Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1876, Page 12

FOREIGN. The Extent and Causes of the Commercial Crisis in Russia, Bismarck Will Make No Advances in the Interest of Peace with Rome. Speech from the Throne at the Opening of {he Prussian Diet. Resnlt of the Investigation of the Dentsch- land Disaster. One Hundred and Sixty-six Lives Lost by the Belgian Mine Explosion. RUSSIA: THE COMMEICIAL CRISIS. Loxpox, Feb, 5.—The Imperial Baok of Ros- 5ia hss increased its rate of discount to 6 per cent. The Bank of Beigium has reduced itsrate to S per cent. The Bauk of Bussia, in orderto avert the crisia menacing the sugar tradeinthe wouthern portions of the Empire, has resolved o askist the reSpers by increased eccommoda- tiou throngh St. Petersourg and eouthern banks. Opessy, Feb. 5.—Navigetion i this hasborand weighbonng waters is resumsed. DEPRECIATION OF PAPER MONET. Bepury, Jan. 12.—Tho. depraciation of the Russian paper monsy continues. Includiog to- dzy, tee 100-rontle note s fallen at Derlin in the last fortmightfrom 265 to 262. St. Petersburg letters £ay conficerable alarm is felt in Iuseia at tho fresh depraciation of the curreucy, to which such eno:meus efforts were made somo Fenrs sgo. GLHMLNS IN BUSSTAN PUCLIC SERVICE. Panis, Jen. 16.—A Ruseian yaper Las pub- lished the percentage of Gereaus iu the various dopartments of the pullic eorvics as compsred with tho German clemeat of the popalston, and euggests that tho forer oaght to be brougnt down to the eame proportions 28 the Intter. The percecntage varies from 17 to 90, but the German papers allege that the sigures aro consicerably exaggerated, and that Scandinavians have been reckoned as Garmaas. 1ho Intter being thus credited with 90 per cent of the chief military posis in Fiuland. It is of comse. however, admitted that the German ale- ment in the Ruesian 9dministration is very con- eiderable. S TTMES AT ODESSA. food, and raw waterials, and 207,155,000¢ for other merchandise, ——— BELGIUM. THE MINE DISASTER. Brresers, Feb. 5.—There were 216 men in the Jebic Mine at the time of the explosion of fire- damp. Fifty were rescued alive, and it is feared that all the others perished. Tiventy-six bodies hava been recovared. GUNTOWDER PLOT. Axtwere, Feb. 5.—It i rumored that ceven packages of gunpowder have been discoversd among the coals on board the Antwerp steamer, baving 150 persons on board. —_— SPAIN. BAD WEATHER. Hexpase, Feb. 5.—A projected movement of tho Royalist troops is delayed by bad weather. The Carlists are making proparattons for resist- auce on 2 large scale at Vera. Al s o PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. A DISPATCI{ FROM EI3MARCE IN 1867, Beruwy, Jap. 16.—A Paris journal baving stated that Prussia in 1867 attempted to securo the slliauco of Austria against Iussia and TFrance, the Berlin National Zeilung has been anabled to publish the following dispateb, ad- dreased by Princo Diamarckto the Germza Ensoy at Vienna, April 14, 1857. It is in theso terms: Count Taugkirchen, suthorized by a latter of Pricco Tiobeulohs to me, zud with the spyrovaict the King of Bavaria, bas declared that the Davarisn G mext wish to nee etiested o mutazl TADITO Detwoen Germany and Atetcia for thio pu proiecon agunst France, I repied to co s folows: It has slwive buen d Einco the restoraton ¢f pesce to obtuin fricodly relations with Acsiria correspoudivg 1o w L ot snd_sntececents. As the feu s 4 of ths dispuaicion ux our part, I have recently 4 o3 ths spadai motive of tho maintensnce cf Peace. This purpose wouid. Le served £y a defensive ltiance of Austria with Prassia sud its German altics, Decauss D the face of tais France wouid cot gudertal i an stk sn Cenoeny. 1 profied by two opportun moreover, to swesk of tie advants wiich wo - eowd offer Austris, 2ud in (his respect enuncizted toe followitg idens: W couid ofiur Austria that whick the German Confaderstion formeriy 0fered her—that i, futczusl sud exterucl e, thelzlter, doubtiess, Wath 3 Go- Teusive liuitation, vither (1) for the whoie Austrian Alonurchy {or B gIV(D L, ey to_three yoars; oF (2) Tor the German partion of ir, through 3 permanent Jesgeo without TFarliamentary comstitution in the simple sbape of an internitional treaty; or @) a temporary learue might be concluded tlrougt s tem- porary agroement o the Turkish question. ~ In such in arrangement, however. wo must include Russia. 1 2m mot without Lopes that for a limited time Russias Qdheston to thio maintenance of the status quo in the Tarkish frontier Provinces msy bo secured. Should Russla mot cqreo, to givo such an adbesion in ihe form of s treaty, it’ would Le sufficient for {he maintenancoof pesce if Russia, withont binding itsolf, tacitly approves s Prusso-Auitrian engsgement within her cognizance. With such an agreement cal- culated on {he tacit approval of Russia, we should Daveto let our cards bo seen by Russis, Count Tauff- London Tames, « Never,” says the Odessa correspondent of the Moecow Gazette, **never has Odesss passed through such a crisg a8 the present. Cholers, pestilence, aud war have dealt leniently with our Gty in comparison with the blow administered by tho preseut commercial crigis.” The picture is not overarawn., Dauring tho last few months the wealth of the ancient port has been grievously theken. One bankruptey has trod upon the heels of the other. Both emsll and great com- mercial firms have been scattered bofore the winds like cha)f. Tradesmen bave followed in the wake of their betters, and there is a general collapse. To give illnstrations, the Odessa Credit Compeny sunonnce the sale of 116 houses, teken from defsulters. The sum for which theso houses are mortgaged to tho bank amounts to 2,858,000 roubles, the eighth part of all loans sccorded on _ real property. Tho Eherson District Bank has forty-three estates on haud, seized from as many debeors in consequence of the non-psyment of 2,846,000 roubles, an amount representing one- twelfth of the entire sum lont out on resl prop- | erty. The Moscow Commercial and Kieff Com- mercial banks, which have branch offices at Odessa, sre in the like prodicament, and sbont to retirs from the unfortunate place. No wonder that bouses in Odessa should be worth one-third of what they wers valued at six months ago, and landed property be a drug in tiie market at considerably less than half its former price. The cause of this nnprocedented catastrophe is & three years' failure of the Arops. —_— GERMANY. BISMARCK AND THE POPE. Brzurs, Feb. 5.—Bismarck having recovered, be will resums his Parliamentary gervices. When questioned by the Deputies about Cardina) Hohenlohe's visit to Rome, Bismarck distinctly stated that whatever might bethe Cardinal’s misaiop, or whether there bo acy mission at sil, it is mot suthorized by him. He declared that so Jong 2she remained at the helm, itisnot the State which will make the first advance toward o reconeiliation with the Church. OPENING OF THE DIXT—THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. Benuiw, Jan. 16.—The Prussian Diet was €pened io the White Hall of the Royal Palace at 11 o'clock this morning. About eighty members were present. Herr %lmvhsu_-.nn. Hinister of Financo aod Vice-Presidenc of the Prussien Ministry, read the Speech from the Throne, 1t vommences by Tegretting the pressure weigh- ing upon trade and industry, but expresses 1 unfidence that the Prussian people will succeed /hirongh their egergy in overcoming the difical- tiesof the etustion. The revenue was not so 1arge o8 set down in tho estimates for 1876, but it sufficed to carry on the Administration in the eame monner 28 formerly, to allow larger granta in varions dopartments, and to give further development to the great public works of con- straction which have been undertaken. The speech anpounces that the badget will boim- mediately sabmitted to ihe Dist, 28 aleo bills for seiting the jurisdiction of the newly-created pablic authorties, altering the regulations for the administrzuon of towns, ferming a com- yousal union forthe City of Berlin, regulating tho question of tettlement and legal position of ugricaltural and forest laborers, completing tie laws for the protection of forests, grant- | ing & legal sanction to therunles of the Gen- oral Synod, and regulsting the State's right of supervision over the Evangelical Churches. The epeech confidertly enticipates that the Honses of the Diet will wiliingly co-operate in aszaring to the Evangeiical Church an independ- =nt organization, It remarks that the prelimin- arr labors connected with tbe drafting of nlaw upon the Stats right of supervisicn and admine istration of the property of Catholic dioceses are approaching their conclusion. The closing paragraph is =8 follows: “May the last session of ihs legislative period bring to matarity further resnits of the united efforts mzde by the Diet and the Goverument to pro- ; mote tho welfare of the country.” After the speech had bcen read, Herr Camy- | hausen declared the Diet duly opeced in the ! name of the sovercign. The President of tlo Tpper Honse then propesed, ** Tho Health of His Majesty the Emperor and King,” which was cordially responded to by the members assem- terminated the procecdings. —_—— CREAT BRITAIN. TEE DECTSCHLAND DISiTLR. = Loxvoy, Fob. 5.—Tho 1eport of the ofieial inveetigation into the los of the Deutschland says that the wreck waa owing to on error of reckoning and the Captam's disregard of the force and direction of the tide, bad discipline aboard of the steamer, 2od the conduct of tha officers. The boatmen at Harwich znd elsewhore aro completely exonerated. The report recom- mends that telepraphic communication be estab- ¢ lished between the Lighi-ships and the shore, THE FORSTER OLSEQUILS. The remsius of the late Johu Forster, the au- thor, wers deposited in Kenral Green to-dsy. It is staiod that he bequeathed ncarly the whole of his property to Lord Lytton, whoss father s0d Mr. Forater were lifelong iniends. THE RIFLEMEN. Sir Henry Halford wntes concerning the in- ternation xifle contest at the Centcunial: *If I fail in inducing Scotland and Ireland to join in the British team, I shall piace my resignation as Captain in {He hands of the National Rifio Asso- cistion. X have every reason to believe that Enxhj:dvfll ot be represented by any separate —_— | FRANCE. ¢ THE CHANNEL TUSKEL. Parm, Feb, 5.—The International Committee on the construction of the submarine tunnel be- lween France and England terminated their la- bors to-dsy. A complete agreement bhas been established on all points under consideration as well as the posaibility of the undertakiog. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Parm, Jao., 16.—The imports into Franes dmring 1875 amounted to 8,672,286,000f, the items beiog: 779,884,0007, articles of food; 2,236,499,0001, natural products and raw ohandise. 4 Xirchen apparently recelved these ideas with satis ‘on, though with's certain reserve, and intimated that thiey gave Lim hopes of the euccesa of his mission to Vienns. There it must be left to him to take the fmitistave. Your Excellency will, however, as soon a8 opy ity otfers, support Connt Tauffkirchen's exertions as regards the combinations described by me, sad to that end, on the one band, verify the dis- position of His Aajesty the King toadopt Prince Hoheniohe's ideas, and, on the other Land, positively contradict all and every rumorof our concluding secret treaties with sny Power, The Berlin paper which published this adds that the overtures of Tauffkirchen and Werther came to the kuowledge of France, which there- upon remonstrated with the Bavarian Gov- ernment. Count Tauftkirchen, haviog re- ceived the above reply, repaired from Berlin to Vieops, and, ~speaking in the name of the King of Bavaris, proposed the alli- ance so much desired at Munich, and so fally approved at Berlin. The Anstrisn Government evaded & direct ugl , and three years later, when France attackes rmany, signed an pgree- ment_obliging themto co-operate with Louis have &1l bought and gold, and made oor debts, with this variable carrency, which was ‘based on its geoeral market-value; and what gave it any ‘market value atall was the general expectation that, &t some pear time, it would be paid or made con- vertiblointo coin. Now, I nsk, were creditors paid in coin after our currency begauto depreci- ate7 Has thero been s timo during all the de- preciation when auy discrimination has been made; and why begin now,—when we Laveall had in view that, £t some time, our currency must be peid, in full? With equal justice you might insist that all foreign bondholders must be paid only the prices they paid for our se- caorities,—let it be only 40, 50, or whatever price they paid on the dollar. No, sir; let the Government pay the sum specified in the bond, and that at 100 cents on the dollar. This Goveroment has not yet an- nouncea itself a bankrupt, and capnot ask soy creditors to take less than 100 cents on the dollar. OsE HUNDRED CENTS. HOW STANDS THE RECORD ? is the Title to Your Real-Estate Straight and Clear 2 Parties Who Will Furnish You Official Evidence of Your Right to Your Property. Interesting Details Concerning ‘the Ab- straet Business, * TANDY, SIMMONS & CO. An sbtract of title Lears upon ite face scant evidence of the time, system, minuleness of de- tail, and zbsolute accargcy involved in its con- struction. Tha question of experience cnters largely into tho makivg of atstracts, and no firm can welt cope with tho task of producing correct records of titla unless men long verge in the Lusiness aro ot the head. 4 T'ne firm of Landy, Simmous & Co. poseeasos 2l tho requisites of ripe oxperisuco aud thorongh beniliatity, althongh 1ts oxistenco under tho preseut firm-pamo dates back only three years. The fym is the duly accredit- od euccessor of a logg lino of lo- cal abstract-makers, running iwiongh fsuch well-known hands iu the pust 28 those of Chaso Brothers, Shortall & Hoard, aud Jones & So:lers. All of the abstracts made by the three combina- tions named during the whole twenty-five years of their continuous existence are now owned by Megers. Handy, Simmons & Co. The membors of tho present firm bave bad directacquainianca- ship for years with the busiuessof abairact- maling ; and, with the aid of the oxceptionally largo force of ascistants in their cmploy,—somo sixty-oight, all told,—they trunsact a vory large trade in a thoroughly-satisfactory maunner. Ac- curacy and absolute reliability are certainties at all times with thus firm, HADDOCK, COXE & CO. e are indebted to Alessrs. Haddock, Cose & Co., of this aity, for a showing of zome of the important detalis of the great work of abstract making. Holding. as they do, 8 prominent po- gition among abstract makers, and possessiog the unlimited confidence of real-esiate dealers 28 woll a8 individual buyers, their statements may ba accented as entirely reliable. All theiren- trios are made frem the original doeds. and their tract books are posted directly from the origi- nal entries. When an abstract is to be made, all the par- ticulars as to conveyances, liens, etc., are taken from the record. This process enables them to detect any material error that may have been ‘made in recording the instrumeut; and, as such errors aro not infrequent, their detection in this maoner insures & correction in the record. Where the re-record of & deed has been made necessary, the Recorder has for some timo past Napoleon. —— PARAGUAY- A GREAT SENEATION OVER THE RETURN OF THE TYRANT LOPZ2'S WIFE. San Franciaco Chronicle, Jan. 23, From La Voz del Nuevo Mundo we translate the following interesting sccount of the great sensation produced in Paragusy by the arrival of tho notorious Eliza Lynch, firat mistress and afterwards wife of the tyrant Lopez, who for so many years ruled the Republic with the lash of s despot. The sccount says that upon the arrival of the tyrant's wife tho news spread abroad like wild-fire, and Luots of people gath- ered together nnd conversed excitedly. Having gone ashore at Ascension, accompanied by her son, she defiantly passed through the cits, although at every stop she perceived hos- tile movements agawnst her. She was perfectly calm; smiled at old friends, called others by name, and to the poor she gave presents of money. Thus she aaroitly calmed the storm that commenced to threaten her, and before the reaction setinshe arrived stthe residence of Dona Isidors Diaz, a friend and confidaot of Madame Lynch, who sccompanied the latter to Eunrope after the death of * the tyrant of Para- guay.” She wasnot long at peace here, for the storm again broke out. Fifty Iadies, represent— ing tho first families of Paraguay, met and passed resolutions demsnding the im- mediate expulsion of the tyrant's wife from Paragusay, reconnting the deeds sud crimes of her husband, and in which the wife was repre- eeoted a3 the tigerieh spirit, pushing on her hus- band in his accarsed work. They addressed a lotter to the President of the Ropaublic, assert- ing that there were inberitances of blood and shame attached to Madame Lypch which made the heart shudder, and that they could not ghut their eyes as mothers, wives, danghters, aud sis- ters, to the cruelty and bratality practiced by Lopez and his wife on the fatbers, husbands, £ons and brothers who fell beneath the merciless power o1 the twin traitors and tyrants. Nearly 500,000 Paragusyans, they add, are lving in their unknown graves as the resulf of this ehock~ ing tyraony, while Madame Lopez lives to deso- crate the soil with her polluted tonch. In the name of the victims thas slain, in the oame of outraged public opinion, violated and outraged by ber presence, tho President was asked to ox- rol the red-hended traitress or else arrest and iry ber as 3 criminal sccording to the law of May 4,1570. When tho action or the fifty Jadies bo- came known there were some demonstrations made in favor of Jynch law, but the authorities determined to proserve the pexce by expelling Madame Lynch. Her fate wss made known to hor, sod then she demauded protec- tion, a8 =& Dritish subjecs, from ihe Captain of _ tho Enghsh man-of-war Iving i the harbor, on the ground that her lifo was in donger from amob. The commander at the time was enjuying hia claret at the Progress Club when tho demand wss handed him. He gallsnsly replied that he wenld grant ber pro- tection if on board his vesscl, bat that Lie could no: interfers with the laws of the Repnblic or wmix himself up in internal affairs. When tho reply went back Madama Lynch recoived it with- out moving & wuscle, and simply asted that her rovolver sbosld be placed on tho table. Vhen lying beforo her she coolly remarked, “That friend will = protect we.” The hour of tho expulsion was set for 1 o'clock at niaht, a3 it was belioved the sonjority of tho peopls would Lo «ound zslcep at thut vize, aud thus there nas no fear of Madame Lyuch beiog mobbed cn tha way. Az the honr mentioned the Medame was all ready to step into: a coach in resdisess for her. Sne bad her revolver tirmly in bor hand, znd her foatures were set aud dsterminea as if to soll har Life dearls. Denvis Hugh, o vouag Englishman, of- sered his sorvices =8 galiant, which were re- ceivod, Sesing Madame Lyuch witu the weagon in her hend. he requosted Bec to let Lim havo it, 8s in case of danger it won!d be mora fitting that hie should use ic. The diring woman replied brnghtily that she camo to Ascension withont exlubiting arms, believing them not necessary ; bat now that threats were made agatnst her bife by Lier enemies, she would show them howa woman could die in defenso of her life. So she refased to give up tho revolver, and entered the carriage, accompaaied by her son and Alr. Hugh. Although after midnight, large crowds had gath- ered st soveral points. They were evaded by the driver, and so Madame Lynch escaped, never ng.un.tc Le permitted to place her foct an the soil of the Republic, under penalty of death. Tnder the trying ordeal tnis extraordinary woman exhibiied the utmost coolness, and bad evidently determined, in emergencies, to bring down her man before she bit xgs dust. A HUNDRED CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. o the Editor of The Chizago Tribune: In Tae TrisoRe of & rocent dete I noticed a letter on the finance question from Hollana City, Mich., which, in my opinion, isscund. Iobserved you disazgree with it, a8 you desire two classes of currency,—one at par, and one at a discount,— on the ground that, agail debts are made ona currency st & disconnt, why should they not be paid with the aame? Now, if that ground haa refused to enter the origionl certificate of rec- ord, thus msking the transcript appear to Lo auother deed, bat their _origmal entries sbow it to Do a re-record, which, in case of an iocumbrance, is a matter of con- pidersble importance. Thoe work is com- menced by the chain-maker, who takes tho line of title at its commencement, tracing it carefully through the various transfers down to the present time, comparing dates and records with the utmost care. Tuis first draftie then carefully revised by the minute-men, and by them transferred to the reviewer of the chain of title, by whom the work undergoes a third mionte inspection. The abstract 18 then taken in hand by the judgment-clerk, who incorporates in it whatever judgments may exist. The tax- sale-clerk, after o thorough ond critical research for whatever items his department may turns it over to the copyiet, who reduces it, iu & fne, bold hand, to readable and manuscript form. A last exhaustive end thorongh inspection is made by some ono of the firm, who super- vise personally all the work performed by their employes. A~ document thus carefully con- structed cannot fail to be sccurata and relisble. The three gentlemen comprising the firm, Messrs. Charles G. Haddock, Edward D. Coxe, and Fiank H. Valletts, were all connected with the ofice of Jones & Sellers, Shortall & Hoard, snd Chase Brothers & Co., where they acquired that amount of trmwing and experience that gives their firm its present eoviablo standing. They keep employed s force of iwenty-soven men, snd have sinca_their urpanization turned out 16,500 abstracts, in addition o other regular office work. Fow peeple have an adequate ides of the amount of skill aud care involved in the collec- tion and compilation of the 300 votumes of records in the hauds of Messrs. Haddock, Coxe & Co. Inaddition to these they have 105 vol- umes of letter-press copies of apsiracis made revious to the great fire. 1Itis a matter of such vital importauce that the buyer or seller of reat estate ehould be tborougbz posted in every matter bearing upon the validity of Lis title that the men who bave reduced the abstract business to a eystom of absclute perfection should be known and appreciated. Mlesers. Haddock, Coxe & Co. are located at No. 108 Fifth avenue, and all persons in quest of oarefully-prepared ab- stracts cannot go . amiss in eatling upon them. ‘A firm combining so much of long experieoco and unfailing, carefal attention to every detail of its business, is eminently fittad for s0 patient avd mtricate a calling as is” involved in maling correct abstracte. GILLMORE, POLLOCK & CO. It is probably no exaggerstion to say that there is no kind of basiness done 1n Chicago in which there 14 80 great o necesgity for absolute and un- questionsbls accuracy as the abstract busioess, which deals with the titles to all the real estate in Cook County. A single clerical error mighc easily represent the loss of thonsauds of dotlars, and there is no end to the litigation that might ensno. It is gratifying, in view of this fact, to know that Chicago has several private abatract firms in which the most perfect confidence may be placed. - Among theso the firm of Gillmore, Toilock & Co., although tho youngest, rankshigh by resson of tho extended experience in the profession of each judividual member, the ac- curacy of their source of information. thair cou- gcientious attention to tho details of the work they have in haod, and their loog-established and excellens persoual reputation. Mr. Gill- more has Leen fourteen yeursin the business. tor ten vemrs previous to the great fivoin the employ of the then well-known firm of Shortall & Hoard. 3Ir. Pollcck hzs had ten years’ ex- perience, baving bezen eogaged in tho Lusiness for severnl.years in Canads, afterwards with Iiandy, Simmous & Co., and moro lalely with Wilmanns & Thieleke, Mr. Day, tha remnimng member of the firm. was also 1o the einploy of Sioreail & Hoard for five years previous to the great fire, and for the prat fivo yea:s JWith other ticms. Un Sept. 6, 1875, whon Wilmaons & Thiclcke dehivered their alstract bLooks to the county. Messrs, Giumore, Pollock & Day orgapized os their eucceesors, and have kept np a complsts set of tract, judg- ment, and tax-ssle indexes from thnt date. Information Eariur to Sept. 6, 1875, they take from the books compiled by their predecessors, “Pheir facilities for supplyiog fal! rod sccurnte abstracts of title to all real propersy in the county from tho date of the great fire ore, therafore, not excelled by those of any firm do- ing a like business in this cits. Each individual member of the firm gives his poreonal attention to the supervision of all ab- stracts prepared by them, and a perfect svaiem of examiuations and ra-examinations is followed in order to prevent the remotest pesaibility of mistakes occuaring. Great care is also exerciced in the selection of their clerks, and they employ only those who have proved themselves thorougnly religble, carefal, aod steady. The patrons of the firm alrendy embrace many of our most promiuent dealers in resl estato,—men who wonld not intrust their business to inex- perienced and uoreliable hands. This fact is ag good a recommendation of the yonug firm as it needs, for, if our leading real estato men have i:nfidsnu in them, the public may safely trust em. The charges of Megsrs. Gillmore, Pollock & Co. for conveyances, abstracts, etc., are as low a2 thoso of any other firm engaged in the busi- ness in Chicago. In conclusion,we would advise never been departod from,—it was just,—yonr materials; 48£669,000f, manufsctored goods; and 171,874,000f, other mer ex- 224,381,000f was for msoufsot: gzoods, L500,747,000¢ for natural producis, articles of g smonnted to 4,092.102,000f, of which ured l theory would be allxight ; bat, from the moment our currency began to depreciste, we were afiost, gnd thars Las been 20 atability sinoo, we those in want of abstracts to give the new firm & J}E%vl‘t.:lhnm nn;& ‘L:'n.g‘o f ::nmeut corper gton [ avespe, under German-Amerlaan Baoks SPORTING. The Effect that the New Base-Ball Association Will Have on the Game. Dates and Prospects of the Dester Park Summer Meetings for the Coming Year. Arrival of Capt. Bogrirdus in Chieago== His Adventures in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Brilliant Matches to Oome—Rifle-Shooting and the Minor Sports. BASE BALL. THE NEW AGSOCIATION. The news of tho formation of the new profes- gionsl association of bal-players, which was printed in these columns one day ahead of any other paper in America, lias paturally created o profound sensation in base~ball circles, and has forme: tho topic of discaanion wherever two or throe were gathered together to talk over base ball. The universal and very natural opinion Dbas been that the movo was tho best—and per- Baps tho ouly—way In wiich the necessary re- foria could bo worked ons. A reporter met Mn Wood—who will proosbiy always be Luown a8 © Jimmy "—yesterday at lus comfortable rooma ' on Twenty-secord etreet, 2nd thoe vetesan in baso Ball in conversation exprazged his etrong ap- provel of the new movement, sayiog thab it would undoubtedly belp tho Tresiorn interest a8 noilung eleo could. 5 One strong point in favor of ihe eight-club plan ia that it taxes the rTule-maxing out of the hands of the mau who has for years assumed it as & prerogative, and puts it whers it properly belongs,—in tho control of the men immediate- Iy interested in having the game successful. and whose practical knowledge of the propor meth- ods is 03 great as can be aitaioed. Another good rosult of this scheme is the comparative bursting of the iniquitous assocta- tion which has beon for yi:ara 1un in the sole in- terest of Philsdelpbia. )t passes tho power of man to point out o case whers & contest has nol resuited in favor of that city, Do matter what the merita were. Allied with this is the bonndlees satisfaction swith which good mauagers will look ot tne de- privation of the present J ndiciary Committee of pover. Tbat beautiful body wse, 28 is well re- membered, mage up of Uavburst, of the dead Centeunia’s ; Van Delft, of the distoputable At- lantics; Spering, of the Athletics; Coneannon, of the Philadelphiss; snd Bishop, of the St. Louis, the latter being tte only man in the party who would be likely to be selected a8 arbitrator in = lawsuit. k, 3 The players in the professionsl clubs will be tho first to approve ste new movement provided it has in its _comstitution 8 gection which was proposed some months ago by ® prominent IBANALEr; that is, to make every player a member of the associntion. As matters have gono the anomaly was presented_of a player governed by laws which he nad no hand in making and which might at any moment bo changed withont his knowledge or consent, end_perbaps to his great detriment. It always looked preposterous to bave a player punished by an association of which he was not 8 member and which bad no right at alhover him. he new principle of arbitration which is no- derstood to be & main fosture of the movement is a proper one and the only properoue. A sianding committeo never did and never coald work satisfactorily, and the right method, look- ing at tho matter in 8 cOmmoN-66NS0 _WaY, is to bave three men who have no interest in the mat- ter at stako pass upon it. It may well be questioned whether ihe relics of the professionals will bo able to hold a con- vention at New Haven in March as proposed. It will, of course, not be likely that any of the eight clups will attend. and without them the welght of business_ will be put upon the Atlan- tics, New Havens, Philadelphias, Red Stockings of St. Lonis. and tho Washingtons, if they get togother again. PIOLADELPHIA CLUTS. The New York 7imesin areview of the pros- pects for 1876 has the fallowing : The Athleties, of Philndelphis, have not yet per- fected their arrangements for the season, and their en- tire nino is not £a yet known. The fo lowing players, however, have Leen engaged : Towser, of the Shibes, Fialer, Eggler, Sutton, Foree, and Hall. Other players Decessary 10 take up a ning will probably be selocted from the amateur clubs in and about tho Yuaker City. McBride has_not yet decided whether or not he will play ball auy longer. It seems pretty well seitled that McBrido wmill play and that Fergy Malone will catch for him. The same paper has the following, which con- tains as much irony as is often gotten into a short paragraph : Of course the Thiladelphias will put a nins, in the field, thie club's mansgere Laving ciready engaged such ablo'and honorable piayers 8 Dick Higham, J5hn Nel- y Craver, Treacy, Meserlo, Bob Addy will officiste in one grest sdvantage in son, George Zettlein, “Bill Bob Addy, and Shafer. the capacity of Caplain. hating a nine of thie kind is that they alwsys play to win—perhaps, As an evidence of the high standing of this club, it is only Decessary to state that at s recent election all the ofiicers wrere required to subscribe to an oath to the effect that they would not countensnce tho sclling of 8 suglc game, Some people are carious o Imow why the imposing of such an cath was nec- essary. The Times does injustice to Addy in classing him with such a gang. FERSONAL AND GENERAL. ‘The New Haven nine 18 thus stated: Seward, Nichols, Cassidy, Sommervillo, Spence, Bam Wright, Pabor, Waitt, and Herbert, Warren White writes from Washington to a friond in Chicago that professional base-ball is dead at the Capital, but that Le hopes to be ablo to get-together some good talent to open the geason with. The New York Sun—not by any means the pest authority—says that the Mutaal team for 1876 will be Hicks, c.; Matthaws, BStart, 1 b.; Farzell, 2 b. ; Hallinan, 8. 8.; Nichols, 3 b.; Pooth, 1. £.; Holdeworth, c. f.; Boyd, r. f. Hat- field is aleo to play in the nine. Tho Lounisville Courier-Journal has the fol- lowing concerning the prospects down its way : At tho conferenca of the base-bsll representatives of the West, held in Louisville last month, it was resolved {0 commenco the sport in April, Tho first champion- ship games will take place, sccording to the arrange- ment then offected, in Louiaville some tims in April The contestants will probably be our own cluband the Chicago nine. Half 3 dozen of the members of ihc Touisville Club, including Ciupman, tho mamagor ; Davlin, the pitcher; Syder, the catcher; Allison and Hastings, fielders; and Gerhardt, the seccond baseman, are now in tle city, Otliersare expocted shortly, snd by e 15tk of February tho entire nine wiil have arrive » —— THE TURF, DEXTLE PARK EUNMED MEETINGS. Alr. G. B. Munaor, owner of Dexter Park, has arrauged for iwo good meetinga this sammer, ard under his capable management the pecple of Chicago are likely to sce some excellent sport in July—that is, alweys provided thoy caratoattend the meotings. 1t is a curious, and hitherto un- explained, fact that the citizens of Chicago have not cered ‘to attead former meotings as they shonld have done to give Mr. Mansar’s well- meant efforts the support they have deserved. Tor the coming Beason the managemens have fixed upon two gocd dates for meetings, apd bavo sketchod the outlines of an excellent programme. The firat will be a four daya’ strug- te, begioning Frday, June 30, and covering aturday, Monday,and Tuesday, the Fourth, fol- lowing. This will be & sort of ranning meeting, snd the intentionis to bave two runniag and one froiting events each day, which will give the gentlemen from the interior of tho State, like Gen. flowett, o chance to show their mettle. The date scems to be well chosen, becauss it is just abont far enough distant from Louissillo to givo the contestants in that meeting a chance to get here and fully rested up. The second meeting wiil be held Taesday, July 18, and the_Wedoesday, Thursday, and Friday following. It is not yet determined what purses will be hung up, or pracisely what classes will bo called for. IOE NATIONAL CONGBESS. The New York World, in an excallent articls on tha coming, National Tuif Congress, throws out the following hints, which Western 28 well 88 ‘Eastern men may read with profit: Tt would bo 3n excellent ides fif Tk ogaion, TecomImen the ‘aptoatie bers that conple agricuitural shows with % trials of speed,” as recing is Qenominated at the regular rural fair, to give special premiums for horees bred by farmers, the points of excellence to be bane, sab- 3tance, style, snd speed, both waldng and trotting. Small for such classes would give additional in- sarest 10 the exhibitions, snd do much towards doing. way with the oxist ‘Aomo class, :g-‘lin 4512857 boT3es, S8 mifl:‘}"fi'{;‘:fi, Fos thern a2 be 20 danisl ihad somd ot ks Liganet baia Xow | XTE EN PAGES. blie by and through the connizance of gome of the e b s vory Sasociations now loud in thelr de- nunciations of the turf. et s bazring their verbosity and one of twoeX: geem to have worked ‘er" well during tho surs What they need ls condensing, Xf the P resent mixty-one Tules and regalations could Le con- Genged fnto hulf that number’ of short, pitby e they would be much Letter understood, snd woulwga‘ be violated half as often as the presont ones xre. TWhw promises to be the boue of coutention at the com! ng convention i3 the number of persons and horsed n;n now stand expelled by the rules, the main ccuse for Which would neem to be the non-payment of entrauce money, That a msn entering & borse in & purse for which he kuows that the entrance is 10 por cent, an that for its non-payment the rules say ho ehail be sus- . pended until the rmouunt is ‘paid, deserves Do Eympa~ Ty, i8 very trur, But thera areso many accidents that Lorsefleal 18 heir to, that it would seem a8 if there sbonld e some modification to the rule. The Charter Oax ciation, of Hartford tried ~what ‘looked to bo an excellent plan They an- nounced that all horses that were withdriwn et 7P, m, on the evening before the race hould be only chirged b per cent of the purse, while thioss that start @ of weranot withdrawn were chargod 10 per cent. Tow tho plan worked the delegates from the Charter Qak Associstion will no doubt make known toho Convention, Certainly the meeting wa3 a grend suc- cess, and its record the ‘brightest in the Listory of the trotting turf for the season of 1875, "To the writer, Lhowever, it has always seemed that in the straggle to give so-cslled large purses by tho Hrsiclass ussociations they did themselyes zud tho cauee great {pjury. ‘To snnounce a purse, 623 §10,000 cr even $:0,600, to which the entrance money is 10 per ceptions, 1ast two expected, shows but little liberality. To win nopart of the purso was, therefore, owner of the horee, while to givo tho purse snd ot charge 10 ver cent enirznco placed the =sso- ou i & Tosition to lose money; and, £ £s0- ons cuy trare than owners cavnot afford to trot id scem thetas medium eyatern would say, for inelance, if tho purees {rnce 2houid be only 5 per ceut, which tkould go to 1lie secend horee, or be divided ' Lelween tug sicoud 3nd third horses, Could such o plan bo adopted it {vould i~seen the expenecs of stables crd cesociatione, Tt would to o great extent remove the temprction of “wpulling Liotses to prevent a reccrd, snd the taking of se:ond money, which in Iatge pursat is often s very onsidarabie buin, for with small purdis at per cent Chirance tho second moucy wouid Loz small sum ‘compared with (ho mein puise. At least it will ot cost the Canvention much to agk wome of (he large campaign, fay through iho “grand circnit,” to a ‘comimi(t+6 or sub-committce for. private information. “Amother subject thut requires the cirmest attention of the Conventton fa that embraced in the last para- fr=ph of Rule 29, relating to the changing of drivers. 1t hes been misunderstood,sometimes willfally, by the Judges, who bave sllowed crowd to coliect $30 fortne purpose of removing 3 driser that was bebiud 3 horze that nifght prove daugerove 1o thelr interests, and Ly putting up ono of thelr own selecting they bad the Taco *desd.”_ Tiso rule rezds that the judges ehall b tbo partics making the change, Where the chango has Deen mado once by them the changs Lzs beea mndea dozen times ot the demand of the crowd from the Dool-box, and_where the 0 bad been coliccted in . Emall sums. Then sgain, the rule mey Lermade to Worls grezt injury 0 on Owncr of & hOrso by 3 Inzn envious of him o auxious to get a horso out of hia way. Mo or Lir fricuds complain that Mr. Smitl’s Liorso i being pulied, and {hat they want the driver taken out and that Jones shull drive for the remain- der of the race. Tho change is made, and Jones, without any consideration for Smith or his horse, faster ime tren the class in which be ia trotting, fore- ingr bim perhaps ino o clasa where he canuot win a dollar, ind in dolng ko _exhuusta the horte to such a degreo thut he cannot win the purae that is then being trotted for. The rule, therefore, should bo €0 guarde that no possible injury can be done to rich or poor, NOTES. Summer and suiumop race-meetings will be given on the Point Breeze Course, Philadelphia, the coming sesson, They will be under the con- trol of & newiy-organized sssociation, who bave rotained J. D. Ferguson, Secretary of the Aary- Jand Jockey Club, to manage the mectings. About $12,000 wilt be givea in purses in addition to the stakea. Tle programme will be arranged next week. Thero is on exhibition in Boston s wonderfal apparatus, and ane which has been much needed on the trotting track for the past few yeara. ‘This apraratus is intended to do away with ali doubts 28 to tho time made by borses in o race. ‘Ihere 18 t0 be placed in tho judge's stand a large dial with hands to indicate minutes, seconds. and their fractions ; nléo & number of dials placed in the grand etands at suitablo points, 80 as to be readily seen by spectators without leaving their seats. The bands or pointers on all tho dials are moved by electricity. e PIGEON-SHOOTING. SOME ‘ADVENTUBES OF BOGARDUS. <4 Capt. A. H. Bogardus gave sn exhibition of his skill with the gun at Trentop, N. J,, Taes- dsy. The effort was to kull 100 strajght birds, and on the general evont the Captsio made the following wagers: €100 even that he wonld Xt} 90; ©50 sgainst 8100 that he killed 95; 2nd 350 against $250 that he killed the 100 straight; 21 yards rise and 80 yards boundary, 1}¢-onnce shot. Tho ehooter missed bis fifth-sixth, seventy-eighth, eightieth, and eighty-fifth birds, and so, having Lilled 96, won his first and sec- ond bets, and lost the Iast one. The ret deposit in Bogardus’ wallet was nccordingly $150. West- ern sportamen will remembaer that the Captam made and won the same match at Dexter Park July 21, 1369, though on that occasion he used 2-ounce shot. Maoking bis way bomeward, Bogardus stoppod over Friday at Meadville, Pa., where he attempt- ed to kull 86 birds out of 5, amnding midway between two traps, 40 yards apart, both traps to be sprung at once, ‘The result was that Bogard- us kalled 38 out of 48 shot at. ‘After the other event the Captain undertook to Inll 25 birds in 4 minutes, and succeeded in grassing the requisite number in 2 mioutes, 59 seconds, which is, 88 near as can be remembercd, bis fastest shooting. Bogardus arrived in Obi- cago vesterday morning and made himself known ali oround the city during tho coy. He will see the city again to-morrow. BOGARDUS AND PAINE MATCHED. Ira A. Paino has challenged Bogardus for the Lorillard medal and $500 = side. The chal- ' lenged party has nntil the 24th inst. to name timo nnd place. It would more than plessa tho sportsmen of Chicago to_have the match shot here, and the msiter ought to bo properly repro- gented to Capt. Bogardus by the Chicago shoot- ing clubs. It was yesterday said that Lo had made up his mind to have the matchcome off in St. Lowis decause there was moro interest in shooting, but this seems wrong, and if proper representations were mede the Chicago people might sea the sport. | NOTES. The Kennicott Club wiil bold 8 regular meet- | ing Tuesday evoning next. A regniar monthly meeting of tho Prairio Club will be held at Kern's, No..110 LaSule street, Tuesdsy avening. x Thescason for pigeons having passed,—or ot least tho pigeons having bacome too scarce for finding,—the Dexter Park people have procured & considerable number of snowbirds, at which they and their frienda will shoot Tucsday next. Inasmuch =s tho averago snowbird is about as easy to hit as a bumblobee, some extraordinary Bport—if no large scores—may be expected. e e il BILLIARDS. DUBLEIGE V8, SHAW. Tho oply interest attacking to Western bill- | inrds al preseni dependson tho coming match beiween Burleigh and Shaw for tho chumpion- 8bip of the North and Southwest. This will take placo st the Academy of Music Saturday evenjeg, Feb. 19, and will bo tho fourth contest for the emblcm. The torms are 500 points French caroms on o J. M. Brunswiclkt & Balke table. Burleigh has beeu practiciug of late at Maoear’s new rooms on Dearborn strect, and Las shown somo excellent work, beating Parker and Rbines, and petting up ruch scores a3 93, 103, 105, avd tho Like. What liile beiting has 80 far been laid is in favor of Barleigh. TRE DIONS V8. GARNIER AND €XXTON. The four-hauded game in New York has besn agreed on as formerly mentioned in this column. 1t will bo played tho 18th, 14th, 15th, and 16th of March. This gamo will bo 2,000 poinis, divided into four parts of 500 points cach, the Dion Broihers on one side, William Sexton and ‘A. Garpier on tho other. Suppoeing that Cyrille Dion and Garnier open thoe series, they will play until one or the other reaches 500 points, the player will continue his ruon to its completion, then the balls will be cor- rectly alligned. ‘Tho second evening Sexton and J. Dion will take hold, and score on from the points already made by their respectivesides, 500 ponts more, under the same provision, that the player when making his 500 eball plsy his band ont. In this manner the game gocs on until ono or the other side reaches the 2,000 points, when they take the money. A BHARP NEW YORE TRICK. Tho Clipper has some vory sensible comments on the Sexton-Slosson matcd, in whish it prop- erly characterizes the advertising dodges which tatle-makers get up and call *‘games” The close of the aruclo 18 to Western mea a new chapter, and is &s follows: The defeat of Slosson has been charged By designed eflort to annoy him. As ho M:?cl:‘)’;‘alr;; iall, a Sherin’s officer, who had been in walting, noti- ted bim that 3 legal aftachment had been laid upon his portion of the siake-money. This process could have been secved two woeks before, when the money it st e i Sk ught - Loyl e i e ol cent, and for which eight, nine, or ten eutries wero ; a grest losa to the | i bew: { ranged from 32,01 t0 $3,C0) on Srst-class tracks, ail of | ‘which should o to the winuer, and to which the en- Gwners or drivers to submit tho igures of X EEISOL’S | forces the pace nnd wins & hoat in several secozds check for §5¢0 tendered in the hall by o wellknown physician of this city, it was9 o'clock before the play YTegon. This onlsodo reflects o credit upon its con- coctora. Back of the poople who occupied the fore- ground must have been billiard-people, or the 1o Cecdings ™ would ot have been so adroitly timed. Tho *billiard talent™ of the metrorolis that n'ght cleariy “got in_ita work” once more. Planned ihe offair must Lave felt somewlst en- Ziolled when they saw the young wife of Slosson, , feated among the otliar ladies on the platform, shedding copious tears na she realized that her husband, who had come to the hall confident of vic- tory, and building upon Lis anticipated triumph that Torht 3 Taatel elsewhere for higher staked, was being elowly but surely besten. The job was timed to upset fbo piayer, and it snccoeded, "It was manifestly the Lmndiwork of billierd people, and wo should like to Enow precisely whose houds wero in ft. Perhape Slosson could not bave won in any event. It i3 none tho less certain that he was accorded but su inditfer- ent chance to win. FPossibly we may bo pardoded for fuggesting just here that » Dilliord match is not the oo for dear fricnds or near relatives of :he players. 76 bad enaugh to bzve & Lacker near at hand, and no Prudent backer would permit his principal to ses bim Pills ihe latter wos behind in the game, The pres- ente of eisters and wives of the players at a match i3 thother novelty in Americau billiards, to which the umo in indebted moro to_ Albert Garnler than to a0y Gier player, 1t is 80 clearly encoursging to @ player $ho 13 Dehind, or unlucky, to eco his wife bathed in Tiass, that it i o murvel that some one of the many Ttiiors of Staseon did not uggost. to the lady that her absence under the circumstances would be perfectly excusable, and might be tho means of putticg moaey in the family pursc. g i Chicago people can believe all thia but the i tears. THE RIFLE. THE CHICACO CLUB. The Chicage Riflo Ciub held thow rogular | shoot yesterday at tho South Park Raungo, and r. Shaffer won tho Ilamiiton, Rowe & Co. badgo for the third time. This makes it his | persousl property. 5 | TIIE HATIONAL ASSOCIATION, y { The Nationa! Ritle Assoc:ation met Tuesfey in i Mew York, nod zdopted a resclution, tie £ab- { gtance of which e that all rifle associations or clubs practicing in accordance with tho rules of | the National Rifle Association may, by aunually raying to the Treasurer tho sum of §25 and forwarding to it o copy of their by-laws, the ! nnmes and addicsses of officers and the num- ‘er of its members, becomo eotitled to the fol- lowing privileges: First—To annually nominats ten of their members, who ehall be ontitied to oll the priviieges of anu me:bers of tha Hational Rifia Asscciution during its wpriug and fall meetings, and for one week pricr to each of such meetings, Secund—To Lave the vames and addresses of their officers and the scorcs mzdo during the year in their two principal Atsocistion, company, club, or troop ‘metches, to bo certified as cor; by thelr Secretary, printed in each annual reportof the National Iule Association, and to recciva twenty-Avs copies of such Teport, to bo forwarded to their Secretary without e. hird—To eend one delegate. or, in case of Associa- Hopa or cluba having 8 membership of over fifty, a del- egato for overy fifty members in good etanding upon their roll, to confer with the Diractors of the National Rifle Assqcintion, at 3 convention to Lo held in the Cits of New York, in the month of Ay of esch year, and 18 near the spring meeting as pausiols, in regard tothe rales and full meeting prograinme aud the general o~ tereata of rille practice in America. The spring meeting will begin May 25. Beven matches will be shot. sk Py MISCELLANEOUS. FOOT-BALL. ) The Chicago Foot-Ball Club will hold a meet- ing to-morrow night at the Tremont House. WRESTLING. Rigal and Christol, the French wrestlers, terdny entered into an agreement Lo wrestle in the Gricco-Roman style next Baturday evening, at & hall not yet announced,for $100, the winner to take tho ret receipts. CURLING MATCH. MrwAukEE, Fob. 5.—In the curling match to- day Alilwaukee beat Chicago 88 to 87. CRIME. THE COUNTERFEITERS. Special Dispalch to The Chicago Tribune, SerixorieD, 1il., Feb. 5.—The Federal Districk Conrt occupied all dayin the trial of Mrs. Driggs, old man Btadfeldt, his wife, and son Charley, on the indictment charging them with conspiracy with Nelson Drigge and Dick Large in maonufscturing and passing counterfeit money. Aside from the detectives, Bon Boyd and his wife, the former, recently committed in Chicago, were witnesses agamnst their old pards. Ben admitted giving them £225,000 in * corey.” There is difficulty in proving the charge of con- spiracy sgainat Mrs. Driggs, 28 the ‘precedent setin 8 recent trial of Boyd in Chicago, where tho Court ascquitted his wife on the ground that =28 his wife she . was in a cortain sense under his control, is relied on to Bave Mrs. Driggs here. Although sho worked with the gang persooally, was an expert counterfeiter and printer, and has already gervod s term in_prison, her condition appeals for sympathy, and her counsel expect {o socure her acquittal and that of the Stadfsldis on the grouod thet they were merely living with their relatives, the Driggs’, and did not participate, anve by knowledye of it, in the connterfeiting, The trial will bo resumed Monday. It excites considernble interest. ARORTION CASE. Sceciat Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune. Davexronr, Is., Feb. 5.—A month ago the Town papers contained notices of the strange death of 3Mies Effy J. Robinson, a young girl 18 years old, at Pedee, Cedar County, 20 miles from this city. Sho had boen telling ber rola- tives for several weeks befora her death that sho would die on the 6th of Janusry. She was set- tled in this belief, washed up a suit of white clothes in which she wanted to be buried, and at { 3 o'clock of the afternoon of the 5th went up stairs a3 happy aod cheerful as ever, sod in a few minutes after ~wa3 found quite dead. The corpse was buried and laid in its grave matil Friday, when, upon re- quest of several parties, the Coroner took up the body and had it examined by physicians. The examination revealed the fact that the girl was ‘‘enceinte,” apd that attempts had been mads to produce an abortion, both with instru- ments and drags, but without success, and that their efforts were not the direct cause of her death, but thst other means had been used. | The author of her rumn is said to be a married man with’ a large family, andin good circum- ; stances. The doctor who attempted the abor- tion is & resident of Cedar Coupty. THE INSANITY DODGE. BrmgeTo¥, N. J., Feb. 5.—The juryin the cage of Landis, who ia on trial for the murder of Carrath, in Vineland, eomo time 2go, came into court this morning and asked to bo discharged, there being mo possibility of an sgreement. The foreman informed the Judga that the jury haa acquitted the prisoser on the first and scc- ond connts, bat were divided on the remaining cne. The Judge sent them out again for fur- ther deliberation. At 10 o'clock to-night the Court-Houso bell rang out & ratification to oli Bridgeton tbat the jary bad agreed upon a verdicr, and immedi: Iy an immenss throng besieged the Court bmld- ing within and without. Judge Leed, in & shori time, arrived, and Mr. Landis was brought into court. - Ha looked pale and anxious. The jary promptly filed into courr, aud, in reply to tne ususl question, tie foreman said, ** We find the defendant not gailty, oo the ground of insanity.” FORGED BONDS. Torexa, Kan., ¥Fob. 5.—Thers has boon con- giderable excitement to-dey over the fzct that information bas been telegraphed from here which enabled oao J. H. Mowery, a momber of the Legislature from Deniphan County, to es- cape from the officers in pursuit of him. His Governor hes offered 8 reward of §200 for his cepture. The Committes investigating the bonds of the school fund ara eaid to have positive evi- denco that the name of the Disurict Clerk waa forged to ten one-thousand-dollar bonds of & dustrict 1 Rice Couunty, anditis thought the guilty parties wall bo found. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Worre Pramns, N. Y., Feb. 5—Fdward 8. Blokes, convicted of killing James Fisk, Jr., ap- pesred beforo Justice Dyckman to-dsy oo a writ of‘hsbe:m corpus, and his counsel moved for his releese from Sing Sing, on the ground t! hiad been 1mprisoned ten mouzhxg;T befora &:zef:f: ing nis final sentence. Judgo Dyckman reviewod the case, denied motion, and remanded Stokes to Sing Sing to eervo out the remainder of his sentence. A bill of exceptions will be presented 8t the general term of ths Supgreme Court. Btokes was very nervous. A $60.000 DEl Special Duupateh to The Chicans Swune, Des Morxes, Ia., Feb. 25.—Peter Meyers, a banker at Carthage, Mo., charged with taking $60,000 of the depositors’ moneyand leaving the cauntry, was arrested at Council Blaffs this af- of bosiness, I being mecesmary to Shbsmciiars s the poasidiy chras o Jodloin precasdiogs, anaNe. e i the siape-al o, | Al days sonveying 6ome real ssiase tarnoon. He was formerly Upited States Pen- eion Agent hers, and came here, spending severs to his wife, Tlcss who | ate- crimo i forgery, in copnection - with the ; issue of $3.000 in ‘echool-bonds in Camanche Connty, two yeawrs ago. The ! THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1876—SI ) on the trotting turf bave been worked on an innocent ‘ and left Thuraday night, leaving i 5 frank and boord-bill. - e Misscerg ‘Z’s;":‘:‘:, b rivad yesterdsy in search of him Lt ACQUITTED. Specital Dispatzh o Ths Caicaoe Tridune, Forr Wavxit, Iud., Feb. 5.—Tu the case of Gy briel Fair, wbo haa beea on trial in our Criming] i Court for the past two weeks on a charss murdering Ricbard Dolin last October, ‘h’:‘j nol retired yesterday 2% 4 p.m. To-daya;2y they eamo into Court with = verdict of acquitta) baving been ouségvcnlg-:gma hours. The cnmé X room was crowded, and the verdi with hearty chzers. ok was recelred THE CRAIN TRIAL.- Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune,, Camo, Til., Fob. 6.—The lawsers in the Crify ° trial commencéd their orgnment vesterg. morning, and both days have been eounmu{ Tho closing speach by the Hon. W. J. Allen will foro Tuesdsy next. o thocante, A FIGHTING LEGISLATOR INDICTED, 8ax Francisco, CaL. Feb. 5.—The Grand Jary of Bacramento County have found a trus bilj of indictment for ssssult with intent t6 murder aglinut Assemblyman Wilcox. who attackeg Chroncle reporter ia the Senate Chamber, . ! STOLE LETTERS. | Zaszsviie, O., Feb. 5.—Whitcomb Hengen * gon, aged 19 years, a clerkin the Post-Offcaat Dresden, Muskingum County, O., was arresed this morning by Special-Agent C. E. Heary, for stealing lelters. lle mada o fall confession, i THE VERMONT TRAGEDY. Dispatch to Loston Journal, . 87, JomsspoRy, Vt., Feb. 1.—A terrible tram . edy was enncted to-day in Lyndoo, the next torn north of Bt. Jobrsbury. A young man killed his father, aged 80, and his wother, aged 73, aod then Eilled Limeelf. The scene of the marder was necr Red Village, about 2 miles east. of Lyndon Village. Levi H. Wilder end his wife, the aged cocple who wera merdered, bave long resided in Lyn- i don, and have borne a good repntation, At the i time of the murder the tam:ly consisted of thass old pzople, their sun Silas, aedy3, and hiswits, aged about 22. ‘This morsing. when tho family arose, thy young man Ma4de £0:ne Femark 1o hia wife sbomt tac straps on Lis overalls, which sne had shors cned o tew days before. She replied that if could be eczuily rvemedied, whereapon .tht mother, overhearing the remark, said thst ehe was gled that sho did not fix the straps ;- if she bad there woald have beena faes. I replied that she need not trouble herself, as sho did not do it. He then went to the barn to do hia chores, and Lia wife prepered their, breakfast. On his return he sat down to breakfast alone, thsold veoplo 2od his wife nof being in readiness. Hs ats very littlc, and hig wife, 28 she wea pouring his tea, coticed that his hand trembled, agd thay his eyes had u stiange wild appearance. : ‘Attor drinking bis tes he ramarked that “ This thing haa got to be settled,” and went outinto theshed. wife, thinkiog his actions pecg-, liar, followed him, and met him returning with anax. She caught hold of the ax, and asked him what he was intending to do. He replied,, * You get out of the way or I'll fix you ! The father then appeared, aud said, **Waat ore your about 2" and took hotd of the ax. The young man then took a kvife from his pocket and opened the small bisde, uyinfi‘;‘lfl you will not let me use the ax I'll use iy knife,” and struck his wife in the right breast, causing &' slight wound, and then struck her again ovor the nglt eye, inflicting & wound which, thongh not serions, partially stunoed ber, 80 that shs did not realize What was going on for a little time, The mother becoming alarmed seized the dinner- horn, rashed ous of doors snd sounded it to alarm the neighbors. 1t is supposed that the young man, after stab- bing his wife, sttacked his father and cut his throat with the knife ; then, hearing the horn,: picked up the ax, rushed out to the comer of the house where his_mother was, and killed bet with the ax; that he then came back, found his father in the kitchen and kiled him with ths sx. Mr. Heory Perry, the nearest neighbor, upon hearing the hora, looked ont from his bara toward the Wilders, saw the young msn suike his mother With the ax, and heard him exclsim, “ There, lio there, —!” Aiter kLilling hit father young Wilder went up to the shed. whera his wife was just recovering conscionsuess, and exclaimed, * For_God’s sake, Fan ; I havan's killed you'; baveI2 " He then ran from her toward Mr. Perry's, and he heard im say, *It's all settled now.” e K Seversl neighbors soon arrived, and found the mother dead by the corner of tho bouse. Sap- posing tbat the murderer was in the honse, and | knowing that he had weapons to defond himself | with, they wero afraid to enter. About 10 a.m. ‘ Dr. Canoon arived, who with Xir. William Houghton went boldly into the house aod ! Jound the old father apon the floor dead, with ; tho ax inbedded so firmly into his head that it | required & vigorous effort by Blr. Houghton to removo it. Search was then made for the young man- At length ho was found in the barn, desd, banging from the beams. He had evidently gooe upon. the high scaifold, tied the rope to & besm and around his neck, and jumped off. Tho fiend accomplished his work most effeciu- ally. He struck hia mother three times, saitling the whole bit of the ax into her head on either side, just above the ears, and inflicting 8 blo% upon her neck which severed her head from ber body, two small pieces of skin only holdingit The fathes had, besidethe cut on Lis meck hich lad baro the windpipe, two deep cuts i his head with the ax, reaching from the crovn of tho head down below the ey, into each of which 3 man's hand could be inserted. Ths young man had & severe knife cat in Ius throst Which shows that he first attempted suicide by . catting his throat, but failiog in this, sought 3 more certain method. 1t is difiicult to account for this triple trageds. There seeros to be evidence of his having 8 paé- - sionate natura, and that there bas beenan io- creasing 1l1-will on his part ‘toward his ‘mother since Lis marrisge, which occurred a littls @050 | than a year sgo, and that the mother bss besa displeased with his wife and found fagle wilh hor scmewhat, 2 is quite commonly the caze nndor such circumstances. He has boea £1b ject to epileptic fits for some years past, andbsd Tecently been taking medicine which stopped them. Itis hard to beileve that tho mancd resolve upon such s fiendish ond A schemo of murder in & mero fit of BOREH some of his neighbors_state that he bse threats In times past that * if it wore not for e law thero would be loss Wilders in worl * Thore has been somo dificulty in the fsmly about the property. Tho father had deeded his farm to this son with the condition tost L® sbon!d support hig parents while they lived. It is thought by somo that he has been b over some apnoyences which have come upan him, and chenshing malico in his heactto . his parents, vatil it has culminated in this 3p~ palting tragedy, which might have beon excl this morniug by his mother’s catting remark with regard to bis overalls. It mey bd W“‘:‘ mediciow which he had token for his 8B prodacad such an eflect upon his ‘mental condle ion thaz tho arousing of lus suger producsd kind of tewpornry insauity. This is the most charitable view of to casc, and perhaps the bath 83 Do positive canse can ever be zacertaint WEBB'S PLUNDER. Sy New Yonx, Feb, 5.—Judge Blatchford B i givon a decision in tho case brought by ! United Stetes Government against Gen. Jaced Watson Webb for contempt in not answeringee™ tain questions put £o bim in relation to mone} ! paid to officlals in Brazil out of tho Goveromeat award when Webb was Munister to that e Tho Judgo eays that from the naturo of B¢ issuo 1t wonld not be neccssary he sbould ife any mors specific znswars to questions bim than those Lo has already given in regard & the manner in whick the monsy was. ot 2nd dismisses the contempt proceedings- —_— ———— DAMAGES AWARDED. Special Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribunt. Orrawa, {l., Feb. 5,—The railroad caso meD tioned in my last telegram, and which Ling beet . on trial sbont a week, torminated to-dsy. X was the caso of Todd & Son ve. the Chic3g®- Tock Island & Pacific Railrond at LaSsile. Th claim of the plaintidfs was tbat o passing loc motiva set fire to plaintiffe’ flourng-mill ‘Marct 14, 1572. Loss eatimated by geveral witness# - at’ from 98,000 to 10,000, The jury, afier b ing out four hours, returned o vordict of Ruild againat the Railroad Company, aud [ damages at $2,500. The cage was ablygonsflu:'l: on both eidos. An effort for & now sisl ot —_— DECLINES T0 ATTEND. Bostox, Feb. 5.—The Congregational Churd of Hydo Park declinos_the 1nvitation to partid pate in the Plymouth Church Advisory Coundl S e e < ‘The pardon of J. W. Freeman, editor of th Pittston Comet, Was received in Pittsburg ye8 dsy, and he was relsased from priscn. ter Lzmdvt music escorted him homs fo Piltstod, hieze & xeosption was givda hios huss o