Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1875, Page 5

e e et e TIHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18, 1875. Efforts in the samo directlon In this elty ought to Le more Rucceasful than thoy bave Loratefure beens -— POLITICAL NCTES, Tt tooks very much as though {has Fon. Sam J, Naudall has the inpule tinck for tho Bposkor- ship of tho next Touse. Thoe Demociacy evi- dentiy thiuk that tho peopte havae forgotten all about tho sajary-grab, Morely because George Wilkes is distorbed abwut tho ird term and the prospect of an Empire, the Y ringfleld Republican aaga Lie hins & '“cavo of politiea) Jim-Jaws.” Too true. Bend him to the Wnakingtonlan Liome, whero hio may loaro roberuess and truth. Unielo Dick Schell is another of tho proteges of tho Cinciunat Enquirer. It has juet learned tust ho is ** & loader amaong the maswes." 8o Is Don Dutletr, ro iu Pig-Iron Kelley, #o ia Uratz Brown, aud so {8 Pater Cooper ; but of all theso men onlv ono has & position in public Lfo, and hix conatiiuents aro contivually calling on bim to roaign, Tuone Domacrntic editors are bard to ploaso. When Prenident Graut used to go to Liorse-races thoy liotd up their bands in plous, horior, Now thiat he has changed hi+ babits, and patronizes HBunday-school conventions, they say he s try- Ing to bo a Christian stateswan, Even the pro- neutation of Bibles to biw at Fairpoint is mado Athemia of prolane fests. The oMicacy of vicarious atonement is s slock doctrina of politicnl partios ; and the Obto Pat- tor hun beon modo to feal tho forco of it. lels tho man, it will Lo remepbered, who oriyinated and ouaned through tho Ohio Legisiaturo tho bill redigiricting the City of Toledo in the Dem- ocratic 1aterest. Tho Litl failed of its pur,oso, for, ot tho woxt mubrequont election, Tolodo ‘went largely Rojpublicnn 3 and now Mr, Potter himsolf has boen ratired to private life be the refusal of the Conventinn in his Sonatorinl Dis- trict to nominste him for re-election, Two Democrats and ane Repubiican have been implicated in tho New York canal frauds by late developmonts, Ex-Tiout.-Gov. Deach and ex- Buato Engincer Richmond aro tho Domocrats, ‘1hey wero members of the Canal Uoard of 1469, which awarded the swindliug Deulson coutract, ‘Ths Republicau iuvolved 18 Comptrollor Hop- king, who is charged with keoping Wililam Dax- tor out of 835,000, awarded to him for a steam canal-boat nvention, nntil the claim was a3 eigned at a discount, when it was pramptly paid. All parties ask an opportuuity to vindicato themselvos. ‘Tue Ropublican meetinga throughout tho State develop an extraordivary amouut of true in- wardneas, Thoro {8 somotbing in the nature of arovival among the Republicans. The com- maunistic howling has brought out tho peoplo who Lava mado it s poivt to Iive within their incomes, ad tho " Na Popery " flavor hos shapenad pub- Lc interest. The shrioks for moro monoy when “thero are wmore than £100,000,000 lale, stacked in the banks and no custom- ers for it,—aud the groaus sbout contraction when there ias boon an expausion of $78,000,- 00 siuce the Democratio party demanded ou moral und commercinl grounds & wpeedy return o epecie payments, will not win, The inflation programme is n fraud punctared and played out. ~Cincinnali Commercial. Iv mav not be worth while to specalato upon what Jotf Davis would have said if ho had becn allowed o epeak fu \Vinnebago County; but, an anitom of cu:rent interest, wo may notico o pro- diction of tho Memphis Avalanche, made Loforo tho acceptance of Davis was resoinded, It isto tho effoct that Davis fs propared to accopt the dssnen of tho War as forever settled, aud that ho accopted (ho juvitation of the Winebago Coun- ty Aesocintion exvressly fur the purpose of moking & grand recouciliation-spoech. He did make an uttcranco of this kind in Toxas not loog ngo, though not so distinctly and unro- sorvedly s he would doubtloss Lave made at Tockford; and the pooplo of tho Nortn were thon much gralifled by his words. "he Cinciorati Commercial boars high testi- mony to tho value of Uol, Grosvenor'y sorvices In the Ouio campaign, and to the purity of his motives. Ibsays: * As there is no sign of ca- pacity among the lutlaters to answer Col, Grosvenor, of Bt, Louie, (ry blackguard Lim persona’lv, ITo {8 & wtudeut, and a man of Lraius, with clear ideas and fullness of laforma- tiou, nod his spoeoh ¢an Le answered only in tho way It is borng done—by almas of the suthor. It bas boon assertod that Grosvenor 18 paid fifty dollara cacle for Lis spocches, As Mr. Grosvenor 18 & poor man, we think ho ought to bo paid at lonst that pum, that e might pay ex- pensea ; but the Chairman of the Ropublican Btato Executivo Committes 1uforms us that Grosvenor by refused compuuaation, audspeaks for tha causo of truil alano,’ PERSONAL. Tho Athlotic Baso Ball Club, of Philadelphis, aro at tho Trenont House. Thero 14 said to be n rood dexl of lquidation golug on at Suratoga Bprings, Gov, William Pitt Kelloge, of Loulsians, is s Iato arrival at ths Grand Pacifle. They say* that Luluis s fast namo, and the horso that woars it has morely cauglit tho infeo- tion, Gov. 7, J. Bagloy, of Michigan, Ia couched st Coucl's Hotel, othorwise kuoirn a8 the Lremont House, | Mr, MoVicker left for Now York and Ooscob, Conn., last eveuiug, to sce his son-In-law, Ed- win Bouth, Lawronce Barrott, the well-known tragedian, stopped at the Tromont House yostorday on his way to Californta. Lady Dilke's ashes wolghed only 6 pounda; but wa can dopend on a 8t. Louls girt's foot to do better than that, Tom Hughes, who rdoralizea so beautitully to tho voys, 1 down with thogout, That is what Lias boen allivg him for 8o long, Ay, Pm willin', but I'd rather Las hor ais. ter,” uatd an houest bridogroom to the ministor, He baa sinco loarned to coutrol Lis feolinga, ¢ When you are In Rome, Brother SBhearman, do a8 the Romans did. In anclont times it was not tba oustom for Romaus to weop, or beg, or lie. ‘Tuo members of the Uvion Bquare Theatre Compauy stopped ¢ tho Bliorman Honse yeutor- day, on thelr way through to Jollet from Aurcrs. Graco G.cenwood 18 becoming ‘Tupperesque in ber old ago. Bho ovon goss 80 far as to aduire tho beauty of the origioal founder of the school. } Poor Geimwond! When somebody propossd on the nlgbt of his pecension that his obituary ought to bo prepared, fow persons realized the apnropriatencas of tho suggestion. The Thirty-fourth Regiment Ilinols Veleran Volunteer Infantry is to hold s reuaion at Dix- on8opt. 7. This will be the fourtoenth anni- versary of e wuster into the service of the United Statea. Havo you seon the $5 notes with John O. Now's flowing siguature on them; or are the times too hard P Mr. New ought to write on the 10-cent pioces until & reasonable popular ourios- ity is patistiod. Dre. Keneaty and Dradlaugh are boglnning to remind the disintercated publla of a certain fa- mous pot and kettlo, At last sdyices, though, Bradiaugh had made out Keuealy to be s Ltle Dblacker than bimeelf. *The honorablo gambler,” Mr. John Mor. Hesoy, has been accuscd of permlttng cheating bls cluk-rooms ; Lut bie emoolhed the matter urer by discharglog s dealer 10 disgrace, That tslck L leainod lu the sckiool of politics, Gordsmann, thie ex-pricst of Philadelphla, hag FTown 8 Juzuriant mustactio, snd they say the deslra for such au adorniment was the firet cause Of his rufn. Members of tho Phi-Ruo-Bigme Tau Boclety, at Dlank College, will appreciate sad respeot Mr. Gerdemann's fooliuge. Olive Logan i grindlug out abous twenty-five ©cluraus of letters per woek for newsapers in Nilputaof the sounusy, Mer aurts are ladk crously weak. Thoy bave beonclavarly alirized in the Arcadian by Btophen Fisko, who writes n8 ' Bolly Bloegun,” down at © Long Bosh.” Mien Louisa M. Alcott's delightful books have mot with raro favor in Holland, amang Englsh reading peaple, who ate no {nconmdarablo utim- ber, sod the Boston Tranacript publishes vome Jetters uhio Lins recelved from Dutch woman, full of warm affection for her and gratitudo for hor belovod characters, About this timo look ont for overcrowded ploasuro-bonte ; and If you fiud a caso in whioh tho Iaw i being violated roort at once to the proper ofliciala. Ily o dolug you may make yoursolf of eome consequence Lo {lie cammunity, s got your picture into the liluatratad newspa- pers, Buch are tho rowards of virtuo in this life. A sbrowd man in Now York escaped judgment in breach-of-promiso suit by alleglug that ho had boen entrapped Into offo:log marriagn by so proteuses, Tho nost step will ho to plead * married by mistako " {n proceedings for di- vorco. How many care-incumbeted men, cach bearing his burden of uorrow, will e into chau- cory then. There was s big rain in Providenes, I. I, on the 12th inst. A sclentilio obeerver, Dr. Cra- woll, eoya that but one rain in fortv-ono yosrs ha fallen ot 80 rapld s rate, and then the amonut was leas, being 3.16 inchos, wlnle Thurs- day last tho fall nas 9,47 luches. In tho firat case, July 17, 1820, tho whola amount foll inan tour, aud Thursday it way about s bour and & Lal( 1n fallivg. x-Quooen Teabella desired to go to ono of tho ports of Spain to tako tho soa-bathy ordered by tier medieal ndviger, but waa forbiddon Ly tho Madrid Goverument to land anywhero on Bpan- fsh torritory. Don Catlos, being juformed of this, offered her hospliality 10 auy part of the Basque Provinces that he occupied. N The ex- Qucon is too daugerons for a subject, oven though hor son be on the throne. At tho Louvre Hatel thero is a 3Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker hal s dog, Ilis doy bas loat a run- ning mateh, Auwd tlis i8 how Mr, Walker bas {0 pey bis wager: Ilo in, during one whola month, to run futo tho arms of tho first mon he meots at the cotner of tho Rue do Valols aftor 9 o'clock, and tosay: *Mydear bLrother, at lost womeet after twonty yoars.” Then ho s to spologize. Mr, Walker has thus embraced four- teen Fronchmen ! Ugh!—DParis Figaro. Poor Mary Pomeroy! Hhe loved not wiecly but too woll; and now her bodv resta in the ccmatery ot Jeraey City, while ber clerical eeducor prenclios to & fashionable congregation, Last weck somo of the old frirnds of tho lost ghl dedicated 8 monument to Ler memory, and conaecratod it with tears. Thoy wero deter- mined to falsify the prodiction of the monster Glendenning that **{n o yoar the girl will bo forgotton.” Br. Baneroft aska 1o morcy, and bo will givo nono. Though ho has reached the oud of his mgantic hstory of the United Btates, he is not done with it. On the contrary, it is announced that e will soon begin to isano & now edition, 1lo has already rewritten the finst volume, and will make extousiva alierations in succeeding volumes. Tho nistory was undeitaken forty years agn, and in the meantimo the author has gained in wisdom and exporienco ro that heis no longer satislied with bus oarly work. David Dudley Field has gone to Europo to at- tend tho meeting or tho Insutute of Interan- tional Law, which moota at the Lague, Aug. 21. Ho might, with propriety, posipotne auxicty ou that score until the codo of profeesional moraly at howmo is better undoerstood sud ouunciated. Tho lawyer of ‘T'woed and the Erio Ring carrion a pretty Lig besm in s own eye. With fine irovy tho Uiea Herald says of the proposed tnp: “It s understood Mr, Field made avery arraogomont possiblo for the protection of ‘Pwood during his absouce,"” The Liverpool Mercury saya : * Hugh Miller's son has Just uppeared as an author, sud in the form of tho biographer of biw fathor's hfe-long fiiend, Sir Rodorick Murchison, By a siugalar coincidenco, Dr. Rovert Carruthers, tho woll- known lieratour, aditor of the Iverncss Courier, who was tho tirst to introduce tho tathor to the notice of tho literary world, has just boen the first to introduco tho eon in the columus of his Jouroal, tho intorval betwean being forty-soven yoars. Mr. Millor fe at provent engaged in the geological survey of Englund, and, for his own and his father's uako, muny will watch his future careor with interoul A correapondent in an English paper tolls the following: **Somo twenty or thirty years ngo the jnhabitants of & parish in the Northumber- land district engaged & singing-master to teach the church-singers somo now tunes. e found Lis pupils uot ivapt, most of them being able to read munie, Buc whon tho music (camoto be wedded to ‘immortal vorse * coitain old gentle- 1men who sang baes wore detectod in substituting for tho sacred words the monotonous syllabios *boom boom.” Ouge of them, on being remon- struted with, thus roplied: *Yor waya may &' by verra weel, but they dunuut sait wme. A’ alweys dud eiog bom bum, an' &' aiways will sivg bua bum,*'" ‘I'ho remaing of thelato William Llil, who diod at Donvor, Col,, Inat Weduosday, arrived in this clty at balf-past 7 o'olock yeaterday mornlng by tha Cbicago, Burlingtcn & Quincy Ruilroad. Many frionds and relatives of tho doceased wero &t the depot, iveluding & delogation ropresont- fug tho 8t George'a Soclety, of this clty, Among those presont wero Robort Law, Edwatd Foster, Edgar Sanders, Joun Lill, Adsm Weoklor, Ed- waid SBaundors, Goorgo Merrite, John Moulton, aud many othors. Tho romaing were taken to biu lato residence, at the coruor of Plne’ atreot and Chigago avenue, Tho funoral will tuke place to-day at 3 p. m., at 8t. Jamos Episcopal Cuureh, cornor of Casa and Obio stroety, to Rosekill. Prof. Sylvoster, of the London Mathematical Boctety, has dono au. {ll<cousidered thing, He has invonted a tonthematical fan, with which it 1n possible todivido any angle futo any assigned oumber of equal parts, and tho trajectories of poina taken In the sevoral Maks connecting the sticks of the fan sro flnite nodey, aud aro suc- cessively tho fourth power of 1, 2, 8, 4, ete.” In tho lufancy of ucionco, Holapur proposed to * brain him withbis lady's tan " snd 1o the be- ginuing of thin coutury & poot who had peculiar opportunities for observation declared that + gometimod ladies Lit exceeding hard, and fans turn futo fulchions ia fair hands™ Dut in thoss daya fave wero faus, and not trajectories, or nodes, or fourth powers of suything but beaucy, 1¢ fans in their simplicity could do wuch terrible execution, what will thev doia their siata of ad- vanced development? It is u gloamy subject for the coutewplution of tha rising genoration. LOTAL ABKIVALS, A:and Pacido—Jwnes A, Vivll, Obloy J, K. Bols, Clevelund ; F, E, Huggln Inrado Hprioge ; Jumed Ham, Lifayette § X, ¥, Stopheus, Haulbaly the Hun, Jobn O, Beott, 81, Louls ; Judga N, M, Lubbard, Cedar Raplde; Judge J, B, Niics, Nilcs, Mi Collett, ‘Yorre Hsuts : Guorgy I, Dacon, Willism Arthur, 8t, Louls § W, I, Bicharddo New Yorl Frederick Wine, Trclan Hpringfield ; H, F. Maun, Pittee hinrg oW, 1 Balti Hawidy, Rock 7 Jubu Oallup, Rochestes Haltimore: Thiomas B, (iratiam, 1aouurd, Boston ; Joseph Ande \\MD’J Portsmoutti; O, ¥, Hurd, Den 1. Vilas, Yotsdsm arics H,Vandeabol James Cralg, Detroft; A, 4. Nottloton, A, Wale ton § G, Detrult fuicinnatl ; H. £ t, Louts; Gbarlea Bolli' Braward, Hous Meraill, Byracuse; Frank 0, Beyon Yemont * Hutse—W, Mhwauiee " or waukee ; 'O, L07 suriver, - Battimore; 1 B 0T g Molues 3 J, Orland, luv'-j W, E. McKiunay, Taptk L P Hurg, Derolt; AL 3. W, Potiluger, Kanusy A Kerfuot, Tudiuapols. Pittaburg; N, Tatnier House—James A, Dwight, Fort Wayno; 0. :0yd’ Ohaney, New Yor! TPorter, Fhilad i A 1. Ca a7 n, Riuctbacts, Bi, Punls Wo L I Whach; W, I Btration, Louto I 1 htlte, Whears ‘Tuomy #ou,” Penuayl J. ¥, Gowey, lows A, i bort, Now Bhiras, Jr.| Pilehirg W ione, b, Lodis ; Usurgs W, Dickinan . W B hvoner livuve—Tuo Hon, 2 u, Uoston: s, 1Ly 8, N. p.aid slly, Boston | 3, ., Wayghunte' sud Toves, Wi To We ey, Loy fudly, sclbn f T We Decked, 1o um“ aeph, Mih B, 0. Bryan sod Lo Bos JAu, that & POOR GRIMWOOD ! Partial Solution of the Mys- tery of the Missing Balloonists. Rocovery of Grimwood's Body on the Eastern Shore of the Lake. The Remains Ilentified Beyoud Ques- tlon as Those of Donaldson’s Companions A Bursted Life-Preserver Still Cling- ing Around the Corpse. No Trace of Donaldsen's Bady or the Remnants of the Balloon. A Thorough Search to Be Made of the Adjacent RReglon. Theories and Surmises Concerning the Melancholy Afiair, Spectal Disnatch to The CAeano Fridune, Moxtaaug, Mich., Aug. 17.—There Las been congiderablo excitomont bharo to-day, in con- raquence of the recaipt of uews from Whitehalt and other pointa aloug shoro that settles tho fnie of Newian 8. Grimwood, ono of the excur- ionists in the misring balloou, tho loss of which hias bren 80 widely discussod, The firat tidings from Whit.hill were not at all complete, avd wore discredited prettv gon- erally, and placed in the liet of rumors which have been too frequent. After a timo, how- over, it becamo apparont that thero was 5O DOURT OF THE IDENTITY of tho body. Tho dwscovery was mado by Mr. A. Deckwith, who carries tho matl betweon Stony Creok and Montague. During lis trip nlong tho lako shore ho noticed s peculiar smell, and was attracted by it to lock along the beach in penrch of & cause. 1o rolates tuat, when ho came up to tho body, It was lylug on the leach vaitly covered with sand. Docomposition bud set in, and Mr, Bockwith describes tho uscene a8 boriibio to the sonacs. Never having seeu Grimwood, he was at first at o loss to kuow who the dend man might be; but, conquering s rapngnance, hio approached the bodv ana closoly oxaminoed it., Thoro way fustoned around the walst A LIPE-PRESERVER, but it had bean broken and was of no sustaining powor., lu tho pocketa were found a diary have g 8 few entries of dates, memorandums of ene gagomonts, money transactious, addresses, and somo brief cateh-words, prabably to be under- stood ouly by tho maker. Tbere was in tho book 4 CARD NUMBERED 29,823, 2 sod having the fellowing words printed and written bolow ¢ N, B. Gnruwoop, 333 'Van Daren ntreot, 1 entitled to draw Looks fromn the Suleago Pubho Li- brary, ‘This card must bo prescuted wheuover & book 1s tukon, returned, or renowed, There waa othier printing on the card having raferenco to the rules of tho Library. Tu tho same pockot was also A LETTER addressed to * Nawton 8. Grimwood, Jolict Sun,” and signed by a man uened Sullivan as «¢ City Editor Journal.” ‘The couteuts of the {etter bad reference to s requoat which appearod to havo bosn made by Grimwood for a mtuation ou tho Journal. o anotber pocket were found several shools of papor without lines, and on some of them wero notes and oxprossions having evidont reforence to the writer's journoy in thoe bal'oon, aui giving some fwprossions of his ot differont times, Thero was a watch iu tho vost pocker, Tar vony hadoun a full suit of clothes, exeapting boots ond hat, and the preparations made by tightly buttoniug the coat und putting ou tho life-pro- sorver soamed to indicato that the young man Liad prepared to awim, and might hiave succeodod in pustaimog bimself above tuo surfaco for some thne Liad the life-preserver baen of any use, Aftor the body bad been thoroughly oxaminod it was buried uoar whora 1t was tound, it boing {mpossiblo to transport jt without au alr tight cudket, The placo whare the interment took pisce was carcfully noted, and it will bo quite pusuiblo with proper applisnces lo disintor aud temovo the romains if the rolatives so desiro. TFrom tho indicatious meationed thero could, of courae, be no duubt that the body was that of young Grimwood, aud the fact” was imwme. dtnlvi‘v communicated to this place and Clicago. ‘T'ha propsrty found was carefully pranorved, and Torwarded to Chicago to bo sent to tho parents of deceased. I learn from & porson who saw the notes that thoy do mot form a couimnous narrativo, but sormed to ba slaiply momoranda jutouded to be used £ refrash the makosr’s mind on potnts of tiwe and placo. A soon us tho fluding of the body was koown, o search was fmmodiately fustituted for TRACLS OF TUE BALLOON ORt DONALDSON. Tho whoro for soveral milos was carcfully Tooked over by mou lu parties and 4ingly, bhut to other body bus yei beou found, aud uo tince of th air-bay s boen roported. This stute of things has prodncod tho most oxtraordary conjoctures and theories amony those who hava known all tho facts of tho caws, aud tho wildant suppositions aco talked over in this and the neighboring towns, ‘Fho hasis 1or ali the theonziug ia the fact thut if the two [as- pongers in the balloon Lad como to their deatls together, it 4 almost Impossible that their bodios sbould vot Lave baen fouud oosr together. And yor, as I before said, a careful semtoh over at least,20 miles of buach PAILS TO BEVEAL ANY TUACE of the companion of the young mao found to- duy. The nomtivn in wbich Grimwood was found indicates thot bo had becn on shors suma tine, sod tuore {8 probably & leoway of sovetal daya between his utriking the sboro and the dix- covery of ths body. Tho goueral oxpresslon of opinion hore, in view of the facts, i3 thai neither Donuldson nor tho balloon went down into the luke, but that Grimwood eithier foll overbuard or was THROWN OUT OF THE BANKKT by his athletic compamion. ‘Thors ia not tho loast doubt among wur people that such wouud Luve beeu hiu fate if Donaldvon had como tu be- llove lu the stosm that his 04w esjety depended on his compamon's encriticn, ‘Thers 14 s com- moun regrot oxprossed thut a careful examiuution of the body of (runwood wag not made to seo if suv signe of yiolance ware visble, It is to- vight & general expression of opinion bere chat Doaaldson did ot perish n tuo like, and that the balloon ruschod the land. Bumo o 6o far &8 to exprous & bulief that THE AKKONAUT I8 BTILL ALIVE, but hesitates to suow lumeolf bLecaase of the b‘lnlna which might sttach to Lim on account of Grimwood's deuth. Tho result of theva theories aud conjectures eneral exaaiination of the wouutry buck from the shoro wiil be made by the genoral vousent of the inhabitants. 1t 14 cortainly to ve boped that soma trace of tho bailoon may bo found. A veporter called on Mr. W, K. Sullivan, of the Journal, last ovouing, snd sskod bin' s fow questions aboat the Duding of Grimwood's Lody, M, Builivau uaid tbat thers was no doubt tliac tho body fouud waw that of Urnmwood, but that to make the matter wure a Journal ve:iorter bud been dispatchod to the place whera the body was to fully identifly it. He further said thiat the fathor of Urimwood would atrive here to-day from Dristol, whera he livos, < lo reterence to the istier found on the body, 3r. Bullivan said that ue remombered writing #uch an ove to Grimwood some tine before ho cawa to Chicago. Ho would be sble to fully 1uuntify it when he saw it. Hr, Bullivau wlso stated tbat, after recelving the dispateh glving the number of the Pubiio Library ticket found on tus body supposed to be QGrimwood's, Le caused luvestigation to ba wade, aud fwund Lhad 459 number givea was rea'ly the ona aat opposite Grimwood's nama on tho [Abrary acconut books, This seemed con- cluaivo avidanco in his mind, FUE NEWS AT BARNGM'S CIRCUA, Apeeial Diapiten s e Mivszarores, Mlum., Aug. 17, podioma athibited to fully 12, ity to-day. Dunog tho afternann, breatlilens “ni'anco, the managemont read the Ausociatsd P'rewa diapsten announciog the dine covory of the body of Grimwool, It cres-ed in- tanse nxcitemont, an dil also thn appearance of Mirs Taylor, Doualdson's aflianced, who lm- mediatoly aftoiward participated in & burdle tuco. e T RAILROAD NEWS, THE KAMSAS CITY WAR, The war which bas been going on for soms timo yast botween the 8t. Louw, Kaneas City & Notthern and Atlantic & Pacitic Railroads, and in which lately all the Western rosds becama in- volved, came to a conclugivn yeaterday, nnd the tosda latelv combalting ecach other with un- paralleled forocity ste again working harino- niounly together on s platform of Grace, Mercy, snd Peace. I'io manapcrs of sli tho roads lead- ine frow Chicago and Ht. Lounis to Kannaa City Leld nmeoting at tha Grand Pacific Hotel yos- torday, st which the abuve. result was brought about. The following gontlemen wero presout : A, A, Talmage, General Buperivtondent, J, A, Hill, General Freght Agent, and A, J. Ford, Gcneral Ticket Axent of the At- lautic & DPacific; Dauiel Iays, Dresi- dent, W. R. Arthur, Geueral Bupcriutendent, A. C. Bird, Qeneral Freight Agent, sud C. K. Lord, Geneal Ticket Ageut of tho St. Louis, [Kanman City & Northern: M. Garner, General Supenntendont. It, B. Biepuens, Genoral Man- azer, ‘Thomns Dorwin, Genernt Ticket Avent, and 0, Warner, Northwostern Passonger Agaut of the Missourt, Kansag & Texas : Hobert Jlar- Gavaral SBupertendent, C, W. Smith, Geu- cral Froight Agout, nu Sanel Powell, Genoral Tickot Agent of the Chicago, Burhngton & Quiney 5 Hugh Ttiddle, General Buponnteadent, Lewin Vitle, Generat Freight Ageut, and 8t, John, Geveral Ticket Agout of the Clucsgo, Rock Inland ;& Pacitic; J, ! Medalin, General Buperintendent. and James Buaith, Genorat Frowht Agent of tho Clicago & Altun; H. C. Wickor, Generasl Froight Agr nt of the Chiigaun & Northwentern 3 Jamos C. Clark, Genoral Man. ager, und Horace Tucker, General Pronghit Ayent of tho Il Cential: J. I Poanfield. Geunral ‘lichot Agoot, and Jauew liecd, Chicago Ageut of tho Hanoital & 5t. Jos Railroad. The mesting was organized by the election of Thugh Riddlo ay I'resideut aod ~ Horaco Tucker a4 Seeretary, A louy debato fol'lowed, in _which moat of thoso preseut participated. Noarly ail thoso presont exprosied their opinion that there was no furiher cause for thog war. and that it shonld ceare st onre, 'The extremely low ratew ac which freights and paskengors had heon earriod nince the commoncemont of the ditticulty wan crip. phng alf the roads particivating o the fight, and the businoks was not such that they could staud itaay longth of time. The St. Lows, Kaneas City & Northern Rail- way dig not think it lad been treated fauly by the Atiantic & Pacilic. aud lence it objected to making peaco unti that Lne would cancel tho coutracts it bad made at Denver voma time ago, in violation cf the rules prevailing amoug honor- abls bukiness men. Tho Cliucago & Alton, shich connocts with the 8t. Loww, hauang City & Northern, was also 1u favor of lecping up the present war until coni- poting lines wonld agree 1o ko no discrintinu. tions 1n favor of nuy patticular Nno or parties, ceting, which lasiod il day, with an ou ot t=o oy for dinner, was a rather stormy ogo, but finally wu undecstavding was arrived at, and o resolution was adopted to re- ostablin tho freight tarif which was adopted Apri 20, with such changes a8 the Gonernl EFreight Agents sbouid decids upon. At A sutsoquent meeting of the General Froight Acents the following freight rates to Alsowri River points were adoped @ Prom Chicago to Atchlson, ai Clieyonns, Wy, Counell Biugs.. Fort Bl K Donver, Col, Huunltal, 3o Ruusun City, Mo, Lawrenee, Katleaons o 1L renworth, Kap. Lincoln, Neb. Macon, Mo. Nubrusks Ci Umahs, Neb, Tueblo, Col, 0| ) v R L5 1080 ksl Lasl Tho freight rates from Bt. Louis and alf vthier Western po.ts to Misxouri River points and be- yond wera also re-cstablished, No notion i repard to ko rates from Kanaas City to tho Euat, which were also ciit, wa.s taken at thin moeting, but 1t was decided to hold an- other meoting at 8t, Lonia Mondav, whon this matter will alao hio shtinfuctonly arrangsd. e Gruoral Tickot Agents alwo Lold s moet- ing and ro-estabshed the rates in exintence bo- foro the War, which a10 a4 fu'lowa: from Chi- g0 10 Kansns City, 817.50; from St. Lows to Kauuaa City, 811, KANSAS RAILROADS, Suecial Correaponaence of T'he Chicago Tridlne, Lawnesce, Kaw., Aug, 16,—The St. Louls, Onago City & Walnut-Valloy Railrond Cowpany is tho namo of au orgauization rocently per- focted, with hesdquarters ia this city, for the building of s road from hero to Arkausas City, on tho south lino of tho Htate, 150 miles from whore the AMissonrl, Kansas & Toxaas entery tho Torrtory, Tho prijectod line is resily ao oxe teusion of the Carboudale Road, now oporated betwoen this city and Carbondale, & mining town 60 miles distant, on tho Atchison, Topeka & Sauta Fo. TFrom Carbondale to Emporia, the road will follow the tho genoral trend of the Atchlgon, Topeka & Santa Fe; but, beyond Emporia, it will hold dieotly Houthwost, in puch a courss s to draw supe port from tho Nooabo, Cuttonwood, Walout, aud Arkaness Valloys. DPassing throogh elx or seven of tho richos. conuties of tho Biate, aod communioating withsaveral othors by pracioablo brancbos slong the more impor- tant rivors, this ros)§f built, could wvot fwl of outue sticgesa; and, within s few yoins at most, its coustruction is cectain. Homu of tho survoy- iug lias nlroady boen dous, and the wiiolo general rauto dotermined. . Much newapapor-commont hins been occagioned by tho receut action of the Kangas l'scitie Rtail. way Company in jssuing to its emploves shat bave boou somewhat fucotiously tarmead ** acutne warranty,” By the conditions of thig warunt, or, more pro¥»rly. contract, tho Company s ro- lloved of all lability for thie death or injury of the men fn itw employ. No employe {4 to ontor futo such compact agamst lis will; but, should lio fml to will, Lis dlechargo s jmmediately fortheoming. ' It bas been repeatediy decided by our Courts that, in casea of accidental injury to emnloyes, s Ralirond Company is unt responsivle therelor; but our lust Bruto Legiulature passod an a L Company hablo for such lu]uri/ titue disabled employes of the Kand sas Pacillo bave Leau i:ut. uuder balf-pav and provided with medical aunlstance at tho Company's expenso. Lls * desth-warrant ¥ move completoly cticums veuts the Logislature; and, thongl it 1ay sorm as firs glanco u little **soullews.’ yet the Com- pauy is undonbtodiy in the right; for no one has succeeded in‘making it plaw why Raifroad Compames shiould penmon their employes auy moro thau merchants, mochunics, or farmors. Conaiderable construction work s in progress on tho Kanwas City, Ottawa, Butlington & Sauta Fo Railroad, near Wil'tmmsbuig, in Fraukhn Conuty, and the road will probably bo completed befura winter to the southweat ina of the coun- tv. From there it will mako all haste to rasch Barlwgton, on the wsouri, Ksusas & Toxss, ‘I l1e liw id & gooa one, {m»lug through sn ex- tenvivo coal and agrlovltural region, sud 1ty eas- Iy completion {8 pretty well assurod. Tuo Awhisou, Topeks & Sants Fo Road, hav- ing reschod Laa Anjius, will soon cominenve tho ruuning of rogalar tralus from that poiut to Kuuvan City, by way of tho Mlidlind Cut-Of from L'w.cks through Lawrence. This will, of courso. draw tho great butk of tho A., T, & B, £, cuttle trado ¢row Atclison to Kanuus City. ‘Tue Kunsas P'acifio maotiue-whop ut Bivroarck, uear this city, have beon olosed, aud meu sud wachinery trameferved to the wmn shops st Arumtiong, nour Kanuas City, Lawreuce mado v biervio effort to socure theso shiops, with, ab Arot, partial vucoess ; finally, as sbuve fudicated. THE ERIE ROAD, The Protection Committes of the Erie Rall- road, appotuted by the stockholders July 20, hay Lad conmunicatlon with several peraons, banke oraand others, to get & complete hat of stock- boldery, 80 a8 to reach them by lelter or clraular, The result In tbat the Committes now claims to roprosaist 96,000,000 6f ssoaks bald Ln thls ewans try, and $7,000,000 mittee ubiishod & 1o cular to the ahar holders giving 8 8scciue oty of e, The foliowiug extracts ato of conui lurablo intarent : n ovil aur, the an-ralied eoup d'etat of Mrch 32, reanitad ln placing the Jina nud-r tow (13.r- Inw's) cantrol, aa the e, rexentstivn an t coun . Tla Boffabetm-Meifency-Duacan Atlantic-an 1-Greate Western cilqun. Toie event was fodoaed by & acrien of deluding proclamuatisnn ianiind from their o turasu that the dey of prosserity had_dawnnl, wae in honeat bands § KuaTehnidera wers b oo reguiar dividends | The publlc journsisteamed 1 fallacions \alograms and sunounteiments, Frajswi -r fallacious aud deluding promizes of LeoAta to como, our Trusteen wara jed or_controiled Ly a.hemors wua Aug. 14 tha Com. ul, willfully ‘snd wickedly porsisiod It & courso tndivg to the ruin of Lrie, Thelr lucom- peisnce, frawd, or misman bas thrown the property 'tntn Lankrupte pre fatod ond alimost destroyed the marketanlo 'value of it shares, and brouglit the vorgs of ruin one of the sraatest a0l graudost rallwage f thy wotld, 8 -lheniing for their own pernousl gain, by the epresding of Eile's counedinna throughuut 'the Wentera Slates: tho lifte fngof the Atisntic’ & Great Western out of ihe miro of inecivancy with onr monsy ; the purchase, st fabu- 1 un ptives, of twountains of wild, so-celled 'coal Jaud fa Pennsylvants { the purchuss of Buftalo, New York & ‘Erie, aud other mtoks at exocbilaut price pATmont of excoinive siul e eniary awlarie raudulent expenditures for Lrivery sud corruption, aud other acts of malversatt » the preseut situstion, Cliartered righte g.ve them o mure authurity for becomiing wilora of codl, apectlne turs fu raiirns | atocks, or luseces of rafiro.as throaghe out the Unlow, an for eatablisbing | mbls, and other hko snterprives, el the ilue they have oL fn tiderate suins, bus & graut dual of Tlie inside niug of wpecdlators il the 1fTu- they hase prodiiced munufactories, bt Ever aini thuy conf mou aioney, lo. New¥ork & Brle biok o wilat $151fur 4t 0 40wl (e aliare ; b Ll coal Lands, wikd mountain tear at pricos far beyond ibe real Yalies I biad “Lvelatd, Coltnin, Clicluuat & Tndioe 10 diapose of, Bealden, there were enofin: for Watson aud his numeronn Vice-Previdenta to padt arlow, wio lus 80 fatthlenaly represeuted the atick- holdery, Liuvig contracted that Wat-ou suoubl be Pren. ident fur five yoars, at § 0,00 & yosr! 1o fnsad tn Do drawing that malary to-day, Then catan Jewett {ocTipmiing il that went Uefir ), Who, 48 ho alleden, we~ cured an agreement from S prtics eeprisenitig a 0 majority of the surel Iarlow), that he (lew ten yearw, aml foceivo $115,000 the Orst year, Jewett haa drawn that amoust, Then came e Receivership, whersin his fres (n addi- thats to aud srveaprctive of bin Aslary s¢ Presudent) aro tuure than § 40,0 pet yeat, exciielvo of #ich cxtra aliowancos an wuy Judgs of the bupreme Court shiall award to him for bis valuable services, We are doters uitbed to break the Ring: to deprave 1t of control, anid 11ice tho proverty i chargu of 18 Tropretarym—of Lhose OWLIDK Lo Iurgest amount of stock, Our pur- poson are clearly deflued and fouest, Wo slzil expel the Harfow Hitng, aud that tifnded the eutire matage. wient 84 ot present constituted 3 for we aver (moro in ROrruw thad m anger) thst * Larloe anel Jewett are one,” Wo liuil Bave & bl for Etle whio will act fn the fuicreat of suarsho.d £4, SreniaCtvo of persuis, grost or amall, emineut or obscare, wealihy oF poor ; cull to account all wrona-dsers: trutbiuily sud henestly relfeve tho property frout thn mesucs of Jiie g3tion, and who will accept tho far bub atwple salary of $10,C00 2 your, THE ST, PAUL & PACIFIZ, Special Irispateh to The Clacsao Tribune, 81, Pave, Miun., Aug. 17.-F, R, Delano, bav- ing returued this morumg from Now York, ro- ports that, at the meotiug lant woek of the Di- rectors of tho Firat Division 8St. Paul & Pacitic Compauy, with representatives of tho Dutch Linlders of bonds covering exteusion Lives from HL Oloud to &t, Vincent and to Brainerd, au agreement was anived at settlng the pending suits and differences, and arrangemonts enterod 1nto for the immedisto resumption of work, with the {ntention of oowpleting this fall all tho rul Tines frum Bt. Paul to Bt Vincent by way of Dreckintidzo, and from St. Paul to Draiverd by way of Bauk Rapids, as follown: 32 miles from Direckintidge, to conuoct at the southern oud with the cumplesed portion of the St. Vincout oxtousion, 12 mulea routh of Glyvudon and from tbo worthern ond of thomame, 62imiles aircady graded, to St Vincert, where counoction wilt be mado with tbe than compieted branch of tho Canadian Pacitle from Fort Gruery s algo 65 railes alieads gradod from Sank Rapids to Brain- ord. The parties nogotiating, sccording to Mr. Delano’s roport, are pladged and shundintly able to furmish tho money neceseary undor tho agroameut, Tha first steps will be the with- diawal of the pendiug suits for tho foreclosura of the mortgages scenring the Dutch bonds, or procuring an ordor ~ from the Statzs Court for taking the 8t Vinc brauch from Receiver Farloy, of Dubuqne, aud restoring 1t to the First Division Compunv, Probably this artaugement wil result 1n tho St, Yaul & Drainerd Huo p assing Into the bands of anothier company bv Jease or #ile, but _Delano in confident that the throush hines aill be built as above ludicated bofore Dec. 1. This would loave 8 gap from Melrosa to near Glendon, about 150 niles, to completo he origiuaily pronored Si. Paut & Bt. Vincent liuo, by wavof St, Clead and Malrose. Tuls part of tho St. Vincent line appears to he abandened in the now proposed arrangement, ALLEGED ENORMOUS FRAUDS. Nrw York, Aug. 15.—Tho Mercury's Washlog- ton diupatch statos that tho salo of tho Northern Pacitie Hallroad tast Thureday, under s docree of foreclosuire, was the greateat fraud evor pere petrated io this country. ‘Lhe trsusaction will bo iuvestigatod by Cougress, as somo fifty million acres of public Ilands aro involved, A committes of bonaboklers have ascortaned that §30,400,000 stand ou tho books a1 caub receivo hat 817,241,000 were paid out for building 553 miles of road, for rolliug-stick, tologravh Line, buildings, ete., loaving & balance of §13,110,000 unsccounted for. The com- mittes of Gorman Loudhotders discoveror, on inveatigation snd roport, that the Directors formed two land cotupanies, ond #0 manipulated sTair that theso land companien came into pousasuion of the lands at $2.50 pot acte which could have beon #old for £10 aud 420 par scre. AB tho bonds were nogotiated m Germany on allsged representations that the credit of the Umn:itud Biaton was luvolved, aud aa they are dermod worthless now. a cotres- pondence bas beou opened with the State De- partmant by the Gerwan baukurs who negotiated and sold thom. THE GILMAN, CLINTONI & SPRINGFIELD. HemnorieLp, Aug, 17.—The transfer of tho Gllmay, Clinton & Springfield Ruilicad has not yot takon plsca, It wae expociod that Mr, Bey- ton, who ropresents the English bondbolders, sod who will manlgo the road temuoranly for Messrs, Scott and Juwost, the Trustecs. would reach here last night, but ho did not come, It 1a congaded on all hands that this road will fall into the hands of tho Iliuois Centrul Rarroad eventiully, eifhier bv purchase or leaso, and, so far as our puople ure concerned, this i greatly to be deaired, aa thia company would make it & first clasu road. AMr. liockley's managomens of it hu‘iv.ou satiafuction, OBITUARY, Lawesviirr, 0., Aug. 17.—The Rev. Cornelius Sprioger, ous of the plouosrs of the Moethodist Church in thls Hiate, diod last mght, aged 85 yoaru. Special Diapateh to The Chicano Tridune, Bz, Pavr, Mivn., Aug. 17.—Parker P'aine, a banker aud prominent citizen of St, Paol since 1853, died to-day, nied 67 years, le wus born in Masino, aud befora coming to 8t. Paul wie for twoutv-threa yoaru in the wholeaate grocery trada at Moblle, A, Speciat Dispateh (o The Chicaao Tridune, Lasavnry, 1M, Aug. 17.—Charles 8, Kosouberg, for tho last 18 years & promiosnt merchant of tuid city, died this morniog of disoass of tue liver, aftor a, protracted iluess, aged about 48 yoore, New OrLxans, Aug, 17.—Tle Ton, John B. Weller, ex-Govornor of Californi, died Loro this eveuing, aged 0. BosToN, Aug. 17.—Prof. Joal Parker, the em- inont juriet, died st Cambridgo this afternoon, sxod 80 years. —_— THE 00D FELLOWS. New York, Aug. 17.—Tnhe suunal sesslon of the Graud Lodge of the Independvut Order of 0dd Follows of Lhls Biate bogan to-day, e e SRS A Youthful Imaginution Chotkods Atlantu Conalitution, When Mre, B, went Lowme from shopplog yves- terday, she entered upon mscene of ihnlling borror boing euscted 1o the back yard, lu the ceutre of the yard w dry-gouvds box was 1u fHawmes aud the buby was lywmg in front of it squalliog lustily fiom Lioat and fright. Down behind the ourrant bushos wore two of the vuighborkood boys, skulkiug arouud with paiut- ed (aces, chioken feathers i thoir bair, 4 bows tn theft Lauds, whilo lier Lopsful s on bia father's woocssin slippery, bis cap turned wrong wide out upon bis heud, sud an old aimy gun i bis band, " e was creeping sloug with ovidont murderous Inteut toward the roostery botund the bushos, What ou oarth s tho mattor?" cried the id her hopaful ; ** don's you sen thom ngunu has burued down Hawking' cabin aud nearly kiled his bavy, burned up the fanmlly, aud f'm the Lean Walf golug to bring down yougiuoe 0o tho sculps of the varmiota!” But 1n about fifioen secouds after he went dowu 10 the wood-pile, wishing he was the fat womiaa [u the wuseum or the biw medicina man of the Pawnees. He tad becn rasdlug an fudlan Sade Iz & Now Xouk papus, you ses, Violently SPORTING NEWS, Anothor Exasperating Give-Away by the Chicago White Stockings. The Athletics the Recipicnts by a Score of 8 to 4. Intoresting 8ketch of the Mare Lulu and Her Pedigree, Races at Utica and Saraloga--A Chlcago Pigean.Shooter's Victary, BASE-BALL. TRE ATNLETICS AND WillTE BTOCRINGS, The first homo gamo botveen the abuve clubs was played st the Twenty-third atroot gronnds yesterday aflernoon. Au it was the first appear- auco of the White Stocking since thetr Enutorn tour, and a4 thelr adversaries hold tho secou vlaco in the champioosip record, a large at- tondance was oxpected. DBut einco tho mu. nouncemant of the nme for 1876, from whicl #roat things aro expected, Chicaro bian lost much of it lpterest in isw proseut basa-Lall represent- atived. Its anticipations aro directed towards vext searou, and tho romainder of this will not oxcite mach attention. IHonco there was not Iarge audioncs present, It wumboted probably about 2,300 people. Tho botting waa Iargely {n favor of tho visit- ors, aud tho impreseion that the Whiles would be duieated obtained grenerally. It wes Kome- what atinken, homever, by the tiue play of the Lome ninu for soven innings, they showing, Loth iu tho field and st the bat, s skill superior to their opponents, aud at the beginning of tho viglth led them by a score of 4to 1. And thou they wunt to viccos. As has boen the case on vumberless occaniuun, thev nado more orrors in 61 10 thau 1o all the others combined. avd pave away tho ams after Laving it atl their own Way. Tl ewlith muiz, notwithwtanding many oxlnbitions of exeenblo playing on tho part .t Lo Whito Stuckingd, was a Little the worst ever 8een on tho Twenty-tuird stroot grounds. Gold- en muffod an easy ile ball, and allowed Clapp to taio s bare. © Theo IHighwm thraw wild tu first, Then Hastiugs Lad o d ball, which took Ciapp to second, mnd, with scarcely s pamuse, went to thind ou sucener. Then & muff of a grouuder by Higham fet bun score. A baro hit ortwo helped otuer players 1o their barer, nd they wero for:hwith aesistad by further bad mufla aud bad throws of Higham and Wlito and pasend baliv. The error were su nuuerous that it was alinost impossiblo to seoro thow, sud it i jers fectly usziess to esumerate tiem. They wern suceasniul 1n cagrvine tive Athletica to tha bome niate, and & mors disgusting extitation ot mutf ing hias rarely been witneenad, 1t wad about ay boliiant % bit of ball-playitg a8 is alfurded by DBluo feland svenue contests between the No Stockiugs snd Regied Legs, Tho omth innue was maked by & few more tunely aud ueatly-axecuted eriors, Which guve the Athletica tso more 1uos, aud they quit tho grounds winners by a score of 8 10 4. Tho following 18 THE SCORE: [a = e 060 ¥ nae 242 [ 90 ¢ 340 3a1 Tao pot RTINS 800 IR 03Uy to0ry 030 v 4 it {thel o301 R.15 L3 3-8 04 3. [ 24 niotic ; < “White Stwokings, b 1 Hartings, 5. o Twa bours. Cimsire—William Me an, The Alhletics played a fine flelding game, Hall's plav at lefi bong enpocially naticabla, Thov woro not very stroug at tho bat, Golden's pitching being excellent, A CLUB FORMING IN CLEVELAND, Encouraged by the formation of professional clubs on all mdes, Cleveland bas arranged to form au association with & capital of §12.000 to engaze & nino aud prepare grounds, Mos James Carlton aod A. B. Emith are_cugineering the aTair. ‘I'ioy expect to securo Matliows as 8 nuclous for the new nino. Carlton himseif ian old professionat of good rocord in tho Worest Citys. A RUNAL CHALLENGE, The Dlue Stocking Base-tall Club, of Carlin- villa, Ill., clalienges auv clob 1z the Staco to plav thom a matel gawe for & purie of $100, tho challenzo to bo open to any city not coatainiug ovur 22,000 jubabitants. GAME AT LOUIRYILLE. LovmviLLe. Kr., Aug. 17.—Base-ball: Bos- tons, 18; Olympics, 0. - THE TURF. LULU' PEDIOBEE. Binco the extraordinary performance of the mare Lutu at Rochaster, by which sho fairly won bersolf an equality with the fsatest ammal on the tur?, thero in naturally a general intercat in ber bistory aud pedigice. ‘Tho Rock Island Arqua of tho 16th Lios ao account of & visit to Lulu's breeder, Col. W. D. Crockett, at hin stock farm, Longview, uear Rock lsland. Following 210 KOme oxtrocts : Lutu wan 10 years ol last wpring, Sk in tho apriug of 1863, at Col, Grocke1t" Cuunty, Koutucky, and wheu bo Tsland 'lie broughit' the litti 3-year.u Her aire was It, A, Aloxander's noted b thosiroof the celebruted lorse Blackwood, breeds back through a long line of choive thorough- bredu ou both sides, Her dim was Kato Crockett, ubo by {mported Hooton, Hooton by Despot, Tha first dam of Hooton wau & Catten maro: wecond dam by Melroae, by Piigariic; third dam by Whisks dam Ly Orvillo. Despot was by Sulun et daw, Fauny Davis by Filho da Pata 3 second dani, Trou= urer by Camflu, Hultau (the wire of Lay Midileton) was_the elro of Fiyg Dutchmau, winuer of tho Derby In 1319, Kate Crocktt’s firut tm was Otd Mary by Tezak: socond dawn, Fauny Elsler by Cons William; third Yam, Wolpster by Old Waip, Cul. Crockett' sold her to Jowph Iirker, Evq., of the Everett House Stables, 1 Kt Thirt atreet, Now York City, for #£.0m, 10 1471, ker fa Lier prescut owsor, wud Col, Crovkott Lates him upon the fame's bt surprived at her tim fasteat trottar in the world, wwarw that ber beat public T Mafit's record fa 2:14, but o ways it mus bored that whea ifa Satd wou that recard slio javsed thoscore at the atart under hor fastest gait, and that slio camo undar the wire o the ssme way—in MdvaD« tage which turfmien will readily percevo, TUE_$ARATOOA BACES, Banatoaa, N. Y., Aug, 17.—The attendance was uot a8 Iarge as ususl at tho mices to-day, Fbe firat evont was n race of amile sud one- eighth, in which eight borwos started : Rhsda- mantbus, Countess, MlcDavicls’ Naphtha dlily, Biigaud, Fadladeon, Lioyd's Astoroid colt, Mary Lobg, sud Vinagrotto. The race waa won by Mrigaud, Rbsdamanthus second, aud Countess thitd. Time, L:55'5. Rbadamanthus was the favorite, and Higand sold vory low i the pools, The second race was 8 mile aud threc~quarters, Drigaud, tho winuor of the tirst race, was with- rawu, Joaving four 1o sturt: Old Seratel, Willie Buvke, Newie Norton. and Vagabond. foaled 1 Seott colt alung, Normav, s Burkothird, Timo, S:083{. ‘I'ne third sud lest race was s froe-handicap burdlo race, 2 nules, over eight hurdlus. Doad- tead, Curivoo, Bbhaugbren, Corouet, and Lily, stacted ; Doadiead wou, Bhaughran comlng in socond, sud Cariboo thitd, Time, 8:54, TUL MENDOTA MEETING, Spenal Ihavateh to 1 he Chicuco Tridune, dennora, L, Aug. 17,—Tho socond annual moetiug of the stondots’ Driviug-Park opeuod to-duy with ss flue a teld of tholoughbreds uy ever appoared on the turf, ‘The day was rathe cloudy and threalening, pat held up well, tho tiack waa ju eplondid order, Theattemlance was Tathier theagre,—~sbout 3,000, —oning to tho fact thut the farmers horo nre busy stacilog wraiu, but tho two laut days uro sure to draw & lorge crowd. Tho programue way_oreved with & purso of 400 for all wtailions, §223 ta tirss, 0)25 to secoud, and $50 to third, fur which thore were five eutried. Tho folluning I3 tuo suwm- mayy i A The second ‘wae a running tuce one halt mile and aul ln: for » purso Of g130: @Y0 fo Hret, €40 to secoud. €20 to thud. There wero ton eutries. Following i the suwmary ¢ 1, 1, Winiford. B & IR i T TR The thind waa & troling prewlom far & pusse of 400, for horses that nover boat fivat, 2125 to necond, anid 50 to third, bad fourtsen antries, aud wan well an.d closoly contested by the majoriey of them in tha noveral heats. the winners not eoming in more_than » neck ahosd of romn half dozen others. The 1ot~ lowiug 1a tha suminnary ¢ Jamea L., Tho day passed off woll, s ithout either sccl- deut or distutbance, CA_MEETING, . I Aug. 17.—Tho meoting of tha Utica Park Association opened to-dav with & Inruo attondance and beantiful weather. 2:38 clasn race wan won by Hrzo; orn second, Calmar third, Tim 2803 201; 20014, Great E first hoat and Calmat the tnrd. In the 2:21 clars, May Quoou won, Gon. CGar. finld sacond, Molwoy third. Tuno=2:% 3 2:21 ; 221 0. Gen. Uarficld won the third heat. AQUATIC, MEKTING OF TIE YACHT CTUB, Tho Chicago Yacht Club will hold & meeting thin evening ot tho Shorman Houms, when the cntries for tho raco Haturdsy will be received. A tull attenannco Is domred. It is likely that at leastten tachis will take partin tho contest, awoni which wil bo the new yacht Frolic, owned Ly Capt, Prindivilla and . W. C. Lyon, aliuch 833 rreantle purchaned in Detroit. Tha race will emira.o & conrsa of 20 miles, which, if tha broaze ia Lusk, il bo sailod in about two Lours. THENIT CLUn, The Pheordx Boat Club Lokl s moeting last evening, and, aitor tha trunssction of soma routme bumness. Victor Tenrolin was olocted Prosdont of tha Club for tho ensuing yoar, - —— THE TRICCER. ! A VICTOBY FUR CHICAGD, Newrort, R L. Ang. 1.—A sery interesting pigeou-poping mateh oceurred hera yestorday betwean Jamos 1. Grund, of Chicage, and Jolnny Ilecknher, the famous New York shot, The ptaken wero £2,000 in gold o sido, and fifty Lirda wore shot, the Chic winning. Thera waa a largo amuant of manav stakod ou tho re- wult of the mates. tho betting boink heavily againat Grun t. ‘Fho bickers of IHockaber lost heavily, August Belmout was ono of the Judgen. —— PEDESTRIANISM. A FOOLISIL ATTENT, Special Imapatch to ine Clieags Tribune, Prrrsorng, Fa., Aug. 17.—Harry Brooks come monced hiy arduous task at § o'clucit this morn. g, walklng 1,600 half-milen in 1,600 baif-hours, In Wilkine' Hall, on Fourth avenue, Il seoms in excellent condition. It tales tou circnity of the hail to malke & half-mile, “Ihus far but litle botting 18 baing done. Biooks i malimg an av- oraga of 4:8i. It will take twouty days asd wWouty hours to coinplete the task. THE INDIA THE SIOUX COMMISSIOM, Sracial Inrpalch to The Chicagn Tribune, Brovx C1rv, Ia., Aug. 17.—The Sloux Commis. sion arrived at Yankton Awency at3 p. ni to- day. They hold o conneil there 1n the morning, o to Santee Azcney in the sfternoon and hold & councl, aud return to Yunston Agency, and tart from thero Tuatey worning for this wvoint. They will Krolmbly wrive uere tho last of tho prexert Yaxgrox, D, 1., Aug. 7.—The Sub-Commissi of the Commirrnuers t@treat with tho Indisns fortho Black il arrived heto bt nighit, bay- ing perfeeted the arrangemenss for the Ganeral Council tobo hald at Spotted Twd on the 1 vrox. They report the Indiana on the Mussour a4 roady and willing to enter into o treaty, Lut adverso to bemng moved soutl, being unani- moun ta thoir determivation not to leavo tus Missouri Liver Vulloy. P €an Rirds Converso? Dr. Charles C. Abbott cites tha following occarrenen L0 khow that birdy poseess somio wado of convesinz idean to oo auntiter, In tho spring of 1672 balr of cat-birds weio pa-ticed canyiug matenals for & nest Lo w putely of black- berry briers hanl by, To tent their ingonuity, Dr. Alboit ool 8 long. narcow strip of mustits, too loug for oua bird conveniently to earry, and placed it on the pround in auck & position” &8 to o sean by tue birdw when nearciung for material, In o fow imowents ono of the eat-hirds spiod tho steip aud_endeavored to eanry it off: but ita length and weiehit. however hw'took hold of it, — and L tried many times,—impeded his thpht, and, aftor long worryiugs ovor it, the bird flow off for assirtanco. In o fow momients, be rettroed with hus wate, and thon, wtanding noar the strip, thevy appeared to nold & cousultation, 'Tho chirping. twittoring, murmuring. snd occasfonal ojaculations. woro all unmistakable. In a fow momenty theeo all coancdd, aud tho work com- mencod, Eacn took hold of tho muslin strip, at about tha kawo distance in cach case from tho ends, and, taking flight mmuitanoously, bore it away. Haon thors wis much jabboriug at the tha birds could not gros how to use the staap, and it was fually abaodoned ; but ko, too, l‘:“fl tho nest, and tha birds lefe the neighbor- ood, OFFICEOF THE Connty Treasurer and Comuty Collector, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Oftico on North Dearbor bet, Michigan and Illinots STATE AND COUNTY TAX SALE. Curcaao, Aug, 17, 1675, The ennnal Tax Sale of Delinguent Lands sud Lots, for Btale aud Counly Tazew 1or the year I8T4, coms montod on the 30 {uutant, Ho far tho sale has Leen conducted very slowly {0 give delinquent tax-payers an opportunity to sottle thele dehts, Jut from tow formard tho wale will bo pusbed vigorously uutil tho whale st of Luida a1 Jots is cloaed out, ‘Thile word of warning, to thoso still in arrears, wiit of groat benafit Lo thum {f iceded, ILLER, County Treastirer, S T Gy Tass 1674 Crrx CorLzcror’s Orvice, Noow | Crry IALL, Cnicano, Aug. 17, 1475, The sala of Landu and Lots for City Taxes of 1874, will comumence in u few dayw, Varties wishing o pro tect thelr property from usle, will como {n ond pey at tuis 0ffice without further delay. GEORGE VON HOLLEN, Cty Colloctor, LAKE NAVIGATIO) 0R BUFFALOQ. TAE WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO:S ANDAKCHOR LINE STEAHERS, Wil leave for above anid infermediato jorts, an follows 3 EMFIUE NTATE, Capt, Welcht, T ARIZONA, Capt. Thogg, Fridas, Aud, ONEIDA, Cay §. Drake, Saturday, Ay, 21, FOUNTAIN CITY, Capt. Gitwoh, Tuceday, Aug, 34, For pausago ticketa snd stateroomn apply st 119 South lark-ot. A A, SAMPLE, Passeager Agent, For Macine, 1y, Suud. Haluru: v cursiud Fur Grauil Illigu.l n('v‘l‘w daily, duti.lay e3ce] FOrBE Josei b and Beuta t . Ip.m. Lowpee Suncays Al Taraday¥at, ¥ e Han Mioniave, and aisrisedi v Supt. urta. Tused: P ioen ook Mects DISSOLUTION NOTIOE. DI OLUTION. The copartuerebip horetoforo atlsting betwesn the undervigned 1o thiv day dissoived by mulual courant, Hobert Q. Clarke rotiriug from the firw, Lis interest Laving been purchassd by the rewaining pativers, O. L, Woodman and Edward Ulooit, who will settle all dubla duv 10 nd by xsld paratrebip snd who are alon suthorized to wign the firm wawo {u Uquidation, The buritoss will Le carried on es horetotore under Ueold am e of L Wanuna & Co. 5 48 0 209 Clatk-ut, .. AlLD ULCO LOLEKT 0. CLARKE. Comumon prudence rejuires oxamination of ‘tho Elastio Trus ‘which geutly orrine ane Tuptura * retal d " night il Sured Bant by mall. | Ofroulars frea. s 830 Biate-s!