Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBU TRIDAY, APRIT, 17, 1874, - —_—_—-— oo CARDINAL BARNABO. ey The Memorinl Services at St. S!ephen’s‘ Churel, Panogyric by the Rev. Dr, McMullen, Partlclpants In tho Servicos. he nolomu and impreesive coromonion at- tonding tho colebration of tho Pontifieal Masy wore porformed I Bt. Btophien’s -Ghuroh, corner of Bangamon sud Fourth stroots, yestordny morning, in memory of Cardinal Barnabo, who died rocently ut Rome, They were witnomsoed by ovor 2,000 peoplo, the odifico boiug crowded to such o degroo thut many were ‘obliged to stand in the aisles, 'ho church was . DRAPED 1N JOURNING,| folds of black and ‘whito ‘alpnca, ‘heatly nter- wovon and ombollished with white bows, haug- ihg from tho coiling in somi-circlos, The altar s porticularly sombro, tho burning candlos, liowover, Hghting up the background and add- ing greatly to tho dffoct. At tho ond of the ccutro aislo, in front of iho railtng, wae o catafalque, on which rosted’s coflin covored with orange-colored cloth, On top woro a Cardinal's vostmonts, aud -on oither -sldo budding flowors, In tho centro of ‘the nech overhend was an im- ftation tablet, on which wore jnscribed theso e il Tn Momotism of Aloxhnder Barndbo, Prefect Sacred Ci;ug;'lig. «fy Propagands Fido; i i IX. Oreatod_Cardivnd of tho Toly Roman Clinrcl, June 10,1830, On the right anil loft of tho altar,.and at In- tervals along tho walls, wero other tablets cou- toiving “toxta illuatrathvo of tho Jifo of tho to- condedd. 711 OEREAONIRS commencad at 10.0'clock, and wero partloipated in by the follo\\‘in([:‘ clorgymeon: Celobraut, tho Rt. Rov, Bishop Foloy; Deacon, the Rov. P, httor, Chureh of tho_Immaculnfo Concoption ; Sub-Dencon, the Ray. Dr, McGovern, Blooming- ton, Il.; Firat Master of Ceronionics, tho Rov, Dr, L. Leightoor; Sccond Mastor of Coromonies, the 1oy, 8, M. H. Barrott, of St. Steplion’s Clireh ; Assistant Priest and Ora- tor, tho Rov. Dr. John McMullon, of tho Ohuren of tho Holy Name, and tho Revs. . Conway, of 8t Patrick’s; P, IL. Riordan, of 8t.James'; Dan- iol Riordnn, of 8t. Mars's; Jobn Waldron, of 8t. Johu's; 3.-Edwards, ¥, M. Noonan, E. J. Dunn, of 8t nmufi‘,; M, J. Forham, J. 8,"0"Noll, P, M. Tlannigan, ind Father 0'Connor, of tho Cathe- draly Fathors Oakloy and Verdin, 8. J., Fathor Venturu, 0. 8., and Fnthor Coosmans, Tho choir, which was composed of childron, vas led by the Rev. Fathor Venn, " DR, M'MULLEN. After the reading of the Gospel, the Orator, Dr. Mcpfullon, dolivored tue following paue- yric : 5 & *Lot us praino glorious :mon, Therr-bodies ero buried in pence, but their-fame lives from genoration ‘to genoration. Let'the pooplo nar- rato their wisdom, and leb tho Church sound forth their praise.” These words the sacred writer of the book of Ecclosiastious used in ref- oueo to-the fathors of tho nation,—the childron of God,—oxtolling ‘tho patrintihs Abrahom, Tenac, and -especinlly. Enoch : incnleating tho advantago of keoping bofore ‘tho minds of tho oople the virtues and lives of ‘tho men who ad Euon raised up as thoir londors nud models, both In-tho wn{s of tho world, aud iin tho ways that loadl to Hoaven, They should bo praised by the people, and, in ‘the sncrod ‘gesomblages, their glory should bo pronounced, ‘theit wisdom nar- rated. In g like-manner, ‘in thae'Christian form ot God's religion, wo find the advantago of koop- ing before tlio minds of the people mon of glo- .rious lives,—those whom God invests with spevial powers for the advantagoa of Hix paople, —those'at whom, ‘a8 it wore,-God pointed His finger,—indicating them aymodelsto be imitated, And honco the Chureh oxtols her-aalnts, who aro sent with special missions, net unlike the mis- sions of the patriarohs and proplets of old, to porform great deods, and Tulfill great entor- prisos. L Wo are asgembled to-day to offer ‘sacrifice and prayors, and to considor the virtues of s glorious man,—a man with & true solid glory, o wan glorions; not only in roforonoe to the pusition which ho hald, but with regard to ‘tho nntursl quulitios and supernatural viroues with whiok he * was-endowed, proparing him for bis exulted con- ditlon, Tho position to which Lo was called, and which Lo filled with such_satisfaction to'the Christinn world,—and we could say with over renton with the' approbation of God Himsolf, ‘sinoo ho bnd tho -approbation of his decds sud life from the Vienr of ‘Clirist himaolf,—thatl posi- :gg‘n was second ouly to that of the Toman Pon- i, 2 ALEXANDER CARDINAL DARNATO, was Prosident of tho Saored Congrogation of the Propagation of tho Faith, This congrogation iu composed of Cardinnls, whose specisl lubor con- | - sists in consmdering the wauts of the-Churol, as to digcipline and instruction, ‘throughout ‘the renter paxt of the world, and as to numbers, fialf ot tho Christian pooplo, Norih Amorica, Asia, Africn, Australin aro subject to ite juris- diction. its momborg—ministors of the Iloly Fathor—recolve tho business doetails of thoso various countries and churchies, solve ‘the difi- cultios to bo found, edvise the instructiony to bo forwarded, and lny, in & condonsed form, umder tho 6yo of the Viear of Christ, for bis approval or disspproval, that whiol: into bo done for the Churoh in thoro distant regions, Tho Presidont of this congrogation consoquont- 1y holds a position second to'that of ‘the Roman Tontiff; second in importance, bocauso, 88 to oue-half the Chrlstian peoplo, he must be ns it voro the vory eye of ihe Pontiflento—tho right nrm of the Toly Futhor—a participator of tho divinely-directed mind of the :suvcossor of 8f. Yeter. 8 I8 BPECIAL DUTIES. The Church in our country was his eare, and Bongo Li namo ond his deods @ are fomilisr to the clorgy of both grados, and to many of tho lnity. It wus his duty to suponntond tho disciplinary Inws and penoral action of the'Chureh in this country, aud is action affected the olorgy und the poople in n vory bigh degres in rogwrd to appointing and nouinnting Bishops who had to_rule by the ower of tfio Toly Ghost tho poople of God. If s position, howevar, was oneof excollonco and highest digmty, his qualifications, yon would naturnlly conelude, must baye beon in sowme manuer proportionate, I8 LIPE. ’ Born of plous paronts, in tho Citr of Tolignio, he was tuken to the I'rench oupitnl at tho nge of 12 years, with tho sons of othor noblo Itnlian families, to bo trnined tn the Boole Polytechnique of the Emporor Napoloon, Thero he was to bo formed thoroughly, according to the princi- ples of the Code Napoleon, and prepure himeolt to bo o willing sorvant of the grand Emperor, who had established _his ~ dominions in overy quarter of Turope. Ho wans expectod to bo rendy, when ho had attained a cortain age, to sorvo bis master on the battio-field orin the wily iutrlgues of the cabinst of tho statoman, But Providouco, that watchea tho mightiost as well as the smallest thing, whon tho hour had come for the wrock of that mighty dynasty ond downfall of tho great Emporor, Lind designs on tho child far away from home, and tnrned nls mind from the worldly fuith and tho glory of tho eoldior, the conquest of tho battle-field, and tho wiles of tho atatesman, aud Dbrought hifm back to tho pioty snd poace of his liome in Yolignio and laid “beforo his mind, illumined by the faith of tho Church of God, the glorious conquest that could be mado for tholrulat of the universe aund the sulvation of souls, ‘ HME DECAME A PRIEST and Lig labors wero noted in various cities of Italy, For years Lo labored, proaching aud hoaring confessions, in whioh ho was most as- siduous, in tho city of Rome. Anxious to attach himwolf in_xome \vnly to the firnnt band of miu- pionaries that wore londing tho vauguord, as it were, of truth mmong the nations that wero sentod In tho dnrkness of paganism, o bocamo Becrotury to_the Congrogation for the Propuga- tion of tho Faith, His koon and nctive mind, Dig atalwart framo, his ncvur-tirlnt]' onergy, 800t murked Lim out a4 ono capable of holding iu tha graep of Lis mind tho vast datail of the compli- cated sMairs of balfRaf the Church of Chrlst aud in years, he was olovated to the position of Uavdinal Profoot of this Cougrogation, 75 ligro, hio did not spore himself; horo, ho did not spuro othors, 1lo atiractad to him {hoso Who Gamo in any wiso undor bis immodiate in- flienco, but his attraction was not thut of tho eofl or matornnl kind; it was similar to that which druws in admiration the child to its strong wnd mmxl{ fathor, seoming to ssy to him, **You need no Instruction; look at mn‘; laok st my deeds, and go and do likewise. Iexpeat your un:‘y ‘to bo performod—performod thoroughly, an performed sirongiy,” Ho rathor do- Jighted to soo tho mlselonary tried undor (o, hand of . Providenco, to see tho J| when his ‘body s Gront Mnator is ennobled, bocomos glorlous, and minkos his nomo live fifnumunn nftor-gonoration urlod in ponco. IIis zenl rousod up the ohorgy of -many n fatigued mis- slonnry. 1iin word chvored many who wero do- spondant iu tholr Inbors, TIE COLLEGE Iiin rosldenco was in o portion of tho edifico of tho Collogo of the Propngandn, and part of his dufics Iny in tho immodinte suporintendonco of sbudion of this Colloge, composod of tho youth of difforent Inndn,~in fact, ‘of -every principal nation nuder thosun. .Ho endenred “himsolf lo thowo studonts vory much by that zonl for tho sorvies of CGod,—for tho ypropagn- tion ‘of tho falth, and the meoting of tlio enomy of salvation at overy point. Your pastor, a8 wore othiors of this diocose, was odu- catod undor his vigil and suporvision, and henea his motory is very dear to {n\lr pastor, and groat desl, porliaps, of thab irio onergy and zoal, and soltoitudo for_your spiritunl woll-holng ' which you hnvo soen oxhiblied for somo years in Lisneflon may ba attributed, and truly, to tho vont modol upon which ho set his oyo in tho finyu of bis youth, Buthols now gomo. Ilis Dody-rosts in poaco,.and his -soul, n!qt gpont'tho timo of warfaro i tho trinls and labors of This | TMaster, wo hinve ovory ronson to boliovo ‘18 ‘with | God in tho boatitudo of Heaven. H PIUS £X, . “Whilet wo soo theso gront -columns of tho ‘Church-torn away as It were, wo cantot but turn onr gnzo to that groat contral pillar whidh, rough | and m‘ifiofl' sooms .08 flrm as over, nud as it ~were, alono capable of sustaining tho mighty Tunsg, Whilst wo goo tho noblo onls of tho Torest soattored and Iaid low, wo stand in amazomont | nnd wondor boforo tho mnjesty of that houry | I itroo whioh scoms to-dofy tho ntinok of tho storm and tho wasto of timo. ~ Whilst wo sop the groat ‘oned whom God hns raised to direct Iis peaplo | wrum} “nway, wo canmot but admib that Pius IX, himsolf ougrossos thoattontion in a great dogreo :of cvery considorato *Christinn mind, g lifo hins.oxtended as it woro fnto fuburity tomoot | the mluht{ aevontaof this tho strangest ngo sinco tha timo {hat the 'Son of ‘God appoarsd upon -onrth, His mnd, calm and strong mnidst the “hifirmities and deeropitudo-of agb, is o marvol | of utrnnfiul—n tower rising firm, roided and tsustained by the hand-of ‘tho Almighty, But we* ‘may livoto sco him aleo talton ‘away, nnd the ‘Chareh reuow hersell and her.memboers; yot, still living, young and frosh, gonoration after igoneration sonding hior noble and glorions chil- fimn away to tho futurity of otornity, sho :gathors up now pillars and now matorlals where- || with to porform the great mission that was loft lhior, of taking tho place of the Son of God amid man on earth. And when'wa ‘consider the lives of ‘tho glorious onocs pagsing nway, wo wro «eheered with tho brillinnoy of tho ondioss day of oternity, reflecting on tho words with whivh [ opened my'discourse, that although thoir bodies indoed aro *““buriod in pence,” their famo and their glorious namo ‘desorye to live generation aftor gonoration. ! Lot the people nariato their wlu;lun:',-nud lot tho Oburch sound forth their riise, & Mags was thon resumod, nnd tho sorvices ond- ed'with ‘tho chantiug of the absolntion at the catufalgne, by the'Olorical Creellinn Associntion, and the benediction. . pek iy R S CANA OF GALILEE. ; " TLawerxa, Mich, April 16, 1874, To'ths Fditor of The Chicago Tribune: Bri: I'doubt not that many of your ronders were pairied to read your editorinl with the abovo onplion, in your cdition of Tucsduy, April 14, No-oxcoption-can bo taken to your criticism upon tho argumont of {ho Rov. Mr. MoChosnoy; and, hiad your-editorial thero endod, it would ‘have beon wiso, and tho confldence of intolligont men in the ability of tho secular press to mect such issuos il rotained. But, when you volunteered to sssist Mr. NMoChesnoy out of his dilemmna, aud others in the seme troubles, by suggesting that The worst'rock of offenso in their way is tho miracla of chunging the wator into wine at tho mnrriage- fenst in Cann of Galileo, and thpt tho bost way togot out of this ‘muddlo is to abolish tho story altogethor,” it seoms tomo you dopart very far from the instincts of truo journalism, and drug the pross form its lugh position as o conservator of truth and educator of the people. “You go further, and, in justification of your suggostion, you aflirm thab tho Gorman critica liave done this thing already. We all know what Gorman critics have dono in the interost of Ra- tionalism, Infidelity, and Atheism ; and that the moot sacred truths of God are nothing as com- pared with their wisdom. It mny also_bo possi- -sible that soine of them havo alllrmed that tho wholo story of the first miracle,of Jesus is an in- terpolation. It was quite natural, whoen thoy made an attack on miracles themeolvos, thoy would Lring their powers to bear upon the very Alvgt, That was an obstaslo they desired to gob id of. But whon you say that * Chiof among theso is Tischondorf, whoso Sinnitic manusoript—ihe old- est known vorsion of the Now Testament—rnkes 10 montion whatover of the occurrenco,” I foar that you have mistaken tho facts, or recervod your ‘information second-handed—or through doubtfal autbority, 1 have a copy of Tischondorf’s Now Testament Tefore mo ; und, that you may sco that the whole story i6 nob an inforpolation, bub set forth in tho Binditio vorsion, I will give it entire,—mnrking 1talics and omissions where it diffors in the text from tho standard Bibla as readin tho Ohurch : 1, And tho third day thero wasn_marringe {n Cuna of Guliles ; and the wiothor of Jesus wA thero, 2, Aud Loth Jesus was called, nnd his disciples, to o nurringe. And they had 1o wine, beoauss the wine of the marriage wus finished, 3, J'hen auith the Mother of Jesus unto him, There is 110 wine, 4. Jusus anith unto ber, Woman, whathave Ito do withihca? 3tine hour has uot yet come, 5. 1ils mother kafth unto the sorvanls, Whatsoover ‘e saith unto you, do it, 0. Aud thero wera{ . . . Jthoreslx water-pota of stotlc, affer the mauicr of flio purifyiug of tho Jews, containiug two or thres frkins apicce, 7. dAnd Jeaus walth unto them, Fill the water-nots with water, And they tiled them upto the brim, 8, Aud lie uith uuto them, Lraw out now, and bear nto the governor of the feast ; and they bur it, 9, When the raler of tho feast hud tasted tho water {hut was mndo wino, and know not whencs it waa (but 1k servauts which drow tho water kuew), the governor of the feust called tho ridegroom, 0. Andsaith, £, o ] Evory’ mon ot theLegin- ‘ning doth set forth good wine; and, when men Lavo woll drunk [ . . . ] thut which i worso; but thon it kopt the good wine until now, 11, This begivuing of miracles 'did Jeaus in Gann of Galilee, und mumfested forth [, o o ] glory ; and b disclpls bollevod. AMany eminont scholars and critical commenta- tors, in every nga of Cluistinnity, have given thoir lives to the study of Biblical munusoripts and carly toxts; and it sooms strango indeed, with ull the suthorities at hand, that the editor of an inflnontial daily papor could make so sad o mistako ag to aftirm that the story of the first mirnclo of Chrigh “is uttorly anmless, has no conuection with what procedos or what follows it, snd that it was interpolated iuto the Book of John some time after it wag written, and, there- foro, s o authority.,” Tomo, in his work entitled ¢ An_Introdno- tion to the Critical Siudy sud Kuowledgo of tho Holy Seriptures,” says: Tt I8 not fmposeible, though It cannot Lo afirmod with certainty, thut Jobu had boon u disclple of tho Baptist bofore he bocamo 6 disviplo of Obrist, At Teast tho circutstantivl neconnt, which Lo Lu givon in cliup, 1, §7-41, of tho dinciples 'who followed” Christ, might iiduco us to supposo that o was one of the two, It {8, hotrever, cerlain_ that ho had dotl secn and. heard our Savior, and had witnessed some of His mira- cles, partieuturty that verform d at Cana’ i Gati- rns pronshng upon biy brow, booanse it Is in , L‘G‘JL"{:JquQna'iuu'l \ho life of the soryant of the Tee. Agnin, in speaking of Bt, John, he saya: e was eminoutly the object of our “Lord's rogard and confidenco; ot Was, on varlous occusfous, ad- nitted to frev and futimato -intercoucug with Lim, so that Lo was claracterized ns “1he Diseiplo whom Jesus Jovgd," (Jobu, xili,, 23,) Ileuce, ws find him presont ot soveral seenes to which mast of the othor diuciplos were not aduitted, He was anoye-witness, in company with'only Poter and James, toilio resur rection of Jniru’ daughter to life, 'to our Savior's {runadjuration on tho mouut, and to' i agony fu tho arden, . Jobn Topaid thiu attention by {he most slncoro pt- tachment to bis Mustor; for though, in common with 1110 uthor Apoatlos ho otrayed o cilpsble limidity In Chcantting bhim durlg his It conflichyet ho afterwards revovered his firmnoas, and waa thio only Apostle who followed Chirist to tho placo of 11 cruciiizion, Ho wan alio prosout at tho soversl appearnnces of our Savior after 1is rosurrection, and Lus_ given Lis testimony to the truth of that mirscolous fact; and theso eircume stancos, togother with hix intercourse with the mother of Glrlst (whous ots Bvlar b commended Lo Ly care), qualified him beitor than any other writer to give d clroumstanilal and authonti’ history of Jesus Clirist, ‘Thoro is internal evidance that the timo this mirnole was wrought was oloscly connected with tho nurrativo proceding it, and that it had a Di- vine purpose. Bays Lurgon, in his Commentary on the first VOIse t “Chis {8 the (hird day after the throa whic the Evan. golint Lisa been describing, Thuw the Cospol of Bi, dulin, liko the Bouk of Uenesiy, begius with the history of n weak ; tio worlt of tho wixii snd It duy (ol which tho Socond Adum “munifested forth’ Lis Glory ny et tho chief of ull aud oupliaticaly yro. nomied (vov verss 10) fo b vory % good,” On’ both ocesslons, tho xth duy was igialized by o marriao- ritojon tho former, by its {natitution s ou the weo- ond, by “n marriags (n Caun of Gullloe” Tuke notice, thot, ny tho Etorual Son liad fustituted Lioly matrimony +in the hoglnuing,” 60 uow, at tho vory buginning of 3l enthly mintstfy, o docs houor Lo tho snurrioge rite, and Lloswes it ptow, Buroly, it' a8 Mting occaslon for 1ils pre mighty nowor which followod} Rot, Timeolt, ymtionly: o, Tldegesoin, wme g o into tho world to tike Iila spoues, the' Ohurch 1 n rognrd to tho oxpression of Joaus, ¢ 1, whal Ltwo T £o o with thoo ¢ line hont rany yot como,” tho same loartied commentator Bays: “ Womnn " waa n respeotful modo of nd H1mo, vt toneintont Witk tho tint ten e A Tovo, Beo how thy snmo Illeased Spealior ndiirosaed. {ho fnmo mothior from tho Oros—bt. Johin, xix, 30, But, *What v X o do with thes 27 i the Jenghano of rotmko, Thin Phraso oectrs n other paris of th Hordpture, and_nlways donotes tht {ho syoukor hoy Yieon unréaronably spoken to, and, aa 1t wora intorforeq willi, Tn thls pince, it foomd to o as if mur Taed nd Buid, Whnt Is thoro common 1o Me, thy Greator, and tlicg! My creaturo? Ty 89n Tnm, tlor the hoste s o us Oy son, theno thirty veors Lave I boon ontent to by * qubjoot tinto theo,” Bt T nwnino thy o ; atid 1t 4 onlynstliy Gnd that T can do this thiug, 'An such, “whint havo T to do with theo?" s Ming hour in hot. yot come,” prabatily means that the moment hind not et quite arrived for Mim tonoks but tho aayfugs of Litm Whio * gpako 08 nover mAn #Pako” nro wondeous deop, und often, liko this aaying, vory difiow. : Tho farthor purposo of this mirnole is sho 1n tho 11tk vorsg, to witt The mnnflcutlfll(:nm the glory or Almighty powor of Josus, and the confirmntion of tho bolief of His disciplos in 1lis divimty. Bnys Dern 8tanhopoy By the expramion, “manifonted forth ¥ 5 woaro to understand’that Ohriat, by the L O 1o porformod, F‘“my proved s power to 13 Divino. And who indeed loss than God could have thu oren~ tures of thia lower world so abaolutaly at hin dinposal na to malo them sthrt, from thelr fixad laws of being, and chiango tholt naturo and qualities fn an instaut} 1o unly conld ropeal the Jaws of Nature who' mads them, 1o only could alier thelr forms wlio at fivst. ape ointed thum,” And, when this wae dona without in- voking thic aid of nny highier power, it showed that tho authority by which T did It Was suprowmo, us woll a8 flie creatures, ou which tho authorlty was' oxoroined, were nmlrgu' 1lis own, VERITAB, Tesenco, and for tho Rexanns,—We Woro ovidontly mistnken %in saying that it was Tinchondorf who had shown ibat the story of the turning of wator into wine at tho Mnrringo-Foast of Caua of Galiloe was ant interpolation, introducod into tho Boolk bf John Dy o lator writor than tho author of thnt Gospol. As it.ie found In tho Sinaitio manusoript, thore is & vory strong presumption in favor of its bo ing gonnine. And, sinco wo ennnot recall at this moment tho particalar authorlty upon which wa rolied for our stalomont, wo will concedo that it is not an intorpolation, but an suthontio part of tho New Testament.' Our correspondont, liow ever, stems to hold that eriticism tipon tho toxt of tho Biblo, if it should exclude nny por~ tion’of vhorecsivod version, is nocesenrily in the intorestof infidelity. ‘Wo shonld sn{: o080 that critioism which shonld oxcludo nnyt) nrs‘ Jalse from the toxt of tho Bible, whother in tho way of transintion, transeription, or interpolntion, wonld bo an ndvautngo Tathor than o disadvante age to it, and to tho cause of religion.~[ED. TRIVUNE. THE COURTS. Miscellancous Husiness Yosterday. ” ¥REE. The wnfortunnte Elins Alkus, who omployed Judge Willlams' attontion yostorday in bhis offorts to prove that his wife had beon gullty of extrome and ropeated eruelty, was made happy yestordny by n vordict of tho jury, which made him a free men, with the privilego of doing his own gourting noxt tmo. THE LATEST TAX-FIGHTER, A bill was fllod yestordny by vacob R, Bhop- herd, Presidont or propriotor of the defunct Ivonty-Socond Stroot Banlk, against Gaorgo Yon Hollon, Uity Colloctor. Shophord statos that o blank for the inventory of lus personal property was loft with him some timo in 1873, but he waa nftorwards informod he nood do nothing aboug it until tho Assessor visited him again. Such call'wns nover made, but the Assessor has ns- sossod his proporty at $20,000, making bLis taxes ©360. Bhophord thinks his wholo poraonal prop- orty would not exceed 1,600 in valuo, and ho thorofore agks an injunction to provent tho Col- lector from collecting more thau the taxes on that amount. TUE CINCINNATI, PERU & QIIOAGO CABE. Judgo Drummond will probably finish the pres— ont honring of tho case of Walker against tho stockholdors of the Cinciunati, Pern & Chicago Railroad Company to-day. The case Linugs on the point whother the judgment outen- gibly obtainod ngainst the Company for labor is conclusive, or whothor tostimony may not be in- troduced to show Lt it was for sowmothing else 3 and, socond, whothor Walker, wlo was & con- tractor, can bo included under tho excepiion “ for Inbor done,” or if the oxception bo not limited, and in favor of laborors only. BANKRUPTCY ITEMB, The procosdings againat Peter Hinkle were or- dored Lo be dismissed untess objections are filed by Thursday morning. Bwaot & ©, Huuris and . W. Woohning, farriors, on {ho cornor of Monroo aud Clork Jstreots, Potition~ ors olaim that Horris & Oo. owo them $270, sud Harris ond ong J, 11 Hall £300.60, which lust dobt Harris & Co. havoagreed Lo pay, and charge that the finm havo allowod their property to bo tukon on oxocution. A rulo to show cause April 14, and an injunction, were issued. Tho procosdings ngainst Moses Robiuson & Bons were ordered to bo dismissed. BUPERIOR COURT IN DNIEF. Julia A, Ray bogan a suit in assumpsit ngainst David Blakely, tormorly oditor of the Zuening Post, lnying damagoa nt.&5,000, Johenna Ebort brought suit in trespass against Herman Scholz, claiming £3,000. Hibberd & Spoucer sued Louis DMorris for ‘Lransacted Aloxander J. Cooper filed o bill againet Jamos Qooper and Daniel B, Murphy, to foracloso & trust-deed for tho paymontof '$1,200, and so- curod by lien on tho wst 95 feet, moro or less, of Lot 17, In_subdivision of Lot' 14, in Coual Frustoos” Subdivision of south fractional Seo. 8, 89, 13, Daviel T. Buckley bogan a suit in trospass agnioat William D, Kerfoot, Ohnrles A. Korfoot, \Gl]lil\m A, Morrigold, and John Scanlan, laying damagos ot 810,000, Josgph W, Ilamilton began a suit for 85,000 ngninst the Connectiout Mutual Lifo Insuranve Cowpany, CIROUIT COURT, Bonjamin A, Vail commencued a snit for $10,~ 000 against J. T, Stab] aud Bortha Stabl, THE CALL. Junae Rooxus—201, 203, 205, 206, 207, 211, 212, 217, 210, Jupak Boorit—No oall, Junae Farwini—1,476 to 1,600, Jupae MoRosenrs—49 to 65, oxcopt 85, 36, 88, 39, 40, 54, 60. JupuE Janeson—105, 107, 109 to 113, 114, 116, to 120, 123, 124, 124 to 128, 130, 181, Junoe Tree—No call. dupar Saurie—Assists Tudgo SloRoberts, JUDGMENTS, Syprmton Count—OoNrEsstoNs—Boruard Heeht, David Ieoht, aud Moyer Hocht v, Winchestor Hull, 247,45, —Pullor & Fullor v. Jonathan McCormiok, $768,70,~8nsnnnn 1, Noff v, John Gavin, $1,014,8), Junor McRouxnTs—Obarles Harrison v, O, 1% Me- Kny, $002.40,—William Stevena v. 0. A, Pendloton ind Michaol Lutontnson, $160,10,—Richard W, Purver v, A. W, Nuvon, $314.10,—Isaac N, Harwon, ot al, v, Itobort McGrath, $12: Tans N, ifurimon, ot al. v, Malthiss Lifor, $59.84,—E, 3, Guouther v, Honry Insscmann ; verdiet, §63, Junor JamesonN—D, I, Bacon v. Edward Mondell, $10L,60.—Cass ¥, Mauree v, Bunuel Glickouf and Jo- sopli Ledoner ; verdlot, 1,133, and motion for now trial, Cuuouir CovnT—COoNFissioNs—Joseph Lraullyn v, 0, R, Brown, §2,230,—Conncctiout Mutual Lifs Iu suranco Gompany v, J, Young Scatumon, $5,01:,33, Jupox Roatns—ullus Davls v, Emlio” Blorsdorr and F. Kuaver, £200,—Goorge B, Grifin v, Houry Telubarat sud Josoph Foreman, $140.—Alfred Brith et al, v, William 11, Flich, Jr.; vordiet, $250, und motion for new trial.—A, G, Garilold v, John Yrico, $250,— Charles E, Foss v, A, D, Bwanzon und Peter 4, Poter- son, $014, Jupae Tnee—Willlsm J, Quan et al. v, E. I, Hickey, $320,—John 11, Leavitt v. Myron Rapioy ot ul.’; judg~ mont agaluat D, I°, Varber, §185,3 kel hosl ol IS A Coincidences From the Lufayette (Ind.) Journal, Alottor to Captain Rice brings intolligence, diroct from Porsin, of tho birth of two sons, ono to Mra, J, M, Oldfather, bis nieco, and auothor to Mra. William L. Whipple, his cousin, both, With thelr husbands, missionaries to Poraln. ‘Fhoy woro murriad in tho eamo_ohureh, at tho #umo hour (about two youra sineo), aud tholr ba- Lnfi:»; ;vurc born within® fiftoon minutes of aach hor. 5 —_———— A. Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forover. This quotation camo unbidden (o many lips whilat looking over the mony vury beauliful ind oliaste ar- tcles of taste ond virtn just oponod under the Palmer Houso, and which Elison & Pomoroy will soll &t suc- tion Mouday, It fa seldom 80 exaluslve and’ woll-as- uortod n wtock of valunble goods in thia style s shown hiere, Thono who Linvo a fow sparo inutes could not do bettor than pny tho wtoro a vikit, Thoro ars many vory tine mantol fets, Bzuree aud vases, nud thovs nro Lnid o pleaso who canniot fnd & smetbing to suit show, —_— Kingsford’s Oswogo Starch, 008.1000 ure, No othier manufuaturer hus ovar roached this degree of perfection, Fumilics, holols, and laundrics much prefer (lieao goods, & it produces a haxd, lustral finjuh, Dompstor filed a potition aganst A. " oighth of an inch of the corroot aititude, OHURCH OF THE MESSIAIL Fair of the Lndies? fndustrinl Sociotys 1¢ tho 1den thrown out by, Dr. Buvago lnst Bun- dny morning of tho starting and running by Indlos of billinrd rooms and other placos of amusemont in Chicngo moots with any oppori- tion, it will be from » cortain olnss who hava the poor tasto and Inck of Judge mont to assort (lint tho bump of buainoss i roprosontod in tho femnlo cranium by n dopros- glon, "They think that afters brle? and uno- vontful carcor tho billlard, or sinoking, or rond- ing roomn, presided over aud mausged by the 1ndles, would boin tholasids of an assignoo. Buch unboliovers i1 woman's sagneity nnd busl- noss ability, it convorsion from thoir error bo possiblo, would spacdily attaln o more corrook idea on tho subjoct it tliey pent an hour or two at tho fair whioh has been organized by . TIELADIEY' INDUSTRIAL BOOIETY of the Churel of tii6 Messinh, and f& now In full opotation in the chapol of tho chiirch, at tha cot- nor of Tsventy-third stroot and Michigan nvonus, Troro thoir inoredulous sight would bo assafled with tho unwonted view of & collostion of businoss honses, buflt, not with stono and mot- tar, but ssith bannérs,and festoons,and fAngs, tho whole forming & combination, which = for ploturesquo effcob is far ohead of oven eomo _of ~the busmnocss sircols of Chieago. Aftor tho unboliovors had becoma sotisflod that tho oloment of beauty potvaded ovory nook and corner of tho fmprovised mart, thoy would not take long to find out that the Indies who prosided oyer tho differont cstablish- mouts ware thora for business, that thoy mennt busincss, and that the affalrs of no commercinl house in Chieago wers conducted in a moto businesé-liko mannos, Thoro is no doubt that the masoulino mind eould not, in its most ilmaginntive mood, have condolysd tho beautiful mausgomont of form und color that has onvertod tho protty hitle chapel into a commereial paradise. Dut, apart from its morit 88 n thing of benuty, the fairis Intorcsting s o spocimen of what ladies can ac- complish whon thoy unito with an objoot in viow,~uupeeially whon the object is benavo- lent in its nnaturo. For weoks past the Indos of tho Industrinl Soototy hava boon plying noedlo and throad, hnve boon originating now idens fn tho, to tho storner holf of humanity, occult soloncos of embrofdary, and aftor an anx+ ious day spent in arranging the accamulation of work, fn: lnylnfl out the floor of tho chapol in sitos for atalls, thoy wers able Wadnesday after- noon o begn ~ Lusinoss, A placard én the door of tho ochapel snnounced that tho fmt wns open to fho rnbllo. and the propriotors of tho different stnlls took np posis tion bohind thoir waros, provided withan amount of fractional currency to make change with, Tivon woro a comparison of the differont stalls a desitablo or a safo thing to vonture upon, it woulil roquiro & much mre delicata npprecintion of tho benuties of form and ocolor a8 displayod in foeminine worlmanship than falls " to tho lot of an to mako any digerimination, 8tlll, while ft is ime possible to give anything llko a full description of tho different stalls and the articles they con- talh, it will bo well to toush upon such objocts 08 wore, if not mors beautiful than others, nt lenst moro ntriking in offéct, One of the most olegant designs in tho fair is 3 A TAGODA for the sale of flowers, Buperintended by Mrs, Washburn, who is_asnisted in disposing of tho floral stock-in-srade by a nutibor I voung lIedies, who, with arch smiles, any ono of which is worth & fortune in itsolf, atlix tho newly- bought bouquot to tho lappol of the cout of tho Inoky eustomor, 1t is nocdless to say that tho flower pogoda- Is constaiitly surrounded by a number of customers, somo of whom tvbro yos: terday noticed to got rid of their recent pur- chinges in . most mystorlous manner, aund to bo most petsistent i tholr putchases of now onos. Much moro interesling to the younger attond- ants of the fairas THE DOLL'S WEDDING, whl'ch hihs beon arranged on the piatform. This tabloan vivint, if the name can be _correctly ap- plied to an effect made up of inanimate snd (H- minutive reprosoutations of humanity, is at onco amueiny and fuscruotive. ‘Che doll ministor is in tho net of pronounciug the benodiction upon tho happy young coué}la who, dressod in wodding garmonts of the most approved cut, beam upon cach othor in tho moat approved mannor, whilo the groomaman, tho bridesmaids, the speotators, loolc a8 Imp{\y ag possiblo, and 1t is only upon the facos of the bride’s parents thab there is dis- cernable, a8 thore sliould bo on such occasiony, o shade of grief. Protiyasitis, there is anin- structivenoss n tho tableau which should be appreciated by all who lool forward to tho ““hhppiest momont of thelr lives,” aud who may not hovo studied fally the mecossn- ‘I? boaring on such & solemn occasion. ooy the door s - to bo found mno levs fmportant o porsohngo than the very old wouian who the ancient rhiymo-book told ug 4 3, LIVED IN A SHOE, the truth'o which assortion lsrefuted by tho prosenco of tho old wowman and her 5t. Crispin regidonco, whioh shows thnt she has nob meb with the untimoly fi}tu which tho pnst fouso in the poem would load tho infant mind to imagine, To bo sure, a little boy who is watehing the old 1mly in tho shoo disposing of her gtagnny o customors, at prices varying from 10 cents to 76 conts each, according to'sizo und the costliness of their costunte, exprosses a doubt aa to the ronl identity of tho old lndy, and ntgerts stoutly that sho ia littlo Nellio I'hom- son, and 8 8 yoars old instend of 80, aud it re- quitey no vory olono scrutiny of the littlo lady's fentures to raise the shspiclon that ho is, per- Lupe, in the right aftor all. Noar to the old ludy is & GUESSING FOLE, ‘withs a very handsomoly-dressod doll on top of it, ‘This is o chnuce for tho mothowmutically iuclinod to mdul;l;e in mensuring by eyo tho lioight of tha pole, Jor 10 conts thoy kave the priviloge of mnking their guess, and the doll fa to bo the proporty of the guosser who conies wlthir& til!m uito & numbor of guesses wero mado yestordny, but at 10 olock in tho oveviug . tho doll ktill surmounted the top of the polo, snd the probn- Dility is that abundanco of opportunity will bo ivon by Mrs, Dupce to onterprising guossors o-dny. ~Among the tables fllod wich allkorts of regular articles, TUE GMILDREN'S TADLE is_well worthy of u visit. Evur,vlhlnfi on this table has been nado bi’ tho doft little fingora of the youngust Indy membors of the cougragation, nnd thesalo of the goods is conducted by sover- al vory protty misses who, if in their toois, havo ot very loug aticined that dignity. 'Whrea FANCY 000DS tablos fre presided over by Mosdames I. G. Asey, 0. W, Gray and Miss Annie Wildor, all of whom roport snles during yostorday brisk, ywith stooka stondily dimimshing aud n prospoot of o succossful solling out of thoir stook ab fair Erluua, whioh fuvorablo stato of affaira Is enjoyed y Mosdawmes Mitcholl and W. L. Thompson, who proside ovor o lurgo table of plain mewinyg, whero those wlio profor tho useful to the ornate can gratify their preferemse to thoir hodrs' contont, A MYATERIOUS STRUCTURE, into which tho roportor was not pormitted even topoop, {8 tho Gypsy tont in which, bosido seothing onuldron, ‘muttering meanwhilo an in- cantation, sits o blankot-covered, = durk-oyod Qypsy, who doals in mystical lore at tho roasonn- Dlo rafe of 20 ooutsn fortune. Nonr tho Gypay tent 18 the candy table,whoro Mrs. Dr, Bailoy anid & numbor of young Indies dispose of swoet things to & constant crowd of customers, Bosideg thioso attractions, thoro in a **Hongo that Jack built,” into whiob runs u mechauioal toy-cart and brings back n senled packnga to the party who starts the toy in with & dountion of 10 ceuts or over, tablo of pieturos, undor care of Mrs, Willard, somno ologant spocimens of ** spattor ” worlk, aud lnst, but by no menus lonss important, o tablo at which is sold tho * Momoir of Mrs. Mury Price Collior," by Mra. Bhoroy, tho receipt-book got up by tho Indios of the Socloty, and an_interesting roproduiction In fac simile of the old-faslionod pr‘mur. Ot courso a fair without o A BAFFLE would bo incomplote, and, though this eloment 18 not muoh dependod upon, there is a rafilo in progross which is to dacide tho ownership of a Lnnullhll Diue satin sofa-pillow, embossed with silk, and trimmed with brown satin pufling, Tho man or woma who succeods {n getting this pil- low for 50 conts will bo a boliover in raffles dur« inF tho romaindor of his or hor oxiatence. ho rofrevhment-rooms aro fn tho Iladics’ parlor, and ave under the dircetion of Mosdames N, 1 Wildor and Aldon Buitt. Duriug to-duy and to-morrow an oxcollont lunch will bo pro- vided for visitors at n ronsonablo cost. . A GRAND BUCOEHS, I'ake it from any u(mu}gglu tho bazaar of tho of tho Ladios’ Industrial Hocloty of the Church of tho Mossiah Is o grand success, aud it will bo futoresting to th puiblio to know that tho ladios who have boen most instrimentat in accomplish- ing the succoss aro Mrd, flnnrfiu D, Goro, D'resl- dant of tho asrocintion, Mrs, 1, G. Asay, ‘Mm. Dr, . MoViolar, s, A, O, Burloy, M. B, oL, Bhodd, Mra, W. H, Thompson, Mrs, E, N, Mitobell, and Mra. D, A, Guge. — o Flus IX. un Ex~Froe Mason. - & Zyanalated from the Hunover Courier, Thian f‘nul pnla/x'n to the readers of the Ultra- moutane papery, with what rago thoy persitont- Iy villify tho Freo Musons, reprosenting them and thoit nocioty agnin and naain o8 n conspiraoy ogaihiet the Churoh, Ohristianity, and - reiiglon gonorally, as tho sourc of encl and ovory per- ‘sodation, tho autliors of avory schemo and plot ngainat tho clorgy—in short, about as tha bodily Anti<Ohrist, Tho question might bo asked apropos, do these papors know what tho Bolletin Ofivial de Grande Oriente Lnsitans Unido, tho organ of tho Great Orlont of Portugal, knows? In its July number of Inst yonr it containa tho most_intorosting intollfgouco, that m consa- quonco of the condemnutory gontenco ropontodly oxpresrod against tho Froc Mnsons by tho Vati- can, alodge in Biolly has beon indnood to pubse lishy tho fact that, somo deconnios_sitsco, thoy had rocolved into thelr followship Brothot John g\ln'ul“«:‘( Fo{luuh the pxnéu;nl Popo Pio Noho, At~ nched to tho documont {8 a poriralt of the apot tato brothor fn fall fogalin, © e Rcports of © mitteos. . Oriinunces Tho Common Council Lold » mooting last ovoning fot the purpose of neting npon roporta of committoes and unfinished businecss. THE FINANOE COMMITTEE. Tho Finnnce Committee, to whom was reforred tho resolution of Ald, Hildveth direoting an in~ quiry into tho affaira of tho Chieago Relief and Aid Bocioty, roported that tho smiual roport of that Boclety gave all the necessary information, and racommondod that tho rosolution be placed on filo, Ooneurred in. ‘I'he Bonate Committdo ropotted advorsely to suthorizing the Uomptroller to negotiato a loan of 1,000,000, Concurred fu. ) The same Commitloo roported advorzely to tho potition of Mrs. M'Menra, wifoof tho police man who was killed by Rafterty, for peountary assistanoe, for tho renson that such an appro- priation cannot lawfully be made. Tho Commite too mndo n similar roport on tho petition of Mrs. Jacobs, whose husband lost his life in the dis- charge of his duty a8 a polico officer. Tho re- ports were concurred in. Tho ssme Comwittoo reported ihat & fire- proof vault was not nooded for the City Trens- ury. Concurred in. . '%hn snma Commtttoo reported recomniending that the Comptrollor be nuthorized to sottlo the claim of Loughlin, McGary & Co., of 8000, for damnges resuiting from an injunction obtained by u.fi ?ity against tho uso of their docks, Con- curred in. o Niack BATLROADS, : fhe Ooramitteo on Railvonds reported on or- diuance granting ‘heodore Phlnnn{ tho right of lflyin% a short raflway-track on Lincoln stroat, neanr Hixtoonth. Laid over. ‘I'io same Committeo, to whom was reforred a rosolution censuring the Bonrd of Public Works for their negleet iv tho mattor of vinducts, re- ported that they failed to find any such nogloct. Gonourred 1, FIRE AND WATER, Tho Committeo on TFire aud Water roported advoracly to tho petition_of sundry citizons for the appointmont of an Inspoctor of Liquors. Coneurred in. s Tio samo Committoo “roported adversoly to the patition for # chango in thd fire limits. Con- curred in, BTREETS AND ALLEYS, WEST DIVIBION. The Committec on Btroets and Alloys, West Division, reported, rocommending that pormise sion be granted lo Pond & Sopor to Iny a side- track across Twonty-second strock to their yardas, Conourred it. MARKETS, The Committoe on Markets reported, recom- ‘mending tho paskngo of an ordinaucs relating to weights and monsurcs. Laid over. Thosame Commitioo roporiod advorsoly on the proposition to fix the Fish Inspecior's salary &b §2,000 per snoum. Loid over, LIOENSES. The Committes on Licenges roportod recom= monding tho pnsun[io of an ordinance prohibit- Jng persons under 18 years of age from making o Hying a8 itincrant stroet-musicians, Ald. McGrath aud Campbell spoke ngninst the massage of tho ordiunnce. It was roforred to the Clerk for engrossment, by a vote of 13 to 12, JARNOR AND BRIDGES, The Committeo on Harbor and Bridges re- ported recommeonding the passage of a resolu- tion, offored by Ald, Hildroth, providing for the appoiutment of & special committeo of five to invostigate thoe causo of tho failure of tho canat to cloanso the South Branch, Concurred in. HACKMEN, Tho mnjority snd minority roports of the CQommitten on Licousos, in roforence to haok #nd express stands, woro taken no. The major- ity report dofines tho streots upon which hacks mn{ stand, while the minority report, signed by ', ¥, Bailoy, nllows thom to stand any placa thioy pleaso, provided they *movo off” ‘when it is iecosgary, to allow other earriages or vehioles to appronch the sidewalk, Ald. Richardson opposod the adoption of the ‘minority roport. This brought Ald. Warron to his feet, and ho delivered n soul-stirring MTM‘ in bohalf of the sacred rights of tho fraternity of-hackmen., Ald, T F. Bailey also mado a longthy spoech, for the first timo in his carcor as o momber of tha Council. Ho occupied the floor ns much as_thirty minutes, Boveral times ho nsked “Lowin tho namo of God" anybody oould see fIt to provent & hackman from letting bis **vayhiolilo * stand where he liked. Ald. Woodmnan moved to rofor the wholo mattor to the Board of Polico Commissioners. This motion was Inid ou tho table. Ald, Sohaffher and Corcotan spoke earnostly against the adoption of the minority report. Ald. Richardson moved an amondment provid- irg that hacknien must first obtain tho cousonb of the ownor or oocupant of any lot or block in front of which thoy propose to stand. Ald. Bcheffnor sald this mattor wastoo imiport- ant to bo actod upon by =0 small an attendance. He moved to postpone furthor gonsideration until the noxt regular meoting. This motion way voted dotwn, z A motion to adjourn was lost. I'he voto on_Ald. Richardson's amendment rg- sulted in its adoption by o vote of 13to 19, s A motioti to rofer to tho Clork for engrossment was lob, Ald. Bohaftner moved to postpone the subjeot until noxt Monday svening. 16hld- Whito movad to postpono until July 4, 76, Ald, Schnftnor's motion to Fnstponn was_loat. At this point Ald. Richardson, Foley, Reidy, Sehafnor, Longachot,and Corcoran, findlng that the chinmpions of the hnckmon were too siron, for thom, quictly “slid out,” Ald, Gnmpbufi shrewdly iiolding the floor on & *point of order" until they were safoly out of raich, and thera was no louger o quorum. Then the Oouucil adjourned, —_— A Iriple Excocution in Indin. On Tob, 24, snys a Bombny exchange, o re- markablo exccution took placo in Bombay. Threo men, two Parsoes and a Khofa Mussulman, wore hm\fml on the snmo senflold at the samo tlme, nll for boiug concorued in murders for which they wero condemued at tho Insk criminal ses- slons. ‘Tho Parscos, nnmod Nusserwanjeo By- rumico and Cowasjeo Bojonjeo, had murdored o Parsco woman named Dbunbaeo for her orna- menty, and thrown the body into o well. Tho Khojn, nnmed Nanjoo Mootha, murdored Lis tifo on Christmas eve, bocnuso sho refused to necompauy him to Zanzibar, whore he was a morchant liolding n vory good position. In con- sequouce of tho prosont agitation botwoon tho Parseo and Mussulmon communitios, the au- thoritios took thorough procautions to provent any Interruptions being offered to the carrying out of tho triple excoution, and inconsequence thero was such & uumbor of military- sta- tioned around tho rouffold that a ~ simi- Inr display hns not boen scen in Bowbny ainco tha” two mutincers wore blown from f‘"m ton or twelvo yonra ago. The oxecutions unl:b)llcfl without ‘any disturbrngs, the large crowd, principnlly composod of Mussulmans, belng overawed by the oxtraordinary military pracautions, The Kboja mot his fate’ with the coolness which generall { charactorizes Mussul. mans whon confronted by death; but the cnso was vory differont with tho Pamsces, for when they ronched the scaffold, first one crled out pitoously that his comrade was actually the mur- derer, and thon tho othor rocrimiunted veho- wmently. 'Tho inisorable mon mv.¥ bo enid to have been sent out of tho world soroaming agninst onch othor. Xt was n terrible seene, nnd it was woll that so many soldiers were prosent, otherwiso tho mob might have boen dangeronsly oxcited, The body of tho Mo]mmmesnn WAY hinnded ovor to his frionds; but the boilles of tho Paracos, who woro outensted by the I'arsec community, wero handed over to the ordinary body-carriors of thelr seot, who disposed of then 1 & placo set apart from tha Towors of Bilonce. Eroh funoral party was followad by a small num- ber of eavalry and niounted potice, but no dis- turbanco took ptace ou the way to tha difforeut resting-places of the bodies, ———— A Most Remarknble Statemont from suloon=fLeopor O Kookv. MoArrnun, 0., April 6, 1874, o the Ellor of the Clncinnatl Engcrers " m T liave boan keeping a saloonand solling liquors in this town for tho past olght yoars, At thiy thne I pm tho only man solling” liquors in the town, oxcopt what {s sold at tho drag-stores, aud tho drtg-storon are golling undor & contract or | Drayin an agrooment made with tho Ladios’ Tomperanco Longne, Thoro woro throo othar seloons in this Emw' but_thoy wore clored ott by the Ladles’ ongue, During tho past sixty-six days the In- dles have mndo dally calls npon me ¢ prb of the tima thoy have held Emyur-muutlnga in m{ B~ loon and part of the "timo thoy hold {hoir mootings on tho anomnnt in front of my place of husiness. Often' the minging and: praying would be contlnued until a lato hour in tho night. Tor tho past ton dnys thoy have kept sontinels in frout of my enloon, from about 7 o'oloclk in the moruing until abont 12 o'clock at night, Durlog all thils time I liave almost had hourly convorsations with tho'lndies, and in nil of the moetings and’ tho convorastions no in- sulting langunge has evor passed betweon us, excopt in ong stuglo inatanoo, and I will say that in this case I was to blame, and promised to do bettor in nll time to come. "Wo lisve often talked' togothor upon the nse aud ealo of whisky, ox« prossing onr opinlons:fraoly, though difforing in our opinidns, Tho discussiods lave always onded In gaod feeling on my part, and I think In good feoling on the part of the Indies. In all tho oight yoars I'lisve boon engngod in tho business I have nover had bottor &muu, or enjoyed mysolf bottor, than during tho past fow weoks. Infdot, I nm doing n-more’ profitabls businesn than over boforo: 1 goll- nothing td be: drank on tho premises ; houss orderly, and sur- routftied by plensant ahdsmiling ladics. 1 nover onjoyed bottor noelutly, or hinlf 80 much of it, be- fore, Tho singing {a'good. Ilove good musie. my mother taught me to do in enrlylife, There fl ono eldorly lady in- town. who fg truly gmmx in prayor; and I must say that did tho talo of Ohlo offer & promium for tho Lest prayer, X am suro this Iady in MeArthur would Yoarry off the palm.” I would: not-like'to have the ladise discontinuo their visits to my place of business. Oomo, ' gotle, everl—sgome of you, at lenst. I am a widower of 85 yomws, and some of the ladics are not married. Some young widows have beon callmg, and I have boen slyl told that I am gaod looking: Ldon't liko to mfl much abront myself, btt' g d sny one over soea: widower that would objeot- o boing called good looking by & protty utimarried lady. I am suro that aoma of my cadlors aro good looking, aud 1 think they would make good wives, Now, who cau tell whers or Low this will end? . Parniok O'Renes: ILLINOIS TOWN ELECTIONS. Moards of Suporvisors for 1874s [deriotes’ reclected.) JIROQUOIA COUNTY. Artesin—Oharlos W, Bpraguo, Farniers’s Ash Grovo—Otiver O. Balos, Farmora'. Ashkum—Thomns Stump,* Farmors', DBeavor—aL, G. Pottor,* Rap. Bolmont—Conrad Scorest, 1(;}1. Chobanro—Frank Babeocl, Farmors’. Concord—Alvan L. Poarco,* Farmors', Croscont—Edward Hitchcook,* Farmor Douglag—A., J: Aloxander,* Tarmory'. Tountain Graok-+Habort Gsroy, Farmore', Iroquois—Bamuol N, Calkin, Farmors'. Loda—John Maryin, doubtful. Lcwflny—.mlm L, Hnmilton,* Formers'. Mastfuton—Tobort Mnggso, Tarmors, Middloport—Goorge W. Parker, Farmors', Milford—Hiram Vennum,* Rop. Milk’s Grove—Richard Duckworth, Farmors”. Onarga—1lsnao Wilson, Farmors’. Pupinoau—John 0. Bwitzor,* Farmers's Prairie Grean—Kendal Shankiand, Rop. Bboldon—Parkor'T. Enstburn,* Rop. Stookland—T. G. Fostor; Rep. Total, 32. Re-clecled, 9, Republican, 6; Farmere', 15 ; doubtful, 1, Lnst year, 18 Re- publicans, 4 Democrata. - FULTON COUNTY. Astorit—Bamuel P. Cammings* Opp. Banner—Willism H. Smith,* Opp. Bernndotte—Lyman Noon, Rep.. Bickboart—Willam J, Kirkpatrick, Rop. Canton—Roswoll W. Dowey, Rep. . B, Hulit,* Rep. Onss—Wilson Roctar,* Opp. Deorfleld—)L. H. Mitchell, Opp. Ellisville—D. Shecklor,* Rop. Tairviow—G. V. Polhemus,* Rop. Farmors—F. L. Frazior,” Opp: Farmington—B, S. Ramsoy,* Opp. Harria—Clinrles Howard;* Opp.- Isabol—James AL Lane, Opp. Joshus—DBenjamin O, Jolindon, Rop. Kerton—Abraham Tirpfi‘ Opp. Leo—Jsmea TFroderick; Rep: Lowistown—J.-A. Gray, no{,. Liverpool—B, T", Scholes; Htep. Orion—Jerry P. Wolf,* pr'.- Pleasant—8. P. Marshll,* Ofip. Putnam-—H. 0. Berty, Rep. Union--James i3tnge, nog. ‘Vermont—Robort-Dilworth, Rop, ‘Waterford—Jolin Tulto, Rep. Woodland—Joel Ohion,* Rep. Young Hiokory-~D. T. Dodds, Rep. Total, 27. Re-olected, 13. Republicans, 16; Opposition, 11. X.sst yoar, 11 Republicans, 16 Domocrats, PEORIA COUNTY. Axron—8. B, Parks, Rep. BrimAeldi—David Heryer, Rop. Ohillivotho—E. T, Humplhiroy,* Opp: Elmwood—William L, Sohenck,* Opp. Hullock—Anthony Haker, Rep. Hollis—Matt, Nossolliousn, Of TJublleo—William Rowsliffe,* Toj Kickapoo—Joseph Burdott,* Oy Limostono—Josopl Collier, Opp. TLogau—Jamos 11 Hart,* Opp. Madlua—John Homer, Opp. Millbrook—John A. McCoy,* Opp. Tooris~John Waagh,* Opp, O eck, Opp. hn Gorman, Opp. 'ohn Burley; Opp. Ward 8, M. Kingmon, Rep. Ward 4. Wendlin Kncer, Opp, * ‘Ward b. lep. . Solomon Botinokt, Ward 6. Henry Kreiger, Opp, _Ward 7. I G. Anderson; Hep. Princoville—Joreylb Armstrong,* Opp. TNadnor—Joseph ¥ates, Rep. Tuchwoods—Nathem Giles;* Rep. Rosefeld—Thomab Clineli, Rop. Timber—D. M. Baty, Opp. Trivoli—Azra Gordou,* Opp. Total, 27. Re-olectod, 10, Ropublican, 105 Opposition, 17. Last year, 16 Republicans, 12 Democraiy, L ———————— RAILROAD NEWS. . 'The Delt Kallrond, The Directors of the Belt Transfer Railrond lhold & meeting Thursday ovening at.the oflics of Engineer Olark, corner of LaSalle and Washing- ton stroots, tha follosring gontlomen being. pres- ont: R. 0. Moldrum, James Walsh, P. F. Allen, IL. B. Latrobo, Goorgo Bowen, and Mr. Hunter, Prosident Allon stated thint the meotings-kiad beon valled for tho ptupose of {nking measures to bave tho firat scction of the rond comploted ab an carlyday. ‘All thoso presont viewed the now ontorprise with & gront desl of. favor and con- fldonco, and arrangements wero mado by which the necepsnry funds ‘for tho complotion of the road will bo immodiat oly secured. TUE FERST BECTION. The gradings of the. firat seotion of this road which commences at Bouth Englowood and ruus 1%¢ milos, norrly diroutly west and strikos tho Al- ton & Bt Louis Railrond just boyond the city limits, is finisbod. This section will bo_ironed bythe 1ut of May, After comploting this por- tion of tho road, its furthor progress will dopend entirely upou what negotintions can be madc. TILE NEXT NTEP, Trom the presont. terminus the road will run northwest aud go :all around (he oity, interscct- ing overy vond until it comes to tho Northwoste orn car shops near Ceawford avenue, The Com- pany has the right to build tho rond to tho Lake, but'no line of fmportance being Last of the Northwestorn, itis not contemplated building that section at prosent, The entiro line from Bouth Englewood t o tho Northwestern Cur Shops is to be finished by the 1st of May, next year, h TIE Y ARIOUS RALLROADE in this olty view this project very favorably, bocnuse it lightene the tracks of their ronds. At prosent, if 8 car :comos intortho yord of any railrond, it usually takes throo or four days be- fore it is trausforred.. This rolling stock is so much capital, the Company losing, on o low es- timato, #3.60 for avory oar por day, while it ro- maine fdle, By mouns of this Bolt Transfor rond, the oars aro tukon away as Koon mu thoy arrive, by trausfor ongines, and distributed ninong tho respootive rouds to which they sre. consigned, without bringlug them into the oty, And bosides the saving on idlo cars, sud in the time of transfer, the passongor traing will have a freo rond and will bo no longer delnyed by long froight teains, TIIE MONEY, Lastern capitalisus are offering funds for this enterpriso quito freoly, and nogotwations for a loan are mow penillug, Tho property-owners wlong tho nuw line are also offoring large subsi- dios to have the xolud pass their property, Lond along tho flrst seotion, which is now neoxly com- ullctnd, has advancid over 100 por cont during 0 Iasl yoar, % Misuollnnoaus. JLLINOIS RAILEROAD HUITH. The Hon, O: H. Browning, of Quinoy, was arguing yesterday, bofore the Olvouit Court ab Princeton, tho domugror flod by tho Ohiengo, | of Illinols. Co., Burlington & Quincy Railrond to th o 0 sult bronpht agnint |huul\tb: tho lillrond Gommissienere 48 not by dagsion o yob oo Toachan, "choi whtior & udge Dookwith, of the Chicngo & Al |« rond, 16 busy oy’ and nlght gl:ullhlgl rr;:&;vnt‘xln argument for Lo rond nmlnst tho rooeicly: arrangod tarif? of tho Ralisay Commlsstoner Lo exsoptions o thio toritt Wl b Tokon o i ground that It is crado in ali ity dotuts, and much more discriminating agnfnat tho shiippors thi tho ona'now ased; and it wilk bo shown thay tio rond could nob [y xumning_ oxpenicn if it lived wp to statoment also proparlng of what s charged té: tho anrrying of passengors in this country and in:Buropo; and'in estimating tho chargo of tha transportation of frallit ib %1l bo sHown that tho ronds in tho Wost carry froight clienpor than in any otlior flortlnn of tha world: Tho argu. mont, wlion' fnisliad, wiil proliably” be' tha most formidablo oxposition of “railway mnongemont yoft put fortlin. tiils country, And: on iis: fato will in part dopend tlo-question of the constitu. tionality of Stnto logislation roguinting railways, BUMMER TIME-TADLE DKTWEHN CHIOKGO' AND 3 . ' NEW YORE. At tlis Convention of Rilrond Superintendants at 8t, Lonis, April 16, the followi y AL ndupti:d!“ y the following rosolution That the present schedulo. betwixn Bt Loul New York be adopted for this suminer'a nchudulg. ::g tlint thin tirro Loliveen Now Yor and Cliesgo shinil be un follown: Leavo New York; weslward; vin Now York Qentral, at 10 o, m, und 8, m,; urrive ot Chicago af Bp. i, aud 8w, Leava Now York; vis-Ponnaylvanis Tullroad, at 9:30 n, m, and 8:30 p, m,: nrrlvo at Chi. g0 at 7:30 p. n, i 8:30 , Obiengo, eastivnrd, via Now aud 5:16 p, m.; nrrive ot New Yorkat7p, m.and ] 8, M, Vin-Pomisylvania Railrond ;. Leavo Clicago at 0 0, ond G:13 P .3 arrivo ot New York at 0:30 p, m, ond 6:30 0, m, No chnngo shall bo made from tha prosent timo-tablo by liucs from the Bouthwest until aftor duo otlcd to all competitors, Tho chmugea of time recomwmendéd ehall thko offect Moy 24, 1874, TUE BT, LOUIS URINOE. Tho Koystono' Bridge Company lnve com- {nlutud tho iron-work on tho bridge which crosses Do Mississlnpt ot St. Lonfs. Yestorday tha Company gave n grand bauquet to thair cunte pln{ou, sonto 200 in sumlier, at tho Grand' Cen- tral Hotol in honor of the event.’ This work Ig ou tho br{(lfvu Hmpur and bas beon completed £0 weoks fualde of thio contiack Limo, for which the Koystone Company aro to rocolyo & bonus of $1,000 o day. Tho appronchos will bo hnstoned to complotion, tho railway tracks Iaid, and tha carriagoway iinlstlod ay specdily as’ possible, and tho'indications are thnt: tho: bridys will be thrown opon to public traflo at a- much earlior doy than was auticipated. m, or_#18a, m, 3 York_Gontral, ot 9, m, 1TEMS. Mr. A. R, 8wift, Telegrnph Suporintendent of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, hos trang- forred bis headquurters fromr Davenport to Chle <ago. fl: is roported that tho Chioago, Rock Ielnnd & Paciflo Railroad is nugnlmtin for the control of the Davouport & 8t. Paul Railsyay, Itis undorstood thabtho rnlfi'wl managers who met at Bt. Lonts doy before yesterdny, to consult regarding the summer iimo-tables, do- olded to make no changos in the presont throngh timo oards, oxcopting to shorten the timo bo- twoen: Chicsgo: and Now York sbout half an hour. 5 . 3 ' A DG MORTOAGE. New Yong, April 16.—There is just put on record -mortyago made by the Farmers’ Lonn & Trust.Company, a8 'L'rusteos of tho roal estato {rancliises, roliing-stook, and all sppurtenances of tho Eria Tinilrond. Tlio mortgngo is for §30,- 000,000 to socuro socond’ congolidatod mortguge Yonds, e s, CANADA. The' Fiuance Ministor’s Hodget Lre. sentad to Parlinmout—A Deficit of * 83,000,000 Yonrly, Special Dispateh to Te Chicago Tribune, Otrawa, April 15—The Hon. Cortwright, Tinoanao Ministor of tho Dominion, in unfolding bis budget last night bofore the Commons, do- livered, in u cloar, well-dofined, and foroibla mannor, his MATDEN FINANGIAT, SPREGI, ldl!re!!inE liimself to present the fiuancinl post- tion of tho countty, obligations inenrred, ro- sonreos; state of exponditure and revenuo, pros« peots of tho coming yoar, and tho mauner of providing against tho expendituras, Tho sltub- tion' financially s one of gravity, though not of disconragoment, ITo placod the responsibility of having s fluctusting rovenuo upon the shouldors of his predecessor. ‘I'he country stands committod to- an outlay that will tax ita resourcos to thoir ubmost. With roference to tho pledges loft for them to redoem, thoir motto will evidontly be 7 PRUDENCF, BUT NoT NEPUDIATION. Up totho yenrs 1873-'74+ thero was #n annual surplus. In _1870-'71, this amounted to sboub 4,000,000, In 1873-'74, thiiy Lecame converted into a doficit of nearly 31,000,000, Tho rovouttd, however, hold ity ground during that time, and, in fact, incronsed, even with tho abolition of tha duty on tes and coffce, - He pointed out that prospootive ongagemeuts had beon entored upon by the Inte Government which would involve an sns:\y of £200,000,000, trobling the nntional lobts THE YROSPECTIVE EXPENDITURES aro: $£8,500,000 to complete the intor-colonial railway; 820,000,000 to complote-tho enluigo- ment aud altcrations in canals; and, at the low- est caloulation, $150,000,000 will be required to complote the Baoiflo Railway. Though the rovenue is large in proportion to the popalation of tlie country, tho expenditure chnnot bo vory matorislly retuced by the Gov~ ornmont, Thd oxports hive' incrcased from n.hn\leED.OOD,DUI) in 1872-'73 to about $63,000,000 in 1870-'74. 'The estimatos of tho probuble in« gomo for tho onsuing yent aro: _Customs, 919, 00,0000 ; oxclse, $5,000,000 ; Post-Oftics, 8l.- 100,000 ; publis works, $1,600,000'; stamps, $200, 000 interest on investmentd, 9i00,000's miscci- Iancous, §600,000 ; making & totalof 533,000,000} expouditures, nearly 25,000,000, - INTERNAL REVENUE TAXCS PIOFOBED, It is proposed to raise by trxes an additional anm of $3,000,000. Tho articles taxed will be cigard, ten, coffeo, brandy, spirits, locomotivo- auginc-framos, and other maochinery, metals, nhiY‘huildiug ‘aterials, wines, silks, aud iron, with an oxcige duty on spivite and tobacgo, Ministor Cartwright's speoch was oxhaustive and waell-recoived. Boduwell, M. P, for Oxford, has beon appointed Buporintendent of the Welland Canal. PROTEST AGAINGT THE DETROIT DIIDOE. At Toronto fifteon Canadion vessol-ownors took strong ground against the Canndian Gov- emment _granting any charter with a view of Lridging Dotroib River. The (lobe, this morning, warns ita rendors of tho possibility of anothiér crisis, particularly ¢ondemning gambling in real ostalo, It is ns- sured thet it its warnings are unhoeded now they will be remembored with regrot, e CRIME, Eucape of o Murderer--Arrest of Twe Counterfestors, * Bpecial Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. Br. Paoy, April 15.—Putrick Stook, the princi. pal in 8 brital murder committod at Rec's Land. iug o fow yonra bgo, escaped -from the Btale LPrigon yestordey under circumataunces itidicating that ho was assisted by partios onteido, and thel tho gnards, iu consequonce of his being undor mailical troatmont, did not koop watah of his movomenis., An unfortunate statuto limits tha roward which i offered for him to $100, whore- fore his capture is improbable. Ho was son- tencod for lito, . Two young men, lately formers, both from Winona County, wore lodged in jall Lero Inst night for pnasiug large numbors of conntorfeit G0-cont serip at St. Potor, Thoir mothod was to buy oandy, beer, or fruib at every shop they passoed, recoiving from cnch 40 or 45 conts gocd money in chango for the couutorfeit. Attompted Anstsination. Special Dispatoh to Tho Chicauo Tribune, NersosviLLy, 0., April 16.—~Thomay Bhophard and Josoph Kuox, two prominont members of tho Minors' and Lnborers' Unlon, while out walking last night, noar the coal-mines af W. B. Brooks, were tired at and wounded by unlknown parties. My, Shophard was dangoronsly wounde ed, boing hit by sixtoen large buckshot and twe bullots, Ar. Kuox was hit in the hiead and baclk, but his wounds aro not dangerous, Tho minova aroin_n fovor of excitemont jurogard to this cowardly outrags, and are endeavaring to abtan law to arrost suspicious partics. They say that if Inw cannot be got soma aro in favor of ending thie mattor in the manner it commanced. Fatnl Quarrel Botween ‘Krappors. Des Moines, In., April 16,—A correspondont of the Regisler, tbis morning, givos tho details of & torriblo fight, on tho 10th nek., In Wright In., bebwoon two trappers from Illinols, named Jonas Hatflold and Jesse O, Kingman. ‘They got into s, quarrel about traps, which ro- sulted {n Iatflold shootiug Kingwan in tha back, M:le ond nrm, 1llo was carviod to a neizghbor’s house, wilh no ohanca of rocovery, llatlleld was arrestod and lodgod ‘in jail ab Watorloo, —Ti, H. Magill, Gonernl Agont In Califoruln of the Phoenix Insurance Oompuny of Martford, #60,000 short, Beoretary Bkilton s now on tha ground, locking after $ho luterewls af the Cours pRuy tuutq. b . e [ i | i | i i {