Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1874, Page 3

LOCAL MISCELLANY. i THE PROTECUTION LIFE, ) Tho rogular annual moting of tho stookhold- ora of tho Protostion Lifo Insuranco Company a8 hiold yestorday aftornoon, at tho offico of the Company, No. 100 Madison stroot. . DI, TOWLER'S OLATA, ’ The mooting wns organized with Prosident L. P, Hilliaxd in tho ohnfr. Tho claim of a daugh- tor of Dr. Fowlor, under » polloy on tho life of J¢ B. ‘Warnor for $10,000, was taken up, bub passcd over, to awalt tho aotton of tho now Board of Dircotors, The meoling then procoeded to tho olection of & TOAND OF DIRECTONS. Threo tollors woro appolutod, sud slips of paper containing tho namos of all porsons who wore “eligiblo " worn handed arouud, Tho following sro tho namea: L. D, Hilliard, I, 8. Skinner, E. M, Bkinnor, Martin Ryan, 1L T\ VR!I;';!:).“ L. W. Eldved, Louls Wahl, R.TRowolt, A.RMcDou- oli, E. W. Edwards, . B. Fishor,’ Joln Tld, §°8. ATatnon, 0. W Trood, 0. 1, Holdon, W. We Pancoaat, O, H, Fowler, and A, W, Sims, Thoso aro all stockholdery, but do not include tho wholo numbor; but why. some stocklolders should bo alfowed to voto, and othors not, ap- poarod to bo an unanawered queation. Atter abouy twenty minutos! consultation, tho tullors muuuncfid that the. following thirteon hind boen olocted membors of tho Board, for the ensuing yonr, 'I'ho numbers indicato tho;voles m:ulwdi; each 1 Hillinrd, 1,420 ; Ryan, 1,887 § Vallolte, 1,354 Bldrod, 1,416; Wahl, 1,381 ; Rowatt, 1,091 ; Edwards, 1,020 ¢’ Fishor, 1,20 ; Toid, 1,391 ;- Broed, 1,360 ; ‘Holdun, 1,285 ; 'Pans coast, 1,317’} and Slus, 1,417, - TREASURER'S REPORT, Immediately on tho rouding of thoresult of the sloction, the'roport of the Treasurer was rend, whioh, {f figures'do notlle, shows n gratifying Btato of affas. “Lho AmOUNt TEcOIved fXuim pros miums was stated to be $100,800; from annual | _ dues, ©18,043.68 ; ssscssments, 2522,810.20 ; ‘ad- vanco' assosamonts esu,usv.’m ;. rostorations, | £31,004,78 ; collectlons on ngsessmonts, &4, gl&;m éu gsplm atock, ‘995,700 ; sundry itoms, Tho oxpouditures werc: Commisslona 'on promiums, $60,200.94 ; advertising, §1,876.05 ; printing, ‘83,206,887 siationory, 671,04 sala Hos, $10100.00~ postago, ab,040.08; ' dosth losses, §817,031.70 ; taxos and licouses, $3,100 5 offfos furnitiire, £2,467.08 ; loana, $3,080; com= misgion on annual dues, 82,046 ; commission on stook sold, €650 oxponsca, $4,035.60; sundry Itoms, 8185,086.74. Total recolpts, $660,006,04 Total expenditures, $508,797.80, &3 After the Tronsuror had finished . his report, whioh waa roforred *to_the Board for auditing, the Beoratary was called on, but doolined to give any account, alloging that it 'was substaniall: contained fu that of the Troasurer, Ar, Hilliar then intimated that ** that matter” might aa well pomo up, but the suggostion ' waa instantly put down, and, after a short desnltory conversation, tho meeting adjourned, -with » vague foeling haoging over tho assembly that the most jm- portant work had not yot been done. In fact, tho prosenco of & roporter soemed to have & chilling effect. An animated discussion on the cisimaof & MR, RUSSELL -to voto was ignominiously nipped in: the' bud, and a stockholder yoluntcered the information that it was nob nnythm%purtluu!n, only & family qnnAm:l. and need not bo roported. It appoars that Russell gave a mortgago on some Calumot lauds to securo tho payment of about $15,000 of stook, Tho lands woro aftorwards nscertatnod to be nearly worthless, and a socond pieca of proporty was offered and taken as scourity. It wes subsequontly discoverod that the mortgage to the Company wad & second incumbrance, which it was not atlowed by its charter to take. Provioualy, arid before the faots were known, the'stock had been tranaferred to other parties, aud it was olnimed that the stool, having been fraudulontly obtainod, was illogal, and could not ponfer & right to voto. No conclusion was roached. A bill was flled some months ago by tho Company to declare this stock void, and thus the matter stands at prosent. : : TIB DIVIDEND. ‘"Aslb-s & vory natural thing dividend at an annual meoting, the roporter in- golred 1f uo dividend was to_be mado, .Hr, illetto ropliod that the Company did not pay any, dividends, only a moderate rate of interost, 8 per cont on-tho scuarities of the stockholders depositod at Springfield. It was not & money " making institution,—it was in the strictest sonzo # people’s company, -whore each man got his money’s worth, and the institution comld mot {all, sa-the- officorn had nothing bo - du willl the ‘money-—only raceived it and Eud 1t ovor. - Their pittance was dorived from the €6 annual ducs which each member paid, £ ; KO EXAMINATION. " Having heard a rumor that & quiet examina- Hon of the Company's affairs was in progross the roportor askod if 'such ‘was' the fact, but was , sesured it was not. About a'dozen examinations has been made during the two years' existence of the Company, but uone had beon made sinco Janusry. A statomont was published some time 2go that the Protection Lifohad some $60,000 of unpaid ‘death-losses in Ohio, and one of tho afianta was ‘asked if such was the osse. He ftted it was - the faot, but :saia that tho claims wero in many instanoea bogus, and that the Company was' settling them up by compromise, and thero was not more than s;u,xao outslanding now, But it sosmod some- what stronge that the Company would settle s large numlior of . claims when they were, not valid, And having obtained all the information poaible, the reporter loft. g A mesting of the Directors will probably be hold in a few_days, but -exactly when could not bo ascortained, 2 to declare a ———— COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The County Commissioners met yesterday Mternoon. In tho absence of President Ash- ton, Commissioner Harrison was® called to the ohair, A MIBORLLANEOUS, {7 A proposal was received from Alexander White torent, for county offices, a five-story building on Fifth avenue, between Randolph and Washing- ton stroets. It was referrod tothe Committes on Public Sarvice, . o) A communication was recelved from the Ward-, en of the Poor-House and Insane-Asylum, in roply to & resolution of inquiry as to the cost of. eupporting inmates in those institutions,- It shows the avorage monthly cost per inmato, in tho Poor-House, to be $18.80 ; cost por inmate in the Tusanc-Asylum, §6.90, PAY OF TAE OLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, The Gommitteo on Judiciary, to whom was ro- ferred tho inquiry ms to what ‘should be tho componsation of the Olerk of the Superior Court, aud to whom the'fees of the Clerk's oflico ehould bolopg, reported as followa: - " bankrupt here, Big fooding places conducted on -the Browu Building, southwest corner of Madi- Axt. VI,, Soc. 27, of thio Constitution conlinued " tho {Bres Clerks of hie Buperior Coust, then elocted, in ofioe during tho tcrms for which they Were respect{ve~ elocted, “Tho Word Olerks * ia used in the plural, separate an ual olices, an thres divided holdors of ono oMoo s and. presribe Luat they should rocelv foca during thoir respectivo terms, v, ‘Daiton's form expived November, 1671 B, Jacobson's, Mr, Btophen~ Bon's torm will expire November, 1675, Each of sald Jacol Novembar, 1610, ahould go 1o Blopnemnr e ey waa & atlll further incresds, Tut {he Constftution saya all oxcess of feca shiould go to the county, ‘We mus| therefore, thini st Gool’ Gounty ‘Should Neocos rior Qourt Olerk’s cainel elr views, We also furnish “horowlth the 3‘?&&2} County-Atiornoy Hountroo, who hiolda that a belone to. Oor, Bloghenses! Toms gl T November, 1676, and from November, 1871, to Novem ber, 1873, to Baiton mnd Stephenson, With the opin. fon 'of thoso {wo ablo lawyers so_entirely difforing, your Commuitoo feol unwilling to make any rocoms meudsation, Accompanyiog the. report sra the writton opinions of James P. Root and John M. Roun- treo, ex and: prosont County-Attornoy. The former holds that the county is entitled to oue- third of tho feoa from 1871 to 1873, and to two- thirds from 1873 to 1875, If this {8 not /0, ho ays, then tho feos of Jacabson and Btophonson wore inoreased without sny authorlty of Iaw, ‘Thio Constitution clearly monus that all foey aftor puying tho officor his'sharo, Bhall .be pald into o County Trensury. Mr, Rountrdo takos tho dircotlv opposite view of the matter, and s +of the opinion that thore s nothing in oo, 97, Art. VL, of the Constitution, which™ can bo cons struod ag entitling the aounty to any portion of tho foon received by Col, Stephonson. Seo, 10, Art. X, says s * The compeneation horoin pro- vided for shall apply only to officers hereafter elocted.” He dao not think an action in bohalf of the county sgalnst Col. Btaphenson,to ro- cover any part of the fees b{ him recoived ng Olork of tho Buperior Courtof Cook County, gould be maintained, i On motion of Commissioner Olough, the re- port of tho Committes was conourred in, the THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBU Donrd thus take no fur- thor ngtion : pristtonly dooidiag to in the promiscs. " - COMPENSATING WITNESSRS, . ' ' ° Tho Qommitioo ou Judtolary, to whom was ro- forzed tho patition of David “Davis for compon nation for tinmo lost while detnined o & tyituces, | roported as follawss * - 0 " v oot e - Thero in 1o Inw to'uthorizé tis connt nuch componkntion, Tiis fs onoof tho laruships to which poor men aro liable, and fa & disgraco to the !&fi. and o roproach upon (e, judiclary, which has tho power grantly to, eorrect {ho ovil” 1t in atong tho Door and unfriendod thiat witncases to crimo 670 oftona st found, Tho fear of , dctontion acals the miouths of many witnosséa. 1f ‘tlioy bo- innocent persons, tho Hording Uiom wongg common, offandors 1s bnrdly compeumated for by the “conviction of tho gufity. . It thoy bo not of a torling_chinracter, no piace i A9 con- duclvo to thelr being tamperod with 4 tho Inside of a Jolt._Surrounded by crinilnals, sud Uroatliing an at- nosphoro of orimo, & witness s tompted by a briba which in the freo air e would despise, ' The criminal 1% often balled out, whils the innocent witnoss pinea in Jnil,” Our Oriminal Uotirt §8 nearly all tho timo in scs- sion, The presiding Judges would ovinco as commenda Ablo hitmantty by celng that o filtly jall is emptiod of {bnocent witnesscs as by descatting upon the stmoss hiorio deformitios of couri-roome. . P : 1NBURANOE, ; The Committce on Education roported’ that insurance amountihg to £64,000, on the building and furniture of tho Normal Bohool, had boon placod ‘At 1 por cent, snd. recommending an aunual appropristion of 8300 for-tho cxpunsoes of the County Buporintendent 1n visiting schoola, The report was conourrod-n, * e PAVING, * Oommunfcations wero. rocolved from ‘E. T, Gable, offoring to pave the court and srens of the now Jnil avd Criminal . Oourt, bullding for 85,048, and tho alloy for 81,128 from Perlung & 'Blophonson, to- do tho ‘work, for 95,443,80 nnd £1,000 ; from M. B, I(ufln{, for ’SB.‘JdO and 81,0005 from’ Jenkins & Bol h,;.! - $6,872,60, in- nludlnF ¢ho alley ; from John MoHugh, £8,810, Including tho alloy; from John MoCaffory, to | repara the ground for tho asphalt pavement for 2.87 per cublo yard, and to Jay the pavemont 'or £2.25 por sq‘uurn yord. : i Tho piupunale wiie eefemmed ba ihn Boilding Oominittes, with instructions to consider tho ¥rupue:t(oua for grading and paving soparatoly rom thio rest of tho work, g - LEANING ALREADY. i Commisaloner Bogue called sttention to tho fact that the roof of tho now Oriminal Court and. Jail Buitding waa leaking badly already. .. | Mr. Egan, tho architoct, oxplnined thaf the loakage was causod by tho giving way of a soam. of nufilur during tho storm of SBunday morning, Tho Board adjourned until Monduy next, at 2 to maka ONE MOMEYENT BRIGHT, THEN GONE W FOREVER. < Bon ton restaurants havo not boen a successin Cbleago. * Delmonico bimuolf would prove a oxponsive principles axo not indigenous to North-, westorn goil. | Nearly all our people hiere oxcept the gamblers, politiclans, and professional office- holdors, work for a living. Tho gamblera, it fa true, are far from belng idlo, and tho politicians aro sleapless in their lino, but noither frateraity oan bo placed among tho producing olasses; but, xathor, belong to the destructive order of socloty. Noithor our gomblors nor our politicians, numor- ons as they are, feol quito strong erough to support an immonso cating-house. Lato hours and abundance of alcohol destroy - their oppetite, and in tho gorging line thoy are not up to & profitablo standard ss’ customors, On the.othor hand, our young men who work for a salary do not feol lko exponding thoir monoy on fanoy edibles, oven when thoy move in ithe train‘of Venus and Hebo, Thoy gonarally tako thelr goddesses to some placo whore oystors ' are ot superlativoly dear, and whera othor delicas cies como within tho scope of roason, Tho avor- g0 Oniongo girl would rogard s Jover swho babit- uslly patronized a Delmonico 08 an' idiot nnd a prospactive beggar. It sho has no conacienco, sho may, perhaps, permit him to ran to the ‘en: of his rops and thon ont loose from him, If sho haa a charitablo dl!mnlflun, sho will refuse to encourgo the youth in’his hendlong extravagance, and may, possibly, drop him gently from her ro} °‘ffl"’“‘ 2 Y , The Foung ‘business-man of our city doos’ riot feol callod upon to pajronize a mammoth food- factory whonever lus inward parts declaro, with- out gnafllble denial,ithat nature abhora a vacuam, Ho, too, favors tho 15-cont lunch—one-horso coftos, indigestible, ** French roll,"” laruusy spad- wich, and other artiolos calculated to” banish bappinoss by propagating dyspopsis, As for our veteran citizens, thoy never think of settng » bad axample by going outside she pnle of economy, ‘Thus, while wo have a multitude of smudl cof- foo-houses aud second-class restaurants, we just now, without anything in the champion stylo of this line of business.. T'rue, wae : have- hotel palaces and billiard halls that cannot be outdons, churohes that proclaim our tendency toward godliness, businoss housos that can only find n’ paraliol in ** bosutiful Venioo, - vity “of " song, "< sll thoge indicate that Chicago is Motropolitan in her idons ; but the nbsence of. opicuresn otab- lishments of the Delmonioo order goes.to prove, beyond chanco of contradiction, that the people -of Chiongo are 0o gommon-gense—too much oc- oupied with the roal work of lifo—to make maati- catory oxercises the chief end and alm "of their cxistenco, With them, eating is mare s business then a pleasure—more work than play.” ~ | - - In such places a8 Now York, whore thore aro myriada of rich people who do nothing bat' loat- fashionably, and deviso means for . spendirig’ their superfluous onsh, filgnnfifl roataurants are, genenally apeaking, well patronized. . Delmoni- co has nchioved a world-wide mp\mnn}l“ BE B fashionablo catoror, s . During 1866, Kinsley furnished luxurious oreature-comforts - . under. the Orosll:fl Opera-. House, but, dospito every effort on. part to plonso the public, his establishmont would not payyand gridually declined. It succumbed to 2ate even before the great conflagration came to fnish it. s v e X 3 i Next came a Obicazo Delmonico, on ‘Madison. atraet, but ko, 0o, failed.to mnke' ends meot, and, after a sickly strugglo of somo weoks dira- tion, the Bheriff ‘came down like a wolf “oh the fold, and the second great ventnre in tho way of costly * grub* came to grief. &3 . Notbing daunted by the fate of their prode-: cossors, Nessrs, Wentworth'& Woolworth, for- meorly of the Briggs House, resolved to’ mako" the old Gourt-House over saw, ho was bualad not moroly with proving that bis wifo marted him for monoy, but that ho_had no monoy at all,— that ho-bad boen drafned of it by uniucky speen- Intions, and hor oxtravagantways. Ho appoaled the'snit to.the Supromo Oourt, whoro. it wan ro- -yorsod and romandod on some tochnieal grouud 3 but ko was n(;uln beatou, and agaiu appenied jon tha ground of oxcosslve alimony; but tho faton . woro nfinfiuet him, and bo m}unndorod on lawyors more than ho tried to save from s wifo, ., is Jnst publio anponranco was at 8pringflold, *{n 1871, whow hd Emnnntnd o long potition pray- ing for tho simpliticntion of the forms of li'u ol procedwie, backed by an itomized sohodulo, showlng what lie had paid -out to courts and Iawyors, amounting to nbout ©80,000. Foarful o8 this Bhowing was, his potition produced no ozluaaltA ll\ml it sloaps in tho offico of tho Secrotary o 0 Bomo of his acqualntances thonght his head wag turnad by Lis Josses ; but, Whils Lo tnlced & littlo wildly at times, hio did ot loso his ecnses in money mntters, and waa ng hard at a trado a8 ovor, Ho modo no foolish investments, Whothor ho bought lands or stocks, ho bought wisely, nud he never epont ouything. Lut, though his storos grow, hio could not forget Lis irito, who had, as he thought, conspired with hor family to rob bim, and ho hatod tho Bussos: as intensoly as ho loved monoy.' Ho was plain, zathor habby in drass, but he novor dicsso in tho ragged fashion of tho traditional misor. Ho was' an Uliterato man, but- possossed . of Btrong common gonse, . . - o And o for tho ond. He died Suuday evon- ing at tho Meroy Iosplial of n oploxy 8t the ago ©of'45. " Ho was quito woll until about'cight daya 2go,whon ho bogan to suftfer from beart disonso, and consoquontly moved from bis bonrdiug- Lousa to the hospltal, - Wi i L ... Baron von Glahu. waa born in a_ small town nonr Bromorhatun, Gormany, sud his porents, though poor, belongod-to the nobility. Ho camo to this country whon yot quilo younri and with- vat moans, still Lio oft o fortuno whioh is osti~ matod at .l't‘:‘one‘g;sgo,w% and” whioh "o sarnod ton, B, 0., and at Baltimors, vy BiHe waa a mieor, and had but littlo enjoyment from his groat - woalth, nor did any .ono elso on- Lny much of it. Not 8 singlo act of charity can 0 recordod during his ontire lifo; money was his only joy, and rom hoarding it e derivoed his anly placaure. But, although ko was cold and . uncharitablo to every other buman bolng, even to * his wifo, who wag divorced from him,he loved his Iittio 0 vear old pon with ‘all the tendoruess of o gaod father. . On this little boy e doted, sud no amount of monoy was too muoch if required by his-olild, nud to him he bequoathed hia largo -fortune. ~According to his lagt will, his body will be ombalmod and sent to Germany, where ho heda tomb built-for himself aboutn yonr 8go. f A PR v 'THE BRICKMAKERS, - The Ohloago -Brickmakora’ Assooiation held thejr. semi-monthly. mooting yestordsy aftor- aoon, at No, 200 LaSallo alroot, tho Prosldont of the Association, Mr. Honry Jones, in the chnir Trosiont, ‘0, B, Cobb, N. Eisendrath; tho Secre- tary and Treasuroer of tho Association, and about thirty members, ¢ .t ' “MONEY MATTERS. 2 Roport of officors Boing ealled for, Mr. Eison~ drath, tho Treasuror, submitted his roport for last month, showidg recolpls and dise bursements, which brings ‘the “ Association in dobt, for incidontal oxpensos for the month of March, tho sum of $88. The Treas-' uror stated that if tho mombora who'were in ar- roars would settle up they would have about $200 in the Trensury. . . .4+ . . THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, - Mr, Blgendrath{also submitted the report 7of the Committoo ‘who “were appointed to confer " with-a Jike Committoe from tho North Side Ase soolation in regard to sharing hall ront and other ncoessary office expenses, a3 by so doing thoy could reduce.office ront down to 30 per month, aud bring about a great reduction in their ex~ ondituros-arising from othor sources, Ho fin- ished the roport by recommending ite adoption, snd on motion of Mr. Moulding it wus unani~ mously adopted.: i . . i - - (HOALE OF TRICES, . g Mr. “Moulding 'submitted the roportof: the i Committao on Wages for the coming season, and with it the following scalo of prices, which shonld not bo excooded : Moulding ' by hund, €2.25 por day ; toulding by machint, §3.25 nek doy ;:striling off, 82 por day; dumper, 83 por duy ; mould-fiftor, 81.50 por. day ; eiuder, $1.76 por day ;* truckor, 81,50 porday ; laborors, 1,25 por dny § settars, 82.95.nor day ; -wheolors, 8175 por day, ,.or. 40. conts. por.thousand; pit-shov- clors, 52,25 por day. The abave kalo of prices” 18 from 26 to 50 per cont._less” than thoso of, Inat -year. Afters long. and minute, digcussion by each membor of the “Associntion, the roport ‘ot the Gommittoe, ‘with the scale of prices us pre~ _sonted. by M Moulding, was fnally adoptod. A LITTLE BiLy, i The Treasurer submitted a-bill presented from - 'the Lumberman's Board of Trado and . Bash, Dogr, ‘and Blind . Manufacturers' Association, sgainst the Brickmakers’ Arsociation for $68.08, ' -being ono-third of tho amount ingurred by send- ing a comitteo to Bpringtield . during the past wintor to'use their influsuce “witl the Logisla- fure in-amending tho prosont éxistingmechanio's lien law, the total amount thus - expended being $204.25, which was to bo shared equally hotyden the: threo -Associations, * Tho bill.was ordered . The Aseocintion then discuescd at longth tho mauner in which thoy wore to mect all exponcos after. their consolidation " with the Novth ‘Bido Association, and that,importaat quostion wea, disposed of by énohmomber “agracing “to' pay’. 1nto the troasnry tho sum of ‘310, i N , . FORX OF CONTBACT. i Mr, Eigendrath thon addressed ‘the meeting In rogard‘to contracts for making, ‘solling, and delivering brick in greater number than -1,000, .and presented n,contract which kLo thought would cover this ground, ‘and moved - that' the Becrotary bo ordered to have 3,000 copies printed in blank,. with, tho rules of thio' Astociation gov- erning tho aame printed'in Gorman as ‘woll as English on the back of tho .contract, ‘and that the printing of theso contracts be paitl for by the mombers ag éach ono used thom.’ The motion ‘was carried, and, thoro being no further. busi- one_more experiment, and, accordingly, rented son and Clark stroats, for a rostaurant on high- toned princplos, Tho placo was. ostablished last eymmer, and, for a fow months, horne along, by the eclat of iunpauin;; and the magnificence of its sppointments snd furnitiizs, throve ‘apaco: But the charges, did not_suit the avoragd idea, end, gradusally, Slntxoulgo foll off, profits became lost'to view, and_bankruptoy came down like an ayalanche upon the unbappy vruprletem Their | plnco was known as **Browns’," but, in’ justice to tha mémecou of tho building, 1t mnst’ be stated &a they bad nothing to do with restau- raut uffairs, although tho auctionsers’ bill; by WaY of grageful llitoration, calla tho auction 8ale which is now in progress ** Browns' Bank- Tupt Bale.” Br. Wontworth is really the lek- rupt. £‘be first section of tho Fnodfl, consisting of saloon and_restsurant farnlture And equipage, wwas undor the hammor_yostorday. . Tho artlcles ‘wero dlalpm!ud of indots,’and brought very fair prices—in some oages averaging about 76 cents on tho dollnr of actual cost. The ssle ia being conducted by Mossre. Elison & Pomeroy, auc-' tionears, and will Inat until to-morrow evening. Tho aftondanco st tho' auotion, all day yestor- day, was remarkably largo, vurfil many lndies figuring among the bidders. No doubt l{e side- boards and tables of many a home in this oit; will be garnished by plato, cutlery, glass.an chinaware, that onco 8orved opiourcan viands and liquora to the oxtravagant mombers of the community. —— . . BARON VON GLAHN. %, & ‘This name will donbtless bring to the mind. of . the render one of the longest and mosat hotly. contested divorce enits in Chicago, to which tho, Daron and his wifo, Matilda Busse, siater' of the Aldorman, ,wore partios. Tho frial. hegan in 1860, but the trouble had boen brewing long. be« fore. -During tho month of January,; 1800x tho writer went to 8 firo: on.. North: Olark gtreot, . in o house whoro : the: Baron aud his wifo were then living. The fire W8 soon put out, but not until tho couple. had packed up oll their things for removal, Bhe was scolding him, in none of tho gontlest torms, for the mannor lio had managed thio operation, bav- g ilod a buakot £ull of linon, aud Jald the baby and a lamp full of oil on top of it all, preparatory to romoval; - £ 7 The testimony on thoso triala for o divoroo brought out disagrooablo yovelations of jonl- ouuyl distrust, anfirxu-tompnr on both sides., Sho wos {n the habit of throwing hot flat-irons at him, and e dldu’t give her onough to oat or worr, ness before tho Association, tho meeting ad- Journed, d : . THE NEW GAS.0OMPANY, | ° : The noed of.an opposition gas company in Chicago is apparent, sinco tho present monopoly not, only furnishes a- very poor quality of gas, ‘but'charges an enormous price for it, Baveral applications ‘have -been made to the Council withinn- the.;past throo yoars for. the nocessary franchiee, but the Aldormen, for ressons known 4o themsolves and the persana who would be.in- “jured by compotition, havo declined to pasg an “ordinance - authorizing ‘the -establithment of works and . giving power. to Isy mnins in the stroats. Among the companies making ap lica~ tion 'wab “Tho Mutual Gas Company.” Tho capitalista fnterested in it have mado thrao np- phoations—the lnst about two woeks ngo, Thel first.and second potitions were tabled, and died. Upon-the rejection of tho socond peni{lon, appli- cation was made to the Conncil of Dotroit, and the pfivufiaa ssked wero conferred. Considor-' able dillicully was Bxgnrluunafl in_getting the Aldormen of that city to pass an ordinance. The old Company, whioh 'had had things-its own way for many years, oliargoed that the. projectors of the new compauy wore blaockmailors ; that thoy had been proven to ho such in Chicago ; and hm:? attempted to fleoco them. , An 'lnvostigation as) to the standing and rm:fi:nslbfllty of tha accuser gontlemen reanlted in di {m)vlng tho sllogations,| and the francl was glven- thom. Thoy are now furnishig twenty-candle gas to thoeity aud oople of Detrolt for $1.90 & thousand feot. flurn tho pooplo pay £3.26° a thousand- for “twolve-candle,” and, sometimes, ouo-candle will burn brightor than tho stuff whioh comes through tho pipes, - . y=s + The main holders of_steck in the * BMutual® aro,Thompaon_Dean, B, F, Goodrich,. and'A, O, Rand, of New York, and Harvoy W. Brown and Jamot G, Brown: 'Tliso gentlomen reprosont a : capital-of 813,000,000, snd one of them statod t o TripuNe roportor, yosterdsy that, thoy ha selectod o site for, workas on Tiwenty-socon straot, naar the South Branch, and woro road; tp put ‘up on ‘estoblislmont and distributo 1,000,000 foot of gas daily within twolve months, allosh than two-thirds of what is paid now. While tho.worky are erectiug, the novessary pipes wil bo lad. ko third application of tho Company s now before the Council Committce on Gllud'::fihm, and t remaina to be woen whethor ‘it will bo treatod as its prodocossors have beon, : DECAY OF PRIZE-FIGHTING. Thorg was to have boon an exhibition of the Ho declared that hor mayr: ing him was moroly o fumily couspiraoy to got s monoy, aud, ffi' taiu- ly, Matilds, a'good-lookings, blomfo girl, did not marry him for love. ‘%o complicata matiors, thoro was brought in & former loyer, who; acdords ing to tho Baron's statomont, kopt on visiting Lor attor tho marriago, - Nothing wau - praven againat hor, however, oxcopt that sho was ill- tompoerod, and sho got a verdict from Jury in- fluonced more by tho faot that she was & protty woman than by the weight of evidenae, During tuls trial, ono of tho moyt curious that “manly art " in Indiuna, just over tho line, yos- terday morniug, but it failod to como off, becauso t00,few people put in an appoarance, Tho prin- alpald wero Dan Carr and Jim Toylor, who have already had ‘ono *bLout," in which Jim was worsted. ‘Iho former s fat, and tho Iattor ulim; but both aro said to be plucky and good fightera, Thoy are *broke,": and, to ralso a *atake,” readily assentod to & proposition of thelr fricuds to entor the riug for a . ** stake,"—the best man £0 tako tho “‘pot” *All the- arrangements wero [ . meditated, and malicious lies, and known to be . over an opportunity ocours, and rocord the death :of ‘from ‘the City Collector, and €1,600 from the | Colloétor of the Board of -Pablic Works. * Fee | Ttono. _ Tho firet caso unden contideration, wes E: TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1874, JESL — mado,—tho ropo, aponga, and battlo provired, oo onds namo; aud & reforoo ny od upon,—aad the Hnfly wwas Lo linvo loft the nlmt 9 o'cluck yostor- ny morning on tho Fort Wayno '‘Road for o' #*1ock uf woods" & fotv miles avor tha Btutediho.. ,Only about ton poraons, fucluding tho two mon ‘némod, * showod up 1" bul 1t was decldcd th got on the train and go a8 far ag Arcl 11 any of tho * boys were tharo, to, go ony if not, to got out.anil deolare tha fight ** oit," Wiion' Dridgoport’s gront artery waa renched, only two “Inda” woro found in ‘waiting, .and, a8 Taylor said ho would not ontor the ring for loga than 8100, and thoro was no prospect of mln?ng {hat sum, ‘tho .mob :loft. tha cars, and assomblod on tho eidownll at the cornor avouuo and the rallrond track, to disouss tho situntion. -Unfortutiatoly, darr did' mot succoed in gnttlniofl tho train, and waa oarried Enatward no ono knows whoro, ' As ko had np monoy with him, ho will probably’ bo put oft at Boutli Clifengo, and, tho walking ~not elng vory .| goud, will rench town gome timo to-night. His absouco provoated nuy dofinite agreoment as to a futuro fl‘{ht + but tho * plugs " “disporsed with tho understanding that ono whl taiin placs be- twoon Carr and Taylor within o waok, ¥ Alth&ngn ml‘:h wn&l onded scrafiling maf 0 objoct of .1t was to oo it Toylor Shnountad to auyiing, * Iy mecten to fight “ Red-Handod Mlke," of ‘Now York, in May, and tho ““sports” want ‘to. knowif he is’ worth bottivg on, i ———— g . 'GONERAL NEWS, @ ! At tho Church of the Ascension (tho Rav, C.- P. Dorsot’s) the Eystor offorings smounted to 469,00, . . sl . Bovoral porsons rocolved tholr nnturalization, papors boforo Judgoe Gdry. yesterdsy in the Oriminal Court room;” ' - g ¥ ‘Tho finest collaction of clildren's volcos ever brought ‘togother’ in this clly! mot at MoCors miok's “Holl last Baturdsy ovéniug to rohearse for A)}g}lgl_og_fiy‘mdn‘y-sohnol Jubilos to coms Thomas F, Qolling, who was hied in jall at Providenco, R. 1., under_ s requisition from the Govornor of 1ll{nofs, mado his oecape last Thura-; day night. Neils P, Lossen was the complaiunnt or avonuoj and n&:(nal him, and he was to have been'brought to' |' this Stato to answar tho chiarge of.¢ conspirady:". | . At o mooting of thie Diroctoris 6f tho Gorman ,Qometory ‘! Waldhoim,” hold ot the Staats-Zel- tung buiiding yostorday afternopn, thio following oflicor wero oloctod :” Presideit, A, C, Hoslog Vice-Prosidont, Franz Maas'; T'rensuror, J. l?ofil- kamp; Booretary, Oharles O. Frioke; Buporine tondent, Bornhard” Witto. The follawing Fi-’| nance Committes was aldo_eleotod ; Arthur Kir- bo, W. Hoinemann and J, Lobstein. I At thn_mgnlnrmnnlhl" modting of the Board of Bupervisors of tho-Woman's Hospital ot the Btate of Illinois, held,at tho Hospital, 229 Thirsieth streot, ¥ridny, in tho absonco of tho- Tresident, Mrs, Mot wha called to tha Chinir,” and Mra. Bartlott was - appofated -Becrotary pro tom, Tho Matron's and, the Treasurer's reports woro rond and accopted. The rosignation of Mrs, J. W, Walker and Rrs. ‘Jfl!%‘flflmpflon were saocopted. Mre. Amos T, was rein< )| stated as o momber of tho Board of Managars, The namos of Mrs, U, Balcom, Mra. Louis Wall, :and Miss W, L. Grey wore* propoged to fill.va- cancios on the Board. , Mrs, llcBean and Mra, Goodoll woro appoinfod Visiting Committdo for tho. month' of April, . The Journed, g : Tho annual moeting of tho Chicago Medieal Bocicty wos held Inst night' in_tho_partlor of'the Goult Houso, Vice-Prepident Dr. V. L. Hurlbut in tho chair. - Tho _minutos of the preceding mogting wero read and approved. A lotter was, rond by the Bocretary from tho Prosident, Prof.” W. G. Dyas, rogrotting his -inability to be pros~ ont. Tlio Treasurer, Dr, O, W. Eario, submitted. his roport, whiol showed an notive membership of ovor seventy, and. a healthy condition of tho organization, ~ Tho election of officors for tho onsuing yoar resulted as follows:' "Prealden! William E, Quive, M. D,’; Vice-Presidont, G. 0, Paoli, M. D.; Bacrotary, J. M, Hutchinaon, M. D.; Tronsuror, O. W. Eatlo, M. D.; Board of Direotors, Willlam E. Olurke, 3L D.; N. Bridge, M..D,; E. L. Holmes, M, D. Soven, gentlomon ‘Wore appointad delogatos to the Natlonal pnd fourteon to the Stato Society. ' The meeting thon adjourucd. . . 3 o3, Ry A . TIE FAIR FAMF OF 8T, CLAIR COUNTY, , - The St. Louis Dispalch of _Saturdny publislios n lettor signed ‘¢ A citizen who hag lived tweunty years in Bt... Clalr County,” wherein. tho Infer-. Ocean i bitterly dotiounced” for * publishing :+burofaced’ and - malicidus falsohoods™ abont tho “reign of terror ”-jn St. Clair County: The writer says.that papor was never hoard of until recontly‘in that part of Missouri, aud ndds that tha - roporta publisbed in it about the : doeds of Violonco of,.the Younger boya ara ** willful, pro- such by tho correspondent who peuned them.” The l)ufim(ch has an editorial ent on the - Tottor which conclydos thus : e | 1t is tho duty of every journal in the State {Aliasoiri] ithose journala . who linve auy State pride at all, an who have some regard for tho falr name and good namoof tha Btato, to donounca those alandors when- overy slain_Ohicago thiet’ or dotective, for the torma are aynonymous, with an alacrity. that Lus so much. heartiness about it as to prove it & pleasure, e & . THE.OITY HALL. - The Oity Colleotor. recaived: $12,800 for taxes yestordsy, and $1,675 for liconsos, . . ! - Tho Collector of tho Board of Pablic Works: received 81,448 from water-rents yestorday, . Gorporation-Counsol -Norton is. somowhat worse, and his physician doos riot oxpock that hé will bo able to gat out for goveral woeks. . ' - Tho City Treasurcr recelved yesterday $18,200 A maoting of the Finance Committes was held in.the Mayor's ofiico yoaterdsy aftornoon, fhero woro present Ald. McGrath and Heath. | Dr. Miller conforrod: with ‘the Board with regard to tho deflcit in_the. Board of Health fund, and on motion it was agreed to roquest the Comptroller $0 preparo an ordinance nunmrlzlusn temporary loun to' tho Board,” to be included in tho next appropriation. The meoting then adjourned, A moeting of tho .Commiltes on Polico’ was hold in the General Superintendent's room yos- torday- afternoon, ‘Ald, Hchaffner: presiding. A communication , from the Mayor ; appointing Honry aecite, Poundmaster. for the NorthDiv< ialon, was' disoussed, ‘aud on: motion it was de- cidod that a ecommendation bo mado tha tho oppofntmont bo confirmed, A communichtion from Mra.* Oynthin Loonard- on the ‘soctal evil question, was tabled :without having'the favor of p ronding accorded it., On motion the meot- ing adjourned. - e Tha Board of Police met'as iisual yestorday. Prosent, Commigsioners 8horidan, Klokke,' and tho continuod ono of Jacob Ebbingor, charged with loafing whilo'on diity, “The facts, a8 stated by Bergt. Barrett, were published in; iz T UNE last weols, aud.the tostimony yestorday only corroborated that lzoady glven, and fully astab- lishing the oflicor’s’ gullt’s ‘but, ad thoto [wore cortain extonuating oircumstances in _the case, tho Board lot him off ‘with & roprimand and a fine of fivo dayy' pay. Eugone' Ingeruoll, & pa- trolman of tho Fourth Precinot, was charged by bis grocer, Thomas Whitfield, with trying to dox fraud him out of $28.98. ‘fho' Hoard ordorea Lugene to pay tho bill. After: dioussing the ‘publication of tho uew rulos and regul “the polico forcd the Board adjourned, . : THYING A BANITARY POLICEMAN. - ! .- Tho Bpooial Committooappointed by. the Board ot Health ‘to_investigato tho clisrges ngainst Sanitary Polico Officer Fitoh, of the Fifteonth Ward, mot yostordsy afternoon, , Presont: Dr. Halin aud Dr. Schlootzor, The ‘charges woro : Nogleot of duty in not eupprossing nulsauces, and recolving bribes to neglect ‘cortain nuise aucos, The comqlniu[ng witness, ' Mr, of No. 71 Ridgevilla' rond, ‘or’ ine stroet, stated that immediately in xear. of his proinises wore two barnn, usod for atabliig cows, Theso stables wero olose to Mr, Crosby's lot'; oua con- | taiued five cows and the othier oloven,. The filth aud dirt from tho. gtablos scoumulated; ayd nothing was dono to ~romove the manure, BO ot . tho draluings i raun. | mio Bir. . .Orosby's cellgr, -- Mo had. ‘made & complalnt noarly throo E’urn’ ago aud again’ sbout one yearago,' Tho Board had dono noth- ing.to abato tho nulsance, 1fe had scon Oflcer Yiteh in tho scable drinking liquor,"and’ ho had #oen the ofiicer recolvo moticy from'the owner of the stables, - He, did. not lnow whother tho monoy was paid 08 a bribo aud had not scen the ofticer druois,” X Dr, Rold " oxplained that tho ordinance per- amitted the kooping of ton cows, buk the toscd hiad linitod the numbor to three, Owing to the hurd times last fall, however, the Board had fu- formally agreed to permit more cows to bo l.m}u. ‘I'ho ofticer was not to be blamed thorefore, for not romoving the‘cows, WO ek 1t appoared thal thoro was a nulsancp .but there waa.uo testimony to show improper con- duot on tho part ot the oflicor, "Tho chargos were, theroforo, divmissed aud -Dr. Hahn ‘coute solod Oflcor Fich notto da so sgaiv, , Tiils ad- monition and the acquittal combined, seomed to bo Intonded to uatiefy both partios, The oficer cscaped punishmont whilo the admonitfon was oxpooted to sabiafy the complainant thab tho Comumittoo boljoved big alory. ‘Thoy also pro of Archor | infonded’ to bo but | “moeting’ umnind- o i Rebiool-Renstoos~E, “iscd that Uio nulsarico ahould ‘bo abatod jmmo- ‘dlately, ... . i ' E AND WATER, © 5 * A mooting of ' the' Committos on Firo ‘and ‘Water was Liold:at tho Oity. Hall yoatorday nftor- noon, Ald,.Gorcoran prosiding, . Theroe waro alao proasit Gommisaiono Borfian and Klolky of 0 Firo.and Tolice Dopartmont, and Ald. Tom Folay and Potor Mahr, . The subfect . discussed wait tho reapeotive morlts of 'tho Daboook’ and Bteluor ohiemion] .fire-engincs; Marshal Bonnor was callod in and gavo his oplnion, - No dooided action waa takon in the mattor of deoiding which ‘chemical ongine the appropriation‘would §n usnd in \mmhw(ng, but - tho. M{rslml wag oraorod, to make a'report upon the mntter. Commissionor 8horidan thought thnt tho Board of Underwritors should keop n couplo of chomi- cal ongines. As o mattar of justico thoy ought to boar half tho exponso of the Oity Firo Depart- mont. - Thora was a law onforolng 'the payment of 12 por cont on tholr gross oarnings, but thoy had ovaded the law. Ho favored tho Instituting of o city firo insuranco fund, by the laying of a tax abont aqual to the ordiusry firo insuranca orcontago, Ho was suro that it .would prove a onofictont’ institution, S A ‘The Ohairman roported that they hiad visited tho lot of ground on the coruor Douglas .averuo and Thirty-sixth stroct, and hod doclded to roport favorably upon it na the sits of an‘engine- thouse, - The Marslnl said that the enging was roady for the Loomis straot angino-houno, and ho woutd recommond thoe parchnso of Mr Lafliu's lob on Loomiy betwaon' VanBuren and Qongresy stroots, na the site, Tho Ohalrman was.roquosts od to visit tlalot durlog the aftermoon, and report nflun lta guitability, == + .he Chairman read n potition_from citizons of ftho Bixth Ward asking for a diminution of the ‘firs imita 80 08 to oxclude tho - torritory wont of the Linko Shore & Michigan Southorn "Railcond and gonth of Eightoonth stroct. Tho potition was, on motion, ordored to bo piacod on file, *:Comminsionor ‘SBhoridan 'rawarked: that that- .would romove almoat tho w ward out of the fird Hmity, = ¥t e e . Tho_ordinanco . appointing: throe : ‘chimnoy- BIGOL, s S0 el R LV RIOW ULL LI ULty ooy on motlon, decided to be roturned to the Couns cil, with o' rocommondation‘tliat it pass, - On motion, the Committn adjourned. Pt Y ORTMINATL Jamea Miller, charged with larcony, was po- fore Justios Boyden - yosterday, wha continued his caso to this morning, under $100 bonds, John - Walker, undor the . oharga. of, larcony, was boforo Justico Beully yestordny, and tho enso wos " continued ‘till the 1ith iust, under §800 bonds for his apposranco. * i + - Fannio Starr and Litio Viol, charged with tho larceny of. clothing from ono fihggm ‘Gloason, nk RNo. 8081¢ Btato .Btrect, were bofora Justico . Bully yestorday, and contlnuéd till to-dny, under 8800 bouds, iV ! ally k ¢ ‘Justico Boyden’s’ ¢ blaclelst™ dontalned tho namos of twonty-cight offondors yestorday, tho piinoipal chargos Loing drunl: ‘sl disordorly, “The Justico'assoused finea againat those enlprits to tho amaunt of §68, and collested out of that thosumof 897, -, .° . . John Honderson, 3 another youthful offender, being only 18 years of age, wia before Justico -Boyden. yestorday. morning on tho chargo of -burglary. -Hia case, waa continued till the 11th inat. under $1,000 bonds. ) fot Eugeno " Moriarty, tho -whito-headed thiof, whoso caso was' continued from last woolk to yostordny,. was,callod up before Justice Boyden, and tho ovidonco in tho caso was sufliciont to causo'tho Justice ‘to hold " Moriarty ovor to'tho Crimincl Court.in bonds'of 8500, - i ot 8..W. Bwain was arrested Saturdny evoning by, Oflleor Kearns for taking letters out of the box corner of Stete'and’ Twenty-«coond 'strects. 'A nuniber:of lotters were found upon him, and' ho will be tried bofore Commissionor Hoyne, o seoma to have beon 'in lotlor-stealing business, 88 & key for opening tlio boxos ‘and s snck for carrying lottera woro part of his.equipmont. Judgo Gary opened tho Criminal Court yestor- day morning, and_transacted but little business durmg tho day. The negro boy, Dick-Reynolds, who was ;held to this ;court last Thursday by , Justico . Boydon, for stealing lead-pipo’ on Wabash avenue, gave bail, and was iiboratod from:the County Jail, but only for a fow hours, a8 Dicle’s bondsmon surrendered him during the atternoon, His mothor had ‘promised to pay Mr. " John Y. Young, & nogro ealoon-keapor, it howould .go soparity for tho young maw’s ap- ourance. Young coussnted, but, not recoiving *ho promised reward, surrondored ' the boy, who isnow in jail. ...." . . * Wiltie Graves atd Edward Gould, - two colared youths, aged respootively 16 and 14 yoars, wore Brrosted Sundny sftornoon_by Ofticer Brown, on complaint of E, Gold, of No. 200 Fifth avenue. :Theas boys wore dotected cutting and destroying lead pipe_in tho house of ' Mr. Gold. Yesterdny ‘mofnmg " Justico Boydou held theso ymmg of- fonders over to the Oriminal Court in bonds of 8600 each to answer to tho chnrgo of mnliclous nuschief, Gould' was - also hold in additional -‘bonds o $500. to answar to the Criminal Court for larcony of. prop=cty bolonging to A. Bishop,, ©of 408 Wabash avenue. | P “Justico Seully's Police-Court held lts firat sos- ‘elon yostordey morning fu the new aud* commo- ,|+dious room at their old quartors corner of Madi- son and Union stroats. 'Ihis room is on tho soecond floor of the building, {8 about - 80 foet in width and 60 in longth, with two entrances,—one from tho oflico and station-rooms beneath, aud tho athor by staira from'the’ outsida on the west . of the building. At the south end, convenioutly arrangod . on a ralsed platform extending - tho entiro width of thod raom, are the Justico and tho ‘oflitors of thiocourt,~—his Hotior in the centre, on - Lis loft the Clork, and, to tha left of +tho Clerk; the . Constablo, Mr. A. L, Robinson. On tha right “is & noatly furnished room for tho benoflt .of partios who . may have private business with the Court during the morning sossion. On the Teft i tho prisoners’ room; in frontof tho Judgo's bonch _tho prisoners’ dock . and tho wit- ness-stand, and in front of that the, roportors' ‘tables, In" the rear of “the court:room, at the south end, are cloak-rooms, ote, Juatice Soully . disposed of - twonty-six-offenders who were so unfortunato as to compose’ his * black lst,” by asgessing fines againet -thom nmounting to 74, oolleoting from that amount the sum of £36. - e © ' 7 - 'PERSONAL, - b, - “Mr.: Aloxsnder ‘MoDonald, clork 'in‘the Re- corder’s *Court, yesterday morning had a stréke of .paralysis, by which one - sids of hia body was roudered helploss, He was takon to his home on Randolph stregt.. . . ., Mr.8. B. Morrill, Geuoral Superintendent.of tho Milwaukos & St, Paul Railrond; reached thig city yesterdsy morning from New York, and loft for Milwaukao in the evening. E H Thae - following - members . of Montgomery ucon’s cirous” and “menagerio company are at the Commorcial 1 E. D, Colvin, asslstant man- agor; Charles Rivers, special - agont; Philo athans and Robort Johnson, oquestrians ; Loo- ‘'pold and Geraldine, trapezo performers ; Charles nnd Carrio Austin, ** lightning musketeers,” and Q. 8. Bnmmsbgrmnuut. Tho show will open in - Ohiiengo: on ' the 20th instant; and- start on the summor tour on tho 26th, - The Banitary Superintendent,. who.is genor- ally in oxcellent humor,, .hus beon unusually Jovial for's month past, and no one could ac- count for Lls excoosive mivth. The sedrot losked out yesterday : ho has an hoir. * ‘' * ANNOUNOEMENTS, The regular monthly meoting ot the Tadies' Ald Soclety of Hahnomann Hospital will be held at the hospital this morning at 1044 o'clock. A epecinl meoting of . the Corporation of the Erring Womon's Refuge will bo hold at the In- stitution 4t 8 o'dlock-p. m. Saturday. The Board of Gounellors ' for the Hospital for Women aud Ohildren will hold thelr monthly mooting ot tho Institution, corner of Panlina ngc} Ak.m“ stroets, thia morning at half-past 10 o'cloc B Rabbi Felsonthal, of ‘thus clty, doliverod a loo- ture lnst nvunlnfhto quite o large and respocta- bia audienca at tho loctura-room of the Christian TUnion, No. 114 East Madison stroot, ' His sub- ject was ** A Bird's-Eye View of tho Jewish Hig- tory."" « Ho handlod -his subject with great abil- ity, and ot times bocame quite eloquent. Tho only fault found with tho leoture was 116 rapid : dollvery, proventing many of his hearers to fully comprehond eomo of tho finest pasaages. 'Tho lnou;lm, owing to his rapld dellvory, lastod but ong hour, ——— SUBURBAN NEWSH, EVANSTON, Politics aro nlrendy boginning to forment in Lvanaton, Tho ohlef interost contres in the village-ologtion, at which the majn issuo will ba that of watar-works, Owing to some blundors aud unavoldahle delays, und aidéd by tho panlo, tha progross of this improvement hns beon slow, ‘and any furthor atops whi dopend upon the per- sons elaoted oy Village ‘Lrustoes, ey . ‘The cloction of township-ofiicors, which ox- oltos loss intereat but Is vory important, to-day. Following is the regular tioket: Super- visor—A, J, Grover; Assessor—James cnrmip Oollector—0, O, Btrattons Olerk—J, R, Fitch; aad Ty A. Cowgroyos Comntissioner of Highways—A. Burroughsj Justica of the Peaco—Jamon A, Malion, - *At the solloltation of many prominent cltizons, Mr, Ell'A, Gago has consonted to rui s an in- dopondont eandidato for- Asacesor, and will prob- ably bo clocted. Br. Gl?o 18 an old ‘rosident of -Evanaton, who ia porfootly responsible, and s in evory way much more capablo of making s faith- ful pnd just nasossment than any other man who ban'beon put forward, ) Thoro ara two *indopondent” tickets in tho flold. Ono containa the nomos of E. A, Gago for Aescegor, and John O. Murphy for Commis- sionor of 1llghwaye, . Tho othor -boara thn of Murphy, and of Honry Oakes for Assessor, Tha othor candidatos are tho snme on all tho tickots. Mosara, G. I, Purington and W. G. White have aumx clectod mombors of the Bostd of Educa- on, i Tho * Antl-Progress™ party are uaing evory offort to cut off tho Atudents’ yote, well kiowing that it Is always on tho side of progross sud on- lightmont, ‘Cho fact that thoso samo studenis aanually oxpond at loast $100,000 in the Town of LEvanston s quiotly ignored by thoso sophists, who uso the argumont that the studonta possoss Do property an tho village (which lg not trua of all) and bave no iutorest in tho town (which Is $r1i0 of but fow), ‘Uhese sanie porons would In- dignontly declaim against any attempt to deprive thio poor Iaboror of his voto, bob’ nay the student sball not vole bocruse Lo Line uo {)ropmy-m- terest in tho villago. Tho. truth is that the studonts, bolng better- ddudnted, voto more iu- talljgently than do tho most of tho laboring-mon ond the grandees who oppose publio lmp:qvu- monts, s o Thoeo nm.mfi the young gontlemon sthdents who nra_unwilling to sign any of tlio pledges adapted by the Temperanco Alliance arobesoet on ovory side by handsome young lady olassmatos, who urge thom to afix thoirx mark to the.| plodyes, A mumbor luve slicady sicoumbed, nding thomselyes unablo'to rosist the fasoin- ations of tho fair orueadors, 2 Tlhe remains of Mrs; Idn Dorton; wifo of M, AV, Morton, who. died Baturdoy, wore interrod in Rosobll Comotery yostorday, @~ < - = | ¢ V. B Martin, of tho Eenl%r class of the North- westorn univerduy, 101k yesi exuuf' 108 BIOULLLL ton, I, as ndn{ugnto to tho Inter-Collogiato Convontfon'to conyouo thoro last ovening, - Br. M. 8.-Kaufman, of tho same olass, who i also a dolegato, started Iast weolk. ¥ -1 LARE VIEW, Wk Tt bas nlwugn beon a peculiarity of . Lako Viow. oloctious that they have not baen inflienced by tho polition! iesuos of the day. Bren during tho yonrs of ' the war, when, nch(lnuco to party was | plnost _synonymous with _slloginuce to.country, town-officials woro olocted without: referanco to-| thoir Republioan or Demooratio bins, but with n_ viow gololy to thulmnnhflit{. And, mororacontly, Lake View pooplo bave shelved tho unimportnnt quostions of reconstruction, protection, and anti- monopoly, and dovoted their'stiontion to_tho* mora n\:uomlnfi toplea of comotory ond; enloon regulation, park-oxtonsion, villago-orgavization, ond annoxatiou. The comotery-question is, for tho presont, at lonst, inaboyarice, owing to the rocent declsion of the, Bupremo’ Gourt in the Rosobill caso.” The village-organization ‘schemo hind its- funcral last month, and will probsbly rest in ita, grave for somo timo, Tn 1872 iho Town Board paesed an ordinanco robiibiting the gatablislment of saloons-in tho 'distriot enst of Halsted stroot, and also prohib- hlng the licenaivg of thoso alroady in_operation In that seotion of the town, after; tholr existing liconses should expire, Tho ordinance was to tako offect aftor July 1, 1873, Stronuous offorts woro mado to bavo this ‘ordinanco roponlod by tho now Board of 1878, but without offect, and tho result was the closing of -the throo princlpal saloons in thoe town, all Tocated at. ona poiut, 'That neighborhood has in consequenco attaned o respectability oxceoding tha most Banguing hiopes of ita residents, and its future status do- ponds in a large monsre'upon tha composition ©of the Bonrd to bo partly. elootod to-day, as tho i ?o:-guunflon will, in” pll probability, be re- agitated, i Much has been satd Iately about annexation to the .city, and tho lines aro being sharply drawn on this question, In tho district west of Halsted stroot and south of Diversy avenuo thg sccession-fover hus bocomo .nn eptdomic, and ragos florcely. The Ravemswood peoplo have nlso caught tho fnfoction, and throaten aunexa- tlon'if eowors arc not provided in their town, Howoyer, this question may also bo considored as laid over temporarily. The Furkdmmovamunt assessmont is _the matter of the most {mmediate interest in Lake View, and is tho most important businoss that will come bofore tno incoming Board, Owing to the continued ahsence of tho Supervisor, mo action bag ns yot boen talken on tho resolution submittod to tho Trustecs byj tho Park-Commis— sionovs, Ponding such action, the question is boing " generally disoussod, and-{ho onts pro and con will doubtless bo fully prosented when tho Board' doos mest. The two men who will malo tho assesemontarato be olacted to-day. Tho following. statemont in_rogard to Lale View taxes for 1973, haa been furnished by Mr. Greer, the Collector: g G . Asacrsod valuation of ronl eststo and personal property in_ Lake View, 81,073.708. Vatuation 88 _equalized by the County Bourd, §2,414,200, Valuation as gqualized by ‘the State Hoard of Erfi:flznflon, 5,182,733, . ; [r, Groor covsidors tho last amount about one-fifth _the roal valuo of Lake View property. Of tho yvaluation made by the State Boaxrd, about $180,000 is on personal property. . The taxes on this vuhlnh'fln aro as follows : .. $18,080.41, 20,762.25° 7,840.01 16,400,53, 17,2008 18,700.18 . 24,485:60 oo S110,144.T5 . Aggrogate,,.; Of this ho has. collectod to dato $14,693.69, or sbant one-oighth. The Collector's books wont to-day to tho County Collector, . who will colloot- the rent of the taxes, P AUSTIN. f Pursnant to adjonrnment * the Board of Trus- tocs for tho- Town of Oicoro met at tho Town- Hall in Auétin yosterday, McCadTroy in the Chair, Presont—Butler, Crafts, tickart, Herrick, Mo: Caffrey, and Osgood, - e . Mr. M. E. Young, Engineor, submitted the following roport of work dope from June 15, 1873 'to April 1, 1871 : Junc; 12 dags, 800 July, 24 days, 8192 August, 23 days, €176; Beplom- ber, 21 dnys, 8168 ; October, 18- days, 814% ;' No- vembor, 14 anyfl, £112; Docombor, 11 doys, $88; January;- Fobraary, and. March, . platting map- hooks, 34003 two days’ Iabor on rrade-book, 816, ’Iolt‘iu, $1,302, of which sum $701.63 have been uid. i Piho Engincer mado a report relative to Oalkc Park avonuo, north of Chicago avenue, that the gront want 'of that poré of the town norily sud wost of the sand-xidge, is proper drainage. Tho natural -drainnge for -that part of the town is wost but thoro' i8 mo di from -tho. town-ing to. tho Despiainos Rivor throurh the Town of Proviso, with which con- nection * can be made, and, until some outlet ia made, the Augusta street drain, made at consid- orabla \oxpense, is maroly s aivk or ~roservolr, which, whon filled as it now is, becomes of littlo use. Oak Park avonue no an_outlot into which tho surface-wator at the low places can bo drained by opening tho ditches at tho sides ; and the Jow placos in the stroet nocd to be raised to ® proper lo. There ia no necessity for any culverts noross Onk Park avenue, Lotween Au- gusto stroot and the town live. By putting in cuiverts _on “each ‘side of ' Onk Park avenue, ab oast - and west .stract crossings, sa they are thrown open to publio use, tho water can ba car- ried into tho Augusta strest dlich, wud, whon soma opening ls made by which that can bo re- lioved, the whole difliculty will be provided for, Tho report_was received, finsl sotion being do- forred until noxt muflng. v 8, P, Warren and others, ropresenting 1,080 foot of land on Contral avenuo, entered a protest againat the Droposed sidewalk upon that avenue, ropresenting 1t os o ureless oxponditure, thoro beiug already a walk the entire dlstance, oxcapt In front of l\y 1, Bassott's property. A petition was presonted for sidewnik on both sides of Wal- nut ayonuo, between Washington and Madison strects, 'Lho potition was Iaid ovor until noxt mooting. An ordinance was pagsed basod upon tho opinion of B, T, Tuloy, allowlng Trustoes compansation for services, and. providing that all bilis for sorvices by tho mombers of tho Board must bomade upand cortificd by the Olerk of the Board from the rocords and books of tho town, and that oach Trustoe sliall be al- lowed the sum of 83 for each attendance at_any meoting of tho Board, or of any committoe formod or orderod by tho Board, of which com- ‘mittes ho may bo & momber, : 1t is aleo provided that nocommitteo shall hold ‘moro thau ono meeting, unless suthorized by the Trustees ; that s majority of each committeo shall cansfituto a quorum for the transsvtion of business ; that no member sholl recolve pay for attonding mootings at which no busincss may bo {rapsncted ; and that no membor of any commit- teo or ’l‘ruelao]nhnll r:cu(vl:yl{ for service, ex- attendanco at mootings. o A“hlooi’ouud Mastor, John Olarke, submittod his Qcours roport, and the sum of $19.25 was ordered paid to b, Tho Committee on I'inanco reported that the sum of 876 should be paid Mossrs, Dolese & Co, for ;;;mvol prooured of them. The printed roport of ‘I'reasuror Orafts was submit tcd, and, hoying been approved, was ordered spread upon tho rocords. The followlbg resolution adopted 1 tesolved, That the thanks of this Doard be, and are lwn;hy extonded to N, M, BusacttMho roturiig Drost don waa offercd and . ) in'which ho has performed the dutios of his oMea dur- {ing tle last yesr, it was ordered that tho following bills be paid 8, 8. Pinnoy, Iabor, 10; P, Clark, same, 10 ; Mariin' Brafth, - for “buliding_ six bridges, $73; William Guilfoylo, Iabor, 80.75; Tuloy, Billos & Lowls, atiorney's foon, $10, ‘Franois dams, do- fonding tax appoals for 1871, €300, Tolico Mogistrato Race submitiod his report, and the sum of §2,86 waa ordored to bo pald him. * On motion, tho Bonrd adjournod to meot dMon- day; April 18, i ‘tho olcotion Bnlurday for Seliool Diractora ro- gultod in the choice of II, B. Husted for Austin ; J. W, Kottlestrings for Oak Vark, ondof Mr. Hanralian for Distilut Ne ' AMUSEMENTS, FREE EXHIBITION! 197 ST_J&;TE-ST. THE VIENNA _ Grd Prig S Mol DIPLOMA OF HONOR! . WILSON SHUTTLE SEWING Sample Worlk! EAIBROIDERED RORE, wiich cast $400, Opora Oloaks, Ladies’ and Gonts' ‘Woearing Apparel, Harnessos, +Saddles, Boots and Shoes, - OPEN DAY. AND EVENING, + . Exhibition Ologes. Saturdey . Night, © APRInIL ~.THE. GREAT ADELPHL, EASTER WEEK! FESTIVAL WRER! HUNDREDE TURNED AWAY! Entire Mummath Double Company | Roturn of the Famous Military Axiista, CHARLES and CARRIE AUSTIN, CG. 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NERAY, tho Wondorfal and Darlag Fo- AURIE AVERY, the Beantiful Cantatrico, (th THINTY OTHERS, forming tho most ‘hfi?:‘l’mlwun of Btara ovor asssmbied atono The porformanae will and HERGEER oSl B o DELEDANTY FUN IN THB KITCEEN! Firat Rogulas Ladios' Night, Telda, Anrll 0. e G Fan ptatans, Voo ATl o ricot—500.; 350, ng cured, 15, oxtrs. Matinoes, 25, ta aif I ohlidron, 6. pbjonday, Aprlis<First anpoaranca of Miss JENSIR ‘whioh will'bo given. , 80d a host of other Speolalties, duo notice of KINGSBURY MUSIO HALL, < IRETW.. FLORENCE McCARTHY 1 : LECTURES TUESDAY . EVENING, APRIL 7, Sibject : At Kingsbnry Muoaio Hall. Tickets, 0'éonta; Resorvod Seats 25 couts oxira. Re- Gooko & ““Who Wouldn't Bo o Minister #" served' Soata sold ‘at Ko o Joolatora; at Horton & Brathior's, 637 West Lako-at. : at Wost Bida Li- brary, 259 West Madison-st.; and ot iho Box Ofico at ingsbury Hall. : " MYERS' OPERA-HOUSE, |z5 g Alonroc-at., bot. Dearborn snd State. = i = oz lign, ClOn, & Tentis Mol oy voltica. 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HENDERSON In BARTLEY OAMPBELL'S Boautiful Play, LITTLE SUNSHINE! Regular Matingos Tueaday and Saturday. A LEQTURE uroN LIFE IN INDIA, Tolum light 8nd steroopticon, will bo ey arcmini, &t Thg o'alaoic, i Unb [60throy room of tho Seoond Prosbyterlan Churuh, Mfthiguo.ar: and Tentlothat, by Eeo s dologato_ to the rocont Evangaiical Alllance from the o oAl g fone, ™ A" ol attondanco deaired W 00 ) Bunday-~ohool letohers aad saholsra witl bo espocially in- torestod, . .. BUNYANS Pilgrim’s Progress - IN 26 ILLUSTRATED TABLEAUX! ¢ Thied Unitarian Ohurcly (cornor Manroa &nd Lafiin. ), Tucsday and Tuursda l:‘vfinln!l. Al rll‘lll;ullfl. at i ehote, bl : Wovbrved Sonts, hof Ohildron's Tiok: ois, 20, For sala bt Smith'a drug story, cornor Madison ‘and Patltun-atu, ; Hortan's Library, Lake-st., noar Waod, and at tho d coruor ol ¥ Ul Topudy €05 Y uoparilal sy alo fuaons:. T.OOK OUT! 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