Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1876, Page 16

16 THE CITY. CENERAL NEWS. Abont this time of year noman isshero to THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGELS. nd Sheriff of Morccco; the Ascent of the 8:35;\1]35. and Lis vieit to_the Ossies of Draa, Tafilet, aud Tuat, which had never before been seen by Earopesus.” To moet tho grest intorest which is manifest- ed throughont the city in tho subject of the Kindergasten culture, it {8 purpo3ed to Lold coa- ! vorsations cn the scversl sides of the City, to garm, to $15, TAX-FiGHTING. With | cfes, rattier thah to bave to weop over their con- sequences ? BAFETY. TOE BOSTON TRACT SOCIETT. To the Pdifor of Lhe Chicago Tribun : {micago, Jan. 8.—In your paperof this morn- ing you bave an article beaded, * Fraud L'erpe- tratad on the American Tiat Scciets.” Intho moro and Bostop is no less than 26 cent1. such a margin tho Daltimors & Obio eaabled totake tho Southwestern busness to | Beston, Portlaud, and cther New Englaad painta | by stesmer, at lower rates thiu can bs done vik ' acy road leading from Chicago. Mr. Pano stated that Le had been informed | by several correspondents that the Baltimoro & | in her eoul, and s says to himeolf : “I guesn they won't hang ont their blamod old market- basket asoter time.” A young mar:ied man on Calumet avorue went hemo to his wife Sunday night somewhat ander the intluence of the scason. ** Where have you been, Eerbert?" waid his spouse. ** Boen er A Number of Suits to Be Begun at Once. Bonts, asscss , and taxed SETT - SO0 niy WHAT TOZ BILLS §T0%, . Theis bills exhibit =nd chergs graze itieson tho rart of Assemor Phyirtiln | deputtes for the South Town, which poiidb onght to bo bronght before the Grand Jpp, oumberless instances parties wero aueq i1; I dows, 2nd when they did not their aaser) i Bill to Be Filed for Gage Brotherse=e s saloon-keeper. y epen even wish Tom Blackman, ’8h got awful g h Y in 7 2] intereste:l a6 in- i Nest and timels version of a clessical proverb | pretiy ehister, widow. biack evech, Wou's whas | OLIO a3 taking grain to New Eogland roinis | yryicio o sdjunct (Boston) appears in smell | which mothers and all others Intor were raised. Among them were mag, —At dnnkers’ perjury Jovo laughs. Tom weat o' and lefe mo nad.of widow 'louo | b3 Siesmer at Iower rates than the irect FOMS: | oy which LA o sopesd, and thore- T by s The Other Petitioners. B s Juctene o o His many fiiends will boglsd to know that | 4050:ber for. Sho'sh beauty, Mirands, mV | 1050 n0 donbt that the charges were trae. | fore the impression of the heading and of the | yhoy the Rev. Mr. Powell will bo present. This e B e T oLLer Sl g whole articla is that this rreat wrong occurred | pentlernan has been interested in tho promotion worth. Alceady 1n four or five cases ,h'“fii dearsly, but nosh sho well-built ash you-~bigger ’round waish. Bet her pair kid gloves she waeh, and hero'eh her measars. Lesh see your waish. Bring me your waish. Soe thesh t50 Lnots in ershtring. ‘Thish long oue'sh first measare 1 took. but she eaid 'twasho't fair—measure her again, and I mezsurcd her again, and sho gave 5 inchesh! Looke or shiring and shec’{ I'ma lar.” Aod yesterdsy moraing he conida't mako out why Miranda Liad elept on Lie sofz and gono home 3 ber parcats botore he got up. But bold on till he geia the papers in the divorce suit Thers was but little difference in the dis:ance between Chamonign and Balumore aud Phila- delphia, 204 between Chicago ond Laltimors aud Philadelphia, znd_yes the former place was How Phillips Got His Piano and Curley His Wateh, whers it has havo granted decrees, nd it is no couy 3 they willin chesa uakkely iy THAT PIANO AND WATCIL It has besn stated that EQ Phillips wg tho recirisut of a grand piano last gy T Thie is true. The A®hosa0rs, to the ngmia® tlurtv-five. Robit forbum. 1t is a yalgeed strament, and it i8 & queation now copyg L poor. brmming roboers havo pressteg chiof wita anything 50 valuaole had they 28 hopestly, and not blackmsiled tha h,_u'flfl Their 1dea of honesty is £03 Dreposterngy of Froebel's method in St. Louis, been introduced in its purity. Thero will be a public meeting of the chartes section of Tempornnce Raaicals n the _cbupe‘l of the Washingtonian Homo Monday evening. T'uis crganization has_juss received its charter from the Secretary of this State, and they are now prepared to fnstitato and graut charters to ausii- iary *sections” in any part of tho city or Staie where a0 open temperance agsociation, ‘* neither - | bound by secret oblizations,, howover blameleas, Dr. B. Ludlam has 60 far recovered from his re- rent 1njuries as to be about again. The property on the southeast coruer of State and Washington streets—100 by SO feet—has been sold by Timothy Wright to William A. Tal- cot for £140,000. A case of strawbersiea is now on the way here frem Dakota, consigned to Jr. Oertel. That is an iudex to “he kLind of climato they have out in connection with the Arerican Tract Society. Plerse, thorefors, give place for the foliowing : given oo immenso advantago over this city. ¢ The great swindle reported in our issuoof This showed at o glance thut tho polisy of the | Baturday morning, the 8th inst., under the head Taltimors 3 Oula.aud Teontvl il Dailroads | of Fraud Perpatrated on tho American Tract s to gecure all tha Bouthwestern trade, while,| gooety, " we are happy to say occurred in an in- YVanderbilt Lelped them iu divorting that trads | gyigyrion n Doston, Whieh 1s quite another than {rom Lhis ity uso he was allowsd 1 take | 410 yroyd-renowned and honored American Tract moet of the Nosthwestern trado without mush | gocioty, suich has its_headquarters at No. 150 opposition cn their pat. Neasaa streos, Now York, whoso Troasurer i Thoe Evil Results of Over-Texation a THE SUITS TO BEGIN. A PECIMEN DILL. Yenterday afternocn a TRILUNE reporter called on Mike Evans to ask him how collections wers Wiht stotod thst he hel received a let- | i = Des! W:I ot est Washington strect wont | tor from Thros T Fich., i Tiat the | B. Kingsbury. Afr. Kingebury has held his bo- | nor pledged to thio support of aay politcal or 5 v e o shingt: ¢ e g 8, Aich., sihowing tiat the 5 gl pledg! e £ o Chair E::.v ‘(SJI’;E"I‘: nz-‘c:fo fifii‘ "ns\'oc 3‘&“&.’:5 a | out e Dt taats Somo cuil. "o | vatan from Eas poiot 10 Now Yorl wore. tha | S0 s anvi:flr;lll;fi’nig;mfli:“:u;i‘;i:fl-fii‘;: o Ioligious eroed o dogma, is nscdel,| Tho oxer | comingin. Mike.in that peculiar brozuo for which l_h;'lhl":g:ll'“?;‘I':.’:;-"é";ig”“""i‘g:flh - Hagy to b i isti i i i . cil v ¥ . p 5 n $150, x was heara (very distincily) to go up-stairs oa his | samo as irom Chicago. the Society which he serves, which has its West- by prominent temperance men of this city, sing- heis noted, 'nul_ that Lo wished all who were Yoy that those scticlss wers uz:te:' toomay going 1o enjuin him would do 50 ; that the thing from iy 40 suit of clothes to bave his 2ssessment re- duoed, and eaved $£20.54 tax thereby. Now that the Christmas-trces and Sunday- echool festivals no longer point the way to Heaven, the decrease in tho average atiendance at the Sunday-schools is alarmingly great. There is at the Central Station awsiting an owner a large silver eoup-ladle marked *Jor- dan.” It was taken from asmzall boy who was trying to pawn it in a Clark strect pawn-shop. ‘The temperature yesterday, 28 observed by Manasse, optician, No. £8 adison street (Tnis- UNE Building), was at 8 a. m., 47 degrees: 10a. w., 51; 12m., 54; 2p. m., 575 4p.m., 57; 8p. m., 5. Corover Dietzsch yesterdav held an inqust o the remains of James Revnoids, a little 4-vear- old boy who was calded 60 badly last Tuesday evening by falling ioto & tub of boiling water that he died at 2 o'slock resterday afternoon. Ris parents resided at No. 620 Weet Eighteenth street. “Hello, Cap.” eaid one young mau at **Tho Store,” yesterdar, to a companiod, * whore did ron get thut ring?” **Why,” replied his friond, 4didn’t yon know that whea the capping biz ! was dull I was helping_them to assces the taxes, | and that that big jewelry Louse on State street . dop't pay neacly so much taxes thisyearas it did | a8t ¥ ‘The winter term of the University of Chicago opened Fridsy with a very excellent eorollment. Tha studeuts seemed to be quite inspired by the announcement of tho acceptance of tne Presi. Jency of the University by Col. Abernethy, and everything promises that this will bo the most prosperous year the institution has ever seen. tudies begin to-morro. . The gang has gotten up a new ides for the as- sessment ana collection of next year's taxes, It | is proposed o hirs nose but irsurance inspec- tors zs Aseessors, and then when they goto & bosiness man he will be placed in an awkward dilemma, because if he says his property is | worth g0 much he will have to pay beavy taxes, ard if ho says iz is worth so little tbey'l come down on bim for frand in obtaining insurance. Last week tvo devoted female {friends met eack otber. and one said: ‘-0, Log, I bad 162 caliers. How many bad you?” Lop, under- standing that sbe epeaks best who speals last, replied : ' Had youBell? I'msorlad. Ihadn’t auite 28 meny as last year—only 217." And then Dell went bome and wet ber pillow with tears of envy all through the night-watchea though she kuew in herinmost heart that Lon was Iying. Miss Mary Wolf, the eminent German actress who has beon pleying o stsr engagement with Mr. Warster's German Dramatic Compsns at the New Chicago Theatre during the lasttwo months, takes her farewell benefit this evening. ing per encegewent in this city Blies Wolf has proved herseif an actress of sterling worth aud excellent taste. Sho has becomea great favorita with :he German tbeatre-going public. and will nodoubtedly bave & fine house to-nignt. The piecs selected 18 Dr. Toepfear's celebrated come- dy. * Rosonmueller and Finke.” An effort is beirg made to indace Mies Woif to accept a ro- sugagement, and there is & probability that she will come back again in two or three wecks. The monthly mesting of the Board of Coun- cillors of the Hospital for Women and Children, was held Jan. 4 attho rosidencoof Mrs. I. N. Camp,519 West Monroaetreet. The pumber of pa- tients treated in tbe Hoerital was 51 ; in dispen- | gary, 103 ; ouzaido, 2; total, 156 Tho donatious received werec Through Mrs. McGregor Adams— Mr. E. W. Blatchford, €50 ; through Ars. D. A. Gage—Nir. E. A. Goodrich, $20; Prairie State Loan snd Trust Compacy. 210 ; through Alrs. T. B. Blackstone—Mr. John B. Drake, $10; through Dr. Taompson—Aliss Helen Culver, 85; | through Mrs E. ‘0. Pike—3Ir. A. ML Billings, coal, 8205 through 3re. E G. Hall—Tobey & Co., four wash-stands ; Col. Wood's Jusenm, enter- tainment, S23. He was clilled to the boae, and only looked in ot tke ealoon-door to eee what time it was. The raloon w5 waim and cheery, the hot-water urn bubbled memly, a grateful steam carled of a hot spiced riwm that tho barkeeper was about 0 offer 2s a libation on bis ovn private shrine. Then, fathfol tc his vow, be drew back into ihe outer darknesy, and as he did so aa lcr blast bowled up the strect and made the flags on tho ridewalks shiver. He eaid to bimself, **Just one—it'a £0 deuced cold to-night,” and entered the door. + Hello!” exid the barkeeper, **whers | you been? Hain't aen yon sinca Noo Yer's.” And the recording sngel shed a tear, and ‘lotted out that oath forever. At about 6:S0 last evening a man named John Smith, employed as a0 ecginger iu the pianing- mill of T. E. Spades, at _the corner of Twelfth 2nd Clark strects, met wizh a ternble accident, Whereby be was instantly killed. He was step- ping over the space occapied by the driviog-belt | and wheel, when lus clotbing was caught by the beit sud he was whirled with fearful speed sgainst the tightening-pulley above the wheel, taluog him instaotly. The only wound vieible was & deep ash ap the head, but it i3 supposed ioternal injuries were tho direct cause of his desth. He was a married man about 60 jears of age, a0d lived at No. 93 Usnalport avenie. He wau 2 steady, industrious mao, avd had been em- ployed st the mill for eighteen years. Thoiu- ' quest will be held to-day. i The summary of the Bible worxof the Youog Men's Christian_ Arsociation for 1875 bas joreu been compiled. 1t shows that the number of cottage prayer-meetings during the year was 999; attendances for the vear, 12,7485 number | of motbers' moetings, 73; attendances for | the year, 1,109; echool prayer-meetiogs, | 113; sttendsnces for the vear, 8420; per- | sons gathered into prayer-meetings, 863; per~ eoos gathered nto Sunday-school, 118; ses~ si0ns of sewing-school, 103; attendances for the year, 5,849; eessions of Sundav-schools. 525 at- | tendancee for the year, 2,996 ; Bible visits made, 3,063; Scripture conversations, 2,497; visita to | sick, 595; errands for the poor, 157; Dibles given to the destitute, 27. The National and American Pounltry Associs- tiops will open an exhibition in the Exposition Buading on the 20th inst. which bids fuir to the most successful thing of the kind which has ever been Leld in thus country. The eotries alrealy foot up a goodly number, and those owning fine dogs. rabbits, fowls, or pigeons ehould loss no time in procuring an entry blauk and making arravge- ments to participate in the show., The cash Pprizes amouut to over £2,000. Auy information and the peceseary blanks for entering exhibits can be obtaived by addressing tho Secretary of the National Ponltry Assoctation, Chicago. A bisse young man on Sheldon etreet, who has been tnrough society for several years, and do- clares that there is mothing in 1l resolved to stay in bed on New Year's Day aod smoke aond read novels while he sent round a boy with his cards. Thongh on this vleasure he was Lent, he bad a frugal mind, and engaged the son of his Isundress, a steady youth, who put in the lowest tender and undertook to dehver 756 cards for 60 cents. B0 the blase young man stayed in bad and emoked, sod the steady youth gave his 50 cents to his mother, and the 785 cards to his it~ tle brothers and sieters to play with, 2nd went with a good conscience to see a dog-fight. A youog man who found meveral eligible honses witn baskets hung out on Now Year's Day took a fearful revenge. Hebad a visiting card neatly engraved with acorones and **AL C. Comte de Millefeurs, Paris,” 2nd whenever ho came to a basket ba wonld 1nclose his card snd the Cotnt's in an envelope, drop 1t in, and paes cerenely on. He bad his revetuge, for whenever e meets one of the girls of thoae families she ways to bim: **O, Mr. Lopkios, ma sad all of s wwere 8o £0rTy._that you didn't call on New Year's Day.” * Bu: the Connt and 1 called and fonnd & basket out, and eo we just Jeft onr cards.” *0, 3r. Lopking, you know, surely, that we have to put out a baske: becauze there re 50 many people call that wo don't care tosse; but you are different. We are always st home fo you; youshould heve come right in. And has the Count left town 2" 0, 5085 b only epent New Year's Day hueI; he's gone 1o the plains to shoot buffalo. I'm somxy be dido't seo yon, becanse I told him L wanted him o se6 ons of onr resl Chicago belles, but it was my atupidity.” Theu ske goes oft with the ron band to & lot of bachelor sequatntaaces. The Infer- ! Ocean was right when it said every man ought to ! marry at least oo wife, becauso it was cheaper 5] ! sake keep quiet, and Tl como down,” the old { man burst iuto apeal of laughter, and said : return aboat 1:50 a. m. Sunday last. He did not get up 22 his usual bour, and when the servant girl was sent up to call Bim sho found him dead. As he bad his poots on, and bad lert his hat ont- sido in the ball as if to bo blacled, it was thought that he hed commitzed suicido by poisoping, and the Coroner called ib. A _ post mortem exsmination was made, 2nd _the contents of - the stomach submitted for examination to an aualyticsl chemist, That gentloman has just reported. He finds that there are no traces of poiscn in that orzan, and that all that it contained was pickled oystots, brandy, curacos, pound-cate, oranges, Iemo: ade, cold turkey, whisky, nam-sandwich, hot rum, fruit-cake, chicken-alad, fried oysters, sherry, sardines, beel-tes. lobster-salad, beor, chocolate, olives, mince-pio, bologna sansago, port wine, macaroons, cloves, chempagne. cheese, and a few other minor ingrodisnts. The Jury returned & vordict of **Died from o deter- mination of NewjYear's calls to the stomach,” coupling with it & recommendation that here- after people receiving calls pat a p1oper railing round thoir sidebosrds, and hang o red lamp thereat as a danger signal. LOVE'S ILLUSIOSS. ** Tallz abont your wives,” said a young Ih:!l-l 21 tel vou, boys, mino is the boss wifo. to keep two ceoplo than one. You ought to ses the velvet dreseil onn thst sbo made mo on New Year's,—made it berself, and saved the money for tho materials out of her housekeen- ing allowances.” Aud so he wandored ou, shilo atthesame moment there waa dropred intoa lamp-post letter-box an accouat, a8 follows: Chicago, Jan. 7, 1675 27, Benedict Lovebind, To Snip & Twist, Dr. ‘For one velvet dressing-gown, onlered by Mrs, B. L,, Dec. 81, 1875 .cuauee eee..$110.75 ved payme R Please remit and oblige, & A BCEEME WITH MILLIONS IS IT. An enterprising divorce lawyer on South Clark stroet has hit upon an "ingenions plan by which he expects to make s fortune during the next twelve months. He has made the acquaintauce of all the eligible couples within nis reach, and coltivates the wives cspeclally, assuming the air of a cynic and invariably preacbing on the faith- lessness of husbands, especially when tiey pre- tend to nousual devotion. When a wifa eazs to bm: *Buot, Mr. Cheyster, I am earo that at lesst my Adolppus is faithful- ness's eolf,” he malkes & tragic start and Bays. in a stsge * awde” notintended (which means intenGed) for hor ear : **Ahme! Per- fidious moo!! TUpsospeciing and woman!l!" Then regaming hLis compos:re, with another tragic start, says: *Your hus- band? Faultless ?" (this with a sickly smile as 63 j if be bad just taken his insugural smoke). *0, 10, o is not. He could not be otherwisa than devoted with 80 beantiful aod tender a wife as sou. Now let us talk of something eise.” As Boon a8 Lo Lias duly prepared tbe ground he will roceed to sow the seed. He has had written.on tinted and scented paper a huadred letters abont 25 follows : TUPsDAY night —DEARTST 2y husband has &nzovered eperything ! U vows that bo will take your life ! 1 have fied from his fury and am stopping YOU KNOW WHERE! Cometome afonce and we will fiy together to rome sunny Southern clime whera the bee bsnque:s on through a summer of flowers, Aly wealth is ample, and you will no longer have to ; His slave to support a big-fooled wife. COME! I long to feelrour loving arms around me oace more. Your soul's bride, JoLu., Mr. Cheyster thinks there’s millions in it. s HOW,TO LET PEWS. A minister on th#\West Sida is an acate ob- server of human nsture. A fow days ago the annual eale of the pews in his church took place, and thero were very gloomy anticipations as to the result ou account of the stringeacy of the times. But the devoted ciergymau was equal to the emergency. The wives of the two wealthiest members of tbo church are not so much cale- brated for outward comeliness a3 for tho beauty of the sonl, and they are exceedingly jealous of each othor. Knowing that if ho could incite them to rivalry in good works the ereet would bo sdvantsgeous to the church: know- ing also that thero wag but one good pew in the audiencs, he waited til the bidding had begun, then slipping round : 1thought you wantsd that . to sister A, snid froat pew 2" es,” said the womaw, 28 she shus hor ips with 2 docided snap, *2ad I'm go- ing to Lave it, t00.” “Al!" sud the pastor landly, “sister B has made up her mind to rent it. She said—thie, of course, is in confi- dence—that she could no worshiv properly with a red-headed woman uoder the vi of tho sanctuars.” ¢ O, she did, did she ?" au- gwered Lis parichioner. with o iong inspiration ; “*{he creaturo!” Then tha pious clergsman went round to sister B aad to'd her that he had overbeard gister A eay that ste would have that | paw if she had to lay her Jast dollar of earthly | dross on the altar of the sanctuary. Then ho went belund & pillar of the church and hugged himself in 2 rapture while tho two sisters ‘went on eeeing each other and going $10 better, with o devotion that would have warmed the heart of Hugh Maher. -and-by, whem tho prico Lad reached $1265, Sister B weakened | and took to raises of a dollar, sud when, at §1,309, Sister A eaid **1,359," she caved. Sis- ter A walked to the table aund drow a check for the amonnt, and then, fising her eyes on Sister B, observed, in a tone of contemplative tri- umph: *Imav bo réd-headed, bat | caauot al- ! lowa baodj-legged woman with s wart on hor noso to stand between mescd my ealvation.” Result: The pawa this year brought considerably more than they did last year, despite the finea- cial stringency of tae times. THE DLACEMAILER FOILED. The best-ia:d schemes of micc and blackmailers afy gang apley (what that 1 the averags reader | doesn’s kmow, but o would feel aggrieved if tho facc were not stated in that furm). Thursday Jjust at dusk a weslthy resident on Thirty-fonrth etreet waa called to his parlor by o closcly-veued Jady, and his wife, a vory jealous woman, wes in the back parlor. On enteriog the rcom, * judge of his surprise,” as the dimo movels sar, when the unknown woman seized him tightly round his neck and whivpered in bisear: **I know Where you wero Monday—give me 3125 cr I'll scream, and your wife'll coms in.” Insteadof | busting into & cold swoat, hoaling oub bie Docier-book end saying: **S'sh! for heaven's +Too thin, my dear, too tbin. 1 was nursing the old woman from Sunday till Tuesday. She's jealous as sin. _Feel my beaa; it's asbeldasa bitiiard ball. Now, 1f yoa ecream sa'll come in, 2nd, if ber oails get to going, it’ll be good-byo to your ewitch.” Amazed at the coolness of the philosopher, the young woman sid she would compromise on & Sonth-Side car-ticker, and left the honso very sadly, for he was veryrich: T T RAILROAD DISCRIMINATIONS, TAE BOABD OF TRADE COMMITTEE. The Committes appointed by the Board of . Trade to investigate the discnminations made | by tho railroads against this cily, met yesterday | moming pursusnt to agreemeot, Mr. E. B. Stevens in the chair and Mr. W. T, Baker acting as Secretary. After a long informal talk between the mem- bors of the Commiltee regardiuf their future action, Mr. T. Wight appeared and stated that he had received a letter from a gentleman at Champaign, in which it was statod that the Southwestern roads were making the following rates from that place to Ezstern poiots: To the elevators at Indispspolis, 12 cents per 100 on local cars; 2 cents per 100 {s allowed to trans- fer ; on through cars the rato to Indianapolis is 14 cents per 100. The rates from Champaign to sesports were 28 follows: To New York, 5% cects; to Boston, 59 cents: to Philadelphia, 3¢ centa; to Baltimore 33 ceats. 1t will be seen by the above that the rate from Champaign to Philadelphis, though the distance i8 mucn farther thaojfrom Chicago, is 5 cents be- low the tariff-rate from this city. Tne rate from Champaign to Baltimore is 6 cents below the Chicago rate. On tho other band the rates from Champaign to Boston, aud New York, are mach higher than thoss fiom Chicago. This bas nn- doubtedly been doue because the shipmenta to these twog:flmla would take their way to Chica- go. Tho difference in thorate between Balui- injuroed | v droppings | 'The Chairman stated that next week would ba abusy one, as much information from ather points waa now on its way here, vomo of which would be ready to be laid before tne mesting Mondsy. On motion cf Mr. Robert Warren, it was de- ; cided to eend an iovitation to the Genzral Freight Azents of tho various roads to appear befo:e tho Committeo and explain to them ths cause of these discrimivaticna. The Secraiary was instructed to iavite Mr. H. C. Wicker, Gen- eral Freiaht Agent of the Caicago & Northwast- er Railroad, to nppear boforo the Commities Alendey. Mr. Anderson appearad befars the Committee, and stated that he had received lotters from shippers in the central part of tins Stato, giving the information thas they could ship graia to the i East at tho same rates 83 from Chicago ; and for Lhis reason they Liad stoppod shipmsuts to this | point. iIo did not know over which 10ad _they were chipping their freight, but he would try and find out. 1 The meeting then adjonraed until Monday | | morning at half-past 9 o'clock. ! Sl e THE FOUNDL! BXPCRIENCES IN DECEMUER. i Theo last number of tho Record of the Found- lings' Home gives some intaresting experiences Following aro | during the mouth of Dacember. | Bome exiracts : Thursday, Do, 9.~We commenced the duy without + » penay, bit 3 youns iady brought §1 for tbo babfes, wlieh bousht the milk, and so, with what was aoticed above, all wers amply provided for, Fruday, Dec. 19.—A lady droppsd in and 17t $5. Sha did not Yo our seed, Lut the Lord did, and suppliel ‘Tuesday, Dec, 14,—TWe havo renewed ciuss for grati- tude to-dsy ; visitors havo left us, ono§10, and thres others §5, while still another £ was found in tho box. A dear lictlo girl gave 50 ceats, A packagoof sprows, ! Just fitting Moses, was given, of which he was sadly in | Deed. It is traly woaderral how theso_ little tuings | alwis come justattbe righ thme. Deei notGod | take notica of tho small things as well as tho grust T Saturdzy, vee. 18.—A gentleman calied and present- ed s with 70, which liad been given by the cnuployes of Reith Bros. as a Christmas gift. e bope the Lord will bless cach one abundantly for the remembrance | of His little ones. A lsdy brought us some cake which Rad been loft from a surprise party,—a great treat, 2uesday, Dec, 21— pacioze of clothin from il wankee. - In it were 23 pimuies from Littls Mary ., taken fom her bank for to babics, Wednesday, Lcc, 22.—Tae mozning mail brought 25 | cents, with beautiful Scripiuro motcoes. A lady Ieft 23 ceuts'at tho door. Still later 35 cama in & not sigued “Irene, A Christmus gif:.” A ititlo girl gave 5 couts to buy inilk, - Dear lttle soul! it wea probably her all, nd_a eacriflco, groat to her, whou Ciristmas was a3 near. Thres lithle girls came in to-nfubt, nelther of them moro than two weeka Thoy' are pamod | Faith, Hops, and Charitr, i Saturday, Lec. 2%.—Chiistmas gifts aguin to-dvy ! Five dollars by mail and 10 cents from a lttlo boy for milk, Also eoce pretty socks and o tdy from a Ly | in Rhode Island, with thess words in tho contre: “ Praiso ya tae Lord,” a fitting inscription for tha gifs of to-day, A lady sent a tarkey, and Ler little Loy gavo $197 for tho milk fund. T'wo czrpenters, who Rave been doing Some wark for us, trought us s large, basatiful turkey, May Ho who was calied the * Car- penter's Son,” whosa birth and coming wo oslebrato to-dxy, reward thim. Other provisions hava coma in ; ‘ples and bread from 3 bakery niear ur, 80 thero was an. aburdznce of everything for dinner, of which all par- took hountifut 29,—Pay day again, Wehada few dollars loft over from yesterday, but £oz nearly enough to pay the wages of the weels, * At our moruing pra ors woasked tho Lord to pay th083 who are laboring in sarvico. We waited jatiently uil day. In the | ovening the answer camo—3 check for $30 from & lady who Lias ofteu proved ** a friend indeed.” ‘Ank, and 7 Bl secelre,” +#Tho Lord knoweta thom that aro old, g = LOCAL LETTERS. TIE GOOD BAMATIT: To the Editor of The Chicago Lribur Crtcago, Jen, 8.—If the etatements of an articlo that appeared in the Iafer-Ocean of tho 4th inst. in regard to the Good Samaritan Society are true that Society is unworthy tho confidenco of tho public ; and thoss who have given to it, believing it to bo 88 represaated, should give the matter thought befors agam contcibuting to- wards its supporc. Tho charges against the Society are : First—That it cisims to mmintsin & Home where huudreds of homeless women 1iud shel- ter, aro taugut meeful indastrics, and thea are furnished employment thioagh a department of the Society called tha Ladies' Barcun; but in truth the claim is whollv false. Second—That the solicitor of the Society ia | instracted to, and does, advertiss au averago pumbor of twenty-five tmates at tho Home; but thera is rvot. an average number of moro | than two inmates. ! Third—That tbo wemen hired to work in the laundry are pot usmally paid their full wages, | end ate cheated in their time, and that the Ma- ¢ trou 13 abusive and tyrsooical. JFourth—That 1f names ars added to tho list of jamates kept at the Home for tho iuspection of vimtors, they are not nswmes of 1nmates but of lsandry employes, who, becausa of ili-treat- ment, are constantly chaaygiug, ard also tho names of thoso who visit the lsundry to engnge bat do not remain. Fifth—That_tue circalars ueed in sollclting | | funds for the Soctaty say thers is 2& the Home s | i eswing department and & musical depariment, i but there 13 neither ons or the other. . . Sexth—That the Ladies' Bureau is in reality an | I intelligeace offico, and is paid &1 for evary caso | of empioyment furnished, and that the labor thus furnisbed is of the kind that is aupplied by | all inteltigence odices.—from persons out of em- . ploymest who go to such plascs in search of it. centh—That the Scciets’s reports resd, “dwisg the month homes and employment bave been furnished eighty-one women,” snd because 1t protesses io have o large number of inmates at the lcme, to farnish emplovment to a largo number, aod to do a wors for women that it does notdo, it bogs 8300 to $400 per month from the public. Eighth—That tho members of the Society have becoine 60 fow there are but thres or four ladies interested. ‘Would not farther information on this subject bo welcoms to our citizeny? Chizago has too many humbugs, and the greatest ot a:l humbugs is tho pretonded charity, A Grves, FIRE-TRAPS. To the Edutor of The Clucaqo Iridune arcaco, Jan. 8.—I notice Inspeotor Bailey is turning bis attention to the safety of our pub- | lic buldings ; I trust he will extend his exam- | ination to our church edilces. He will find | many of them have been constructed without due regard to the safety of tho crowds who | weekly fill them. | Iattended the Third Presbyterian Church ser- j vice last Sunday eveming, and bave seldem been | in a church building more deosely packed. Chnurs were placed in tve aisles, which, I be- ! lieve, 18 against the ordinance. I took a survey of the meuns of escapo in the event of a panic. There is one emali door leading out in the rear through the chapel, bug the principal utrance aud exit 18 by two doors in front. ‘Lhere nre two stairways leading from the gallery down 1oto the front vostibule, There must havo been eome 800 persons in tho body of the house and sume 60U inthe gallery. Now imagine a pavic to get started Ly aa alarm of fire ot from any other cause, and tlio 600 in the gallery to como pouring down the tw0 Btairways avnd meetiog in tho vestibule tho 8J0 eguaily fiantic, struggling to escapa through the same vestibute, blocking it up snd crushing one an- oiber, snd you can contemplate & spectacio likely to occur at ay time when tbe clurch is filied. 1 ooticed, also, that every door opens inward, as do the tao doors into the chapel, which is packed at every prayer-meceting, more olosely than the charch building. The church building, to be wade safe, shonld have an oxit opened from the galiery at tbo north end of the building to the ground, by stairsay outside the builcing, and an opaning out from below, opposite the puipit, east, and all the doors open out. Arclitects bave not hitherto given sufiicient atlention to means tor | emptying public bwldiogs rapidly. It wiil not aval to say there can ba uo occasion for 8 panio in a pubiic building hested by steam. It makes no lerence What occasions s panic—when onco nader way, the idea of self-preservation overcomes the judgment, and reason and re- Hlection are silent. . Is it not bettar to provide for such contingen- ern dopository at No. 70 Adaws street, in this i Grex Woop, District Socratary American Tzact Socioty. el o THE CITY-HALL. Tho total of water-rents for December was 897,275.79. Ald. Cuilerton was around ‘‘smiling” and joking with the boys, but Ald. Ilildreth’s fa- milier face was not seen in his accustomed houats yostorday. He is roported sick at homd, It was remarked around the Cits-Hall yester- day that a roll should be called every morning to which evers Alderman should anewer, in or- der that no guilty man should escape. Wator-receipts yesterday ware $2,535, and tax- receipts $1,700. The City Treasurer also re~ ceived 236,000 from Halinnin, tho West Town Coltector, and 31,000 from Miko Evans. Thero was paid 60,000 on tho city's indebtedaess. Lawger John Wooduridgo. of the firm of Woodbridge & Blanke, has been proposed by All. Dickinson as a candidate for the posit:on of Corporation Counsel. e iaindorsod by many men of atanding, but the Mayor expresses no intention of appoiuting any one just at pregant. Mayor Colvin has apparently not tho slightest intorest in the suit now peoding at Springfield that will decida whethor there shall bo a special election for Mayor or whether ho shall hold over until 1877.” e has all aloog expressed the opiniou that he does not want the ofice if mot entitled to No troable is anticipated from tha Tax-Col- lectors in the matter of paying into the City Troasury asfast asthe monev is collected, as thev all seem wlling to pay on demsnd, and are evon anxious to mrke duily dopostts when possi- blo. ‘They report that the mouey comes in froo- ly,—much raore 8o than was expected. It scems to gratiry some of the city author- ities that [Iarms has been fined $10 for necloct- jug the red-I'ght ordinsncs and for failure to repair the Gourt-H »use S juaro fence. Another charge will_be bronght against him Monday, that of hauling pilea through the streats with- out special permiseion. The pouslty for the offeuse 13 a fine of from 325 to £190. Mavor Colvin received a dispatch from Soring- field yesterday annonocing thas ths decision of Judgo Williams in the contempt cuse, when twenty-two Aldermen were fined $100 each, and the five attorveys 300 ozch, had been reversed by the Supreme Court. ‘The snit arose from the counting of votes by the Aidermen, aud the fines were imposed on the T7th of last June. The news was favorably received by the City- Hall commuuity. The Committee on Printing mat—at least threo of the meinbeis werg presont—and, aftor cou- sidersble discussion,decided to refer the bids for tho Engtish city printing to the Council withous anv specal recommendation, they -being nnable to discriminate. mittes on Strects and Alleys of the North Division decided to report Tavorably to the Conncit on & petition for a side- walk oa Ualk esst of Rosh stroet. Tnspector Bailey's men inepented McCormick, Tuaroer, and Sharpshooters’ Halis, wiich are ull on tho North Side. The firet two wero fonnd to be satisfaotory in regard to the means of egross, but Sharpshooters' Hall waa_found to bo badly arranged throughout, aod will Lave to be con- sideravly aitored in order to comply with the ordinancos. Tho iuspection of the school- houses will begin about Weanesdsy, and, as tho doors of most of them open inwardly, much changing will bo the reault of ths iuspection. THE LIBUARY EOARD. The Directors of tho Chicago Public Library held their regular semi-monthly neeting yester~ day afternoon in the Library-room, at_tho cor- ner of Dearborn and Lale strects. President Shorey oceupied the chair. Jr. Mason, of tho Commiitee on Buildings and Grounds, reported in favor of paviug sundry bills for liebting ood furoishing the Library rooms, smountiog to $335.70, which wero pessed and ordered paid. Mr. Hotz, of the Cemmittee on Library, rec- ommended that a room be fitted up for the re- cepion of Patent Office repor:s and public daen- ments ; that the binding of tho English Patent Oflico reports be continued ; that the Secrotsries of the varions States be communicated requested to furaish bistories of their Siates, eto. ; and that the Librarinn_bo instructed to confer with tne officars of the Historical Seciety, city. | sod ascertain upon what terms the Society would co-oporata. ‘The report was concurred in. A nomber of bills for Linding_were rocom- mended to be paid and so ordered. The Com- m:tte were allowed until next meeting to report on periodica!s, magazines, etc. The_committes to whom was referred the financial statemens of expenses of tho Library from June to October. 1875, inclusive, renorted that they had examined the esme and found 1t correct. Toe Secretary reported that the unezpanded balance of appropnations for the support of the Labrary Jan. 1, 1376 amouated to $36,693.90. Thewmetusl smount paid oat over and above sotual collections from tie day when the Library opooed was $5,803.61. ‘There bewg no further business, the meeting adjourned. A box has been placed in tho Library-room, i which any one wishing to consnlt & work not inciuded in the catalogue, has simply to deposit a memor- andum giving the title, name of author, etc., together with bis name aud addross, when it will be procured if possible. Inthis same box are to be dropped complkints of want of atten- tion or courtesy on the partof the employes. e ANNOUNCEMENTS. The aonual meoting of Managers of the Home for tho Friendless will be held Monday at 2 o'clock p. m. The Marine Engineers’ Associstion givesits first annual bail Friday at Soow's Academy, corner Green and Washington streets. ‘The Avenue Socisl Club will give their second grand ball Wednesday evening at Avonuo Hall, 159 Twenty-second street. Tickets for sals at the door. All graduates of Dartmonth Collego interosted in forming an Alumni Association for the North- wost nro requastod to meet at the Graaa Pacific Tharsday evening at 8 o'clock. Thero will be a meeting in the Clark street AL E. Church to-day nt 3 p. m. under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperanco Union. All friends of the cause are invited to attend. The Highland Association of 1llinois will hold its anuual meeting Monday evening at 8 o'clocks, at the offica of Jobn Mackay, northeast corner otffi State and Monroo atreets, for the election of officers. The Sunday lecturo this atternoon will be de- liversd by James Yarton, the distinguished author and brilliant lecturer, at McCormuck Hall, His subject will be + The Continontal Congress.” The doors will open at 3 and ciose at 3. Admis- slon 10 cents. . Property-owners -are invitad to attend a meet- ing for orzanization againet nings and cliques of all kinds, irrespective of pohtical pasties, and 1 favor of honesty and_economy in the .adminis- tration of public affaire, at” Room 3, No. 152 g;::rbom strest, Tuesday, at 8 o'clock p. m., arp. The znonal bell of the Illincis St. Andrew's Society will be beld at the Palmer Houss Wedoesdas evening. The arrangements are on an unusual scale of marmificence, and the ball will undoubtedly prove one of the great society events of the season. Tickets can be had at ths Paiwmer touse, or from Mr. W. M. Dale, No. 155 Ciark street. The lecture heretofore announced of Mr. Gerbard Roblfs, the famous Afnican explorer, will take place to-morrow evening at the North Sido Turner Hall, i large sttendsnce, as Mr. Rohits’ lectares hava become quite popular in all the principal East- ern and Western cities in which Lo has delivered them. Tickets of admisslon are placed at 25 cents. The subject selecied for to-morrow evening will be ** His visit to the Sultan and the ing by Miss Lena Winters, Jobn McQuaid, and Mr. Paxton, and readings by 3Miss Aunie Comp- ton. S, THE COUNTY BUILDI G. The Judges of the several Courts have not yet | beeu to call oo Mr. McCadrey to accept his in- i nitation to vieit the Insane Asylum. Steam was put into the sddition to the Insano Asylum ac Jefferson yesterday for the first tize. The addition will be ready for occupancy sbout the 1st of February. County-Attorney Rountreo yesterday drafted a paper for the considerstion of tho Judiciary | Commttes, bat would not disciose its nature, It is supposed, howerer. to hove some coonection + with the visit to the Insane Asylum Friday. Johin Comiskey, Clerz to the Couuty Board, is 1 a candidnte for County Commissioner, and be- lieves that he will sacceed one of the members from tlio West Sido this fall. John bas not had an elective oftico for some time, and Lo thinks ho would like oue. Arnold M. Sheldon, an_insolvent debtor, ar- rested at the inatauce of J. Rush Harns, filed a echedule of his property in the Comuty Conrt yesterdav, which was approved. The schedalo exampted Lin furnitars, woaring apparel, pen- wion, and $100 worth of property. . A. Hall was appoinced Aezignee. Architect Egan says _that the ventilation of the Ja | bas very much improved sincs iho new engineer began work. The rroable, e ga s, has becn that tho aperturs for tasing in fresh air has boen kept closed. The liberal ueo of serub- brooms and sand and s0ap will nosw pus the juil in a tenable conditicn. Yestorday was pay-day mnseveral of the offices of the Couuty Bailding. Gen. Lieb paid into the Trensury, ag a part of his ssmi-annual recaipts from fees, 87,812.94, and drew out 85,000 for salaries for his oflice for tho past moath, The Sherifl’s offico also draw largely upon the Treas- ury during the day, voc did wot turn aoything in. The general fund at theclose of business vesterdsy w2s very badly depleted. aud another loan will be necessary at an early day. TIE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury beld a shiort session yvesterday morpiuz. Complaint was lodged azainst the Post and Maul for libel by J. il devicker, the odenso biasiog been commitied a few dass’ ago in o publication in that paper calling MeVicker's ‘Tneatro & **tinder-box.” Several witnosses wero examined, among others_ Inspector Bailoy, but uo conclusion was reacard. Several minor in- dictments wero found, among cthera one for perjury in swearing to tho owncrahip of projer- tr. ‘Lo jury did not finish its labors, but will meet again to-morrow. —_—— " CRIMINAL. Annio Sanford and the denizens of alow-hole in Cheyeone were in the Armory last night charzed with robbing a well-known businass man of 3300 in currencs. His name 1s witbheld by the police on tho plea that ho was drunk aud dragged when the affair touk place. At about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon two bold thieves attempted to *hold up” M, J. 3lahoney, of No. 11 Depuvstar streat, at the coz- ner of Madison and Canal streets. Thoy suc- ceeded in obtaining only the watch-chain, a3 Maboney gradbbed the waich just in time to save it. A roung man losking for a boarding-honse | yesterday called upon John Prothro, of No, 17 Peoria utreet, and looked av some rooms. After his departure, a coat and psir of pants wers missing, and, if that young man ever returns, + Mr. Prothro thraatens to tave him boarded freo of cbarge. An item in a suoset gazette, to the effect that the river was yet clear of ice, was such a bousn- 2a of information that John and Deuis Ryan and Jobn Wallor datarmiood to improva the onpor- tupity by taking a boat-ride. Ther stole & boat fromn Rnssell Downer, and hence theic liberty Was cut short. Frack Hart, who kas bean waoted this long tims for the robbery of Harrer's clothing-s:ora ! on Lake streot, was arrested by Deputy-Shenff i Conloy last evening. There. is an indictment against bim in tho Crimioal Court for burgierr, which alone ouzbt to bo sufticient to lav him away in the Penitentiary for a good round term. _Edward Gutebaw was yesterdsy held by Jus- tico Kaufmann in $600 to tho 10th inst. on the charge o havinz emptied tbo barber-shop on the corner of Wells strect and Chicago avenae of allitacontents. Charles Vantooa, his cam- rade, was heid in £300 bail for stealing a buffalo robe from (. V. Lyon. Thomas F. Keith, re- eidiug with his parcots at No. 18 Bremer street, but old ancugh to have a home for himself, was bouand over tu 2300 bonds for beating his father, an old man of 55 years of age. THE BROOELYN SCANDAL. ‘Will Mounlton’s Suit Agninst Beecher Ie Triea? New York 1ribune, Jan, 7, It was atated lust night that the suit brought by Fraacis D. Moalton against Mr. Boocher for damages on account of allezed malicious pross- cntion, cannot bo maintained. and: that it will never come totrial. An oxamination ot the statutos, in the opinion of many lawyers, Ehows that where a nolle prosequi hss been en- tered on sn indictment against any person, that person cannot claim damages, aa the nolle 18 a recognition aad acknowledgment of the in- nocencs of the accused. It is probablo that Alr. Shearmsn, whois Mr. Deecber's attorney, will | serve upon Alr. Monlton's couasel, on Jan. 17. & i demurrer instead of an answer, in which it will i be clzimed that there is o canse of action, asa nolls prosequi has been entered on Mr. Monlton's | iudictment by tha District-Attorney, and that that debars the plaintifl in the suit against Mr. Beecher from proceading further. ‘The argu- ment of this point will probably not be heard until March, and the trisl of the main issue will thus be deferred indefinitely, if not prevented from ever taking place. A deoision in favor or the defendant 1n the demurrer would of course end the whole case. Alr. Shearmaa, in conversetion with a Tribune reporter Iast night, said that he would not de- clare what his course would be. Ho did not deny, however, that he wonld demar t5 the com- plunt, and admitted that hohad conversed about taking that course. Gen, Pryor, wao was called upon, said he expecied that ths defendant’s counsel would serre a demurrer npon h.m instend of an answer, and admitted that io Encland a nolle prosequi operated as a bar to farther procaedinge on the part of the in- dicted person. He said tbat in this conntry, howerer, the question had not yet been deter- mived. and he auticipated that the defendant would test the quastion. Ho 8aid that by sorv. 10g on him a domurrer instead of an answer the tnal of the issue would *‘bo tided over a year, perbaps looger.” 3r. Shearman will to-day servo & notico of ap- pearance iu the case upon Gen. Pryur, declating 1bat Mr. Beecher's counsel in the case are Shear- man & Stirling. “IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS.” AB, Tove! my esen are dim with tears ; 1'miss the light of thiae, And li the glones of ths years Pass by and lesve o sign, They psss, far o'ez my lonely h 3675 radiart sumbeure, ware s ‘While sll the thorny path I tread 1a dark with night and storm, And doat thou wait, trne heart of gold, 1n thy far home of light, THll from the valiey, dark and cold, 1 climb the sunny height 2 1 come, & wanderer, 824 and old, ‘Weary and most forlorn ; ©joy! thy loving face 1 808 Tpan the hills of Morn, Hrzen F, was giving him mare trcuble than it was worth. He snid that unless perties who wero going to bring enit did 80 at ouce, he would begin to make big levies duricg the mddie of this woek. In crder to satisfy Muko and 2lso Ed Phillips. it may be stated that L. G. Asay and J. J. MeKia- non, attorneys, will enter no less than fifty suits in the Bupzrior Court to-mOITOW mMOring eujoining tho collection of iilegally-assessed taxes, The largest among these is that of GAGE, UROTHERS & CO., and the bill for un injunction reads as follows : Humbly complaining unto your Ifonors, your arutors, Gage, Brothiars & Co., Wabish avenue snd Madison &:rost, most reagectfully show : Firat—That your cra:ors now arv aud for several years last pasthive been engazed in and currying on milinery bu:inees at No, 70 Watashavenue, Secursi—That on and pricr to tho 1st day of 3[ay, A, D, 1975, your orators owned and were D ed of pérsonal property of the value of §— or thereabouts. 2nd no more. Third—That on or sbout the 1st day of May, A. D. 18.5, your orators, acrording to tha siatute in su b casc'made and_paovide), caused to Lo made and d:- livered £o ono Edward Phillips, who swas then the daly authorized Ascessor inand for eaid Town of South Chicogo, a true and correct schadule of il the personal yroperty owned aud controlied by your orators on the snid 1st day of May, A. D. 1815, in 81d Town of South Chicago, subject to taxation therein for said year. Jourth—That ail the persoual property then owned axfl controlled by your orators, snd tion in s3id town, dty, snd county, State, couuty, and city ' purposes, fur ssll yoar, A, D. 185, Was correcty susted in said sctednle, znd tust said schedule was made for the purioso of taxition under the statue in such czis wado ‘made and provided, Fifth—That s2id " echedu’o was made out by your orators and returned to bzi 1 Edward Plillips, the As- sosdor aforesaid, at hue sagge tion, izth—That 83id schedule was mde aftsr consulta tion Letween your orators and said Assessor with re- spect o the same. Seven:!i—Taat said Assessor assented to s2id sched- ule us correct znd satisfactory, and accepted the samo 13 such from your orators, ind led and induced your orataru tn belfeve and understand fhat toe sxme was in gvery respect satisfactory, and your orators did 5o be- eve. Einhth—That the sum tota} of the values of the prop- erty get down in said schedule was 30,000 Noutt—That, ofter tue miking znd d-livery of s:id schedule 33 aforoaaid, the sad Ydward Philiips, or some one for lim, wrongfully, arltirarily, franduleat- Iy, und without sny nosice whatever to, und without tite consent, assent, or Imowledge of, your orators, changed aud altersd the Baid schedule in sucha maczier that the sum total thereof w2y made Lo amoant t0 550,000, {nszead of 330,00 af~resudd. Tenti—That the assessmeut of personal property mada by sald Ascesscr afor:esid, 1 sad Towa of Scuth Chicago, for the yeir A. D. 1815, was and is grossly frauduient, and in direct violstion of the C3a- stitution and laws of sald Siate of Illinols, for that ery person and corporation In said town doss not and is ot thereby sasaesed by said Assessor. a0 that Be, she, or it shxll pay & tax in proporiion to the valie of ial3, her, or its proj:ecty, as by the sxid Constitution aud tha Iaws of siid State mads in pursuance tleredf, 14 caquired. Dut that, on the enntrary, the assossment made by gald Edward Pis e Asreasor aforessid inxid Town of Sonth Ch for sad yeur A. D. 1335, Wis 80 frandul rod wrongfully mudo apd corruptly palatzd by sald Assereor that wtinces diver- persous _snd in sail town were nytassersed atali, 201 in many othar instin-es that d:vors other persous and corporations in said town wora not asseased to Deac the a<tual or fair value of tho personal proverty which they had ownod and coa- trolled therein, sud which ws3 subject to taxation for tho purposes aforseaid on the said ist day of May, A. D, 1875, by means whercof, znd by resson of wlich 8x1d wroagfal and frandulent discriminition sad con- duct f gaid Assessor in tlt respect, yoar oraors will bo not on'y greatly but irreparably 1njured, unless the collection of satd wroagful and frsmiulent tex be ea- Joined aud restriined by this Honorable Court, Eieven:\—That afterward the S.ate Doard of Eqnali- zatioa wrongfully, arbs , fraudalently, and with- out any noti- ¢ whatever to, aud_without the consent, assont, or krowledge of, your orstors, further altzred ond chang x1 #aid schedulie, and ipcrexsed the sam to- tal of thx valustion of the scheduled property of vour orator theze:n Liable Lo taxation for tao said yer A. D. 1975, in the State, county, city, and town aforescid, for the purpases aforessid, 1o this'20m of $121,630, and that tho said Edward Phillips, tha Assessor aforesaid, to haraes and oppress your orator 1o the premizes tp. ou the taid wrongful 3nd arbiiiary valuatin of your orator's mid propersy as the s3id sam of §30,007, os- sessed ayrin-t sour orators for the purpcses aforesaid 8 tax of $5.095.51. H e T2z your orators mre zdvised and upon £aid information state and chargo that by resom of saidl wrongfal, traudalent, end arbitrary acts of said Edwerd Philips, the Ascessor aforessid, ard eald Bowrd of Eyuzlization, tn chinging and facteuing tue valuation of your orator's property aforesaid, the said 8300 35,003,846 unlazel aud Void 85 o Sour ora- 8. A hirternth—That ons Michael Evans, defendant Bereto, who is the Collector of taxns for the Town of South Chicago, has demanded of and from yonr ors- tors payment of sald tax of $3,034.8), and that he now thresens to levy on your orutor's personal properts, and sell the ssme, uunless your orators make immedt. ate payment of said ualanfal, fraudalent, aud void tax of 35,0531 aforesaid. And your orators submit to your Honors that an injunction to restrain the eald 3tiohael Evans aud ogents from lovying or attempting to levy on or eull the property of your crators should ‘bo awarded to your orators by this Honorsbiv Conrt in consideration of the premises, and such injunction is hers sought by your orators, That your orators zre ready and willing and hereby offer to pay the ralid Callector, Michael Evans, proper tax foraxid year for the purpokes aforeszid mhon the valuation fixed {n sald schodule, and accepted and as~ sented to by said Edward PLLIpe, the assessor sfcre- Ju considoration wheroof, and for 2s much es your orators are reme.liless at and by tho strict rules of e 0d can only nave adeyuste reliel 1o s Cour: of quity, whers sich matters aro properly cognizabie ani redevable. veoherty o To the cnd, therafore, tbat the said defendent may, i he can, ehow why your ozators should not Late the relief herein and her:by prayed, and may, without oath, however his oath being hereby expressiy waived, answer all and singular the premises. And that the sald d:fendant, Michael Evans, and his agon! 1y be enjoined and restrained by the in- junction of this Honorable Court from levying or attempting to levy sald tax of §3,092.81 on the property orany property of your orators, and from selling or attempting to eell any pronerty of your orators for said unlawful and void tax, and for such further and otber relief 13 to thls Honoralle Gourt shall seem Alsy it please your fHonors to nt to yom: Dot only a Wit of injunction, cten s e il’;“i defendant, Micnael Evany, 30d his agents, to restriin him and them as aforesaid, but alvo a writ of suvpana directed to the said d:fendant, Mi-hael Evans, to te And appear befora this Honorable Court, and to siand $0 and atide by the ordor and decree thereof, And your crators will ever pray, otc. vTflE LE3AL REQUISITES, All the saits will require but l:ttle changs, and £33t will be 1 the pleadiage, aud in all the caes tho billa will be identical with that publizhed above. Tbo following-named are smong the perties who will sk for injuncdions ;- Collins & ofman, assessed for £5,000, and ralsed to 87.C00 by the Stito Bord; tax, 8313.37, J. L. Wilion, “of Wilson Bros., asaeeson 10,000, which wa raised by tho S:ate Board to 815,310 ; tax, 3335.73. Jobn Greor & Co. aitessel for £5.000, raised to 87,600 by the Siate, nud tized £318.37. . Holmas, asscesed 10,000, raised to $15,200, aud taxed 8636.73. C, C. Champlin, M. A. Devine,S, Haas,[assessod $1,200, raiced to $1,824, and toxed ¥76.43. Kueeoll Drothers, mesessed on store £25 00, raieed by the State to 32,000, and tased £1,591.62; ou bonse nasessed 31,000, raised to $1,520, and taxed $63.60. J. Werner & Co., Foster, Walker & Co., mseessed $3.000 raised to 81,560, tax $191.02. 'Heary N. Holden' Holmes & Co., G. F. Foster, Sons & Co.. asscss. ed 810,000, raived to $15,200. and taxed $636.7: N. F. Smuth, Aaroa M. McKay, Davis & Duncan, 2,000, raised to $3.040 by the State,aud taxed $127.36. R. H. Moyer, nsgessad 23,000, raived by the State to 91,560, and taxed 319103 8:bram, Mager & Co., sssessed $2,000, raised to | 23,040, and taxed 313736, Daly, Henrutia & Co., {ngagsmenfislo,flflo. raised valuation 13,200, tal 363673, Wildo, Bltett & Co., adsecansam: $20,300, raised valuation $30,856, tax $1.20.-50 J. Forguson, Rookwood Drothers. Augmer Schoolsy, Swarthout, Ackerman & Co. > pe. sessment $5000, raised 10 $7.000, ' and $318.37. * James P. MeMmara & Co., Lous Boerlin, Woven b tress Company, assssment Traised t0 51,500, and tazed $191.95. Dixon & Co.. aae seused 82,000, raised to $3,95% and chxed 8165.57. Hilger, Jenkius & Fazom, assetced $7,000, raised 10 £10,640, and taxed $445.72. L A.’Adams & Co., aagesued 93,00, raised to 84 560, and taxed $1%0.0.° E. Todd, sssossod 31,000, raised to $1.520, snd tazed $63.69. J. L. Pattison, sdscssed $5,000, rased to 39,120, and taxed §382.05. 1L L. Dahl, assessed =3,500, raised to £5.330, and taxed $228.87. William taxed wrung out of the tax-payers. I: 1svepy bie that Eome definite axtion will by i.xh briog som» of these thieves, for they ars oy ng eleo, to justice. OI lato not mauyor doputies bavo sppesred i the wiinityof City-Hail, deeming it best to avoid ths tax-payers. oy e B HIGH TAXATION. THE E¢IL AND THE REXEDY. To the Editor of The Chicago I7idune : Cicaco, Jan. 8.—If our taxes aro uot gy reasonably bigh we onght to ray them wj grumbling. If they are oppresaively hasvy, " ought o go to work with 20 enerzy and duy mination that knows no suca word a3 failyy redacs them to 23onabla amnant, ABE THEY PXCESSIVE? I think they are, for the following reasons First—You have showa that between 136 1874 population increased 262 per cent ] presure proverty in aboat the same ratio, vy aty taxes have incressed 1,36 per cant] | Xknow of no sonnd principle of polities] that shoald allos Yazation to in:Tause in & gry - er ratio than populacion and vealta. The e, mceity thas tojerates 1t is hastsning to aecaz, Szcond—1Ihe princioal barden of taxate and ought t be, borue by ths resl estataof ty city. Dut at tha piosens time tho real estatgg this city is producing 02 na averaze ouly iy one-haif the rents yielded bv iz in 1372 Nogy dunota that iu 1372 car taces wers hizh o for comiort, How, then. is iz posaibls forty peaple to connizue to pay the same taxes oahyy the rental value 1t may b e much money that the city needs just e it el A family accustomed to affluence ney just as mach monev in bad fi 24 10 good, bat ehonld they, thorefore, res:ny robbery and oppreasion, (o gec the moaeg © rather reirench their cXpenses ? Private pa ron3 are obliged to retrench. 1f public corpn tious do not retrench under such circamstane they are wailty of robbery, and uo peopia sxwy submut to be robbed. 1OW DOBS IT AFFECT TOOR 3=X? TPoor men are generaliy zo0d ra. Theyd not shirk this daty &s maus rich mea do. i1ty can be shown wiat is tor theirinterest theywd vote accordingly. Lot ma suppoee s case: | poor mun buys & lot In & groaT city oo bay and by industry sod ecouomy pam fr it in the coarss of & few ym By the tice it s pmd fg it hus increased in valuo 8o as to te wey £10,000. This is too much cadital to lie idls, a be borrows $5.00) to erect & store on bis kg Thus be rena for at leass 10 par cant or 313 an: has monev eaoush to pay his interss: @ taxes, aod hiava $300, or 00 clear. Bu buf times come, and his rent falis £ 31,000, or k. His ipterest of $500 haa to bo paid, and hs b ouly £300 lefs. If taxes ndvancs as rents & cline thay will s00n meat in the middis, aod & owuaer I wiped out. Still tho proverty will & enco of wself. thongh ic does bot gield suy comsa to the owzer, and he may comfort hinmt witls the hope that a change of times may bmy bim relief. Dut now supooss his i ant iy also taxed beyond | endurwa The store is empty; there 1a no income fm which to pa7 either interest or tazes, anil owner is bankrapt. Now multiply this camy thouraods, and what is the effecs on the m” man? All these landiords, tenavte, their da sud emploves, who bat for excessive taxs wonld be comparasively well of aud wells ploved, are added to the great army of thsp employed, and are forced to compste fard gcanty eroplorinent and wages of the podrm Is this for the advaniago of the poor min? Azain: High taxes driva away manafaczy which would aford exployment acd gcod mg for vast amounts cf skiiled and uoskilled le I8 that for the advantage of poor men 2} Acam: High taxes dep:ess rents aod disor age b’nilding, Is that for the advautage of pa: men ? ' THE REAEDY. Elect men who will uprly the kaifs toer swindle, every steal, everv ex:ravagance, eron cat dows Devessary expensas to the kv point. Dismiss unuecessary employes of & city, and cut down tne compensation of this that are rotamed t3 what thev coud eam otber emplovmerts. Let policemen be instms: { ed while nalcing over their beats to note & fective sidewalks, and thus save the expensad sidewalk-inspoctors and heavy dsmages for & Juries to mdividuals. . WHAT WILL BE THE RESULTS? . The times will improve aa if by magio. Bifk] ing il reviva. Manufactures will spriog & and the bum of industry and mirth wil ers whero renlace the decolation aad gloom of bsl times. Try it and see. i THE MEASURES, : Organize Tax-Reform Clubs, irrespecting every other quostion, in_every ward; send t Eummem to the rear and the gamblers oatd own. TO THE mICT. Poor men, however much interssted, cund fighs this battle alone. Let rich and poore salt tozetber for the common interest. Leti rich men bire the balls. provide music, rencies, and engage, and If necsssary pak goxg wu;:fn.t sl 050 all, get good men in office, aad * thou doest, do quf:nkly." & E FINANCIAL. OTTAWA, CAN. OrTawa, Can., Jan. 8.—Great excitemeniF® waila in Huse, owing to an attempt made by & creditors to atiasch the property of E. B. Edfy an fosolvent. Eddy, backed by o large ouni of his employes,prevented the bailiff from Wi Ppoesessicn, and the premises are now by seventy men. It is said that the milits @ be ordesed ont to-day to protect the oficens¥ the diecbarge of their duty, . NEW ORLEANS CITY FINANCES. New Onresans, Jan. 8.—City-Admin Brown reports the city debt over il 3 An effort will soon be made to compromiss the bondholders at 60 cents on the dullar gity issuing new consoliated bonds ot it ma io heo of cu'standing obl:gations. The g Board bas agreed to a reduction of their 872* tionment from $490,000 to :00.000 for purposes. Ths City Adminmtrators a® deavoring to effoct & reduction of the ased ment for school parposes. : GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Special Dispatch to I'he Clacago Graxp Rarmps, Mich., Jaa. 8.—Wondadyd Co., lumber-mill proprie:ozs, whose 5u:] was mentioned in the dispatch last nighh 5% hatiiitiea of about $210,000. The sssels & Dear 300,000 in pine logs, and the milshA raid tho emplovesn fuil. A meeting creditors will be held on Frids BENTOM, ILL. Spectal Diaraten to The Chicane Tribunt. SrarxorreLy, 1L, Jan. 8.—A petition lnb“: roptcy was to-day filod against Fitzgerd Joues, Bouton, Frankln County, and ttey ¥ ordered to show canse why they sbouldndt adjudged bankrapt. A v of soimuie L B 3 0 RAILROAD DIFFICULTY. * Spectat Disvutch to The Cawcago Tyibwne- T MoNTREAL, San. 8.—The Jiontreal, Portissdd . Boston Railway Company is said to be i B finsocial difficalties, and a_writ of bhas been taken oat againat them here. FREEPORT, ILL. i Specwat Dispaten to The Chicago Tribwnes Faxzront, 1L, Jan. 8,—G. AL Claytos, ot piace, an extensise dealor in facoy goods & notions, has failed. 5 St st a CHESS AT CLEVELAND. : , 0., Jan. 8.—In the cheremsid | Klingman, assessed $2,000, raised tased 8127.95. T. H. D.Gia,m:sa;fig'ogflgg. aised 40 §2,128, and taxed $89.16. H. Hemil to-day, Alberoni won the seventh gaae- B soore mow stands: Judd, 8; Abesask arawz, 2.