Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 13, 1874, Page 6

RAILWAY MASTER MECHANICS Seventh Annual Meeting, of " " the Association, Report of the President---lis Views ‘of Rallways and the Gran- 3 £Ors He Is Opposed-to an Inflated Currency . and Expensive- Rallroad- Man-- agement. Py Reports of Commltteos Submitted. 1 aunal soesion of the Amerlosn nu’:fill’::yn;;:szer.]\lnnunnxu' Assoctation was bo- gun at Kirgsbury Muslo Ifall nt o'clack yostor- 83y morning. Tho Prosidant, Me, IL M. “Drit- ton, occupled tlid cliair, snd Mr. J. M. Splehel was Secrolary. 4 " THE nxmnnm.mu b 0 following rosponded to call of m:xl;h, 1L, A. Aldon, 1. AL Britton, A, W. Brit- ton, H. L. Brown, J. G Deatty, B. W. Bushuoll, Willlom H. Bryant, N, 'B. Ohapman, G. W. Cushiug, A. TI. DaOlereq, William Fuller, Charles Tollows, E. B, Gibby, 0. Grabam, ' E. 'Garfleld, . Gonld, F. Gould, B. J: Hayes, W. 5: Hudson, O. W. Ilollister, W. L. Jordan, Itobert Xing, T\ N. Loeee, J: N: Landor, Lye!l T. Mead, Eara Osborn, T B, Purver, W.-A. Robingon, A, IL Sommors, V. T. Smith, W. M. Strong, N. H, Sprnguo, John Thompeon, M..N. Foraey, J. 0. D. Lilly; F.B. Milea. ¢ < The Secrotary road the provisions of tho Con- stitution rolating to momborship ad oxplaining Low to bocom 5 membor, for tha bonoft of thoso presont “who desired o Jofn, * A nusber of ‘gen- tlomen _availed thomsolves of 'tlio opportunity afforded to elgn tho Constitution. " TIE PRESIDENT'S REFORT. v Tho annunl report of President Britton was read, and was substantially as follows: Each raturning yoar -had added to tho ‘strength of thelr numbor, to tho vigor of the organization; and to tho usefulness- which-had beon -the aim and object of their Socioty. Although yet quite young, thoy could polnt’ with pride to what had beon done, It had united what bad Becomio a profession. It*had mingled tho thoughts, tho idens, tho cxperiments, and tho sscortained Tosults “obtained " by tho mémbers of tha | profession,” - siftod thom; oulléd” what was good, thrown mwsy the chaff, collated the facts, aud’ given thelr bedofits, so far ns can be ascortatuod, to the world, Bill so much romains yob to ba dona that they conld not ‘bonst of having accomplished very much, TUE FARMER, decelved into donntlntz Lis-money for the build- ing of a railway, finding ho bad rocaived no such benofit as ho oxpected Irom its construction and bperation, had bocomo a Granger. The Granger had becomo a legislator,” and” ratos of froight. Liad beon mado by legislutivo_ennctment withont. reforence to tlio cost of trausportstion,’. Thus tho framing of, practical railway tariffe, the mont diffienlt tagk to” which thoe oxporienced railroad managers had to addross thomseives, had baen solved by. thio. logislators, by the passago of somo genoral ounotment Which: has hud Dut & fow houss' consideration. A groat vaviety of causes had' combined to ombarrass or bankrupt many of the railways of tho country. It bocamo the duty of the Con-. vontion to axamine into these.anuses—to ascer- tain, i€ posaible, the measuro of its own respon- sibility, and, 60 far ae it had the power, to apply & remedy. 'fho priveipal causo of tho . . \PRESENT, NON-PAYING SOWDITION - of many of the raflways was thav the business Liad boen overdone. This professionally. thoy. bad vo part in doing. Dut disastor always fol- lowed tEfl overdoing of any business, and {n that disnator thoy wero wvolved. L: In building 8o many roads eparsely -Bottled reglons of the goun- try—in builling 80 many uonec- o88ATY and . _competin; roads—great wroug had been done to legitimete railway en- torprise, No railway could pny tho interest on its cost ‘when it was obliged to roly for its trafio on the simplo bulky farm-products of the country through which it passed. Tho roilway must connect city with city, or 1t must have a Iargo manufacturing or” minfug intorost on its line to epable it to earn the intorest on its cost. Tho oyordoing of _the business by building facd- ura sof.soif-sustaining and paraliol through Tines nat raquired for the trausaction of legiti- mato business, was the great canse of tho pros- ont distrust in all failway entorprises, THE WIDESPREAD DISASTER AND DISTRUST which now oxisted would_bo mora onuly over- como hod the financinl affaus of the rosds boon more lonestly adminigtored. The roads had. mostly boen built from . tho procceds of bonds zold at a henvy difcount and by contractors who built for their own profit ; 8o tho bonded debt often represonts more than twice the cost of tho road, and tho rond itsoll bad to bo thorough~ Iy vobuilt by thoso who operated it during tho, fivet two yours of its oxistonco. Bome woudd sa thiat they, ap moechavics, had nothing o do with those mattors. But their attention should be culled to thom. Thoy, as practical mon who were to mnke tho carnnga of the rallway, slould know. whothor ita dobts roprosonted its cost or doublo its cost. Thoy sbould kuow whon they went on a. new. road, wheotbor . it bad to be rebuilt after & dishonest contractor, and whother it was a rond which, by tho best management, could ba mado Lo pay at all, or whother it had been pro- Jected by somo interested porson for his private Pprofit in'its construction, and could not bo made to pay, and they wero onlled ‘to waste_their on- ergy and timo in attempting an impossibility, THE TRAVELING PUBLIO, like every other portion of the community, sought ense ‘nud luxuary. . Thoso u.xnfi: thoy- paid for with moro willingnoss than they did for their railrond fave. This ‘public demand for luxury bad oreatod a_tollivg-stock as great in weight ag it was beautiful n emse: Thay, a8 mechanics, knew. the cost of guch rolling-stock, ‘thoy know the weight.of .tho Jocomative réquired to' movo it, they know tho coudition of the track indispensable fo operating it at o high rato of speed with safety. Had the studied carofully whethoer . the road .with: whiol they were connectod could afford to bo operated with such luxury aud at such spoed? Wero not lighter engincs and cars, and a moro modorate spacd_ousential to profit I oporating many of our railronds ? They replied that all this laxury and great 8peed wes no fault of the mechanical dopartmaont, and that it oxisted in consequence of a public demand, and that the public alone was responsible, The public was like & spoild ghihL taking all tho sweet it can get and crying or more, throogh WORK FOR ECONOMY. Thn celled upun them to oxerclse all their firmness and all their wisdom o put an cod to a losing business, which they know must end diy- astrously. Thoy should ‘do all thoy could, to cause hoavy rolling-stock to be removed from tho ronda on which thoy sorved, unless tho traf- flo way 80 enormous sud lucrative 88 to bear the oxpense it eututled. ‘Lo obtnin from tho farmor pocuninry ald in the way of donations, by ropra- senting to him that his bulky freight, in the shape of farm-products, would fiud a iigh mar- Lot aud at o low rato of freight, was one unfail- ing resource to the projoctors of tho unnocessn~ ryronds. It was the hopo hold up to the yiew of the honest snd unsuspeoting hugbandman, built upon a foundation of mierepreseutation and falgokood. It Liad borne bitter frnit,which might have beon foresson. Thie deceived farmor, find- ing tho rato charged by the railroad a1 not bring blm the promisod markot for his products, became a Granger, the Granger booame & logiss ! lator, and treated tho railroad interest of greut i Btates with arbitrary1aws and ouactmonts, To ' rogulato trado, not by tho laws of supply aud {. domand, not by tho cost of doing the business, i but by leglalative eunctmonta; to say that a rail- rond should haul & ton of froijsht for half a cent, whon the sbsolute cost of hauling was 1 cont a \ ton, was as if thoy should require the farmer to | oll'hin corn ot 36 contn o Lushl whexi Lo aould realize 50 conts by feeding it to hogs, IN WISCONSIN the railways complained thas this legialation smounted fo a conflscation of the railroad prop- arty, 'I'hls would soern to bo nono of thoir busi- uesy, but it wns a fact thnt almost every day | it was hoard that tho proctioal ruilroad mao- chianics were cumlufi to the managemont of rull- roads, They should know about the oporatiug of thosa ronds, and thoy should know how to oporato them at the Jonat possible cost, and it was the duty of overy ono of them to educato | both Grangor snd logistor au to the cout of transportation, go that they should not do & &roat wrong Lo their {raflo, any more than thoy 1 B 1 | { quently a well pronounced unsuitod wonld leglalnto them out of tho truevaluo of tho products of tholrsoll, ... .. s onliozn must be reminded that boforo the rallway was contruoted . ho had .no . market . for - hig products bayond tho distancos they conld Lu haulod:-in -~ wagons and profitably gold, wheroas ‘he now had s muoh wider and 'bottor; market, although not slways the highest in tho wholo United Btates. 1o ahould bo tomindod, that, Ao oagor was ho for the con~ atruction of o rallway nenr his farm, ho oflen gollcitod its building ab o high cost, rather ¢han that it, should not bo bullt atall. Thus he bocamo in » gront monsura rosponsiblo for its, conatruotion. Tho farmor had -no right.now to shigk his slaro of tho respousibllity; lonst of il had ho a right to logislato advorsoly to tho intorent o did so much to creato, s bost courao would be to protoct tho xallroads, todo all 1o could to make thom earn a fair intorest on thoir trub cost, for tho prosperous xond would Do .n rosi boneflt to -his proporty, ' whilo 8 bankrupt road wag s burdon to the farmor as oll ns its owners, - i i Among othor causcs of embarrnesmont to the railroads was tho question of 2k TR QURRENOY. SBound «politionl oconomy, average common moneo, und tho inexorablo toscuings of history concurrod in sbowing that an irredeomablo papor curronoy was tho groatestcurse that was ine fiicted upon n wvation, Ita blighting inluendo was' folt by tho rallway intorost aven moro fatzlly thon by any other, It furnished tho modus to unprincipled spooulators to build parallel linoas and unnocossty -ronds, The rail- ‘way. business could not havq boou overdono, to tho ' oxtont it now was, unlges tho moans had boen furnishod by irfedgemable paper, . - + Ho_then went on to show that a good fron rail would Do just as good as an oxponeive stosl rail. But] unfortunately, the cost was by no means as low as it should be. ..Tho coal aud iron minors of the country attempted to onjoy an sonual strilto, Thoy sitompted this carnival with such rogulnrity, that they wore obliged to oarn in aix months onough to sustaln themaclves, and their fomilies a year. Thoy would make botter citizons, forni better communities, earn moro monoy at & lower rato of wagos, and produce double the quantity of iron, of o bottor quality, if thoy .worked” all the year round. And whilo they. eallod on tho laboror in the mines to bo sobory industrious, skillful, and contlauous in worl, thny shonld not shrink from conoldaring haw {far their own labor and tho labor which thoy.om- loybd had been at a rato so high as to material- l’, interforo with oporating the railroads of the country at a proper cost. A WIDESPREAD EXTRAVAGANGE OF LIVING hiad provailed throughout the country since the War, If.this waa ono of the couses of the high prica of labor, snd if, through it, dissstor was to Buccecd disastér to the railronds, ovory hour that the day of rockoning was: s)ut off, only males that reckoning moro -cortainly nocessary and that ruin moro goneral. - ' "It was, thoroforo, their, duty to take those stops which prudonco and wisdom domnnded, that their part in meoting & question 8o dolicato and do fullof difiiculty might nt last bo fully and fairly dono. . They weromn the Oityof - % CIII0ATO, Qut of tho lurid flsmes of its terriflo fire, from dust'and mshos, it had risen, and now sproad itacl? out in bosutitul and magnificent propor- tions. - History furnishes no parsllol to this magical oreation. The world had never before furnishod a Eaupla with such unhounded enter- priso and faith, supported by a country of such fortility and rosource. It hold out enjoyments of ovory kind, but 1o bolioved that they would, with bocoming modesty, not fail .to _avail them- solves of ita plonsures,. Thoy should not forget that hero wore to be' found some of the most modorn snd interesting applications of the me- chsnical artg- fo evory nocoseity and luxufl of civilization, Theso atiractions ahould claim from plonsiro soma of tho hours which would not bo roquiked for attendance st moetinga, ) ho oritical .condition of the rallroad in- dustries, at'the present time,'tho ignorance and ‘misagprobionaion which existed upon alt the sub- jacta fuvolved in mnvlnF large bulks groat dis- tinces at auy reasonable cost, the nocessity of enlightining tho public mind 'and swaking tho ublid reason to tho truth upon the aboye sub- ects, rondered this an eventful ora In tho hiss tory of railroads,’ Here in the commercinl capi- tal of: tho: Btate whero the Grangor was b maddéned into loflulnflng upon ratos and tariffs of frolght without referorice to the cost of irans- -portation, it was eminontly fitting that tho first Eteps should bo taken to guido the farmora’ foot- llfi}l! towards the path of reason snd justico. This would roquire patience, good tomper, snd forbegrance, booause the enactments of folly ‘wore procipitate and oasy, while the resolutions of wisdom woro slow and difficult. | OTHED REPORTH. Tho'ntnual report of Beoretary Lotohel showed that §2,298,50 had beon regeived by Lim during tho yohr, an increase of 171 over the procoding yoar. 'Sinco tho last mooting, thirty-two new membérs had. beon added to tho Association, and eight had beon withdrawn. Two members, J.B. 5nylo_lfld J. B. Pondleton, died dgring the . J. Hayos,Treasurer, prosentod his annual roport] showing $3,361.24 rocoipts, and a balanco of $298.98 i the troasury, The Finance Committeo roported that it had oxamined tho nocounts of the Seorstary and Tronsurer and found them oorreot. All tho roports were received and placod on o, « ¢ On motion of Mr.8.J. Hayes, it was declded torefor all local oorrespondende to tho Super- vigory Committes for consideration and action. ] LOCOMOTIVE BOILEDS. The roport of tho Committee oun the Oporation and Manugement of Locomotive Boilors, Includ- ing the Purification of Water, was rend. It is in pnmghlsb form, and; whilo'the Committoe ro- rots th insufiicienoy of propor' information, it isoussess ot great longth the following scientiflo quostions: I'irat—Incrustation, its causes, ef- foots, and cures. Bocoud—The doposit *of sedi- mont; its effeots and remody. —The {m- puritlog in wator which produce priming, its of- foots, and only remedy. The roport closes as followa j Your Gommittes atill bollove that the only certaln and_reliable modo of avercoming this evil is to purify tho water bofore it introduotion futo_tho boflor, and, from thoie tuvoutigations, viowing tho cos now stands, tiey are propared fo rocommend the olloriog ‘goneral rults: First—The purest water aliould at all {imes be so- locted, .That which contains the least impuritios which' form inorustations, raln and surface wator, is especially recommendod whenever it can be guthored to_ advantsge, and_means provided for settling - or il- tering, 0 3 to prevent the doposit of mud aud other flosting impurities in the botler, 3 Second—_Owing to the lact that that no. panaces can be found for all the incrustatton diseases, it fs evidont that 1€ dvie to ba oured by remedios at al, & diaguosts of each: 6ase must suggeat the propor treatment, 7hrd—That each rallway coinpany inferested should submit 5 spectmen of tho various kinda of water slong ita lino to an u:}mfl. ‘who shall confine his examina~ tion to tha deduction of the injurlons substances, and not to the sbaolute purification of _it, boyond the ne- sosuity of the eato i quustion, Xk some yoara the Pennsylvanta Rajlroad, and’also the Ztoading flailroud, have found it advanisgeous to submit the water to an expert who buta for corlain tilngs only and fro. abandoned, aud ono dug noar by may prove better adapted o the'pur- C:.au. ch caso requiring s romedy must likewise it own teatimony, L Fourth—That a commlites of threo, consisting of two mombers of the present committee and s compe- tent_chemint, bo appoinied Ly this Convention to cone for with one or more raiiroad companios with a viow to a practical trial of both Dr, Rogers' and Dr, Olark’s “process of purifylng water for locomotivo se, tho ex- neo to’ Do borno by tho compsny reoefving tho mefit, . FNfth—That roliable boller compounds may in bad cases of scallng: Lo used to advantage, when the eir~ cumstances ara’ such that the water caunot be caslly purified befors entering tho boller, This froatmout must Lo folowed, up wilh fronuent sd {horongh washing, otherwiso Littlo if any bonefit can 0 axpeatal, o Sizth—We find that roads which realize the greatest trouble from iucrustation snd mud sdyiso tho use of the stoum-drum, - In order 0 koep the oylinder part of tho boflor clean, tho blow-off muat he used dally ; also blow-outs in leg and othor parts of the boller should be kept fn order and usod often, Crown-bars should have at lenat one inch clearance above tho shoet, and should be fastonod without thimbles; The repart waa recived. Tho Convention then took s ten-minute re coss, - 4 TROGRAMIME OF AMUHEMENTA, . Before reassombling the Prosident announced that the Buporvision Committeo had srranged tho following amusement gTAammo ¢ dny ovening, theatre; Weduesday - afternoon, stoambont exoursion; Wodnesday ovening, musio at the Sherman House ;- 'Fhursday, car~ %ng: ride ; Fridey, oxoursion to Elgin Watch 'actory. # 4 Mr, Bodgoly fmoved that fthe Chair appoint a committoo on subjocts for considoration during the coming yoar, ‘aud suggeated that membera report to hé. dCalrrl%l. aTh 0sora. Bodgoly, Forney, and Thompson woro appointed. Ll B On motion of Mr, Towner, disoussion of the report of the Committos on the Oporation and Managemont of Locomoiive Bollers, oto., was doferred untfl 9§ o'clock this. morning, in ordor to afford Dr. Rogers an opportunity to read & paper and mako some nxper?meuu. BAVETY-VALYES, %10, The roport of the Committes on the Bost Form of Safety-Valve, or Method of Relleviug Boilers of Ovorpressurs, and the Bast Way of Testing Provsure-Gaugas, was read, The re- Bults of woveral trials and experiments were given, from which the Committos came to tho coucluslon that tho Rlcharde valva was by far the beat, though n&n to'somo objootion, ~The roport olowsd” with n goneral desoription of Tuoe-" stoam-prosiuro gaugos, all of which wore sald to’ bo groatly alike In conatructions and very im- orfoct, The atore-rooms of. Wostorn' meohan- o8 woro full of rojootod gaugos, and, no doubk, many boiler expluslons were dus o thom. Tho roport was rocelynd: 3 ' THE MEOIANIOAL LADORATORY. Mr. W. A. Robinson offerod ‘the followlng, which was adopted ¢ i i In vlew of tho fmportance of the subject of the 3 oanmnical LALOrRtOry, " ani-tim. Toontof tho T0r port and papers of the Comtnittes on {hat subjact, Desolved, That a apocial senalon of tho Cornvention e lield fo ta considleration this aftornoon from 8130 , ., untl{ 6 p. m. in the clul-roum at the Sherman fouro, £ ¥ SATETY VALVES AGAIN, - A aironsslon hore ocourred on the roport of the Safoty Valve and Prossuce Gauge Committoo, {n which Moasta, Holtors, Towne, Peddio, Robin- #on, and othors ongaged, Tlhoy favored tho -spoody improvemont of tho best val in 'u‘;o tzr the safoty of tho publio, n'\:awnflf:on- venienco of railronds. -Tho sponkors gavo thoir oxEurluunua with the difforont kinds of valvos, sud it was gonerally conceded that existing ine ventions woro nulsances in a groater or loss do- roo. Nr. Robinson callod attontlon to tracings of & valvo whioh ho usod in Canada with consider~ ablo satisfaction, Mr. Fariod explainod an invention of his awn, yhich howas succossfully using, and drow a rough poucil gketol of it for the benofiit'of the mombers, Tho disoussion olosod at 2 o'clock, end the Convontlon adfourncd until 8:30. ’ BPECIAL BESSION, Tho apeoial soselon of the Convention mot at tho Bterman Houge: club-rooms st 4 o'clock, Presidont Britton in'the aiair, Tha roport of the Committes on Mechnnical Laboratory, appointod to tako Into consldoration tho propriety of establishing such an institution, wleo to nacortain the cost of a dynanomator for the purpose of determining the resistanco of trains on atraight and ourved tracks, was tho Boorotary. - It suggosted tho following s 1, Adjustablo model valva motion, y 2. Machino to test tonslle, tostional, and compreasive sirongth of metals. 8, Machine to test friction of metal, 4. Machiuo o (eat lubricating value of olle, oto, 5! Blowm Indicator, with. full disgram of pparatus, 8. Most approved ppeod or. rovolution counter. . 7, Pyromoter for testing bigh boiler temporatura, ‘8. Thermamoter with long rango. s U Yaouin-gangea’ for w0 in locomolivo sinoke- o 10, "Merourial column for testing stesm-gaugos, 11, Rogistoring dynamometer, for oblaining traln resistanco. 12, Microsoops for tho oxamination of motals; * 13, Aeans of teating calorlo valuo of dlfforont clasace of coal, and prluolple of tholr most eoonomical com- ustion, £ 14, Mouns of testing various qualitios of wator used. 15.. Mosus of testing aclds in tallow undor high tom- raturo, P55, Mgans of teating tnorustation compounds, and dincovering tholr infurious ingrodionts, whioreany. 17, Meana of tosting composition of specimen of botlor acale, eto, Tho remainder of the report is divided under tho heada: ‘‘Organization of Laboratory,” “ Location of Laboratory,” * Finanolal, or Ways and Means," and * Questions to Bo Voted On.” Tho latter embody all tho suggestions in the ro- port. - An ndditional roport on the ssmo !ulgeqt, , in from thopon of Prof, Thuraton, was roa which.io proposed that tho Isboratory be incor- &or‘?gud with tho Btevens Institute, Hobokon, 1In tho dlsoussion that followed tho rending of tho roports a wido range was takon, but no posi- tive oggoumon was ralsed toward establishing tho laboratory, oxcopt by Mr. Jackman, of tho Cbieago & 8t. Louis Road, who bolioved that nothing would bo made by {t. The most difii- oult question to be conslderod was the ralsing of monng, whother by individual subscription or by ratlroad contribution, and further discussion of the matter wns postponed until noon to-da The Convention then adjourned until 9 a. LOCAL MISCELLANY. PETITION IN BANKRUPTOY AGAINST J. ¥. SOAMMON. -A potitlon in baukruptoy was filed yosterday by tho United Btates Bortgago Company of New York sgalnat Jonathan Young Scammon. ‘The petition is basod on’ tho judgment for $160,087.95, whiok the Company obtainod about a month ago sgainst Mr. Scammon. The judg-' ment was for a bulanco duo on a loan of $230,000 mado to the “debtor, which wea socured by s mortgage on tho Inter-Ocesvic building and ground. - This proporty was sold for $100,000 Under, the mortgage, snd & judg- ment ' by oconfession enterod = up ~ for the remainder. It is charged that Mr. Scammon, on the 6th of April, throo days boefore tho ontry of the above judgment, made a mortgago to the Marine Company of the E 3¢ of Lot 8, Blook 21, aad the W 3{ of Lot 3, Blook 85, in the Original Town of Chicago, and Lot 20 (nmngt thonorth 8 foot of aaid lot), Lots 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 of Block 10 in Fort Dearborn Addltion, and tho undlyided 5-13 of Lots 1, 2, 8, and 4Tu Georgo Bmith's Bubdivision of original Lot 4 of Blook 86 in the Original Town. It s nlso charged that Bir, Bcnmmon, on the 8th of April, 1874, couveyed to tho Marino Com- paoy by deod his- interest in tho H. H, Honoro lock and the %fll“nfl on which it atands ; also the Alethoan Addition to Chicago, axcupz such parts as hod beon sold bofore; alfo Sub-Lot 1, in Lot 1, 3, acad 8, of Block 1, in Olark's Addi- dition; Lot 18,id Forsytho's Addition (oxcopt what ind boen proviously sold; Lots 18, 19, 20, and 21 in LoRoy Churoh's Bubdivision of the H. E.% of Block 07, in O, T. Subdivision of the W."24 o Beo. 27, 89, 145 also the undivided 34 of the W. 3¢ of Boo. 28, 88, 14 (excapt tho parts sold; tho B 3¢ o the N. E, 3¢ of Seo. 5, 87,147 the I 3¢ of tho B.{V.¢"of Boo. 20, 8, 14, and Lot 1, in Blook 17, {n Lyman, Larned & Woodbridge's Bubdivision of 10 acros in the E.2¢of tho N. E. X of Beo, 11, 88, 14, These convoyancos, it is charged, have all boon made with intent to give tbe bank a proforence, A rule to show cause Alny 23 was fssued. Alfrod W. Sausamo, tho Goneral Agent of the Unitod Btates Mm'zfllxn Company, filod an afil- davit detuiling the circumstsnces of the loan and the ontry of the judgment. He -also states that Mr., Scammon know of the preparation for tha entry of the above-mentioned judgmont ; that the mortgago given April-G waa to socura #$246,000, and the deed wns for the asteusiblo coneldoration of $300,000; and-that ‘tho bank kuevw at the timo of those trananctions that Mr. BScammon could not pay hia debts’ o thoy mdatured, g ———— . EIRTLAND AND msyummmo PROP- ERTY. o Col. Kirtland's oxamination beforo the Dis- triot Investigating Committeo on the 1t of this month, tho most tereating episods was his nocount of what he did with the §72,000 worth of notes which he rocoived from Count Fosco. He thon stated that hereceivod thorofor from Ira Holmos 817,000 in cash s part of their valuo, and cortain Chicago real ostate, whick ho bind slnce deedod to Mr, Johineou, & Chicago business-man. It has since become known' that tho Mr. Johnson .roforred .to was Col. W. 8. Johnston, propriotor of the Exchange . Bullding, ©on Washington atroct, and that tho !lb‘xl'opufl,?', tho incumbrance on which waa held by Mra, Pryor, consisted of Lots 19 o 24 inclusive, in Block 11, of Pryor & Hopking’ subdivision of the W. 3¢ of N. W.3{ of Seo. 8, 88, 14, their city description being qu Wabash avonue, botwéen Forty-socond and Forty-third stroets. It nlao becamo known that on account of non-payment of intorest, the mortgago on the {:ro orty was' about to bo fore- uloanfi, when Col, W. E Johuston, on bohalf of & “ friond in Wasbington,” steppod in and paid the icterest, g A ‘Trinung_roporter yastordn{ called at the offico of Col.Jobuston,iu the Exchauge Bullding, in order to find out some partioulara of the trans- action, The Colonel was not in, - hav- ing sucoumbed to ihe favorable -in- fluences of the recont balmy spnog showers and gono flshing, but his busincss manager khow all about tho affair, and yolun- teored the following statement: Hosuid thab tho_property Iu_question Lad never beon hold in !th\nndu name, bul slways in that of his wifo.. Noither he nor Col. Johnston had ever soen Kirtland, and they knew nothing of him, wxcept what they hnd Jearnod through tho mo- dium of ' the provs and their friend in Washing- ton. This friend- was & Maj. Wiles, with whom Kirtland, while in Washington, had nogotiated for the pnrohaso of a rosidenco. Wiles was & littlo suspioious of Xirtland, and then it cama . that Col. Johnston, in o frioudly Way, took tho title to the- property in quostion from Mrs, Kirtland to hiold untilit was disposed of, and inoumbrance upon it was cloared off, with the undersinnding that whon ' that was nccom- plistiod tho balungo showld bo épplied 1o paylug e amount due to Maj, Wiles, 'I'he propexty has beon o perpofual source of annoyauce to Col. 'Johuston, s Mrs, Kirtland nover paid the intorgst or inoumbranco ‘as it fell duo, snd he hiag alveady paid £2,200 interout, and o domand for §1,200 more bas recontly beon made upon him, which ho will be oblged to settle, or, whicls {s moro likely, the morigage will be fore- closed, and tho property sold. i e ' THE LAST BOARD OF TRADE SOAN- DAL, v The Board of Trado seneation yesterday was the tailure of Lhe firm of Messrs, Henoovraheots ISDAY,, MAY: . 13, 1874, & Morrlit, Mr, Merritt, the junior membor of thb firm, f8 & soh-fo-law of Hetingrshoot, tho sonfor mombor, Decombor Inst they formed s ;:;-pnirlnmhlp undor name of Honuorshoois irit, * * Tho Inttor put into tho concom about $3,000, for the purposo of carrylng on_a grain and com- mission businoss, with their oftice in tho me‘grn Building, opposito thg Board of Trade, on L~ Bullc atroot, ¢ . Fobruary last they recolved an order from s man namod Porriio, at Lons, In this Stato, to )gnmlwm for him 10,000 bushiols of barley ot from 1,50 to 81,50 a bushol, ho to ship thom wheat Immodintoly ne margin for tho purohnss, 'They filled tho ordor, Porrine didn't’ ship tha whoat, Morritt thon called on Parrino, and couldn't got anything out of Lim, Tho firm waa still holdin, tho purchiaso, and the market deolined . untf thoy lost on tho barloy abont #6,000. This loss led to an ovordraft on thoir account with the Tourth National Banlk, and to cover this ovor- dratt, thoy bava boon '*shinning,” or running on' tho_stroot, buying grain, and giving their ohacks for the purchase, then solling tho re- celpts immodiatoly, and dopositing tho procseds tho sams day. maonor thoy bought grain Inst from tho = fallnwim; ow Bros. & Co., $2,000 Elmendor & Co, 1200; 3, . Tuinog & Co,, 98135 T Wie nans & Uo., '$895 . 8, 0. Togler & Co. 84103 H. P, Elliokt, 341d; Stlles, Goldy & MoMahon, $126; Jamos H. Dolo & Co., $1,658; .G H. Sid- well, $007." They nlso gave cheoks on the samo dar Yo Catl O, Maollor & Co., for $1,485; G. H. Hillman, for $1,000; Phillips & Carmicbael, for 8603 all of which twero thrown out Monday by tho' Fourth Nationnl Bank, and which will ap- proximate to about $14,000, i They olaimt to owe tho bank about 20,000, which 18 securod by malt and barloy recelpts. In addition to this proporty, they have convorti- blo nsgots to tho smount of 2,200, which thoy offer to thoir croditors. If the bank doosn't ro- slizo more than $0,000 from the securitics the: Tiold, the firm will only havo tho 82,200 witl mlaga tospply towards ther abiitios of noar 1000, Late Baturdsy ovening thag purchased from the firm of Popo & :Davis thireo car-loads of wheat ; that firm have taken stops towards so- suring tho" ssmo. by puetibg; I 8 coneplouona glm in tho Board of Trado rooms yestorday tho oltowlng notica: 0. the Jfembes TR 5 S vy o e el HortHed unt the fonpian described elovator receipts, dated sud numberod ss follows 3 Date. No. “Elevutor, Tushels, Qentral B, 28720 1,018 Oontral 13, 89140 . 2,004 | A, D, &0o. 825.40 all for No, Jepring wheat wero obtajned from”us on tha afternoon of tiie 9th inat, by fraudulent pretenses, and tho dolivery of grain Lias beo 0 atopped. You aro notifled not tonegotiate &’:"Smm« the ssme, a5 Wo colpts, Renpoctfully, Davia, Messrs, Pope & Davis thivk they are safo, and donot claim to ho ereditors of the defunct A CHEDITON FILES HIS IILL. i -.Carl 0. Moellor filod s bill in_ the Olrouit Court yeustorday sgalnst James ‘Honnersheots and I, "H. Merrill, Georgo Armour, Oharles Dolo, A, A, Munger, Hiram Whoeler, the Fourth No< tional Bank of Chioago, and Ohbarles L, Epps, to provent thom from disposiog of certain ware- houso rocoipts, Complainant states that on the 28th day of Agrfl be loaned Honnershoots nnd Morrill 84,800 for ton days, taking for sgourity sovernl warokiouse rocelpts for No. 8 barloy, Among othora ho took Non..2,138, 2,668, aud 2,857 i6sned by Armour, Dolo & Co.,and No. 4,250 of Mungor, Wheolor & Co., -calling for about 1,469 bushiols of basloy in tho sggrogute, Pactial payments were mado at Intervals on tho loan, and , somo of the recoipts . swrenderod, until thoro - was only - §1,485,54 romaining duo, Honnorshoots & Morritt thon conoooted a Ian o recover tho receipts, and yet not pay the Dilknas, dna; by giving & cheok Jor the smonub on the Fourth Igltlonnl Bonk without hayiug sny funds thero. As their previous chocks had boon drawn on that bank, and honored, Moeller did not suspect anything, but took it, and aur- rendored tho roceipts and accoptod.tho chook. On presenting {t, bowover, at the bank yester- dny, payment was rofussd. Complainant alleges that Hennersheota & Marritt kuew at the timo tho oheck was given, that tboy had no funds in tho Fourth Natifonal Bank, and that it was ven with intent to defraud, The bankor C. i. Epps now hag the warehouse roocipts, and, a8 Honnorsheets & Merritt aro insolvent, un- Toss theso rocoipts can bo kept from passing into tho hands of innodont purchasers, complainant'a neourity for his debt bo lost. He therefora asks an injunction to prevent the transfor of the rocoipts, or tho delivery of tho barley they call for. Tho injunction Wwas granted udge ‘Willinms, undor & bond for $600. e THE WOMAN'S TEMPERANCR OR- GANIZATION. v the IMUwr qF the CAeago Lribute ¢ 4 8m: The Contral Commiitos ars desirous of placing boforo tho publio a statement conosrning tho progross of the tomperanco work in this aty. | . 8ince my Iast report of Avril 27, tho work has aseumed nov featuros, and, Instosd of dying out, a4 gome have predicted, has on the other hand increased in interest, and {s becoming daily more dsoply'improssed ugon tho hearts of - tho people. The oxcitement snd the rapid move- monts of the workers in tho causo in_other placos? nover oharaotorizod tho movoment here, and for this roason many who -stand aloof, and keop away from our moetings, may thiuk tho work has como to a standstill, if not, indood, wholly abundoned. Woaro glad to as- suzo all uch that thie I8 not tho oase. Our band of workors Is incroasing, slowly it i3 true Dbut suroly ; dnd wo aro greatly oncouraged al tho slgna of atill wider and greator intorost. First—We have continued calis for pledges. ‘Tho want of funds has somewhat retarded -the [iopating of pledges snd tomporango loat- ots a8 rapidly as onllod for; still we have gathored tho mesns wherewith to add 5,000 plodgos o thio number alrendy printed in nglish, and 500 in tho Garman nnd Norwogisn langnagos. Plodgos sre to be printed. in the Swodlah Tanguago also, s thoy aro sixéady oe- Pmflzhzg thely foroes, Theso are rapidly oircu~ ating;; snd I would atato hero that any one wishing to obtain plud[iou can socuro them at the afternoon prayor-meotings held in the Clark Stroot Oliurch.” Besidon thoso plodges, botween . fitty ond sixty Sobbath-achools have - besn supplied . with _ plodges gotten up eoxpressly for them, ‘and all through tho city both churches and Sabbath-schools are pushing on this work in their respective localitics, Know- ving there are still many churches unsupplied, wo_do most earnestly asic Eou to begin at once, end whoel your forcos into line, It is & glorloug opportunity, and if unimproved will, in funt Jast ot day, ‘sfaud written in lottors of fire aga 086 *who knew theirdaty, but did ‘it not. Becond—Our opon prayor-meatings bave boen o success. ‘They have beon held daily, and very many precious souls have there been holped to & bottor lite. Nearly evory.day has witueesed now namod on our pledge-book, and now voloos hoard tdlling tho end, sad story'of & wastod life," and o desiro and determination to bogin a now courso of . notion, Qur hoarts have beon molted at tho touching storles of their sufferings white in the bondsge of gin, . Wa hopo to goe that room crowded with mon and women, sceking {o bo freed from the chains of trong drink. ' all guch, to all who desire to become onco more their own maaters, and bo tho noblo mon and_women God fntonded thoy should bo, Wo earucstly ask you o como with ug, iand we will do you good. v Third—Clrigtian women staud nmd{‘ to vislt tho homes of all who are sufforing from this oura, and will try in ovory way possiblo to bring comfact and liopa to thelr awelliogs. o long to help you wo long to sco tonrs and sorrows glyo placo to emiles and joy and tho sunshine of. & brighter dnfilfilflddan snd warm the hoartsthnt havo been chilled by the frosts of disappointod hopes. Owing to the concentration of offort at theso afternoon maotiugs, but few. prayor-meate inga have boen bold in the separate divisions. Mase-mootings, however, Lave boon held insov- eral olurchos on tho threo gides, and much ins terost ot boen awakened, They will continuo t0 be held as ofton as possiblo, aud wo hopo aud Pmy overy mpu and woman Wil fully‘ commit hotselvos to this good cause, Wo foar that the indifforonce of so mauy in this work is owing largely to the fact that "mf aro unwilling to come out squarely and decidedly for tomperance, and gloar their own souls from any- compromise with the acoursod thing, . “Ilio soorets of the thonsands of howmes In this olty Qod knows and not we ;but we foar that in very mauy, oven of those Who, call themsolves temporanco pooplo, tho wine and tho'hoor are not J'nl banished, and tho .sauces.of: delionte puddings placod daily upon tho tahlo:are sea- noned with Let tho poople answer by comluq up to a clean aud olear;line of aatjon, and lot the enomy pre- paro for ‘tho oncoming Lattlo, Thn bugle lns sounded; evory man and womau® to thoir posts of duty; and Qod, even our God, will bloss us &nd givo s tho victory 1 3 : 2 Mus, ¥, 8, nonuns‘ By ordor of the Oentral Commitfos, Ou10400, May 19, 1674, : ——— THE BAPTIST SEMINARY, - The auniversary exorolsos of tho Baptist Union Thgojogidal : Beminary ‘are:mow in progross at tho rightful ownors of sald ro- Pors & .| capable of doing and -aotin, -above tho avorsge. The police had thio boy” in brandy, 'Arn thouo fonrs groundless 7. the Sominary Building, As thia sooms a fitting place to givo a-briof rosuma of “thie work snd Prospoota of. this usoful Institntion, it.may bo athtod that it atarted on its mission in 1806, bav- “Ing recolved a ohisrtor In that yosr, The bulld- Ing which is at prosent *ocouplod was completod July 1, 1860, at n cost of. $00,000, In 1860 the libracy of Dr, Hougatonborg, ot Dorlin, consfst- ing of 18,000 trealsos in 18,000 volumes, was rumhuefl by frionds of tho (nstitution, Anothor ibrary, formorly boloniging to Georgo B. 1de, D, D.; of Bpringfiold, Mass., was aleo addod aubso- quently, there boing now nosr 20,000 books on hand, constitnting ono of the richoat collootions of Diblioal Hitoraturo in tho world, Tho Bominary is opon to all donominatlons. In ordor-to obtain admisslon, tho student must regont o cortificate from the church of whioh ho s & mombor, approving of his purposo to de- voto himself to thio worl of tho ministry, * Bosrd and rooms are furnishod in the bulrflnng (323 ‘yory low prico. Tho various rocitation and moot- fug rooms aro furnished by tho difforont churobioa in tho city. Tho flnnncial standing of ;lm ipatitution at the present time is as fol- ova : : ¥241,000.00 41,000.00 100,000.00 . An attompt_wliil bo mado,—with sucoosstul ro- sults, no doubt,—to inorease tho ondowmont to £200,000, by raising a “Jubllco fund,” beforo the 4th of July, 1876, Circulars have already ‘boen fsrucd to this effoct. Up: to tho presont timo, fifty-eight gradustas have entored tho miniatry from tho fnatitution. ‘The firat throe days of this weok are taken up in the work of the examination of classes. Tho following _dlstingulshied " scholars and divines form tho Committen of Examination: Tho Rov. J. M. Grogory, LL.D., lllinois, President Xl nols Industrial University; tho Rev. W. T. Btott, Prosident Franklin Oollvgo‘ Indiana; theRov.J. F. Childs, Buporintendont Misslons, Xowa; Prof. P, J, Willlams, Bng}axrlntnndont Behools, Knneas; the Tov. Kondall Brooks, D, D., President Kala- mazoo College, Mich.; the Rey. Amory Galo, Minnosota ; tho Rev. A. I, Burlingham, D. D., Bt. Louls, Mo.; tho Rev. T, J. Morgan, Nobras~ k& ; tho Itov. H. F. Colby, Dayton, O.; the Rov. J. W, Fish, Booretary Home Miassionary Bocloty, Wirnonsin. . Yeaterday ovenin| nual “soclal gathering and suppor, It has bosn &nid that mniaters .aro the jolliost peoplo in the world; and this occasion cortalnly indicated that mufixon hos 6 punny aspect. 4 Thursduy, at 3 p. m., at the University Placo Ohutrob, will bo boid tho annual Commencoment and graduating exeroises, and in the evening, at 7:80 p. m.hilhn Progidents will hold & loveo and El:ln & Boocial hour with the frionds of the insti- ntion, The publio are gordlally invited to sl these oexorclsos. i —_—— BPORTING. THE PRATRIE §UOOTING OLUB, The annusl mesting of tho Prairie 8hooting Olub was hield Jast evening at tho atoro of Mr, Josopb Butlor, No, 179 Madison stroot. Alessra. W.T. Johnaon,D.T. Elaton,Joseph Butler, James John, W. F. Milligan, Alexander White, Dr. Edwards, John Sutton, Willism Orndord, and Honry Milligan wore present. Mr. Johnson prosided. The Troasurer reported that 808 in notes had bosn, cencoled, loaving & baldnce in bis Lands of ®105.85. The Secretary also xe- portéd, and both reports were accepted. On motion, . it was decided that sll members in arrears fifteon days from date should be stricken from tho roll, The clection of officora was then roceeded with, and resultod as follows : -~ Prosi- ont, W. T. Johnson; Vice-President, D. T. Elston ; Secrotary, Jamos John ; aeurer, Joseph Butler ; Exocutive Committes, F. W. Milligan, Aloxander Whito, William Orndord. Onmotion-of BMr. Button, a vote of thinks was passed to the officers of ‘the past-yosr for thoir efficloncy. Tho Chalr announcod tha & Stato Buooting Tourcament ‘would ‘be held in this city, commenoing ou the 4th of Juno, and sug- é«ma that the Club_participata; Th ion waa adopted, and the Hecrotary instructed d to notify tho Biata Bportsmon’s Assooistion, | Mr, Butlor was thanked for the use of his store, and the mooting adjourned until the 20th; - D A PIGEON-MATCH for 8100 & slde came off Monday at Dexter Park between W. H. OrndorfY, of the Stock-Yards, and Mr, Bampson, of tho city. Iach was to have shot at fty singlerisos, according to the Prairie Club: rules ; but they' stopped at.the forty~ eighth bird, Mr, Orndoff having killed forty- five, and his opponent thirty-nine. . There wero not enough birds to_{flnish _ the contest, and it waa decidod in Mr, Orndorfls favor. Ho killod twfnty;:lsht straight, commencing at the sev~ enteenth, . PILLIARDS, o There is some talk of » matoh at the Fronch ilme botwoen’ Georgo Blosson and Louls Bhaw, friond of tho former offers to bet 8500 that he oan give the Elgin youth 100 points in 600, and there is a man in the town of watches who thinks it cannot bo ‘done, This differonco of opinion ;md' doubtloss load to & littlo sport at an early ato. ¢ y: i CRIOKET. A numbor of the cricketers_belonging to the old Chicago, Prairie, Lincoln Park, and Olympio Clubs, having noticed the tormation of & new aricket-club, oalling itaelf the Chicago Club, ara dosirous of ' forming.a olub- of thoir own. A moeting. for that parpose will be held st the Tremon$ Houso to-morrow evening. ; * RENNICOTT OLUB. ' ’ A very largo mooting of thia shooting organ- ization was held last evening at the office of Mr. Abpor Price, Nos, 87 and 89 Washington streot. It was resolved to onter a team for.the club prize in the tournamont to bo hold by the Btate Sportamen’s -Associstion, in Juno,” Tho West Slde members of tho Club issuod o chal- longo :to shoot tho Bouth Bido membors, which- was promptly scoopted. Tho subjoct of holdin a olub tonrnament in August was sgitated an favorably conelderod, but no definite action was taken. Aftor transacting othor business of no public impoitance, the meeting adjourned. b, GENERAL NEWS. At the meoting of tho Coal Exchangs, Satur- dny, 9800 were unanimously voted for the reliof of the sufferers by tho Mississipp: floods, A boy oalled John Gilligan,' but whose roal name is John Clark, was taken out of the News- boys' Home last ovening, to b rotuined to the Rocliostor Roform-Sohool, from which-he es- oaped somo two years ago. This boy has' beon the causc of much troubls at the * Home " for aeveralnionths, and ling. resiated all efforts to-| 'wards reform, whioh have boen made fn hia be- Dhalf, boosuse he ia an unusually:smart boy and & part in lifo far. hand & few weelis ago, but hie was too much for them and slipped out of their hands, loaving his compliments in tho shapo of an old cont, 88 B trophy of their efcioncy. Evory effort within tho bounds ‘of reagon hive been made'nt tho “ Home ” to eave this boy, but to nogood re- sult, and his influence over the other boys had bocomo yory bad. The Bt. Louis Globe of Manday contains a throe-column report of {wo elequent sormous dolivered at tho Church of the. Messiab, in that city, on the preceding day, by the Rev. Robort Coliyer, - - R Tux Tsmune was evidently misinformed -in referenco.to the. manner in which the-goods re- cently stolen from the manufactory of -Emaouel Brunswick & Co. wore rocoverad. -It way stated- that a Pipkerton detootive restorad the proporty for 05, §50 of which was paid- to the thioves sud thoe ! romainder retained by the ofticer, - Allan Pinkerton writes to contradict this assor- tion, and seys that nond of lis employes waro in any way counooted with the oase. Tho Irieh Literary Association at thelrrogular wooldly mooting last uight, disojtssed tha voto | quention,and sustained Presldont Grant by » good wmnjority. Noxt Tucsday night thoy will discuge tho following i * Resolved, that fhe polioy ‘of Danlol 0'Connell " was conducive ~to ~ the wolfare of the Irish poople.” Tho.public are -invited to attend. A oballonge dobate ou somo bighly interesting eubjeot i4 on tho tapis botween the Association sud tho members of tho Ohicago Litorary Union, due snnoungemont ‘of whioly will be given. The now Irish Literary Hull _is 'situnted on the southwost corner of Lofalle and Lake strooty, outranco on . the former thoroughfara. Ak a_moeling of tho Direotors of the Into Btate Industrial Exposition, ‘hold yesterdsy at- ternoon at the Lxposition fluummf the follow, ing ofioers were elooteds Prosldent, Potter Yulmer ;:T'ronsuyer, J, Irvlufi_!}uamu ; Beoretary, JTohn P, Tioynolds: Exeentive'Committce, Pot- ter Palmer, ex-ofliclo} Iranklin MacVesgh, ' N, 8. Bouton, G 1, Lafiln, Edwin Lee Brown, Jobn B. Drako, T, W, Havvoy, I.'T. Orano, Monroa oath, Qonrad Furst. Mr. N. B. Bouton was oleoted Ohairman of the Committce, The Doard of Directors referred sll mattors portaining to {mprovomenta of tho building to the Executiva Commiitee. 5 v 'Tne New York Herald of the 10th fnst, an. nounces that M. James Morrissey, Treasuror of the Witth Avonuo Theatre, will foave for this the Alnmni held tholr an- 0 BUEges-, Mr.-| (olty on tho 18th, to muke arrangements for tho Hzp'unnon of Mr, Daly's ontiro company at ‘Hooley's, whore it will play during the summor soason, The Firemen's Bonovolent Association held their rogular annual mooting Jast evening at No, 1190 South Dearborn atroat. Tho firat buslness of tho ovnnlnyfimu tho reading of the roport of tho Troasuror, Mr, C. N. Holdon, showing the nanoty of the Association to be $47,702.16, tho rocoipts of tho yoar $14,060.02, nnd. the oxpondituses 818,321,01, Tho Becrolary, Mr. Dennis J. Swain, made w roport that {s highly gratifying to the mombara of tho soclatys Bix familles na undor tho chargo of tho Assooiation and sro partly supported byit. During tho past yoar ninateon now mombers havo joined tho Assocla- tlon. Mra. John L. Qorber, wifo of tho Iate Prosident of the Ausociution, provontad to the members a vory flno portralt of bhor husband, oxoouted oxprossly for tho Association, The claction of Truateen wes the noxt bueiness ho- fore tho mooting. Tho firat ballot resulted in g:n fili\nlcn &5 "lmshs"tn"m“ lEga‘tlnl.l‘mxmm Thnml«:u uckloy, arlo 000, Ludwig Iaas, John Hobank, and Anton Dorg, LR THE OLD FOLKA. Tho socond 01d Folks concort was glven Isst evoning at McCormick’s IInll to & very largo sudienco, Antho,\:mgr-mm was Bubstantially tho #ame as ono which tho troupo has alrosdy glven here, the porformanco does not call for spocial montion. Tho announcoment.-that tho troupo will give Mondolssohn's groat worl, # 8¢, Paul," on Thursdsy evoning, has occasion- ed’ quite & Bluununblu flurry among musical }mon o, and the proapccts aro good for s vory nrge attendanco, This aftornoon thors will bo & matinee porformance, aud this evening's pro- grammo will bo as follows : - PADT 1, a, #Binco Aret 1 Saw Your Faco,” 1. Madrigals, {n. # Now s tlio Bonth of Maylng,” [0 Bynggorres, ‘a Dléldo Folkes, } Yo Srogaorres, 3, Ob, Nannle, Wilt Thou Gang?” Fouro of 9. Iark{ Forward~Tantivyl" 4. Organo Soloo... g . .Ezoljel Ovordo, 5 Whife Horgea ‘Hargory Piuchwifo. well ... Yo Qifaker Eit70 Quastatia, o Win-the-Fight Littlo-Wit and 7 8, “Hall to tho Ohiof ™...... o8 Fin Menne, ggorrod, Plochwife and Folkes, Porogring Poundkeyes, fargery Plnchwifo snd Win-tho-Flght Littlo-Wit -Alle yo Oldds Folkes. deuco Tartridge, ««+Y0 Olddo Folkes, 3 Humphrey Mortytought. 8. Anid Lang Syno*, .Allo ye Bynggerres, TOARD ON, - The Board of Educalion mot Inat evening, Presidont Kh:[; in tho chadr. ‘Op motion of Inspector Bheldom, tho name of 4hio North Branch Primory School'was changod to tho Vodder chool, Theo roport of the Committes on Toxt Books and Courso of Instruction was then taken up, The Committoe recommend that the books now in usa bo substantially retalned, and that othora be dropped from the Ust, with the substitution of a ‘syllsbus of geography in tho fourth, fifth, and sixth grades; also, that the toxt-book omployod In the upper grammar grades be left os at present. .This chango will raduoe the amonnt of text-book geograply, re- dnce oomupnnfl\nali the exponse of books to pupils, while it will give them additional time for more important echool work. The actual changeB recommended whioh involve an expendi= turo ‘of money in tho chango are slight, aud ocour obly in the High School, ‘The Board tbon procesded to nct upon the ‘books -nsmeoly. after baviog done which it adjourned. ¥ 'wo hundred and soventy-six porsons yoster- dey !visited tho X. M. G..A. free libraty aud .| roading~ropms at No. 148 Maaison street. = ehe THE OITY HALL. Tho Police and Fire *Dopartments were pald their April aalary by the Olty Trossurer, yostor- dsy.’ Tho sum of noarly 880,000 was’ exponded in thnt mavnor. Tho reccipts of the Troasuror yesterday were, from thio City Collector 817,036, and from’ the Water offico 3,200, Some time ngo it was .contemplated to estab- lish tolegraphic’ communication - between the -Mayor’s offlos and tho Bridewell, for fear of fro or atiemptod-Jéil-breaking at the, lattor ‘cstab- lishment.. -Mr. Colvia docided yostordsy not.to employ an additional watchman for the purposo of Fomiaining in'tho oflico at night, but. aitested tho apparatus to boldeated in-tho, sanotum of M. Chandler, tho Fire-Alarm Superintendont, The Board of Publioc Worka yesterday awarded tho contract for constructing the superatructure of the Halstad streot visduct to W, F. Hildroth, at the following fignros: Walls, 814,87 peroord; filling, 80 conts per cublo ysrd; paving, 81.18 per squaro,yard. This contract was dooided upon laat 1all, but the rallrosd companios re- fuaed to pay for tho 'structuro, and = fight has beon waging botween thom and the Boord of Public Works ever sinco. Finally, the railroad sucoumbed, and Mr. Hildreth was made happy. . TOE LAW DEPARTHENT, Judge Norton dosires us.tostate, with refer- ece to the proposed ordinanco on the Law Do- slflmanf, that it waa submitted to the Council uring his siokness, and without conaultation with him ; and that he is opposed to it, beoauso ho thinks 1t is unnecossary ; because it, aa lho beliovps, unduly incresscs his dutios, and be- causp it is at varianco with tho statutory provis- fon of, the Oity Charter, wluch makos him the boad of the Law Depurtmont. Judge Norton s of the opinion that tho ordinanco will not pass, and that,if {tdoes, it will bo .vetoed. The deo- feot in tho orqmllzution of tho Law Dopartment, seows to be that, while the charter wmakes tho Corporation Counsel (who is appointed by the Mayor) the Lioad of the Dopartmont, the Oity~ ‘Attorzioy I elected by the people, and, thero- fore, nractically beyond tiie control of thio desig- | nated hoad of the Department. b g . BOARD QF HKALTI. Tho Board of 'Hoalth held thoir regular waekly mooting yesterdsy aftoruoon, Dr. Haba in. tho obiair. | Thore was very little business before the body, aud a coupls of roporis rolative to tho | abatenient of nuisances'in the Bridgeport region were reforred, z ¥ ‘Tho ' Sonitary Buperintendent reported tho #Ye Quaker's Courisiiip, Araminta Vainior | total mortality Tor the weok onding May -0 ot 121, Amonithn deaths were 6 by congestion 'of the brain, 9 by consumption, 11 by convulsions,- and 8 by pneumona,..Of tho'docossed, 66 wore males,.” and'- 66. :females. « There were - 49 deathin of persons. under b years of age, - Threo deaths from small-pox lad -ocourred dur-- ing tlie waok, and the diseago was reported to ba on tlie inorease. _The Superimtendent suggested . that the garden around the small-pox-hospital be prepared ot planting. -t v : - . Difmm roported that 889 nulsance notices hiad’ beon served, 'and 640 'nuikances sbated, Eight quarters..of beof, slx carcaases of mattor, five calves, andluix barrels of aweat potatoos had - bean condenined as unflt for usa. R "'The membora then: indulged in a dosulto disoussjon relative to bad oysters, and promu gated-an order to the offect that all erloon-kaop- ers dealing in diseased bivalves .would be prose- “outed nuder the sanitary lnws. Tha Board then adjourned.- . ANNOUNOCEMENTS, The Tonnessecans Will bo hero next weok. A spocial mosting of tho. Directrasses of the Orphan Asylum, will bo'held at the Asylum, Ehis morning, at 10 o'olock, Thuredsy belag tho’ foast of tho Asconsion, thero yill bo service and administration of tho Holy Communion at Grace Church, at 10 o'clock in the'morping, .- - - Fras * “The regular monthly soclable of the Chicago Athenmoum (formerly Chieago' Christian Union) il bo glvon at tho rooms, 114 Madison stract, to-morrow evening, . Menbors and - their {riends are invitod, : : : TumElnr Lodgo 440, 1,0, 0. I, will glve a grand ball and lterary entortaiument in honor o its reinstitution, Thursday, at Orpheus Hell, corner, of Lake' and Peorts lreats, Short. ad- llis, B orman, P, G & . ‘0. TBumos, P. G.; Noble Grand W 0. MeGlure and others, An’ lntorostiug tune may bo ex- peotod. ! Owing to tho severe illnoss of the Rov, Dr, Raven, glho lecture on Pbilosophy will not be given {o—duy. o tanty-fourth annual sesslon of the INii- el sdoloty will bo bold in thia Sity noxt weok, beginiug 94 10 o'clock Tnosdny morning, g John Dunlap, o earponter by trado, in the clzly('hufom tho fl‘:fl, will call at the rooms of tho Young: Mon's Christian Associntion, No. 148 Madiaon aroat, he will hear of something of im- Pportancg to him, from Glasgoi. Thero wil bo'n grand rally of the friends of temporance at tho' High School bufiding, in Eoglowood, this evening. All jnteronted aro ‘carnosatly invited to bo present, The mooting will bo addrossad by prowinent speakers from tho ofty and elsewhore, One of tho attractiona’at the entertainmont at Standard Hall, Wednesduy evoning, May 20, in ald of Bt. Poter's Kplsdopal Mission, will bo the celebratod " Roudo of Oljg‘uln quet), for two pisuos, played’ by Brs, B'F, duok” snd “only §3,100,—a . oash Mr. Oarl Woltsobn, who kindly volunteored for 2“1 1:wcxuj‘l;m. '.gul{%«al: 60 contay for erla ab oblyn Libenry s . Wobslor & Co. ight! sontaursnt, Walneli syonuer - 0o 80 Wright's At L ORIMINAL, ' Jon Wrlght ploaded gullty. of slot atihe Bridowoll at the timo ho, Ed Vine, and othiors attomptod to mako their oacape, and waa sene tenaad to the mamo {ustitution for tho cusuing thirty days, Androw Rogers plendod gullty to tho obargs of rocolving stolon goods, and was romanded for sontence, Jumon Gray, oharged with larcony from John Gray, porfocied hiu Lnil of $1,000, Two mon, named James Jonking and James Andrews, wora bufore Justice Soully yesterday morning, charged with baving committed a bur- glary recently in Dunton, Mo, The stolen prop- orty was found on then. The houso of Mr. Walker, the olothior, on Weut Harrison stroot, was enterad by bnrgiars oarly youtorday morning. Thoy got In_through a front window by ineorting & knifo-blade bo. fwoon tho snsh and moving the catch. Tho loft muddy foot-prints on tho carpet, but tool Bothing away with them, having doubtloss boen frightonod by n dog. B, B, Hanbury, 6f Park Ridge, mot Pat Go- gorty and Jemos Sullivan on tho street Monday aftornoon, and offorad thom G0 conts if thoy would sliow him the way to the Northwestorn Dopot, Thoy accopted, and, taking him intoa muloon, ircated bim fo s glass of boor, which made him #o atuplod that ho lost all conpscions. ness of pagsing eveuts, Thoy thon led him to Dosplainos sirest, near ~Indlona _straot, snd, takiog him undor the eidowalk, woro procacded to rob bim of overy vale uable on Lis porson, whon Detootives T, Sim- . mona snd Dan Mogah, who had boen_following thom, rushed down and captured tho roguos. Thoy bad Hanbury's rovolver and somo of his monoy in thoir poksossion when caught. Justico Boully vesterdny morning held them for trial in the Criminal Court in bonds of $1,000 cach. plae ity BUBURBAN NEWS, EVANSTON. A musleal entortainmont will boe given in the chapel of the Woman’s Collego, Baturday ovon- ing, under the dircotion of Prof. 0. Mayo. Itis intended to give similar ontertninmonts at tha anmo place each altornnto Saturday ovoning, un« dor tho auspices of the Evanston Conservatory of Musio, for the bonoflt of its pupils, and the olovation of tho publio taste for classical musio. S!mobnnrlnklm? Las bogun, Boveral milos of gas-pipo are laying through- out the villgo, TFrank Btout, of the Junfor class, has beon choton by tho students of the Univorsity to roprogent them in the inter-oollogiats contest to be hold at Bloomington, Iil., Nov. 20. The Union Mission Sunday-school and the Young Pooplo’s Union Prayer-mocting are now hold in Union Hall. In tho spring time the Evanaton "yonngmun'- fancles lightly turn to thoughts of ™ swimmiy in tho Inke, All such persons are heroby noti- fled that the Villagn Trustcos bave pnsged, and intend to inforca, o triot ordinance, which' pro- Libits bathing in the lnice from tho shors, ot any time, betwaon the limits of South Evanston and QGraves ntroot, near tho light-houso. This sit- uation of affairs would make a bath-house & profitable investment. . Tho University suthorities have boen aeked to considor the propriety of orecting_ & high board fonce on the campus, on tho lake shore, running along the beach and down into the water, in_or- der to nccommodata the many young Loanders under its caro who aro wont to disport them- solyes in the waters of Lako Michigan. ' A meoting of the Excoutive Committeo of the Alumni Asgociation of the Northwestern Univor- sity was held at the residonce of Dr. 3, O. * Broydon Mondoy evening, to perfoct tho 'ar- rangements for the rounion'at_tho coming Com-=* meucement. Trom presont indications the Com- mittee oxpeot that tho publio oxorclscs'will be roore attractive than usual, whilo the privaie ceromonies will be enliveued by the prosenco of & goodly number of tha Alumnl, Tho adjourncd maoting of tho Town Board was hold Monday, tho full Board, consisting of Mesars, Ohnse, ‘Wackler, Bulzer, Schieswohl, and Schafor, bolng prosent. Tbo special busie ness of the evening was to have beon the con- sidoration of an application "of the Park Come nmissioners in referonce to the Lake Shore Drive, but the surveys not baving. been completed, the ,application was not forthooming. The petition ‘prosontod at the last meeting, for the repeal of tho saloon ordinance, wasalso expeoted to come, up, but, under tho: rules, had_to mwait a fegular meeoting for 'a hearing. These two matters brought out s large and luterostod attendanco, which spoedily dispersed when_ it bocame evi- dent that ouly ordinaty routine busincss womld be transnoted. The roading of the minntes was dispensed with, and =n ordinsnce for a sidewalk on Fuller- ton avenue, from Lincoln to Racine avenus, was adopted. » A communiocntion from Mr. Wilson, asking the grading of a portion of Halsted strect in Soc, 16, was roferred to Commisefoner Sulzer with power to act. Action on's similar requesd In regard to Walsh streot was deferrad. Tho following petitions woro rond ond lnid ovor ; For tho grading. of Shoffiold svenuo from the Jofferson rond, a distance of oue-half mile, to Sulzer avonua ; ' that the Board compel the Evanaton Gravol Road Company to keep in ore dor Wobstor avenuo sccording o coatract ; ono, signed b’iuixly-eigm residonts, anking that the ‘Board adhoro to thiolr polioy of tho past year in roforence to the regulation of saloons. o A resolution was adopted ompowering tha Bupervisor and Assessor o' make contracts for {mproving Belmont avenue, i ‘ communication from the Town of Jofferson, asking the Board to co-operata in tho improve~ ment of ‘the atreot on'the common town line, was lald over. : Tho following statemont of tha Colleotor of gxpensos for 1878 was prassatod Tro por ce o g loc m.?' G $200.50 A_committes of threo; consisting of I', BL. Bradley; Charles Searing, and ¥. Bulzor, was appoited to examine. the_ police regulations of Chioago, and to report to the Board such of them ' na yany meet their approval, . ‘The uniforming of the polico forco was “also reforred to this Com- mitteo; after which the Board ndjourned. SR T T S R A mass temperanco. meoting was held Monday avening- at the Uun{rhfintinnnl Church, undex the nusplees of the Ladios® Temperance Unlo Tho recont action of tho 'Town Board concerning the liceneing of ealoons, and the futercat awak- ened thereby, called out s large number, and tho church wag filled to its utmost capacity.. 'Mra, Humphroys, Proaidont of thé Ladios’ Tomper- anco Unlon, called the meoting to.order, and, , aftor:a’song by tho choir, Mz, George M. Sharp ', mude a prayer. Mrs.' Conwell” then’.résd sn origina) essay upon intemperance, and’ remarks wore made by Mrs, Lasbior, Mré. Hutphreys, tho Rev. Mr. Iflg, the Hon. M., W. Austin, Mr. )jntlu,,m. Austin, ‘Gadrgo W. Bharp, and 0. P. on. A In tho course of tho mesting, the following ms:alutlon was unanimously adopted by a rising. | voto: s R Reaolved, That wo heattily indorse the movement: o indics fn petitioning the Town Hoasd aaniost ton grauling of ‘wmy licento 1o scl intoxleallng drinks, . tolying upon the corpurate autharity of (he Tovn of Cicero, wo call upon the Board of tiie Town fo with= | Liold thie legal authority of. that .trafllo so destructive of avery lutereat of tha community, . ELGIN. ¢ Atomrnrm\uu meating was hold in BuBols’ Opora-House Bunday evening, and the audlenca was addressed by tha Rev, Mr. Balcli. The Elgin Gazeltg ostablisbment was .eold Mondny, under o mortgage, ‘The proporsy dura ing tho past year has depreciated in value very much for some roason, and lost a large amount of its formor patronnge. 'I'he property brought snlo, Arraugements aro porfeoting to establish another paper, mifler ex- porionced managoment. . A largo number of workmen are engaged in \\'(lll‘éf, proparatory to robuilding the burned dis- triot, ‘Tho Watch Company is having ereoted the Iargost brick chimuoy In the Stato. Tho Ion. lonry Shormsu, rosidont Trustes of tho Tnsane Asylum, is bullding . oo elogant residenco upon bis fino grounds, The deraand for bhouses coutinucs nuabated, and recsut salos of real ostate show & atendy ap preciation of values, ‘I'io rocolpts of froight ab this polnt, over the Olifosggo & Northwestern Rulway, for the past nino mouths, amounted to over x{fl 009 tons..Can any town cf thosume sizo in tho West show moro trafllo trade? This Qompany s making offorts to vetaln tho trado of Llgin, » The Paymors' Culuxlr Ausootation {8 arranging for a maoting to Lo holden dmlufi the Iattor part of this month, The Llgin Club comprises about sixty members, and thelr power is already buing felt in township affairs, The One Hundrod and Twenty-Soveuth Iills nois Volunteors will have & ronu{an in this olty gg;{:x Qoptombon tho day is not yat docldsd v