Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1874, Page 5

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. The Old Systom in the State ¥ of Illinois. Projects Following tho Construction of “Clinton’s Ditehy? The Tllinois & Michigan Oanal and Similar Works, Inauguration of Railway En- terprises. the lllinois Legl.slaluro Plans Laid by . of 1836. Yiftcen Millions Dollars Spent, and Nothing to Show for It. Almost any of us, active men of tho presant, like to comparo our idess, aud the accomplished facts of thodny, which aro mile-stones of our progrogs 08 o Stato and people, with tho idons nd expeotations of those who went bofore us on thoroad of tho poat. Do we supposo .that mon *who immigrated to tho Btato in Hoosier wagons, ~—who mado “locations" whero thoy listed, by thosido of grovoes oron the open prairie, whon all the land waa freo to tho sottler, aud whon but & few southorn counties made up the goograph- ical divisions of the Stato,—hnd no concoption of the timo when the land would bo improved and sprinided with populous towns? Nay, vorily; thoy cams here to build towns aud make & Btate. Wo hear thoy bmnd *great expectations,” and some engaged in greator Bpoculations, Do te supposo that they ran wild of all roason, nnd lald out plaus ihnt nover conld bo realized 7 Tho ora of toWwn-building, Inyiug off oltica on payer, digging canals with s goose-quill (for stool pona hind hardly como into ugo in 1830), running railway-lines with o pencil, sud selling Illinoisvcity lots by auction all thirough tho East, woro facts that had & charm, wud where then and sinco much laughed at. But wero all theso but tho bascless fabrica of dreams, and tricks and ahams of swindlors and specula- tors? Did thoso men of tho largo family of Gront Ilopo, who In 1836 thought that Ilinois needed canals and railronds to work up hor re- sources (a fow yoors before, they thought that ‘banks and papor-money would do it),prove them- selves very shallow or simple in their views of the future? They invited much ridiculo upon their schomea; and, in fact, thoy got up for lhuxn:mnlvun » stupondous joke in what they called tho SYSTEM OF INTEBNAL IMPROVEMENTS. What sort of a joke have we, thoir descond- ants, in the 8,000 miles of rallroads wo have built over their visionary tracks ? It has beena good ‘many years since I havo read Dickens' eketch of tho illusions and delusions of thoso times, and the groat 11linois city in the swamp. (I am too busy now with writing to look it np%~ but it striked mo that Martin Chmzzlowit would be rather rofroshing reading in Illnois for this spring of 1874. ‘Tho construction of that oarly and magnificent enterpriso of internsl improvemont, the Now York & Lirie Cangl, called “Clinton's Ditch,” vhich was the great achievement of tho nation betweon 1820 and '30, .gave great impotus to the projection of similar un- dorfnldnfis tho "Middle and Western Btates, We had, immodiately following, tho ZTounsylysnia Canal, to link tho City of Philadel- Lymn with tho upper waters of the Olio at Ditts- urgh ; also, tho canal through the midst of the Btate of Ohio, to connect tho water of Lake Erie with herrivar at Portsmonth ; the projected caunl in Indiana to open a short cut from the %iake to the Wabash ; aud also anothor similar lan to connect Lake Michigan at Chicsgo with ho Illinois River. What A GRAND CONOEPTION wero theso singly,~and how _much more g0 in s group,—to connoct tho great Lakes of tho North, with thoso noble branches of tho * Tather of Walors”] Look ot tho situation _ on the map! Thore 1s, first, the _Stato of Now York, cut In its wholo length by a waterline, & rivor that dofios Naturo in its courses, through which the trado of nll theso Lukes secks the seaboard and the great natiounl trading-port; ther another arti- Ticinl rivor thnt travorses mountaing in Ponnsyl- Vania, to take tho trade of tho great river to an- other inlaud son-port; then behold the othier groat branches of the Mississippi which spreud out through several States, like tho limbs of a brond-sprending olm, aud eacho? thesobranches opening up to theso Lakes, 6o that commorco, {iko tho freo wators, may g0 to and fro from North to South, aud from the St. Lawrenco to the Gult of Mexico, We must admit that they domprise a grand schomo of NATIONAL INTELNAL IMPROVEMENTS, that is unequaled in any nation, and roflects the highost crodit ou-its projectors, We may well think they wero mon of forcsight, who graspod old friond_Amnsn Walkor ouglit to have a crodit- mark, right horo, for hus zeal in gotting at the Wostorn trado nt that ontly dny, which Bonator Logan could not wipe out with his tougno, ns ho triod n fow dnya ago to lick out ono of his finan~ cinl argumonts, At that tino, which was about 1836, Iihnols hind not a mille of cannl nor n foot of railrond. But lier peonle had boon thinking, deoply think- ing, plauning, and loglalating, to' got an abund- ant supply of both. “If canals wero gaod for Now York, and rallronds just the thing for Masenchusotts, why should not both of thoso bo aqually good for, and bo s muol ioeded oy it~ nois?” And, In faot, they woro just what tho Stato noodod, ‘Thoe poople had " thought somo timo before that thoy noodod monoy mare than auything olre. But some Illinols statosmen thought ralla would do moroe for the Btate than tho banks oven could do, THE OANAL to connoct tho waters of Lake Michigan with the Titinois Tiivar and tho Misaisatppl, hieh in now our grout accomplisbod fact, was thought of soon aftor the commoncemont of the Erio Caunl. Tho routo was explorod by nuthority of the Btate in 1828, A grant of land was obtained from Cou- gress, which became our right to tho immonse quantity of canal-lands, from which onr citlzens hiavo tho origin_of titls, both in Chicago and along tho lino of the caunl to Ottawn, Aud from that projectcamo the City of Chicago itsolf. Now, this was tho firat grand division of tho system of interunl improvement for Iliinols, Iis copsummation was long dolnyed,— ‘onconntoring many hindrances, sud disappoint- ing, ruinivg many. It foally becamo a reality in 1840, aud with it first csmo the monquitoos to Ohicago, 'tho blessings which camo atterward L Liavo not time to enumorato, In 1896, the Legislaturo of Illinols provided, 80 farns thoy could doit bylaw, for groator thiogsin_tho way of prospority for tho Stata, ‘Tho populntion at that timo was about 400,000, Thin provision wasan **Act to ostablish'and maintain A GENERAL SYATEM OF INTERNAL INMFROVE- MENT," 1t projeoted improvomonts by water in making the courach of our rivors navigable, and in the construction of railronds, eo that the Btato might have ovor aftor & schema adaquate forall ity omergoneios, aud by which justico shiould bo done to all mcotlons, ' and that all might riso on an even scalo to tlie_higheat degreo of prosperity. o that end, a Board of TYund Commissionors was created, to raiso ‘monay, and o Bonrd of Commissionors of Puclic Works' appointed, to spond it. Somo thought, from the result afterward, that this fortnor should have been called tho Board of Fun Com- well tho futuro of this country, and uro desery- ing the place of the wisest statesmon snd lead- iug mon of tho past gemorations, Who wore they 7 Am I a studont of the history of my country and cannot give their names? ~ DeWite Clinton we know, bocauso ho was mado 8o much tho buit of ridicule that wo must rank him with Joo Miller. But who were tho men of the Ponu- sylvanin Canal, tho Clevelund Caual, tho Wabash Canal, und the Michigan & Illinois River Canal? Behold, are not those names writton in Niles ° Hegisler, sud in the Nauonal Intelli- qeicer, | and tho journals of Btats eguslatures, bound in bluo paper covers, nnd in the almanacs of tho times ? And is not that glory cnough for such schemers? My momontsare now too precious, my pen {00 sharp-ret for other work, to hunt up and record their names horo, But Jackson we knew, and Henry Clay, and Dauiel Webster, and wo buvo heard of Cathoun, Crawford, Benton, and_many others, because they wero great wranglers in debate, and talked so, wigsoly on the toriff and Luuks, rag-money, and gold and silver mouay, uud on tho distribution of tho publio funds, and on thie Muysvillo Road bill, ete,, that aftor-gon- erations were hopelessly bemuddled on all thoso intoresting topioy, and we can_now ouly talk of stealing the public money. Butthe men who pave their thoughts ‘and hard work 1o theee great plans of subjugating Nature in her owa demosnes to the use of mun, have to bo Jwnted for amongtho rubbish of the past. Those men, whoover thoy wero, soemn to have rotted in the forgotfuluess of the bygone, while the wranglos in political debate, over the unsettled queations of tanfr, Staterights, porsonal wrongs, oto., have boen kopt groon from the wateriug- Jpotaof politicul admiration socioties, Sooa afterthe successful consummation of the Erie Cunal, TITS RATLWAY SYRTEM wet up itsright to bo introduced us one of the plans for public improvemeut. The canal wus anidon as old a8 w Chinwman; the ruilrond ag uew s o Yankee, Ithad ouly timeio be rou- oguived whero it was first thought of,in England biefare it was ready to ba takon up here by udop- tlon, And firet, aa & conl-rosd in Pennsylvania, 1t wra triod; then accopted for Lreight und travel in & Ll from Albony to Schencotady, and from Boston to Framiugham ; ou its noxt stride, to Worcestor, ‘hou it wus deolnced & Buccess,— Just tho thing for this yo-ahoad ago, 'Fhe coual wan good for ull 10 v institutions, but, for a fast peg ple, there wae nothing like the raliroads, ‘The splondld canal-projeots soomed likely fast to loun their prestige, and to bo loft in tho rear of the wdvaucing ago. Tut strunge it is that the firat railway enter- priso should follow close aloug the line of tho pioneer canal,—tho iron-rond clinging fast to tho water-road, to be fod by the towns and cities that fhad first boen mado and fed Vy tho canall And From those, the two link-experimonts ronohing aué Wesiward from Boston and Albuny, came the «ent lno at firet_known as the Gront Western Rullway, Amusa Walker, tho presont champion of tho specie-redoemed greonbacks, then not o vory young man, now not a very old man, was the pgroat projector of that rail- say entorpriso, ~ He came ounb Weat, svon to the prairies of Tlinols, to proparo the way and urgo the pushiug on of rallways, that the grists of the grain of the West might he varriod to tho mill at Boston. Ilo bad the sooovolent intention, ns Now York had got ber own ouuul, of coming the grab-game on that city af the anclont Duteh, oud taking all tho Lusi- Q088 of tho Wost to Boston by yail, Aud thero aan certamly sharp practica’ in that and it would lipye won if tho railrosd could have been o) - a4 1 wonopollzes, Our missioners, Tho Michigan Canal was placod in chiargo of another Ioard of Canal Commie-~ sionors, Tho Board of Public Works wns roquired to locate and superintend all plans of intornal improvemonts authorized by the Legislaturo. T tho. Logilaturo. appropriated monoy for the first division of water and common rond im- proyomonts, as followa: - First—Tor the [mprovemont of the Groat Wabash, in conjunction with Indlans, to_got ils Bburo of tho bonollts of the Erio & Wabash Canal, $100,000. ‘Second—Xorimprovoment of the Illinofs River, £100,000 Third—Ditto for Rock River, $100,000, Fourth—Ditto for Kaskaskia, @560,000. Jifth—Ditto for Little Wabash, £60,000. Sizth—On the Groat Westorn Mail-ronte from Viuo:nnes to 8. Lonis (ancarth-road, which was ronlly ibo oxtension of tho National ltoad which hiad boon authorized years boforo by Congtoss, nud afterwards abandoned), $250,000. Seventh—A railrond from a point at or near the junction of the Ohio and Missiesippi Rivers {now Cairo), vin Vandalia, Sholbyville, Decatur, und Bloomington, to cross the 1llinois Rivar at the torminus of the cannl, and thonco to Galons (this will bo noticed as the muin line of tho Iili- nois Central Railrond); and sppropriatod Btate oney for it, $3,600,000, Eighth—A southern eross railrond from Alton, vin_Ldwardsvillo, Carlyle, &c., to Mount Car- mol, on the Wabash, with Eundry projocted branches to accommodale the southern section of tho Stato; approprinting $1,700,000, (This will bo identified with tho prosont Ohio & bis- sirsippi Roilrond from Viucennes to 8t, Louis, with tho two ouds loft off.) Ninlh—A_ Northorn cross _raflrond, from Quincy, on the Missiesippi, to Merodosia, on the Ttlivois; then, vin Jacksonville, Springtietd, Do- catur, to Danville and Btate 'lino, 81,450,000, (‘L'hig is nearly the pathway of tho Great West~ orn Railrond.” North at that timo, it will bo ob- sorved, was protty woll south In tho presont soc- tional balauco of tho State,) Tenth—A railrond from Alton to Shelbyville, Paris, and Statoline, opposite 'Torre Haute, $1,~ 250,000 (This ling, t00, has ita counterpart in the running ronds of the day.) Eleventh—A railrond from: Peoria to Canton, Macomb, to Warsaw, to connect'with what is now Burlington, Tows, $700,000, (This lino is por- tially realized in other localitios, Tigelfth—A. railrond _from ‘coria, and a branch to Pokin, $850,000. “Ihis net, scemiugly thdt equal aud exnct jus- tico might be douo to all tho Poap!u, ‘Bave 200,000 to ench county through which no canal or railroad had been run (countics then were ot 08 plonty ns nb present); with which thoy might belp thomsolves to such improvemonts s they needed. Undor that provision, a numbor of sliort linos were proposed,—nmong theee, one from Jacksonville to Naples; anathor to Win- chester, one also from Rushville to the Illinois River, opposite to Beardatown. THE NORTHERN PART OF TIIE STATE, AND CHICAGO, it will bo seen, wore left in & ehilly position by tho scheme, Tho Yankeos had not then takes posscasion, and tho soctions north of thie Ilinois’ river wore supposed by the magnateswho con- trolled the Stato in thoso days to bo boyond the bordors of civilization, and wora left to the In- dians or othor barbarous tribes who might come and occupy it. So nok long aftor came tho tribey from New York and Mussachusetts, and a fow {rom Vermont, smong thom Stephion A. Dong- Ins, and ho took up bis abode in the- sunuy re- gion about Vandalia and Springfield. Chicago had the caual and the canal lands on which to found & city, "and the lake harbor, and thao chance to be_potted by the Gonoral Governs ment, and sho suroly ought to bheve boen™ _ contentod, and doubtless gho was, But itis worthy of thought just here, how littla the lenders of thoe State valucd the northern section, whore corn and pigs would not thrive; or thought that, in_the growth of tho State the seat of power would continue its march north- ward, ‘Thoro aro signa suil, um};‘pin out in our SprhlgfluldLuggialnlnm. that the North is of small account yet. 'The Gulenn & Chicago Railrosd playa 50 part i tho grand sioms of Siato im- provomonts,—though, I believe, it was first thought of ‘s ono of 'the appendages to como in under tho £200,000 bonefits for somo of the Northern countios that had not boen touched by o proposied cansl or railrond. But it came out under o speeial chartor ongincored by W. B. Ogdon. J. Y. Scammon, J. IL, Colling, and othors, aud survived tho wreck of tho system to becomo tho flrst successful railroad of the State. Not~ withstanding the State was mapped with railway liucy, and Bt, Louis bad had projects for ronch- ing out toward lher from tho Knst, Ldward Bates, who ecamo from that ecity to attend the Harbor and River Convontion at Chicago 1 1846, and wos mado_ President of it, (then quito an old man), stated, in his introduc- fory specoh, that ho bad'not yot. soon n railrond. ‘Tis, howovor, did not diequalify him from bo: ing o very good Attorney-General” in Alr, Liu- colw's Cabinot, Thoe Fund Commissloners proceeded to obtain the funds, ns tho luw dirccted, by selling bonds, and in tho various ways known o peopla to got somothing out of nothing; and the Board of Public Works proceeded, as in duty bound, to ?}lnnmlngton to HBPEND 1T, Seon from tho stondpoint of this date, aud roslizing what the Stato los ' since dono, and what wam tho Toal noad, this sohonle of internal improvemonts does not soom 28 wild aud recliloss 08 it apponr- od a few years aftor the work had boon begun. It was not by far 80 Iargo a schomo us we hnve soen atared_boforo oven thoso plonoers of progross could got out of tho way of tho tide thoy haplessly set a-going Ly gotting into their gruves. ‘I'horo wasa jenlously among the peo- pla that the funds would not bo spont aquitably for tho benofit of all parts of the Blato at once. '.l‘lm'«toml the Construotion Board did mnot, or dared not, tukoup one scction and complote it, and thus save it; but thoy bogen thelr work over _ the whole broad arcn at the samo time, grading hero and ditching thero iu the most exponsive muuner, sndat gront disadvautagos, faraway on the opon prairics, whoro thoy could hardly expoct u fawmily 1o sottlo for o generation to come, ‘L'he progross was murked by thoso difohes and braken placos of earth till tho monoy was spont, the Stato run in debt to the oxtont of 15,000,000,.and *nury xallrond yot: " and o tho plan_ *busted.” In tho publio mimd it was rovorded as “PHE FOLLY OF THE AGL. It hod beon as: decoptivo us the old banking gchiema to muke ‘the {;uoplo vigh. Plenty of money lind boon spent, but nono earned; tnd, in place of rlohies, there wore enormons dobts to pay. s . 1t i8 very apparont that the echome was only unwise i Umnt' Jwremu bofora ity time, and in boing attowpted on too grand a weale, Which far over-renchiod the nocossitios of tho Hmos. ‘he motto iy roversed, that thoy builded moro wiaely than thoy mesnt, ‘T'ho faat {g, thelr wis- dom was botter thau tholr building,w—snd thoy wero aa‘tflpauud by pablio sontiment to bnild or mikkd rallrond; ae' nikuy towns dnd oities weze mado at tho timo, to forco n population whoro thoro wos no population to bo foresd. At tho poriod whon i.thoso railway prad- inga marked n fonturo of the Biaio far away from any sottlomont, thero conld bo found many siten of toywna where only tenantless shantios ro- maived, Somotimes a respectablo lintel was loft standing, with nono hut bats and owls for fnasm nnd warcliouses on the lake and along ho bluffe of rivers, designod for storage of gooda and grain that wore anticipated, were loft. windowlens nud rotting, rominding onoof the ruins of o past apo, oxcopt that they lacked ihomsolves the ManIt_v of ngo. Z. BABTMAN. ST. LOUIS. ilnnln‘uptcy of the City Government. The War of Democratic Factions in Missourl. Figuring-Up Population from a Directory. Correspondenice of The Chicago Tribtene, 81, Louss, April 0, 1874, “ Blessod by notning,” snith tho old proverb, Tt {8 no mean advautage to the tax-payers of 8t. Louis just now that their OITY GOVERNMENT I8 DANKRUPT ; it cannot pay Its dobts, cannot rajse monoy, and ‘s nothing 16ft to bo stolon. Thostroots nro in o frightful condition ; but the proposition to issu0 2,600,000 in bonds for tho ropair of atrocty wast voted down by n majorlty of noarly 5,000 fn s total voto of loss than 18,000, partly boonuso cortain streots to bo ropaved were namod in the nct yubmitted, but mainly bocaugo tho peoplo aid not caro to put $2,600,000 moro within reach of tho presont City Goverument, City nhu): plastors, ‘commouly known a8 ** Brownbacks," have floatod rondily onough since the pauic, in part Locauso it was prosumod that tho Logis— Iature would suthorize the ity to insue bonds for tho removal of its floating debt, but that mensure way also dofeatod. Until thio prosont Democratio Administration can be cloaned out, and the Conneil offectunlly. purged, at tho olec. tion of noxt August, tho prospoct before us s one of nnaty strocts, arrestod improvoments, and o badly-demoralized City Government. But tho Germans, whosa solid voto turned the scale on Tucaday, profer to “grin and boar" all manner of illa for ut lonst s ysar longor, nntil thoy ean socure o City Admiuvistration. moro worthy of confidence. Aftor o scesion of thres months, THE MIRS0URI LEGISLATUNE for onco olicited public nppleuso by its adjournmont. = The wunanimous verdict fs, that it Thas _ proved o misorably- incompetont body. That it spent throo mouths in 1875, nnd three months moro in 1874, in doing almast hothing, 1ts record shows. But, in truth, thiy was duo not so much fo the want of com- petent legielntors smoug ite mombors 0s to tho sharply-defined hostility which oxisted betweon difforcnt _olements, and to tho clause in the Conatitution which ouables » minority to defeat & bill, upless the msjority can mustor, on the yeas and nays, moro than hialf of all the mombers olectod. A full Houso consists of 131 members, and GG ayes are, theroforo, roquired to passn Dill; but et lenst 20 mombers aro almost alwaya absont, 8o ihat a minority of 45 opponents cau dofoat nlmost any measure. Tho_ divisions in this body havo beon geuorally independent of party-linos; the sharpest contost has been be- tweon two factions of Democrats, onch striving_ for the supremacy in tho purty. One faction, mainly in sympathy With the State Administration, has mado dos- perato offoxts tojeapturo the Grangors by thelpaes- ing of monsurcy ploasing to timt olomont. " Tho otfim\ niming rather} ot tha control of the parly- machinery through the cities and towns, Las de- vised o multitudo of local bills, somo with jobs in thom, and others calculated only to entranch cortain individuals in political powor. In this warfaro, tho Inttor faction hos tho advantage, because it can hido its purposcs. The doma- gogues who simed to CAPYURE THE GRANGERS could not propose any measuro of importanco without betraying its “intent. Thus their chiof offort thia your was for tho Passngo of & Dow rovenuo Iaw, and the bill which thoy proposod was copled very largoly from tho Iiliuols law, espocinlly with regard to tho _taxation of raiironds, corporations, and _stock compauies. To an _honest statesman, who bad ‘atched the practical offect of somo 'of these provisions in Illinois, it would not have seemod Yory wiso to stir up ostilities botween farmors and manufacturors, to entangle corporations in litigation, nnd to force railroads to fence them- solyes 1n With luwsuits, ospecinlly a8 wo have in Migsouri n revonuo law, ndopted aftor long la- Dor in 1872, with which' Collectors and taxpayers aro just becoming nequainted. But, to s doma- gogue hungry for country-votes, this destructivo wrangle betweon farm and fictory, botwoon Inud and capita), looked charming. With An- ciont Pistol he promigod himsolf, ** And profits shall acorue.” To *“fight the hx-dadgeta of wag lis ghort rond to a and tho dodge was 0 far successful that tho bill passed the Iouso by o large majority. But, mosnwhilo, the business won of all tho cities and manufactur- ing or commorcinl towns had aroused, whilo in muny quarters the Grangers thomeolves pro- tested against tho miscluevous tendencies of tho Dill ; and its_contradictions, cruditios, blundors, and munifold imbecilities were g0 offoctively ox- posed in ko Senate by Jr, Brockmoyor, that the thing was killed. Auothor raid of tho Adminis- tration faction woa dirocted nt the school-sys- tem and the school-fund; but evory bill of that character was killed, A final atrugyslo to fill tho omipty Btato Troasury, by giving to the schaol- fund the “I. 0. U."'of tho Btate in place of TUnited Stutes bonds, was bandsomely stopped in the House, aund tho presout Administiation is Jeft to faca its responsibilities as Lest it can, The opposing Democratic faction waged war ‘mainly with the citios™ Stato cfliceil “LITTLE LOCAL BILLS,” and only tho result in tho next .Convention and Logislaturs can determino with how mwueh of success. When Mr. Bnooks, the membor from Barren, ploads for his * 1ittlo bill, which affects nobody but his constituents,” only those bebind thio scones can toll what strength he onlists for himself in somo future hour of uced, or what plodyes of co-operation ho has given to other members to sacuro succoss in his pet endeavor, Ono or two_hundrod of theso little bills have boon passed at ach session,—many of them, no donbt, altogether inuocont; but it was noticed that the combination of nnui-Administration Domocrats steadily incroased in strength to tho clove of tho mession. Gov. Wood- von is probubly cripplod boyond possibility of recovery by tho opposition in_ his own party, though it is supposed that ho will still seek ro- election, or will strive to soize the Seuntorship in plnce of Schurz, In this combination, Walker, of Howard, & prominent Grauger, is provosed for Governor, and Heard, of Dotils, tho father of tho Revonus bill, for Becrotary of State. By uhrewd politicious, it is generally believed that this combiuation will bo beaten iu'tho Domocratic Gouvention, T'ho Hepublicans of the Logislaturo havo with much unenimity recoramended, and the Repub- licans of the Binte scom gouorally inclined to adopt, A TABSIVE TOLIOY. 1t thoy nominate no Stato ticket, but leave tho fleld cloar for rn indepondent movoment, such a8 bus just succoeded 80 woll in this city, it is not unlikely thut a ticket fairly represonting tho best olomeonts in the State will bo nominated and elected, Disgust with the presout ‘munagoment it vory gonorul; but tha Adtninistration t Wash- ington has made it quite impossible iu this State to combine tho reform olements upon & tioket called Repnblican. Ht. Louis has o now dircctory, and puts in her Iatost brag to tho tune of 470,000 population, 1 it not about time that . TIIS BILLY FASUION of reprorenting u diroctory as o consus should ba Iald uside, by St. Louis and all othor citics as well # Evorybody knows that ostimntos of popu- Intion bagod npon such dutuare uttorly worbhiless, and not many peoplo really believe thut 8t. Louis, rupid ae its growth bay boen, has tucronsed 170, 000 in population sinco 1870, 'or 67 por cont in funr yonrs, ‘Che totul registered vote in this city s now 85,518, of whichi only 21,307 votos wero cust at tho rocous eloction, L'ruo, this ovi- donco {4 oven loss velinble us to trie population, and yet it seemu hard to beliove that barely one- half of ull the porsous outitled to vole ave rogis- tored. Bt. Louis is really growlng very rapidly; but what good does it ever do to llldulg) in dreums ? . s —*How much botter it would have been to hevo shakon hands and allow it was all o mis- tuko," nuid A Dotroit Judge, *'Thun tho llon and tho lumb would have luin down together, and white-robed poaco would have fanued you with her wings nnS olovated you with ber smilos of 3{{{3!:-%;:‘. “‘xt. nu:;ul you nx‘:ltdwh :lrnwlng An ng, and rollin @ 8 you are. 10 $3 aplocs.” ¥ ‘of May. HOUSE-HUNTING. The Engrossing Female Occupa- tion at Present. . Ier Brilliant Hopes afid Her Sad Renlities, Tho Lessons of Experienoe. At ttifs songon of tho yonr thero will be notioed by the obsorver an unusual business look about the Indies ono meots In tho atroot-cars and stagos, and in solitary walks about tho outaldris of tho city. It will bo noticed tlat they are ab- stracted, as 1 conning somo Important question, and will ocensionally smilo or comprass the lips, or ovon allow tho intimation of n frown to stamp itsolf upon their fair brows, and then suddenly, asif soized with s satisfactory solution of the problom, will nod tho head with & significant, solt-congratulatory smilo. NOT TEMPERANCE, Theso Iadies aronot to bo mistaken for tom- porance foll, The lattor donot go singly and alone, with an nirof abstraction, but travol in- tra-murally in bands, or, at any rato, nover in less than pairs, aud have mony things to talk over in common, With enmcst argumont, broken by long roflective poriods. Thoy aro ussortive, dotormined, and, moroover, indicate familinrity with the public, caring littlo for the conrso~ rained oreatures about thom, while, on tho othor and, tho strango mission of the single Indios— singlo in tho sonso of bolug temporarily alono— 1 not rondily intorproted. Tholr’ proocoupation is evidontly unususl, their agitation too evident to ariso from n famillar considoration, thoy are strangely distrait, but palpably on 'account of gomo sudden businoss which thioy bhave on hand, What, thon, is_tho mystorious nature of tho ‘business whiok absorbs their attention? Thoso who accidantly moot them in front of somo un- }eunu&nd wmausion on which is placarded the logon “ron meNt," y oand obsorye with what o critical and compre- honding oyo thoy take In tho polnts of conveni- enico, accaunibilily, ropair, aud cloaulinoss, will Lisvono troublo in arriving at the conclusion thnt theso Indies beolong to that great army which _arises ovory spring liko the tooth of Cndmus’ dragon, to bocome & logion of houso-hunters. The firat leaves thet bud forth in this senson may bo said to bo the pla- cards * Tor Reut,” and this is tho host that ad- ‘vances to pluck thom, Porhaps thoro nre somo readers who fall in with the common orror that houso-hunting is a nuisanco, and o source of annoysuco to tho la- dies. Thora could bo 1o groater mistako ; it is ihe only MODERN FORM OF THE GIHABE that fair dames may ovgogoin that admits of any oxcltemont, and though the ladios, with all thair littlo dacoit, will pretend to hato it, thoy would not bo deprived of its enjoyments for tho world, Never, during tho whole subsequont poriod of the year, will thoro arise an interest with holf the possibilitics of conjesturo, ~or the = opportunitics for raro tact in bar- galuing, or keon insight to the frauds of landlords, that this presents: To say that it is no satisfaction to bring down the owner with a battory of scornful remarks upon his dis- covered subtorfuges, or to hold over him tho torror of having no tonant for tho yoar to como, - 1 to cast a ropronch upon humanity. FANOY'S DREAM, Tvery woll-rogulated femals mind is the pos- sonsor of n castlo in Bpain, s ewollfront of mnrble with appointments to suit, or o neat brick sandstonoe with ' comfortable rooms, and a grass-plot in front with a bed of well-arranged and tractablo plants, or o. cosy [cottage with groen blinds and a olosn white face, and aa thoy glance over the columns of Tite TRIBUNE, every advertisemont that iuterests = thom s uu- conkciously compared with tho idenl standard, aud ns it falls short of,or scoms to appronch, the fanciful structuro, it is passed over or noted down for future use. With a handfull of thoso momoranda tho house-hunter will start out of & Monday morning, .say, having vroviously ar- arrungod houschold attnirs o - thut they ~ will mot intrudo their un- comfortable requiroments at an unseasonablo mowont, and being thus thoroughly equipped, ‘with her wits keonly alive to tho necessitios or faucios of the case, sho will bogin tho campaign with what the Fronch torm eian, feoling that aho hins something to do worthy of Ler powors, und that sho is quite compotent to do it,” These are the porsons who have boon moutioned as to bo met in tho highways aud byways, and hurry- ing to aud fro at lll:‘llxfiflmlr date. They aro on- gaged in tho gront adventuro of the yosr, aud o wonder thev look praoccupied, for o -mo- wmontous decision must bo made bofore the 1at Having seloctod tho lowest-priced houso as tho first to bo visited from ccanomical reasons, aud Laving arnved at the number desig- nated by tho card, dissppoiutmont number ol i in store for tho onthusinst, Tho imaginary odifice which had been floating in Lior mind finds no eubstantinl venfleation iu tho 'WEATHER-WORN AND BUAMBLING NOOKERY that confronts her, Thore is no noed for & sec- ond examination; ono look convincos her that tho advortisor hus porpotrated a vile fraud, and thab tho dream of choapness and bunuty combined is an illusion which 18 only real to tho ownor of the promiees. Hoer air-castle recoives a rudo shock, but it is not ehattorad, for the consolation arises that thero aro others on her list, not so cheap, porhaps, but_still withiu tho limit, aud_as thoy aro_highor in prico, thoy must bo botter in quality. Hor spirits rovive at this reflection, and & woury walk briogs lier {o numbor two. < NUMBER WO is locnted in what is callod by tho delusory adver- tisoment, a * firat-class nolghborkood.” * This it o genorio statomont that includos all things worth baving. Ploasane neighbors noxt door ; clean wida streots ; oxcluoive from the Lvil Byo of the populace ; nico littlo boys and girls for the heir of the family to play with; shnde treca in frong, and an agreeable outlovk to contemplate of euminer ovenings. As sho Dacos pust tho marblo palaces that rise on eitber tide and notes by tho silver numbers ou tho doorways that sho is spproaching hor destination, bor epivits rise, Lho idenl home s now to Lo found, surs enough. **Number 162, 164, 166—it is 160—1563," rud, na eha passos out of tho gloom of the great mansion that has hidden tho expected rovelation of comfort and utility, sho beholds sell number two, a slim framo fab rio in & consumptive stato of dechuo that stands, au if ashamed of its prosumption, bash- fully in tho rear of its proud noighbors, & mero barnof a Louse, tryitg to paes itself off for moro than it is worth, and not” Laving the cour- sgoto faco it out. ‘Lruly,it is a first-closs neigh- borlicod, but could any onn ever huve flrst-class feolings and livo in such & house ? A sorrowful *110," nuswers this question, and the lndy again turans to lier lst, somewhat wenkened in ardor, Dbat not altogetlior cust down, NVESTIGATION NUMDER TIEE brings hor to u_respeotablo-looking bouse in a villaiuous neighborhood. A slnttornly girl soatod on tho portico of tho Louso next door wakes re- marks to nlnuug mau of evident stablo bolnu%’- ings, regarding Lior apponanco aud mouners, in o voice that is more audiblo beeauso of its uuno- customed suppression, Plainly, a boarding- house, aud next door. That would never do. WORN OUT, Thera remains yot o long list to visit, but the -| forvor of the chuso is diminishing. The soles of hor fect complain of the harducss of the sldo- walk, Bomething that sho had forgotten at home rocurs to bor, and, aftor au inward debato with the reproach 'thut arises at tho romembrauce of hor eurly ardor, sho banishos discnssion und con- oludas to o homa and rost uutil to-morrow. At auy rate, sho has hud s duy of real adventure, Pho next excursion may be postpoued a weelk, perhapy, Experienco has led hor by this timo to iscovor-tho must gluring of the sfus thut Lonsc- owners acknowlodge in their published descrip- tions, sud this timoshe carrios fewer wumoranda, but more houneut oues. : WIBDOX. . A cloud Las cowoe batweon her and the pie- tured dvonm, but It may bo ouly s summor mist, Hopo it the last thing to dio, and thero may bo o house, moderato 1 prico, oiigiblo in_sltuation, arrunged with the dining-room Lere, tho library thioro, cloxots hore, evorything comfortublo,—ouo could boar wome inconvonionces, you know, in & ronted _tenomont,—but & house that. would do. Iu will be porcolved that thoro is & bad brozk in tho ideal, but cou- sintonoy ptill assorts itsolf, Burprises in tho socond oxcursion huve lost thoir power. There aro 10 more ambuseados for ber. Buspicion rankles fu hor hourt,—it ho talen thoplace of tho former blind confidonce. Bho imakes no more vagsung exoursions upon the strenith of n be- Mot in humau gonorouity, This bus becomo an oxtinet virtuo in her mind, 1t had » suddon denth. No,sho comos now {o tho oxaminution of liousios on o busis of buying all that s possible for hier mouoy, Blo has & Wary f00 to doul with, not an infatunted bonefactor of hie raco. Ifay- ing loarued this, the faoulty of dissovery, ius ullsm bogins to have pl:&. ‘This 18 the socond E vlfugo that Ia accorded to the house- uiter, Bl finds AL VLG To) hithorto unmuspected instinot by the pro- coss of discovoring to wint dopths - of fniquity tho landlord witldescend. Bho tries tho wator-pipes, lights tho gs-burnors, projects hor nasal organ Into lonoly spots, cultivates aknowl- edge of paints. cnnnlduru(i in their npplioation to wlls, ote., intimates improvemonts, ropairs, ac- cldentally discovors dofeots, porcoives thab tho inmor rooms aro darlk, notfees o mtnin on tha ceiling which plamnly rovenls o loak,—*' & lonk once, & loalt always,” bocomes o motto Wwith lier; and, in fact, qualitios which sho nover Lnow sho possossed now rovenl thomumelves and in thelr nctive| play glve lior an uuwonte satisfaction. CRUSHING LANDLOIDS. ; Having loarnod the seorct of hor fag,’slic alsa bogws o find s dolight in crushiog him, and in pointing uunomm%hn thoro is one, at lonst, whao ling fathomed his gonorosity and fonnd it & fiction,—n frand. The castlo hns “F this timo be- gun to crumble, but s componsatfon i8 gmwln,{ up. Tho drosm {6 vanishing, but sho fools tha 8ho g gotting noarer and nearer to o substantial faot, and that sho will ovontuaily find tho house which 1ofll do, and that sho will # do” tho owner, by tho force of hor will, And sho dons. Porse- verauco brings its roward. Out of all hor oxperi- enco, sho gots thio best houso aud the bost bar- gein possible, and whon she finds nfterwards that cockronchos swarm through it, and that a Lospital {8 locatod next door, shio cousoles hor- solf with tho romombrance that sho might have dono worso, aud that sho has something to toll of. Her adventures snd misfortuncs will be happy (éonsl for many wocks and months to come, Bhonlso sots cockroachos and hospitnis down In hor memory. Sho bas amassod a sun of knowladgo of houso oconomy that is Invalu- able for futuro uso. Noxt year, sho muses, I will hnvo n porfact honse, Looking over her storo i:f precopts, it 18 found to read something as fol- ows : NINTS TO HOUSE-MUNTENS, BHINOIFLES, Note No, 1, Novor belleve n house.agent. i No, 2, Plumbora sud gasfitters are tho natural on. cmies of ‘man, ITEMS, ’ Lool out for rats, R 18 the catch-bnsin stopped up? Do tho water-plpes freczo? Hna the former tonaut paid water-tax and 7. Doos the bath-tub leak 7 Ts tho collar clean and sweot? No, 0, Aro tho walls damp 7 No, 10, Aro tho fireplaces shams No, 11, Aro tho mantelu falling ? No. 12, Who lives next door? No, 13, Cockroaches, otc,, otc,, eto: TIE PLEASURES OF PLANNING. But thoro are othor gratifications which the moving period brings to tho fominine mind. Haying had the rosy enjoyment of anticipation, and the practicnt pleasure of soleotion, and liav- ing exlhiaustod thoso, sho now comes to tho third experionce, bost of all, which animates hor fanoy, tact, rosource, and ingonuity, sll togethor, This is the inestumablo privilego of planmng, Hithor- to, during tho yoor, this talont lne only boon kopt in practico in tho dressmaking way. It Lo beon subjected to s narrow scope, plessant onough, but infinitoly inforior to the opportunity now presented. To be abloe to make o Bquare errpat it & round room, to find just tho fitting [:Incn for Lho picture, tho mirror, tho ornamanta ; o deviso and invent, avoid and discovor,—theso are worthy mattors for the full usa of her in- gouious facultics, Yes, thoy aro tircsomo davs, ut thoy are full of triumphs of this kind, Alto- fiutbur, however, it is & season of moro joy than itross, of tired limbs and aching broks, but of much gratification in ita awards to the tact, taste, and discrotion, As was said at tho outset, tho ladios condomn it bnrsbly, but enjoy it i mensoly, Do they not? THE NEW CATECHISAY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: 8imn: Inarecent meoting of the temperance- peoplo in this clty, Mies Frances, E. Willard, of Evanston, is reported as saying ‘'sho was in favor of gotting up o temporance-catechism for Bunday-echools, so that tho young people might bo furnished with arguments.” Now, in the name of all thot is roasonable, I ask Miss Willard to reflect on the couscquonces of intioducing this tempornnce-diecussion into our Sunday-schools, Of courso the childron would bo taught what tho Rev, Dr. Briggs, of Tvanston, m o recont Mothodist ministors’ meoting, snid * was protty woll establisbod,” and olso what the Rev. J.O. Peck, atthe sasmo mooting, ‘“cited 8. formidablo orray of authoritics to prove,” to wit: that Soripture- wines were unformonted. The Rev. Dr. Briggs said he did “not believe that Christ furnished men with intoxioating drink.” This stuff must, of courso, be taught to tho childron, and their young minds thoroughly imprognated with con- tompt for and batred of auything in tho shapo of wine. And, 1o order to do this, Scripturo must bo falsified and wrestod from its truo meaning, and the young mind initiated in tho very worst specles of sophistry. For, 8o surely as the child erriyes at the ago of manhood, it must loarn the faleity and shallowness of these Sunday- schaol tenchings. Lot us imagine o child thorougbly indactrinated ‘with ~the dogmas of Drs. Deck, Briggs, et id omne genus, boving {ml into his honds that very intoresting work b( iTonry Ward Boechor, “‘The Life @f Christ.” ‘The child has probably read in the newspapers tho glowing oulogiums passed by Mr, Boecher upon_the women's crusade, and hie has learned that My, B. is a life-long advocate of temper- ance. With what & fooling of astonishmont will Lo then read the following, and how wil his roveronce for his Savior be undormined, when ho finds that Ile did most unquestiouably, accord- iug to tho overwhelming testimony of the most rolinblo authorities, mnke, by a miracle, in-. toxicating wino., I quote from Boecher's * Life of Christ," p. 190 ¢ Thnt the wino ereated by our Lord answored to the formented wina of the country would never have been doubted, $f tho exigencies ‘of n modern and most henefcont roformation hud not creatod & strong, hut unyise, disposition to do nway with the undottbted exauple af our Lord, Dut, though tho motiva was Rood, and the offart most ingenivusly and plsueibly earried out, tho result has failed to satisfy tho best scholara; and 1¢ {s the almost universal conviction af tume competent fo jorm a fudament, that our Lord did both make and use wines which answer to the fermented winea of the present day in Palestine. As_n confirmation of his own position, Mr. Bocchor quotes from the Congregational Revietw, No. 54, pp. 998 nud 399, Tho rditors, in a roviow of a boolk published to show that thoro wers two kinds of wine spoken of in the Biblo, one of which was intoxicating and tho othor not (** Com- munion-Wino_aud Bible-Tomporanco,” by the Ttov. William M, Thayer, published by tho Na- tional Temperasice Socioty, 1960), say: Wo reapeot tho zeal of Mr, Thayer, and do not ques- ton bis sincority, But wo bave gono over the srgu- ments he how reproduced; we havo considered his so- called evidonce, which has 5o often done duty in ltsnur. row rango; wo huve pondored the discussions of Lees, Nott, Ittchie, ind Duflield, Leforo him ; what I more, e Livo gons ovor thio Gréek and Hebrew Scriptures carefully for ourselves; havo sifted the testi- of travelors who know, and thowo not Iows; have corresponded with misalonaries, snd_conforred with Jewlsh Rebbly on this subject: and, if here 18 anything in Diblieal literature on wiiich we can speak confidently, e lave o doubt thut Dr, Laris 18 right, and thut the Reev, Ay, Thayer fs wrong, I theso Views wounro thorough- Iy dupported. 11 'wo mistakouct tho Bibtical Geholar. ship of Andover, Priucoton, Nowlon, Clicago, aud Now Haven, a8 well as Smiti’s Diblo' Dictonary aud Kitto's Biblieal Cyclopedin, 48 with us. One of the most learned and dovout cholars of tiio country re- cently snid to us: “None but a third-rate scliolar udopta tho view {liat tho Bible describes two kinds of wine,” The National Temporauce Socloty lina dano its Dest o crealo o different popular belief, if not to cast odltm on those who do not neeopt its error, We re- grot dt, for tho temperanco causo can be carriod on by sound srguments end fair means, and all fulse meth- ods ust recoll at Inst, Now, if you want to mako your Bunday-schools nusorics of infldelity, tenchi tho childron, for sattled trath, tho ono-sided atatements of enthu- slustio vealols, Granting that thoro is womo plausibility to the theory of unfermented wine in conneotion with the miraole of Cany, it in clear to suybody but & bigat that tho received opiuion among Biblical commontators proponderates sgaiust tho thoory. Then why perplex thominds of youth with this novor-to-he-settled question ? T am u boliover In the Chrigtian schemo, snd in tho beautiful, aweot, grand, tnored story.of the Oross. I claim to bo iu favor of tomporanco; but God forbid that I, or any man, should deowm that tho oxigencies of any ‘roformation should need that I skould tinkoer at any of the glorious miracles our dear Lord wrought, or attempt to explaiu away, for tho bonofit of the devoloping ‘morals of childhood, snything He in His infinite wisdom saw 1l to do or ¥ay, 0O, W. W. ——— LOCAL ITEMS. About half-paat 8 yestorday afternoon, ns car No. 254 of tho Stato and Madison wtrect line was going south on Olark streot, near Adams, the forwatdaxle broke in two, and o portion of it passed through tho boftom of tho car, frighton- Ing tho passengers, but luckily hurting no one. BUlCIDE, Doputy Coronor Dilgrim yoslordny conductod oan inquest on the body of Hermun Schaoht, who died suddenly Saturdsy night, at No, 152 Wost Juokson strept, under uvircumetancos thut wero deemed susplolous, It will be ramemborad that ono Llizabeth Martin, with whom he had boeu thed alio is gratliying & | liviug for douis limme, waa arveated aud 1up, 'The following lottor was Pro(‘luncfl at tho Inquost, sud wae idontifled fully by the do- consed's sistor as bis handwriting : Dean Fatien: Torgive mo tint I havo pofsoned myself, Tho lifo which I had hioro dld not suit mo any longor, - Dear parenta and sistars farowoll, My sintor livoa at No, 283 Third aventio Chicako (ANguALY orking): Faraoll ol my felonds, " Furowoll.” By nume fa torman Behochit, No furthor tostimony wns nocossary, but it was ahown that the deceased enmo to his donth by taking an ovordose of strychnine, and tho jury roturned & vordict of sutcide by polson. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Paimer House—0. II, Jonos, Enfilund s RLHL Fontet, Hartford; W. R. Wright, Philadelphin J. . Parsons, 8t. Louiu; B, W. Ensign, Buffnlo; @. T, Paino, Providoncos J. C. Woodbury, New Yorl, . . . ‘Tremont Housc—I. R. Davis, . Woods,Columbus ; Gen. G. Weltzol, s J. F. Crockott, Rlohmond ; I, A, Darling, Now York; P. H, Dennis, Richmond, . . . Sherman Iouse—Col. F. VanViiot, U. S, A,; W. Brownly, Dotroit; D. 1I. Moffat, Donvor; R. 11 Beaty, Pittaburgh; W. Lvans, Philadel- hia; II, T Smith, Columbus; . 1L Froat, r(mv York; J. i-‘ulny, Milwaueceo, . . . @rand Pacifie—A. Wontworth, Boston; Chas, E. Dixon, Boston; 8. 8. Eaton, 8t. Pnul; Geo. Place, Now Yorlk; Lawrenco Barrott, New York; J. M. Gardinor, Minneapohs ; Geo. M. Diamond, Lattlo Rock; W. W. Young, Cincinnatl. —_—t CLEAR CREEK FALLS. DasmAM'A Gnove, A, April 8, 1874, Thore boautiful cataracts,—twin sisters, Tori- da ond Tompests—are situated in an obscuro loeality in Winston County, North Alabama, and are tho only water-powor of which Alabsma can bonst. g As the visitor appronches the Falls from the north Lis path 1a ovor n gradual, undulating oak- land, varied with ‘many tiny stroams which croop along thoir sandy banks. Winding through o bosutiful grovo of Lemlock, pino, and other ovorgroons, you soon find yoursolf at the margin of the most lovely stroam that it was over your lot to feast your eyes upon. Tho wator ls g0 transparent that tho most minute aholl may bo seen upon its bottom, which is formed of one smooth, seamless rock. The stream is hero one foot deep t tho ordi- nary stage of wator, and about 1560 foot wide. TFitty yards to your left the uppor falls make tho loap of 36 feot, ovor ono smooth, perpendicular rock, Whon tho stream is a little swollon, and the atmosphero is favorablo, tho nolso is heard, at the distanco of many miles. Tho mist from tho abyea benenth floats up to sport and dally with the sunbeams in weaving fantastically the colors of the raiubow. Perched upon the bluff 18 little mill-house, which seoms ready to tapple down from its proximity to the chasm below, On the broad elovation, which Naturo'scoms to hiavo formed for the purposo, overlooking all, is pituated tho Catnract House, owned by the heirs of tho lnte Col. B. Botelor, of Somarville, Ala. Foliowing the stroam 250 yards througha rugged path, you find yoursclf stouding inn mnjestio gallory, the handiwork of Naturo. At your foot the hiarmloss watorsnro gliding rapidly away. Almost above von tho flood is pouring down with nn incossant roar, Senmlngl{‘dlasn.t- isfled with its first ossay of lofty tumbling, it ossnys tho font again, This is tho lowor falls, which are of the ssmabheight and width of the uppor. T golng south from tho upper falls your path lies slmost upon tho brink of a porpendiculnr rocky sbore which overbangs this besutiful stream, nbout 20 foet nbova the water, thickly bordered and fringed with such evergroons o8 the hemlock, pine, cedar, and mountain-ivy. Saon you will find yoursol? surrounded by tho glooni and silence of donso pino-forest of im- ‘menso distance, through whoso foliage the soar- ing raven or the bounding buck s often seon. Fhioto out-of-the-way falls aro but little appre- cinted asyet, ‘They are superior in hoight and benuty to the Taluls_Falls, in Goorgis, and to tho Potomac, in Virginia, and desorve o placo next the denoseo, in Now Yorls; and the sconery at Clear Creek ia far more heantiful. Tooking nt these falls with tho eyo of o utili- tarian, thoy seom destined tofbecomo the Lowoll of the South, Tho water can all be utilized, and it is of suflicient quantity to run any amount of ‘machinory ot any sonson of the yoar; but, being situated romote’ from a railrond, thoy havo re- mained unimproved to thia day. ~Lincs of rail- road have now boon sirvoyed within two milos of tho falls, whioh will, whon built, make them of immense valuo for manufacturing purposes. CASUALTIES. * Two Workmen Killeds ArteNroww, Pa., April 11.—The premature oxplosion of a sand-blast in a quaryy, last ovon- ing, killed twvo worlmen, Iilled by tho Cars. Speciat Disrateh to T'he Chicugo T'ribune. SouTu Bexp, Ind., April 11.—As the passon- gor-train for the West, leaving Elkhart at 6 p. M., was moving oub from tha atation, a brake- mon named Gage, Whose home is in Jouesville, Mich., attomptod to got on, but waa drawn under tho oar and completely mauglod. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Dr. Semig, who was wounded st tho Lava Beds at the tima of tho mnssacro of Thomas’ command, has nearly recovered tho uso of tho right urm, and is ablo to hobble about on crutches. i —Dooney Harris, pugilist, shob by William Olaugh last weok, is slowly recoveriug. —Dresident Watson, of the Erie Railway, iss passengor per Abyssinia. SUICIDE. : Special_Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, Dayror, 0., April 12.—Sarah Yatton, wife of Col. Patten, saloon-keeper, commited suicide this morning_ by shooting herself through tho heart, ‘Lho deceasod was 25 yeors of ago, and mother of two childron. Jealousy of her hus- baud is supposed to bo the causo of her not. — e LINEN GOODS. Further Arrivals LINEN GOODS. ‘WE SHALL OPEN, On Monday, April 13, A Fresh Importation of L,inems & Housekesping: Goods, The lergest and most complete as- sortment we have over offered, and at a larga reduction from recent prices, FIELD; LEITE & CO., STATE AND WASHINGTON-STS. FOR SALE, Wo aro now Mannfotaring, and It oan bo prooazed of Grooors Evergwhoro, RACAHOUT des Arabes, Whtoh Is pronouscad by compotont indges nuperor to auy 3L ebon (0 DR flos eIthor by forafi OF tumostio hian: Afaoturors. it i comrosad of th heat wutritieo s inlirign acor, 11 ns oo Lecakdase by Sl e s "and. yuum porsansy 10 whom 1% iyos TR A PATIOR DO, 1t enociaily doe slratlo for NEIEVOUS paoylo, oF tuoso wilorea wilh for W, BAKER & (10,38, and takeno other; your groger can got it 1 o will. ‘W.BAKER & CO.,Dorchester, Mass. ESTABLISLKD 1780, Manufncturers of tho colebrated Buker's Ohocolntey Cocony nidd Bromn Preparae tlony, nnd fnest Vauille Chocoluto, RUBBER, SCRUBRER, he now colebrated RHODREAM: ORI ORI AENL, Tur suporior 5o ans Row In ko, both in_gotubbinR, drying, Aay B Titor, Oty ahama. o 4t tl:hg[g':hnt ovory 37 S0 by grosten, anatiotived by B SrolclN DAY 018 T oath Gllistangt, Ohioasen L X DRESS GOODS: IT PAYS 10 TRADE ON TEIB WEST SIDE. b l i, PIRIG & 6, MADISON AND PEORIA-STS,, . Offer the following DECIDED BAR~ Slks & Dressbons, 1 Caso Jepaneso 8ilks, 26 ots. yd. Japanose Silks, richer goods, 8O ots. yd. Japanese Silks, bright colors, 60 cts. yd. TFoancy Silks, dark and light styles, 75 cts. Fanoy Silks, good quality, 85 ots. Fancy Silks, derk, medium, and light colors, choice styles, worth #1.50, for §1.00 per yd. Fancy Silks, suporior quality, handsome styles, $1.25 yd.’ The above linos of goods are dea cided bargains, much under rogular value, and the assortment is unsur- passed in this city for size and comn plotoness. B’k Lyons Silks at §1, §1.265, $1.35, $1.60, $1.75, and §1.85, the cheapest goods in tho market. Rich B’k Lyons Gros Grains, sate in flnish, at §2, a speciel bargain, worth $3.75. Richest and finest qualities Bt Bilks equally low, 2 THIS EXTRAORDINARY BAR~ GAIN is offored in Dress Goods:. Choico Spring Shades Cashmero Foulards, 30 cts. yd., an excellent fabrie, well worth 60 cta. A line of Mohairs, Poplins, Glovs Cloths, end other Dress Goods, at 25 cts., docidedly cheap. Rep Poplins, Spring Shedes, 20 ots. Choice Shades in Cashmeres, Por= lins_d’ Paris, Diagonals, and other All-Wool Dress Goods very choap. BARGAINS IN BLACK .GODDS! Madison & Peoria-sts . e £ LINEN GOODS. SIMPSON, ~ NORWELL & C0. Offer, this wook, very attractive BARGAINS in their Linen Depariment. DAMASKS, NAPKINS, e g TOWELS, QUILTS, BLANKETS, SHEETINGS, &c., AT A GREAT REDUCTION, CLOTHS. CLOTH DEPARTAENT FIELD, LEITER : & CO., State and Washington-sts,, Direct attention to NEW STYLES Suit Materials, Tor Men’s and Boy’s wear. Handsome Checks aud Mixiores for Boys. G0c. and wup, Handsome Siriges, Cheoks, and Mixtares for Hen, $1.26 and 1p. And specially desirable zfg' es Dark and Licht ENGLISH CASSI- MERLES, $2.25 and up, Also, a great variety of English Coutings, £'ronch and Eng. Broad- cloths, Cassimores, &c., marked at lowest pric CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, &o. eSS Os it ot Sk T CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES! Bird Onges, Marhles, Tops, Base Balls, &a., in largo variety, at VERGHO, RUHLING & €0.’8, 138, 140 & 143 Btato-st. SHIRT BOSOMS. NOTICE TO LADIES Making Shirts or Puttivg Bosoms luto Old Bhirts, TG PATY) “ REINFOROED” SHIRT BOSOM I8 8 great improvoinent on the sommon Borom, DO NOT SO Y e Rl