Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1875, Page 3

THE CHICAGO: TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1875, MALINSKI. Investigation by the Coro. + nor’s Jury. Tho Wusband Tells His story of the Fatal Night. Testimony of tho Neighbors and - Physicians, Tho Husband by ‘he Rematos of Mis Wifo und Children, Demand of the People of Jefferson to Soo the Bedles. ns to the Cause of Denth, Theorlos Suddon Sickness from Snusago, THE INQUEST, PRUITLESI INVESTIGATIONS, The jury which Coronor Dictzsch impancled Wodneailay beran the consideration of the Ma- Jinskd caso at 10 o'clock yoxtordny morning. Tho first witnoss called wes THEODOR: MALINAKT, tho father of ths poisoned family, who stated that inaummer ha followed tho ocoupation of shoemaking, and worked round town in winter. Sunday night last, he, together with hia family, eat down to a suppor of coifea, ment, bread, and potatoes ; after supper he wont to the houso of a friend and tried to boriow somo monoy from him, ataying with him until 10 o'clock : on re~ turning home ho found his wholo family altting round tho tablo, and an hour was spent in talk, after which they retired, no ono of tho family complaining of any xicknons; after they had Decu in bod about nn hour the buby hogan to ery, When his wife took ic from tho cradlo, and put it in tho bed and trled to putittouleep: tho child, howaver, got sickor avery minuto, maling curions motions with tho hands and the arms. By and by the child got botter, and witness began to fall asloep, when tho other ehildron bezau to cry ; ho asked them what the mattor wan, aud thoy asked fors drink ; having given them some drinking-wator, wilneas fell asleop, aud know nothing furtuer of what happened ini tho night. In tho morning about 8 o'clock ha awoko and looked at his wife, who seemed to bo asleop; hoe alook her In order to wako hor up, when sho folt out of tho bed; ho did not know what was tho routter,—in fact, ho was entirely out of his mind; ho aftorwards {fied her up and ‘Inid hor on tho lounge ; tho oldest child and the 38-year-old chill seomed to bo all right; looked at tho youngest child amd found her dead. Wo did not call for help becaugo ho did nob know what to do, ho was so atunned. Ue asked tho children what he shoukt do, but thoy said thoy worn too weak to hft up thoir heads ; thoro was no firo in tho stovo din- Ingtho night; bad uo idea of how tho affair happened. Ho liad beon married eighteen years to his late wife, and camo to Chicago six’ jon BRO; his wife was porfectly satisfied with hor circum- stanceg, and never mado any complaints with rogard ‘to Jack of supplies, Hoe naver had any quarrel with bis wito or with tho nelghhors ; ano wan not out of the houso Sunday excopt whon sho went to church, and tho cbiliren wero. at homo oll day long, Saturday hia wife was out ut tho grocery buyiwp meat and coffeo for Sun~ day, Ilo didnot feel at all wick Monday morn- ing, but suffered from a dizziness ‘in the head, Sunday night witnosa tool threo or four cups of cotfos; tho children only had oue cup apiece. No boor or whisky was partaken of hy the family. Whon ho rotarned from tho virit to his neighbor, his wife asked him if he had got the monoy, and he syswored no. ‘Tho wifo was & little bit vored at not getting the movoy, of which they wero vory much in need, but she did uot blame him for it. Io wanted money to pay tho ront for tho lot; tho landlord was not prera- ing him for tho money. Tho family wore not wufforing for want, having o borrol of flour in tho house, In answer to n_juror, witness etuted that ho tried to sturt a flro Monday morning, but could not succocd. Ho did not mako any ten during, tho night, but suggested to bis wife tomako Bome poppermint tea. Jie was down in the bugomont Monday morning, after. ho diseovored the death of his wife, and got somo wood, which was wet nud would hot burn. Hocould not at that timo stand ap on his feot vory well, aud fell down soveral thos ; tho surviving children seemed to bo gies, but in answer to au inquiry thay stated that thoy woro not sick atoll; thoy ntated, however, that thoy had been sick with fover during the night, His wife hud propared tho coffee with milk and wugar, a8 sho alwaya did. She had baked the bread which thoy ate Sunday ovening herself ; tho survivors ato nothing Monday morning, In tha afternoons woman, & noighbor. caliod with vomo coffee, but he did not toll her abont his wifo's being dead. Wo wasin tho habit of using liquid bluckiug in lis shoomaking. Ho could not say whether it was noon or afternoon when tho woman called, but at tho time tho house was full of peoplo. Witnead owned the house in which holivod, having paid £150 on it, and was atill awlng a balance of #200, A Jaror (with view of ontrapping tho wit- Nous)—How utuch did you pay for tho stuff you got at the drog-storo ? Witnoua—LInevor got any stuff from adrug- store for monthy. Hoe had not been in tho habit of using spy thing to remove Dlacking-stains fram tho solos of boots; did not lock the door of the house on raturning with the wood, ‘The next witness callod was KAU SONMIDT, who testified that ho lived in the rear of No, 97 Cleavor strect, and was a laborer ; wan tho noar- est nolghbor to Malinski; had known the Malin- shi fainily about two years, nud never know then to quarrol during that timo; tho Jaxt timo ho waw Mrs, Malinald in lifo was whon sho was conmlng homo from church Sunday; Mailnski Wau iu bls house at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Monday morning witness" wife went out and ho stayod at homo; at about 8 o'clock in the morn- (ug, a woman called at Malinai's with a pair of boots, but alo could not get in; witness then tried to got into the house, but could not do ft ; tho woman with tho boote then loft; witness saw Malinsld at tho door of tho baycmont at abont 3 o'clock in tho oftornoon ; witness saw Matinski go wp-stalrs with the wood : he staggor- ed aud eeemed drunk, which astonished witness, Lecauye hie Lad nover acen hima that way before ; witness thon antered tho house and anid to Mal- fuski; **Nelghvor, what's the matter with you? Why don’t you como outof the houso?"” Mal- inski roplicd: ‘It's all very bad with me; wo are all id wick hero.” Witness looked round. and roplied: “16 in wordo than sickucss, for horo yon wifo ia dead.” Witness thon wont aod, formed his wife, Mallneki told him that they liad all suffered in tho night from cramps, Wit- Nees then wout with e nolghbor and called for Dr, Baur. Who ho mado tho romark to Alalingkd that his wife waa dead, Maliuult aatd thot she hadchoked to death, Malingki looked Vory quoor at this timo, aud acted in a atranzo wianuer, walling purposly to and fro in tho mM. room, ‘The noxt witnesy was ANNI BCIDIDT, Wife of tho previous witnees, who testified that whe last waw Mrv, Maliuaki alivo Saturday night, bu which occasion she did not speak to hor, Ke (ent out waaliog Monday morutng and returned s ott 8 o'clock in the afternoon, when her huue a told hor that tho Malinakié bad not shown, iomselvoa all day long; eaw Malinuki carrying ap wood into the Ouse; ho ataggored in & po~ znllar manner, get up-stalre. Ths Henne aie fies of this wituess was ‘Tho noxt wituoug waa” nae shay, JOUN Kostonut, who teatified that he was a tannor, and realded at Nov 14 Fleetwood strect; at a 4 day avoulng Malinskt ‘called ous Tae eats Louse; tho couvergation st iret ran upou the thildren, but later on Malinaki agked fora loan of €20, which witneus said ho could not let bim have; Malinski then turned to 0, but the bails storm came on, and witne: fo him stay for & little wiule, when be departed; thero Was nothin; fecturksble fg Malinski’s manner or conyoraas cl, tinea that hase 3 wal at he was o milkmen, and lived at No, 4Ut Holt avenue; was ono of the neighbors of Who Malloskis, and bad known thom fortwo youre a6 dooent and quiot folka; witness want with Helmidt Into tho Senne ‘on Monday afteruoon, and raw Mra. Malinald and ono child dead, and tho throe other ohldron vory sick ; thought tho fam- ily had heen polsoned by gas from the atovo, but Malinokl anid, in anawor to mn question, that there bud been Ho froin the atove durinyy tho night. Ie was plain to tho witnoas that Malinwki was very weak, ilo could hardly open his eyes, anid spoto with difficulty, WAIN DILGER tentifiod to arreating Maltorki last Monday even= ing; the Jaltor waa eitting down and outing leartily; ho did not acom at all ick, but acto hike a fool. Dh. LOU BAUR, Of 513 Milwankeo avonno, testitled that at about Soteh Monday afternoon ho win called to N 97 Cleavor street; on arriving thers he foun a woman dead on tho lounge, and a ehild dend on tho bed, and another, fn his opinion, dying. ‘Tho other children ‘did not appear to bo vory sick, ‘Lhe man Mollunki seemed to ba Yory indifferent. From. tho pptoms he thotht that the decearod had bevw woned with some acid poison, probably carholio ncld or creonote, Ito tried the handiest romadics, such as warm milk, and otherantidotos, Mallueki complained of boing unwell, but witnars did not dolleve him, Malinskt aldo sharmes lamencen, Witness rtayed in the houxo about two hours. In answor ton questlon, Malinakt told witnenr flat lis wifo way dead since the nudnight provious, JOUN RORANK, of No, 29 Cleaver street, tostiliod that ha know Atnlinaki for the Inst four or five years; went with Karl Schmidt Mouday Init nt 3 in tho after- noon to the Matinskin’ Louras found Myre, Malineké lying doad thoro with her dross ou Malinski said the family had been gick sineo 14 o'clock the night before; in response to a ques tlon, Molinakl said that ho had such ernampu in hiy loge that he could not vo out; also saw o baby iring alee on ono bed. and a child lying doad on tho other; tho other children appeared protty nicks there wan smell in the room ike phosphorous or matches burning; it did nat smoll Tike = ereonoto; — Malinslil seemed nick wher owitnces — firat naw him Monday. Witneus considered that Malinuli was 8 vory good man, and appoared to take good cara of his family; Malinsit had told witnosa that ho bad to pay 20 on tho 14th ot 16th of Mareh, and that the parties wors pressing: him ; ho appeared to be eeurod lest ho would not be ablo tu pay tho monoy, ‘DR. FERDINAND METAMACHEN, of No. 659 Ashland avenno, toxtified tint ho waa called to No, 27 Cloayar atrent about half-pane fi Monday afternoon, whero ho fonnd Ur. Saur standing with the pationta; found’ a woman and Bp child dead, and the other elildren sufforing ; disagreod with Dr. aur. wi holt that {t wasa undo of acid poixoning; th the poisoning was caused by wigar of lend ; tried to ayo tho girl the white of an ogg, but conld not got it down becanso thera was n sirietura of the throat: Malimsld first said that In wifo had died at 8 o'clock fu tho morning, then at 9, and thon at 10 o'clock, and finally ho sald he could not tell the hour exactly; Malloski nado no ane awor when asltod why fe had not ralsed an alann, and sonmed vory indifferent gonerally; raid sub soquently ho war too sick to call for help, Ile found some sugar of Iead in 8 clothex- press, o¢ lenst ho thought ft was sugar of tead; promribed sulphate of zine and camphor water ne nn ometic; from a Inter iin- pression ha had hecomo of tho opliion that tho people bad becu polnoned with phoxphoroits, ‘THE OTHERS. Tho réninining: seitiesses wero Mazina Gnter- john, Dorothy Korkuatl, fhomar Linda, and Yaul'Ziogman, whose testimony was upimpor- tant with the oxcoption of that of tho last named, who testified that bho wout to Malinsli’s house between & and 6 o'clock Monday morning, to keop an engagement with Mahasii; that he, after knocking, heard nothing in the houre ox- copt n child crying, and thnt he knecked on tho, door loud onough to waken the houdo up, but, reeoiving no anewer, ho loft tha place. ‘This closad tha testimony in tho ease, after which the Coroner sumaunced to the fury that for tho prorené the caso would rast. Ina day or two he might call then together to hearth @ay- timony of little Josephing, tho 10-yoar-old daughtor of Malineki, of whoxa recovery a chance still romainod, but that the only question for thom to decide at present was whether tho ovi- denco thoy had heard was mnfictont for them to decide upon tha detontionof Malloski THE JURY rotired for the consideration of thls polut, and, after a fow minutes’ consultation, returned into Court with the unanimous decision thet it wos neceasary that Malinaki should be detained. ‘1ho Coroner thon dectdod to bold Theodore Moalinuki in 1,000 to appear os 9 wituous iu the enao, ———— CENERALITIES, WAT Is THOUGUT OF MALINERT. * Bach succeeding day only decpous the mystory ofthe Malinski poisoning caso. Jt was hoped. that tho Inpse of ono or two days would havo given tho father of the family time to roorganizo iia scatterod facultics, and give to tho world facta npou which might bo based a reagonalilo thoory of tho disaster, but he still romaing an uncommunicative sphinx, spoaking but vory little, ond contradicting bimself while ho speaka, and yer withal so artless fn all his anawors that no ' ono who converses with him could for an instant bellovo that ho ia guilty of the enormous erlmo of which circumstantial avidonce gooma to accuse him. ‘Tho wtrongost point against im is tue inoxplica- Ule varioty with which ho hos colored hia story of tho catastropue, but agalnat this murat be cited tho oxcollaut character which he has alwaya borne ; bls lack of brains to deviso, and want of nervo to axcenta, such a tragady; his love for lie family, aud the absonce of any immedl- ate object for the removal of his’ natural de- pondonta, Whatoyer provious stories Malinulil may havo told must now ba forgotton,.and the words that ho uttered on oath yestorday beforo tho Coroner alouo bo taken in ovideuce for and agalnet hin, ‘ THE TART VIRIW. Ata fow minutes past @ o'clock yesterday morning tho little cottago at No, 27 Cleaver Btroet was again tho sconaof a litaoxcitemont, this timo, porhaps, the last which will make tho unprotentlous structure conspicnous In the quict nolghborhood. At that hour tho hearao and = carringos arrived which woro to taka tho remains of tho unfortunato dead to their last reatiug-placo, It is propor horo to atato that, at about 7 o'clock Woduosday ovoning, in accordanco with inatructions from tue Coroner, Btation-Keaper Husyoy, of tho Kolling-Mills Police-Station, instructed two oft. cera to take Mnlinal:i down to his Into homo, —for homo it van ho no longer callod,—Iin order to allow him a loat look at those whom his hond, oran unkind chauco, had deprived of life. Me recelved tho aunouncomont with his accus- tomed nonchatauce, and walked Matlously to- wards the houge whore his dead treasures wera lying, When hoe noared tho cottage the full Kondo of lls misfortuno scomed to dawn upon him, and he stangerod un tho steps to his houea with an uneven atep, Who the throo cofiug aud their coutonts met bis cyo he stood for 4 moment dazed and abharontiy uncousclous of tho full truth which tho terrible eight revoalod, ‘Then he stoopod down and knelt befura his dead wifo and dead little onos, and, rubbing tholr fucea tendorly and clasping thoir lttlo hands within hia own, ho called thom by namo, ond, with bis head buried upon the cold broast of bie wifo, gavo vont to his focl- ings in s prolonged fit of crying, which ‘was Joinod In by many of the byutandors, If since the tragedy there was a moment in which hotight reveal aught ho know of its causa it was this, and yot when asked by a by. wtandor if bo know what had causod thig terrible adair, he auswerod: ‘1 would bo buriod 40 rods beneath this ground, nover to rivo apelin, if tt wonld bring my dead ones to life agalu.” Over and over again he kissed aud carogued tholr in- animate bodics, and the priefat his viewing of them was almost equaled by the joy he showed when tho = pohca offleers “tank = him to the house of tha Zicgmann’s, whore his) Sauron Jovepuiny aod Lilzabotha wore Jylog wtill alive, though tho former seomod still trembling betwoen lite and death, ; Bofore his own, animate aud inaniinate, Ma. Uuski ueomed a different man; tho natural had appare: ay been aroused within him, and yet ha pad ho roturned to the cell to which a dread suspicion had consigned bim before he was the samo uucommunicative, epbinx-like man as ever, THE YONEUAL loft the house and etaid for tho performance of tho funoral rites at the St. Htanldaua Church, rcarner of Noble and Bredloy etrocts, whore tho arrival of the cortege was awaited by tho Itev. Fathors Bajluuki aud Claviter. ‘Iho wervices over the doceasod were unusually aol- iu, the Roy. Father Clavitor taking advantage of the occasion to jie ashort sermon upon the uncertainty of sod to dwoll upon the many virtues of Mra, Malicuk:, which aro allow- ed and frequently alluded to by her neighbora, After leaving the church, the funeral departed froin the city for the Bt. Staniv!aus Cemotery, which is fu tha viclnity of Norwood Park, Nothing of interest. marked the progrosa of the corteye until f& arrlved at Jefferson, whora a vast crowd appeared, and it heeama apparent that the nows of | the tragedy had invaded their qulet burgh, AW a mattor of fact the villagers had heard and fully approciatad the story of the potaoning, and hal dotormined that no” falsa delicacy on thelr part shonld hinder 2 fultor enjoyment of {t, Accord. ingly, they potitionod tha undortaker, Mr. brank Kunkel, to pevtalt ther to VIGW TIT MPAA of the dorcased, and ft was only hy 9 compro- niko that he secured @ peaceful passage of the Lodiea to, thor fast reatinye piace. ‘Tho comprotnf&o consisted uf his opening tho eoflin eantalerie the hody of Constantia, tho S-yoar old clad, and allowiny the remains ta undergo tha gerutiny fora quarter ofan hour of tho tao-curious Jofforsouites, in the heer-raloon af Date Petoraon, ‘This, how- ever, waa the only delay which accurred, and hy noon tho remalny of tio dceenved wor wafely lowered into thelr lant rostlngepluce, i THOME, Whatovor Uieory the Coroner's jury may flunly accopt, the Inhabitants of tho locality aro by no ments backward In formlug opine fone nw to the causes of tho tragedy, most of which, 1 is noticeable, — tend to exenipata Malinaki from susptelon of evil, Home of the Invabltants of tho vicinity aro fixed in the boliof that tha mother, diatractad with the presence of aa averpowering poverty. choro death aatho best rehef for her and her litth onor; othora bellova that the gases of the canl- stove cannot the disaster; others, that the act was committed by a xpiteful and tresciiorona nelghbor; olhers, that it {4a ease of accidental polroning., Tho most wide-wpraad belief, how. avor, at ponent is that TNE Pour which tho family ate on Sundi® ts reaponatbto for tho doathsof tha part of the tumily, and sickness of (ho romainder. ‘Thin idea hus gained ground sinvo tho diveoyery that a wook igo a whole famlly in tho vicinity wore dangerously prostrated by nating kansage which ovidently contained sowething deleterious in its composition, Moating of thia, Tan Tamoxe reporter lnnted tho caxa uy, and snecceded fi lonrning that tho family who had wiffered waa that of Mr. Patriole Crritiin, Na. 61 Hradloy stroct. Afters brief search the reporter found Mr, Grifin, who atatod that Inst ‘Churaday night bo, atthe raqnest of hia childron, purehasad some fausage, a thing which thoy naver before ate, and bad thon cooked for super, Nothing out of tho way ocourrad unti{ about 4 o'clock In the morning, when lio awakonod fecling deathly stek, with intense muscular paina in his arma, Boule ders, und neck, and adesira to vomit. Wining, ho called tis daughter to got up. She snawored the suramons, but had hardly got out of bed bee fore sho tell Ina fatut, from which it way fora long time impoxeibln to awakon lor. Mr, Urif- fin thon awakened tha oldest boy, wha cried out that bo was so wick that bo way obliged to go tight back to hed. Somewhat slarmod at tho atate of affalra, Mr. Grill: tool: an ometic, and catered threo of lng children who wero Kulforing to do Ukowine, and the consequonce was subeequont relief from tho more alarming symptoms, though it took threo days before coinplote rocov~ ery was had in any enss, The next morning the tivo youngest childron awoke sick and unablo ty move, bus tho administering of un ometic Lronuybt them round oll right. Thoro ia no doubt in this cave that the pork in tho saueagoy wax tho cause of tho sickness, ay, while all why partook thereof were dangerously ill, Mre, Crifin, who did not oat ony, did vot suifor any atch sicknesa. a‘ i Tho fuct of thig Mnesa of tho Grifin family has become well known in the ragion, and i« by qmany looked upon as a gatisfactory volution of tha Malinekt mystery Tho only things n remaining to shed light. Upon the wyetory are the chomical analysis and ithe evidenee of THE LATTLE ATL JOSEPH NA. Contrary to all ospectation, the little girl will lin all probability live, av overy duy #ho whows signs of Improvenient. ‘Sho is at present attended by Dra. Sunon and Willinma, who yesterday roport- ed her symtoms to ba of a mont favorable nature. Ou Tuesaday night tho pulao of tho little girl owas at 10 4 minute; Wednerday night it wae at 120, and yerterday morning it was at 97, or with- in 10 of its normul condition, It is axpected that, ahould alia recover, sho will becomo an im- portant witnews, and, ta order to presorva_her tosthnony from outside interference, Sorgt. Fox, of tho Rolling Mills Station has ordercd & mom- bor of his force to stay day and night in the reom where Khe fs sleoping, to guard hor from talking with anybody but tho doctora who ara at- tending ber. ‘ Ag noon ga tho lttlo girl gains atrongth enough to testify, hor ovidence will be taken by the Cor- oner; until tuen, tho Mulinaki mystery must be. suffered to depart tomporarily Irom tho public guze, ASTRANGHE CEREMONY. Reon in the Arnl nt Sevitles ‘Tho eorrospondont of the London Daily Teles graph, writing from Seville on tho 10th of Fob- sesus “It way my fortune on Khrove to Dohold the performance of an cecuela de baile ofa thoroughly exceptional and of a mont surpriking nature, I nover in my life saw such a sight before ; nor, I euppoxs,.am 1 liked over to Heo it axai t waa in tho Cathedral, ‘the watelifal Barlow had warned mo that somo- thing very eufous wdeed to view would take placo in the sroat Basilics cither a little before or a little uiter G; and that I was bound even to forage tho fabled’holein ordor to wltncrs it, Now fig who misses tha mesa redonda iu ordinarily tooxed upon, in Spain, 948.8 madman, for, failing that repust, xerved puuetuully at & p. m,, tho traveler will get nothing to cat until broakfast~ timo tho nott morning, ‘Tho sun was setting in tho aatiounl Spaniah colorg, bright orange and deop red, ne wo paseed through the noble Moorish gateway,—it dates from the twolfth contury,— called the Puorta del Pordon, and crowing the Patio do fag Naranjus, a forecourt fil of orango- troes hundreds of yoarn uld, antered tha Catho. dral by the portal closcat to the Giralds, When from day or oven twilight you lift tho lesthorn veil of the doorway and pasy into this tremon- dous favo you can at first peresivo nothlug whatuoover. ‘fhe bast you can do is to shut youk oyes, aud allow youractt to be guided on- wards for 9 time,” ‘thon lift your oyelida cautiously, and turn your hoad to either sido, and you will begin gradually to disoorn the ouormous columns und the voxty —baya around — you, Ty dogrees I" found that the trascoro and tho coutral nave wero full of psoplo, noarly alt ladics, who woro not Ineel- jug, but ettting ‘on the pavement in Oriental fashion, a9 (4 onatomary in Bpanish churches whon something extrancous to the ordinary eccle- rlsstloal ritual inboiug porformed,, ‘Thus 1 ros member to hnye gvon 2,000 ladioa sitting on tho pavomont of tho Sagrario of the groat Cathedral Of Moxico to listen to Rossini's *Btabet Mater” on Good Friday ovoning, Carofully picking my way through tho rocumbent groups, I came ot Inst within view of tho wanctunry and the high altar, which wore all ablaze with lights, But thero wore uo celebrants ou tho altar steps, no acolytes, ant not 80 much aa a alnglo minor canon in tho stalla, which I thought strango, Tho funcion wan ovidently not vespors, What wae it? * Wait,’ whiaporod Bailow, Round the great lactern of the coro, with Ite hugo illmni- nated music-bock, every minim and erotchet 18 tall as drumaticka, wero gathored « dozon ot tho youngost choristors, singing away like so many dying swans, But it wae no ordinary” chant thone children, with tholr deliciously uweot and clear and. silvery voices, eang. It was vometiing quickar, livelier, moro jubilant, and, aa it soomed to me, moro secular than anything £ lad beard before ino Catholic place of woribip, aud tho. singing was Accompanied by music quite as ylocaome from a band of wind and string instruments, Tha chant entminated ins ringing exult- ing pwan of joy; ond thon, to my ut- tor amazoment ‘and bewildermont, the twolye foung chorletors bogan to dance round tho loctorn and bofore the bizh nltar—absolutoly, torally, and opsratically to dance, It was tho eacuela de baile without girl-performors, aud under the highest ecclesiastical auepiced, At tho clogs of tho proceedings the choristers ranged themeolyos in ling, and a regular and mout har monius fautagia on the castaneta wae performed, Again, and onca again, did tho band atrike up, and tho morry chant oudivg with’ tho oxulting pcan, wou unig, and twico and thrice did the sound of thecastanctaelick through the hugo ox- pans of the mighty Cuthedral of Bovillo, ‘I'uou walted to seo tho little clioristory Hle out of the eholr, aud down tho nave, out of tho gato of Ban Ohnstobal to their schoot-house on the othor alde, ‘Lhey trooped onwards, a domure band of Plump, black-oyed, uwarthy little fellows, all clad in antiquo Spaniuh costumo of crimsou and yollow doubloty and trunk hose, ro- wottes in thelr uhuos, highly-utarched ruffs, and repiorg, ond plumed late. Now thls Bpoctaclo anywiiors out of Hpain, or, in- deed, out of Seville, might have spposred utterly grotesquo, unssemly, andindecont. Thera it appoarod quite uatural, normal, and in keep- ing with the surroundings. The ctstanot dance before the altar wae, I way told, a @riviloga en- ie ‘od wolely by the Cathedral of Seville, aud was adulged in only thrico a year,—on tho anni- verwary of the capture of clty by tho Christians, and on tho festival of Wt. Ferdi Band, aud on tho last day of the Carnival,’ —— Tho feeling agt ainat Juss Powxnoy, the Bos- ton boy-butcher with tho white eye, isso strong that petitions urgiug tho Governor not to com: toute the donteuce of death aro receiving numor- ous signatures. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Some Estimates of the Profits of Fruite Culture in That Favored Land, Advantages of the Co-operative System of Emigration, To the Biter of The Chteata Tribune: Ciuesgo, March U.—Tho nunicrons replica to my article in Inst Sanday's Temuxe hava to- duced mo to place before your yeadora some of tho advantages of going to Californta in a body, or on TUM CO-OPERATIVE PLAN, Tt in not so noceanary that they yo all at onc, an that thoy have somo dotinite placa to go to, Oro writer says: ‘! Thoro ars fow persons who realiza tho great protit of omigrattug to any Statoa jn colautes. They think that all that iy nocussary is to purchaso a farm and yo to work. ‘Inoy entiroly forget that if they should join s good colony, that they wonld havo the ale vantego of —wehoola, churches, quod and onear =o neighbors, and that their property would double iu valno tho fire yaar, «= And =n mistake = that fa too often made by coloniate 14, that they think thoy wttst go whero Governmont lauds cau bo homostcadad, and thorefore go beyond the limita ofcivilization, Jet tou, twouty, forty, or morp purcbaro in a country that is partly wottled, or If sultablo Government lands can be obtained in such s location, from 10 to 20 miles from o eate tloment town, pre-ompt by all moans, If this is dono, thoy will mate twico aa much monoy and havo one-half Jews hard. thipy than going entirely out of the reach of ail kottloments or Improvements,” A careful consideration of the ideas sugyeatod by the abovo articla miuet convince tho'thourht. ful roador that the conclusions «ura eminently practical and correct, and, indoreng his vows, wo would call attontion to the fact that, in addi- tion to the advantages abovo cnumerated, tho “co-operative plan” has further advantages in itu favor. Parttos of two, four, or moro may fo to Califurula ag soon es thoy are ready. Thoy will know just whero thoy are going when they start, and some competout person will be thora to receive then; and, while tho sottler will gain alithe benotit in increase in value in his lund, lia will reap the roward of hiy own industry, and will bo free to do with hiv own aa he plearca. Tho following, from tho Sacramento Ji cord, April 23, 1874, ig of Juterest in this councction : Col, E, J.C, Keiven, of Los Angelis, bas on his place 4,140 demi-tropical frust-trees of all kinds, many. of thom bearing, He expoota in tive celpt of wnunnual net inceme of $. reue, F510 U0 $0 Bae WaN from there Nici nETUONS. It willbe dificult to find nay other region whero the labor of the husbandman is no von tifully repaid oa in Sonthern Californis, The wublishod statistics of travelers nnd Goyornmout ofticinls prasent facta in relation to tho protity of fruit-groning which vio with the returns of tho richost gold and silver mines, Says ono writort “Thoro ig o fortune in every adorntneut of your homes.” Commissionor Wil son, in his widely-clroutated letter on Southern California, stutea tho average product of a grove of orange-treos at 1,5! each, while nome reach nv high av 4,000, The following cetimates of profits of somi-tropical fruit-yrowing aro taken from Nordroff's late boux ou Calforma, No states that they are considerably bolow the aetual figures of the orchard books, '” I know." “ahrowd mon who wre planting forty and oven twenty acres with almonds, olive, orauges, or English walnuts, . . . aud whoox- pect to socure 1 Kix or eight years a haudsome aud pormunont income, THE ONANGT, at cight years from planting ont the nursery treexy, or ton years fiom aed, will yield 1,000 to the tree, Sixty trees ° ere planted to ths aero, ‘Theso treea ure found in practice to yield at ieast £10 clear peas, por tree, or 3600 per acre. This is far alow the present actual yield of orange orchards in Southern California,” He places tho value of the product of tho lomon orchards on an equality with those given above. Io estimates tho nverage product of au almond orchard the fuurth year at $108 por acro; tho sixth year at $216; the ninth yuar at £400 hove exponues. Of tho olive, sixty traces go to tho acre, and they boar a profitabis crop in the oighth or tenth year, oithor for oil, or tor table olivos, ‘Sno trees should, ten years from tho cutting, yiold at least &8 pertroo’ clear profit (por acre, #490). Tho English walout bears from 50to 75 pounds of nuts tiwelvo years from the planting; at fif- teon year, from 100 to 150 pounds, Tho nuts aro worth 10 to 1214 counts por pound in tho orchard; thirty trou are set to tha acre, Profit at twolvo years, from 2160 to $225; at fifteen years, £350 to £450, William W——, of Los Angeles, conaiderod tho prosont prolits of the lime equal ta thove of the orange, It boars the thirnLyear, aud yiolda a good crop tho fourth, aud a full erop the tifth year. A correspondent of tho San Francisco Bulletin stated, in rolution to the protity of tho orange, that, ‘at clght years from dato of planting, these troow will yield at prosont pricos 25:0 por aure, ‘This ia no imagivary picture. ‘Luere are in numerablo instancos in Lod Augetos and San Qnbriol Valleys whore theso vatimatos havo been teslizod. Auto OVER-PRODUCTION, Nordhoff quotes and approves this sensibla Ktatement: “At any probable rate of plouting, tho soml-tropical fruits raised in California = for =the =—snext. thirty years will not increase tho quautity in propor- ion with the domand for them arising from tho tiereased popniation west of Caicayo and St. Loule, all of which will bo tho markot for thease products,” in answer to Mr, Gentilo’s article in Inst Mon- day's isso, I would ssy, if Uo or. any porson prefers goimy to Northern California, “why, go,” ond thon, after ataying thoro a fow yoors, come to Southorn Cullfornls, I admit there ia much truth fu ingarticle, But we who are sick of winters, profor the Sonthorn portion. of the Stato, If “0, (." thinks Mr, Johnson was in tho employ of land spoculs- tors, — all cou nav iw that = he represonted thoir intorest very poorly. No watiafactory answer conld be ‘obtained from the ucetlouy. askod of Liu, and, furtharmoro, ho did not appoar ovorwilling to bo communi- cative, His tecture had no influence on mysolf or friondy in regard to our going to California, our nilnds betug insdo up long ago, and WoO wore, 64 a general thing, disappointed in tho locture. No doubt there are many moro persons than those who lave addroased me de- sirous of yoluy. We propose ta hold a meotivg some ovening this wool, sud ayy one wiehing to attend wit] bo tnformod of the date and placo by aldrevainy o latter to W, H. Lanalug, No. 185 Htato wtraet, city. Civil Marringos in Germany. Pall Malt Gazette, The Borlin Staateanseiger publishos a roval dgeree laying down tho particular conditions un- dor which the Imperial Law on Civil Marriage fa to be applied in the Prusalsn Monarchy from tho Int of March, ‘lho marrisgeable ago of tho adult malo subjoct is fixed at not under 20 yoare, of the fenialo at 16; but excoptious nisy bo made by lawful authority, ‘ho consent of tho father is nocossary bofore woutlook up to tho eud of the young mun’ 25th year, aud tho young woman's 24th; but if the father be dead, thon the mothor’s {a requirod; and {f nolthor parent bo living, that of the sponsors. Sect that, un- der locat customs, use no spousory, are released from this laut restriction, Aud whore thoro is a lawful guardianship, i tha absonco of paronts, by & family council, its authority 18 reo ogulzed. Vor chiktron boru out of wedlook tue mother's consent takes the pluco of tho fathor’s; and the child of logal adoption ro- quires the consent, up to the full age, of ite adopted parent, In ull cases of rofuwal, attor the Oret limit of suarrugeable ago fs reached, tho sou or daughter lias a legal appeul to tho District Court, ‘The forbidden degrees ure of courue those recited in the original act of the Imperial Diet, Widows cunnot wary, without Jogal disponaation, bofore tho cnd of tho touth mouth after thelr former husbands’ docoase. Nono of the special routrictions now oxisting a8 tothe masrisgos of military and civil Prugsian oficlals, or of foreigners residing in Prussia, aro to be affected By the introdnetion of the law, but all othor impedimenta exiuting under formor local lawa are repentod, YViolutions of tha re- strictions proscribed aro to bo puuleied as offences aguinut the criminal code of Prussia, And, finally, all dlepouwatory powor is for the future to “reat entirely an tho bauds of tho tate, RRR ‘ Russian Despotivus und Is Fruits, According to tho BL. Paterbay eorrespoudont of the London patty Telegraph, tho Ruseiso Government is boca! wt publication of any frea criticiam, whether of porsons oF iustitutions. Nowspapor aftor ews. papor ie warued or suppressed, and one Liberal jug more and more uneasy |. Joninal baa been placod under the diraction of tho SMintstor of Publio Instruction, and orderadt to print whatever leading articles tnay be wont from tho Dopartment. ‘Tho circulation of im- coudinry Mtoratare usually varios in proportion with tho freedom or plavery of journaliain, Ac- cordingly tho Radical presees ti London and Switzoriand sro hard ot work, and Socialist pamphiete ‘written with great artinthaordnary Anguaga of the cummon poopie" are largo. Jy cirenlated amang tho peasantry. Ono of thovo isn yory fros adaptation of MM. Erokean-Cha- trlan's * Histoire d'un Payean,” This excellent novel haw becn thrown into the furnt of an ap- peal from ® T'ronch joaxant to lia Rnesian rothers to rico against tho nobility and the tnercbantn, ta deatroy the Kt. Patersburg for- tresa on the Mastiln wan dentroyed, and to treat all Kings aod Emperors ad Louig NVI. was treated. “Aji the French uames have Russian terminations, or have boen translated into thoir yornacularcquivatonts,” When to thie popular Hocinliam we add the doctringire snclalisra which ko largely exinty amoug the edneated and pro- fonsional canvas, it will bo soon that tho ole- monte in which yroat political convulalons tind their origin aro uot wanting in Russia. ORTHOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES. A &pelllng Watch at tho Fitth Preshy« terian Churen. Althorgh last evening wan eptormy aud disa- Breeabin, tho Vifth Mresbyterian Church wus crowded with o jovial audience of old and young to Muten to, or take partin, a spelling match, Tho inceront was greatly euhauced by tho prize offered of a eet of Dickens’ works, Riversido edition, in fifteen volumes, bound in cloth, About half-past 4 o'clock Mr. Daulel Lord mounted tho platform, and said that two cap- tains would be chosen, who, in turn, would fe- lect alternately first fromthe membery of tho congreyation thosn whom they wished on thelr ronpectiva vides, After ihiy source of reeruits wax exbauated, leave was given to ambitious spoctatora to rina aud enbmilt themselves to tho law of natural selection. Out of all these mate- tials 112 individuala woro wolected of both sexes and all ager from 10 to GO ycara of axe, who wero to rendor thomselves famons. ‘The pastor, the Rov. C,L, Thompron, wae nuani- mously choson as ono of the captains, and Mr. D, 8. Covertay tho other. Mr. A. 8. Kidsel, ox- Ktate Behool-Huperintendent, waa thon chosen ta fill the unthaukful ofice of giving out the words, ‘This choleo of Sr. Kinsal was eapevially happy, as he hoving had, us he remarked, fifteen years’ oxperlence in achools, was naturally av- quainted with all tho Jitely troubles of gnellors, antly, Mr. Roberts, of the lax tiem of Gookins & Roberts, took charge of Webster's Unabridged os referee, A round was then given of cusy words to give confidence, when the slaughter beau. TUN FIST VICTIOE folt hefora tho word “ frolic.” to whom some an- Hyuarian added a vk." and waw retired. “Mattledoor” owas made on ahitittlo- cock. aud few from ide to sil. raining the “'gront oxorctations” of auumber, A lull then onnuod, aud Mr, Kisval beeamy a machinist, granger, bolanixt, hourckeeper, and druggist, auvording ag the changing lists of worda in tho ae Analytical Suelipey awased hin. The: tronble onsued, ** Tounia,” “yall mall,” tomima,” and * tableau” } roved tatal stumbliug- stoucs to # number, “MANOEL WENZEL” lao was a noxious weod, Lt way atlast correctly spelled by little girl about 14 years old, “Siby]" refused to give wn the secret of her name toa few, and “quedu pave no cus by ite sound a4 tu its orthography, to the utter disyust of inore Next came the word " hourgeors." which. after Parsing five, knocked duwn Ine Tnmenn re- Porter. It was a slight sop to Cerberus that ho hada number of companions in misery, in- eluding somo of tho fair Kex, but the agerava- tion was that it was tho name of wspecics of type. and, with o aolemp rogolution to turn type. settor and feed on a dictionary, the ‘dis- gusted = newepapareman retired, and = the further — provoodings Interested ius uo mora in comiestion with the prize. “Bavelngle” was tho naxt§word that causod trouble, followed by “phlox,”* * mignonerte,"' * cowollia,” and * coriander.” All those deci- insted tho ranks, and ut 10 o'clock they were ro- duced to about twonty on each Hide. But tho champion cannon bail of the evening Was the word “PTARMACOPEIA," shich numbered among ity first victima the Nev. Mr. Thompson bimgelf, Ite spolled it» phar- macopwa," and, ay Mr, Kienol called * next.” dropped into bis chair with» wolancholy ojacul: tion, ‘Good-bye, Dickens." Of courso his dofeat caused inuch merriment and applause, and oho inereased it by rising and emilingty remarking, ‘*1f this 14. an encore, Lam willing to try again.” ‘This dire obatacto was met at Inst and overcome by a bewilching Hitle brunette of sweet J6, who captured it and a number of othors, but was at last slain on the word “Galilean.” Sie, bowover, is pro- pared to prove that her schvol teacher failed to do his duty in drilling ber on Berspture orthography, ** Creoxote," instead of allaying pain, generated it in tho breasts of quite 1 number, an they rang tho changes on * kreorote,”* “eroisoto,” and “creosot:" and + tragaconth" Was a gum which stuck 1 moro fast in the slough of despond. - Auother forintdable dinsylablo waa “*WAsHECAU,” which, among othars, came to the Lnfer-Oreaa reporter. He spellod it “haseewh,” but Mr. Klsgol did not uuderstand him, aud repeated tho word, when it was given correctly, A little dig satlafaction was felt that be had bad two trials, but the refercedecided inlsfavor. *Mnemonlca" tiled to assist tho memory of two or three on the anxious seat, and "feo" diuseized two or threo moro. “ Ephialtes” proved in truth anight- maro to several also, including Mr. Reynolds, who distinguished bimeclf at a vreced- ing upelling match in Methodist Chureh Block, sud ho — wilted. | ‘This sword, also was captured by Misa Matin, Then “Coro” blockaded somo wha waro not posted in Grecian mythology, and poniard" stabbed a fow moro aspirants, But ob, the jealousy of human nature! Tho dovtrina of total depravity was fully illustrated by tho uproarions applause tit followed the downfall of the Infer-Occan champion spoll- or, He was givou the word * ASTAZONH,”” and unhegitatingly gave it Amlzong." Thon what a atorm of clapping, cat-calla, huzy aid laughing, aud what an exhibition of dulight. A spectator would ‘mtpnopo that each ono in the audicnco had gained a prizc, uo manifest were ‘hia or her exhibitions of delight. ‘Cho duter- Ocean man's famo had preceded hin, aud to make assurance doubly sure to the gathering and aggravate the sting of defeat tho poncil- propollur was addressed ut this unlucky moment “Now dnter-Geran.” And “whon ho Q hie dofoat with what earnestness did he apply Limaelt to bis manuscript, and euch was hig humility that ho did not encounter the gaza of the multitude for tho uoxt five minutes. “ Mullein," © plithisicky," and ** ecstaclos wore tho noxt fatal’ polysyllablos, until tho number was reduced to four, two on oach ide. “ Cuchinuation " cuused gloom to ovarapread tho fuvew of two of them, while it performed its offieo on the faccs of tho Spectators, aud wacchariuo” caueed an antic Facchatine oxpreasion to stoal over tho taco of the third, loaving Mles Vlora J, Rargent alono, the wluner of tho prize, Lond ayplanke followed, and wan reponted whon tho Ruy. Mr. Thampson enmo forward and In a fow appropri: ato words prosented her with the sot of hooks, Altogether the evening was one of the most ploavant of its kind over spent, — ‘Lho ost gool humor prevailed, tho vanquiahed bearing thelr dofeat with oquanimity, while the victor bore her triumph wit bocoming modesty, Af all wpelliugematchos aro ua ploawant as was thlu, thoy, desorvo to be populur for the next six monthy at least, ee Au Extruordinury A lottor adidrosued form tho ontice of tho Now Yori Independent to the Roy, John 8.0. Abbott, in referonce to the mast famous class that ever roduated from an American volloge, tho class of Faas at Bowdoin, bus brought an answer, in which Aly. Abbott sayw ‘ “Your nota hay cousod a fload of ponsive tmomories to rolt vvor mie, Goorge Cheever and Learned our alpiabot together; Longfollow sud I woro clasunutos in school, fitting for college ; Hawthorue is painted upon my mind's eye, as witont, wolitary, with molaucholy gicin, be walked tho college grounds; Jonatha® Citley, who wight have boon one of the greatest mon in tho nation, but who way early shot } duel at Washlugton, rivod gadly lefo prevent class was Frank Vivre have had many a tusse) to veo whictrl the other ou the bed, Soclutty, he was aue of tho most lovablo of meu, and dite wify, June Ap- ploton, the friend of my childhood, was cortainly ‘one of the most bountiful and accomplished of women, ‘Vrank*and 1 took diiferout sides in the tremendous wtrugylo herwoen froedom and vlayory. Leen never think of his politival course without sadnoes, and, in thinking of him, have ofton repeated the rathor sontimeutal words: “When cold in tho earth Hea the friend than hast loved: ‘He bis faults and hiv follles furgot by thoo hen Or, tf froin thels wlusaber the veil be removed, ‘Weep o'vr thein in sileace and close {t uyalu,t Pitt Fousendon, s ruddy boy of 17, wow admitted by all to bo the. ‘amartont "little follow tn hin claus, Calvin Btowo waa tho wit, You could fonorally toll where ho waa by tho roars of laughter, John 2 Malo, in a lower claw, was 8 incowsant Joker, Hig fund of bumor was oxhanstiess, Ho had ability to make a ilrst-rato scholar, but his geutus lod him in other dirac- tions, 8, B. Prontias, or * Little Proutivg, as wo alwaya called him, waa s more boy in colloga: hut fhe was tuen tritfiant, chivalric, and the son of honor. Noone whaknow him contd bo sur- firisedd At tho Drililant curoor which oponed before THE W. ATHEIR, ANOTHER UNSEASONAZLE SHOW-STORM. Special Dispatsh to The Chieaso Tribune, Brarnaricsy, I, March 18, wovero atorin from the northeast det in hore this morning, aud {thas continued allday, At noon it was about G Inchon deop, and tho stroct-carw could hot run, To-night itis about & inches decp, and has drifted tn places 2 or 3 feet deep, ‘ho tralns on tho railroads ware on tim Sraciat Dispates to TI Broux City, 1 Chicago Tritune. Match 19.—Lhe storm ia’ Southern Dakota niwht was very savore, add Iante? until this afternoon, In this viesnity conulderable snow fell. Tha wartesn divisions of the Minols Central aud St. Paul Roada are effectually blocked, and, if tha weather ia fn yorablo, they can hardly get thoir routs vicar for tho passage of traium this week. ‘Theao roads aro to-day reported to be ina worse cou- dition than at any timo this wintor, Weather to-night clandy and cold. spect Miupateh ta The Cater Trivins, Peows, HL, March 18,—It haa been snowing nteadily hore winen early tim saorning, and a Hlrong wind prevailing all day has cataed tho know to drift badly, Reporta from vartous poise throughout thin section show the sturm to have been general over Contral Winoly. The woather ig cold and freexing tuenight, hat the storm La still razing. Special Davateh ta The Choco Tribune, Quincy, I, March 18—The bevy snow- btortn of the xeagon bay bean rains Lore to-day since § o'clock thia morning, For the flint timo tus winter tho streot-cars have been obliged to witapend operations, It id not expoctad thut any railroad traius wall leave thiu city to-morrow tnorning, veel Inevatch ta The Chicago Tribune, tLe. TH, arch 15,—{t hos been snowe 9 o'clock this tnornlog, and js sow with no Bypeerauce ‘of etopping. Specrat Inepitch to The Chicago Trivune, Orrawa, Il, March 16.—Another northonst snow-ntorm here all day, aud the wind howling and tho snow fying tig evening. Soretal Dispatch to The Chicauo Tribune, Kvonon, Ia., March 18,—The snow-storm which commenced last night, and ting prevailod with- out interruption up to this time, is tho nevercet Of the aoneou. About 6 inches of quow haa fall- et, aud, owing to aa strong wind, it hae drifted Ladly. Sovetal trains aro behind timo to-night, and further dificnity is auticipnted. Specint Lntpateh to Phe Chieata Tribune, Towa City, Ia, March 18.—1t changed cold again last night, with the thermometer at a low degree. ‘This morning, it commenced enowing ayain, and haw continuod alt day, the wind blow- ing from tho cast. ‘Pho trains aro all out of gear ov the Rock [land Noad. ‘The north and ecuth trains aro blocked, Soacil Lienateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dencqvs, Ia, March 13.—The railroads weet are resuiming operations ngain, tha pasbonger~ teain on the lowa Division of,the Llinois Contral arriving at 11 o'clock thiv oveniug. ‘I'he rond in how open to Cedar Falls, und an attempt will be made to reach Sioux City to-morrow, Ste wt Diapates Couxcu, Kurrr “Tho ort violent and extonsice etiow-s:0rm of the renuon, aecompanied by high winds, Shoutd rain follow, immonee damage in auticiputad, Steel bemnateh te The Chreaao Tripuue, Osnxosn, W Mareh 219,—Fhe ratlware and roada Lave not yet fully recovered from the late storm, Tho meiis aro still delayed, Cixcisxait, O., March 18.--. revere suowe storm Iu reported through Southern Indiana aud Ohio to-day and to-mght, al:hougl sone has fallen here. Spreiat Mapate’ to The Chiewrs Tritane, Easy Sauisaw, Match 14,—Winter stilt lingers north of Saginaw, ‘Tbe paesenger-train ou the uorthesn extension of the Jnchaon, Lanning & tune, Saginaw Nallroad was snowed. in at Bay City station Monday night. Lecomotives, with ‘a gnow-plow and eixty men, went to tho rolict yoatent and they aro expected down this eveuln OFFICIAL REPORT, Wasiyorox, D.C, March 1.—1 a. m.—For the upper Inkes aud thence to the Miagonri Valley, stationary or her barometor, light northonst winds and #hiftiug to southerly, elour, cold weathar, aud ovesmional suow, HOUAL OUMELY'S TOKE: ee cAgv, March 14 Wisi | DP, DI W),37; 200 Pr, Tm. 081i Is 10:14 0,09; 38 Maximuo thermotnetor, 20, Minlinum thermometer, 14, GESEWAL ODSERVATIONS. Curtzauy, March 18, jitany os [Eute, +t) Threatening 2. {Ulondy. +18: Light mow, ‘snmutl, Cleveland, 5 Clondy, 4 Light’ snow, « Clondy, A Frendinh Motors, An old nogro womau by tho nume of Brown, living about 9 miles south of Covington, Ky., hace daughtor about 12 or 14 years of ago, ‘who had for o loug timo been bed-ridden with a hopeteus attack of paralvsts. Wer mother, au in- earnate fend, growing weary of the constant cara and troublo which the afificted daughtor required at her handy, detormiucd to put her out of the way, and solectod tho most cruel and tor- tiring mothod that dobseed ingenuity could ang- geat,—bnrving,—expecting to concoal her orimo under the guise of an accldont. Having por- fected her diabolical pany, about two weeks apo sho set about pniting thom iu execution. Placing the child ona chair by the fireplace, sho bugat nattrating tho head aud clothing of the almost helplesa child from a bottle of turpentine that she bad = procured for that pur- poo, ‘tho child struggled with what power of motion it could command, knocked the bottle from tho hand of its mother and broko it, unturatlug the mother's clothing with the in- flammable duid, In tho wtrugelo thu mother's clothing took fire from tho fireplace, and sho abaudonod her tarnble crime to save her own Ife, Sho ran and throw herself into a branch uene by, and oxtinguished thu tlumes, but not until she wae fatally burned, At the timo it wax supposed to ba an accident, but the monstor- woman subacquently, wlien in the agontos of death from hor burulng, revealed the facia as above detailod, Lonus to Royal Pretenderis Parks Corvenvontence Coloae Gazette, Agl have communicated to you already, the ox-Emproaa Eugenie hay again wade a loan of 12,500,000 franics—Lhat fy, Kho bas roceived thin wun on the promiva that it wil be pald back after tho nccousion of bor wun to the thrans, ‘ne formor loaus mate by hor cirvulato in secrot on the Bourao. ‘Tho obligations are printod on yol- Jow paper, and have o nominal yaluo of “£00 francs, 600 fraucs, and 1,000 franca. Aftcr the sequistal of Paul de Cassa, this wenp rove from10 to 20 franca, This ty naturally no longer the case, ‘Tho Carlist Joan circalatos also much atthe Bonrve here, Each obligation of thigloan i 2,000 fraucs, on whieh 240 france have been pal. Aftor Don Curlos’ accession to the throne, 40 {ranos are wtill to be paid on cach obligution, and the bearor of tt is to receive then 2000 Sranca, Bpantsh stovk, according to the quotation ofthe day, It must be said for the Freuch Ho- napartes and tho Spanish Bourbons that thoy know how to turn their countries to advantage even before occupying the throne. . = ae ols Au Owl in the United states Supreme Courts Washington Cheentele, Au il Providence had doubts of the assembled wiedom of the Suprowe Court, tho other day one of those mouitative birda suddonly appeared in their midst. It camo down the chimney aud perchod itself at tho right hand of tho Chief Jus Uco without w ying a word, and thora iy vat all day, bilnklug, winking, aud gravoly listoniug to utupid ploas, uording comfortably betweon thuos, and, wltogether, performluy the dutios of tho bench with due decorum, No oue disturbed the new associate, but when tho other awls vaked up at evening and weot home, he, too, shook off the dusk of ages aud went up the chim- iy ney, Av ottoudant immodiately stopped up the | bofory Judge Love, of the United States Districé {ire-placo, and pat up a noties, ‘No outeido owl | Court, yesterday, Goorge H, French, (ho progput ». aro hereafter permitted in the Supreme Court | Kecviver, couderathls res:guatiou, aud Jobn &, ehswbers,"” Henry, of Davoupoiy, wae sppoluted ly his plaoa, RAILROAD N EWS. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA tf, : The managera of tho sAtchisun, ‘Topoka & ‘ Banta To Iailrond and s aumber of Boston * eapltalista have fasned the following financial plan for tho organization of a new railrond com. Pany, to bo known as tha Pueblo & Arkaneou Valley Iailroad Company, to rin from tha ter- minus of the Atchison, Topoka & Santa Fo Nall- Tomd, at the wert lino of the State of Kansas, up the Arkatuan Valtoy to Puoblo, in Colorado: ‘The Purblo& Arkansaa Valley Itatleoad Company wil Senne a tirat-mortyage 7 per cent gold hond, tutarcue ps Ablo semautiuiioltyyon eal rund, of 8140 por mile a main facke of whieh bonds $2,089) per nifle anil be ree served for future tinprovementa, and. shall naver be is anced tasters th matun tw daly anthorized ata regular meatinge of tho Trustees of ald Ralfeoad Compuny, ealted for the purpone, and hy a vate of three-fourths of fald Tristocts ed by eal Rattread Company aball $15,0) per mnie, oxcupt euch ag pail Le ties ntl towne In exchango for bonce, & HT, M1, Co, for bands purchawed by sald rozd. Safd bondw and stack shall only bo {saued as pala rout #hail ko completed $n rections of wot lew than 25 nilless and maid Loute shell to Ssaned hosting ius terest tram the date ralil road ta completed {a Pueblo, en nearly posstblas wald firatemortaago Londs shall be further recured by a relate, to bo pulid by the A., T. & 4, F. 1, R, Co,, on all buriness deliver. gil to or received’ from watd “foal at Karcent, for tire term of thirty years, whic rebate mhall bo, at Neat, 1 Ferceut of taro’ earnings on weld business, oad fall he redhenl ta 12 per cent when” the ta Let canceled bonds and sinking-fund ainonnts to a ‘th “of the uetpiaal tate, Alka ty 9 when tha total of canceled honda and sin fund autonnis to two-Gtthe of tho original issite, Fon, wniil the Londa are all en winkiig-fandof equal amontt, wact tho robato aisall coarn outiroly, Salt rebate to the x plier, Frat To pay aby uaterent up ald Londa not provide ed] for hy tho eattinign of wal teal, ‘rond—=T9 tha pirehasa by advestigamtent of anid bonds 4 Lurch ty bo trutiedtiately cane verted Into mtock for the benefit ot the «RL Co, and, when the Tristers are er aide to bay thy Lauds at or tinder 11%, tty sini invest Gha sirplus du thelr hands in sceifrithes witich in thelr opinion atu perfectly wate, nail hold sud necniitien es o ulnking-fand to provide for the ers ut their at wie 1 nd, tor each five thivtteanst detlars, (33.100) alitec sshd ninaingetun 180 Ae Te. FIG he Gata tS entitled ta tye thohisdud “doilars ” (F..0) lock "In Meu of ricelving rad stock upon eanecllation of the Loudy patd by anid eink Jugefund, Au {uterest account shall be mate entweribers hereto ut the rato of 7 por ceut gi the par value of bonds teceivel, Mex body und Josep Nlekcraon, actin 4 th subicrivers, ehail have authority to aell the whuie or ¥ part uf the bonds, at uot under 20, for the heveli: of the sutweribers, Each aubsertier #unil be ganece a pro rata, with all others, to the extent of hia eubsert;= fing, and no omecsrment shall excead YO pur cuit Juuuthly, and the firat iasosenicut ah tba Habit ear Hor than’ April 1, 1:65, on welch date the aulserip.tlon Milt be vlad, Each perwon who shell vulverite for Shh of capital stock St per, and pay far tho batons whi receive fu adaitiin thereto €1,072 of the frat-nortgage sald Compan: ch THE ROSKFORD, ROCK ISLAND & ST. Louis, Judge Drummond was occupied. in heanng ar Argument in tho caso of tho Union ‘frist Com pany v4. Tho Rockford, Rock Island & St: Loui Railroad Company. It waa wished to have the equitics iu tho cada runrehalod, no as to doter- mine the priority of the various liena. ‘There Was a mortgage for $5,090,000 isaned first, cov- ering the road from Rock Island to Monmouth. which was afterward absorbod in the subsequont mortgazo for £9,090,00, It was arguod that the holders of tho firat-mortgago bouds wore on a par with those in tho 29,000,000 mortyoge, ag tho tatter swallowed up the formar, Jnasmuch as the whole road will not gol for mora thin one-fourth of the smount due upon the 9,00 bonds, tho question of priority ia very important, ‘Cho holders of the second actics of 4.010 bonds, through tho Union .Trust Company Ne tho privrity claimed by the first Tho first series “of bonds were represonted by Tawrenco, Winston, Campell’ & Lawrence, — dulgo | Wilkenson) ran & Barntm, and Hi. M. Shepard; end the Cuion Lrnet Company by ‘Trambull, Church & ‘Trumbull, of C , Mr, Osterbery, of Cure mats, und Evarta, ayer & Choate, ut Now York, ina written bref. AMter argument, Judgo Drummond held that the threat Koriow of 50:09 bands were eutitod to 2 firat lien upon that part of tho railroad worth of Montouta, und also to slime pro tatu with the second kevies of 4.00) Louds in the proceeds of ad nut Of Monmoatin. TIONS. Tiforts aro again buing made by the umungere of tha astern trunk ines to bring about ¢ perceablo actulement of the existing difleultics between the Pennastvania and Baltimore & Obie Nailroude. It is alzo etated that neget’ tions are now ponding between the manager, ot tho Grand ‘Trunk wud tireat Western Reuroada to stop the destractive wer now yoing on vetwoen these lines, 1t is believed that tha present of- fort will prove entiraly successful ; suould they, however, full, the war will undoubtedly spread ovor all the lines, aud bevome tho most destrac- tive ever kuosra in tho country. At present the Pareenger trafic is very dull, and cousequentiy tho ronds aro not sulering ag much aw thoy will # fow woeks henco, whon tho spring traftie com- menees, Whon the present war was inaugurat- ed it was tho gonoral opinion of the managers of the erent trunk Jina of the East thas John W. Garrett, of tho Baltimore & Obio, could be Ionght “wpeodily ta terms, and befor the commencemant of tho kpriug trade commenced everything would work hanuoniously, Their calculations have, however, heon upwet by the indomtubla will and stub- bornncxs af Mr, Garrett, who refuses to pidge an ineh from tho stand ho ling taken, and if poaco is mado ho will undoubtedly dictate the tormy. Something has to bo doue apecdily to provent tha war from spreading, aa a number of the neutral lines havo alroady become rathor shaky. Tho Indianapoiis & St. Louis Raitroad and the ico Lino have ulready announced a largo reduc- tion of rates from St. Louis to Now York. It iu alsy advorted that au agant of the Erfo Railroad has offered to well ticxoty from Now York ta Chicugo at #20 each, a cub of $2 on tha sehedulo, An the ticket sgouty under the now ruto aro salaried employes, and do not work on comuinsion, a4 they did prior to last summer, tho inferenco ie thut tho agont had tho wavotion of hiv roud fur oifering thin reduction, Mr. J.D, Layng, Goueral Mauoger, and Mr, C. L, Colo, Aseixtunt General Freight Agent, of tho Penneslvania Compat At prewont in thu elty, but whether thoir presence hero bas any- thimytodo with the war conld not bo ascor- tuinol. - ‘Tho New York Tribune of tho 17th saya; ‘Khe railroad war enlninatad yesterday ina general roduction uf rates for freight from (hia elty by. the jurec tronk Hnes, and a wew tari! will go tito’ (hiv morning, with tho fullowing rates to Chica Firet-claus treight, 7 dh fuvtead of 1, a8 hervtofores centy per 100 pounds; thirdeclisa, (0 cente er 109 pounds; fourth-clus, 43’ coute pur Hoo pounds; itib lary a0 cent’ ier 100 pound | ous class, coifes, auxur, tmulausen, aud eirup, 2 conta per 11) pounds, Hates to olber polute West swill bo gangeit by the above rchedule, Peau taqufries urade sinong the freight agunts yeutorduy, this turitt her than how heen patd iu several fivtancea during te past week for, notwithatanding the stutements of the geucral frelght-ngents to the voutrary, » Linge quantily of frat-clans tredzut han been acvopted by agents of the three trunk-linew tor several days at aw lower rate than 73 contd per 110 pounds, Thy ogents ef the altimore & Obie “Koad Iu thie elty vali thoy were ready (o mest thie reduction by carry ing fselght at a lower rate thon that quoted In tho ree diced list, wud they therefore were not afruld of lostang uy of tholr cnatomers im cousequence of the nav tariif, ‘The publication of the reduced tariff, after all, was only legalizing tho rates which, according to Vice-Prusident Vundesbitt, have beeu charged to lacus shippers for sume tino, even Hf it haw not provalled uring tho whole winter. It will, however, enabla tho freight ugenta to Bo opeuly wiat has herctofore beet dunn under tho name und dlegulyo of coutracta, ur Uirough the fast-freigt Ines, AMATCUR TELEGRAPHERS, ‘Tho Chicago & Alton Railroad Company haa feenod a circular to agents and operators, fuform- Jug them that after March 1, 1875, uo person ex- capt regular cwployos, whose names appear on tho pay-rolle, will bg g'lowod to loarn or practice tolographiug in the oldves of the Company. KANSAS PROJECTS, Spocial Manateh ta Tha Chicago Tribune, Tovexs, Kau., March 18—Tho Atelison, To pela & Santa Vo Railroad iy to bo oxtonded wostward from Granada to Pucbla, Col., the coming summer, and connection mado with the vallroud system of the Rocky Mountalng and: Pacitlo Gogut, Burt County, Col., has yoted $150,000 in aid of tho project, aud ouough more Toval asaiytance lay bean plodged to warrant the Company in undertatsiug the worl. Ib iu alua rumored that the Atchinon, Lopoks & Sauts Fe Railroad ia about to absorb tho Kansas Midland Road, thus, extending tho line oantward frou Topeka to Kauss Cv. zie roe Seeeii Keroxv Davenport & Ht. Vp