Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1875, Page 14

s WABASH AVENUE. Answer of the South Side Street Railway Company. " festimenials to the Excellence of the ‘Wubash Avenue Track, Tt Appears Twelve Thousaud Persons Are Paily Carried Over It Reasons Why It Should Not Be Interfared “With, ¥ On the 16th of July lzst, Tz TrImURE pub- _shed s copy of a bill filed on that day by W. M. "Pilden snd talf-a-dozen others azsinst the Chi- cago City Bailway Company. That bill in-sub- ‘ stanos charged that the City Ralway Company ! had unjustly aod illegatly laid & track on Wabash avemme : that sad track was s puigance, and ob- atyuctad travel on the street. and she’ complain- snta asked that the Railway Company might be enjoined from further using exid track. THE ANSWER - of the Company was filed yeaterdsy afternoon, and is ss follows : Tids defendant now, and at all times heresfter, gav- ‘tngand reserving unto fteelf all apd all manner of ‘Lepefit and advantage of exception, which can or may Dbo bad ar takea to the many errors, uncertain: Hea, and imperfections, in bill _contained answer thereunto, OF 50 much and such parts tuercof as this defendant ‘tpadvised 1t s orare materisl or necessary for him to make answer unto, answering. gays that it belicves it 10 be trhe that the complainznts sre Tesidents on Wi~ ‘bash lvmne.:hl.gz City of Chicago, and citizens and Aax 1n said dty. B efendant als admits the passsge of the ordl- mance of the City of Chicago substantially us set out plaint, and that it was duly scceptod by this defepdant. "This defendant, furtbar aaswering, admits the con- struction of s raiiway track on eaid svenue from Mad- 150n street 0 Cangress streat, and that the residue of said avenue from Congress strect to Twenty-second street has mot yet been ropaved, bnt denies that the grade of said avene fortoe repsvement thereof has ot yet been fixed and establixbed. Farther anewering, this defendint admits that it cansed: fta tracks to boiaid no said avenue on Bunday, ‘ut this defendant demies that it was for W of avoiding Interference tlerewith by judicidl proc- ems, but -svers that i1 object therein i 10 -exuse as litUe olstraction -as rossible to'public travel; that in copstructicg said rullway nssea of msterial were mecesmarily thrown up, ana omnibusss, and carriages impeded theraby, this defendant therefore selected -a day for said con- struction when sid_avenue was free from véhicles, well knowing {that ‘by -staiute and judical dicision jrocees of injunction coula as well be sucd suton Sunday as on any-day. 2 g “This ‘defendsnt, furthe: answering, denies tiat ita track is so lafd that vehicles cannot essily and freely 7088 the same, or that iis tracks are clevated above the surface of said avrnve. “Tirts defendant, furiher snswering.denies that 1t has “nterfered wilb the -free Tee of eaid wvenue or the - enjoyment of - private _property thereon, and farther denfos that the complainants are entitled to the relief, or.any thereof, in the said Lik of complaiut demsnded, and . pravs the same advantage of this answer e if1t had plesded or demnrred to the sidd bill of comulxint; -and - prays to ve bence dismissel with ‘the reasonabile costs . and charges in this bebalf’ most -arrongtully sustsaned. 'Fited with the smswer “weore ‘114 afidavits of ‘owners'or leeeees along the avevue, and also the affidanit of Mayor Colvin, .of C.B. Holmes, the Superiatendent -of the railwey compauy, of G. W. Wilsen, Superintendent of tbe Koard of Public Works, wud -of ‘Meesrs. Prindiville, Thompeon, and Wahl, comprising the Board. The afidavits of the omners aund lessees aro mostly printed with - blanks loft for -tre names. The folloniug 18.a copy of one of them, omiiting tho formal part: X ‘3R, COOLBATGH. William ¥, Coollaugh Leing duly sworn depeses 80d says that he renides in the City of Chicago at No. 12, C.lufmes avenue, and is owner of a Alty-years’ leasahold of £0 feot on Wabash avenue, and 10 feat on Madison street, between State ard Wabssh ; that Le haa examined the track of the Chicsgo City Builway Company.as laid on Walish avenus from Copgress street to Twenty-second strect ; that the same 18 luid 25 nearly a5 pousible uj0n the existing grade; that it sy be essily -and frecy -croeced inall direo- tions, and Do remect ® sreater i i obstruction to fravel than il horseraliway tracka necessarlly are. -And said avenue along the lze of asid raliway 1510 28.g00d condition ss before g‘;“‘x‘i‘.fi;" I;{nm&he coustragiion -of the track bza Leen Lenefit to the sack B projerty CHAZTES 2. “HOLMFS, Buperintecdent of tiie Chicago Oity Reilway, sleo filed an affidavit weiting forth tirme the Com- pany has in operation on Wabueh avenue sixteen carg, composing Its evtire Indiana avenue line, ten cars compoeing is envtira Cotlage Giove avenne to Twenty-fifth ~ stresr live; thirteen ears composing its entirs line on Cottage “Grove avesue to Thirty-fifth street—in all thirty-nioe cars; that a car leaving Xiadison eirect on Walzsh avente about every Ywo minutes ; that an ‘averaze of 12,000 jassen- gers ars carried over said lina per day : that the ordivance uuder wlich said ruinay has been coni was petitioned ‘for by more than . three-fourths of the property owners aloog the Line of eaid avenue ; that the conetruction yhcre- of has increased the value of said property avd premoted the public convenience. T'he affiaut further wsavE that he has boen i formed and believes it ¢o h: u:un; thet the anthoiities of the City of Chicago proposs duwing the coming year to pave State street, south of Jacison rtreet ; that ar- - dog ihe time chat said etreot shall be undergoing Tepair it will be necessary for ali the State atreet and Aichier avenue cars o run over said Wabash avenue wack £0 avoid tho utmost inconvenience 1o the pubiic ; that an aversge of 28,600 persons :::::nad du){no.n Lgafixlw strebt and Archer cars ; that discoutinuance of said W.bash avenue line wonld involve very grea: lossa fo esid company for at least thres months, which time would ‘be required to pave State street. The afiaut farther says that the tracks on Wabash avenue bave cost atout §50,000; that tbe cars opersted bereon are worth apout €47,000; that the + borees are worth abont £25,000; that sixty-five - menare employed thereon, and that the loss to 8aid company by an injunciion st the present time restraiving the speraon of smd Wabash avenne live uncd the fius! boaring of the case woald be neatly ar quite $100,000. The aflidavit - further sew forth that tho tracks have been lsid 80 84 to obstruct thie public use of the aveuue as litte as possible, and that it is 1n 2a good con- us bufore the tracss wers lud. MATOE COLVIN also filed an affidavit, in which he states that he bas examived the tiack of the Clicago City Railway Compeny oo Wabach avenue, south of Cougress street ; that the eame Las been laid so 2210 obstiuct the public travel as little s is practicable ; that it 18 imposeitle to pave be- tween the rmls until ihe avegus is ra.sed to flfs and repaved ; and that said track has been a0d is mantained to his satisfacton. TRX AFFIDAVIT GEOROGE W. WILBOX, Buperintendent of .. Loard of Public Works, sets forth that be bas seen the tracks of the Chicago City Bailway on Wabash avenue; that 1hey aTe Do more an cbstraction to travel thau met—fii:' Whoo?lxn‘u,'fi:. 5 and that said avenne is 1n 3s condition as it w. said tracks 'nraghad_ e . BOAED OF PUTLIC WORKS. Ths affidavit of R. Prindiviile, J. E. Thomp- som, and Louis Wahl, comporing the Board of Public Works, sets forth that the tracis were lad by their permission, and that they are so laud aa to leave the screot in &8 good condition 8 it was before. and 10 such & manver s to be approved by them; that the tracks are no Breater obeiruction 10 the fres use of said ave- nne than horse-railways uecessarily wre. iy PETITION. i cre was algo filed with the answer and af5- C:E:» \:ub:j:ho;l which is 10 be presented to the O Primod to-morrow night, and winch is The Chicago City Rallway Co: , A nun. ropert;- Belted this Qumpany 1o sak he ’c'q&:;’.“‘&‘ni‘.fl e privilege of putiing down and operaing a home-rafl way double track oo Watash avenus from Lake streét to Twenty-second street, counecting with tho track on 2:..‘:%:::4 via Madison'or Washington 3 icawcved, That this Company will make sation, nd, i the priviiege 10 Ly down mech Shbes thadl be grantod, this Conipany will lay down and con- struct auch radlway tracks within iz mouths after ob- taining such priviege. and as much tooner, and fasi a8 the said avenue da repaved.” We (he under: wigued owners d leasees of property on Wabagh AvBuO8, Tespectfuliy petition that the privilege -:; Tam down aub tacks be grauied to_said Cuicago G.. Batway Campuuy, Exps praxs, . J. Avesniz, ad 27 othars, ikl THE INDIANS. THE SIOUX COMMISSION. e Disvatch ta The Chicaoe Tridume, 810ux Ciry, Is., July S1L—A dispateh from Fort. Sully this evening ssys five members of the Indian Commission arrized at the' Cheyenne . dgency’ yesterdsy, allin good health. They passed _through the Black - Hills, and met Prof._ Jenney. TEa Commisaioners wers fifaeen Cays . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. ¢ msking the trip from Red Cloud to the Cheyanne Agency. They were escoried tniough by part of the Becond Cavalry. Before returning they in- tend visiting the different agencies on the river below Ft. Sully. CRIME. DISTUREED IN THEIR WORK. Srecuat Diepatch to The Chicago Tribune. §r. Pav1, Mino., July S1L.—A Sergesnt and policeman neer Jackson, on Third street, last night heard a dul) sound sa of & blow, which led them to look closeiy into the lighted bnsiness places of the* Ticinity, including tke banking- house of Dawgon & Co., and to try the doors. This morning it was discovered that tbe tryiog of the doors had {nghtened away burgiars, who bad entered the bank from the ~resr and dug throngh & brick wall of the veult, had koocked off the bandle +0d mith o steel punch and muffled sledgo were trving to drive tbrough the arbor of the lock, when they were interrupted sod frghtesed away. leaviog their too's. “From the shelves of the vanlt the thieves carried awsy one box con- taining about §100 in coprer and mickel coins, and another contain:ng about 8250 worth of jewelry and gold coin; also boxes contsimng doeds and other records, placed there for eecunity sgainst fire, which jatter were found since at the foot of River Bluff. Circumstances irdicate thatthe job was worked by practiced burglars, not lesa than three, but the tools used were stolen from & car- penter’s shop in this city a few nights ago. THE VANDALIA TRAGEDY. Bpecial D:spateh to The Chicago /ridune. Tenpr HavTE, Ind., Joly,81.—The men con- fined here on s charge of complicity in the Van- aalia railway tragedy were taken to Indianapols {o-day. - Speciel Dispatch to The Chicago TrAvne. $r. Louts, July 81.—Chief of Policr ienshaw, of East Louis, received 8 telegram this morning from D. Han'ey, of Caseysille, Ill., giving & de- scription of a man who gave his name a8 Thomas Grubb, and asking the Chief to arrest him, as there was susricion that Le was encaged in the aesassination of Longineer Milo Eames, at Long Puint, on_the Vancalia Road, on the night of July 8, In due time the police officers cap- tared the men, and Hanley was notified Lo come down, which he did. The arrested msn ga¥e & very poor sccount of Limself contradicting himself in sevoral important particalars. The ac- cuced represented that he lived at Canallon, Mo., but s tefegram from that place says no such man is known there. Detectives here are convinced that he is one of the men implicated 1o the mar- der, and steps wuli at once te taken to have him carried back to Long Point for trual. THE NEW YORK BRIGANDS. Bpecial Disvatch to Tne Chicago Irivune. EmE, Pa, July SL.—An attempt was made early yesterday morning to throw a passenger train on ths Atlantic & Great Western Hailroad off the track at Corry, Several coupling chains or links were fastened to the rails wn sucha manaer that had they not been discovered by & track-walker and taken off the tram would have been wracked aod many lives losr. This is the thurd time an attempt of the ssme Lind has been made ear Corry. It is evideotly the work of the brigands that bave been and are atill infest- ing Chautauqus and Cattaraagus Counties, New York, snd counties in the noithwestein part of this State. Burglaries are getiing to bs of alarming frequency, and the people are arming to protecs themselves aud their property. STAB3ING AFFRAY. Epecial Levatch o The Chicago Trivune, Qurxos, 1L, July 31.—A desperate stabbing sffray took place this sfterncon between two colored firemen on board the steamer Rob Roy, when pear this city, The men were pamed Tyier and Jackson. During thbe course of s quarrel Tyler gave Jackson a frightfol slash across thethroat with a case-knife, when Jackson drew & heavy vocket-kuife and made an ugly wound with it in ‘Fyler's bowels. ‘They then fell to carving each other promiscuousty, but were finaly separated afier bcth combatants were nearly exhau:tod from loes of tlocd. —Jackson was lefl at this purt, and, it is believed, will re- cover, but Tyler's wouods are thonght to be {stal. He was taken on to Keokuk, whers he Tesides. A TRAIN BOARDED BY ROUGHS. Frors, I, July 81.—As the freight-train on the Chicago & Pacific Road was going east yes- terdsy, when -8t Hough's Station, some thirty ronghs boarded the train, determined to ride to Chbicago. AtlItssca the Elgin passenger-train was met, when the combined train force drove therowdies trom the freight-train.and the roughs commenced an assault upon the passenger- cars with stones and othor mirsites, breaking the windows, mnd doing other damage. The train- men succeeded in capturing eight of the rowdies, This morning they wera taken east for trial. 1t in to be hoped that au examplo wull be mads. COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT. Br. PavL, Jalv 81.—Three counterfeiters were arrested hera to-pight by Assistant Chief 8. B. Benton, and two assistanta of the United States secret service, and Umited States Aarshal Mo- Laren. Thoy give their names as ‘G. Wolsey, G. Pevser, and Mary Clark. The Iatter is the wife of Woisey. They have been bere two monthe in business as cabivet-makers. The ofticers eaptured 100,000 io_bills in a'l styles, mostly tens, on the First National of Paducah, with the presscs, | lates, and “electrotype tools. They cams’biore from Clear Lase, Ia., and are a past of ths gang caught.at Boscowan s month ago. % ACQUITTED. Sperial Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. . Sraryeriero, Iil., July 3L.—B. H. North, who ,¥as chatged with baving murdered James Huo- ter, at Riverton, this county, last October, -the particutars of which were tolegraphed TaE TRIB- uno in thesa dispatches at the tima, was to-dasy acquitted by ® jury in Menard Countcy, where his case nad been taken on a change of veoue from this county. The case aganst him -was purel: cucumstsotral, aod was sufficient to-exclude doubt as to his guilt in the minds of ‘some who 'I:‘;ud the trial, bus did not have this effeci-upon jury. CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT. Axcmigoy, Kan.,, July 8L—At White Cloud," ‘Thursday last, & man nzmed Hurst killed -his wife. They bad been married only six months =nd sepe..ted. On Thursday aftornoon bie went to the house where his wife was staying, called her out to the fence, put "his arms abous her, Lissed ber, and then cut ber throsc with a large pruning-koife. Hurat was arrested, and it was with great difficulty that the officers proventea his lynchiog by the popuolace. He is now 1n jail in Troy, aud pretends to be crazy. DELIBIRATE MURDER. Dexver, Col., July 81.—Yestorday, at Black Hawk, James Mclisun, sliaa J. B. Allen, was shot and mortally wounded by one Cleveiani. McMenu had wrestied with and -been throwa by one Willisms, Cieveland had bet beavily on him, and deliberately shot lum -and fled. -Offi- ;fir.lm in pursuit. Cleveland is from Quincy, MURDER AN SUICIDE. Artox, Is., July 81.—On Thuradasy morning Alfred Van Dickle, s young farmer -living in this county, whife brinzing a ldad ofsproguce to this town, shot and kLilled.his wife, who was accom- panyiog him, and then put a bullet into his own brain. The wife died Instsotly, bat Van Dickle wes alive at last accounts, though bis death is iuevitable. No causeis assigued-for the. deed. . BRUTAL TREATMENT. PrILADELPHIA, P, July $L—Mary Troxell, who has been kept 1n close coninement in an apartmsnt reeking with filth, and without 'ven- tilation, in & bouse on Nelson street, - - cued to-day by'tie police and remo';ed“aa Th.e Insane Hospital. Mer sisters were arreated. ESCAPE OF JAIL-BIRDS. . -Special Uupalch to The Chicago 7 dune, Enm, Pa., July 31.—Five prisoners, all thisves, confined in the County Jail in this city, escaped ' :nightatalate hour by taking up the floor- .. sod crawiing through the celiar winBows. Ibey hxve not beeu captured au vot. THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW TNIAL. Beavee, Utsh, July 81.—The evideaes'for the defense to-ddy was of little interest'zsod uwoim- rortaot. The defenss said ‘it would offe aftidavit of Bricham Youug. nndoonldnd:::hl; one bour. ‘Adjourned to Monday, : THE TWEED CASE, Kzw Yozx, July 3L—Judge Darrett to-dsy re- fused to vacate the -ordar of arrest on'the his and they rested in tue Eigin lock-up last mght. | TURNER'S TRIBULATIONS. The Case Closed for the Prose- cution, Prof, Babeock Gives His Opinion Con- cerning the Deeds. They Were Wriiten Subsequent to Their Allcged Dates. The Defense Begin Operations. - The fifth day of the Turner oise was entered upon yesterday morning. About an hour waa oonsumed in argumects npon the admissibility of certain evidence, to obtain which tbe prosecu- tion wished to re-exsmine Roed. The Coutt ruled against the prosecution, and another wit- ness was called. HUGH CHITTICT testified that he resided in tho Town of Lake, and was s farwer. He knew both Rudolphus K. and Howard A. Turver; had known the first since the spring of 73, when he called at the house of witness aud said that he had s claim on his land. The witness want to Chicago to see him at the Sher- man House in regard to the matter, and there met Howard A.also. The witness bonght his land in '67 or '69, taking possession when he bonght it. He bought it from Jobn Gavin, who had owned it from '66 or ’57. Turner said be had a prior olaim, and offered to compromise for nalf the land. Turner exhibited twodeeds, which he paid established his ctaim. Mr. Baroum handed s couple of deeds to the witness, who identified them. The wituess re- lated & conversation with Rrdolphus K. Turner in regard to the Hamilton-Helen O'Hara Harrell deeds. Tarner offered witoess $10,030 and s quit-claim on his property if he would keop Mra. Helon O'Hara Harrell at his house, give her plenty of whisky, opium, and tobacco. until the Enits on the deeds were concluded. Mra. Haruell left the home of witness on the Last dav of 1874. Rudolpbus and Howard both vis- ited her. Daring the last faw months of L ¢ stay Howard visited ber about twico a week, a.d Rudolphus occasionally. Thev geperally visited io the evemng. It would take an hour or two for the old lady to fix herself up, paint her lipa and cheeks, powder berself, etc. Tho wituess always told Tarner that_tho deods were forged. Tarner never demed it, but said if they were he did not duit, snd wag going to make what he could out of them. In & conversation about the Halford deeds, Turner #aid ho did not get muct himself; that Judge Skincer got a good deal, and Goudy & Chandler got a great deal, too. He emd ho had to hire the best lawsers to mske an impression on the Cou:ts, apd he did mnot have much left for himeelf, and therefore could not afford to_ let witoess off unless he kept Alrs. Helen O'Hara Harrell, and gave her plenty of whisky, opiam, and tobacco o keep her up to the sticking point. Howard A. Torner took her away in hia carriage, 10 order to get her some place where they could get at her better. The witness had not seen her sin~e, aud did not know where she was taken. Mr. Stoirs began to cross-examine the witness, and badgered bim about the old lady’s drioking babits, whether tho witness bad not taken the old lady'a whisky. &c., until the witness appealed to the Cours for Drotéction Bgsinst a gang of forgers. Mr. Btorrs next endeavored to ques- tion the witness with intent to show that witnees imposed on the old womsn in money affairs. The witness, who was an houest-looking farmer, got angry agsiu. and said it would take more forgess than the lawyers conld biing up to show any dishonesty in his action. The Court ruled that testimony in regard to the relations of witnesa aud Mrs. Harrell was inadmisatble. The witness testified that he went to Washington in the fall of 1873 to try to find the woman. as he was en deavor'ng to dircover whethershe was a mvih or uot. Tho old lady came on to Iil:nois with him on her own notion, and came tc is house st the sargestion of her lawyer. The witness let her stay at the instance of lurner. The letters be- tween Tminer and the old lady shown in court witners laid hold upon a8 material to enable him to escape the toils of a gang of forgers. JouN R. CASE testified that he was a part owner of the parcsl of land hoono 88 the Halford tract. Io 1878 Rudolphus K. Tuaroer came to witness and ex- hbiced desds .hrough Helen O’Hara Harrell, riving him claim to tbe property. In June, 1578, botl the Turuers cama to tle office of wit- pess in Chicago, Rudolpbus K. stated that he bad s title to the land fiom James 11alford down, An appointment was made for a subssquent meoting, when the Toruers were to exbibit ths papers. This was ia July, 1873. Turoer’s claim was from Halfurd, the origimal owuer, to Empson_Hamilton, and from her to Helen O'Hars Harell. As a result of the conversation, witness comptomited the matter, giving Turner Lalf tho property,—S0 acres. JOHN B. ETRONG testified thet be lived in Chicago, formerly in Missourt. He knew James Reed and also Ru- dolphus K. Torner. He became acquaimted with Reed in Missoari and with Turner in this city in September, 1874. He had seen Rudolphus K. Turper and Reed togetber in the Grand Ya- cific five or six times. He Lad scen themina room together saveral hours st a time, The witnees hnd beard cooversations. They ‘were taliang about land titles. On Oct. 29 there was ao altercat.on i their room, No. 42 or No, 45. Witnesa was in the room, and Samuel Kate also. Kale was the one who bhad iotroduced the witness to Turoer. The gquarrel was a dispute abont the payment for Y pece of land. Reed eaid he agreed to pay so much and Turoer said he did not. When witness came in they closed the conversation. ‘Reed was angry, and walkiog up and down the room. Tbe witness understood that the property in diapute was pear Chicago, but its exact Jocation -he aid oot hear. PROF. M. H. BABCOOE testified that he had hved in Clucago for seven years. He was su expert in the microscopic ex- amination of writings. He bad testitied 1n cases simufar to the present. He had used the micro- scope in examinations for twenty-two rears; bad paid special attention to writings for the last two or three yoars. He bad been a teacher of peumansbhip for over twenty years, and Wwas an expert in the characteristics of handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr. Swet — Witnesu gradoated from Dartmouth :in 1861, ard then became & teacher. Mr. Bwelt exam- iuved -the witness a8 to his career 28 a teacher, bis opportunities for perfecting humself in the use of the microscope, etc. The witness testified thac his attention for years was durected to the structure of plaats, and.the pro- cesses of crystsllization. Of late years he had investigated the comparative sntiquity of writings. He bad pnvionflw“ called mpon to testily a8 to whether the body of & deed was writien at or ‘near the time of the -signature, It was posmible in iron inks to tell, when two lines cioused cach other, ‘which of the two was the oldest, if auy considerabe interval of time had elapsed between making them. The -Courc decided that Prof. Babcoek-could testify as-an expert, and the Professor was rent 10 bring his microscopical spparatus in court. g MES. ADA BEED testified that she was the wife of James Reed, the prosecuting witness. She bhad been muacried twelve years, aud bad four children. She lived in Pluladelphia, and .had resided there since 1863. In October of lsst yecr she had stopped at the Grand Pacific fors month in Room No. 45. Bhe had seen both the Turners with her busbaud in the room a number of -times. Ths wituess was -shown :a deed, snd tes‘ified that she had seen it during ‘a conversation be- -tween ber husband and Turner. She ‘had beard gxi:hBuLhmfinn LI:.'lo;;‘csr:tr.y taiked of in connection 1 ow: uroer paid < fho desd off 1 s poskots + - o0 A2 took A deed from Rickard Robinson to Empson Hamilton was-shown to witness, who identified her busband's writing in-the deed. The Halford deeas were shown to the witness, who identified her husband's bandwriting. At this point the.Court sdjourned to 2 o'clock. Upon reassembliog, John B. Strong was re- called by Mr. Swett for cross-examination. .The witnees stated that he wasarrested ou the charge of forgery at the same time with Beed. was recatlod o tho ataud. for | Tecalled to the staud for the prosecution. Ar. Baroum handed Lim-the deed, d}:flad April 1, 1836, fiom Richard P. Robinson to Empsou Ham- dlton. . Babeock, who had in the interim brought his micruscopic ‘appara:us into court, 'made & minute and protracted examination. m:[:nuin;zzmm—gn ynnl-bla to state whesther 1iog was done a8 lon; 88 mmflia_l ity 7 8g0-88-1837 ? - Bamain—Can you state s tim tban which no part of this writing was 5011?‘?’“" Witness—The -sigaature = Richard P, Robine son " bas been mace s:ncs 13.7. Tuat mianatore could not have been written befors 1848, Ay reasons are these: Detween the yexrs 1848 and -1851 there was s system 0f pearmansbip sdopted -in Boston by:a gentlemmu'named A. B. Dunton ; it wan the nist aystem of penmansbip that was based upon scientific principles, and on it ate based all iho systems of pepmanship now tanght in the public achools. It is my opinion that it was written by a woman instead of a map, and was writien under a state of nervous excitement, as shown by the tremulous character of the lines under the miscrope. In the black limes, there is a cleacly perceptiblo depoait of oxvde of iron, which is the basis ot common iok. There is no ap-exrance of a furtuer oxydstion, such 25 would ba produced if the ink was of very old dste. There 18 no appearance of such further oxydat.on in tbis deed. My opinion amounts to a conviction that the writing could pot Lave been done as far back a8 1836, ‘Mr. Baruuwn requested Prof. Babcock to make s miunte investigation of the wnung in the body of the deed and the notarial certificate. On re- turning to the stand, he testified that the writ- ings afforded the same indications of s com- paratively recent date a8 the sigoatars ** Richard P. Robinson.” He would ssseit positively that the wnting had not been doneas far back as 1836. The ink used io ths certificate was a metallic ink. The ink used in the body of the deed was & vegetable ink, and not metallic. The vegetable ink stained the fibre of the paper, while the iron ink made a deposit on and among the fibres, He was of the opinton that the paper was old. o Mr. Barnum then submitted to Prof. Babcook deed from Empson Hamilton to Ellen O'Hara Harrell, Juoe 22, 1842, After makiog an exam- ination like ae with the first, be testiied that the deed had been written sce 1850, GROBY-EXAMINED by Mr. Storrs. v ‘The winess was shown specimens of band- writing by Mr. Bwett, Mr. Coostantine, sud otbers, sod asked whether he could tell whether the Duntonisn _ philosopby bad formed their handwritiog. Mr. Storrs was hu- morous to such an oxtent a8 to provole disorder in the court-room, but the composure of the witnoss was importarbable. The subject of inks was taken up, the differanco between vegetablo and mineral inks was discussed, Mr. Swett ac- companying the replies of the witness by & run- ning commentary, antil Judge Farwell checked and admonisbed him. Prof. Babcock replied mm s dry, matter-ol-fact way to tha most trivial answors, giving the difference between a decoc- tion and infusion with scieatific exactness, and turping the laugh upon Mr. Storrs. Mr. Btorrs sobered down, and the examinaiion took a more praciical tarn. Tasing s Popular Science Monthly, he resd some extracts written in a style of floid rhetoric in regard to the difficalties of microscopic investi- gations, especially with mfarence to the scales on the wings of the pondata, a microscapio in- Rect, Prof. Babeock explained that examinations conducted with a glass magnifymng & hundred diameters did not present the difticulties and re- quire the extreto uicaty of obsorvation that ob- servations with glassea of 10,000 diameters, &ec., required. The witness waa closely examined =5 to his opinions as to the pariod of the writing in the deeds, witbout varying from his previous statements. Mr. Baroum stated to the Court that the deeds sod papers had becn kept 1in the custody of the defense, and the prosecation had had no oppor- tunity to submit them to tho examinaion of ex- perts, He announced that he was through with all his witnesses at that time, but desired ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENTS 80 as to submit them to the inspection of other experts for the purposes of the prosecution. Messra. Swett and Btorrs objected, and argaed against permitting the documents going out of the possession of the defense. The Court final- Iy ruled that such examinations woald bave to be in open court. Ar. Barnum said that if they were to bave no previous opportunity of exam- ining their witnesses on the subject, before put- ting them on the stand, tbey would not pursus that part of the case fur'her, and would rest tnair case. The defense calied MICHAEL PIGAOTT, 1esiding at Quinoy, 1ll. He testified that he had lived there twenty years, and had boen I’0st- master there for 8ix years. He knew Heury T. Patten. He firs: became scquainted with him in the campaign of 1863. His general reputation in Quiney was bad. Mr. Barnam objected that Patten had mot lived in Quincy for several years. Judge Farwell decided that the rule was that only bis reputation in the p'ace where he ro- eided could be introduced. The question was, what his present reputstion was, not what it had been. Pending the further dizcussion of ths ques- tion, the Court udjourned to Mondsy morning. GLNE—\ A LAKE, Arrivals Last Week. Special Dspatch to The Chwcago Tribune, GeNEva Lake, Wis., July 81.—The following ig a list of amnivals at the Whiting House for the weak endiug this eveniug : A. L. Chetlain, R, C. Richards, Horace McVicker, Fred W. Sanger, Frank M, Wilson, George C. Wilson, &frs. Geargs Saiith, Ricumond Bamith, Charies Glover, G. W. Hull, J. O. Cougn snd wife, Miss' H. Biackmian, A, L. Slson, J. G, Pearce, 3L Pearce, J. Pearce, Jr., 0. L, Looth and wife, 8, 8. Clough, Lil- lian Rickerson, Geoigo L, Myera, 8, J. Capen, Jr., E. 8, Myers, B. A. Fisher and wife, D, B.. Cook and family, B, F. Buchel, Mrs, H, Brough apd child, T. L. Lawtun aud ladies, J. Balenberg, 8. B, Winhaltz, A. C. Calkins, F. C. Hils, Gilbert 1. Smith and wife, Clurs Bauth, P. H. Smitu and wife. Ernest F. Smith, ‘W, A, Thrail and wife, V. A, Mareh, G. W. Keitzinger, F. B. Blackstove and wife, John Crerar, A, L. Burr, B, J, Ingram, H, W. Juckson, W. M. Laue, H. C. Carver, J. H, Bissell, H, C. Fredericks, J. T.'Magin, R. A Peters, W. S, Lynn, Edwin Norton, L. B, Moore, H. T. Vandenburg, W. A. Milligan, Miss Liczie Spalding, J. J, Mitchell, Jr,, Ed 8, Cuyler, H. 0, Sprogie, Chicago. Gen. Sherman arrived at 6 p. m, this evening. The Long-Branch Babys Newo York sun. Loxa BrANCE, July 28.— . . Besides the President’s family the household contains 3r. and Mrs. Sartoiis, sud the new baby boy, son of Mrs, Bartoris, formerly Miss Neliie Graut. The Ihittle fellow.s 13 daysold uow, and a ** bonacer,” if that means & fat, healthy baby. A morniug walk took me past the Graut cottage yesterday, and at the-gatewsy wes a nursemaid with & ba carriage, in which iay the President’s grandson. The chubby little fellow was trying to swatlow one of his fists, a8 i8 the habitof reckless in- fauts, and was closely scrutimzing ua feet, which were suickiog out in sight. 1t seemed to Lave known nothing about feet before tust, and to be amazed by the knowledge of their exise- ence. Women hold that there really'is & differ- ence in the faces of babies under a.mouth old ; but { believe that the wisest parenis would only know . their own, should .sn accident- al -mixture occar, by the colors of Tib- bone, eyes, and stockings, This one was fat- cheeked, and had the usual bit 'of nose floating in the middle of his face. lis eyes were grayisa blue, and roguithly wide open. Hair was scaice on hus head, what there was of it being a yellow- ish fuz. Seriously -conside.ed, those Who ale 10teested in the subject may think of him as a healthy, large, handsome baby, with indications that he is going to look like his -mother, except that his bair and eyes will be like ‘hia father's. On this occasion he was daintily dressed in white, the Jace trimming being worth, by alady's ostimate based on description, not less than $200 or 300." He was in a rollicking good bumor, kickiog up his new-found feet and pok- ing his fist half out of sight in Lis mouth. Toe sun was just high enougli to slant its rays into the carnage, making siny spots on_hia clothes and vare arms, aond his wonderment was great at this esperience. Mrs. Bartoris sst at & wnlow in the lower story of the cottage, and watched han;kt:.by 281t was trundled to snd fro on the wal - Tho nurse was & middle-aged woman, wearing a white cap such a8 are worn by French donnes. 1 asked her if the baby was well. “Yes, air; he’s » very nealthy child,” she an- swered. * How'a his disposition 2" ¢ He's a8 good as he can ba.” *‘Much like his grandpa 2" I don't kuow, sir,” * Cry night.or daytimes ?” ¢*Both; alittle, but not much.” “**What's his weight 2" *He weighed ten pounds and-a half, sir, when he was born, and I guess ‘he ain't been weighed gince ; but he growa fast.™ * Been uamed ?” **Not yet. We call him Baby and Dumpliog.” It is eatd that the boy-will ‘be-named Ulysses Algernon Saroris, aud that he will soon be taken to England with bis father aud mothar. An Englhish Model Farm. Mr. Mechi, the owner.and manager of s mods farm in-Evngiand, took his friends, 1acluding sev- eral members of Parliament, tosee 1t .the.other day, and doabtiess some of his uotiona would in- terest our agricultural readers. Mr. Mechi bought bis 1arm of 175 acres thirty-two years 8go for 85 an acre. it being cold, heavy clay land, not drained, and fenced io small fields. Hetook off all the fences aud bedgex, thoroughly drsined 1t, and cultivated it with a steam plow, plowing it-to the depth of 18 inchies, ‘He does not be- lieve iu pastunng, and cultivates every acre, put- ting 62 ecres in wheat, 19 in barley, 6 in oats, 19,4 in peas for the London market, about 12 in 100ts,[40d 30 10 grasd. He keeps 22 cattle. sbout 200 sheep, and 6 work-horse -, all (£ which 1re keptup and fed the year round. He raises 45 bushels of wheat to the scre, sometimes in 8 cessive years on the same scil, but pursues an irregular rotation. Afier reckoning out the iu- terest -on the -investment, he has a net income from the farm of $2,250, -ar .15 per centnet on the investment. A COAL-MINE HORROR. Thrilling Story of & Mule-Boy’s Adven- tures in an Abandoned Mine. The Light of Reason Put Out--A Flight from Cruelty to an Encounier with Rats, Few York Heraud. Duwuorg, Pa., July 27.—Through the brutali- ty of a miner in the employ of the Pennsylvania Coal Company &t this place a mule boy in the Bame mine was recently put to so terrible an ex- perience in one of the Company's sbandoned mines that he haa bacomes, it is feared, hopeless- ly insane, and has been sent to the lnnatic asy~ lum in Daoville, Montour Couoty. The miner’s name is James Barrett. The boy isason of & poor widow, and although but 14 years of age, contributed largely to her support, His pame is James Gallagher. The man DBar- rett, it seems, wasisin the habit of abusing the I1ad 1n & most shamefal manner, having no apparent cause save & mere personal antipathy. The boy stood in mortal fesr of Barrett. A week or 20 ago the latter had been tyrannizing over young Gallsgher with more than ususl ~crueliy, aod finally ewote that if he did pot qut his eight at once he would kill bim, at the same time runoing toward the boy with his pick raised a8 1f to strike him. Gallagher ran scream- iug away from his persecutor, sud made directly into the abandoned chamber, never stopping to look where he was, in his frient only thinking of getting out of the reach of Barrett. After run- ning for gome time the boy stopped, and for the first saw that he was in s worked-out mine. Even then terror of his cruel taskmaker waa uppermost in his mind, and it was bot until the littlo mine lamp on his cap began to grow dim and finally went entircly out that he awoks to the horior of his situation. THE ABANDONED MIXE. 1If there 8 a chamber of borrors anywhere in the world it is a coal mine that has been worked out and deserted. Its labyrinth of silent corri- dors responds to the least sound with the most demoniacal echoes, and noxionus gases generate in the pools of slimy water that exudes from the walls and drips down upon the slippery floor. Pitfalls filled with water that accumulates with- out interruption abound in these noisome balls, and myriads of hungry rats, bold, and even aggreasive, haunt ~these deso- late chambers hundreds of feet below the earth’s surface, zud over ail the most oppresive darkpess, There 18 no darkness like that ina mine. It i8 50 dense aud heavy that one feels its weight upon him a8 if he were beneatn fathoms of water, and the eye does not become accustomed to its palt sufficienily to penetrate it in the slightest degree. On evury side the con- stant drip, drip of the unwholosome water is heard, and the noise of rats, which frequently displace some loose bowlder of coal as thoy scamper over it, and send it tumbliog to the floor, swaking & thousand horrid echoes and sending them reverberating through the deserted ohambers. “gELP] mELP!” It was into such a place as thia that young Gallagber found mmself, without a Light, alone, and entirely ignotaut of the way out. His firat thought was 10 shout aloud for help, but the sonnd of his voice traversing the devious corri- dors snd ye'ling back to him his cry, prolonged and multiphied a hundred times, as if 80 many fiends were mocking his distress, so frightened the boy that he coald not gather courage to re peat the cry, and he commenced grop- ing his way alopg in silenco in the di- rection he thought most likely would lead to the entrance of the mine. He uad proceeded somo distance along the slimy wall, when a cer- tain dificulty of breathing and choking scnsa- tion warned him that he was trespassiug whers that greatest of all terrora to tbe minor, fire damp, prevailed, and he hastily reiraced his steps with the inteution of turuing into the first cornidor be came to. It wasa loug time befora hie reached one. It turned off to the night and bo entered it and followed it for a quarter of an hour, feeling bis way aloog one side of it aud beiug careful not turn into any of the corridors crossing 1t, &0 that he might not bo- come confused if circumstauces compelled him to again retrace bis steps. Buddeuly, in putting his foot forward, he found no rest for it, ani before he could recover his balance he fell head- long 1.to a pit. His bead cams in contact with one side of the excavation. He attempted to regain bis feet, but he was overcomo with a sense of numboess aod fell back ioto the slime and 0oze that covered *he jagged bot- tom of the pir. How long be lay there nocon- seious the boy did not know. ~ He came to himself with & knowledge .of » peculiar paln b his fingers and toes, AL first he did not realize whers he was, but the impeneirable darkness aud cold, damp stmosphere s00a ro- called his sitnation. He drew up his hands and feet to make an effort to arise, when.ao army of rata scampered away from about him. They ran over his pody aud trailed their cold, slimv tails iv his face. He sprang up with a .shrisk of terror that agamm staiced the blood-curdling echoes through the chamber. o ATTACKED BY RATS. From the feeling of hus hands .and feeot Gal- lagher kuew that the rats had beeo guawiog at bis flesb, but he did not stop to make anyin- vestigation untll he escaped from the pit and waa again on his way back to the place from woence he bad started. To get ouf of the pit he found no easy task. Twice he clambered up ite jagged sides untit he almost reached the top, and as many times foll back to the bottom. The third time trying was guccessful, and he drew himself out exhaasted and fainting. Re lay down on the floor of the corri- dor for several minutes before he had .strength to proceed, and then gathered himself up and burried away from the spot which was o full of terrors-$o lim. When he reached the first cross corridor he sat down on a jutting pieca of coal and tor the first time found that the rats had guawed two of his fingers to the bone and bhad eaten away the uppers of his shoes and the flesh of hus two great toes. He had often heard old mivers rolate over their lunch in the dismal champer the experience of meo lost in mioes and atiacked by rats, and now the reality of the :ing nearly overcame him -with its hor- ror, anu be almost swooned -at the thought of what he had paseed throngh, and what he might yet ba doomed to experience. To-add to the ter- Tible situation of the poor lad, hunger began to make itself mavifest, and the tortures of vhirst were beginning to afflict um. As was the case with the Ancient Marioer, there was “Water, water everywhere, But not a drop to drink. From the fact that he was growing so hungry and thirsty Gallagber judged that he bad beeu.a long time in.the:mine. Up to -this time he had been confident that he would be able to tind his way out of the-old mine 1n the course of a few hours, bus now.bope seemed to be leaving him. He conjured up pictures of his mother waiting for him to come home at night, of her snxiety &t his zardioess, and then her uucontrullable grief st the pews of his loss. Tlen his mind dwelt ou the horrors of & death by starvation or suffucation in the mine, and the sickening thought that he was followed by a horde of ravenous rats that wero ready to make food of bim even betore'ha was dead. Thess thoughts -atmost drove him crazv, and he aroused himself, determined to make snother -effort to escape from the mins. He followed one of the cross corridors .and wandered ‘sboat in thie maze of chambers for hours. Once hetbought he heard his pame cslied 2nd he whouted in reply, only to bear it repeated for many minutes by ths demon echoes. 3 THE LIGHT OF THE SEARCHERS. ‘While wandering about in_this way, a prey to the torzures.of huoger sud thirst, and to both mental and physical agony, .be-saw a light flash for an1nstant across the .corridors in which be ‘was groping. It was.s Jong way off, but he knew it was & miner's lsmp, aod felt that parties were searohing throngh the desertea chambers for him, Regardless of -the hard, jagged floor, the strong walls. the ever-accompanying throng of rats that keptin his Tear, or dangerous pita that might lis abead of bim, ke ran rapidly to- ward where.he-bad seen the light, shouting until he was hoarse. This way,! HereIsm! HereIam! This way, Yor God’s suke !” ke echoes took up the cry ‘2nd caraied it tbrough the noisome avenues, lifted-it.ap to the roof of the caiulean vault,-and repeated it untit it-died awsy 1n-a-wail of agony; but the bearer of the light did not bear 1t in the course he had taken, sod -the almost exhausted boy, footsore aad bruised .by . frequent fails on the hard, rough. mine floor, hurried «n in the subterracean labarynth, Sod- denly, in turning the angle of one of the cor- ridocs, & light again flashed upon buw sight, snd theo anotler and another. A voics shouted & prolouged call. 2 ** Joa-m-0-8 G-s-l-l-a-g-h-er! Hel-l-o-0-0-8, Jimmy ! The ipevitable echoes had -scarcely .taken \:fl the cry when the boy returned tne call with his soal in bis voice : s “.Herelam! Coms this way!” Hig.answer was beard, and in s few moments sturdy miners bad fouod the boy. Dot he did not know that he rascued. He had fallen to the ground unconscious, his strength having gone out with his last wild . He was soon taken out into the purs air, where his frantic mother and the most of the villagers had assem- bled to await the resuit of the search. The peonle were wild when it was sonouuced that the bov ‘was found. and his brave rescuers were borne aloft bv the crowd. It wasaloog ume before young Gallagher was reatorad to cobsciousness, and taen it was on(y at intervals that he was bis right mind. [u these sane intervale ho relat- ed tue-story of his faurful safferngs, sud learned that be had Leen nearly two dsis aud one |.ng night wandering among the horrors of the mioe, His lueid spells_ lasted bat a short time, when he would ba seized with frautic rav- ings, in which he would plaiatively beg of Bar- rett not to hure him, and then shriek. “The rats are eating me up! Drive them away! Drive them away!” The moments i which he was sane bacame less frequent, and finally days passed without one gleam of reason Lightiog ap the darkness of his miud. The surgeons found 1t necessary to ampusate one hand and three toes that had been goawed by the rats. sud to perform other pawnral operations to save the boy's life. One day last weol, his phigical condition being such as to permit it, they decided he must ba taken to an asylum for meotal treatment, and expressed grave doubts of his permanent recovery. The brute Barrett, when the result of his cruelty be- came known, was compelied to flee the- place in the night to escape tha fury of the exasperatad popalace, and personal effacts left Ly him were burned, as an expression of the indigpation of the people sgainst him. FINANCIAL. WESTERN UNION STOCK. Kew Yorg, July 81.—The Triduns eays: **A member of the Executive Committes of the Western Union Telegraph Company, well ac- quainted with Commodore Vauderbilt, was ques- tioned a8 to the truth of the report that Vander- bilt was ready to eall out his stock. He said: *r. Vanderbilt is perfectly willing to part with any speculative stock, and euch is the Western Uuion, but he is intensely stubborn. The stock he holds cost him 86, and he never will sell ata loss. If 1tcan be got up to the 9Js, the Com- modore wiil sell out to Jay Gould, or any one who will give him his price; but the retirement of Vauderbilt from the Board would not neces- sarily involve a retirement of his friends. Van- derbiit has a large numbver of followera in all the enterprices which he enters into, and in our cha.p Mesars. Schell, -Work, Harker, Dur- kee,and Thorue are all looked upon as his friends. All bave been identified with the management of the Company. I do not believa they wonld sell out ther stock, even if Vauder- bilt should. There is $35,000,000 of Western Union stock in all. Tne Coxmmodore holda $5,000,000, and his friends $11,000,000 more, making $16,000,000 in all, —enough to control the Boaid at all the elections. 1f Gould desires to control this Board, be will have to buy out the Vanderbiit clique, 28 well 28 the Commodore. He to-day owes more of the Western Uniou stock than does Vanderoilt. It is well knowa in our Boara that Jay Geuld owas 87,500,000 of Westein Union stock, against the $5,000,000 beld by the Commodore. Should he buv out the interest of Vanderbilt, which the latter is quite willing to gell tho moment the stock 1ises above 86, Gonid, with Lis 7,500,000, will be very cear controlling the Board. He will ave to purchase it all him- self, however, for he cannot rely upon hiy friends. He has no such followers as the Com- modore bas, but he makes up in cash whué he lacks 1 suppors.” RECENT FAILURES, New Yomg, July 81.—Lettera received from John T. Raymond, Jobn Brougham, and William Wheatley (ac:ors) deny that they are losers by the failure of Duncan. Shermen & Co. Scumall & Fraweilter, proprietors of an exten- sive lager beer brewery at Marion, N.J., have 1ailed for about §75.000. Loxpoy, July 31.—The Times' financial arti- cle saya: “Itis believed that arrangements are in contemplation which will resuit 1o the pay- ment of Duncan, Sherman & Co.’s circuiar notes in the hands of travelers.” St. Lotis, Mo., July 31.—Among the real eetate tranafers reported as having been record- ed in the Recorder's office of this county are some fifty lots of ground io different parts of the city, ranging fiom 25 to 130 feet front, from W. 8. Duucan to Alexander Duncan, forthe consideration of 1. THE WEATHER. ‘Wasmmvarox, D. ., July 81.—For the Upper Lake regions, Uprer Mississippi and Lower Mussouri Valleys, falling to statiooary barome- ter, cool northeast to southeast winds, and partly cloudy weather, with rain aress from Missoun to Michigan. LOCAY, OBSEETATION. Cmeaao, July 31 Wind. ,1.-Zm| Withar hmémm thermometer, 66; minimum thermome- % GRNERAL OBSERVATIONS. Cu12460, July yl—midnight, Wewther. vl 64]3. E., gentle.|. Stat.on, | Bur ) Uar Breck'ridge|30.12 1] A Strong Man. | New Brunnmck Keportsr. Thomas,or Tom Garduoer, as he was familiarly called, was born on the River St.John, 1 mile above the mouth of the Mactaquack stream, 10 the year 1798. Viewed casually, Garduer gave no evidence of unusual power, bat when stripped his-muscuar development was tremendous, avd 1t is attirmed that instead of the ordinary sibs ‘he pussessed s sc'id bony wall on either side, and that there was no separation whatever. He 8tood b feot 10}¢ incnes, erect and full-chested, and maever exce: 190 pounds in weigkt. The late Charles Loug informsd us that at one time he saw Gardner lift from s tow-bost s puncheon of corn contaning at least 12 bushels, aod, swioging round, deposit it on the sand. In 80 doing he tore the sole off his boot. On sn- other-occasion B number of men were trying to litt a stick of timber. In all the crowd only one man could raise it about 2 iuches from the skids. Gardner told four men to et upon it, and thes lifted 1t S0 high that the men jumped off tosave themselves from the fall. Mr. McKeon has fre- quently known him in lifting to break boom- poles 6 inches thick. He has known him also with one hand tolift, by the rung of s chair, vhe chair itself and a man weighiog nearly 200 weieht. Once io attemptiog to Lft a very heavy man he saw him wrench the rung eotirely from the chair. Gardoer at ooe time was poesessed of a balky borse, with which he exercised great patience : but when patience ceased to be a virtue, he would feli him to the ground with his clenched fist, striking bim behind the ear, It i related of Gardner's sister that on one oc- casion famons wrestler traveled all the way from Miramichi to Tom's home in order to ‘iry s fall with him.” Tom was absent, but the "sister, lnoking cootemptuously upon the intruder, declared she could throw him ber- sef, and, suitiog the acuion to the word, ins fair wrial threw hum fairly three times in suc- ce-sion. The stranger's experieace witn the sister was sufficient ; he never sought a future interview with the brother. he greatest feat which Gardoer was ever known to perform was on one of the wharves in Br. Jobn. Mr. McEeen #aw him lift and cazry an anchor weighing 1,200 pourds, numbers of otber witnesses lméink by, sume of whom are yet alive. Fregueuntly he has seen him carcyinga barrel of pork nuder each arm, and ooce sew him shoulder s barrel of pork wbile standing in an oruinary braody box. When about 40 years of age Gardner re- moved to the United States, and never returned to his native Provioce. It is commonly reported and believed.that be met with a sad adventure on ‘bosrd s Mississippi eteamer. A heavy bell was on board 88 & portion of the freight, and the Captain, & great, powerfal fellow, was con- cesrned a8 to how he should remove i from its place in order to make moze room on deck. While Captain and passengers were st dmnper, fom, 1n presence of the crew, to their uster amaze- ment, Lifted the bell and carried -iv to the op- posite side of the boat. When the Captain re- turned Le sgied how that had been acc.m) isned, aud when Gardoer lsughingly remarked that ha carried it there, the former gave bim tbe lie, and as one word brought on another, hie present- 1y struck Tom in the face. This was too mach, aud for the first time in Lis life the strong man gave blow for blow ; bos one buffet was suff -cient. The Captsin never spoke agaio, killed dead on the instant. Tom made bis escace, weut West, and Lias never been heard of nince. THE CROPS. Great Damage Resulting from the Com tinnous Heavy Raing, : Gloomy Reports from Ohio, In diana, and Missouri, : ILLINOIS, Srecial Dispateh ‘o The Chicaga .I_JASALL!. 1L, July S1.—As- the river is rising, it is apprehended that ths thmnm;n scres of corn growing on the river bottom are in danger of inundation. Wind east, rain pearly all day. ) o Special Dupateh fo The Chago Tvi Peoaw, Ill, Jzly SL—The 'eua::“ tamy suddenly cold Jast night, snd early thig o a steady rain began fallng and bay i without intermisgion all day, aad the 1:;‘;“-“ are at preseut tnat it will outlas: :h”,m The farmers predict serious damages to “fllfl‘: ered crovs if the storm lasts much longer, Speciat Dupatch to The Chicags. Tribuns, cmu. 1L, July 31.—Th1s reetion of the tate, including Montgomery, Jersey, and yag. son Connies, has beea visited by a Sories of violent storms, which have perfectly flooded thy country, and ealverts and bridges hava heen oar- ried ansy. Tho wheat crop, which bad beeo g and pow in the fleld, is sprouting. Tye cannot be bo cat, while the corn is warer.xiine and the loss to_our couuty wili ba'mndx;hfi' thoussnds of ollars, The gutlook s pereet & ovectal Dispateh fo The Chisan Triome. Qurxcy, 1L, July 3L.—A rawm-stom of g, cedented reverity has been prevaibng m this section withoat in:ermieaton for the last eigh hours, and there are no signs of abatament, ran-fall has been enormons, snd hay m,,;r,h large extent of territory west of hers, mit storm nas extended a distauce of nearly 1y miies, aud the streama are all overdoped. Lt Dot yet known to what extent the ml!wllu: ing ioto this city msy have been damaged, bot they have no doubt been tadly washed all,' Thy low Iands are flooded, andthe crops in this regica must bave been materially injured. «,__SEreaal Lnapateh to The Cieace Trivens, ‘Pemy, Ill., Juiy 81.—It has rained s:eadfly hero all day. Heavy raios, with wind. viets) this county earliar this week, danagmg hay ) oats 1acaicalably. Much of the oats will nol by cut, aod much more will ba mowed wiuhs 3‘"‘“ and cared hzm ti:"fi“ the ran will alioy e mea to get into elds. Corn i ol 18 daing Svecial Dupatsh to The Chisaoo BroowmzyotoN, i, July 8L.—A cmuh has prevailed all day, and’ thers are no sgas of ceasation. Not a diy day for a week past. QOuy and wheat are beyond redemption, and bayis rapidly and generally spoiling. SPRINGFTELD, IlL., July 81—Tho Stats Register of to-day publishes crop repotts from iwenty one points in the extreme Southarn Ifise south of the line drawu aci0s6 the State as Altan, The rej otts show very heavy raiu storms in that part of the State, dowig serious dsmage to ~wheat, oas, tobacco, mod sy, whila tho corn orop scems to by very promising. In this (Sangamou) connty it raineq for the better part of two daye Almostis- ceseantly and every day duniog the past wek but one. All sorts of crops save thosoe on kigh rolling gronud are about ruinedt. The Smps mon Kiver und other streamy are out of har banks, tloodiog the country. Special D.apateh to T'he Chicaoo Tridume, Cmawrasey, 1L, July SL—A ‘terific min. storm, the heaviest of tne season, bas ragsd here to-dav, and the rain is sull falling in tore rents, flooding the streets ana fields, snd oves flowing the awresms. Another blow o theal ready badly damaged crops. MISSOURL. Special Dispatsh to 'he Chicave Tribuna, 87. Lous, Julv 91.—The rain-storm which bst beeu provailing here for several dars continnsd to-day almost unabated, and our strects areins horrible coudition, some of them bemg s perfect ses of mud, and imrassable m places. I mense damage is being done to crops throoghogt the surrounding country. Special dispatches from various rortions of Missour:, aod especisi- lydn tne central portion of the State, autcunce tle heavies rain-fall of the sesson dunng ¢ day. Oats, bay, and wheat are completely des- troyed in many pliacea. Fences and barns s being wached away. Al the creeks aod nixs aro booming. 8t. Louts, Ma., July 81.—The rain-storms-of four days still continue in this sud almost svary other section. Great quantities of rain have also fallew 1o adjoining States, and aside from the damage done to rsilrosds, croj of all kinds have sustained great ibjury, and nearly all the stresws are 8o swollen that consideratle acpicheusions wers feit hers of & fresuet in tho Missonri and Mississipul Rivers. After riring pearly 8 fest, thy niver bere is tailing to-night, ut no doubt will be swelling again to-murrow, and if the min continues a day or two louger there mast, 1 the uaturerof the case, be p:etty high water. . KA 45 - Arcmsoy, Kan., Juiy 31.—Cocsiderable dan- ago Lias been done to small grain yet standiog by the heavy rains of the past two weeks, The corn, however, is growiog with wor derful vigor, and this crop will, # is thought, be the lsrgest ever producad in the S:ate. Even on the eastern border, whers the locusts destroyed the first plantiog, com'rs: planted lste in June is now from 6 to 7l higb, and will probably zlmm a full crop. ‘bo heavy ramn of Tuesday last 5o das the Atchison & Nebraska Railroad that its have not passed over the road since thatdas 1t will bo repaired and traios Tanniog re by iMouday. . Special Disvateh to The Chicaao Tribune. LAWRENCE, - K»., Julv 31.—All the railrd lines runuing iato this city are more or lessdsx> agea by raie. No trans oo two roads to-dsy aud the Kansas Pacific ia under water at sevenl pointa. A water-spout yesterdsy took a¥sys bridge, and did considerable damaza in Leavad- worth County. Wheat and flax are in shocks i8 numerous localities. The wheat returns wiuis consequence be greatly lesssned. INDIANA. Special Dirpatch to The Chicago Tridvae. Teune Havre, Ind,, July 81.—Ehe fall of siln continues with undiminished force in thif region. The Wabash Ls ovarflowed its biois at all poiats. The old leves, 5 miles sonth of this city, broke last night and overflowed set- eral thousand acres of land. The corn aop i2 the bottom land is entirely destruyed. Large quantities of wheat which remaiea in shockt bas been carried away. It 18 impossible af pre* ent to eatumate the damage dobe. TENNESSEE. Mrexems, Teno., July SL—The situstion 8 regards the river is a little more hopefal to-nil'fl 1n view of its being statiopary here and declio= ing at St. Louis, but is still regarded as daoge ous. Some damsge has resulted from !9: water, as tha levees ars perfectly aatoraced, aa the weatler continues showery. A Japaness Bathe In Japan, even in the lowest Lons, m»m‘g er's request fors bath is never met with o state of plank astonishment which often atte thedemand ia our own and ol:fl other EWM cau.mry.m {nl:‘nuv ti’n Irel once 1 n for s ba! they bronght mes. 30a ou another occasion, 1o Frsace, I could £ DO Dearer the articis than a horse-trougdi o in Englaod and Germany the roquest bas than once led to » souioua breach of the w: between myself and the landlord. In Japss 70 the contrary, there would be much mare 2k prise felt if tha traveler did not ask for & ‘There were no prepa:ations required, 0o Fuf about of chamber-maids, no turniog 08 e Off that,—everything wss quite resdy, ::h g at once conducted to » huge wooden a8 s small earthern fuinace lot in st the loe:.u Fi lid inclosing the whole of tbe iop with ceptios of s space just big enough fof fl’:" ] of thie bather to emerge turousb. 1DL iog these contsivauces, with a soall furnsce _‘fl; i gailv, » Japanese, after bis day's work llind ”: will it czlmli boling Limself it the 14 S and the waterbubbliug aboat bim st boiliog 3045 Heseems, however, tolixe it "‘"Mh_.yi' 74 judge from the pleased expiessvs 03 Rkl a8t deepening under the process into e Like tinta; and whep he haa, at last, M‘"fd v —about an biour of it,—be sakes of the I\ s ba- omerges 28 much like s boiled lobsier 88 e man being can become. Ay bsib ;::rnw' ready; the awall furnace glowed with ¥, of charcoal ; the water bunbled werilf. M. companlon of e beth, tauing of the I fory ed meto ente:. Not being, Loweresy 5,5, Japaoese, & Mnl:s lo‘l:;ter.. orb:‘g‘bcfi‘fi 3080 568 auy partizular object in ter Bad the Fael raked oot of the ’“""‘}",;'u.— buckets of coid wazer addet befarel §% Temyle Her. & 1