Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1874, Page 5

THE RAILROADS. The Injunction Suit in the Wis- consin Supreme Court. Arguments of .fudgo Spooner and G Smith for the Companles The Oase Not Tikely to Bo Decided " To-Day. New Tariffs of the Rook Istand and Bur- lington Roads. Atiompt to Resist the Payment of Missourl Tnxes, THE WISCONSIN LAW. Speciat Inapateh to The Chieaao Tytbine, THE INJUNCTION BUITS AT MADISON—THE ADBGU- NENTA UESUMED. Maprsoy, Wis,, Aug. 10.—Considoration of the {3 fumcifon suits was resumed this morning, Ad- Altionnl and moro diffiouit pointa have boon pro- sontod in this suit thna woro advanced In tho recout cae boforo tho United States Court, Tho Iatter was rushod through precipitately. Thia procooils doliborately, and nll the points nvo Dolug fully ergued. This morning JUDQE T. L. SPOONER, . one of Wiscousin's shrowdest lawyors, continued the nrgument for the Bt. Paul Company. Tho unconstitutionnlity of tho law was very in- geniously illustrated, Tho charter, Lo clum- ed, was o covirnot with the Biuto, Ivery contrnct should bo construed by the intontions of tho parties to . The Potter law Invalidates the contrack be- twoou tho corporations and tho Btate, Zach cor- poration is eutitled, under the Constitution, to tho guaranteed eafegunrds for tho protaction of proporty, unless by tho torms of the chartor tho right of the corporation to tho bonofit of that anmnu 18 oxpressly or lmpllcitly given away. 'ho State docs Lok raserve tho righe to violate contractg. Lt ouly puts such provisions in con- trnets that altoration shall not bo a yiolation of it. Reforriug to tho jury quostion, ho claimed that, if tho Logislaturo oan take awsy, by enact- mont, from nuy corporation, tho nght of trisl by jury, tho right to n writ_of orror, tho right to tave its property usiformly taxed, aud tho right of roniody by law for all injurios dono to ity propesty, it ean take from thom tho bonefit of tho constitutional provision which says THE PHOPELTY OF NO PENON BUALL BE TAREN YR PUNLIC USE without just compousation, and the benofit of that othor law which declares the sorvices of no porsop phinll be taken without compensation, is conclusion was that all corporations” in Wis- consin, of every kind, stand outsido-the psle of the Constitution without n eiugle ono of the rigbts which tho Constitntion socures for tho protection of private ;zroporty ontitled to nona or thoy aro_entitled o ail. ¢ the Logislaturo should pass au act declaring that ovory rallroad company must carry all_porsons snd” property froo of chargo, it would bo _talung tho sorvicos and tho property for pnblic use without just compeneation. Yet Judga Dixon, for tho State, 1is assorted that powor. 'ho Logsiaturo cans not mako it tho duty of tho corporation to ron- dor its sorvices without just compensation, tho moaguro of which it was not _the proyiuce of tho Logislaturoe to fix, elso it might mako 1t meroly nowiual, Asginsant Atty.-Gon, Bloan snid that question ‘was involved in the case. The Siato was only Bocking to oblige the Companies to carry st ratos not buglier than the Pottor law, 1f an injuuce tion shall issue 1n that case, and tho Companies stop running, then tho Btato would apply for & smandansus to cowpel them to run. T'he quog- tion a4 to whether the Compauica could bo com- pelled to catry without just compensation would thon bo presented. Judso Spoonor replicd that the Attorncy Gen- eral hositated to say whethor tho Logislature could compel the ratlronds to perform services at a loss, What folly to ask tho Companies to do this, or to ask for a writ of mandamus to compel tuom to do it. Xt would bo simply jmposmble. Who would furnish the means? If tho Companics caunot Hecure reasonable roturns they of necos- gity must stop. In that evont how long would it bo before overy mauufacturing establishment in the State would bo closed, and tho farmors find their produco wosthloss bocause thero was no way to gob it to market? llow long boforo every thoroughfare would bo Qeserted, nnd _overy business man bo bankrupled? From overy district in tho Blato twousanda of voices would ery out to tho Altornoy Genoral: Wa thought you were going tu compal tho railronds to carry at the Potter rates. ifo would suswers THONE RATES ARE NOT COMPENBATORY, and the Stalo kas no powor to compel tho Com- pavies to accept them. Why, theu, the peoplo would demand, did you stop their traine? Why have you iuvolved us all iu irremadinble bank- ruptey and ruin? And tho Attornoy (Goueral could only say: Tho Hiato has no powor fo make tho Comphntes Touder sorvicos withou just com- ponsution. In excellent diction Judgo Bpoonor depicted tho sufferivg that would result from such susponsion of railrond garvico, How phy- sicians would be unoble to visit the sick, and purents to reach tho bedside of their dying ohil~ dren, oven though they offered tho ralironds reasonable compeneation, simply bocause tho suprome . Comt haod decrood the companies shouid not accopt such rates. 'The injunction would, thorefore, 0porate Upon tho pooplo, Chiot-Justico Rysu—Your argumont i fn proof hore thot the Potter rates arc not ade- quate. The alldavits made by tho railway ofticers show that the fucomo” of the roads avould fall off &0 |urgolg° under the Potter ratos thoy would uvable 1o cpny intorewt and dividends, Wus not that the ~ery srqument mado against the reduction of “postage, and if the Post-Ofiice Dopartment Lind Dean a carporation, and just such an injunction as .this Lad boen applied for to compel thom to .carry st roduced rates, would not procisely the ;BAmMO Argutnent 88 you are now meking bave ‘then beon oqually good ? Mr. Cary—Al tho deponenta havo sworn that in thoir belief and judgment no matorinl ju- cronse of business would be created by reduclug 1ho rates, Judga Ryan—I recollect vory well when the reduction of postage was urged it was said no incroaso of busincea would follow., Of courso the opinivn of oxperienced railroad men is worth more o this subjoct thsn any man on the Lench ; but the point I make is thore is no tost by which the Court can conclude that the Pottor ot would have the effect it is clnimed it would iave, aud whethor this Court, or any Cowrt, conld come to » conclugion on that sub- jeet until the Potter law ia put in oporation, und its reanits are observed. Judge Bpooner thought the analogy was not orfocl Dotiween poatiyo sud froight. There ;;ight be womo force in the suggention about Yussengor rates. In regord o fraight, tho Com- pauich carricd the produce of tho Wost oast- ward, and brogiit buck commiodities or whatever -was offerod. They now carry oll there is to tranepait, and thora s 1 readon to supposo & roduution of ratos wanld 86 stimulato production aud mannfacturing us to make up tho deficiency _miising from reduced rates. ‘The Court wore now hearing & matiot for o prolhminary infunce - tion. Upon tho flual hearing tho dofendants wonld doubtlows adduce tho proof. Equily srequired the Cowt ghould not assume the proof to be iusufticlent merely Doenuse it lnd not hoon domonsteated ns fully ny 1t Cowrt wonld roquire on a flual henring, For 4ho purposes of this motion tho Court ought to sumino the rates wre not compensatory, In this cannoction Judge Bpaoner advanced & proposi= tlon thnt is unanswerablo, Tho Loglstature conld not by enactment tako tho cam of ono company and_give Lhem to nothor. Nelther conld thiey compol one rond to transport tho cars of another without just compensation, becauso it would obviously bo an i INTEUFERENOE WITIL THE NIGNTY OF FRIVATE PROPENTY, No ono would olaim tho Logislztura could do that § Fnl it (s claimed that the Logislslure can ocompol thom to work for the publie without just gomponsation, In conclusion, Judge Speonarsubmittod avery adroit argumont, nhowfim that tho I'ottor nct was ropealod by n subwequent not. Thls was anbatuntisily tho answor ay presented In a recont sasa ngaingt tho West Wisoonsin Railway, tried tu Bt. Croix County, when the Court doclured {he Inw unconstitntional, and lu bolioved to ba anauswerablo, his partioular poiut was ospe- sially devolved wpon Judge Spooner, snd ho sortalnly mada tha contliot very apparont. Hhorty before 3 o'clack, the ul(m‘ng urgument on bohalf of the raitwayn was commenced by THK 10N, GEORGE N KMITH, 0P MADIKON, With that easo of dolivary for which ho I fawous, ho wrgued sgaiugt tho ruwht of the Conrt to take jurladiction of this caao, by in< Junction, that nover lmin[[lun original writ, Tor tho purposo of tesliug thoe quostion, tho Chlof-Justice suggostod for tho consideration both of Gon. 8mith and Mr. Sloan this quostion ¢ Could you upon moro afiidavit, or upou the stato- ment of acts, move In opon Gonrt. for a writ of quo warranto, & writ of cortiorarl, or of pro- bibition ; and, if you could, could you do the wamo upon “moro - aflidavit for au Injunction, and i you could not, does that dis~ tinetion not go far townrd illustrating tha quas- tion whothor this Court povsossos tho samo jus rindiotion of injunction that it docs of othor romodial writs ? This ssauniption Gen. Bmith denled, and sup- F{nrtnd his position by numerous nuthoritios, oxt, hio onumoratod what wore complote rowmo- dios: Quo warranto would in offeot bo s com- l)lu\u romedy to. compol tha road to oboy tho ‘ottor Iaw or to censo running. Mnudamua would also bo n complato romody. It would bo enylug, substantlally, by command from thia Court, you must run your road In accordanco with thoe Pottor law. " Truo, thoso romodios might not, a8 had bean said, accomplish tho pre- ciso results, but thoy would bo now tho loss of- feotual. 1f this Court could fssuo an infunction in tho canp, thoy could issuo ngalust tho Stato reatraining him from using thoso Ingrodionts xvmlumm{’r by law, also Eu.\lfillrlv agoinst ovory ratailor of ardont spirits, compolling him to ro- gard tho Liquor Inw.. It would bo n strango doc- trino, Indeed, if the raiirond companies aro to ba goveinod by difforout Jaws, beeause thoy are pub‘ih corporations, excrciged for tho publio good. ANOTITER REASON why the injunotion should uot bo granted was, that a euit'of quo warranto was ponding iu this Court agawat theso companios, and thero waa no appnrent ronson why that;action should notjlavo beon prossed to judgmont, Attornoy-Gonaral Sloan said thoy could in- nlmif that suit in this action if dofendants do- sired. Qon. Smith roplied that this could not bodono undar tho statuto. Reforring to this question of logislativa control of corporations, he snid: #Haa it como to this, that beeause 1 carry on a ‘publio businoss which resulta in tho publio good, iy firoporly boaomen public properly, subjoct to public canteal, whilo it Ieurry on & mean and Helfish bueiness, a business which s oven in« jurious to tho publie interest, my 'n:u}:urly i mine, and ke [’\ublln Liave no powoer of control ovor it whatovor?” o waa nwaro somo courts, amid excitemont, had said tho railroad corpora- tiona ouiy owned their propotty in truab for the State, 1t such wore tho law, it woro better thoy woro in reality publio proporty, and that tho public would take the property at once, than to tako it in this cruel, underhanded way, by peesing & law compolling thom™ to run thom without just componsation, forcing thom into lmullrupwg snd dostruction, It thoy are indeod publio praperty, bo would appeal to the State of Wiscousin, and tbe au- thorities representing it, to deal better, moro {fairly, and Justly with the property that lmlou(:s to the public than fo soek thus to destroy it. ‘Thay say 80, but do not think o, Thoy act as 1t thoy thought it was tho property of the cor- poration,- for thoy never would deal with their own proporty in that way. Iftho Btato has THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATI OVER CORVORA- TIONS, ¢ claimed by Judge Dixon, and nu one clee, oughit not tho paoplo to bo satiofied with that without strotching it farthor, by ssying we havo the right to destroy sou, butwo do not waut do that. Wa only waut to torment you todeath, aud if wo_cannot do it by law, by any- thing tho Logislaturo has done, wo want o Court of Chancery to assumo a. urladiction of powor to do what wo ask to bo done, and then ‘wo can tormant you to doath oquitably, '.l‘l.kufi‘ agaumo thoy cannot do it at & court of law. honor to a court of law, It romains to bo scon ‘whother it can be done anywhero in our State, The hour of adjournment having srrivod, Gon, Bmith esid ho would occupy an hour's timo in the morning in concluding his argu- mont, Asglatant Attorndy-Genaral Sloan doubted whotlier ho could roview tho cas, and conclude tho argumont for tho Siste during the romander of tho day. Chiof-Justico Rysn maid the Court was snxious that all argnmont should bain by to- morrow night, but this is doubtful, g RAILROADS AS TAX-FIGHTERS, TIE TAX-8UITS AUAINST THE MISSOURI AND IOWA ' ROADS, Special Dispateh to The Chicaas Tyidune. Davexront, In., Aug. 10.—Atty.~-Gen, H. Olay Ewing; Judge B. J. Wators, attoruey for the Miseourl, Eansas & Texas Road; N. J. Litton, aitorney for tho Atlaotic & Pacific and the Missouri Paoifio Railroads ; Judgs Drydon, repro- sonting tho Yron Mountain Road; and Judge Olover, special sitorney of tho St. Louls aud Jofforson County courts, who woro here last wook, engaged In arguing the Missouri Road in- function-suita boforo Judgo Dillon, 1 cham- Dors, have roturned to their homes in 8t. Louis, Tho following is a Bynopsis of the action takon by tho attormoys in tho soveral molts on the paré of tho Atlantio & ifflc and the Missouri Iacific Roads. 'ho principal Eumund.u taken by tha at- tornoya of thoso ronds was that, under tho chortor of 1852, thoy wero exempted from all county and mupioipal taxes. udgo Baker argued that tho charter proseribed tho ground on_which thoso roads should bo as- soseed aud toxed, and that they wers not liablo fo apsessmont hfi tho Btato Board of Equalization, Judge Dryden, on behalf of tho Iron Mountain Kailroad, arguod tho case on tho ground that, whilo tho Committea ap- oiuted . by the Btate Do of Equaliza- {lou to hear = the lenea _in ro- ard to the valuation of the Iron BMountain ailroad ru&]flty, and to fix tho valuation, did fix it af a‘;,c por mile, tho Bonrd of Equaliza- tion, without hearing any ovidenco nt ail, and sgainst the protest of four out of fivo membors of tho Committes, inoreascd tho valuation to 14,000 por milo. Judge Wators, of tho Mis- gouri, Kansas & Toxas Railroad, took tho samo ground aa that of tho Iron Mountwin, and, with the cxcoption that tho figuros wero difforont, the increased valuation by tho Board of Equalization wng objectod to on eimilar pround. ho Chieago & South- wostern DRallrond was roprosouted by I, M. Low, of Hamilton, Mo., who, among other grounds of complaint, snowoed thab tue Stato Board of Bqualization had ansosscd to tho Ohi- cago & Bouthwostorn Railroad all tho rolling stock_which belouged to the Obieago, Rong Island & Pacific Railroad. Atty,-Gon, Ewiug, for the Stato, nnd Judge Oloyer, reprosonting St. Louis nnd Jofferson Countles, argued sgainst tho granting of an in- Junction, Thoy insisted that tho chartor of 1852 did not oxempt tho Atlsntic & Pacifio_nor tho Missouri Pacific lloads from county and muniel- pal taxation; that that exemption consed after the complation of those roads; and further, that, In tho hands of tho presout ownors, the right or exomption did not pasa to them, They con- tonded that these quostionn as to theso ronds wore settied by tho cane of Trauk vs. Mnguire, by tho Supremo Court of tho United Statos, and that, a8 to tho othor quostions, concornivg the erroneous aasesnments by tho Bonrd of Equali~ 2ntion, an injunetion was not the proper remoily, and the Fedoral courta ought not to restrain the Statos from collecting their rovenues, Judgoe Dillon, owning to tho fact that he had oxpronsed & dosiro that Sudgo Mitler ahould hoar tho argumonis upon the questionn of law raigod in thoso cnges, will mako an ordor post- pouing tho decision of tha Court until the Sop- tombor torm of tho United Blates Courk at Bt, Toufs, He suggostod beforo the adjournmont hore that notliug shonld bo done by the coun- tlos tu colleoting taxes uutil & declslon {8 rene lerad, A docinion will involve about $8,000,000 of Btate and connty taxes, T'he amount of taxes lovied, for instance, on the Ahwesouri Paclfic Roud, under tho asscssmont of the Btate Bonrd of Bqualization, which it is monght to rostrain the collection of, {8 000,000 for the yonra 1870 and 1878, On State and eonnty assossmonts tho tax on tha Atlautic & Pasltio Raad i4 botweon 2 and 8 porcent on tho as- sessod valuo, making the amount betwoon &50,~ 000 wud 89,000 for 1878, On the iron Mountain Road, the smount ts abont $150,000, On the Missouri, Kansas & Toxay Rond the samo as tho Iron Mountain, or. ‘mrlmpn a littlo lens, Tho net earnings of tho Missourl Dacitle Road in 1873 waro botween $500,000 and $600,000, out of whiols thoy ura obliged to pay tho intorest on tho bonded debt and faxes, awouutiug to nenrly doublo tho reoelpts. jiedies st MISCELLANEOQUS. ¥NRIONT TAWINYS, On and after Aug, 15, 1874, the following will bo tho sibitrary ratos obarged by the Ohi- cago, Raek fuland & P'acifle Railroad, Kookuk & DesMoings Radlroad, and Ohiongo, Burlington & Quinoy Rafirond, botwoen the points uamod bo- low, on all wost-bound frolghts originating ouut of the eastorn lne of thoBiate of Illuols: g lowoad, Wushingion) From Ohleago, Eny Motghts oF Jaliet, to DesMolues, Ia.... (16{0altafiafr From_ Burlington’ or Keokuk {0 MOOB s vuereaorersnsorserosn sojaajasfuales Now York, Boston, Philadolpliia, and Baltiiaore froighty to ho subfoct to wost-bound olnssificn. tlon of trunk linen, Pittsburg, Wheeling, Duf- falo, and Clovoland froights to be nugjmc to Ditteburg olaguiflontion. 4 THE NEW OBLEANS, BT. TOUIS & ONICAGO RAIL TOAD haa bean divided for oporatiug purposes into thiog divisions. Tho Louistans Diviafon ia the old New Orlonng, Jackson & Groat Northern Raflroad, from Now Orlonua to Canton, isn., 206 miles, The Mlfl!lunlr{!\ Division oxtonds from Cauton ta Jackson, ‘Uenn., 286 mites, The Tonuossoe & Kontutcky Division is tho now part of tho rond from Jackson to Fillmors, Ky. (op- posito Cairo), 107 miles. GIIAGO A ALTON, Tho Trusteos of tho proforced firet-mortgago of tho Chiengo & Alton Rtallroad give notico that, scoording to tho torms of tho mortgago, thoy biavo dosignatod by lot thirty-two bouds, principal and scerued interest of which will be paid on prosontation to 8. J, Tilden, No. 12 Wall streot, or L. H. Moyer, No. 21 Navsru stroot, Now York. " Intorost on theso bonds will canso Nov..1, The numbers of the bouds drawn ara: 1, 89, 62, 97, 102, 100, 110, 116, 145, 171, 217, 226, bk 0 et s s , o oL000oach, | . o RAILTOAD. EATNINGH, Many of the ruilronds are fardy in reporting tholr cnrnluga for July, and sevornl of tho lond- ing comipanios havo Intoly beon vory irregular in roporting at all. Lako Shoro Lins been wanting for some timo past, and it is concluded that the auppregsive {ufluonco of tho Prosident has stopped the publioation of oamings, 28 It is kuown thot lio hing projudices against glvlnf tho public too muoh information about the afairs of tho ronds which hocontrols. The Wostorn rondy this month do not show very favorably, as a rulo, and the fow trunk linos, or parts of trunic lines, whore xoporis have boon rocelved are nluo below Inst yesr. The G, O, O & I, tho Tolodo, Wabash & Westorn, ~Atlantie & Groat Wostern, and Michigan Contral aro tho principal through routes with nosr Enstern con- nections, and all those show & decrease s come ared with July, 1878, thouglh {u some eages not. 0, Tho chlef point of advantago in railroad earn- {nge this yoar is to bo fouud in tho saving of ox- ponses; and from thoe roports which Lave thus far beon recoived thoro acoms Lo bo govd renson tu anticipato thnt tho not earnings for tho wholo year of 1874 will gonorally bo equal to 1873, Tho following are the carnings of tho Chicago, Milwaukos & 8t. Paul Rallroad Company : Fourth week July, 1874; Fourth weck July, 1873, Decresst. . saiens All of July, 1874, All of July, 1873, Decreaso, 85,141 THR BOUTHENN RAILROAD BRIDGE AT CINCINNATI, Omvarywart, 0., Aug, 10,— Committoos of stoamboatmen and business maon from Pittsbiry and Cincinnati to-dsy met Col. W. 8. Merrill, Col, Bimpson, and Maj. Sutor, United Btalen Mili- tary Engincers, disoussed and viewed tho sito choson by the Southorn Railroad Trustoes for tho rallroad Lridgo across tho Oblo mnear the mouth of Mifl Oreok, this city, Tho sito waa ox- awminod in o boat, and a protracted, informal con- sultgtion and diseusmon was had bobwoon tho nrijes, The conferenco contimues to-morrow, \;hu rosults will be roported to the Becrotary of ar. i LATE LOCAL ITEMS. Mr, Ira G True, popularly koown among pportemon of this region s “Goody" True, i tho Ohlcago roprosonintivo of tho Forest and Siream, published in Now York. A branch offico hag boon catablishod in this city, and Mr. True will have the mauagement theroof. Ald Hildroth and White, with thoir families, leave the city to-day fora tonr of health and recreation through Wisconsin, intending to toss tho virtues of mineral springs and trout flahing They will bo absent sbout two weeks, The Hon, Isaso Marston, the Attorney-Gen- eral of -Michigan, resident at Bay Oity, arrived o this eity vestorday, in company with tlie Hons, J. 0. Bucll," ot Menominoo; R, Banderson, of Pattlo Crock; Petor Cook, of Ypsilanti; and Winfiold Beott, of Plymontl, all members of tho Michigan Logislatura, Georgo Pfoiffor was thrown from his bu{:gly last oyoning whilo turning the cornor of Tifth avenuo and Van Baron- stroot, and one of his logs was soveroly injured about tho knoeo. . Mikeo 8haughnessy bunkoed Joho Hensler out mlfi last night, aud Ofjcer Gallaghor arrestod Mej. Hnyes, an old yot, and & bummer poli- tician, was ingloriously ivcarcorated in tho Armory this morning at 8 small hour, for boing disorderly and protty drunk, The alarm from Box 191, at 9:88 o'clock last night, was csused by tho explosion of a kerosono lamp st No, 1611 Bouth Halsted utrest, owned and occupied by Oharlos Eckonstoin, Tho flamas woro oxtinguished bofora auy Scrious damago resulted aud without the aid of the Fira Departmont. At 8 o'clook last evoning, whilo & boy mamed Jobn Riloy was jumping off » Madison stroot car, near Fraklin, be was run over by one of M. B k’ngn‘u wagons, and his right log badly in- urod above the anklo. Ho war conveyed to his omo on tho coruer of ''welfth and Loomis atreote. A DEADLY AGSAULT. A viclous and deadly ausault wae mods by a notorious colored _woman nemed Lizzio Myors on another colored wonian named Alice Shelton, this morning about 12:40 o'clock. The parties mol in Hoory Long’s saloon, No. 818 South Clark strecl, lnst night, and drank frooly vogthor. A quarrel arose, whon the woman Myers neserted that the otbior had fol- lowed hor with a knifo in hand for the purpose ot Lillmg her, Tho barkeopor turned thom both out on the wall, whon Lizzio bogan to efrike Alico on tho hoad with o pleca of old gesplpo, which sho hsd wrapped up in s nowspapor, and lad ovidontly procurod for tho purposo. Sho knoole- od hor down ropoatedly, aud though sovoral mon standing whout wero golug to intor- fore, othera _threatened to whifi thom it t!my did. Nono of tho crowd know at tho timo what kind of a weapon tho woman Myors was using at the timo. Boveral sovore sealp wonnda woro inflicted on Mre, Bholton’s hmu? and was takon to tho Armory coverod with blood, whils Lizzio Byors wan arrosted by Oficer Bauban ond locked up. The wounds of tho injured woman yworo droseed and pho wis furnishod with lodpinga in the station, She lina a famlly ot No, 45 South Cannl strost, and it i snid, came ovor on tho South Side for tho pur- poso of drinking, UOTEL ARMIVALA. Palmer House—Qon. Reed and family, Keo- kul; Goorge W. Townsond, Buffalo; L. D Mansflold, Rookland, N. Y.; Eustaco H. Smith, Bt. Louis; J. L. Griswald, Dooria; O, O, Bakor, Galveston B, L. Cary, Milwaukeo; John 0. Day, Hartford; J. P, Willard, U, 8.A.: 0, J. Guthrio, W. H. Eldor, Bt. Louis; Dr, 1. J. Olay, Bt. Tous, . . . G@rand Pacifio IHotel—W. B. Jackson, Searborough, Eug.; 0. J. Iowe, Tondon; W. Caldwell, Clasgows Willism Konison, Glasgow; John Wodlogh, Livorpool; ¥, N. Tucker, 0. O, Jonoa, Sk 1 Teaao Atkinson, Hamilton, Ont. ; A. M. Thomas, Wickford, . 1 Mrs, B, 3, Pond, Frank Walkor, W. G, Vincent and wife, Thomas D. Millor end wife, L, ¥, Generes and wifo, J. P, Davis, II, 0, Chinpolla, J, R. HKont and family, Now Orleans, . . o _Sherman Houso—Goorgo 8. Colllns, Now York; Gov, Boverldgo, Spripglold tho flon, William Reddook, Ottawat U. M, Wheoler, Milwaukoo; tho Hon. James Hnrrlngton, Genoya; I, M, Mooro, Boaton ; the 1ion, Josoph Vilas, Manitowoo, Wiy V. W. Drinkorkiolt and wifo, New Ym‘k‘ William Mo~ Laron, W. B. Whittakor, Philadelphis, . . . 'remont House—F, O, Banks, of tho American Manny_aud !nmll[y Rook~ ford; A. M, Boubrigit, A. L, Btuart, Philadol- hia 3 J. O, Cushman aud family, Now Yorls; 3d M, Taylor and fawily, 5t Louis; i L Wabstor, ridgo, Masa. Sportsman; John P, ard s A A Garibalal on Petrarch. The Potrarch Contonary at Avignon, Franco, hus ealled forth o lostor froms Gon, Garibaldi to QGon, Bordono, in whioh, aftor quoting acouplots from the poot agalnst tho Papaoy, in proof of tho nutIAaanlunl oharactor of hls gonjus, ho says : 4 Patrareh, ko Danto, 18 cortaluly ons af the most vigorous of tho graud plonecrs who sapped tho toundations of that monstrous odifico of su- porstition at a time when the Inquisitors of overy ordor roasted human flesh with as much ardor as tho casnibals of the Carribbean Islands could display. ‘Plic mon who paved tho way for tho groat Fronch rovolution, to whom the world owos the_lmmortal doolaration of tho rights of men—Volinlre, Diderot, D'Alembort, and all that Elulul of glauts, would cortaluly blush at¢ having for succossors thoso who aro the misfortuno of humanity; but before thono glorious procursors of human emancipa- tlon, and with thom wo mn{ juncli placo the singor of * Laura,' and coment undor his auspices 84 an antithosis of oloricalisn the brotherhood of Nations, cspeoiatly of I'rsnce aud Italy, dostined :f lsfll‘eh fogothor in tho wuih af wivilizue o, THE CNICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1874, — POLITICAL. The 0'Conor Party of Illinois Rises in the Arms of Joe Ledlie, A Fecblo €all for Nourishmont Ad- drossed to the Benovolent, MoCrary’s Reasons for Deolining a Renomination, —_— " Miscollaneous Items, Itepudintion Demoerntic Stato Cone vention Calleds Special Dispateh to The Chicago Trivune. Seninartzp, 1L, Aug. 10.—Tosoph Ledlis, of this city,~ho of Bourbon famo of 1872,—will issuo a call to-morrow for n Dourbon Convon- tion, to bo bold in this city Aug, 20. McCrary’s Declination of tho Nomi= nution in tho First Town Districts Snectal Dispateh to I'he Chicage Tribune, Kroguxk, Ia., Aug. 10.—Tho Republican Con- gressional Convention which mot st Fairflald on Lo 4th inati, aftor balloting 128 times, nominnted tho Hon, Georgo W. MoCrary, by o vote of 88 to 28 for John Van Valkenburg, Tho friends of tho lattor doclined to mako tho nomination unani- mous, and Mr, MeCrary decidos that, undor the circumstancon, ho cannot bonorably acoept the nomloation. Ho has addrossod a lettor to tho Obairman of tho Ropublican Central Committeo, in which he doclinos. After slluding to his lat- tor of April 9, 1874, In whioh ho formally sn- monncod that ho would nob ba s candidato for ronomination or ra-eleation, ha sayat Bubsoquontly, and upon tho faith of that announce~ mont, nevoral gentlemen, all my porsonal frionds, ei- terod'the fickd wa candlaton.” As tho convass pro- gressed, aud it bocamo ovidont that it was Ukoly ta b Liotly contested, and possibly productivo of ll-will aud want of hrinony, many porsonal (isnds Losought mo to withdraw my declination, aud they wero kind enongh to aay that, 1 1 would do so, porfect harmony ‘would bo restorod, 1t was urged upon moas & duty which I awad to n vory ganorous constituoncy in roturn for Weir falthful support of me through a serion of yoars, whon I dosired snd ssked it, I beg to sssurs Fou that I was not, snd am not now, dlsposed to disro- gard considerstions such oa thiese, I hiavo not boon &t any tmo, and I am 5ol now, duposed 10 rofuse, nbao. 1ufely, and undor all eirenmatances, to sorvo further iho peopla of tho Tirst Congressiansl Distriot, and t invo nover at sny Kmo ro rald or intioated, but' T have distinctly and repoutodly recognized my obllgations to otbor_gentlomen . Wi o candidaios upon tho faith .of my public withdrawal, In nu- morous privato latlors, and also in an open lcttor? which was roud o tho Gonvention, Iaaid distinctly that T could not and_would not pormit my name to bo nhod asdgainst auy oo of thoso gontlomon,und 1 regard that 2 equivalont to saying thiat 1y narmo should not bo tised i any ovent to dofoat any ona of them. Note ittstanding ol (uis, Y waa noniinatod ea ngoliat M. Van_Valkenburg, and witbout his consont or witli- drawal. Honnd Lis frionds hove good ression to eay {hal my nomo was uned for bia defeat, 1 kuow it i urped that if T:had not boon nominated some othor third party would havo boun, fuanmuch, aa tho dologe- tlon from Ienry County, holding the balsnce of powor, nd repesiodly resolved not 1o support eltbor of the leading candidates, but this s only conjocture, Noman can eay what the' rsnlt would have boen If my name had not boen used, and, ot all events, the asibility, or ovon the certalnty, of hr, Van Valken- urg's defoat by auothor, would furnish no oxcusa for tho uso of . my name, contrary to my pledgo for that . purpceo, I thereforo como totho conclusion ‘that without {hd comsent of Mr, Van_ Valkenburg I cannot accept tho nominstion, Earncstly desirous aa I am to rotiro, I am novortheless prepored 1o say that, in viow of ‘ail thint has transplred, mny #ense of duty and of grati- tude would coufbiol me to make {ho personal sacrifico which my acceptanca of the nomination would rm}u!.ro, could 1 do sa without the appearance of bad fafth, Had tho nomfnation coma o me in spite of my with~ rawal from all candidacy, and with tho full and freo consent of oll tho ocandidal dvon in tho lzlflt of harmony and mutual sacrifico for tho good of tho Ropublican ~cause, and had it been tendored ‘with unanimity by the Convention, I ahiould have foit construdued to accopt it, - Comang, a8 it docs, without theao conditions, T must, whilo returning my grateful tlunks, doclinelt, 1t 1 much io bo regrobled that {heso unfortunats elreumstances will rendor noceseary the sasomblivg of a new Congresalonal Convontion, but I am suro that you, sir, aa well as all who hava urged my nceoptance, will soe, spon furthor roflection, that tho Nopublicatio of tio First District cannof afford to press upon me, nor cau I afford {0 fake, & nomination which can bo accopted only by breaking, At not tho latter, at least tho spirit, of a promise, Reform Movoment at FFort Wayne, Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, Tont WArse, Ind,, Aug. 10.~Tho Gazclta to- morrow morning will publish_tho following cat), signed by about 500 tax-payors and voters of tho county, of both partios : Wirenzas, It fs potont to the mind of every tax- payor of the County of Allen thut our tazes have bo- comao s griovoua burden; theroforo, Utesolted, Thot wo are In favor of 'retreuchiment sud reform, aud opposed to ali cliques and rings, whose corrupt fniluonce in manipulsting couventions in the nomination of men who will do thelr moan bidding, and to tho detriwont of taxpayers, Resolved, That tho timo haa now como for the peo- ploaf this county to riso in thefr might and unite for self-prosoryation, Wo, therefors, appeal to the farm- ors and industrial classes, and to all frionds of retronch- mient, roform, aud ecoiomy, aud (o all who are op- posed to manopolics and corrupt rings, without rogard to former purly atation, to uuite and ald in bring- 1ng about an eud romuch dsired, In purauauco of tho abavo, we call a Reform or Poople's Mass Convention to bo hiold at Colrick's Opera-House, in Fort Waymo, Ind., Aug, 15, 5 2 o'clock p. m,, for the purpono of nomfnating guitsblo eandidatos' for the discharge of the dutfes of tho various officea to bo fllled at the cam- Ing dection. “I'hio call areates a decldod aensation in political clrcles, aud oausos wuch approbonsion in tho miuds of the regalar Domocratic candldatos who had rogarded thoir nomination as aquivalont to eleotion. Somoaof the prominent Democrats of tho county are engaged in tho now movomont. Eighteouth 1linovis Districts Special Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, Oario, Jll, Aug. 10.—Thore was & row in tho Jackson County Ropublioan Convention on Sat urday lust. On tho motion to inatruct tho dolo- gates for G, P. Robarts, for Ropresontative, six dologatos withdrow. = Tho instruations’ for Olements, for Congress, were voted withont a dissonting voice. Tho Ropublican Convention of Aloxandor County will bo hold to-morrow. The District Convontion will be Lold at Mound City on Tharsday, the 13th inst. Clements will Lo nominnted boyound a doubt, but there will be & fuga ovor the Nopresantative. Announcementss i DEMOCRATIO CONVENTION OF LOJAN 00 Sneciad_ Dispateh to T'he Chicago Tribune. Lixcowy, IlL, Aug. 10.—~There aro still o fow Domocrats loft in this county, who will hold a Connty fConvention in this city Saturday, Aug. 22, to oloct nine delegates to sitend tho Btato Convention; alio to Ilfpfllut dolegatos to the Congressional and Bonatorial Conventions, Polities §n Pike County, Il Spectal Dievateh to The Chicago Tribune, - Prravienp, 1ML, Ang. 10,—Tho Dowocratic Qounty Convontion mat hiere to-day, fow dolo- gotions baing prosent from ull the townships. Gus_ Slmpkius, of Plttsflold, was nominated for Bhoriff on_tho third ballot, aud 3. Q. Childs, of Dleasant Hill, for Coroner. Oousiderablo focl- iug wan shown about tho resolutions adopted by tho Damooratio Stato Committoo, but no dofinite action was takon. The Hou, R. AL Knapp, mem- bor af Congress, from this distriot, was prosont, and dolivered an eloquont addross, donounoiug tho corruption at Washington and predicling thelr uttor overthrow In the ocontonnial eam- paign of *70, Tho Farmors’ Assgelatiops of Pike Oounts hold a grand convention horo on Wednesday, to bo followod nexs dsy by a grand barvost-lomo and fostival, Grangers’ Convention lm Guornsey .County, Ohio, Apectal Disvateh to 1'he Chicago Y'ribuns. Caxumipog, O, Ang, 10.—1The Grsugors of Ahis county mot in convention to-day, aud nami- nated a fuil county tickot, Tho townships were not all ropresontod, and some of thoso ropro- sentod woronot full, Ao Cohvontion was not what it was expooted {0 bo, aud was uot & very baymonious sifnir, - Doclines to Accept. Arauiso, Kan.,, Aug, 10,—1he Dally Champion i5 authorizod to aunounce thst tho Do, Ghirles I, Knoster, who was nominatod for Htato Treas- wror by tho Indopendents' Iato Conventlon, &aultlve\z‘dunflunu to accept tho nominution. Mr, aoster 14 o flrm and cogeigtant Ropublican, Tho Peoplo's Movomoent in St Louls, 87, Louis, Mo,, Aug. 10,~Tho V'ooplo's Qoun-~ ty_Conveution »mot o-dng' in Turuer Holl; Molrhun Moir way eleoted Proatdent, and Judgo Qlurlos fprok Vica Prosldent, After coneidor- orablo discussion jt way decided that the Con- vontion should adjourn ¢il A“‘T 17, to give dolo- gatos from onchiward, cily, and township in the ity Hine to Cauvars thele rospoctive distriots, i wigulbivin vast wuiiable porsons will pledgo {homaelves to serve au delogaton to tho People’s Btato Conventlon. Tho names of such persons will bo reported to the Convontion on lts rons- sombling, and will bo selocted by that body as dologatos to tho Btato Convoution. THE NORTHWESTERN STATES. News Xtems Tolegraphod to Thoe Chie cogo Tribune, ILLINOIE. The (lormana of Dizon held s plenfo Bunday at tho Big Elm, 1 mile from Dixon, which camo nonr boing a sorions motter. A fight commonced botwoon ono of tho bur-keopors, Nicholas loin, and a carringo paintor, Frauk Palmer, which resultod in o gonornl freo fight, only belng stop- ped by bolp from outalders. Hovoral of tho pr~ tion aro Inid up, sud aro considorod in a very dangorous conditlon. —Fathor Tonor, who has had chargo of ithe Irish Catholio church at Champaign for niug gars, and who was appointed parish priost of loomington, has sont o raquest to Bishop Foloy to romain in Champaign, —Tho Hon. J. C. Cnunon was in Ohampaign last night, tho guost of Goorgo Beraggs, —A boy ngod 12 yoars, son of Willinm Niccols, living 2 mfiua onst of Bloomington, had Lwo gn{mr&s cut oft by fooling with a siraw-cuttor on aturdoy, —Il‘m-y somo timo past & man namod James Kounody, agod about 50, from Englaud, hug beon staying in the viclnity of Bloowlinglon, acting in suoh o way as to make land-ownors ahd ‘others boliove 1o was immonssly rich, and desirous of mvosting in roal ostatc aud othcr proporty. Within tho past iwo weols hie has mude nogotia- tions to buy tho farm of Willlam T, Baird, at Biirty, for S55,000, tho farm of Jncob Bholiy, noar Ntanford, for $20,000, aud other piecos for largo figures, Ho recolved bouds for tho deods, but did not pay up suy monoy. Baturdey it was suspected Jio was a fraud, and so tho bouds woro takon from him, ~ Most poople who have bad anything to do with him bolieve ho is slight- ly demonted. He claims to havo a contract for supplying mont to tho English uavy, and says ho owng farms in Sangamon, Morgas ouglas, and Adama Counties, in this Stato, and his statomonts aro corroborated hfx an Irlshman who is with him and who ssys bo has worked for Nonvody for five yonrs. A warrant has been issucd for his arrost. —A tramo dwolling _ownod by William Itadol, of Bloomington, was damsged to the oxteut of about $600 by fire Bunday ng:ht. —Upon tho occasion on Bunday of the laying of tho cornor-stone of the Gorman Catliolio gohool butlding in Quinoy, Fathor MoGirr, an Irish Romen Catholia pricst, mado a forco on- slaught upon tite public school syatom, —At o Jarge and onthusinstic meeting of sol- diora of tho lust war, Lold in LaSallo lost Satur- day evoning, ten_ delegates woro soloclod fo roprosont LaSalloin the Convention to bo held in Ottawa to-day, for tho purposo of appoiuting the time and making other ugedful arrangomouts for a reunion of the saldiors of LaSulle County. —Anothor jail delivory has occurroed in Car- rollton, it boing tho third break within tho past three months, Thomes Coopor, charged with an sttompt to rapo o young gitl in o blackborry patah, John Gibson, rocontly arranted for horso stoaling, aud a man who was arrcsted for rob- bing tho trunk of o citizon at a boarding-houso, il mado their oecapo from tho County Jnil you- terday aftornoon by boring and sawing thoir way out through tho roof. —Thg gon of William Bliort, roslding south of Woodvillo, waa killed yestorday morping by boiog thrown from his wagon. ~T'ho horsos took fright and e waa thrown out, the wheels pass- ing noross his breast, killing Lim inatantly, —An aitompt was made to seb firo to a black- smith-shop near tho contre of Ottawa youtorday. Tho building stood at tho,front of soveral acroa of framo rookerios, aud, had not the firc boon aoun'“duw' vered, the damngo would havo boon ron! g —Mr. Zochariah Dawson, of Winchestor, died ggntnrdny, agod 83 yoars. 1o was a rosidont of ott County for 40 years. —Tho endo of Who Pooplo ve, Patrick Casey, for the murder of Patrick hennedy last October, ‘was brought before the Macon County Circuit Court Inst Thursday afternoon. The counsol for tho defendant are krying to make tho caso appear ono of justifiable homicide; to show that Casoy killod Xonnedy in solf-Befonse, ~—At 10 a'clock yeamrdnyumulnf the millinery stora of Misses A, & E. Bradford, in Champaign, was partiolly destroyed by fire. Insured iu tho Firo & Marine, of Bt, Paul, and tho Frauklin, of ‘Whaeling, for €600 each. It is supposed o bo tho work of sn incondiary. oura. ‘William Wolfe, an omploye in Hayden's minos, at Logan, was killod yestorday morning while blasting coal. —John Mooshopka, a Bohomian, who was im- Eflaunod in the Olovoland Btation for abuso of is family, committod suicide yesterdsy morn- ing by jumping from the gallery of tho third tior of colls to the atone floor, 20 teat Liolow. —NMra, Honry Hows, of dunrgutown. Darke County, Tast Saturday night gavo birth fo twins, whoso bodies wors connected tho ontiro longth. The heads, arms, and logs of the two potsons wero fully du\‘ologod, aud tho bodies woro woll formod oxcopt that' they woro grown togotlier {rom armpits to hips. Ono of tho childron was ‘born dond and tho other lved only n fow win- utos aftor its birth. —A. boy abont 10 years of ago fell through o hay-mow at Gottesburg, nosr Dayton, on Satur- day evening, strildug bis head on & tobacco- box and fatally injuring him. = —Qen. Aloxander McCook and family arrived at Dayton on Baturday night on a visit Lo friends, Gon. McCook has boon stationod for soveral yonrs at Fort Moltavil, Toxas, —A vouder of gaton| rifihls. by the name of Millot, was boaton and robbed by foat-pads on Baturday ovening whilo travoling in a wagon along the national road noar Dayton. Throo men camo out of & grove at tho rondsido, Blopping Millot's horse aud domnnded monoy. Millow rofusod, and was thon pulled out of tho wagon, Doaton most unwercifully, snd his watch aw monoy, about 350, taken from him. Tho highe waymen thon took hia horso and wagon and ‘flmvn to tho railway station, where thoy ioft the oam, s —John Wilson, tho oldost soitlor in Mont- gomery County, died yosterday at the age of 00 yoara. ToWA. Dr, H. A. Tillotgon, of Towa City, was called into tho country about 10 miles to sco a pationt Bunday afterucon, who, after having made the Decousary preseriptions, romarked (hat ho did not fool Yory well himsolf, and took a Inrgo doss of quinino, 88 ho uupgosml but immediately aftor taking it discovored, to his horror, think ho had takon about ton graius of morphine, Kuow- ing the doso_womld proye fatal, o notifled tho fomily of what ho lnd done, applied all tho romedios in hig power, #ont for his wifo, made bhis will, and eutreatod thom to keop him awako till his wifo arrivod, About un hour aftor tnking 1ho doao ho foll into a deop sleop, from which it was impossiblo to arouso him, and bo died at 10 o'clock yenterday mormning. —Tha Cashior of tha 'Telodo, Poorla & Warsaw Railroad freight-oflico at Burlington, Charles A, Letts, absconded on Saturday with about $000 in cash halonglu%w tho Company, Ilo flod to 8t Louis, whoro ho was arrosted yostorday. Lotts 1ias horotofore borna a vory good chnrictor, and L boen i tho omploy of tho Company for ovor throo years, 1o has's wifo and sovon childron. 1t is thonght that fast living Is what caused his downlall. —A Dbrskeman on the Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy Railroad, named Churles W. Servis, was drowsied in tho' rivor at Burlinglon, Sundsy, whilo Lathing. Ifo got lu:andcn{r lhate, and, Doing unable to swim, was drowned. His' body W8 recoyered yeutorday. MINNESOTA, Bome mouths ago tha body of a woman who poisonod horself on s raitroad cur in St. Paul, was idontiflod by J. W. Ioborts, & printor of Minnoapolis, and othors, as tho body of tha wifo of Roborts. Bunday night Roborts mot his wifo alive, an inmate of & house of ill-fame, All that is known of the suicide is that sho came from Jowa to Hastings, and thenoe hore, —Nirs, J, R, m{mn. ‘of Minneapolls, sues for divorce on account of atlegod brutal abuse. The partios cooupy & goad aocclal position, —~The body of an unknown man, nu}\ponml to bo tho person who called himwolf Itobert I Driscoll, and ssid he was & railway conductor from Kanans City, wan found in tho river av St Paul yesterdsy morning., 'There wero no marks of violonco, 1Ilo was ubout 80 yonrs old, & foot 9 Inobes high, with heavy, dark oyobrows and mus- tache; waro e bools, blavk” clothas, and hind two diamond studs in his shick. ~MNMrd, Lamb, wifo of tho man killed by his noighbor Kolly a fow days ago in Bt, Paul, 14 ro- porlod doad of griof, lonving two young childron, —Ico iy betng shipped trom Kt. Paul by carn to 8t, Louls, Bix mmluudu waore ot Baturdey and ton moro yestorday, " Tiovi Bt of Tuo Oity, whilo going hiemo from a danco lato Baturduy night, way assaulted by an ynimown person, who knoclied him to tho sround, insousiblo, with & elub. ‘T'ha asmnilang Tion, with o knifo, cut his chocls, forgheud, und ohiu, and triod to out hin throat, fually Joaving him for dead. Stull will probably recovor, ~—'T'wo men, just returnod from driving a herd of eatilo from Nicolot County scross Dukots to Yort Bully, wora roportod murduted by tho Tu disus, but sfatod that thov did not sea or hear of a hostllo rodskin on the whole Journoy, —Honry Porxy, of AMurray County, savod u fiold of whoat from tho Joousts by going over it with lieavy rotlers, whiol crnsliod the insceta I‘I;lu Lh? corth, but holped rathier than injured o grain, =T\ ITnchez, of Now Ulm, sliot and Litled him- nolf youtorday. INDIANA. During a atorm at Warnor's Station, & hrszu Varn bolougiug to Jamea Eyaus wan atruck by H;fhtulm: and consumed. Tho barn was Mled g*l})\"ghunz, oats, and hay, aud tho loss ia about ,000. —Dotwoon 1 nnd 2 o'lock yestorday aftornoon, o barn of Uliarlon Waodia farasor Iving about 3 milos Bouth of Yilkhart, canght firo from a throsbing-machine ongine, and sansumod about 700 bushiols of whoat and 25tons of bay. Lous :ilbgalznfa,wo; {nsured for 3,300 in tho Yarmors’ —A man of tho namo of John Readiogor, ly- ing about & miles from Boymonr, was caught in tho Lorse-power of an old throshiug-maching which ho was using for grinding apples, snd had tho flesh torn off Loth Lis logd, nnd his outrails litorally torn out. Mo was still alive at last ac- oounty. 'WIBCONBIN. A boy named Arthur Packburst, living in the Town of Rack, Rock County, was kigked by horse, 8noday, and hiy skull was badly fraotur- ed. Ifo will ot racovor. —John Buob, son of J. Bnob, browor, of Janosville, was 80 badly poloned by bathing in tho river that amputation of aleg was nocossary, yostorday. —Bonator Carpontor Iast night mado tho pro- soutation spocch ut the donatiou of a portrait of tho lato Sidnoy X, Rood to tho Milweukeo Young Mon's Aswociation. A large sitondauco was prosont. MIOTIOAN, A large and intorestiug camp-meeting 4 miles south of Mondon commauced.last Thursday, nud will closo to-morrow. On Sunduy exoursion- traing woro run on tho Grond Haplda and tho Mich‘l]gnn Houthorn Kailronds, carrying largo crowds. —A remarkablo and thrilling sosne occorred on the Advoutiats’ cumy-ground, at Battlo Cruok estordny. Immodiatoly after the sormon by Gldor Butlor, Mrs. Ellen (. Whito mado sn oloquont and ' most poworful appeal Lo sinners, Tho offeck was astounding. Probably 860 aroso for prayors, It seemod liko tho palmy days of Methodiam. —Tho fourtoonth anuual mooting of tho Mothodiat General Conferonce mot at Lansing K“md"y' Dologatos wero prosent from tho lichigan, Mijuncsots, Baino, Now York, In- dinun, Onliforma, Olio, Iows, Vermont,' aud Now England Conforonces, ‘Tho mission in Bwitzorlaud was represontod by A. Vuiloumlor. —A now boat-club, named tho Pilot Rowiug- Olub, has boon organizod at Grand Ilaveu. Mossra. Allcook, Curtisy, and Yatos ro amoug the members, NEDRASEA, Tho first shipmont of this year's Nobraska whoat wout east from Omabs yostorday. —Josophine Bmith polsoned herself with mor- phiuo at Kearnoy Junotion on Saturday. Correspondence of The Chicago T'ribune, Prevrs Crry, Mo., Aug. 6,—The drought still continues i this section, Wo shall nobhavo ab tho bost bnlf a crop of corn in this county. The samo may bo said of Holt, tho adjoining county. LRichards on andNemaha, in Nobraska, on tho op- romm sido of tho Migsouri Rivor, aro m but Istlo bottor condition. The corn-crop in this section will bo tho nesrest to a failuro that Lins evor %mppnnm.l ainco the first sottloment of tha county, ’L'nrrumndfllt!q/ The Chicago Tribuna, ‘WiNcuesten, I, Aug. 8,—This weok heavy raiug bavo fallon in this region, ascompanied by vivid inglios of lightuing and terriflo ponls of thunder. ‘The complalnt of tho farmers now is, that thora will bo too much ratn, that corn will overshoot, and potatoes tako the second growsh. —_— AMUSEMENTS, UOOLEY'S TOEATRE. Tho prosent wool is tho last of our absiinance from tho legitimate drama. Boing such, it is right and propor that we should have a strong week of varioty attractions. ‘There aro two on- ontortalnments flourishing of this ordor, and, as thoy diffor in overy respoct ono from tho other, tho public may seo and onjoy both. At Hooloy's Theatra Mr. Grover's Adolphi Company aro play- ing an unmsually strong bill, such as lively competition invariably calls out undor bis monagoment, aud last ovening plaved to a crowdod houso in consequenco. Thoro wore a great many specialties on tho bill, The minstro | company, under tho londership of J. H. 8urridge, oponed tho ball, and met with the usual amount of anlmmu in their dittics end tho rogular minstrel first part. Tho first novelty on the programme was the songand dance performance of tho Liltian Bisters, a chnsto and quiet st with nothing ospecially re- markablo in it. Oharles Parks, tho musical illusionist and imitator of birds, was vory favor- ably tronted, and his imitative efforta spplauded, The Oarous aud Miss Frankio followed in theie respoctive lines, and Martha Wren aud Mr, Colling played a noat hLitle skotch ontitted ¢“The Upper and Lowor Ten Thousand,” which contaius many pleasing and pathotin littla bits of acting., The Reynolda Brothors wero grooted on_tholr roappoarance with a round of hearty applaugs, and gave ono of their unique performances, to the enjoyment of the audiouco. Barnoy nnd Rickey, who utand at tho vory top of tha Iadder in their Jino of bus- inows, arrived in the city direct from San Fran- cisco, and played lnst oveniug withont the least observabla symptom of fatigue. Thalr aketch “Bad Whisky " kopt tho house in a rlpglu of taughtor throughout, and nothing but & sympathy with hoir necessary fatigue pro- vouted an encore. ‘Tho- Lawronco Broth- ers, on tho aorial trapoze, s they enlflt. disptayed considorable skill and daring. The performanco coucluded with an Irisl skoteh, * I'he Mountain Outlaw,” in which Mr. Cotling, Martha Wren, and Miss Bradloy de- gorvod tho warmost encomiums. -To-night tho rinctpal_stars, Burney aud Riokey, will give rl.wlr ivimitable Irigh skotch, *Taking tho Ylodgo,” which is without doubt tho noatost aud mout parfact thing on the varioty stage. THE ADADEMY OF MUBIC. Tho * Grand Parision Folly,” ns the mannge- mont call tho Bohumann - Novelty Compsny, oponed at the Acadomy of Music Inat eveuing to a very fair house. Tho performanco,as a whole, mny be proncuncod excollont. Inasmnch s it gives_a sorios of disconnocted and iudividual nots, it may bo tormod _a_varioty ontortainment, Otherwiso, is is not strletly to bo 8o called. Tho burpt cork sud song and dnnce features of tho varioty are omitlod, apd the specialtios are groupod togothor without padding. Tho por- formanco commonces with an excollont panto- mima contalning many origiual fonturos, Aer, Lovall, the clown, i# admirablo fn his line, and, though tho comprbyexhibiteds ittlo norvousnoss insoparable from a firet vight, thoy got through vory well. Mons. Beckmann, the jugglor, was rathior slovenly in his porformances. — This way sccounted for in the fuct that ho had gashed ono hand seriously, and was thorofore guilty of a sorios of miscaloulations, Tho andionce troated Liu shortcomings vory graciously. Prof. Brown, the velocipedist, porformod sovorsl extraordinary fontd upon tho bisyolo, aud showed how, undor ‘porfoct control, that hobby of & fuw yesrs ago can bo bostriddon aud gulded to boconie o pleak- wro tustead of o nuisance, Siguor Benadatti, tha wwallowor of ewords, is actuslly & physiological marvol. In addition to ewallowing togothor six shoota of steol called Bwords, ho thrunt dowb his thront a regulation aword, which, moasured by hiu side, roachied his walst. Thie foat was pros- ontly colipsod. Boizing a rogulation musket, with bayonat fixed, he thrust the lattor down his thront, and oxecuted a pironotte with the gun havging from his moutl, In ordor to conviuca tho sudlonco that there was no illusion bo borrowed a osna from the audi- onco, and in & socond noihing bub the bandle wna vielblo. ‘Theso feats were londly applauded and dosorvodly so. Horr Suhufizn gavo o facotions lecturo on the human countenance, and by menns of tho faciul musolos alono gavo a sorios of skotchos al onco extraor- diuavy nand amusing, The remaindor of his por- ftormance was tho creating of beards by refleotod shindows on tho faco, and by tho aid of card- boards. The Almontea aud Roussolles gave somo estonishing ground feals in gymuastics, Tho velocipodo quadrille, in which oight Jadics appoarod on bicyclos, assisted by a tiny boing on a tiuy velocipods, wau the pleco do remmtanco, and was a vory protty and gracotul oxhibition, The “man-flute," as ho cally himuelf, Don Forrayra, wna a vory intoreat- iug featuro, With his hands alono ho kuccoodod in oliciting tho fullest and mollowest finte tonoa in o fantasia, rondorod with admirablo oxecution, 110 wau oncoiod twioo, aud tho last timo playad “Tho Mullignn CGusrds as a popular concos- slon, ‘Tho performanco oonoluded with & socond pantomin JIVENA' OFEBA-IOUSE, Montion was mado in Tk Tringse Sunday of tho application of threo partios, Mosses, I, M. Hooley, J. I, Haverly, and Walter Bouth- #ato, for tho lonsa of Myors' Opora-llonse. It appears that tho offer of “none of those gentles mon was uceoptod, My, Clurkson, Miu, Myors attornoy, having decided to ront' the houio to Mr, Pedsoly, The Lkoys wore handod over to Dl yostorduy, and the work of renovation com- moncod, Whnt lino of budiness the lessco lu- tondi Lo play in (his cosy ttle thentre will bo wado kuowy sborlly, 8 CRIME. Deltberato and Cold-Blooded Murder at Creston, Ia, Miscellaneous Criminal Items. ERorrible Murdor in Towa, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Oneator, In,, Aug. 10.—This clly was agaln tho scono of a deliborate murdor, it being atiorri- blo butchery. It waa doneabout 8 o'clock this moruing by J. T, Burnott, The murdored man, J. L. Briator, Is & pattuor of Burnott, and thoy both lived ovor tholr marble-works, Tha causo fl tho murdor i8 slated ae-boing of a family na~ niro. nuch Burnott's of contimous il threatonod her lifo, o lottor on Saturday or Bunday from his mothor, Bristor {a Burnott's stop-son, and lg rospectod Dy all his sequaintances. wife loft him ou sccount troutmont, and ke ofton Dristor had recolved which Burnett wanted to seo, aud which the former refusod to show. This csused somo AURTY Wwords to paea botween them, which, how- ever, did not threnton nnyihiug sorious at the 4imo, but which ouded this morniug by Burnett cubting }!‘\‘!Htol"u throat from ear to car with o razor. Cho murdorod mau_got out of his bod, staggored to the _window, shout, bub his windpipo whg sovored, and Lo could wot mako a sound, Hi wifo awoko ~ and screamed murdor, searing Burnott from killing hor. iy Intontion wus to murdor both and make his eseapo betwoon that and daylight. s plaus, howover, wore not ful- Qliod, 28 ho fiad to 4y from tho house withont any clotbig ou whatovor vxcopt his night-shirt. Tho [kl Lisvo used overy offort Lo capture bim, but ko is still at lurge, thongh hopes aro ontertained that ho will bo captured, as thero fi & largo armod forco surrounding 'the eity sud ncnurluq tho countr in" search of him. . D, Bmith, (o Mayor, nsked alt morchants 1o close and nid iu tho senrcl, Thero is 5 roward of 2300 offored for his arrest, He loft about £3,600 iu thio bank and In nates i lus panty. Tho peoplo are_detormined to stop s mutedorous businces, and if thoy had caught him this morning, whon tho deod was discoverad, their indignation would likoly lavo carried awWay thoir judgment and punished him oy ho richly (}::furxv;n‘.fl hl:. w“lul mdeeddn nlulmninF and heart- ng sight. Lo murdorad wnun Joavy and Uiseo gunall citdred, TR R o Crime in New York. NEw Yong, Aug. 10.—T'ho oxeitemeat over tha Killduff murdor iy intonso in tho eastorn district of Brooklyn, whera the decensed was looked upon agono of the loaders of tho Plagtarars” Unign. Tho ill-feoling botwoon the mombera of tho Unlon and tio nou-sooioty mon is very high, and groat anger- 18 mavifested toward ' the traitors,” as thoy are designated by thoe Unfon men. All Bunday ‘lnr%a uttmbers of mesons con- grogated in the noighbornood whora tho deod was committed and sround the station, talling oxcitedly of tho murder nnd the subjact of work- ing oight or ton hours day. Kiilduff'a spocial animosity seems to havo been directed against James Burke, whom he first attacked whon ho eontered tho building, and ho Lud boon hoard soveral days provious to make threats agaiust him spocinlly. At n meating of the mombers of the Union, non-society mon wers Bovorely condomued for their action, sud resolu- tions wore passed cxprossing profound sorrow nt Killdufl 's doath, T'ho funeral took place yeater- day from Killdafr's laio rosidonco, and was ate tended by & largo number of socioty mon. John Ewell Iatally stabbod bis wifo at their ragidenco in Broaklyn. Ho alloges, ns tho cause of thosat, that sho wus unfaithful to him, The Oharlia Noss Abduction Caae, Toy, N. Y., Aug. 10.—A special dispateh from Bennington, Vi, announces tho arrost of a woman who'haa 8 child in oharge answaring to the description of Charlie Ross, The child was taken to tho tolegraph office, and questions wore asked, dictated from Philadelphia.” Ho auswered a number of thewo correctly, and at tho conclu- sion camo a tolegram from Philadelphia, in- struoting the Chiof of Polico to detain tha ‘womay and child. The uncle of Charlie Ross will bo here to-morrow to idontify the child, To boy says ho had two nawes,~Charlic Rosa and Clarles Augustus Hawmilton, Shocking Murder in Kentucky. CrxoiyNare, 0., Aug, 10. — The Enquirer's apacial says that tear Carlisle, Nicholos County, yaulurdni’llmlu namod Ilamilton White, attend- ing a’ Mothodist Church, becoming ofended at somotbing suid, slood wpon A beuch and flourished & mstol. Thomas Shaw, ono of tho Trustces, ruccoeded in pacifying him aud coaxing bim out doors, When outsido, Shaw told him tho penalty of tho lasw for his of: fouso, whoronpon lamilton shot Shaw through the lostt. ‘Uho congregation camo out and seized the murdorer aud sont Lim to Carlisie, whenco, for four of lynching, he was seut to Lexiogton. ‘e Sumerviilo, Tenna, Riots, Meypitts, Conu., Aug. 10.—Parties who rrrived from Somotville, this morning, stato that Albert Rooves, the RNopublican candidate for Shoriir, who was shot by Burton, on PFriday, died lant night. Il brother Paul was dying this morn- ing. Judgo J. G. Reoves, another brothor, wha wus shot “at the srmo time, und Oscar Burion, will both rocovar., Lverything was quiot thero, aml the Chicknsaw Guards, from this vity, hava raturned, Probable rder, LoutsviLLE, Ky, A“i’i 10.—A specin] to the Courier-Journal gays D. B. Nain, a jowelor iz Midway, Woodtord County, Ky., while on hs way homo last avening was soizod by fonr mon, and no trace of him Liaa sinco beon f{)ul)d. Tavie Qonces of a strugglo were found in the noighbor- hood where Lo was soizod and, prabably, e was urdered and bis body hid, A man w{m, hoat- ing Nain'e crics, came to his roscues, wae driven Dack with throats of doath. Boveral negroos & Title later suw tho men onrrying Nain away. He waa then struggling and grouning. It is not known whether tha object of the murder was robbory or roveuge. Founded to Reath. Evyina, N. Y., Aug. 10.—A wan named Hegos man, tiving 10 milos south of hore, was Kot upon by two men this aftornoon and litorally poundcd to deuth. The namod of his murdorers are Laug- woll and Pattorson. Lau wgwnll Las baon arrestod, but Pattorson escapod. o trouble aruso about & dog which bolonged to Lungwell, aud whick Hogomon hired a man to shoot. A Frons the Portiand (Ore.) Bulletin, The Cincinnali pupers think it wondarful that & man in thut city, for & wagoer of 220, jumped from & height of 10J foot Into tho river, aud #oom purprisod that the concussion didn't kill him, In the 1sland of Hawaii, at the lower folls of Kiloan, near tho port of Hila, native boys can bo got, to loap from & olifT 110 foot Ligh into the river for tho small poy of 35 conts, and we havo novor Loard of tho doall or infury of any of thom by such Jvaps, 'The Protestant Episcopal ]!Ishoi) of the Hawalian Kingdom once mado the ©amo leap simply for amusement. & Lenp fora Kishop. i shosgelion The 15th of Boptember is fised ns the date of the aunnal prizo muoting of tho Dominion Ritle Association, e S—— SPECIAL NOTIOES. Many who are suffering from the offeots of the warm woathor sudare debilitatod, are Ad visoa by physicians to tako wodecats amaunts of whieky two ot fkroo tinos during tho day. Ta a listle while thosa who adopt. this adico fraquontly incroass the numbor of ** drlaks," and fu Unio bacowmo sontirmed fas obristea, A bovorago which wil nob oroate a thirst fos, tutoxicating Uyuors, and whioh Is lotended aspactally fm tho bonofl of dobiiitated porsons, whathor st home or abroad, i Dr, Behonok's Boa-Weod Tonlo, Gontalniog tho Jaleos of many modiclusl horbs, this proparation dooa not oreata an appotite for the Intoxloating oup. The aourisling and tholifa-supnortiug proporties of many valu- ahlo natural produstions contained (o 1t azd wall kuowa to wodical tuou havas wout strengtliontag infiuaoa, A singlo botllo of tho Tonlo will dowonstrate ita valuable qualitios, ¥or dobility arlving from sloknoss, over exat~ tHon, or from auy osuse whataver, & wine-ginssful of Sews Wood Toulo taken aftar moals will strengihion and ereats an sppotitofor wholosome food, Taall who nre about Toaviug tholr homos, we deslre to say thst {ho exoslloat offosta of Dr. Holiouck's e3asonsblo romedios, Boa-Woed Touto, aud Mandrako Pills, are partloularly evidont when takon by thoso who ara njuriously ffoctod by » chianga of waterand diot. No porson should laave hauwe without taklug supply of Uoso safounrdy long. Bor sale by all drugglats, o ond tried to -