Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1877, Page 8

' L300 _ THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. Yesterdny afternoon Jerrs White, of No. 87 Cornell street, fell upon the sldewnlk at No. 103 Milwaukee avenue, while under the infiucnee of Jiquor, and fractured the right 1eg nbova the ankle. " 7 The ladies of tho West Side churches are re- queetedt to nttend A meeting to be held inthe chapel of the Third Preabyterian Church, corner of West Washington and Carpenter strects, Tuesday ot 4 . ., to take into consideration & concerted plan of actlon for unlon Christlan work on the West Stde. The members of Ganlen City Division, So. 422,8ans of Tempernnce, as well as memhicrs of the Ordur, are requested to be present Tes- day evening at their hall, No, 300 West Madi- Woin rtroct. Dusiness of {mportance b to e at- tended to, The m ers of Sheet-Anchor Di- Yiglon will ulso be present i o body, Refresh- ments will he served free. Mr, Charles J. Guitcau says he fs grioved at Tue TRinuNe r-rortnx his lecture,” He rays e delivered fis entire argument, covering toitr newspaper colimns of sulid type, showing that Christ said He would come,and that as a matter of fact e did comu, at the destruction ot Jerusalem, A, D, 70, He thiuks Tre Trinexe nu‘wgm :» have givena full report or sald nothing about [t A GOOU CHARITY, The Central Churel (Prof, Swing's) pasred around the hat yesterday and tookup the ful- Towing collection Eenteal Chiurch Benovolent Soclety . Bible Soclety. Home Mis<on 8t Lukn'n Ilospital Yoreign Miesiona. Foundiinzs' Homo Teact Bociety . Kering Wontes Jlome of Friendleas, Woman's Union Mis Woman's Chrlstian Miscellancous Total . + Other gentlenien not gifts to fully £2.500, chject on a "card, and where the donor destred. HOTRL, ARRIVALE, Charlen tiross, Tinffalo: the 1lon. ermont § M, Hall, Clevelanid ;WM. Jitaham, ML nincy: Thomas A, H) o, donor marked his uee the money goues Patmer Ionse: Q. A, Seabuy, G. ‘8. Sanford, ‘Syrcuse whakees Danio} Haris, ell, Detrolty, A. L. Litthy, Fhiladelphi Calin, New York: Gen. It O, dorrett, U, 5 A% I, Herman, Hoston: J, C. Tarrls, Cineinnatl; Gen. A. L. linadcll, “New Orleans bt Kiider, ~Marquette; John Mawley, Grand® ficific—C. ‘T, Tearsmn, ‘Windeor, Des Moineas 1. Wi Wiillam Piper, llonlenox; 8L, Louis: L, M. Tteed, Sew Yo Cleveiand; . apolin: Al . Lo Omahi, .. Hoaton; J. 11, warth, Omahn; 3y ¥illey! avls, W Minne- 3 Amasa Waterman, Washington; 1k 8, are, 8an Francisco. M, 1HI, Locansport; 1, King, Galveston; Trentonl Honn Aulllams and . Kelozz, New York: dohn iay, New Yorks T 1. Mareie, Bostons ¥, W, Detroit; Col, E. t;, Gowing, Davenport G, W, Iuened and ileary oouShermun Honze—=W, C. MW, Hnerett, Lincolu: W, Puttle, Conneeticat; 1. E. Hurt, Lansingburg? G, 11, Narauiore, Phila: deiphta; (.. Dandy, oS 0z 0, L Title, M. Hrows, Michigan: 1. C! sford, fogto Noodbury, New Yorl [illmen,” Prankiin A, Metoan, St Louls: ‘A, Connceticuts Eoch, Milwnukee. E AMUSEMENTS. AIE DENEPIT OF M138 ELIZAURTIT VON ATAMM- wITZ, ihe able leading lady of Alexander Wurater's Gernou dramatle company, at the New Chlcazo Theatre, was a_genuine success, and the bene- ficlury has every reason to be proud of the recognition she has received at the hunds of the German population In thix city. The house way crowiled to sulfoeation,—not even standing-roomn was to be had after the performunce eon- wenced. The play produced was Dr. Mosen- hal’s gereat dranm * Deborah,? which lias been translated Into Enzllsh under the title of “Lealt the Forsaken' Thongh the play had oeen produced here quite often avd In it tad apneared sueh artlsis as Mles Janauschek and Mary ¥ecbael, vet Miss Von Stammoritz select- ed it for this ovesrfon in order to give people n hance to measure hee urtlng by those of the pbove-named artfats, It {s bnt'just to say that 1ast evening's perforiance waa the best, ay o or uiven i thts ey, The Deborah of Stamwitz B n sublime ereatlon, aml tho very fdeal of the autln Her penditlon of the character e fully equel cto that ©! Mias Junaneehek, sl ehe has efiles the advautage of o heiter uppear- ance. Nothing mare awe-nspising or territic ¢an bu fmngined than when stiey ke a wounded tigress, eprings upon Josepl, il showers upon him curses aud maledictions. There was no end o the appiause, and often she was ealled out during the ecene. Sho was presented ulso with a large number of wngnifivent floral tokens, prominent among which wos a crown of ca- melllas, white and red yoses, uild tuheroses, sur- mounted with s cross of white hyucinths, and an fimmense luwer-stuod fled with the rarest of flowere, JBut wide from the splendid ncting of Miss Von Stamwitz, every othier churacter was well played. Mr. Brackman as Jusenh wus very gontl, awd po was Mr, Donald ns Nuthan, the apostate, Miss Clauesen, Miss Lindemun, Mrs, Horn, un Messra. Meler, Kochy and Ileliner also deserye favorable mention. CRIMINAT., “Curly Jobn? Is the sobriquet of awell- known thief who was arrested yeaterday morn- ing nt the corner of Jefferson and Madison sireets, “Curly” s wanted for jumping his hall to the Criminal Court upou an Indictiment Sor stealing o trunk, At 10 o'clock yesterday morning o potrolman found an open window in Al M, Halso & Co.'s proviston store, No. 143 Luke strect, andappear- aoces Indleated that burglars had been ubout, Asnonv of thie proprictora could be found, the oflicer cauld not learn what, It anything, had beon stolen, Sueak thieves fn the West Diviston yeaterday §0L away with £60 worth of clothing from J, K. Tolllster, of No, 168 Corroll nvenue, and with quantity of igars from John N. Ficken at the eorncr of Ilarrlson strect and Centre uvenue, At the latter place the front door wus foreed open with afhinmy, und an_emplo; place namod Frank Lehmpell fired 1w 1hem as they were retreating. It was stated yesterday that Louts C. Swegles hud been arreated with M. Cormundy on charge of larceny preferred bya man nained De- Witt, and that tie exatmination lad been con- tinudd uutil the 30th. It appeurs, upon louking $uto the mnatter, that it §s o put-up job, and that there 13 nothing whotever fnit. The proscent- ing witneea, who will never appear, wus fostl. gated Lo wwear out tho compluint by some cne- imfes of Bweles, who wanted to urrest i on ‘llfluwnluy and lave bl locked up over Mone uy. ‘The pollce at the different stations were yes- terday ferrifled ut the tale of a1 woman named Jfartha Bl:xy\m, lalimfug to be an uctress ut the Colisvum, With tears in her eyes she related th thisturtusies of her pard,™ Aunle Hindle, n1E0 uh At at the samo place, saying Hinde had received a note frum. Eily Carson, o woman residing at No. 122 arth aveniie, ‘which she thought was only u bitud to o most foul murder and thelt of £3,000 worth of dinmonds which Hindle bad—to get. After great escitement the real facts o the case leaked oul Friday night Constable Charles G, Lindgreen we tevy uson flindic's etfects upon s ex; for'dent obtulined it her by o 1 Kohn, but by mistake lie ot into Bergen's room fnstead, and Bergen resenting the fusalt, I arrested her for wmeault witn 1y weapon, Hergen s botled out at 'Alm‘Zi yusterduy pornli wud Hiodie baving Nled uway from tue clut hes of the conatable, they futed to find cavh uther, The two doves wlio bud caused all this commotion wers once more Jeunited ut the eveniug performunce st the Coluseain. " TWO OFFICEUS IN THOUNLE. Baturduy last, Otficers Kobert Jones and Pat Owens, twa of the best pulicemen i the Weet Division, were fudicted by the Grand Jury Tor jultreating Lwo citizens slgule themselves Parnell Muuson and Willutn Miller, "The true Tucts In tho cree are, us tiearty up can b wseere ta'nied, thiese: Upon the might ot the 1th of the prusent month Munson atd Milier, while out upon 4 drunk, entered the drugestore of A. € Musselwhite, umber the Ganlt 1luuse, oz Weet Mudlsun street, and, upon lu'lul{ retused whisky, scized the © whisky in the jar," and attempted to furce it down the night-cly throat, Iuthe scutle two kerosene laps were kuocked over, sud it was with some dilliculty that the flaumes were extinzuished. The Aght was transferred Lo the aliey, aud there Otlicer Jones \was beset by tho party, sud was being wosted untll Owens canie to the rescus aus arrested Loth Muoson asud Miller. Both ro- alsted, and the oficers used thelr clubs for the purpose for which they ars cuwnpelicd to carry tew. Tbe mext morning & puir of broken Leuds were Sucd §5 cach befure Justos Boully, THE CHICAGO ’PR[fiUNE: MONDAY., JANUARY £2, 1877. and alnce then Munson has heen persecuting the officers {n every way he could devise, At abont yesterday worning Jdones, while patrolling beat fn School alley between Jeferson and Desplaiues streets, was fired upon by some one coneealed behind a wagon who, im- medintely ran away. Jones pursued, and wa¢ azain ratutea with n hullet that whizzed past his head, and before die could gafn upon his assallant’ he had_disnopeared in 8 lumbar-yand nearly upposite the Cnlon Street Station, Je [s confldent that Munson Is the fnstigator of the assanlt, and hiopes oon to prove his mr]mt\llun by arresting the would-be assassin. This Mun- son {s the =ame man who befricnded W rn{. the hurglar, who had qalte a record in the cri minal calendar. The indictment tay have teen pro- cured through Flun and Corcoran of the Grand Jury, Finn beeame known here as keeper of & Imdzing-house catled the Hotel de Finn, on South Despialnes street, and Corcoran scems cqually well kuo SUBURBAN. LAKE. The Board of Trustees met at the Town-1lall Saturday afternoon, President Mulrbead fn the & chalr, Messrs. Murphy, Cory, nnd Shirley wero present, Supervisor Condit being absent on committee busioess. A petition was recefved from residents and property owners asking for repairs on Western avenue in front of Tremont Garden, Heferrcd to the Committee on Rosds aud Bridges and Drninage. Enziveer Foster presented a statement that e hiad fssued a rebate certlficate o Charles Carlson, which was refused n{ the County Col- Iector, and in consequence the Int was sald for e vecommended that she town buy up the tax certificates, and redeem the rebate certificate with {t. Referred to the Sunervisor with power to act. William Briukman presented o request that a sown warrant in hia possession for £200 be made to bear futereat. Referred to the Committes on Finance, L, Cleveland, of South Englewood, present- ed for approval his bonds for saloun leense, Referred to Commitice on License, Bills to the anount of 8300 were audited. Adjourned for one week, "Ihe engine of the wmall tratn of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacilc Railrowd, which leaves Chicogo Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, burst a flne, siecessltating u hiange of engines, Ene ginver Mark Barney, of the dummy train, wos sdetalled to make the trip. ® AILROADS. SARTERN FREIGIIL DIFFICULTIES. The rouds leading from this clty to the East are still at voriance in regird tothe frelght rates between this city and the Eastern scaboard. The Lake Shore & Michignn Suvathern Raflroad, which refuses to advance its rutes to the sano figures o8 {3 now charged by the other roady Ieading to the East, gives no other reason for the actlon exeent that it cannot nfford to make an advance at this time. While this state of af- fairs may contlnue for a while longer, yet there can be no doubt that the roads which Lave made the advance will have to come down again, pro- shled the Lake Bhore & Michigan Southern maintatns ita position. The New York Iorld hias the followlng in regard to this matter: Recelver Jewelt, of the Erie Nallway, aald yes- terday that Erfe would henceforth charge the ad- suneed rates on Fast-bound frelght, except that coming over the Loko Shore ltund; that, in his Central would come into the arrangement, that I any event there would be no **ralirond The wehedule han not renched thia city yet, advance I 41 to 6 cents the hundred, the New York Central clalm ta Inttuence shore {o regard to Enst-liouna feeightar” d of Frelght-Aent ltutter, of Central 03 3t haw been the'rale for at least ten vearn for the Western roads tu make the East-bound rates, The compact of Dec, 15 provides for their dolng a0, Your paper published that ogree- wuent, and a reference (o your files will show that it wiates very pinlnly thai Enst-bound rates shull e usde by The Western connections of the trunk lines, We have nothing to suy us to what rates onr conneetions make, We HCCODL QU Proportin of such rutes a4 they make, We Lave not undertaken 1o dictate to the Lake Shore or any ofher con- nectlon what rates they shall wnke. Ther ure thie beat Judgen of what they vhonld 4o, and we nes ceptit, The assertion that thls Company controls the Lake Shore fsa mistake, The tivo ronds are General Manager of the Lal mdrmfln. and one of the m eu ruten should not be advauced e Las a good reason t expe encey rojlrond men In the country: lnlll If ho thinks for it, no do 1lis action nced not prevent othee ronds trom advancing, 1f they chooe. I do notree that it Is Tikely ocreate any ilioad war. It can. not interfere with the compact of liee, 14, for that instrument has 1o earing upon the' rates them. selvee, but sunply upon the principle upon which raten should be ninde,™ ++1# It not Mkely that tho opposltion of the Lake Nx‘m’u whl Indnce the other roads to return to old ratesy : *'{ presume the other roads kncw oll about the apposition of the Lake Shore 10 an advance bef Vliey made it, ang gave It due consideration, 1 pose they thougnt they conld obluin the advance without auy regard to” Lake Shore, or they would not have increased their rutes,™ The Baltimore & Ohin and Penoaylvanla Itall- rondw, Mr. itnttersald, however, had requested Mr. Vanderbllt 1o u<e hiw influence 10 nauce Shore to cumo Into the agrecment. A GREAT NCITEME, Tu (he Editor af The Tridune, WiLaiNeToN, Als, Jan. 12.—Chivago must have a great Southern rallroad. 1 have one in contemplation, which 1 respectfully submit to you, und through you to your Board of Trad Tt s to build & narrow-gaugo rallroad from Chi- cago via Evanaville, Ind., Kinsvitle, Ky., Centre- ville, Tenu., Courtland, Tuscalvosn, and Selmu, Ala., to Florlda Stute line, aud thence centrally through the State to Key Weat, with srinn to Tampa Bay and Charlotte Hurbor on the Gull, and also to the hest polut on the Atlantle seas board, This line of road will develop the rich coat and Irun juterest of Tennessee and Ala- buing, and give su impetus to the tropleal pro- duetlons of Florida, which can be made to pro- duce all the sugur, coffee, und molasdes for which we now pay to forelen conntries 8100,000,- 000 In coin, The sofl and climate of Florlia are the sume a8 of Culat. s will glve stimulus to the ]'nmduullunu of vegetables and tropleal frults, Which your city witl need. This line will penctrate the rich conl and tron de- 0318 of Teuncssee and Alabona, the rlchest in he United States, 1f your city will take churge ol the enterprise, Tennessed, Alubuma, wnd Florlda will danate mneral lagd enough to the romd to bulld and_eauip it ten thnes over. The conl and fron lands of this State on this lne antuin from 5,000 o 6,00 squars miles of the finest gquulity, and in inexhuustible quantities. “This “toad can be bullt aud Ipped for 10,000,000, ‘The coal, fron, and ber lands which can he secured in the foter est of the enterprise will, in oy oplulon, be worth from §50,000,000 to 103,000,0. T pro- pose thut you appolnt s Boarl of Tristees to Inunaze the enterprise, ‘The money can b ob- taind dn Burope ut a low rute of interest, What your hotels und private cltizens, as well o8 mer- thants, would derive from the huflding of thls ruad no wan can estinate, and it wilk cost you nothibig i the end, This letter wan sujrzeated Dy realitig nn urtlele fn sote paper propusing to ke Chivago the great Iron manufa tory of the Unfon. 1f you think wy plan teasiblewrite me, und 1 will writs you s Jetter for publication, und beglu the agitation of the enterprise at unee. J. C Winre. s e — e B'NAL B'RITH, Bpectat Dispatch $o The Tridune. Dernoir, M Jun. 2l—=Detroit Grand Lodge No, 6, Independent Order of B'ual B'rith, et this mornbing in 044 Fellows! Hall, about 100 revresentatives being present, from the Stutes of Hilnofs, Mishiean, JTows, Minnesoto, Wiscountn, and Nebrasl Herman Felaenthal, of Chicayra, Grand Prestdent, occugded the chatr, The session commenced at 10 ofelocki. Mostof the morning sesston was oceapled by appotnting comuifttees, reading otlicial reports, nuk ring Lhe satae to approvriate committees, Conventlon adjourned at 1 o'elock. Upon {ts reasserbHug 4t 2:80, on motion, 1 telegram was sent to Distriet Grand Lofge No. 2, of Cineln- nati, von nu.ulullu% them on thelr twenty-tiith An fuvitation was recely aecepted to attend 3 ball wnd banguet honor of this grand body Ly 1’ i L this clty on Monday evening, s mittee vl tlve. After gsine other ront ness, the bhody m‘l}unrnwl until 9 inth CseINNary, Jun. 21—=The tw wual meetlvg of this D) conimenced bere to-day, About 100 delegates have already areived, represcuting all purts ol the district, ) CARY, L Bpecial Dispalch bo The Tribuns. Ca1ro, I, Jaa. 21.—301at>r Ozlesby, on hls way home from New Orleans, stopped overhere soveral hours to-day, snd, by special traln, visited the Government works on tha Mississippr River back of the city. 1le took a good look at things, sud cxprezscd himscl{ as betlevlog that tge appropriation made recently was cntirely fjuadequate to do the work, aud will endeavor to bave it increased, or & now une wade, vn his ! return to Washingtua. _ COUNTY CONTRACTS. Espscially the Furnishing of Blank Books, Etc. An Investigation of the Subject by the “Staats-Zeitung.” The Bills of Cameron, Amberg & Co. Gone Through and Summarizeds Grave Ohorges Made Against tho Con- tractor and the County Board, And Figures Given to Back Up tho Aforesaid Charges. The Staats-Zatung has partially completed ita fuvestigation of the bills of Cameron, Amberg & Cu., for books, Wanks, ele., furnished the county, ani prints this morning the following atatements as the result of its investigations, It makes the following charges: w4 First—fhat the firm of Cameron, Amberg & Co. has shamelesaly deieiuded the county dur- fng the fiscal year of 1875-'%0 out of asum which, us for 08 We can now sce, amounts to at east 10,000, w Second—That the County Board has uever at- tempted to eritically exmnine these accounts, and_ thereby made itscll an accomplice In the theft. o Fird=That tn tome offices there has heena houndless and criminal extravagance in the or- dering and use of writing materials, A merely superficial Inspectlon of the billaof thls firin, sudited by the County Board, will at once convinee every business” mian that our charges are well founded, 1OW TIHE MLLS WERE EXAMINED, “Noue of the billa show the lenst sien of nny person uequainted with the subject having taken the least trouble to. ascertain their vorrect- ness. Most of them lLave nt the bottom the ertiiicate of the head of the diviston that the artieles were furnished, but In many even tols is lacking, Even where it does appear it doea not_aliow how the person who aigned the vertitieate learned the accuracy of the bill, so farne the number and gquulity of the articles furnished ere concerned. 'The charges ere often fndefinite. The contract ofren contuins, for fn- stance, eixght different. kinds of steel pens. In the ils the designation of the varticular kind 18 aliost always wanting, vet, the charge s ap- parently audited by the nddition of the number o vatrict item. ‘The cxaminationof the Lilla {s done hf‘mlr‘b fnz on the tem with a blue-lead pencil a cou- tract number, or the remurk, *No C.,’ which means, *not In the cootraet.’ Most of the artlcdes furnished aro outside of the contract, aml especlally the more expensivo ones ure not supplied by contract, but on a alm- Mo order, whereby the fixing of the price L Ieft entirclv to the contractor, A cursory in- spection of a number of bills soon shows us the reason for this. The person who nudits the bill does not bother himsell about the quality of the artivle, but Juoks at the contract to sce wWhether sl st ftem appears dn ft. 12 it does, be marks down aguinst the item In the bill the contract numbers it ke does uot, ha simply writes, *No C.' "For instence, fn the bill ol No¥. i1 I8 the ftem for tho County Clerk's ofilce: One quire med, marrlage reglster, 820, “This s marked *No C.' No. 23 In the con- truct fus Unie quire royal (cut down) printed marriage repiator, cansus cover, S8, Bt since the price did not agree the auditor sunply fised up this ftem by marking 1t asn delivéry outside of the contrict, while ft was hls duty ti have u!:jlwlc-l 1o the charge sud to have cut down the price to 8%, Many stel fnstances this the contractor anfne uees, it was easy for him, without npparently breaking his cotitencty t pay no sttention whatever to it tirures un halt of the articles furmshed, and to cliarge prices which gave a profit of more than 100 jier cent, It Ls cusy to aee how profitable this conrve hagbeen, why earns that thearticles furnisked durige the vear outside the coutract amounted to aluost 14,000, The ftema marked with contract numbers, souut. to the handsotue sum of $16,571.48, But it must not Lo under- ood that all these charges are made In compli- wnee with the contract, In many itemns tor blanks for the Tax Collector and {he courts the contract giver only the basls fur computation, For conrt’ blanks the contract gives the follow- Inie rates knew of FHINTING COUNT LA a0, Compoaltion Li-sheet form Compositlon ig-hect form Compurition {5-slieet form, Presswork, TR Taper, perd J. e down to 14 None of these rates oveur in the bills, It reada shnply as in tho bl for the Crminal Cuourt for March 8 fims & forthwith caplas......... 89,24 L by regular vendre, firal Munday. . 3 s &y regular venire, third Monday.. the & Aceording to the contract, the quality and welght of the paper sbould ut least have been {nditnted in order to cuuble the Auditor to coz- rect the chure, But the Clerk did not trounls Blmself about this. Jle simply added to the ftem the fizures 8493 fn bluo penell, but. did not Hgure out the rate. Iu this nstance the rates are 31,04 too high, Thoukh this may anpear small, the lucrease nmounts to 1§ per cent, which, on blauks to the “smount of §3,000, representa o very handsome sumn, It 18 aiwo ve y that un examinution wes Would shiow o miich greater crence between the contract prive and the es on the b, “That no trout e at all was taken i the cx- smination of the biils, ts manlfest from the fuzt that a cursory {nspection shows us that there are bills there which should Liave heen stralzht- ened beforo they were pand. — {n one cuse o nls. take wus made to the benetit of the eounty. In the bill for the County Clerk's ottice of Dee, 4 Is the following item: £ 21— qu, 2d Demy 1§ bd, @ 3.75—-$70.75. The charge should have been 10, AlLthis shows that the bills never wers exam- 1 Wo hetfeye that the contruct numbers were adided to the items at the contractor's of- tlee, and that all that the Printing Committes did'with tnem wan ta recommend thelr payment. without exumination, HLANK-NOOKH. Tho county lios heen wost shamelessly swin- dled in the dellivery of blank-books. The con- tract prices nre very low, perhaps often much below the real valie, But no attentlon what- gver s been paid to them in furnishing the ool WFigures speak. The contract sllows forty- six blank hooks fur the County Clerk’s ofiive at acost of §231.45 But thirty-clght buoks were dellvered to the same office” atw cost of $787, Al the Jatter correspund with Items fn the con- truct and charging for them at other than con- tract prices Is g shameless swindle, Al the hooka furnishud for the law courts wero outside of the cautruct, although the contract furnisbed u suflictent basts un which to of ull these chal ;%lfl' Ils:uns out their rrn.w. Thaese buoks cost 4,731 The llustratlon given above of cliorging §28 for a murriage reglster Istend of §3, eives a tafr klea of the way i which things were dones but the following (ustances will muke the magultude of the swindle much plalner: e prica of blank-bookdepends on thelr size, the yuantity of paper, the composition and printiug of tho ieycesary headlines and g, Wi the bindive. The bindiog sud paper ou tiie vlank-books used by the county suthurities re- muins nearly the saine, so that s higher-priced Look of tho sauie #lzu can only come from the printing and miing of the ‘sume, For the Fuling of un ordinary ledgcr of elght quires the churge 13 unaudly from 1 to §1.50, The rullng of aone of the huoks I the Connty Bullding 13 worth more thau # for each book. Thy com- position of blauk-tooks, fucluding the printhie, i3 usually Hzured ab §250 per head and 73 cents for vacly adiditlonal icad, For lnstance, i any one book had four heads to the page, it wouk st §2.25 more than u bouk of the eizs with ouly one which nresadded tables of coutents cost frum 3250 to $5 tuore, In the eontract, the price is aldo very unifurm, but not {u the billle, The hook ehlefy furalshied (o the didercut depurt- wents s ou elzbt-quire medivm, walch appears eizhteen thes I the contract ut un wverze price of less than 33, The prics Iluctuates between 86 und 89, Outshis of con- tract there were furnlshed sixty-seven book of the same s:ze, of which none should be higi er pricedd than vtie of those spevitled in the con- tratt. [The dearest book of thls size in the contract i3 the documeatary recard, whicl hus turee hieads 10 cuch paze, and a table of con- tents,] They vost toeether $1,500.80, or an a cof $2240 a Pi e. ‘The price o hetween §138 and $30, 4 bouks bad beeu calculated sccording to contract price, admitting even that they ail.had been as valusble as thoss mcutioned “Ju the coutract at_ #12, then they would lave cost ouly $304 Wu lhave thercfore here, on a total amount of only $1,500, a manifest swi dic of $700, and even of uearly §1.000), as theav- erage price should buve remalued the same, 1t 1s certainly not golug tov fur to assort thal the furnishing of blunk-buuks outslde of the con- tract, which smouuts to §1,781.60, represcuts s swindle of nt least £2,000,—that {s, what should have been figured up, necording to _contract, at $1,500, has Dieen flzured up with $1,781. To give an opportunity to those of our read- erawho nnderstand tiia business to cxamine the overcharies sgalnet the county for them- seives, we hereby annex all (tems referring to blank-bouks which were delivered outside of the contract, um{ he following out of the many tefesred o by the Slaals-Zeltung are given:] CIRCUIT CLRAK. Jan, 10—2 Gan. Jdan. 10—1 4 qu. deny, Jan, 10—-1 8 qu.dem{ dan, 101 G qu. mediuni liead book arch 20—1 4 qin, receint book, March 20-1 3 qu .medimn.. 13-1 8 qu, medium. . —1 1 qu. recefpt hool prit i1 Uau. receipt b il 24—-0 0 qa. books dune 32 8 qu.” med une -3 18 qu. me June fi—1 18 qu. medi June -1 8 qu. mediu, Jun: 414 qu. medium. July 31—1 1214 qn, mediun dnly 31— 123 qu_ medinm, Sept. 4—1 A qu,” medium Bept. 4—1 Haqu, meduim, Hcpt. 43 § qu, mediom Fept, 4—2 7 qu. medinm. Sept. #0—1 8qn . medlon Nov. 61 8 qu. mediuni., Nov, §=1 8 qu. medinm... Dee. 4—1 Bqu. medinm March —1 10 qu. March 6—1 6 qu. lotter. March —1 4 qu. recordl.. March fi—2 B qu. medinm, March 6—1 8 qu. medimn March U—2 8 qu. medium. April 24— 8 qu. medium May 1= indexes.. . T SELLLL g 2 July i—1 Juiy 1-1 Gqu. eap... July 10— b qi. medini 4= 8 qut. medium —1 2 gu, medium Sept. 3—1 2 qu. Tuperlai November—1 8 qu. mediumn. Noveuber—1 0% qu. demy.. November—i 8 qu. demy...., Decomber—1 6% qu. demyueisins Decembier—2& 2 qu, demy, at 8,75 * These are not all the blank-books furnished; outslide of the vontract, but they constitute the njority of them, and are sufiicent to prove the fraudulent character of 1ho accounts, BN OFES3, « Naturally the swindle {snot_limited toblank books. ‘Tbecontract mentlons 1,000 No, 6 extra heavy eanary-colored enyelopes, at $i. ‘Plia 18 oabout 100 per cent more than fs charged ot . retoll for the hest quality of envelopes. But this did not satisfy the thievish contractors. Thuse furnlshed by themn were far fiomn bemg ol the best quality, S0 T prer to Incrcasethelr protit they charged £ per 1,000 for_printing then, Many printers would be very willing to print 1,000 for 73 ccuts, LETTER PAPCR. “Another swindle fs foumt inthesupply of let- ter-paper. 1t Is ail delivered outside ol tho con- trect ot $7 per ream for printed, und $4.80 per ream for unprinted paper. ‘That which was tur- nistied ean be hiad auywhere for §2 or $2.50 per ren “'fhe tlhorough cxamination of the accounts which wo propose making will doubtless briug to lgut many more irauds, butwe alrcady know enough to be able to say withs contidence that the vounty has been swindled out of at leust $3,000 1 these extra purcuascs. wine furnishing of weiting material to the county shows an extravogance unda reckless munagement which would horrify every busl- ness-man. Swindling on one side, wanton waste on the other—greed on the part of the cone tractor, neglect ot duty and foliy, i not cheut~ fug, on the part of the oflicers wiio ordored and puld for the articies. #The county used last year 216 dozen of blot- tiug-puper, besides varlois quires of uncapped vlocting-paper; 30 dozeu lead pencllo and 3,000 pen-boiders, many of them costing $1 per dozen; about 200 gross of steel pensy 1 pleces of indln-rubber, und also 25 pounds of Ll same article. Abuut o gruss Ol crasers was bought, aud shamelessly high prices charged tor all these articles, DAD WORK, #The Llank books furnished were 30 poorly bound that bundreds of dollara were puld out tor rebinding. The contractors were so muderate that they ctarged only 70 cents per hour for this wurk, while they mightas woil iwve charged $10. The responsibility for thin wwindle resta on thy County Board, ‘The Leads of Ulvlions buve been distinetly informed thut on cxsmination of thi bills by them was unnbecessary. Chreutt-Clerk Groxy suys that be tricd four years a2o to se¢ ubout the writing muterlals furnished this oflive, but In valn, # W have already sald enough to reveal the great fraud pracbiced on the taxpayers. ‘To Suow 1L up completely will require’ mauy artl- and the careful éxumination of all the ac- connta!” e p—— 10WA MILLERS. Rpecial Curresporvlence af The Tribune. Des Moings, fu,, Jun, 10.—~The State Millers Assoclatiun elected the followlng ofllcere: Presileat—C. A. Bonyan, Agency City, Vice- Prealden 3. Bnouller, Cedar Hapids. etury and Treasurer—d, It Serrln, Ladora, catite Computiee—U. W, Norton, * Atluntic; Insac Mcilride, Indlanapolls; Roburt Nichulson, Carliste, The Secretary of the Mill-Ownervs’ Mutual Fire Insurauce Company, formed of members of tho Assofation, In his report gave a review of the busiess for tho entire time the Compauy hos been in exlatence,—showlng that thoss who inugurated the were Dot ide- taken fn thelr concluel that safs insur- auce on mill-property could be secured for Lalf the rates charzed by lnsurunce cotnpanies. Tt wos deciled by thy Company to fusure miils fn Minuesota and Nebrasku on the swue terms as in lowa, 'Tlic folluwlog ofticers were elected for the en- suing year: Directors—T, Q. Sharpe, Wilton; D, Dewdofnens 11, Hsminond, Letirande; G, tos, Atluntles d, R, b, Ladoras T, J. B Cedur Hapids; (11, Crosby, titinuel| ert Nichulsou, Carhsle; C. AL LUrvan, . Tyreell, “y T o Agency President—1, G, Sharp, Vice Prendent—11. Hammons, Seeratary—G. U, Crosby. Trearurer—b, A, Tyereli, e e—— e THE OLD IOWA STATE-HOUSE. Npecial Correspondence of The Tribune. Dra Moines, la, Jan, 19.—Sumcbody, writ- iniz to Tk Tuisuns from this city, attempts to create alarm over the old State-Hlouse, It Is ns safo us it has been for scveral years, awl competent architects have rted that, since the new foundation was placed under It,and the repalrs made o few years ago, it will answer the purpose for which it Is used; aud thers 18 no doult the next Legialuture will meet there, It is true the new Capitol B8 much needed, but it cunnot be bullt witnout_ money, and the pollvy of the ¥ Appropriation Riog,”” which 8 1onnuit hero uvery sesslon, I8 tu seoure dollar punsible for fustitutions clsewhere i the State, Wind then giont the posrible remulnder to the new Capitol. Had “the Senats Commlttes o1 Ways aiid Meuns lsst winter done its duty, amd hind not the best Interests of the Btate been sa tiileend o pollbical wive-paliing, the new Capito) would befurs the st sceston bo nearly com- pleted to the roof, und the State Treasury would nut now he bankrunt, e ——ee e PARALYSIS, Special Dispatch to The Tridbune. BroosINGTON, JIL., Jun. 21.—Dr.Isasc W.Crist, reshlont practitioner, was attacked by paralysly tuls mornlng, ond’ now 1s i a dau- Herous and eritical condition, e — A New Bovarage from Coflve feaves, The leaves of the voffee tree, says the London Gardener's Magazine, promlsc i become as fraportant ad the berey—perkaps inore 50, The leaves cantain 2 nutablo propurtiun of the cu- rious double ealt which iy called caffein when derived from colles, and theln when derived from tea, but is the rame lu cither case, oud ut- focts the nervois svatem slmilurdy, coffee und tea daiter In thelr effects tent, and while the consump- ~es thut of collea decreases, But the dilference of uction (s nut dug to sy difference of essentlal or fundumentsl property, but to the aovidentsl weeompaniments, roasted colfee vontatulng fatty matter, albumen, snd glucose, whicls ure handly traceablo in tea. ~ But the leaves of the vollee tree are nearly destltute of the seddental woupanments, aal contain Targe proportion of the stimulalivg propesty which renders the teaf of bl tea tregdn rairesh- Infi and generally m‘x:cglahlc. 'bere Can be o doubt ot all that the reason- ableuse of coffes and teain thelr customary fors is beuelcial, for lhv{ are not only stimu- lauts, but true nutrients, {ue 1wfusion of & guod sample of either coutaining mitrvgen in suited to apprupristion in the organism, al therefore coutributory to the fabrle. It 18 uo vew thing to maku an lnfusion of the leaf of the cocon tree, for it {s largely used fn the Indlan Archipelago, although as” yet uvkuown as the {«;umlmuu ofu relresbing beversge jutbis coun- Yo STALE AFFAIRS. The Democratic Legislators at Springfield at Last Drop Raimer. Thoy Resolve Informally to Vote for Anderson To-Day. Logan Vows that This Is Precisoly ‘What He Has Been Wait- ing For. The Hacocssful Forays of One Richardson upon the Btate Treasury. SENATORIAL, TIF DEMOGIATS RREEAK AT LAST, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. BrRINGFIELD, 1il., Jai ‘The Democrats declded, in caucus to-night, to vote for Ander- sun. A fow were absent from the caucus, but thelr logalty to the party was vouched for Palmer tharked them for the gallant ight they had made for him, then withdrewhis own name, and urged all his friends to voto for Andersvn. Scnator Dearborn then offerea tho follawlng: WiEnEAe, Atncaucnsof the Democratie mem- bersof tho Thirtleth General Anscmbly, hekd at the Capltol, In tho Uity of Springfield, on the 1nth day of January, 1877, the llon, John M. Palmer was unanimourly nominated ss their cholce for United States Senator ; and Wiznras, The said Democratic membera in joint convention mesembled for the electlon of United States Senntor have, with an nnfaiteringadherence weserted thelrchoice made in cancus and declared hin pecnliar fitneen at this junctare in our national history tufill thie fmportant position, by snreading on the journal of the Joint Convention thelr un- changed preference for bim fn twenty-three joint ballotsy and, WiziEas, The lon. John M, Palmer, for the vurpote of concillation, hus urged upen s tho necessity of the withdrawal of his name: there- fore, Resolred, That while we rolnctantly yleld to his request, wa atll asecrt one unfaiterlug confidence inhis eminent fitneas for thin high porition, and only yield our further efforts at hiis request, with tho wiot certain conviction that the man who 0 uften honored the State will Indue time be hon- ored by the State, ANDRRBON NOT POIMALLY NOMINATED, The resolution waa unanlinously adopted, and then it was decided that they would not nomi- nate Anderson, but would agroe to vote for lifin, They were afrald some of the Independents would go'back on Anderson at the last moieut, and, if he fs beaten, they want him beaten as the nominee of the Independents and not of themselves, If ail ™ ths Democrata and all the Independents voto for Ander- ron ho wil e elected, but thers aro a few Democrats who swear by all that Is holy that they witl nover vote for him. Jim Her- rington, Jack, Lit, and 4 few othere, Pmpm to vote for Mel. Fuller to-morrow, but that is all the good It will do Fuller, When it comes to the scratch thiey will drop Fulleriike ahot pota toand VOTE FOR ANDERSON, None of them have courage enough to per- slstently defy the deeree of the party, though they may do so for to-morrow. The Democrats are ot {n the habit of bolting. The party dis- epline 13 tow strict, 1t Is possiblo that eoine Independent may chango hls vote at the last moment and defeést Anderson. llc Is hated by many members of the partles that will yote for himn, {8 despised by others, and has the admira- tiow of many, Stil] they may elect him. LOGAN BAYS ME I1AS NERN WAITING FOR TS CONUATENATION OF EVENTS, that, ho 13 master of tho sltuatton, and that his election fs certaln, IU the Republieana don't Proak he has sow un opportumty to (il his st of tha contract, whieh was that, if ho got. Thet el strength of his own party ho wonlitbo elected as oo as the Opp Ion ehansged front, i dlected he onght o be elected_to-mor- TOW, party will ndhiero to him all day, per- haps,—for several ballots, anywag,—but the sooner lie gets m his work the betier. Bhould there he un ml{(nlrlm\unl. to-morrow without un election, it will be DIPPICULT FOIL 1TV TO HOLD 3118 MEN, Already they ore restive and ready to break. ‘The Uerman membera can only be held with great effort after to-morrow, and _spmo Ghers are walting for a decent opportunity to o elsewhere, Should Logan be elected to- wiarrow, it will be a great personal triumph, but, If the vate fn the Sennte shoullt ba lost to the’ party, on him will reat s responsibility which hio will never hu able to cast oft. THI GEIRMAN CAUCUS this atternoon didn’t mmuunt to much, They will vote for thelr party candidates to-morrow, and if there [3 no elaction Washburne may get thelr votes Tuesday irrespective of party. MCITARDSON. SOME RENYICE TO THE STATE, Fpecial Dispatch fo The THibune. SrriserizLp, I, Jun, 2L~The qulctan- nouncement in one of the papers here yester- day morning that Maj, W. D, Richardson, Stoto Contractor at the Penitentlary, had sold out his vontract, slgnifics adeal moro than appesrsupon the surface; and ere the session {4 ended o deal more Wil be heard about it. ** Maj." W. D, Richardson ought to be fumortalized In tha history of Il1lnois us cantractor of the Macounin County Court-House, which wae turned [uto a Jab of such enormoua propurtions that 1t bank- rupted one of the richest countles in Southern Tlilnols, aud enly fell a ltte short of proveking arebelilon of plundered taxpayers, But when the history of lllinols fs written Rlchardson will find Ns place therein as the genlus who discovered the means of defeating all the 1aws enacted relative to tho contructs of stone- work for the new Capltol aud to force the con- tract to be let to him . AT 1118 OWN 1RICH and to the exclusion of sll competition, Yo provide fur tha cheapest construction of the new Capltol it will be remembered 8o act was pussed requiring that so much of the work’ a8 could bo so done shoulil be dous by conrict lubor at the Penitentlary, The objoct, of cuurse, was 1o have the State employ its own convict labor, fnstead of leaslng It out, But Rickard- son discovered how ft could be done—the stone-work for the uew Capltol — yery much _mure profitably—for Richurdson. Tt then Penltentlury Comimissionces also readily avquiescad In Richardson's plan for naking tho work profitable—tor Richardson. They leased all the vonvict labor In the stone department TO RICHANDIOK, Thereupon the then State-lonse Commls- soners diseovered also how to mako the stune- work prolitable—for Richardson. ‘The law re- quired them to let 1l work which could not be dons ut the Penitenthary to the luwest bidder. The futeut, plaln rocaviug, sud common - senso of dt o was that sl work which the State, through fts conviet Libor, could ot do should be let t6 the luwest bidder. A Richardeon had leased the canvict labor, the Brate bud no convict Jabor with which to do the work. The vontract, tnerefore, BILOULD UAVE BEEN LET TO TUD LOWEST BID- DER, But the then State-llouse Commizsloners dis- cuvered that that wus not the way to huve the Work for the tew Capitul dong must protiably— not for the State, but for Richsrdeon. ‘Thoy therclore kc‘;l themacives fu olliciul lenorance of the fact that tho Stato had teased {ta convict lubor, ‘They then azeced with the Peniteutiary Cuomissioiieras fur the very Hberal prices whi the Penitentiary waa to b paid for the stone- work. 1t was thus wade to wear the appears ance of one of thuae casy urrangements for TAKING MONEY OLT OF ONE POCKET and putting §t juto the other, abuut which no- Lody coneerneds Tug Btate bud to sup- puri the l'umcmlnre' wuyhow; aud, on the sur- face, what was pabl 10F the stone-work went inte the Penitentiary Fund, Ia tset, it did notbing of the sort. The warrauts for the atone-work wus tasde out to the Penitentiars Cuminlssioners, but were ssstzued to Richi won, and the toney was drawn by Lim. So, through aid of thie two Commissioners, tue Btate was deprived ot the mcans of duing the work Tor itself; and, at the same ting, cvery- budy was precluded from competing with Rizi- srdson, and the luw requiriog the lettiug of the work to the lowest Lidder was INGENIOUSLY EVADED,~ to the great pruiit of Richardson. But that was not all. Richardson and the twu Commissluners discovered how 1o have the work ecttied tor yet mure proiitably,—not to the State, but to Riwcuardsun, ‘The State-Huuss Commissiuners kept {n auch denso ottictal lgno- rance of the fact that they were dualing with Richardson that they kept ondrawlog thelr war- Tants on the ‘Ireasury for stone-work in favor of the Peuitentiary Commissioners. Tue latter kept ou asslgning these to ltichardson, but kept thewselves In dense olfival fgoorsoce of the fact that Richardsun did ot pay up for the cou- vict labor secording tobls contract. Bo tos Blate, to which Richardson was in debt, CONTINUXD TO PAY MM MONKY when the bulauce wasé yuthe wrong side. So Mr. Richardson has maintained his extraor. dinery position between the Btate-llouse Commizsion and the Penitentlary Commlsstonin frand of the plain meaning anil Intent of the atatutes, and while in debt to the Btate hohine one on drawing more moency out of the reasury, How much he owea tho State will doubtless be shortly known, e hns got out of {he way fust in time to anticipare ehanges in the Penitentlary ond State-Honse Commissfons, which wiil be arde by Gov. Callom, When the c}miu:cl aro made wa rhall doubtless learn pre- clsely TOW MUCIT TIE ATATE TIAS LOST by the m-klnfi of the stone-work cepechally rofitable for Hichardeon, In aue coursn of {mo undoubtedly there will be a deal of (nve: tigation to cover. up the matter, and the con- cinsion will doubtless be muddled as much as posaible, hut the upshot of it will be that {t will be discovered that the Stato lost thottrands of dollars in transferring the money from one of {ts pockets to the other. e ——— ¢¢ ROLLAND.” Hia Crookeilness Nothing to That of the Chlcago Police, The Sunday papers owe to their readers an apology for the story of the nttempt to rescue Rolland made by Mra. Rolland and Charles Smith. It was published as given the reporter by Deputy-Superintendent D.xan, to sthom the public must look for the explanation of the affafr. Almost fmmedlately after writing the account the reporter learned that the story, nlthough not exactly false, was a “'stall” put up by Joe Dixon cither for valnglory or with tho express and deliberate intention of effecting Rolland's cscape, But the former fa mora reasonable than the latter, for it is rome- what unjust to suppose that any public oflicer would ald and abet #o noted a prisoner as Rol- land in making his cscape. Ilowever, here are facts as learned l:{ o TRIDUNE reporters Dixon or his detectives will have an op- Lmrtn ity of controverting any orail of them, nt in so doing they will onty nfien tho affalr dec?cr and wider, and ultimately the ublle will percelve the P““dy of whouyer s at the bottom of the scheme. Hero are the facta: Saturda: thie reporter was called into Deputy Superin- tendent Dixon's room, and was there given the necount of the attempt to rescus Rolland, und wwas shown the articles which were found upon Mra, Clermont’s person _and upon her young companion who' passed under the name of Charles Smith, ' Do you know who this Smith fs,” asked the reporter of Mlr. Dixon. * Well, not ex:ml{," was the repl. ‘¢ 1is face {8 famillar to some of the offlce.” ‘The stery of the capture proceaded, and when it was finished, the Zimes reporter queried, * Do Fou kuow this man, Mr. Dixon!" “ Well, no; s faco is sonienhat famillar," camo the reply In & drawn-out tone. Somo fur- ther conversation ensued. and the reportersthen went to thelr varlous oflicea to write up the affalr, Tum ‘Trinuse reporter went to the Armory, having suspected that Bmith wi rather better known than Dixon intimated, and thera Jearned to his surprisc that nelther Bmith nor any other person had _ been locked up with Mrs. Claremont. Turnine back towards Central _Btatlon, and thenco go- ing to the office, the reporter was urmnlchna by n yonug plekpocket, nicknamed the “Kid,”" who, with’ fnger tipped towards him, beeged him ¢ For od's sake not to print his “name." Ignoranco of eversthing wos fetgned, and the *Kid *? continned, **That 13 all right, cull, I didn’t want you to give me nmli'." Some otlier conversation” ensued. In which the K" announced that tho job was put up, and that, too, within the detective onice, This nformation came upon the reporter so pudden- 1y, and was of ruch an astounding nature, thnt Hixon's story was given to the ‘nubllc Uy nll the Bunday papora to the exclusion of the real {fxe boys in acts, Yesterday was devoted to ferrettng out the facts, and with the true facts roes the con- ! Ton of koo ane coniected with tho po- L. ehetber Saperintendent DIxon, or retatus for Mayor Heath and Superintendent flickey to luvestigate. To start with, here are & few Uymn‘m As wis suspect- ed, this “Kid* and Clinrles Smith, the young. wan eaptured In company with Mra, Cluremont, and of wliom slie wrote In her letter to ¢ Dear Ralph,!” “I nave renson to belleve that this boy {s true,’ uro one and the same per- non. Contrary to Joe Dixon's statement, this hoy waa not placed under ovrest with ‘Mra. Clareinont, baving decn seen by the writer three houre after the arrest of Mre, Claremont, ITndeed, he was not placed under arieat nntil 5 o'clock yeaterday afternoon, and then lio was Salcen In withont being beoked, but upon the aly, ‘This wasdone evidently for the purpore of nicting Mrs, Clareinont, who had euspected that al) woa ot right. Ilo was visited fn_ his cell at the Armory tarly this morning, and thon anil there confesred in tho hearing of a Bergeant of Police, that hie was locked up slmply as a blind. Thero are several other nmore amazing statements that §t would be imprudent to pub- 1l at present. The farts given above morc than Indicate crookedness upon tho part of the pollee; they vrove ft. Mra. Clarcmont was and Is the victim of a plob %)l up Inkide the detectivo office, nod the 'Kil,” who has been fonfing uround headquurters for the past two mmouths, was the toul in tuelr hands, These facts belng proven besond all doubt, she will have the sympathy of the publlc, aud the offonse of the police ought to be pronurly puniehed. In this connection, it s only proper to statu that Supt. Jickey iad not the slightost particle of knawledgo about the affair, except that whleh he recelved from the writer, e— A Fuo Shuile Telegraph. Willlam E. Bawyer, of New Yaork, formerly Washlugzton correapondont of the Boston ZTrare- ler, and Jamen G. Smith, of Hackensack, N. Ju, have invented an {nstrument by which, it [s clatmed, fac slinties of letters, pictures, or mupa may be transmlitted by telegruph. It is asserted that by this process infatakes and wiliful chav aro impossible. The mesenge fa written upon ordinary puper with un ink of an olly nature and passed botween frictlon rollers, which throws the desten upou the metailie plates, the Jines belng made non-conductors by means of powdered shellue. The nezative Dlate Iy then placed around s eylinder, which con be male to revolve 600 times o minute, Above this are cartied metallio points, which, wlen the Instrument is in motlon, draw afine lmaginary spiral line. At the receivlog fustru- ment are shnilar poluts, drawing similar lines over a shect of paper, chemivally prepared, taced upon the cylinder of that tnstrument. hese latter points, by meaos of the continu- o and ceasing of the eleetrical current, In- weribe upon tho prepared paper the lines on the zine rlntc, thus giving an exuct reproduc tion of the wrlxlnf ur pleture deawn thereon. ‘I'he ordinary epeed of the fac slmlile Instrument ia from thusu to four times, it {s clafmed, that of the Morse telegraph. Its gauge of spevd, lowevor, {8 the smount of surfore covered, rather than the number of wonls trunsmitted, and 500 words, written within 2 certuln space, are o eaally, qlickly, st cheaply sent, the in- ventors kay, 84 oue word within the same space, he Centennlal Exhibition, aspecimen of “stinilo telograpli was placed fn Mactinery al),'connecting with another instrument at the Weather Bureau in Washlngton, By means of it the signul-servics weatbier-map, made out st Washington, wos daily transmitted to the Exhil- bitlon grounde, including the fac-similc stignu- ture of the Seeretary of Wary, which dally ap- pears wpon this map, and, having been fitho- graphed, wus printed and distobuted pracizely a1t had been made out in Washington, The inventors clatm that the use of theso Instru- menis In the various. signal-service statfons would be very valuable, us the reports to the headquarters could ba made more full amt minute, and the return reports niore satisfacs tory and comprebensible than they cun possibly be In the meutre word-map now “furnished by the conmnon telegrapl. ‘The propricturs of tho utent are llrwlupi (o obtuin suti-lent capita to urm g telegraph line butween Washingtontand New York, Tho Engitals EIght Laudon Seioe. Just as the experfiments with the elghty-ton un were on the eve of completlon a vexutions mishap has occurred, serlous enough in ftscit, but not thought of suflicicnt haportance to pres vent the conclusion of the programmic, “The holes pierced thruugh the buly of the n for the dnserilon of the pressure-gauges iavo been caleulated to weaken It i no- small degree, und it should be recorded to the credit of ‘the great weapon that it has Ured 104 souuds, o which it has burot l\wnB‘-lhrc\: tons of powder and discharged LR tons of il ‘To this must be added the tact that the charges red In the later stuies of the trials Lave been much beavier than coutemplated fu the dealgn of the gun, and that the clscrcon- finement of the powder-gases secut of the gas-check has alsd to some extent added 10 the work fuiposed upwn the great cannon, ‘The authoritles, therefure, have regarded, still regard with condition of the malu structure, while they ad- mit, as they have slways admitted, that the steel tube or linlug of the gun is ite one weak snd unrelfable part, In this stecl tube a crack bas heen discovered, Gutta-percha impressious oi the bore have been tuken at verioos stages, aud the exawmination mado in this way prepars- tory to tho rencwed trisls arraoged for the present week revealed the preseace of the fu. Ciplent fracturs. “Ton Gun Cracked. d Ly the use nd satistaction the unimpalred DEATHS, t R ey Acennnnnnnra TTALLA—Tn thin city, Aan. 1, a8 3 ) p. thes contuisione, Later Fhyfence: yaMEes: fabghist of Charles nnd Mary dalla, two monfhs and eleyen dage, Funciaf Tocsday st . 280 Orchard-nt, Friends toattend. FISKE—Snnday morning, Jam. 21, Joshua B, el P B B DLACKBURN—At North Evanston, Jan. 20, of prenmonla, Dr. Thomas 8, Blackbuen. aged 14 enre, Funeral Taesdny, Jan, 23, at 2 p. m. HENDERSON ~Sanday, Jan, 21, of typholds pnenionin, Mary M., beloved wife of Capt. Joba C. flenderson, aged U7 years, Fumeral nt the erideice, 1 nenr Upden-at., Tuesday: 230 [net., ot 118, Frienas of tiie faralle arcinvited, gl Fo~ Milwaukea snd Manitowae, Wik, papers plcase capy MELLE Meiten il . from the rorldence, uf the family are Invited ey erlyy ~The faneral of the Iate James tahe placy this (Monday) morning at 109, tn, from lie late Te<idence. B3 and ¥ Sov Ul Tieeotrto S Saroen Chzchs (henca by oy fo Calary, attend, . Mary'n Church: thence by cary Friends of the family are Infll{d (Y; POLETICAT ANNO oy SECOND WARD. The Second Ward Repubitean Club meete (his evening At No, ALY Siate strect to el et oficers, ml Ildepublluun voters of the ward ar¢ Invited to end. 10ICAL, fohonok's Pulmonio Byrup, fea-Weed Tonle, and Mandrake Pills, Thesa deservedly celehrated and papular medicines hara effected o rovolutfon In tho healing wrt, and proved the fallacy of reveral masims which have for many yearsohstructed the progress of medicat sclence, “The false supposition that ** Consumy t'o. fs incurable™ deterred phyriclans from atiempting to find remedirs for that dieease) and potients adicted with It recone clied themnelven to death without making an effort te esrape frum a doom which they supposed to Lo nne svoldable. It ls now proved, linweser, that Consmpe tlon can be cured, and that it hasbeencured Innvery Rrest number.of cases (fome of them appareatly dess perate ones), by Bchenck’s 'uimonle Byrup alonci and in otlier cares by the rame medlefnein ronnrction with Hehienck's ¥ea-Weeid Tonle and M akc PllIs. one or both, nccording to tho requiremients of the case, 1. Echenck limmelf, who enjoyed uninterrupted Kool health for more than forly years, way supposeil atone time to be at the very gute of death, s physts «1ans having pronounced hin easo hopolers, and aban. doned him 1o his fate. Tle was cured by the aforesaid medleinen, and, we his recoyery, many thou aids simiinr, nsed Dr. Kchenck's preparations bl e 1, maki) ons Scconini oy cacliy Intely necamary to perouuile seé br, &ehenek uniees efr lumcs examinud, dvd tor this par, b, fll":{:;‘"\’l’“flh{'e iy at h i 1 o1l ot Tofeionally a1 hin priical milec, Corner Tain and - ATchats Bhlindolpia,. evers SIondar, ibre Ml lotery o Shvice iagst e sreaed. are eold by all dmg. {tnot Ahw. Echenck's medicin Al ON S o By BLISON, PONIIROY & CU, Auctioncers, 84 and 84 Handotpliest. STOVES, TINWARE, And General Eardware, Entire Stock of & Dealar, ° AT ATCTIOIINT, AT OUR STORES, Tuosday Morning, Jen, 23, at 10 o'olook, Stoves, Nntlow.Warn, Tinwure, Shelf Hardware, Itodgers’ Plated Were, Cntlery, Talldery’ iTardnore, Ete. Sale poremptory, ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auct'rn. Gardner House FURNITURE AT AUCTION, At Hotel, cor. Michigan- av. and Jackson-st., COMMENCING Monday Morning, Jan. 29, at 10 oelk. Tho ontire Furniture and Fixtures of this Elogant Hotel Cost over $150,000. Houso open for inspoction by in- tonding purchasors Friday and Sat- urday before sale. ELISON, POMEROY & CO,, Auotionecers, By G. . GOLL & CO,, G5 and 70 Wubash-av. Regnlar Trade Sala DRY GOODS, TUESDAY, Jan, 23, 8:30 g, m. . P. GORE & CO., Auctionears. OUR REGUEAR AUCTION SATE Boots Stoas&Rubbers On Weduesday, Jan, 2{,at 10 a, w,, ‘Will bo of woll-assorted Soasonabla Goods. aFo, P, GOl L CO.. U8 & 70 Wabash-av, By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. Auctionecrs, 1t8aud 120 Wabash-av, BUTTERS & CO.'B Itogular Trada Sale. & AND GENIS 5, AND GLOVES. 10 o'clock, on #ee ¥ Walusheav, FANDARD MISCELIANEOUS LIBRARY AT AUTCTION, AY MoRN . 24, at 10 o'clock, 8 o0y 14w 120 Wabsan-y, BUT RIS & CO., Auctloacers BUT 00.'8 Ttogular Frado Bale. DRY GOOLE, WOOLENS, CLOTRING, HILEN=D; NOLION CARDIGANS OS] TUESDAY MORNL "~ ond o WED! our store, THURSDAT MOt ‘accond o KADDIN & CLAPP, AUCTION AND COMMIS3ION BOOTS & SHOES, 83 and 83 Wabash-av,, Will offer & darge liue of 5 able Goode, withe Y s s S By JAS, P, McNAMARA & Con 117 Wabaeh-a W. cor. Mudieon-at. BOOTS, SHOES, AND RULBELS AT AUCTION, Tacedny Mornlng, Jun. 24, at 04; o'cluck. Full Lines of New Goods, wilboot reserve. JAS. P. McNAMARS & CO., Auctlores ere == . By HLRA) SRRUS Ofice 104 Fifth-a AUCTION BALE st Walay Monday, Jurzh 103, w., Wil e salid Earaiture of ail kidy, 3 da i lledding, bictuns, flired Wate, Head k Stoves, IUEAM (USHL_Aucioecr,, PERFUNMBRY. A twent, X B! g | 88 9 Exquiaice 30 fogue It Do fes 1 {.‘.‘.nnd $.3. 50. BI’CK & ¢ KEN, Dragsists, Chicaso: CONFLUTIONERY. X e et CELEBKATED tarouztort Lhe Union. -exprebacd 108 pans, 1ol souttil e, ordetw U VirEl, Caess Moasn Clicagu.