Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1875, Page 7

'LEGALIZED ROBBERY. Tho Class of Men Who Mado tho SouthsSklo Assessment, Mow They Got Their Places, and How Tuoy Made Their Money. &I, Phillips Wishes to Put the Respon- slhility Off on Them, @laring Instances of Undervaluation in the Bouth Town, The lfarlots, Gamblers, and Saloon.Koopors Find Official Protection. Lettors from vhe Afflicted, UNJUST DISCRIMINATIONS. CTARUES AGAINST TUE DEFUTY ASRESSOR. Tho outery mado on the South Bide sgainst the unjunt porsonal taxation, and tho dotermiuation to fight 1t qut logally whorover the opportnnity presents itaclf, is roaping ita reward, Tho face is, that the County Board and City Council nra about to Iay their hoads together and soo what tlioy can do towards relioving tho victims of an unjust and unholy diserimination, Bofore going into moy detaile, it might boe woll for tho avoraizo reader and tax-pager to peruso tho following facts, aa gleanod Ly a ‘TninuNe roportor. Tho rource from which thoy emanato fs trustsorthy, und the facts will need no proof with auy ono at all cognizaut with tho gencral snisjoct, TOWN ASSESHMENTH, . especially in South Chicago, have beon made al- most oxclusiyely by men untitted for the pur- posio, ‘The increaso of values, ns mado by thesa men on personal property, varies in special fn« stances from b to 600 por centum of its falr cash taxablo value, 'This is manifeatly unjust, Asido from this nctual robbery,—for it is nothing clge,—it should be taken into consideration, too, that thoro ta a gront differeuco between tho no- tual market and taxablo valuo of personsl prop- erty ot certain sossons of tho year, As for in- ptauco: Tho valuo of a certain stock may bo considerable fn tho fall of tho year, a8 with fors and winter goods ; in tho sumntnor it la literally n depd stock. Asscssors should place tho taxablo valug of stock at tho fair cash price which it would bring if offered in tho market, Ilowevor, the lovy of 1875 disrcgarded all such rules and placed tho values far above what thoy roolly wero. 'Tho prosent Assessor of South Chi- cago, D FRTLIAPS, |waa Asscasor two years ago, and ho made at that time an essessment which was termod by many as eimply dsmuable, so far aa it rolated to personal property. Notwithstanding Phillips* experiones, ho 1mado this st assossment on persoual property & thousand times woran, Among the lot of thirty-five assistants which Ed Plalhpy bad, thero wero not threo who uns dorstood tho first principlo of muking either a vajuation on possenal property or real catate. They wero mostly profossiunal bummers, looking after the political diippings aa. thoy came from the fleeh-pots of oilice, and secking & snck at tho public teat, ouly to nrnist in droiuing it of its ik, Yho list of ° theso 40BN~ ors hos lioretofore beon given in "rurTuipuse'scolumny, - Bome of thesa worthles woro put in position a8 asgistants Lecauso thoy Lad shown geeat KNACK IN STUFFING DALLOT-BOXES and “cbaching " ropeuter Lauds, in order to cleet tho present Svuth Town Board, of which Jumea Gleason, tho Fifth Ward vloction judie, s Clerk, and n [ilunng axutuplo. Tho inequalitios iu the usscssment of a eortain class of taxablo citizens of the Town of bouth Chieago can ouly bo secounted for or explalned under tho supposition that s compromisoe was tmade, and assessients mado fu propoition to low tho Asscssors were *scen.” 1y companng Lho nuscssmont as mado by City Aseessor Donchy with that returned to County Ciork Lieb by Ed Phollips, uundreds of fustances will appear ‘where partics sto nasossed by tho ‘Fown Asscssors ot ndiculously low or enoiiously bigh figures. Ugly custoters, thosa who would not como down, of courso woro assesned Ligh, ond thoso Wiy SIELLED OUT LIDERALLY of courso Bre now reapivg the barvest, either being put down at & very low rale, or left out cutirely, 1t sooms Btrange, but it i practically truo,that tho decision of & ‘Lown Asesgor is inal, Ald. Cullerton fools much aggrioved at tho {ax- Bioals, B recently uxlmum‘. m the wudervalua- tiun of tho parsoval proparty of hundreds of yarthen, who, 1t I said, compromised withs the Towu Collectors. I¢ s currently roported on tho streets, nnd so far bas met with littio denial, that somo of l’hilli{zz‘ nguistants, darng tho tumu that thoy have beeu in ofilce, hove mouaged to replonish their much-worn sud doploted wudrobes, and laid iv & murvelous supply of HUITS U CLOTHING, whirty, uuderclothus, hats, caps, boats aud khoes, sud decorative articiod, all of winels, 1t iy asserted, have como to them without money snd without price, axcept that they robbed thoe city i the oxpense of kome more Lonest tax-payers, by making the remarkable undervaluations which buve been voturned [n muny fuutancos. Many of the Llackmailed ones arg dissatistiod, ‘I'ho Tact In. in kome iustances thoy bave bled too {reoly nud tov much, aud theso vory men now threaten to **squeal,” aud this mparf} it 18 paid, Tas led sowe of the 'dvputics to suddonly leave town and speud thetr holidays in more favoted climes than Chicago. T 18 n matter thug iy worth looking into by the Citizens' Avsociation, aud 1t {8 boliored that the necessury evidence would bo koon fortbeuming if thuy only took the fmtutivo, WHENE 10NONANCE 18 BLTSS, Thero s another thing that khouid be nuder- wtood, 16 4 auserted that L'hitllips wnd I as- gistants did not kuow thut thoy wero making an assosstuent for city aa well as for Btat and county purposes, Assersor I'billips must havo kuowh thut the asscssmonts might bavo to bo usied for city tasution ay well as State and coun- ty, beeauso the Suprome Court had decided thay bl 00—the City 'T'sx Jaw—was unconstitution- al. 1o bad tine, men, and tmpnay cnongh placod at bls dluposal to Juakio o thorough sud oqual as- yossment., ‘Fiio Town Bloard of Auditors gave him as mauy men 84 ho usked, swl iy wloged, con- firmed 1l his appomtess, It certainly toolato for Ihillips now to llnd fauls vath tho law, when the rcsponeibility for the unjusl aseesswent must cortuinly come homepto bim, 'Thore i utill unotbor fact that shonld be no- ::dfd' tlhmuntml' Vhiliips’ doputies Lave uuder- ion ta TAISE THE VALDATION In weveral cuscs of parties who have brought their own swuin teluris to bim, This may, no doubt, have Loen dono oub of spite, to show thnnn parties that they hud no nght to kuow Loir own business, sud thus bo lotellogtually on an equul with romo of the bummer deputics. Thoso over-unsessuonts will work n groat {njury, The courts will declare thom vold, and thus ‘a deticionov [n the tax-lovy witl bo created, ang tho burden will be made sdditioually heavy ubon the EAX-pRyers 1OXS YOOT, > No Asossor bna the right to raiko any man's rotuen, without firse baving oltod him to appoar fore tho ‘Yown Board of Equalization, conniate ing of the Bupetvisor, Clork, and Town Auses~ sor, If amajority of theso throo worthiss de- cide that the valustion should be raised, then the decision is finsl, But there is A LEUAL ENACTUENT connectod with this procedure, The law says fhat such s Board wboujd kaep mingtes aud a rec- ord of. sl business trausacted by it, but this bhiy never been dono tho caso of tho Bouth ‘Towy Doard. It would seom ad though ths eutire petsonsl tax Bsgesamont was a (it Bubjeot to como Lofore the Qirand Jury. A lesson should be taught the bummer doputics that they would not soon for~ ?’:6, besides waralng otherd that public pationce outiroly exhanwted. The nssesmment business waa nover moant 88 & fat job for a bummor clique, but 1t bas bocn turved futo that. A Btate ouagimient xen the compansation of Assessors lu the ‘Yowns of Bouth, West, and North Chicago ut 83 por diem, which ought certainly to ba am- tlo tosacuro honeut aud capable moi. THE TOWN BOALD of Bouth Chicaxe hinw paid 8,000 per Jour for the ten wooks' work each year, mciuding the monthy of May, Jyou, aud & portion of July, which, It would seopy to tho syersgo tax-payer, ought to be sufiiclont to pecuro competent men, Lut tho Asgessora Lavo uever meaut to put on nen competent to do the work, and have made of tho places fat jobs for valuoless bummers, wuogave no equivalont for the hoavy salaries thoy recolvod from tho people. The labor o;lhu 000 ataply rewarded, they recsiving ghersfor s com- Eonunlan of §8,000 each year, and which sbould avo bocy enougl to cowpol tbom to do thly d in this eonnaction it shonld be noted Phillips ls n candidate for ro-oloction. ON THE NOKTI BIDE, Tho asaosament in North Chicago was more fair, ‘Lho Assesaors there were mainly Giorman, aud thay recoivad alous €1,000 in canh for their services and n far compousabion fur their aswntants, Under ox-Al. Raferty the personal properly asseesmont ln Wewt Chi- cago was vory fair in 1371, bot unagual under Arsensor Ityan in 1875, 1lowevor, thero iy hani- 1y any chiarge of cotraption made, or of ang flu- n;nm. undosvaluations se yet. The Town Buard ol a WEST CILICAGO was rather consclontious in ite ennfirmations of Aenlutant Asgernors, but tho Fonth Town gave tho Asvessors full Bwing, and put on (ho bailot- Yox stuflers and rapeaters. Aud now to another important point : TIE COUSTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION having tho power of reviowing, thuy could, if thoy had tho mind to do ko, havo refised to o honnd by tho asscssmont mnde by tho Town Asgosnork, aud ordered a new oue to bo made on a more fair aud oquitabio basiv, which at loast ought to have been dono with Bouth Chivogn, aud thus lave made an examplo in dealing with sealawng Town Assorsors. This 1 a good matter fot tho GiandJury to look into, and worthy their attoution, Commissionor Bur- dick saw this point in the Bonrd of Iqualization, but ho could 1ot overcome the majotit, bim fn that notorfously-corrupt’ Bomd, It would bo advisable, if it cnuld be dono, to have & standing Committeo oa Foxation i tha Coun- ty Board, they fo nct in conjunction with a liko cummitteo of the Common Couneil, The Com- mittes on Equalization of Taxes did vot huva time to attend to the mattor thomselven, nod ro left it in the handa of those who did ot kuow thoir businoss. TAX COMMISIONER, In 1873 tho County Board sent a commiiteo to Bpringfield ta get tho Legisiaturo to make o law croating the oftice of Tax Commtssioner for Cook County, for the purposo of mrmhzmg tho rato of taxation, but tho bill failed to pass. ‘Tho Board, hiowover, will try agmn at tho next ses- sion of tho Logislature, Mr. A.J. Galloway, who was at that Limo a mewmber of the Uonnty oard, clalms that the law failed to pass becausn it wes lobbied by Sam Ashlon, who was rent down for the purpowo, snd in whoul the sacn bers of thoe Legtulaturo had o confldenco, —— WHAT THE BOOKS SHOW. TUILLIPY' BIDE, A Triwuxy roportor yesterday afternoon hod long talk with 1d Thillips, in which bo donisd suy knowledgo of his wnen recotving bribes to wako tho ridiculousiy-low vaiaations which wers mado in many iustances. 1Ionckuowlodged that somo of tho mon n his omploy may have beon incompetent, but none of them wero his ap- \ pountoes. 1o soys that Lo seat a list of sixty ( namos to the ‘Town Board to select tho nasistants from, Of theso, thirty-five were names ho had placed on tho list at the suggontion of Justlcea of tho Peace, who claimed tho right to appoint these mon, and it wes mostly their frionds who wero choson, Jlo snya ho endoavored to have n falr estimate of vnlues made, but that ha was not allowed safliciont time to do it. Ilo had oven 15,000 NAuEs to caro for and pooplo to soo, 1lo only recoived Dis books on the 15th of May, and was compolled to hayo tho -ossosament on roal and porsonal property finishied by tho 15th of July, Corpora- tionn, ho says, woro loft until tho Jast. o had himsolf gsecti A. C, llesing in regard to tho Staats-Zeitung, and ho had “roferred Lhillips to L wou, aud tho latter had promised to wake roturn, which he had omitted to do, thus leaviuy tho matter open untilit was too late. Dhillipy sttributes tho matter ontiroly to an oversight, which will bo made up noxt year. Iowover, for furthor oversights, tho reader in requested to E:ruuc tho facts given bolow, gathorud from the oks in Miko Lvan’ office by a Trisung ros porter, Dhillips sxyw that, if bo had intended to wrong any oue, ho would not Lave gotlon the asncssmont-books from County-Clerk Lieb's oflico sud placed thewn 1o his own, -8t No, 201 Lnfi}lullo slrect, in order to accommodato tho public. HEAVY TERSONALS, The following list of heavy tax-paying firms wan yosterday taken from the books : Austin, 1, W, & Co.$ 13,300 Gilbert, 1lubbsrd & Allen, fseith & Co,. 13,0000 C Ayer, Jobn V. & Hor . 20,0001 L 22l L 1700 10,300 12,0001 , Elliw, I, taruon, ortlih COuresas m.. Amerlcan Vurley & Ileat . Maliock, Molmes & itchdarion, .3 & endorson, O, M. endorson, ™ ilafr, Wi, & Co. Tarrow Garpetor .. 15,800 & 16,500 18,000 21,000 50,000 20,000 & Co. e Readuor, Bmith St s uelighi, 3. Jay Joucs, 3. Kimbbrk, 8, Ko, Winow o Co.l.. Kirkwood & Duuks Ropeall & Whitnoy, 18,000 Kiang, 11, W, i 150001 Kedtls Uros, Clapp C-\ll Py : Co, Cushing, Melean, Cragiu B Candior, 20,000 Clemonts, & Co.. 40,000 \ Chicogo X Co. . 05,000, Carav, Tirio & Go. 4,000 christ & Co.veee 59,000 Chapin' & Goro, vees 20,000(3 &W, B, 18,000 Clup, G 10,000 N Vi 25,000 12,0004 284001 26,000 10,10 | Couvs e 44,000 39,400 Rtehnrdr, Hhaw & 16400) Winalow, v evees 50,000 wiSinger, Maury & 31,600 4 1,500 stor B0 Heippi, Conrng Van' Schaick, Hto. ctimon & Jteed. . Willougbby, 1l & 00uensersansrore bt 40,000 5,000 W03 &Farwell, 15,000 REMARKADLY OVELSIONTS. To tho above a few names should ba added, which #hould bo carefully noted by tax-payors : 15, 110dock, ..o 0.8 B,000{’at O'Nul i Wontwor 2,001, Fottgles J. 11, Duulism 10,000 A. Lijma; > L 7, Ligbtses o] Cloin 1 Betioiais.s Mike McDanaid..,, 1,800iCarrle B, Watnon... 4001 Sinnto Wilkinson., 104 Lazarus Bilveraun, THE PETS, Theso lagt gures represont peculiar and ro- markuble teaturos. 13, I Haddock s known an o won of jwmense wealth and resources, nud no s pub down st 85,000, Yen times that sum §n personsl property would lisve been m nemer cstimate. Yoor Long John in hia afiidavit Rays that s pomsonal taxablo wealth §s but §2,000. An ecutorprimng doputy put Cn‘;unlhu Dunham down ab 10,000, yot thak probably 14 very wido of tho mark. M. J. Light Lias sv ologansly fitted up salvon at No. 160 State utreet, you he is put down a¢ but 8600 Ly tho honewt Assossor. **'Lhis Btore,” tho sceno of Miko MoDonald's rascality and tho lieadquar- turs for bits gang, a low boozing ken, and »u oleo- gontly fitted-up, but low-oluss, gambling-hall, 18 put down at 21,600, Miko s the pot of the Clty Government, which accounty for tho partiality shown bim, OILATIN & QORE, who earry an immeuso stock of llquors, and who own & pumbor of suloons ju tho city, sre put down st bot 620,000, ‘Thoy are fayorites too. Mike Brounun, who had a saloon as G1 Fifth ave~ nun, is assessed but 100, Pat O'Noill, oue of tho lasest and wealthiest retail liguor-dealors 1n the city, iu put dowu sa belog pogsossed of but 8G.000 worth of perwoual property, = Georgo Lottgleser, who owns a beur garden and donbie houso, and carrios n good-sixed rtock of wiues, on State streal, W put down ng bys 500, A. LIPMAN, tho pawnbrokor, whosa place {s 178 Olark streot, sad who exhubits from §20,000 to €50,000 worth of dismonda and jewelry aloue, s put down at tho marvelously-tow sum of §7,000, yot ho Las four or fivo eets of solitaire-diamond jewelry in biy window for which sloue ko asks that amouns. Clem I, Porio- lat, ho that is famous for buan colfce, is put down at but £3,000, Carrla Watson, who keopa a liouso of proatitution on Clsxk street, who 1 known to keop & stock of wijues on hand, and whoso bouso could not be furnisbiod for losa thun £16,000, is put down at but §3,600, Mibuie Wilkiuson, who 18 but a fow doors off, {2 assesucd at but §200. Lacarus Bilverman, tho banker, is put dowa for but 3,600 EXCEFTIONY, 3adamo Donts placo, which 1s a high-toned assignation-touse, ou Wabash aveuue, is nob assessod st all, Dunham's ealoon, at No. Bouth Clark, is xlso omitted. Itis certainly ro- warkable that nearly all the favored ouon should prove to ba keepers of houses of ill-fame, gaw- bling-dens, and ssloons, 1t stould be noted that to all the flguros given abovo tho Btato Loard of Equalization addod 62 per cent, which, in many nstavce was mout unjust, while in others au’ fucresso o; B,000 per cent would nos baya placod them on & par with the bhonest statemonts wado, LOW TO GET AT TUE FIGUNLS. After aadiog the 63 per ceut tho reader, by multiplying tho gross swouus obiained by L1vY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: per conty will fiud out how much each of theso firtmu or persons i taged. I Amsessor Plullips was yosterday viuited by i almost numberlews applicants, niin asked him '+ 1o oxplain, but ko only roferred thom to tho books to Lll tho atory. _ COMMENCING THE WORK, Mika Evans yestordsy aftornoon started five donuties on thn collection war-path, Lnch as- wistant is required to filo bonds In €10,000 Lefore { butog put on thoe sirect. T'ho collectious wors | commenced on Water and Biato streets, Miko #avo ordors that eact collector must bo polite, aud to uso no hard languago towards any oue, n matter what wan raid to thom, bt they muet oitboer 1aeko a 1as ful colloction or b levy. There aro nome tax-payers s indiguant that they threaton W bring thelr boots in collison with | eortalu _ portions of tho Collector, Lut that will ~ hatdly be the case whore ftho Jattor nct decantly, Am for porties who aro_mnot roady when the Collector calls | around, Mike ways if they will fix a dav ho will 1 chinerfully oxteud” the time for payment. Miko | bitaelf takes thio ruad this mormig among tho 1 bui" Run#, h esterdny aftornoon Asseesor Phillirs held o consultation with Mayor Colvin, lookiug to the | matter of having & rebato made on those su- neesod too high, Commissloner Holden was Jooking the maticr up yesterdsy, and s confor- enco of the County Board and Council is proba- i blo within a ehort time i arder to do somoething to rolievo thoro overburdened. Tho Mayor re- ferred tho nubject to the Corporation Couneel to got his ideas a8 to tho feasibility of A rebate, 5 ——— CORRESPONDENCE. FIMST EXPERIENCE DF CHICAGO TATATION. To the Kdflor of The Chicagn Tribune : Curcaoo, Dec, 24— am thaunklul that Chicago lina ono good thing—a paper whore pooplo can speak their minds without foar or favor, I wish to uay o word about Chicago taxes, Wo came hioro from Noston, Mass., last,spring (unfortunstely for us) ou the 1st of 3May., My husband iy & carriagemakor, but Las had wothing to do ot bus tradesinca wo camo, His answer, on apply- 1ng ot tho ehopa for work, has invariably been, #Wa want no help;” and all the work ho bay Locu ablo to get has boen pow and then a few dnys' work ns carpentor, at wages Lo would biave beon aslinmod to receivo in Massachusctts, 1o worked for one firm—Ilarge buildern—and cannot pget his poy: suother firm falled, aud paid him 85 “conts on tho dollar. Thero nre four of us, 60 you may judgo how wo aro situatod. Now, to eap the climax, in comes tax-bill on persousl property of £13.12, and if wot paid in ton days goods to be wold, otc. What is & poor mechanic todo? Wa camo lero nnd brought onr houseliold goods with us to this Garden City, thinkiog it would be a good thing to go West; but wo fiud that, m at Ieast ono thbing, Horace Greeloy mado amistako. We have only ono thing among our goods tdxable in Mas- pacliusetts,—that 18 a vmall organ, o when & 1ong achedulo (inatuad of tho Assessor) mado its nppearanco at our door, wa gave it no attontion, not undorstanding how to rato our gowds. Now, can any one tell mo how tho Asgea<or knew what wo had? Noono cawo to geo, and no one o inquire. Is thoro no redress? 18 there no justico? Mo cannot pay. Wao cau neithor bog, borrow, nor steal. Wo arc strangers In a strange land, We must loso our goods, I suppose. Pleaso publish this, aud we may porhiaps glean a word of comfort In hearlng from some other over-taxed unfortunates, My ndvico to Enstorn peoplo is to avoid Chicagn a8 they would the plagne (or loave their furniture m good old Maesachusctts), at lenst during tho present Government, Yours mapcczrulll ILT.B, WEST 8IDK TAX llONDERS, T the Editor of The Chicago I'ribune & Cuicaao, Dec, 24,—I notico tho pross ignore tho sullcriogs of tho West Bido residonts from oxbrbitant and unjnst taxes, The Citizous' Associntion also do not considor our troubls, but seem to givo & groat deal of attontion to the wrongs of tho Bouth Bide, Isit bocauso 8o fory of usare ropresented in that body 2 I would suggest o public mooting of tho Wost Side tax~ pavers. somo timao noxt week, to talk over these things, and soo what fa to bo dono o pro- tect ourselves from robbery and plander by our reckloss nnd incompotont ofiiciais. 1t but to Jjoin in with the Citizona' Association and fight agninat theso robbers and thioves, Iet us do eo, Iv scoms that our only Lope for reform is throngh this organization, and {f that i 8o, lot ns take hold with them at once with oar monoy nnd ourservices, Who will move in tho matter 7 ‘Liot somothing bo dono at onco. Thewritor,who tn boarding, bas not @200 personal property in the world, and his taxes aro about £30,aud thoro aro many smilar cases, ANTI-PLUNDER. RESULT OF MAKING AN NONEST NETURX, T'o the Edstor of The Chicago Tribune ¢ Cutcano, Doe, 25.—Yoaterday 1 recelvod my “notico to pay"™ from Blike Evana, $63 aa a por- sonnl tax on propoerty valued at 81,000, boing nearly B3¢ por cont. Last yearI was taxed on the samo proporty, then assossed at a valuation of 23,000, £47.50, flow is this? Last yoar I paid £47.50 for €3,000 worth; this year &G3 for $1,000 worth! X would havo sold lnat yoar for £1,200 my eutiro stock and good will, and would #oll for less thia year, Dut this is notall. 1 havo Jopuod €1.000 to nfriend of mino on hla porsonal noto at 7 8-10 per cont, and belng somo- what honest, roturned iu the asscssment-papers tho &L,000 loaned for &73 per year, I am obliged to pay on this 1,000 s tax of §G3, which allows mo about 10 for the uscof wy £1,000 for nyoar. Why not calt a masa-meoting and de- viso sumo way of opplostag this outragoous tax, Just think of 1t, £6.3) por §100, ss much aa pev- plo Lust get for thelr money when loauad out, *ONE or Tuey,” WUAL BIFALL WE 1O TO BE BAVED? Ta the Edtor of The Chicago T'rivuna : Ciicauo, Doo. 23.—What shall the South §ido ‘personal-property tax-payors do? Shall thoy sub- mit to bolug robbod ay they aro this year, and drivon from trade, or should thoy rosist pay- wment? Ikeep aemall shop on Btato atreot with not over €500 worth of goods. The City Assossor setessod me at 500, which was high, My tax last yoar was 7,80 ; this yoar it is $147.70." My sook wonld hordly brivg that st auction, I think Tug Cninyuse should teke ih haud. ABRIXO ¥l JNFORMATION, To the Bistor of T'ha Chiago Tribune: Citoaao, Doc. 27.—~1loase atato in your paper for the information of mauy sufforing personal tax-pagers who do not wish to litigato, whou the timo oxpires in whioh such taxes aro to bo paid. Yours, ata., Burrzaer. [The Town Colleotor Is mot renuired to turn over bis boolis till March 10, Evaus, however, has already startod out his deputjos to colfloct or levy, aud 1t is iinposvible to say how long itia safo to wait, unless one gets out” an injunction.] Bab. o was a magnlificont eotch dog, of great size, braver than & liou. 1la bsd but ono bad babit when [ had Lim—to soo & cat was to fyad it This ended in bis worryiog to death a_favorile grimalkin bolonging to ‘s ucighbor, and tho ca- tastropho raised a foarful commotion, 8o, with many rogrets, I went him to Brochin, 16 miles off, “Ihsio, eurly on tho fallowing Suaday moraiog, Lub was obsorved, with Lead aud tail erect, sud o regolute purpose fo overy look snd movemont, taking bls way towards hoine, Whetlor he bad Xept the road, or come by some paths scross tho country, I know not but when I was leaving the chureh, about 1 o'clock. I was ot by the beadle, with Lis old faco lighted up with an unusual ox- pression of glee, sud exclaiming—for my dog snd Johnuy liad slways bean {ast frionds—* You mauoa put him aws', minister, though Le should worry a' the ocats i1u the parish.” On goingto tho mansa, I found Hob outside tho gato, na tlat nud wotloliloss as i1 Le had been slouo dead, s waw plain he koew as woll as I did that he had been baulshed, and had returned without leave, and was lisble to be hanged, drowped, shot, or otherwise punished, at my wilt. I wentup to him aud o over him for a whilo {n eitonco, Ho lay au if ho had been Lilled aud flattened by & heavy roller, only that, with his Jarge, boauti- ful oyey balf-shut, ho kept winking and looking up in my faco with a most pitiful sud prnldlug exprossion, Though I might not #0 the length of old Jobuuy iu mak- wg froo of all tho cats io the parish, there was no ree{sting the dumb, but eloquont sppeal. I gave way, and exclaimed in cheerful tand, ** Is this you, Bob?” In an instant, kuowing that e was forgiven, bo roso st ouo bound into tho air, owcliog round wnd round me, aud, i i iuy. lm;lus uourly ovor my hoad.—Remarkably Ani- als, —_— A NMurderous Slonster. The Arizona Qilizen saya that thero s jn that Torsitory s wonster namsd Sheriden, who wakes it & business to ontice men to go with him o the wouutaing upon the protence of showing thew rich miues, sud it is seldom that persons ko eu- ticod are ovor heard from aftorward, 1i iv be- lioved that be hus jured awsy and murdersd aight vyictims witbin tho past yoar. Uaov, Baf- xoxa offors §500 reward for Lin capturo and con- vigtivn, THE COUNCII.. Discussing the ay to Be Glven Town Collectors, A Little Talk Concerning the Out- ragcous Personal Property Tax. Tho OMceo of Tax Commisstoner Not to Be Alollshed ay Yels Commissioner Prindiville Reappointed— That Demand on the Exposition Directors, Condition of the Fire-Alarm Bervico ---City-1Inll Plans, The regular wookly mecting of tho Common Council was held last evening, Iresivent Dixon in tho chalr, 31 IRINDIVILLE EEATYOINTED, The Mayur, by the usual ofllciel lotter, nom- tnated Rodwond Prindivillo for another torm aq member of tho Board of Lublio Works. Rtufer- red to the Committeo on Bireets and Aleys of tho threo divisinus, with fuetructiony to repors 8t noxt mectivg. TIE CEXSUS, In reference to an ordinauce for taxing the census of theci #0 a8 to redistrict the sama, the Finance Committeo, to what it was referred, raported rocommending that tho ordinauce vo placed on file, Laid over and published. The gnme Committeo reporied in favor of di- recting the Loard of Public Works to propsre s list of employes, their occupations, eafarics, ote., which was concurred 1. TAX COMMISSIONEIL, The following was also prescuted 1 Your Committeo on Finance, to whom waa referred a resolution concerning tho abolishment of tho otticu of ‘fax Conimisioner, having had the satue under ad- visgment, respectfully report that, fu pursuatce of tho opnlan of tt Law Derartment of tho city, sud follow= iug tio law a8 interpreted by Judvo Wallace, of the County Court of thix county, the Common Counct direct- 4 thie city tax for the year In78, botl realaud pereonal, to bo extendod on the warrant' for Stato and county tazes, 10 o collacted by the reapectlve Town Collectors aud the County Treasurer, tius practically roloving the Tax Comsalssioner £ron) the dutica uf inaking tbe aswcssment for city taxes, aud the City Collector trom tho right or Autyin eollvet them, Your Committeo would, huw.te: respectfully stato that this chiangn from the uual manner of seremsing and callecting city taxes wis 1ot decided upon until thy smressment= books n the Tax Commissioncr's ofilce had Leon moro than half completod, snd, inasmuch os fho clly bLis alwsys kept her own askexament books, oud b St then appearsd desirablo t complate thein for the purpoe of having s completo net af Lookn for 1K76, 38 Of provious years, that by the advico of the Mayor and Coiptrolier ths Tax Commin stoner Liaw, wilh au few employos xs possible, heen at work finishing te awscament-roll for 1676, bringing nup his Looks 8ud 10814 L5 a8 perfuct o manner ay thone of former years, Your Cowtnittos are of the opluion that the work will le finlhed shout™ Jan, 15 mest, thay 4 by it timo tun Bupreme Court deside in tho cases now pending, that ‘tho prescut method of collocting tho city rovesucs is tho ouly legal way, then tho otuco of Tax Commisajoner can bo abolishid without detri- ment to the city, Your Committco also believo it for thio bost Interest of tle city that tho work should bo carried on to completinn, und would, therefore, re c- onumend that the resolution be, at least temporarily, placed on glo, ‘I'na report was cancurred in. NOTIHING FOI CHARITY, The Committee on Finance, in reference to the resolutions of Ald. Jouss calling upon the hrectors of the Exposition Bnilding to share the proceeds of the Weaton-U'Leary walk, and alwo the proceods of the skating rink during the win- tor, with tho charitablo 1ostitutions of the city, reportod that, aftor thorough oxamina- tion, they fecl sntisfied that the Dxposition people had made no money ; that the inautution was 10 debt ; thal po dividond bad yet been de- clarod; that no stoekholder, or ofllcer, othar than tho Hocrctary, bad as yet reccived auy monoey out of tho concern, whercforoe thoy rec- ommended that thoresolutions ba piaced on filo. Accompanying tho roport was s statement of tho Exposition peoplo, embodying the foregotg facts, 'The Expomtion roceived only 2,179,724 a8 15 per cont on tbe Weston-0'oary mateh., Ald. Fitzgorald thought 1t waa all fnago that they hnd not made o dollar. Targo tenefits Lud been derived from the Exposition. Ald. Hoat: said the reason why tno institution wna 80 largely in debt waa that stock had been aubserived for and not paid on, Noman con- nocted with the Exposition, except the Secretas 1y, had over received a dollar; no dividend had boon paid, and thero was an indebtedness banginy over it amounting to §5,000. Tho city goporal- ly bisd been largoly benested from thoe Exposd- jon. AlLL Qnirk Baid thero was an impression that thoso who had eigued the roport wero mtock- halders; lie could spuwer for Limselt that ho was not one of tho fortunato stockholders. Tho corporation was instituted for the purpose of making monay, and was certamly doiug it. Ald. Jonas Was also of the opinion that theln- atitution was In a good pecunlary condition, and bo could not understand why objection sbould bo mado to the 1easonable roquest, Ald. Jildroth thoughit » ground rent sbonld bo pad, especially it tho Expusition wus a financial succesy. 1f thiv matter were latd over sud pab- lished, it wonla ksop it Lofuro tho public and do good in tnany ways, I'ha report was then Inid over for publication. TOWN COLLECTORS’ PAY. Tho Committeo on Judiclary reported in rofer- enca to tho ordinanco recontly {ntrodaced to tix tho amogaot of compensation of tho Towa Col- Iectors, recommending that tho blauks of tho percoutago be Allad up with 2 por cent. Ald, Culterton said thero was nothing {a the ordinance to compel tho Town Collectors to pay over monay to tho Treasury. Tho law said thoy ahould do 80, but uno penalty was attached. Thero was no uso in pasaing tho ordinanco, 1ln viow of tho groat misunderstanding withregard to the personal Eruperly tax, bo thought an ex- planation should bo made, and it wad pronor to nke such explauation in connection with this mb{ec:. Ald. Hildroth moved to refer to the Judiclary, with inutructions to report a further ordiuauce and pn exnlanation pertainlog? 1o tag mutters. Ald. Quirk was opposcd to thi course, it was for the Council to docido what cowpensation shiould bo atlowed tho Collecturd, i Ald. Campbell thought the best way of molving the Embmm was to provido for the additional clerk hiro sud nothipg olse, Ald. Richardson, referring totho complsints made mm{ by Lax-payers, «ald poople did not stop tosthink that the tuxes were grouved to- sother this year. lo desired Lo stote that it wos an equal assossment vpon tho real and personal property, and that the Koneral appralscaiont of the ,n-moxml proport; Cook County was 500,000 Joss thay it was your, ‘The city tax waw sowowhero iu Viewity of 17 mills, and no wtelligont, thinking wen ¢ould blawe the Council. 1is hoped the matter would go totho Finauca Committoo, Ald, Woodman thought Ald. Itichardson wea mistaken in rogerd io tho porsoual property fax, oud the poople ought to have the information demanded fmm tho Cowmwittas on Jud 3 Ho kunew soveral quses of gross injustice as re- garded I{lumnll property, Ald. #ay that tho sescssnent ou pursonal proport was 8800,000 less in Cook County this than ft wan last vear. Ald, Woudman sgid ibat {ho difforencoe Isy in tho fact shat tus tax on real ca- tato wae hoavier, according (g somo sccounts, and Jower according to others. Lo bad spent soversl days tryiog to find out how thinge stood. Asi noar as ho could Lr:‘ it, the real estato wys cut away down, whila tho sgony was piled on personal proporty, Ald. Bebaffuer wald that both the Council snd the people necded moro light on the whole sub- oct. ] Ald. Richardson stated that somoe membors of tho Citlzons' Association, known to him, had their go-betwoeus, and uscd every exertion lo cut down tha tazoa on their porsonal property. Yet thosoe men howled about public virtue. Ald. Schaffuer said the poople ought to kuow that te Council was blameleas in the matter. TUE TOWN ASSENSORS were to blame. They had ndded oo the burden, upder the geuvoral law, aud the Council Lad to boar tho blame. Tnerofore ho would hike to havo tho report rofurred, so that a bettor uuder- staudiog of the matier might bo hiad, Ald. Csmpbell thought thie ordinance was to give soms ono a large salary, sud be moved that B comumittes of mix, two from each division, bo appointed by the Chair, {0 whom the whole mat- tor should be sefarred for fnveatigation, Ald. Cullorton suggestod that tho pavtmect should assist the Committee, lhm irauds existed, tho Town Assessors should be judicted, a8 well ws thoso who bad brought influsnce to boar upou thews to piocure favorablo assessoenty. Py Ald. Hildroth withdrow his motion, s also did Ald. liichardeon. ‘I'io motion of Ald. Cawpboll to rplor to & Bpecia) Committee was then carriod. The Cowmmittco way appoluted, as follows: Tt the aw De- f TURSDAY DECEMBER 28, 1875, chardron fotorrypted Ald. Woodman to.| Ald, Csmpberl and Cnllarton, Woet I ion § AL $tono, of tho bourth, snd Itichardwon, Bouth Divirlon ;3 Ald, Bchaffuer and Lynch, North Division. On motion of Al Hildreth, Ald. Waterman, of tho Lwelfth Ward, was added to the Com- uittee, ¥'he Btreete and Alleys Commitico of tho Bouth Division ref.orted in fayor of av ordinancs changing tho nmne of Aruold wtreat, from Hix- teenth to Thirty-nioth strect, to Soath Lasslie thiect. Carnied. aas, On tha Commitlen on Gan baing ealied, Ald. Quirk moved that the Cumnutten be di- rocted (o report at the hext yogulsr mceting on tho ordinancn: referred 1o the Law Departmont. Ald, Richardsou moved to amend that if tha ordiusuces weto lonb 40 report substitutes for them, Aid. Quirk accopted the amendment. It wna cusrently ravorted that tho ordinsuced wero stolon, "o did Lot ona to eav thet the gas cainpanies had emyloyed any one to sieal thow. Tlcy wers above that, but the disappearancs of thore documnents lookod suspicioud, ‘Ll motion thew provaied, ) TUE BALTINOLE A OO, Ald. Behnffuer cailed attention to the mat. tor of alloming the Baltmors & Owio Itailroad sccominodation for paseongers in o polion of the Fsposition Lulding. Tho proposftion * had Jong Leen in the hauds of tho Committeo on Whacves and Pablic Grounds. Homoved that the Committoe be in- wructed to roport aé the next aecting, which provailed, TIHE PRINTING COMMITTER, made o report, which was ncrompanied by an opiton trom the Law Deparimont, recommend- 1y that the printiog of the Council proceedings i Gornan be given Lo the German paper having the largest city cirenlation, Tho opinion bas already appeared inTun Tninese. Tioport ordered 1aid over and published. THE CITY-NALL, Tho Committee on Iublic Iinildings recom- mended that the communjcation from Mr, Tilley, relative to the contract between tho city sud county for the erection of tho Court-House, be placed on file, Coucurred in. Tho ganio Committeo reported with roferemco totho plaus for tho City-11all, recommending %!‘!uuiw Lo referred to tho Loard of T'ublio orks. Ald, Campbhell moved that tho matter bo takon up and the piags adoptod. Tho Chair said ths roport would bava to lay over to be publistied. Ald, Campbell thought they ought to settlo this question. Ald, Beuaffner called the gentleman to order. The Cbair bad decided that the report should be published. Ald. Compbell eaid ho waa sbout to make o privileged motion. e moved that the Council u;) into Connaittoo of the Whole to consider tho plavs. The Chair paid snch motion could not bo acted on uotil tho next regular meeting. ‘Tho matter then dropped, the report golng ovur for publication. Tho Commitice on Streeta and Allos of the threo divisions roported in favor of allowing T. Gilea to Iay dowa some block pavement on La- Hallo atreot, a8 an experitwent, and accompanied tho recommendation with su ordor. Laid over. FINZ-ALARY TELEGRAPIL ‘Tho Committse on Iirt and Water mado a re- rt in connection with the rocent tour of the mmittes, in compauy with tho Fire Marelal and the Superintoudont of the Fire-Alarm Tol- ograph, They found most of tho wires iu good working order, although thero wore cases wlicro insulation was not perfect, bat tho repalring forco of tho departmont was remedyiog tho ovil 84 fast aa possible. It was found impracticable, and uot at all dosirablo. to havo tho wires laid on tho tops of houees. and tho Committoe thought that pojes should be used wherever possible, if tho funds appropristed would allow of thomoas- ure. 'Thero wore 273 fire-alarm 08 1 the city, not half enough for the wants of Chicogo. In‘rogard (o a patent door, aud o solf-acting alarmer, tho Committos thought it would e ad- vantagoons to 8o it in the business distric:, Ordered published and placed ou filo. MIBCELLANEODH. Ald, Cullerton moved that the Doard of Publio Works be directed to prepare and submit to the Couneil at ita nest maoting & plat showivg the pumber of lamps necesaary to light Twenty-fleat stroct from Ilne lslaud avooue to Western wyenue, In soswer to a question, Ald. Cullerion rald maing were nos laid, and that it was contem- Bhfiw.l the Globe Company should furnmish tuo ght. B Ald. Quirk sald the motion did nof state that {he Globo Company was to furninh the lamps, sud bio waa oppossd to any such order, Alter pome discussion, the Chair docided the motion out of order. ‘I'hio ordinance amonding the ordinance con~ cerning the Metropolitan Nailway Compauy, Bocking & franchise, which came up under untin- 18hod business, was, after some discussion, re- committed to tho Rajlroad Committee. The Committco on Wharves and Publio Grounds roported in favor of the passsge of an ordinsnce directing the City Comptroller to ad- vertito for tho S,‘”""""‘ of u tract of land, not 10 excesd 100 adros and not nearer tho city thau 2 miles from tho Luuts, to be used for deposit~ g night eoil, Ald. White moved »e in amondment that tho Comptrolier bo dirocted to ropor: ull figures to the Council for couvideration, 3 'Cba report wad coucurted w, and the ordinanco snd amendmout passed by & vote of 17 to 13, Ald. Cullorton tntroduced his resolution again with rogard to obtaining a plat showing tho lamps necdea on Lwonty-first stroot. Aftern long snd_nnousually nonsensical debato it was passed. Bomo ruolutions and petitious of uo poculisr interost were presanted aud retorred 10 their proper Commitwes. 7 An’ordinanco })mh&h\unx tbo driving of any Iargor numbor of cattle than five head through the strects botweon tho bours of 8 and U o'clock 0. ., aud between the bours of 11:10 g, m. to 2 1. m., aud betwoen 3:30 and b p. m., of each and every day, wan passed. ‘I'he Couneil then adjonrned. Sol et s Rond-Agents” Tha Weetern stage-robbers occasionslly make mistakos that whon pointed oit to them must BPpoAY lxmm\)z disgumiog. Aun instance of ths i furnished ithu rocent experisnee 0f pov stage-drivers who started out from San Francizco e routo to Los Angeles. Tho treasure-box con- tained the Boug sumn of §250,000 in gold, and tus was guarded by s pasty who carned shot- uns, Henry nifles, aud Colé revolvens, and wure duly prepared to ealuto any rosd-ageuts who might preeont thomsolves, Tho stago totled on throngh tho mountatnous defilo without inter- ruption or hinderanco, aud was #oon overtaken by unother coach mukmini a full losd of pas- sengers, 'The latter bad lra}{ #ot beyond the heariog of tha troasuro-loaded coach when a very sprightly fmuamw stopped out of tho Lrosh that loed tho resa snd pronounced the singlo word, ¢ 8topl” 'The driver reined in Lie farious’ stoads with becoming prompt- uess. Tho eprightly gentluman, —seoing his order eo unquestionably oboved, drow’ 8 pistol from Lis bip-pocket, aud, carelssaly cock~ fug ity emd, ~Throw out that treasurv-Lox.™ Haviog uttored tho secomd commmand, the straug- er sloud at his osso awaitng cowpliancy, ab the samo timo eulertaining the pussengers with a most creditable whistling performance, The ox- press-agent, with becomivg Liasto, tumbled tho reasuro-LOX out of the window, wheroupou tho wristoceativ gontlomay, disdaining 1w exawina it in the presence of uthers, pronounced his fln command, “Drive oul™ The driver gavo his horses froe roin, sounded s 131t00 with the snap- per of his whip. and the stage weut rolling off at unususl epoed with ita load of passengors, mivus tho treaauré-box. #3nt what must have been the disgust of the highwaymsn when ho fouud bny £4.50 in silver to reward him {or his entorpriso 7 Meantime tho othor coach, with its procious ur- don of #250,000 iu bright gold coln, sped on un- molestod to ita deatination. T'wo nights after this affalr the oxploit was repested at the eame point, with no material variation n du- sil or rosult, eave that the solitary bighway- man wocared §3,000 In gold without resistance {row tho ocoupauts of the coach. — Questions of Precedence ut o Recopa tiou in indin. Bombay Corresvondance London Daily Aswcs, O the #amo ovening thero was o yory brilliant reception 8t Governwent House, L'arell, sttond- od by ali tho loading mombers of Loth soxes of tle “Anglo-Indiag c:onmn.mlti‘l of llombay, by (uito & concourse of pative P'riuces and Chiefd, and by the priucipal natives of Bombay,—Par- uoe, Mohsmmedsn, sod Hindco. 1 should be afraid to attompt sa l})pmu‘h to an estimuts of tho valuo of the jowelrs which tlashod in tho laze of light from turbans, collars, sud breaats. Tho little Gackwar's jewels muut havo beun noarly s heayy ss bimxelf, and the young Aa- harsjah of Mysore was mbsolutely iuciusted with diamonds and pearls, All the Kiugs wore the medal sud rivg presented to each by tho Prince of Walos, who moved about among tho ghlittering throug conversug now with ons dark’ gentlewmax, now aith anotber. Lut, after Lo wout, there occurred fu a coruer a little char- notesistio sceno. Tho only two dissatisfied per- sous song the native poteutatos have been the M Edur, ‘Thelr salf-lovo bas been wouudod in that 0 the Gackwar bas boen given precodence over them, whoso p roos cxtond 60 far that it has been jocalarly said of them that their ancestors bad boats of $heis owu ab tho fuuo of tho Del-yf ajabof Oodoypure sud tho Makiarajah of | uge. Ondeypore laft prematureiv on Thursday forenoon, on the pretoxt of a sick wife or rFoma such oxciso, Edur was prosont at the rocoption on Thuraday night, but as soon as his Hoval Highness quitted tho room ho pulled off his medal and riug and tossed them disrespactinlly to ona of hia wuits, with o gestura the wiguilis cance of which was not 1o be misundeistood. AMUSEMENTS, THE OATES COMIC QFERA. Tho Oates troupe commenced ity reason last evenlng ot MeVicker's Thcatre with tho per. formance of Lucocq’s comic opsra of * Giraflo- Ghrotla,” whiclr was brought out last ncason with considerable success by tho Geoffray French troupe. The andience wan ono of the Iargest of the peason, which goca to show that Mre. Oates Las Jost nona of Ler old local popu- larity. Iho opors, both s to ite story and mwawie, 14 mo wed known Lere tha it doca ' mot meed w) reforenco ny A imnsical work,-—1f & work which I ringnlarly barren i malodies excopt of the moat luti- drum deseniption can bo called mueical, It hay naw been bzard here both in Prencu and Lo- wlinh, and ju cithor garb it may Lo wst down aw | tho Dghtent, pourest, sud loass iuteresting of Lecouq's workn. ‘The burden of tla ovpera 13 sustamed by Ms, Oates, who {8 atill M. Oates, —garrulons, clhattering, noisy, ¥ivacious, ani- mated, aud a4 fall of ity s o httlo ateam cn- zine. Bbo wmogs , fer . oll that tucre i i her throat, “and somotinca comes very nesr eibgiog in realily,—a cousummation which sho miglt possibly reach wero it not for her rattling und impotitous Rtylo of vocatinm, which takes eversthung in prostissimo etylo and scorns all Huiitationy of time, orcuestra, sud Lecao himectf, In her sction sbe Las gained very wuch of tho French wpirit, haviug ovi- dently stndied tho Ttench opera-boufTers t pood purpose, and thers were occa- wional gleams of really gool dramatic business, ss the drmnken eccus - of thy seennd act, which wsho gave in a very characteristic and natural way, Ontsido of Mra. tates, however, the performauce waw rather dreary, The principal roles wero tnken aa fol- lows : Marasquin, Mr. Drow; IHolero, Mr. Howuon 5 Mowrzourk, Mr. Iall 3 Aurore, Mea, Cliapman ; F’aquita, Miw Templa; Pedro, Mr. Laurent, Mr.” Dres, from the opera-bouffe nmquI:oml. singn protty well,but cannot act, sn.t Mr. Howaon ncts pretey well when ho is not silly, but cannot g, and we bavo yet to dmcover whethor Mins Templo sud °Mr. Laurent can do either, Mr, Hall, whom Foglish oporn- goers might bave recoguized on one of the old baritonas of tho Hichiugs, Iarepn, and Kelloge tronpes, bas_dropped down somewhat ln his descent from Euglish opera to opera-boaffo in Englinh, but we aro not #ure but that he has fonnd his place, where he will yet make the suc- cesn for whicls Lo haa been strupeling so long. The chorus {s fair, tha orchiestra thin, rather mengro aul considerably Lad, This evenng, Offentach’s favorito ** I'rincers of Treblzondo" will be given. SHAKSPEAREAN REVIVAL, New Yong, Dec. 27.—Another Shakrpearoan revival began to-nicht, Ly the reproduction of + Jullus Cvear ™ at Booth’s Theatre to a erosl- ed sudienco, amd with Lawrenco Darrett, Daven- part, aud E. C. Banugy wu the cast, R S i A LS sancho, of Milwauitee. A very handsome dog §s Bancho, of Milwan- koo, Wis., aud well satistied with Limsolf. When Sancho's 1naster comes liomoe in tho evening aud puts on his dressing-potn, Sancho s slways on band to hont up the elippors, If thoy Lap- pen to baeont of placo it makes no diiferenca, for he will rummage aronnd until bo finds them, sud bring them 10, waggiug bis candal append: sgo vehemently, Ho exchangos the stippers for his maater's boots, which lstter he carefully deporits st tho foot of tho bed. HSancho han beeu potted, of courss, until be decms him- velf of much importance, and this Los bred Jealousy. That dog thus into a termblo pas- Won of anger and grief if Lis master caromses hin wife, or the wife the husband, Occasionally, iu ordor ta test the fecling, the wile will pat the husband's shoulder, Jt's worth more than a circad 2o 800 Bancho under such circawm- stancus, A dirsatisfiod, protestiug howi sad bark ia given, and Lo thon tuga st his mistress’ dross, ushen hor away from her husbsud, aud crowds Exmwlf between them. There is a buge old dog, belonging o a beighbor, which occasionally trots over and psys & vigit to Sancho's_master, raceiy- ing kind treatmeont and pottug. Being of doublo Hancho's size he pays wo aitentian to bim, but Sapcho becomea furious, not ouly at siglt of his rival, but at the meution of his pame. If tue master happaus to mention in Sancha's hearing tho name ** Hoctor,” & low growl, & ehort bark, and sogry euap to the oyes show that Ssucho | undarstanda, Tho dog is uunder perfect coutrol of Lis mastor's vaice. Without raisiug tho touo of voice, or pointing, tho master says: ** Bancho, 1 think you're too near the firo; you should go under the pisno * (for the dog 1 sllowed mn tho sarior), and Bancho docsn’t stop to question it, I)ut linmediately obeys. —_— Fnithiul Unto Death, In the * Autobiography of Sir Jolin Rennle," ot o foot-note (page 3Y) may bo found the fol- lowing remarlks on the wonderfal sagacity of a dog: “ Lot me bers,” wroto Sir Johu, **reluta an anecdoto of the almost incredible inatinct in tha dog, P’assing by tho palace of the Austriau Vicaroy at Milan, I observed a dog wmitting with an air of prafound melancholy befora ono of the sontry-boxes. Col. Brown, our representa- tive, who was then vith me, eaid that this dog Tormerly bebinged bo a soldier of tho bodyguard of Eugene Jieaulisrnais, tho Viceroy, and accom- panied his mastor to Moscow. Tho mrn nover roturned, Lot upward of two years Aafur- ward tho dog (il and resumed hiw station before bis former mastor's sentry-box. After s tmo the dog began (o be talked sbont, and at longth the \'mcmr or Aus- trian Archduke bad hitm brouglt into the palace, and tried to domesaticato hin, but o always ro- turned to the rontry-box, whore ho lay motion- Icss, and ne times mosning, Becing thiv, the Archduko ordered bim daily ratious, and 10 was placed undor sontry orderw” for protection, and an this etato Teaw bint. But a short timo afier tho dog e, apparently incousclablo. ‘Tlero aro soveral iustanoes on record of dogs baving been founidead from griof at their moster's giavew, Notably oue justance was roported to havo ocerrred to the dog of the ltov. T. Hag- land, oncof the most dovoted misslonarios wiio ever Iabared in India, Soon after the Lody of that omemont evauyelist had Leeu ontombed in a part of the Ttunoveity distelet of tha Madeas | I'reridovy, the faithfal dog was fonnd dead at ho grawe. X T e Nothing to Live For, Vickauiry Lrpid, A negro planter cums to Yicksburg the othor duy, wmin cotton, put bis mouey in his poclket- book, und started down the river, Leamng too far ovar the guandy, a3 the boat backed out, I foll owrpoanl. Lis portmonnaio, which was in his ide pooket, flonted out aud rode with his hat on tho surface'of the water, whils the carrent corrivd the negro away, The yawl was lowerod, and wsaistauco at cuco started towsrds tho drowing nms, who, percewviug his treasure tuating off, saisod Lis voice ard shouted : ++ Havo dat puckot-book | " Mis hoad went under and ho disappeared. As Lo roes wtp again ho gusped ; * Dat's 3114 in dat pocket-book 1 ' Hourcoly Lad he uttored the words before La sauk & second time, The yawt came willun roach just in thoo to rescoa tho drowniug African s ho eamy up to the surfuce for tho last time. As #oon ne tho water was wiped from hus nose an st lio canld sue wud wpea, ha asked Did—did you suve dat pocket-bouis ? No!" was tho respouse. “WWoll, don," enid the mnegra ropretfully, + wunt de dobbil was do tse ob savin' me # ¥ s Evangaliste’ in Troublo, A fouiala ** ovangoliat,” kuown as * Preaching Mary," sava a Glasgow paper, waa fn Galsshivia on Suuday eveniug, scvompanied by a malo ful- low worker, aud whilo astompting to address the cpewd In Noxburg strovt 1he pair woro mobbed. Anaddress by the femals Bpeaker wad closod wah a prayer by ber companion that the wond wspoken \:y{fla ‘wite might be biessed 1o the audi- cree, when ho was intorrupted by s shout that *sNary " was not hin wife, ang that bo bad do- wertod both wife and childron iu Horwickshire, ‘fhe pair made off, followed by a hooting and lusslug crowd, who sfterward enowballed them, and foreed them to take refugo for thelr lives in afriond’s hiouse, PSSR Y “FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE,” Bee Deuterouomy, Til, 2, Tho blood being <o source from which tho systom la bullt up, and from which we derive our meutal as woll as physlolal capabilitios, how important shat it should be kopt puro! If it coutain vile, festor- ing polsons, sll organie fuuotiony becomo on- foobled. Sotsling upon importaut organs, as the lungs, liver, snd kidneys, tho effect 1s mout dis- astrous, Meneo 1t beLooves allto koop their blood in 8 porfectly healthy condition, aod miore capocially duos this spply at this particular sea. sonof the year than at suy other. No maiter what tho excitlog cause may be, tha real csusa of & 1argo proportion of all diseazes 13 bad blood, Now, Dr. Tierco doesnot wish o placs his Golden Medical Discovery in tho catalogue of quack patent nostrama, by rocommending it to cure avery disoass, nor doss ho mo recommend 1t; on the coutrary, thora ars hundroda of din. encen that hio acknowladges it will not eara; but what ho does claim (s this: that thors is but onn form of blood dinoasa that it will not cura, and that dlsoaso is cancer. 110 doos not resommondd his Discovery for that diso1so, yot he knows it toba tho most mearching hlood-cleanser yot als- coverod, and that it will freo the blood and nys- tem ol sll othor blood-poisons, ba thoy animal, vegetabls, or mineral. The Uolden Medieal Din. covery is warranted by him to cara the warat formaof akin dinonsas, as all forms of blotchas, pimples, and eruptions; atso all glandalar awallings, and the worat form of scrofuloua and ulcerated aorea of the mnck, legs, or other parts, and all Aerofnlons diwnsses of tha bonos, ag whito awellings, fover mores, hip-joint and Apinal disoases,—all of which heloug Lo merofu- lous disosaes CONFIRME TIIP-TOINT DISE W. Guovk Sratios, Tw: Dr. Ptence, Buffalo, N. Y, : Drar Sir: My wifa firnt be:amo lame nine renrs ago, Bwellings wonld appear mad disape pear on her Lip, and sho was gradually becom-, ing reduced, and her whola systom rotten wilh dlisnase, In 1971, n awolling broka on Lor bip, dischargiog latgs quantities, and sinca that time there nra several openings, lave hal five doce ters, at an cspenso of 8125, wha ey nothing will do any good but a surgicnl nperation. 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