof'a name, HYDH PARK, At 8 o'clook p. m, Baturday, John Remmor, Josoph N, Barkor, and Goorgo W. Binford, mom- bbrs of Ltho Board of Education, were aworn in a3 judges of tho olootion for two membors of tho Board to fill vacancics, Tho polls closed b 7 p. m, ; 148 votes woro cnst, and the result wos onnounaed, as follows: B, J. Tuasoll, 180; IL }l. Hibbard, 116; Van IL iggins, 82; coattor- ug, 0. TRUSTEES' MEETING. Tho Trustoos of Hyde Park hold n rogular mooting at the Villago Hall 8aturday afteruoon, Thoro woro prescut—Moessrs. Darnoy, Gray, Bonflold, Biobbings, and Prosidont Ondy, 1t was rosolved that the appointment of Der- rick do Jong and O. Roggoreon as judges, and of Cornolius Huyper snd L. Mubimachor ns olorks of olection on the 21at inat. in tho Bixth Distriat, bo rescinded, and that Gorrott de Jong and Cornolius Kuypor be appointed judgos, and Jorls de Jong and Martin Hoogbruln ag clorks fn safd dislrlo‘i. Tho Attornoy roported that the ownors of Block 10 in Droxol & Bmith's Subdivision dosired that the plat of Odoll's Bubdivision bo vaeated, snd thet o now plat of sald block bo approved. It appears that Oak stroot, from Droxol Cot~ fago Grove avenus had nover been oponed, and ho recommendod that an indemnifeing hond bo roguirod for the villago, and that flio specinl ne- sossnent now due should bo ’}mld by sald ownera betoro a now plat is approved. On motion the subjact was roferred to tho At tomoy to procure propor bond and sottlomant of nagcsament, and thon roporl o now plat for ap. proval. > BEWELS, Mr, Bonfleld roported that o had conforrcd with South Parle Commisaloners in roforenco to thair requaut to hiave gaver, wator, and gas pipes Inid along thio Parkways, aud alao with proporty- owners on Oakwood boulovard, . Tho Comminsionera have rosolved to pay the cost of nsower which Would suswer their pur- poso for surfaco-drainngo, say, for §3,300, and 8500 for oxponsa of water-pipes theroon} but did not think thoy ought to pay for sower- 8go or wator-pipes on South Park or Droxel, ns they, have alroady supplied themeolves with sow- erago and wator At thoeir own oxponso. Thoy did dosiro, tho Trustoos to take jurisdiotion ovor hoso drives for tho purpose of enforcing s specinl aasossmont for sowors and wator-pipes, and thoy will asslat in onforoing such pracoods ings, ond aro anxious to lhave such improvoments mado without delay. The Committao . therofore recoramonds that tho propositions of tho South Park Commissionors, aafaras it isrolated to Oakwood boulevard be ac- copted snd adopted,sud that tho Engincer be in— atructod to propare designs, plans, and spocifica- tiona for a sower on Oakwood boulovard and submit to tho Board without dolay, and that the Attornoy prepare tho proper ordinanca for n n?ocinl ogsossment of such sowor and water pipes and submit to thia Board, They nlso rocom- mend that upon the prosentation oty proper poti- tions to the Board asking ‘for moworage and water pipos 1 South Park and Drexol boulovards, tho proper proceedings be eommenced to Lave such sewor and water pipo put down. ‘The report wos accoptod and adopted. BUPERINTENDENT'S REFORT. D. Honloy, Superintendont,_of Publio Works, raportod ton sidewalks now'in default of cou- struction by tho ownors of proporty : On north side Forty-third stroot, from I. 0. B. R. to Grand boulovard; on Forty-sovonth, from Droxel to Hydo Park avenue, sincorespind- ed; on wost ride Cottage Grove, from Iorty~ fitth to Forty-revonth stroot; on south side Forty-eighth, from Madison to Cottage Grove ; on_south sido Fiftioth, from Madison to 1iydo Parl avenuo; on south sido Sixty-Sret, from Stato to Indinna; on enst side Prairio, fram Thirty-ninth to_ Forty-sovonth ; o, *itech to Byl Patk syoqity efdo ot Tydo Parls nvenug from Onl strect to Kifty-fifth stroot; on wesl sido Forty-cighth, from State to Indisun; on_ north side Forty-ninth, from Btate to Graud boulevard, It was resolved that tho Suporintendont report to the Board ,what delinquont sidowall-ownors hed been notifled by himand what proporty thoy reprosentod, and'also what proporty-own- ars had ot beon found and what property they ropresented, and thnt all persons notified bo iven ten doys to lu‘{ down their sidewalks, and Fn cage of “thair default 8o to do tho Attornoy is instructed to Hrnp&m ordinauces for special asgessment on all such delinquent property. WATER-PIPE MAINS. ‘Mr. Hall camo to roquest the present Board to poss on ordinance to finish tho laying of the wator-maina this season, 80 that all porsons cat:- then readily bo supplied from them. Tt was rosolved that owners of property witli- in-or near the water-muins be roquested to pregent their potitiona for .water-pipes nlong. such stroots a8 thoy mny chooso to name without dolay, Inasmuck as oxpanso will ho eavod by ia- cluding ss many streois as. possible in” ono ordinance, A PARK-DPROTEOTION, The Ingineor subtaitted & plan for plors simi- lar to' thoze constructed by the United Btates Government ot Bouth Chicego, and cstimatod tho cost of the samo at $23 per linoal foot, Ho also reportod a proflle of grado for Bixty-soventh stroot, from Stony Ialand avenus to Stato straot, which was reforred to the Attorney to prepare an ordinanca to establish the samo. MISOLLLANEOTS. It was vegolvod that the Clok isAue a warrant for 25 to Joseph . Gray, onsccount of postage on nssesumont-notices. Owen Bheridan was continued spocial police-- man anothor movti. A potition was prosonted and reforrod from Paul” Cornell for wator-pipes, south on Stony Tsland avonuo, from Sixty-olghth to Sovonty- difth etreet ; wost on Beventy-iifth to Groonwood avenuo, and south on Graonwood'avonuo to Bov.' nty-sixth streot, i BILLY. Twonty-two billsaud pay-rolls, amountiog to 1,159, voro Branentod sad caferiod, 3 ‘Throe bills of South Side News, for advortls- ing eloction and special-assossment notices, amounting to 83, wore ordered to bo paid. A number of bills and vouchers from Willlnm B, Bmith, formor Water-Waerks Engineor, showing balance duo him of £000.57, wWoro pro- sonted nnd referrod, . Capt. Binford submitted his roport for March : Number of arrests, 23; fincs nssessod, 8111 ; fiues collocted, 8101 HiAdjourned to]Wednesday evening noxt ab7:0. TOWN COSVENTION, The largest political gathering over convened in Hydo Park mot in town couvention at 8. o'clock Baturdasy oveming, R. 8. Thomnpaon, Enq.; was elotod Cbafrman snd Goorge 3. Bogue Becratary. The following nominations woro mado by neclamation : Z &uperviscr—Eugens 0, Tong, Assessor—Josoph IT, Gray, Collector—Tamea 1, Bly, 5 Justices of the Peace—3ohn 8, Ritchie, of tho Third Disirlet ; Thomas 8, Doyle, of (e Fifth District, Threo porsous wero nominated for Clork. On the first ballat 303 votos woro cast: William J. Ilorriok, 1453 Charlos E. Pope, 131 ; and Jonah 8, Heovol, 81, Ou tha socond ballot 235 votes wore cant : For Obarles E, Pope, 140; William J, Ior~ rick, 85 J. 8, Bcovel, 10. ' - MEETING OF OAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, Aftor tho Town Convention adjourned, the Campaign Comuitteo hnd & meoting, 1t was resolved that a convoution be called to” nominate villnge ofticers on tha basis of the vote of last fall, and that tho Firet District have 11 dologates, the Second District 7, the Third Dis- trict 5, and the Tourth, TFifth, and Bixth Dis- tricts 8 onch, making 82 dolegates in all, It was rosolved that the primary meotings bo Lold in the sovoral olection-districts at the poll- ing-places thorein, Wednosday, April 15, at 8 p. m., and that iho vomating convontion moet at tho Villago Hall huraday, April 16, st 4 p. m, —_— INDIANA SOLDIERS’ REUNION. Speciat Dispateh to The Clicago Tribune, Tont WAve, Ind,, April 6,—Extonsive pre- parations are bolng mado for a_reunion of tha soldiers of this Congressional District, to take place Tucsdny. 'Fhore will bo o stroot-parado at noon, followed by appropriato oxorcises, in- cludiug a welcoming address h{]llnyor Zollingor, an oratfon by Gen. Wom DBrowno, and ro- matls by Qov, Hendricks, Gony. Willicls, Gib- gon, and othors, Inu tho evening, thore wilt o bauquoet, Lhis is oxpeetod to bo the beat afair of the kind which has tukon place in Indiann sinco the closo of tho War, WEST SIDE. MADISON AND PEORIA-STS,, Retail Department, BARGAINS I DRESS G00DS Lot of 5-4 Black French Cash- mereg, all wool, at 75¢ per yard, greatly under value. Black Alpacas of the best and finest male imported, at special bargains, beginning at 26¢. Lot of neat_and desirable style fabrics for Misses’ school-dresses at 20¢, 25¢, and 30c¢; very cheap. Lot lampress Cloths, new shades, at 50c¢, worth 75c. Now ' spring shades in Poplins, Mobhairs, Lustres, Cashmeres, Ser- ges, Diagonals, ete,, at attractive prices. Gheap Dress Groods Talss, The assortment of Dress Goods on Tables Nos. 1, 2, and 3, at 20¢, 25¢, and 30c¢, contufns many bar- gains herctofore advertised, to- gether with more seasonable goods lately added. Choios New Spring Poreals, CAMBRICS, English and- French Prints, _Best styles in the city. ¢ Madison & Peoria-sts. GLOVES. Gloves! wme = - m3-eau aAVOICES Of the TS Seamlossr Ka axumar(fvu GENUINE “ HARRIS” GLOVES OFFERED ELSEWHERE). We have this superior Glove as well as the popular *Victoria,” in all shades, to match present costumes. Also, five-button Sucde Gloves in black and colors. New shades in English Lisle-Thread and Silk Gloves, in one, two, three, four, and five buttons. Plain and Fans ey Gauntlets for Ladies and Chil. dren. Calf and Dogskin Gaunts lets, very stylish. Gentlemen’s two-button Dogskin in dark shades. nglish Lisle-Thread Til- bury Gloves for driving, and ove crything new and desirable in this line of goods. Chas. Grossage ¢ Co. 106, 108 & 110 State-st. 60 & 62 Washington-st. POLITIOAL. CICERO Aufi-Fusion Citizens' Ticket, Buporvlsor, 0SOAR D. ALLEN. Truateo, L M, BOWEN. Assasgor, LUTHER E. RACE, Coltactor, J. DONNERSBERGER. © = Towa Qlork, ELIAS WANZER, ‘Polloo Mnglstrato, 8. N. WILSON, Canstablo, "y T, B, BRIDGES. - To il vacancy of 3. Biair (Truatee), reslgnod, ANDREW VOGT. Tlio nliova aro no offeaholdars, no' offica-sgskors: they at j o G Tomacivass tiity hivo bras Soloctad. 10F tholr Warth siid Slanding fu tho ‘communt, Lidonandans at any peiitiesl | comprommisos, and for theic abillty to il tho pasiions to which they hav olkot, —showiny Btar-Chambor, Towa of Olcaro, o lioson. : Rudot, on noxt Tuosdiy, April 7, betwoen g L und afost the b at tho noblo Tule, and. o 5 oif-Hade; Busion Nowinations. for e GOLD CHAINS; R, J. MORSE & GO, Jewelers, 8, E. Oor. Olark and Lnke-sts. Offor great inducoments Lo buyors of SOLID GOLD CHAINS! o Ladfos’ and Gentlomon's woar. GUARD OHAINS, with or without Slidos, LEONTING CHAINS, OPLRA OHAINS, VIST CHAINS, NEOK CHAINS. Alao, a il tmont of Coln Silver, Itollad Plat TIRM CHANGES, DISSOLUTION. HONPAON, HENRY & 00. ls this di AT o O aoadunts. Yho Allateaal thin 1ot fies e naitod by ol uinbor oA . o ook B g Wil 6o ko ot el id e Qupectal i ML R COPARTNERSHIP. Wo, tho undoralgnod, hiave this day entarod fnto copart~ o unor tho siio of Lottibony & eRanits o o piroosa of carrsliy of tho Rujur Biook, lisnk Book Ristutactietug, - Briniing, and 'Biattonory’ busimon, at Now. 555, 3, Bad SN0 B Bav g Ko DR i O tho lato fi ié’“fl‘gfi"x!? 2 anke, OuIoao, ApHld, J5H, o e & R CHILDREN'S OARBIAGES, &0, T CHILDREN'S CARRIAGEN i blos, Tops, Bso Balls, &o. Bird Ongon, PCb Sy drioty, o 530y VERGHO, RUHLING & 00.’8, 138, 140 & 149 Btataeat, COPARTNERSEIP. Wo, tho undorsigmad, Lave this dny formod a ooparte norship ta continue the jumber Lusiiass, under tho styl rin namo IIEN“Y‘ BARKER & CO,, office an yavd foor of Fiskeat, ' noar'Twonty-s00ond et ' Lo LY, Iato of Thompson, Heury & Oo, 15 BARKLM, 1ato of Lowoll & Barkor, GLURGE W, HERILY. Apell 4, 157, COPARTNIERSIIIP. @, 0. THOMPSON liss thls day formod ol with Ou Ac DALIAER. for ths Dutisoss of Somtmeing 1o Jumabo \nfl:nfi pudor tlu, namo of G, 0, "0 5 5 wili ogoupy the oitlog a Jato e xr“‘,xhl'!uup:ssuu .\q{:lmw ¥ 8o, ’aulrnrp:&\ atngan Axclioray, iver, ¥ \