Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1876, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY: FEBRUARY 25, 1876. " ———— THE CITY. CENERAL NEWS. The echooner Soa Gem 18 befng fitted ont by the Chicago Bhip Obandlery Company for her owner, Jonsh Ricbards, of Manitowoe, Sno will go light to Manitowoe for ice, The temperaturs yesterday, as observed by Manasee, optician, No. 88 Madison stroet (Tntn- uxx Building), was at 8 s, m. 92 degroes; 10 a. m, 29; 13m,, 36; 4 p. m,, 40; 8 p. m, 87. DBar- onmieter, 88, m,, 20.38; 8 p. m,, 20,64, At a recent mosting of tha Detrolt bar a mo- morisl was adopted in favor of the proposed Court of Appenl for each Federal ndicial Clr- eult. The provision of tho bill now pending in Congresn to the offect that Michigan cases conld bo heardat Chicago mot with preity govoral favor, Chbarles Bhober & Co. have just published s skotch of Joline Weidliog, representiog a four- aesded monster, owblomatio of the porsonal property tax of 1875, The beast, chieored on by the State Doard of Equalization, is jpursuing & orowa of flying citizons, who in wheelbarrowa and carta aro trylng to romovo their psrsonal of- fecls out of danger , 'The Mandels and Indusirie Zeitung Is the title of 8 German commercial and financial paper, the first number of which has just made its ap- pearanco. It is published in” this city by tho erman Pnbiisbing Assoclation, of which Mer, TFugene Bititg ia President and Mr. O. A. Wen- borne Beerotary, It Is tho only German publi~ cation of this character in tho Weat. Thero will be quite & novel exhibitlon at tho North Bldo Turner Hall this evening. The young girls who have been in atblethio tralning doning tho Iast year av tho abovo institution will bo publicly oxamined. Prof. August Lang prides himself that he has girls in his class who aro as perfact gymuaets aa any of bis_boy pu- lls. No admission fee bo demanded, and ienco & Jarge attendance is expocted. A fair {8 boing held at McCormick Hall for the benefis of the Roman Cathollc Church of tne Holy Namo. The articlon placed upon oxhibi« tion are superlor to those gencrally prosented on such occaslons. Awmong tho most jutorestiog foatures of tho fair may bo mentiuned the atersoscopic viow on exhibition at tho table pre- sided over by Mrs. Cox and Miss Hanuah Me- Mahon. The fair will continue until Saturday, aud may perhaps run uext wook, About half-past b o'clock last evening as John Doherty, an 8-year-old boy, was stealing s ride on the blod end of & wagoq prscing along Wert Filtoenth streot, he foll off and was run ovor by a wagon following immedistoly sfter, breakin, hialoft leg. 1ls was taken to tno residonce o his parents at No. 176 West Fiftoenth street, but a8 thoy aro fo destitute clscumatances bo waa ro- moved to the County Iospital, The driver of tho wagona escaped arrest. Among tho witoeases for thes defondant in the Davis trial was Dr. William T, Aking, who had baen his medical adviser. In reply to quostions t by tho proscontion the Doctor stated that K‘n‘ weaa a regular practitioner, and a graduato of the Univoraity of Marsland in tho clasa of 1861, Now Dr. 8. 0. Chew, Dean of the Faculty of tho University, acknowledges the recoipt of a lotier of inquiry oo this subjoct, and says that no such man as Axina han graduated at tho Univorsity sinco 1860, and bo 18 confident no such man evor waa there provions to that time. Ar. Akins' memory concerning tho place whero ho got his medical education seoma a littlo dofective, Tur TRmUNE of Jan, 20 contmned an acconnt of how Isaso Wiac levied on the books, papors, eto., of the Globe Insurance Company the pro- wious dsy. And now comes Mr, Wiso and donles certain statomonts then made, to-wit : that he ever mado soy nflidavit concoring the caso, Farther, he desires to dony the aseortion of the President of tho Company that he committed perjury. An Interesting part of Nr. Wiso's etatoment is to the effect that the Prosident of the Globe camo to bim after the seizuro, and begged of hlm to go around to the different ro- porters who were presont and giva them §10 each to anppress tho facts, saying that ho would furnish the money. This, it true, shows pretty clearly that the Presdent is inexperienced,—to spoak within bouonds,—or that he has lived in some Missour] town where traditionsof 8t. Lovis reporters flonzish. Mr, Wise atatos thas he has just gotten the lsat of tho $2,600 for which he sued. Thin may account for the fact that he has pever befors mads his appearance Lo complain of soythiog that was said, THUR BTENCH NUIBANCE. Recontly » committeo of cltizens whase olfactorios bad too long been tickled with the atenches from tho south, voluntoered to aid the Sanitary Buperintondeot in prosccuting all packing and elsoghtering honses whors sny offense existod. The Committoe waa eomposcd of Dlesars. Murry Nelson, Iar- vey Pago, and DPholps, "and one atill pight they went the rounds of all houses <arTying on the fertilizing bueiness, The noxt day they decided that informations should be at onco propared agaivat Josoph Bherwin, Tho Northwestern Fertilizing Company, aod sovoral otber similar places, and the Conmmitteo resolved to sld in the prosscution, A day or two later, Mr. J. D. Watson, for Joseph Sherwin, leacnod that tho fnformation was sbout to bo filed, and at once entored » ploa with the Doard of Health offorlog to give up the fertil- izing and blood-drying business within two weoka if tho proceedings wore stopped. A lotter to this effcct {8 now in tho handaof the Health-Officer, aud tho probabilities aro that ths roqueet will bo acceded to st tho noxt meat- ing of the Board, as thers is no deeiro to punish past offenses, except 8o far as such punishment would prevent the maintenance of tho nuisance. The othor implicated firms, it is thougbt, will foliow 1 Bherwin's foolsteps within tho noxt fow days. 1f they do not, the mformation will be at once filed with the Btate's Attoruoy and the vroseoutions commenced, —_— A TOUCHING INCIDENT. THRE GOVENNOR AND TUE LITTLE CHILDRES, Early this woek Tuz Tnmuoxe published, for the beoellt of the poopls of Covk County who take a natural interest in the doings of one of their prominont citizens, the story of tho visit paid to Conrad Beipp by Gov. Beveridge, the pleasant talk they bad and what they washed it down with, This paper has again been fortu- pate. It has discovered an incldent in the Gov- ernor's life which bas not boon Leretofore heard, Wo hasten to give it. A papor called the fnde- pendent, tun by the colebrated Mr. Bowen, pub- lishea the facts, They cover a psge. 'The sim. plo narrative condenscd ia as followa: Somewhers in Illinois there lived two little children, Robert aud Maggie Woods, Sometimo provioua to November, 1474, tholr Aunt P'riss y— other name not givon—uent them from thelr bome out on tas prairie down to thoe store at the village in order to buy some thiogs and get the money for a basket of egga. As 'they roached the station—for the village was somowhere on a railroad—a train of cars came up and atopped amid a groat burst of cheoring, Then THE FOLLOWIXG INCIDENT OCCURRED § “0l! Ikoow what it {s1" exclaimed Dob, Governor | Bom “The man in the store said he would pass through here to-day, " & plasant (aced geutieman earmo out on the plat- form, and, acknowledging the. grveting ho had. ro- celyed; efan tospea, « What 18 e talking so long for 7 quastioned Mag- gie, prosently, * Is Lio makings apecch 1 +% Huah 1" Tesponded Bob, * ke just sald he woula Sell Ahem tho causo of tho hiard imea; snd I waut to bear, 'causs oure are awful hard, Let's liston.” 80'the two children pressed to the edge of the crowd 30d 8tood solewnly stll, catching an occaslonal flmpas of the great man, through tie swaring Dgurcs fore thom, but hearfog only a fow dlsconuscied words, and 'those not very intelligible,—something mbout "% spocte,' treasury,” * curraney,” aud © ro. deemable Then the engls whistlod, the Governor withdrew, and aatho curs apsd awsy tho crowd dine Boon afier, the children met an old man by the pame of Jeremliah Larker,—any villsge ‘with euch a citizen may eend ig ita claim,—aod aeked him what ** ourrenoy " and “redemptlon * mesnt, Jeremiah, after explaining that thurs woro somo points on which ho differud frow Gov, Boveridge, eald that, if peopla saved up pieces of ra, -money and sent them to the Troasury, the Treasury wonld sond on » lot more of the kame kind of paper or rag-money, liobert and Margaret, aiter meditating over this conversation, came to the conclusion that if they ware to send on the Treasury Department Iractional currency obtained by selling paper. ¥agu the Treasury Depsrtment would lendv back s lot more money for it. After saviog. sud saving until they had w}ulwd 60 conta, theso two little childron seut the following LETTEM TO GOV, DEVELIDOE; ° st m 2 {0 bo preeumed they dig, for the Bays it was placed 10 an eavelo] wod nu:lod %o the Governor of Illinols ; g Drin Ma. Goveaxos: We littls Lo, Welive with our Aunt Pris, al:uugn,mflfii rn-u uuw:n'.g:gzu:’;n 80 docs unndm-,mlzul ear your u about bar dumse, for we bave resl Lurd s o b Pt e couldu't hear tnuch, ‘cauve there was auch a crowd, 8o wessked 8 nan, and be waid if wo sent paper-rag -mvh'l‘hl dn}‘m?m 'r‘: send uuds lot more WY easur) won'l To ok & o more for us for ous 00 cente. * 1ve .mm Fog-psper monsy, for wo picked ug the rags everywharaand sold them onrieises, Please getas much 18 you can, ‘causs we want shont and ahawln and {hifngs real bad, Iesse to send tho Ietter fnnt to u, for we want to surprise Grandins and Aunt Prissy, They Plesso excuso thin long lextet and tho at_present, _Your two (riends St Hnn!‘nr AND Magatz Woops, Atill n Mio'in the. archives af which is probably atill on file in the archives of tha (lorcr;nar's oftice at Bprivgliold, alone with the Iotter Lo which it {s an answaer, laas follows: DEAR CiiLonex ; The one who told yon about the # paper-rag money ** conld nat have understood yotl, orcigo you dill not underatand him, for you have made a infatake. Dot T think your Aunt_can explain thatto you whon yon show her this, However, the Governor {a_very glad that you wanted to hoar' his apeech, and he thinks ihat two little children who ara 20 kind and industrioue now will make good citizenn by and by, Boheand nne or two of hia friends send Jon #20, hoping it may buy the shawl and shoes, and ibat you will groatly enjoy them.” It te related, in the aampalgn lifa of President Frank Piorce, written by his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne, that on one occasion tho General gave a cout to littlo ho,v i order that he might buy eandy with it, which, to the mind of the biographor, was an argumont why Lis friend should be otocted President of "tho United Htates. It is not unlikely that Mr. Bowon has writlon this ploauant chapter from the life of Qov. Beverldgo for the purposo of aiding Lim in secnring his ronomiostion {« tho ofiico ko now holds. don't know, mintakes, truly, —— UNDER ARREST. BERIOUS CIARGES AGAINST A WEST SIDI: DOCTOR, About two years ago a traveling man, con- nected with & well-known houso on Wabash av- onue, while stoppiog at Sloux City, Iowa, made the acquaintance of a young girl residing there, and succeeded in persusdiog ber to olope with him and eottlo in Chicago. 1n s ysar they sep- aratod. Bome time ago ber paronts mscertainod hor whoreabouts, occupation, oto., and instructed an acqualntance to fud hior and 1oturn her to her home, #o as to roform her. Ie traced her to a houss on \est Washington stroot, bat upon inquiry could learn nothiog as to tho then location of Franklo Thurstor, which namo sho had substituted for that slis originally Loro. He continnod his search, and by sowno means loarnad that sho was occupying a room at the Loune of 8 womau by the name of Wagnor, on tho second floor of a houss No, 109 Washing- ton street, corner of Desplaines, Ho visited tlio houso and saw her, Ho bad provionsly been adwiscd-that sho was thon undor care of Dr, C. A, Payno, = pbysictan whose oltico in at " tho cormer of Halsted and Madison strests, When he maw tho girl he reatized the truth of what ho hisd been told, and asked hor aa tho facts 1o the eago. Bho totd hiw that his information was correct, and that it waa the socond time within the past eighteon months that Payno had treated hor. In this case sho TE}!ud to him for the parpose men- tioned and ho rofusod, Finally sha recalled tho fact that sho had been under his caro bofors undor similar circumstances, and throatoncd that if hio rofusod to ropeat tho operation she woald Inform on him. Bomg thus intimidated, he directed lier to go to Mrs. Wagnor's, which sha did, and on the 22d of Isst Decombor he visited hor, It was sgrood, she added, that in tho ovout of any fatal result her body was to bocome his property, and ho was Lo dispose of it by ship- piug it in a barrel to some distant poiat. Whilo at Mra. Wagnor's, sho statod that n woman, aged about 40 years, and chimin, to bo » widow residing in the Soatl Division, bad been undor this Doctor's caro for ths ssme purposo as herself; also a vory handsoms youog woman about 19 or 20 years old, who had come hither from a city ia Michi- gan. The latter was cured and roturnod to hor hiome, but the widow's case wad ot one time so critical that the Doctor romained in tho houss constantly for fivo days, and that ono night a porson sho belioved to bo the object of hia care waa mystoriously romoved from the louse. Sho belioved that sio had diad, and the Doctor bad disposed of her body. o condition of Aliss Thurston was such that nbo was unable to beremoved, and the detective dotermined to await her full rocovery to Liea.th bofore sendlog hor homo. Within a fortnight, to fully Inform bimsolf whethor the girl spoko the truth, ho dacided to call on Payno, and by strategy, if possible, confirm tho story he had heard from Aigs Thueston. Ho stated that Lo found the Doctor in his offico, and asked a pri- vato intorviow, snd that tho Doctor admitted what kind of business he was in, thus confirm- log the girl'a story. The dotective mado arrangements to romove Miss Thuraton to Ler home in Sioux City, to which sho waa anxious to go, and s day waa sot for dopasture, On go: to tho house to ac- gompauy her to the train he was met by the in- foriaation that she had toft the evening beforo, but whither she had gono no onmo scomed to kunow other than that she had gono to Rockford toJbemarried. Dy diot of soarch he at last traced bier to the depot of » road that tormmates in Cincinuati, sud, paraulog hia inquiry to that city, ascortained that sho had arrived thero safely, but died last weok a¢ & louse eupposed to gn No. 143 Bycamore stroot, e lesrnod further, incidentally, of other. womou wio bad poen wunder this Doctor’s care, ong of whom s now hanging butwoen lifo and death at her mother's house on Gordon street, lu the North Division. This was tha case of Ada Daunlap, s boarder at the house of Laura John- 8oz, No. 21 North Union strest. A third case he discoversd was that of s woman namod Libble Thompson, residing at No. 418 \est Raodolph sticot. The reportor called st No., 21 Union stroet, when the statomenta in regard to the case of Ada Dunlap were ocoufirmed, and alsoat No, 318 Randolph street. Ho loarnod that tho girl Libbie Thompson had been sick, sufforing from a suspicious complsint, but, as sho had removed, no authentio report in this case waa obtained. The Doctor was arrestod yester- day evening, and Is now at the Madison Stiest Btatlon. —— THE YEARLY LOTTERY, ,BALE OF UNCLAINED PACKAGZS. Tho #ale of uuclaimod packagos of tho Amor- fcan Exprasa Company took placo yestorday at tha auction room of G. P. Goro & Co. Asis usualon such occasions, many amusing scenes occurrod. The goods put up at the annual salea conalst of boxos of overy alze and shape, valisos, car~ pot-bags, and trunks, the contents of which aro not rovealed, tho purchasers ' going it blind," and varying their bids according to the external appearance of tho package, In this case, as in nearly overything else, appearauces are apt to be decoptive, and the buyer who gets a truuk in the hape of finding 1t full of clothing and val- uablos is ofton chsgrined by discovoriog on opening it that the countenis are mero wads of brown paper, Thatis where the fun comes in to the bystanders. Tho sals yestcrday began at 9 o'clock in the morning, aud contiouad without intormisalon until 4 in the afternoon, the laat of the 3,000 packagea having heen duponed of. Tho stteud- suce was larger than at tho last yoar's sale, and Lidding never Iagged from tho atart, It was A MISCKLLANEQUY CEOWD that wna grouped around the muction-stand. Thers wero numerons *ole clo” men, with & Ppredominauce of Hebrew traits in their features and actions, 1t was comical to seo how eagerly thoy craned forward Lo eye the difforent boxos that wore offored for esle, as if their guzo wunld poustrate tho thick covering and enabla them to toll what was inside, There was a constant utrifs betweon covetousness and fest 10 tholr exprossion, and 1t the bide Lappensd to mount as high sa a coupls of dollars thelr looks betrayed an extraordinary coutest of base emo- tions. Noxt to them in tumber were the pawn- brokers, Theso wers of the smailsr fry, not your follows who sport elogant parures of dia- monds and chased gold watchen in their windaws, but thst poorer olass whose shops are situated in Choyenno, and in tho lowor ends of iialutod avreet and Blue Iuland avenue, ‘Ihoy were alpo children of Iaracl, lieaides these, there were mauy dologates from tho couutry towus, small clothiog dealors aud wspeculators, all inwount upon making their fortunes out of tho Express Company, Among the throng mixht also ho secen eevoisl women, whose idess of cconemy were so mixed as to in- duco them to fnvest largely in tho lottery,—for such it was, thongh adiffering from others in tuat there wore na big prizes. ‘Ihe sslo was conducted principally by Ar, Gore, an ewploye of the Express Company boeing present to take care of ihe goods and keop a record of those that were sold. There waa not much variation in the amouut of THH HILY, genenally beginning at 25 cents, and olosing any- whero from 60 cents to a dollar, Occasioually s rood-lookiug trunk would bring from #3 to 84, But such casos wero rare. It was s prudent sudienco, aud beut upon gettiug all it could, and a8 cheaply ax posmble, Tue auctioueer found ample room for the exeroise of those humorous talents which are inborn in mon of his calliny. ‘Whiou & box was put up be indulged in Joguse remarks like the following ; * Hore's a nice large case, gontlomen. Beo {mw uuvnfli itis nail udrmguthl::r. u%“'kb""' 00,—musl bave come from tho Black Ililly. ‘What do I hear for it ¢ Nor was bo at all dispirited when somo ocue bld 25 centy, but went on calling for other bids, —all the time expatiating upon the possible troasures concealed in the wooden case,—und knocked it off at 6 ahillings with tlie ctmoat moachal anos. Bmall packages were frequently put up in lota of five or ten, and wore sold at so wmitch spisce, Nntwuhntxmfing that the auction- oer atated onch time that the bids wore to ba “i“ esch artio's, couatantand ludicrous mistake: woro mado by buvers, who i{n their esgerness thought they wota getting tho wholo lot for tho vico named, Their torror and griof on learn~ ing thoir mistko was 100 Isughablo to be ropro- duced. One speculator appealod iu his sgony to the auctioneor : * Mishter Goru, Mishtor Gore, 1'sh beon a cushtomer troe—four years, Plessho {ake dom goots back and sel om ofor, hey 7" Mr, G.—No ; eanr’t doit, Tho Exproes Com- pany won't sllow it." Duyor—I gif you von boitle of champagne. oy Br. G. (kindly bnt firmly)—It won't do, John § you must take the goads, AT THF CLOSL OF TIE RALE the purchasers wero allowod o havs access to thelr boxes, which had boon provionsly atowsd away {n tha rear of the room, 'Ihon onsued a livoly and interesting gcons. Tha propristora of the store vainly tried to make tho busers carry off thoir pnckages bofore opening thom, but it waa of no nse. ‘Ihe crowd wers too anxious to know their fato, and boxes, trunks, and satchols were spoodily pried opon and thelr contonts epilled around the floar, Thore was a genoral grosn of disappointmont as truok afler trunk waa forced opers and nothing of aunyeapooial valuo was discavorod. Of courss thore was s groat assortment of clothing of different tex- ture, but vory little Lowelry. Noatly overybady got his money's worth, but "that wasn't what ha wantod. Tho spoculator had been boot mpon making & ton-sirike, and hia grief was therofors all the more unmodified. Ouo man who bonght 8 Loavy Iron-botnd chost found it contaloed a lot of okl iron. Anothor, after un- wiodiug abont o dozen yards of rags In his packsage, arrived at a china coffee-cup, on whose Blde wan tho gilt Inscription, ** To Charlis,” e~ gardless of Charlie's feolings, the fllainntod pur- chaser hurled the mug out of the Lack door and strodo away. Perhaps tha saddost caso of all was that of the man who Lad invested in a bas- kot of chamgngns' aud found that other ips Liad beon bofors him in tsating tho ambrosis, for the Lottloa were nll mpty. Thesa Are only a fow in~ atances out of the many nimilar oncs that oc- curred. Yet thero werc also many purchasers who got all or moro than thoy anticipated, and whodwern in a coneaquont tranquil frame of mind. s THE BLACK HILLS. INTERVIEW WITI TWO ENTHUMASTS, In spite of all that has boen publiehed to deter oxpoditions to tho Black Hills, tho tido of adven- turora has not been materislly chocked, and nearly every outgoing train oa cortain roads has on board ons or moro persons bound for tho new gold-felds of the West. A Tatnuxe reporter met two gontlemon from Yankton, Dak., yoaterday,—Judge W. W. Hrook- ioge, Vico-Presidont of the Dakots Southern Railroad and » prominent attorney of Yankton, and Frod J. Cross, SBuperintendont of Emigra- tion for Dakola, foth wore frosh from thelr one torprieing city, bound for Now Eogland in the Interesis of emigration, and roady to fnpart any information in their power. The roporter had an lmen:ul.m;: chat with the goutlemen, the sub- siance of which s givon in the prosent article, In regard to the VEST MEANS OF REACHING TIE DLAOK NILLS, tho reporter was informed that the most direct route waa by tho Illinols Contral Railroad from here to Sloux City, and thence to the preseut torminus of the Dakota Bouthorn at Yankton, The Jatlor road, when comploted, will take the travoler right tnto the midat of the Black Hille, At this time, howaever, the two principal routes from Yankton are by river and stage. 'The first roato to tho gold regiona from Yaukton is up tho Missouri eome 200 miles to Fort Pierre, and theunco by stage iu a southwoslerly direction for 135 miles, whou the Black Hills are roached. Tho socond routo pursuca an simoat diroot western courss to Fort itandall, reached either by niver or stago, and thence by stage to tho Black Hills, Tho last route ia considorably the shorter, but involves A good deal of staging and very litle travel by niver, Expeditions from Yank- ton, compoeed of people gathering there from all quarters, start for the Hilla evary day or two, provided with rations for throe months, Both routes ara well auppliod with water and grass, sad, a3 thoro hns beou no snow in the conntry or Lieavy raius this winter, all dumnziufinro orts as to tho swollen atrcams amount to simply noth- iug. The roads wore never in a bottor condition, aud are described an boing hard enough for the Loaviost travel. A8 TO TUE AMOUNT OF GOLD found in the Black Hils, tha reportor was in- formod that some parties wera getting from $3 to $10 a day,aud somo s rmuch a8 $50. Thae gold waa that known as " coarse scalod gnld," way waabed out of the slraams, and was of the char- acter known as ** placer goid.“ One of tho gon- tlomen had n specimen of this gold in & small buu‘l‘n. Itis said to bo of & gooa degree of purity. There is a taclt understanding that the Goy- ernment will not interforo with partiea golug to the Black Hills, and even tho Indians them- molvea bava buried the hatchat and thore is poace onco more, Thero are probably 3,000 poraona inthe country now, and it is eafe to say that by the middlo of May the number will be increased to 15000 or 20,000, Frivato expe- ditiona leave Yanktoa daily, at which city a minez’a outfit cau be obtained at vory roasons- blo prices. Good miners’' flour is worth from &2 to $2.50 per hundrodweight, corn and oats soll for 25 conta a buslol, aud bacon at 16 centn a pound, Wagonscan bo bought st anywhoro from §G5 to w85, oxen from £80 to $100 a yoke, and horsos from 375 to $126 aplece, Oxeon aro most used on account of the heavy labor necos- #ary to be done.- IT I1AS DEEN THE CUBTOM OF CLLTAIN INDIVID- UALS to band togothor bore in Chicago snd other citios, to open an offico and to inyite smigrants to joiu tho *‘company,”" pay an initiation foe of %5 or o, aud then bavoe the pleasure of start- ing for tho Black Hills as a member of the ‘* copany,"—and of payiug Lho regular railroad rates bosides, ‘I'noso gontlemon told the re- porter that omigrants can buy their tickets of the railroads just as choaply as any ** company " ean buy them, and that the moucy Invested in a “company” was nlmnl{ thrown away. Itap- peurs that 3465 will take s man from here to tho Black iiills by railroad, stage, and boat, and that §37.63 will do tue business it he goes by railroad and utago. These aud many other thinga tho gentiemon told tho roporter, all goiug (o0 show that the Diack Hills country was easy of access, that it cout littlo to get thave, and whon you were oncoe thero you could coosider your fortune mado, such is the case with which miners pick up the goldeu ssnda, ‘T'ho genilemen alo had some very fino specimens of Dakota’s sgricaltaral pioducts in the sbape of wheat, corn, oats, bar- ley, etc. Theso alao went to show that Dakota js a wondorful conntry, snd that the Black Hilla constituto the chief'glory thereof, CITY PRINTING. A DATCIL OF NEGATIVES, After the Grand Jury had finished its inquiry into the Roney matter, it took up the allegations of fraud in conneotlon with the contract for the city printing, and examined a numbor of wit- nesges, Tho first person who appearod beforn them waa JMr. C. E. Gardner, Maj. Taylor, of tha Post and Mail, bad aworn that Gardner had called upon him and eaid that the oontract fo the oty priutivg could bo sogured for $3,500. Whoa JIr. Garduor was msked if Le had over made any such statements, montionlng that or any other amount, he roplied positivoly in the negative. He had, ho said, callod at the offico ot the Post and Mail, but it was on private business, which had no connection whatever with tho printiog question, aud, while the eubjoct bad boon incidentslly referred to, yot bo was cortsin that no meution of money Liad boen mado by him, Nothing could exceod the virtue of Mr, Gard. oer excopt, possioly, that showa by Alr. Periolat, who followed Lim upon the stand.” Mr, Periolat Mo contradicted the statomonts of respectablo Wituessus who bad sworn that he went to them aud vromised to sccure for thom, for w pecunia- Ey conaidoration, tha volss of » majority of tho ominon Council. Mr, Porlolat was ques. tioved and cross-quostionod ab Breat length, bLut he b not run the L ra\muot of Cook County Grand Juries for the ast LWo years without getting thoroughly drilled, and it was impossibie to Kot anythin) ont of him except the Intimation that he, Peri- olat, was an inuocent, much-sbused man, who could not undorstand ‘why {t was that the com- munity 100k such pleasure in slandering him. 1%, W, Palmor, managing editor of tha Infer- Ocean, was the noxt witness, 1o was agked 1¢ be, or any one authorized to do 8o on behalf of the Jnter-Gcean, Lisd approschoa any Aldermun with asy offer or promise of mouoy or othec considerstion to ssoure bim influenca or the in- fluouce of any other Alderman iu awarding to tha Jnfer-Ocean the contract for the, city printipg ; or it he or any respousible party ‘cou- pocted with that paper bad besu approuschied on tho sawe matter by sny Alderman or avy oue o.utming to act in tho iuterost of any Alderman, To all thess interrogatories Mz, Palmer ox- oxplicitely replied in the negative. Ho was then told 1o rotire. 1sy -~ The last witness called waa Mr, Oharles Tjun, onp of thacedliors of the JularvOouanm, ' who was asked whother ke knew of any corrmpt proposition made by any person connectad with the paper hy which'he s employed, in order to secnies the ofty yirinting. 1iis anawer tas in the nogative. Tho Grand Jury thon sdjonrnod and will to-morrow probably " oxamina some more witnosaea who will also answer {n tho negativo, —_— REDISTRICTING THE CITY. WITAT THE WEST SIDE ALDERMEN WANT. At the Inst mooting of the Council tho rodis- trioting of thae city under the now charter, which vrovides for but eightcon wards, was made a spocial ordor for consideration at 8:30 o'clock next Monday evening. As yot tho Aldormon ara not fuily decided as to the course to be pursued. It 18 an almoet unanimons opinion among the Aldermon that the Fimat snd Bocond Wardy should bo combined togother, and that the Ninetoonth and Twentieth rhould bo similarly combined, or, still bettor, that the Eighteonth, Nincteenth, and Twontieth Wards bo divided juto two wards, ‘This division wonld give the Bouth Side five warde, the North Sids four wards, and the West 8Sido the remaining nine, or &8 much as the othiertwo put together, Boms of tho more radical Wost Bido Aldermen want to have ton wards, and olsim it ia dao totho latge popuiation, but tho nonscnse of suol & division {s 8o apparont that there is but little hiopo of the move evar succoeding, With such a division, the West Bido Aldermen might onsily combine to eocurs the bulk of tho im- provemonts, and, if the \Inllun;{ thoy bear at resont towards the Bouth and North Divisions 8 any criterion, such a combination would bo al- miost a cortainty, Bestdea thoeg difficnltios in rodiatricting, there aro still othors, which bid to bs oven more serious. Tuo sizo and population of tho West Bide wards aro manifestly unequal, and how to remedy the mattor is whero tho difilculty lies, Thua far the princival changes talked of are tho tranafer of a strip of the Fiftecuth Ward, bounded by Ashland avenuns, Curtis ani Onlo streots, and Chicago avonue, to tho Elsvonth Ward; tho | iransfer of a slico of the Niuth Ward weat of Centra avo- nmue to the Twelfth Ward, to which it goographi- cally belongs ; aud tho transfer of a alico of tho Thirtesth Ward weat of Union Park and botwoen Madison and Kinzio stroots, or of a strip of the Fifteenth, to tho Fourtoenth Ward. Theso cliangos have boon by no meana decided upan, aud thero aro nnmerous other onos designod to take walr‘w-eu Tho propoaed chavge {n the Eloventh Ward is mutuslly agrood upon, as the ward is oxcoedingly small, sod tho addition doss not chango tho oharacter of tha population. The Fourtoonth Ward Aldermon fook with more favor upon the addition from the Iftecnth Ward than that from tho Thirieenth. Tho Ninth Ward Aldermen may oppose auy loss of torritory on tho west, as it would entail tho transfer of Ald. Dalloy to tho Twolfth Ward, whera ho would have not a ghost of & show for re-aloction. All of them bave political axes to grind, and tho divisions will be made with a viow of Lelping out eachi Alderman from the dilomma into whic| tho rash doings of tho present Council have thrown him. ~Already & number aro tooking for- ward to a ro-clectlion, and araong them are Ald, Foley, Warren, Cooy, Fitzgerald, R. Btono, R. B, Bione, Fred Somwor, MeGlory, ilildreth, Me- Donald, O'Brien, Bailey, D. W. Clark, White, Gunderson, Waterman, Case, Campbell, Clove- land, Ryan, Eckhardt, Stout, Malr, Lengaclor, Bweonoy, Murpby, Dickineon, and Corcoran, Bome of these will bs most egrogionsly foolod, for it ia the opinion of tha Lnowing politicisua that tho noxt Councll will bave a majority of graen mombers, [ — THE LICENSE BUSINESS. AX IRREGULAR TRANSACTION DISCOVEDED, Tae Toisone last weok exposed tho maunar in which tho present City Government ia managing not to collect the licenss foos from the various porsona required to pay thom, and espooially sa- loon-keepers. Among thoss mentionod as not baviug s llicenso was the saloon No. 516 State stroot, kept by H. I, Kleis. Ho felt much sg- grieved, us ho claimed to have the necossary documont antherizing hiim to disponss gin slings, eto, e went to ths City Olork's office Saturday morning last with tho licenso, which was duly signed, sealed, nand delivered, and numbered 134, The atrangest thing of all was, _that there was auothor liconao issued, bearing tho samo number, Kloin's liconso had nevar boon racorded, and tho city had no money to show that the liconso was la- suod to him, snd had no collector’s receipt, all of which sre roquired to prova identity. How- over, No. 184 was issucd to one 3 M. [ett, No. 1555 Bouth Btate, cornor of "Thirty-rourth streot, aud hero Is whore a littls crookednoss was dovel- oped, which showa Fett, Otto Biuhm, aad Klein mized up in a rather dirty tranasction. ‘The license to Fett waa issued July 7, 1875, At that timo a Jot of now bisaks bad voms in, and had boen signed by Mayor Colvin and City Clork Forrest, and Liad beon duly scaled. By accident two licensen stuck together, and Fett raseived an extra blank, Instoad of returning tho blank to tho city like an honest man, he soarched about and found Klein, who kept #aloon, and who had no licehse, Ho offored to sell this o Kloin, but ho was a little afraid. Fott thon claimed that Lo wonld got Otto Bluhm to fix it up all right. Itahould bo remembered that Otto, proviona to that time, had boen in the employ of tho City Olork. Blubm took the ‘blank from ~ Fott and dlled it out for Kleln, together With the nocossary bonds for him to sign. This was two or throo days after, or about tho 10th of July last, Blubm aod Kloln had some talk as totho prico, the Iatter holding that Bluhm's charges were too high proportionatoly. Bluhm replied : * Do you thunk I am going to take tho rosponsi- bility on myself for nothing;" and he recelved 816, Fett alao recelving something. It should bo borne in mind that, had tho Afayor's police done thoir duty, this licenso would "have been checked snd the sum beou taken and to whom issusd, and thon oomparod with $ho record-books in the City Clerk's ofiico, as they are required to do by law. As it was, Tux Toiouxs unesrthed the fraud by exposiog the unlicensed places, As a rosult of il this, Klein mads it oxcoodingly warm for Fett and Blubm, and the latter refunded the money Flvan to bim by Kiolu, hoping theroby to keep he matter out of print, Klein yosterday came to the City Clerk’s oftice and procured a licenso. Yestorday afternoon a TrInuNx reporter bailed Otto Biuhm on the stroot, but he was in a hurry, and claimed to know nothing of tho mattor, el LOCAL LETTERS, COUNTY CONTRACTOMNS, To the Editor of Tha Chicago Tribune ; Ouicago, Fob. 24.—Roferring to your very pertinont article in Tuz TninuxE upon the ques- tion of the rellef given by the county to tho poor of thiscity, 1 would say that it {sabout tims that tho properly appointod authorities, who are paid with the people’s money, should attend to their duties and see that the atorokeopers, such as coal dealers, butchers, bakers, &c., properly fulflll their contracts, and not allow them to ewindle the unfortunate poor and lins their own pockets at the same time by giving short woight, &c. The caso of tho coal you commented upon wan ono case fo polnt. I will give you anothor ; Lately s woman presented tlckets to tho contract butcher on Casnal sirest for ¢ pouoda of moat, and, when deliverod, she complained " of slort weight. Thoy were vary abusive, aa is, I am told, their general way, and reitorated their previous statement that thors were 6 pounds. ‘The ment was put on tho scales at another atoro aud it weighed ox- actly 414 pounds. ‘Thia style of thing is of daily oceurreuce. ‘Thero was,” beaides, st loast 2 ounds of bone, more than they dare have of- ored Lo a cash customer, #o that the poor woman Bot 254 pounds of meat instead of 6 pounds, and the wtrictly honest butcher resped the benofit. As tho conuty hss to pay these trades- men, surely any one considerod a fit and propor F"‘ou for rolief by the autharities, on presont- ng ticketa which to tho seller are as good as cash, oughtat lsastto get proper welght and bare clvility, and I think you will sgree with me that it in about time sometning was done to stop this wholesale robbery of people who can loast afford it Justicx, —_—— CRIMINAL, John Dillon, an nccomplice of Muldoon and Dolan fu the Hoxie rabbery, was arrested by Doteative Flannegan Isst might, and locked up in the Madison Btreat Btation. Jobn Downing and Martin Fanning, two boys baoging about tho Exposition Bkating-Rink, stole two pair of skates from W.J. Reynolds last evoning, and wore sentto tho Armory, MoKee, the colored man who atole » watch on Foflrth avenue not long sgo, hss been arreated in 8t. Louls, OChief Hiokey yeaterday received & tolegram to that effect, and sent Detoctive Beott 10 Bt. Loula for tho priscter. J. T, McCabe, another sxample of professiou- 81 bondamen, was bofore Justice Moechon m cliarge of perjury yosterdsy aftarnoon, aad al- thongh it waa belioved shat he had willfally mis Fopsescntod the YAluo of late te whkh has. owna the title, no ovidence of perjury conld be brought sgainat him, and ho was dischsrged. BSome dayasgo Hanoah Daly commenaed sull npainat Harey Byrnog for bantaedy, Harry bolng tho alleged father of Hannah's child, which ls to bo. 'Ihecass taa callod yostordsy afternoon, Lat the prosecation wea missing snd thoe prin- onor was dinchargod, Harry voluntosrod the in- formation that ho had bought the girl off for #6. About half-past 11 o'clock laat night, Offoer Foloy, of the Armory force, saw throo mon with & quantity of cigars, near the corner of Mouroo streot and Fifth aveons. He gavo chaso, and tho fugitives, dropping thelr pliunder, ran alovg Menroo streot to Desrborn and escapod. The ofticer piokod up twelve bozes of cigars, which awalt an ownor at the Armory. A datlng robboery of a_Jowelry stora on Canal- port avenuo occurred Wodnesday evening, it fs ramored, by which the thiaves captursd about 8500 worth of watchos, ote. Fivo men entored the catablishmont about 8 o'clock, aud, whilo thiroo of thom hold rovolvora at the fieads of the occupants, Ltho romalning two gutted the cases and enfe. The polica mre on thoir track, and hopo to arrest thom, About half-past 9 o'clock Iast evening the at- tention of Frank Welnfurth, living over his butchor sliop, No. 546 Sonth Canal streot, was attractod by the mnolee of upfi:ng at his ahop door. He camo down lairs sacortain tho cause and, as ho got ont to tho sidenalk, he was etruok ovor the hoad by a closver in the hands of an_unknown man, who immodintoly disap- pesrod, o was taken to hia room and oxamin. ed hynphgnlclm. who pronounced: tha wound sorions. No canse can bo assignod for tho at- tack, but he thinks It was made by a person whoso namo hoe refuses to give, between whom and himsalf thore ia an old grulge. John 11, Rabb was bofore Commissioner Hoyna yesterday morning charged, as atated yeatorday, with carrying ou the business of a rectifier with- out paying the spocial tax. The only witnoss for the defenso was an employo of Rabb's, who had previously told the Doputy Colloctors that the coloring matter in the slop was usod for componndmi purposcs, but who de. nlod poiot-blan! botors the Commls- sionor that such was tho true stato of the caso, Thero was another employo of Rabb's who might bave beon called but was not for resmons best kuowa to the defondant. Tho Deputy Collectors say ho is = man who would toll the trath, and that his proscuce was not particularly desirable for the defoaso, Tho Comminssloner heard the teatimony with bscom« ing patieuco, and conoluded thas thers was onough of & caso to Juatify him in holding the dofendant in $1,000 ball to await the aation of tho Grand Jury. Bomo further facts which have coms to light in refercnco to the Blachford embozzloment stiow that the accusod waa in the omploy of ths firm of Allen, Keith & Co., and their prodoces- sors, Allon, Coryell & Co., from the last of 1871 to Ootobier, 1874. 1In the Iast-named month tho suspicions of the firm wore aroused Ly tho fact that men sud women known to bo in no way oconnocted with Biachford's family wore in the bhoblt of calling upon him st the atoro, A partial exam- ination of the firm's books at the time showod & di!cn‘rmny of $2,000, and Dlachford waa dis- wmisgod, though no prosecution was begun agoainst him. Blachford then went into geveral kinds of business both hore and in the Esat, bringing up on the Board of Trade with a Mr. Yool ag partoer. Some montha agothe firm sot out to have their books overbauled, and when the work was finished it was found that Blachford had embezzled sbout $5,000 from the firm under tho former name, and the samo sum from the now flim, The sums taken ranged from 820 to $600 st a ime. Blacbford's father waa a Caplain in tho British army, and the young man enjoya the houor of bavisg been born on the Ialand of Ht, Helaoa, WATED 1079, Ono Loomis, of Battle Croek, BMich., is await- ing & portion of his reward for tho deods dons in the body. A cilizen of Dattle Ureek, natmed Rugsby, had Loomle arrested a fow days ago on the churge of conspiracy to defraud. gha por- ticulara of tho case show that lugaby, who oaght to be sharp, from largo sxporicnos in real eatato matter, but who was not, was tsken in by Loomis, who operates & cooper-ahop and can drive s closo bargain, Loomis, in tha courss of his tndlnq schomes, professed to have sccared threo lota in this city in exchange for a patent right, Ho had a friond in Chicago by the name of Loria Chadwick, a former citizen of Battle COrook. Too two, according to the atory, decided to ropo in Rugeby, aod thoy did it. Chadwiok wrote & parsonal, private, and eatirely confidens tial letter to Rugaby, esying that Loomis owned three lots in _Ovicago, and thas ho (Chadwick) waated Lim (Rugsby) to buy them of Loomis for bim (Chadwick). Tho Istter stated that ho weuld ba unmlling to pay more than £1,600 apicca for the threo lots, Rugaby took tho bait, thought ho coula do botter than that for him- solf, wont to Loomis, and pmud bim 8700 apioco for tho lots, In the oourss of timo he came to Chlcn‘fa to look after his property. which he faund undor water down intho marshea of Calumot, He wont home, kept mum, and set about collecting ovidence agaiuat Loomls and Ousdwick, tho Iatter of whom, after enjoying the littlo joke for some timo, wan arrested on the chargo of conspiracy to defrand, as etated. A partial examination was held a day or 50 ago, and will be econcluded to-day. HELD FOR PERJURY. O, E. Kinsoy, n young man following ths pro- fouslon of a bondsman, was bofore Justice Mesch yostarday afternoon to anawer to the charge of porjury,” o was found guity and bound over to the Crimioal Qourt jo bonds of 22,000, fin default of : which. ke wont to jall, The prisoner avers that he bas been a drummer for a wholesale liquor Louse. Feb. 2, he awors to an afidavit on an appesl-bond that ho was the owner of 87,000 worth of proporty; the deed, h id, wason roce ord. An cxsmination was made aud it was found tbhat ho- hod no property whatover. Feb, 19, he put on ‘rocord what purportod to be & doed of the property that he Lad sworn to in ths afiidavit, the document boing dated Bept. 26, 1875, and so- knowledged befors cne Lugeno h-rt.mun, A no- torioua Notary. This docd waa evidently gotton up since Feb, 2, aud the description of the prop- erty copled from tho anidavit which ho had mado concorniog the lots, The desd way from s man named Thowpson, Kinsoy says thar ho never xnew Thompson till juat beforo he made the purchass of him; he had nover soen tho land; paid $250 in cash and gava notos for $7,000 ; tna bargain took placo {n the Tivoli. Ho bad been introduced to Thomp- son by & man named Alax Keller, » friend, On the cross-oxamination Kinsoy did not know whers to find Keller ; he had been {atroauced to }Elollnr by Thomgson ; could nos find either of om. In the examination bofore Juastice Meeoh Wednesday, the prisoner sald ho hsd given a stock of liquors for tho land, I'he Jands in question, 8o far as deacribed, a) Bnr to bo owned by Joel D. Harvey and 8. \V. torrs, who state that thoy have owned the propezty for yoars aud have nover conveyed it In sny way, Tho whole scheme was looked upon by the Court asa nefarious pisce of businoss, and the prisoner's own lawyer, st tho closs of the examination, admitiod "that his cllont was the worst rascal with whom baa had to deal, —_—— THE CITY HALL. The Bpecial Committee on Insurance is ealled for Baturdsy at 2 p. m, In the City Clork’s office. The Mayor returned yesterdsy morning and oceupled his acoustomed place in tho City-Hall during the day. ‘Water-ronts yesterday wore 81,970, and ro- ceipts from tha City Collector €689, Mlike Evans Lianded in 50,000, Mike Evans gave the South Park Commiasion- ors $25,000 yestordsy. Hiscollections smounted to 15,000 yeaterday. No levies. ‘The Board of Pablio Works fssued yosterday the following estimatos: o Fitzsimons & Connell, Fullorlon aveous conduit contractors, £0,004; to Gindele Bros., cut-atone work on the W, D, Pumping Works, $1,646; to J, & I1, J, Dufty, for improving Blue lsland avenue, be- wweon Fifteonth aud Twenty-second stracts, §2,039, The Bullding Tospectors yesterdsy examined s number of churchies on the NorthBldo. No serious dofects were obaervod. The record on the books of the Duilding Inspector in regard to Burke's Hotel (which took fire yeator ua reads, * iron coveriug wanted iu front of range, ** wood exposed aver ateam-boller.” If the de- focta found by Bailoy's mon had besn remedied, the fira would not have coourred, au the blaze started joss in front of the range in thae kitchen. ‘The samo delegation of cltizens that waited upoa the Board of Public Works somie woeks ago aod demanded & visduct on their stree:, caliod vRain yestordsy and sskod that the grade of the np{nrou:h be mado with » riso of 1 foot in 45 and not1in40 os the Board had Intended. Tbe change would materially lengthen the approach and cause the ralsing of savers! buildings that a8 the pisus now stand will not have to be raised. It would jnour additional sxpense which the Board doss not wiab, and will not allow, un- Corpa aa & rafuge, | 1691 tho people who desire the shange find the money to pay for it. 'The Clty Uollactor continuea to take in back taxea: #5064 was galhored yesterday. The City Obllactor's offics was the scens yostorday of .a porformanco that yislded mnoh fun to thoss prosont, and but littlo monoy to the city. A lot of furnlturoe, taken from the affice of soms lovied- on firm, wos sold at saction, Charles Whito made tho salos, and proved hilmeolf a good talk- or. Tho total sum derived from the goods was 200, Miks McDonald purchased a hand-truck. Ho doolined s bill of sale, saying: * Da you supposo any ono wonld onter the lion's don to tako thintruck aftor it onco geta thero?" Citve Soaler Gllloaplo bought a pair of scales. The otber articlos, Includiog & number of foot of hoso, ofiice furniturs, snd #safe, found por- cliasers, — THE COUNTY BUILDING. The Grand Jury yosterdsy roturnoed twentye fivo tros bills, Tho County Treasuror yosterday rocoived the firat lnatallment of collostions from tho Town of Schaumburg, amounting to 81,500, Commissionor Holdon returned from 8t, Louls yontorday, and earned his por diem by telling averybody what he thought of the Dabcock trial, Cale and Douglas, ths divorce conspirators, failed to got ‘bail yosterday, and, as a conse- ?nam:m continued to linger in tho jail. One of he conditions of tho granting of & suporcedeas in their caso by Judge Dickey was, that when thoy offered bond it sbould bs approved by him, ANOTRER ATTORNEY 1N TROULLE. . Justica Mooch was around yesterdsy and lodged with the Grand Jury complalnt of & vory serious natura against sn luome{ oamod O'Callahan, It appears that soms time ago O'Callaban clamploned tho cavse of a woman who aued tho city for damages and obtainod Judgmont, 'The story rios that the city was on tho cve of taking an appoal whon O'Callaban visited tho proper city authorities with tho necos- sary papers and effected & compromisn. It is f1ow al Iofied that the papers wero a forgory, and, besida that, porjury was connected therswith, all of which Mr. O'Callaban will dauttless bo called on to explain. He Leard of tho com- plaint, somelow, during thie day, and late in the afternoon came to the building oxpectiog to sco tho {ndictment, which was not ready. —_—— ANNOUNCEMENTS. The finanocial crisls {a the subject of the next fecture in the Buuday Courso nt McCormick Hsll, It will bo delivered by Horace Whito, Esq., Bunday afterncon at8p.m. Admission, 10 conta, Tho annual meeting of the Board of Conncil- ors of tho Chicago Hospitsl for Women and Childron will be Lield at the Hoapital, cornor of Adams and Paulina stroets, to-morrow at 10:90. Tho publio are 1nvited at 2 p. m, A serios of grand concorts are in proparation to be given under the direction of Mr, A. O, Creswold fn ald of tho Good Bamaritan Ilome, In character and varisty thoso concerts will ox- col any ovor beloro gilvun in Chicago at an equal price of admisaion, In ordor that all may enjoy these entertalnments, tho admlesion price i fixod at 25 conts, Full particulars will bo given in Sunday’s TaiBuNe. ‘The members of the Parlor Musical Bocloty of the Bouth 8ido will give their first concort Mon. day evening at the University Placo Baplist Church, ‘The programmo presents somo_novel and ploasing features,—ono, & grand Italian dramatic performance, au extract of opera by F. W. Root. The charactors represontod are: The Princess, Miss Carrio Davenport; 7'he Fairy, Mies Harrison ; The Prince, Mr. Payton ; and The Rival, Mr. MoWade. This extrava- anza, togother with some fiue moloe and the Bhnny Quartotto, offor a pleasing prospoot for an evonlog's entertainment. —_— A BOSTON BALL, The Great Philadelphin iIop Nets $2,000..-A Distinguished Crowd. Spectal Dupateh to Tha vhtcago Tridune. Bostox, Mass., Feb. 24.—Ths Contennial Ball in the Muslo Hall to-night, given by tho Women's Contonplal Commission, was = great financial, #oolal, and artintic success. Itnottod ovor $2,000, and drew out & crowd of Boston's best people. The display of old and fancy dresses has nover been equaled. 'Fhe Lali was elegontly decorated. and the Germanis Dand furnished its best music, Tho company began to arrive at half-pust 8, the hoar for tho ball to open, and at 9 o'clock there wors hundreds anwnt to witness the opduing quadrille, The com- pany gathored ~ rapidly _ aftor this, and, by 10 o'clock, the floor and galleries wero crowdod. ayor Cobb and ox-Gov. Gsston cama early, and soon mfter Gov, Rlce, with his full staft, took places on the platform, Thecompany included many of tha most prominent citlzens, while the best mociety was fully represonted. ‘The Iadies’ dresson wera ologant in tho extrome, sthe old atyles predominating. Thore were hun- dreds of magnificent old-time costumes which wers first worn more than s contury ago. In- deod, the majority of the ladios’ dresses, die- monds, and lacos were Leirlooms from former gousrations, Tho pnrtg broke up at 3 o'clock, and hundreds dancod the Inet waltz, WABASH & ERIE CANAL SALE. . Tennn HAUTE, Ind., Fob, '24.—The Wabash & Erio Uanal, extending from the Ohio Btate lino through the oities of Ft. Wayno, Logansport, snd Lafayotts, and the abandoned partion from Lafayotto to Terre Haute and Evansville, was sold to-day at public salo, the chief purchaser boing the plaintif, J. K, Gapon, whohad brought an sotlon to cloan ng this trust for all con- cerned, This case, Involving the BStato debt act known as the Butler bill, has boen appealod to the Unitod Btates Supreme Court, w{’th tho intention of having tho liabilitics of the Stato to poy canal stocks determined. Tho canal from Lafayetto to the Obtc line gold for €86,600, tho aale'of the abandoned portion at 11,860 ; salen of lots, quarrios, and lands, eto., adfacent, $3,030; total amount of sales, $101,290. The zale of the canal lands will continue to-morrow, THE MARINE CORPS. To the Editor of Tha Chicao Tribune: Lanamz Crry, W. T., Feb, 20.—Your editorial n Tux TrisuNe of tho 17th is 80 very unfarr to the Marine Corps that I trust you will give mo the apace for a brief roply. Your aseertlon that thoro are 475 officorn in the corps is incorrect. ‘Tho Navy Reqlater for 1875 gives 101—probably the largent nomber evar In the corpa since ita organization, tho pay for theso 101 belng sbout $200,000. I Boo that, in making the number 475, ‘yon bave included the non-commissioned officers —& mosh palpable error, as even the editor of T Toinuxe will admit upon reflection, Wab- ater givos rank and filo as meaning the whole body of common soldiors, Including Corporals, and in a more extended sense Horgeants. Huch is tho doflnition accepted in a military sonso by sl nations. You proceed to say that the Marine Corps has never bLeea of any mervice to tho country, and that it Is only an asylum for oruamountal saflors on shore who mever got nearer the salt water than Washington, Bo far ao that {a concerned, you will admit that annfiton I8 bardly as noar tho malt water as Brooklyn, Alare Island, l’enuenls( aod other navy-yards; but that 1 only beggiug the queati n poiut of fact, over one-thk& of the officors and one-lalf of the men are uow ou the salt water in our national cruisers, rondering aa valuable service—that is, tho rank and fllo sre—as any othor corps be- longing_to the military brapch "of our Govern- ment. It ia \lnnnunur{ for me to refer to thelr services during tho late War—tho aoldlers of tho corpa fought alde by elde with the ssilors of the navy, and there i3 no officer of the navy will dlsputs tho fact that they fought aa bmm{. It in to be regrotted that & journal so widely read as Tur TRIBUNE, & journal that rarely edity auything of a partisan character, and ia'there- fore so goporally credited by,—wa will say,the farmors of Jllinois and Indisns, who know about aa much of the Marine Corps au they do of the QGrand Lams,—should poblish an arifole oslling for tho abolition of the corps, when if yon bad called for raform, & reform more necded by the Marine Corps of our navy than any other simi- lar service in Christendom, ihat reform might have bocn obtalued, The non-commiasioned ofticers of the corps aro far superior to the same ols=s of mea o the aruy, as uc {ndeed also she privatos, the pnnc({m roason belng the general re-enlintments, bul the ofticers (ot {our 475, bat the 101) are as a sule uttorly worthleas. The oficora of the navy sre almout & unit ou blus -subjoct, snd thoy ehould, I think, be admitted to ba tbe best judgea, :The ofiicers of tho Marine Corps aro appoint. ed in the same way ss—wall, let us say, Cousuls —and the result of it is thut they are, Lo eay the lesat of it, aa {neffioiont. Midshipmen™ sud Cadots £rom Aunapolis and West Polnt, who are dismissed, have slways turned to the Marine with a littlo political fan fluence, this_dosirable haven of Indolencs & raroly doniod them, Glve them anytbing like & fair axamination, and the result would be the peromptory dinmissal of at least one-balf of the wholo body,—n result that I would like ve much to ece Tug Trinuxe sasist in oblainlog, R R 5 . MICHIGAN COUNTY-FAIR MANAGERS. Spesiat Dispateh to The Chizago Tribine. Lanstyo, Mich., Feb, 24.—At the Conventioy ot Counly-Falr Managors, at Ionis, tho follo Ing rosolutiona wero adopted : Renolved, That it in {he euso of (his Convention fhat Aho ontire ystemn of family-tekols {a both unjust ang unwiee, and shontd bo aboflshed, Ttero:ved, Thal ey peraon piying fnto the Tressury thie sum of $1_may bocomn s memier of tho Soclety for one year, atiall Liave tho privilege of nisking en. Arios under the rulea of tho Bozicty, and shall roceiva #n unntial certificato of memberaliip and fonr aingly admission-ickota to the grounds; also, entrios tmay be mado in the nama of any member of tho tamily un. der 21 yoars of sge, when tha paront o guardian is 5 meinber of tho Sutlely; that the prico of ringla ad. missjon-ticketa shall b ‘35 eenta, and children wndne 10, 1% ecals; and that we recominend offoring special prizes, —_——— THE OIL TRADE, New Yonx, Feb. 24.—Connldsrable of a flurry waa occasloned In the pelroloum trads to-day by numerous dispatchies, private and public, ro. porting an excitod stalo of nffairs and a matked Advanco on.tho Croel, Oil City, Rourevill, Titusville, Parker's Landiog, and otbor poiute, The result was an importaut ndvance, and at tho closo of 'Chango tlia tondency was atill up. ward, " —_— A firnve Acts A Tiverton, R. I, corrospondont of the Fah Rivor (Mass.) News sonds the following: ‘* Capt. Josaph Monroe, with hls wifs and bale, startod from Tiverton to cross the river to Ithode Island, Iast Wodnesday, and ln passing through Bridgeport, with a strong ebb tide, the keol of his boat camo in contast with s live at~ techied to tho schoouor Antelope, and the boat was capsizod, The babo sank, and his wife bo- camo uuconslous, Munroe dived down and ree cued tho babo, and oy ho camo to tho surface fonud bis wife juat under water and sinking, e seized her and unaided swam sshora with baba and wife, and landod over 200 feot from where the boat capaized, The babo was appar. cotly dead, for it was undor water from tho time tho boat capsized until ita fathor landed 1t on the shore, but iz scon revived.” *'1f Ever I Coaso to Love,” sang & Praicle avents majden, oa young Drown stood st the door intent on an evening call, e pansed lo listen with rapture, but turned awsy in disguat when ha found she referred to a now, Domestis which her father had Just sent home, —_— Piano Buyors thould remember that Lyon & Healy, Btate and Monw 100 siroets, sell good low-priced pianocs sa well aa the beat of all planos—the Blcinway, Upright'and square pisnos for reut, Lundbvorg's Porfumes ars lika natural fowers and bouqueta MARRIAGES. NASH_IAIDINE_Tuosdsy oveoltg, Fab, 32, at tho residenca of the Bov. W. A. Larilett, O, If, Nask and e, E. Hasbloe, All of Clilcsgo, REAM—PUTNAM—At Madlson, N, ¥,, Feb, 17, by tho Kev, Ar., Ifardy, Norman B, Heam, of {ho firms of Georas O, Ball & Co., Bosrd of Trade, znd Coffmun & Rteam, Union Btock-Yards, Chicago, and Miss Carris T., daugter of Joln Putnim, M., D, Madison, N, ¥, DEATHS. e A A A AN A TAINES—At Now Orlsans, La,, on Sunday, Feb, 20, at0 o'clock p. ., Fanuy E. Haines, of Elizaboth, N, J., wife ot Willlam F. lalscy, of the former city, JOHNBTON—At Kinmundy, Ill, on Wednesdsy, Feb, 21, Margaret Johnaton, slster of the Tev. Adam TJohnston sud tho late Josepls Johnaton Funcral st tho residcura of Al Tomnlo, b nllr.hlgm-:r.. on Friday, Feb, 2 o'clock p, m. Friends are fuvited, McOULLING~In this city, Feb, 23, in bis 83t yoar, Joshua McCulling. Tuneral from hig Inte restdenca, 293 Twonty-ninthe L., Fob, 25, at 10 n, Dy carringes to Graceland, t2~Aurots, (UL} and London and Norfolk, (Eng) papers plesso copy, SPECIAL NOTICES. Electro Silicon. This wondorful article ls & pure Iafuroria obtatasd from & mine in Nerada, whoro it was probably deposited whon the world was young. It 1s the beat material ever discovered for oloaning and polishiug Gold, Slivor, Glas, 4o, Itcontalns nogrit or chumicals, and polfshes with greater brilliauoy thas any other matorisl. Try it and you will bewatisfiod. Sold by House-Furnlshers, Drug glsts, Jawelors, aod Qrocers. Agents, GILLET, Mo CULLOOH & CO., 3and 34 South Water.st. Uhhln _POLITIOAL ANNO FIDE . £ A meeting af the First Ward Ausiliary Republicin Club wrill be lield nt Ropublican Headquarters, corner of Clark and Lake-sta., Saturdsy evening at half-pesk 7, A full otlondance is deaired,” By order of the Ex ecutive Committec, ‘Thero will bo a meeting of the othor Firat Ward Re- publican Olub at tho Hesdguarters, corner Lako and Clark-ats,, thia evening ut 7:3 All good Repube licana ure fuvited to ticn: FOURTH WARD. ‘Thé regnlsr meeting of tho Fourth Ward Republican Ciub will be held at ths Club-room, 960 Wabash-av., Ssturday ovening. TIFTEENTH WARD, A moeting of the Fifleenth Ward Republican Oloh will be held Baturday evening at 8 o'clock prompt ot 426 Ashland-av,, corner Auguata-st, Business of great {mportance wlli be transsctod, Al Ropublicans in the ward are requeated £2 nttons CONFEGCTIONERY. 0 E HBY OELEBRATED throughoul ko Union—expresscd feo all parts. 1 1b and upword at 25, m.mahm 1, “Address orders GUNTHER, Ocnfee- tlonor, Chicago. . AUCTION SALES. By ELISON, POMEROY & CO, 84 and 86 Randolphsk, Friday Morning, Feb. 95, at 8:30 o'clecx, OUR UBUAL IMMENRSE AUCTION SALE. Always the Largest in the City. New and Second-hand Parlor Buils, Chaniber Sets, Dining-coom snd Kitchen Furmiture & foll lise Car: ta, Mattresses, Springs, Oftics Furniture, ktoves, {ting, Loungos, 1u crates Crockery in open lols, Glussware, Platedware, Gus Fixtures, General Louzes keeping Goods, Clgars, General Mezcliandivo, eto, 0 & large involcs Buperior Table Qutlery, ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auctionors. CLOSING SALES TEIS DAY, OIL PAINTINGS At 187 STATE-ST., THIS MORNING at10, and 2 and 7:30 p.m Thia closing sale iacludea two large Historical Palobs nga by &, Molroas of Loudoo, represcatiug tba ciice of Jerusslew and Damascus, ' Thess pictures sre ued at 300 cach, and with tho balance of the olleo- tlon will be poaitively sold without ressrve. ELISON, POMEROY & 00, CONSTABLE'S SALE. o‘All gn! Btore, ¥RIDAY MORNING, Feb, 25, st 10 ‘clock 3 Outtlt Dentist's Offico, Engraving, Mirror, Divan Sety Deak, Table, Lambrequins, elc., efc. ELISUN, TOMEROY & CO., Auctioneers, = ki el - y 8. DINGEL & CO,, Auctioneerd, Commlssion and Storage Warehouse, 174 and 476 E, Madison-at,, near the bridgs, TO-BMORROW, at 10a, Now o our_ ususl Baturday Bale of Fi b pd FURNITURE Conalating of Chamber Bes, Fatlor Sults, Lounged, Flanos, Diniagroom sad OFFIOK FURNITORE, Also'a line of Grocers' Bundrics and GLOCERIES, all o ba sold without reserve, ¥ particulsrs fn : - M. A. BGULTELRS & CO., — AUCTIONEERS, 108 EAST MADINON-5T. BUTTERS & (0, REGULAR SATURDAY SALE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, BATURDAY MORNING, FEB, 26, At salesrcom, 108 Madison-st, Ly HIXAM BRUSIL, 108 Finthav, TWELVE-ROOM TOUSE AT AUGTION, On the premises, 318 North Market-st, ¥KIDAY, Wob. 38, at 10 2. m., will be sold, without reserve, § wall-butht 13-room kouss, with modern improvementh Torms—Fart osdd, balsnce e, with securtly oa taa buldos. HUMM DBRUSH, dyienn