Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1874, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, A8%4, - - < PUBLIC WORKS. Thirteenth Annual Report o the Board. 2 Gy ‘With 351 Miles of Water-Pipes and l(_);‘.;}_“lgs of lmgroved ~ Sfreets, Tadofsement of the Project to Extend ] - {-awarded to Mersra: ‘the cotruption of the North Branch, the 1o water will become im; d and rendered injurious. But dtwill Lo Temombered that these long~stunding ac- cumulztion of fith will haze to be removed only once, and can mever be formed again 0 any cousid- verable extent ; -whilo the material ejected into'the lake D the first procesa of purification by the conduit will Quickly disappear through natural agencies. Tt sotracs Tor the construction cf the conduit was orge .- Noris & ~Co—wmder roposals openied Murch 41, 1874 7 the terms of thelr conirect requiring the work to be done July 1, 1875, Proponals for. thé conduit wero advertized for '{hrec times, - The delay wes ‘advartageons 1o - the Ty, 58 will beseen by a glance at some of {he Ggures of tho Jowest bid@ers at each advertieing: On Scrt, 23, 1873, the lowest bid was. being a saving of £60,016, DHEDGING THE RIVER. Dredging operations have been carried on a3 uaual duing the past year, and tho river has been kept fairly the Fire-Limits to the City . Boundaries, : Nearly $1,000,000 Spent on Additions to the Wa- " ter-Works. The. Board' Believe the City Has the Right to Shut Gff the Ogden - Biich. Over - NXine Hundred Building- g Permits Issucd During the Year. Chicago Covers 22,400 Acres of Ground, - or One-Third as Much as London. ifhe Board Havo Received $6,062,242 and Spent $5,293,243, The thirieenth snnual report of the Board of Publié Works, for the year-ending March 81, 1674, bas just been issued in printed form, and will be at once eubmitted to the Common Coun- ¢il. . Tho Board congratulates Chicago upon the suceessful progress of the second lake tunnel, by mesus of which the city will soon bo in pos- Bession of a water supply for a population of & million and a half of people. The extension of the land tunnel will be completed this fall, and the new water-warks st the corner of Ashland avenue and Twenty-eecand streetwill bo built as 5o0n a8 the necessary engines can be procured, B0 that the two lake tuunels, with their aggregate faily capacity of 150,000,000 gallons, will be in permanent operation about October of next year. Thenew lake-tunnel cost about $400,000, ond the land extension is estimated to cost £5025,000." T'he report says of ;i WATED FPIPES. During the last year more was done than during any like period in the bistory of Chicaga, toadd to ita com- ind safety Ly farniehing water to portions of the litherlo upsupplied. Nearly forty-three and a Baif mles of pipe of vanous sizes were Iaid, including sbxnt 25 miles in localitles where smaller pipes pro- wiousiy Inid were taken up or abendoned : which, add: £d to that reporied in the Iaet annuol statement, gives thecity a total of sbout 3513 miles of water pipes. In the expenditure of the appropristion ‘for water ‘ipes, the city suffers o rerious disadvantage from the present fire limits. The ordiuarce permitting the erection of wocden tenements vatkin the corporation invites the formation of ench sertlements far awsy from the ccntre of population; und thess cettls- ments make pressing demaads fur waler, So long o8 the present fire ordinsnes remains in force, it {5 mnelther humene nor just 0 refuse these dematds. Bub' compliance with them makes a rerious inrosd upon the appropria- Lion, whick; instcad of being used 10-advantage tn a prend systom of large distribubivg pipes, has to be cxpended over mzuy miles of territory to supply the ‘mere necessities of life'at Temote pofats, I the fire 1imits wero made co-cxtensive with the city limits, as puggested elsewhere, the city would grow more com- pacdy, and propertionstely greater benefit would be durived from tazation, It s ihe supposed diference in the cost ‘of building, rather than in property, that induces seltlements In ihe extremes of the city ; and, when the cost of buildingis made uxiform, peopls will be likely to build s near to_the business centre as posrible, 28 the convenience of traurit will moro than Juetify the trifling additional cost of resl estate. Then he money spentconid be expended 50 2a _to furnish Yetier accommodation and more geueral security. The parme remarks will apply 1o the expenditure of all other funds, £t # HYDRANTS. Firo-hydrantd to the number of 455 were added during the vear, and the Board recom- mend that an appropriation be made for the pur- pose of increasing the number of drinking- bydrants in use. That they are not only con- venient but 2lso necessary is now a well-estab- lished (act, and their construction is creditatle to the city.,both for the humane and eanitery blessings they confer. *MCTER RATES, - The Board bave resolved to abolish what may ‘e called the wholesale and retail sale of water. The principle upon which rates were previonsly based was that the cost should decresse as the ‘consurmption iverénsed. In this'way the cost of 200.000 gallons was £40, and the cost of 1,200,000 only $i20. This was an unfair discrimivation nzainst the smaller manufacturing establish- inanta ; and meter-rates for the coming vear will be uniform. The new rates, 10 cenis per 1,000 aro the fowest in tho United States. Tue followng ise_ * - - CONDENSED STATLUEST OF RECEIPTS AND EXPEND- 1TURES * e BECEWPTS, > Tncdme from water ren... % ©08,808.37 * o .t EXPENDITURES, « . Expenee of running pumping work: £167,490.27 Salrics of the Board aud off- _cers, and all expenecs jer— tatfing tothe Water Offce.. For repaits of buildings dam- aged by fire, for repairing pipes and hydrants, znd . miscellaneous operaling ex- 12808 78,067.58 Exfense of operating shops.." 2,771.59 Expense of lake tuonel crib.. 620,53 TWater mefers and expenses.. 29,1417 Interest paid on water bonds. 31686257 Waier-tax refunded..ecreeees. 35055 Surplus for 18734, ...... B COST OF ADDITIONS TO WATED~WORER' DR 1,6,5, 13,16, 302 36 inch 51 2, 16, an ing including Tayivg. New lake tunmel,. 622,431.20 79,237,203 182,623.3% . 26,82131 S $991,308.90 < WATER- Total cost of VOIS 1o ApI 1, 134, ncluding ‘il work i e $5,203,817.46 ... SEWEDS. There wero laid during tho year 146,702 faet of Bewers; ot b cost of £506,233.45. The cost of re- paining Beners and catch-basias, and of renew- ing aug repairing man-holes, has been, for the year, £26,320.65. The fnrmber of connéctions of private drains with poblic sowers wea 4,69 and the reccints..from private drain permits were $24,765.45. - The Board say of the i CONDITION OF THE RIVER : Duriog the yast year the mat; 2 Brana fave bet 5 3. FatisTocions congitim comt 3t rare faterval is hizly probable that the South Tranchi would viéver occasion serious auncyance but for the miscLicveus efect of {ho Ogden and Went- worth &tch, which af’ fimes prevents any lake water fram cilcring fho Miinois & Michigsn Cenal. Tho Cits Engincer suggests, in his reyor, 3 compromise Dolwaen the city and ‘the proprietors of tho ditch, Yhich may accomplish the deetred Tesult, Bat thy Bourd are clearly of the opinion that the city haa the Ticht to protect tho usefulness of the canal, aud they St 1920y settlement which Includes » recognition Thcivar oot of individaala to umpede of damage & mu- 2 oard celicve that the city shold cut off a g‘;‘;\;ggflglgmggg s TR e % dow The X i i Lo miade in 1t wot the compleiipg pr e U S8 I the conduit proves ar 0%, CONDUTT. Hclted 15 manilar il oesat ae {8 now an- the North Branch, but will also Revg g upon the inuin river ond Lo Sogts b2 UMY elloct Thieh suffer from (e digclibrgo of the ot nbz:'fag,l when 4" southierly wind depressesitha gng =0 1y ePredeatha suface of the e. *_Althongh the parpose of {he con ~iong have been givendn previous dl:’[:o‘r:-fl {:',:,‘m“‘ Lo improper yortinlly to recupitulate. Ax fdes Eg",f.‘ capacity and uscfuiness may bo had {om the fact sy it will empty the North Branch every twenty-fous Tours, and cleanso the entire river every (histyaiy hours, The capacity of the conduit under 3 head of 4 feet s 34,509,000 culiic foot every tbwenty-four hoursg and 17,290,000 ci:bic feet under a hesd of one foot dure ing the rame time. navigable. The dredging is an expensive, Lut only practicalwethod of accomplishing the resuit rived at. and {0 suspend it, even temporarily, would only increase the obgtructions, and add to the ultimate e The cost of Le year's operations bas been 07,7 The report hes the following on THE BRIDGE QUESTION : Thero are now twenty-nino bridges cressing the river. and thirteen viaducts over rufiroad tracks. The bridges arc in a uniformly good condition, and promise years of endurance, Some discussion has prevailed concerning the inconvenience eutfercd by pedestrians by the opening of the bridges for the pas- sago of shipping. Tt bas becn euggusted that tho Dridges be kept closed during the day and open nt night; or that they be kept closed during two hours in the morning, two hours at midday, and_two in the evening. It will Ly clear {o every reilectng mind thst any action in this matter which will coufer on Jand or water travel an unduc advantage, would be 3 serious blow upon the city itself, An exemination of the magnitude, the nature, sud the conditions of the commerce which Ards its way up the river for distri- butlon and manufacture, establishes the fact that de- Iny greater than tnat now imposcd by the bridge ordi- nance would be extremely dangerous, The character of thie great manufacturva along the entira extent of the river, especially in the southwent, the capitsl invested, their dependence on the quick delivery of material by shipping, and the varied snd_extensive employment they maintatn, muat be taken into account, Any as- enult upon this portion of the industry and enterpriss of Ghicago would be to the direct jnjury of tho work- ing classes themselves, for whom the twelve or six hours’ closiug of the bridgesis asked. A week's cx- periment upon éithor of the plans propored would re- sult in general derangement or disaster 0 Oyr manu- facturing fnteresta. o attempt t0 make such regul tlons permanent would compel the majority of theso estabiishments to abandon their present localities and seek equal accommiodations, not easlly, 1f ot all, ob- tainable in the city. The Jumber and coal futeresta— wo of the most important fuctors in the prosperity of tlie city—could not safely bear the cbaugo, sad tho en~ tire manufucturing interests of the river snd ils branches wonld be seriously injured. After a careful examination of the subject in all its relations, the Board conclude that the general interest of the peoplo is best guarded by the present ordinatice, which se- cures equal priviieges to pedestrians and commerce, Ong of the most important recommendations concerns BUILDING PERMITS. During the year 935 permits were naued for the erection of brick buildings, and 225 applications wero received and heard for the removal of wooden build- iogs within the firollmits, Of these 17 wera acted upon favorably, An s precaution sgaost fire, the Board belleve that tho ordinauce permiting the transfer of wooden baildings from one site to another within the firo-lim- 1ts, should now be repealrd, As Soon a8 property be- comes suliciently valusole to call for the erection of Lrick or tone, it cannot be considered a hardship to require that, for the genernl sufety, the wooden &truc- ture ehall be torn dewn, matead of being removed to another locality. ‘The Board also recommend that the fire-limits be made coustensive with the city limita, CHANGING THE FISCAL YEAR. The Board suggest the expediency of petition- ing the Legislatare to changa the municipnl fis- £al year 50 as to make it identical with the cal: ender yoar. Owing to the lateness of the period at which annual appropriations are madoe, pablic work is delayed to sorions disadvantage. For instance, in Tegard to sewerage, laying water- pipes, constructing buildings, etc., under the present o-der the fands for these purposes are only arvailable in midsummer,.and the Board cannot prepare Specifications ‘or advertise for bids until the season has far advanced ; wheroas, econcmy a5 woll as_convonionce requires that the contracts should be awarded and operations begun as early in the epring a8 possible, o as to secure the lnrwest term of favorable weather for the performance of work. * An important contribution of the report is the Tollowing, which gives an ides of the 3 AREA OF IMPROVEMENTS. - In estimating the extent, the varicty, the speed, and the velue of pullicimprovements carricd on by the osrd, and the difliculties to be constantly overcome, the peculiar conditions under which the City of Chica-~ g0 has been boilt should be taken into account, The older cities developed rccoridug toa fized ratio, and grow compactly, Tho development of Chicago has been 50 awift that fow yeara have furnished reliable stand- ards for subsequent ones, and in no large city in the world is the relation of urea to population so great. The city has a length, north and south, of 7 _miles, s0d an average width of 5% miles, with tho exception of the part north of North avenuc, which is but Imiles in width, making a fotal ares of sbout 22,400 acres, which is mearly one-third of the ares of London, The operations of the Doard extend over this cutire terri- tory, and include 609 milen of streets, 170 miles of sewerage, 350 miles of water-Fipes, the lake, land, snd river tunnels, the wuterworks, public buildings, nearly ity bridges and viaducta, the parks, the protestion and cleaning of the river, and s river and dock frontage, a8 shown in the following table : BIVER, CANALS ASD BASINS, AND TOTAL DOOK FRONT- ey Total Average . Area, lengthy " width, “spuars ol fect,' fect, Main River, 3000 2,100,600 North Branch. 1 4,200,000 South Brauch. % 8,763,000 West Branch of Bovth L BIADCH... wecusiesnwn, 1100 75 1,283,500 Bouth Branch of Bou'h BEAKCN v ovogy sozve 75 697,500 Blips, canals, and basins, 300 3,715,000 15,757,000 TTotal dock-frontage, ...232,100 A consideration of this vaet territory, and of the great net-work of improvements which minutely cover it, will suMciently nccount for the difficuliies ex- perienced inprosecuting public worl® at the same pace which merks privaie enterprice, THE TUMPING-WORKS. The report of the enginecr of the pumping works shows that during the year 11,722.819,033 fnllons ot water haye been pumped, being near- ¥ 1,672,000,000, or 16.63 per cent more than the Quantity pumped the previons year. ‘The daily average quantity pumped during the year end- ing March 81, 1873, was 27,500,000 gallons. The smallest daily average for = single month, for the same pertod, was in month of April, viz., 23,250,000, while the largest averngo during tho Tenr reforred to was in March, bring S1,500,000; Ou the 24th day of that month 83,250,000 wera pumped. - = The aaily average pumped during the past year reached s irifls over 32,000,000 gallons, while the largest and smallest average for a single month a5 80,500,000, in April, and $4,000,000in No- vember. The greatest quantity pumped in one day was Dec. 10, viz.: nearly $7,000,000; - al< thongh this quantity was nearly reached several daysin the months of December, July, and Au- gust, and during several hours of those days the quantity puraped was at the rate of over 40,000, (00 per day. ~ The cost of delivering water por 1,000,000 gallons during the year was %12.86. ‘Tlis total expanditure for repairs dne to pump- ing was §1,466.33, or less than 12} cents per 1,000,000 gallone. TIE QUALITY OF WATER. City-Engiveer Cheabrongh reports that the quality of the water snpplied was more objec- tionable on two occesions than zt any oiher timé since tho completion of the lake-tunnel in 1867. The first was owing to the necessity of taking water from tho inlet basn on the shora for seventeen days in October, the cause of which will be founa expleined under the head of the new lake-tunnel. Lhe dsmaging eoffect of the shore_water upon the machinery has alrendy beew described by the Chiof Engineor of the pumping-works. ~The other occasion was on the 1%th of November, just after a remarkably #evera snow-storm on the lake, which made the water very. turbid far out beyond the erib. A Tepetition of the first, it is hoped, will rarely, if over, occur again, but there is no help against the latter, and, to & greater or less exteat, the Iake water will be very turbid after evory north- caster. . THE OUTER HARDOR. Under this head, Mr. Chosbrough reports as follows : To Gol. Houston, United States Enginest 1n charge the Dozrd ia 3gein fadebted tor Jucorimation somsec: ing this {mprovement. The crib-work of the break- waler has been extended 1,100 fect further south, leav- {28 only 150 feet o the 4,030 feot oviglnally planied to ut in. A further appropriztion of £75,000 has been made by the General Government, whicil Col. Houston‘advises sliould be expended in extending the crib-work 150 feet further south, and then in Toising the last 2,000 fect of the breakwater fo 1ta proper helgt, A8 mentioned last vear, it is etill proposed G omit 10 pler originally planned from the south end of the breakwater westward to the shore, and in ita stesd to cxtend the breskwater stll fartfer south; but for Teasons then given this matier etill remains unsettled. Tho catrance to the harbor, near and west of the Ogden Slip, has been dredged, ‘and 5,80 cubic yards of material removed. The north end of the breakwater was injured by the striking of a vessel against it, and bas since beca ro- paired. besides which piles have been driven near it to Trevent another occurrence of the kind. ’. STREETS. According to the report of the Superintendent of Strects and Bridges, the number of miles of il:prm‘ed streots inthe city is 102.40, asfol- w6 2 Wooden block pavemen 8 35 milea ‘Tho objection has been raised ihatin carrying off Graveled.. oo = 8 25 miles 6 1-8 milea Boulder and stone blocks 1.7 mtles Cindered vexseen . i8 25 milcs. Total ..ovreere oneeee102,40 miles FISANCIAL STATEMENT. = “aotN The finhncial statement of the Board-is sum- manized by Mr. E. AL Johuson ~ bookkeeper, ns follows : Water fund. +§1,880,894,15 Sewerage fus 045,836.77 Sewerage tax fund. ,263,129,85 Appropriation fand 2,236,475,33 River tmprovement fund - 820926.13 Total receipts. 56,602, *..81,97%,079.93 51 Rivor improvement City Bridewell fund “Total axpenditues. LONDON AND PARIS CABS. Metropolitan Cab Sys tem. ‘ From the Landon Echo. There are cabs and cabs. Thero is tho gay and dashing Haneom, with a horse of good {family, thriving especially upon the .jeunosse doree, with a driver, & marvel of skill and audacity, ready, with equal addross, to do battle for his fare or to plunge into the maze of London traffic, and to steer a careful way through densely- crowded streets. Tho pace ot the Loudon cabof ‘this sort gencially sppears absolutely terrific to & Parisian, whose ifacre, though, 88 we shall see, it has merits of 1t own, ususlly travels at somothing less than the speed of London four-whesler. We are not, however, about to speak of the best caba of London, but rathor of the average vehicle, and on this ground it most be..admitted ibat, in_ point of comfort, though not of safety, tho London cab is ac- knowledged to stand jost above the wheclbur- row. The cab-horee has been adopted by all art- ists, whother comio or serious, as the symbol of all that is migerable in horsefiesn. ‘The cabman is a long-suffering mortal, who revenges his suf- ferings, whenover he can,upon the public, charg- ing over some of them and overcharging others, but, novertheless, oe of **our own flesh and blood,” and s man, we hardly ventuie to say more,bu we may say 28 much (or nealy), sioned against as sinming. ~Of the lans which have at various times been passed with reference to cabs, the cabman has disobeyed or evaded most, until be bas got them altered. Tho only law which he has at all_copsistently obeyod is the ruls of the road. We do not suppoxe. thut we shall ever obtain, or that it woull be reasonable for us to expect to obtain, a better class of cabmon, thoogh _their licene ging regolations are susceptible of im provement. 'The cabman is not, by any meaus, a8 black 88 the fare—who often, by the way, treats him very meanly—paints him. His faults are the almost necessary product of the life of exposure, hardship, and uncertainty which bLe leads. Dut it may be that the cab will improve, and in order that it should doso, weare oi opinion that what is ch‘xefl{ necessary s that thoe cab-business should be taken up by capitansts npon a ramewhat larger scalo. In fact, that somo agsociation should arise to do for our cabs what the General Omnibus Compauy las dono for our omuibuses. The chicf reason why tho ordinary cab is a vehicle so comfortless, sougly, and, usually, #o dirty, 18 that it. 18 that therols wanting in the oab-businesa that enérgy, system, and eaterpnse which capital alono cau give. Tako the following description of the fiacro of Paris, which we quote from tha current uwmber of a monthly magazine, aud which éve: qualilied to pronounce an opinion will at ouce acknowledze to be true: **The fncxe ol tlo Parisian public is always clean, botl withit Witbout ; the panels ara polished. the b. bright, the sides are softly padded, ai seats have springs; tho glasses ere slining. the movemeat is easy, and there 1s about haif a8 much room again in it as in one of ours inteuded . to accommodate the same number.” Now, what is the main cause of the dierence between the London cab aud the Parls fiacre, 80 greatly to the advantage of the latter? 'Cbat cause is, we aflirm, to be found mainly in the fact that Paris “cabbed "—if we may ooin a word—on a large ecale. and Londou upon a smallscate, - Tho Lon- dou cab usually belongs to an individual of some, but not very extensive, means, who lecs several out to drivers, or drives his cab himself. We believo the terms nsually ave that the driver of a four-wheeler shall bring back 133 a day, and the driver of a Haosom £1. What the driver can cara beyond this he keeps. If his earnngs for the day fall short of this, he has uext morning to make up the required sum before he takea ot his cab. 1t is his interest to make a3 muth out of the cab and horse or horses during the day as possible. Provided ho briuga back tho one on_four legsand the other on two or four wheels, as the case may be, and his 203 or 155, he is leld to have porformed the whole duty of a cabman. Tho "condi- tion of things is, therefore, thiz: Tne cub was gafe to drive in when last licensed. Thle horso, if ho falls, can mostly get up agaic, Dut thero 18 not, aud there cannot be, that careful man- agement of horse and vehicle which i3 practiced, for example, by the Genéral Omnibus Company with us, or by the Compagnio_Generale, to ‘whom 3,200 of the 7,372 fiaczes of Paris belons. This Association turns out yearly from its work- shops from 400 to 500. cabs, or fiacres, astho French eay, and owps, or did iu September, 1873, 9,000 horses of an average value of £32 each, Be- fore one of thieeo flacres is allowed to go outin the morning s wheelwright Lis tried every bolt, ex- amined every screw, looked to the springs, the saxles, the locks, aud the hinges of tbe doors. Meaowlile, o veterivary surgeon has looked to the horse, whosa shocs have likewiee been ex- amined by a blacksmith, and whose barness hag also passed throagh o careful review. Al this is over and doue befare the driver makes his 2p- ‘Ee:mmce fu'the morning. At 6:30 o'clock, when e arives, be finds a thoroughly-overhaulea horso put to a thoroughly-overhauled vehicle, and bo has nothing to do but to taks the reius in his hand and drive away. ' Ho keecps & way- bitl, upon which he is bound 'to enter all tne de- tails of bis day's work, e js pald 3 shiilings a day as wages, and, of course, he keeps the pour. boires (Fronch for dnver's money) which may have been given to him. The horso which he drives is chosen with coneideranle care, and trained for the work end hardship which he will have to go through with much patience, Logked after with gcnt caro, well stabled and well fed, the animal is found to lest in sullicient streagth and vigor for from three to five yeurs. After that ho 18 gold geperally to ono of the emaller proprietors of fiacres. In fact, when a horea leaves the pervice of tho Paris Compaay, he is, we shonld say, in about the condition of health znd vigor in which he would begin his career between the ehafts of the Tondon four-wheeled cab, Thn Compaguie Generale of Paris happengat the present time to be exceptionally well - horsed, owing to its old horees having been all eaten . or killed in battle during the war, avd its ‘having cousequently ‘been competled to purchase a complete new stud. But at ordinary times, we fake it that the stables of the Compagnio Genorale are about on the same footinz of efficlency with thoss of the London General Omnibns Company, In considering the state of London cabs, wo have ouly iucidentally mentioned the Hansom cab. ‘fhe Hapsom' cab is, in certain respects, im- mengely better than & four-wheeler. Itisdrawn by & horse that can generally go, and it iy neither 8o noisy nor »o0 dirty as the four-wheeler, But then it must bo remembered that the Hapsom cab is, after all, a yery inferior vehicle considering the cost of Thiring it. Both sorts of cabs would. unquestionably be greatly xmi)rored by the bringing of more capi- tal, which 15 only another. way of saying more system and more intelligence, into the cab-busi- ness, and when London sball have—if that time should ever come—= Geueral Cab Company, we shall, but not we fear bofore, possess better cabs, not merely 28 an excoption, but rathier os a gencral rule. _— s Help? in'Virginia. Writing of . Virginia MMountaineers, Donn Piatt says : They Lave the eame sense of social- equality thatafflicts thonative-born laboring class ot the West ; aad although voverty lives 11 the mountains, making it diffienlt to exist, aud cer- tainly to exist with comfort, it is impossible to get house-gervants from among the natives for love or money. A charming hitile lady Lere, Alrs, Morgaun, sister-in-law to the late famous Jobn Horgan, gave Us B very amusing acconnt of hor trisls in this direction. - Her first exneri- ence was with a tall, apgalar mountain maid. One morning she announced a visitor to Mrs. a0, Who is he, Malyina ? * Lord akove knows, I don't; he's a total stranger to me." **18 he a gentleman 2" **Well, ho ain't & niggah."” * Did he not give you Lis name ? " * Not much. Bat I dido't ask him.” “‘Buot he gave his card 2 a I?u mesu that bit uv papah with the printin onit 2" = ** Of course; what did yoa do with it 2" ““Why, I just put it whar I seed the others, on Htistory of the the pahlow table.” o ng vexatious! and what did you say to dosb-knob i1 X *“ I told him to bitch on to the seed you," <" THE. GORNER. . 7 Instances of_the’ Unfairness ‘of’ Mr. Sturges. fsnu?the Victims Will-Probably Have to' Bpinion of a Bdnfd-of-:f;fi;ie Man. Thereare certain mattors in conngotion with. thig'tecent deal in corn”on the Board of Trade which are mot gemerally known. In the first place it was much moro a country deal thana city affair. Thero Were not teany city dealers interested in it, nor country dealers either, for thatmatter. They annomrcod-themselves ready to buy. grain, but a great deal-more-game in from, the country than they had any. reason to expect. i Asan illustration of the feshuical advantage taken of dealers, it would, perhaps, be well to cita the caso of s - MR. G. P COMSTOCK. "' r This gentloman had 85,000 bushels of corn, or rather its equivalent, in Mr. 'Sturges’ offico at two minutes of 3 o'clock. Mr. Sturges had counted on the crowd befora his door, but Mr. Comstock hnd not. By the timo the 1atter had pushed his way through tbe mob the clock strack, and Mr. Sturges refused to acceph Mr. Oomstock’s offer. To nncommercial eyes- this looks like a rather shabby ruso on Afr, Sturges’ Sacks < . Another case illustrates tho case more forci- bly. 3 T, LYOS - had 14,000 bushels deliyered from 8. P, Olden- ham one minute befara 3 §'claclk, and was duable to deliver it before ono minute to 3 o'vlock. Mr. Sturges rofused to recelve it, and Mr. Lyou paid the differencoe under protest. This is note- wouthy, inusmuch as Mr. Lyon himself estab- lished the precedent. At the time of his great corver he succceded i staving off deliveries antil the Jast moment in tho™ casa of afew indi- viduals. These latter. bowover, were personal coemies of hig, and had ‘* done him dirt,” as be expressed it. In the present iustauce M. Sturges bad no excuse, e treated friends and foes alike, AL the time William Young made his blg cor- ner he equeezed ‘‘tho boys™ wvretty sharply. But ho gave tnem the odds of & generous col queror. Ho kept Lis_oflico open until’4 o'clock, and gave **the boys" every chance in the world. The penny-seraping policy of Mr. Sturges has created ) . Fa A VIOLEST FEELING against Lim, aud there are not waning hundreds of operators who threaten to bring tbe matter before the Board. If it is possible for them to get his expulsion from that body they will do it. ON 'CHANGE YESTERDAY. _The_rippling which the stroko of tho bell caused in the f)onrd of ‘Irade Fridav atterucon at 3 o'clock had not altogether subsided yester- day. The tumuit had ceased in a great measure, but now and then an angry waye washed up re- voltin suggestion, and an angry, discontented gort of feeling prevailed among the shorts. - A reporter was dispatched yeaterday to discover,as pearly as possible, the sentiment of the mem- Lers of the Boara on certein points, as to whether those who had failed to fulfill their contracts had any loopholes through which to creep, as" regards the corn vorner. The first person interviewed upon the subject was one of the most eminent-members of the Board. When approachea by the reporter, he declined to commit himself unless the inter- viewer promised the most inviolable secrecy as to his name. The reader will therefore be com- pelled to satisfy Limself with this gootlemau's initial, and fill in the name as best suits elther Ius 1information or imagination. Reporter—r. C., do you think that those who failed to_fulfill their contracts can be made to rettle ¢ho difference? Mr., G.—Sec.. 9 of Role 5 of the Botrrd makes it the duty of the Board of Directors to cxsmino charges sgaiust such members of the Board u3 fail to fulfill their con- tracts. If it is round that such parties fail to discharge their obligations, the rulo requires the Board to suspend them. This is their duty. Rororter—I uuderstand that some of them claim that & COLLTSION WAS APPARENT between those who manipulated the corner and certam brokors, through whioh they were un- ablo to fulfill their contracts. Will any of them rely upon snch churges # o Mr. C.—If such a collusion were mbrnsentm}i I think the Board of Directors would make fu allowances. i * Reporter—Do you think that such a represent- ation would help them iu any way ? 3 © Mr. C.—My impression s $hat théra was an understanding between the parties mauaging the corner and the brokers. . The latter kept tho grain until it was too late to deliver it. It wae stated to'me that a certain broser had delivored to certain parties, conditioned that they would not deliver back to Mr. Sturges. Reporter—Do you mean to 8ay thers was any collusion ? Jr. C.—T belleve there was. Reporter—DoIunderstand, then, that the mat- ter must come beforo the Board ? Mr. C.—Not necessatily. Thera will ho no trouble if the {lttics 8760 UPON & certain price of settlement. The Committee on Arbitration will decide upon the measure of damages. Reporter—Does the ruling of the Board com- pel an appeal to the Committee, on Arbitra- tion?" 2 * AMr, C.—There is nothing in the rles that can compel parties to arbitration. Thev are ‘all at liberty to take matiers into the courts. _ Reoporier—How do ‘you suppose tho case wiil 0 ? ¢ Mr. C.—~Mr. Sturges will probably bring tho case before the Arbitration Committee, and it is more than likely that complaint will be made for the non-fulfillment of cootract, in which case'the Directors will tako the matter up. ‘The reporter called upon AR, M'HENDY, who swas 8aid ta be considerably short, He de— clined to say anything at all. To Mr. Jomy B. LYON then the reporter repaired. . Reporter—Do you think that those persons who frited to fulfiil their contracts can be mado todosa? Ar. Lyon—TI think 80; yes, sir, * Reporter—Do you think they will plead col- luzion on the part of brokers and the men who ‘were runutng tho curner? i Mr. Lyon—The latter do not deny it af all. They can prove it. Sturges does not deny it, as T understand. Reporier—Wonld such a plea havo any weight with the Directors ? Mr. Lyon—Well, Tam not sure about it. I would not raise it &t all. Reportor—Do you think it would make a caso for them? Mr. Lyon—No, sir; Idonot think it would. T think if ought not to mske a caze. —— . Miss Sedgwick’s Romance. From the Berkshire County (Mass.) Eanle. Thero lived many years ago in the Cou nty of Borkshire, & young lady possessed of more then tho ordinary scéompliehments which, at that day, distinguished tho intelligent dzughters of New England, At sn eariy period of her life her writings attracted the sattention of the public, and hier novels penetrated all parts of the civil- ized world whers the English langusge s spoken; and she was fully entitled to the envied reputation she had earned by hor graceful pen sketches. Ble czme of one of the leading fam- ilies of Berkshire, possessing wealth and baving eévery requigite necessary to make her a desir- able companion to some worthy man who chose to make hera wife. This lady had s brother living in the Oity of Albauy, New York, whero he followed the profession of the law, in pari- nership with a worthy men of iealth, irre- proachsble character, and bigh reputation, not only for his learning, but his ster- ling integrity. The intimate relations existing between these two individuals served to bring together tho brother's partner nnd tho sister beretofore alluded to, and tho circumatances resulted in the lawyer making an offer of his hand to the gifted authoress, which was ac- cepted, and the engagement continued for a Iong time withno apparent jealousy, doabt, or misunderstanding to interrupt the smooth tenor of their way. Dut the gantlemsn was ac- customed to read novels as well as tha law, and it is natural to euppose that he read the worky of his affianced bride with all the ardor which the circamstances of the case will warraut, In one of these volumes he found tie affec- tions existivg between the hero and heroins of the tale Eormlred in such glowing, ardent col- ors that he was impressed to stop and asx him- eelf the question, ** Is this real? are these the - - }-faluchood, and. —Le— true sertimenti of. 'tho fai ness all the charactaristics of tuis hero in order to sauefyand maie happy the woman whom I havo chosen as a'compamon fof Hife 7" The high inciplo of fionor'which lio possessed forbade im to “proceed with any furthers act that could bereafter be chargeable with concealmeat of young lady that if the lovg which sho had por- traypd in berwork: of fiction should bo exact- ed from lum, th to confess that “Be did Bog, ‘er féel,” that LS love was-uhywherg near the standard ‘Which she bug written in wordy of fire. . Tne result of- thyy understandivg or misunderstandiug; whichever Yow nay eall St wag the breakitig np; ol the e sugemeut between Harmanus Biceckerand Cath- anpe Sedgwick, and-shey-remusined from that day estrauged forgyer. Tho ludy lived a celibate lifo tos good old ege, and waa’gathered to ber fathers, regretted by all who eujoved ber ac- quaintance, bmt hGr’britliant geuius will live until tho cicnce 6f litsrature 8hull bé buridd in oblivion. - Tho Igve of Miss Seugwick was the Jove of romaunce, -highwrougtit and elevated.by. the poetic enthusasm of a too active braiu. Such persons can love bot” 6tigp, and, when sul: denly crusbed, their passion_is followed, soma- times, by an inentiable malady uf kimired dis- case; and their action gives to the world wonder- ful esfectn, « Thoss who sink ucder ‘the burden are lost forever. Perhaps to this event the world owod the esjvymantof {ho tany happy moments whicl it. ans émployed in tho perusal of the late works of -this gifted suthoress T Not o with” Harmanus. Bleccker. o took a more common.tense View,of: the marriage rela- tion. Posecsscd of tha practical good seoseand philosophy of bis Dutch aocestry, he was impoer- vious ta thut intenso enthusiazm:which burng in the brain of the desvendauts of the iupnlsive Puritan; Hod he murried Miss Bedgwick, he would huve -taken har home, when &he would bave sottled down into a macter-or-fact lady of the mension, and nccommoaated. horself to the manfors and castoms of the Dateh Knlckerboeit= ers, and the world have becu forever deprived off thie enjogmients vendered by “hef magic pen; or tho lack of aflinity and tasioy. between the par- ties might Bave resnlied in An open rupture, Likp too many of the uutortunate tulons of an- azomBlio Gaganizatious.” Mr.. Bleecker never married until in the-*sere aud yellow leaf” of old hge, It i3 well kuown he jiasfed mauy years in lolland, and the language thero sposen bemg familiar, and his mother tonzue, he paseed much of bis leisure tino in cultivating tho acqnaintance of thé old families, in one of - which- ne - found & ‘ady’ who expressed herself willing to leave her native conutry -and -£0llow the fortunés of an ofd man iu foreigu Jaods. ‘This was snring wedded to hoary winter. Nobody would supposo that there was’ any romance if &n priangement of- ihik Kkind, bat 1t is ud that & truo, fervent, ud last- Ing affection emisted between the parties, which only terminated with the desth ‘of ono of the twain. Having mis trunks all ready for his de- parturo tor home, ho called to bid farewdll to the family, when some act or expreseion made by the young lady led the oid man to be- lieve that sha would not be unwilling. to ac company him in the voyage. The truuks were fiumediately Janded and arrangements completed for an early marriage, and the old gentleman re- furned to Albany with his young wife. Every one who knew this werthy womau, knew hLow well she performed every duty as & wite. She had no novels to write, but attended faithfully to hor duty at ber husband’s side, cheering his Iast days with affection and 6noothing Lis path- way totho grave; and, although endowed with 8 princely legacy from ber husbapd, yeb after his death she volantarily surrondered a fortune to endow institutions of education andbenevolence, which was iutended to be done by her husband betore her marviage. The Late Lady Amberley. T. W. liiguinson in the Woman's Journal, 3, There' came to Newport, some years since, in the hight of *tho season,” a young married Iady 23 years old, or theroabouts, who attracted a good deal of attention. She could not be directly described ss beautifnl, though her face was fair aud thoughtful; nor as elegant, though ber manners were. frank and winning; nor ss brilliant, though she was foll of thonght and observation. venient quality of * earncitnesa” abiguf her; she seemed so much like an iniclligent young school- teacher or normal scheol-girl, that she would have been very easily - passed - by- ‘ilie circles of faghion had she heen =an American. But ehe being Viscountess Amberley, the daughter of Lord Stanley of Al- derloy, and the daugbter-io-law of Earl Russell, it was not casy or agrecable fo overlook There is a tixed impression at our watering- places that visiting-cards which begin i ¢ La- dy™ instead of “Mrs” bave an ornamental look ou a card-plate; and indeed they are very apt, dike the larger lumps of sugar; to lie alwsys near the top. At any rate, thote who had least sym- patby with the exprossed opinions of Lady Am- berley were etill glad to attend toher; and those who sought Ler in epito of her social position, rathor than because of it, were amnsed in watch- ing the uneasy eflorts of society to fix the right plica of one who was at ouce a foreigaery & lady of rank, and a radical. i Bbe had too much of the honest and slmost brugque quality of English manvers to know or care mueh for all this, Bometimes, indeed, her indiFerence went almost too far, and & few gen- Hine instauces of preoccupation or discourteby made her the object of oceasional attack and of absurd exaggeration,—wany things being atirib- uted to her which ehe never did or wouid have done. L'bose with whom she had spent an hour srere sometimos offended at her ; but those in whose honses sho had steyed ware alwost always Ler best fricnds; and this shows that any faults of manner were superficial, and that the ‘zoble qualitities wera tho real oues. Indeed, it seamed to me that a goad deal of the criticism made 1) on her waa gimply a piece of relf-defense on tho part of thoxe to whom bLer resulute courage and her uuceasing activity offered coustant rebuke, Sydney Bmith said of his clerical brethren in ZEngland that they relt much in tlis way abons Mra, Etizabeth Fry, the Quaker reformer: *‘She disturbs their mina: comparisont "There was visiblo somettnnrrof thi: oo quarters, about-Lady Amberly 1t happened, also, that she was very fearless in demauding of people a very differcnt stand- ard from that which they were wout te recog- nize.” Slie'asked languld yonngdmeu what they thought of Stuart Mill's late address betore the Univermity of Glesgow, She asked fasinonable young ladies whetuer they had been at college, and if pot, why not. Thero was nothing espe- cially censorious in her way- of putting these things ; sho really wished to undersiand.abont them. “Then ghe thought our young ladies ill- educated. aud sho could ot at first understand what wo tried to explain—that tho well*educated girls in Amarica were not usually to be found at watering-places, nor, indced, in * eociety " it- gelf, but wero more commonly the daughters of ministers and meéchanics in small country towus. “Afterward, when she Lnd visited Vassat Oollege aud tho .public schools, "ehe understood this for herself, abd admitted that it would have boen unfair to judge of the geueral education of Amwerdcan girls by timt of watering-placa belles. She was keer, quick, and eagerly observing. At tho fist bali #he attended in America, she seid to me: “Never beforo did I have the shzhtest coneepfion what Hawthorne meant by hia description of English women, Now I un< derstand them, for I sce that American women after middle Lfe grow thin instead of &tout; and English women must grow coarse, as the: grow older, to an Americon cye,” ‘Thus quic] and frank—and sometimes, no doubf, hasty— were all her observations and couclusions., Sha came disposed to like Awmerica, aud did like it, I think, very much. The Boston rudical circles especially intefested her, and she wrote me that sbhe had never, on tue whole, been in any saciety she liked so well. Yet eho bad et from childhood at her father's house the most cuitivated men in England. Afr. 3ill espocially had been intimate there ; and sho TEvere boyond all othera. She showed the influenco of his school almost too fully, and was rather reformatory than poetic in her tastes, Taking her to sec LaFarge’s fine illusirations of ‘**Men Wamen,” I was disappointed to find that ehe cared little sbout them, aud was wholly indiffereat to Browning's poems, though greatly . enjosing his pensonal socicty. Perhaps. in growing older, tho iden! side of her nature would bave been developed equally with the intellectual. and. practical: and this is an- other reason for moumning ber carly doath, - ‘The woman-suffrage movement in England will miss Ler ardent and_daring advocacy; and; though her example Lad less dircct weightin the United Statcs, there 18 yot'a pecaliar ground of toss for us. There are now many caltivated and intluential Unglishmen who bave visited America; but there are very few snch English women. American travelers in England areuow often surprived by the familiarity with the details of American life and- history exhibited by the men whom they mect ; but amoug the women of England therc 18 & vast abyse of 1gnorance in all that relates to us. Tho loss of & siugle English woman of rank aud social influence who had per- #onally bridged the barrier and seen us as wo are, 18 8 just source of decp regret, £ven were it & person less conspicnous for rauk, courage, aud virtues than Lady Amberley. i ter? madst 1 pos- | | v _informed the | There was 50 much of the incon-, e Grand Jury Caniot Eind Out Anything. And the Matter Goes Over for a Month. “$he Situation. Ald: Foley's d ow T . - ., THE GRAND JURY.., . . a “The investigation by the Grand Jury of the bribery charges aguinst’ various’ Aldérmén has thus far como to naught. ~Xr. J.'C. Cochrane, | arohitect, was before -the. Grand Jury. Fridss; and testified to tho exact facts -aiready given-iz Tux : Tripoe. --This was all AMr. Cochrane knew about the mutter, and; nothing. . further was elicited. Yesterday morning State’s Attor- noy - Reed “found on his table #n aganymaps | noto, to_tho offect that Mr. Abram Poole’s todtimony wowd be impostant. A subpana was ot oneo issned for 3lr. Pools, ssha appeared beforo tho Jury, and gavo his statement. He ssid that some time ago a friend cameto Lis offico and proposed to him that they esch put in 25,000, and;-with this-eapital, organize a Court-House ring. His friend oxpressed con- fidence that this smourit would be amplo to buy up the Council “ind ¢ontrol tho “architec: ques- tion, and that, by coatracts and percentages, tliey ¢éonld ~renlize a handsoma profit on the in- vestment. AMr. .Poole told. tho gentleman that He was slready carrying mota.pori than he conld starid comfortably, and had not $25,000 to invest ifi the manher proposed. Mimself afd friend wont ont to lunch together, and met Ald. Pickering, to whom mention wus madoof tho scheme. The Aldermen said, in a jocular way, ‘¢ Why don't -31r. Pools replied;es before fhat ho b o ready money. The conversption at the lanch-table wits in & jocular vein it being understood thas_nove..of . the perties were. iz czrnest”’ 3r. Pooloknew mothmg more about thd matter, e g * This concludéd the investigation by the Grand Jury, who fuled to find a bill, and .were ik charged. Auather. jury sill -be drawn the -last week in August, and -if,~in the mmeantime, any facts of importance come to-the knowledge- of tHe State’s Attorney, b6 will' bring fhe subject before the Graud Jury. s e ‘- ALD.FOLEY. Tmst evening & TrmuNe reporter interviewed Ald. Foloy, of the First Ward, ai his placa of business upon Clark street, in regard to tho lato action of the Council on the Court-Hougo qges- tion, and alzo concerning his views on contingent matters. Tho Aldarman was only moderately communicative. - The following. is & partial-re- port of the conversation: Reporter—3lr. Foley, conld you. give Tme TRIDUNE sny information about the fnside mat- ters or workings of the Conrt-House question in the City-Coaacil. Sy 3 e s Alderman—No,-sir, I do not know that I either swould if I eould, orcould if I wopld, say any- thing on thas subject. e s Reporter—You do nok disappoiot me much, then, but you'can tcll me what you < about City-Attorney Jamieson's deeision. . ! Alderman—Oh, yes. I amincliped to think that the Attoruey is right a8 mattersnow stend: In- deed, 1 do not Seo how ho conld have décided otberwise. I had a long convoreation, yesterday, with bim about the matter, and I haye little doubt iae is right abont {t, bub— 29 Reporter—I judge yon hayesome reservations about it from your manner? * Aldermun=—Vell, T supposa the Council has povwer over the whole subject whenever” it ehall decide to agsuma it. Reporter—How is that? © « .3 Alderman—It can by ordinance take charge of tho whole busingss. . - 5 Reporter—You do not mean that it can in any way overrido or evado the deéision? Alderman—Oh no, not override or evade it ; but the whole subject *hag been placed in the hands of she Cotncil by sn act of the Legislatare of March 9, 1867. This act; of course, repealed tho provious act 6f 1868." .- 4 The Alderman here brought ont his copy of the city charter, with its accompanying acts and :omendn;nulc, snd reed a clause already. referred - " “Reporter—Then you think ‘that this clanse gives the Tight to the Council to control the hole subject of & Court-Housé snd City-Hall 2 m N | 'tios, Beran in with an 3z on b Alderman—I etpuld say that.it did. It will ba necessary first, lowever, to pass an_ordinance asspming charge of it, a8 provided in “the clause you havé just read. A o you think of the probabi Reporte ke of the ties that tho Counéil will act upon the €l Aldermao—1 am sute Tdo not know. I have begrd some mention of the matter; but do-nos knowtbat any action 7y in-direct contempiation. .. Beporser—TIhere is anojher matter npon which 1 would like your opinion. What do you tunk of the proposal that- the-couuty ehould-go on and build npon onc-Lalf of tho sguare, leaving tho clty 1o hulld at ity leisure upon”the other alf ? S 2 Alderman=—Well, it dce&' not strike ‘mbass ery.sengible move. - It _js like saking a man if he iatding 10 et his.wifd go on Aod garchass property which'ho has airéady decided that he is himseif unahls {0 purchase,—hs furnisbing, of course, tho fuuds in eithercase, = . _ sk }l‘erongr——\'on mean, I suppose, that the idea that the connty would really pay for the ballding ‘would bo & pleasant sort of 3 fiction? | Alderman—That is just what I mean, The ¢ity pays from 714 to 8 cents oat of every 10 vot: d for any purposo by the county. Reporter—What do vou think of the county Organization system in cases where the connty coutaine & large clty ? -~ B P Alderman—I think it is an ontrage sad a frand —at ledst it is o in Cook County: Here is & city with 400,5000 pulation, and a county outeide of it with B0, @O more or less; vet in tha” County Board the 50,000 has cight Commissioners and tho city onlyseven.” They' can* voté ‘away our ‘money-- at" thidir pleasure; - and that i8 1ot tho worit of -it—thoy ‘eall the ‘property tlieir owa wlion they have boen using tho¢ity's money to pay for it. It i8 as bad as the unequal ropresountation in the United Statea Senate, or the rotten barough system of representation in Btate Legislatures that still prevailin some of the Enstern States. . - * Reporter—Then you would like Chicago to cat looso from Cook Cognty? . . . ... - . Alderman—Weil, if not that, Twould at least like to sea the repreeentation in the County Board e?‘nnlized,—,-mnt of the fifteen Commis- sioners the city ‘should st least have s dozen. If tho propésty that paye tho taxes were takon into the sccount, the city would bave.a-ssill larger representation. A ey v . Reporfer—Yet you think the-eity is able to erect its buildings at this time ? Alderman—Oh.. yes. I do not think it would be -a very.hoasy. burden. ..L.am..sstonished at what wo- have done since the graat fire of 1871; snd7e0 are sl of us... Fortbo -next aix monthg after that évent the person ‘would hdve béen cousidered- ernzy who should have predicted the smount of money Chicago would Taise and ex- pend in the noxtthree years. Yot weo have done 1, and_hardly notico it. We do not consider h6w the city and its business afe.growing. . Reporter—But no city-boilt buildings with a connty label upon them 2 - -~ o Alderman—Not juat now, -especially not aa a matter of economy. . Reporter—Upon the whole, ther, Fou think that .tha entiro subject - of -City-Hall. and city buildings zencrally is in the-hands'of the Coun cil xhc?un‘.'nx it shall choose. to-make usa of -its oyrer 5 P dokman—Yes;gir, o v s Reporter—\What do you think the Conncil will do abont it ? z o . Alderman—I cannot say. Elow a Ferinle Prisoner was Silénced. " Froii thé Detroil Frée Préss” * - Friday evening 3 woman abont’ 30 Yoars old was arrested in the western distriat for disturbing the peace, and the event almost distracted her, although ehe had soen the inside of a celi before, She began howling-and weeping as soon-as she was Iocksd fip, and Dijék, the fanitér of the Ninth Avonuo-Station, feit ~his ‘heart’ gotting tender. Ho offered her & harvést apple, but she merely stopped long enough to see what it was, and then went on crying ont : . *Iam dying, 1 know Iam!® Y He beaought her to live for the sake of hef husband, who i3 away on the lakes, but she said she would bécola ih “death before murhing if not set g liberty. He showed her the slmanse aod tried {0 induce ber to peruse it and settle her mind, but sho tried to pull s hair-throngl the bars, and raised Ler voice until.it-could be heard two blocks away. He began read- ing the almanac out loud, but.she drowned his voice, and he bad to give up. Then he went out and bought some peppermint drops . and handed to her,- sayiog . that it was & burning sheme to arrest a lady Lke her | ' _suother womap Sh el “Ttos and thon Droko out agae s ooy, tisb station seemed to bo rising up, e0olct ferred ner pound of gum drops o Bl or, § black il drecs, houso and Toy g g if ske would onl 000 and Ldown and-velled T B, b !.h”"-"‘edu‘: Lemmo eout or I shall dj-ah ! E He locked all the. doors. and. sit b, front ateps to let her_exhanst hergelf, by 28 bour and ten miniites, thers najpe 2ok ler threatencd to cat Lier b e onldyy e oc ead r&ht,plfl;mfi?‘ . “Iwon't! Xwon't!" she shop oo anddown, and takingn !rexh!fi::tu‘ifi';“ bn the cosl scuttle. with $he ax ko gy, Foico, but tho vaice drowned. the g Pt the fidso on the ponstock - own_ her, "but’ aho shut hy ¢ar with a shovel. " ben and m,:‘l; B Lh er aed t Oice 0o o new key. | em;‘d Ditcheg Herpae 0 o kog. | The.old 0 g ‘people oti‘doors thought & panthar. o caged.~ As the officar rubbed: his bald hgsi: 4 laoked aronnd his eyes lighted an an g3 0 54 aud Lis emile extonded from par to, , 70 PO, it iny-turued up the gas. and ahoujed 2% 7ie] ** Have you road thé Beocher siandy vyt #Bead whai 1" she exolaimed, suddaq)yerss, to scream. “t‘l'uf:ha,llen'c&ei:mw: mabter,” he'pont; 5 :‘ero ‘what > sbosez” & "what oversbody i iy “ No—where is 162” she apk in the paper, telling her fhay o Soite §00d ho'd hunt up tho roat of o 'sairiid b another papers and from that momeny e, in light the woman never utterod 3 g i onca whan sheesked if thore. maeny %! «eight more papers with tatemeris ig, e oe s ' piaeg —— Bl R o ~.i3lessing the wen, -/ correspondent of th D <rraph thus describeé'kflé‘o’eer?:S: gl d * 4 Blossing the Ses, 84 Ostead, Haler 0™ ot f“Ostend. an’ excelleat. bathing., CE q;lberb,:gpe_cts aELso B DIt vica o “dfi 1 0w bezinning tq _fill mith’ v, A 21n &nd English; and the Ka s DosilE Ger- a8 croyded with s well-dressed L our of - o'elock, which -had bora fixed o (oo, azremony of blessing the s otior altar, much. mord I pegs e A% thwse lo the Place d'Armet 'nmmr:: td1e mosk couspicuous pointaf i L'1Tor came o procession of gié}{’fagfifd‘i a.long array of littlo girls in whity mnsiin drese; a3 d veils, who strowed tho ATOTMA wih fere? ‘116’ cams ihe- choeistars, With an thatramsnty band; and ther iany bauner-cardiers, it Beiag ol sarvabla -that ‘all. the - inveriptinas . Vera in Flomieh, 28 being-addressed 1o the hunbius) a3 tho fost” educated part of ‘tho crond, phy conmtituted 8 large mojority, Under & G007, Lajore which cpusers wera swung, walied aa agdd avd vencrable-looking oriest, in vestments of gold, bearing tha hast.” I fuusd™ay inquy ol o that he ‘'wag not a DLishop or di cha.roh; snd I was, moreover, jnformed it g suzh ecclesiastical authority is given to this fas. tival a8 would be implied in ths personsi atisnds anne of a prelate from Bruges or from Any sdja- cest diocese, for Oatend i3 not yot » Bishopniz, Surl, the benediction of the sea. was -perfarmeq in it manner as solemn 38 1f a Cardioal bad pre- eidia d,though there was a good daal of chattiog. on the ontskirts of tha thrang, snd the campahy seased in the balconios: of tho' Kurenal wers by no nieane 80.8olemn pnd devout a4 the poorer peopile 1n the-crowd near the altas. A exvo of surtillery was fired from the other end of the Digrte when tho- benediction had beel sccom- plistied ; and then the procestion took its. waz bacs again into the town, through all'the eporie and junketings, which were suspended-as it «-d, bui only for & few brief moments,. The band of the Civio Guard played ascular tunes e it followed the - prieeily retnue; .vary sec tunes indeed wore scme-of them; but the bell of tha) priest. wont tiakling orf all the sam@, add even =8 that holy sound mingled with the musig of optxrs bouffe, 5o did the incenss from the Tk very c ensers blond with odors leas acceptabla. Ihad noticed. during the servica on the Digno, mony prostrations by women and littls children, and a few even by men; but the passing of the procet sipn throngh tha tawn. was yob .mara . pro- auct1v e of popular excltement, People rushed from ‘the beer-hops, in which devotional tapert were lighted, .and actually . threw -thamselves down a8 an image was carmed by, At the wine dows -above women clasped their~hands "asd wept. What was the sentiment, what the moy ing canse. I cauld not for the-life of ma-guets But it was there, beyond a queation, Bl FOREIGN-MARKETS. Liv;znpoor, Aug. 111 a.° El 381 Wheai - —Wintar, 108 3d@11s; spring, 00 20} white, 11s d%m 4d; club, 11s 6d@13s 2d, Corn, s, Raork, 708. Lard, 533, 2 S . LIviZ2rooL, Al —3 p. changod.> ~ - E 7 Lox 0¥, Aug. 1—Evening.—Amount of bl wits drasn _ {rom the Bank of England on balance to-day, £10,003. Consols, 924@93% for money and scrount, Tnited States -Socuritins—5-20s of 5, 103; s, W ok e Refiruad’ ) .. Refiry2d’ petroleum, 9.20Kd. - Bau, July SL—Dedten, Gifdte. -~ - Lavemirool, -Aug, 1—Evening.—Colon siesdy 104 quiet; middling upland, 84d; middling Orlexts, 810, £t Jes, 10,000 bales: American, 5,000 bales; epeo- ulitipn 1id eXport, 2,000 Leles,’ LR Brea 3stuffs—Quict and unchanged, Tard-5Tm v s+ - b m oot Bacorr—Long clear middles, 43, BO)5:FOBT, Atg. 1628 9T, + VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON, ~ Speeidl Dispalch to The Ohivano Fribeat. Ponr Hcmow, Aug: 1—Afternoon.—Dowy—Prop Busia: sclrs Soois, Emeral, Jagway,- Hobokes rauger-. CIE Tr—11 ops k. Albana, Dean Richmond rise, cmf‘.-’; snpm:v:; Sweetneart, Montans, Tws: R Nort Weather aa © : voep- - -North, * Weather fine, i A PR gy e 3 EEN nco . G ] Utamrs, * Charte, Crawfard, Samuel L, Msther, £ line, Batzse, . 3 2 i madgr s o ane; e Jos BIRTHS.. - = Ty, Jaly 3, & son to e s3d ¥ o M mer vad ehitd dutng woll -~ MARRIAGES.~ o ekt X SNORTCOMERY —Matrfed peisstely o2 T Pt Cobeny- ey £, Lizzis Moatyomziz, 13353 d Miss Fimily J. Montgumers-of 4 of chalers fafantn, Lilie AYDO! —Oa July 31, Aot I.Qq" Ttarot 1L 31 and Ellea . aod $moas B & "L .08 ’- m 123 Wabash-av, to-day, at half ol 8 T Wb RO e “DEVINIZ -Aujn 1, tho Ret. James 1. Deus, § otics of : faneral horeatter, ki~ Kopy 0 ST el it oFaden, o . 3 E “Funezal 5 Calvary b3 cars, at 10 o'clock Suadat, At 2" Clinta 5 papers ploas cop: . $EWING MACHINES. LATE (MPROVED OARLI [ \Wheelor & Wilion, and § Grorer. & BUZ Taschiaee 4 sale athalf cost prica. 125 Clark . Faa L TYOMEST L SRWISG MACHINE-CITY BEAYCE ofico;121and 174 Ulark, up-saim. Tmonthly p'nvts. S ren 1f dosired attxehm oit, ot 7 "WHEBLEE & WILSON B A ket case, i 11 b Tatost, improrext “ching, ¢ shlcndid order and equal® gi%‘ih-fl fz‘fim?n%,c;mu 345, 7 Tvm«x-:; [IOR BAL{ _8EWING-MAGHINE, ENOLVE &7, O B el o, it os or ol apge. 2 52 Canalst, : XTI DEALING 1N OF HAVLG() rg"a' o) an Bavo o et m.{’-fia.u.?fid;;srg:;m"?zflh: remests 0 Jaea; Tt 7 machines for salo.c e Hoor. " ‘avoley Bapatr Worke, 0, WADSWOEE Manager. = = — \RE, CH E _— SEWINO-MACHINES XEY TRATEdver! i for sato at all price; wasbied =" fects 477 Hnd} ard-st, & pes > S SELOHERT, 3 il J:}}u!flnfl‘ui’ o cily agent. GE oath Hid sted-s! ontaly pajias aw, o o W4 WING MACHINR—PRING re. Aacninos sold oa monihiy eyt ount for cash. 10 per eont i BUIILDING MATPRIAL - TLD 3 FOR SALA CH G A barns v =1 Walnazsz,. S, QR SALE <o TRICK AND SOME OLD bor. Apply At 41 Clint t. ST10 e oL5 BEICK ORI "YWANT 70 170¥ 0,5 OLD BRICK 0E.91va, T e oo B distriet. . £. G, YIBLTL, Hoom 14, L Deaichorate - RDERS F-3.LED FORGOOD DRV IUMEChs O 1 5neand. and someat at 31,28 T ERSC REAR, 159 Dearboras S S0y BRIC At StMoN BRICK FOR.CZ0, WY A ered & CEnizty-arcond and Bou | Dabor i In gnire at 13% 3 duth State-st., fmnizl—n‘_‘_}- P T L o MAGHINERY: - - TG0 RAGINF, B ATl FoLad :'3‘:7& A DY SHD COLBUBY: A% ‘ply 8z 247 5t 2.18-5ta - e BOPEER Ve EEE AR , for 5 : Sanning ‘omiars. "Lgirs or addsoss g, GES! 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