Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1876, Page 8

' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE“ THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1876. THE CITY. . GENERAL NEWS., The Chicago Cricket Club's eccond cleven will play o wmatch game in Milwaukeo to-mor- row. There will bes special meeting of Company B, 1. 8. G, nt the Armory this evening, Every meimbier i requested to be prescnt, /s business of importance will be traosacted. The temperature yestenlay, as obeerved hy Manasse, optician (Trasuxs Sullding), wos nt. 8 . m., 75 degrees; 100, ., 70; 12 m., 815 3 p, m., 83; 8 p. mi, 8. Darometer, 8a. m,y ‘.!0'.'."3; 8 p- m., 20.10 . The Barton-Browning Kidnapping caze was yesterday continued -until to<dny by Justice Bummerfickd. The woman Brownlng was placed under $300 to keep the peace towards the child's present guardians. The Becond Presbyterian Clitech of Indian- apolis has extended a call to the Rev. Willlam Alvin Bartlett, pastor of the I’l_f'mnu!h Cong gatlonal Church tn this city, The call conte: Plates a salnry of $6,000 per annwn and the par: sotuge. The case_ sgalnst Capl, John Kelth, of the acht‘:locux:r Hu‘;sml, \\'n.splllsmluml by éomllllfl- sioner lloyue ycstordae’. on the ground that there was full provoestfon for his dealing with the refructory seaman who entered complasint aguinst him. X It John T. Evans, formerly of Alexaniria, Vau, I in thls city, and whl call upon & Tickey, bo will receive Information” con a fortine which has been Feft him by the deatiy of Wis tather, The property s now in charge of Deputy Marshal J, C, O'Ney of Alexandrin, The_police and all gomd citizens In general should be on_the lookeut for thrte boys, ured Detween 12 and 135 yenrs, namted. Bertle Carrler, d Ward, and Jolin llt-urmmu, who ran aw from good homes in Milwsukee, aud are now supposed Lo be viewing the good slights in this city. Kertr, formerly a real-cstate dealer il & member of the firm of Kerr, Davison & Weleh, m-chlcnl.nllr fell over the ‘Dbannisters of w stairway upen the thivd fluor of Bryan Blovk at 2:15 yesterday afternoon, and rocelved fnjuries from whicl it §s feared ho can- not survive. Mr, Kerr §s about 60 vears of nge, and at present a restdent of Eacramento, Cal, Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock two young ladles, wiile viding fna zey pear the corner of Maldison and State strecte, colllded wilh an express wagon, but fortunataly escaped without serfons njury, Thelr velicle was dushed to pleves and wak sent home in the exXpress wagon with which it had collited. ‘Fhe ladies refused tu give thelr names for fear tho boys might have 8 Jaugh ut thew. 1le was very tired, that Washington strect jn- surnnee weent, and_ wlen Lis young brother * awoke bim, or tried to, in the * wea gma’ ¥ Tours, gaying, touth achies ao hard,” he says, sleepily, ** Whicl s 1127 and dropn Off to sleep agnin, Bulng azain urotised by tho noans of his young companlon in paln, he “responda to Tis next statenient ot his sufferings by u 1r— the * ruling pasafon strong ¥ sleep—* What vompany {s it fnsured in!? Col. Juceren returned from Washington yee- terduy, whither ke went. suine dayas sitiee in'the Inferest of seversl of the manhers<of the lats Whisky Liing, notably the Gaugers umd Btore- Keepers, who Jad pleaded glity and “iald down.” The Coloncl's misstuiz was tu secure an order for their cases to be nolle prossed, and in this, 1t is understood, e hag beern cersful, lle ul:«nxhlnlmfl the release of the whisky in Junker'sy reetlfying houee, the surplus Ing ' from ~ liveral prausing and close hing, For thiy aeumulation the revenie ofticials here w unwilling to jssne tax-paid stamps, Urivate Tethers e from Wash- inglon yester Insplred the extles fn the County Bullding with mdbditionnl liope that the duy of thelr il stent. ALLE was ye. resonted ta h’f Ly [ tho oilleer acted in the nan- vmoval from the foree should To I €1 Iicken, General —Sin: In accordance with in, dily 20, endent” I'oll ny duty, I herewlth & formal complint agalnat Oficer datnes Cahlll, of Coltace Grov 0+ tion, for conduct unbeeoning an ofiicer of your 1 as followa: A compiaint of brutal condiet- it rrest sud wee of & prisoner, us shown in these (wo particuln I"irrlx—lu #trikiug u defe 1 i enneless man, already in oner, o poworful blow with wihich felled the man to the lcor, and e hlond to xettlo Immedlately after on tho w e wide of his head and face, Second—After Ihe arrest, in striking the prleoner a vielent hlow in the mouth with his fist, hecawro the prisouer was nnable, from the eficcts of hu previous hlow, 1o carey Lo tie station the articles of its futended th Whether the above acts were tha reenft of une ontrollable anger or fuar, n cliher case tho oflieer ran rearcely betensted with the responsible utles of Iis position, calliny, ns it toes, for conrae and self-cantrol alike. The above facta were wiis nessed hy the subseriber, who usslsted in the or- vest. Very m-‘..-nmuy wabmitted, W, R, Lond, 200 Thirty-third street. NED, Yenterday noon ovenrred nomost heart-rend. g nechlent In the Village of Hyde Park, Two amall boys while playing about the town break- waler, vonteived o tiall raft of a few boards, upon which they put ont and paddled for the mouth of the bastn, When ahout half way down, and nearly opposite Mr. Morgan's houne, one of lln-mé nnet Johuny Chose, n son ol Henry T. Conse, the wellknown lawyer, Jost ° Dalance and felt ofl, Tite water at that polut was somu 5 feet deep, but, when the hoy came up, hly companion, not knuwing the depily, cricd, 1t over your hiead the: Johnny vould not re- ply but went down ugain nuncdtately, and did nat afterwards vise. “His friend, whoso name was Rnllnh King, got the raft ashore the best e o Mry, ild,” and ran Fereaming Clase and get help, Several t oot kb oned to the rescue, but the body wis not recovervd for soma thne, At- tempts were ut once made ta revive thic unfor- tunate one, but too Jate, s father was tele- graphed the startiiug news, The emotions of The parents upon Lils swlden fate ean be better imogioed than described, This 14 the fonrth denth by drownlug In or near the breakwater, SCAVENGER WORK, A KEW XCHENE FOR TIE CONSUMPTION OF GARDAGE, The question of marhuge is forcing tself un- @er the public nose, and therefore fito the prbe e conslderation, In ik most offenslve way nown- duys, und it seems that the uvernge citlzen who has o fermenting barrel of vefuse would much rather welte aletter to Tuz "I'inuNe about it than carry it away, 'Fhat Is what brings the matter so pro;inently under the notlee of the cditor, Dut there [s o further trouble resulting from the fact that people do nob understand the con- ditions of the scuvenger service, as pow von- tracted for. To reincdy this lack of knowledgre, ® reporter vesterday obtalued the following o seription o the Kinds of revvlee to whicly ench Bectlun of the city 1s cntitleds NORTH DIVISION, . it ofjivision etreet, from the ‘rrfce—South of Wehster nvenue to treet, und cuet of Hulated treet to Lin. and the Jaks baet ngmied district the mervice shall be cum Liy from UOctober (o March, Incluwive, Dut tri-weekiy during the rest of the year. to WPRAT INVIAION. Dally Sereice—1niho dbvtect hoanded s follaws: West Division sticet, from the river to Ashiland avenues Asiland avene somih o Luke stroct} Lake atreet wesk to Leavitt wireet; Leavitt etreet Alluma wtroct vant to Anh- ennei Astiland aveuis south to Van Buron cet; Van Baren ot curt to Uenire avenue; ptre avene soith tu Hth street Twelfth street nant 10 Haloted o Holvled ntvect souty W tho rive ver, Arl- Weekty Sernice—Sauth of Erle street (o Lake- strect, between Aahiland avenus and Western uver nue; south of ke eircel Tarrlson str twveen Leavitt stivet und We, avenne; cunt Jeeaviit atrect 1o Avhlond avenne, between Ada and Narrlson strec outliof Vun Buren rtreet to Bixte een Ashland oand Centro uvenues; sonth of Weat ‘Cwelflil rtrcet to Weal Twenty-secun eet, be el Centre aventio and alsteid eir iy nublect 1o the same chanse to seml-weekly senvice us spechivd Jn the Norih Diviston, Dall; th slrcet, HOUTIE DIVISION, Serclee—Iu the district bounded a4 fal. Talrted rtrect from the South Nraneh to 1 nvenuu; northeast on Archer avenne to Tiwenty-vecond’ strect; eang on 'Pwenty-second wireet “to Ulark air wouth con Clark street to Twenty-ninth street; cast on Twenty-ninth strect s the lake, | H Tri-Weilly Sertice~In the dlstrict bounded o Archier avenuo from Mulsted streot tothe 15-Ml4 brldges ul) wireets south of Cologuu sireet Lo Archer uveuuw, and west of Maln atreet 10 Deering streets oust of lialted atreet to Clark wtreot, north of ‘Fwenty-sixth streot lo Archer uve whtie did Twenty-secoid sirect; sunth of ‘Fiventy sixth stroet to Twenty-ninth street, between Weit ‘worth uvenue und Clark etreet; eust of Wentworth uyenue to the lake, between Twenty-ninth sad ‘Thirty-pioth stecets.” Thiu in sabject to chango to semlsweekly service, as provided for the uther two e cetting at these fucts, th ter getting af ese fucts, the reporter asked Commisaloner McVickar how lung he “nmldkm ¢ up tho preseut sarvice with tho sp- | propriation at his disposal, In reply the Com- snfssfuner sald that the money set apart for the purpose would nll be used up beiors Oct. 1, and_ after that jt looked ns it there would be nmo seavenger-work - done nt all—at lenst not_nnless soine new ArTange- ment were made, He ndded that he was very hm-,r Just bt present In trying to regulnte the Bridgeport matter, and conld not put 8o much time on the garbage question as hie could wish; but lis loped Ina few nonths to be ablo tu prn‘s\erly regilate mntters In that department, Thu reporter pointed ont bo the Commissioner thiat. there were acveral gections of the vity not in nny way ?rovldml with facilitles for removing garbitre and ashes, ond nsked what couran he wonld reeommend to residents In such districta, Dr. MeVickae sald ho hardly knew what they could do In nll cases; rome zave their parbage Awoy, othors bnmenl it, still others burled §t, while a large munber manufactured it into pork by weans of a plg. : Thie Inst sugzestion seems to solve the prob- Iem, or at least to apen np a field for the dizpos sitlon of much of the &will trouble, It woull be lmpertinent to enter Into any landatlon of the plic or discunslon of his capacity for seraps, Lut it may safely be anld, in a general way, thaf Tie 15 o vast chasm Into which juay be emptied at slort intervals all the vefuse fuod of a large famijly,—in fact, the plg secins to afford o elew to the solution of the seavenger question. Certaln difeulties will, of vourse, uriso when a man proporcs to himself to nm\nlzn asystemn of seavenger work for himsclf with the ple s chief of atafl, Not the least among theso will be to tind a place for the oflive of the pig. and this will b most barlly cn over by those ambitious gentlemen who have fine hon which cover thelr whole I Again, the pig will not be kept full (and cor yuentiy stlent) nnless by much excrtlon In care rying fond to him, Another fault to be found With the plg s that he will not eat nahes, and they are perhaps the most troublesome of the hourekeeper's refuse, All thinga consldered, however, it {s safe to recommend to the house- holder where seavehgers are not, to keep a pig for his kitehen rarbage and throw his ashies over Iuto his neighbor's yare BILL * 300.% 5 ARGUMEET I'OR A INEHEARING, Corporation Counscl Anthony lias prepared his argnment for the Supreme Court, showing why tho recent decision on it 300 shoulil be re- conslderad by the bigh and nighty tribunal, The following Is an abstract containing the puints of Mr. Anthony’s argument: The Goneral Assombly can pass any Iaw not pro-, hibited by its own Constitution and thet of “the United States, It s not the mode of cxercising the power bt the right that Is denfod by tho ten- Atitation, Nothingbut a clear violation of the Constitution will justify the Judicial Department in pronouncing an act of the Legisdative I t ment nuconstitstionnl and vold. ” Munictpal porations which exist only far pblic purpoecs, aro ubject, atnll thmes, to the control of the lo tars creating thom, The acte of the Genernl As- senthly are fot necessanly ubsolute, hut may be o Irameil an to depend upon some fitnre event ur continzency for taking effeet. In constening State Consfitntions, it muet be assnmed that the Legia- fature inuy exercise atl legislative powers not actii- ally prohibitea by the Constitution, — Our Consti- tutien lm{sflml {hie deneral Asiembly whall not pass focal or rpecial laws ** incorpursting cltics, toswns o villages, or chantinz or nuending the clinrter of nny town, city, o villsvo,” In the Juls” term, 1 the Supreme Conrt de- clded that Bl 500 was 1 general law, and ot the _present ferm . havo deckded that it 188 special ar ocal i, Mr. Anthony {hen proceeded to show that In the Iattor case the Conrt Jald down the principle that thio worda **locul or special law'" s userd in con- tradiatinction to the word **xzeneral, " and that tho General Areombly 8 prohibited ' from passing relu:!:ll laws. Thixls admitted In the urgiment. Tuv it In insistod that HIT 300 Isnot ** wpactul™ or ** local™ Mr, *Anthony holds that if thc city tnx {x not o general Ly on |is face by ltnvery terms, then It i« imposaible to frame one, * It reférs to ny Tocation—to fio clty or village, eitherdirectly of in- directly, 118 very opening sentenca is: **I'hat in all fucorposated cit this State the’ City Coun- cit may, by oedinasicy, Jevy and collecks city tazus on real Cund personal” property within the city,™ for the purposes nomed, and from tegioning to end 4 a3 gen- eral an words enn make it ‘The twenty-second Seetlon, which the Court quates, has notling to do with this_matier, nud does notleave it optlonul with the City Council ns to whether **tae net shinll apply fo tho clty ** or not. The law ia cheolute, 13 confers no option on the Connell to adopt, only to abandon the wode pointed oni thereln for cols lecting taxes,—not 10 adopt the law or decide whether they will go nnder igor ot Chiengo was wurhing andera 1ax law made by the Legislaturo withont its consent, nid there §ana logic in the Court's statament that it knowe that **many cltion finve Incorporated under the general Taw aid have nof clecied to procecd umier the Clty Tax nct, ‘The Clty Tax act'siands forth on the statnte-bazk asayu.ccily indopendent law, pusser subseqzent Lo tnat of 3872, und no n}mun abont it The ques- tion i an o th power of tho Legislature o yass that law. 1f they had power, then It must follow that §t noplles 10 all clied. The Courts Luve ulready deeided shal this very identlcal law was ot a speclal, lucal, ur option law, hntias o ;i-m. cril 1aw, b wa applicable to the Cly of Olney und every other eity in the State, It woritd n fhat 1his case bad been decided upon on entlre mistake or miapproheneion of the facts, from begluning.to end,” Tho logle of the Conrl Ia, that there Is a general Incorparation Inw for cltics, which any clty in the Slate can avail itnelf ot by u vute of tho people. BIlL 1100 In anly obligatory to the oxient thie City Councll msy elect to proceed nnder its provisions in preforenca to thase of the general Jaw, and it 18 not a generalbut n epectil lnws therefore, the City of Ghicago liav- ing elected to praceed under itn provisions In pre- fesence to those of tho general law, tha levy of the tax witd ansuthorized, and cannot be collecied, 1t the premises of the Court urd wroni/in this arzu- ment, then it all jalls through, Newe st Innot true that Chieazo wan incorporated r the genernl law when 1he taxea in this carg'wero levied, nor uncll of Chicago ever clect to proceod rovisions uf BHLG0G; and it Is not trne s 2 wingle provislon i tho City ‘l'ax act, eithier requiring o City Council to elect Lo do any- thing whatever In order to proceed under it, as the Court evems 1o think, or even permitting it v do wo, and the only optlonul elavee in it 18 to abandon it,' or, mther 1o nbaudon the mode therein pro- scribed for levying and enllecting, und to procecd nnder the General Hevenue law, . 1t the city dld not clect, and tho city has not in- corporuted uuder the gevoral Inw i ail, the Jaw canunot be s spechnl or locul faw to us, The reason- ing of the Cuurt 14 Inappiicable to Chleugo, When ticwo tuxes were levied Chicago wes acting under §(9 old wpecin ehorter, nug all TLdld wan to proceed 1o colleet §t+ taxen under the cenernl Clly "fux act, which wia pnssed by the Awsembly as an ludes pendent generallaw.” T7the Taw was hinding only to the eatent that the aw it 10 adupt it, 11 mizhtbe conxidered o specinl Tuw, But {Lis ditls cult to xoe why the whale Loy shonld ho ducided wnconetitntivial, simply tHonal clutime wigow “The poeltlon of Chicago 10 the sume nn that of Olney. Both citfea at the thne of the e of Bl ucting nnder spectal cliarter, amd §¢ BHL binding ui Olney, as the Court eld, then it st be an Cajengo, Anthiony goncludea by guotlne the oplnton Schofleld fu tho cawe of Yhe Peoply v, sighty (hat **the act fv neither Jocal nor rpeciul, Iunpplics to all the citive fu the State, Whether Lhioze bo many or fow 1o wham fte provistons will I of any practiea) force, s not the question, “Phese Jawa ure poneral wid uniform, not beenuse they opiecats upou uvery ierson in the State, but Decatme overy pomeon Wi i hrought withih the retatlons provided for is utected by (i law. They are uuiforn du thele operation upon all persons in Tike sitnation, " T BXPOSITION, TUE LOGAL ARTISTS INVITED TO CONTRINUTE, A meeting of Chivazo avtlsts was hield last evenlug fu the rooms of the Academy of Design to consider the subject of iuving an” exhifbition of Western art fnthe coming Exposltion. About hulf of the thirty-slx resident urtists of tho city wera present, ' e, W, ML I Frenel, o member of the Art Committee of the Expositlon, who was pressnt, was invited to cxpluin to the meeting the views of the Conunittee of which he wus a member. Nusaid that the Committro were not at ol troubled sbout getting pletures for the Exposition, and Tl ulready arvanged for a large proportion of those which would be hung. Of the six rovns In the att gullery the northwest bad bheen set apart fue tue large pleture of the battle uf Luokout Mountaing the other flve wonld hold ahout 550 flutnrw, und towanl the filling of thesu the ‘oiinitico had Mw&tuxl thy ‘offer of about fifty pletures from J, Russcll Jones'_ collection, eries, of Mrs. Mitcholl, of Milwaukee, erson, and My, Gorbum, of Marshal, Mich, Mr. Freneh tarther sabd that ho had on hlslst some eighty names of pleturc-owners, w mujority of whom "he bud secn, so thut the Committes were well ussured of Lhe. sitvecss of the gallery 14t were lled with a loun colleetion, At the " Just mceting of the Connnittes My, Frenelh sald thoy had authorlzed him to ofler to the Chicago artists one gallery for thelr warks, their wish™ belng to auit the urtlsts in whatever way they could, It was therefore for them to determine what they would do. A general dlscusslon wus then bad, and it flnul [y dropped inte an extremely Informol talk: Ly al eaent, At length My, Peck inaved that the offer be necepted on the part of the Chicaga artists; but, the seutiment of the meeting b !fl;: u\'l‘tlunuy agalnst such u mensury, ho withe ew It g After another futerlude of desultory discus- o, the followlng resolution, offered by Mr, Robertson, was adopted s Jlesolved, That & commitiea of fivo be appointed to conler with the artists and vbtain thelr views tu the nuniber of works of art which they will ex- bibit, and to confer with thu Art Counnittes of the Exposition uu to the ¢xpenses of trunaportation, langing, ineurance, ¢ anld :ommi!lun belng cupowered to act for the Chicago urtiuts, Mesars, Spreud, Elkins, ¥rear, Brown, sod of Jud; Wri Roherts were appolnted as such committee, and the meeting mflflurnecl. 5 LOCAT: LETTERS. THE POTULAR LOAN, 70 the Editor af The Tribune. CrricAgo, July 20,—Scelng the poor success of the popular Joan, T ask pormission to sug- geat a plan which may hiclp our eily out of the preeent dilemmat Jlirst—Givo to cach creditor of the city a due- billy note, or certifleate of Indebtedness, num- bered and payable as herealter mentioned, Let thero instruments bear Interest nt the rate of 7 or 8 per cent, and let thew be recelvablo for all back taxes. This will. give those who necd thelr money a chiance to scll their clatms if they chiouse, ns they then bave something tangible to raize money on. A Secont—Notify nll parties who owo taxes out of which the present overdue debt of the city is to be puid that the city will_recewve their notes bearing 10 per cent interest, drawn at such length of time ns may be convenlent to themn, for such taxes due, ‘These notes to be drawn fu such 8 forin_as not to reiease the Hon upon the property. This will pive the cliy o vertaln amount of negotlable paper, upon wilch a loan could easily tie rafsed, if fornd nocessary, and it wonld eage the lot of the taxspuyer, who find it yery hard at prexent to rlac money, Thid—The Jnstruments of Indebtedness men- tloned in the frst paragraph helng numbered, Ivt there beadrawing of numbers whenever the Treasurer hns, suy $10,000 to $20,000 on hand, to determine which of them shull bie pald ofl. ‘This plan works well fn_othor_citics ‘und cottntriesy why shonhl 1t not here! Why should this ity have uny objections to glve'a man o due-bill for what it "owes him, and pay said due- bill when it Is ready? ’ Tourlh—lattheitmost egonomy prevail In all departmenta,—the country has_come buek to ante-War times and privés, und anything over $2,500 u year Is n very nr[ze salary for onc man ata time when you can hlre men’ at $150 per duy to do hard worki. Let the Council et rmmpl)'un all mieasures which tend to enase Do burdun of the tax-payers, zud on all offers which are in the divection of clicapening the neceesaries mnd comforts of Hife in the vity, The roperty-owners have hind a hard thne of i in [}hluagu the lnst few fmu.—lnxm Increasing and rents and values dlimintshlug and nlmnklmi steadily, and §t 1s higgh time that thers shoule be sonie relief, and radical, thoroughgolng re- et ut that, 1lalf-way measures are not in lavor now. Let no man, or get of mengstand n the way, but let thers bo work, earnest work,in the right dircction. F.A W, SAUZAKING HOOTS. 0 the Hdttor of The Tridune, Cnicaao, July 25— notieed the srticle in Tuesdny’s paper, and also oue to-day, on church- ushers and thelr squeaky boots, Now let one of the ushers have his suy: You know every church has its chronle grum- blers, a'so its moud paying Christians, aud last, but not least, its latc-comere. Wi ushers are induty bound to please all, we must havea smile und pleasant word for afl the goud people, we must keep all strangers out of the seat of the chironie grumbier, no inetter how crowded Ahe churelt §s, and how In the world are we to please the tate-comers uuless wo wear squeak- ing hoots, I have Leen an usher long enough o distingulsh between the different sorts of chureli-goers, and bave prepare:d miyself aceord- fngly, You know, us o rule, - the good, carly-to-church, praying Cheistlan s not the |r.l)'l||F one, and wo must pander a littlo to the wishes of those who support tho churel (it %u't the grumbler, elther), for we ushers_take un the collections, sud kuow who pay. 8o {a our Church we have what is called the compound, doithle, back-netlon squeak, end when wo see Mr, and Mrs. Lolty or Mrs, Shoddy ceoming, we rush back to wliers we keep our patent-ztachment, and sllp them on to our poots, aind sall down the aisle with Mrs, Late-. comer {n tow, with all the stylo and squeak pus- sible. 8o you sce wo try to please all, Serlously, now, since tne thlng lins got started, I hiope you will keep the ball rolling, anttevery church-golug person will have enou; revpecet fur his pastor and his neighbor o to in his place when the services commence. {hero Is anything I dislke, it {8 to be obliged to pllot some fop, with a pin-back dry-goods adver- tisement, up the alsle after_the winister has comuenced on the sermon, Yours, Unurn. %fl It TOISONOUS 1YY, Te the Editor of The Tribune. Cricaao, July 26, ~Thronugh your columns 1 wish to call the attentlon of the people who may visit Lincoln Parl, and the particular at- tention of the Lincoln Park Comrplssioners, to a polsonous ivy vine that oceuples a prominent position I the park, und may cause s great deal of misery, ‘The vine I8 o Jarge and thrifty one, clinging to a double ¢im trea that has been tranaplanted fnto the park. It is Jocated noarly directly cast, towards the Jake, from the boat- house, aud 18 on the riglng ground mnear the lake-shore drive. T know, by bitter experience, that thisis n very poisonvus and dangerous vine. On the evening of July 6, with fricuds, I walked throngh the park, aud weni over to look at the lake and tho driviug. Some of our party took seats on a Lench near the inentioted tree, I stood near the tree, and noticed the very thrifty vine fastened Dy its fibres to the bark of tho tree, fiup{mlufiy it to be o waood vine, I took liald with thuml and fingers to see how tight it clung to the tree, From the touch 1 gave thut vine, [have been Infd up over two weeks; ond they were two weeks of the most perfect torture one can fmngine. My eyes were swollen shut, and [ feared my face” woull be lort disfizured. The poison spread most rampant, With two doe- tor3, I could get no relicf, A friend, a drugglst, pn"purcd e sume carbolie acld and sweet oll, and sume lend-water (nelther of which m doctors preseribed), which guvo me rapid rellef, To the public I'would sy, *Beware of that vine," und to the Park Coinmissloners, * You never should have put it thore, and you shoula malke it your business to bave it removed, and, until you do remove it, iave it fonced in, for the sako of humanity." ONE APPLICTUD. * NOT A TAX PIGHTER. T the Fditor of Tho Trivuns, Cicaao, July 26.~Please Jook over tho of- flctal st of tax flzhters again, of which you speak (n an editorinl this mornlug, and sce If you do not do me Injustice in clussing mo by namme a8 one of them. I have no knowledge of ever refusing Lo pay my individual taxes, and certainly have untuarlzed no one to file any ob- Jection to thuse of 183, ‘These I expeet 1o pay, whether mioney {s worth 3 per cent per annuin or 3 per cent per month. = Lain sure you do not wish to do mo any In- Justiee, nud” If you find, on examination, that you huve misrepresented me, I know you will Buy g0, Yours truly, ‘W. ¥, Coorsauai. THE COUNTY DUILDING. To-day the lightning-rod man commences to cover the Lulldilg with copper wire, , By way of diversion, a few lunocents were arrsigued in the Crimingl Court yesterday, The Cotuty Board mects this afternoon, the specinl object Lelng to pass on pay-rolls for county employes, ‘T'ha boys want thelr moncy promptly, A sub-committeo of the nspital Committes was out again yesterday lovking after furniture for the new Hospitnl, Thu varicty they saw dazzled thelr eyes, and no purchases Wers made, The junketers start for Ashitun, Lee County, to-tnorrow mornjue, to take u look ut Farmer Jluring’ stone, The furmier has un interest in a vineyard somcwhere, and the cxcurslonists anticipate & guod season, ohiters bad chargo of the County yesterday, Quite a number of ob- Jecetions were disposcd of, and inmost of the cases wero overruled, Messrs, Rountree, Anllmnf‘, uud Adaing, are worklug nobly, aud victory Is thelrs, The (irand Jury had the usual crowd of wit- nessvs around yeaterday, and condeseended to wdmit & fow to thele presence. The faces of mast of the witnesses have been famitllar for n long while nrowil former (irund Juries, and, us 4 conaequence, their storles ure well known. ‘Ihe Board of Public Worlks, the Fullerton ave- nue chnduit, and otlier u‘lugmh-runkml can- cerns by connoetion with elty affuirs, were con- slderod, 1M the fuquisitors (o not disbaud Sat urduy they will be dishanded, COUNPY FUPPLIES, The Committee on Publfc Service, to which was referred the matter of examining bids for furnighing the county supplles for the year, hield # few minutes’ session yesterduy mornlng, mnd xdjournod uniil the afteruoon at's o'clock, In the afternoon they reassembled, but to do nothing, An examination of the samples left with the Board by the severul biduers shows that the puine of carrylng off themors valuable hias beew repeated by some one. ‘The Commit- teo will niuke husts ulu\rl{ fn fta work. Delay §s supposed to beprotituble to others than the public at large. Tho rester thu delay, at least, the greater will bo tho profta of Perfotut (McClevy "% Co.), who i3 furnlshing the sup- pliea us of ok, which {s doubtless appreciated all uround, ‘The way he does {8 in ubsences of uny coutract s, fur lustauce, as follows: The Hospital wants £1,000 worth of goods nnd sends fn a reqiifition to the Board, “The requirition is approved and the Warden naturally “goes to Teriolat for hls goods, not, “however, becouse hie furnfshes them cheaper or, hotter than avy other house, as the billa rendered show, With the other Institutions the practice In similar,—they &1l go to Perfolat,—the ruling passlon belog strong in death, The only us- onishing feature in the practice {s that Col. Cleary, to whom the people look fur better things, and who {s at the head of the Hasplial Comnlttee, shoutd allow the purchases for the hospital to bo made as they liave been for two months pust, TIE RODOERS-DAXTER burelary ease, which elieited 8o much attention a fow weeks apn, pronises to ba revived, The vare is fanitinr Lo the genernl reader, Radgers, It will be remembered, was caught 1n the at- tempt to burgiarizo Ltho store of Panlridgo & Co., un State street, and found his way to” Jail. In s attempt to givo bail, Baxter hienme ns- soclated upon the strongest kind of clroumn- atantlal evidence with the attempted burglary. Rexigers dll fnally obtain ball, and was re- lensed, but not hefore Baxter was jointly in- dicted” with ~ Lim. Baxter wna tried and arquitted, but when Rodgurs was wanted he turned up missing, Rodgers has been heard from since, however, and is_believed to have heen avresfed fn Miltaukee Tuesday, and wos yesterday cxpected to urrive at the o ohie city, but'did not for some’ myaterions reason. 1f he should « nq(lu-nl M 1t ia belfevedd timt there is trouble ahiead for Bafter, and the deluy Iu bringlng him hither {s thonght. Lo be in some other person's Interest than his own, TITE CI'TY-HATLT., Whater-rents yesterday were $2,574, The Popular Loan was fncrcased by $1,800 yesterduy, v The Committee on Streeta and Alleys for the South Division will neet Suturday at4 p, nn dn the City Clerk's oltice. R. 8, Prindiviile, a son of the Commissloner, reaigned hits position us assistant to the Bonrd's booxkeeper yesterday. Other business will o capy his attentlon, It should not be inferred that the Mayor's Pallea are to be removed for any wisconduet or Ineapability. The Mayor oxplalued to them that hie desired to economlze fu nis own de- !mrununt, nnd would be ubliged to do without belr services, 7 The saloon-license husiness scems to he the most pecuntarily luerative to the elty Just now, and, while the "other depurtments have been tuking in but little movey, the License Deport- ment hos tarned fn eeyeralt housands dally for some time, Yesterday's reeeipts were 35,500, Testerday morning, Cltly-;\nomcy Tuthill broughit sult fn the Crimimd * Court ngainst the bondsmen of the late City-Treasurer, Dun O'Tara, to recover damages for the (ludclt in Dan's aceomiit of $62,000, which Danlel Ny has, but cannot get beeanse John V. Clarke, the obatinute Presldent of the tlibernian Bank, re~ fuses to give itup, The DL clalins 31,500,000, which is the fuliumount of thebond, as is usual i suclrsults, Dr., MeVickar, the newly-appointed Commis- sloner of Itcnltl:, has reorgunfzed hie stafl with the following men on the pay-roll: Moses Hooke, Assistant Commisafoner; Mra Merrll, Seeretary; Leonrrd and.Lamb, Ment Inspect ora; Hunsen, Roark, Crowley, Eliber, Grant, Wilson, Tilden, and Merki, Savnitary Pollcemen, ‘The Commirsioner referred bis appuintients to tho Mayor for his approval. The pollee were sworn {n yesterday morning bxv' Superintendent, Hickey, 8o the siew Iealth Depurtment s in working onder, amd twenty-three men hase been removed from tho clty pa '3 g it CRIMINAL. William MeCracken and N. Cameron went on aspree Tuesday, and took a horso and bugzy by mistake from Peter Kevrigan, of No. 1619 Hal- ated street. Thelr caso was yesterday continued in 8500 ball, ) " Two young thicves named Jolin Maloney and Miennel Berry were yesterday held to the Crim- {nat Court {u 3500 bail for burglarizing o shoc- storc at No. 100 Larrabco etreet of about $00 worth of goods. v Jumes W, Corney was yestendny sent to the Criminal Court under $300 bati for carting uwny sore goods which A. L, Race, of No, 47 Lusalla street, had selzed from a temant named Mrs, Mathiews In lieu of back rent, - Sncak thicves in the West Diviston yesterday suceeeded in pllferiug a clothes-wringer from the residence of R. W. Melviile, No. 216 West TRandolph ah'eoj,‘nnd‘u quautity of clothing and _P-,\\‘ulry from J. I. Shafer, of No. 164 South Peorla strect. Willian H. Parker {8 the name of a youn thicf who was 'mszerduy lield by Justice Scully fu $1,000 balt in the Criminal” Court, Parker was captured ‘Tuesday afternooan’ by Serut. 0'Nonnell just after huving plundered a Hal- sted strect” hardwure store of ubout 360 worth of cutlery. George W. Cooley, of No, 40 Sherman streot, yestenduy allowed flmsclf to be taken In §25 worth lun snlde nuctlon-shop ‘at No. 243 Madi- son streety for which he vecelved o snlde watel and chaln, nud u set of ?e\vclry. g promptly procured the pulling of ti:e place, and the keep- ery Willlam Bennett, and three livnntes, nwmed W, Bawyer, Chasles Stone, and Willlam Murray, were baggzed and lodged in the Armory. Coroner Dietzsch ycslux‘dnyvlnltedllm Villnge of Niles Centre, with thq futention of holding another inquest upon the remalns of Mrs, John Huehner, for whose death Huebner 16 soon to account to the Grand Jury. The corpse was found to be so badly decaycd, however, that the Coroner relluguished attempt, ond will atlow the ease tu go to trial upon the evidence 7 taken at the Inguest held by Justice Harrer, Farly yesterduy morning o partlally stceess- ful nttemnpt was made to burglarize the hard- ware store of Kellogs & Jolmson, No, 111 Madi- son street, This §8 the fourth tmo that the place has been burglurlzed withln the past slx nths, but tho job of Jast night resulted in euter Jugy thun the other hur;fiurics atdded to- ther, About S50 worth of cholee knives und Dlstols wua enrvied away, and the pash-drawer runsacked, Eutranco was cffected by breaking o punet door. Oflicers Put Maloney and Ityan, of the West Madlson Strect Stutlon, early yea‘enlny morn- fug reported to Sergeant Blctiner that a cuart- loud of suspiclous-looking guods were dumpod at the salonn of wman nined Nixon at No, 40 Desplaines street, The pluco has for some time been suspected ns o storchouse “for stolen oods, and, in consequence, a prompt de- seent was mnde upon the place, Flvs bar- rels of whisky and ten kegs of white lead were found ‘scereted, and this proprictor’s son Willlun was wrrested on susplelon, The ]éucdu bear the nhlfi:plu marka of the Unlun tar Line, and it {s bolleved wero stolen from some rullvoad llue outside the city lmits, Abe Wilkins, a Clark street pawnbroker, who 1a almost modéted wpon Dickens' Danied Quily, was up beforo Juatics Bununerflold on a chargy of disorderly conduct yesterday afternoon ut the instuncy of his dunghter Rache], who charges hiw with eatlog her with g chadr, and habltually ubushyg the famlly, The pirl ex- hibiteit several brulses upon her body, and ulso u deep wid painful cut upon the right hand, Wiikins ~ bears n very hard reputation a3 a wife-beater: what s much worse, 18 nccused of frequently driving his wife uut of doors and ol taklng up his Led and board with Uis daughiter, The story of his wife corroboratea thesu reports, aud an unsuecessful attempt was' yestenday mudo 1o clicit from the girl o full statement of a1l her wronga, The case was continued uutil the 23th fust., in 83,000 ball, by which time tho pulico hope to solve the trile atato of affairs. If all thut (s alleged qiuhnl. WIHikina proves true, this community will likely prove tuo warm for his comfurt, . COUNTENPEITING, -Oflcer Curroll, of the West Twelfth Btrect tatlon, last night succeeded fu arresting a gen- tecl-looktng chup glving the namo of George Willians, who wad muking the tour of Bhie Talund ue with u gusntity of counterfeit gotd-pleces. o {8 belfeved to be u member of u gung ol counterfeiters now in town, o part of whoas machiner; ns'sting of somo sllver-oln nolds, was recovered yuu\enlu{ by thio Mu street polfce, Quite u quantity of _queer coln Jas been put into clreutation fn the Weat Divis- ion within an fncomparally short time. Upon Wiillaing' person were found about $40 of the sptirlous coln, togethier with o lurge smount of currency which yo had gatved by swapplug with vurlons tradckmen, A TENEMENT HOW. Mr, A, R. Parsons {4 & vompositor on the # Thnes und ho has a colored woman fur u wife, THey cohiablt fn the ll\rllfll‘i of 414 Btate strovt, and” the tloor fust below ia rented by a womnat nuned Mrs, C. M, Putnam. Now ‘the lutter womasn rents out roums by the wonth to most anybody who wishes them. Blie had somu femate” tenants who cume homo oue night accowmpanied by two of the op- posite sex und wlsed a pandeiionium of great rmponhm id committed all klindy of ucts of {ndecency, So Mra Parsons thebra- uette had the landlady of the aturesaud rooms arrested for keeplug o bouse of 1ll-repute, Shs also bud hor arrested for threuts bucause once upen o titwe Ars. Patuow bad wuedo for her . thu thieves, the plekpockets, rougha, and burg- *ith » hatehet In her hand fust hecause tho sun- burned 11y had dared 8 ¢nter her apartments Tha case cime up before Justice Meech yester- day sfternoon, and the charges ngu istiased though the Justice thought that they uhuul\l--l‘ be fined for being so disorderly aund pugescious. \ SUBURBAN, JYDE PAUK TAXATION. n the Editor nf The Triduns. Hvpe PAnk. July 2%5.—1n your fssueof yes- tenday 1 notieed an artlcle eatitled ¥ HydePark Taxatlon,” which deserves somo attentlon, Presumably, the author was not properly In- formed aa to the state of oifairs exlsting, and dld not intend to dothose now endeavaring to | « " bt I conduct the nffaira of the municipality In a con- T"‘!"“ and Hendrieks, .m"'fl\fll“l .l[nrly, reryntive nnd economical manner any fnjustice, \Wonld Be o Trade.Jlark of Polilical For this reason I deslre to correct some of the © Dixhonesty,” atatements made, and gome of the conclustons whicharae drawn from the statements. In the first place, the suthor of the nrticle docs not scem to know |« tho difference between an appropriation bil, or tax-levy, and n schedule of anlaries and ex- penses. In the I:\uur(\arl. of the article refer- red to, e plainiy Intimates that the ealary of the Villaze Adcotintant i $2,000, Clerk $2,000, Village Attorney §3,000, ete. In order to cor- | « rect those atatéments, and to show that the presont Board of “Trustees are doing all they can toward . putting the affairs of the villago upon A basis of rizld economy, 1appenda achedule of the galaries pald «during the tiseal y:urlgw( 1675, aud those uow pald for the samne aerviie: STOREY ON TILDEN. The Old Man’s Opinion of Sammy Previous to His Noml- - nation. Pight Days Beforo 8t Louis, Ho faids "1t Is Tseless to Talk of Defeat- . ing Hayes with Tilden." \ Tho Combination “ Wonld Not Got an Eloctoral Vots North of tho Olld River."” From the Chicago Times, June 10, The nomination of Mr. Tilden at St. Louls would inevitably give the State «f Indlana to the Hayea pnrty In October. To the rag- money lnttica of Indlana Bourbonlam, the devil would ba preferablo to 8am Tilden, The captire of Indiana for Ilayes n Octo- VillineAseirtaat slN]‘A)';-' 113{736 ber would be followed Ly the capture of fioi T biTe Work it e New York fa November. Another thing L 400 1600 !l‘:'»l\l::f;'r“tm“‘mm“b"c Wi é&m %.ggu which wouldl contribute finmensely to thesc Attos IS 2,000 | consequences of Tilden's nn\nhmilon I8 the 1.0t unfortunate record of Tilden as Chairman of the ! BH00 1600 Caplsl ice..o. 1,200 (abolished) The Aesvssor and Collector arc elected by tho town, il nat. by the villuge, but to save the oxpenee ol a levy by the town, the villago pays Lhem 31,500 ¢ The furegolng statement dleposes of some of the questions ralsed, It will bo scen that in five "of the ralarfes nmmed there s & suving of 5,800, There nre other. equally sweeping reducetions, which I will not stop to enumerate, merely qulrlug to show that tho present Bonrd fs'alive to the necessity of re- treuchiment. 3 ‘Thie guthor aske, “What onormous ltigntion awd complicuted Tnw-sults can Hyde Park have that it needs to pay $3,000 4 year for a Vilage Attorney?™ 1le also remarks that *the law husiness would probably net oceupy onc-sixth of n sccond-rate luwyer's time, and $500 Platforn Commlltee in the Chlcago Convenliun of 1864, which nominated Georgo B. McClellan, That Presilental camipaign, whose outcome was the burlal of & whole host of Bourbon politl- clans, heneath a mountain of pupular odiuin, was contested upon the noted “peacs plat- !orln“’. which declared “the experinent of war? a fallure and demanded an fnmediate ces- satlon of hostilitles, **with n view to an ultimate Convention of the-States or other peacenble uieans, to the end that ab the carlivst ractieable moment peace may be restored on the busla of the Federal States,”’ That most offensive platform, which avouscd the North to the fury of indignation ngalnst {ta authors, was coneelvad and flrm:qlu Jorth by a Commitice of' which Samuel J. Tilden “was the Chairman, and amayy whose members My, Tilden himaelf declared would be ample compensation,” This | there was * no dissent.” The nomination of Mr. uestion nnd stalement show clearly | Tilden at 8t. Louls conld bardly fail to be the that ho kunows nothing about if. | slgnal fora reopening of the ¥ bloody-shirt ! uf The dutles of Vitlage Attorney are very impor- tant Indeed, und arg sullicient to ou:u&i{ the time and call out the best effort of asgood legal talent 2s we cun conunand. There are frequent- 1y from eighty tu 100 condemnations, special ns- sesanients, andd tax sults on hand, to say noth- ing of ordinunees, orders, and countless legal pupers to be drawn, Durlng the fiscal year 1874 e Board of 'rustecs endeavored to econonlze Ly biring nu attorncy us ‘&)" needed one, and it coat them a little over $4,500, Again it {3 asked, * What terrors are abrond, that $19,000 a ycar must be puld for police duty?" In direct reply to this question Lan- swer, that-the * terror abroad,” s the immedt- ste proxtinity ol n city of 450,000 fuhabitants, which dally pours over the border, thousands of her citizens, who seck pleasure and recren- tlon; and who swiem over the beautiful parks, romn through our woodiands, and *plenle’ in our yroves. Alung with thess come the idlers, contest with all the advantages on the side £ Mr. Tildew's opponent, 'who was ehzaged ass soldier in the War which Tilden's Committe declared to be a faflure, atthe time when tab Idiotie declaration was put forth. g 1t is uxelexs to talk of° defeating Ifi:{v[u 1oit] Til- den, The chunces are so enormously agauat i that nothing but @ blind fatuity of the stidest parlylam would venturs wpon 20 wild awexperl- tment. L MORE OF TIT SAME KISD, Fyoin the Chlcag ) Tines, June 0,/ The press organs ot the Bourbon prty ma- chine recognize in the nomination of fayes and WVheeler a sarlous dlsarrangement g the pro- gramme they had_mapped out for/the Presl- dentlal contest. Huaving o twa-thiris majorlty in Congress, the managers of the fonfederate- Bourban atliauve have conamned vne of the largest sessions of Congress in t5imr, to the almost total neglect of the publy infercst, to ucewmulate suPply of “party dpitat” which should enublo them to get poscssion®of the Government. They set out upoythe old plan of comnbining Southern prejudices/and fanaticism against Northern prejudices ,hld fanaticlam, How to eliminate from the cmycnl cyery honest politicat upinion and sincerd’ public purpose, was the problein to which they dtrected ull thelr lars) that fnfest the cny! aid an outraged cotn- munity would ery out [n'just Indiguation, If the ofllcers of H{de Park did not afford our cltizens such proteotion as s regured. Evidently the writer of tho article has a very ;mperrctul-t Adculo( "Lm; xnugnuml‘olul l"lltm ln{tclr‘u:}s n, ur the extent of tho munielpulity of, ifvde e BLEG Tark, 1t would probably M((llll!‘l’l ‘nll{l t0 be n- | cudeavors. ‘To thrust umflfl" “‘l“’tc“‘g\'nfi Tormed that in cxtent it 1 ubout the sizo of the | fluance question. aud every! 3"‘ mo“l""’ ous entire Clty of Chicago, aud contains withiu its B"“““l ““““"" of tho tima and to malio g borders no less than twelve distinct villages; | Presidontlal combat of embitered unlmositics, that it has o fine system of water-works anil 60 | upun a mere outcry againsfadwuinistrative cor- miles of cast-ivofl water-pipe; that It has the | Fuption, without proposing pny measure or pol- fliest parks In the West, l)l. not Ju the country, | i¢y conducting to o better chnaltion of thlnge,— embracing an urea of 1 ncres,—to_pay | Such was the programme of the Bourbonic man- nothing Gt its beantiful boulovards, ' Wo ave | gers. The defeat ut, Cindnnatl of evory mun the Michigan Soutlicen car-works and shops on | Who represented the Admblatration parky ma. thy wWest of W, the Bultimore & Oblo shops | tLine in any positlve way, 5""‘ the l‘;‘“’““"l“&‘“fl_ ol tho énst. We ve {mmense fron works ju | Of i mierely negatlye muf aga kvt tieainy tho gouth, and large woolen nnd lumber inter- | of the Grunt Adminlstrai dfi’l’:‘i{ % ary estaut tho harbor,” In the centre wo have tho | e infereatally, disnrrunged this iourbon Con- splendid works of the Wilson Sewing-Muchine | federate Ill‘fll;l’l"“mc.I an artdm {lo mangrera Company, snd numerous other Importaut fu- | to n confoselon of fullurs in advance, or to toke tercsts all over our territory. Our rullrond fn- | B new departure, The battle which could have terests are very heavy, and fho commerco on the Calumet is now of Q{rcnc fnportanee, and con- stantly increasing, Alrcady wo have four swin, bridpes, besides the four belenging to our rall- roudd, This lnmense district ond these varfed and widely-scattered interests, we are trying to protoet with. thirteen patrolmen. Is this *tax- enting of an outragcous chavacter®? Is this plunderingi . It should be borne in mind that not more than 75 per cent of any appropriation ls uiti- mately collected, aud therefure the levy Is mudoe ohd. for o larprer umoimd than ¢ I8 expectéd wiil bo | purpose of P“""““IEO“ i Sio Baack uged. This accounts for the difference between ndricks {8 the mhal ery o Bousbon the appropriation of $2,000, for a given salary, mfinua of the bottomless shinpfaster swindle. and !’fi m& the amount pald, After $224,000 | * Layes' chances for election are but mesgre, I levied, not over 8100,000 will bo realized. th: Gonventlon b SETols dite wikolyy aud {er pnyll’ng une’rfi) u,ml duxlule:mleu, this would 3?;'.‘,',:“‘"“ Hendricks.? So says a Heudricks eaye ubout $35, or eurrent oxpenscs, every { N dollar, of which could be profitably exfien\lm{ It the Conyentlon at 8t. Louls should nomi- upon dur 300 miles of streets, leaving alone our | Bato Tom Hendricks, the election of Hases by neods for drafunre, lighting, putroling, cle. larger majority llxpn Gr.nnt.gnt fu 1873 would be Morc than $100,000, or abott onc-lult of tho | sssured Hayes will recolve, aualust any candl; entire levy of the present year, fs for tho pay- | date thatcan be presented at Bt Louls, the ful ment of fiterest on the funded dobt, und to | strensth of the Administration {'fl"!n Apsinst provide for_deticlenciea of former {nsuflictent | Hondricks ho would get, in additioni to the Ad- levies, and for a sinking-fund for tho ultitnate extingulshment ot the debt, sccordiug to onr been mado with o foir liops of success sgalnst Blaine, or Conkling, or Marton, can not be mado agalnst ITayes. Toilefoat Hayes, the plan of thia campaiign must be remedcfed, and the lincs of operation rearranged. - Instead of o uegative forco of pretonded goodness ogninst & positive force of inanifeat badness, the terms of combat must be reversed, Tho nezative Hayes, whoso candidacy means nothing whatever of & posi- tlve chanteter, cither of good or of bad, can only be defeated by a camlldate of the opposite char- acter—ono wliose candidacy will mean a positive ministration party, the whole voto of the Lib- crul reformers and politieal frie-thinkers of agrcement, and fn compliaice with the law, | cvery sort, who undoubtedly comprise tho bul- "¢ debt Was fneurred I bullding our water- | 8nce of power. ‘These Independent thinkers, works. We propose to pay our debts, certill- [ Whom the machine politicians snocringly style doctrinaires, have no particular” liking for Hayes. Thoy would greatly prefer to yote for o nositive man of something more than average cates and all, 1should not have trespassed so much upon your space and patience were it not that such wild and pernlcious statements go credenc hreadth and depth of character, whose candlifa- ;l);l;om\l‘,‘houmllm“fiml“a “fi‘,’.flm “L';““‘.‘,z,“,’;“,f_ ey wauld mennluot m'eru‘I‘yD m:gnMvu o politi- Btrating their fulsity, und nre by reason | tal rottonness, hut would offer n posltive anti- thereof prejudiced wiainst a locality which Is, | dote to politial rottenuess, ‘The candidacy of Hendricks wounld uot_mean thirg but o change of spollsmen. lendricks Is nahing but a notorlous political fence-rider, who 1as nover heen known to betray zhg[ymuseulqn of an lion- cat political conyletion. Therv Is not i Amerls ca nuother equally conspicuous character who s ruf;nrdud by ull fndependent political thinkers with feellnzs of more thorough contempt. Like Tloratlo 8cymour, the Indianapolis demagogue 18 & polltical. fishinonger, to whom nl! waya are allke that bring trade to nls shop, 1lis nomina- tion at 8t. Louls would be a guarunteo of the result in Now York, New Jersoy, Connecticut, nud the Pacific States for Haycs.” It would na- sure tho clectlon of Huyes by an uncoununonly in fact, the most desirable, both as is fine resi- denco property and formanufacturing purposes,’ of uny intho West, Asamatter of fuct, thy roseit Board of Trustees, ono and all, are do- g thelr best to canduct the affairs of the mu- nicipality on the prineiples of striet econony and bus{nesy prudence, and should be encour- aged, nud not belled, while they are so doiug, Permit me hero to nski Is it not tho duty, us well as the high priviiege.of the public press to bo exeeedingly carcful as to what statements thoy muke iu rezard to public matters,—and nat Ik a * byll fn s china-shop ! trathple down everything, pood or bad, merely for the sake of creating o sensation | Very respectfully sub- o e majority. A alitid r,z.m}'.‘.’u“]rx‘o.{ihgf :-::Z:‘;:E.. ther !mglimeu of the Confederate-Bourbon PLELLAINES. party maching think that *Tilden and Hen. dricks 18 the ticket which' can® and which will beat Mayes and Wheeler” Hendricks alous might carry Indiann, but nothing elsd north of the old siavp boundary linc. Tiiden and Hen- drick combBisd would be a gjuarantes of “th cess of the Iayes party evén in Judlana, financtal yuestion gocs to tho rear,” organist who proposes to beat ilny 7] \\r"fm:ler with s oruithoriynchua ticket, whosu authaors shalt advertise thele own political de- pravity by asking honcst men to vote for an or- ganlzal contradiction, one end of which'is fraud one way and the other end of whichis fraud the opposite way, Buvh a combination wonld cerlificata of ‘mlllknl ud on the fucs ol ft. ‘Instoad of sending the finance question to the rear, it wonld be o plain attempt of unprin- cipled spoll-seckers to "alms that and cvery other political question of the time n the cha- The Trustecs of the Desplaines Camp-Meeting Asaociation met on the ground at Deaplalucs, Tuesday, for the purpose of consultation, and ta make the preliminary arrangements in refer- ence th the annual camp-necting which is ap- nolated for tho 23d of August. Tho following members were presents Geo, F, Foster, Willlam ‘Whester, Charles Buhsy, and 1. II, Castle, and if the same enthusinsm and earncstness mani- fested by theso gentlemen {n the undertaking shail anlmate ity other advocates and support- cre, the coming meebing witl Lo successful be- youd any wiich havo preceded i, and becomno an era in-thie religious annals of tho country, They arranged to have the grounds put In perfect or- der, and to that end workmen have beeu en- gaged and set to work, ¢ duce #The erlstic attltnde of Tom IHeudricks, A lurge canvas tent will be placed fn the ad ) e e (s amphitheatre,/capable of seating at least 3,000 i’:,'fi';fid 'f,"”dm’“éh':é ‘Jl‘,‘; “"f"“,“‘f;p ‘lu‘(l;t heaple, thus atfording ample fucllities for hold- I crvices uninterruptedly, whatover may bo the state of the weather. An ubundant supply of water will ba furnished, and all necessar convoniences for making camp-ifo pleasant will be placed on the grounds iy season, zmn.- together, the effoct would be &l uqxa 0 1111 all honest men e both sides of' the feuce wil conteinpt for auch do\ blefaced trickery,” Iustead of astrong tickot, Tildén and Hendricks would probably be found the weakest tickut that could . . _Tilden, without Hendricks, wmight ho grove nover, presented u tlice appearance | goer New York were it not Tildon's nouiination than at preaent. The ground is i ““““}nt,’l‘,: would inevitably give Indisna to the IHayea foliage luxuriant, In evnr%rflpcct ing In a degreo seldom befors equaled. It no untoward vircunstances take place, the meet- fng will bo uno of tho largest nud best ever held on the old pgrounds, o true scason of #pirityal refreshing, Tho owners of cottages are requested to have them put in rcrlcct shape Defore the time of mecting, so that all inay at- tend and takie part fn the cxerclses from” the sturt with freedom and earnestuess, EVANSTON, The Rov. M. B. Kaufman and 3lss Anna Bhileiman weve united ju bonds of holy wedlock yosterday, Mr. Kaufinan has sustalned o prominent position both In tie University, where Lo graduated with the class of #78, and In the Garrick Imstitute, whery he graduated with high houor this Jast June, The cercmonles wero conducted by the Rev. Alax 8cott, after which the mmuun‘y olued in soclul intercourse. At w seasonablo hour the fricnds dispersed. Qen. A, C. Ducat and family have returned from the Centenninl. ‘They take thelr leave for (eneva Luke to-morrow to spend therest of the uinmer., * 'll‘;:u:-ulltga campus Is becoming quite 8 n:sor:l party in October, 1lendricks, without Tilden, it possibly (bat not probably) carry Indiana, but certainly not Now York, "Conngcetleut, or New-h:rl\:{. But Tilden and Hendricks com- blned would Le a trade-mark of political dishon esty that all howest cltizens would spurn, It would not get anelectoral vole north of the Ohio Kiver, l"orql‘lldcn to swallow Hondricks and survive is an lmeginuble poseibllity. For Hendricks to swallow Tilden and survive {8 an Imuginable possibility. But for Tilden aud Hendrlcks to swallow éach other and survive is plaluly not within the bounds of things possible. From the 8t. Louls Convention to the Prest. deucy there ls only one possiblo road. It ls not the ruad of 8 negatiye candidate or a negative fusplration; that road ls occn:inlcd by tho Cin- clunatl people, It 1y the road of acandidate whoss nauie Would be a positive meantng of better political things; of o worlh{ cause vital- ized by tho dusplration of o positive political purpose. ———— THE '* FIRST BATCH.” 7o the Edlior of The Tridune. Prrrsrieen, 111, July 25.—In your {saue of the 221 fust., under the bead of “Whisky,"” your locul says; *Thu ‘first batch’ claim that, when tboy ‘squealcd,’ they wera promised by Col, Aatthaws and other local afficials that for pleofckers. Tuesday a large delegation from tho Michigau Avenus Baptist Cly culivened Ao seens, v of thelr property shanld not be forfeited,” to state thnt ony such clalm on nm,x b i the first or any other ol fs without " fountation fn - fact. A" property under sefzure, belonging "ty by glam" b'b ltgueml lm[tclh. was to a the Unites e without queation, ang like any other condemned property,at o o4 vendue to tha highcst hlnhlm‘.1 PETL ot Plense publish this for the benefit of 4y cerneds Very respectfully, eX- o 0 !mhlm .\Ilmnn" ————— MICHIGAN, Special Correspondenca of The Tridune, Laxsixg, Mich., July 24.~In conneetion iy the maps sircady drawn by J, X, Sherm, draughtsman of the State Land Ofiice, showpyg tha educational growth and facilitics of by gatiy and which aro on cxhibitfon at Phjude. phia, Mr. Sherman fs now engaged In repy,. ing two skeleton mnps to show the wowthy Michigan for the past forty years: ond they Intter will also bo placed on exhitatlon at yyq Uentennlal. These maps will showat a Rloney the position of the Territory In 196, The o), countica organized ot that time.beside the ty, southern ticre, were Allegan aid Kent, in qyy weatern portion of tho Btateand Livin raton, Oakland, Macomb, 8t. Clair, s.apeer, um“s . nas, in the eastern; while Mickinac ol Chip. ewa were the only ones unfmlzed In the Unper B eninsuta. The populationin 1836 was 7 in 1578, 1.410,000.‘“ 0 ———— 5 FINANGAL, Prmangrrma, Pa, uly 20.—Mesrs, Cooke & Co. were iHs. morning discha from bankruptey by dge Cadwallader, of tty United Btates Distect Court, o objection hay. fug been made tethe petition filed some ting 280, Jy Bvect Dispatch to The Tribune, Osnrosn, Vis, July 26.—Chandlcr McCunty, Jr., lumberpan, has failed, with labilities orer + $15,000, e greater portion of his aracts | curt” by morlgnge to- . 1. Libicy, leating about $,000 indebtedness above nasots, for which Jrother, Rohert McCurdy, {8 Jargely ry. sponsiic on Indursement, ——— . EXPOSITION ITEMS, PULADELPNIA, Pa., July 26.—The weathe cortinues coul aud pleasant, and the attend. wice at the Exposition fs steadily Increasing, The cash receipts yesterday were 810,68 The total cash recelfpts since {he opening an £808,000. 'The total number of ¥isitors {s 2,313, 000. Tho arrivala from Illitiols and other Weg ern Blates are more numerous tlan during thy ot spell, but no great rush is expected bef ubou{’lh:: 1stof Slfi‘;mmber. hested it ——————— MRS, GRUNDY SAYS that Sozoilont eclipses all other preparations for the tecth ond gams. And what Mrs. G. rayaisre 1terated most emphatically by ninehy-nine oae hundredths of the beauty and fashion of the Jand. ——— OZONIZED OX-MARROW FOR THE HAIR, Dy Buck & Rayner, makors of the ** Mars" Cologne, e ey ~ "DEATHS, TOMPRINS—AL his fatc residonce, Tnesdyy Jaly 25, ot 8:30 p. m., Jemmlnh’rompk(ufi the 7ist year of hlango, ' 110 was the fathor of Mrs, T, N, Beoclor, of thy city, and Mra. Ilenry Gamlrldfi_c. of Deaver, Cal. Funeral at 10 o'clack . m. Thursday frum Ce. nary M. I5. Charch, LYNAM—Wednesdny, July 20, Genevlere Ly nam, youngest daughter of Mathow and Cellaly nam,.aged 6 yenrs 4 months and 3 daya, Funeral from he realdenca of her parents, No 121 North Green-at., Friday, July 28, st 1 o'clock by cars to Calvary Cemetery, Friendso tho family are invited to attend. 1 COLT—At his vesidence In Lockpar, 1L, Ast. l%w. Colt, nged (4 yoars, A ecenaed was father of Mra. James C, Rogen, of this city, TIIURBER—The fanersl of Mra. Euretta B Thurber will take place at her resldunce, IS Archer-av., this (Thursday) morning at 8 o'tlxd by cara to Oakwood, UART—In New York, ou Saturday, Joly = ‘Alilrl{nr N., infant son of George W, and Irens), POLITICAL ANNOUNQ EMEH;‘S. HYDE PARK REPUBLIOANS, There will bo nmeeiln& af the Tiopublican volts of 1ydo Park, at the Iiyde Park Honsc, a8 o'clxt this evening, The Committeo on Conetitutiont:d § Rales for the Central Club will make ite repon The Hon. James P. Root Wl adidresa the meetiny. GEO, M, BOGUE, Presldent Oyde Park Central Republican Club. BECOND WARD. There will be a meeting of the Sccond WardRe- Knhflcln ClubZ Friday cvenlng, In the Teonet \fedical College, 513 State street, at 8 o'clock. this is the comnioncement of the Prealdential e palgn, it is important that every Republican of I ward be present. MEDECAL. SMITELS Grom Jomtan Redova B Citrea erotuta, Erysipelas, Tomors, White Gwelies B Tienct, Diseatoe Dlich, Fover ant Agic, ong aiaveil MM arfaing f urc'blood. Recomimended by emluds Plyniclann, " Sea clrculars. For sale by all Druxssv. B8 Mnolesale Western Aventw, M. A, IUBLIUT 4 B Chicug Aqnick core for CATARRIL, affections of the Throat and Lungs, *To provs i Oftice, 101 and 183 virtuca a trial ls glven FREE at Clark-st., Chicagu. WILLIAM WRIGHT, M.D. FIROFLSSIONAL., A A A A A e A AND FISTULA positively cal without pain orfhe usoof knife, . lignture, or caustie. & SukE CURE OR NO PAY. Wiihp Uents from a distance we Wil contract to pay all travelingsc other expenses if we fall to offcct 8 radical cott. No charge for consnltation or exathination, DR MINER & PHILLIPS, 107 Madlson.st., Chleago. = e AUCTION SALES, HBUTTERS & €0.'8 REGULAR TRA ALE THURSDAY MORNING, July 27, at 0:30 o'clok at their Salesooms, 118a0d 120 Wabash-av., STAPLE & RANCY DRY GO0 § Clothtng, Cassimeres, Farnlshing Goodr, Baots, Shots & GREAT AUCTION SALE 54 FIFPTII-AYV., 3 Thueslay, Friday, und Saturday, July 27, 28, st 29, ut 100'clock o, m, and 2 p. i, each diy, T stock conalsts of Unredecnicd Pledyes nf evelf varicty, too numcrous to mention, to bo sold siid oat roscrye by ordur of D. C. Ucary, Pawnbroker. WL, A, BUTTERS & CO., Anctioneers CLOSING SALB. Bangs Bros.’ Bankrupt Stock STOUE PIXTURES, SAVE, ETC., TRIDAY MORNING, JULY 28, AT 10 O'CLOCE AT 378 & 2380 STATE.ST, BUTTERS & C0.'8 BATURDAY SALE BATURDAY MORNING, July 140, ¥ Salearooms, 118 and 120 Wabaab-av,, URNITURE, 'lanos, Carpets, Mousehold Goods, Ac. By ELISON, POMEROY & C04 Auctionocrs, 84 and 80 Iandolph-at. FURNITURE, CARPETS, And General Household Goods, TFriday Morning, July 28, at 0:30 o'clock Our usual immensu diyplay New and Second-hsnd PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS A FULL LINE OF CARPETS. Under Chaitel Mortgage the eutire Purslict and Carpets Two Dwelllng Hou good Fursl ture in good order, Genoral Merchandies, &, 4 Bargains In Now Furniture at private sale duris weks, ELISON, FOMEROY & CO 8 and 50 Randolph-st. STATIONBR'S STOOK- At our Friday's Balo, at 10 o'clock, an Inol Paper Weighits, Tuketatile, Steel Ve Ben 140 [l . ELI POMEROY & €0 te.___ ELISON, POMEROY & By JAS, P, McNAMARA & CO4 117 Wabash-sv., N. W, cor. Madison-sh 500 Lots Boots, Sk d actles Thursday Mosaiag. Saiy' S at bry e slosk JAS, P, McNABARA & C., Auctioneers CONPECTIONERY. B vty NURUE CELEBRATED thranzaot tho Unlon—expressed 1ol orts, 11 aud upwarl 3 25, 40, 00¢ por . Addrest orders GUNTIEL, Coult tloner, Chlcaga,