Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1876, Page 5

- that 40,000 men had resoived to eupport Horne .stthe polla, ‘Iho roturnw show thal, with five precincts missing, ho recelved 35,843 votas, Tho five unrotitrnod precinets will not probably carry bin vote above 38,260, no that we ostimatad his vote nearly 2,000 too high, and we hasten to oorroct the otror bofore {he two bummor news- paper concerna diacover It. ————— PERBONAL Miss Cary estimates the presonts sho recelved 1o Europs to bo worth st loast #50,000. * + 'Tho bars of Chicago yeatorday wore aioklfed o'or with the pals cast of eilvor, Follow-conntrymen ¢ Don't take the change tiome and bury (¢ {v tho back-yard, Tha frionds of Mr. Dristow In Boston propose to rock bim ln tha Cradle of Liborty one of these nights. " Milo. Fechtor, danghter of the tragadian, will he & momber of Maplesou's Amerioan opera troupo, " Bince boyhood Mr., Thomns Oarlyle haa ' naver thought of tho practios of viviscoting animals but with horror." ' Mr. John Boylo O'Roltly and the Archbiabop of Boston hava bought tho Boston Pilot, lately owned by Dobahuae, Bpurgoon says, rather sharply, that it lsa hideous gift to posaoss Lo be able to say nothing at oxtremo longth." ™ Mr. Boochor changod tha eubject of his Dos- ton lecturo from *‘Flie Ministry of Wealth " to » Hollgion and Education,” . * Will it oot bo eaid that “Money mskes tho Mayor go,” if Colvin rollnqulshos the Mayoralty ‘when the taxos are all paid ? The Rov. Mr, Lathrop, of Amlerst, Mace., & lassmato of Congrosaman Hoolyoe, Lias boon &re aignod beforo the church for brutally abusing his family, Joln . Halo whon a atudont at Bowdoin Col- Togo translated Dimidium facti, qui cepil, habel (**Well bogun, half done”) * Ho that is ‘lathered ia half shaved.” . The King of Greeco has sent & lotter of con- dolonce, occaslonod by the deatliof Dr. Howe, to the Grock Consul at Boston, and the Iatter Llias convoyed it to Mre. Julia Ward Howe, Mr, Robort O, Winthrop, President of tho ‘Washiogton Monument Aseociation, hss pro- pared & deslgn for ihe completion of the monu- ment which has boon sdoptsd by tho Associa- tion, It is proposed to nbandon tue original plan which contomplatos a tomple or vanthaeon, and to eroct a simplo shaft 300 foet high, A writer who scemato bo well Informed on the &ubjoet writea to the Now York @raphic cancorn- ng the now play of * Twing,” now running st ‘Wallack's Thontro: “Tho story 1s in theatrieal cirolos that the play, as originally written by Ar. ‘Wheoler, was a very clever production, fall of wit and reparteo, and deftly constructed; but this boing lya flrst drametio vonture, Mr, Whool- er pormitted & friend connected with the stage to manipalato his piay to its serious detriment— as thoso who road It in Its original form unanimously agreo.” - AMr. Richard A, Proctor writea to the nows- "papers In expianation of the current report that ho maligued the Amorican people in a letter to an English journal describing o dloner at Des Moipes. Ho says that he meroly * mentioned the behavior of a certain ill-mamnored man at Dos Moines—remarking also on the absurdity of describing & ainglo such case j(as Dickens did) an thongh {t ware charactoristio of a pooplo. Mr. Proctor also dofonds himsolf from the chargo of exaggeration, but inasmuch ss ha certainly did say that the man at Dea Molned thrust his knifo * fiva inchos " down hia throat, ths do- +qnurrer {3 not altogetber satiafactory. The Graphic suggoats that Mr, Prootor's lotter ba usod by him ns the intelloctual basis of & work oa * Othor Mouths Than Ours.” 8poclmens of English humor aro contalned in tho Loodon TYmes roport, now some weoks old, of the debste in Oxford Convocation on the question of retaining Max Muller aa a Professor .on half-pay. Prof. Jowett's romarks, which were thonght by his admirors to bo intensely funny, contalned the following brilliant play on words: % Thare are many serious objectionn to sny plan. There are objections to this plan, but porhaps fowor than to any other plan, Dua ao- count must be takon of tha University chest— #pced 1s necossary,” Taopor, a Fellow of Trinity, followod this witticism with anothoe. Reforring tothe westhor he mald: * Bomo will tell you that to-day it is hot ; othars agaln will maintain thatit s cold. The truth is, neither are right—or rathor both, Tbe day s like tho Ohurchof Laodlooa~Ilukewarm,” A dobato hold recently in the Balliol (Oxford) . Debating Bocioty waa enlivenod by tho presonco of Prof, Ruskin, who consented to spenk. The subjoct was: *Tha Oxford Lxsmination Bys- tom Tends to Hindor the Advancement of Learning”; proposed by the Hon. F. Bruco, opposed by an American student. The Profes~ aor advocated tho affirmative of the question, Ho sald the exnmination syatom brought ot all tho yanity and eolfiahnosa of & man if succoss- fal; all bis falso eolf-abasomont and misery if unguccesafal. He assorted that it dostroyod all modosty in the trueat menso, and that ho (the learned Blade Professor) had “failed in his Uni~ « vorsity oxsminations in consequencs of over- reading. *‘Oxford's duty snd unfulilted duty,” Mr. Ruakin addod, is to make her mon noble sohiolars in thiat highest wisdom which passeth all underasanding,” Mr, Bwinburns has recontly resarrooted a poot. with flattering rosults, and thero is anothor, now ‘almost forgotten and unknows, who sesms to be worthy tho endeavors of literary people. In 1840 the pooms of Willlam Btarkey were pub- lighed. Thoy met with littlo encouragement from the public, aud aro now out of print. ‘T'welva years sgo, or moro, a reviow of Blarkey's ‘posma appenrcd in an Eaglish periodical aod was copiod into the Ecleitic Magazine, ‘This re- printed articlo foll in the wsy of an American Iady who was struck with tho beauty of some of - the passages quoted fyom Btarkoy, and bocame convincod of i motit s & poot. Bhie immo- diately began asonrch foracopy of ia bnok. Nono was to be found In Amorics, and applica- tion was mado to English publishers. An advor- tlsomont inscrtod tavelve tiwes in the London Athenzum fuiled to oMt auy responso, The perdonnl elforta of a frisnd in England who had acquaintances ameng tho publishers mot with 1o bettor results, Xither it Is trno that Btarkey's pocma bave passed iuto uttor oblivion, or tho fow persous in Ivogland who have his pooms Priza them too Mghly to part with them, Tho *agony " colamn of the London Times seoms 10 ba the ouly resource lofc o the one faithful wnd ardent.adoiirer of Starkey n America, MOTEL ARRIVALS, Paliner Houre—, 11 Dowey, New Orleans; John E. Corwith, Grilena; W, 8.8tuyvessat, 8t, Loul 11, ley, Ner York; C, A, Chipley and A, G, G, Bax= . tou, Manstieid, O,; Thowsa Wallace, Ausonis, Conn,; ubagen, Denmark; G, Territt, K. B, Peako, Hiddle, J, BoCaul, udon, Eng.; Gould, Alozunder and [ W, ‘Hurley, Melt Guaries Gould oMaater, ugl J. It lenn, Woolwey , Hurlington: David Roser, wotth, Omaba; 2zra Millurd, Onsha Tovs Nnflofl; U, Brightunn, Coldwater, Mich,; ,, 1 Bileur, Miinn,; 1. 8. King, Galveston, Critcholl, Anvuridale; Jobiy Jiaznes, Rocford | % dsor, Dos Mol . yemont ‘Hous—D. ¥, 3argo, Bocretary U, B, I Block Compauy; M, . Mcltoberts, New York; W, B, ttovenu, . D, Fergus 2om, 3ud D. W, Hutton, New 'York; Wash, Balisbry, win Houe, Beloft “Wis.i B, A, Cosgrove, Pitta: bury; @.°Q, ‘Kimball, Muskegon: the 3N, Virlght, * Lave Buperior; b Mom 'Dr . “ads ¥, froledo; no'."”d i’ w Bazait Mich; P, 00, i Journat, . Sherman, House—sThm Hon, O M, Doy 0. ol J, 11, Calo, Tiflin, 0, § . 8. mnmf'nnu'umhw. 11C; e dlon, 2 5 s Huaburg; the Hon. 7', G, Young| Boston { the Rev, J, De Forrest, hnlmoa....adm- ner H wrgkll}lelh.::d‘;.‘ Now Xorki“w, D, @ secl, Xl ¥, Junkitiay B bt e d A R . POLITICAL. Harrison, of Indianapolls, Stiff. Necked in the Binine Bond Matter. He Will Procoed to Washington and Pross an Investigation. Michigan PolitlcsessP'reforences for the Presidency-«sSiato Candldates. Oall for the Illinois Democratio State Convention, President Grant Will Presorvo Strict Neutrality in the Presidontial Contest. THE BOND SCANDAL. AN INTERVIEW WITIT MIL. IARRIRON, 8pectal Inapateh to The Chicago Tribune, Inptanaroris, April 20.—Whblle here I im- proved the apportunity to call upon Mr. Jolin 8. ©. Harrinon, the Govornment Dircctor of the Unlon Pacifio Railrond, who moved tho investi- pation of tho payment of 261,000 upon 875,000 of worthless stock of tho Littlo Rock & Tort Hmith Rallroad Company, which it is cberged went to Congrossman Jumos (&, Dlaine, Thore waa no dificulty in finding Mr. Harrison. Ilis bank hina boen one of tha loading inatitutions of thls city for a quarter of s contury, and during tho crises of all that timo Liss nover onco sua- ponded or failed to moet ita obligations promptiy ondemand. Ifo is ono of tho walid business men of this city, takes no part in politica furthor than to voto the Republioan tickot, which he haa dono sinco tiio organization of the party, and dovotes himeelf wholly to his banking business, in which ne hos beon vers succossful. Ilo i a grandson of Prosidont Harrison,—* Old Tip- pocanoo,”~-2and has long boen ond of the Jead- ing men of this city. I found bim in maoner and appearance a thorongh busincss man,— kaon, quick, and direct in spocch, prompt, with the air of & man accustomed to dispatch business, and withal frank and straightfor- ward in what bo had to say. Whon 1 had {o- troduced myself snd my businces, rofercnce wns mado to tho statomont io & Cinclnnati Ga- zclle spocial that Mr. Blaine would appear boforo = Capgressional Committoe aud make n full ex- planation of the bond business. Thereon Mr, Tarrieon repoated that tho fact was as herato- foro published, that as & Gavornment Director of the Union Pacific Rord, somo throo yoars sinco, his attention was diroctod to tho ontry in tho minutos of tho Executive Board of tlio order to pay 964,000 upon 875,000 of tho Listls Rock & TFort Bmith Railrond securitics, which wora then worthlees; and that ho movod an investigation of the matter, wanting to know how the monoy camo to bo paid out on such worthless eecuritios whon tho Union Pacifio it- solf was bard np, Thoroon Afr. Rolline, Troas uror, and one of the Diroctors, requostod him (Harrison) to withdraw hia rosolution bocause *it would 1mplicato Mr. Biane.” Mr. Harrison added: “I expect to go to Washington about the 10th of May, if not called thero by thio Com- mittoe bofors that time, I shall then, as a Gay- ernmont Director ofjtho Union Pacific Railroad, appear bofaro the Judiciary Committeo of the Touse, and in behalf of the Governmont de- mand an invostigation of the Littlo Rock bond transaction, Thoro bna boon an oxtraordinary transaction in tho matter that ought to bo ox. plaioed. 1 shall be thore to tell fully what 1 know about it, and to prees for a full ex- planation ¢ and, I donot mesn to bo_whistled down by Mr. Blaine or auybody olze. I do not dosiro, therefore, to mako any further oxplaua- tion how. 1 will add, Lowover, that the fault doea not rost with mo _that this thing was not ll[xpolfid long sgo. I reportod it three yoars sinco. MD. MARBIGON EBXPECTED IN WABIINGTON TO TESTIETY. Waahkington Dispateh to the New York Herald, Goverument Director Iarrison, of the Unlon Pacifio Railroad, through whom, it 1s allegod, the Blaine scandal got its first pabiicity, Laa boen subponsed by tho Judiciary Committoa to come to Washington to give hia testimony with refor- onco to tho cotlateral subjoct of the Paciflo iiail- road seubsidy new uudor invostigation by this Committee, nm? will doubtlesa bo exawnined with roference to tho charge mado against Mr. Blaine, AN OLD LETTER ABOUT UNION PACIFIC BONDS, New York Dispateh to Boston Herald. Officors of the Kaunsas DPaciflc Rallroad here say that in tho courso of o enit in Kansas, brought sgaist their road by Josoph i3, Stow- art, formorly of Washington, tho eald Btowart ‘)mdumd and filed, as part of the covidence, o otter to Jobn D. Perry, President of the road, notifylng him of a distribation of cortain con: struction bonds of that road made at o time when Btawart was engaged in bLolping push throngh Congresa that acotion of tho amended Paciflo Railroad act by swhich the Govornmont morigage was subordinated to the Cowmpany's mortgago. ‘This letter, datod somae timo in 1808, wag on appeal from Btowatt to Porry for o compromlso and settlemont of his clnima for sorvices rendored to tho company by him, *The lottor wont onto atato to erry that Lo was etill undor obligation to deliver to Thomas Ewivg, Jr, ten bonds; Blaine, fiftoen bouds; O, ‘I’ Bhorman, twonty bouds; I, G. Tant, four bonds: J, ', Ushor, flve bonda ; and some others for swall amouats, The first name of Blaino was loft plank, and thore was nothe ing to show that Dlaino rocoived the bonds. Tho Court, howaver, ordered John 1, Yorry to produce tho origiel lottor that ap- pears tn tho rocord of the court, show- 1ng that tho m‘ymuut of fifteon bouds was made to Jumes Blaivo, the blank loft by Btewart, whon ke fillod his lotter, veing thus filled up when tho comploto lotter was filed. No proof was talon in roference to thesa Binlue bonds, but o atipulatidn was filed in which it was agreod by both parties that Johu 1 Blsine wad the holder of fifteon bonds, and that ba was the holdor of them to 1864, John E. Dlaijne ia a brother of Jawes G, Blaine, Tun following is that part of the lottor of Brawart to Porry : New Youk, Aprll 23, 1868, —John D, Ferry, Prests dent Xy F, &, J—Dean 81 ¢ fu cumpliance with your requoat I will atate that tha {atal cinim on _me for sny ruruonl of tho Unlon Pacific Raflroad Eastern Divis- on construction honda are as follows : "Thoman Ewlng, Jr +.10 bonds Bl 18 bonds +420 bonds 4 bunda 5 lunds honds Totaleacesesoninass 59 Londs T haye auitled with ali the otlier piriies, Tto threo Last nanued aro ta bo paid u fuil, 08 por order, Thess were stipnlatad 1o be puld stica tha sgreemont of tho Gty of Jauuxrs, 1RG0, and are for distinet and _ specitic conaidomtions, Funt's for monoy; Usher's far eoms railroad slock 1 purchased of Lim 5 and Keelor fora privat contract Letwoun bl aud inyzolf, But th Zwing tew, Baine fftecn, aud Bhermau twent, Aubjoct fo'the mrouut 0f doduction (sbout 20 per ceni) agreed on bolween Mr. Durant and mysolf be- fore and at tlie time ha rutifiod the sattismont of tho @ih of Janvary, 1605, The lotter then goes on to atats that thissamoe deduotion of 20 per ceut applisd to 174 bonds ; that of theso twonty wera pledged in this city with Beluffer & Co., of 38 Vesoy atreet, Lo soouro o loan of %12,000, and O, ‘I Bhorman; that whea the Ewing, Blaino & Bhorman bonds aro puid ho *will Le right houest aud squars with all parties.” 1lo adds tbat If ho shouid rocoive fram tho compuny a full exchinnge from all the bonds he had hold, he would still suffer loss after paying tho Lwing, llaine & Shorman clains ; and to relieve himsol! he ssky tho com. pany to lend him fifty bonds on which to raisa monoy to relisve hiw property from moitgage. I'he Tom LEwing mentioued 10 tho lotter 1y the well-known Ohjo Dewocrat, who fa a ocousin of the ex-Bpeaker of the liouss of Repretoutatives et odddekisa ) BRISTOW.BLAINE, THE NEW YORK TIMES WANTH L1OUT. pacial Dispateh o I'hs Chicaon J'vidund, New Youx, April 40,—Tho ' Times vays, eodi- torially : ** Dristow is evidently coming to the front rauk as & Presidentis! candidste. Ac- cording to our Washington corrospondent, paid detectivos aroou hia track, watchiu: his cominge and goinge, and persons who gained undesira. ble prominence in counection with the whleky trials and safe-burglary business are industri- ously spying {nto tho obscure cornorsof his history with the benevolont intontion of proviug bim to bhavo some aftinity with themselves, Bristow bas 80 far beon fortuusto enough not oalyto afford prompé and conolusive dlaproof of the charges made against hiw, but he hasslso baen able to supply tlie antidote to the slaader- bus {mpytations “before the Democrats, wh waze dsdutully hareiog thus. Bad Uess 16 pive . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1876. ihem to the world, The industriona accusors of the Hocretary of the Trasaury aro doing sub- atantial sorvica to the Hepublican We wish that Blaine would imitato Bristow's prompt- ituda and frankneas in disponing of {ho chargon which ara 80 induatriounly oirculated in rogard to him. Ona of thore charges ham heen but half avswored, and aliows & tendoncy to stiok. It 14 that for which Harrison, an Government Diroctor of tho Unlon Pacific Hailroad, Is re- sponsible, and about which the whola story has, ic 1 allegnd, not baon told. Harrison {n rend: to go belaro the Congrosaional Committoo with bin ntatement, and it in to be hapad thiat in somo way or othor his entiro acousation will be got out and fairly met by Ilaino.” e MICHIGAN, THE REFUDLICAN BTATI: CONVENTINX—CANDIDATES YOR BTATE OFFICES AND CONUNESH, Kreerat Diapateh to The Chicaro Tribura, Lansino, Mich., April 20.—The indieations are, that tho Ilapublican Ktato Conventlon at Grand Rapids, May 10, will ba Iargely sttended by friouds of Seciotary Chandlor, and that 'bis Ulater may contaln the Michigen dole- pation to Cincinustl, Whether he favors Dristow, Dlalne, or Chaudler, Is yet s question with himaelf. 'Iho prosa of the Htate are by mno means unanimous as to the Preaidontinl candidate, 'Tho Adrian Tlimes fa- vora Bristow, aud other weekly papors aro nod- ding amsont, Bome country papora favor Blaino aud Morton, others Iayns and IHartranft, whilo not a faw would lilto to soo Honator Ferry Vico- Prestdent, Tho Grand Rapids Eagle, now that Seontor Ferry has adopted epecia-resumption, sdvocatos hin ro-eloction to tho Unitod Htatew Sonato. The Wostern partof the Htato has felt slighted at thoe roprosentation it Las received on tho Btato tickot, and, whilo tho Conventlon Is ou its own ground, will try to got s majorlty of its mon on tho Btato Contral Committee. Tho Allogan Journal names Gen, Benjamin D, Pritchard for Chatrman of that Committee, Itis doubtful if botter meloction coull bo mado than tho present Ciairman, 8. D, Bingham. A rosolution was introduced in the Ingham Io- priblican County Convention favoring his ro- cloction ; but, at Mr, Biogham's roquest, it was withdrawn. 1o #nid, af ‘thero was any othor person that wished the houor, ho would not caro torotainit, Gon, Pritchord waa Commissioner of {ho Land Oflico in 18G7,and madoe & fair record for business qualitics. "Tho Committoo will not call a Htnte Conven- tion for tho uomination of a State ticket till aftor the Nationnl Conventicn at Cinclanati, probably not till July, aud but little interest lias manifeatod itaolf * me yot. Tho mnames montionnd for Govarnor aré : Tho Hon, V. I'. Cotller, of Battlo Croelc; Charies P, Gorham, of Washington, D, 0. ; I', B, Stockbridge, of Al logan; and C. M, Crosswell, of Adrian, DMr. Collior has boon Htate Treasurer for threo torms, and i kuown bysll of s businoss- acquaintances 08 & man of integrity, and just to all classes, whothor political frionds or focs. His bigh sense of houor piaced him in an om- barrassing position near the closo of his admin- intration, but bo will commsnd more Opposition votcs than any othor man in tho State. Mr. Gorham has boen appointed Aesistant-Hocrotary of tho Interior, and s practically out of tho con- test, M. Croagwoll s » membor of tha Btato Doard for the Superviston of Penal, Pauper, and Hoformatory Institutions, and was Btale Seustor in 1863 and 1805, Itis deowmed cruel to montlon any nawmo for TLiouteaant-Governor while the present fnenme- bentis sporting in the waters of the Red Sea. The Auditor General,” Htate ‘Prossurer, snd At- tornoy General having held thoir respectivo oflices only one torm, the usual courtesy of a ronomination will bo extended to tuem. Tho Land Commissiouer, having Lold tho ofiica six yoars, with o splendld rocord, will be a candidata Tor re-olection, if & German cannot be prevailed upon to take iz, Among the names mentioned for Congres- nlounl honors for this district (tho Sixth) are Gen. 0. L. 8paulding, of 8t. Jolna; R. B, Trow- bridge, of Bath; AMark 8, Brower aud Henry W. Lord, of Pouting ; Dantel Crossman, of Witliams. ton; and Col. 1. Gould, of Oworso. Gon, Spanldiug was Bocrotary of Stats in 1860, and 19 now a lawyer of 8t. Johns, R. E, Trowbridgo was o Ropresentative in Congresa from the Fifth District from 1865 to 1869, He is now idontified with the Grangor movement, and, be- 1og tho adopted child of Becretary Chandler, his cliaucos aro fair, - Danicl Crossman bss been a membor of tho Baard of Control of the Reform Bchool, and wes Clork of the House at the last ¥ogsion, _Allen Pottor, Independont member from tho Fourth District, doclines a rononination in the followiug words: ** Amoug a number of ressons I give, I hiave no taste for publio life, a8 pll the mombers st Waslungton are acting with tho oxtromea on both sides of tho House, who Beem to_regard party intorosts paraniount and Rupreme.” J. J, Woodman, of Paw Paw, ta mentioned o8 o candidate in the Foruth District. Tho names mentioned in the Fifth District are Joroph Heald, of Montague ; . L. 8. Plerce, of Grand Rapids; 8. Q. 3Magon and Col. A, T, Mc- Toynolds, of Muskogon. In the Eighth District Moesrs, Donton, Iaucheits, aud DBradloy aro candidates, and Charles E. Ellawarth, of Green- villo, 18 aleospoken of. Tho Times and Standard, of Mauiates, favors a now man in placo of Hub- bellin the Ninth Diatrict; but his friends advo- cate hia ro-cleotion, —_—— THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY, QALL OF TAE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. SeniNorienp, 1L, April 20,—The following is the ofiicial call for the DamocratioState Convon- tion : To the Demoeracy of Hnots : The Democratio Stato Central Committe, by virtus of the authority vested u it by the Demacratig State Couvention of 1474, lereby glves notice that there will La Luid at Springfield, o ‘Thursday, the 324 day of June, A, D., 1676, at 12 o'clock m,, & Stite Conveution for the purposa’ of selecting dolegaten to tho ~Hatloual Democrauo Cunveation to ba held ot 8t Lowis on the 2ith day of June, 1876, for the nomiuation of eandldates for tho Presiiloncy and Vice-Presidency of the United Htaten, Domocratle, Conservativo, aud atber eitizeus of Lili- nioly, irreapeotive of past political asaciations, desiring o co-operate with tho Demooratio party in ith prescut efforts ond_objecls, are corduslly invited to joln fu notrding delegaton from this Blate to the Convention, Tha woveral counties of the Btate will be entilled toone delegate for evory G600 votes, and oue deleguto fur every fraction of 230 teroof, based on tne vote for Huperintendent of Public Initruction atthe election of 1874, aa foilaw: corroct the mistako, or the clection held under the old law. Completo roturns of tho glection in the Elov- anth Judicial Cireaié abow tbat the ion, H. D. Darron,who has sorvod moro torma in tho Lsgis- Intiro than almost any man in tho Htate, hias bean olectod Judgo by about 1,160 majority over W. I, Bailey, ouc opposing candidate, and about 1,600 over 8. I, Clough. tha prasent Judre, aod by a clear majority over both, In the ¥ifih Cir. cuit, M. M, Cotliron, Domacrat,—a Mass-(o vention nominee,~was ulectad by about 1,00 majority over tho Iepublican oandidate, W. I, Carter, who was worthy and well qoali- flad ; while Monea M, Strong, who waa firat in the tield, on hin otvh liook, hind only n seattoring volg,—tho chief rensou boiug that Cothron'n friends worked for him, while Carter's made lit. o alfort, consldering s calling and oloction rute in o Ropublican diktrict, o the new Tulr- toenth Circuit, A. W. Nowman was elected by noarly 2.00) majority over Alexander Megpoit,— tho lawyois gonerally rupporting tho former. —— IKANSAS, WIIKELING INTO LINE FOR BRISTOW. To the Editor of the Uhteago Triounss Lravexwontn, Kan,, April 17.—Two months ago Kaneaa wos for James (k. Blaina for Presi- dent, and in favor of giving tho second placo on the ticket to Becretary Dristow or Somtor In- galla, 'I'bo latter's admirers, however, wero all Fedoral offico-Liolders, who secured their po- sitious through Ingalls' influence, and conse- quontly owe him a debt of gratitudo, Ingalls ts tho sonfor Uniled Btates Honator from this Stato, sharp, shrewd, talented, and, ae ho s styled, “Tho Kingof Haveas politicn.” Our othor Senstor, James M. Iiarvoy, is a perfect non- cotity, s maas whio has no onomies, is the crea- ture of fortune, and who mounted the Senatorial steod from tho steps of tho Grangs. Hats known in this seotion as thn ** Farmer Seoator,” But whilo he is not gifted, ho Is undoubtedly &an honest man, and aa auch’ is & great rarity i Kousas politica. Ingalls professes to favor Bris- tow, but in secrotly tard at work for Mr, Blaine. But notwithetanding bia offorts, in the last month a great chango has taken placo. News- papers like Tne Citcaco TRIDUNE, who aro rogardod as political suthorities, lLave succoodod in bringiug tho name of B. H. Bristow beforo tho public, and his chances Boom to bo growing brignter daily. Papers in lhis 8tato that thres weeks ago urged Bialne's namo upon their readers, aro now out- spokan for Biistow. Then tho tickot was Blaine and Lristow ; now it is roversed, sud reads Dris- tow aud Blalne, From all appearauces, I can safely asgert that * bleoding Kausas " will send o united delogation to Cincinnati plodged to DBon Bristow. I earnestly hopo that such will bo tho case, a8 it will prove to the country that Kaneas is not alwaya to Lo controlied by Pom- croys sud Caldwells, and that good mon heio- altor aro to bo brought to the front. _If Bristow is nominatod, Mr. Lditor, count on Kausas for 40,000 majority for tho Republicas ticket. T L. e a— THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENCY, NON-COMMITTAL. Soeetal Dispateh to the Chicago T'ribune, ‘Wasnixaroy, D. O, April 20,—Tho President 8aid last woolk to a prominent Republican politi- clan who askad him whottier hio was really favor- iug or iu favor of Mr. Conkling for tho Presi- dantial nomiuation, that Le was not more in favor of Mr, Conkling thav of any other candi- dato. Hoadded: I wili uot favor auy candl- date for nomination, either by word, desd, or 1n- umlt‘gon, against any other “Republican candi- date.’ — NOTES. CAMPAIGN PARAGRAPIS, Tennesses Ropublicans are waking nup for Dristaw. 2 3 # Machine-mado candidates,” the Boaton Jour- nal remarks, ** neyer woar well."” Enghsh, of Connccticut, sseiis to ba pretty suro of an eloction to the Senate. A correspondont of & Philadelphis paper who was in Wyoming last fall on olectiou-day did not ses & singlo respectable woman &t tho polis. Mr. Bhoron's constituonts ought to know, the Now York Post thinks, that **a Lopanza King™ ia ono thing and a Unitod States Senstor an- other, North Carofina ls not golog to cast * s solid vote” at Cincinuati for Morton or auy other wan, Blaine, Bristow, and Hayes are tho favor- ite candidate thora, Tho Democrate appear to ba troubled because Dristow has such & brief publie record. Ilis friends gay there in o way to remedy that during thie next four yoary. Sposking of tho Presidency, the West Point (Va.) Starsoys: **1f wa consider only fitness and ability, Joff Davis 18 our firut cholea; but ‘Aontganie i Morgan Wiilianuwou, Winnebsgo, 1t i8 sleo provided, by roselutlon of the Ceniral Cowwitteo, that whre ihe County Conventfons huve Doen Leld, or it {s deemed Inespedient 10 call s sopa- rate convention lo send delegutes to said Htste Gou- ventlon, the County Demoacratic Central Committoss thorized to seleot sud o8 to said Conventlon. WiLLiM Dsows, Chairman, E, L. MzreizT{8ecretary. —_— WISCONSIN. OMIGSIONS IN THX APPOMTIONMENT LAW—-nX- SULTS OF JUDICIAL KLXOTIONS, 8pecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Mavson, Wia,, April 20,—1t appests that two omissions bave been made in the Jaw apportiou- ing the State Into Benate and Assembly Districts, ove {8 & printer’s ** out,” giviog Barron Couaty no place in the Nortliweatern Asssmbly Distriot, au it hasin tho enrolled bill. The other is the omisston, both 10 tha enrolled bill aud fn the Iaw a8 published, of the Town of Winchester from a Winuebsgo County Awsembly Distriot, The question is ralaed whether this dofect doss nob v1mln @ iaw ; aud, if 00, whather an ez {tra sedsloa of the Logusisture mus) be called b thon he can hardly bo regarded as avaitable juat now.” Commigsioner of Internn! Revenuo Prett has informed Collectors of the interusl revenuo that reductions will be muds in their salarios for the pertods during which thoy are absout from their posts without icave. The Democratic paper in Indiana that wantoed vto have Voorhoos nominated for Governor, so that tho hearts of tho peoplo might bo sat ** throbbing,” probably docs not incline to the man of tho vamo of Willlams, Tho Wostern Masaachusotta Ropublicans seom to be thinking mora of Bristow than of Blaine, these unvs, and delogutes who represent fhat way of thiuking aro being elected to the Boston Convention.—Springfield Repubdican. ‘The * prominent Prosidontial candidate” who was warned by his friond to *look out for tho undortow' 18 understood to huvo roplied, with some profaoity, that it was vot the undor- tow, but tho Bristow, that wozried Lim, ‘Tho Cinclnnati Commercial's Washington o rospondent reports a rumor that Mr. Blain fricuds will foduco hin to withdraw as a candi: date for the I'residency, ‘They claim that if he docs s0 Lo can namo tho snccessful candidate. Tho absurd Cinciunatt Eaguirer says that *tho pure and spotless " nsmo of William Allen will bo presouted to the Cinciunati Bepublican Convontion, 1f ft slionld bo, 1t is not likely to bo kept, not even as s souveuir of tho departed Btatesman, ‘The Alton, IIl., Telegraph noticos that Mr. Washburno, although Iatest in the tield as & can- didato for Governor, la siready abroast of his rivals, Tho Zelegraph sdda: * Mr. Wash. burno ia, of course, the moss prominent publio man of tho four,” Under tho amended Constitution of North Caroliua tho elootivn in that State thia year whil be hold in Novembor fnatead of in Angust, The local interest and exvitoment tu the election will bo groator thau ever, but tho nationalintorest of 1872 will not be again aroused. The New York T'ribune says: **Theas ara glo~ rious days for the Yresidontial prophot. Ire- dict ho never so recklesuly, he is listoued to by overybody. It, fa noticonble, howover, that whatover othor difforencos there may bo be- twoon tho various prophetu, thay all agree upon this—thut could the poopls bava thoir awn way, the coming man wonld sign his name Bristow,"” A nawspaper lightuiug caloulator says that the proporitian of Henator Hamlin, that oktage ou third-class mattor ba gauged ccording to dis- tauco, would roauiro that cach one of the 56,000 Post-Oftices koop a tsblo of distances. The preparation of thesa tabloa would requira the work of 100 men for weventy-threo years, and the volume of distance-tables, when prepared, ‘would nunber 2,150,000, of 800 pages eacl, The Texas Logislaturs which couvenos on tho 18ih inst. will oloct n United Btates Souator to succeed AL 0. llaonlton, Richard Colie, Judge Davine, J. W. Throckmorton, sud Juago liau- cock aro prominout candidates. Schleichor, tho radical liard-money Congresaman, is also men- sioned, but docs not lave much prospect of an eloction. Throckmorton, Haocock, aud Hebleloh- or aro membory of tha prosont louse, Mr, Wattorson, of the Loulsville Courler- Journal, comes out squarely for Gov, Tildon. In an intorview with a reporter of tha lerald ho reitorated Lis intontion not to support Mr, Bristow under auy ciroumstsnces, remarked carelosaly that ths porsons who attributed a con- trary purposa to him wers ‘‘driveling 1diots,” sud continued: “ Dy rights, lildon’s chances oufht tobe good. He'ls tho ropresoutative of tho only rule of theory or praotice by which the Bouth can got on its fost spain—administrative reformn, Ho iy, bosidos, an old-line Joffarsanian Domocrat and strice coontructioniut, whe should bs b favorito evon with the Bourvons.” The Republican whisky thioves felt uncomfort- able whou thoy were about to bo urried off to the Missouri Ponitoutiary on Baturday from 8t Louis, The Globe-Demacratl roporia an inter- eatiug conversstion bolwoen ex-Chief Clork Avory snd ex-Bupervisor MoDonald: 4 Avery sald: *My God, McDonala, thls iv & d—d out- rage!l Itisan ioferual shame to crush an funo- cent man this wayl Ihave always been a re- ligious wan; L am & Chrstisn, and 1 sm_ going 10 pray God Almighty to sot this thing right ¢ to whioh McDonald 1eplieds ¢ Avezy, if you expsat 40 keep out of she Penltentiary by praying, you had better “I »t 1t d—d quick, for we !fll be o the way ia less than sweuty minuies.’ PERIOLAT. That Office-Broker Once More Under Investigation. The Grand Jury Examining His Relas tions with the County Board. Sums Paild Him by J. J. Egan for Cer- taln Mysterious Services. Poriolat's Last Demand on Egan for Money. It wan indicated in these colamns yesterday morning that tho Grand Jory, belog through with ttie docketed caees, was ahout to commence snvoral important luvpstigations which prom- incd to lead to startiiug results. Accordingly, yeaterday morning whon the foroman of that sugust hody, W. F. Storoy, put in an appear- ance, ha was Joaded down with what newapapor mencall * notes," and thero was vengeance in b oyo, Ie bad Leen doing routino duty as & Juror long enonglh, and he camo propared to put such witnesacs as had boon summoned through & rigid esamination, and fo either establish s vary Iarge list of porjurars ur s condition of of- ficial courcience which would alarn the tax-pag- ln;l' ublic. Tho particalar matter of investigation select- od, it Rppoar4, was the AVTOINTMENT OF TiL COURT- 2 but the examination of witnesson discloaed the fact that tho foreman waa determinod to go 1nto avery public contract for saveral years past, city and county, from the Fullerton avenus conduit to tho placing of lightulug-rods on the County Insano Asylum, 'Tho first wituoss callod wae the notonous C, I, Periolat, to whom invaestigations aro by no moaon new. 1o teatiied on all sub- Jucts vuggested, from his fraudulent potato con- tract with tho county to his rolations with tha County Board in smatlor matters. His ignoranco was remarkable, and, taking his evidenco for mutbority, aud forgetting that a few months sgo only tho atatuto of limtations saved him from Iudietment for perjury. he must bo considered g tho type of all that ingood aud vistuoue. in bis oxamination, however, touching the CUourt-flonss srchiteet question, ho teatified that he had RECEIVED OF ARMSTRONG for Mr. Egau tue sum of #2000 us for back as 1873-'74, to be uged in tho County Board to ad- vance tuo intercst of tho firm in its application to became architacts for the new Court-louse, ‘" How did you use the money ?" inquired ono of * I spent it in wino suppers,” ho replied, not feelng inclined to tell tha traty, which migbe have shown several melbers of the Couaty Board in an unenviable light, * Who drank tho wine 7" put iu another in- quisitive juror, end tho response was just sa ovaalve o tho othor had been untruthiul, for tho reason that wlhatever olse may be eaid oyanat certaln membors of tbo Board it 1aa slaoder to say that they can be bought with = laes of wiue, a cigar, or a partor-house stealt. ‘bey are not that kiod of may, s is illustrated iu tho caue of ono of them who, a year ago, conld not buy a pound of suger at Lis grozot's without paging the cash, but who to-day bas scvoral farms paid for, and & mansion {n course Ane: TECT FOR TUE NEW of constraction, Tho next witucas was 3. 3 EOAY, the architect. He toentied to n great many things i his dealinga with the county, He knew Periolat, but Lnd uo love for hiw. ~Experienco bad taoght him tbhat ho was tho woras of **crooks.” o had paid him botwoen five and e1x thougand dollars in ths Court-Houso mud- dlo, which ho covsidered purely & blactkmalling oporation. 1o biad basu anxions to got the po- sition of architect fu 1973-*74, whon tte questiou was umitated, and Periolat cano to Lim cimiming to bisve tho nbole wattar in bt hands. He de- mauded of Iifm o very large amount of money, u consideration of which bo would gnarantce thnt everyinug would boall rignt, He believed that Derjolut made tho samo pronosition tu overy other roputablo architect in the city, sud ho way fnally induced to enter into un nr- rangoment with him by which ho wau ont an amount of monev sl the wav from £5,000 to #20,000, Whataver woney he pald him, how- ever, had not heen direct, and the condition upout which Lo paid it bad beeu that no part of 1t should be used to buy up any member of the Lourd, To this ond o bad uvuided pasiug b auy Iarge surn at onco, and, n giving him what Lo did, papers bad been drawn to sliow that it was putely & businees trausection. e had paid bim, liowover, a tarze nmount of mouey in tho transaction, but ho Lad uo idea of what had been_done sith it, or what proportion had been distributed in thoe Doard. ~ PERIOLAT'S BLACKMAILING OPERATION liad coutinued up to u recent dute, e ts under- stood to huvo said, oven down to a fow woeks ago, wheu hio received 7,000 from the Board ay the final payment for his plans, which hed been adopted aud subsequently rejected. Ho testitled tuat Perlolat cdmo to Lim aud demanded $5,000 of the amount, ou tho ground that hus 1ufluenco had secured tho paymont of the amount bv the Tloard. ‘o this proposition Ar, Egau replied, *“Goto—. I will have nothing to do with you, and uin under no oblieation,” - From thio abovo testimony it {3 very evidont that Mr. Storev .baw at last struck something ratton. Poriolat aaye he received 2,000, whils Egan savs he paid $6,000 in & sort of a seml- bneinosa blackmailing way. The money, it ap- pears, was paid through Armatrong, Mr, Egan’s partuer, whao will be before the jury to-day. An tho evidonce appears thero 1s 'a differonce of abont %4,000 in tho slatemont of Periolat and Lgan aa to thé amount paid, but 1o question 38 o tho fact of ’plymoum boing mado in the transaction, all of wlich may Lo sot downas tho tirst chapter 1n the Court-1louse awindle. ARMSTRONG, A roportor callod ou Mr, Armstrong last oven. ing, aud statod to bim the substauce of the above tostimony, with & view to obtaining from bim auy statement ho micht desire to make, Upon tho roceipt of the iuformation, he looked very much sstenished, He thought there muat be somo grave mistake abous it all. Wheu asaured by tho reporter that 1t waa reliable, ho very eme- phatically stated that he navor gave Ieriolat #2,000, or any other sum of moucy, to bo used in wmootbing the way for Mr. Lgau's en- tranco futo tho olfice of architect for tho now Court-Ilouse, Mo had, e esaid. boon on protty good torins with Periolat, and had loaned lim differvut sums of monoy, o# well as lorrowed from biw ; but ho never gave bun §2,000, and much Jvss did he give it for the purposo alioged, In rogard to the other branch of the iutorina- tion, Mr. Armetrong said that Mr. Lgan had given him mors than #5,000 whieo thoy neparated, but that this mouoy represented his sbare of the proceods 1n the basiness, and was not given for soy ulterior objoct whetevor, 1n no way had e olther given or received monoy to intlueuco the action of anybody in this mattar, and he ox- pressed some oonsiderablo murprise that testi- mony of this nature should Lave been brought forward. . TO-DAY'S WITNESSES, Arclitecta Armstrong, Gay, Matz, aud sov- eral membors of the County Iioard have boen summonoed beforo tho jury to-day, Ar, Arm- sirong's tostimony cannot differ “vory largely from wust Le rolates sbove, but the facts wust greater than for soa depths, and hes to be al- lowed for in caloulation’: of courss this anonld be the cane, mince the earth 1w 2054 miles thicker &t thn equator than at the poles. Tested by tha roundinga of the Challengar, tha readings of the Inetroment have froved romarkably nceurate, When the contour of the ocean bod is batter ascertained, tho moans will th b0 afforded to the mariner of ascertaing lis nomtion, by stidying the fndications of this in- dax to the dejith of water boneath him when the nky intoo much clouded for observation. A coutrivance for showing tho differsuco in the eaitu’s thickness by means of & waight suspend- od from a npring, {s figured in Ierschol's Ont. lines of Astronomy, but wo are not aware that any practical use wasmado of it, 1f indeed 15 Wad ever constructed, CWILSKY, CHICACO, PLEADING GUILTY, Yasterday tho Custom-House resamed some- wlat of its former activity, Moro whisky men were around than had been soen togother atany timo for a fortmight, G. G. Russeill, J, P, Fur- long, B. M. Ford, and numorous Gaugoers sud Btorokecpora whoss famo Nam boen sproad abroad in connection with tho Patlman and Rush trial, woro to ba scen Jounging abaut the corri- dory, and closetad In Puil Hoyue's oflico lu close communion one with anotler, provious to the opeaing of tha District Court. TlLo cause of this unusual stir was tho anuouccement bitherto mado in Tue TRIONE that eoveral of the smatlor {ry who have beon fndicted would ap. poar in court and plead to thelr indicte ments, Nor was tho goueral confidonco m the truth of tho snnouncement mis- placed, for shortly after Judgo Dlodgett Lad taken his seat upon the bench thers loomed up before him tha herculean proportions of Col. Juaesron, one of tho attorneys prominantly en- gaged in defending the unrighteous distilters. “ Are fum’ clionts ready to pload ?" inquired Judwo Blodge:t. *Lliey are, your Honor,” replicd Jueason, District-Attorney Baugs was thereupou uotified by tho ngilo Lailiff that his attendauce waa re- quested, and ho appeared. Tho firat caso callod was that of Isaac Rutis- hauser, a Gauger, whoso indictmont included four counts, Juosaen offered a plea of nolls coutonders ou the secoud count, that of con- spiracy. This baving been promptly disposed of, the next in order was called, and Rudolph Yocke responded, Ie, too, was indicted for wrong- duing while in tho Gosernmeut servico na a Gunger, Juesson informed the Court thac b would offor the samo plaa 88 o tho pravious caso, and upon tho same count, . Georgo H. Mueiler, Gauger, waa called upon to malo hia ploa, and stated, through bis attor- noy, that e would not defond Lis conduct in regard tu covspiracy to defraud the Governmout, though he folt lumsolf to bo iunocent on the othier chiarges, Enocu Mattern, the stolid Btorekecper who created such a peneation 1o the Pablman aud Ruah trial, next stood up, aod enterod o plea of Kuilty on one count. Tue Gauger, Louls Borger, also pleaded gullty ou oue count. R. H. Wateon, @auger, entered & nolla con- toeudero a4 to tho socund coust in his indict ment, chargiug bim with sending in false ro- turoa, ‘I'hia completed tha list of those present, and the entiro crowd wera dismivsed to await son- touce-day with tne vest of tho misdoers. It fs ospected that dsveral oiher partion will appoar to-day to plead, eud tlis will finwh up tho entire list of the indicted, F TAL OBAND JURY. A number of miuor oXenders against tho lawas of the United Biaics have heen caught up in their cnmioal carecr during the receut vacation of the Grand Jury, and theso hsve uccord- inglv furvished occupation for that bLody ol fuvastigators einco their relurn to the city, and vesterday efternoon the jury, finding that thoy liad accuwulated o renuucenbfn-luamng pile of “indictmeuts, coucluded to appuar i Caurt, atd fet tho public know that they had 1ot been altozetber ale, and accordingly they marched ju with theic usual solewnity, and, nfter the ordumry formalities, presented tho fruits of their labory to Judge Bivdgett. Thoru wero eight indictmonts in all, iseluding two agnina. Matthew D, Itapp, lato bookkeoper for Patlman and Rusb,of the Clileugo Alcoliol Works, It will bo temembared that in ke late trial of that firtn Rapp apocared on tho stand, aud testl- ded for tho defenwe that during bis conneclion with the Alcoliol Works no crooked whisky Lad been vroduced. Ty direct statemeut boingmado under vath inzitated vot a littlo the Goverument attorueys, who kuss very well that it way talse, and wust be knowingly false, aud they therefore touk the first opportunity to pressnt Lis cavs to tho cangidoration of tho Graud Jury. But Kapn somebow got wind of the proceedings, aud got awny beforo tha nocoseary docnmeuts for his ar- rest could bo made out. He was last hoard from in Couada, and ho is uot oxpocted to raturn very soon. As before stated, there aro two indictmonts agalnst nare, The firat ebarges lum with perjary. The docuatent allegos thiat at the trial of Iablman and Rusl. March 1, 187G, 1 tue Unitod Htates Intrict Court, the ssid Matthew D. Rapp was produced &4 & wituess for the defondauts, and beng sworn und asked whether botween Oct. 1, 1371, aud Juue 1, 1875, Pablman and Rusn did causo tho removal of any distilled spirits upou which tha tax had uot boon paid, wickedly con- triviog to ceuse tho acquittal of Pablman and Rueb, did kuowingly falsely and willfully swear that dming the time mentioned u2 illicit apirity woro manufactured at the distlllory of tho said Pallmao and Rosb, ‘I'ho second 1cdictmont against Raop containg five counts. Tho firat recites that on tho 1ut duy of May, 1875, Matthow D. Rapp did nulawtully conspire with Hormaun J, Pablman, David J. Rusb and otbors, to sell and dehiver 10,400 proof gallons of distilled apirits withiout the tax thera ou boing paid. The second connt recites that tha wnid Macthow D, Rapp on_the 10th day of May, 1474, did cousjiro with Pabiman and tush to romova 10,000 proof gatlona of distilied spir- its, ond did causo 5,000 gallons to bo removed from the Chicago Alcoliol Works without the appear that, whilo Lo mado Poriolat ceriain loans, ete., hie did it withoos wven expecting to be ropald, LI it doos nat so appenr thers 1a & fair prospoct for a row in view of his partner's tasti- mony. Guy and Matz will testify to facta of the eame charactor snd import, sod at least ons of thom will back biv ovidence with somethivg of a documentary eharacter, The end of the inves- tigation, thoreforo, looky aa If Poriolat will be caught at Inst, 1f horeceived tho money and uded it to intluonce the Loard, thon ho acted aa acorrupting sgent, and tho Board will suffer, It he received it and pockoted it, then he must be indicted for recolving mouey undor falss i)utdnnan, 4f uot for the additional crime of por- ury, An Ingentous Instrumoent. New York Tribune, An ingeulous justrutneut hus recenily beon fn- vonted iu Eugland by Mr. O, Williawms Bismena, for determining tho depth of tue sea without the usio of s sounding line. Hung up in the cabin Of & ubip, 1t will ut any moment inuicate what fa the depth of the water bLelow. In au Dlustrated description of the instrumwont in Mafure, the mlnm al of conatraction is shown to depond on h : t in gravity which rosult from the nte: tractive force than earth for a body on its wur- face. I ‘Lo attraction of gravity 18 determiued by the denuity of tha varth, whiok may be roughly outimated a4 about the averake of sarface rook, ang about five and & Lialf timos that of sea water, Coullqll:nutly if a ship could be weighod in a spring nce, it would be found lightost when on the deopost water. In Mr. Blamens' device, s column of mercury is hoog io s suring bal- ance, and very dellcate contrivances in- dicate tho exceedingly alight differences in weigbt. It will give & notlon of the del. loaoy of the inatrument to iasntion tbat the reoord it glves for shange of latituds M far tax being paid. Tiio third conot allages that on the 1st day of Juno, 1874, bo did canso the re- moval of 0,000 gallons of distillod epirits untaw. fully from tbe samo dmtillery, ‘The fourth count saya that tho wsaid Iapp did conspire with Pahiman and Rush, Nov, 4, 1874, to remove 20,000 zallons of proof wpirits, and did succeed in romosing 5,000 gallons, 'I'ho last connt chiargas that Jan, 3, 1875, Rapp did conapire with the sawe tirm to dofraud the Goverumient of the tax on 20,000 gallons of mflm #pirits, aud did cause the romoval of 6,000 gallous, The remaining eix indictments are of no par- ticular publio intoreat, ona heing against & bank- rupt for dofraudiug his croditors, and the otbers for counterteiting and post-oillce defaloating. — MILWAUKEE. A JUDICIAL DECINION, Spectal Diapateh to 2he Chicano Tribune, Minwavkes, Wis., Aprl 20,—Judge Drum- mond to-day decided the case of Hartman agoinst Collector Boan and Doputy Collector Payne, damnges for goizlng 137 barrels of dia- tilied @plrite, alleged as bolonging to Hartruan, which wera in tho Menomonee distillery at the time of its soizuro lnst suwmer, fAading that de- foudanta acted witnin the law a8 ofiicers of the United Btates, and dismised the suit, CROPS. WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA. Bpacial uapatch to The Chicago Jribune, LA Unosse, Wis., April 20.—As recards ssode ing and the coudition of farming landa through- out Southern Minnesota ang the country fu Wise consia surroundiog La Crosss, the following is alicited trom telegraphic and othor reports received to-dsy: In Dlenroo, Vernon, Trem- peleay, snd La Crosse Couuties, in Wisconsin, considersble seeding has boen doue, on the bluts and high lauda only. Iu Minnosota, Houston County reports some secdiug on the bills, aod s great deal of water still ou bottom lauds. In Fillmore, Mower, and Dodge Coun- tion the farniers havo boen socding all the wock. In I'roeborn sud the eastern partion of Faris bault but kittle sowiog as yet. The ground is very bheavy, sud there 14 oousiderable water oo the ground fn sovel soctions. In part of Faribanlt County, aud the county west, seoding Lisd continued for ten days 5. ‘The ground iu 10 good condition, and with a contin- usnce of tho preseut tine weathier for a fow days thoe greater portion of the crop will bo in. Oa both wides of the Misslasippi River, botween the blutls, tho grouud is still 80 hoavy a8 to- render 1% impoawble to work Loraes in the tields, Special Dupatch to The Chicago Tridune, ‘Wixoxa, Mino., April 20,—Tho weather con- tinues very tine for sesding oparations, A gene tlo rain foll lasy nizht, followed Ly hrlrht. oar ‘weather to-d| The farmers .generally are i good apizite over the prmg-cu of getting thelr rale sown early and {o_fine condition. Aleng fia weatern poction of the Wincah & Hb. Petss Rallrond seeding has been golog forward for twelve to fifteen days, hut m‘che'cnnml-' er the Misaiseinpl River the work waw not f Lozun until within the past week. The wal tho river in Hn‘ stand, : Spectal Dirvateh is The Chicars Tridune, La Cronsr, Wis, April 20.—Parmers here- abouts have dooe little wsed-sowing till this weok, but aro busily ongsged at it now. The ssason and work are about aa far advanced a8 & Year ngo. Thare in tittlo wintor whest or ry @ In this vicinity, What thers ia looks falriy. Clover on joose soll is badly winter-killed. OHIO, Crvcisuat, 0., April 20.—Returnn from fifty. #svan palots in Olio a8 to thn conditlon of the crops, published in the Commercial ihis morn~ fog, Indicate that poschon are totally destroyed m‘- hu,;ny injured, Other fruits, 16 report the 1n- dicatious good crops, 21 fair, 21 bad , Wheat, '.'f rnnaunxnnd crop: ’11 ullr{ fl"éfii‘.’, injured. Fifty pointa fn Indians indicate ox badly Injured, Othor fruits, 26 good, 11 badly injured VWheat, 10 gog 25 badiy Injured, Jipt 16 tair, and 10, Spectal Diarateh to Tha Chieaon Tribune, Tora CiTy, April 20, 8 fine growing epring wosther, and the farmars aro hard at work pot- ting In their crops, This woek a largs portion of the wheat will Lo sowod. The rasds are quito pansable now, The indications favor an abuodance of frult in this section of the Hiate— apples, chesries, poars, elc. MICHIGAN, Special Disvalehto The Citcago Tribune, LANsNG, Micl., April 20.-~Tho fears enter. feinod by farmers in Central Michigan that the whest was injured by the frosts prove to be eroundlass, All crors promise to bs fruitfnl. Frait will be abundaot, The ground is drying faat, and farmers w.ii soon ba stirrng the soil. A IN CHICAGO, Atartsok fn ths Tromont Houss exploded abont 8:30 yestorday morning, causing so alsrm to besoundod from Doz No,10. Tho fames were extinguishiod baforo thoy had galned hesd- way or dsmaged the bwiding, Tho alarm from Box No. 531 as 12:30 yeatar- :hy morning waa caused by tho discovery of fire o & one-story frame, No. 83 Wa; owned by I'l‘.legll\'ln and ocnupiyog“:. .I";::h dence by Dennis McCarthy, Damage, nominal fully insured in ths lllivois Mutaal. Tno Alarm from Box No. 622 at10;52 Iaat nighs was false, AT CINCINNATI. Cixcisnatz, O., April 20.—A fire to-night burned the Queen City Key Factory, 213 Bast Pearl street, ownod by Mouk & Fesch. Losa on stock aud machinory cstimated at $20,000, Insured in the National and Enterprise, Cincin- uatl, £1,500 esct; Globe, Cincinnati; Citizons’, Now Jersevr, 21,100 eacti; Union and Aurora, Cincivnati, 81,000 esch ; Amazon, $2,500, Total 10,000, Forty-olght balea of cotton, n transit from Louisills to Livarpool, were partly damaged by Uro on the Littlo Iftmi Kailroad track to-day. Losa eatimated at 2,000 T EAST ST. LOUIS, 8r. Louis, April 20.—About 7 o'clock to-nigha & firo way diecoverad in the extensive brewery of Hloims Bros., Esat St. Louls, which, togother with a very Iarge relrigerator sttachoed to the building, was totally destroyed., Twa engines went over from the city, but ceuld reuder little eorvico on zccount of tl scaraity of water. Loss, £125,000, includio 4.500 bar~ele of beer, worth $36,000, and 1, tous of ico, valuedat $6,000. Insurance, 325,000, placod in A. B, Mills' agoucy at Ballevilie, ik, but tho namoa caunot be obtained to-uight, AT LIMa, O. Cixctnxaty, 0., Apnl 20,.—Tho Eaguirer’s Li- ma, 0., apecial aays this afterncon & spark from a pagring encine igoited Theodora Wayer's warobouna, which, with conteuis, 7,000 bushely of nraiu, was totally destroyed, Loss eatimated at $10,000, Insured in Kuox, Mutual, Lycom- ll:ag. and Ashlaud Mutual, but the amonat 1s nos nown. AT EAST SAGIHAW, MICH. &pecial Duvateh to The Cincado Tribune, East Saotsaw, Mich,, April 20.—A dwelling owned by & man named Biecdy, st Bay City, waw destroyed by fise this morping. Loss, 81,800 ; no Jnsursuce. AT DECATUR, ILL, Svecial Dspateh to The Chizaan Tridune, Decatvn, IlL, April 20.—Last night two atables of Mrs, Motlin, situated in Post-Ofiice g{o‘?;fi wore burned by incendiaries. Loas, MOODY AND SANKEY, Finnncisl Statement—Revivals (Bad for the 'Thentres. Syeeiat Dupaten {o the Chicago Tribune, New Yong, April 20.—A membor of the Yonng Men's Clristian Aseociation, active fn the revi- vals licre, atatod to-dnv that the Amsocistion had peid Shook & Patmer about $15,000 for reat of the Hippodromo. sad the othor expenses for tha revival bad beon about £25,000, making s totsl of $10,000, againat a reccipt of $143,000 cash and & Jarge sum from the sale of Bankey's song-books, 'Theatrical managers aro rejoicing greatlv that the rovival {aover. They sny it Lan Luct thoatros immenscly. The fact that Moody hae been recewving largo contributions privately causes much unfi t. "BUSINESS NOTICES. 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