Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1876, Page 8

f TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JAN ARY 65, 1876. - hardens, and after sight or ten days’ eottling of demand of Contractor Ilarms for money on his THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. Polley-holdors in tuo dofunct Capitol City In- yuranze Comipany, of Alvany, will moot at tho shorman Jouse Thurrdsy afternoon at 8 o'clock, The Unity Church dramatio raprosontation announcod for this evoning is uusvoldably post- poned by reaseu of lneaw in the family of ouo of the porformers. P, Lichtonstalt, of No, 93 Woat Tandolph strect, mill to-morrow, betwoen 8 and 9 o'clock, give away 500 buahols of excelleat potatoes to tho poor, a8 a Now Year's proscat. Tho fivo-atory trown-stono bailding nnd lot, at the northeast corner of Slate and Madison troeta hias boen- tehanod by Marehall Kield, :‘r Feinld. Leitor &w(‘)o.. for £190,000 cash, The tempernturo yeaterdas, ne observed by Marssos, Upticiau, 88 Madlson ntrect (TRINUNE Pntlding), was at 8 8, m., B! dogreos: 108. m., B85; 13 m., 07314 p. My 41; 8 p. m, About b o'clock Inat evening n gasoline tamp n'tho bacoment of No. 47 Chicasio avonuo ox- Ploded, throwmy tho biaziug liqud fo il direc. tious. ~ Fartunatoly tho flanics were oxtinguished with but slight damage. Thon {s at tha Cottago Grove Avonus Station a lost boy named Farry Hvmai. Jio saye lio Wan loat from his paronts soon after thoir ar- Tivatin thin city from Obio last ‘londay night, o I dr.osed in black clothes with low-crowned Loaver huats . Mra. Jo in E. Daitoy, wife of a grocer formor'y doing Lusiness on tho cotuer of alstod .and Jinbbard .etrcets, complaina that lor husband 1ias boen ta issing from homo for tho past week. ‘As ho was A0 the habit of drinking tooxcess and of always cAMTyIDG ‘monoy about him, foul play is fearcd. £ o'clock sestorday morning a man namod M’:rl(n Sherh vymm fonnd doad in Lila bed at his tesidence, No, 82 Wright streat, 1o retired at abont 0 o'clock_on tho provioun oveniog in apoa+ rent ood healfy, and Lis copdition whon found Indicated mn;‘l;n lltulhnd nusdodl:zny' h{)hls sleop. 1loari~dia 2au0 IA supposc avo boon tho 2nuan. TTo wa # o ninglo maa, of Irish birth, and was obout 28 3 ears of age. A Jargely nttendod meeting of the ‘Womnn'a fll\nuntK Mylmhmlq “\seociation wau held at tho {almor llouso yowt2rdny. M, Harrla was alectod tothe chair, and Mrs. Braymnn to tho ofica of Secretary. Tho ‘Troasurer's report howed tha receipts vor tho naat month to bo $407.44, and tho oxpenditurn 91.279.03, leaving 1 balance in the Treasuiy of £8,614.63. Routine ouainces followed untif adjournment. Thornal G, Gua'ln, a yoang man about 19, started, on tho morning of the 27th of Decom- per, niom tho Rachester Bhon Store, on Weat 31adon streat, to tako tho 10 o'clock train for Prnceton, 111, on the (hicag Durlington & Qulncy Raiienad, to spend tho holidaye, e bas Yot been hoard of sittce. Auy information left 1t Ortmoyer, Lewia & Co.'s, Now. 16 and 18 Stato Jtroot, ov at No. 144 \yeat M ndison streot, will bo sbankfully received by bis fi 10nds. For some weoks past tha t1akbath-rehool con aected with tho Union Putk Congrogotional Church haa boeo reserving ita. contributiona for Ilie bonefit_of tho church to 1wssist in poaylog off itedobt, Taust ovoning tho audltorium of the Sharch was besatifully dressed for tho occasion 3f makiog tho proacntstion ¢ f what had boen - ralsed, amountlug to 8720, N'ho presontation oas mado by classes bonring Ahelr respoctivo panuer#, and tho exercises wero ¢'uite plossing. 'Fho Chieago Gua Club held o regalar annual mecting at tho Grand Pacifio Tlotal last ovening. Tho sttondaoca wes full. Tho corwtitution snd y-laws of the club waro revined, a ud tho sho wng rules were wioended so that tbo **uo bouue dary " systom wa9 abolizhed. In 1ts stead wag atablisiied the €0 snd 100 yards bonndary rule, wlhich {3 the onp in common uAe, Tho election 5t oflicern was held with tho follos riog result: rreshiuent, B. I1. Turnl Yico-I'ros: Uont, Greon Smath; Secrotaty, J. J. Gilleaplo; Treasurer, U, plorris ; Board of Managers, Jlee srs. Waller, Ayer, and Phillips. TIL CHICACO TOST-OTFICE. Tho ropoct of tho Mailibg Departi nont of tho Chicaro Pant-Ofiico for the yoar 18115 coutaing bao toflowing fgures: Th tatal numbier of lotters collectad from tha atreets boxee for distribution nnd dinpatel dutiug tho past car wan 10,0 “whereas during ihe pwcoding year !0 number Wk 763, Thin dearvans I accounted for by tho fact that during about eljst montha of 18674 155 Bort-Oflice yras lacted 80 far aws.y from the busl. Hieas contro that 1he boxes wera morv fively used, and ke dogiositors ot the olfico werp very fow 'in comparle 100 to thia yoar. Tho lettcrs depositeid §n the Poat-CViice for distriba- Von wud dispitel during the past year number 10, 1276, wherean $u 1574 thoy numberd only 8,064,097, Iie facreas beinge cxplained tho same? as tlie docrcato In bos colicatloun, Tuo litters recei ved from other PosteOfticen for distribution and dis patch List year wera_ 3,470,410, whilo tho preceding wear thoy num. Dored 8715416, Tho decress ia ospiained by tho hanges made in tho Dialttmore & Ollo and Kanlkakeo Toutes, by which a lsrge smount of raail matter 1o Sado np by tho Tallway poat-otiices, aiid cansod to Jien through Chicugo in pockajes for dispatch Uone, ~ The lefters thus o upy from ol Zio rallway post-ofiices and mont 0 the Chi- o offico for dispatch numbered ~ the O 45y 10 only 15000,000 i ing tho pro= ‘showing the preceding exe Hianajian to be correst, 1t witl b seon Ly a totallza- on of tho preceding figurea that Chirago lottore wnters nafled 1,730,701 moro epistles than {n 1875, worl that. 1o Chicagn ofiice liandicd, in dintribution A0 dlepatel togetlier, 9,623,303 mora lotters thou dur- fog the. preocdiop sear, ‘Tho distribution has been loasenied by sbout 1,000,000 leticrs, birt the distrine fon by package iucroiued by about 14,070,000 80 that, *hile 1ha former work lias been lesicnad by’ tho in- Tretse of tho amount of work dono by tho rafiway postotices, the Chicago ofico bas l:ad at {acroascd Smennt of work fo perfarm, though in dlfferent Vs, mara diatribution being ‘douo b bulk and par- el and lovs by Judividual lettere, — THE COURT-HOUSE, HARIH AND JUS TILE-DRIVING. The Whisky-Ring developmouts, oxorbitant. personal tax nssoesiments, and other ftoius of in~ lerest, havo for somo timo past ovorsizadowed matters which should not bo forgotten or over- looked. Tho Court-Houge building has for & Mlmo Leeon shelved, as it woro, Ly tho mowkpa- pers, 8o much bas horatofore beon sald of the now Court-Ifouse, its jobbery, and tho Harma coutract, that it world geom as though there wag nothing furthor left to suy. Tho criticiutms by Ty Thmune of Harme' way of doing hin work would hayo compolled an ordiuary man to do the worlk writh somw show of doivg it right. Thore expericuced in pilo-driving know full woll that JAUMS 18 NLOLECTING Jiis DUTY awd responsibility, nnd 1o this bo fa largoly sided by Buperintendent appointed by the cor- rapt County Ring, who gots €3 o day from the public, and who 18 named Zomplo, Zemplo is u man nat burn to ect cithor the North or outh Branch of tho Chieago livor on fire. Dut wh dobato un Zemple's nbilities 2 16 18 o \ml{- known fact that mon who lisve any knowledgo of the labor they aro eugaged for are nover employed by the county, Such men inyarisbly know nothing of Lallot-box stuttiug, chungivg sud erasiny tally-lists, cte., and MAKING FEAUDULLNT ASSESSMENTS. They aro gencrally mechanics of probity and Lonor, who only kiow bow todo their work in tho futercety of thoso by whom thoy are pald snd employed. HMarnis no doubt thought that sinco thore- portors, who sra really tho peoplo’s vigilauco commuttee, employod by tho nuwspapeis bad ta1t hiw olone, they bad concluded tu *drop" i, aud allow hin to do ss ho pleased with tue public. Hut the reporters are tuauy, nnd Argus- oyed, aud Justat tho timo whon ltiug-roblors Iiko 'to bo lot nlouo theu they aro ready to ewoop on their prey, and hold thuso mou up to the coodemnation of tho public, fustoadof al Towing thom to steal undisturbed, A MISTAKEN IDEA. 1t was generally supposod by tho publio that Harma wes unving good piles, for a depth of G0 foet, in two longths; tho wmaiu ooo bolng 20 fout long, oaud the la:xmnru 20. At first, whilo le was watsbed, Ilsrms drove piles that weut boyoad whag tions eolled for in Lis contract. But Le is dotug far from that uow. ln insteoces, llarwms han diivon, and has now on tho ground, rotien uod worthless piies. ‘Lhis is not tho worst festuro, Careful watchiug shiows tunt ho is ONLY DBIVING TUE LEADISG PILLS, 0 that, It 8o iuchued, he might cbargo the county for 50 fuat of piles drivou whon he s only drivioyy 80 feet, At first, llarms drove the Jonding pilos fivst, and reverzed his duver aud wens over the ground sgain, “crawiisling * as It were, and drove the foilowers, He omits that now entiroly. Undoubtediy be thinks It was only a waste on bis part. A COMPETENT LAILEOAD ENQINEEDR— one who Js well known u thia and otlier Btates— eald that be would notb con:truct a treetle-vork on piles driven as thoso sru iu Lhe Court-Houso square for a traiu of csrs to pass over, Tho last 1all of the hammor, which is ubout 6 feet, diives tho pilea 10 juches ot loast; yet o followors hA’I; b:’-en‘u‘uutl:!urlllnam&h i o fact Is, tbat when the first plle is drl it finds no Hrm fcohold, or, tu ,:)zhor w{-:’x’d: foundation. Inatesd of imwedistely driviog & follower tull foundation is reached, it is allowed » of vounso thy tanih surrouudivg part yoar aeding year, tho increal tho specitica- thie enrth 1t can be driven no lower. .I{:u a foundation piaced on such piles will sink. THE WEIGNT OF THE INMESAL RUILDING they aro intanded to eupport Will drive tham down, and ths consequenco will_be a soltling, and ah immanso ontiay will benecoesary to braco 1p defectivo walla and fouudntions. There are noidle theories, bt facts, a3 anv ono witl find out who has tho patienco to lnrnnuénln tho mat- ter as clogoly as Tur TRinuNT lins done, A_CHEAP STONE QUARRY. Anothor thing Ilarma is dowg which might wall bo quentioned. The cont:actor for tho ex« cavnting of the city mde of tha aquar un- oarthed somo rbhlo stono, This Iarma in cute ting and using for his foundatlon-work, and tho uostion arisce, bas he the right to taxo and uge the pronerty n!y ho city without first payiug for it? Harms thinks this'mode of obtaining rtono munch choaper than sending to T.omont or othor quarries for it, but it is very doubtful if tho Toard of Public Worka will atlow him to take seyanore of it from the ground Withont paying forit. A CITEAT WOLRSKOP. 1o is now, nud has been, using the oity round for o workuhop and for pealing liis piles, To hias loft & moes of debris oo the grounit which ho ougle to bo competied to movo at once, ns it 18 & nulsanco. Harms fa vory carofal how 1o laye out his monoy, nd [n order to econo- mizo App-6 ho uses Lha city Tot, 1tiscnly aday or twosinco hin-plle-drivers struck on bim, Lut o ho? & noblo baud of ilfteos men driving hts anesthivg-oiles now by band, and not sending thsm down far enougb, and splitting them bo- toro thoy have raached rolid ground. a ARCHITRCT EGAN yestorday enlivencd the squalo by glvlnr both contractor ITarme and Supt. Zomple & pioco of hiis wind, which, thoogh it was not rolished, was 1o tho poiut and’ had s good effect. Harms did pot evon want to put up a rod light at pight whore tho sidotalk bad caved in until & flhlrfifl for violation of the ordinanco had been mado agninat him before J ustico Summorfleld, snd lio only put up the lights for tho frat timo onday ovoulog. The blowing down of a portion of tho fonce Saturday night loaves tho oxcavation open and vory dangerous to podestriaus at night, Harms ought to bo compalied to put up a now fonce, neatly on & lino with tho curb of the side- walk, nod remove tho hack-stand to scmo othier quarter for tho presont. Tho architecls, Tilley aud Egau, aro calmly smoking thie pipo of peace, and they look to a speedy nottlemont Ly tho Council of all oxisting diflicuitios a8 to plany, —— A CAMP DOUGLAS REMINISCENCE. HOW A CONFEDERATE EARNED TS ¥REEDO. The Kuoxville Press and Herald of n rocont dato hiss tho following : In conversation the other day withs merchant In {hls city, Who, Unring the War, wak 4 member of the {iimorial Stonawall Lrigade, ho told the following, of ‘which ho was an eyo-wlineas ¢ In April, 1864, ho was among the large number of Confoderats prisoners contiued at Camp Douglas Trison, the commandent of which was Col I J. Ewect o Kind-heartod officer and trus gentlema: When'tho news of tlio assassinstion of President Lin coln was recelved, tho fug was lowered to ‘half-mant 240 mark of reapect ; but owing to tho groat helght of thie $1afT, tho boniter, which was of the largost 8izo, Sras blown po far out that thero was imminent danger of the lanyard giving way, when it would como down with & run, To obviste this it wan determined to send aman to Iha top of the stafl and remora tho puiloy, intonding 10 Teplaca it ot & polnt hnlf yeay down, and & volunieer ws talled from’ nmong tho guards fo perform tho Patriotle service. Tho danger was grost, nad tho con Iandaatofforod a dischargo (rom tho' serslce o tho Taan who would climb the giddy helght, Wit thia {o- Gucement, s young man stopped forward sod nounced 1is readiuess to mako the aticmypt, He was then furnished with a poir of lez-guarda, containipg amall, abarp projections, nomething nimilae $ thoun worn by tolegraph constructiontsts, aud witn A stout belt buokled around his watst and encircliug The. flsgatall, ho commcuced the tollsome atcout. Slowly o yroseoded, stopping at intervals to tighton {ho belt, which was rendered uecessary by tho gradusl- ly dimifiahing elzo of the mast, Onwari aud upward e went, with the cycs of every mati inside tho walls fzcd tpon bim with e - cagerness almost pamful in s iotensity. Stll tho daring msu Lontiouod, growing smaller ond smalior, unll from Lia 16fty alijtudo he secmod no larger than n chiid, HoLad nimost roached tho top, and reactied out lin band ta seizo tho lanzand, which flutterod fn fosch jut above hin hoad. In an inatant tho cheers of thouaands of snxlous spectators would break forth fa admiration and encoursgement, when tho cord eluded his clasp, 1o lost his Lslanco, and fell I—down, (it lightaing ‘rapidity, tho bolt tightening overy Jach of itio way, ntil 50 teusion becamo g0 graat the faltbiess band, worn by rapid friction snd the mo- Thenttm of (cacont, gave way, The unfortunate oldler tell headlong, strikdng tho platform st the bot- fom of tho fag-atait, and crushing through the heavy plauking of waich it wes compost “Hils horrified comrades st anco Tn to hia aasistance and plckod up the mangled form, but thy injuries the Unfortunate man bad sustalned wero fatal, snd Lo died in a short time, The commandent, though decply rogrotiing tho acctdent, still wistied tho position of tho Gyg chang:d. bt the’ tempting offer of $50 in groonbacks and & Qisehargo from tho sexvice could not {nduco any of the gasrinon to mako the attempt, with the fato of their comrada sl fresh 1n thelr winds, "Col, Sweet then made the sarac_ offer to the Confed erate prisonars, and one daring fellow, 8 young ar Teryman, annotnced his wilitoguess to try tho dungo o3 foal. Tho proper eqtipients wero furnisned, 1 with stcadfast nerve ho alowly made his way up- Ward till ho resched the top. Tha lanyanlwas ie- Toved from the end of tho etaff aud secured properly fower down, when the unstiakon Johnala afuly de- seended o thrrs irma once more, When, with the com- Toendations of tho soldiers on dity s well as of by Tomrades, ha rocelved his dischargo from prison and fivo criup $100 greentacks—moro than sutticient to pay his fravellog sxpruses home, whila tho tlag Sonted st halt-mast in houor of the doad Prenidont, fanned by tho Lreezes from the great Northorn lakos, ane — THE CITY-HALL. ‘The City Collector took in about £2,000 yester- day. Whater-renta woro §2,033, and real and personal taxos about 31,000, Tho Committae on Firo and Water meots at 3 this afterucon in the City Cletlk's ofiico, and that on Schooly will moot Friday, The omployes af tho Bonrd of Healtls, other- wiso known &s tho sanitary police, were paid (hoir salarics yestorday. Tho lotal was 2,600, Inwpector Dalloy's men woro yesterday on- gaged lu demolishing a frame structuro on tho cornor of Lincoln and Huron streats. Tho Louse wag old aud unsafe. Mr. 1L I, Honora called upon 3fayor Colvin yesterday afterncon, and spoke in favor of Mr, Georgs C. Christian a8 a proper poersou for the oftica of Corporation Counsel, snd vne whom ho would like to seo thero, 'The Mayor mado thoe Buggention that it took & remarkably flue lawyor, Tho Board of Public Works contemplates ox- tonding Fourtoonth strect aud building o bridge ovor the river at thac point. In order to hove all things harmonious, the Chicago & North- western and the Roclk Island lailroad Compa- nics, and tho citizons living on the river oear Fourteenth stroot, bavu been requosted to moet tho Board ‘Thursdsy afternoon at tho City-Ifall, According to the Sanitary Superintondent’s re« o1t, the number of deaths for tho wook cndibg ust Saturdoy was 143, an increase of two over the proceding weok, aud Lwonty-#ix over tho cor- reapouding weel of last years 81 wero under 10 yenrs of aze; 101020, 7+ 20 30, 125 80 ta 40, 14; 40 toBU, 03 60 to €0, 75 €0 ta 70, 10: 70 to 80, 5. Thore were 72 muales, T1 fomalos ; 33 mar- riod, 104 singlo; colored, 13 white, 142, Of the doaths, 17 were from consumption, 15 from cons vulsionw, 6 from cronp, D from diphtheris, 1% from scarlot fovor, 13 from pooumonis, sod 6 from whooping-cough. Fire-Marshal Benner, his ssalstantr, and ench othiors of tho Dopartment ns aro interceted, have been Juvited to attend the test of a newly- atented fire-oxtingutser, which wilt tako placa 'ridsy afternoon. The machine throws neithor water nor any luquid, but gives off curbonio acld Eu, which is conductod into tho desired polnts y moany of Lowe. ‘I'he gas can bo genarated a4 fast an noeded, and at tho sceno of the fire. on & mouwent's notice. Much i claimod for the wma- chine, whicls goes by tho nama of the Lippincott Patent, and it will bo thorouglly tried in tho coming test. Itouph Lulidings will be put up, fillod with combustiblo material, and fired, when, it 18 cliimed, tho machine witl extinguish the Hlames \u about ono minuto, ———— THE COUNTY BUILDING. Tho examimtion of claims ocoupled the County Court again yesterday. The Grand Jury yestordsy heard and disposod of thirty potty cases. Tho seseion promives to be a short oue. Emli Hoecheatar, recontly appointed Deputy Bheriff, qualified yestorday aud ontered upon tho duties of his oftico, The yoturn of the list of paupers ia the sov- orsl towus of tho county come in vory elow, ‘I'ho County Agout’s lst {4 expected in this woek, Tho County Commissloner contested olection cases aro st for trial in tha County Court o the 18th inst. When called they wil bo put through to tho oxclusion of all other busi- nosd. The Joint Committoa on Publio Bulldinge snd Public Service meets to-day to consider the recommendation of Architect Egan in reference to moving the fonco around thoe Court-Honse oquaze ¢ tho edge of the ridewalk, and also tho contract. Wardon McClaughry, of tho Stalo Ten'ton- thary, bal an Intorview with sherlil Agnew yes: tarday du regard to tho swall-pox caso reported I the Jail soveral daya sgo. 1ls wantod to guard_agalnat introducing the disoaso ln tho Btato Prison, and inquired a8 to tho estent of the malady at tuaJail, After dlncuesinz the moatter it was agreed that tho bateh that was to Lnvo been tnken to-day should be hold ten doys longer, to woo if thn cisonen g rpread any. 'Itio matter was laid bofuro tha Coust, sud the necensary order was made. — CRIMINAL. Yesterday Judge Scully sent Wilitm Wallnco and John Harley to the 1Touno of Correction for ono month each, and Denis urns for thros ‘montbs in default of $20 fluos. Cliristmas Day n flithy negro, namod Robort Soott, assaulted Mrs. Jsabella Miller while on her way from church. fle managed to escape dotoction uatil yestorday, when Dotsctive Scott took him to the Armory. Miko Casoy, in onder to o enlling Now Year's day, ptlfored a coat and pants from John Mad- doel, of No. 125 Third avenue. Yestorday ho woa captured airing himsolt in the Wost Divieton with Maddock's clotlios on bis poraon. At 10 0'clock Monday night an Armory officor fond n broken window in tho rear of tho com- misston house of 1L ¥, Orvis & Co., No. 61 Mar- kot streot, and a littlo farther down tho stroet ke found two jars of butter atowed awsy ander tho sidowalk., ~ The thioves had doabtioss been alarmed by his npproach. Fritz Noth yeeterday visited Michael Inm- brecht, of No. 24 Mndison ssreot, and being in & vengefal mood, under some {uu!uxt, hio attempt- «od to carry away & olock, Humbrocht, mother, fathor, and daughter romonstrated, and the irmto TRoth punchiod each of thom. lle was takon to tho Madizoa Strect Station. i Annie Markham, of No, 68 Quincy streot, Joses » trauk full of clothing and jowelry valuod ot $32; and David Murdock, of No, 14% South iniatod stroct, some boddiog, all by sneak thiovos in tho West Division, 'The latter sur- susud tho sneak just in timo 1o csuto um to rop o bundlo of his clothlug on the ataleway. 8. 8. Chapman yosterdny visited the Buckoyo reataurant on Madison stroet, and attempted to euforeo tho collection of o bill for lamp fixtures, which tho propriotors claimed wns exorbitant. Ho drow a revolver on Joba Watson, and for his foolbardinesa recolved s thorough thumoing. Fvon thon Watson's angorrefasod to boassnagod until Chapman had beon landed in the Armory for ansault with a doadly weapon. About 6 o'clock Iast nvcuh\F the erawd of rougha ususlly hauging around the cornora of Kinzio and Markat stroets conciuded to have & Jittlo nwusemont, sud at once commenced & roneral riot, Oficer Johpsou ponnced down on them dunnfi tho boat of it, and, nithough his 1ifo was endangered, lio succeeded in lodging a man named Goeorge Honry fu the Chicago Ave- nue Station, When ho roturned to examina the flold of battlo, he found that soms of the com- batants bad sat on tho right lez of Georgo Cocke son, & boarder in tho Maulton Honse, and had brokon it. No other injuries wero roportod, The city at present soens ovorrin witt' care- leas teamstors, who nre coniinually maiming foot-passengers, or murdering them ontright. At noon gostorday au 1l-vear-old boy named Michael Coatello was ran over at tho corner of Lincoln sad Lako streats by n lvaded hay- wagon, driven by Touis Gol denbergen., The wheel ' passed lengthwise over tho boy's leg, orushing it Bo badly that amputation will ba pocossary. 1o was taken to his loms, No. G “Astlay streot, At almost tho samo timo a mmilor ontrage was committed st tho corver of 1falsted und Hareison strects by a youog man named Fred Schosppe, wao was driving b grocory wagon belongine to I, Petors, of No. 841 Bluo Islaud nvenue. £ rau down 8 Jttlo G-vear-old, roaiding at No. 42 Hopo stroot, nsmed Eddio Burns. The wheols pessed over tho hittle follow's nock and stomach, inflicting injuties from which hio cannot possibly recover. Pl drivor was promptly arrcated and looked up in tho Wost Twalfth Stroet Station. If guilty, ho should bo made to suffer the rull nonulty of tho orimo of mansisuzhtor, theroby sottiug au example to thousnnds of caroless toamatorsy, A JUSTIFIADLE BORELD. 1t Superintendeny lickoy does not keop better watch over certain of hig minfons thy public aud pross will bo justiticd in coming to his roscue and holping him oaro bis talary, Friday last ha very properly inatrucied his dotoctives and tho Armory piatoous to bring in all the vasrants thoy could find on the strocts, As . rosult of tho ordor, #ovontssu vagruuts of the lowost clnes wero landed in tho Armory, where thoy woro confined nuntil the ‘following’ Monday morning. Bupt. [lmku‘y mnst have kinowa that thoso woro but a smsll propor- uon of tho munber that ought to have boen brougbt in had tho oflicers dono thelr duly. Nearly nllof them took chunges of venue to Justico DeWolf, aud it was siblimoly ridiculous to hear 11lekoy's mon swoar ngainut thom. Not one of them would kay that such a uoo was B thiof or n vagrant; thev onlv thought mo, but Jnow notbinz, sud this weaoll thay offered in Jofonss of tho arzeat. Tho Justico was forced to tnko the testimony Into his own hands, and, nided by two moro rocont additions to tho detective force, any of them wero mentovced to moagro flues. To older members of the force would Loetity to nothing ngainst any of thom, It i prosum that Supt. liwckey 18 in ignorance rouardiog thelr conduct on tho mituess-ntnnd, bnt it is cortainly timo ho began to flud it out. 1o lim- golf knows hiow, not Jong ago, the detectiven al- most abaolntely retused to aboy his maadatos in regatd to vagrants, ‘Lhoro was a timo when tho detoctives combinad agninst their superiors and Wwould do nothivg, and it looks vory much as i they wero doing tho sumo thing with Tickey. Tho way to remody all this insubordivation 18 to dismiss somo of the useless sclf-important fcllows who diagrace the namo dotective," und put now weu iu thoir places. —_— SUBURBAN. LAKE VIEW. Tho Board of Truatcon hold thelr regnlar meating Monday night, all the mombers belug proseut. Petitiona far water-pipe wero grautod, and ordinances adanted na follown: A deinch pips on thoalloy noxt north of Fullerton avenue, from Southport to Ashland avonuo, with hy- drante at Perey and Ashland avenues ; a 4-iuch pipo on Linn street, from Belmous avenuo to Behool stroet, with a bydrant ot Hchool strect. A potition for & ‘+inch pips on Beat avenue, from Wrightwood to Marinous avenue, waa ro- ferred to Commissloner Schioswohl. Pno Commitieo appointed to inapect tho pler at tho Water-Worke reported tho work not in & condition ta bo sccopted, and recommendod that no more monoy bo pald tho contractors. Pho ‘Lreaswrer reported having paid e, Chappel #36,029.40 for pipe 1ald and matorial dultverod. ‘The polios repart for tho month of Docember ehiawed four arrests and £20 in flues collected, Billa for tho month wero &163. 1hilu to the pmount of #1,127,33 wero audited and chargod to tho water fund, Othor bills for $249 63 woro ordored paid, “Tho potition for the cutting down of the Green Day road was Iaid over, and a resolution adoptod to recoivo bids for tho work, The Moard then adjnarued to Jau, 17 Tho valvo woll hina at Jongth been pronounced fit for uso, and nccoptod, sfter the contractors have paud out on it over &4Ui), thoir contract bas lug &275, Itia a prowy bittor oxperlenco for thiem, oa thoy havo stuck to tha job bravely nue il finished, and loft 2125 at tho bottom of it. Tho statement in Friday's TmsuNy in regard to tho suiteof Martin Yan Allen ve, tho Trustces of Hchoola of Laka Viow, was based on an orrun- coun sssumption, ‘Tho conflict waw not sa to whother or mno young Van Allen should study grammar, but whotier bo whould be oasminod fu 1t before enteriug, Livery collogo and bigher school cluima the right to examine applicanss for ndmisaion in cortuin brauchios of study beforo recewving them, aud makes this oxamination o w0 qua uon. Me. Vau Allen rotused to have his son examined in one of the roquired studies, and couscquontly bo was nob aduntied, Avwoon, The distinguishing ovent of tha past weok was the yarty at Col. Nicholy' Tuursday evoning, Nearly ail tho families of Maywood wers ruvro- souted, as woll as otbers outsida. Col. Nichols i the Proaidont of the lhrwuo-l Uompany, aud Lae had &0 important part in the success of thig plenssut suburban town, fno Rov. Georgo 1. Rimboll having for the Yut yoar beon diliug the paatorate of the Bethany Congrogatioual Church, Clucago, s now transforved, togothior with his family,,| his membership from tho Cougrogational Chiurcl in thiy place to that chuich. It 18 with great re- gret that the people learn of bus intention to make his homo 1w tho city. Tho Rev, Mr, Hackett, of Wisconeln, is wialt- {ng with friends in this place, sud supplied the puipit io the Congrogations! Chapel Hundsy fvouhm. 'l“m‘)1 -:‘vem tnl‘n atorm oleundn_v morn- g provented tho regular quarterly eoncert of the Unton Suuday-achool. 2 RAILROADS. Seml-Annunl Report of the Mich- {gun Central, Tho Roason for tho Falling OF in Its Teeeipta. First Meellng of {ho Board of Trado Committee on Discrlminatlons. Boston ond Paltimoro After New York's | PUi{ Trade, THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL. HENI-ANNUAL REPORT, "The semi-annual roport of tho Michigan Cen- teal Railrond bai just made its appearance. Presidout Joy apeaks as follown of the businoss and preaent condition of tho road : ILis not ususl to make any slatement ut tho closo of {be balf year aftcr tho annual report, except that of the Treasurer, of the nancial condition of the Company. Tho past year, however, hua been no extraordinary {n il Tesults that tho Baard has deemedd it Atling to place tho osuses before tun stockholders In an ndditional atatement, Tho foating debt also requires oxplana. ton, Tho statement of the Treasurer showa tho casly re- 5, tho fntor ent pald during tho six months, and tho operating oz« excopt the month ‘basts of tho October oxpensod, the acconnts for thoto of November "o receipta ATo not oxactiy thio same as tho earningy, boiug sometlme more snd colpts which have como into tho Treas peunes, oa tlig appost on hia boolo, of November, wuich ze eatimated on tho not belng yot coniplete. sometimes Tho earuings of the rosd aud brasch linen have been for tho peat six nontha ending with Noveinbor. . eeseess Thin in Jonn than they wero for 10 corre- ‘wponding period tho pricr year by 0 earnings for Lwelvo ‘months, eu tlia aamo time, have been., And aro less thah the caroin ‘perlod tho year beforo by. B The expenses for the year ending withi No- For tho same period the prior Showing & rednetion in ths oporating ox- at ihey s, dspendiug vpon tho mmount of earn- Ings unrealized at the data of sny statsment of them, $3,330,300,15 . 430,037.04 0,664,393.47 959,821.60 Vainbor liavo Lecn, un above atated ...« 4,933,067.08 * 5,240,424,00 ing at 0 o'clock in tha stbitration-room of the Tlaard of Trado, and, besides tho membern of the Commistes, n fow of tho leading slitppors were prescut and fook part In tho discuasion. Tha Connnlttoo organized by olueting Mr. K, B, 8tovens Chalrman and e, W, T Bakor Sce- otary. ‘Tho Socratary then read the rosolution undor which the Conmitton wan appointed. ‘Tho Chairman eallod upon the tatiwny roporte ors of tha Chicngo papors who wore present Lo stato what they kuow in rogard to the roported diecrimination, which thov did. Ut mot:on, it was docided to nave the proccad. inga of Lhe Cowmnltten roportad in full, and that n Beenogayhio repottor bo scourcd for this pur- ‘Ilia Hecretary was instrnctod to gob the ro- porter at onco, and also to seoure some railway nnp. 3 M. W, 0. FOPE ald thiat ho had laken great tronblo to ascertaln tho facts fn rogard to tho repostad diperimina- tions, and ho faund they were_moio sevare than woa reported by the plxum. The fecling amony raslwny managers was docidedly against Chiengo, and thelr alsctiminations agaiust this city weroa mattor of policy. 1[0 waa surprised at the loth~ nigy and apathy of onc merchants who pormite tod such things to go on, Gov. Nross had done rood work in former yoara in stirring up tho Kunpln In such matters, Had tho poople thou con #o carelusa of Chicago's intorests na thoy woro now, Chicago would nover hinve attained its prosent grentnees, Elo lind heon Informed by Une of Lis correspondents that shoit time ago the City of Deoris, thaugh 100 milos furtber from Now York thau Chicazo, Tiad lower rates than this clty, And a sbort timo ngo tho Peoria agents moy hero to mako the rates tho enme, 'rom nearly all the competing poiats where tho mileago was furthor than from Chlcago the ratos woro mado equsl, but, 1f such yoints woro tho Joast lota nearer than Chicago, {.hon tho ratos from thoso poluts sere made ower, IRE CRATRMAN ald that a shors timo ago Lo ad a converaetion with Ar. AL IT. Porter, of the Chicago & North- wentern Rajiroad, and that gentleman admittod that tho railroade woro discriminating sgainst Chicago, Mr. Porlor said this was dono bacauso the poaplo nnd the prees of Chicago woro dolog all thoy could to {njuro the roada, Tho Eastorn stockholdors wore getting no_returas for thele ibveatments, and honco thoy urged theso dis- ctimiuntions as & mattor of spite, and thoy 2 monnt to continuo that polley. T;‘,’:';",'{'f,.‘,‘;,i,‘.q 23,4204 | "4 pother gentloman sisted ‘that ovidently th 1,718,603,53 | Commitien ‘had & horculean taok bufore it, nnd it would probably tako sovorsl weeks to com- 2,971,926.48 rlnln their work. flo moved that a macting be Bhowliug a fall 053.422.96 | hhold ovory day at the arbitration-room of Tho busiucns of tho road, notwithstand. | tho Board of ‘Crado from helf-pust 9 o'clock 2. log tls decresso of gross and nct | gy, uotll 11 o'clock a. m., which motiou was, eatuings o theso largo ~mmounts, has Been larger than 1t was {n the yrevious or any preced- s baving increased, aut 1 tho nggeegate, for the last wlx months, on the ing year, the tonnag of all claes tmain line, 64,124 tous. 1t in tot, thereforo, affocted tho rovenucs, beoiuse 1o of business which has o larger bual- aftor o short debate, ndopted, ‘Pho Secrotary was instiucted to procure tho ta1ifa and other documents rolating to frolght cliargos from tho various roads, On motion of Mr. Fope, it was docided that tho mombora of tho Clicego Board of Trado hess hea beeu done. It dn muot fho increeed e ot of doing It becsuse the enlarged busiuces °§“‘-‘m““‘°‘l“? "“"d":;’c‘“'“‘f{‘l‘,‘ f,‘;‘“‘zg Byieom o dont st a lenn ciet by §203,425.44, 1t le simply | POHOE DO 8, BN o m them wha 2 loan i the Fates, rosulting from, ao wo think, an un. | Fte8 I¢ ates, ste., woro made (o them to the Wiko policy of competition, inatexd of egreement and soaboard, ‘Tho Bocrotary was instructod to send compromite nmonj; cotnpeting lines, and_ thia fons fn io net earnfgs of the road, "Thio oxpense of dolng tho businsas has_ beeu nzurred, voduced rates In loss of met caraings, TTho net carnings of tho last twelvo montbs, thercfore, should have been §1,074,330.05, at only tho rates ending_with Novem- ratcd fa s0 much lost to and all tosy by reallsed _duripyt tho year who ber, 1434, Thoso have resd the duced ot that time, to tas malntensnco of rates, and valuo of west-bound bisiinss, ro Sernad, both from Doston and. atroged. ning over tliem ot ver, claimed LTl at abou ono-fourth of the ugual and fair rale, tatton, by n compet cutnatances, o WHI thin stata of things cortinuo? It rasuits from {ho fact that tho Grand T'runk, tuough now an cxcel- Jent road, o uo much longer’ from Dostun that tho freight betweon that city sud nveraga ima by it for {ha Weat $3 perhaps twenty-four hiours longer than the Alroct rosds. This tine i a materlal elomen whan the rates are the ssmo, In determining the courss of business, At thia samo ratea it could ok compete 1t clams, therefore, that 1t shall te permitted to make ari®? rates by ngreement, and xed nud agreed upou sball be "To this tho nanagore of the Qlrect linon 7efune to accude, aud e Tesult fs thal ypractically for nothivg. Tho for husiness wilh_success, 10 put {t upon equalit; noms differenice In its that then tho rales mainteinod by sil lines, botls nre duing business Dalimore & Oblo, therefore, Tated on went-bonnd, freight duriog Wier cont, 1t 18 eausos ko thoto, them 14 cortain, othor countrios {a_equally cortafu, ‘Chiey and 1t Is hoped o iy, of which fa destroyed, {s not wasth contention, $hio rouds loading; from Daston and Netw York wout can- not aflord tho permauent nacrifica of all tha valuo iu their wholo businesa from thoso cilies west, rath- pawer and somo armangement withs it which shiall result in fuir and uay- ing raies on tho business which may bo douo onall or than theo socognize tho exlstence Groud Truuk, and moka jiites, And with this dimculty urranged, it scemis bo clear that thero will ranain uo good reanon why (he ‘ast of Chicaga may not, within year, earn and road 1make reasonadla dividends, Withs regard to tho floall which in stated ot $I51.4 Ono contract for 4,000 tona was yet out, and tho Faf 1t could notbo eanceled, Five hundrod tons wero delivered i 1874, and paid been ' detivared Lnd nut been delivered. for. The remaindor, 4,500 tous, bave tho past yoar, snd partly use faliing auo from June, 1370, to_August, 187 Hoating debt, olher than thla, which In June last d st mu.ma.x‘vk on bean reduced Dec. 1 by paymonta to tho sum of §34,218.50, TIS DEPONT OF TUE TREASURKR is o8 follows 1 “I'he condition of the Company on tho 1t day of Do~ cembier, 1375, fs slown by tho followlog statement & “The receipts of the matn How and brauchea for tho six months ending November, ‘The oparaty tmajn lino und branches, ocs curatu for thve moatks,md, s entimatod for November, are. BT, e e »amo o swounted $J..ue. B04,249.27 5 155,002.98 The Lionded debt of the main line now l‘muunlt [153 It ‘anitual report aro awaro how miich Tates bad been e« "Phey 7o al4o Bware of tho eflocts produiecd upon tho ratea of all owt-lound frelahs Ly Tho adaitional competition generated by the opouluit of tho Baitimore & Ohio Noad, a8 atated iu that re- port. ‘Cha competition which'Las resuited froni the Tevonatruction of tho Grand Truuk with o stoc track, Inaliing it 8 firat-class raxd, hon been evon moro fatal practically tho wholo ar s ralkht n cun- New York, hsy been do- Until of Into it han beew done Ly a system of Contracting by the rival rosds and lines of cars run- low rates, and now by & pro- tho natne rates as werp mado by Tt contracts, which, unr irst-claos bualniess s alout Tnreo-fourths and more of the yaluo of tha busiucasis thrown wway, Tiecattso the rates realized do not pay coct nf {EARRpoT= il pront, and muh mooee, is lost, macriticed o which reatry looks morolike insanity {Ban tho tauit of uny wise consideration of {ho ci- aastroyed Jurgely tho Tates on_eact-boutd, aud the competition with tho Grand Teauk ban destroyed almont ontiroly all tho th_wholo Jear, Tho controversy with tha I, & O. Road slso ro- Qucod tho paesenger tates during nearly all tho year wholly beyoud tho control of iy Compny, which’ hava a0 seriously affectcd rallway property enst of Obieago during tho past overal yearn, ‘Fait great winlom aud discration o required tn thoss whu hiave tho power to obviala and yot_{hrt thoy sroavolded inall have bova, rmanentiy, obviatedson cast-tiound Dustacen, snd sli roads esss of Chicago are acting in armony, They will sooncr or later bo obvlated With tho Aratid Trunk, bacausa 3 business, tho wholo valun g dobt of this Company, ), tho sum of 115,534,818 for kteel rafl, Thero hiad hoen contracts mado for steel Tor this rail thrre have been given, sluco (ho st aunnual report, the notes of the Company to the amount of $135,838.40, The $,073,218,82 » communication to the Board asking tho mem- bers to nttond tho meotings of tho Comuutieo and givo such information as wae In their pos- Bossion. Tha meoting then adjourncd until half-past 0 o'clock this morniug. prl i I THE EASTERN. BOSTON TALKING ADOUT IT. Kpeciat Inanateh to The Chicago Tribuns. DBostoy, Jan., 4.—The affalra of tho Eastern Tailrosdnre stiil the uppermost topia in the mind oftho public. 8tockhaldors aro bogivniog to in- quire what the personal liabilltles of Direotors mny bo. Thera have boon so many transactions conndetod with rallway management of lata that look Jiko swindles that ths victims seo that thero cannot bo a healthy stato of affairs until the Leglulature, instead of making ox post focto Jaw, pasa ennctments doflolng the exact punishmont for Drioctors who aball violato the chartera of their roads. It is held that the Easiern Dircctory violated tho pravisiona of the Company's char- ter in guaromtecing stocks or bonds of other roady, in leasing roads outeide ita chatter limits, and more espacially in poing out of tho ftato to mako investmonts, This, 1f truo, leaves tho Directors of tho Eastern in a very bad position. A petition was racently signed by tho necessary number of stockholders askling for a apocial meoting to considor tho road’s dif- ficulties. Inatead, howover, of acting upon it, and csling tho epecial 1neoting, the Doard called 1o b commliesion of cmiuent lawyers for consultation—gentiemen who do mnot usually oct in sny caso without o fnt retainer. horo gontlewon wore B, I% Dutlor, 3. i, Icar, Charles Lovi Woodbury, Byduoy Tiacilett, nnd tho attoroey of the road, Wiliiam G. Ttuseell. Tho moxt jmportaut rocommenda~ tion ombodicd in their roport was that tho Di- roctors apply 10 tho Liogislature as soon ad it ag- rombles nnd ask for an act onabling thom to male & first mortgago on tho roud of £10,000,000, tho same to bogin at low rates of interent, tho bonds to boar § par cont intorost tho fimst year, 0 nyur cont for the socond, & for tho ' third, 0 for tho fourth, and not to riso above that rate thereaftor. Thero is ono littlo peculiarity about this schomo.—n litule bit of » mistako, which no equal number of busi- uess wmen would ever mako,—and that is, that it lonven certainly $5,000,000, and most probabl 20,000,000, of 1ndobtodnoss unprovided for, an crentos a class of proferred croditors,—an ox pouc facto mods of procedire ?luhu contrary to 1o | tho law of this Commoowealtli. The Logisla- tare could not pass ony such act ad that called for by this schuome, and, if it did, 1t would uot Lo constitutional, it may, perhaps, bo intended to gov up & nico Jittle avudicate, and, by buvlug in tho notes aud bonds of indebtedness at theic dopreciated valus, brivg down tho total indobt. edness of tho road £6,000,000. ———— BOSTON AND BALTIMORE. TNEIR EFFORTH TO BECUBE NEW YORK TRADE, Tho New York Times containa a communica- {iun rogarding tho efforts of Lioston and Dalti- moro to tako away tho Western trado herotofore monopolized by Now York, which at tho presoht thno is of considerablo importance. Tho foltow- jug aro tho most imporiaut pownts of the com- muvication: ‘The question of frelght rates, which {s as yoi far from being settled, spriugs directly from the stronuous wiforts of oston and Baltimors 0 secure tho tratlo ot the West aud Northwent, Chicsgo ia tho commer- clal centre and grajn depot for tho it graine wrawiug eaturn Slatcs eset of the ‘Mibunippl.. Tha Clifcagoan whio afd that Loston could never 1> much of n vusiness-place becauso §t was loo distant from Chlcags may not hnvo boeu 8o fur wron after all, Baltimore, with ® single-track ml:} for (ke grester past uf the distanco frum Chicago, hus endeasorod, and nob unsuccessfully, to campeto with Now York for,tho trade of the West. LLiaalie hey been cnabled 'to do partly Ly reason ol y FITat TMOEHT o 10a1, GO 31 1651, cseerseed . 55060000 | FOUtE, Which han ntitled hex to a slight discrimination i sei¥ ) 170.000.u0 | n hieF favor as sgaluat this city, aud partly by teason H: H40)000.00 | Of the perfect ayaiem of termizal facilitiod whicl sho Eq 20/000,00 | has provided at Locust Folnt, Fromthe fint two items in (ha above statement tanet be tuken tho bonds of this Comypauy of the sume class, paid and ih thewinking funda, Which will reducs it 1o no $€12,000 i the bonda of amonnt of tho ubove outatsnd beariug 8 per cent fntsreat: 612.000.00 10g.$10,001,000,00 Tho sum In tho sinking fund (uot inciuding the tho Company) at thelr par valuo, amouatiug to #,041,719.67, will feduce the ding bonds to the whule oxtent o the valuo of that fuud and its sccumula- o, Thio tionded debta of the leased roads, which tave beousesumed by this Company, sro a4 follows, all ‘Urun and other Weatern produce, whethor latondsd for foraygn abipuent o¢ domsostlo distribution, cau by this adinirablo system b Landlod at tho least possilio coat; whilu the oxorbitant cariage charges, which cone Stitute 80 nevers o tex on New York mercliauts, are, as fastas practicablo, douo awsy with by un ingenious system of tramways, The shortost routes betwoen Chicago and the priucipsl Atlantio potts aro as follows : From Cblcago to Taltimore via Wheeling, From Chicayo to New York via Michigan ern, Cleveland & Toledo, Clovelsud & Erle, Yake Hntors, Now York Oontral and Hudsoq Jdvor Raflrosds. oo eas. vo Taliwaya 10 Al From Cmusu 10 Loston by al bl Ale Line. ot Bieizi® Mio000000 | buny, and frow Atbany vis Waatorn Itoad,..,.1,00 e e Vellug il Divtiton 0,000 | 14 il thus bo socn that Ualtimore has an advan. Kalamazca & Soutl Haven Jackson, Laneing & Baginuw. This npany lLas aldo YLonds of the Detruit & Boy Cil, Company to the umount of. ‘Fuocapital stock stands as &t Coustruction aceount atuunis to, Tho tloating; debt ss Jor June Fop 1t now sraounts to.., Buowing sn luereiss of Of this amonnt, however, $. for steed ratis wiuce Juns last, “T'he fiuating bt of June last bas beea roduced by paymeuts 10 $342,218.50, il o RAILROAD DISCRIMINATIONS, TILE BOARD OF THANK COMMITTEE. The merchants and shippers of Clleayo have at last awakoned from their lothargy, sud are now beginning to take such measuros o8 to force tho raftroads leatiug to the Enst, and also sonte Westorn roads, to utop tho unjust diecriminations thoy bave been making sgalnst this city for somo tima past, which, 1f allowea to go on much longer, will make Clicugo but s way-station. It hias been previously reported in Tug Tars- uNe that the Board of Trado had appointed » committes to make a full favoatigstion of the ze- portod discriminations, and suggest & romedy for the evils complsined of. . Tho Committoo bogan ite work yestorday morn- BK0,000.00 710,601 | 1 250,000 | Hi3n noutrallzed by the tago of B9 milcs over New York, ~If is, however, enerally conceded that this sdvantawo ls mora itrallze two additfonal tracke of tho Now York Central llailway—to bo dovoted exclusively fo the trusportation of frelght—be tween Albany nod Buifalo. At slb ovents, the Now York Contral ltond_{u ready, willing, snd “snxlous to cerey foalu frums Qlleayn 19 ‘New York aa choaply na {be Baltimoro & Olto will traneport St from Chicuifo to Tualtimoro, provided & perinanent rate satisfactory to ita connections west of Dullalu cau bo eatabliahea, Tioston, for the present, ia left out in tho cold, Her etlorte to svenre the Western irade were for a louytituo seconded by tho Vermont Central and Grand Trunk Rillways, Hue found her account in mending dry Koods and grocerlon Lo Chicago through a forelgn couti- ti5, and for & wiailo hxd the pull on thie New York waor- cliants by means of the C.nado route. Thy Tecout so tou of the New. York trunk Lines, in reducing Wealern frelght ratos out of this city foa polut aven buiow thosa made from Boston by the Vermont Central and Grand “Trunk,bas oifectusily taken the wind out of tho katls of the Tostou merchaty, Tho present raion aroonly tem- rary—tley are, aa faras the ratiroads are coucerned ovitig ratce all around. Tho Verwous Central aud drand Trunk Roads will ulimately be obliged to coise 10 terns, and_sgeeo with tho New York truuk line ta inalutelt retes on o unltorm, equially, sod paying bLasls, ‘[bo sooner such au arvatsement J4 made the Detter will ft b for ths futereats of all concerumd, aud ‘more evpoclally for tue iuterests of tis Boston mer~ chants, Tho writer of the above was undoubtedly un. awaro of tho fact that West-bouod sates have been rostored. ~ Aod it was not tbe Vermont Contral and Grand Trunk Hallroads which cama to terms, but $he New York roads which e —————— concalad to thy Grand Trank all it demanded, namely: o difforenzo of 10 cants lo its favor on Doston businose. A= MISCELLANEOQUS, THE BAILIOADS OF OHIO0. Ths mecond aonusl roport of (he Rallroad Commiiestoner of Ohto, Jubn (i, Thompron, hag just beon fesucd. Within tho fitato of Ohlo tharo nra 4, 453 miles of track in main linc and branchen, lald with rail, and 1,190} mites of eid- u and othor tracks total, 6,648)¢ milen, an fn- cronso for ho yenr of 83}¢ milen of maln, and 4814 of othor track, » toial of 132 miles. Tius 18123 milon lesw of main track and 49 milea leas of sidinga than was taia the provioun year, Tho ronda roport o largo decremeo both in gross and pot carniogs, the proportion for Ohlo bolng: Gross, ©35254,117.00, agalnst €37~ 177,120,314 last vear not, £0,031,050.46, againat £10,113,855.80 laat yoar. ‘Lho uumbor of Nn‘:lnyeu ia 97,710, Tha evtira amount of capital stack paid in fs 3204, 31,16, and the Donded and unpald dobz, 30 71787, Tho cost of the lines in Oblo I8 $276,030, 10160, an nvarago of i11.895,04 ver wilo, 'Ylio pross earn- fogs _por willo in Olio were $8,042,—570 por miio Toss than the averagn for the ontire linea and 410,60 Joss for Oblo laes than in 1874, Only aightoen companios paid dividends. ‘Tho agprogato nunbor of casunitios to parsona oc- currhug within tho Htato upontho movoral yall- way lues for tho yoar, as reported, ara : ot L'mmunzam, Ktlted, 83 fujurad, 27; of employes, itod, 933 injured, 181, and of otbers, on track, tronpausing, ete,, 116 killed aud 03 injurod,— msking o total of 216 killed nnd 3UG injured. ERIE AFFAIRS, Loxnoy, Jan. 4.—An adjournod meotleg of Erlo Itaiitoad bondholdecs took placa to-dav, to considsr tho proposition_receutly mado by tho Watkin Commit.ce, Biv Edward Wazkin moaved that tho schemo of the Committes ba ndopted ns o principlo, aubject to such modifica~ tion of dotatls as tha Committoo may think necosgary or oxpedlent, nfter n consultation with Preatdont Jowett snd tho American bond aud tockholders, A resolution that a comiuittas bo appointed and ompowered to oxecuto tho achome, and that Gov, Tildon, of Now York, ba invited to act na & roforoo and decidoall questions that might sriso In ita complotion and oxocution, was adopted unanimousiy. TOM S8COTT'S PET SCREME. Nasuviree, Toon.,.Jan, 4.—Col. Tom Beott in » lotter to Presidout Colo, of tho Nashrills & Chattanoogs Railrond, tn referenco to the Toxas Pacitic Ratlway, saya that tho provision of tho Dill to bo submitted.to Congrosa, o4 well as tho entiro policy of tho Company, show conclusively that thero {s no intention of bullding said road fo the totoreat of Northarn liues, but it is in tended fn fact for an opon highway to the Pacile witls which every road of tho country may con- ‘woct on equal terme. e HE IIAS NOT ABSCONDED. Sudden Reappearance of nank President, To the Editor of The Chicaao T'ribuns ¢ Cittosao, Jan. 4.—Ilaving observed a scur- rilous specisl dispatch from Elgin m yesterday's tsnuo of your papor, in which ‘Valter L. Poaso, Esq., ts charged with having left that clty necretly and suddenly, ond jusinuating that per 11804 his connection with thelate firm of T. 8. Dobbipa & Co., againat whom s judgment for £16,000 biad boon oblafned, might ba the causo, 1 beg loave to state tbat the debt upon which tho judgment roforred to wos obtained was woll secured upon nuincumbored real cstato, and tho judgmont has been apponled to the Buprems Court, whero my aitornoy informs ma ihat it snill bo raversed. In justico to Mr. Poaso, who is an old and tighly respacted citizen of Llzio, and who {s mow at home, I bope you will give this oommuoication n3 conupiouous notico a5 you did tho ona thas ro unjustly reilacsed nupon Dbim, as Jir. Yoaso had mno ‘occaaion to lenvo his bomo ou nccouut of suy businoss conneo- tloos with my fQrm or mysell. Raspectlully yours, P, 8. DoppiNs, AMUSEMENTS. an Elgin THE OPERA. Last night Balfe's bright and pretty * Ross of Cuatilo " was given at Hooley’s Opera-House by the Epgleh troupe, with the followiog cast: Doana Elvir,. Miza Sontagus rinon Mrs. Beguln Manuel eeeseMr, Ciatle Don Ped; i, Hamilton Don Ballu Mr, Alien Don Florio.. e, Beguin Althougl the opors iv comparatively usfamil- iar here, and it was an off night, with a debu- tante in tho lending rolo, etill the audianco was comparatively & large one, showing that thoso who saw tho opera in tho days of tho lamontod Paropa wantod to seo it ageln, Notwithstand- ing tho fact that it is very Jight and mach of it fn given in spcaking parts, its protty molodiea and ingonious plot will siways make it a {avor~ ito, and upon this occasion it had tho added novelty of o debutante, In times pust, the aoe pouncemont of o operatic dobut has in the majority of casss boen Aynony- mons with disappointment snd not un- froquently with flasco. Mies Montaguo, however, disappolnted in gurpnesing gon= eral expectation, Itis lier first scason upon tho stage, sud in this szason sho has only sung, wo believe, fiva or six times, whicl accounts for crudencss and timidity in action, nnd porbaps Zor the unfamiliptity who displayad, particulorly in tho gecand act, with hor speaking tinos, ~3a- gleally, howovor, sho mada o very laodeoma success and receivad soveral very flattering recog- nitions from tho audioucs, aong thom encorad for the bravura soug in tho firat sot, tho rondo, * O wers I tha Quoon of Spain,” the bal- 1ad of tho * Convout Cell," and tho pretty nong {n thie finalo of the socond act, “1'n But a Bim- plo Peassnt Maid.” [or voico {8 a puro voprano of smooth and atmost volvety quality, and, un- Tikio such voicos gonerally, is strong and forci- blo and of good carrymg quality, with » tooh- uique boyond the standard of most dobutantos. THor faco nud figure aleo aro well adapted to this nu‘;u of churactora, In nearly all respocts dndoed she gives preat promiso, and bids fair, when she has Locumo accuetomed to the atago and docs not have to depend ko closely upon the prompter and the conductor, to tako n vory promiuent position, ‘Tho privcipal fotor- eat of the reprosentation contered In her, although Loth Mrs. Seguin and AMr. Casilo woro in tho cast, The former as JDonna Carmen bag littla lyrie work to do, and in hor notlon Was tooro restrained than usual, whilo tho lattor's slnging was not up to his old standard, although bo_gave his principal number, the [ulcteor's Boug," witnh much dash and vigor, Tho LaugbingT'rio (Mia Mon- tague, Mra, Heguin, and Mr Unutla) was capl~ tally givon, and received a hoarty oncoro. Tuo threo conspiratots (dr. Hamilton, Mr, Alten, and Mr, Soguin) did not ndd maoch to tho slrongth of the ropresontation. = In point of faot. thoir offurta at timos wore almost 88 much in tho mature of burlesquo as the action of the threo conspirators iu the ** Grand Duchoss,” whieh, with the exception of Jlon Florio (Mr, Soguin), whoso character is buffo, wero as far g possible from Balta's intentiou. Their sing- ing was vory droary, ospecially in the Drinking Trjo, which waa about as bad "as bad could ba, in his solo, “Fhough Fortugo darkly o'or mo frowps,” ilr, Hamiiton earriod off an encoro, which, although by no moaus o siiccoss, Was his best effort of the ovening, Thiy ovoning tAlignon™ will bo given. —— ‘The Warwlolt. The beat-dresscd mon In tho clty Liave slmost entirs- Iy given up the uss of liuou collars, as they find ths ‘Warwlck f8 80 much nicer, If you havo not yet worn thin oxcellont collar, get it ot the nearost furnlshing store, aa all have it for aalo, e ———— Bend Them O, O. D., Genta. 1, Flora McFihuwy-liko, you've nothing to wosr," rake out your old garments and senl them, with in- structions, to Cook & McLalu, 80 Dearborn sireoty Ieturnod nicely cloaned and repatred. —— The ‘*Old Nlaster” Berlin Photos Bhould the large ones for framlng Lo tao cxpensive, you will fiud duplicates, cabinet ulze, ‘What 18 prettier for & present? Loot & Bons Musio Gompauy, 138 Biate streot, 4 Strangers Visiting Chicago Are Invited to call and cxamino the new * Domestio® at No, 180 Stataatroet, The recent mprovoments msde bay® placed 48 far In tho front rank of frat-olass machines, S Otronized Ox.Marrow for the Halr, by Buck & Reyner, makers of the * Mars " Cologas Lundborg’s California Water for tollet and batt ; delightfullyfragrant ond refreshing poblic oot tgal Rt S Uttt loshadess. MARRIAGES. DANNING— 1 UBBARD=Dec, 41, 1815, at Lighlaad, Ean., by the Hev. 5, AL Irvis, Taomas A. Daoulog, {:x s 0f ULLcsgo; (1, aud Aixs Baral J, Hubbard, )fo ) _DEATHS. ‘COATFS--0n Tueadsy, Jan, &, of pansnmonis, Az, Jumen Corten, nge't 3¢ years, Tuueral from his lite realdence, 113 Millor atrost, Tharei3, st 10 oclock 8. 1y {0 Cavairy Comutars) 3 car, ¥~ Tinfraln papera pleass capy, 3 MACLAOHLAN—Tan, 3, ot his realdonee, 1390 Mtk an avenun, in tho 741k yeur of hin e, Lichian Mio- clilan, formerly of Btirling, Heotland, CLIFEORD—~In Now Dedford, In thy Gt year Mars., Jan 2, 1678, o s nyo, Juin enry Clilfond, ;mn‘zmr of Mrs, Alby Cilffurd Bticknes, of Ifyde Parke ATWOID—0f membrano: W. an.t Mary U, , Wallaco I1,, only s nited & yours, 52 Wanit etfeet, ot 4 otvlork P, ma, Wedn aday, Jan, 5, Fricndapf the fa:.i fly fusited,” ematna_ wiil' Do taken (0 Marsbail Cauuty, Til,, for Interment. TEDDY—Suddenly, on the morning of the dth Inst, Wiltiam Kedily, i 07 43¢th year of bl ags, Funoral from hia Iate reafuanco, No. 24 Norih B amon steoet, Thuraday, Jan, Gy nt'2 o'glock p.in, eiends of tha fmily are fnvited 13 attend withaul further nolice, GAGE—Tan, 4, 1830 youngest ehild of inonths, RNAUBS—A? 7:16 . ., 3an, 3, Georgo Milton, i fant non of 7, Heemat and Hamio 1, Knauas, sgod § weekn and Suneral from ihe reatlence of his paronts, No. 147 Proirin avenue, Wednesdac, at 11 o'clock a, Tz~ Omnlin, (Neb.) and Dethiclhieta and Fhiladelphis (Pa.) Papers ploann Cops, COCKETRLD—At Rectne, Jan, 4, 1870, Mr. Jam K Cokileld, foreraen prinier of 'tho Racine Advos cate, Ttia remains will bo removed for inlerment from lue fathor's residence, No. 321 Ifublmrd-at, thin day at 11 o'elock a, m, Friendn in the Scotch Chircl and others pleaso accopt this natice, EPEOTAL NOTICE. Sparlkling and Bright Will bo the Silver an your tablos, and all your TIoneo. hold Utenalls, when ciraned and polishod with Eles- tro Silienn. Thisarticlo inanataral Infusorisl prodact, ubtainad from » Navada mine, cntitely freo from grit o1 injurious chemicals. It olcans and polishos with Tees lac ‘bor and groatar brilllancy than any iualeilal ovar Lefors dlsgavorad, Itrhould b in evors woll regulatea housa. hold. Bold by Houso-Furn < Btoros, Drugglats, Jon Ao McouLLocH h t Wilmette, Henry Liewollyn L, and Mary B, Gogo, aged ( ATOTION SALES: WL A. BUTTERS & C0., 108 EAST MADISON-ST. LZXCELSIOR AUCTION HOUSE. ESTABLISUED JAN, 1836, TWENTY THARS AGO 20 ROLLS All-Waool and Cotten and Wool Tngrain Carpoets. 0 SMishit Drussals and Ingrain UARPETS. Toroica Tabla Ctlery and Plated Ware, Wednesday Morning, J3 at 10 o'cloc] au, 8, t I 108 Madieon.at. R RIS & B0 Rioneor. 4 varrels gronnd coffecs 100 tin and cotfes cannisterss 1 sct pintforin scoles. b auetion, to pay charges, Wedneadsy morning, Jene 5, at 10 o'clock, at our salearooms, 103 Laat Madison- 8t WAL, A, BUTTERS & CO,, Auctioneors, BUITERS & C0.S REGULAR TRADE SALL 'CTIURSDAY MORNING, Jan. G, at 0:3) o'clock, STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, w HING, OOLENS, OLOT: y Tuck, Sticep, and Rid Glaves, Qauntlets, and 3l Cardigan Jacaets, Snlrts, Drawers, and Bkirts, Woo! Toslery, Buspondess, Whito Goods, Lincns, Embrei- dorles, dgiugs, Noljoos, Hats, Oape, BOOTS, BHOES, AND BLIPPERS, On Becond-Floor Salcaroom, 108 Aladinon-st. DBUTTERS & C0.8 REGULAR SATURD&Y SALE, BATURDAY, Jan, 8, at 9:30 o'dloc! HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Furniture, Carpetr, Stoves, Whito Granite and Glats- Srare) Fing Tablo Catlery, sad General Merchandlse, jearoom, 103 Enat Madizo: e By S. DINGEE & CO., Auctionects ond Gommission Merchsnts, 274 and 278 ‘East Mad!sou-st., near the bridgo. Liberal cash ndvances madn on consignmonts, Bert ttontion piven to Outsido Bales, - Hegular Bales on Wednesdny and Satnrday of each week. TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, at 10 8, m. Extensive falo Without Limit of Second-Hand Honsehold Furniture, PHE ONTIRE CONTENTS OF Two Large Privato Dwollings, removed to aue stores for convenienco of syle, which o are ordered o sell without fimit, consisting iu paik of Landnome Tatlor, Chamber, Library, and Dining. Room Furniturn, Taay-Chulrs, Lounges, Marble-top and Extonsion Tablw, Garpets, Diankats, Comforiers | Jirgo lob Kitchen-ware, Stoves, Crackory® snd Glass: wao n groat quuntisy, lieating and Oooling Stoves. o, 'wo very fimo Plunoa, Ao, y Trenty-thrse now and ologant Ghamber fets, 15 new and clogant Iatlor Bets, Book-Cases, Wardrobes, Becs Telarios, sud Ofce Furhituro of ol iinds, GREAT TRAP ROOM SALE £5,000 of Crockery, Glansware, Lunps, largo and amall Thcking Glaseos, Bilver and Plitod Ware, Gutlery Gbromos and C1sks, Wall-Pockets and Tin Wara, an Genoral Merchandiss, Also OIL PAINTINGS, Ifalr, Woal, Husk, Moss, (rass, and Bxcelsior Mattress Whesler & Wilnon Howing Machines, New nnd Secon CGarpets, 48 fino Cookiug Bloves, small and large, 1 eating Sloves, &c.. &o. : DINGEE & CO., Auctloneers. = 25 BY G. I’. GORE & CO,, 70 Wabash-av, 63 and 1,000 CASES FINELY ASSORTED Boots, Shoes & Rubhers L5 ATOTION. On Wodnesday, Jan. 5, at 9:30 a. m, GO, P, GONE 4 CO., 83 and 70 Wabash-av, ON THURSDAY, JAN. 6, AT 930 O'CLOCK, 209 Packages Glesiwaro, aavorted, 60 I'ackages Lamps, 10) Lots P'lated Goods, ouselold Purnilurs of overy doseription. AT 10:30 O'CLUCK, Parlor TAbrary, Chambor ond Kitchen Furniture, Parior, and Oflico Dexkn, Ktiow Casos, Velvet, Drusselt anil Wool Carpeta, Planos, 100 Cases Worceater Hsuee, A OnE: & CO., Auctionsers, | By LLISON, POMEROY & CO. Auctloneers, 84 and 80 Randolph st, TRIDAY HORNING, Ja. 7, at 930 OCek At our FINST FRIDAY'S BALE for 1870, ws bavt an unusually attractive stack of now and accond-hasd Tarlar, Cuaabr, und Dining-room FURNITURE. Afull line of CARPETS, Mattressee, Btaves, Blsnke Comforters, Lounged, Bofus, Wardrabes, Whik Marble-top Tables, Croskery, Qlass snd Plated , Ueaeral Merchandise, Clgars, oto, ELISON, POMEROY & 0., 8t and B3 Nandolph-! L‘ By H. CHADWICK & CO,, Auctioncers, 170 East Madison-st, TEHIS DAY AT10.A. M.,y WIL bo sold large assortment of I Y E+4-3 T, and Plain Chimher S0 { © Hults, Mattresses, Bodsteads, Bureaus, Ofc £how’ Cases, ko, 'Alio » Jario sssorbiment of d Second-hand Carpela, k., &0, “GREAT AUCTION BALL 5,000 BIBLES, BOOKS ALBUMS, AND CHROMOS. Evory Day This Wook, at 1 o'clooky at 208 BTA' T, By JAS, P, MeNADARA & CU4 117 Wabash-av,, N. W, corner Aadison-ate 500 CASES BOOTS AND SHOE Thursday Morniog, Jan, 8, 8} 0:30 o'clor Tots Helall Bankrupt Btock, without reserve. JAG. 1. MONAMATA & GO, Auctionesiy By WM., F, HODGES & €O Also on WEDHESDAY Evening, Jan, 5, at 7 ik at our warerooms, 663 Weat Lako-at,, We will male 3 Clexring. Kaio of HOUSEHOLD GGODS, slo & Wi stock of now and second haud books. . )., Auctioneats,, WAL ¥, HODGES & Wm‘“ m";‘ peeis 8