Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1875, Page 16

.the “daat 16 TfiE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST I5, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. ton days or two weeks to arrive at a conclnsion 48 to the available nssezs of the concern. Even 10w, &8 far 88 he has gope, Mr. Ecovel is not _sanguine of anything like a large dividend, and it appears from bis convarsation aa if he wero net altogether clear about rescuing enough to. THE CITY. THE DIRECTOR'S DREAM. VICTINS OF THE DOB~TAILS. T e e pay the fees of tho Assiznoe. It is pretty cortain Who snk into his eesy chatr, that all people who have clsima against tho do- A balf hour tea, funct institution may s well heave & deep Bigh And siipped, ss portly man will alip, 30d give up any ides of a dividend—or it ono bo Into a reveris, i P decllgfod they may expuct to gee it beautifully And, as he meditatod, stols A ~ Acroes his {acs a szils, In purscance of a circular issuod a few days And chiuckles in his throst had birth— 2g0, 2 meoting of a uumber of the Burviving He chgskled all the whils, members of the United States Zousve Cadets was B e ot hold st the Sharman Housa yesterdsy even- ing, that being - the fiftcenth mm\'er‘:ari'y of thewr return 0 go from eir B e ov folke 413 beat ] T Eastern trip. The followiog old mombors The Company, and how at last . were in attendanco: Freeman Conner, E. B. cieel ch o Koox, B. B. Botsford, E. L. Brand, Willism 2L Had ot £on 1n by Offoes Jomge== ¢ Olcott, J. C. Long, S. S. Brown, Goddie True, A most praisowarthy f C. C. Phillips, WxflilmL!;mu. Bfi"fi':.l fifi?fi- mile dted from his face, cott, L. P. Walker, L. L.James, H. He A by oyee aia dosey ert Ross, Thomas Higgioa, Dr. J. B. Floyd, G. ‘His chin fell on his maseive chest, H. Fergus, and —— Lewis. The old fiag of A more came from his Dose; 2 the company, won at the Stato Fair The after—dinner reveris in 1860, was alio present. A committeo was ap- Had deepensd to a doze. pointed to prepare a plan for a permanent oreanization, and it was also decided to hold & reunion on the 15th of September. An interesting meetiog of Good Templars was held at the residence of Grand Worthy Counsel- from his heaving breast— s dreamed he'd gone £o where reside or C. G. Haymsn, No. 30 Walont streot, e y un Wodnesday eveniug, tho chject beiog to instic tats a new Lodge. Al the prelimioary business baving been arranged at an informal meeting of the woek previons. the Counselor procesded to orzanize the Lodge. Twenty-five names wera put upon tho books as charter members, Of ther unhappy lot. ‘[avd & score, or more proposed " h:x" oelad ircles initiation. A t was cast for a name, when i e was decided unanimonsly in favor of that of an They tauntsd him with itter words ; Houorary Templar, Right Worthy Grand Secro- Such fearful things they said tary Joscph L. Drke, of Washington Heighta. He wishod—vain wish 1u such s place— The following officers were_duly installed : W. “ Alinost that ho wore dead.” C.T., A. L. Davison; W. V. T., Mrs.Lu A Buotiog ;_W. R. 8., Engene_T. Gilbert ; W. A. S5 3lre ‘Estelle Davison. . T Mrs. C. G. Hazmao: W. F.6. V. W. 'Bobizne; arLu 7. Barlingame; W. D- iss Emma Hayman WG s Agoes Farmer V. C., O. G. Hay- T., A. G. Chester. The J. L, Tpstepta of tender years (He was in for larceny) “1 was a very proper boy Clauck fall of honesty, 791 4n this wretch’s bob-tailed cars 1 was led to tufamy.” man ; P. W. C. : Diake Lodge No. 1 have decided tomeet Fri- # 1t was 3 gentle Sabbath morn, day eveniog of each week, snd for the present at No. 30 Walous etrect. When the Chapel of tiie Washingtonian Home is completed, thoy will occupy thst. The Order generally are invited to these meetings. car was crowdad, aud Tbu dimes and nickels boxward flew, They all passed through my hend, Oz shonid tave, but 3 g per cent Within my pouch did land.” COAL T e T The Chicago Conl Exchange held a meotiog e o face yerterday afternoon in thcir rooms in the Metro- politan Block, Presidznt Goit in the chair. Secratary Kirkland renorted L!:l:fnllu\vmg Te- to: With meekness And mildness iu his eyen, & "T'was his bobtail cars " he sadiy sald, * Which brought me hors lizewise,™ #1 hung upon & bob-tailed step The car nsido wae crammed, Wisen crashitg, crusbing fiogers four, ‘The door was fiercely jammed, And I, who'd never sworn betore, The driver roundly d—d.” Up rolied » man with soddened facs, And eyes all dull and blesr ; “Dut (bic) for’s bob-tatled cars,” ho cried, “Iq not be her Whors (o pavehiod (ube thaost may never know 'Ih’ (hic) taste of lager beer.” 3¢ wash & cold (htc) winter night, ‘But little did I reck. And when the (hic) driver fafled to taks (Hic) heod unto my beck 1 jumped (hic) to the frozen strest “An’ (hic) broke (hic) my neck.” Up stept a man with visags wan, ceipts for the pressat yeer up to 230,374 29,510 Total. 209,854 For the samo period of 1874 the receipts were as follows : Anthractte carried over from 1873 Aothracite Bituminot Total.. . . Diflducy on stock this year a8 corapared No other business was transacted, change adjourned tili the lass Saturday in the month. ST: LUKE'S HOSFITAL. The undersigned, President of St. Luke's Freo eyes glared as he spoke ; Hospital, begs leave to appesl to his fellow- X was a bob-tailed driver once, citizens 1n behalf of this most excellout charity. Bl sy beket B Taloly ok o Ita beds are open to all persons, without distine- ":;A‘:‘u;“”""mdf 0y tion of race, color, or creed, and are perfectly freo. As to its condition, the slightest ex- w0 18 struggled day, T2 stroggled night, amination wiil show its beautiful order and For lread and mestand rent ; cleavliners, and every patient will tostify to its Nohope of “knock down’ cheered ms up § comfort. It aims especially at the relief of re- ‘We starved on my por oent. spectable working people, who cannot be nursed 3 came down bore; mine own, worge off, at their own homes. To tho County Foor-House went. It ia now fn the very greatest noed, bemg in flew the bat-winged Nick himself; debt about 81,000. The smalicst contributions will be gratefully received by tho'undersigned, 1072 Prairio avonne, or by the Treasuror, W. J. Barney, 27 TrisvNE Building. Douvations of fruit are also carncstly eolicited, and some bot- tles of good wine will be thankfully received. ‘Fhe institution is too well known to need any references. Criztox Locke, President. WARD—RANKIN. Mr. F. R. Otistakes excoption to some of the concinsions rexched by District Attorncy Ward in bis letter to thes Dopartment of Justice con- cerning the famous post-hole on Jackson street. Ho states that Mr. Ward did not mate knowu to the Government that the lot was taken pos- sossion of by Mr. Rankin nenrly a year borore Come, come, and ewim in the Urimstous depths Where Do bottom foand may be.” TUp stept » gentle, biueeyed girl, The dmnn%ldly woke, She murmured, * Pa, its jost the tims You took your evening smoke. Heze's your cigar, my desr Paps, And listen what a joke.” %1 brooght it you sn hourago, Bt you were In a doze; T 1t the match, the brimstons smoks. the judgment for the openiug of Dearborn e N o racsiiing stut ke wea A ana, whetlar it could bAve besn Weat op your dewr old noses” utilized _or - mof, Mr. Rankin hed no ool legal right o tako possession of privats property without fair compensation. Mr. Otis GENERAL NEWS. A phical error in a recent itsue located at No. 89 South Clark street s gaming-honss which is sitoated in & neighboring buildiog. fuither eays that it does appear tbat ho has utilized the rest of his lot, and that & building i8 now set upon it. He also says that Mr Ward is mistaken when he says that no reply bas been :ficnn-od {ro;n \g’:amnmnn ;1‘1’ tl:; !ub§§c§, and at o roply has been recoived by Gen. Holman, ‘Thomas Eeane, an employe at the steel works | Lo S b 05 CY0 ey of the Government corner of Ashiand and Archer avenues, had en ( 4ng inauracting the present Superintondent ankle fractared yestorday by a pig of iron falling 4 to ascertain tbe rental of the ground when uponit. m—?n paususslieu of, with 8 viow to =u, smicale i scttlement. Itis due to AMr. Wa &8y, 10 Mory Bush, au abandoned woman, 1iviog at | 1), connection, that when Lie #sid that nothing No. 943 State street, diod very suddeuly of heart | j;ad een hLeard of the leiter he meant, and £0 disense yesterday aftornoon, The Coroner was | oxpreseed himself, that ho had received no otified to hold an inquest. renly. Mr. Otis flm:i sava that 2ir. Ward statod o im that, in consideration of the smount o ‘The temperature yesterday, as observod by Ma- | 45y oq tiat Had accrued on ssid lot sinco Raukin nasse, optician,’ 83 Madison etreet (TRIBUNE | took possession of it (8400 or $500 in all), the Building), was, at 8 a. m., 71 dogrees; 10 a. m., | claim was not much out of the way. 8; 12m,, 80; 3p. m., 85; 8p. m,, 78. s Sy TESTOMAREARIO e : 2 : e city quo warranio caee was bofore the A comnagitor on the Courier, named W, Shinz, | ¢rimina] Gonet again, yosterday morning. The bad one of his fest badly jammed by getting it | attorneys for the city asked leave to withdraw cacght betwoen the railig aod the bridge on | their third amended piea. After discussion the Adams street yesterdsy morning. Court refosed the application. It was then de- : i cided to try the questions at 1ssue beforaa jury, Last oveniug the employes of the Redfield, | and Tuesday was fixed as the date. The ques- Bowen & Walworth Company presented Mr.J. | sions to bo tried aro: Was a M. Coltath, Superintendent of tbe establish- | resolution adopted bv the Common ment, with & baudsome, stem-windiog, Waltbam | Council, Jas. 4, calling for an election upon the watch and Masonic emblem, also a beautiful | adoption or rejection of the charter of 18722 brass picture frame of exquisite design and | Did the Mayor issme an order uuder date of workmanship. Marsh 20, mlhlxllg a0 clection :J: Wore the poumbsi Inthe article published in last Saturday's | Paces origially designated changed in a sol Tusgur on the Cliiczgostove trad. tho %%ni;n Soguent ofdor under Gata of APE 167 of the well-known Louso of cssrs. Tibbais, 8hirk & Whitohead was given 25 Nos. 42 and 44 THE GENUINE DEMOCRACY. 1 tato street. It should have been Nos. 42 and44 A/ WEAL MInE/MALLY; T.ake street. where their office and salesrcoms | A grand Democratic rally was called last night ; will bo fonod. 20 meet in Benz's Hall. No. 785 West Lake street. . The Coroner is one of thohardest-worked offi- | As an attraction, it was advertised that the Attic e:-‘s: .:hf'nm“"'n It x-:ogi‘«:m e}x;t he ;:;:g trio would favor the meeting with soms of their date the Pm“"h"? lu: mmaxd o keepnn“mam o- | choicest selections. At 8 o'clock = half-dozen or randum of his work 1n 3 book to_be left at the | more political fossila of the post-ptiocene age office of tho Clerk of the Criminal Court on and | were gathered togother. one of them bearing, as after to-morrow. » sacred palladiom, a copy of Jefferson's in- Stationed st one of our large depots, in the | sugursl address, printed on satin. They gath- unplz;’ £( 3 Elleown ’l;nlnlma. is .:h' hnnu; ered togother aud talked of Andrew Jackson. #on o rin, ke ——, Who has a peculiar auo i 7 {mproasive way of expressing himself. as the T:" mfi’ “;“‘i:i‘: Vao Buren and Cass foliowing will illustrate: A short time ago Miko | ™&T® ed, and disapprobation exproased Nia lnoh'ngrle and *‘out of eorts.” In his | With the action of Van Buren. While these datics about the ‘%::W‘ he :;mx J erlr‘y '—.,hnnloth- thrilling issues were being discussed a few dozen erone of the ‘‘boys™ who works for the live. | mea and boys dropped im, and at about twenty Jerry hailed hrm with ¢ Mike, what's the mat- | mingtes of 9 there were about forty present. tor; been sick?", *Well, Jerry, I'm not feeling | : wory well.” * What's the tronble ?7 asked Jer- he meeting was called to order by 1y, “Well, Jerry, I'll tell you. I was feclin’ H. R. WHIPPLE, very bad, and went to seo tho doctor. Hoe ton!d | Ho said that the object of tho meetiog was to effect an organization of the Democratic party in the city and county. Next year came the Presidential ion, i igh ti ‘The fires sanusl picaio of the grand branch of | Legie wh oraciia Ther v oy Lo 10 the Emerald Bemeficiol Associctiou, beld at | no organization of the Democratic party and Moak’s Grove, 23 miles from Chicago, on the | chere ehould be. It might be asked what were RockIaland & Pacifio Railrosd, vesterdsy was | the principles of tho party. Ho would answer f,;? -'n:daly flu-}d-d. and passed off with good | the historical principlesof the Democratic party. er aud general enjoyment. The weather was Mr, Henry A. Wilder moved that the President superb, and the grounds well shaded and diverei- | appoint an organiziog comrmiltes of fied. Dean Nevans' band supplied ex- wn‘:e duty it should be t0 elect such w’:;:eiz: Was most Io- | tees from each ward of the city and town of the celient music, and danciny : %x?nmmn'u:yin‘:;vn:rnuu uzfi after 6 o'clock. , Durme sn jn 8omo hrief addresses Were | complete organization of the Democratic delivered. The games comprised running, 10 82id City of Chicago and County of nk{ }ummn‘lm'{:mg weiglts, and other matters | The motion was adoptod. gommon to such oocasions. Messrs. Molloy and | ~ Mr. Wilder then offered the following county ss they shall deem necessary to effect a 3icNaily acted 88 umpirea, s0d _appearsd to give - Tuil satisfaction. The party returned to the elty BESOLUTIONS 3 5 3 Wazazas, The Democrsy of Cook Coun at about 9 o'clock lsat :;:nm& party bavo for many years H:; pust, been s for o A week ago Jast Tuesday the propeller Elmi Lools of designing and unprinciplod politicians who, of Bay Q‘é a0 into the Van Bl:l:n n}:— whils pretending fealty to the Ereat principles of brids d precipitated Btreet | Democracy, have by their actions entirely igaored the ridge, and pi A horse and | rights of ibe people, and by aseembling n secret and buggy belonging to C. M. Cook finto | inthe formation of clubs for the sole purpose of or- the river. The next day a spit | gnizing ggantic political riugs, in order to control the machinery of government, and by which the was commenced by Mr. Cook against the boat to recover damages. and, subsequently, a custodisn was piaced by the Sheriff in ch: of the ves- sel. e Sunday evening following the boat steamed up, sod, by the aid of a tug, bid Chi- cago adieu, taking ‘along the isn. After getling into the lake, however, be was transfer- yed 1o che tugboat and browght back to the i would stsod ex- le bt virtually become the unwilling tools of —canstituted and unwarranted usurpers of popular righta ; therafore, beit o Iieso.ved, That all political power obtained in socret and by the agency of self-constituted rings is entirely a4 yarince with the principles of OCTaCY. Resolved, That all ele-tions should be based upon the popular will, uninfiuenced by any ring power, and that any other sitempt to galn power is not in accord ary. pe with the great principle of Democracy tha: all ation, and while 1t s 3 esd | poy e Eieat principl b o commentary upon the class of men E:nm;r. “ weculo By e peile, mad Lo surrounding the Sherifl, it is likety to cost that The resolutions were adopt: sndividoal & envg little sum, unless he is ableto | yoices in & cat-and-dry mu;'xpxef "fvr:‘clz' d?fi: torn the Elmira over when ane is called for. sooonnced the foliowing committes : Caleb Mr. Boovel, the o6 of the intensely-ds- | Crosswell, Dr. Wilkins, Henry A. Wilder, Charles funct Biate Street Savings Bauk, is still at work | J. Beattie, Thomss North, John Heafield, B. R. etiempting to dig ':"‘lw';m wau Joo ufi’f’;imum some remarks, bat the ti B o 4 ot the two deoutiorn e’ dozen of the andience outside of the fosails He and at tho conclusion of his romarke there were cries for * music.” The attic trio then canted back their beads and soothed the feelings of the audience with ** Da-arling, Ism growing oh-old.” The grim-visaged Democracy smooth- ed iis wrinklod front, and sottened under the bland intluence of the rentiment. Mr. Charlas Beattie talked, and was followed by Mr. John Heageld. He was followed by Mr. Denz and other apeakers in the same strain, and tho meoting adjourned, leaving the interests of Domocracy in the hands of tne Committes ap- pointed. ——— THOSE RESOLUTIONS. ‘WHAT THE JEFFS WANT TO DO. The following is the foll text of the resolntions presented at the meeting of the Jeffersonisus held Friday evening, and which conld not thon be acted on for lack of s quornm : ‘WieaEas, Tho charter election of April23, 1675, Las been brought in question in a quo warranto case peud- ing before the Criminal Court of Cook County; and two Judges sitting in said Court have anuounced that the question of the adoption of the Charter of 1572 was not legally submitted to the po%pla. and, therefore, that the eiection was null and void ; and WHEREAS, The said caso 14 still pending and unde- termined in the Criminal Court, eausing large ex- | pened 1o tho city, '71“ imposing a sorious burden to the tax-payers; an € Witkngss, Tho further prosecution of esld suit in the Criminal Court, and in the Suprems Court, would occasion great inconvenience ju the —sdministra- tion of the government, and caure protractod doubt aad uncertainty 5 to'ils powers; and ‘WaEazas, Even sdmitting the legal adoption of the cnarter of 1873, the terms of office of tha officials of the corporation cannot be extended beyond the terms for which they wers clected, by reason of the Constl- tution of the Stats of Illinota, Art. IV., Sec. 25, which reads an follows = “ No law shall be passed which shall oporate to ex- tend the term of sny public officer after his election or appointment,” which necessitates an election for city oficers in November next ; and Waesias, Buch an election, if held under the charter of 1873, would still leave the cly inlitigation and uncertainty as t0 the fundamental law and dutioa of tho officers of the Municipal Government ; and wheress, The only rue principle of Ropublican fustitutiona {a that the fundamental law shouhl be founded upon the will of the people; therofore Resoived, That the interests of the people of Chlcago demand that the suthorities of the city should abandon the further prosecation of the quo warrauto case on ‘behalf of the corporation. Lesolved, In order to relieva the City Government from further exponac, litigation, and confusion, and to ascertain finally the will of the people, that the proper city authorities be requested to submit the charter of 1872 Lo the people, at tho general olection in November, for adoption or refection ; when the voters can determine whether they will accept it, or under the origiual organic law of tho clty, Resoited, That, if the city aathorities refusoto adopt tho course above recommended, to snbmit the fssue to the peopls for speedy and finaj determination, the Jef- fersonian Club will urgo the prosecution of the contest sgainstthe charter of 1872 to the end. Resoived, That it in cxpedient and necessary to Lold general elcction for city officers on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November noxt. Rerolved, That in tho policy heroby cnunciated the Jeffersonian Club desirs {o Telieve the city from ex- pense, uncertainty, and confusion, and ask the confl- dence and support of all good citizens who have the welfare of the city at hesri. i R UNION COLLEGE ALUMNI MEETING. ADDRESS BY PROF. WILLIAX WELLS, OF THE FAC- ULTT. Prof. Walls, of the Faculty of Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., is now in this city, aod yes- terday at 2 o’clock was groeted by the alumni of that institution, now living in Chicago, which is beadquarters for an association embracing the Northwest. This body has had several feative meetings in time past, and now met for the purely business purpose of listening to an ac- count of the preseot condition of the College in its new and modernized aspect. 4 01d Union,” under the Presidency of one of the prominent educators of the day. Dr. Nott, was for many years a power in the land. Bta- dents from all sections of the country assem- bled within its walls to listen to the practical teachings of a remarkable man, who sent them out to all quarters of the Union to make their mark and oxert therr influence in building up the nowly doveloping country. Tlis they did with g0 much success that the graduates of Union Colloge are now met everywhere in tne high and influential placess of the land, especially st the DBar snd oo the Bonch. During the declining _ yeara of Dr. Nott, and for an uncertan period after his deatb, the institation was uot in & very pros- porous siate, on_account of the grest change needed in its policy snd working_apparatus to adapt it to modern exigeucies. Then the War teok away all 18 patronage frowm the South, whilo the denominational schools by which it was graanally surrounded ecch secared the pstron- sge of its own people for tho Bpecial develop- ment of its own church interests. Union Col- lege, in compliance with ils name, embraced all tho evangolical sects within its Faculy, and therefore was and is s broad church institution, founded on tho liberal basis of Christiau Union. ‘Lhe 3,600 alumoi that it uas sent forth from its hialls are nowits support in mozal inflnence, and with their loyaly and love assured it noeds nothing mors to make it one of tte firat institu- tions of the land. Union College was amoug the firet in tho country to see the fact of the alumni force, and by alteration of the original charter to give to them a ropresentation in the Board of Control. to which one member is elected each year and holds over four years, 80 that four are continually in the Board. With a view to orgauizing this force and util- izing its power, an extcnsivo movement is now in progress throughout the coantry, un- der the guidance of Prof. Weils, to collect the graduates io prominent contres and group around thom those of the sur- rounding regions into asscciations of men who have graduated at tbe College, znd of cour:e bave common affections and common interests. ‘Among those prominent in Chicago may be noted the Rev. Dra. Powers and Locke, the Hon. 'W. H. King, Judgs 8. A. Gondwin, Frank Wilkie, Esq., of the Times, Judge Jobn I Benuett, Judze Lawrence, H. S.Austmn, the Rev. Mr. Covert, aud many othera. The object of the meeting was to give the alumpi an acconnt of the presen: condition of the College under its new President, the grand- son of Dr. Nott, and the flattering prospects now before it for a new career. Its buildivga Lave boen renovated and im- proved, new dwelliugs for the Facuityhave been built. The beautiful Memorial Hall 'is now be- ing completed, aud will be ons of the moat bean- titul arcoitectural ornawents of the country,—a monumeut to the past and an augury for the futare. The new Gymnasium bas no superior at any of the colleges of tho land, aod & new En- giveering Hall» 18 contemplated, at a cost of $100,000,—the gitt of oue of the Trustees, Air. James Brown, of New York. The grounds have ai80 been groatly improved within s fow years, snd they overlook ons of the loveliest scenes in all the Valley of the Mobawk. Geuerous dona- tions from various sonrcos have been received to eunnble the institution to build and expand ite means of uscfulness. The sciaptific studies in which the Collega has long been in_the fore- most rank are now botter provided for thaa ever. The scientific course, properly so called, 18 a four-years' course in which the modern langusges aro used instead of the ancient as & means of clussical calture. The Enginecring Departmont i8 now a four-years’ course, with a strong sprinkling of coilege studier intermingled. ‘Two vears ago the General Government detailed an ofticer of the army to develog s military de~ partment in tho College, which has been a suc- cess in the matter of militars engineering and drill. Thus the institution has risen to a higin rank amoog its compeers, and claims the sup- port and challenges the pride of its alumni. But all these developments demaud s grest outlsy of money, and Union, like all the other broad institutions of the country, has need of more. This1s es- pecially the case in the lino of professional en- dowment, which was small before the War, and has now comparatively shrunk because of the greater expenses. To relioze the College in this line, it is now proposed, a8 a work of love to it and gratitude to some of the oldest membera of the Faculty, to endow three emeritus Professor- ships, on which the older membere of the corps may retire, while yonuger men take their place and continue tbeir work; and to further this en- terprise was one object of the visit of Prof. Wolls to this region, whence he procseds over the Norihwest. After the conclusion of the address an infor- mal conaultation was had by the alumai present, and it was concluded to hold a reunion of all tho graduates in the Northweat, a3 far as possible, 1n this city some time during tho coming_fall. The date was not fixed. but was left to the Exec- utive Committee of the Alumni Association. e TRIED AS WITH FIRE, TESTING BYDNEY MYERS' NEW COTTAGES. A test was mado yesterday afternvon of the | fire-resisting qualities of the *approximately : fire-proof honses ” on Sacramento avenue, erect- od by Sydney Myers, Eeq., under superrision of Ar. A.J. Smith, architect. THE PECULIAR FEATURE OF COXSTEUCTION of‘ Lhue_ho\uae are: The walls are built with & 2-inch sir-chamber betwoen the onter and inner lzyers of 'hn‘::. The ceilings below floor beams are concref 13§ inches in thickness. Th flogrs mfinhtd on z"&l}:&llflpl 1{ inches think? and resting on the the be beiog fillod with conorete. - T oo The roofs are conatructed of emoothed boards nailed on the rafteis, stripped the same aa the floors, -with ‘the space between filled with con- crete, the whole. covered with smootbod boards and tioned, Plastering is laid directly on the bricks withont use of lath or strips. The atair- wWa7s are of brick covered with cement. TNE TEST . was made by spreading pino shavinge over the floors in two of the stories of one of the numbers in tho block crected by Mr. Myers. Intwo of the rooms were also placed rough board chairs, tables, and other furniture, with abont thesame quantity of combustible material as would be the case had the house boen furnished as ordinarily. ‘There wore, however, no windows or doors io the building, nor loose boards, and the flooring was Iaid ou concroto that had not yet fully dried. The fire was started in.both storiea simultancously, and allowed to burn sbout five minutes. The confiagration was not by auy means a brisk oue, and was promptly oxtinguisbod by the chemical engine in attendance hefore tho sham furniture was balf consumed—in fact before a single board had been burned in two. Au examination of the premises showed that the floors had charred a little, a8 had the window casings, and that the chamber furniture would have stood a de;ll more of firing before being reduced to char- coal. A test was theu made of MODELS OF THE BOOF. 28 built on these houses, by a brisk wood-firo ke{at burning under the models for more than a half hour. At the end of that time one of the joists on which the rafters of tho model rested was boginning to smoke faintly. The principies of coustruction carried out in these’ buildings are manifestly a great improve- ment in the way of affording security against fire_over tho ordinary lath and plaster cerlings, studding partitions, and common roofs. e TILLEY. HIS VISIT TO EGAN'S JAIL. The mtuation was mysterious around the jail rosterday afternoon. Reporiers in their inqui- ries for newa received the usual reply, “Nothing new,” yet from what they saw the answer 1Iailed to setisfy their greed for news. It was ascertained, finally, that Thomas Tilley, recently appointed architect for the city’s half of the new Court-Honse, was & prisoner, and that the trouble with him was that he had failed to satisly a cortain judgment hold againet him® to the smount of $59.75 by one Edward Stende. He was arvested about 3 o'clock, when on the eve of catering hbis olice. by Constable Murphy, on s warrant issmed by Justice D'Wolf. Immodiately aftor boing arrestad his attorney set about securing his release on bail, and for that purpose siarted for the resi- dence of Judge Wallace, at Washington Heights, Mr. Tilley disclaimed sny kuowledge of owing any such bill, and, said further, that ho did not know tho plsintif. He was evidently confused. however, for in the course of couversation he admitted that the judgment bad been held against him for about two years. In tho face of this admiesion, he said he belioved the whole transaction was an attempt at blackmail, and that the whole affeir was arranged yesterdas after the adjourn~ ment of the Couuty Court, With & view to keep- m%him in jail over Sunday. . Upto 12 o'clock Iagt night Mr. Tilley was still incarcerated. s LOCAL LETTERS. THE APPOINTMENT OF GAUGERS. To the Eduor of The Chicaoo Tridune: 3 CmicaGo, Aug. 14.—Your correspondent “X” makes a ruggestion that men of higher socisl ‘position be appointed to the office of Ioternal Revenue Gaugor. This is cerlainly a good idea ; but men of good social position, with high characters for integrity, are usually rated worth moro than §6 per day. The Secretary of the ‘Troasury can, under-the-law, pay Gaugers as al- ary not exéeeding $3,000 per annam ; ho chooses topay 31,872. The distiller can afford to ralse this 35,000 or 810,000, and the resultis in- evitable, with our prosent systom of political appomtment, Itis (g:rfect!y true, as * X" says, that practically the Ganger 18 & more important personage in the collection of the tax on 8pirits than tho Collector, for the former fixes tbe smount to be paid, while the iatter merely roceives the sums as determined by the Gauger. Now s man who haodies from $2,000 to 7,000 por dsy, and upon whose hon- esty and uofaltering integrity under constant tomptation the Government must rely ultimate~ Iy, despite the most completo syatem that can be devised, is certsinly worth the salary of 8 bank Cashier. 131t good business policy for the Sec- retllx' to pay 81,872 per ennum, wien he is al- lowed to pay 3,002 I will ventare to assert that the increasing of the pay of Gaugers to the legal maximum would insuro a very much high- er atandard of morality among them, if com- binod with such earnest and cfficient administra~ tion a8 wo pow bavein the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington ; for whatever demoraliza~ tion exists there extends to the public service everyshore. ‘ho popular argument that $6_per day is good pay in theso bard times when it is diflicult to carn anything is not to the point; the question i8, whether it is sound policy to fix the salary of such respongible oflices at a figure which 18 bare-~ Iy suflicient for tha suppors of a family in alarge city, snd if the Government would be able, by the payment of large salaries to Gsugors, to se- sure more honest officials and a more perfect collection of the revenue. U, B. GATGER. A PECULIAR POLICEMAN. To the Fditor of The Chicago Tridune. Cuicaao, Aug. 14, —Our polico system ought to improve under the present administration, for certainly there is ample space for improvement. ‘When a policeman will not arrest a noisy, drunk- en, fighting brute because no one bas given him authority to do 80, and has not pledged his word to make charges apainst said brute, it is time such officer, patrolman, or watchman, by what- ever pame he is properly recoguized in his ofi~ cial cupacity, should be relieved and one put in and his place who csm rocogmize arest s disorderly person withont fear or favor. And when & patrolman will take pains to stop and tell ‘s boy engzaged ina legitimato occupation that one of tho neighbora of his employer is Buspected of being engaged in counterfeiting and 18 under the surveillance of detectives, 181t not timo that some one more discreet or less imaginative should be substitut~ ed? And when -these careful and caroless po- licemen are united in one 2nd tho same person, is it not high time that some ono less carefal and less bareless bo substituted. The above is drawn from actual experience with a policeman on the West Side, and I am at all times ready to verify thesame. OBSERVER- STREET-SPRINKLING. Tothe Editor of The Cliicaco Tribune Cricago, Aug. 14, —Will you call attention, with a view of having it stopped if possible, to the wretched manner of sprinkliug the streeta ? A water-cart goes over them about twice a day, and, instead of sprinkling, pours the water on, making the streetsone great mud-pond. A nam- ber of peoplo have spokon to the writer, and all sgree that we would much profer the dustto the mud. If streets are properly swept, very litile sprinkliog is noeded, acd the proper suthonties should see to it that this nuisaace is abated. BarTE. — THE CITY-HALL. Happiness reigned supreme in the Police and Fire Departments yesterdsy. They received their stipends for the month of July. The bridge-tenders, sidewalk-inspectors, and street employes of the Board of Public Works were paid off at tho Exposition Building yester~ dey. Ald. Campbell has issued a call for a meeting of the Committee on Streets and Alleys for the ‘West Division at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the City Clerk's office. y Mayor Colvin and Commissioners Thompson and Prindiville, of the Board of Pablic Works, yesterday * vamosed ths ranch,” as the term for leaving the City-Hall reads, and spent the after~ noon in inspecting Sidney Myers’ fire-proof dwellings. Cullerton's _resolution sbout, allowing the county to build the entire new Court-House ia oot without its frionds, both among the Alder- men and in the County Board. Ald. Campbell and Cullerton intend tn champion the resolution throagh the Conncil, and claim thet it is tho only way to solve the Court-FHouse muddle. Mayor Colvin yesterday relented of his stub~ borngess of the previous few days, and affixed his signature to the Indisna_stroet raitway fran- chuse, and also to_the sappointment of Thomas Tilley as Court-House architect. The West Division Bailway Company have accepted the franchigs, and ' the road will be at once com- menced. ‘The quarters formerly occuj by the Board of Police have begn trlnu!nrm into a neat, cocay, well-furnished office for Marsbal Dunlap. By tho time thas the Tax- oners are bounced, the Depariment hopes to gain posses- gion of the whole southern portion of tho build- m?. The Marshal's now quarters w:li then be delivered over to the Superintendent, the Super- intendent’s quarters to the Delective Depari- ment, and the Necretars’s room to the Depity- Buperintendent. * Tha Police Department violently contradict an sasertion mado in an interview with Commission- er Klokke, in which that gentlemsn is represent- ed a8 gaying that the majority of the policemen recently discharged wero .those who had given testimony in rogard to tha charter elecsion. In not a siogle case has it happenod that one of the discharged onos in any way sympathized with the Board of Police or gave testimony in regard the charter election. Supt. Rebm is particaiarly sensitive in regard to it. SWEENEY'S JAMDOREE. ‘When Mayor Colvio awoke to official life yes- terday morning, be found the walls of his mem- ory all written over with prophetic sayiogs abont Sweeney and bis picnic, and so compli- cated were tho inscriptions that he soon made up his mind that none but a sceond Daniel could road them. Consequently he considers the pic- vic an immense failure in a political point of view. There were present Ald. Corcoran, Murphy, Sweeney, Foley, White, Gunderson, Bailey, Supt. Bailey, Sheriff Agnew, John Col- vin, and last but not least Mayor Colvin and A. C. Hesing. Tho affair was meant for a political love-feaar, but it hardly arose to the dignity of such s fostival. Mr. Hesing scemed ouf of i)lnca, cauving political slate-making aud break- ng to be abandoned for the more cheerful pur- suit of champagne and old Hennessey's pleas ures. THE MIGHTY FALLEN. Messra. Bheridan, Reno, and Klokke's starry insignias of oftice shone bright as they yester- day wandered to and frajn the main lobby at the City-Hall Sheriden’s visage was luminous and cheerful, as usual, but hisaspect wore a troubled look as he struck a tragic attitude before the Qity Clerk’s office and pronolinced an auathema acaingt * the arch copspirator of the most damniog frauds iu the recent charter election,” who abides therein for about half aa hour every dsy. ‘Then he entored and inspected the interior of the office, paying particular attention to the occnpants of tho office, whom ho looks upon with consummata diedain for their master's sake. Having shaken the dust of the office from off their ample bro- gans, they presented themselves at tho Comp- troller’s offico to draw their last month's wages, but they were coolly informed by Frank Barrott that they could not have a cent without an order from Comptroller Hayea. Of course 3r. Hayes was not in,—he never is at that hour of the day, —and the ¢rio departed disconsolate. BENNER'S HEAD. Some of the city ofticials, Mayor Colvin in- cluded, were somewhat disgusted yesterday morning to find that the Fire-Alarshal ordinance passed at tho recent meeting of the Council fail- ed to specify whether the Fire-Marshal should be elected or appointed. The Law Deparcment was appealed to, aud the only reasonable solu- tion of the problem was decided to be a request from the Mayor asking the Council to make the epecification. While this document was being prepared, the clause making the office one of appowtment was found in an unexpected par- 2zraph of the ordinance, and the Mayor imme- diately affixed hus signature to the document. , ANOTHER ORDER. 3 The following geperal order was yestorday promulgated in the Police Department by order of Supt. Rebm: § AUG, 12, 1875—General Order No. 11.—The Fire-Mar- shal or Assistant Fire-Marshal in command is author- ized by law to prescribe limits in the vicinity of sny fire, within which no person except those _who reside therein, members of the Police and Fire Department, newspaper reporters, ond those admitted by order of tho officers of the Fire Department, shall be permitted to come. The chief duty of the police forco at a fire, atter the arrival of the Fire Department, will be to guard the limits prescribed by the Fire- protect persons and property, and preserve order, and to such dutiea all members of tho forceordered to & firo will direct their attention, unless ntherwise specially directed upon thogrounds by the Fire-Marshal, At the first alarm of fire, the Sergeant or rounds- man who is on duty in the district in which tho fire is located will immediately proceed with all his force, or a8 much thereof o8 may be necessary, and upon reacke ing thera will 80 station his men a8 "to perform to the beat advantage tho duties sbove specified, and officers in charge of such squad will not allow his mea {0 scat- ter, and assume such dnties as they please, bus will re- quire them to adhere strictly to the duties and position assigned them, At the second or third alarma of the Captain in whoze precinct the fire ia located immediately proceed to the scene of the fire with ali the men on reserve duty ot the stations in his pi )y and will take charge of and direct the police in their duties, and upon =z general alarm of fire being atruck, members of the farce off duty in whatever jart of the city they may be. will at once come to their respective stations and await orders, In such cases if the Captain of the precinct in which the firo is located finds the forca at his command insuflicient for tho ewmcrgency, he sball immediately, by telegraph or otherwise, call 6o ona or miore of the 'commanding officers of other pracincts for such force as he may deem necessary, and such call when made shall be immediately responded to. Whenever any member of the force shall find s hy- drant obstructed so that au engine cannot readily take ‘water therefrom, ho shall imme ly remove or causo to be removed such obstruction, and if it shall prove impracticablo for him to do so, ho shall at onco report the fact to his commanding officer, who shall caitse such obetruction to be removed immedately, snd patrolmen will be required to give special attention to his subject on their respective beats, When a com- ‘manding officer with his squad arrives at a fire, on the first or second alarm, he will at once report to tho Fire- Mareha] in command, ascertain from Lim the amount of territory neceasary to be guarded,fand will then st~ tion his men accordingly. . In all cascs when it becomes necessary for squads from different precints to attend a fire, all such squads will be stationed on the side of the fire nmearest their own precincts ; for instance, South Side men will be statzoned on $he routh sido of the fire, Weat Side mon on thie west side of the firo, and North Side men on the north side of the fire; and, in absence of the Gity-Marshal or the General or Deputy Supcriniend- cunta of Pollce, the Capiain of the prociact in which the fire is located will direct the polics force in their duties, subject to the ordera of the Fire-Marshal or Assiatant Fire-Marshal in command., Jacos Renx, General Superintendent. —— THE COUNTY BUILDING. The addition of the Public-Service Committas to the Public-Building Committes to superin- tond the work on the new Court-House by the County Board was o little suspicious, especially in view of the way in which tho addition was made. Since the Joint Committee has organized by the election of Commissioner Lonergan as Chairman, the suspicions are increased. Mr. Lonergan, it will be remembered, waa the one to propose and urge the selection of Egan a8 architect, and he was adopted as guch, if reports be true, as a concession to the Irish, and as an inducement to them fo support Mr. Hesing for County Troseurer. The ontire problem will reach a solution after a while, The Committee on Public Service of the County Board was in session yesterday fo con- sider the proposals to furnish the county with coal for the coming year. Numerous ex- amples were examined and prices compared, but no conclusion was reached. It is rumored that some unfair dealing is in prospect. It is claimed that the bids were opened several dave ago, aud that thoy have since, up to yestordary, been 1n a certain Commissioner's pocket, an that other Comumissioners have been denied the priviloge of & look at them. If the reportis true, it is apparent that something is wrong. In 'the frst place, the bids \are prop- erly the property of the Joint Commitiees ou Public Charities and Hospital, but this was changed by the Board for some unknowa renson, and the matter was turned over to the Public Service Committee. The action in chang- ing the refereuce of the bids, aud the action of tha Commissioner in vockoting the bids, aro proper subjects for explanatio. ———— CRIMINAL. Charles Darcy was arrested yesterday on com- plaint of D. F. Bothwell, of No. 363 West Lake street, for the larceny of £20 worth of silver- ware. William Barrett, an attorney, was arrested last night at the instance of C. J. Coffey, who charged him with an sssault with o deadly weapon with intent to do bodily injury. He was booked at the Armory. Wilidm Howard, tbe man arrested on sus- picion of being the murderer of Russell, a labor- er at S8t. Louis, two yearsago, has been dis- charged from custody by Supt. Rehm. Detec- tive Hennessy, of St. Louis, says he is not the man wanted. It is thought that the murderer was seen at the Stock-Ystds, sud Howard was arrestod because ho resembled him. In s drunken row betwenn John Hardy and Robert Bell, in_a ealoon st No. 644 South Hal- sted strect, Dight before last, the former stabbed the latter in the neck, shoulder, aod arm. Tho wounds are severe, but not dangerons. Bell was removed to his home, No. 674 Halsted street. ‘Hardy was srrested and held to await Bell's ap- pearanca at conrt. On the 18th inst., before Justice William F. D'Wolf, s complaint was msde by O. J. Sten- quist, charging Adolphus Landergren with bay- ing c:m-uuimdF the crime of larceny as bailee in collecting and failing to pay over money to the Nya Scenska Amerikanaren, the period of time within which Landergren was in the employ of the psper, snd yeaterdsy Landergren was aieatod sad brouglt befors D'Wolf, whes, on his motion, a continuance was granted until the 24th inst., upon Lande) ivil bis appearauce iu the sum (:}' raasnogf Eho o —— ANNOUNCEMENTS. < Artists of Chicago who have not received in- vitations are requested tosend their works to the Exposition Building by the 25th inst., direcs- ed to * Chicago Art Department.” An‘adjourned meeting of those desiring to assIst the people of Castlebar, Ireland, in raising o monument to tho gallant French soldiers who fell fighting for Irish independence in 98, will be held at the club-rooms of the Sherman House Tuesday evening at 7:50 sharp. A grand jubilee concert and tableanx, for the benefit of the Bethel African Methodist Epis- copal Church, will take place at Burlington Hall Monday and Tuesdayeveniogs. The programme is an excellent one, and the singers and sctors deserve to succeed. 1t is proposed to hold a grand open-air concert on the Desplaines Camp-Ground Saturdsy. A mfe pumber of celebrated singers, quartettes, and glec-clubs are expected to participate in the concert under the wanagement of a distin- guished musical director. The proceeds ars to be applied on the debt of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Desplaines. An adjourned meeting of friends and admirers of the Hon. John O’Connor Power, M. P., the distinguished Irish orator and patriot, will be beld at Burke's Hotel at balf-past 2 o'clock this afternoon, for the parpose of making arrange- nents for his reception and lecture in Cbicago. All TIrishmen acd others desiring to further the object of tne meeting are invited to attend. The corner-stone of 8t. Anne's Church, corner of Wentworth avenue and Fifty-fifth street, will be laid this afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rt.-Rev. Dishop Foley. A special train will leave the Rock Island depot on Van Duren strcet st 2 o'clock, stoppiog at Twelfth, Eigbteenth, Lwen- ty-secand, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-first, and Thir- tv-ninth streets. A large number of soc.eties from tha city and other parts of the State wiil boin attendance. The cersmony will positively take place to-day. The moonlight party to be given Tnesday on the grounds of S. A. Downer, Esq., corner of Forty-seventh strect and Grand boulevard, promises, from the large number of tickets al- ready sold, to be a grand effaix Hand furnishes the music, and a large platform haa been con- structed for dancing. 'Buses will run from the Douglas House to and from the grounds every twonty minuces, aleo from the Hyde Park Ho- tel. Privato conveyance will be cared for by a large forca of commissionaires alroady engaged for the occasion. Tickets, 81 each. . ‘The grand charity coucert for the bénefit of the Floating Hospital will be postponed for one week,and take place the 27th inat. Alr. Stanley, the Quaker City Quartette, and other leading ar- tists, are enzaged to asssi. Two-hundred chil- dren from the dufferent Sabbatb-achools will ap- pear and sing 10 choruses, both sacred and patri- otic. Fifty cadets will nasist in rendering tho «Star Spangled Baoner.” No effort is spared to make this entertainment worthy of a good cause and the patronago of the people. Admission is 50 cents; Do extra charge for reserved reats. Tickets to be .had at Lyon & Healy’s, Root & Lewis’, the West Side Library, aod the North- western Conservaiory of Music, 242 Wabash avenue. ——— EVANSTON. GARRETT BIBLICAL INSTITUTE. v The annual catalogue of the Garrett Biblical Institute bas just been issmed. It containsa liat of the graduates since the institution of the Institate in 1856, and abstracts of the lectures delivered before the Pastors’ Theological Union, which met during the summer. The number of stadents in theology during the past year is re- ported at 156, as follows ; eenior class, 17; mid- dle class, 27; junior class, 37; .preparatory classes, 75. A NEW SIGNAL STATION. Capt. Holbrook, of the Government Bignal Service, has arrived, with orders to establish the Northwestern University Bigoal Station” at once. He will, besides superintending the sta- tion, deliver lectures upon meteorology before the students. ¥ SOCTAL GOSSTP. 4 The Social Club will elect officers Sept. 15. The Eclectioc Club met at the residence of Mr, Sylvester Goodenow Manday evening with a good attendance ahd the usual order of exercises. The Club meets atthe residence of Mr. J. 8. Fage to-morrow evening. There was a painful iack of enthusiasm dis- plaged at the Methodist Church sociable Thurs- day evening, sad the attondance was deplorably slim. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Richmond, who bave gev- eral New York young ladies visiting them, in- vited a few friends to their resideace Wednesday evening, and entertained them very bospitably. The following Iadics were present: the Missos Williams, the Misses Laster, Miss Winne, Miss ‘Webster, Miss Powers, Miss Arrack, Miss White, Miss Walton, and the Misses Macasuley. The affair was & successful and enjoyable one. The marrisge of Mr. Henry Fraok and Miss Carrie Cleveland will take placo Wednesday. Miss Mamie Rogers celebrated the twelfth an- niversary of her birth, and the presence of her friend, Miss Lillian Devene, by a litle party yes- ‘terday afternoon. The residence of Mr. T. A. Cosgrove was the scene of a pleasant assemblages of young people Frday eveniog. 3 Tho members of the H. D. Scciety wers enter- tained Friday evening at the residence of Mr.J. M. Williams' by his son Walter, who is & mem- ber of that darkly-mysterious organization. MISCELLANEOUS. The water-pipe for the Chicago and Hinman avenues extension has arrived, and will sooa be The Mystics met defeat at the hands of the Rogers’ Park Club. Score, 7t02. A company of United States £ngineers has been examining the lake shore in the vicinity of the light-house the past week, with & viow to building a pier there to prevent the washing away of the shore. Traveling to and from the city on the Ben Drake is fashionable tnese days. 2 The suita wnstituted by the village sgainat McDonough and his gon for discoloring the op- tics of Ponndmaster Kelly, while engaged in im- pounding Mac's vagrant red cow, are set for Aonday. : House-cleaning is going on at Heck-Hall. The new Baptist Church will be completed and occapied abont Oct. 1. The Rev. A. L. Vail, of Chicago, will preach to-day, morning and even- ing. ‘The Second Methodiet Church Sunday-school will picnic at Highland Park Thureday. Five young ladies have been propelling the University lifeboat with such skill that their ad- miring gontlemen friends want to match them against the Cornell crew. ‘Miss Nellie White contemplates starting a Kindergarten in the village, The correspondence of the Uniyersity suthori- ties indicates a larger nnmber of students the coming year than ever before. But thisis no surpneo, as the number increases steadily year by year. - PERSONAL MENTION. John H. Hamline has returned from Peoris to finish that eseay. Mr. L. W. Conhey, of Boies, Fay & Conkey, is absent with his family in Wisconsin, . Mrs. Mappin has returned to Ohio. Mr. . V. Smith is home again after an ab- sonce of several weeks in Mionesota. The Rev. F. L. Chapeil has gone East ona eummer vacation of four weeks. The new Matron of the College Cottags, it is said, will be Mrs. Latbrop, widow of Prof. La- throp, of the Wisconsin State University. Charles P. Wheeler is home from Missouri, and hard at work again. 3 Messrs. Robert 1, and Frank Scott have re- ned from their pilgrimage to the ancestral maig. Dr. D. H. Wheeler, editor of the Methodist, has been vigiting Long Branch these Sundays, and_ presching before Premdent Grant in the Methodist Charch there. SOUTH EVANATOX, There will be a sociable the Methodist Church Thursdas evening. i Mr. Charles G. Breed entertained s few friands very plossantly Wednesday evening. Mr. D. F. Keeney is of the opinion, from what he beard Monday night, that some burglar tried 1o enter his houso at that time, The Raev. Dr. Knox wiil proach at the Metho- diet Church this morning. Frank, the youthfal son of C. E. Adams, gave a party Tuesday afternoon, to which those of his acquantance and ago were invited. iss Libbie Newell is visiting friends in Cen- tralia. Gen. Julius White is home again from Colo~ — HYDE PARK. . THE BOARD OF TRUSTERZS of Hyde Park met yesteray svening and trans- acted & small amount of routine business. The ordinance for s sewer on Forty-first strest wta repealed, and the attorney was {nstructed io propare suother for the same purposs AT - of the previoas leck "o poifta for " opniuce a0 ighways. at 3450, 0r tared days’ work, - g L, Smom amonnt, in viow of the heavy g itk 0thilant upon property. Few workingmey, cat v 1% balf 8 Weak 20 the repaifof e u they rarely use, and thers will mflgn:‘"'fid stong 0DpOsition o this extravsges rody o4 Ths hose-companies petitioned for ::L waler-proof clo:hing for earh, mepp 80t of mupificent liberality of * the pemiet: Tht to having been oconfined to i SX Waler-proof coais fo eagh LU Tho men have gon to. considrapyy o AN provide themselzes with handsome naee=®, ¥ Barado sad they think it only”just o X ge ahor ve iant moonlight e L Tuesday night on LI:‘o gro;d:mflhi: Downer, corner of Forty-secand stroet arg o cennes avenue. Tao tickata e gy o Vik mitting one person only. Stages v o) grounds from the Hyda Park Har w3 '0tbe the Douglas House. Tho Proceeds nl‘lul o benefit of the Eilis Avenne Chareh, *° [® the RELIGIOUS, NATIONAL SUNDAY-SC HOO! FmroreT (.Y, Aug. 10 Ry, ewton, D. ), presched toa "W.mmh.' of children this morning. Thil;rg.flmnon they were addressed by the artist, Frank Bearg, b others, The event of th day was the visit of Preg’ dent Grant. Arriving at Jmuwwnt ::h!d up the main street in a carriage to the Tesidancy of the Hon. Alonzo Kent, whers he dined, the buildiogs cn the way wars decorated i flego, streamrs, evorgrecat, and fovars, s s immense numbar of people wi thered the zauto. PR ER AN g ¢ ten minntes betore 2 the P; A on board o woam yacht Josls gf'n,d'ff‘,:;.;": poing, accompaied by U. S. Grant, Jr,, Geg Babeock, Lewis Miller, of Akron, 0. sag eral others. A large humber of piople oy gathered at various Jpoints on the laks. ey the Ball, accompanied by the Nerous, coatanin, repregentatives of the press, and by four st, 4 eraand a dozen steam yachts. sppmacbedu& Point, which was covered with an me mense number - of reople. numberipy scarcely less than 20.000. The = Presact and party, escorted by the Mayrille band, through the thronging mass to the platform, In every direction, as far as tho eye could Teach, there wag a ciosely-packed maltitude, The Presideat was introduced to the sudience by Dr. J. H. Vincent, and ex; in :{eing preamuf‘ Breaded groat l7'""’", ter a song of welcome, composed occasion by Mary A, Latubury, xl?:! Bav{afl.‘lb!‘. Fowler, D."D., of Evanston, 1IL, made an elo- quent address of wolcoma. He said the paopls not only wished to do him honor as the Chief Macistrate, but as the man who had fought seventeen great battles, and had won seventeen great victories. There was na better place for the President than here, in the bosom of bis family, the people. Oliver Hot, of New York, spake briafly. The Rev. Dr. Deems, of New %ork, folioweg, eaving there was not a day in which the Chrise tians “of America did mot pray thst God would bless and help the President. Hun. dreds and thousands of men who fooght xmnz{t’ hinx:c were now in Heaven, and would b £ welcome hiw to the "'2':““};, - throng of the re- old lady named Vao Revsaelser, who will be 100 years old on the 22d of Octol i troduced bo tho Peesidant. et e day closed with a iso service. platform ‘and all the cnus;:xs and unu::: tastefully decorated and illuminated. 173:3 Aagembly will close Tuesday motning, the THE METHODISTS. _Su:r Laxr, Utah, Aug. 14.—The Rocky Moums tain Anonal Conference of the ML E. Church, iy seasion here, have electad the followin, gates to the Genoral Conferance peld®is Louis next May : Mininterial delegats, the Bav. G. M. Pierce ; alternate, the Rev. D. G. Btrong, of Idaho; lay delegate, JudgeJ. B. MoKean, late Chief Justice of Utah ; alternate, William Van Oradell, of Virginia City, Montana. MARINE NEWS. VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON. Spectal Dupateh to The Chicage Trbuna, Porr HumoN, Mich., Aog. 14.—Passep Dows —Prop Birckhead and barges ; schra D. P. Dob- bins, Montcalm, Tawas, Nellis Redington. Pissep Up—Props Colorado, Huron Cily, Frmpira State, 8t. Clair, N. Mills, and four bargea; ' Georpe King and barges ; Jarvis Leod and con- eort; Howsrd and consort ; schrs_Lottia Wolf, Ewmeu, Cuba, Al J. Cummings, Empire State, Camaoa, Wells Bare, Sam Flint, City of Cheboy- gan, P. B. Locke. Wixp—Southwest, gentle. ‘WxaTaER—}ime. Special Lugatch to The Chicago Tribune, Porr Huroy, Wug. 14.—DowN—Frops Japan, Bt. Joseph, Vanderbilt, Newbarg, Blancnard, Annie L. Craig, Passaic, Metamora aud barges 3 schrs Marco Polo, J. McGrath, Annio Craig, Dandee, Jennie Graham, Lady McDonald, Cor- neiis B. Windiate, Auna Maria. Ur—Prop Arabia; schrs Richard Winalow, Camden, Escanaba, L. C. Woodraff, Wiliam H. ‘Vanderbilt, Harvest Queen. Wivp—Southwest, gentlo : weather fine. Prop Japan reports the wrecking tug Levise than working to release the-prop Phuladelphis, ashore on Point Betsy. Owing to the fact thad the weather has been comparatively calm sincs the Philadelphia stranded, it is fair to presume that she has been released before this time. ILLINOIS RIVER AND CANAL. Speciat Dupatch to The Chicaco Tribune. LaSavcx, 1L, Avg. 14 —ARRIVED BY Rives— Prop Jack Robertson, towing canal boat J. D' Leonard, from Hennepin, both light; prop®R. G. Good, from Pern, with corn and morchandus for Chicago. DrparTeED—Prop Jack Robertson, light ie Hennepin. Pagsep INTo Carar—Prop E. G. Good, corn and merchandise for Chicago; J. D. Leon~ ard, light, for Chicago. Passgp Ovr—Nothing. Sixteon feet 8 inches of water on the miter- sl of Lock 15, having fallen 16 inches in the 188t twenty-four houra. Wind west. Bamarrortr, I, Aog. 14.—ARmIvED—HKone o v v Lockport, 4,021 p‘ -op Monta 4 wheat; Drill, Morris, 30,300 1t lnmbe.r;"lndfl- try, Morris, 80 m lumber. '"PORT OF ERIE. 8pecial Dispotch to The Chicage S Earx, Pa., Aog. l4.—-DrparrorEs—For O cago, steamer Arizons, with freight and passes gera. FreoaTs—Dull; no charters to rsport. Becerers AND SmrpmexTs—The receipts - day were b’us s ‘imn ors. 3 Teceipta o r the 3 were 100,018 bushels wheat, - 1L1% barrels flour, 10,437 tons iron ore, and sundde.! The shipments by lake were 5,586 tons cosl, s sundries. The Teceipts by rait were 9,030 o coal, 168,000 feet lumber. The shipments wer 2,596 tons iron ore, 100,018 bushels wheat, I, barrela flour. GBITUARY. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Exxosma, Wis., Ang. 14.—Judge J. W. W ster, one of our prominent citizens, dropped dead this afternoon while hunting on the {5 of Mr. Rhodes, in Bomars. Judge Webaterbad been troubled with heart disease some and the sad event was not wholly unazpected 38 ‘his family and friends. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Trreee INEW BOOXKS! EKATERFELTO! By MaJ. G. J. 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