Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1875, Page 1

VOLUME 28. CLOTHING, Closing-0ut SALE. Wo still continuo to offor the sure plus stock of B o War's, Youths', Boys, and Chiliren's CLOTHING, Roceivod from our Wholesalo Houso n Boston, 8 LESSTHAN JOBBING PRICES 500 Cassimoro and ‘Worsted quts, from $8.50 to $18.00, formor prices $12.00 to $25.00. E.OOO All-Wool Cnssimere Pants, §3.09 to $0.00, formeor prices $6.00 to $9.00. {| Youth’s Suits 3,00 to $13.00, mer pricos $11.00 to $16,00. Boys’ Suits $4.00 to $10.00, for- mor prices $6.00 to $12.00. Children’s Suits Sdgloo :700 %8.00, or priccs $5.00 to .00, {oéil:.t? AI‘I'D$ EXAMINE GOODS ' AND PRICES. PUTHNAM ONE-PRICE , CLOTHING HOUSE, 131 and 133 Clark-st., AND 117 MADISON-ST. —————————————— e — for- ~ SHIRTS. To ordoer, of tho best fabrics in uso., ¥ull lines in stock of our own manutacture. Wo are prepared to mako Shirts to order in oight ‘hours, whon nocessary. VISON BAS, = N'S FURNISHERS, 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicago. Pike's Opera Monse. Cincinnati. e COAL, BRACKEBUSH, DICKSON & C0, MINERS AND SHIP FERS OF Coaland Coke WILLOW GROVE. YOUGHIOGIENY (Gas Coal). TOCKING VALLLY. BLOSSBURGIL LACKAWANNA (all sizes). WHOLESALE A'ND RETAIL. speclal Indacements mede lolarg e Consmers and Dealers. 3 MAIN OF FICE: No. 1 W. Randolph-st. RAILROS.D YARD: 8. W, cor. Corroll and Morgan-sts = TO RENT. OFFICHS TO RENT IN THH TRIBUNE BUILDING. INQUIRE O% WILLIAM C. DOW, ROOM 10. Wo have stock half o doz ‘superb second « hand Steinwny Squave Plan s but very lite tle, and in pertect order, tuken in exchange for STEINWAY UPRIGHTS, VWhich woe offer for sale at exe !_n:mcsf' low prices. Our usual un- Limited guaranty, such as is given pon New Planos, accompanics each instrument when sold. LYON & HEALY, State and Monroc: EXCURSIO. 10 Per Cent DISCOUNT On all garmenta ordered of us during July and August, 1835, Wa are propared with our AUTUMN STYLES and FAGRI o ezecute for PALL and WINTER &0ods s well as for the remainder of summor. WEDDING OUTFITS A SPECIALTY. EDWARD ELY & CO., IMPORTING TAILORS, WABASH-AV., CORNER MONRORE.ST. ESTABLISIED 1854, VINEGAR, PRUSSING'S Yive VINEGAR - WINE letirated for ita PUIITY. ATHENGTH and ALATABLIKNICKN, Wars ilcllu. 44 &6 Micutgan: d lo PAKIERYE ves Chicago, GENERAL NOTICES. CAUTION. B WILLCOX & G /12 . oL bl S il S BT BAUTII s ag Braliut dwjorsta ST UITOUS ‘NRIDLRA purpsts: maks. Be RN purg Kach Il A R 5 & to b of Lholr oedio i od +* Pat. 3l o 1s stampod ¥+ Pa. e 00 Boal atate in Culcago snd tmmediate vicinity, 4 MFEAD & COE, 158 Laballe-st, —— e e OOEAN NAVIGATION, National Line of Steamshipa, NEW YOLK TO QUERNSTOWXN AND LIVERPOOL. A ®R THE By BT, AT Vi ENGUAND, 4008 3p. For London Dicwal,.......UANADA, July 2, st 1, m, 5 gt S e e Jolmtel e tor Sl and upwards va o i M::""" * ONLY DIRECT LINE T0 FRANGE, o ompany's Madl Btaamebips PEREIR]) Hatardsy, Joly 34 RO b oo turday, August Fhiok o ¥y LD eieding. Firsk cabin, §100: secund, 8653 tuird, 35, Itef 103 ots at reduco J‘l.h HBioerage §: lor agoc! udations, wod lasladiog A" Seciularies Without witrs 620“3 MACKENZIE, Agoot, 85 Brosdway, N.Y. AMERICAN 1 LINE. REDUCED RATES TO AND FROM LIVERTOOL, QUEENSTOWN, And all portain Great Britain aud the Contizent. in, § Loes lud] Greut We‘gttishfwlunshlp Line. o 4 soMz G A ey oy A R S T Crand Vacht B " Satmday, Juy 17, ot 2 dele, HOW TO SEE IT! Goodrich's large and splendid side-wheol stesmbost SHEBOYGAN, Will leave Dock foot of Michigan-av. AT 1 0'CLOCK BHARP, 8he will cruise i give best viow ponsible of the Race, TICKETS ONLY 50 QENTS. To be hiad at Guodrich's Oftice, T. 0. BUTLIYN, Bupt. FOR SALE. BOARD OF TRADE HEMBERSHIP FOR SALHE. Address, stating whiat you will MEMBERSHI! Tiiugeomce LY e ki A FEW TLEEFT. Wa are sollirg NEW AND PEYFEOT U. B. MUSKETS AND RIFLES A1 $2.50 oach, cost $14, ‘Every houss should hiave one or mors. W, A, BUFTERS & G0., 103 Madlson-at, FINE BUTTER, Factory and Dairy, direct from the makers in Lake snd Kenosha Counties. Large or amall quantities. Vamilies supplied. AYERS & DENISON, 171 Juc kaon-at. PACKING HOUSE FOR SALEBE. ‘Wae offer our Packing Houss far u: oo 1 Ll AP, Bmoko i “u"‘;‘:.:i ’;‘l ?‘E\::;O':‘JGQ:J e Oummission Borobabis, 3o W hiogo HOR SAX:H, A one-third interest in a Puper ALl wilh s yaluabls ‘Water Power, doing & good Lusiness, well ritusted for shipment 1o Chicayo or t. Louis, fave been making rag news, A practical paper-muker preforrod, Best ‘of rossous for wanting o sell, and will b made knowit toapplicant, Address O M Tribuna office. One Complete 8ot of lf[ncfiinory for Making Buttor Tubs or Paila. Tas boen bt littio used, et order, and wil bo sald law. chigraslaboe our Factory, HTERLING MANUF'G €O, " IRON PIPE. = WROUGHT-IRON PIPE, Steam Warming Apparatus, MANUFACTURED BY CRANEB: BROS. MANUFAOTURING CO. No. 10 North Jefferson-st. REAL ESTATE. Residenco for. Sale, N S CHICAGO, SATURDAY. JULY 17, 1875.—TEN PAGES. TRAGIC ADVERTISING. The Fate of Prof. Donaldson and Newton 8, Grim- wood, A Rotten Balloon, Worthless Gas, and a .Reckless Acronaut, Their First hnmersion Thirty Miles Northeast of Chicago. Hopeless Pursuit of the Alr- Ship by the Schooner Little Guide. ‘- They Probably Sank in the Lake Before Midnight. No Chance of Their Living Out the Horricane of Thursday Night. Opinions of Experts on the Condition of the Gas- Bag. It Could Not Float in the Air Over Six Elours. The Hippodrome Becomes the Scnsation of the Day, And Donaldson and Grimwood Forfeit Their Lives to Mako It So. THE DEPARTURE. CONDITION OF TUE BALLOOX. Thero {8 overy roason Washington Donaldson and his hapless compau- ion, Mr. Qrimwood, of tho Journal, porisbied mn the hurrieano of Taursday might. Iad tho ba)- loon been 1 its moat proper trim, that ruthless tempest wonld bave soroly triod ita stanchness, Bt if, an thoro is abundaut reason to suspect, the machine was in no it condition to brave aven the lessor hazards of a trip mcross Lake Michigan, tho hops that Donaldson and his Ruest reachiod solid ground in safoly eooms only too desparste, Tho doparture of the balloon wae full of evil angury. Ao attompt bus already beon made in Tur: TRIDURE to doscribe tho orderless and tu- ‘multuous mannor of ita naconsion. A frail bag of choap cotton, Larnossed by wreaths of old cordago to a crazy wicker baskaot, there wera no sigos of care or precsution in the process of making ready. On ths contrary, half a dozen inditerent fellows (n tho Ilippodromo eorvico buog toicina listlces way, and tho acronsut himself paid so littlo repard to tho awoelling globe that one might have boen excused for sup- posing that he biad no concern with it whatever. 1t was impossibla to avoid noticing TUE WENTS AXD rdTCUES, some of thom vory clumaily ropsited, which dis- figured what should othursice bave beon its un- broken contour. Tho ropes by which the car waa attacted woro knottod, spliced, and tanglod in » fashion more indicative of burry and ccun- omy than of a proper regsrd for tho safety of the Profossor nud s companions. Altagother, the balloon wore aa air of shabbiness and debil- fty, not to have detested whict, in tue light of presont evidonce, scoms unsccountablo. That Mr. Baronm's agenta had loft the man- sgemont of the sscont to Dunaldson was very plsin, Nobody else but the Professor and a nolsy fellow In geay took the trouble to keap an unusually audaclous mab from ravishing the whole allair. The polico showed more interest in the balloon than in tho riot and diurder of the crowd., Everyoficer lad a ‘cigar i bls mouth; and when & humotiet iu the front rank of the audionce hald a brisk and facetious CONVERAATION WITH A PIGKFOCKET, touching the likely reault of an experimont upon the former's prraon, nobody Isughed more hesrt- iy, or showed a more dolicste sonan of the fun of the situation, than a big Coustable, who, butts banda in bis pockots, punctuatod tho thiel's rejoindors with » serien of winks, Doualdson was evideutly very nervous aboud the statt. Ilo whistied vacsutly to Limaclf, and took frequent observations of the wind and tho, promise of the sky. Hunbarnt, dusty, and rnnl.-A leun, ho formed a pictureaque contrast with t spatbetlo canvasmon who kept the balloon to its moorings. The two roporters who enterod the car together Lield no conversation with bim, and while they were in the heat of au inaudiblo di logue, e awung himselt, monkey-fashion, 1o & platform of wire netling just under tho veck of tho balioon, in which unfragrant noighborkood Lo remainad till tho machine became & speck in the upper blue, THE CROWD bad s good chanco to scratinize him, as he leaned, fn the attitude of an auctionoer, over the upper hoop and exchanged some sliarp aud nervous raillery with an acquaintauce down bo- low, Ilo looked shurt mud very s.juara-shoul- dered, with » gymnast’s broadth of chent aud big-jolntedness, s coat collar was turnod up to shield a lsrge, muscutar nock from tho suu, an ilk hat way drawn down over his fac This latter was brown as & berry, with hair croppad shurt, a thick dyed moustache twisted up in an {nguintive polat at sach end, snd s pair of bright dark eses which roved hither and thither. Just bebind him the Lrssses, and the recds, and the drutns of the band were braying sud banging cheenly. A bundred wags shot their quipa at him, aud oace i & while somo- Lody, with strouger luugs than the rest, caught Lis aiteution and won a reply. Just before the Ualloou “began tho serica of sbort bumps and jerks whicl was she prolude of is departure, Doualdsan covored his eves with his hand spd gazed steadrastly over tle troacherous Iake, Ouu of the wags suug out : ** HUNALDEGN, YOU'D RETTEM GET OUT." The seronaut_ was silent for 8 miunte, then he wmuiterod ;1 winh to Christ I could Urimwood, of the Journal, was in that dingy wicker-ocr, peerink through the petwork of ropes liku a cage-bird. Donaldsou's wire porch wa fully § foot abave him. While the Profors: plaved at vaing Captawn of the nlr-uh:F. the soie passavger made bitmsslf at home, uj H » bundie or circulare, mesut for sorial distribu- tion, asked if they wers the provisione. [Everyboty Isughea at tho Lghtuess of the fare exceps Doualdson, who had bLis arms turued to fosr that Prof. | round s pair of the wain ropes, aud whoss {800 was liko & vopper mask. The jouroailst looked to be a slen follow ‘with plsin, honest uce, By ‘Was sarfous 9201k for ous on thy of such & $atal Yoyage a4 daas which, Litle zecking, be was about o take. That I reslized some of tho perils of his siin wun evidont 1o tho extromo gravity of bin tuires, which were 1o marked contraat with the reckless and MOCKING PACES OF THE 3OD. Tt wonld Lo hiard to deline tho exact moment of tho atart, [lalf adozen men.beld to the cabls, aud the balloon, slowly mounting 3 or 4 feet, reoled to snd Iro an it 1t were soms monster canght tn & trap and franbicaily bent on escape. Now rolling its huge bulk thin way, now that, wmith Donaldmon awinging from the u-per hoop. and Grimwood Jerked nockward and E)rw d in tho baskot, it Irightene: the erowd into & & unlon of stam- reden. Then Donaldron gave sn order and Grmword azized a sand bag and poured its con- tonie througls tha cordagoe on a acore of upturned » Thers wan a vant Inuzh all ronnd, s ahower of Tand-bills from the esr. floating to the eorth like & hundred thousand white figaros, sod be- fora ity ihight contd bo realized, THE DALLOON KHOT UP into tho clear mky and was Aoon hanging over the lak.: ko Hinbat's hovering roe, T:onatdson #fiil kept hin footing on the perch and waved hin bai. Grmwood kol recped througls tho lempen grats which ymprisoned Litn, aud alied bundie after bundia’ of handbnils, Thun smid thn alioutnk of thn moband the crarh of the band, the two unfortunstes went to their fate. ——— THURSDAY NIGHT'S HURRICANE., YEATKEDAY MORMNG, aftor & night of unusual hurricasio, thero was early and suxioua nquire at the e ma for the advanturous pafe. To thy firat as wanl as to the Intent questioner, ¥r. Barnnm's a2entx conld only repls with su expression of hopefulncss. Donaldaun hnd survived snch momeotous norils 1n the vist, had camo out scatheless from ko many hand-to-hand sncounters with death, thay thero was excune enouzh for boing contldent. But whea, Iater in tus day, & conating rchoon- er bronght newa of the balionu'u dirs peril at sn early hour of the night, some timo befora it was ealled upon to slapd the tremendous nhock of tho tempest, hojo for the voyagers' salety gave placo to & reluctant beliet that TUEY MAD WOTI PERIANED. The ** Little Guide,” a small craft, employed in the lumber and tan-back trade, entored this port about 9 o'clack. Upon lor srrival, her caotain, a¥wedo named Anderssen, and his mate, 8 compatriot named Rasmunsen, both told how at 7 o'clock on Thursdav eveniug, whon off ,Urosse Point, somo 12 miles north of Chicago, and whilo standing‘ont 30 miles from thn shore, they had soen the balivou dropping ita car onco in awhilo into tho lake, only somo mile and a halt distant from thoir vessel, Realiziog tho dangorous situation of the acronants, Capt. Audersson headed biw schooner in their direction But before he could overtake the machine, which wan Lounding at & sapid yace cn the water, there was » sudden hghtouiog of the car, aad THE GLUBE SHOT UPWARDY to & great height, noon disappeating altogetlier from tiis view of thoe crew of the schooncr. There in every 1cason ta beliove that the csuro of tho renewed buovaney of the balloon was cither tiie loss of must of the ballast or of ouo of the two luckicns vovagers. Capt. Auderawen and Ltn mato wore, 8o far a8 it can be positively eettlrd at the prosent, the }lor)'\ln"u obseivers of the balloun and iis humaa roiph \\Fllnt, after thelr briet glimpae, becamo of the great uphiero sud of tha two men who intiustod tieir lives 0 its perfidious keoping 7 —_— WHAT BECAVE OF THEM ? ALL TOAT CAN VE HAZARDED 1N REGARD TO THEN must be mere hypotuesis, but it can be a by- pothesis 80 accurately cstablished on mathemat- ical caleulatious that, unlees thero shail nrrive & spoedy and convinclug deuial, it can’bo taken ss the atory of thieir dovin, Mr. Eling Colbort, whoaa vationt and sucoess- ful luvestigations in meteorslogy ontitle him to pertect crodic, warrants, With his ripa experi- ©nos, the foilowiug theory ¢ ¥hon tho balloon feft the clrcna-grounds at 5o'clock it roso at an altitndo of 5,000 feot into the current of a wind blowing ateadily to the northosst. Deforo the impulss of that contluu- ous breezo it ran about 15 miles ag hour on o course which bind for 1ta startivg-point Chiicago, and for its conclusion the neignboibiood of Grand Havenin Michigan, There wero about 120 tiles of wator to bo tiaversed, 80 that the voyage, un- der favorable suspicos, and at tbe rats of 15 miles an bour, would teimunate in eigut Lours. Laud should have been reathiod about 1 o'glock » m. At T o'cLocx tho ** Littls Guide,"” standing out somo 30 miles from tho Iilinois shore, off Groseo Puint, and abous 12 nnles north of Chicago, sighted tho ballaon etilk on ita courso, sud exactly where our calculatious would place it, to-wit: about 30 wiles from its starting point, with 90 miles yot to traverse before it could arrive at lis destina- Hon. From caueod ensily understood upon referenca toan fnterview wich Prof. Steiuer, printed bo- low, the batieon Lad lost o great dosl of {ts carrying ability even at this early stage, 1t already Lioveted ou the very surfaca of tho lake, aud dragged its car over the ctosts of the waves. What it was that Doualdson tlsew overboard to lighten bis craft we, porhaps, sall never know. 1t fs not impossible that his unforiunate com- pauion relnquished bis Lold, aud, buwildored by TIHE YURY OF TOX fACE noross the bungry piaiu of waters, fell out of the car and so periebied. Meanwhilo, s terrblo hurricane was gatberiug & a point parallol with the northern extremity of Lake Michigan. This storm-contre, a8 mio- teorologica) writers term it, was upinning round aud round ou its easteru oourse, Lweuty times fastor than the draggled balloon wsa plupging beforo the northeast broeze. Of courne, when the cardipped nto thoe lako, it immediately relarded tho flight of tho balloon, sctiog upon it Jike & brake. With thia impedi- weunt, the mackine, probably, could trave taator shan 8 to 12 miles an Lour, "I'he reader can, just bere, realize the situstion of_ Donsidson s HisCumpRuuiL. Ttunwiug northoast, they kuew uothiug of tho tornado whirling tenspostuoualy to tue norihern oud of the iaks, D10 WITH TUEIR DESTRUCTION, ‘The moon shoas fslully, ciuuds thickensd bo- hind thew, and chased cach othier ju constant procession across ita fsco. Perliaps tuov de. seried the lampa of tha littie schoouer twivkling two milea off, ‘lhe lske wau rutlled by the steady blow, and as they were torn througli it by the unwieldly mouster, over which tiiey had oo Little contyol, fte waves must have bruhon over thiem, sud sugrily testod their grasp of the car. ‘'ho tewpens, ou tho other hand, gatlering voluimo aud tury fu ths porth, spun rouby o 14 ceutre, sud swobt ly frenzy ovor the face of tho lake. \When tho baliocn had acbioved, probably, two-thirds of its digastious voysie, sud ouly 40 uules tad 10 Lo Lraversed to campleto it, the storm burst in ail its terror on the laborlng aplicrd. uo TUE PATH OF THE UUUBICANE aad tho coutse of the balloon jutersected just abous 40 uiles fram Urand Haven, aud is was st thie puint of thatintersection that the gute wiruck down Lhe balioon. Every bulfos theshapless globe received must bave drivon it uearer to tho seothivg water, Lhe situation ot tho adventurers by this time must indved Luve beon deplorablo. The sky was loky b:nul. except fur the constaut tawhes of light- nlug. "y winD moamED AN sOWEAMED through the meaties of the neiwork. ‘Iho strug. Rhug atloou, wrenched aud twisted by the guls, uaw frautically endeavoged to tise, nuw xunu ftselt in gigantio dispair the murderous ouw-, brace of the lake. As the slorm-wind poured itu fury sboat the doomed machiue, it wpun round sud round like @ top, with the poor wretchou lu ita car draggod hoadlong through the waves in thoir cago, which whiried thew from e to #ide miday with bopelessnsss and disua) At Jast, If Grimwood had not beeu dashed out of tue car before this suprewe bour, his jnex- perieuovd hauds mmust uave LOOKENKD TUKIE DEATH-0 Dooaldsoi, su expesisuced hung on with & atronger and more akilifal hold, Tiut even If the older of the two Jost mon sur- vived hin comrade, there could not have been many miuntes between their drownings. Once fairly aprawling nnon tho surface of the water, the hailloou coutd not secape from 1ta adversary by fiving before It It took only the vinleut cou- cunsinn, and then, Tont in twain like the vofi of the Templa Lyita desth-Diow, the huge, yet uunobatantial, crostura BURBT AND AANK. How the two men mes their fata we shall prob- ably nover know, A tragic chorus sang their ro- aiem bn tho roar of the thunder and the wall of the wind, Had thare heen a fitting inspiration for anch an ""“mi' their death would have been beroio. But. witd an their enterprine was, no- body ean think without a thrill of the two sotls which, reizing the wings of the storm, passed ont of the cras and the ruin of that tempestu- oun miduight into the haven of & perpetus! Good lontog. WHAT PROF. STEINER SAYS. DY A BTBANGE COINCIDENCE, 8 Donaldson aud Grimwood were sperding to their doom, Prof. Bteiuer, su experienced snd scieatific seronsut, who made soveral asconts during the War, “or miliary purposos, was com- {ng down the lako from Milwaukeo in stosmer. When he beard, yesterday moruing, of the de- parture of the two voyagers, and the diroction ttiey bad taken, he st ooce expressed lLis appre- honaion for their eafety. A TninvNe reporter wsaintrustod with the delicate respousibllisy of extracting bis opioion &8 an expert, and the I'ro- fessor discoursed aa follows: THE PALLOON. Wash Donaldson had his batloon made for him in Now York. It was naw thia spring. in fact. I Leliero it was made in April. It was takeu to Philadelphia before it was Sushied, and (hat is whero I saw it for the first time. He Lad made tou of eleven miceusions la it befors that of venterday, snd the Lag bad beon rubjecied toa good deal of bard umage. It was torn reverai times, and it had lola of putches. ln some puacea tliere wora sidgos in it where the raw edpes of a tear hiad just been atitched togetler, inntend of bsving s now piece put in uuder the meam to strengthen it. It was n good enough balloon fur one or tio asceneions, bt a vory inferior one to uro io the neirhbor- hood of those lakes. Wby, it wonld tako the very beat China silk to stand Uuzl u‘ckol. DONALDSON. Wash bogan life a8 & showman, and was a very good ove. Ho took to ballooning sboct four years ago. I firut made his scqua utance fan 1871, in Amsterdsm, Now York State. Ho wantaimo to nhelp bim out with o Moutgolfier swoke baltoon, I to!d bim that I did po: want to have anything to do with such a bazardons undertaking. Tsaw &t once tunt,though he posscrsed Juiswf courago, Iie had no seiontifie Lnowleage. Since ho hiss beon in tho businean lis has made. I beliove, 136 asconsions. flo haw taken up Imore passengers and made more ascensiona fu n given period thau any other soronsut. liis courago 18 unquestiouable, anl ho has quite s practical acquainisnces wish ballovns; but he bas uo theorstical knowled e,—noue, whatover. UE COMPLAINED that he bad no chance to do what he ousht withi his balloons, IIe had no oppostunitics tu cloan them or alr them., Gas rots a balloon very quick, It Lins get to be aired aller every asconsion to get rid of the sulphur and tho ammonacal vapors. Doualdson'd balloou wae never puritied 10 that monner. Bonidos, it got Wnnd deal of rougn usage traspling ‘stoupd, | Waak cof. piainod thA the canvaymen uekd o tramply en 1t and walk over at, < 1 adviecd him befgre he mnads an sscension noar tho lako to havq his car made watar tight by covenng it with canvas, He wanted to Lave 1t doue, and propesed to take it to & sail-loft. but theyiaughed him out of it, and sa d I wanted t0 scord hum, Afternards ho went at his own oxpenso and Rot the car covered with & couple of pano-covers. ‘Tho csuvas would onlr hiave cost oight or nive dotlars, and the car woold have floated for a month. *“Whea Donaldson went up Thursday the bale Joon et bave lost a great doal of ity cazryiug nower from etanding filled for two dsys, ,i \ould never have rinsed faking svy but & bal- loou just nlied over tha lake, 0A8 DECONILBEA AND NLOOMER PHENE. whon it {s allowed to atand, sod the balloon, a3 well, absorbs atmosnkere. “'bo balleon was titled from four-nch maln at theats of frow 4,000t 6,000 feet an bour in the day tims, sud of fiom 6,000 to 8,000 feet per bour after midmigbt. They claim that tho balloon held 75.000 feet of wan when full. Bat it Jeaked n groat deal, I omted the holea out to Donsld«0a, and he sald it leaked from 1,000 to 1,400 fost an hoar, which i# & good desl in aix or cight hours, With that leakage tho bag would lose 30 or 40 pouuds of carrylug power evory bour, 1f it gotoutin a rain-storm, the btulioon would weigh trom 300 to 400 pouuds moro from the condensation on the outside of the balivon and the contraction of tho gas. MERX ATMOB- MY OTINION 18 tbat Donaldson did wot ge:r high enongh to eseape tho local curront, that he dnfied to the northeant, that the balloon losl carrying powor by leakage and ciudenration, wod that Le was caught 1o luat night's stort, which butst him. Not uvow a silis butloon could iave hived du such & tempest—muct loss hiu calico bag, Lrof. Stoiner, while paving otber tribute to the coarago of Duualdson, intimated tuat tho iattor was inconsidurate to the poiut of rockless- nevs, and alsy, with piamoworthy candor, ad- mitted that bo could nok have been uced to make s ascenslon himself with such su aucient sud daugorous machine. . covr, B 's General buporiulondent, was next meerviswed, 1o is & vory amiablo and ploassut gentieman, who rhiaes deeply the popular con- cern ay to the fate of th~ two miesng woro- nwuts, In reply to the reportor's questivus Le spoke much as Tollows: Iam atraid thas poor Donandson bas gono to tho nottom. Ho won & very gooil teltow. You caw't spoak too kindly of Lun. He was always good-humored, and 8 vory skillful man at bix busincss, e was very ‘carcful, and neither smoked nor draok, _Of course, 1'had to futrust the balloontug to bim, just s I iutruast our wardrobo (o 1Ts, Douovail, our_preas agoacy to Mr. Thomas, and our horsos to Dr, Melvillo, It iw aLyiira to chiargo us Witk grudging the monoy to keop s balloous 1n goud order. Ho had nu- y 1o iuterfera with bim, and he could do whintever bo wishiod with his own depariumunt. 1 never heard soyibing of tho batloon belng rat- ten or i waut of repair, aud I cau't bolieve it now, Jjut it it was, Doualdeon was tho wan to fter it bimssll. When ho tirat traveled with us, we nsod to pay him s0 much for each ascensic ue at the Dbegiuniug of the prosout srasan hu cainv to ma and asked me to make another Anisvgement with him. I agreed to pay Lim so much for the aeasan, no muttor haw often he ascended or tuilod to ascoud, We never forced bim to make an asconsion. Il was Lis own judge, sud did Just ss Lie thought bost. Mr. Coup wasovidently much depressed by tho ovidently-fatal result of Doualdsou's Iast voysge. gyl MR. BARNUM'S THEORY. THERR HEING SPAUSE DATA ONLY on which to found s theory, it is not surprising tuat the lugeuuity which set the world szave over & mermaid aud & woully horse sbould do- volop a theory of ultimato salvation for the aeris! voyagets aqually upique and fautastic. Suchs theory Mr. Barnwin, through Mr. Thomas, his presa agent, loudly proclsims. The premiscs from which Le starts difer from those of scion- utlo pouph l'he balloon, according to Mr. Thomas, wes vearly new, porfoctly sound, snd liko » eiuged cat, better thao it looked. A five, tight balioon, Alled with pure ges, aud carrylog, bosides Doualdson and Grimwood, 1,000 pouuds of vand, should, snd undoubtsdly did, keep tbe adveaturers atlost in the air for twenty Lours. This la A DARING STATEMENT, {nview ot the facts. Whon asked to exphin bow it was that the air-abip was siglited by Capt. Anderson, dipplog dejectedly into the waves ab 7 o'olock in she evening, with three-fousths of her journey yot befoie hier, Mr. Thomas sepliss tuat 16 is the most maturel thing 1o the world. This parfeot sir-ship was nos oub of gas, bub I W@H Dailp @’fijblmfi& Dopsldaon, thinking he could sconomize ) throving the welght of his cargo on the wate sllawead the buaket (o skim the surface as fo} s the wind was favorable. Iisnce, after neeif e sclioomer head for the bailoon, Donalde— throw out ballast enough tolet hor riss and setis. £ sgain. With a falc wind he reached the MichigS 5 shore about 11 o'clock. In the dmkness - descent would kiave been tenious. Donmdas - therefora, rose once tmora into the air, aud JOUANEYED ALL NIGNT, \ throming out a pound or (o of ballaat to koen his crafs above tle tron-tops of the pinenes, | When daglizit appesred bs cast abous for s good spot to alight in, and thon anchored. Away from any point of telegraphic communication, the Liappy soronaut and enterprising jonrnaliat wers uoable to flasl the nowa of their forfunato arcival. They mado the hoat of their way to tho nottloments, dragging tho ampty monstor with them, an WILL ARRIYE IN TOWN TO-DAY, to sell tho nowspspem in two 8:nros. Asra- gards the abitity of the balloon to woather the storm, Mr. Baroum’s sapokesman Las equslly dasbing convictions. If the balinon wera anchored to tho ground in much a gale, ha ad- mita alia would be torn to ribbona, but If shs tloated ju the air ahe was moving with and con- saquently did not offer resistance to tho gale. Blio was awept by the harricane far bevond the slioren of the Inke and lsudod on torrs frms bundreda of mile1 awav, THI8 COMFORTADLE TTEORY takes no notice of tho fact thit whila the bat- loou wan uriginally traveling to the northeust the hurricane ewept downward from the north g carniod everything ostng in the air to tho routh, wih s g the west; that even if the ballcon had neared the shore when the siuall camo upon her ntio would Line heen sropt back again. It takey no scconut of the deduza of rain and hail whict must have y oured int 1 the car and ratnrated the cordage of the balioon, adding huaureds of puunds weight to TIE BIXKINO MONSTER, Ju fact, it omite notice of al numbor of im- portant tteme, It mav comfort Mr. Baruum, ard tako off s self-repro; in pen- erally feaced, tbn In-k'ews voyagers fail to e Neard of 10-dav, it will Lave RLE e weight ontwide the muusger's oflice of Mr. Barnum's 1hppo- drome. Lerbaps asruda & ploco of bravado s any s “bin sunouncement that a lant grand balloon” su- cenmion wiil_be mado to-day, whea Dounliaon will be aren in the .ar, and be checred as lioonre moro rises abosa the besdn of the nowy nopue I d ironce mire wafted oat over the wa- tern of Loke Micingsn. Ho may. Iv is too TOOR DONALDAON'S NEXT ASCENCION will be {n company with the dexd of ages, when tho nrchienrs will be the archanzelic trimpet, npectators tho ullons of tho qucw and and whion thise upun shotn resth the te- sporimitulity of this sed affair will be eallad upon to account for the facts, not to givo thom fyucis ful theories. YESTERDAY'S INCIDENTS. TAST ESEMNG & deputation of earnent bellevers in the theory of Donaldson in tho pineries sirited Tux Inin- use ofice. Thsy were iushed with the excite. ment of an importans discovery. Their manner was all impatiouce. and they furgnt the digoiy of s uewspajor oflice in their encerness to be the firet t3 achieve immortalite in a newspapor item. Ouo cf them, with longer breath than Dis panting companions, ventured the assertion thiat the ballonn was eafe, Ilo kuew it: Lo saw it. 1o aud & fricad were sianding ou Thuraday oveniug at the corner of Siate and Madizon stroat, st about Lialf-past 10 o'clock. ‘Their attou- Uon was sttracted tosn objeot floaunz slnwly through the sir in the direction of the prainie, weat, lts motion was for & long hine imperesp- tible, aud they recognized at once that it was TIE SBSIN PALLOON, < They watchod it esarneatly, and gradually it aded out of wight. The balloon bad returned. ‘Tlere it was, They left tho apot, and took a “ pight-cap,” and established tha fect that Don. aldson was sofe. Tue absurdity of this an- noucement was in {taclf sactont to call oat & bearty laugh st the exi:ensn of the narrator. It was subsequently divalged by a ronorter in this office that bo was att'acted to the spot. He had waited till break of dav to watch the epot, ard fonnd out that the wuppused balioon was tho decaslog fragment of a fugiiive kito flapping wearily upyn tolegraph wite, Anuthier theory nienc, the nuxious visiora 1etired abashed aud confounded. A CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENT of the goneral amiety to zct nova of Dovald- von and Grimwool “vccarred yesturday fu tle neiglborhiood of the sumplious rad magon In which the ticket-uelier of tbe Ifippodrome iw hormetically concealed, 1o the {rontssetion of that unique vehiclo thero sat vesterday aftore noon tha fellow in gray, wnoreol this veracions chrunicle has alrsady tande moution, and & port- Iy nerson, {n bus sbict sieoves and a pair of spoc- taclen. “T'o him, in stately guiso, antors Mr. . T, Bac- a fullo ving Of gaping strest-bots, (very pompousiy, With a nolemn *\Woll, wir, what is tlio lateet intellignace from our bal-loon and Mis-tor Dou-sid-» Porson 1n shirt-sieaves nud spoctaclos (recipra- coting the wink)—Novtting dolivite, mr. Wo hinve goneral advices, iowsver, that thoy arrived safe and sound m Port Huron, P. T, B, (to the stro-t-boys)—We havo no det- in-ite iu-for-wation. bt we hovo se-coived gen- e-ral adevices, that tho bal-loon sud Mis-ter Don-sld-ron havo airived safoly i Port Hu-ron, ‘The point of the jolie lay in the apulication to it of tho fact that Port Hiuron §8 noar Letroit, and noarly 300 m.Jea distane trom Chicago, THE LAST HUPE OF FAPETY which thouglitful observess enburtained sesms to havs bosn extinguishad. Coufideut that the rotten gus-bag had plunged its froipht into an augry soa, there wero out wawivg many who bolioved that a tewporary immor-don ouly wonld be the conasquence, ‘Tue facs thnut the * Litde Guido" had wighted tho balloon skimming the 1ake before the wiud, it was thought likely that otbor vossela might encounter ber, Our marna reporter cagerly questioned overy incoming ship all day hufi. but all returnad the fatoful answor that nothiug bad been ween of the balloou. Flattgned betwosn wiud and water like a paper bag, the fetid monator had nuuk, dragring the ill-patched snd water-logged car with it, and drowning the hspless pair who trusted Jo with their lives. ANXIETY IN 10LIET, Special Dispateh to the Chizaao Tribune, Jouset, July 16.—Conmderable anxicty ia felt {n this city fat the safety af tho aeronauts, mors particulaciy by tho frionds of Newton 8. Griw- wood, the Journal reporter, who previous to hls counectton with that paper held the post of cily editor of the Sun iu this city. Heis s young man highly esteemed for his slorling and susnly qualities, and during bis oonnection with the pressiu this county gamed many warm frieads. —— DONALDSON'S LUCK. A PERILOUS VOYAQE. Donaldeon is kuown as a reckless adventurer, who will ssil upon ona chaucs when 10.000 \iresten to muk bim, Ha rather rehules golng up in » batloon freighted with probabilities of & ternble death. His *Juck," in woich le be- lioves with almost muperstitious credulity, bhas Lotpod bim ou more thun one occasion, has en- coursged bim to risk his neck ovor and over sgaln, His famous Lake Ontario exporieuce, o June 23 laat, in company with thres repotters of Torouto uowspapers, is touy desctibed by tho Leader, of that aity: ¥ROY TUE TINE OF THE ASUENSION, Balf-past b 0'clock Weduoaday stieruvon, tho batloon was drived in an esateriy direction, aud wien 10 the vicinily of Bearboro was driven o es ot over e laks, Donaldson camyrebendud ihe situstivn and iviscd thio passeogors (hat by migks count upou s e ke, nok sookluy 1o diegulew tho i Ciftles and daogce whbich were sppareal Lo lis ex Varieneed tmiud. A varation of tue wind catriod thom Vituta & mile of the Town of Whitley, 8ud Lopea were ontertaiued of wakiug o luding thers, but ficas capectations were sjwedly dissipated Dy anotbier abift whirh carried ihe' bal ldon fer oub over tho walers, 50 tht both aborca wors i viow, Then, iu tie worda of ihe ro- ottex, e wiud again voerod round aud {hey neared 1% ottt ahore, svun arsiving withiu about milos of land, probably Iu the ueigbborhood of Coburg, Taen the Ualioou, which bad wot been propatly lutited for aong voysge—al tioas oa bosed erpecting Lo bs sl seul oaly 8 fow hours.—began to descond, and at 5:43 fhe drag-rope touckiod tus waler, Tus 0w ‘Decame much mors rapid, sud second alter gecond tha water appeated Wilh Rreater dlstinotness, (Bug afies bag of sand was lhrowa out, sud e b bee St o= :;rhnnllnn of the Frofessor, tfisy“':z'aun':t’ i NUMBER 327, 08t Intonse, and al th ot id 4l the same tima moy 080 who wers being carried mc'aglg'g; TIE DASKET DEGAN TO OSCTLLATR meat voleat manner, ur, ths 18 wev caneed waves in the 10 be discorerd i the oon, In half s minute from the time the rocki of the hasket wan fOrst obanrved, tle car wan l:l: merged to the extent of about 3 feat, Al the eame {1me the balloon kept the most perfort equilibrinm, There was theu uo longer healtation sbout getting 94 of tha mani, and all waa thrown out with the excoption of & few lage, which ware ressrved in the ‘event of s siill grester omergency, Far out Iuo the lake they were stiil driven, and very soon tle upposite ahore waa s near an ihat which had heen 1ef2 1n fact, from appeatances, rather nourer. Sn rendented al (0 keep ' sbarp look-out for suy Joseel Wist might b passing, sud st lengih ¢ 0o were myeed by coming fn sight of abaut 8 o'clock, but thove on board frabably did not Jinderatand the slute from tie luckless occupanta of e Darket, atul ane mailod away 1nto the mint withont meekiug o reuder suy aaaintance, From tbis time for mile alter mils the balloon (raveled towards the hesl of the lake, .and the only hope war that s favorabis wing might rise and esrry them to mome friendly shoro, Nolbing but dis- Appolntimrota took place. Beversl vonscls wera sighted, bt all of them without the limit to which the homan volce could reach. About 13 o'clock the hilloan again comuiencel 1o deacend, and aoon reached about 40 feet ofT the water. Everytulug grsdually went over- board, rof, Donaldson givlug the word, when_ the varfons articles wers to be thrown ant, The snehor went Grst, then the anchor rova; then went a pattion of the drsg rope, aume $) festin lengih, Thin ght- enivg of the balloon wanof aomne avsil fos the tima 800D began tonear u‘-fr«-omfin.l every asatlabl “idv. Htill Whey descendad, sud as xbout 14 o water. i motion. TUE RESCUR, From thin time up tn ie reacne the basket waa sab- merged more or lne, the aesupanta pomatines alfting on the edge aud at otlier tmea hokling on to the ropes, Tary were at thn morcy of the wind and waves, and from thin tme ali bopes of being eaved were abandon- o, Forluuately, the wit pulwided, and, being within » ferw milon of Polut Veirn Lighiborse, Hops. bexss ts revive and faint expectations of wifety were antertain. #1, yot o Lelp came. At this time the lalloon had teen driven in by conflicting currents to within 4 mites of the sbore, At thin stage ft m1y be aid that Point Petre was tlis st cliance that the hallooniata had of reaching Jand unil armiviog at the far end of the lake, ome 70 mil~s distant, The wind again ruse in most uncortalu guais, At uno e 1hy ballcon was out far, and the next MOMment wan near enolgh to ahore to attemnpt 4 risk of atwndnning the Lalloon for the water, in 1 wwlmming 80 Inad, _About 1 o'clok, howes achinoner was discorrred at 8 distance o miles, Prof, Domaldson's rewhing the mun at belm, and the gratefal words, 4\ will try and belp_you,” Anally canie back to 10 tmporil voyagora, Tuck ufter tack was made by tun weenel, Lait, i aceinnt of the balloon eafling fnth the wind fawter than It could follow, the eadesvor to resrh wan fonnd o be futtle, ‘Then & boat was lowered, and far an hour and & haf the two men who formed tho erew rowed vigorauals, at timea getting _within speat- inz distance, and then zain beiug left far beblod, At Iut the breese sumided o ich a0 oxteut an to allow the boat to reach tus aeronauts, The drag-rope of the halinon wak haudel to thowe 0n board. sod they eommonced the voyage tothe shors, At timas, whiln o wind was biowing, the work of towing waa easy. Atotlier tines Uio Loat had 1o be Lrought up close alonzaide anl ured an whist might ba calied a helm, i1t ordur that the utvieldy monni-r might not be biown out too far from the share, At about 330 Wodnenday morning they happily aucceedod o matiag o lauding on the coaat, Up tothis time tha bLallannists hed po kuowinlge of the Incalily In which thoy were, all wing too mueb engaged to Inquire nf th) ‘men tn the st 0 to thielr whereabants, On landiug, they found it they were abiut 1 mile weatof Foint Drire, also call:d_Long Polot, the Tighi-bouse hyving boen i #iqlit for abont an hour, From he time they sighted the schonner until & landing wan effected was ahout twn houre, which mads toe (ime pastod in the water about fout houra. e MR. GRIMWOOD, SXPTCR OF ONF OF THV YIOTTME Mr. Nowton 8. Urimwood, the roporter of the Journal, whcse couragoona i0g on the.car ‘of the. balloon provious ang uant to. the scent addod a romsnce to Lis sad fato, was sged but 22 yoars. and, though of littls o zperi- once an & Journalist, was regarded by thos's who koow him sa a young mao of groat i omise. From Ar, W. K. Ballivan, city editor of the Journal, who entortained for bim & m ore than friendly regard. tho following brief hiatory of the unfortunste boy ia obtalned. Abejut twelve yosts ago, whon Mr. Bullivan was. teaching schoot i Kendall County, he numbe ced among his pupils tho four brothera Grime ood, Their father was s wealthy and inflne ntial farmer of tho connty, prominent in politica and good works, aud one of the best koown ani respected people of the neigaborhood. Newton was the youngost of the brothors. He was do- voted to study, and showed no preferonco for the sports which to school-bo'm sre half the pleasure of existonce, Hia rea:ling was always of heavy anbjects, and the bov wan frequontly laughed at for his pursnit of dry literature. He wad thoughtful and quiet, as most atudious boys arv, but occasionally uttored s commont or ox- prossed au opinion which opewoed the eyes of bia hoarera, 3r. Bulllvan lost sight of bim for some timo, but a few mouths ago rocoived & letter from his old-timo protege, nsking what chanca thers was of obtaluing a situation on a Chieago paper. 1lo wan then working on the Jolist Sun, but dosired to 1oake an opening in metropolitan joaroalism. Mr. Sul- lvan promixod a trial whan & vacanoy should presont itsclf, and two months sgo emploved him regularly on the paper. Ho aucceeded, well a3 & reporter, but gave proof of ability far bevond the needs of such a position. fle haa written sovoral poems, one of which hs sent to Mr. Longfellow, recciving i return s kindly critielsm of his effort aud no littls ancourage- eut to dovelop hid talonta for verse-makiug. An rogards the fatal balloon voyage, Alr, Orim- wood aoplied to Mr. Sullivan for & seat 1n the car, The moming newspaper men wers wiven wn sacent—for advertitoment ot courso—on tho previous day, snd AMr, Grim- wood and & voporter of the f'oat and Mall wore to go up on Thuridsy. Mr. Bullivan endesvored to dissuade bim ; urged the perils af lake voy- sge, sud triod by persuasion aad ndiculo to pra- vout Lin ma dng ths trip, Mr, Grimwood. how. aver, with a youthful faith in the honesty of mavkind, unshaken by an experiouce of clrons meu, madeup his mind to acoompany Donald- son, and mswtamed Iaca in the trescliorous basket to meet with s doom spoken of in Taw Tuunuse of yestorday jestingly. becsuso nobody then pupposed It om.mu.fl » propheoy. Mr, Sullivan 18 overwhelmed with grief at the e rosult, His lutorest in the yousg man wag moro than that of employer {a em. plove, or scqualutsnce in_ scquaintsuce, Their friendshitp wus of twelve vo: aud this but added to Mr. Sulliv ounk protoge tiom und od & bitterness of the ugewent ib sendiug up & rotton ballooo, full of atmosphenc alt, over our luwhenr& I ! ous lake, a4 & plocaaf ' tragio sdvertlsing » * Bargum murder.” ‘The reader must make al- lowsaoca for the harshuess of his phraysology uuder the circumstauces. . MR. MAITLAND. VIXDIOATION, Tt appears from the following card that Tus Tautxe, in ita sccount of the departure of the batloon on Thursday, did Mr. Muithaud, of the Just and Maill, an injustice In ascribiog bis faure to socompany Dooaldsou to oo Woaru informed by Bir. Thomaa, Bsrnum's that Mr. Mamitlaud evioced s decided n to beiug left behind, The loss of the “tos™ waa the most fortunate thiag that ever occurred Lo the young mau. divor af Fho C Cuioaao, July 10, d other fng papers’ do great {njustice to Mt Maftland, when tley attribute hie leaving te burkal 0 fear, Sfr, M. was escoedingly anxivus to accomoeny tha Professor, sud remained bebiug entivmen whaz ibs “lots " cast to decids th i ] THE BLACK HILLS. Bveciat Dispaich te The Chicage Tribune, Btoux Orry, la., July 16.~One compsoy of cavalry uuder Cavt. Doutesn started grom For Itandall yestordsy for the Black Hills. They are going after iuterlopets mining thers. Az Drdor has boen [s+ued st Rapdail probibiting cil- 1zeuw from romainlog at or sround thst post, or on the resersation. Any eitizon osuglib withous & pass will ba arvested. e A {al olection to decide whether Unlon City, Ind., wouid be incorporsted or unok, has re~ suited fu fav0r of [ncorporation by an overs whelming msfority. Lnese is o) sBbere vves $he resull b