Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1874, Page 2

\ HOPELESSLY MIXED. The County Board Investigating Committce In a Muddles Their First Day's Work Re- sults in Nothing but Perplexity. No End of Alterations and In- terlineations in Original Documents. The Delighifully Iotelligont Way in which Contracts Hfave Been Awardeds Commissioner Ashton's Share in the Doubtful Transactions, How Perlolat Got a Chance to Amend Iy Proposal The Jolut Committeoa on Hoapital and Publie Buildings of the Board of County Qommission- ors hold thoir first formal seselou yesterdny af- tornoon, and commonced their investigation iuto the nltoged ovorcharging for supplics furnished the Iusnno Asylum and Poor-Houge, under con~ tract, by Jomes Forsyth & Co. Thero wero presont Commussioners Burdick, who ocoupled tho chair, Jones, Lonergan, IHorting, Busso, Crawford, and Johneou ; Connty Atlornoy Rouu= treo, Q. F. DPeriolat, Commissioucrs Ashton, Bogue, and Clough, who woro spectators, and o dozon other peoplo who camo fn to liston to the revolatious. COMPARING THE PROTOSAL AND CONTRACT. The Chairman suggested, o8 tho first thing to be done, that tho contraot and proposat ke eom- pared, to seo if they corrosponded, and to lenrn tho discrepanclos, If thero were auy. 'This courso wos agreed to by the Committes and Mr. Rountrea called off tha iteras aud prices in tho contract, while the Chatriian checle- od them in tho proposal. Tho sailing was smooth until tho item of **common ontmeal” was calied, In the contract the prico was 6}¢ conts a pouud, und [n the pro- posal it was G}¢ por barrol—a dilorenco of 100 per cont agninst tho contractors, Commiseloner Crawford thought somebody bad been bandling tho documents, and Lad marked “barl" in {ho propgeal. 1Mo wanted Col. Niles, tho Clerk of tbe Doard, called, to Iearn if tho papers hed been out of his pos- Beseion. THE ORIOINAL BEPONT. Tho Chaitman said ho had the original report of tho Committea on Supplies, and it showed that tho meal was to bo bought by tho barrel. Tho report coutained tho items, “corn-meal, £3.75,” and * ontmeal, §6.60 & barrel.” Commissfonor Johnson remarked that that was & mistake, ITo was o member of the Com- mitieo on Bupplies, and o 1o best of bin recol- lection {he meal was to bo bought by thoe pound. A WONDELRFUL SACRIFICE. Mr. Poriolat horo exlubited a pager to tho re- porters chowing thet his overcharges wero $60.33, and Lis undercharges §1,657.73, Col. Niles was then questioned, Io said the Committee's roport was written by him at Lome (rom wemoranda furnishod Ly Cowmmissioner Ashion of tho piices agreed to bo paid, When he went to his ofica ln morping, ho and Commigeioner Johuson ex- amined tho two papers to eeo if ho bad made any mistakes. Yo did not bove the pro- poralt ag his home, and did not aiterwards com- paro the report with it, being guided entirely by tho memojunda, Commissioner Crawford—Have you the propo- sals for g!mccrms of the other bidders ? Col. Niles—Yes, rir. Ha was instructod to bring thow in, and did = ASKTON'S MEMORANDA DESTROYED, Col. Niles said tho memorands bad beon de-~ stroyed. Mo thon read the i\mpflun.l of Dialin- son & Co., who offered to furnish oatmenl at £6.50 © barrel, aud coru-meal at tha * market price por bundred " aud that of Sibley, Endicott & Co., who proposed to supply corn-incal nt 21 couts per_pound, aud_oatmeal at 83¢ cents per pound, 1o know nothing ubout tho' interliuea- tion of “barl" in Forsyth & Co.'s proposal, his atlention Laving been called to it only on Tucs- day. Firs Cliaizman urgad that the Committoe ehould decide whothor burel or pound wag corieet. TIME TO REFLECT. Commigaioner Crawford wavted tima to re- Oect. 2 Commigsionor Horting belioved pounds was right, as it was sold iu that way ut the retail + ptyres, Col, Riles stated that twa of the Commis- sionors mado the memorandum ho took homo 3 it wag in Mr. Ashton's haudwntlug. I bad oxamined the proposals & pumbar of timos, but Lis nttention was nover called to a chenga in the item of aatmeal. No one had made a change ta bity knowlodgo. Comigatanar Crawford could not seo how the disoropsncy was Lo be expluined, HOW UL CONTRACT WAS DRAWN, Mr. Ronatreo said ho drew up the contract from the yroposnl and tho repot of the Comwit- tee, 'Lhe propoeal was ou file, and, uat desitiug to dofacelt, he had had acopy mado, and markes onitan 0 for “omit,” and a *daak” for fusert,” to indicato tho articles which wore to Lo put into tuo contract aud those which wers to I‘ao loft out—all of thoso mentioned in {ho proposal not being needed. Commiskioner Crawford remarked that tho poiut wns to know whethor or nos Forsyth & Qo, were to blame for sending in their bills ac- cording to their contract, or whother thoy could ba beld ta the report ot the Commutico. Commissioner Lonergan wanted to know THE AMOUNT OF TUI DISCREPANCY. The Chwirman roplied- that it would he im- poseible to lell until tho bills Lnd boen gone over. 'The question to datormive was whather tho prics was by tho barrol or by tho pound. Mr, Rountred wishod to add that, when he compared tho contract and the proposal, *barl” wau bot v the proposal; if it had boou, he shm:ld not huvo noglected to put it 1nto the cou- ract. M. PERIOLAT BAID be bad eatmosl in his storo which he sold for 0 coute & pound, and sowe wes solkd as high s €18 o Lartel, 1T paposal showed plainty that ba was to get lfr: coutd por pound, [!Ilo handod & proposal to Alr. Rountreo,] WHERE ? AMr, Rountree~Whera did yon get this? ir, Povioln—I bavo bad ik oll ulongs it Is & 3apy of the ariginal propoaal I hed wade, M. Rountrec—Woll, this is the proposnl from which I mndo tho conlrack. llora ure my ro warke—tho **O" and tho * dosh," 3y, Perfolat—That is a copy ono of my clerls made. I went according to the contract” in fur- nishing goods, and was not govorned by the out- sido thinga tho Board moy have done; 1t was NONE OF MY DUBINLSS, Commissloner Crawford romurked that, the proposal being in existenca and the contruct bay- ang beou drawn from it, it way o good deal bot- ter avidonca thon & papor [thé toport of tho Come mitico] drawn frow gomothing that was not in esisionce. Htill ho did not waut tho county to pay wora for aveiclos thun thoy conld bo_obfnin- ed for from other purties, On Lis mution the matler wud PARYED TEMPORAMILY. The checking was proceedod with, and su- other sung wus soon encounterod, This way *“ navy third tobaceo,” The concruct prico was 42 cents pound, and that in the proposul wee 4334 ceuts » pound, ‘Thon followed THESE, 1TEMY T Cantract, Proposal, No. 1t Inrd odt,,. LX) R price No. 2 lurd of o B0 na price Holled useed ofl, no yrica Juw linsesd ofl, . 0o Lrice Comuissloner Johnson sinted thab tho Come mitteo workod nearly s waok on the supplies, :5?'»,““ vory tived, snd, in makivg up their ro- BAY UAVE OVERTO0KLD SOME THINGS, Tho Chaimau smd no Ju-lun-hml u‘.’;iu pub _dowa in the proposal Lo Liad, r, Porlolet romariced that thore wao & prico in the original proporal, MR, ROUNTICE DID XOT RHOW Lo he got tho prico 1 tho contrack, My, D'eriolat eald tho murked contract scomed to bo tho origmal ono. Thoro wers two in the oflico, nnd hu took ono, thinking it was o copy, “l1e Uhntrman~That maxes & differonce ; and tho question now comos up, which of theso Is tha origiual proposal 2 Col. Niles was ealled In to decldo, Tho Chalrman~—Thoro socina to b . ®Wn PROPOBALS POR HUPPLIEN, Can yo toll whioh of thom s the origiual ono ? Col. Nilos—1lls (tho ono tho Chudrman had) I8 the ono that Lelongs fn tiio oflica. . I'ho Chafrman—~Was the other (tho ono fotehod in by Periolat) over {n tha ofifco ¥ Col. Nilos—I do not romember that it wag, Mr. Perlolnt—Tlioy nra both nlike; tharo Is no differetico in_them, oxdopt ikt tho piice of the ofls iu left out in ono, The Cbairmav—\Vell, an tha price (s somo- whoro near what it shonld bo, we lind bottor poss it for tho present nud go nhend, ANOTHER STOD was mado when the auncxod items were rend off : *'Common band-Isinys, eontract price, £,00 a dozon; proposnl pried, £0,60 a dozen,” In Teriolat's pronosal the prico Wwas $2,60 a dozon. Col, Nilos was again appoalod to, The Chmrman—Do you kuow whick of these two propneals i the oiiginal one 2 Col, Niles—The one you hinve, Tl Chalrman—Do you know suything of any one coming to your office and copying 1t ? Col, Nites—~No, sir ; but it hins beon copled In boolk form for the uso of the Bond, Mr. Periolat—Do you not recollect of my boolt- keapor ¢ommg to your office in the ald "Uourt- Houre and copylg my proposal, and that you handed it to him, saying that you would not alow it to go out of your bhanda—that ho could nat take it to the store ? Col. Nllea—1 do not recolleet it. THE BOOKKEEPER 0 whs sent for, and whet ho camoIn ke sald his uao was MeCloary. Tho Chinirman—Do you know anything about making a copy of tho vroposal of Jumcd Forsyth & Co., in the oflico of Col. Nilcs ? M, McCleary—I rocolleot fiolng ovar thoro to copy something, Lut I would hot swear that it was tho bid, Tho Obairman—Would you kiow anylhing about it if you compaied the two? There mo two hore, otlo which 18 eupposed to bo tio oripl- nal ond tho other a copy—Dbotlh in the same haud- writing, Mr. McCleary—Yer, sir; both in tho samo handvriting, "X do nol remember, Tho Chairman tuought it had bettor be decided which was tho orlginel proposal Lotore they went any lurther, Commissionor Crawford eald that would bo lhinid to do, Mr. Poriolat suggostod that Mr. Forayth bo gent for, A8 NE TAD WRIITEN BOTH. Tho chacking of items was reetimed, and tho folluwing puszle proseuted itself for Bolutions Contract price, Propasal, perdoz, per doz, Best bund-lamp: 350 87,5 Common double 1890 Medium double amps, ) .00 Beat doublo lamps. Ll G0 800 N0 DISCUSSION took placo regarding theso discrepancies, Uhe noxt conflicting items woro thoxo: Babbitts best saleratup, B Ib, Crimpton’s saleratus, g I Saltpetie, B th... Yoant cakies, B Ibuie Lest Liops, B 1b, Commou fope, & Concentrated Jye, ‘Celegraph matehes, B 1 7,00 g The prices of the lamps and thoe last-men- tioued urticles were tha eama fn Datlolals copy” ag In tho cuntiaet, with (he excoption that < best bops ' were 44 cents, and tho pifea of matches smply *7," without either & dollnr or cont mark, KO OTHER DISCREDANCIES wora discovared 10 the compni fson. Commiestonor Crawford proposed that the re- port of the Comnmittes on Supplies oud the cou- tradt ba compared. ‘Lhis wus done, and tho only difference fonnd wax that the report ealled for oatwoul aud corn moeul by tha barrel, and tha couttact for pounds. ;l'unl(ed to tho end of tho report was tha follow- g Anid ns toall tho ofhier itemy and articlea not apecl- fied, thy Comnmitieo recommend_that ke confract b awarded to Jaies Forwyth & Co, for the prices mumed in thiclr proyionul, thers Boiug no other biddera for tho orifeles or ftems. ENTER 3R, TORSYTIL. At this juncluro Mr, Foreyth eutered the room, and Was requested to como forwurd aud answer a few questions. To Chinirman—Can you tell un which of theso two pronosals is tho originnl ona ? 3Ir, Forsyth—X think L can. That (tho one Periolut cailed his “col)y ) i tho originel. Mr. Rountico—That {5 tho ono I marked, thinking I was choclking from n copy. Commissioner Crawford—1Ebo prices in that corroupond with thosodn the contrast; tho other is full of errors. Tho Chairman—Can yon ncconnt for the dis- crepancles? "Who prices of reveral articles ure lort out,—tho oil, for instance. Mr. Yorsyth—I cennot tell why tho prices of tho oil were feft blank, Thero must have beon some reason for it. ‘I'ho Chiairman—Can you givo us your opinion about tho wnting of that *“ Larl ™ WHO PUT IT IN? Mr. Forsyth—The buirel is not in my writ- ing ; tho bulauce of 1t s 3 who put tho ** bar» in I don't know. "I'hvo Charrman—Wo can decido by a vote which is the original continct, Commisgionor Lonergan moved that ths ono Attoruoy, Rounirea bud used bo declared thy original proposition. “ommissioncr Crawford dld not think such ne- tion proper ; they might decide by vote which projosal should be tnlicn as o basia for the in- ation ; os for making one or the othier tho originel proposal, when they did not know which Wwha which, they could not do it. _COL. NILES AGAIN, Tho mainstay was again appenied to, Tho Chvrman—What maics you think the proposal you bnuded me is the orieiual ono ? Col, Niles—Decnuso 1 indorsed tho othor © Mr, Kimberly,” which indicatos that ho hand- ed it Lo me. Mr. Rountreo—I got that one (tho one. he bad used) from you, dldn’t I? Col. Niloa—In'tho firat place I handed you the report of the Committee, and you said you want- ed'to soe tho original proposnl, as you wantod to mato & contract, and I Lianded you that—tuo one that I got from Mr, Kimberly, Mr, Porloat—Do vou recolleck of my coming to you the duy tho Dbids were going to bo oponed ? Col, Niles—T cannot, becanso YOU CAME 80 MANY TIMES, What makes mo thinle that is tho original is my hu\a;-nemcm. Iimyoily wanted ono of tho pro- posiala, ! Counnisioner Lonergan eald, In view of what l’:o](.l Nilos had stated, o would withdraw bis motion. HOW AGHTON WRITLS, Col, Nilas—All know hiow Commissioner Ash- tou writes, avd I might havo mistaken i ** bb" fora **1b.” That would account for tho ** barl" in the proposition and pound i (he contract, Comminslonor Johution movad that the propo- sal used by Attorney Louuirco be delared the nugiunl proposal, Commiggionor Busso asked how they woro go- lnF to tell which was tho original, 'I'he Chairman rojoined thut & mejority vote wauld sotle ic. Commssioner Crawford favored meking it . THE '*BABIS FOI FIGURING," Commingioner Johnson saul Forsytho & Qo. wero bound by their coutract, and not by the propoeal. b The Chairman—They aro, in a logal point of viow, but wo are at work on a principle, and when wo ostablishi that we can Sgure dilforoncos afterward, Altor ton minutes had beon spent in A BAMDLING, INFOISAL TALK about the mattor, Mr, Rountreo snid the ques- tion could bo aneily sotttod, Muking either one or tho other of tho proposals the originnl would not chango tho leeal responsilility of tho con- draotor under ibo written contract, That gov- orued, since it had boon oxecuted by Forsytho & Co, and tno county; and no other document could he brought in'to dotermine tho rights of ::m poviies, It soomod to Liw, thovefore, that i NOT A MATTER OF MUCH IMPORTANOL for the Committea to determing whioh of tho propoxals was the corroct one, ‘The cantraot nnd tho l)ruxmunl Lo bad usod agroed oxcapt in re- sard to whothor oatmosl and cornmenl shonld 0 furnishied by tho'bairel or by tho pound at & certain price. T'ha Chnirman bolioved every one wonld admit that tho county was bound by the coutract, sull tho Committes wero not investigatiog tho legal points alone, but the morsl ay woll, aid were Lo investigato tho mattors connsctod with the muke ing of the contract, If it wero evident that thora woro itoms coutracted for by pouuids, aiud the Cummitteo wore satinfled that barrels wore meant, ho supposed that wae o matter for (hom to reporl on. Commigsloner Crawford moved that YERIOLAT'S " cory Do adopted o8 the basiy upon which to onry on | tho investigation, Tha motion wan ngreed td unanimously, end :'llll?l‘clfmmmw acljouriied untll 10 o'elook " this otning, v Hoforo separating, Mr, Porlalat pointed out to Commisalonor Burdiok, an evideuoe tiat the pro- posnl that Lo [Burdick| had chacked from ‘was tho original, whoro ha had ONANGED THE I'RICES of aoveral articlos ntter ho had lonrued that othor biddors had offorad to furnish the:govds for # leps prico than his fiem, = Whoso altorations, Le uaid, wiero mado in Col, Niles' oflico on tho duy the Didw woto opened; whothot boforo or subdt-< quent o their oponing lio did not sinto. Tho toport of the mooting given above I8 n Lo aceaunt of what ook place, 1t will bn sean that tho documonts hsva boen tampored with, and that, in consoquenco, the Comnifitee aro HOPELESSLY- MIXED, 3 Whothor the niterations wore made designadly or not the puble cat judgo : henea jt In very doubtful If the Invostignation proves to bo aby- thing moro than a arco, THL TAKING OF TERTIMONY o will begln to-day. Sovoral of thoso who havd Leen summonod aa Witnosses wore prosont yos< torday, but thoy wora told to go home, a8 {hoy rould not bo neoded until thily mornkng, PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. The Subject under Consideration by a Committee of the Commion Couneit, They Agres to Reoommend that the Fire-Limits and City-Limits Ba (Jo-Extonsive, A Disséuting Minority will Sub- mft an Adverso leports : A joint meoting of the Council Committoo on Fire and Water avd tho Specinl Comuittoo of Aldoriion appointed to comsidoer the now fira- ondinmos and other subjects relating to protes- tion aguinsk fire, wes held vostorday nftornoon m the ofiica of the Olty-Clork. Ald. Corcoran preaided, and thers word nlso present Ald. Heath, Relafinor, Cullerton, Stone, Sehinitz, Bpauding, Cannon, Toloy, Dixon, Mahr, 0'Bri- en, Riciardson, ahd Stout, Tl Ohair suggestod that the profiosed exten- elon of tho fire-limits ba first considored, an tho peoplo at taxge wero anxious to foam wiint dis- poslilon would bo made of that important mat- or, Ald, SchaiTner-read an ordinance drawn by the City-Attorney, making.the fire-limits co-oxten- sivo with thoso of tho city. Tho eontho docu- ment Las already beon in print, and was roforred to thio Committes by tho Counil some titne ago. Ald, Caunon nas opposed to the section of tho otdiniinee compelling poor peopla to pay for the fiimebtion of advertigemonts of notices of re~ moval, Porsonal notices would ruswer futly as well, and would cost much less, The scction providing thar wooden buildings shall not bo moved from lob tolot within tho city-limits without duo notico met with somo oppoeition, sevetal of the Alderman objecting to gvo the Bourd of Yublis Works digeretionary power. Ald, Spaulding moved that the five-limits bo made co-bxtenstye with Lho clty-limits, Ald. Culleston sald Lo would uot vote for any #uch motion yntil no know what wero tle re- maluing provisions of the ordmance. Tho five- himits weio alroatly co-oxtensive with the timits of tho ciey, but thore wae no penalty foran fn- 1raction, Ald, Schaffner supgested that tho Conncil be recommended to instruct the Yolico and Yire Commissioners to exumine tho roofs of buldings construc.ed since thv fire, sud roport on the matorial ueod. Ald, Qullerton paid thero onght to bo somo provision made for the poymeut of competout men to do tho propoted work. before the Police nml\]:nu Commwissionors wore iuntrusted to pro- oeeds “Assistaut City-Attorney Usmeron, being pros- ens, wasasked 1f (ho re-limits wers co-oxtensivo with tho city-himiis, 1o replied in tho affirmative, but maid that thore wagno penalty for an fruction of the law ontsido of tho old huits. ' Ald. Cannon jvquired if & Km'm\ could bo stopped from orecting a finmo budeing outside of the old liro-limits, Alr, Cnmoron replied that he could not Lo legaliy stopped, Ald, Btono reked, if tho penalties of the old ordinanca wera extended to the now, wonld the latier bo o valid Jaw. 2ir. Comoron gaid it would be, Ald, Seuaffner thou moved that the Chair ho instructed to propuro aud report to tho Conncl, Mondny eroaing, & proper amendment lacorpor- ating into the &unm nt live-ordivance all tho pon- alties of tho old ordinanco. 'I'he motion prevailed by a voto of 7 to §, Ald. Cullerton, Oauuon, and Schuutz voting in tho negutive, Ald. Foloy moved that tho Corporation Counsol ‘bo instructed to propate n proper lire-ordinanco for presenation to the next mesting of tho Conngil, Ald, Schoffner could not eeo tho necossity of tho motion. Tho Committeo had been appointed to considor ordinauces already drawn, not to diuw o vow ono, 1To was not in favor of going auy fwther In ihab matter boforo reporting progucss to the Council. Soveial remonatrauces of cftizons agninst tho oxtongion of tho fire-ltmuts were placed on o, An ordnance introduced into the Council by Ald. Brour, providing for the ropeal of the ordi- uanee extonding tho fire-lunits to tho city-limits, wan woxt considored, Ald Foloy moved to placo it on fllo. Ald, Cullerton moved tbat tho Couucil bs vecomnended to adopt it his sonson boing thab the othier ordinance was very Imperfect and af- torded wo protection to citizous. 1o favored oxteuding the hnuts of tho fire-district to the city-linits, but nob untll thero wau a propor luy drawn by which 1t could bo accompuhed suc- cesnfuily, . Al Dixon was opposo@ to the passago of a stringent ordimance hko the ouo ntroduced by Ald, Bohaluer, The poorer clasg could not stand it, Ald, Cullorton wanted to know why the oldlaw was uot good enough, provided its provisons were faithfully enforced. The firo conditions uléoum bo oasier In the outlylug distiicty of the city, Ald. Toloy pressed his motion to place on file, and it was cairied, Ald, Cullertou snd Cannon voling in the negative. Ald, BeliniTuor moved that the Ohairman ba instructed to report a resolution to tho Council, dircoting the proper Board to oxamine every building in thoold flie-limits, aund ascortnin 1f thoy huvo been constructed in accordance with the provisions of tho firo-ordinanco, und to prosecuto all cases of violatton. Ald, leath oppored the motion on the ground of its impracticability, Mo belloved in iuspoot- ing tho taofs of high buildings, however, for :‘huy wera ax elemont of danger fu caso of large rou, Ald. Oullerion sald tho report of the Board of Polico and Fira Commissloners should bo read, Perbups it contained o similar suggostion to the ono made by Ald, Behaffuor, Al Mahir, who come in late, sald ke wns op- posed Lo the sotion of tho Committeo in roporc- ing the fira-ordinunce. e was opposed to ox- tending tho fivo-hmite boyond the {’um of publio unpm!\'emomu, aud promised to sign & minority Tuport, }\ltl. Btout ontortained similar viows, Ald, Rtichiardson, anothor 1ate-comor, dissonted f5um tho opinion of ihe Ansiatant'City-Attornoy with referenco to the valdity of o penulty aute eldo of tho old fire-lhnits, but it the Law Do- patmont vo hield it was high timoe that vomo ae- tion was taken by tho Uouncil, Ald. Bchaftvor’s motion was thon carrlad, ho mooting then adjonmed, —— Assignao's Snlos ‘The bankrupt stock of William teld & Co., No, 291 Weat Mudison streot, consisting of Jadies' walking Jucketa, 2edfngotce, sults, trimminga, and fancy goods, wWill Uo 0l for a fuw days ot & groat sacrifico at retail, Praposals will alka bo recelvedd for the purchass of tho #logls fn bulk, with the good will of ouo of the most Lushlonablo dress-muklng cstublishmonts o tho city, A" fluo opportunity s ollrod fo suy ono wishing 10 comionco busine nonoE W, CAMISELL, Atignce, Tlanosfor Cach. A fow fnstrumcnty tlat havo been vontad and bnt Nttle uned can by Lought ut Reed's Templo of Muwle, 03 Vin Juren stroct, ot tho very owost pavle prieea it bl Sty ~Byitish Bonndary Qommieslon dispatalien 1p- colved nt Fort Unrry stato that thoy woro In sight of tho looky Mountainy, had outered beautil gross-plaing, would Gnih work thia fall, and would obrn to wintor at Pombiva, WOELFEL'S DEATH. Was It Murder, or Suicide?--A Dit- ferenco of Opinions The Developments up to This Time Point to Foul Play. Testimony at the Coroner’s Inquest Yesterday. An Interviow with Woelfol's Supposed Murderer, Ho Depies Any Knowledgo of the Manner in whioh He Mot - Hig Doath, Statement of tho Man Who Last Saw ‘Woelfel Allve, The cironmatonoes sttending tho denth of Qcorgoe Woclrel, n saloon-loovet, luta of Ulark streot, corner of Eighteenth, whoto body waa founa In the lako, near tho pler at tho fact ot Twentlath stract, on Tucsday morning, wero, in part, ofliolally Inquiied into yestotdsg, an ade Jotirnment boing necensary on account of the absonce of materinl witnossos. Iforofn s in- cluded ‘o statetmont from Herbert Aayarts, the principnl of thesa witneios, . TUB QUNDITION OF TIE NODY when discovered—tho oyo dreadfully brutsed, as from a blow of anc's fist ; tho forohead and part of the {aco much discolored, auditha lotturm aut in throo places—induced the supposition thnt tho man had beon foully dealt with; bad beon murdered and thon thrown into the lske, Ouns Ebert, a ue'er-do-well, who onrned his lving in o preoarious manner, was lnat known to have beon in Woollol's company ; and on Wadnosday morn- 1ng, whon ho learned from 3zs. Woolfel that lior husband had ot como liomo tho provious night, Do is roported to have eaid: ** Mra, Woelfol, you tnay as woll taka poison now, for you will not eea George again allve.” It was auggested that probably Ebert, knowing that Woelfol carried a sum of monoy sbout him, and being himsolt much in want, compassad Woalfel's desth, And this led to EDERT'S ARREST, Iv is nob surprisiug thav novicos should bo mistaken as to tho causo of death, judging from tho looks of the body, when even' tho Qoctor who mado tho post-mortem examination dectared flrse that, upon the hypothests that Woelfel was murdered, ho could not explain how the throo cuts wero inflicted on tho lolt arm, ond that thora wore no ovidencas of a atrugglo ; and, sccondly, upon the theory that Woelfel com- mitted. sulcide, how tho lolt oyobecamo so much braised. Mra. Woelfel KNOWS OF XO CAUSE why her husband shomld destroy himsolf; “although our business was not flouriebing, yeb wo wera contoutod,” she enid, 3frs. Woelfel clearly hns uo respoctful rogard for Ebert, who tried to worm bimsolf into ber husband's affec- tions, g sho alloges, and thorefore hor endenvor to implicato Elert in the death of hor husband may #aid to bo natural, bub not ontirely acoopt- able. . THE INQUEST. . Dr, Honrotin, Jr., the County Physiclan, made o post-mortew oxamlnation yastorday morning upon Woelfol's body, s it lny in tho - Morgne at tho County Hospital. In tho yard to tho rear of tho hospital, and in which ig the doad-louso, woro good many friends of the deceased, and the ofticers of tho bospital say that darimg Weduesday and yesterday, up to tho time the order was givon pmninlng the removal of tho body for intorment, thera was quita a stroam of visitora to tho Morguo to sos the remalns, the wafority of whom wera frioudy of tha docensed. The post-mortom being completed, Doputy Coro- ner Pilgrim IMPANELED A JURY of Inquisition, consiating of the following per- oot s L. O, Winslow (toroman), 1L, L. lfarring- ton, B. IL Webstor, C. L. Buiroughs, Duvid Ja- worskt, Joln Robertson, 1. 1, Waldron, James McLaughlin, Willinm Iutchingson, Willlam At- Inrt, John Gill, aod George Dencon. DI P, UENROTIN, JM., being sworn, thou roportud thio 1c8ult of hig ex- amination of tho Lody. Ifo ssid: I found no dircolowution, bruises, or marks of violenco upon tho body excopt on tho head and Joft orm, on which Jatler woro two cuts, ono about 137 inchos and the other 13¢ inches in length. Thoy aro what are knowii a8 cionn cuts, and Lad ovidently been dono with n knife or some sharp 1nstru- mont; sume of tho suportleial veius of tho arm wora scvered. Tho duection of tho cuts wop dowuword and toward the body; they wero probably mnda boforo denth, and bled considerably, A third eut was madoe direetly across tho anforior surfnce of the wist, sand bud evidently not bled mueh, and Liad probe ably been mado atter tho other two. Oa tho hend there were s number of bruiscs, but no abraston of the skin, Thoro was extravasation around the oyes, as well as discoloration, tho un- doubted result of blows. Boneath thoe sealp and ovar the slull wero further extruvaentions of blood, at dilTeront places, theresnlt alio of blows upoa the top of the hoad. Thera was no frac- ture of tha skull ; neithor waq thero any blood effused into the brain or upon it, ‘Cho braln it- elf was softencd and vory amemic (pale, blood- Joxs), and oozivg with sorim, its ventri- clog ueug partislly filled " with tho same fluid. ‘The organs of tha clicat wore Lioalthy and normal, only a small clot of blood boing found in tho left youtriclo, ‘it ouly fact worl notico upon o&wuing tho chest wos tho anwomic condition of the tlgsuos. Lho bruisos upon thoe hond woro evidently administored, and mighe Lava been producod, by tho fist of another party. "Uho ents upon the wrm, however, I boliovo to bavo been made by himself, for tho followlng roasons: Their direction wns cxactly such as 1f o man bad mado thew with a kaite grasped iv tha right bawd, Tho fact slso that thoy woro upon tho lofs arm, aud thoro way not tho slight- «it gerateh upon any other part of tho arm or upon the right stm or haud; no outs of the clothing. Xnnlhnr fact poiuting to_ this sama couclusian g that thera were no mayks of vio- lenco on the neck, o o juror—1The stomach was in good condi- tion; I don't think tho man way drowuud. I'a another juror—Ihe violouco on the hoad was not suflicient to produce deatly, nor tho outs thomsolves, but tho combination of the two would; caunot say to which, tho bruises oreuts, doath fs mora attributablo. TOLICEMAN WILLTAX JONES, Loing eworn, doposed ; Yestorduy morning, at about 6:46 o'clock, & sirange mau cawae to the stition and told mo that tlore was & wan lying dead at tho foot of Twonueth-stroot, on thelaky shoro, I wont theroin Lis company and_found the man lylng on tho odgo of the wator ; lio way lying on Lis faco on somo rock, I pulled 148 Body ovor on s back aud saw that botl oycs were blackened, and o eut over tholalt eye, end tho faco bruied. I then exumined lus pookots § in the loft-haud poaket of tho vest, outside, I found four cigars, aud in the jusido right-haud pooisot found o noto for §52, dated Aug. 10, id mot lud iy manoy ok Lis porson. 10in shirt stoovos wora buttoned and cout but~ toned ; his clothos did nob indicato that lio moet with any violonco at all, I foro bis pants in Jgbing hu into tho wagon i; & wax rather rocky where the body was lylug, and as thero was con- sidorablo wash on tho shiore, it 18 probablo in my opinlon that tho cut ou tho faco way pro- ducad by 1ty coming iu contact with tho rack, I'ho noxt witnous was THE WIDUW OF TIIE DECEASKD, Bho was much affocted whilo malking hor state- ment, nud osbibited somo oxcitoment when sponking of Ebert, Tuostory of hor bareavomont wa told fu an unaNsoted maunor, and soomed to exclto much sympathy among her cotntrypeoplo, uuny of whoitt thronged tho pluce of investiga- Lion; Bho snids Ay numo is Kathorine Woolrel of No, 833 Olurk strect. 1havo sasn tho body o iy husband, Qeotgo Woolful, lving doad in tho Morgue, Lash Tucaday morning ut half-past 8 o'eluck ho went_nway from homo; ho staried to 0 to llurny Gindorl's, on the North Bidos glourua Lbeirt was with hilin ; gavo him §03,21 to puy » orockory bill aud (o optain n lcouse, My huaband waa sobor wiion hae loft tho Louso, nnd ns cheorful ng any man could bo on_onrth. My reladlons with him woro happy. In the ovohing Goorge Ebort camo to wny liouss and askod mo if my husband liad come homo, I kald uo, and ho (Lbort) thon replied, * Woll, l.lmll‘ You m"‘ talio poison, ns ho will not roturn.” Ebert dld not 6o 1o giva my husband tho woney. It was abont hall.past 2 o'clock whon Lort camo to ma. o (Waelfol) was uovor oub of tha house ono night diring tho oight years wo woro married, 1o told mo to havo tho dinnor rondy at 12:90 p, m. Whon ho did not return, I beeamo anxlous and fearful that womo ull hiad bofalion him. I waited up untll lato into the next morning, Ebott hind no busthoss farouid our place oxcopl to try and got futo part« nerphip with my husband,” Wo~ ware doing l»rn(L_v well tn bustness, I havo threo childien buried In Usaceland, ahd my husband used to viip tho graveyard aceaslonnlly, ‘Ihe leonna wan not prosured, My husband wag novor do- ppondent; lio had no ronson to be, EKhert said tomo durlug tho afternoon, **§ wonld not live with such o man as your husband.” T'o o jurar,~Ilo nover Lind & quarrol with jany ono as far ng J know, T'o n juror,—~Ebert bos tried to bring tronblo botweon mo und my husband, 1o~ enid 1o mo in roforanco to dr. Woelfol's absones on ‘Tuostiny night, “Iwould ponnd such & maeif [ wore you" Fbert aud Lo froquently walked out tn;int inr proviousty. ‘o & juror—ily husband nover threafened to commit suteldos our ousiness was satialactory, nnd we wetd both happy. My brothar-in-lnw it was who first told mo of my husbands body buing in the Morgue. AT THE CONOLUSION of Mrg. Woolfol's tostimony, tho Daputy- Coratier was tnforntod that Ierbort Goyart, of No. 270 Bouth Dearborn streot, lind seen tho do- censad at o Inta hour in the aftornoon of Tuey- day, Tho Coroner thereforo adjourned the inquost until 10 o'alock this maruing in order to secnra Gaynil's Lostumony and to give an opnor- tumty to tho polico to make furthor inquiries in tlte cso, Iibert way remandea Lo tho coll fn the Hocond Proeinct Police Btation, in which e hay bocu confined sinco his arross, Duving tho after- noon a TRIBUNE reporter callod at tho siation- houso, and, by the courtosy of tho Gorgoant in chargo, waa onabled to Lavoe A GONVERSATION WITIL THE PRIGONER. Lbert 15 8 mon of short satwa sud light bulld, 1lis countennuca is froo from ovidences of criminahty, and tho manner in which be tella his story is caleulatod to securo a predisposition to mako tho fairest allowancs to his statomont. In roply to questions put, o said to tha raportor, Ay uamo s Georgo Lherty born in Wurabueg, Lavegin, Iam 27 yonrs of agoy como to ths country in 1867, I have traveled through woveral of (ko States, engaged in yarious ocoupa~ tions. I camo to Ohleago abous four yeurs ago, and hovo been rosiding ou Clatlk straot_for tag Tnut twolva monthe. I'havo known Mr. Woolfol {or the past Lwo yoas nud o helf, I used to fre- quent his saleon, WE_WENS FRIEXDS, Qun Treaday tet I wont to his wnloon about § o'clock, and belped hin to elean his glasses aud his saloon, e told mo durlng tto mormug that o was going out to Gracoland to Bernard Gindotf's, 1 waid, **Inam !Fulug in that direo~ tion to look for work,” and we staried off to- golor. Whon wo got to Clorlk snd Madison Htrects bio roquested mo to accompany himn to Gindoit's, AL Graceland ho visited tho graves of his children in_ the cemotery, and subse~ quently went to Gindor['s. Ilad teveral glassos of Leor there, und ho spoko peivately with Gin- dorf, Wo titon Diod anothor piees of beer, abd loft. Woolfel gave ma to understand that ho nsked Qindorf for 100, und did not got it Wo then retumed to the city. Whon wo reached Eighteenth etreet and State 1 left him 12 tho Blato atid Madison etrect car, aud ho snid to mo before leaving, *1 am go- ing to Thirty-ifth sirot; I will return in an buur and a bolf; you need not toll my wifo whore I am gone.” “That is E THE LAST I SAW OF WOELFEL, An I was going to seo his body at tha Morgue a potico oNicer artested me. Aftor Lloft Woifelin tho street-car I went to bis enloon, reaching thero about 3 o'clook, and left for homo at ¢ o'clock, After supper I went to Rtoab's, tho cone foctioner, on Archier avenue, near 'I'wonticth street. Subsoquontly vimted certain boer sa- loons and returned homa about § o'clock, and did not go out any more_that eveuing. Yaster~ dny morning(Wednesduy) Iagoin visitedWoolfol's enloon, Alre, Woolfel was sitting ou o chuir and eryivg, I inquired the cause of her grief, aud shio told mo that lier husband had not como homo sinca no left tho houxo on Tuesday morniug with wme. It Goorgo doct uot come Drolty koon,” 1 thou said, “BONETHING MUAT HAVE HAPPENED TO T ; porhaps hie lng killed hituselt.” I had no par- ticular meaning in that expression ; it was sim- rly sucl & eaymg s peoplo sometimes givo ut- leranco to withont thought. I had reully no oaugo to suspect that ho would commit suicide 3 lie did nob sav_suything to me tolead me to think so. Also, I Buggested that perhaps ho got drunk and was locked up by the police. Lataly T was working aa a bar-koeper at Noken & Reich- art’s snloon, cotuer of Mudison and Clark streots, a basamont. 9 GAYART'S BTATEMENT. Mr. Gayart was then visited, and ho mado the following statoment: I was down at the Twen- tieth streot pior . fishing vostorday atternovn, I Jnow Georgo Woolfel, tho suloon-koepar. About Lalf-past & o'clock Le came down to tho pler, o apposred to mo to be sober, and_thero was notlifug in bis appearance to indicato that ho was OT QUITE BENSIDLE. . o lny down on tho pior at some distanca from mo, and about & o'clock ho left thero, No one was with bim, ) did not sco bim spenk toany one, and no ono loft o pier with him. "I did not botice in which dircetion ho wont as ho loft tlio pior. OFFICER JOUN MURPIUY, of tha Becond Poiice Precinct, on Liwenty-second stroot, who arrgsied Ebert on Wodnesday aftor- noou, nnd hos since beon engaged ju workiug up the care, atatcd to.s TbuNe ropresentacive yosterday ovouing that he had diligontly searokied every resort of \Woelfel along Cottage Grove aveuuo, and streels south of Twen:ioth street as {ar as Thirty-ninth streot, Lut failed to find or hoar of anv oo who bad seen Woolfel on” tho doy he mot his death, 'Tho officer's opluion s hiat Woclfel did not traval south of Twonty- socond straot, ns ho is said to Lavo® iutimated to Luvort he would do. Tho cuso 8o far i declared by medical men and othors intorosted in 1t to Lo very compli- cated pud indotormunablo elthor aa & suicida or murder, BEVERAL DHYGICIANS At thes County 1lospital, who wora present at the post mortem oxamination, gave tho opivion that the bruises on the hoad wors made by omo ono's flst; that tho extruvasution of the blood showed thac to bo a fact. ~ Tho slecyes of the garments. ovor the arm woro uot cut, Tho theory of sni- cido is oxploded, from the fact that tha shirt and coat slooyes ware dowu over the wounded arm,. tho wriscband of the sbirt boing buttoned, and therefore 1t 16 not likely that Woolfel cut him- self, nftor rolling up tho sloovos, and thon draw them down agaia aud dehberately buttoned the wifstband ‘whiio Dlecding to dentl. Dasides, thobload would have flown so frealy as to havo gaturatod the garments, and, in epite of the washing of tho waves, some traces of it would have Leen lofr, when in fact no indications of & copious flow of blopd on tho slonven aro shown, t fu_tho opinion of many that Woelfel wan- dered down to the plor, and, when about to ro- tur, or whilo sleoping, was beaten aud robbed of tho E63 which he had with him, and the wounds in tho aim wero mude by the party or -partica who committed the crimo, in order to do- gtroy all traces of tho murder by making i ap- peur that deeeaged bnd suiclded, the body boing thrown from tho pior to tho pluco whoro it was found, TUE IADITH OF WOELFEL wore geverally good, and he wus posscased of o quicy and cheorful disposition, facus which his frionds Insist removo tuo theory of sulcide, All tha facts 5o to show that Woolfol wus mur- doted, and, unlcas some direct testimony oan bo brought to refuta this well-supported thoovy, tho authorltles must ack acoordiuply. Tho caso iy parallel to that of tho Whisky Doluy tragedy of two dyunm 8go, Whoreln an old man was found dead with o bullel holo in his body, which no_ono could account for excopt on_ tho theory of murder, tho duoturs having beon unablo, at a first oxamivation, to find tho ball, A closer nonrch revealed the fatal bullat, hut not the slightost clue could bo obtaiued to tho guilty party, b 'I'ho tragody I8 vosted with an almost unfath- omable mystery, which places the ofllaprs of the layy oy deflanca, 'and causos dootors to disagios. AN, BUENT'S BTATEMENT, A roporter of thin papor found Mrs, Toka Fbort, tha wifo of the [‘)rlnmmx'. Qeorgo Lbort, at the Twenly-socond stroot Btatlon, yosterdoy afternoon, and quostionod hor rogaidiug tho absenco of hor busbund on Tuesday, ~ Bho stated that ho loft lomo nt 8 o'look In tho mornlng, to go with Woolfel to Gracolend, and rownrned ot 1 p,n, He romalned home till 7 o'olock tn the ovoning, whon ho ‘wont out to soo aman who hadyan ovor Mys, Ebort_whilo driv- 1ug u borse nnd wugon on Monday, Ebeit canio back at 8 o'slack, &id in hall au hour aftorwards retlred to bed, and arose ab U o'clock in tho motning, whouhn went overto soo Mrs, Woolfel, whom lio assisted in tho saloon until 7:50 o'clugks, My, Llort says thors nro gaod witnossos who will boar hexr out in tho above statomont, snd eatnostly bolloves hor Liusband ontively innocont of tho murdor. B R R EEE—————————————. THE SECOND ATTEMPT., Chieago will lavo an Exposition Worth Looking at This Year, Somo of the Ohanges and Improve- ments that Have Beon Made, Large Additions to the Exhibi- tion Aren of the Building, Evorything Now in Readiness for the Reception of Goods. The Chiongo Exposltion of 1874 bida fair to groutly oxcood, both i tho oxtout and quality of tho digpiny, thal of thio yoar provious, What- over shortcomings might bo lald at tho door of the shiow of 1873 cau fairly bo atiributed to cir- cumstances which nro unavoldablo at the first atlempt of overy bugo uudortauing of tho kiud, and it i3 safo to eny that tho oxperionce galned Inst year will Lo fully profiton by in this. Btill, tho Exposition of 1878 was an immonad sucocss, 80 muoh 60 in fact as to warraar the manogers m making proparations this yoar for both a larger and a bottor show. THIE DAY FON OPENING THE LXPOSITION « 16 drawlng 8o near that it is boginning to bon 'round-town topic of conversation, aud -tho fol lowing ‘doscriptiont of what has beon done by tho managors will boread with pocutiar intorost: ‘I'o bogiu with the Exposition building, it is much Inrgor aud moro boaubifut thau over. Tho inte- rior of tho building has boon painted white upto the skylghts of tho clreular raof, and tho im- provemunt gained theroby cannor fuil to strike an obgorver imnedintely on ontering. Then sevoral of thé loadliif housed ' of this city aro pulting up pagodas, somo of which will ¢bst over $8,000, srtd will ex- cel anyihing of tho kind that haa ever boon seen on this coutinent. Auothor improvoment will bo tho placing in the longitudingl passages of a numbor of grates which will gicatly facilituto tho cloansing of the building. Tho following are TUL ADDITIONS AND EXTAUGEMENTS which bave boen mado to the building since its closa in 1873: At tho north ond a brick addition Lhiag been mado which, being on tho same floor- lovel as tho maln buildiug, 18 to all intents and purposes & patt of It. - Thls addition, which mea- sures 100x270 feot, is Intended for the accommo- dation of agricuitural machtnery and implementa, In this room will be 240 feot of shatting, which will Lo drivon by o atationary engine of Jarge power. Tho power to this, a3 woll as all tho athor ongines m sho buildivg, will be supplied {rom n Root aud a Babbitt builer of 250-horse- powor each, with tho excoption of such portablo ongines as wlil Lo omployed to run muchlnory romoto from the majn_shafting or such ay ro- quiro ditferent rates of spood. South of tho agricultural depnrtmont addition is the restaurant propor, whichlas been greatly oulnrged, the now dising-room measuring 36x130 foet, and hoving . capneity for sbout’ 400 veoplo. The Art-Gallery lins boen iuerensod by on ndditionnl spaco of 80x120 feo:, making Ity present aren, 76x140 feot,with a hanging sur- faco for tho pictures of not less than 60,000 foot, —making it at once the largest and, whea tho pleturcs ‘are hung, tho Lust art gallory ih tha Unitod Staten. W'ho Floral Department and Conservatory, at the south end of tuo wain building, is n brick and glass structuro with o main projection of 46x100 fect with two wings of 60x26 feot onch. Besidea theso, additivnal lunch-rooms, cont- rooms, waiting-rootus, cto,, have beou provided, 50 thint this year tho Iixposition will coutain for the convenictico -0f its visitors everything that can be procured ab a first-clagy hotal, with the exception of Jodgings. THE MANAGLMENT OF THY INTERIOD of the bailding will bo much more systemitio and eatisfoctory this yoar thau it was last., ‘Llo Hon of natnral bistor tollet and faucy andrz’ ARG SR8 SEANE AR O From tho nortit liuo of tho Adsms_stract pro Jectioa to tho contro of the Raliory on tho north u3|d will bo ocoupled with vnhmn end wood« work conucatad with tsolr manufacturo, Thento to the noith eud of tho Art Usllory tho spaco will be dovoted 1o tho display of such ngricul- tural implemonta for ‘which raom could not bo oblawod in Lho now south hall. The remnmder af tha %ullury which liea betwoen tho north end :gutll:::tuuwlfllhl{so; mldd“{:o rallrond display of cuplo e lishors, aud ulmlunun«‘? o tigotlon; e TIE FSONAL DISPLA will withiont doubt provo to thbl Eulv visitors ot the Es}mumos\ ono 0f 1% strongest poluts, 'Tho spico Jun tho vongorvatory hns “booin artiatloally Jaid out and nssigned to fourteon forists of Chite cogo nnd viginity, who sre undor writton eon- tuct’ 10 mako sud maintain during the entire sonsion of tho Exposition n creditnbio display of plants and flowors, Bosides this, Mr. Lriggs and” Mr. Viek, of Iochester, N. Y. iho Inrgost geawors of flowern {n thin conntry, will dinpiny ous-flowors, renowing thom by oxpress whon “pecossary Lo keep: tholr shows up toa propor standacd. TIHE ANT HATE, s lins hoen proviously stated, will be the most completo goloction of works of Amorican and foraign art over oxbibited 1u this country. Shoro are avont 500 oll-paintings engaged for exhibi- tion, and now being huung n the Art Hail, Mowt of thom aro tho chiolco soloctions frorm tiio bost rivata gallertas of this countey, tha st fuctude u'«:t :\l:\nnx{\ canvogos o‘l zvlfrhgwkiul&ololgl‘!- ANOgOTa O Bxporition - Sy 5 o Lxposition have con- TNE QUEBTION OF GIVING PREMIUMS and of mnaing o roport upon the telative marit of thodillcrent goods displayed, and_bove seen 1o rouuon to chinugo their orfginal ennclusion on the subjoct, that, n tho firat place, §t would ba impoeaible to procuro in Cineago the exporta neoodsary to deoide upan rospoctive merd & of so mauy allforent classes of goods as sill bo ropro= #ented; and, in the sccond place, the prowlum system they consider to bo anythiug bub cons duerve to tho succous of an Exposition, It will bo well for. dutovdng vell for intouding oxhibitors to got In their goods unuw na Rmmu nd poa- siblo, e tho show will unquontionnbly open’ on tho 9th of Boptoaibor, . 1] of tho bullding Iy at e oo o prasont quite roady f rocoption of goods, and clmm‘:} who 'fisfia"&&‘:\? 00 I3 along early will Liavo a muoh lar, 0 handle tiem fu than those who delay zfi:‘l::;';fic—u an objeet which iy well worthy the considoration of thoso whose dlss:lny Wil bo of articles of tho lnrgor.and heavlor clags, It way intercut [ntaud- ing oxlubitors to learn that onv of tho recout and most useful additions to tho building bas been &_staud-pipo for water, 3 juchos in diamotor, which conncets wwith the oity water systom, and with which the building conld be IKJD\MJ writhy watet In a vory short spaca of time T'HE COURTS. Itocord of Dusincss Transacted Yeaw torday. DILL TOR PECIFIO PERFONMANCE, Jomes E. Cassidy fled & voluminons bild agaloat John A, Cools,'C. C. Thayer, George 3L Beach, and William P, Black, to compel a specifla porformance of a contrack in yreforenco to Lob 80 of I3ilis' Bocond Addition to Clicago, and for leavo to redeom tho'promises from n salo undey o trust-deed, and also far an account. ITENS. To-day in tho lnst day of eorvice in thid Bupo- rior Court, nud, judging from yestordsy's suiln, it is anything but vacation, Thero were fitty-two suits bogun yesterday in the Superior Court, ten in the Circmt Court, and two suitsin tho United States Courte. Neatly all, howovor, wero small assumy:sit suits, sud tho large number is duo in great modsure to tho amendmont to the Baukruptey act which vie~ thally ronders il neccasory to bave a judgment beforo proccedivgs in bankruptey can be fnstis tuted, TNITED STATES COURTS. 1 David W, EIames commenced an action in dobt ngainst tho Town of Caloms, lying dume ages at 82,000, Ilanty Young £led a bill against Willlam 8,4 Waller and_wifo, Marths CO. Lowis, Jobn Torsytt, D, K. Tennov, d. M. Flowor, and J. 1. Payson, Assignces, to forocloso & morigage for §5,000 on Lots 9and 10 of Walker's et al, Suky division of Bloeks 10 and 15 in L. ¥. Smitl's guhmvhlon of N. E. X of N. . %' of, Seo. 18, 3T DANKHUPICY ITEMD, William Haythorn filod a volintary petition to two lines of shafting which ran aloug the norlh- orn balf of tho east und west sido of the building will be extonded southwards: and also supple- monted this your by & somi-circular line, 140 feot iu longLh; tunnivg along the trusses ut tha north ond ot the building, ‘Lho circuisr shaft- ing, which will in itsolt Lo dno of the greatest curlositios in tho show, will bo accomplisbed by tlie employmont of the umvorsal-joint conpling, an applisuco which but vory fow people in this city nive ever soen in oporation, A double Iino ot ‘machinery wiil be in operation ulong tho on- tire Jougth of tho shafting, which will bo equal to a siuglo lino of 1,760 fool in longth. TILE BIIOW OF MACHINERY will bo much more varied and mteresting than sy sot displayed in tho Northwest. The iron- worliug machinoey will Lo wuder tha sbaft on tho east sido, tho Wood-working machinery will bo uuder that ou tho wost ilo, aud misoole lanoous machindry will bo stationed undor the oxtremo end of thio linos of sbafting and undes the somi-circulat lino in tho north of the buiid- inm. Among iho most inioresting of tho machines in oporation will ba ono from iy oity which will bottlo sods and minoeral waters, obampagno cider, snd other ul)nrkllu(i tiquids 3 o curd-clotbiug machino from Lawrence, Mags, & mncbivo for mukiug. Toeds for looms, nuother for turning irrogulur forms in wood, auother for braiding whip-lnslies, another for covoring buttons, auother or cutting sorows, ota. Bouth of the machiaery dwplay will bo that of wrought and cast products of tuo useful motals, which will oceupy tho main floor from the muchinery sito to pbout 100 foot sonth of tho contre of the building, South of theso will ‘come the sewing- machines and gonoral manuluptuting processes and tho show of toxuilo fabricy, which will ex- tond to the north lino of tho south profection. L'ben will come E MUSICAL INSTRUMENTY in lino oast and wosk across the building, and suflioiontly far romoved from tho ma- chinery ~ that the youngy men with Diende mustachos oud hoavenly up- tried faoes own ponc out e Wedding Mazch and Beautiful Blue Danube without fear of boing digturbod by tho clattor of * Interior " roaping-machiuos, A digrossion in favor of thoyo_yonug musiclans may not bo out of pluce. Tho Exposition managors should iusist that the pianits omployod to ovoke harmony from tho steitways, and Chickerings, aud Webers should Lo able to play nt loast three or four differeut tunes, sud save tho recurronce of A DISUNDERSTANDING which befell an Iowa Qrangor last year, Tho honest titlor of tho koll, who had boen listening in s puzzled wav for ovor half an lour to tho mouotonous parformunce of one of tho playors, xuslied off suudonly with a Eureknish oxjression on his faco aud folchod back bis wifo, (o whotn, with extended foso-flnger, ho poiuted out the musicion, oxplahing, st tho samo time, * £f this ain't the biggest thiug in tho slow, Sal, I durned ! Ilu's ona of yer oriomuiytons. They winds him up bofore “tho show opous an' ho Pinys the Weddiv’ Maroh hill ho runm down.” Tho discomlliure of (ho monotonous musioian wag completo, and_tho pianista of 1874 should tako warting by Lis misorsbla oxumple. South of thio musioal Instrumouts will bo TIE BIOW OF JEWELENS' GOODS, and tho bottor class of fine erasmontal goods, tine furnituro, ching, and glass witl oceupy tho romsindor of the main fluorof the building 50\\'11 to the oxtremo south end, A goneral improve- mout, whion will prove partionlarly srtisfuctory to individuat oxbibitors, will ba tho roducing tho 8120 and inoreasing the numbor of the alslos, By this means tho main floor display Will bo a coti= stant surprige, and tho trapsition of tho spectator ~from tho utility doparts mont ~ at thoe morth ond " of tho Lulding with its ponderous machinory, to the boautios of the tloral dopartmont with' its con- rurvalory and fouutaing, will bo u sorios of dig~ tinet ploasuros, TUEL ARRANGEMENT OF TUE GALLERY, to whioh, in aditiun to tho_oans provided by tbo stairy, accosy will ba bnd by means of i water-oloyator at the norih cud of the bnikiing with a dapucivy of twonty-four passongors, will Loy foiows: On the south eud, ouuupyllug o frontago af 480 fuok, will bo tha displays mude Ly the Weatorn lnud-grant yailyonds of the nyri- aulturnl aud minoral produsts of tho Blatos sud Torntorion through whiel their linos run, Tho west wido of the gullory, from tho south ond of tho wsoull projection to tho wonth eud of tho conlral or Adams stroot projootion, will bo oocl\‘lhld by tho Jightor furniture and houso-faynishing goodd. be adjudivated bankrupt, s liubilities ara €0,780.04, and his angots nbout 83,300, SUPZUION COURT IN BRIEY. Ganrgo Taylor, trusteo for tho uso of thoolty, commonced a sut in debt for §500,000 againnt J. Alden Ellis, Albort Crouby, and' Samiiel J. Wallier, laying damages ht $160,000. ll}liclmrd Wirdrop ot ol. sucd W. A. Lord for Georgo Taylor, for the uso of the cliy, began 4 suit in dobt against George C. Binl:h, Charlos Mather Smith, and W. 1L Fark, laying demnges at 5,000, I'he Harrison Wire Company sned Georgo and Willlam Bunker for 81,000, "The Poorin Sterch Compny sued the russing Viuogar Works to recover $1,000. Joln B, Lyon began action ngainst J. M. Hnghes and €, R. Ihckox, cluming 52,500, 0. W, MaLaughlin and Timothy iyan eued B W. Robinson for $1,000. A, Q. Webstor brought suib for 83,600 azainst 8. 3. Waikor. Robort Mannhelmor filed a prrocipe in ansutap- 61t against 11, 11 onoro, clasung 33,000, W. 0. Osgood bogan o' sule agaiust ¥, A Lt~ for sud Joh Mitlor, Jr., for o purposo of ro- coveriug a dobt of 1,600, Alexander Cunninghiam sued tho Bank of Chi- cago for 81,000, W, H. Helmbold bogan a suit against the At- litie & Pacifio lusurauce Compuny to Tecover , 600, Hamuel Witkowsky bogan aciion for £3,603 againat Jacob Frost und Lowis Aduma, nnd Lovi Behilossman suod the same padty for 4,000, Ludwig Katz filod o bill agaiust Prodorlel Danelson, Carl Daneldon, Catolino Eugelking, and Otto Engelking to forecloso « mostgago for £3,000 ou a part of Beo. 26, 43, 10. . CIRCUIT COURT. Mary E, Quinlan begau a suit In roplovin agaluat L M. Bradloy, Mariin Bost, and T\ A. . Moran, clalming $1,500, - JUDGMENTS, Surenion CoonT—CONFEASH ©o, v4, ‘nomas Yosder, §1,9 Dank of Chitago va, D. J, Wren, 34 — WHEAT IN WMINNEEOTA. e—~Miller, Watson & 1louie Nntlonal VenaiLioy, Dakota Co., Minn,, Aug, 25, 1874, To the Editor of The Chicago ribunc: Bin: Your papor, of a recont dato, contalns an arlicle from the 8t. Vaul (Mina.) Press, purport iug to give tho views of Oliver Dalrymple, Bsq., tho groatest wheat-grower in Minuosota, dr, Dalrymplo says: “’Tho quality of tho whont sur< pastos that of any Larvest in which I linve ovor hoon engagod,—tho berry belng plump, welle filled, and every way superb,” 2 Inciosed emu will find o parageaph from tha Tistings (Minn,) Union, pubhished about § milea from My, Dalryinple's farm, whielh oy ; “Wo Ioarn that My, Ohvor Dalrymplo has 400 aoros of Oulossa whoat dumaged sulliciontly by ths rust to make 1t ontiroly worthloss, and thut ho hay aban- doned the hurveating.” Mr. Dalrymplo turther saya: *1 had then cal- cufnted upon 14 busbols to the acre; but I dis wover, by actusl and tho bost Losts, mado at the iho throshing-machines, that the yiold will roach 18 huah't_\lu Jor were, 50 fav ug my flolds are cone cornod, ‘Iho writor has not bogu aver Mr., Dalrympla’s faum, but lives in thoad]olutug county (Dakota), within 10 miles, and hns received vorbal reporis from the following, vies D, Poor, 10§ acres, 13 bushels por acro; I, Maunors, 180 noros, 13 Lushals; R, Ilouwton, 10 nsres, 8 busholsy Thomas Clark, 80 sorca, 10 Lughels; bir. Varnots, 80 actos, 10 bushals ; Thowmas Cullahan, 80 acred, 11 bushbols; Thomns Callaban, 80 acres, 17 bushole; O, IT, Chamborlalu, 40 acros, 10 bushole 3 ‘Phomay Ilola, K0 noros, losg thau 10 busliols, ‘o 40 noren of O, 1, Chumberlaw rocelved oxtra culturg, aud way gown at tha bost hme, Tha sama land produced 174§ bushols of Odozsn whent ladg year, which”was badly rusted and shiauk, Dakots County, in whick theso farms ara sltuated, will avarage bottor thau Washing. ton County, where Mr. Dalrymple's farm les, but i, porlians, not botter than Lis, Ulore aro floids fu this county thnt will not ox- coed 5 busbols por aoro. Yours for truth and vight, JORATHAN Buswiok, — —While the Rov, M, Day was promhing in the Toly Trinity Churoh, Poranto, las Siuday even: ing, his eldest daughtor Mary, about 39 yoars of a0, uhd & younyg son, 10 yenrs of ago, wora loff ut lloma, 'Iie youngt boy pleked wpa gun whicl hud boou eatolessly 1oft Joaded in n bod-room "Tho Adamws sigeot projeotion will bo fitled with displays of Ipplm{’uu und Instrumonts for solon- o tuvostigation, educational [mrpnuu». and wmeodieal practico, as woll as cabinols in illusiras aud, poiutlag it at iy uistor, sald, **Jo you waw o Lo khoot you r" ac the same time puthng ¢ triggor. 1fo litorally blow the alde o tho youny lndy'y hiond oty