Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1875, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNLE: TIITRSDAY, AUGUST 1 rana togotlsr and confounds two tama-—-0ne con- eotning thaUnivorsity and tho othec refarring 20 tho Bisheprie. Thowholodispaich in hoaded : “Dr. De Koven to beeomo Prewtloat of tho Chi- eago Univoraty.” Was it inmiration ? Joroph Racchictti ks <ritton & drama ontl- tled *Tha Disunitod §utes of Noith Americs,” whiich I distinguishel Moro for treagonablo senthnouts than for literary ability. The horo, Charle, in dinfied deserta, and dice, o meets Dia sweotheart wil 8 grand taconailistion in Heaven—which ¥ mora than tho author of the play will eyer @ if hio does nat mond his ways. Daweon, t10 I'renbsterian minitar of Califar- i, who mid Raymond & Ely whon he ehould Biave bout, Iias quit the Prosbytorian Cuurch. o sent M & dellant lotler to tho I'resbytery, and begged to linve bin nnmo strickon from the rolls, Dawesn f# golng to suo the Itev. Dr. Loor for wlasder, and mako things gonosally hvely, Tho mummon of unrighteonsuoes Las gol hotd of Lim. A prizefight, which resulted in tho denth of oue of tho principals, occurred on the lat inst, upon the razeconrso at Alntree, A fow milon dis- tant from Livorpool, England. Throe policomen witnessed thio performance, and wero powerless to proveut it. Al concernod havo been romaud- ed for manslsughier. Tuo murdored mau wan named Looney, o survived soveral hours aftor tho fight. 1 Mian Oraco Stowart ia to mak her debnt with Col. Sellers nt the Uwion Squaro ‘Thoatro, Sho In a daughter of tho Iato Tsanc . Stewart, of the Charter Ok estato, who left o large fortune to his children, But, ns Mra. Burnham says, **A nice, religious Yunkeo ” got hold of tho monoy ; sud the pirls aro now dopendent ou their own efforts for a livelihood. (iraco is the only ouo who bas yet taken to thio stazo. Tha Rev. U. D. Guiick, formorly of Chicago, 18 doing femouxly 1n Jrouklyn, whera lio eettlod on his removal from this city. o iy the pastor of tho Twelfth Btreot Iloformed Church of Brooklyn. Last Saturdny esening prominent membera of bis church gave him o surprise party, prosented him a purds of £300, and fi- formed biim that fiual arrangements hiad been mado for the extinguishmont of tho church debt. A ministor, newly settled in one of tho ** wasto places,” was walking Iu the village cometery. one day, whon Lo saw onn of his parishioners etanding by & “funnly lot.”" ‘*Are theso the graves of your children?" ho askod. *Yos,” gaid tho man, looking about, **flore is Tum; thero iy Bi his je Mary : that's the baby and then, pointing contentedly to & corner gay with lowera, **Thero lays the old woman, all blowed out | 1 Detroit hias o sonsation. It i8 & divorce suit In- stituted by the wifo of o reputable physici "Pho plaintiff alloges repeated ncwn of brutality on tho yutt of her bushand. Tho dofoudant ad- mite that ho onco slapped bis wifo when they woro on their way to church, and thas on aa- otlier occasion ho chastised hor with o riding- whip; but he avers that ho had suflicient provo- eation for his conduct, and that it did not, at any timo, amonnt to an sot of bratality. Tho partios to tho snit a10 Mr. and Mrs, Dr. Jenner. ' Among Stondhal's papors, aftor lus death, was found a paper hoaded ** My Wishes." Awmong theso wad to bo found tho singular and prophetic phrase, **I should like to dic of apoplexv at the corner of a streot " Tho eame idos 18 oxpressed inhiy corresnondenco. ‘It seems to me that thero is nothing ridiculous sbout dyimg {n the street, if it s not dono on purpose,” he writes, Hia death was exactly that which he had de. sired, Ilo foll dead of apoploxy one day while paseiug through tho Iue Mouve des Capucines, William Horace Lingard is having his domestio unpleasantness thissummer in BanFrancisco, He has received thero o notico of proceodings in di- vorco [nstituted against bim fu Middlesex, En- Rland, by one Amerlin Thomas, who claims him as her busbaud, Lingard sclnowledgos acquaintance with the womau, but danios having married lier. o snys she Ix & person of bad ropute. Io do- nies, morcover, that bis namo ¢ Thomas. Lin- gard can provo his namo by Lus mothor, who iy now living at Nox York, and i 71 years of sgo, 'Ihio cliargo of being only William Thomas inatend of Wiiliam Horaco Lingard scems to net- tle him more than the accusution of bigamy, Dr. Kenoaly must look Lo bis taurels, Ho bas arivalintho person of Mr. iggar, the Irish statesman from Cavan, who achieved such rud- den notoricty, a few months ngo, by his rald on thio roporters’ gallery in the Houso of Commons, Appatontly, the rebuko administored on that occasion by Mr. Dinracli, thio oncrgotic groans of hin fullow-members, the comments of tho press, and tho earicature in I'unch, Lave rankled in Mr. Biggar's momory, and given him a eant toward wisanthropy, 1lo is quoted ns sayiug at a ro- cont llome-Rule meoting in Deptford that tho House of Commons is immeosely ovorrated ; the Ppercentago of mambors of oven ordivary ability ia very small; it i roally an organizad coshition of “tho goveruing classes™ to *plundor and xob the workiug classes;" na & roprosentative Lady, sittlug for tho good of the people, itis “a o8t thurough imposture,” ote.—Springneld Kepublican, Joy Qould 1 ronding cloeoly in the footsteps of Jim Fik. Thy Grand Opera-1lonse has Passed fnto tho ownersbip of Qould, Stebbins, aud othor waalthy man, who propose to 1ovive de pristino splondor. ‘Mo entiro vuildlug will bo rofilted wud thio interior arrangemants ro- modelod, It will contain privato rooms for cou- yorsation, buffots, dancing-rooms, & concert- toom, aud the grand auditorium, which will bo ueed for hoor-muglo. Johann Strauss in to bo offored tho ditection ot an oxtravagaut snlary ; and, fually, whon overything is in runuing ordor, tho whole concern will be put up ay the chief prizo in & grand lottorg-schomo. Tho ides 18 almont TFinkosique for its sublimity and uovelty of design, *Tha concorts and drawing,” ssys ulflvarlngflnld Republican, * will tako placo during the Centonnial, and conitituto a fino ox- bibitlon of national characterstics, worthy a Place among Mr. Lowell's satirio list, TOTEL ARRIVALE. Palmer House—A, G, Netticton, Cinclnnatly A, J. Aduins, Kow York; Jobn Bagley, Drooklyn O, J, Iriab, Itacine ; J, 1. 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Booth, U 8, A, § J.T. il Mgt il Col '\ Alarsh, i ¥ Miral, Nowati i A, Frowu Hickering, Towa; 1, Toledo ; W, A, Wilkilir, Oloyala, Tireno, B, Uorsrd, Yorora Iland? B M h g.‘m()l;'l B, Dlull:; 5 ‘iten,” Bt Louis: ¥ Col. Holomion Steiel, Salt Lakas Arkanuas ;AL M, 'Duouels, Minnosots Teck, Lexlugior Capte 3. B Whito, Laiadon; dohai ner House—i, o, NV, 0T, 200 ! Vallor, fl.mphuu'g::f'%?fiwé ot atlca 1, Mainthond, B K. Chandler, tau Franciuco, Cate* o Lauls | Georgo —_— . INVESTIGATION ORDERED, Special Dupatch to The Chicago Tridne, Nasuviere, Teun., Aug. 18.—A dispatch has beon received from Washington ordefiug locsl \nspectors immodiately to luvestigato the causes of the explosion of the stesmoer Hugh Martin vhich occurred in the ‘Tenneuseo River on Mon. ‘Ll‘_r. ‘They have gone to the ucens of the disas- v JUNIPED. Drosn, ML, Aug, 18.—James H. Wallack, of 1he Union Bquare thoatrieal tronpo, did not put inan sppesrance in this oity to-vight, ss an- onuced, but syt K. K. K Tllinois the Last.Ditch of the Death's Head and Bloody Bones, The Smoke Clearing Away from tho Late Battle at Benton, Discovery of Ono of the Wounded Outlaws at 1lis Ilouse. Suspicion Directed to the Place by the Entry and Exit of Doctors, The Desperado Proves fo he Maj. Cantrell, a Supposed Order- Loving Citizens Another but TLesser Light Also Found More Dead than Alive, The People of Franklin County Deter- . mined to Shake Off the Vampire. Musings of Our Thounghtful Governor upon the Subject Yesterday, General Criniinal Chronicles. THE ILLINOIS KU-KLUX. 8pectal Dinratch to The Chicano Tribune, BrrixarieLy, 111, Ang. 14.—Thoio are but few facta in addition to thoso sout from Loro last nigut repardiug the affairs in Franklin County. W. W, Barr, the Btate's Attornoy of Frauklin County, arrived hero to-day and had & confer- enco with tho Governor, the purposo of which soemed to ba to sscertsin if there wero suy statutes in foree which would adequatoly punish tho meu ongaged in murder sud maltieating the citizens of Frauklin Conuty. The intimidations conmet In making meu poy imaginary debts and all sorts of wuch munoynuces. An oxmme ination of the atatutes coucorning riot, futim- 1dations, and cunspiracy was made, but neither of these furvinh adequate punishment. Thero is no siatuto against woativg n mask, and, alto- gether, tho exceptionsl caso of Ku-Klux in Illi- nols scoms not to have beon thought of by tho Legislnture, nod s, thorefore, unprovided for, ‘IThe Guvernor has not fully mado up his mind ns to what courso ho will pursuo, and what addi- tional steps ho will take to wipo out tho stnin upon tho honor of the Btato occasioned by tho continued oxisteuco and deprodations of theso bands of cutthronts and outlaws, but Lis intention is believed to be fo sond tho authorities ana the brave men who bLayo dotermined to rid tho country of tho scoundrels every sud all kinde of arsist- ance noedod to accomrlish that end. Mr. Barr 1uformed your correspondent that the people of bis county will not put up with tho outrages longor. Tho outlawa are koown, aud will be pursued aud arrestod, and punishied 8o far as tho taw will permit; and that, if this is done, and it sball happen that any good citizen shall hero- aftor bo wavlaid and shot for auy part b may havo taken lo the prosecurion, he bolioves it would bo wuscloss to talk of law, and that the good people of the county would riso on masso and haug overy molber's son of the suspectod partics. This Iv tho oud of it, for such is the tempor of the poople. Avother oue of the men wounded at Maddox'e bouso has been found and arrosted, and provos to bo Alaj. Greon M. Cantiell, a gallaot soldior of the late War, having sorved in the Oue Hundrod and Touth Iitinois Rogiment. Ho s vory respeotably connected {n thet county. Mo s soveroly wounded, but will rocover. The otbers wound- ed are oxpected to bo ovortaken to-day. Tho Shoriff, in command of & compauy of wilitis, ia seonring tho county to-day. Tho rank aud filo of his company are the Lest mou in the county. ‘The Bheriff said, when ho understood tho mat- tor, that be would loadif tho good men would follow, but bo wonld wot go with a lot of ecala- wags who would run off atd leave bim in tho luroh whon the tugof war camo., ‘Tho result is thaot tho beat mon 1 tho county are enlisted for tha war, [x0the Ansociated Press.l DuQuots, Ii., Aug. 18.—Tho Intost news from the aeut of war in Frauklin County waw brought in by a back-driver who arrlived hora from tsen- ton this afterncon. T'wa arrosts have boon made #inco tho fight of night boforo Jast. Tho namos of tho parties arrested aro Green Cautrell and Anrou Neil. Both men live in Franklin County, iu tho vicinity of Beuton, Busplcion wan flrst aroused, which led to the arrast of Cantrell, by partics going to and from his Louso earrying ico, and by eeoiug tho doctor vibit lns residence, Thosa facts wory made kinown to some of the oficialy, who, upou entermg his houso, found Cantrell In bed weriously 11 nol mortally woutded, Tho wounds, no doubt, are the fruite of his last encounter with tho Shorilf and his party. ‘I'bio othor man, Neil, I8 rathor an unim- portant momber of the Ku-Klux band. Canirell is supposed to bo an active Ku-Klux, and a mem- bor of womo importuuce, Iis arrost wan tho causo of great oxcilemient, R4 1O 0N6 ever Buy- pected him of boiug convocted with these wiito- robed gontismon, (It oxoitemont wiill pro- vorls in and around Bonton. Tho Bhoriff is still {u closo pursuit of the remeinder of the band, aud hopes ave entertained that Le will lnceem‘ in capturivg ond Lringing thetn all to justice, &, Lowia Glabe-Demncerat, Aup, 18, Tho Hon. W. W. Lurr, now Prosecutiog At- torney of Franklin County, and formeriy ita Ropresentative fo the Dlinois Legislature, are nived at a Iato hour last eveniug at the Plantors' Houee, whore be was intorviewod by a represonte atlve of the (lobe-Democrat. 3y, Barr wan frouh from thie reona of tho outragon, and taled freoly and without reatraint of the violouce which bas disgraced his section, Tho baund ot vigllauty was organized about two years mgo. Fiaukln adjoins Willinmson Couuty, and the band wis au olfshoot of 1ts dos- peradoes. Thure was thii differencos the fore mer woro organized 8o feod fat a private gidzo, the latter to avenge what they considered pubtio wiongs; but hotls weto characterizod by acts of violence of tho most dustaidly character, Ouo of the firat acks of the Land was tho mur- der of Isanc Vaucil, an old and respecied fanmner, who lived in ¥ranklin County, adjeining Will- fsmaon, A woman lived on the Vancil furm who was thoughit tot to bo all whnight and wquate, This may bave been thiv provacation, or it may bave Leeu, sy repuried by others, that old man Vanotl mtonded to disinkerit soma of lus rola- tives, and it would be woll to put him out of the way bafore he could muko w wili. At suy rate, 0ue night about two yuurs 8z, ho was awake 'Iufld Lo flud a band of horewon ubout his buuso. Tho borsamen wore white wmiasks, streaked with red aboat ¢ nd mouth, long wbite hata coming to nr iut, sud bad theie Luries covered with white claths, with red und Lluck tasaols. Otd man Vanou came to the door, when Lo wus seized and carried off. ‘fhe uext worpiug his dead body wan found, aver the border fu Will- lancon Conuty, suspended 1o & trae by & ropo, No conviction has evor beon obtained, Six men woro arrexted d tried, but acquitted through tlo lack of evidenca 10’ identify them. Tust kind of evidence it is ulmost impossible to obtain sgalost men disgdised aw they wara, The six meu wero afterwaras ludicted under the United Btatos Ku-Klux law, and tholr cases are still pandig in the United States Distriot Court, Ono of the six was named Jonas Elljott, Aanother Bansom, and a third Veitoh, - Thaka provesdiugy 1idid 10 auish matbers for & whil About nix weaks ago tha violnnoe ¥ commencod ; men who hed dasa notlung for winch they conld bo brouzht to account wero whipped by masked rufisuw, 1f a farmee did not conduct hin private bumnoss to maet the ap- proval of the Ku-Klax, he wes warned and then punishied, A rumor mado him lisble to he taken out of his honse and fgnominiously poulsbed-— rometinon by a loas of b property ; whon this did not suflice, they killad, A prominent citizen of Franklin Connty, Mil- ton Coit, living In Bix-iile Prairle, was warued tomaves fonco e hiad put up. Tho alloved groutl was that it ohetructed s rosd, 1o wan aleo told to movo soma woman off hia (arm. Ha did not Ao eithor. T'wo days later, in traveling to 8 mill {n Jockwon County, in a wagon, ho way shot dead by s rifle-bail fired from a thicket along tho rosd. Matters now approschod n el sin, and tho Ku-Kluz hastened it~ Lat week an old aul rewpoctad citizen of Frauklin Cotnty, John Hogan, bad a man arrested under the 1t Woin Inw_ for soiling liquor, Mr, Hogan pgoso- cuted tho caso, for his son. who had been sold tlo liquor, wan becoming adiicted to intempor- snce, aud the liquor-desler wan flued, A fow daya afterwards lo found & notico on his grouady warning bim to nay Lack the fino and tho costs of the proecution, “Lhrough means which eannot now Lo ravealod, Mr. Hogan learned that he wat to o vinted * on noxt Thursday nighe, Tho Ku-Kluz usually told thelr victuna that thev wero to ba * puu- whed,” without giving tho time of their visit. In tho menntime, Mr. Maddoz, ona of the Conuty Commirgionorn, waw warnid Lo pay cor- tnin claims agaiust bir. Instesd of paving at- tenuon to the notico, Mr. Maddox went to work exarmning the horses' tracks in 1w yard, m orasr 1o dlontify tha horsos, Ly sowo wcans ho learued that o was to'bo visited ou ionday night, the 15th, Mr. Maddox notifled Shorlff Manon, who quiet~ ly gatheted togethor & poso to protect ki, About tiventy man woro secrota ! by Shorir Ma. «on along tho lane leading to Mr. Maddux's frouse. About 2 o'clock in the morming, the Ku-Klux made thoir appearance, dicssod w white, 84 on all their night parades, and mouvuted on hoises covered with wlite cloths, Aw they rode up the lane tha Sherill called on them to **halt.” ‘Ihe leader repliod by firing a kliot at Sherill Mason, wiich jas«ed within 2 nches of hin head, Tne men recroted in the hedwe then rose, and ealled on the Ka- Kinx to stand. Porceiving that they were ul- most surrounded, the Ku-Klux tarned ‘to fly, A soung man named Flanigan, Clerk of tho e Conrt, wa secroted turthor down tho lan wnd encing tho Ku-Klux coming his direc- tuon, jumped out fto the. road o stos thom, ‘The Jeader tired at hum, and Flavigan roturnad the tire, the ball praziug the lender's bead, 1or a few minuted the finng was ranid, but whe Ku- Kiux, being mounted, succooded 'in escaping. witl tho oxception of ono man, who toppled off Lin hurso wounded, snd was mado to balt as he wan ciawling mto the ledge, Ou takiuy ot his dirguise, he wan found to bo & young wan pamed John Duckworth, n hired Liand vii a neighboring farm. Ilo was wounded {u the necl, tha side, and ono of bin arme, ‘Ihe posse followed the retreating party of vigilantes, ‘I'wo men were scen to fall from theis £addles, but wero preked up and roplaced Dy their companions bofore tho pursuers conld roach them. Portions of the disguises wore picked up on tho roadside, stamned with bluod, A mask was picked up, comvletely saturated wWith gore, as if the wenier Lind boen repeatedly shot in the face, Tho search woa kopt up for Liours witbout catching any of tho maraudurs, Duckworth, the captuved Ku-Klux, at first ro- fused to give any infurmation covcerning his comrados. When'be was told, however, that ho could not live ovor a few hours, ho kave in and told all ho knew, Hodid not know names of all tho band, only the fow who Lelped him intv the gang before ho was initiatod. The numes of these are huwever koowsn, snd warrsnts have bean sworn out for their arre~t. Mr. Barr lett a3 Duckworth was boginning bis confession, An_indigoation moeling of the citizons of Franklin was hold at Benton duaring the dav, and resolutious adovted denouncing tio outrage, aui declaning an intention to uphold tha law, ‘A company of fifty scouts nas organized, permis- #lon to doso having beon granted by Gov, Bover- 1o, who issucd to thom & quata of atms, wcouts wero divided fnto syuads, and warrants piaced in their bauds to scarch ol suspected places for uniforms anud disauisee, and arrost tho purtics implicated, 1t ia tho determination of tho beat citizons of the county to suppross all ru{]t:‘nr manifestations of Ku-Kluzism in their midat. B CAPTUPE OF HIGHWAYMEN, 5t. Louis Glove- Demorrat, Monrayssono, Ill., Aug. 17.—On Thursday evening last the Blenil of this county, J. B. Kunball, with tho aid of the City Marslnl of this placo, arrested two desperadoes, who have with- in tho last two weeks, in the vicinity of Ava, on thio line of the Cairo & St. Louis Narrow-Gaugo Railroad, in this county, committed five or six of thio most daring and bold highway robberios that Liave aver boon committed in the State. Tho circumstances of the arrest are about these : On Tuesdav evening last, just after tho rain-storm at this place, a man residing s whort distance out In tho country very quictly and con- fidentlally informed tho Bheriff that he hiad seen Bomo very muspicious-looking charactera com- g Into tosn in tho midst of tho rmo-storm, ond fimwediately upon this formation the Sherilf turned detactive, and also put his very eficiont and gen- tlomauly doputy, Willisin Bradley, Jr., ot work. In the courso of tho night the wherenbouts of 1ho two surpicions mon wore ascertamed bovond & doubt, and to the eutito watisfaction of tho Shrrift and his deputy, Immediately after this the BhoitT diupatchod Deputy Bradloy to the vi- ciuity whorothe robberios iad buen committed for dodcrintions of tho robbors. In tho meantime tho Bheiift, nususpected by anv pordon, kept an eye continually upon their biding placo both day atd night until a tologram from Doputy Bradley to the Sheriff announced that they ‘wero the right mon, and o twenty minutes from tho rocaption of the diwpatch tha hixhwaymen woro du the eclutchen of Kimball ~ and Toucher, 'Their names nro Moutgomery Htovens and Willlam Flood, Btoveas wun found to be woundod in bath arma by pustol or gun whote. [Lia statement as to how ho recelved tho wounds was as follows: On tho Monday night previous to bis arrest, about twenty mon, most of them heavily masied and armed with double-barreled shot-pans and pis- tols, came to his houso and calted him up frotm his bed, ‘They Inquirad the wav to a neighbor's houss, about ¥ miles dirtaut, but they could not understand hiu dirantion vory distinctly, owing to tho greal distance thoy wers frow tho houxe, and, {o ordor that be might bo bLetter heard, ke went out fu tho yard o fow steps. Beveral men wiio hiad been concealod uear by rushed upon Lim and told him to come aloug with thom, 1le anked for Lfs clothes, but they would not per- it him to bave anything but his psnts, io asked for his shoos and hiat, but thoy roplied thut bo would wnot wueed them. and rtarted with lum through s cornfiold. Whou sbout flity yards from his tiouso be made & suddon Junie and oseaped from cuetody, and they commencod flilug ot him, Threo ahots toole effect in Lin srm. After his escape ha went to Willam Flood's residence, aud hired him to come with him to this place, where he might secretly con- ceal himaelf until bo could recover suticiontly to make goo:l his sdcape from tho mob that had sought biw life. His statement as to tha slioot- ing, 1 preaumo, is true, because ho was convid- ored & bad and dsugerous ‘man in tho com- munity, Both of the prisonors have served a term in the Penitentiary, and I may add that, on Satur- day evomng, the Shoriff arrestod a man by tho name of Boingion Dlteh, whn rorides in the town of Avs, aud {4 supposed to belong to the Rang of robbors in that part of the conntry, Bhoriff Kimball = dosorves groat credit “for iy promptaees and determination in bringing those outluws to Justice. MURDER BY A STEP-MOTHER. New York Tioues, avy, 17, Mre. Baral I1. Glyna, of Colliervillo, Otsego County, was wirested on Saturday, accused of murdering her step-son, aged 4 vours, tho clutgo Leiug proferred by her hushand, ‘1homas Glynu. Glyna 18 & traok-walker ou tho Albany & Busquo- hunua Railway, botwoen Collierville and Oueon- te. The wmother of his two children, Jphnu; aged 6 years, and the decoasod, died sbout year sgo, On the 17th of July last bo mai vied Sarab Boprly. The children Lecamo ottached to ber, and called her ** mamms,” aud the Liousehold seemod to bo n Liappy ono. Oun tho mornlog of the $th fust., Glynu went up iairy to call bis clnldren to breakfuet, Ou en- torivg tho room e was Lorror-atricken to hnd his yoangest boy, Tommy, lying dead gu tho tluor, his kneen drawn up to b chin, aud e face coutorted au if with the most iutoneo suf- ferivg. Inquiny of Lis other child, who was awakened by tho cry of his fatlier on discovering his dead boy, elicited the fsos tust the decoared hiad boon si Il tho previous afternoon, hut tbat their manma did uot manifent any concern sbout him, nory do snytblog to rehieve biv sufferinge. In the night Le ot out ot bed ou the Hoor, ana the lsst Jobuuy hesrd ho was calling for & driuk of wster, Mru. Glyou bad oot informed her husbsud when he came hoao Bight thad thie clud was siclks RAlr. Glyun at oncs took the dead body down aud called In neighbors aod tho Coronar, On the iquest that followad 1t wan estabiishied that Mrw, Gilyon bad puichaned rat exter. at’a drug-storo i the il agn, frae awking for strichmue, wiich mho could mot pracure; And that, al- thougl sl wmid ju her examination that Ao had ot opound tho packagn nt poinnn yat, bt that 1t wax utill lying un & pantey shelf whora abo bad placed it, the Jeinon cuud not be found. Tt wan also ancertamad that ths child wan taken ick after eating braad with jally oo it, and a far of fully with thn paper covering Lroken and thn contents dinturhed was fouwl in the pantry, Some of thin pivon to » cat on weat produced death in a short time, A singular circumstauce connected with tho Inventigation was thst nothing but the most affectionato relalions exted * between the stepmother, tho childien, and the father, and that, aithoaglh overything pointed almost con- clunivaly againnt Min. Giynn 24 the cause of the chitd's desth, no motive coald ba shown., The stomach hisviug been taken away aud snaivzed, and tho analvuis being complated. and rosultit in coucluwivo ovitences of the preseuca of poison, the jurv found s verdict that tho child came toita doath by poeon adminietered by Sarah Gisnn. Blie isnow 1n jsil swatting the action of the Graud Jury. Sho does not weem to appreciate the gravity of har wituation, and pomitively alfitua’ bor inuocenca of tue crimo cburged. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND 5UICIDE, Corresandence of Lhe Chicdua Tribune, Marnowroxe, Moultrio County, ll., Aug. 17, —A shocking tragedv occured yosterdsy. about 214 miles northout of this place, at Joseph F, Knight's, Mr. Georygo Stark and and Miss Luey Knight woro sittiug tu Mr. Knight's bouse, talsing. Stark remnrked that kho bad goue back on bimn fu regard to thelr engagement, and bo asked fora ring ho gave her. Ble told im slie liad not gono back an her word, and went to her trunk to et the ring, sben ho shot ber fu tho back of the neck. ‘L'bon bio put the pintol to bis tight templo, sliot, and kitled himself in- siantly, Tho doctors think tho ludy 1s not dan- goronsly wounded. Iioth faulics are highly respected, and this sad &Rair ban cart a ploom over tha entire commmuuity. Mse Knight is acnnible, and anewered to the Corouer's jury ail questions sskod her in rogard 10 the affair, Mr. Stark was buled to-day at this place. E A VILLAIN FOILED. Bwvetal Dirpatch to I'he Chicuuo Tribune, Wertoy, (1., Aug. 18.—Light bas dawned on the mysterions disappearauce of the furmer, Van Buren, who was supposed to have been mur- dored for tho moucy Lo was takiug to Greon, as mentioned in Tue TMIBUNE yesterdny. Green camo on aud found a letter had como to Van Duren's brother-in-law, to which ho got access, #howing that Vau Buren was in Council Blufls, Ho took Green's $1,300 in » draft, and payment bus Leen stopped on that, so th pinca of villainy is spoilod. ' Lo bud cial standing, LOUIS VEATCH. Syecial Dispateh to The Chirago Tribune, IxpiaxaroLrs, lud., Aug. 18.—Lows Veateh, tho man who killed bis brother-in-law at Cum- betland on Wednesday niglt, started this moru- iug for that place in charvo of & Constable, to undorgo prolimivary beurdug. Wheu the party had boarded tho train word wan received that tho pooplo of Littletown were preparing to lyncl im, sud Lo wan at once romandsd back to jml by order of judge Bu-kirk, Tho people are very much oxcitod, aud if tho prisoner once got 1 thoir power thioy would cortanly hung lum. A LOST WIFE, Srecial Disvatch to The Chicaqo Tribune, Famneny, I, Auvg. 18.—A story of vile chas- acter ia 10ported from tho country several miles pouth of Lere. Tho wife of Haron Putnam, Jr., is charged with Hving in adultery with a negro mao, Her friouds cinim that the vegro stupeliod Putnam with chiloroform, and then his wifo, after which ke cousummatoed the erine. Putuamn de- ples the last, and turned ber from home nud ad- vertisod hor. Gowsip runs high abous the mat- tor. A STABBING AFFRAY. Boecial Dusnatehs to The (hicaon Ty(bune, Ax¥ Anvox, Mich., Aug. 20.—On Company B's excuirion to Put-n-Bay to-day, Frank Keau, one of the excurslonints, becamo embroiled io = quarrel with Alfred Sorg, a member of the com- vanv, and stabbed biw iu the head witts a packet- Luife, Kean was secuted by tho crowd, butsub- equatly raloased by Surg, who was not much urt. AN ABSCONDING POSTMASTER. Bax Fuaycisco, Cal., Aug. 18.—A private tole- gram rocoived at San Diego savs that James B, Qiles, the Postmaster at Prescott, Arizous, ab- #condod Saturday night. Hiw ssfo is not yet openod. Monoy-orders to the amonat of 3,700 aro unaccounted for. A Doputy Unitod Sintes Marsbal is in pursuit. MURDEROUS ASSAULT, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chic.sso Tribune, Laxstyo, Mich., Aug. 18.—The wife of Ezra Parsball, at Flint, Las caused the arrest of her husband and brother for assault with intent to murder; aud thoy aro held under €500 bail for oxamination, CHARGED WITH MALFEASANCE, Bynacuse, N, Y., Aug. 18.—Charges bave hosn vroforred ngalust tho Hou, A, C.Powell, Balt Superintondent, for malfearanco in oflice. Gov. 'lildou cited bim to ppear baforo Lim on Fri- day, and eliow causo why ho should not be re- mov SPRINGFLELD, * Resignntion of Indge Tree—Tho Fees DbleaYinied Institute—"he Southern Ins eAsyltiinn. Special Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tribune, Brmvorieto, 1L, Aug. 18.—Jjudge Lambert Troe, in & lotter to Gov, Beveridgo dated Badon Baden, teuders Lis resignation as & Judgo of tho Cook County Circuit Court, Him reasans for so domg are partlally ill-health occasioued by too hard work fn an flly-veniilated court-room fn Chicago, 1o save, however, that hus hoalth is #0 mueh improved that bo could return and as- suwo tho dutios nf his poeition, which he xo much likos, but {ho continued ill-hoalth of biv wifo forblds him doing wo. Ho therofore tondors hils resignation, to take effect Sopt. 1 prox, The Govoruor will call an election to flll tho vacancy on the general olection day, The Govervor Liss appointed as Trustecs for tho Tustitute for Feeblo-Minded Childron the ilou. A, . Nicholson, of Logan County; Qra- law Loy, of Mercor County’; aud C. It Com- wings, of Tuzowell County,” The appoiutments would have basn made July 1, but the rulo is to appoint o residont Trastes, and this could not be dotia till the mstitution waa Jocated. ‘The Btato Board of Equalization did nothing to-day but neet and sdjosrn. 'The scLieduie: aro now printed. Work will bogin in the morn- ing. Col. Jumos Baardsloy, reprosentiug the Rock Islaud & Pacitic Railroad aud cther corpo- rationa, wad the ouly reprosontative of corporas tions who met with the Board to-dsy in respouse to their ciroul Alr. Nowton Ldwards, of Litchfiald, Iit., while waiting for Lis broakfast 1 a restaurant i this city this morning, foll fram his chair and ox- pired immudiatel 1lvart disoaso was tho ca A coutract wus awarded hero to-day 10 Tarclay Coal Mining Company for furnistung 1,200 tona of coul 1o the Huldiors' Orphsus’ Liomo at §2.493{ vor tan, Cot, Sturgess, F. M, Malone, sud Hiram Walk- or, thn Comuissionery, are hore ta vnen bi tor building tbe wouth wing of the Bouthern Lili- nois [ngane Asvluoy at Auna, *Iha bids, seconl= ius to law, wera to ba openad i the oflice of the Governor ot 12 o'clock, noon, procisely. There were soven bidw, 84 tollows; Dushuell & Wale lany, Clicogo, £58,003.65; Bamuel M. 1loss, Louww, #1107 ; Thomas L. Kewpster, Cuic g0, w0l 055 Willum B, ern;, Uoner Alton, #113,230.72; N. B. Niekwi Bi0Y, Oub; leusc Rapp,” Carboudale, §114,897.8 Iticusrd Shonnick, Anua, $114,018. For the utenm-leatiny, plumbing, aud gas-titting tho fol- lowing bids wero oferud: Siegel & Lobb, 8t, Lou:e, 712,220 ; Mandeley A, Meyhan, 8t. Louis. §1.631.813 8. 1. Pape & Co.. Cliloago, 811,800, As v0.n an tha bids ware cpened the wokelon was adjourned tili 8 o'clock, Thomas Kemudter wes awurded tho coutract for bullding tha wouth wing, sud 8. L Pore & Co. tho contiact for he iog, plubiug, sud gas-dttmg, sud they were o q'?mu\ to glve guod aud sutticiont bonds by Aug. 2. -— PRAIRIE-CHICKENS. Special Disvatch o I'ha Chicars Tribune, BusmuovNa's Gsove, Ill, Aug. 14,.—~The re- striction of the Came law havivg termiusted di 'mlllnn{c‘:u;dl .l:u Lunters i this soction are killiug lots of chiokeny, ¢to,,—one mau bag- glog Lol six dosen ia & cay’ e '8 BpUEhe THE ILL-FATED. Additional Particulars of the Disaster on the St. Louis & Northern Railway. The 01d Story of a Rotten Bridge and Heediess Oficialse Two Persons Killed and Several Injured by the Pers Mar~ quette Collision, The Bottom Falling Out of the City of Wilkesbarre, Pa. A Dwelling-House with Its Outbuild- ings Goes Down in the Coal Mine, Narrow Eseape of Some of Its Occupants, RAILROAD DISASTERS. IN MI5SOURI, L. Louty titose-bemacrat. Br. Josen, Mo., Aug. 17.—A Gazetle reporter, Just 1o from the scene of to-day's mccident on the 8t. Louis, Kaneas City & Northern Railway, briogs further particulars of the tracedv. Tho train wrecked was tho morning express from Ht. Lonls, due in this ity at 11 o'clock. It was in cliarge of Condnctor Sanderson, and at the time of tho accident wus running at the tate of 19 milea an heor, Upou reaching tho trostle- bridgo that spans Cawtle Creck, 3 miles south of Gower, and 25 miles south of St Joseph, the engineer slaskencd the tra:n's sreed. Just before resching the farther wido, tho en- gineer, hoaring the timbers crash. put oo & full liead of steam and let the uteam-brakies off. The bridge fell almost immediately, tho baggaye, smoking, and passenger-cars poing down, aud tte engine and tender just safely luuded on the further sido. Tho three coaches lav toppled aver on their mdes su tho guleh, 20 fect below, terribly demolisbied. The scene at ouce becama one of fearful ex- citomout, The screams of the wounded aud terrifled FM!N‘E‘!“ weoro heart rendiog, Those who wera uninjured et thomselves speedily to work rescuiog the less furtunste. The encineer started for Gower aud pumuwoned aswstavce, and tolegrapbed to St. Joseph for phymicians aod gid. Dr, H. P, Sanders, of Gower, was at thio sceno of the scerdent LY noon, and did sl Lin power to slleviato lho sufforings of the wounded. The fsrmors residing In the vicinity of the ac- cident tuined out wich their famiics masge, and contributed largely towards miticatiog the paiuful condition of tho sulterers. At 2o'clock & srecial train arrived from St. Jokeph, Drs. Malin, Smith, and Barnes, aud medicat suzplies wubsaquently. An fuauost was Leld upou the ro- mains of Angliun by 'Squira F. Beck, of Platts- burg. and a verdict of accidental death waw ren- dered. It seema that Anghun endoavored to loap from tha car window when he eaw the bridge give way, but_becaalo eatanzled in some way, aud wad cruehed and manzled frightfully, death ensuiog almost tmmediatelv. Capt, W, 11, . Warren, wbo bsg sinee died from the efects of bis {njuries, was #eatad in tho ladies’ passou- gor coach at tho time of the accident, Ho wns thrown vio'ently forward against one of the sents, recoiviog two frightfsl contusions aud gashes on each gido of the head, bolow and back of the ears, each gash measuring 4 inches. llo did not regain consciousnces alter the accident. A rathor siugular fact that no ono of the many clildren on the train way injured. Gen, DPonick, of tuis ey, see- ing the passenger-car falling, seized two of Mayor Hosea's hitio chiliron under nis arms, aud leaped up a8 hugh toward tue roof of the car a8 hLe could, thus breaking coumiderably the aliock of the fall, The special trawn returnied to 8t. Joe st 6 o'clock, briuging the dead oud wouuded to this city, where they were taken to the Pacific Hlouse, and now are. There is but one explanation of the accident: the bridge was rotten. ‘L'he Gazelte reporier states that he found, upon examination, that the cross-ties dovetailed together with tho spikes had rotted campletoly anay, and therefora tho accident was igovitablo, 80 far as the brideo was coucerued. ‘The peopie iving along tho lina of the branch sy that other bridges ora in the samo condition, sud thera ssoms to bie an earnest determination uow to have th« respousiblo partics, to whom culvabiiity is attached n this weriona matter, brought to justica. Tho accident has cast & doep gloom over this city, Capt. Warren waa a max uuiversally kuown and beloved, IN MICHIGAN, Detrort Free P.ess, dua. 1. A frightful accidout occurred au the Flint & Lere Marquette Railroad, about I milv north of Flint, at 5 o'clock Monday morniug, which ro- sulted in the doath of ono man and the injuryof flve others, ono of whom will probubly dis. The Iacts are na follows: About 5 o'clock this morn- 1ng a4 the rogular train for Otter Lake (which ju made up at Fliut) was steaming out of the city, when aboot & milo noith snd running st tho usual rate of spoed sho was mwet by the engiue Bauford Keeler, which had beon ordered from Saginaw to Wayne for the purpose of moeting an oxeuieion train bound north, the sugino bav- ing arders to run tbrough but to avoid regular trains, Tho Otter Lake train wae a regular taw, which left Fliut at 5 s, m. on Mouday mornings ouly, Tho ongine bound south was ruuutig, 1t is clmmed, at the rate of nearly a milo & minute when tho collision took place, the Iatter engine being dushed into & thousand ln%mamu and thrown bottom gido up i a ditcl: at the right of tho track. Lhe boiter waa com- plately jamuwed to piceos, snd tuo pouderous axlos beat iv gosuy placen. ‘Lhe forward trucke, beadlight aud smokestack of the Utter Lake cn- giue wero alvo broken i piecos, Al the tine of tho collision the country round about was envel- oped tu & donse fog, which partially prevented tho anginesrs from @ecing ono anuthor, which might bave been doao for wowe diitauce had the weatbor been cloar, Tuo tollowing are the kill- od and wounded : Jokn Honnvesy, brakeman on spocial tram, found dead at s post, b body Iiterally piuned to the left cornor of tha tondar, standing in dn eroct posture, hiw bande eclinchod to the bruke, & portion - of tho wreck Jasing completely through his abdomeun, killwg bim instautly. Wounded—E, Randull, Saginaw, brakemau on rpocial tra, right shoulder distocated, also left arm fractured, and injured about hend and cheut; Edward Wilson, iirenian on special train, 1ibs cracked and injured about thio Liead, will re- cover ; George Dordt, cogiueor on Otter Lake train, shightly mjured; Lovy Motz, mail ageut ou Otter o train, injured ahout bead and shoulders, will recover; Joweph Hurd, conductor ou gpecial trmn, night leg badly fractured, blood vesicls nu]umml. will_jrobubly bavo to have leg amputatod, rocovery doubtful. o Fuist, Aug, 16.—Joscph Hurd, conductor on tha special ongine Banford Keeler, m'uud by tha eolltsion thiw morning, died at 4 o'cluck thiv afternoon. N INDIANA, Fvansuflle (Ind.) Courter, Aug, 15, Yesterday moroing traw 1, mchargo of Couduetor Yan Nanio, lofs Cincinnats at m. The train Is kuown as the doy mail train, sud bad orders to eidn at Loogouten, Ind., for the exprosu train coming eset at about forly minutea past 8, The muil train had vot entored 1hie switch whon the express train came thunder- ing arouud the curve ac the rate of 40 miles an hour. Tue mail tralu Lud not time to get into tho switeb, but only the cugiue and teuder had entered it, whon ho exproas wiruck it u broads uido, aud tueu thers wasa cravh, intermiogled with the affrighted crias of pereons ou tho trains, followed by tus spoctaclo ol tho brokou timber, digjornted 1rous, iu all of whioh wigh have beeu recegnized the rewaius of & tidiu of car. ‘The express Liaiu was in ciargo of Couductor Higbeo, wath William Hull at tho engine. It 19 kuowu ss traiu No, 6, and duea nut stop at the wwall stations, fu which cutogory Loogovies 1w included. When Il saw tho situstion of the ohor tramn, ko roveraud the engino aud whisticd “‘down breaks,” Lut a4 the train was rooulug &t the rule of 40 cules au bLoar, it could uot be chocksd lu timoe. The alaiw vivited she meu abuard, sad the mall agent, uawed Flory, was among the firat to nes that s collision was in- qyitable, Wt & bageagn-maater, whoso namn we were unable 4o Jearn, Floto jumped off, and atruck on his head and wag killed instantly. Tho ssmo fate was sbared by tho Laggage-maater, who followed bim in the rash proceoding. On the mal train, as it was passiog into the awitch, wnro two brakemou aud anothor om- plosa uf tha train, veithor of whoso names could bo loarned, who wore kitled simont In- Htantly by tha concunminon of the tras Yhan peaco_was yestorad, and tho rubbish was re- moved, the Lidiey of the slsugbterad wero Inid out on the niatform, surd care was taken of tho wounded, Thowe injured wera pasreugers, and numbered six or seven, hut nonm are soriously wo. Wo aro nunablo 1o loarn tho namen of any Av0 010, & Mr. Johusun, & travoliog man for » Ciacinnati house. ‘The reports wora varlnus, anma putting it at only two Killed, otharw as hich aw oieht killad, bt the gentleman from whom our infirmation wed derivod says ba counted five dead budics. e OTHER CASUALTIES, A FOOLHARDY EXPLOIT THAT COST THREE MEN THE(R LIVES, New York Sun, Aug, 37, Hundreds of the renidonta of I’aterson walked out yestorday aftornoon to soo the waters in which three men, James Grogan, Joseph Hurton, aod Henry Martin wore drowned on Sunday moraing. Juat 1t the outakirts of the city tho Paasaic River tumbles over a dam 10 feet or wore, and tbep, after rushiug over huge, rough massesof blue rock, throwa itsolf over a proci- pico 90 feot in hoight. Facing this water- full, aud scarcely 80 foe? distant from it, is an abrupt wall, equaling the cataract in height, sud formiug & firm bariler, against which tho river Lurly itsolf in ite fall. Tho imprisonod waters can oxcape from the chasm into which they Liave beeu trapped ouly by turuing sharply from the boso of the bluff and rushing sway through a varrow defile to tho plaws. The ncouo 8 60 granl thattho people of Paterson bave couverted tho surtounding acres foton pleasure park, aud have apanned the narcow gulf into which tho waters leap with alight bridga, Around this bridge, when the waters arc bigh aud tho nver i stronz, clowds of Mpray arise so deuse an to bude from any cue standing upon it the depth of the guif Leiow. Above tho daw ibere are woored a half-dozen light ukiffs owned by the workioen Lving close b, %10 udo thowm to firl from in the muf-pond, for ordinariy thero 18 no water LOUFIg over tLO datn, aud po'curceut whatever iu tho pond. All thie hurplun water in wuch times is carried nivay through a large slnico, aud the rockv bed iving betwven the dum aud the falls in o dry that cutlJren cau cross frow one grawy eloro to tho otber, aud cul 1ouud tuo hugo wasied of 81000 WhOMs Lop3 can wcarcely be acey in tood #cason. Therans of the past weok have tiled the river, aud over tiie top of the dam the wae tews pour 3 feet in deptt with wouderful force. Above tho dam the suzfaco is wtillglasmy,aud ui- biogen, but the current iv recistlers unl dabger- ous, mors daugeruus for being useet., Ou Sundsy morsing James Grozan went with Liit compatious 1o borrow & neighuot’s boat for 810w outhe river. ‘Theowner, Unsnld Blakes ley, warued then that tho river was bigh andthe curraut etroug, — 80 stiong,"” Baid bo, ** tiug 1 do uot dare to go out mykell.” * That may ho 80,” 1oplied Gropaw, stretehing out Ins trawny arm 1o full length—an orm which, by its strengil aod nerve, had wade him Captaiw of the Cricket Club—**but why saould such a tiue fellow as I be afiaid o o on the water ? L am youug and 1t to bo compared with you.” The oard snd tuo Loy to unlocic the boat wers given to lum, nud to went to the rivor with Lis compasions. Horton and Martin fumped into the boat wiilo it waa it chiatoed to the shore, and Grogan 81001 ou thie Lauk with tho oarsiu s uands, urging a friend who passed by to join in the excursion. The friend rofused, and Urogan, eryiug out * Cappel 1 afraid to riuk Lis lifa this mirning,” throw thn oars into tue boat, and withiout waibimg for thow to be placed in tho row-lucks, leaped juto the skiX aud pushed out iuto tho ntreaw. Tuoy were ouly 40 feot from the briuk of the dum, a0l beluw the dam were tho hiihi-rushiug repids, and just boyoud them tue awlul chasw, ‘Tho three men in the boat felt that their littla cruft was in the power of the niver, and thcre was 10 tuue for them to attempt the uss of the oars. Thoy looked at the shote and waw that it was beyond their resch; they shouted loudly for beip, but the fow friends who besrd themn conld oniy look idly on: tue7 tried to turn iho course of the boat with the rudder, Lut they Rave only her broadaido to the atroam ani were moroe thian befoio poweiless to bold her from the gulf on whoso brink they wero. Not teu secouds had elapsed muce Growsu stoad upon the bauk, sulvuw bo stoud all preparod at tho prow of tuo boat to jump juto tue cerront sud stiiko ont fur life. * As tho lutle wkill shot ranidly on closs to the daw's fall, Lo plunzoed into the water, aud Marun snd lorton tollowed bimi, Fhes passed over tho dam, and used all ondeavory to reach a bit of stoue wall runuing out from itw bass into the stream, Martin and Horton failed eutirely, but (irogau camo so near %o success that ho strotched out bis arma to grasp & projectiug stone, when w strong whiclpuut #oized him and dashod bim headlong agamst tho wall. The blow must hsve stuuned inm, for Le eank ond rosa wo more. Tho two otbers wete tosyed in tho great rush of watars, aud woro neen only ad they woie thrown at times to the surface of the reething current, They wrasped at the air with their uprsi-cd bhauds. but, 1f they cricd out, the rour of the cataract drowned their voices, A large number of the pleasure-rcekers in the park wero drawn to the banky by tho shouts of thoso who biad veon the boat whew firmt caught in the ptroaw, and gazed Horror-sttickeo upun tho weene, ‘They stvod thuw, and suw the two men swent over 1ho great pracipice ; but as they rocovered and siarted Lo rush 1o tho niver below the falis, they noticed that the hoat, which had been thrown over tho dam, was keized by tho outer currout of 8 wiae whirlpuol, earried clove to the cataract, and theu Loru back to a quict Tecons under tho trees upon tbo shore, All then follosed the river fur nules dowy 1ts course, and Rrappling hooss were turown out from the shore 1nto tho wators betneen the dam snd the falts, whore Grogan had disappoarad and was supposud to be, but all search fur the dodis was unavail- iug. THE BOTTOM FALLING OUT, apecinl Drapateh to The Uhicd 1o fravune, Witkessanue, I'a., Auy. 13,—1kis worning s cave-in oceurred withiu the city fimits, by which a tenement honse way precipitatad into the coul- mines boloy., Fortuuately tiere was uo loss of life, although tho three familics bad a varrow escape. At broakfmst time thu occupants dis- covered that their garden was rapidly disapnesr- g, sud that the chicken-coopy and other out~ buildings weto beiug swallowed up, Tho childran were hardly romovod to & place of wafety, and a fow housshold offects hurriedl, saved, when the bitkling bugan totienng, an plunged ruot forewcst 1uto tho abyss, which wus each woment invreasing 1n extont. Oue of tho tenants Jumped 1ron an upper window after the butlding biad started. Had the accident happou- od at desa of night, the result would have buen terr,Lly disastyons, As itis, tno ruiu 18 cutn- plete, aud hardly a vestize of tha Louse iu tv be w0eu in the deop chiasm waicl warks the spos, ANOTHER BROKEN DAM. Bixamaxtoy, N, Y., Aug. 18.—A broak ocour- red to-day on tho Erie Railway, 8 miles euut of the Busquehianna degiot, which will require weve oral days to rupafr, 1t was caused by the bresk- fuie away of & mill-dai somo distaneo abovo the raway, the wa‘crs rishing down sud fearing away khout 200 feot of the bigh embnvkmcnt. "Theww will be no ntermuption of through traing, s arrangements Lave bevn wade by tho firw Company to use the track of the Delawure, L awana & Western Radroad, between Jersey City and Binghamton, thus waiutainiug thiough line of guuclics botween New Yok and the Weat. MET A DROVE OF CATTLE. Special Dievateh to The Chicaas Triliune, BT, P'Ave, Mina., Aug. 18.—A freight train of twouty-tivo cars ou tho Lako Bupetior Rosd, last evening ran juto a drovo of caitle, 6 miley bo- youd Whito Bear, ditoling the ongino sud tweive cate, Enginear Miller was budsy injured interually, aad tho couaucior sliglitly. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. 8vectal D apatoh to Lie Chicawy 1ri0NNe NasuviLLe, Tenn., Aug. 18.—)Me. Holisud wag struck dowd by lightujug near Frost Statiou yes- terday, tho electricity burolug every thread of clotuiug leaving the body iu & state Of uature, 23 KFROSENE, Sractal Gorrsesomipuce of . Clasao Triune Lasuisa, Mich., Aug. 17.—Ac Uliut on Bunday, Mrs, Flowing weas burved, it vas thougls fatal- 1%, by the explos.on of & lamp ; and Mive Rackiel Fraite waa soversly buruud in trving $0 extis gulsh & bluziug lswp with ber dreas, FATAL FALL. greval Ducat:h o The Chicazo Tribune, SpaiaurieLd, Aug, 18.—Frauk Rewch, Br., aged UT yeassy foll froum the uppos siory of Lis brewery thin morning, triking on his hesd. The fall feaotured bis skull, aod he died in an$ hour. POLITICAL, INELIQIBLE. Bpectal Disvaieh to I'he Chienos Tribune, 81, Pau, Minn., Aug. 18.—F, W. Seneerbor, Domocratio nominen for Railroad Commissioner, hias addressad a lettor to tha Chairman of the Btate Contral Committoo, runaing as followa: Tha Attornay-General having rendarcd sn_opinion that Gliman, tho Republican eandidate, In tneligible by reason of Lo'ng & memher of the last Lagialaturs, by which §t in claimad this offica wax created, bis opiniots applien for the same resnon with equat forca to ray-elf, I bellove the act of last winter wan not for tho craation 3 I unwilling to dmit my inecligibility, but aa the law-oMcer af tha ate baa glvan an ndverso opintou, T tender noqualif- candlidate for Railrosd Commise t for Lo fundatwental horenca of flx violas ho Democeatic Btato Committeo will meet Sept. 1 to fill the vacaney ; slso, to conault upon tho campaign work with numerous othiers {n- vited to meet with tho Committeo, THEIMARYLAND INDECENDENTS, Erecwt Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wasutsaox, I, C., Aug, 18.—Tho Indepsnd~ eut parts of Marsland fa taking very dofinite shapo. 'Lha lcalers in the organization oxpect to complote their ticket by the lattor part of this month, 0 that by the 12th of Beptember thoy will Lo ready to hiold a public meeting and sub- mit the names of their candulates. There will ot the mameo meeting bo rord s declaration of the principlea awl purposea of the party. Tho new party will declaro in favor ot 8 larze number of roforms, knch aa economy in public expouditures. Ameniment of laws rela- tive to elections and tho registration of voter s otposition to the contract system for convict 1abor at the Penitentiary, ete. ‘Lha Jeforaoainn test, I8 Lie honuest, {a ho eapublnz " will ba applied to all candidstes. ‘The loadora deny that there is anv relicions purposs in tha orgapizns tion, and say that seereey will oon b e rcmoved ANDREW JOHNSON'S SUCCESSOR, Secial bispateh to Ihe Chiears frivune., NasaviLre, Tenn., Aua, 18.--D. M. Koy, me- cesror to ex-President Johinson, haa not fignred much in Teunesseo politics, [s is n mw 45 yoars old, of deciced talent, difident and 1etir- 1Dg, very poptilac in hiw ecction, but not goner- ally known throughout the State. The appoint- ment will give genoral satisfaction in East Ten- nonsen, which partion of tho Htato chainied the appointment of tho successor to tha great com- moner. There were s number of aspirants for the dead Senator’ place, aud the parvistoncy with which their claimu wero pressed acems to Justify tha Governor in conceding (o the eastorn division tho appointment. THE MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICANS. Mexentis, Tenn., Aug, 13.—A npecial from Senatoria to tho Appeal saye the Republican Congressional Convention in tho First Missi- #ipja District, which met thera to-day, split. One wing, numbering twenty-four delogates, with- drew, and, arsombling m front of tho hotel, nominated G. \Wiley Wells, ox-United Statos District-Attoruey, a+ their candidato for Con- grosd : whilo the other wing, nianetiny_ thirty- #ix, nommuted A. I, Howe, of Panola, Wells ta supported by ex-Unite ] States Souwtors Ravols and Penso, and a majority of tho whita leadors, lmlhila tho majurity of the colored vuters favor OWo. U*1ION LEAGUE OF AMERICA. WasninaToN, Aug. 19.—A meeting of tho Na- tiona! Exceutive Cuwmittoo of the Uniou Loagus of America will be heldat Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, on Thuraday, Ang. 20. at ¥ o'clock. ‘The notice rays it 18 very importaot that all the :ml:mb:ru attend, either in person or by subati- ate, THE 10WA CAMPAION, Brecial Diapateh to The Chicrra Pribune, Stovx Ciry, la., Aug. .~Tho Republicans will open the campaign in this section of Tows by & mass-meetiug on donday evening next. Tho Hon, William I, Ahison will address the meetine. o goes from hers to Red Cloud to tako part in tha troaty for the Black Hills. THE MASSACHUSETTS DEVOCRACY. BosTox, Mase., Aug. 19.—Tho Democratia Btate Couvention will be Leld at Worcester Sopt. 22, —_— - FLOODS IN CONNZCTICUT. Hanrrorp, Conn., Aug. 13.—Ileavy rains to- dav caused conviderablo damags to railways and lnghwaya wost of thin city. At Wateroury, the ggg:gg&s to wlrocts aud proper:y is estimutod at 15,000, i remedy for dlarrv comp Jafut.ainl all bow Dr, Javic's Carminati _TAX SALE,_ OFFICE OF TXB Comty Treaswer and Comdy Colleotor, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Office on North Dearborn-ut., bot, Michigan and Iilinols STATE AND COUNTY TAX SALE, 3 Citrcanio, Aug. 17, 1875, The anaual Tax Balo of Deluquent Landa and Lots, for Hiate and County Tazea for tha year 187, come tenced on the 2d thaaut, 5o far tho sale hay heen conducted very siowly 10 vive delluguent tax-payord an_opportunity {0 settle thelr debts, But from naw forward the wale will be piisbod vizoroualy uutil the whole list of Lauds and bota by cloned out, “Tiifs word of warning, to those still jn arrears, will o of great benefit to thiemn (€ bevilvd,. 1L s, MILLEK, County Treasurer, Sale Tor Gty Tames 1874, Crry CorLEcTon's Orrics, Roox 1 City uu.!..} Cuieann, Aug, 17, 1873 The sale of Landa and Lata for City Taxen of 1674, will comuience in o few dayw, Farties wisling to pro tect thelr property from kale, will come in and pay at this ottice without furthier delay, QEORUE VON JIOLLLN, Ciry Collector, LAKE NAVIGATION, 1 NTEAMERS, nll West duare ports DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION, The copartnerdiip hervt tro otistiig Letwoan tha underaigtied 1a i day e ived by mutial cousent, Hobert U, Clirke tiri, bis est having been purcha: aluwng pariues, C. Lo Woudian ‘atel Edwsrd Glott, who witl sewtle’ ol debts dus 1o wnd by #.id purtnendiip, and who are ulatie sutbiorizd 1w the tinm nama fu ljuidstion, srbed it aw Leretofuro undef . L. Woodmau & Co,, a8 thele 6 4 201 Clatk-ut. C. L. WOODMAN, WARD OLCOTT, UOBEWT 6, CLARKE. Cuicang, Auz, I DISSOLUTION. ‘o partuership heretofore oxisting betwoen the une urder tho i name of P, Beclive k I, yon Glabin, bas Leou dissolved by mitual convent, tiess will Lo continued by i, von Olabn on b owi aceount, who baa the sols right to collect the outstauding ucovunts of waid fAri. m»:mci%N 1 Cllcago, Aug, 18, 147: 3 7 OIL TANKS, MEASURING PUMPy 47 & 49 West Lake 5t OEICAGO. L~ Send for Catalogue, Manutacturers of EVENDEN'S WOOD.UOVERED CAN! _SPEO)AOLES. |'El!!|EB NPLCY L E! i R R YA e