Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1876, Page 8

THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS, 4t the house of his son-in-law, 3r. Schaeffer, of Monos, TNl Perry H. Bmith, and soveral other prominont E Emrnnl his bein — THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I8, 1876, retaka 3. If the detoctivo bad uown it was the * M:a.Vloou™ who was thers ho would havo attajdod to eecurs him by salrategy, for ‘in the oxercies of farce the " crook" fa aald 1o ba a match for the 4| best, At tho eight of o navy.vix cocked, audin tha Cexl Bchurz's father dind yosterday morning | hands of & man who vaa wi 5 1,Mng to use it If nece osaary, the fugitive wincecl turnod about to neo if oacapo nmsht yot bo accomphshed. aud quletly sunonnced I is WILLINUN £88 TO BUR RENDER. Demoorats, will leavo for Washingion to-mor- | o gave up the Lai fo, was tak on in cliarge, and row evening to try to secure the holding of tho Nations! Democratic Convontion in this city. The temperaturo yestorday, as obsorved by convoyed to tho jal', whore ha 1as asaigned to tho dnogoon, On tha 7 ay tnthar hie bitterly lamonted L recapture, which was duo o utirely ke said to the fact ttat ho couldn't run, .U Lo had heen Manasse, optician, 83 Madison atroot (TRwuNe | more lumber at tke time, or lod hig pursuers a Ballding), waa: At B a.m., 20 dogrees; 10a. m., 24; 12m., 28; 8 p.m.,’85; 8 p.m., 2. Dar- omeler, 88, m,, 20:293 8p. m,, 2%:81. At » meoting of the journeymen stone-cutters, hold on the 16th inat., it was resolved to appoint s committes to wait on the differont lsbor or- ganizations of the city, and to tske such stops a8 thoy may deem necessary to sccuro the nbro- atlon of convlct labor, or ite moro equitable istributton, Abaut half-past 2 o'olock yestorday afternoon, & boy namod Nichard tumsay, about 8 yonia of age, was run ovor by na incoming train on tho Northwestern Itoad, and had Lie loft foot severed below the instep. 1lo waa taken to the resi- dehce of his paronts at No. 650 Augusta street, and & physician called to attend him, Tonger distance, “hn wos confideist that be would bave encaped. 11e isa woll-knoyvrn burglar, and eald to boonocf tho most oxpert of tho ceaft. Au objoct of €1 pionage by tha jiolico for yenrs, ho will bazard f,he most desperato chances to get away, nnd ths, game af yestord v, it {s snid, was sugcesstully worked in tho oid Jall bofore the fire, He (s about 30 years of sgo and woll known throw gbont the country. 1lo wag ar- reated fn Nc wember Inst for hnr{;hflns at the residences of ! John I, Iioxle, at Hydo Park, and Gon. Ansor, Htager, on Michigan avonue, some timo pravy ouuly. On a Loar ng hoforo Sum- morfield o ‘was committed to jaill in doefanlt «f ' #4,000 bail. Last wook ho wns Indicted, ¥ nd this morning ho was to have been called ups o toplead, But, suticipating hin fato, ho attemy) ted to eludo it at the risk of murder, Ho ia =+ osporate, lawlees, murderons eriminal, who 8horydd bo visited with tho sovorest ponal- A fow of the Republicans of the Ninetoonth | tics for Isia crimos, Aguew's wouvds nre nob ‘Ward mot at ‘Larnor-Hall last evening to roor- ganize tho ward clab, meeting to order, aud aftor stating thal the afli~ oers of the club were absent, and nothing could be done without them, adjourned tho meeting untll to-morrow evening at the same time and place. There was to liavo been & meoting of Thir- teenth Ward Republicavs at the northiwest cor- ner of Madison and Robey rtreois last ovening, but when the hour announcod for assombling arrived it was discovered that but very few per- mons—in fact not o quorum—were ihcra, Thono present dlapersed with the iutention of holding » meeting at the sawo placs the 2d of March. Yenterday aftarnoon one of Terwilliger's lrorsos met with a peouliar accident, A fat of voult- lates wera about being unlonded iu front of the dolity Safo Depoalt Company, an lendoiph etreet, whon, in baoking the team, ono of the snimals touched the edge of a plate and began Xickiog. During his struggles ono of tho plate’s sliarp edgoes cut into his haunches to the deptt: of about 16 iuches, inficting a tatal injurs. A moeting of the propriotoraaf barcer-ehos:; of the city, organized as the Darbors’ Assocs . tion, was lm|d§n the Sherman House club-rvom s Just ovening for tho olaction of offizers, who o' o ‘aa follows: Presidont, Mr. Hottick, of ttm Bhormsu Ilouso shop; Firat Vice-President, . E. Boonett; Socond Vico-Presideut, Mr. 8. f.n- bourslior ; Secretary, W. I\, Posilion ;[Treasur or, Fobn Becker, It was snuounced that o r¢.om for the use of the Club Lad been found, aud 1 ‘nat moetings would bo bheld on the first and & sird ‘Mondays of each month. Tho cases of Willlam A. Thompson, A. J.. Ed- wards, and the Norihwestern Fertiliziog - Jom- pany, of the Town of Lake, charged with 1 aain- taining & nulsanco,—creaung those naue jating emells which lhave sickened the ati- roos of Chicago for so lonsr o time t,—woera 1o have beon hearil be- yfl‘r‘n Justico Summorfield yestorday 1w srning, ‘but Mr. George Burry, attorney for ‘defr: adnnts, asked for » coutiouance to Tuesdav moz clog, on account of the absence of matorial W t;uosses. The request was granted, sith the leeatanl. ing that no further coutinuance woull o asked for. A msn named F.P. Love, by prafession an artist, was found dead in his room af tho Packer Honse, corner of Madinon and ITausted atreets, sbout 5 o'clock yesterday aftornoan. IHo was seon sbout the houso at dinner-:ime, looking well, and soon after weat out tc) dispors of o {nlcuu-a ha hsd been employed on. Ho ro- urped in ao honr or my, and went to his room. At tho bour above- mentioned, % Miss DBarr, for whom ho was painting a picture caller! to ancertain fts progross, and was directed to hia studio on the eecond floor. She proceaded thither, and, fafl- ing to receive any respouse to Lior raps for nd- mittance, oponed the door. Tha inmate was found dead on tho tloor, covered with tho casel and a painting on which ho was omployed. As- sistance was procured, and from the appenrance of tho body it wasevident lLe had nat been dead long, as it was warm and tho fore- besd was dsmp with pesrpiration. A physician was summoned, who decidod that death had rosulted from Loart discass, De- oeanod was sbout 40 yesrs of ago, Lind resided in the city noarly six months, and leaves o family at 8t. Charlos jn this State. Tho Coroner has been notified, and will hold au ioquest this motniog, THE WILKIZ THIAL. An impreesion seems to prevall in Rockford thrt the postponement of tho Wilkio covspiracy- trial waa without sullicient rosson, and that the alleged sickneas of the witness, Grabam, was only » dodgo on the part of Lawyer Trude to secure the postponoment. With a viow to learn- ing the res! facts, a ToiouNe reporter visitod Mr. Grabam's rosidence, No. 1436 Bouth Doar- born ptrcet, Iast_eveuing. Tho object of s wearch waa found lying on a sofa, with both his feot buried deep tn banduges, and resting on pillows. r, Graham ntated that ho was suffor- 10g from a sovere attack of inflammatary rhon- matism, and this atatoment was corroborated by several gentlomon who wero presont. He ssid that he had not boec out- eide of bhis house sinco Friday, TFeb. 4. He wan quits judignant at the charges mado againat him that bis sicknoss was simulated ; and, in order to eatisty the reposter beyoud o doubt, caused tho bandages on his fect to ba removed. Thero was certainly po doubt of his haviog rheumatism, s could bo soen with half a glance. The Ipdications of that disenao were tao pimn to be mistaken, His foot wore uwollen far ‘bayond ordinary size. —_— A BOLD STROKE FOR LIBERTY. THE ESCAPE AND TUE RECAFPTURE, Heory Dunoan, aliss H, L. Muldoon, n prison- er at the County Jal), made a desperate attompt to escape yesterday afternoon, aud would doubt- loaa hays succoaded hiad it not been for the op- portune presence of Dotoctive Dargon. Yoster- day was unuaoally qulet at Agndw's hotol ; fow visitors applied for admission, snd thero was su ®'sbsenco of the bustlo ordina- rily, found thore. In conesquenco of this the jailers, tarnkeys, and officers oxcopt Luke Agnow were distributed about the intoriur, examining the cells and attending to their oleanlincas. Agnew waa loft alono in the oftice, while In tho jail proper no obe was atirring save the prisouer Duncan anda woman vigitor. About half-past 5 o'clock tho lattor rapped at the gato, end told Agnow eho wanted to go. lle went to the inner door for the purpose of letting her out. Provious to unlocking the door, Duncan, who was at & distauce therefrom, hurrled to tho eatrance and stood immodiatoly back of the woman. As the door swulg baci on its_bingos and she was mrulnu out, Le shoved her agsinst AEnnw. and, the door open- 10 b ita full widih, he rusbod out, Agnow ro. coverea imsslf before the prisonsrroached the door opening into the ofice, and granpled with bim. 'Bat Duucan threv bhim off, and made for the outer door. Again the Jailor caught with him in tho offsc, and for the firut time obsesved A DRAWN XKIFE in bis hands. Dnncan, bya powerful effort, die- “5““ the hand whizh olaspod tho knifo, aud sitempted to oat his pursuer, ‘That he silod 0 do &0 way tbo result of chance, and Agnow cscaped with s slight out fn the band. By this timo the prisover roached tho prisons «door opening [nto the Jail yard, The door stood ajar, with no one o impede Lis movemeuts, and he shot through it, rushed down the sisirway, crossed the yard, rosched the alloy which hnum{u tbe Jail on the west, sod flod through it lu & riberly direction, As wonn a8 Agnew recover- quillbrium Lo rsised the alarm, snd tho aunull for _the recapturs of the fugi- Ve Izimn.‘ Duncan’ meur:l;nu immodiatel, precediog the sscape, aa nlso tho ocacapo itself were witnessed from the fall kitchen, and Mike Madden, employed thare, followed in tho direo- tion Duncan had taken. Ths Iattor ran through the alley until ho reached Indiaua streat, on which he procesded wost, crossing Clark street, DETECTIVE DAHOON, of the Central Bistlon, was returning to head- quarters, and had resched Illtnois street, whon his attention was attracted by the noise, and, sosing ® man hurrying sud pursueq, be jolned in the chase, Duncan oontinued on Indisna street to & second alley in b re bonaded by La8alle -ndChxhlmuhd appested in it as Dargon came (o eight, o latter ran to the alley aud all slght or trace of the fugltive was lostl Qoiog througn the alley in search of his hiding place, D, to & lot in which Duncan hsd hidden bimself behind She doormayof m shed. Thedotective reached the shed and thrust his Lead in to viow ba tuterios, bus withdrew incoutiuently aud re- greated s stop. Duncan was there, {he knife .l slutohsd '{a his hand aod ready f0r use to dangorca s, aud will not fncspacitate him for Gon. Chetlain called the | duty. i AUGUST LANGE AND JUB WIFE NERTUA. Au gast Lauge, s man woll known to the publio throngh his connoction wizh Dortha Lafaaki, alls 3 ¢ Handsome Bortha," droppod doad about 10 clock yesterdsy aftoruoon o tho honso of we man namod Haggorty, at No. 187 West Ran- do dph stroet, The doceased la said to bo a na- tiree of Htuttgardt, in which city his parents & ud rolatives reside. 'Thoy nro said to be peopla ¢.£ moral ano social worth, oand also tho |possessors of wealth. Thoir son oatly beeame au onteast nud an advonturer, and omigrated to Now York. Aftor » reeidonce or moveral yoars in that clty be loft thors and camo fo Chicago, where he arrived some- thing over a year ago. Io rogiatored at Kuba's Iotel, and bolug possessed of considera- ble meana readily obtained access to socisl cir- cles, ‘[hrough tho inlluenca of Germaa resi- denta in the Wa2st Division be was fuduced to do- posit about 31,400 of his money, snd whilo that sum lasted ho lod tho lifo of & gentleman about town, In his promenndes he one day met and was introducod to Bertbs, who at that timo_was the proprictress of n wine saloon on Halstod, near Ifonroe strcet. Ho bLeesme onamored of Ler charms, and passed evory leie- uro moment in her company. Afler a brief nc- quaiutanco Lig proposed tiatriugn to Ler, and was rofused. When tho buxom Dortha au- nounced her ultimatum, August returned to Knhn's Hotel, addrossod & number of;lotters to acquaintances, mado hiy witl, and TOOR BOME MORTHINE. o swallowed tho drug, sud again sought tho prosonce of bhis love. Bho was cu]u{’\llg tho society of s number of wino biobors when tho dsing Lango mada bls appearanco, Ho not:tled the compuny of what he had dono, and invited all tho company to Join him in a final drink. Bortha became siarmed at what sho fieard aud Lurriod for o physicias, who camo without dalay. aud, with the aid of nstomach- putnp. prolotiged Laugo's life. Bertha yieldod to his persuasive oloquouce, und duriog bis con- valoscetico cousented to becomo hils bride. ITo clnimed to bs o dotectiva from Now York, aud a8 he lkoow tho force in that citv, and was familiar with tho po- culiar wlang in uso by them, bin statoments wera accopted a8 truo. Ho also claimed to bo hieir to an enorinous ontate in Uormany, aud, 88 Lo scat- tered hus woalth with au unsparing hand, his as- sertions found credence umong tho credulous. After duo meparation, the wodding took place on thoe 8th of last Juno, and was cciebrated on & acalo of royal magaiticonca at Bussa's Hotol in Ifydo Park. Tho “happy pait" roturued to Clicogo nfter o woek's abseuco,—ho to propare for o voyaga to (iermany, but sha to Hsien to tho voices of former gallans, This did not meet witl: tho approval of Lange, who vaiuly endeav- ored toiuduce her to avoid their society. This roqueat was not complied with by the wifo, who insletod that sho would go 1n the society that suited bier, Attor twonty dsys of domestio un- happivesy, Luogs weat into s ealoon on Madie son, near LaSallo siroot, ono afternoon, and LODGED A BALL IN HI8 LEFT LUNG, He waa taken to the County [lospital, and, through tho efforts of the physicians therain employed, Le ocacaped the Coroner, After a ‘briof xojourn at the Lospital ho waa discharged, and rojoined Dertua, ‘Thoy romained in tho city until about Augast, when thoy visited hor parents woar Anmitowoe, Here he boasted of his wealth, and so improssed a proporty-holder in that town with the trath of Liis siatoments that ho wan onabled ta purchase » hotel, ITe paid #300 to bind the bargaln, but a8 ho failed to meot subscquent payments the mortgage was foreclosed, Burtha discardod him, and lie was romitted to penury and solitude; He raturned;to tho city soveral woaks ago pud avai od bimaelf of the hosvitality of Mra. laggerty, & wonan of reputation. 1o was predisposed to consumption, and the wonnd inflicted on his last -ttum;n ot suicido had the effect of devaloping tLo diseawo, causing & constant succession of Lomorrhages. He aroso at his ueual hour yes- terday morning. and was on the streets at noon. Ho had finished his dinner, and, in going to his room for some purpose, waa attaoked by s sud- den homorrhaga, fell to tho floor; and,” before nusistance could reach bim, dled. The Coroner will bold sn inquest to-day. DERTUA Tin wite is at prosent with her parents, who resida near Manitowoe, whero they till tho soil, and sre asld o be in indepondent eircum. staucod. She first came to tho surface several yoATs a0 as the daughtor-in-law of a promivent immer in Milwsukeo, She lasaid fo bo naturally unfaithfu), and a8 sho exhibited this character- fstio 10 & promivent maunner bofore the' resf- dents of tho :*Croam City," the brewer's son procured a divorco. Sho came to Chlesgo soon aftor tho firo, mud was protected by = #aloon-keeper on the North Bide. But sbo was of extravagant = labits, and ho loft ber, Bho then consarted with a woll- known Justico of the Peace with ko results, After him shio revolved betwoon a banker's clork and & distiller who bas tecoutly been tndloted, but she favored the attantions of the clork, Ilo was very pronouuced in his nttentions to hor, and dovoted hia time as woll ae Ifs money to her. Fiually bis tathor, who is & woslthy financlor in the old country, hoard of the affair,and asked Lis carrespondents In Chicago to put a stop to it, This they did by sendiug bim to 8an Francisco, " where lis romsined uutil Hertba and August married, whon be returnad to the city, Ho ta st yprosont bookkeoper iu a bankiog house, Bho ls 6nid to be a vory handsomo womau, highly odu. cated and accomplished, bt vain, ficklo, and docoptive, Now that uhe is & widow, tho advice tn::hs eldor Weller will suggest itselt to admir- —— THE NURSERYMEN. TUEY INTEND TO MAVE A CENTENNIAL. Whilo all jtho rest of the world are preparing toattond the Philadelphia Centenutal, the nur- sorymen aro propariug to colebrato s fittle con- tonnial of thelr own in thia city. At a moeting of the nurserymen, florists, and scedsmen, hold at Crystal @ on tho 25th of last moath, it was decidod ta havo a Contounial in this city on tho second Wodnoedsy of June, 1870. Thw objects of tho mocting ara thus ot forth in a circular from tho Committee of Arrangomonts: 1, Ntelaxation from business. 2 Tho cultivatiou of personal acquaintance with others eugaged in the trade, 3, Exbibition of suy new fruits, flowers, plants, or any osuufsctured srticles, such as labels, wira s, berry-baskets, or imploments used in tho Lusi- e 4. Exchange, purcuase, or asle of surplus stock, B, To perfect better methods of culture, packing, grading, and salo of stock, ‘This will present a favorabla opportunity for tho oxhilition sud eale of now veristies of siraw- berries, now aud raro plauts, woodvu aud metal« lio labels, lithographs of fruits aud fowers, bor- rv-baskots, wire goods, florista’ requisites, and tho various imploments uged by nurserymon. 1t 13 expected to obtamn roducod rates frowm all the railruads and hotels 1 Chicago, Tho call for this moeting is signed by such sterling men a8 Dr, Johu E., Ennls, of Olinton, fowa; J. 8. Btlckney, of Wauwautosa, Wis.; Ldgar Banders, Chicago; L, K. Scotleld, Free- pore; A. It Whitney, Franklin Grove; D, Wil mot Bcott, Galona: aud Lewls Ellsworth, of Naperville; aud it the meetiug is auything what it 1s 1utended, 1t will bo onw of the oveuts of even & ccutoucial year, As an auxilary {o the assaclation probably to be fotned ot this Coutentennial, tho nursorsmen in sud about Chicago met last Thursday in the office of tuo liesters Farm Journal as Nu. 126 Washington strout, and resolvod to forn A LOCAL AKSOCIATION for the pratection of the interests of the trade, and for thoe disremination of knowledgo peztains Ing to abirub and tree culturo. A sccond ment- fng was hold at the samo placo yosterday, but, owing to an orror in the ancouncement, only fow rospanded, and rome time wan taken in wait- ing for asuMuient munboer totransact business, A constitution and by-laws prapared by JonathanO. Poriam and N. 8, "Auatin were presented, and will probably bo adopted but with littlo alteration st the next mooting, The titlo of the associa- tion in *'I'is Nurserymon's and Troe-Plantors’ Asgocistfon of Chicago and Vicimty." The gov- ernment {8 to bo vested in an Execntive Com- witteo of throo, of which the Presidont is Chair- man, the meotinga to bo hold somi-annuslly on tha second Tneadaya in January and July. Menasrs, Potorson, Dunning. and Austin wors appointed to co-oporate with tho Contennial movoment, ‘The Asacciation then adjourned tomeet st the snmo placs Baturday morning for tho election of oflicers aud thio perfection of the organization. —_—— A SCAMPISH GROCER. 118 BRETHREN IN WAVENLY PROTEST. 1t Is gotting quito common latoly for irrespon- sibla partios to imposs upon the wholesale gro- cersof this and Fastarn cltles by purchasing goods on crodit, and solling them off as rapldly s possibto at low pricos, and then makiog sn assigoment, thercby donbly defrauding their croditors, This gamo bas boen frequently practiced in tho smallor towns of the Wostorn Stalos, to tiro no small losa of tho local doalers undorsald, nod of the wholesala grocers from whom tho goods ara obtalued. It is understood that the sueponmion of Burton, Plarco & Co., of this city, was largoly due to thia cause. In ‘Wavorly, Is,, a man named T. C. Aldrich has Intely beon playing the samo dodgs. and tlo aliter grocors of thatcity have resolved them- aeLves into au indignation committee, and passod tho following rosolution, which Las boon printed in the sliapo of a oircular and soni around to their brethiren in the in other places : We, {lio undersigned, inces In tne City of Waverly, having folt eavily, inancially, the under- miulug business practiced by T, O, Aldrich, in tho sals of goode, do onter cur protost against the barefsced assinment mado by Mim, to the detciment of tho best butsinesn Intcrawta of Waverly and tho financial and moral standing of our cominunity i gonoral. It is unfair, nud 8 gross outrage upon honost buslness-men, to have o man in their midst whose grestest pride was 10 sell gooda below thelt cost slmply Locaso he could do't oli thie credulity of lus Esstern creditors, And 0 do opo and trust that rascality of this kind will not be tolerated or countenanced in_onr community, as it Ieada to genorat distrust not only abroad bt at Homo, And wo furtiier hope that Esstern creditars will do- ‘mand dollar for dollar, or tho goods, from him, who but & short time 8go mado statemont that b was wiorth 20,000 clear of all iabilitics, And wa will use overy medns Inour power to Lolp forrat out and got at all tho facts ia tho ciac, in which malter we can baa g:eat belp. TtaratoxD Bnos, & PRusTios, I, L, Wan, A. 1L, DARKER, 3.1, Bannt'n, Abaust Bovkizs, TuoMas Downing, @. 1t Pavt, F. W Scnor, Jons Bz, I, A. Bueoy, ¥ lowr, AL N, Dix ManTIv & Mirs, Wit brese, 1L K, BwrrT, F. H. Pecx, Oscan BURDANK, AN Bros, (s LOCAL LETTERS. AN EXPLANATION. T'o the Ldutor af The Chicago Tribunes; Cuicago, Fob, 17.—1 have read with surprise your atlicles in rolation to tho Board ef Trade Committeo {n your esues of the 15th and 16th inst., 18 thoy are eo manifostly unjust to both parties, and ontirely at variauce with the facts, and also innccurate fu several particulars, With- out going into dataile, lot me #ay the warahonse- men did agroo to abolish tho tcimming charge if the rallroada would abata the nwitching. ‘They also offered to tranefor grain to Eastern oars for 1 cent per bushel, 'Che Committes mado no other proposition, but left tho matter Bt. Panl and tho Pittaburg, Cinclonatl & Bt Louls Imlm{ Companies, waited upon the Bonrd of Publie Works yesterday and dueired an Approsimate estimate of tho railway companion’ sharo of the exponse for the Milwaukes avenuo wviaduct, in ordor that ks may lay the figuros be- fore tho the Loards of Directors of the Lwo roada for their considoration. Thoe figuros will bo proparad snd presantod to the gontleman, Toward tho close of last year many atroot la- barars applied {o tho Boatd of Publio Works for farther work, after thoy had beon discharged on sccount of the scarcity of funds whorewith to pay for tho labor. Tho men, however, sgreed to wait for the appropriaton of this year, sayiug that they could live on credit moanwhile, The Iloard, to eave the mon and their familles fromt starving, a3 woll a8 to have tho city's work com- plotod &8 soon as possible, ngroed to keop them on tho force. Naw tha men aro grumbling bo- causo_thoy caunot gat their pay, and scem to {xrv?l forgotton tho terma upon which thoy were hired. e CRIMINAL, Jacob YWilliama was hold to ball ln bonds of 2500 yestorday by Justice D'Woil, for kicking Darnett Rosonberg ia & bratal maunor. R. M. Martin and J. P, Ivors, commission mer- cliants, were hold in bouds of $1,000 eaok to an- swer to Justico [Taincs on tho 18th of February to tho chargo ot dofrauding in a nale of lnmber, Henry Johnsop, of 82 North Halsted stroot, Bund & Co., of No. 238 Wost Madison street, and Frod Schute, of No. 201 Weat Mtadi. aon atroot, roport that their stores wore robbod of stock last ovoning. B Dennla Bagnoy, & boy 13 years old, drove oft the liorss and buggy of John O'Brion last sven- - ing from the owuer's rosidenco, No, 117 Newbar- ry avenue, waa caught runvivg about the city sad locked up in the Armory. 5 John Halfrich keeps s leather-storo at No, 205 Larrabes stroot. John Smith is a cobbler, aud occasional patron, Ho visited [falfrich's Iast evening and approprinted a hundrad woight of tanned hides, for which ho was arrostod and lockod up in tho Larrabee Stroet Btation, Willlo Stophenson aud Jobn Blatterly, two boys not over 156 yoars of age, but with faces which sliowed thom to bes hardoned In crimo, wora yostorday morning hold fn €590 oach to tho Criminal Court by Justive Bummarileld, for rob- bing an errand-boy omployed at the Boston store, on Wabash avonue, uear Twolfth street, of n paokago ho was delivering, valued at sbout ‘William I, Lovi, a mock auctioneer, was ar- rested yestordsy for attompting to pasaa £10 counterfelt bill on Otto Blubm at Ald. Mahe's maloon, cpposite the city bLuildings. Commis- moner Hoyno roleased Lim uut! to-day on bonds of £2,000,'and ho roturned to attempt to con- vince Oito that ho waa an innocent man, Fail- ing to do thia he bceame obstreporous, when Ald. Mahr ofectod him from tho saloon wiha vehemeunco that appalied tho observors. Lo SUBURBAN, EVANBTON. The Mite Saclety of 8t. Mark's Church will ‘meet this ovening at thoe residence of Mr, Josoph M, Lyone. Tho now Roctor, the Rov. J, Stuart Bmith, will bo presont, and it will be a favorablo opportanity for those who have not mot him to become acquainted. ‘I'he Hurd and Brown trial s anuounced for this evoning in the Methodlst Church, A popular paoator, it is not necessary to say ‘who, i8 to be tho recipient of & pound party thia evening. The aunouncement is mads bocaaso it 1 intended to bo o surpriso. AMUSEMENTS, for futnre nogutintion, whou they should be moro fully advised of the rato charged in Toledo, Indianapoiis, and other placos. The Committes do not proposo to disband, baving beon reap- pointed by the Directors, but hope to porfect an adjustment of charges that will meot the ap- proval of all falr-minded citizous, and not brivg ruiu either to our elovators or ratironds. If you wiil read the {aw iu rogard to elevator charges, yon will seo that your statoment 1s not correct. I stated to your reporter that tho meeling Saturday was s privato consultation, and‘if ho liatoned at the koyhole it was nota dignified procoeding. I nm sorry to be put on the dofonsive in this mattor, 88 your paper has, untll now, labored harmooiously with the Committee, nud I shall 8till oxpoct your approval when the facts and rosults aro fully known. I writo the above upon my own responsibility, and do not wish to compromise auy othor mewmber of tho Commit- teo. liespecifully, E. B. SrEvENs, Chuirman Board of Trade Comunittce. ——— THE COUNTY BUMDING, County Clerk Liob has added twenty-fiva men to his clarical force daring the week. Dr. Wildor, tho roaurrectionist, was arreatod Inte Wednesday ovening and takon to jail, that bo might not forget to appear In court to-day for sentonce. Jacob Kaieer, Fredorick Tabianke, William Oram, nud Jennio Adams, who havo boon cou- flued in jail for somn time on various chargos, wera vesterduy discharged from custody, the Jury haviug falled to find blile againgt them, Frod Tesch and Joha MoCaffroy, two of the Tond Inspectors, were to have gono yeaterday on »u inapection along the Evanston and Mil- waukee plank-road. 1t is to bo hoped that they got started, aud wiil bo hoard from a¢t au early day. In the Douglas-Cole conspiracy case, wherain & divorce was sought to bo obtained by fraud, o bill of excoptions wan yestorday flled with the Clerk of tho Criminal Court. 'I'he record in the znsa is now boiog made up for the Suprems Jourt, The Grand Jury after a ebort sesslon yester- sy morning returned fifty-one iudictments into conrt, classified n4 follows: Larceny, 41; burglary, 7 ; robbery, 1; sesault with intont to kill, rocalving stolon goods, 1. The Roonoy murder caso will bo Lieard by thia Jury to-day, The new County Physician, it i:gpnn. is not Impiovicg upon scquaiutance. In fact, his compotoucy is being very sorlously and goner- ally questioned. Yesterday, in testifyiug in the County Court in tho trial of knsano caves, hio did not croate the best improssion, but caused sun- dry loohers-on, among whom waa n momber of the kCounty Board, to make maoy unfriendly ro- marks. Deputy Clork Hornaday is no more. He will bo remomborod as conuectod with the spoiling of tho Hydo Park Collector's books some time ngo, and as having tried toshoulder tho rosponsi- bility of his biundors on the Commitico on Equalization of the County Board, 1tis given out that Afr, Hornaday resignod his positian, but at the samo timo f{t i well known that he stopped down and out by requeat. fle s to re- main in the County Olerk's office, however, and will resume work in a fow days as a clerk, The hogs on the Poor-Farm are again sgitat- ing tho bosoms of the Commissionors, This comos of the fact that fifty of tho sevent porkers recoutly purchased have sickened an died of cholora, ~ Whotbar thoy had tho disesse when purclinsed ot not Is not known. Tho hog iuterost of the country is growing so rapidly that at no distant day 1t mn{ bo necossary to heve a special committes of ¢! \‘Donnl locatod at tho Htock-Yards, or to establish au asylum for diseaved swine easy of acceas by the county authoritioa, Thero was more than the usurl amount of wdodging " aronnd the building yosterday, and all bocause of tho presence of twa ladles from tho Cliurch of the llt‘hl{l Name, who woro solicit~ ing aid for a fair to Lo held in & few days, Very fow escaped, howsver, and no one was ablo to vesiut thoir appoals, Commissioners, olerks, lioads of departments and proprietors of applo- stands, ail foll into thoir net alike, contributing from a ninkel to & 5 bill. The ladies were not iuclined to bo solfivh, elthier, for every contribu. tor Liad the ploasure of being specially invited 10 the fair, == THE CITY-HALL, Miko Evane' rocelpta yesterday smounted to about $16,000, Tho City Collector took in ©1,200 yosterday, and no lovics were mada, Water-rents yesterday wore €2,644, and re- colpts from the City Coltector 550, ‘e Comuitleo ou Htreots and Alleys, Wout Divislon, falled to meot yesterdny afternoon, ‘Tho Building Inspector continued the exami- nation of the churches yesterdsy, withabout the usual results. Commuusioner J. K. Thowpson, of the Doard of Public Worke, loft for Naslville, Tean., laut ovening, 1o will bo gone two weeke on n vaca- tiou, The Mayor yesterdsy revoked the license of George Dreesol, ealoon-keepor on the corner of ‘fhirty-soventh and Wallace atreats, for keeplng ghummy house aod for sellivg liquor te winors. B, E. Walker, ropresenting the Milwagkeo & THE BEETHOVEN SOCIETY'S CONCERT, Tho Boothoven Socioty gave its sccond concert of tho season last ovening at McCormick's Iall to u vory large audicuce, and with n dogres of success which ellcited very gouerous applause and kindly criticlem. Tho programme was nota- blein two respeots : First, that every number on 1t was the work of a living composor (Gade, TRubiostein, Wagner, and Bargiel), s feature in programmo-making which hna uot ofton hap- poned hero, excopt at somo of Mr. Pratt’s con- corta ; and, recond, in its charming vaclety and freghness, Tho tiret oumber was Niols Gade’s cautata, ** The Erl Kiug'a Daughter,” a light but vary ploasiug work of tho mulodramatio order, which was givon hers boforo the fira with groat success uonder tha direction of BMr. Zicgfeld, Tho molon on thia occasion wora_griven to Mra, Stacoy, Mrs, Johnson, and Mr. Gill, Although Mra, Slacoy's voics is light against 80 largo a chorus, 1ta_ purity individual- izes it and maken It lienrd, and sho usod It in her rather monatonous phruses with excellont skill snd considershle dramatic forco, It was a plossure onco more to hear Mrs, Johnsoo's #mooth and olear contralto, cfter her long ab- gonco from tho slage, aud this fesling waa evi- dontly shared by the whola audiencs, which gave ber a vory cordial groeting. Mr. Gill's style and onunclation did pot fit him for Sir 0Oluf, and without suy retlection upon Mr. Gill it wasa rolicf whon Sir Oluf was dead. Tho chorus did its part excollently well, was weil balspced, end in good tune aod time. One oumber, the “Morning Hymn,” was the best piece of singing tho Bociety has ever done, ‘The socoud part openod with Rubiosteln’s ‘very charaoteristio cantats, “Dio Nixe" (**Tho Water 8prito™), for femalo chorus aud alto solo, the Iattor taken by Birs, W. 8. Walrous, who sang it with an sdmirablo quality as well ns ower of voice, but with a peculiurity of phiraa- ng which hardly did ?nntlcu to ths dramatic character of the musle. Rubinsteln's music is always out of the common, and requires special study, not -Iounklnr its difficulty, as in this in~ satanco, but alao Yor its coloring, and Mrs, Wat. rous' task way thus Ly uo means ao easy one, The wocond number was_tho % Bpiuning Boog,” from “Tho Flying Datchman,” which was woll i:lvun by the ladios. For tho third number Br. Elchhelm played Bargiel's ** Ada- lo" for 'cello, with piano accompaniment by 1r, Wolfeohn, which was the gem of the even- ing's work, ~Mr. Elchheim gavo the adagio with vory fine feeliug and regard for its wenti- meut, and Mr. Wolfsoun entered into the spirit of the beantiful number with equally flue fael. mf: The lsst number wos soloctlons from “Lohongiin,” embracing the DBridal Chorus, tho Swau Song, the Prayer, and the finale to the Drat not, the soloists being Mrs. Thurstou, Miss Forosman, and Moessrs. Darucs, Bowen, and Bergatoin, Tho choral parts were quite well taken, altbough tho = tempos were vory alow,butin the concortod music (**Tho Prayer ") tho quintette was overwholmod by tho chorus 8y well a8 tho piano, Mrs, Thurston sang her briet volo part very offectivoly, and Mr. Barnos sang the fow measures of the Swan Nong (* Mun ol gedankt ") admirably, BMr, Bowen was quite out of voice with a severo cold, but sang hiu part well novertholess, As o wholo, tho Saclety ahiowa great {mprave- mont ovor ita work at tho firut concert, nnd sc- quitted iteolf with credit. At tho third aud laat concert ** Etijah * will be given. % - ‘Telegraph Itntes Down All Around. New York World, Feb, 18, The now schedule of rates put Into operation by tho Atlantic & Paciflo ‘Felograph Company yostordsy s s PromNew New _OldFrom New Nsw Ol Yorklo rates mates| Yorklo rates, rates 8t Louls. $1.50/chlcago, 10 1. Ihladelphia. 30[Cinelnuai,. 1 ittaburg .. 0] Baltimor Rocheater. yrac Ol City lany As soon a3 it was known by the offlcers of the Wastern Union Compacy that the reduced ratoa had gone into effoct yosterday moruing, a spocial moetiag of the Exocutiva Committon was called by Mr. Orton, Thia Committos, without waiting for the general mooting to-day, decided to lower their rates to tho new rates of the Atlantio & Pa- cific and Frankiin Commpanles, Mr. Orton said aftor tho meeting: ' It Lias alway been m tacit undoratanding botwedn all the companies that tho rates should bo aa noar a4 possible tho asme, and whichever proposed & chaugas should notify the others. Atlantio & Pacifiodid not notify us in tuis way: They aout us acircular-lottor to thaeffoct that tho changa would go into effect to-day, buk a4 It was not posted until Iate last night, of course we did not get it until this morning. you want ta kuow the roason for this sudden clisuge in their rates, why every one cau plainly w00 tha whole affair is a stock job, and there in no doubt but that one man in’ \ilmcuhr in At- lantio & Pacific in very short of Weatern Unlon, and had his ordors carrled ont, *1 4uppose you mean Jay Gould 2" said the reporter, *Well, 1 daro ssy ho would coneider it & com- liment if I mentioned bis uatno,” sald Mr. Or- 03, but dld not mentlon is. Becrotary Chandler aud 3r. Dates, of the At- lsutio & Pacific, declare that tho roduction is & business moasure simply, Babcock May Be Guilty, but that will not slter 1be fact {hat the new Domes- o™ is tho favorite wherever introduced, For rangs of work, simplicity of construction, snd ease in Tune Blag it stands witbout a rival, AN ALARMING LEAK. Failure to Collect the City's Revenues from Lioonses. A Falling.0f' of 850,000 in I'wo Yonrs, Unliconsed Saloons on Btato and North Olark Btreots, Rensons Assigned for This Neglect on the Part of tho City Government.} Lot Us Reduce Taxation and Fallhfully Col fect iha Licenses. Comptroller Iayes, in his lottor to the Coun- cll aoccompanying his estimatos for the yoar, {mpreenen aa strongly aa he can upon tho peopls of Chicago the necossity of the most rigld re- form for the coming municipal yoar, sud pointa out several ways in which money can be saved While Tz Tainune doea not differ tho city, T Rroatly from the Cémptrotier {n hia conclusions, it bogs loave to point out to that officer, to the Mayor, to the Financo Committeo, and to the Connell in goneral, another way of getting ovor soms financisl difficultios, This way is not a rongh ane, nor a dishonest ono,—it is nothing more than tha collection of what is dus now, Not the collection of anything that is illegally duo, and not the collection of moro than is due, ‘but simply the gathoring in of TUE CITT's LICENSE FEES, It is gonorally known that tho city domsnda and recoivos a licenss foo from somo scors or mora kinds of businoss carried on fn tho city, and in this {t is sustaioed by Imy and ordinance, Some of these liconses are imposed simply for purposes of roglstration; others for revonuo, and a third class for both purposcs, while s foursh class is eroated for tho purposo of crowd- ing out of a cortain business unworthy persons and knayos, Tho suctioneer pays $200 a yoar for Kis liconse, a saloon-keeper pays 852, whilo oo omnibus driver paya ouly €2 a yoar, and the othor classos vary betweon tho two extromes. It haa been for some time ® sourco of com- plaint that tho liconso foes of the gentlomen on- gaged in carrying on varions kinds of business ‘wera loosely collected, to the great detriment of tho city's interests in & financial way, and it has beon opouly chargoed that the numbor of people reglatered in the varions linca has fallon off a0 much within a few years as Lo glve evidonco of gross careleasnesa, if nothing worme, In order togot nt the facta in thia case, & TRIDUXE ro- Euner yoaterday comoiled from the City Clerk's ook for tho present ond throe preceding years tho foliowing tablo, which shows ~ TUE NUMUER OF LICENSES taked out byoach branch of businoss during each of ths four yeara nsmed ¢ B 'llm. (1873, 1874,[1876. 18 19 13 w:J aia! 118 91 3 20} ' 16 06| 2w0f 179 176 2| a3} 17 a2t 8) 70, 68 61 247| 2s6| 288 132 10l “gif 13| 18 31| 30] 44 44 jLogsitazisealyoat it 12 109| 49| 28] S0 135 1%0| 10| 113 Ruuners 3] 109 109 Baloons Beavenge Bocond-inn 1t is to bo noted that thero aro soms yarictios of liconsoa whiol have dled out, such as those formerly graoted to baotblacks, nowsboya, aud dogs, whila the record of commissionairos dates back only & yosar, and is not included in the above table. " The table i8 made to go back ouly to the year followiog tho great fire, bocause the Chicago of bofore that time and since can hardly be compared togother. ‘Tho year of the fiire would hardly afford much of s critorion, bocsuae of the break-up in every brauch of business con- soquent on the calamity. For these rensons tho comparison is limited to four years, From tho above table may Lo noted L2 BEVERAL GURIOUS TIINGH, It will bo seen, first, that thore arc jnst Lalf aa many auctioneers' liconscs collected now as threo {unra ago, and yel iz is not Intended to be al- egod tunt thora is any loozenoss in that partiou- 1ar branch, becauso toe raising of the foe to 8200 Las crowded ot a largo number of the mock- auction class, ¥ The figures as to billlard-rooms and bowling- alioys (both under the formor hesd) ars not con- clusive of anythiog, oxcopt that the number of rooms—uot necessarily tablea—has fallen off l‘.‘:“ greatly, or olae the collection has boen vory 3 g8z 2 X, ‘Tho showing for butcher-shops is not an en- coursging one, bocausa it proves, if anything, that tliere are Jess of those shopa than two years 8go, which no one will bolivve whon it i con- widered thia the city, its Inbabitants, aod its con- Bumptiop, havoe sll incroased Liardly leas than 20 par cont in the time named. It is folty to any that thore are lean places of businces now than two yonrs azo, and yot it is eoon that the roy~ ouua bas fallon off when it should have beon in- creasod. THE DOUDBLE TEAMS of the City of Chicago seem to have perished off tho earth in throo yoars, for it iu Boon that whoreas thers wore 2,881 payiog tax in 1872, there aro now onlgo 646,—a reduction of 2,235, it it s bo belioved that the revenuo has all beoacoltocted, srhich (s mani- foutly an jucorrect supposition. It is woll known bat {u the year firat named there wero a large number of country teams employed in the oity in Lauling dizt and debris, aa well as bullding material, Making all proper allowauce for the fact that very faw or nons of thoso aro hore this year, it ia still fooliah to ‘anpposo that 646 toams covar all that shonld ba tazed in Chicago, 1tis to bo noted also that, juss as soon aa the prosent administration Asaumod control of the city, tho licanses for teams dropped off about one-half. ‘Then agsin thoy dropped off a halt of the re- mainder the uext year, The truth s that this brauch of tho liconse bnsinosa hss bosn shamo- fully neglocted, and any competent judge will say that not more than ono in three of the teams is evor asked for & licenaa, Drays have also undorgone a steady fallinj off, until there {8 hardly more than half as muci revonuo collected from them now as three yoars ago. As in tho foregoing exsmple, thera Is no doubt that the dray branch of the busineas bas been sadly mneglocted in collection, and that about ay many drays are doing businesa in the fl‘ty to-day without licensos s thore are with om, o No fair commont can be made on exhibitions, bocanso the liceusos as given on tho books can- not be reckonod esally, iuasmuch as some are given for ono night snd others for ous year. THE EXPRESSMEN havo been troated tenderly by the Colvin ad- winistration, and itia ourions to note in thelr case, as in others, what a falling off was per- mitted 28 soou w4 the Head Expressman took hold of the City Government. It is not to be aupposed by any sane man that the business has fallen off nearly 600 mon in two lnn. It hins more probably inereased half thal number. In glancing over the page devoted to gunpow- der liconses, the observar falls to seo the uamen of Thomas, Abbey, aud the other dealors in guns sod ammunition, Why they psy oo license must remain a mystery in toe breast of Colvin, ‘Iho hincks bave not changed very much in number oxcopt to fall away. ‘I'he reason of this 18 that they are not wnder Colvin's direct super- vision, but are looked aftor by a momber of the nfiuln police foroo dotailed for she purposa. This mccounts for tho fact that all the hack li« oenuea are collected. ‘I'he intelligence offices and junk dealors show the samo genoral law as tho othor kinds of per- mmits, and both havo fallen off since they csmo undor Colvin's sdministration. OMNIBUSES AXD TUEIR DRIVERS have bad s protty easy time of it nader Colvin. It is hiard to soe, however, how he should have permitted the ownera of 1nca to g0_free to the oxtent shown in the table. A froe list of 136, or fs » fil subject for explacation, The fact, too, that only aizteen dnvers have been ronquired topay this year, as againss 143 laat year, could bawoll elucidated to the' ayors' benefit, The business of peddling sesms to be one of the favored ones in Chicago. Year by yoar a less number of hawkers have beon oslled up to pay, until uow oue-third of the goneral varioty are oxempt, winlo the bread poddiars bave ** gob bobiud somebody™ til thore are only twelve licensos pald for, a8 against soveuty three years #go, ‘The frult peddlers have similarly boen put on the free list at the clty's expeuss, and two- thirds of thom pay nothi .if, Psouing oves the ol and Jess Lmportant porting the present Cil to the groat buainsss of TETAIL LIQUOR ARLLING ecity, it the liconses wero honestl timo whon evory saloon pald a licanno, the lar) ch{. ut the saloon-keopora helpod eloct H. D, Colvin Mayor, and any rate, 263 of them fact and colleoted tho tax. whilo recognize the fact, and lats Lo mon go froo. Gnmluf; crosns ayers. Only 2,406 liquor-shops have paid K’llcnnu ylhlu yulr.q and ph ther falllng off of 423 licsuacs, or 22,000, from Cotvin's firut year, and of 63C liconses, or $35,772, from Bond's yoar, is no oncouragemeont that tho municipal affairs of Chicago are to be houestly administored in the future any moras thna thoy hava been for the two yonrn last past. This bare fact {s saddoning onough to the lovers of honest govornment and an cconomical adminiatration of affairs, and {t ncods no com- ment. It is duo, howover, to say that thoro is an oxplanation, or, ratbor, -*=- TWO EXPLAXATIONS,— one given by the Colvin pacty, and the other b i if Will'te rondor ploass tho peoplo” genorally. look at them : Colvin's frionds, who comprise, of course, the woll-wishers of the prosont stato of things, offor os an excuso for tho figures givon abovo that thero are not na many saloons in tho city this year an thero woro Jast year, and that thore wero not as many thon as tho yesr betors. They say that the *‘bard timoes” ‘have forced the liquor- sojlors to go out of buainces to a groat extont, and that, theroforo, the lessoning revenus from that source fa unavoldablo. ‘This looks a8 if it might bo true, and a reporter sot to work to prove or disprove jt. His_method was eimple and yob do- clavo, Ho ficst walked from the river to Twonty-socond strcet, on Btate stroot, up on ono sido and down the athor, and caroful~ 1y notod the stroet number of every saloon sod besr-shop on both sides, Having thus made out nlistof 133 placea which were, or should have been, liconaod, the reporter wont to the Oity Clork's licensn rogistor and copled from that tho strect-numbor of ovory ealoon on tho same streot, and within tho ‘samo limis, which was credited with having pald tho regular foo snd having n liconse in consequence thorcof. - TOE REAULT was to find, on comparing the two lists, that 87 of tho 122 places weta craditod on tho books with baving pald, and 85 places did not appear, and could not therefore hayo paid, unlesa tho book- kooping waa out of joint, which did not appear probable, from tho nature of tho system and tho character of tho mon who have tho matter in chargo. Lest there should be any question sbout the results of the work of the roporter, tho llat of saloons on Btato atraot which do not appear on thio City Clork's books 18 horewith subjoined : No, 12 No. 62 No.213 No, 20 Mo, 1 . 280 No. a1 No, No. d083¢ No, 403 No, 428 0, 430 o, 444 No, 4L No, 616 No, 518 No, 822 No, U3 No. 64 No. 670 No, 039 No. 601 No, 6925 No, 898 No. 714 No, 704 0. 873 No, 852 No, 810 No, 881 0, 903 No, 971 0, 988 Talmer House, Metropolitan Hotel, Thia waq rather atartliog to the inveatigator, who, whilo ho did not beliovo the story of the mon who thought that everything was ali right, waa not propared to balisve, until he had proved it, that about one-third of the saloons on the busiost straot on the Bouth Sldo ware sufferad to do business withont paying any licenze-Toes. Novertholess, the fignres are given abovo just s they were taken from the books. If they are wrong, lot it be shown, Not wholly satisfled with this shewing, tho reportor took a trip on » NODTII CLARK BTREET, tho hannt of tho wild, untamed boor-barrel, and tho location of moro beer-shops than perhaps any other ono street in the city. Walkiog up 08" far as Division street on ono sido of -~ tho thoroughfaro and down on tho othor, tho reporter found exactly fiftysaloons in full blast. DMaking = liat of alrest numbers to cover theas, ho wont agatn_to the booka and oarofully copled oft all the North City Clorl'a Clark stroot saloons which appesred theroon as liconsed, On comparing Lis lists Lo found thir- ty-aix saloons which had paid, while fourtcen of the North-Biders who live on Clark stroot had 1o traco of s licenso on tho books. In order that thero stall bo no carpiug at this result, the stroot nunibors of the ealoons on North Olark ntreet which do not :‘rpau on the licenss-rogis- tor are here appoudod : No, 20 “ No, 237 No, 71 No. 247 No, 8 No, 233 No. 8L No, 28 No. 105 TLIs sceme to the casual observer like an ex- traordinary shoming, aud it caunot be sald to bo an unfsir ono, for the ropresentative sireota of the South and North Divisions wers takon for tho comparison, Putting both results together, it will ba found that out of 172 waloons there appoar to be 49 which hiava paid no tax. This is nearly 30 por cont of tho whole number running, and if tho samo proportion oxist in other parta of the city, the total numbaor of nupsid liconses willclimbup toa frightful figure, Thero will be, under that sapposition, in tha city nearly 8,500 saloons, whorens only 70 per cont of that number, or 2,406, , pAY 8 tax. Whether this figurs be correct or not (and It 1a ceriainly tho logizal rosult of a carofal inves- tigation), it is cloar enongh that the claim at the Colvin party is sufficiontly disproved, sud it ls not leea cloar thint the saloons of the city are by no means all licensed. To find 80 por cent of a fiven locality without any record of having pald tax does not” ehow ovorly woll for tho careful administration of the city's Goverument, Haviug considored Colvin'a roason for the fall- ing off in tha saloon licenses, it may ba well to glance at what ia everywhere understood to be THE TRUE BEASOK, The saloon-keepers aro the head and front of the party which oleoted Colvin, and which now a\lx‘pflonu him in all ho doea with unwavering olit men will work for nothing, and what can be oaslor tuan for the beads of tho par nt tho dorelictions of their frlends, . Itisnot to bo supposed that theso to wink :very a- foon that is atlowed to run without paslng the licenso-foo 18 drawing a penslon of $52 a year from the City ’l‘mluur{. and this, too, for sup- ¥ Governmont, It is n common boast among saloon-keepers who pay no license that they won't Lave toas long nu thoy **kape tho byea straight for the ould man," and no dorbt thoy earn thelr money—thoir £53 ayoar which the tax-payors have to mako up. This {s tho crediblo rosson for the presout atato of the liconse busivoes in Chicago, THE EYFECT of the present syatom of non-collection is easy to seo, and it shows nowhoro to bettor advan- tage than In the Comptroller's annual roports, Lanklninp the recelpts from licenses (over half of which for muy year sro from saloons), it ls found that the cily took in from tlat source in 1672, €222,1561.84." During Mayor Bond's admin- {stration, tho followlog yoar was a good one for Clicago, ana $283,009.60 woro collested—a gain of §11,818.25, Noxt year camo Colvin and bua party, and the liconss recelpts folt it once, and shravk to $113,008.60, & clear loss (o the ofty of 10,790.93, or near encugh to $20,000 to show tlat somothing had come upon the city. Forthe present yoar tho full rosult cannot be yep reached, but enough is kaown to promise it pretty aurely, The roceipts for llcenses for nine mouths of tho yesr wore $171,551.27, and, fnssmuch as those nlne montha covered the po- rlod in which nearly all the collections sre made, it ju liboral to tho Colvin sdministration to add 215,000 to that sum to represont the receipta for the complete year. Indocd, thoy will mot sp- proach shat aum unless something different is done st once. If, however, the receipts shoald roach §180,000, the result would yet be unpleas- ant to contemplate, nasmach a8 it wonld akow » falling off of over $50,000 from Mayor Bond's T, Y Gentlomen tax-pa how Jdo you like the rospoect of baviog y ovenues collscted by , .,omm and aasiatanta for two years moie Drinking at the Centennial Exhibie tions New York Observer, The mansgers are doing the very best they can to } msgnificent entarprise from the taint of infirmif No standing bar will ba al- lowed within the grounds; In the ,machins Lranohes of taxed bualooss, the obasrver comes which shionld afford an_immonse roventse to the colfected. ‘This one item pays tho city about twice as muoh rTovenno as all tha othors on the list, and might, therefors, be advantegeously worked up very fally. It 1is uot probable that thoro aver was 8 but there have beon many Limes whon a much hruar pro- rorflon wero paid than now, Tho flrst yoar aftor Yo big fire thore appenrcd from the Looks to havo been 2,701 paying saloons, The following year, whon Bond was Mayor, tliero was an sxcel- lont administration of the liconse dopartmont, and thenumber oollected fromran up to 3,002, — ost over known in tho bistory of the they presumably took tholr pay ouk of tho City Tromsury; at who had naid tho year bofore did not pay under Colvin, Thia is on the very genorous supposition that thers was no increnso (n 1874 as over 1878, when any and ovory man knows that there was & large natural increasa that year, and that thoro has been just such an fncrease every yoar, Tho dlfference ia that Mayor Bond recoguized that ‘olvin don’t down to the present yoar, the do- n receipls from Lhis mource s am alarming one, and threatons ill to the tax- 5, too, at the date whon nesrly ail should be in.” This fur- 2 bullding there will bo flve osfes, In which ng malt winos or other spirituous liquors wiil bo al. lawed; In tho main building, four eafes, iu which thore will b no splrituous liquors; in'the agr. cultural building, as yot, but ano has boon (e. tormined on, and that is rostricted to the * gojd. en' wine of Colifornia. Tho rostaurants are withont other t| tho ganoral reatriction of no standing bar, They sro nil in apacial buildingy eractod by thelr proprietors. The managory Liave boon vory deirous of baving one or morg firat-olans tomporauce restaurants, but as yog baye had no applications. —_— e CANADIAN NEWS. Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribumt, 8r. Jonus, N. B,, Fob, 17.—The New Bruns. wick Loglalaturo oponod at Froderlokton to-day, ‘Tho Licutonant-Govérnor in bis spocoh rograt. toa that the flusncial crisis which commenced i tho Blates two years ago lind oxtonded to this Province, but indlcations promlsod an early im. provoment. Although the leadiug artloles of oxport had yloldod lesa rovenuo than formerly, the fishory ylold and harvest had boon abundang, 1o roferrod to the importation of stock by the (avernment from Ontario and Iilinols for dis. tributlon over the Province, and hopod the ro- wults wonld encourage and justify rocourse mora froquontly than heretoforo to tuis mode of ad. vancing an intorost so imporiant to the conn. tey. Y Speeial Dispateh to The Chifcaso Tribune, Tonoxto, Feb, 17.—Tho Annusl Conolava of the Grand Orango Ladgo of Western Ontario is now in sossion at Hamilion, That of Enstern Onlario, in sosslon at Kivgstoo, resolved again to soak for an not of Incorporation from the On. tario Legislature, and nover to cosso agitating and petitionlop tiil grantod, The Graud Orangs Lodgoof Qnuzea 18 in gossion at Mountreal, —_— A Pipe Organ, ‘manufactured by Johnson & Son, two manusls, afx. tecnslops, and two sud one-third octaves of pedal Dass, (s now on exhibdtlon and for salo at Lyon & , where church commiticea and organists ars invited to oxamino it. Lundborg’s Oalifornin Water for tollet aud bath ; dalightfullyfragrantanad refreshing MARRIAGES, A R A I, s sy PATTISON—SEARLE—In Dusteldotf, Prussis, on Jan, 1, by the Rov, O. Oadogan Campbell, Assiatant 1iritish'Cbnplatn, th the presence of the Hon. Edgse Stanton, Unlited States Consul, Mr. J, Willism #attie won, of t, Louls, and Aiss Holen L. Bestle, of Washe ington, D. O, DODOE—~CARY—Feb, 13, at Bt Paul's Ghuroh, by thio Rov, D, Rydor, William A, Dodge and Miss Ells . Cary. No eardu, DARLINGTON—FLYNN—Tnsadsy aventog, Fob, 15, at {he Cathiedral of B8, Peter and Paul, by tho Rt Ttev, W, B. McLaren, Dishop of Illinols, Alr, Merbert Darllngton and Mies Kittio A, Flynn, both of Chieago, DEATHS. B e DO e it csaiy PARSONB—Fob, 17, of Dright's discass of the kid. oy, Charles B, Parsons, son of the Iiav, B. B, Pare Bons, of Philadelphla, sged 35 years. g uneral Fridey, 18th, 4t p. ., from 334 Woat Bane lolph-st. Er-Philadelphla and New York papers pleasa copy, OIARLAND—Feb, 17, Clara L. Howreux, wife of P, Chariond, Chicago. $25t, Paul papers pleass copy. PEARSON—In this clty, Joseph Pearson, fr., ‘Wedueaday morning, 9 a. m., Feb, 16, Funeral from his lato residence, No, 37 Doslon-av,, 8t 10 o'clock a. m., Saturday, Feb, 10, E¥~Now York and Now Orleans papers pleas copy. GIDBS—Dec, 10, at {ho residenco of her daughter, 65 Granger-st., Mrs. Sarah Gibbs, 3god 69 yuara, Funersl Friday afternoon, ¥ ELY—In this city on the morning of the 17th {nst., of a shiort but severo fllness, in the35th yoar of het sge, Ellen M., boloved wife of Edward Ely. ‘uneral st their residence, 830 Prairle-av,, on Sabe bath, ¥eb. 20, a4 o'clock p. m.” Carrlaged'ta Gracer snd; : SPECIAL NOTIOES. Sparkling and Bright ‘il be the Silver on your tablos, and all your Honse. hold Utcnsils, when clesnod and polshed with Elooce troSillcon, This articls issnataral infasorial produot, obtained from & Nevada mino, entirely free from it oy injurious chemicals. 1t oleans and polishes with loes la bav snd greater brilllanoy than any material ever beforss discovered. Itshould bein every wall regulated house hald, 8old by House-Furnisbiag Slores, Drugalets, Jow olors and Grooers. Agents~GILLET, McOULLOOR A400., 84 and 36 South Water street, Ohloago. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS; FIRST WARD, . ‘Thore will be 8 meeting of the First Ward Republic. an Olub at the 1remont House this evening at 7:30, THIRD WARD, ‘There will bea sl mooting of the Third Ward Tepublican Club lield to-night st tha lecture room of the Dennott Aedical College, 513 Btato-st., at o'elock sharp, for the of el o repro. scotativos to tha Gook Gounty Central Glub, and alse for the adoption of & Lonstitation and by-aws, A fall sttendance of all Republicans of tis WTd 1s e- quested. . EIGHTH WARD. The Elghth Ward Republican Club will msed this eveniog st No, 833 Fourtoenth-st, - FIFTEENTH WARD, A Teprblican mass-meeting of Scandinsvisn-Amerd. savian Rapubiican Club snd ot (mportast businass $ will coma before tha moeting. : SEVENTEENTH WARD, ¥ The blican Club of ths Soventeenth Ward will meet ut 378 Norih-av, Satnrdsy ovening st 8 o'clock, ' for tho’purposs of adopling & comattution and by- s, CONFECTIONERY, OELEDRATED throughoud the Union—expressed to all parts, 11 and upward ab 25, 46, 600 per 1. “Addrass ordors GUNTHER, Conlse- Alonor, Ohicago, AUCTION SALES. By ELISON, POMEROY & GO, Auctioneery, B4 and 80 Bandolph-st. Friday Morning, Feb, 18, at 9:30 e'clock, Immense Bale New and Becond-hand Household Furniture, Now Parlor Bults, New Chamber Sets, Dining Tables, Chiairs, Sofas, Lounges, CARPETS, MATTRESSES, General Housekeeping Goods, 10 CRATES CROCKERY IN OPEN LOTS, An Involce Tablo Qutlery, and Stock 9, 4, and g-light Qsa Chsndeliers, with Oul Gless Globes, one Bijuare Grand PIANO, General Morchandine, &o., ke, ELISON, FOMEROY & CO. = —— BY G. P. GORE & CO,, 03 and 70 Wabashi-ar, On Baturday, Feb. 19 at 8:30 o’cloock, Ten Crates W, &. Crockery, {n open lols, Glassware, Honsehold Forniture, AT 10:30 O'OLOOK, We shall class out all the goods on ssle ta make rvom for our Expross 8alo noxt Thuraday, oa it Toquirss the whinlo floor. Yarlor and Chambor Sels, Nook Cases, Hall Trees, Extentlon and Hreakfast Tables, What: nots, Walaut Dedsteads snd Dureaus, Marble andt ‘Wood Top Tables, Easy and Camp Chaies, Lounges, Hatr, Wool, snd hmk Matircescs, Woven Wire -n& fpriog Matiresses. Parlor and Ofice Dosks, Hhow- Cascs, Oarpets, 200 yards second-hand Cocos Mattiog, 2 Grover & Bakor Sewiug Machines in perfect order. GEQ, I, GORE & CU,, Auctionee: By S, DINGEE & CO., Auctionoors, 274 & 270 E, Madisou-at,, near the bridgs, TO-MORROW, Wedncadsy, at 10 &, m., Storaze and Chatiel Mortgage Sale. New and beautitul Farlor, Chamber, Library, snd Dinlog-room and otlie Household Furniture. Aleo an immense atock of Second-Hand Furniture, Oarpeling, Bedding, Manos, Btoves, a Block of Gres cenes, and General Merchandlse, By FRANK PORTER & CO,, Auctioneers, 170 East Madlson-st, AN IMMEFBE BTOOK OF SEGOND-HAND GOODS ‘TO BE BOLD WITHOUT ANY RESERVE, On SATUBDAY, Feb, 19, 8t 10 o’clock s, m,, consiste ing of sl kinds of Household Goods, Bodsteads, Bue ands, Tablos, Bpring Beds, Bedding nd Beoond-hand Carpetsy s, 20 Wazdrobes, &C, nder Deaks, and 'soversh Two very elcgant, lar soaalt ones wil s be oy e ‘WM. A. BUTTERS & CO,, AUOTIONEKRS, 108 EAST MADISON-ST. BUTTEBBS\g (0.5 REGULAR SATURDAY SALE 'URDAY, Feb, 19, a8 9:30 o'clock, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Furnlture, s, Stoves, While Granite and Glist ‘wars, ¥ine Table Outlery and General Morchandises AL oow, 103 East