Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 27, 1874, Page 2

AROUSED AT LASIT. Shall the City Be Spared Another Great Conflagration ? Important Conference of City Officials Yesterday. The Matter of Water-Supply Intelligently Discussed. Half the City Insufficiently = Supplied for Fire - Purposes. What ithe Board of Public Works Have Dong in Pipe-Laying, Double Fire-Plugs Urged as the Bost Temporary Remedy. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Or- dered 1o Bs Spent In En- larging the Water- Mains. . Eensible Suggostions by Commissioner Wahl, Comptroller Hayes, and Others. Tho Finance Committes of the Common Coun- «¢il hod & consultation, yestorday afternoon, with His Houor the Mayor, Cowmptroller Huyos, Commissionors Thompson and Wall, of tho Board of Pablic Works, Polico Commisaloncra Shoridan and Reno, City Eoglucor Chesbrough, sud Firo Marshal Bouner, in ordor to get thelr views ae to tho bost way of expending $200,000 to increnso tho faoilitios for putting out fires. Tho regolution which bronght about the confer~ ouco was a8 follows : Roso'ved, That tao Board of Publle Works be and they aro horeby anthorized to use tho surplus revenuo derlved from water rents to tho amount of $200,000 for tho purpose of taking up the small water-mains and ubstituting Incger ones, with tho necarsary firs plugs, {n tho most thickly popilated and business portions of ocity, ¢ Ald, Hoath prosided, and thero woro present of'tho Minance Committeo Akl Sciaffner, Quirk, and Spaulding, The Clnirmnn stated tho object of mesting, which wns, as o underatood it, §o advise as to tho most fensible plan for distributing the $200,~ 006 and securing the purpose in view. PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS, Ald. Behaffner sald the object was to soo if tho Board of Public Worlks could increaso the supply of water. Tho citizens demandod botter protection, and he desired to know whether any- thing could bo dono toward it for £200,000. He undorstood sir. Wahl to say, Tuesday, that the DBonrd of Public Works bad taken steps, ar woro about to, to do somothing, that they wore mow laying ‘wator-pipe to meet the want exporienced at the Iato largo fire—laying larger maing whero thore wero small ones, and an insufiicient supnly of wator. Every Alderman was importuned daily to do something to give people oconfidence in the arfoty of tho oity. Commigsionor Thompson understood Mr. ‘Wabl to say the Board was doing all that its moans would allow. He leatned from tho Al- dormen that the moans wore lmited, and if that xoro truo tho exteusion of water-mains would have to congo if larger maiua wore to bo put down in tho thickly-settled portions of the city, PENTINENT INQUIRIES. Ald, Spaulding asked in what part of the city it ‘was necessary to enlarge the muing; whether sonth, or tho district burned over 2 qui Chesbrough replied south of Vau Buron stroct. Ald, Schaffnor inquired whother thero was an ample supply of water north of Van Buren streot. Mr. Chesbrough eaid there ways, excopt Iu a few spots,—Minbigan avenue, for instauce, which was not yet built up. There wes a very small main on that stroof ; alsoon Matkot stroet, be~ twecn Meadisou and Lake atreoty. Ald. Sehaffuor wished to know if the small pipe on Mionigan avenuo fod any fire-hydrauts, or woto thoy fed from the lateral streets ? Mr. Chosbrough answored that the Iatoral Blroets, somo of which had only a 4-inch pips, wero connected with it, These pipes were Inid down twonty years ago, when thore were no very tall buiidioge in that district. The largost main in_tho city, until within a fow vears, was only 12 inches in dinmeter, Thore was now a 2i-inch main on Wabash avonue, ono_of 12 inches on Btate, and ono of 30 inches ou LaSalio atreot, the latter running us far as Adams, ‘Marsbal Benner thought the supply of water worth of Van Buron streot, oxcopt on Miochigan &vonue, was smple. AN ALABMING ANNOUNOEMENT, Mr, Chiesbrough had uover hoaid any com- pleints of a lack of water 1 this vicinity, The Bupply, however, in nenrly onc-half of the city, in caso of a large fira, was insuflicient— 80 many steamers boing ot work tuab tho head way drawn down and water enough could not bo bad in many places to put out a firo where four or five houses wero burn- ing. Thera had recently been laid o G-inch pipe about two-thurds of & mile on Milnauken avonue, and for ordinary purposes there was & better head of water thore than in almost any paruof thaoity, There bad beona firo at thoe eod af that G-inch pipe, when there wag n complaint of a waunt of water, This was truo also in that part of the oity where the_ supply was ewple foc the inbebitants, but was deficiont in caee of a firo, Ald. Spualding asked what portions ho meant whonrhs sald ono-lialf tho city was inadequately supplicd. Mr, Chesbrough_said the West 8ide and a por- tion of tho North Side, Thoro wors some streets in both of thoso divisions whero the prossura Was good, aud others whoro it was not, there bo- ing long liues of 4-inch pipes THE SUM INSUPLICIENT. Ald. Schaflnec inquired 1f tho exponditure of £200,000 would romedy tho deficionoy to auy groal oxtont ? Mr. Chosbrongh replied that it would to somo extent, but is would not bo sufilelent for the NTIM uS“{l. It leed it i 0. Schaffnor asked if it wou'd not bo suf- clent 12 coufined to localition whore danger from 4 firo was upprehonded ? Mr. Cnuubmufih a0id that the Board of Publia Works durlug tho last year had lald sevornl wiles of lurger pines in the southwostern pors tion of the city, which they considered to be tho most dangerois, ‘Thoy woro proparing to lny moro, pipes hiaving alrendy bean contracted for, , Spaulding desired Marshal Benner to stato whether at the July fire he had hnd anv troublg in getting water oxcapt on Clark and Niate streats, and Third and Fourth avonucs, BENNER'S EXPERIENCE, Marahal Benner said yes ; on Wubash avenne, south of Hurrinou stroet, tho ongines did not get all the water they noedad. Tho pipo on that stroot was only 4 'inches down to within ono block of ‘L'welfth strect, where thoro was o g-inoly pipe. Tuo d-inch vivo was fed by an 8-inoh pipo, which ended at Harrison strest, and the g-inch was connected with the 12-inch pipe at Twoltth atreot, Mr, Chiesbrough remarked that ho judgod from what he had heatd the Commissionets sny that it wa tho {utentien of the Board of Public Works to connect the oross-sticots with tho 24-inol main on Wabash avenuo, and thus give a boiter supply, = Ard?'smuflnnr asked when that waa likely to be done,—ihis year or noxt, NOT TIlI8 BEARON, r. Chesbrough enld that 1t could not be dono at ghis seagon of tho-year, as o largoe portion of the cu‘y1 would he exposed bfl' tappilig \he main, 1t might bo dono In November, whon tho ralny wonson wot {n, This 24-ineh muin ranas fur #outh an Whirty-nifth stroot, It was laid orlgleally as a maiu pipe for the whole city, and was onnected only at intorvals with the general system, 80 as to kco&» up tho supply all oyor the town. IL wos cousldered tho proporty of the whiole oity, and not of Wabash avenuo alone ; for that renson it was not. oxpobod to frequent outtings for looal purposos. L Sohattuor wauted to know it thore word two pipea on \Wabdsh avonuo. r. Onesbrongh eald thoro wero—a 4-inoh pipo which supplied the fire-pluga and dwollings, aud tho larke pipo which supplicd the conncet-. ing pipes at Lake, Adams, Ilubbard court, "I'wolfth, Fourtoonih, Sixteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, aud Twonvy-slxth traets; {6 was simply n feodor ; tlio Doard did not alloty i to bo tappoi for domostlo or firepurposas, for the renson that it was used to keop up the head all over tho city. ; v TUHHING THINGH, Ald, SchaMnor thought they were straying from their main objeot, as the people demnndad that some immadintn steps should bo taken to provont o ropotition of the firo of July 14, The dnllcuhfi the Council Inbored undor was to kuow what wonld afford tho greatost rellef and protaction. Wonld thoe expendituro of -8200,000 for largor maivs give an ampls supply of wator to meot tho domand i crae of o lurgo conflngra- ton? o Mr, Chesbrough il it mi ht, if one comld only tell whote tho the would bepin, and what courso it would tako, Tho looal auply . \wos ot ter south of Twolfth sticot than Immediatoly north, becauso the plpos Lad beon put down Iator “than twonty years ago. Tho Board of Tublic Works hadbeen vory anxious to keop up the watar-supply, for both domestio and firo pur- oxts, aud bad dono what thoy thought would Ecuz sgouro it, Tho Board had approbonded more dangor from the so.thwost sde on so- count of tho immenso territory thore covered with wooden struotures than from any othor, Thoy had folt that, if a firo broke out thore, aud got undor hendway, it would sweop pretty much ovor tho wholo oity; and for that reason thew attoution had beon dirocted mora to that part than to the quarter burnod ovor in July. " ALOUT TIE WEST SIDE. Ald, Schaftuor askod what was the supply of wator on tho West Bido, south of Van Buron sireet. . Mr. Chesbrough emd thero was & 16-inch pipo on ‘Lwelfth stroot, from tho river to Ashiand avenue. ‘That gave a very good sun?lly.. The Board laid an 8-tnoh &'llnu on Fourtoonth stroot, which was conneoted with overy strect botweon Btewartavenno and McGrogorstront,a shortatroat 1unning north and south, noar Blue Island avouuo. Thero was & 12-insh pipe on Thraop stroot, from Twelfth to Twonty-pocoud streot, the laying of whioh was comploted ouly a fow days ago, and a 16-iuch pipe on Newborry aveuue, from Twelfth to Bixtoenth streot, ' Lhey had coniracted for onough pipo to go to Cansiport avenuo, but un- fortunately tho stroots we: o not laid out there, Aid. Schaffuer wiscd to kuow if thero was a sufticiont supply south of Tiwalfth streot, on tho West Bidv, in a case of cmergeney, - Mr, Chosbrough replied that thero was not at oll points. On tuo prineipal stroets thoro was ; bus botween them there wns a large nuwmber of small pipes, and if a fire sliould broak out in those stroets i would, in bis opinion, sweop over tho large stroots, and could not be stopped. DOUNLE FIRE-PLUGH, Commissioner Thompsou neked what offoot the ||Inciu§i]o[ double tire-plugs on the lurge maing would bava, Mr. Chosbrough thoughta better eupply conld be obtained if that woro done, “That was the best thing that could be dono immedistely, and iv would take tho least monoy. - Ald. Spanlding inquired liow many streols on tho Wnsl Side, botwoon T'welfth and” Lake, ruu- ning west, Tud water-jipes? s M. Chesbrough said soventcen, somo having ouly d-inch piges, ‘Llioro woy a 2i-Inch pipo on Ashiland avonuo, from Division strecs to Harti- gon, and a lino of 8 avd G-iuch pipo alongyides of it for lounl purposes. - HUERIDAN WAKES UP, Commissioner Sleridan—Do you consider the presont pumping-woiks of suflicient capacity to give n.8upply of watee ? Mr, Olesbrough—I tbink so, unless you snp- posy you ought to have moro water than any- | body oleo In the country. Wo nre pun-ping now 100 gallons o day to each inhabitant. Cominissioner Shortdan thon related tho rosult of a trial of stoamers ut LaSalle and Loka atroets_the ottier day, 'Tha prossure thore was only 23 or 20 pounds to tha squaro juch, and he duutxcd to know how much 1t would be at Bridgo- port. Mr., GChesbrough replicd that water would not run up hill; ot the city Jimits the prossure was not more thaa 10 or 11 pounds. Commissioner Sheridau rojolued that the trial took place at 8 o'clock in tho ovening, wheu ail the manufactorios ind shut down, and with .stand-pipe 140 foot high the pressure should bo at least 60 pounds, Mr. Chesbrough said that after 6 o'clock tho ‘hoad was not kept upas strong us during tho day; not as mutch water was domauded, and the pros- suro at the works, generally 46 pounds, ran down to 40 pounds. . WUAT ALD, SPAULDING DISCOVERED, Ald, 8paulding romnrked thut aftor che fire of July 14 had crossed Vau Buren street, he wont to tho Water-Works, and found thac thero ware 130 feot of surplus wator. That was botweon 10 and 11 o'alock at night, after a gieat many pipes had molted, and much wator was boing wasted. Commisstoner Thompson eaid the eugine was stopped afier 9 o'clock, Counmissioner Suoridan romarked that the ro- sult of tho trial ho had veforred to had demou- strated that it would bo uscless to send half a dozen engines to a fire in Dridgoport, siuce they could not got eauough water, o8 one would draw from the other, the mains being so swall aud the pressuroe so fusignificant, Commiesionor * Chesbrough thought -the troublo at the trinl was that the counections with the plugs were too small, Iu his opinion, sixteon engiuos could ba supplied at that poiut, if tho connections were large enough. BENNED INTERVIBWED Tho Mayor asked Marshal Bennor if he_ was aware that thore was an insuflicient supply of water in the distriot burned over July 14, Marshal Beuner said ho swag, nod had kuown it for the last twelve or fourteen yonrs. The Mayor—Did you ever report tho fact to tho Board of Police? " A‘lumhnl Bannor—No, sir; nor to any other ody. Commiesioner Sheridan romarked that long befora lio left tho Conneil, audsinco ho hiad been & wember of the Bourd of Police, he had pross« od the matter upon the attontion of tho Board of Polico, but had been tol! thore was no monoy. ‘Iho peoplo should get up & fuud to perfoct the system § thoy ought to bo public apirited enough to do It, knowing tho dangor thore was from flro, THAT'S TILE QUERTION. Tho Mayor—What object had you in recom- mending an_increaso of firo-engings and lots at ;hat tln?lo ot tho lnat appropriation, 1f you had no wator Commisgioner , Shoridan—We wanted the engines toput In dengerous localities whoro thoy would be uvailablo whoun a fire started, Thoro wora distriots covered with frame buildings wheto thore are no engines now, and while the stoamers wore golug to a firo [n such o locality the tlaraes had umole time to spread, Ald, Schaffuer asked about the pipo now laying on Noith Clark streot. Mr, Chesbrough said it was an 8-fuch pipe, acd all the now fire-hydrants were boing con- nectod with it, The vid 4-ineh pipe supplied tho bouses ; it would not pay to take it up. That supplied the lateral stracts. Taers was a12-incl glpa on State stroet and a 84-inch pive on La- ulle streot,—theso and tho othors supplying one anothor. ABOUT 'Ti1E NOLTIL §I1DE, Ald, Spaulding fnyuited of Marshal Bennor h\?lu‘“.t;m Lo found water ‘enough on the Northh da Marshal Bonner eald he Gid not when ho hed more than threo or foue enginos ot work, Commisgioner Shorldan remarked thet the fact Lnd boon_roforred to in evory report of tho Bonrd ot Polico for tho lnyc tou yoars, Mr, Chesbrough said it anv one would tale the aius to read tho roports of the Board of Publia vvorku for the same timo thoy would find that the mattor way ulso roforred to thore, Tha Commussioners could not put their hands In thelr pockota und romoay tha difiloulty, and that wa tho causo of the whole trouble, GETTING OWN TO FACTH, ‘Thie Mayor—IIns the Board ovor ' nsked tho Conuncil for an appropylation for wator that they did not got ? M. Chewbrough—Tho appropriation ins been sut down again ond again, Tho Mayor—Do tho rocords show that ? Ar. Olicsorough—That is my rasollestion, Ald, BohuiTuer—The Council gavo them 100, 000 moro than thoy asked for two yosrs ago. bave no rovollection of tho Uouncrd, within four {Enru, cutting down au appropristion for tho ox- cnslon of water-pipes. bIr, Chosorongh—Home years aga {hoy recommonded the Javing of *20 mules of 8-Inoh pipe, which would nut bo considerod at all extravagant in New York, but it was waid thoro was no money, and it could not bo done, Wao 1ald 40 milos lust yoar, There wore 870 miles of pipe now laid throughout tho elty, Ald, Hoath quired If tho prosont difioulty did no}, ariso from the laying of mwall pips veary ago, Over &7,000,000 had been expoudod on tho Water-Works, and it waw found the pipes wore inadequate to supply the water neoded, COMSISHIONER THOMPHON BAID the growth of thooity wag, inn monsnre, no- countable for it, Tho cry evervwhore wis *ysator, " “wator,” All the Aldermeon wanted 1t in tholr wards, while no one bad said anything about onlarging tho pipes down-town, g I.Ilollfih! tho pipod should. bo eunlarged, but it would tale more than 300,000 or £400,000 to do it, and keop pace with tho growth of tho oy, THE CHICAGO, DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1874 e bolioved the £200,000 conld bo axponded Ju-t diciously in onlarging tho maina ‘antd putting in: more plugs.. ‘Fhere was a doflolency iy the firo- hydeant fund, The Snulng in of the plugs with four outlets would losson tlio chafico of o largo tiro by glvllehn Daopartinent gronter fa- cilitios for extiugufshing thou. A COMMISBIONER SHERIDAN ABKED what benofit it woulit bo to expend’ the $200,000 in oxtending tho 8u-inch pipe on LaSallo strost to ightaouth, and connadting It witli the 21-inch moin,on Wabash avenne, sud ‘runniug the con- nootion outb to tho 24-luch pipo on Ashland nve- nue, and putting in .additfoust hydisuts, How much would thog cosb? -+ L Mr, Chosbrongh could not tell, without mak- ing o caleulntion, ; ALD, HPULDING SUOGEWTED - . that the extonsion of, pipos outsido bo stopped, oud that tho small pipos In dsugerous .distriots Do takon up aud Inrger ones substituted, % Commisstonor Bherlrdan, sald the poople noar tho oity limits must havo wator. \ Ald,” Quirk volncitled with him, There wore portlons of his ward where tho poople lhad no watoratall, - | | N 5 : COMMISSIONER WATL BAID | ; o grront doal of -blame wea thrown on the Tonrd of Publis Worke lor the prosent condition of things, -IIs did not think thoydoserved it. The Councll had_rofused to make an nv[;‘mprlntlou for the now West, Side pumping works, though tho Aldermen know the tunuel was constructing, and thet 91,000,000 was_bolng _epont on it If tho pumping workse wero up, tho diflloulty -would Lo endod, -for thon the supply “of wator would be ample, 1o .did not believe {u nx{»undlnu $200,000 in the way proposod} it would not ingraasa tho . supply of wator. Why should the. speculatora down at Tairty-ninth sireot bo favored to the detrimont of tuo built-up portious of thocity? Ho ndvo- cated tho buying of astrip of _ground in the burnt distrlet 260 feot wide, and lining it with troos—a good .thing to stop fros. with—and auothor strip on tho Wost 8ido, 'Tho stroots of tho eity wero too narrow, 1€ a flro broke out in somo. of -thom tho, - eugiues could . not gat at it, Tho lood for & boulevard to protect tho businoss portion of lhe ety shonld bo bought now, for if it woto' dolayed & month tho housos would aléo have : (o, bo. purs cbasod, A strivgont fire-ordinance wus ncoded, 80 that tha erection of woodon slhantios could bo preventod, Tho town was eproad out'teo mucii, t covored ctough torritory now to accommodato 2,000,000 of pnug)la. Tue Board of Public Works hiad no powor.at all, and it might ag well bo done away with, Thoy had to go totho Cuuncil or the Comptroller’ for” overy littlo tulng, and nine timos out of tou woro told thora.was no .monoy, A, Ilayes remarked that that wus so, becanse iboy wauted to spond the mounoy beloro ho gobit. Ald. Sehalfnor inquired why tho Bourd had nob asked for an approprintion to widen the stroots ? Commisalonor Walil roplied that thoro were men in the Board who did not Jtnow ‘aaythin, about the atroets, 1o wos ;unt bominning to ting ont what tho city tioctled. 'Che Loard had dono ovorything they could do, ‘If there hnd beon no big firos no'one would have thonght of theso thi nlllgn. ‘The preyont fire-ordinanco way null and void. & TILE PRESS TO DLAME. Ald. Quirk thought the pross. was to blame, sinco the papors had pitehed into the Council for making lurgo appeoprintions, - - - " Commissionor Wabl did not balieve the oity nooded a court-house until everything was in or- der. Why should $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 bo squandered on it now? Ho.did not eare for a breastpin 1f ho had no shir, . -Ald, Hoath did not think thore was any danger of the City-Hall boing built, just at presont. ; TO RRTURN TO OUR sUBJECT, Ald, S8chnfTuer repeated his question regard- ing the oxpenditura of. the 3200, i Somminsionor Wabl bolieved tho oxponditira of that nmount would lesesn the danger from fires, I: could not bo laid out now, however. Thoy would have to wait.until tho rainy season. ‘Tho orection of the West Bide pumping works ought to bo commencod at onco. 3ir, Cheabrough said tou times $200,000 could bo judiclously - expoudad. . The pipes horo wore* smallor thau thoxe fu_ Lostern cities. Money bad been suved by laying thoins and thoy had to bo laid to keop pace with the rapid growth of tho city. - Hence tho pipes wero . smallor than they should: be for water purpose.. No one had anticipated that Chicazo would havo a population of 450,000 in 1874, He did not favor Bmall Fipau overywhero, “Thoro were atreots waore it wos o wasto of money to put in large Jiason small streots, for inctauco. o bad aid pipes that ought to hiave boon largor, and wus responuible for it. It was tolly in a city liko Chi- eago to undortaice to do overything as'if it had o population of 1,000,000 1t was mueh bottor ,to do work for a fow voars, and let the noxt goner- atiou do it over, ‘Chey could not toll what would bo wantod twenty years henco. A grent deal of monoy hay been thrown awsy by anticipating things, . A DIFFERENOE OF OPINION, Tho Mayor—It18 not_truo that tho Common Counetl, the Board of Public Works, or any city ofliciuls havo nyvor done avvthing [ regard 'to supnlying water oxcept for domautio purposes, Ir. Chesurough—I think so, That ba. takon procedance of ovarythivg else. Tho ilayor—The time hes como to do some- thing to remedy existing ovils. The question 13, what can bo dono to relisve the auxiety of tho people? Insuranco compauies aro {alking of withdrawing on aceount of the inactlvity of tho ¢ity ofticials, tho balief provailing that they re- fuso omphatically to do auything either by way of a firo ordinance or appropriating money. ‘What was to provent tho Inying of sowers from tho rivec through the east nud weat streots, and | baviug cisterus on the street cornera ? MMr, Cheuhmu&h—-’l‘hn amouut of monoy it would cost could bo bettor Iaid out in imaraving the ndvantagos now possessed for pu:ting out fires.. Tho conduits would undoubtedly bo o greas advaniage, butho had estimated the ex- pense, nud found it would cost more to carry out hio plan than it wauld to give smple pipes and fire-hydiants, If tho new works woro construot- ed, and Jargo mains put in, most of the flres that occurred could bo put out without the engines— tho prespure would be sulllelont co throw astrenm over any low building. Ald. oath—Haw much could bo done for $200,000, NOT A DTOP IN THE BUCRET. Commissioner Tuompson—It would notbe o der 1 the bucket, 7 r. Chesbrough—Tha conduits would cost on tho overage 310,000 a mile, The Mayor—How muoh would a 36-Inch con~ duit cost per mile, if run through the alluys 7 Mr, Chesbrough—About $20,000 & mile. Alr. Hayes asied what tho old rosorvoirs wers buils for ? Alr, Qhosbrough enid they were really not of much hmportauco. There was very littlo water in thom,,excopt at night, Tho ouo on the West Sldo was'still in use; but neither was ever uny protoction in caso of. a fire. 7 . FLOATING ' ENGINLS, Tirg-Marshal Bosuer thou finvo an account of his efforys to havo o trisl of tloating-gugines on tho river, Commuesionor Sheridan said Mancol Talcott Lind two tuge which ho had intimated ho would allow to curry tho necossnry pumping apparatus, Ald, Heath romaricod that the managoer of the Clicago Towing Association had suid that tholr tugs conld bo used, It wounld cost only 315,000 to aquip several, and. pay would noy bo asked excopt only whon they worked at firos, A genoral discussion followod on this subject. Tt wos urgod thal, tho tugs could not be depended on, as they wero linble to ho towing vousels whon a fiio oscurred. This yiew, however, was not taken by all, some of tho gentlemon bolioving that & fow of tho tugs would bo avall: able at ol times, and it would roquire but n short tune fdr tho otliors fouteam to tho scone of the conflagrations. Every ono admitted that the tugs could do grent sorvice {u caso a fire was near tho rivor, or by wotting down a larga Louuorg in caso thers was danger of a firo orowuing tho Bonth Branch, COMPTROLLER WAYES thon gava Lis views of all tho mutters Iuvolved, Mo thought tho poople of Chicago wauld be will- ing to muke any roasonabla saeriflce to provida tho necessary nplpnrnlnu and appliancg to pro. yout and put out flvos, and l‘nn the Counal would bo sustalued In any rosvousblo aouon looking in that diveotion, Ono faot jmprosvod iteolf upon hin mind, and that was that firos catld no more bo }nu out with mouey than the natjon could be dafonded by grosnbacks, 'I'no country must ho defonded h(] men of courggo and wisdom, nnd flves munt bo pub out by the srma wroans, Thoy must find out the caudo of fires, and weob it. If they hod no men who could put out firos thoy must oronto thom. A good awlitls was the best ‘dofondor In time of warj and a gaod population ready to fight flros wus tho bust dofunko against firos, 12" thoy undor. took to do evaryfhing by monoy,—if thoy thought that by Futung thelr hand into the Troasury thoy woro going to put out flros,—they would bo very much mistakon, What was nooded wan vigllance, watchfulnoss,and tho oxamiuation of all the builds ings which oxposod tho clty to largo firos, Byory roof should be gono ovor within tho next wool by order of tho Iflre Commisaionery, ond the ownors of thoso that woro not in n five-proot coudition should bo punistied by Inw. No man hiud o right to sey o to his nolghbor's promisoy by baviug an inflammabloroof, Thore should ba A BTBINGENT FIRE-ORDIEANOL, and it should bo enforpod ta the lettor, Tho peo. plo showld ho awabouad—tbore sheuld bo pspirp smong them which would enablo them to put ouy fires ohunpl’x, nnd thus syold a lurge exponditure whioli would fail of its purpose. No framoebulld. fuge should be pormitiod;.and all structurcs ' & should ¥ bo' oxamined witht ‘ refe! oncé to_ tholt ' fire-proof condition. . If udmothing wore ‘dono—ovon kenping in tho houses » bucket of two full of wator— tho dangor would bo lossenod, If tho Firo De- partmont lackod oflicioncy, bocauso it was not -sustained by tho.publio, n” sontimont should bo oroatod which would austain it, and help thom fa fightlug fitos, Thero must bo a radical ro- form, “Puoplo swarmod to fires fn orowds. Thoy ahould bo compelled to assist In extinguishing thoin, and thoro ought to bo a law agaiuat over- jumiclig buildings and etooks of goods. It should " bo-n pensl offenso for -sy 'com- any -.to insuro proporty for moro than ta. " folr. jusurablo value. Ho bolioved it was within the - powor ~of tho Counil to impose n pevally for that, Thoro was o graator inducement for o dishionost man to fire his own promiacs or to nuglact them when in dnngaqr thaa the knowlodge that they woro fu- surod, eroating. | BA IN CONOLUAtON, - Ald, Quirk favored the organization of a ro- Borve corps of flromen, from whioh tho rogular memboia of the Doparlmont shiould bo taken, ;- Ald. Behianor moved that the Committeo roc- ommend the nppropriation of $200,000, fo bo ox- onded for tho purpose. contomplated. as tho d\(xdgl‘nunl of.tho Board ot Public Works may fotato. ‘Tio motion waa agroed (o, and the conforouco camo {0 au oud: GIVE THEM ENCOURAGEMENT. Tho Work and Needs of the Good : Samaritan Soclety. Sprightly Session of the L{zdy Man- " agers Yesterday, They Aro Determined to Porsist in Their Benevolent v Endeavors, But the Business-Men of Chicazo Must . ' Lend Their- Assistance. . Tho Ladiea' Samaritan Booloty, of '$his clty? organized to give to girls sud womon who, from ony cause, ara without employmant, home, or frlonds, o helping haud, sympathy, ond coun- sol, lield & regular mocting yostorday sfternoon at 3 go'clock at No, 08 I'ulton stroct. About thirty ladies wero present, and, although somo controversy took place a8 to tho conduct of the Bheltor, in that the influcuco of prayor scemed to.bo entirely ignored,.snd that irrogularitios oxistad, still thora was & ononoss of sentiment porvading all presont that the work of aiding thoeir fallen and suffering sistors roquired cor- dlel co-oporation on thele pmt, and littlo dif- ferouces of opinion au to ‘¥ TIE EFFIOACY OF PRAYER . to effect thoir plrpose, and asto other minor matters, should not bo pormitted to mar their offorts, The Bhelter, which ia situated on La- Balle utreet, botween Randolph and Lake stracts, beiug found already inadoquate to the domands upon the Bataritans for ald, tho Boolety con- lumYlntw the “catablishmont of s branch louse ou tho West Bide, which, if commodious enough, nlx’imll intime bo convorted into an Industriul omo. s REPONT OF DR. XENT, When the meoting had bean furmall y openod by. Mre. Leonard, President of the Socioty, Mrs. Dr. Augusta Kout reporied that sho had beon romisud a sunpl{ of medicines for use at the boltar, and, a3 fo the intended Homo, sbo ulom:hf & suitabla houso could be pracarod on ‘Weat Madison straot, near Latlin, ab o moderato rontal. Ier idon was that tho Home should bo made golf-gupporting, aud to that end sho was certain work would bo furpishied in abundnuce. Tho Matron of tho Bheltor mado o report of thio condition of tho instiiution on Aug, 20. Cloth- ing, provisions, aud othor nocossaries had boon recoived as donations. .« TUE NUMBER OF INMATES is eleven; four of thom aronvalids, ono being particularly ill, and roquiring much attention. Owing to the very imited accommodation, many persons are oxcluded. A committee was then appointed to continue tho search for additioun! house accommodation. Mrs. Chisholm inquired how tho rent wa to bo puid whou tha exchoquor i all but ocmpty— only 311 in hand. BTATE OF TIE FINANCES, Mrs, Frounklin, of the Committeson TFinnnao, atated that sho bed gone around among bLusi- ness-mou ond otuers, soliciting subscripiions in aid of tho Bholter. Bho falled, tho objection boing made, Mre. Franklin said, that the Shelter was not conducted upon Christian rinciples. Theso mon aro in good standing in he city, but thoy will not support ay booanse of the unchristian course pursued by the managers of tho institution, Boer Lag beou taken juto tho ‘house aftor dark— L [Horo Mrs. Franklin was interrupted by sevor- al ladies saying chat sho was not stating ruols.l Mrs, Franklin continued : I know what Istato 0 bo true, aud I know that pravers are not per- mitted to bo offered thore, For sovon months T have beon working among business-mon in tho causo of charity, and I have over found them willing to aid inatitutions conducted in s Qhris- tian-like manuer. ‘Tho Mation denfed that beor hud beon taken Into tho houso. BEER, Mra, Loonard declared that it Las heon hor oxperionce that in every society in which she has boou intorosted there Wopa sure to be found fault-fluders. Tho praylug womep, in Mrs. Leonaid's opinion, kave vory littlo to show as tho fruity of thotr labors, Sho does not object to prayers, but goolng that ull praying, a8 some folks would have 1t, has effectod very little, if anythiug, sho !hmxfi’hc woro work and less pray- ing ought to bo tried now, Mrs. Loonard ex- plained that upon ono oceasion a little beor, aud wine, aud brend, und chocso woro taken into tho Liouso aftor nightfall by her direction, as thoy wore roquired, and that clroumstance was talon advantage of ‘zy tho ndyucatey of praying bauds to decry the {nstitution, 2 PRAYER. Mrs. Russoll colncided with Mra, Leonard, and oxpresyod the oplnion that every act of charity was itgolf o praver, Praylng will not influcnce tho persons iu their homos 0 much as good ad- vico, conitant occupatlon, food, and shelter. The Bopioty was nrginuiznd on_the non-soetarian principle, and ought to bo 8o regulated aud that doos 1ot hinder pooplo from prayiug who so de- 10, Iore the diacusslon upon tho Introduotion of prayor-mootings in tho house becamo dosultory, tho'ladies gevorally joriug in, each one exprons- ing » difforent oplufon, and oach, except those who thonght a& Miy, Leonard did. showing n proference for the tutroduction of that form of prayer peculiur to the scct or denomination to whicly she Is alilated. Tho discussionsoomed "k“x]ly to last » good while and result in nothing, unt AmE. CHISHOLM, who eat quictly llatoning, said: ¢ Ladles, I wont Inta this work” to sea it jv was not posslble for onp womsu to help another. But it is almost disheartoning to soo that thore {8 alrondy oppo- sltlon mado and obatacles thrust in tho way," "'hiu pally of Mis Chisholm secmed to bring hor hearers to n sonso of docorum, and M, Leonurd haying declared the whole talk out of ordor, the regular businoss was agaln taken up. Mrs, Dry Ao Kent, Mondamea Dalior, Tattlo, and Loonard woro apnolnted a Flnange Com- mittoe for the ensuing tmontli, COFYEL-ROOM. On mation of Mrs, Obisholm, & committes was appolnted toprocure aplaca suitablo for a coffoe~ room during the Exsuanlun, and near tho bulld- ing, Mrs. Bromsted, of the Lrovislon Commit~ too, reported the following donatioas during the past weok : Mr. Wilkin, 60 conts; o friond, 50 cents; Clomont & Cayory, 81; P, T. Fried- man, 50 cenfu; B. Bhoorman, 50 conts; A Luth eran miniutor, #1; cash, cents; John Nuveon, ®L; Mrs. Walters, &1; “Iowa," por Ttmes, 813 & friond, B0 conts; and four ouuds of sugar from Join Boyd, Louls Schults Elu oftored n‘iabm as & donacion, and Mr. Hor- man offors & supply of weat, Tho Treasurar'y yoport shows a oredit balance, including tho donations just noted, of 18,60, 1T WAH ARNOUNCED that Dr. W, T. Bherwood haa offered to asslaf Mus, Dr, Kout in roljeviug the siok, and that 3fr, aud Mrs, Ularke, of tho Palmor ITouse, had pre. sentod tho houso with & baskotfull of provisions, und promieed to furnish fragments on threo dayy of each weols, Mura, Legnard thon wmado a hriof addrosy, ro. counting the operations of tho Boploty, spenking of tho opposition mot with and tho sid exhertod, and declaripg that so firm is hor dotormiuation to try and benallt hor nfthoted pistors, she will Joruavero avon though all should desort hor, 'iora_were mauy oxprossious of approval of Mrs. Loonarda’s uentimonts, and the moeting adjourved. 'A BEAUTIFUL STEW. ) Troubles Thicken in the Board of County: Commissionorss The Grocery Fraud Investigation Likely to Dovelop Richuess, Papers Have Been -Altered angd Documents Pur- L loined. Commissionor Clough Thinks He Will Ba Able to Ventilate the . Mattor, > Mattors woro lively yosterday aftornoon in’ and sbout thorooms of tho County Commission- ers. No formal busincss was iransacted, but much that {s.ot intorest transpired. .At various times during the aftornoon nearly evory member of the Bonrd put in o cosual appenrance, and there was n quorum prosent nearly all tho Lime. Tho engros-iug subjoct of intorest was the ponding fnvestigation intu tho allogad FRAUDS TN TUE GROCERY CONTRACT, sot on foot by Commisslouers Boguo sud Cloiigh, and reforred to the Committoos on Butldiug and Hospitals. It will bo remembored that whon tho resolution ealling for nu fnvestigation into the charges of fraud fo the supplles of groce- ries by James Forsyth & Co. was submitted by Commissioner Bogua at tho mooting last Mon- day, thero was considerabla ill-tompor manifost- od by various sensitive mombers of tho Board, who ovidently fancied that the shot was aimed at them, Commlssloner Lonergan was especlally hot about it, nud moved an smendmont calllug for an investigation into tho ' supplics of flour during the yoar 1872, 'The purport and objoot of this amendment was woll understoad by TIIE MUTUALLY SYMPATHETIO MAJORITY, and it was adopted. It .wnea retalintion upon Commisslonor Clough, who, tn 1872, beforo he becamo a mombor of the Board, had tho con- tract for furnishing flour to the Poor-1Iouse and Ingano Asylum., There was zome complalng concerning tho quality of tho flour furnished, and Dr. Ben C. Millor, then Suporintendont of Publle Chavitles, eont iu n communication to the Board at a moeting held Aug. 2, 1872, in which ho stated that the flour wns unfit for use, and requosted that the Board change tho contract. so ns to pormit the purchiase of a botter quality. At about tho samoitme roports on tho flour quos- tlon wero submittod by the Warden and Physi- cian at the Poor-Ilouse and Insane Asylum, set- ting forth tho foct that ono lot of flour had beon ot vory fuferior quality, but, upon calling the attention of the ¢ontractor thereto, he ab once removed oll causo of complaint, and therenfter furnished flour as good as, and In.some cases better than, the samples upon which tho contraot was awardod. _Ti ESDED THE -FLOUR MATTER for tho time, and nothing fuutber was hoard of it.' Mr, Clough was olocted .n momber of the Board in tho fall .of 1872, and his porsisi- ont opposition to extravagauce, fraud. or fav- oritlsm, in conjunction Bogue and Burdicit, hos ncreasod tha bitter hos- tility of the rullug majority. Ui feeling found vent in Commtesionor Lonoryau's revival of the old flour businss, tho ovident purpose of which is to prove that Commissioner Clough was him- solf n dishonest contractor ; though It does not cloarly appesr how auoh proof, if accomplished, will help tha caso of the Commissioners who are charged with conniving withi Forsyth & Co. and with sbaring thair fraudulently obtained profits. Commissioner Clough has exprossed a dosire for o thorough inveatigation of lus acts whilo a county -contractor, and declares that he has nothing to fear. i tA“ this proparos the way for an understanding o THE OCOURRENGCES OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. It was an informal gathering of the members of tho Committces and other Commissionors, Messra, Burdiok, Busso, Jonos, Horting, John- son, and Lonorgan woro running over aud com- paring tho grocory contract with the proposals submitted by Forsyth & Co., to aeo if the prices wora idontical. A “dcovery was made, upon which groat streas swas Inid by Hertiag, Johnson, aod Lopergan, It was that the proposal of Forsyth & Co. had been altered since it was submnicted. Thore was no mistaking this. Some one had inserted * barl” aftor the item of oat- menl, the word beiug in another Landwriting from the romaiuder. Tho_ contract called for tho meal by the pound, but the addition of **barl" (barrel) Just in front of the prico both of oatmonl and cornmeal mado thone articles choapor than the cuntract price, and would nat- urally toad to the supposition that thio contract~ ora bad beon overpeid. Xor inatance, tho gon- traot reads: “Corn meal, 1b, 93¢ conts;” whila the insor- tion iu the proposalug **bail” on that lino makea it appear thut tho contractor was willing to fur- nish tho mepl av $3.50 per barrel, or abous one- lalf what ho hne been receiving., Tho contract was drawn up by tho County Attorney, and oura was takon to conform with the prices named in tho accopted proposal, Messra. Horting, Loner- gan, and Johngon assert that THE PNOPOBAL HAS DEEN TAMPERRD WITI by.pattion whoso intention was to impeach the integrity of the Gommittoo on Public Chncities, who audit all bills for supplies. The dvoumont bad been in the bhaunds of Col. Niles, Clerk of the DBosrd, who siates thab bho koows nothing of tho alteration. The proposal waa doposited in one of tho files boxes, and might bave beon taken out by any one having fréo access to the oflico, ,Tha oir- cumstanco hag no material bearing.on tho charge of fraud, oxcopt Bo far a8 ib gops to shuw that the fllos haye beon tamporad with by somebody for voma sinister purposa, BTOP THIER] But this was not the main event yestorday sfteinogu. It transpired that tho communica- tion of Dr. Millor, and the reportaof the Wardan and Physlolan of the Poor-House and Insaue Asylum, refarrod to nbove, had beon stolon from the Oierk's olllge, and wore nowhero to be found. Theao documonts wera in their propor vlaces, in thu ille boxes, Tuosday avouing, but woro missing yesterdsy mornivg. Wio gtole thom, and for what purposo? ~ Mosars. Herting, Lonargsn, Jonson, aud Ashton openly avowed their beliof that Commissioner Clough had purloined the papera in order to romove all reoord of hig shortcomings as tho flour con- tractor ju 1872, Tuoy ausortod thut Mr, Clough Liad obtained % A DUPLICATE KEY OF TIE OLERK'S OFFICE, and during Tuoaday night had obtained posossion of tho roposts, Mr, Clough ovarlieard theyo ac- qusationn, angd met- tham in & dignitied though earnest maunuer, o doufod thac Lo had had any hand in the removal of the doouments, which, #o far from rotlcoting upon. him, praotically axoneratad him, 88 Dr, Milier's commuaication located tho blame upon tho prico paid, and not upon the contractor, whilo the Warden and Physloan boro witnesa to tho f1ot that, with the uxcollllon of oua lot, the quuiity of tho flour. furnished wae fully as good, aud in some In- stancos bettor, than tho sumploy, ‘This boing tho caso, ho submittod thot ho had no juterest in destroyiug or seoreting tho papers; but, on the contrary, ho very much desired to obtain & no)‘)ly of them, Yosterday morniug a friond had ad- vived thin conrso, and ha (Clough) at onco pro« cocded to tho Glork’s oftice for the purpose of procuring certified coples, Col, Niley conld nat flnd the pupers. Dwing tho sesroh for tham he (Clough) remarkon: * may not find thom," us it bad ocourred to him that ks enomios might have ‘pu& tho papsra ong of tho way, 1l courtad the fullost Investigation into his sots, olthor as Commissloner or cous tractor, and plainly intimnted that ho was satiu. flod in his own mind as to tho {dentity of TIE TERSON WHO BTOLE TIIB PATERS, Aveporter pressod him to be more expliolt, wheroupon My, Olough sald: *'I do uot wish, o present, to make the oharge agalest avy one now prosent,” The only members of tho Board n tho room at this time wers Johuson and Asliton, Tho iusinuation embodied 1 Br, Olough's vemark must have %eon polnted at onus of these two, or bothy though poithor of them vouohsafed any reply to It, Afr, Qlough oxpreesed himwsolf as “contldent that ho copld flx the thoft nfiun the nurlmt:ltar, aud avo notice that ho should provs the matter to o bitter oud. COLD COMFORT, Lator on, aftor Mr, Glough hed loft, the sub- with Commigsioners Jeot waa oanyansod by Meassra, Ashton and Tione Sian, who doclarad that thera was notbing in tho chiargos of fraud in tho supply of groserios, Thoy admittod that prices In oxcens of thoso stipulated in tho contract had been vaid for articlos furnirhod by Forsyth & Co., but that it was dono with tho knowl- odge end approval of Messrs. Bogus and Olough, They iustancod tho itoms of ten, coffes, and Auger, of which a botter quality was purohasod than that vamed in tho contract, and took somo comfott in the reflec- tiou that Boguo and Clough had voled to puy )\heh.ln Dbills, . 5aid Tz Trinuns roporter to Mr. shton ¢ * Do you moan Lo ray that all bills for sup- fhen oro rend, itom by ftem, in the open Bonyd ? 81t not truo that those bills, when prosonted, ara roferrod, without reading, totho approprinto committes, who submib thelr roport, recom- monding paymont, and tho Clerk roads the totals, and not tho dotailed itoms 2" Mr, Ashton ndmitted that this wos'precisoly tho mothod of dealing with bills, but {nsisted that Boguo and Clough conld havo scon the items If_thoy dosirod. It did not woom to have ocourred to ‘Mr, Ashton~-or, it did, ho omitted any montion of it—that tho fact that a mombor of tho Board voted In the dark, in, sccordanco with tho custont'of trusting sverything to come mitteos, furuishied no reason why that momber should not scck to untlo tho wroug by moviag an investigation, A NEAUTIYUL STEW, Ho stands the fmbroglio in the County Board, What with thb pendivg.action of the Grand Jury in relation to tho allsgod bribory in the hospital, lot purchaso, the pupreptitious alterations of the pronosnl of Forayt. & Co. to furnish grocerics, tho charges of f:aud in that contrnct, aud tho thoft of documents, tho Board in in o boautiful stow. Tha joint Investigating Committeo meot twtlul', whon furthor dovolopments may be ex- poctad, « - RS A L WHE COURTS, Rcecord of Business Transncted Yese tordiy. 3 DOMESTIO INFELICITIES, |, * Margaret Anderson has tried the Inttery of marriage and drawn'a blank,—in facl, oven woruo than a blaok, Bho statos tbat somo timo in June, 1873, .sho purchnsed of Asahel Plorco and wifo a lot in Piorou's Addition to Hotstein for $400, paying for it with her own mouey, Somo timo after aho missed the deod, and he- cused hor husband of stealing it. Aftor somo parloying, ho ‘confossed the soft impeachmont, But this was not tho worst of it, for sho bias since loarnod that ho forged a lottor pur- porting to bo writton by her, directing Pierco to ‘mako bim a deod. This Diorco did, misled by tho lettor, and canceled tho former deod to her. Andergon has sinco put this faaudulont deed on THE BLACK HILLS. Gen. OCuster’s Expeditio: Thereato, Lotter from Maj, Forsyth to (on, Sheridan, and & Continuation of {e Major's Diary, The Country Offers Great Inducements to Farmers and Stock.™ , Raisers.- Gold, Will,Bo Found in Abun. dance in the Eastern Hills, “Tho Scenery Beantiful, Grass Splondia, Wator Fing, aud Climato Dellghttul® ' Biox-MiLLs Exterrion, NEan Bean Lurre, Saturday, Aug, 15, im.} DEAR GENERAL: Yrom tho heading of the note, you will son “that wo aro out of. the - Black Hille, nenr tholr northonst edge. Entering noar camp - dated 16 on Roynolds’ Toute, we worked our way down to Inyan Kara, thonco southenst to Harnoy's Ponk, and from thero pushed oxplorng” parties down to tho Bouth Fork of the Choyeuno River, From Har- noy's Penk wa moved north above tho hend- waters of Bear Craok, whon, not finding a good rond out of tho mountains norih of Bear Butto, o took down {o tho licad of Dox-Elder Crack, followed it down until the waters sank into the chonuel, and then loft it and pushed directly ‘lcrusu tho, mountains tn an aasterly direotion, ‘and movod north to our present camp, % Tollowing this route on the map, you will sos that wo have taken a tinin of over 100 hoavlly- laden wagona throughout overy part of (he Black Hills, savo in & littlo portion near Crow Penk, 3 "Thao fact Is, tho intotfor of tho Black Hille OFFERS SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS rocord, Mrs. Audorson theroupon naks that sho may bodeeroed to havo her title clear to tho promiacs 1n queation, and that hor husband may bo ousted of any claim ko may protend to have. g VIOLATOR OF TIE BEVENUE LAW: Joseph Dell waa soizod with a fit of economy on the 25th of July Inst, nud bogan to rotrouch his esponses by making revenue stamps do double duty aud pay llcouses twice, His debit and oredit slde are now mora at varisnce than bofore, for the District Attorney filed n oriminal information ngaicst him, and yestordusy Lio contributed 160 to paying intercst on tho publio debt, in accordance with the urgont ro- queet of Judge Blodgo:t. BANKBUPTOY. ITEMS, % Beoborger & Bronkey, Willism Blair & Co,, and Charlos II. Lasw, flled & petition in bank-~ ruptcy agoinst Augist Luelwes, roprossnting that thoy reprosent one-fourth in namber and one-third in - amount of his crehtors, Their “combined claims amount to $1,735.37, being bal- aucos for goods sold, aud they charge that the dobtor, on the 22d day of August, 1874, confesned judgmoent in the Suporior Conrt in favor of John Ilochbaum for the sum of $387.25, on which ox- goution has boon iswued, this being done with jutent to givo a proforonce. A rule to show cause Sept. 6 was issued ; also a 'provisional warrant of soiz- uro, and sn injunction to provent Hochbaum {from gelling under his oxcoutipn, _ Tho cases of Smeal & Rebankn, I. M. Mictaok ot al, J. P. McCutehon, Philip Schick, W, L. Morcer, Edwin Hasking ot al,, and Betsy Boilvin' ct al., were reforreddo tho Roglster for a fiual roport. n the matter of A. B. Van Cott, an order wag ovtored that all poreons intorostad show cause by Sept. b why tho debtor's stock and leaselhold intereat in store should not bo sold to A. J. Mc- Duly for 38 centd on tho 1nventory price. BUPERIOR COURT IN DRIEF, John V. Farwell, W, D, Farwell, C. B, Farwell, Simeon Farwell, sud J. K. Iannon, bogan a guit ggln‘(,lsst R. D. Davis and W. 1. Bischoft, claimlvg The Bxcolsior Stono Company sued Burkhardt & Co. for $1,200. 5 D. 0.8mart & Co. brought euit for $3,600 sgninat Sparrow M. Nickorson. Heuty Furst began o suit to recover $1,800 of MoLaclilan Brothers. J, B. Wildor susd James Walsh for $1.500. Edwin Chamborlaln, Lee Chomberlain, and John 0, Morrimn sucd Stophen A, West for 81,000, z illllur,WMson & Co, commonced o suitagainst Thomas Foster, claiming $4,000. Willinm Zuicke commencod & suit in trospass agaiust T, M, Bradloy, Murtio Bost, aud Albort Dlatry, laying damages st $10,000. G. C. Morton aod D. T, Chuase sued" Milton Forbes for 1,000, CIROUIT COUBT. Adom Bmith filod a bill against the National Lifo-Insuanca Company of Varmont and S, B. Willinnus to rostrain a sale undera trust deed of corialn part of Lot 1 in Block §4 of ‘School Scc- tion Addition. An injunction was granted. Donois Kenting commenced & suit for 30,000 sgunst O, B, Prussing, L. B, Dixon begun s actlon to recover 81,500 of L. #, Major, and Dixon & Hamilton sucd the same party for a like amonnt, TIE COUNTY OOURT. Intho mattor of tho ostato of Michael Ur- wayn, proof heirship and uotice to heirs ; final acoount gpproved, ostate sottlod, aud executrix dischargod. 2 ‘The inventory and appraisemont of the oatate of Matthew Fox was approved, : . 3 On patition of County Agent snd cortificate of . County Physioian, tho Court ordered writ of in- quisition voturnablo the §lsb inst., to try the al- loged iusanity of Ahx"ixlmm Waustein, “Patrick AeCourk, aod Carrla Jessclson, 3 ‘Thoro ware no deoleiony Coust yestorday, T JUDGMENTS, Surenrior Count—~UoNvessioNs—Lonisa Anderson e, Hing Thalguard, $5d0.43,~Grusendor! & Muellor Ve, AL Qlson, 5480.90,” : Jupor Gany—James Olark, X, L, Clark, aud Utlea Gomeut Company vs, Bt, John Sherwoorl, §315,—Mary E, Wilcox ot nk vs, W, R. Robbins, $07.50, Osmoure CoURT—IU0oE Blovii=W, ¥, Coolbaugh va, E.'A, Lo Gre nd Wiliam Kupka, $330. VALUABLE MARE STOLEN, ° Special Disnutch to T'he Chicago Tribune, PriNceroN, Aug, 25.~Thotq was stolon from the uaighborhood of Princeton, Bureau County, on the 21et inet., & very duo. chestnut maro, about 1544 hands high, with two hind foot wbite, full mano and tail, about 10 yours old. i tax mattors in this to farmers and stock-ralsers of all desariptions, There are flne uplands and beautiful valloys, with good atroame, and aprings of pure water, and timber, and good building-stone, on nearly all tho hills. As thero aro no indications along tho streams of freshots in the epring, T concluda that tho snow-fall must bo vory light indeed dating the wintor. The vlimate is delightful durlog the summor-months, Wi fruft thrives in the valloys, the growth of grass is superb, and plentiful showers—oven in the dry soascn— keép it alwaya frosh and palatablo. Our animaly, though worked all tho time, are in capital condition, and wo have only lost two mon by sicknoss sincoe wo left Fort Lincoln, The two minors wo have with us tell mo that they found “color” in every pau of dirt they waslhied noar Harney's Peak ; that the diggings there, 1n Oustor's Guleh, will*pay §10 por day now ; that they only bad twoor threo days in which to prospect, as wa kept moving 8o fast, but that, ta thelr oplnion, when the enstora hills aro rightly prospected, i GOLD WILL DZ FOUND THERE IN ADUNDANOE, I am inclined to think so, for the vory roota of the orass would pan 5 conta to the pan in omx .eamp near Hamney's Peak, “ From this point wo start for Fort Lincoln, via the Lad lnuds of the Littlo Misaouri, to give Prof. Grinnell s chance at the fosslls. Wo ox- pect to pot in on tho st inst.” Very respectfully aud truly yours, i ‘(]}uo.P A.lfogunfl, Major and A; A.D.C. ont.Gen, P. H, SKEuIDA, Divialon of o Missauns, " oo eRing Milary Linclose furthor oxtracts from my journal, DIARY OF MAJ, GEO, A, FORSYTIL (CoNTINUED), N Moxvay, Aug. 3, 1871, Ledving tho main portion of tho commind in camp, Gon. Custor, with five companies of cav- nlrf" the Chief Engincer of the expodition (Col. Wiltiam Ludlow), the writer, and othors, started ot 5 a. m. for the South Fork of Cheyenuo Rivor, s objoct was tho exploration of the country in thnt dircction, aud to givo tho scout, Reynolds, who_ was to carry dispatches to Fort Laramie, g good scnd-off, by:putting bim &0 miles nearor hig destination and outside of tho Black Hills, Moving south ovar the hill and da's, through ? berutiful grazing country,—this whole rogion i 2 WONDEBFULLY ADAPTED TO RAIGING CATTLE AND . BHEEP,— wo fiually struck an old Indian trail, which wo followed for 14 or 16 miles, unuil it fnally led us through a pass out 1nto the ontlyfug hills boyond the main range of tho Black™ Hills country. Pushing .woll out into these, wo halted for a couple of hours to reat, aud onjoy a thunder- storm, mized with hail.—for tue day was vory warm, and the storm cooled the air poifactly. Lntoring & deop ravine, wo followed the course of a mouatain-stroam, which is not des. ignated uinn tho maps, but which loas betweon Hat Creck and Horscherd Creok, and flnally emptics into the South Fork of tho Cheyenno. Pushing on through bratto and_brior, we tinally oncnmlmd noar its mouch nt 10}¢ p. ., having made 47 miles sinco moruing. The last dispatches wera written by the light of our camp-{lrds, and Reynolds started on his way, with our beat wishos, a littlo aftor mid- night, and, if no evil bofoll him, probanly roach~ od Laraniie within thirty.six houra, Tursvay, Aug, 4, Moved dowu 114 miles, to thio South Fork of tho Choyeune, at & 5. m. Fouud 1t a good stream ot clear, running water, ovor a pobbly or “gravolly bottom, Water running slowly, and, from {ndications shown, I sm inclined to think tuat, iu some places, . ITSINEBIN ITS DED, aud rises again lowor down, something like the Bwmoky Hill River in Kaneas, Whore we saw it, tho banks were quite heavily fringod with cottonwood, : . Left the rivor, and startod up over the, plaing and foot-billa for our camp. Teavelod northwest over o poor country until wo reached the hills. Water was vory scarco, sud the day oxcesdingly hot. Iad to abandon two bhorses, which gavo complotely out. Woat into campon a dry forl of the Chyeuno; found some good water in holes, though fv was covered by o thick greon soum. Grass goody wood in abundango, ~ Dig- tanco travolad, 21 miles, 5 ¥ WEDNESDAY, Aug, 5, Reachied Comp No 26. at 12 m., traveling 21 miles northwost over a very protty country of Lill and dalo, orossing soveral very protty {xmn creoks fod by springs gushing out’sf the hills. Found alt woll at catp, but was a littlo dwsap- ojuted to learn that tha squadrou sout out ta ho Bouch Fork of the Oheyonne had roturned Br, James Wadsworth, of Qhlcago, will pay a Iarge raward for iuformation which will load to her recovery. —_—_— SCRANTON COAL SALES. New Yonk, Aug. 20.—Tifty thousand tons of Scranton coal wero sold to-day st the following rioes: Bloamboat, §5.10@5.16;_grato, 85.16@ 20 og, 85.45@BATIC; stovo, 93,024 chost- uwt, BLTTG@L834. 7 Duryeas’ Starch. - Tor laundry purposes, bo suro to fnquiro for Dure yeas' “8atin Qlosy Bturch,” For oullnary uso, in- quive for Duryens! #Jmproved Corn Slarch," Sco thint % Duryeas " ja on overy packsge, Qinaaao, Murch 18, 1871,—We aro using Duryoas' Btarch in our lsuudry, and find it to Lo tho best articly wa can get, It glyea tho fincat fnfsl, {6 tho whitost sud most cconomical starch over used Ly us, B, JENNINGS & C0,, Propriviors Orivntul Tauudry, PR et dotioed An Exgellont Pon, [From the Glasgai Herald.) 3 Wa linve uch pleasure in adding our toelimony to the mavy fn favor of Josoph Mason's vuleanizod peus, They aro cortalnly the ploasantost writing pens woliave usod, Thomedium pointod one wo are now ustng runs as smoothly over tite paver ae tho beat awan quill, We hopo to see thom I general uso, —————— Ohiokering Square Grand Planos. Extra parlor plancs. All tho Iatost improvemants, Warrauted to plesse, or munoy refunded, Tiowd's Temple of Musie, §3 Vun Buren strost, e —————— Geyeer (9nratoga) Water on Draught By Buck & Rayner, makers of Wo * Muza Gologuo,” witnnut accomplishing its ebjoot,—the command- ing officer glvnlsz 88 & roaton that thoy had con- sumed nearly all their time in trving to flud their way through a deep ravine, following .n water- cimrao which they thought emptied into the river. Qaxr No, 97, Thuraday, Aur. 6, Startod on our roturn trip, via Doar Butte Crow Crook, and tho Little Missouri, at 4,90 8, m. Moved back on our old trail, passing Osmp No, 25; thence movod away from tho trail wostward ovor sono Iu&o hulls, and finally encamped ou & tributarv of Cnstie Oreok, whera«we found: good wood aud grass, During the night a very hard thundor-storm oocurred, Distance 2034 milos uorthwont, . Oasp No, 38, T'rlilay, Aug, 7, Btarted at 4:10 a. m. buck on former trail pasaing Cump No. 24 in Onstlo Crook, and moved up and noross Llkhorn P'raine, in a northerly diveetion, into a small valloy with a beautiful strepm of wator through it,” up:a long ravino, over some piuc-oovered hills, down into another ravino, oropsing wnothor orcak, aud along the bank of this orock ¢ miles west, and thonco north over & high ridge, aud into camp on a good stream, with grasa and wood {n abundance, ) Just ag ho was solecting tho cawp, Gen, Custor started up A LANGE ORIZZLY-BEAR, which, with tho assistance of Col. Ludlow and ].llumli'-l(m{o (a Bloux scout), he soon kitled. It took flvo shotd to bring him down'; bis woight wus about 800 pounds. Distauce mado to-day, 10} milos, Qaner, No, 29, Baturday, Avg, 8, Got off ot 4:30 a. 1., moviu slong fho pank of the stream ngon whioh we had campod, and moved wway east of it, up a raviue, out oo foa