Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1877, Page 8

~Tms CITY. GENERATL M. BWS: The Harvard boys Liad an Infor. «nd Aupperat Kinsley's Inst nicht. Smith presided, and the boys bad a £00. Cazencure, tho prestidigitateur, creaté house. “tion by applying at the Post-Oftice. " afternoon at 4 o'clock. 13: 13w, 158 b, 1 - at8a. m.!:w.;m; Hp.'m.,' .5 i ter weat aver till to4lay. 3 A cushlon-carom match was b ph 4 Parker and Hon. out it feli throwsh be I latter understood that it was to be pla I Bensiner's room on Monroc stre f } 1 i sliort matclice. fnz to Miss Mollic Fred: Bullivan, at Trinity Dride was attendea by by bis cousin, Mr. K, by the opal Cliurel. un Al Lewis. E. Cottrell, and L. Washington, ‘was published In the Zimes not Iun;i ||;iu turncd up at fast, and {8 now in the House. snowed in and deluyed in Canada, esterday by Messre, A Gl SBpalding {hlaci!y) %16 B per cent brger than last and Preacnts a very neat appracanee 4y por feally. So piany changes Were post himsclf betorehaid. the compromise quustion, pected to be preschl with o s not put in an appearance, aml, A8 thore latden with resolutions dud chance to unburden themse Journed without domge suytling. not Mr. Moudy promised to the young conve Nevell, of this clty. Mr. Moudy, dered for distritution. this ¢ity, was held in New York Suturday, Frederick £30,000 nnd thie assets to ¥27,00. accept the compromnise. SCAMLET CEVER, ETC. calted tu the futlowing calls thought best to issac a call to the ph Chicago to meel ot the Pacific Holei T coentig, Jan. 25, in respanss 1o A reques the fleaith Comu ciding_ upon kome unifbrm plen uf sningt the epidemic of acarlet fev tla now prevalent in Chicago, Wi ted that the fealth Comlestoner, Iu Chicago, tnanifests an utter this timo to fuldll the extremel made ho Augzestion to tho general s meeting TAPER ASSOCIATION 3herman House, at which the following lacturles were reprusented: Coneil Bl ka.'M. Dickson and R. P, Dart; Ills Ly sumseh, M = Wills by J. 1L Tang Mills by Uenw‘u 1own (0.) Mills, by WW. i Tange nan ings; tlaldeman Dey By J. C. Rlchurdson; Ehwoud (1l by Ii, 1% Teacey; Snarta (Wis) Mills, Newton’; Friend ' Fox Puper Company o stnnath, by G. IT, Frie ace Co., Ruckford, Til., by Mr. Rhodes. g HOTEL ARKIVALS. Pabiner louse=S, Watery Bould, New York: C. ¥ Littletlety, U, ten. G, N Bullaly o, Niickhes, Cranc, Texas: M, D, LI A fungall, Washington, the )’ Gareett, Massuchuette; G, . lowa: dohn A, Parsons, owa iy W. Northeup, " tudianapoiing Quintard, New York.... {remont o lll“;l Net d. 1. leed, New L-L H. ! ot Hapids; Quincy: flngphenl\\ . o Pl the offered comprom:ee had uhuted, Wera twenty prescit. cured. the situatlon, tend, sald that with several of the lowa creditors, au somo other people. could be dore, to tho meetiuys. Sost of thew ha pect e el that nent. gencrud rule would be man: Deld out, st} would probubly sien it buving sbout §75,000 tad not slgicd, told bim that they woul: wise and sign it. et worse instead of better. atled, the miatter might be tied ufla 75 ccats was large. r. abls to pay aboul BO7, mal rennton Dr.C.Q. A time. A quite v o a furore Jast evening at the New Clhicazo, 2. " moti-Spiritualistic eeanca brought down the A correspondent who slens himself ** Anx. * fous" can learn the qualifications nccessary for # lettercarrier toyposscss anid how to get a posi- Tho Bouth Town Board met in Justice Meceh's office yesterday afternoon, and, in the hope that aaccision in the Collector's case would be ar- rived at, Immediately adjourned to Monday ho temperature vesterday, as observed by A e Siadlaun stret (T vas ol 8 . ni., degrees; 10 a. . T e 718 p. m’.:, 12 Barometer 1t was expected that the Executive Commit- teo of the Citizens' Association would liave ay <pointed_the Cameron, Ambere & Co. Investi- " pating Comvmnittee yesterday, but a satisfactory list of names conld not be liad, o that the mat- neunced Lo be ayed at Mansur's room last evening betwel o I len 3 thereot Parker and Lon Muorrts had o serles of Mr. Samuel B. Lewls was married l:uli; :-vcn» tev. lier sister, and the grovt The persons designated to act os ushers were W Veltely, C, Mr. E. T. Pratt, of Milwaukee, whose uhllulnrv Mr. Pratt was supposed to bave been Tost fn the Ashtabula disaster, bt from his own statementa it appears that lLe has been The official bock of the Lensue was fssued Bro., of | year Faph- in the rules of the gamwo that it will be almost netes- sary {or every person Who uticnds thin yewt to Gen. Lich's Vterans met last evening in the Criminul Conrt room 10 gave some expresslon on Uen. Stiles was ex- 1y bt e Qi isequence, s, They ad- “The Way of the World,” the buok which fnquirers, ins Just bren published by I, Itisa neat little’ volume In paper-cover, contalnine o treatlsy on the evangelist’s tavonte topiy, Regenerations also Dis thoughits on Bible study, with a preface by “Ten thuusand '(optes have been vr- () A mecting of the erediturs of Levy Brothers, f whwlcsale dealers fi wations and Lincy woods, of 1 Luwls, who had heen rent to Chilenzgo by the ereditors to investigate the afurs of the firm, reported that the Hubitities ainounted to 000 ile recom- mended the seceptanee of an offer to pay 23 ceuts ou the dollar i hotes runnlug three ik six months, and It wus unsniwously decided to ‘The attention of the medical profession Is TO FIYKICIANY, After consulting with auine of the affcers of the Chlcuzo Medical Fress Arsociation, it b aloner, for the purpose of de- irucedure aud dipiithe- It in regret. of ull persors ncompetency ul hnportunt vbliga- Aona devoiving upof him, and bas, up to this thie, public auch us he ehould biavo made weekn uza, 1t In now sincere- 1y hwped that all regniar phyalclans who can pos- aibly do so will strain u polat, if need e, (0 attend Jd. 0, Etieinae, Secretary Chicago Medical Press Arsuclatton, THE NONTUWESTEAN WRAFPING AND ROOFING 1eld its annual convention yesterday at the parer 8 by Clartes Hendries Milan (fL) Pater Company owa City 8. Close; Smith Broe, Mills of Te- by Mr. Smith; Locklund (0. amtton (0, Midd . I Ugleshys Republica Frintiog Company of Sprincileid, by Mr. [fast- Paper Company of Lockland, 0. J. f Cin- Quincy (1iL.) Mills, by ¥, Newcomb: Velparalso (Ind.) Mills,' by Don A, Balyer; Northwest Paper Company of Chicagn, by J. C. Neweombs Rhodes, Clier & w, Plitwburg; M. 1 Ttundull, Cincinastly W. N. the Jh ark, the Sherman Hovee X, TIHE CITY NATIONAL, ANOTHER MELTING OF THE CREDITORS of the City Natlonal Bank was held in the clube Tocin of the Tremont flonse last evenlug, The it o/ ublect was to learnwhether the copusttion to It will be remembered that the offer §s 5 ver cent in cash, 8 per cent fn_ secured bouds, und 2 per cent by real estate. H. 8. Austin presidedd, nud there Mr. Patterson suld that he lad felt tha pye proposition was lurgely In the Interest of th stockbolders, but, Laving investizated the mat- ter considerably, e hadinade up his wind to aign it, since 1L was tho Lest that could be se- Ho thouglt o circulur should he sent sround to tho dissatlstied creditors, explutning Mr, McHenry, who had come 450 miles to at- he bad been In correspondene all had rerused to slign, slice they thousht there was woncy fn the agreement 1or ko stockhulders or le. 1t all did not elz, nothiu: The obstinate men did not come d but small probably to be buught ol ut of €0 creditors 1. 8. Cox thouklit the coun rf’luullwrs 03 o ) It the mat- ter qumm:y presented to those who still I i b Doy y responsible picu smong the Dircctors wero Mr. B, 1. Reed und B. Ty Gamison, 1he ." E{meruwnlnz $3,000 wurth of stock and the ter $30,000. Mr. Kioknland remarked that some of the lorgest creditors In the city, who had held out, coneur in anything the weeting did,—would ugree to the compros John Jubuson sald 1f things went along in the ordinary course of litigation, they would ver scs 7o cents ou the dollar, The propost- n was much better than that. Things would 1f the comprumise 1 up 1 the courts for five years. Nowaduys 50 cents was big Albro would be opposed to the tompro- sulse until # everything wus fn the pool”? A de- talied sf icobof assets hiad never cume from [k the Individuals bad gone there aud got- +i tenope. Thers bad becu wothing sald by the o t paying thelr extra Habill- . bad ‘there Leen any guaruutes that proposition’ made would ‘be gocepted. H favored {he procuring of judgment amsinst il the stockholders and liolding It over ¢ hemm. Mr. Cox remarkrd that the 20 per cond §fr real cetate coull be taken by the creditors, Jode- penrently of the Trustces, and managed them, getting titles Lo it of conrse. The Chalrman read over o listof the real estate, and the general opinion med to he that the value statod was not excockive, Mr. Coulton sall that Mr. Coulbangl, the attorney, would doubticss appoint such Trus- tees as the ercditors derfred. I he sense of tho meetime waa then taken na to fbe advisability of acuepting the proposition, on,'V one voted In the negative, Mr. Albro des lint 2 to Sote. The Chalrman sald all were awaze that unless all were 'Sreed nothing could be done. I the ulfer were SO Accepted the tauk-oflicers were \nder no fun."er ohlizatlons, and were released from thelr proy Osition. 1t eecmed o him that overy ona futeres. *d oueht not only to under: Btanl the position b Which by opposition he laced all the eveditors Of the bank, but to con- sider his own fntereste. Sl was Jarzely fnters eated, and thought ft better' to let the thing run on. e Jid not Tie would he puni<inz any one who e punizt- ment by standing out, but hecouceived ic would ¥ ;l- puuishing himeelE amd tnose futereated avitl him. Alr. Coulton suggested that the creditors re- quest the Cotnptroller to allow the Receiver to MaKe an arcangs nt with Mie, Reed Uy whiclh te vonthil acquire for tle creditors the othes fourth futerest o the bank-building and ot Hemadea motion to that effect—all of her :;:-hlhtl\"uml I|;(h:m:!h|en 1o the tunk Lo be de- ucted from the price. Cox said the price was nbout $4G000. linbtiity wae $:30,00, ubbs reimarkesd that those who wern holditgz back were pi f ot informed thiemsely ion of atfairs. er, who had voted nzalnst the sct- tement, at this Juncture wot up and fad he wotld withdraw his negative vote, This made the expression unaulmous, [ Applause.| The imtion of M., Coulton wus adopted, On motion of Mr. Alli, the Heevlver was au- thorlzexd to 1o to Washington and regquest nore Tatitude from the Comptroller i extembing and xeourine vlaling ol the bank agdust indivhiuals, when duc. “The 1ullowing were appolnted to procure the slznatures of the chy creditors to the power of attorney: Jfohn dolineon, ey Henrl Guerdon, ‘Thomas Parkery L Patterson. Rotert Meades croft, K. Topkbis, nud M2 Kingstundy st the following to wecure those o the country cre fturs: ~[L 1L Cump, of Miwankees W, A, Me- erey, Dentsun, Ty and G L Allen, of Gitle s as to the un 1. “The meeting then aliourned, — : OBITUARY, = THE ' Countgr"" Dicd, in this eity, Jun, 21, 1577, the Chicago Courter, nged 3 years, of 4 vrotunged attuck of Intermitient fever. Funcrul toalay st 10:30 from the residence in 8. I Bonuds' bailding, on Muonroe stieet, theme by wagon-uads to the Sherifl’s oflice. death wus u thing ct 1L bappened (o this v trom fta bicth. It enjoyed that ten- der yet strong nursing whicl 18 w0 cssentfal to e proper growth of all thtugs, wid it never des vetoped into n strong and lcaithy child. Fre- «ient changes dn diet, training, und treatment guve it that wnstable und uneatisfactory clara.- ter which shut {t oft lorever from suces consful - development, and kept it stunted _and weak-tinded. Coustant forcing Increased its weakuess till at lenzen a consultus tivn ot doctors was beld, and us a last resort it was decided thut one wmore phyeiclan shoula try Bils wkilL That physician was Tound and st to work. ile strugled nunfully, but the patient's Bite-blond i by enpoed, baid yestening breathed its last. 1L Is comforting to state that Ib was we il deinise surtounded all the cinbers ot ita family, will Lo the chlef aod only wmourners. A décent burial s been provided. Some wonths before the Preeudential com- pakgn u frexhy ..upmly of lilu wus infused fnto e tonrier's vetnw Trom 8, Tilden's barrel wits weak pr moer, but that lite’ ipinad with the Tust ray of hope for Tidden's Inaugrueation, St adedft upon Its own rexonirees, the paper sas wivertisid for sale, A gentlemnn name rudeed the wind and omoned the wheel, at was abont one month wgo. M Yeager lud s wuranees of Bupport, but the support e wot, and the Courier was obliced to vield to the storms, It was Intended to run tie sheet as an Iusuratice Journal, hut thut project falled, prote ably jor th t of the aforcaald sunport, The cmployes were notltied yesterday that thelr kervices were ho longer peeded, and it was announced that the puper was tust Eulitiony will bo fvaued a1l the last advertlsement shall have been published the agread aumber of tlmes, and then the Couricr will be s thing of e the purt. Y-HALL. The water-rents collected yesterday amounted o §2,881 The Comptroller yesterday issued a thno war- rant for £4,L00, nnd recelved the cash therefor, At the lnstance of the Mavor's pollee, twenty- three summonses have been isaned for the ap- pearan~e of a8 many proprictors of billlard-halls which have no hicenses, The Building-Saperintendent's secret preparinza report of the resent, tion of puolic hatls and concert-root eport will cover the vases of ubout forty-five such inlls, The Department of Publl: Works fssued u flnal estimate of §507 yesterduy to McK & Towers for carpentey work it the Wy Pumping-Worke,” uml” an estltiate of €57 to Jatses Kuneahl for work on the substructure of the Milwankee svenue vinduet, Four of the Bridzepart packing-houses have Deen vlosed for the fewson amd futemd 1o put in same kind of stench=consumbig nvention he- aladl il commence operations, | intention Is pleasing to tee Headth L aftlelaln, Who have for a Tong time been trylimg to elfect this lmprovement, Dr, T, €. Duncan, President of the Homeop- atble fraternity of this city, has written tn Health-Commirsloner Wrizht that he heartily approves of the rugrestion that u meeting of phyalciaug of all scliouls be hell for the general dhitusion of latormatlon i rogard to the hest weatin and aggendes to be used to stop the fear- sulb ravazzes o diphtheria and scarlet fever, e, Writeht s also recelved w stmilar letter from Dir. Clartes W, Farle. 110t be found that thero can b abtained an attendancs lurge enowgh to tunure some practicul beoellt from s meeting such an 14 proposed a call will be lssued, THE CI' THE COUNTY BUILDING. Juilge Wallace 15 agaln an the shklist. Notling was done in the Crlminal Court yess tenday, The Jull yesterday liad 20 fnmiates—a greater wumber thin at sny other oue timw for over o Vear. The North Chica flrst fevy to-day. a Collector will make his he amount Involved, or to b weeured, bn £31, aud e party to be evied on 18 s baker, “Che Clerk to the County Board was yesterday notiticd to clean he snow and i olt e side- Wwalk wroundd the Court-House square, The un- derstanding arrved ab was thut the uaty shoutd ha the work and send 1o its bitk In the County Conrt yesterday, the witl of Peter Crawlord was adifited to probate, aml Hiratn P and dolin. Crawiord were anpolnted exectiturg, Fhe cetate 3 valued at $%L000, The substancof the will has alieady been i Cotmtsstoner Hotden has the committee 19y agatnst Cameron, Atalicr mittee o mvesticate flosan's bille has not fixed upon the twe vilien - will com work. While investizatlons are the or, the fguairy I8 eeiting pretty go mch i cost to get the o L dur suppl; the qaumns atl jalistess tor the Cuitrts Hou avariety of ruinors on the subject, but us yet uo facta to He to, ‘The Cotnmlssfoners were all uway eome at tue Husltal and sume at the County Furnn, Andnvestization Into the wanagement of atfilrs at 1ho Lisane Aayhum I8 amone the probubllities, and the Committee on Publiv lclx..lnm.-. think there s nothing like bedng 1eady ur it Yesterday was the day. examfnation futo the al vith the printiu; ceeditiey last year, but the wembers of the Printing Con mittes twanaged to be conyeniently ubseat. ‘Toe Comumittee throughout hus manl dispositivn to do nothing, and fa atraid to face the fa.ts. Sherdll Kern, to accommodate the attorueys, hias tnade an arrangement with the Clerks of the Clrevit and Superfoe Courts by which nunses cun be lelt with them when L patd f advaoce. He will see that they sre col veyoed to bls otlice twice a day. The attorne; cannot fall to appreciate the conveulence the ar- raogement will be to the, ‘Warden McLaughlin, of the Hospital, said dur- fog tho McClevey fnvestigstion Tucsday that Belad pmhudylupyuu‘l‘mm M:::luvgx be- stenliy— THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. JANUARY 95, 1877. cattse e was an old contractor and had fur- tiished the Hospital the year previous. He cvidantly meant to say that he had purchascd of Perfolat, the contractor, up to the time of his being indicted, for it s well known that Me- Clevey never liad a contract with the connty, Fomo Hime a0 o conference was hielld between’ e Slierd(T and a committee from the Bar Asso- clutfor, fn which the latter demandt the ap- poinémime of sp2cial deputies, ete., or A return 1o the ol avatem whicll was fraught with a0 much evil. Tl SherltT has partially neceded to the demand, aned Is now ready to nppoint specinl deputies upon: the flitng of the proper bond. These Degrities.. waen appointed, wiil be author- ln:ld to serve summoases exeept In divoree suits. The (irand Jury diposed yesterdag of nll the caes that had béen made ready, and heard o complaint trom Mr. Raker, n Joost. reporter, ugmnst Detetive Rickey, Langle; cenwald, and Kennedy. Baker's wateh and chain were tolen from his ronm some wveeks ngo, and to ret the watch back he paid §4). The substance of the complaint has already been civen, Other witnesses are to beexamined, * Diamond Joe " will tu-day fodie complaint aguinet % Coffec John,” based on thelr recent dealings fu dlamonds, in the hope of having Ldm indicted. The ity editor of the Staats-Zeituny waited on ey, *.n yeaterdav, and demanded 1o see and make eopics of the bills of Cumeron, Am- trerg & Co., il et with the ganie fate that the reporter had she day previous fn 2 demand on Julin Comiskey. ‘The grouud upon which thic objection to the bitfs being scen was made wus that an fnvestigation had been onlered fn the matter, and that the Staats-Zeituny had al- ready, in ah examination of the bills, dbttorted the facts. b linally consenteil to durnish coples ot the bilts 1T the pujir woull Jray fur the sutne, and tn this way the matter Wie settle ANNOUNCEMENTS. A mesting of the Mexican Veteran Associa- tlon will bt held at the Sherman ouse Club- Roums thissvening at 8 o’clock, All who Wit s be entertained, and at the eame time uid the rood work of the Chicago Waomun's Chiristian Temperance Unlon, will go to the Tahernacle amd hear John B, Gougl to- night. Subject: * Blludess,” An umateur * Sofree Magique * will ve riven Tuesday evening ot Standurd Iall, corner of Michizan avenue and Thirteenth strect. The proceedy will De (isteibuted to vurious charities through the Pustoral Aid Society of Trivity Chiareh, The Rev. Dr. Mitchell, of the First Presby- teriun Church, will lecture in the Chapel of thc resty nary, 1060 Nurth Halated wtre evening, Fet, 1, ut aquarter 108 w'elock, Instead of uit’ the 5tk fiist., ua pre- vivnsly s, * Dr. Albert Beche will dellver the fifth lecture fu the * Afternvon Course™ nt the Chicago Humenpatiie College, corner of Michizan ave- and Van Buren strect, l-'rhluly’ afternoon ut ddock, Subject: ** Physieal Perfection,” or iacsand preventlon of deformities, Ludics are espevially fnvlted. Dutfes ut the East requicing her. dr}mrturc, Miss Willar@ Io o Jeave the W, C. T, U, and o meeting for the election of a new President (s to bie Lield at 10 a, te-morrow in_ Ruam 3 Alsout 3 p. mr. of the » ion with the rel ¢ meeting In Lower Fapwell Hall. Al who are or huve been conneeteld with the Unton are fuvited to be present, Mersrs. Johin B, Drake & Co., the coterpris- ngz proprictors of the Grand Pacific, will sive one of their justiy-fumed extra dinvers Satur- ay afternoon ut 5 o'clock to the guests of tho louse und others. X large number of invita- tiuns have been fssucd, wud the alfalr will no doubt Le in thorough keapiug with the dinnces of wsimilar character which bave preceded it After dinuer there witl be a hop for the furthes entertuinment € those present. 8. 1L Peabindy, Esq., Secretary of the Acad- ey of Scences, will deliver the ebzhth regular leciure i the Sockal Course of the Halnemann Medical Cotlege and Tlosptal, thls evening ut 8 o'vlock, Hethe Tower lectitre-room of the col- teze bullding 257 1o 201 Cottage Grove avenue. Bubjects Y Batomolozy, a Physlcian's Reere: tion.” ‘The lectiure with he profusely illustrat- ed and of general interest. These lectures ure ree to tha publle, who ase cordlally lnvited to uttend. temperenes CRIMINAL. John Reflley. for the larceny of some *“iduds from tho Mueller Mouse, on State street, was run tuto the Armory last eveniug by Oftieer J. % Nelson, ‘Thomas Edwarls, wauted by Detective Long fur the larceny of several sets of harness, was arrested hast evening by Detectlve Rickey, and was lucked up at the Madison Btreet Station. Jacob Shane and Joseph Magee were locked up on the West Side yesterduy by Offlcer Dun , Who claims that they are the boys who rized w tlgur store at Noo 53 Halsted street of #100worth of goods ubout a week ngo, Ollicer Casey, of the West Twelfth Street Stutton, arrested Anton Loebsteln, o salesman i the eploy of A, Humer, dry-goods desler ut No. 237 Blue Lsland avenue, who has been lating gooda (rom the sture. utl about $20) worth (3 missing, $100 of which has altewdy ;il-cn secovered Irom varfous plices by the po- ce. Juhin Edelmann was found hfl Ofllcer Aldrich x i down Clark street with a harness, 11o W n on sunplelon, und shortly after « 0 tront the Twenty-second Street > tfect that Edelmann lad stolen A harnegs and other traps from Wistrom's Imteher shop on the coruer of Eghteeuth stieet and Wabash avenne. At 6230 Tast evening, Jolin Kinz and twoother equally nutorious m o n made an eifurt to bunko the greenest-tooklng Granger thut ever wits seen out of $310, The wreeny, whose nate {s C. Atkins, tads Trom Hiie Jeans’ disteiet, and was Just about to deliver up.when an otlleer interposed fu hls belll, King was booked ut rmory, but his companious temporardly esvaped the clutehes of the b . D, Nichobson, & well-dressed young man, who s for ubout two weeks plaiéd the voeus meal-burelar at the Palimer House,— routd, plaking his teeth and stipping eal when ho une Was uroul terday spotted by a young tan named May, who dves gletective Wwork at the hotel above e, il turned over to tho clerks, who strip- bl of his purple and tiue linen, and turi- el hitm out into outer darkness, Cleremont yesterday passed the day quictly and comfortably in the witness-room at the Ar- mora congental pluco thun lis nartewell ut the Central Station. fle was re- moved becanso ot hls seiatica and rhewmnatism.. Thee ¥ KWl also romalns [0 guod, his vase hy: Ing hesn continued to the 80th, ' order to gy the puliee 8 chanee to capture that thivd per- itar, musculine, whu, a3 they say, or the sttempt made to liberate The hateas corpis tnse will be 1 MeAllster at 2 o'vlock this aiternonn, and should it resnlt in Cleremont re- ning his Hbeity, he w il at once be rearrested upon a warsint sworl out fur hingas o fugitlve trom Justice vy the Chambershurs ollleers, who awalt bls telsure to embark with them for bome, Jdustive Sumerticld y day passed Just sentenrs upon the ollawing: Joseph Dolan, Vrint, sl fnthe House of Corpectiony , 5k o the Crlmtnal Courts Core uetius ‘Tracy, Jubn Mergen, Javies Riley, James Powerg, and Williaan M.¥ormlds, arceny of xtures from Tenry Stevens, u Brldzcport tealer, $10 fine cachis dohn Sulliyan, va- grant, three months: Archie Price, larceny, Unirly davss Chaviea Tlammer, vagrant, $500 o the S0ths Mary Murphy, ussault with s knifo i Andrew” (lahorkori, of Tolalo, wid Watn Rush, of Milwaukze, £ to the Crln- 1 Court., s Fhio tobbery of gllver-ware and_ household ouds from the White Block on FIth avenus 111l continties t rest heavlly upou the winds of the detectives, Yesterday Detedtives Ryan aud o arreeted Frauk Howard ad Gronge Bar- Y upon rusplcon o belg deeessory o the hurslay. T connection with Thls arrest they re- ['a large quantity of fing lace curtans fn the pawn-shop of L. Aideews, o pan oy Iuisltiess on Stata street, abd wa suspleion rested upun Lim as the person Wha had ity of the “swasw,'’ he, too, Qut of the $1,500 worth oflicers haye already ree vovered tore than three-fourths. Luthe even- o Deteatl atliygher brought fn o fellow wivlag the name of Wally Lutter, who was cauit trying to pawh soine silver-steel Kolves ut Poppers' pawnshop, No. 363 Stago street, and he 13 akso thaushit 10 have been fmplicated I thie White robbery. A LAST CHANCE 1s olfercd for a few days to vurchase fne ready- ade clotbing at greatly reduced, prices below sctual cost, &t the Assigoce’s gale 150 Btate strect. Business sults, former price §20, now sclllng for §iL of gomdy stolen, th RAILROADS. . | Meeting of Officers of Land De= partments of LandsGrant Roads. Filling in the Missfng Link in tho Chicago & Lakse Huron Road. oners and General ‘Ticket Agents of the Land Departments of the various land-grant raflronds I this country was held at the Palmer House yesterdny for the pur- poee of devlsing means to bring ubout & inore unlform mode of transacting the business of the varjous departincuts thun has prezailed heretofore, The following Commissioners In charge of Land Departments were present at the meet- fug: W. 1L Abrams, Texas & Paclfic Rallroad; Joha B Callioun, Tuwa Rallroad Land Company and Towa Falls & Stonx City Railroad; Yeter Dazzy, Hinots Central Ratlroad Union’ Pactiie_Ratlrond; B, C, 1 Lands of Siouz City & £t PaAl Raflroad; [ Dean, 8t. Louls & San Feanclseo Rallroud: Ricliird raim, Hannibal & 8t. doseph Hallroad W. F. Dowas, Central Branch Unton Paclike Raflroad: E. . Drake, &, Paul & Sioux City Raviroad F. Thomas Exsey, 8t. Louis, Iron Mottaf uthern Halleoad: 8, 1. Giimore, IKansas Pacd Railroad: Philip 8, arrls, Lake Superior (sadppl Rallrozay 8, Julmson, ‘Atehison, Topeka & Saata Fe Railron Gorliany, of the same road; James B, Power, Nurtherh Pacifie Ratleoads Henry Pratty Wis: cosly Central itatiroads 1% B, L Pleree, Secre tary Lund Department Grand Ttaphds & Indlang AM. Sommers, Missonrd, Kansas & Texasi W, ack, Little Tock & Fort Smith: Herman Arthur “Trott, First Divlsfon St. Pant & Paciile; i1, H. We: West Wisconsing W, L. Webber, Flint & ¥ Marquette, ‘The following ket and Passcngzer Agents of land-ygraut raflromls were also present at the meetiog: Jumes 13, Broww, Missourt, Kansas & Texnsy D, B, Cornell, Kuansas Pacille; W, 1% Johnson, THinols Centraly W, A, Thrall, Chl- cago & Northwestern: 1), Wishard, St. Louls & &an Franclscoy W, I\ White, Atehlson, Topeka & Santa Fey Sam Powell, Chicazo, Burllngtom & Quinev. ‘The meeting was called to order a3 12 o'clock by Mr, A. L. Dean, of the St. Louls & San Frau- clico Talicaad, aud on' motlon SIr. . B. Cal- Tioun, ot the Iown Rullroad Land Company, was elected Chairman, and Mr. Arthur Garhau, of the Atelilson, Topeka & Santa Fe, Sceretary, und J. B. Power, of the Northern Pacitie, As- sfstant Secretaey, The following comwmittee was appuinted to select and report subjects of buslness to be discssed and transacted by the meeting: _Col. A. S, Johuson, Davls, ‘Inomns Essex, Peter Dagay, . i Weakley, Jumea D. Browiy, and W, F. \Yhik ‘I'he Cour~ mittee, ufter consultatlon, reported the Loltow= iz a8 proper subje-ts for dis:ussiuns Flrst—"The advisability of a permanent organlzn- tion, und the steps to bu taken to benz about the vame, Second—Tho advantages of land-zruts to, the people and o the General Goverument. T2ird—Wnat aro the most effective and econom- fea) mothods of faducinz settlement upon our Yande, Including advertising, tunpensation to ugents. transportation, aud upictal inducoments to olontate. ta~Terms of sale and treatment of delin- urchasere. Treatmout of treapaseers, and tho most cflicient means of protecting thuoer-lauds. wstrth—Taxation. Secenth—That, i case of 1 permanent arzaniza- tlon, standing committecs ho np‘lm uted to cunsider and report on tiso subjects mentioned. ‘The subjcet of the wlvisability of forming a permanent organization was disctissed at soine Jeneth, and tinaliy a resolution 3 fl\(u‘)h}l] that wtich organization be effected. he follow- Ing_ wentlemen were appointed a conumittee to report s plan ot organization and to noniuate permanent ol + Hermann Trott, Min sota Thomns Essex, Arkansas; W, L. Webber, Michizan; A. M. Summers, Kausasie J. B, Cals hgun, fowa; and the Chairman, The second subjeet—in regard to the advantage of lund-grauts to the people and 1he General Government—was thendisenssed at great lensth, and several elaborate speeches mude, The sab- Jeet was referred to & committee of three, which will report at a future meethyz, and the Comn- missloners were instructed to referto it nlf facts und figares connected with this matter. ‘The Chairman will appoiut the committee i the moruing, Tl meeting then adjourned untll half-past 9 o'elock this morning ROCK ISLAND DIRECTORS’ CAR. 1earing that the Chicago, Rock {sland & Pae ltie Rallway Company were sbout cumpleting a uew Directors! car, o TRIVENE reporter hied to the large and commoldious shops in which the cars are bullt, Inqulring for Mr. B. I Ver. brick, the master car builder, ho was, found In the car {u questlon, shuwing ita beautics to some lady visitors, On making kuown his errmmui, the veporter was courteotrly resvived by Mr, Vore brick, who liad no objection to show the carbut had soine misgivings about ats belng noticed in the papers. The Direetors, e sald, wers very madest men, and distiked notorlety. He hopeil their consent wonld be galned_ hefore the pub- leatlon, The consent (rou beadiuarters was reluetantly given with a lost admonition to it mitd, - s is Lhie irst car the Directors of this road have had built espeaally for themselves. It is wotten up for use rather than splay. e ear atands on four-wheel trucks, very strong carguce, ‘The outside Nntsh s simllar o leepers ol thebine. 1tis num a," aud the number i 100, The the car |3 1) fe nl it s ten feet in The platforms ure arranged with e iron vuilivig amd a gate with aospring lock, the steps beng covered when not in w4 by a trap, thus forming a roomy baluny, from which ' cont- manding view of the road-ted can be had as the carmoves ulong, ‘Theend windows are very Taryze, besie forty nehes i lenzgth by twenty-four Inchies In_ width, and set witl’ ine sheef-plate lass, This hvids wnplo opprtunity Lo sco Ui tr from the nsfle of the carwhen the weather i3 bad. The mterior of the ear s divided fnto four compartiments. Enterlnz from voe end ono comes into the oftice or receptinn room, which is ahont ten feet square, and 3 fitteid up with 3 desk and wmovable cusy chafrs, Two silver- plated student lamps, fastened to cach slde of the eary, witl diffuse Heht tor any n ght, work; ‘the usual number of Luuglng Linps un fmproved pattern will fuenish Hht thro out the ear, The window shades are a0 arran that the cur can be nade entirely private from outslde waze, wid yet have suflllent sttt for those within. Inthe partition walch separates the oltice from the nest apartn s clothes e, nnd @ bed for ths porter, fyrmaed § claloor butg on hinges at the: bottor opening from the top. When elused it pro appearance of a paneled pactition. A paea. Jong one svle of the car lead, i at the athes ewd, ll-‘ it u fitted up, ; ; \ado o s bed o the esme pl pers, A closet contalus i was) ror, sud all ¢ the end of tls In the centra wash-roon aud closet. On the o] a refrizerator, with a number of cii wdfolning this is the china closet, It s not fntention tu do any cookiee un the cor, but um le provlsdon bs made 0 stow away any amount of preparcd provetde: four sectlons of touble herths, makin 3 sleeptug va- pacity for nine persons besules the parter. “The parlor or sittin-room veeupivs the ler of the car, aud is about twenty feetin Jercth, So- fas aud movable casy-chatré are fuvitingly are rupzed around the ruum., ‘Tlie car s tinkshed indark anid Hght wood, the dark pre Tug_pancls are Camticng und thuza veacering, The car @s carpeted throuzbout w.th a vkl Britsscls carpet ot pat- tern fu Keepiig with the fntsh. Aeall-bell for the porte sa.o3 1o work from either cnd of Ll The cost of thns patatial man- rion ou w! vill Le In the nelghborh wd S5aRnkJtpellvess preat credit on the d aud bailder, Mr. B. I, Verorick. ‘The car wiil ranaln i the shop for the present, and wiil make [ts teial-trip lim tirst time pleasaut weath. er come. @ CHICAGO & LAKE IIURON. Suscial Currespandence of The Tridune. Port lltuoy, Mich., Jan. 24 ~Whilethe com- pletlon of the Chleuso & Lake Juron aud Chi- cago & Northeastern Rallroads us o consoli- dated through ling betwern Chicago and Port Huron i3 & fuct of sutficlent {moortanze to ute tract conslderable attention fu Chicago, it s to Port Huron one of the most fportaut cvents i it history. When, somoforty years ago, tho Btate of Michlzan projected a line of rullroad from thefoot of Lake Huron, dircctly west to Lake Michigan, Chicago bad bhardly been heard and wheu, more than thirty years later, the mil was lid on the Port Huron " uluus L& fake Michigan Raflrond fn this city, Chleazo was not” mentloned as tho Western terminus of the line. The subsequent events which Jed tothe consolidationof the Port Huron «& Lake Michigan Road, then completed from | Port [uron to_Fiint, with the Peninsular, ex- teuding from Lausing, Mich., to Valparalsu, Ind, are too well known to require review. ‘Then there remained oaly the zap hetween Lansing and Flint ta1lli to make a through lino between Chicago and Port uron, granting that the Fort Wayne Road may be nsed {rom Chicazo to Valparaisu; and it was evident that neither road could be made protfitaile, or could even iy exiditses, unluas sumething conld be done them more than tocal lines. these circumastances the consolidation was cffected, amd it was thought that there wonld he no weeat difilenlty by ralzing funds ta vomplete the ¢ miasing iin! But litigation between partles Interested fo the Penfnsular and the managers of tho consallated line de- laved matters somewhat, nnd, when §% was - thought that everything hal been settled, the panfe tame onm, und ot ndollar could be rafsed to complete the road. Subsequently there wasalezal fizht fof theeantrol ol the romd, but the Port Huron eml of 1 03 ted by Mr, W, 1, Ban: =ho had been from the firet the manager, aceessfuly, and he was finally contirmed in the Receivershin by the Unlted States Court. Dur: ing this time the financial aifairs of the roat had heen olmz on from had to worse, not enough hetug earned Lo pay running expenses, and the firat-mortage bonds of the Port Huron & Lake Michizan Company, which originally #ald al from 6 to 70 cents on the duollur of thele par value, (el to $0 cents, and were not salable at that price, while the bouds of the Peninsular, A0 far 08 was known Liere, had no positive value atall, ‘The bonds of the Port Huron end of the 1lne were mostly owned {o Eastern New York, while the Feninsular bonds lsd been sold in Europe. ‘The citizens of Port Huron felt a deep interest In the road, and wonhl gladly liave subscribed funds for its completion had 1t been In ther pusrer; but as the ity was u debt uver $100,000 on Its aceount, and business at the lowest point vl depression, mothing could he done. “There were repurts from time to time that arranee- ments had been made fur the completion of the road, but none of them proved to be true, rago it was niinored, with somin show of Siruth, that the Girand Trunk Company had ob- tafued control of the road, and would complute 1w early In the zeason. The olticers of the Com- pany were reticent, however, nid hothing conld he learned from them untli tuwards the mhidle ot the summer, when Mr, Bancroft stated that arrangements had heen mado for its completion, and that the 1as! rall wonld be lakl by the Ist uf December, e did not glve detulis regurd- Ing it, however, und many were ered- untll It was known that fron was Ueing landed un the docks here. and men were at work laying it ‘That work was vigorously pushed, aud tho fast rall was lald early In De~ cember, are known to be facts, anid the specula- tlon noir is, by whom lias the ‘moncy heen fur- nished to complete the road, and who will control il in the tuture! While not ussuming to know aif the details of the niatter, your correspondant Is fn possession of fumu facts that have not been mude publle, and «ive the key to the situatfon. Tt may be positively aseerted thut no other rallrond com- pany has turalshed cither money or credit to complete the. Chleago & Northieastern Road, which I3 the naine of the llue from Flint to Lunsing. This Company is made up of a few vitizeus of ¥ lint, Lansing, Uattle Creck, and Port Huron, and ticy alone have supplied the funds, elthe r directly or by Indorscment of the Company’s paper. What'thelr expeetations are may be suransed, and it can be uothlug less than the, aosorption of the whole Mno by the news compang, at a very amall cost, ‘That the line will 't time become a very lin- portant and valuable one there can be littlo doubt, miul it §s probable that the men who have invested their money in thls jatest venture will reap o ri:h rewand. From the above fucts it will be seen zhut tae rond Is at present really inde- vendent of ull other lines, unlesa (t may be the Pittabuesr, Fort \Wayne & Cnicago, on which road it trufes reach Chleago. What advantaze this neay be to Chivago the readers of Tun ‘Tiinus K ean judge, but §t would seemn that it wivhe b considerable, The road conneets here with the d Trunk, with the best river cross- ing bet r Lake Iluron and Lake Erle, and also co mects with the Great Weatern of Cana- da, which has a depot at Sarnta, funumediately o) Fu it the Chicugo & Lake Huron depot i this cit s, wIth a crossing that has been cutirely frew ol vo this far the present winter, whils ot Detrolt the erosrinig has been bloclied for weeks past. Lt wllulsu be observed that while the New Yo'k Central and Eris Roads are blacked With sn:w ab the present thne, and will not re- twird-bound freleht, the Grand Trunk , and 18 moving ull the treight offered. Tnaddi ton to the above connections, 1t 13 quite veraia that the Canada Southern Road will have a hfe to thls pont within a year or two, aud very likely vefore auother winter, A braveh ot that Fa ul 8 now [n vperation Lo a point on St Clair River, twelve imtles below Port Huron, uppesite St. Clafr, withoat business enough of- ferine to pay for the ritiming of a single daily train. Aliort Une from this branch to Surpla will glve the Crada Southern direct connection withh the Sugdnaw Valley, and with Chlcazo over the new Mne, and thia that company (s prepar- fug to build, With the completionof this liuk ol the Canacla Southern the Eastern raflvoad conneetions of Port Huron will be Letter than those e Deiralt, Besldus thee advantagzes offered to Chieago by the new roful, us un indepeudent competing Hie to the East, through ita connestion with the tirand Teunk, it Is hikely to bring you a consld. eruble aimount of trade from Eastern Michizan that bas heretofors been monopolfzed by troit. Alrcdy Port Huron merchauts are send- {nie fargo ordurs to Chiciugo, and tha aame {s no doubt trne ot other polnta on the line, By the way ot Flint iz also gives you a new route to the Suiehnaw Valley, ‘T road I8 pronounced by those who have had upportunity for exemluiung it a very excel- Ientone in polut of directness, casy grades, ete, Between Port Iluron and Fhnt there are not more than haif 4 «dozen curves, and none of thene are sharyp, while the new line from Flint to < 14 skt 1o bo nearly stralghts roid 13 not yet fully supphied with rolling but no tronble Is aitieipated In obtaining E at 1+ needed. Several new locomotives have atready arrived here this winter, one coe Ing i to-duy, und new *passenier cars are run- i through teaims, Of frelebtoars there [s and more through treight fs offesed than can bu handled with prescut facllitles. The tinte-tuble now in opazation gives three through Tl e freizht trams one throuzh pussenger train, and a W tram bevween Port 1luron and Durand, the latter station belng At the eyosalmgz o of the Detroit & Milwantkee Roml, which gives airect conncetion with Grand 1asen, As woon as the road can be bailasted and pet dn good onder throughout, in the spring, it is eX; el that 1hrough expresss trafns will be put on the lne, und an etfort male to obtain astare of the thranzh passenzer eratli2 from Cldwigo. “Tne Grand Trank i3 now ovac ol the bost rands tn the countey, and glves the cholee of tavo routes east Trom this pof uni by way ol he other by way ol Butialo, nad there woull secin 1o e 1o aid reasin why paasengers skould not cheose Lild yorte as one of the Aantest and swst advantageo At puns threa Irotn Suspenston Buidg hgopnd N PACIFIC RAILROAD, ectal Diunst:A to The Tridune WAsHING FOS, D, Jan, 2h—If Congress takes uo further actlon with respect to the Nortaern Pachi: ft witl be azain calied upon to ake some new regulatlons wath sespect to the €ale ol the € ent and ralirosd lands toie the Hne. ol has already been T t [roim th islatare of Uregon pray- ing that Congeess soomend aml modify certatn autins Lands to aid n the construction of certuin radroads i the Stute of Uregon us to suthurize tha sale ol public fands witlin Innfts f safd wranta at the usialminhnum vate, and antities of uquartersection, 10 auy sct- fiat the Stats way be stlowed o ve- anted to her by tertaln ucts of a3t the mbmmun” prive of $1.23 per SALE OF A RAILROAD, Suettal PMepatch so Thae Trivune. Des Moises, Li, dae 2L=Toe litigation In of the narro Summit Statlon, ou the Keo Boad, to Keosawqua, lo which Col. Fletcher, who wis shot hf' Brown a few days eince, wasa party Leberestod, = Lo’ n closs’ by an NORTIE order of e C fie sale of the road a8 1Ly, to hay ats debts, as upon executions dupon judg ts, Itlsto be sold usan Irety, and canint be t. o © i s, sperate ity or let it remaln un T, 1t is probable it wili 14l into the posscasion of parties who will operate it susesatully, The Uenerul Buperintendents and General Frelghit Ageots of the rowls In this city belong- ing tothe Soutbwestirn Ratlrcad Rate Associa- tlun aro all fu St. Louis sttending tothe mooth- Jy mecting of the Assoclation. “Fhere has been considerable trouble tetween the varlous roads durin the last month, snd the adjustment of these matters witl occupy the attenticn of the meetlog. It ts the oplnlon of sume of those most concerned fn this watter that tho dificul- ties cunnot easily be bridwed over, and thay the combloation will soon go to pleces. T B caed o S arrl “GREAT GUNS. More Experiments with the Italian 100-Ton Gun, Remarkable and Satisfactory Results with * Fossano Progressive Powder.” Landon Times, Jan. 0. The experiments at Spezla, which atfacted much attention from artillerists of all vountries, wero tempurarily suspended because some of the targets had not arrlved. ‘The serles has slnge been continued, and brought to an end by the complets destruction one after another of all targets opposed to the 100-ton gun. This was only to be expected after the proofs elven during the carly trials that gun and carriage were more than cqual to the task sct Lcforo them. Tut the later serfes of experiments has been so [ntercsting, on account of the varlety of the targets and the use of reduced charges in some cases, that we are glad to have the oppors tunity of presenting the results to our readerss It will be remembered that, duriug thoe first series, forty-two rounds had been fired with varlous charges, but all exceeding the guarantee of the manufacturers; and that in some cases the guaranteo was so overpassed that tho Itallan Government declared themselves satisfled, and accepted the gun, so that they mizht make the best ueo of the experiments by trying ditferent charges of different kinds of powder. The puw- der used throughout the sccond scrles was that manufactured cxpressly by the Itallaus, and called ** progressive powder of Fossano.”” The result lias been higly satisfactory to the sclens thic designers of the powder, for, though more of it has to be used to glve a certaln yeloclt than in the cnse of English powder, high velocities can be obtdined with a very muoderate pressure on the interlor of the un. ‘The manufacture of the Fossano powder s peculiar. Alter passing through the flrst stages ol manufacture, and being brought to the condition of * meal-powder,' 1t Is_pressed into enkes which have o deuslly of 170, Tne cuke 1a then broken up Into frregular grains of sbout an elelith to a quarter of an fnch in thickness. The gralns arc then mixed with a certain quantity of finc-grain powder, and the whole muss {5 pressed into a cake which has a density of 1.7i6. This second cake s then broken up Into tolerably regular pleces about two snd one-cighth inclies aquare by one and three-quartera thick. These gralus, {f they can o be callxd, are, therefore, composed or & um- bee of smail pleces with a higher density placed, like the ralams in 2 plum-pudaing, fn a tort o conglomerate powder-naterial of o lower den- sity. 'The intention of theinventors of this owder was to bring about a condlition of aflalrs “; which more gaa would be produced in a given time wnen the powder has been partly burt than at the commencemnent of fts jznltion. On tha 14th of December the first round of the new scrica, or forty-third round from the 100-tun zan, was fired with o charge of 100 kilos. (210 pounds) of Fossano ilrnzrusnlvn powder, and the usual 2,000-pount Palliser shic!l against the Cammell Sandswich turzet, which presents o front twelve-inch piate, then twelre {nches of wood, with ron stringers, aund behind that a ten-lnch plate. ‘This charge was a very sinall one, and gave a velocity of ouly 1,050 feet per sccond. ‘The object of the Committco was to flud the actual peneteation In different forms of targets under coniditions which would prevent the eompleto penvtration of the structure, for the previous experitnents had shown that to fire the full charges would in every case be tu ruln the tareet, and prevent anytinz like judgment of comparative results as far a8 penetration was concerned. ‘The shiell passed through the flrst plate aud eracked it through from top to bot- ton, passed through the wooden Interlor, and cntered 6.8 inchies into the second plate, 'Tho baso of the shell broke up and the remainder was gtarred. Juduing frompast experiments with gun-cotton sbells, the Italian Committee cousider that, had this shell been loaded, it would huve completely blown oil the front plate. Ar It was, the skin of the ship wns cracked, and a yertical fron beam belind was considerably doubled up. “Thie ggun wus then loaded for the forty-fourth’ round, the charge and Imuecllle belng preetac similar to those used In the preceding round. This time the targzet was of thosame dimcenslons an that used {o the old experiments, but with o Brown's solld plate twenty-two inches thick. “T'he sea was rough, and the pontoon moved visl- bly atter the qun was lald, so that the shell, - stead of striking tho poiue aimed at, hit' the plutc on ita lower edge and broke into several pleces, which were duflected downwards and made i hole fn the ground about six feet or eight feet deep in a slantlog direction unacr tho target. ‘Though bst for the finmediate object of tho experlinent, thia round was of great In- terest, for It showed that a shell striking the cdge of the narrow belt of armor, which wilt soon be all that ships can afford to earvy, witl tear through the bottom of the vessel with forve cnough to plerce engine-roomsund bollers, n;xlnl pass out belaw the water-llus on the other side. Round forty-Gve had been looked forward to with great Intercst. revious experiments with runs of smaller calibre had given reason to be- ieve that a plate of chilled cast-fron, by pre- scoting an extremely hard surfaco to the point of the projectlle, might break it, and so prevent its penetration, The chargo was 400 pounds of Fussano powder, and gave o velocity of 1,404 feet Lo the 2,000-pound shell, just equal to the effect of o charge of 311 pounds English powder, Tho target had sn eight-lnch plate in front, then astrong layer of wood, and behind this a fourteen-nch plate of chilled Iron from the Gregorinl works, near Como, This Gregorln cast-fron deserves a word of praise. It I3 really of splendid _quality, being very hard, with a‘tensile strength of from six- teen to seventech tons per ek, Ordinary ciast- iron ueually fuils ut nhout half that strain, and very rarely rlses ns high as ten or twelve tons. Indeed, so prreat s it that the Italian Artillery of the Land 8:rvice have suceeeided fn produc- ing heavy cast-lron nifled guns far superor In strengtlito anythlug that has ever been kuown fu Enclund. But it was not able to reslst the shell from the 100-ton gun, which penctrated the target completely, and caused moro terrible ruin bebind than had’ occurred in any previous experiment, ‘The shell was broken up lnto many pieces, which dushied through into the in- terior of tho .ship, carrying with them o great number of ragged fragments of broken plate, oand causioir such a hall of “fron” that nothing could have lived between decks, The sand-bags behind were deeply plteed with many hunidreds of pleces, and the experfingnt (lc.lrllv proved that the old fault of cust metal still exlsts, —unmcl{: that, when It breaks under the futluence of a heavy blow, it is dashied to atoms, . {n ronmd 10 the shell broke up fu but round 47 was fired under t tlons as No. 45, and the fron pl: {u kind and dimenstons,—ouly this vuse the front wrought-ron plate was placed lmymedlate- 1y npon the east-lron In rear, the wood comlng belind bothi ogain the target was completely penetrated and rutned, u Jurze portion of the front plate being at the same tune tornoff. In these twa remarkable rounda (45 und 47) not onty were the fragments of the cast-lron plate driven turwards, but also out of the sides of the tarzeta, Azain, nothing could have livéd behind the tarzet, bo terrible was the hall of fron frag- ments caused (0 round 47, the velocty of the shot bL'hlr’ 1,502 feet, After the lailure of striking the right epot, Wi oceureed {n round 44, on account of the motion of the pontoon,and therefore of thegun, he upparatus for living was transferved to the deck of the pontaon, und uw arrangement made Dy which the otticer Whose duty ft was to touch this button which, by the action of electrlv Lane to the powder, could limsell run he plece and discharge | o right wmnment, ‘I'hls was u near approach towhat would actually happen on board ship, and the result was, that n e\'cr{ succending round the white mark paing- ¢d onthe target was obliterated Dby the shot, whish always struck on the right place. ‘Fhie comttuatlons of frou und wood, whereln the fron was n two layers, having thus been de- stroved, the target careviug the 22-uch solid Brown's plate was again subjected to attack, Lound 43 was tived with 3 reduced charge of vouuds, similar o that used In round + The velocity W 1,032 feet, and the puint atined ub was neas the left of the targes, Lhe sncil broke up the front part, remaiving in the Lole, having penctrated ubout 15.6 fuchivs, 1t we copare this effect with round 43 azainst the Sandwich tarzet, wo shull sce that the solld had by far the best of it; for, ile fired at tue Sandwich target ity of 1,030 feet, penetrated nearly , of which uearly 19 inches were throuzn fron, that fired ut the Brown plate enetrated only 15.6 foehes of fron and no wuod, Taken fu conjunction with the possible use of gun-cotton shells, this round would appear to vstablish conclusively the fact that targets com- sed of mioderately-thick iron plates placed in nym altermately with wood, such as that now under trial at S8hocburyness, do not at all ap- proach in strength the samo thickuess of fron disposcd fu one s0lid plate oo the front of tho l:&l?flul’e-d )R.kuml 49 s flreadwlu: 10 kl{&g (40U pounds) of progressive powder, represen what {s for the present the full aervice charge of the 100-ton gun. The velocity of the projcctile 10 gUn ¢ saume condi- vs wero simlilar was 1,409 fect, and it was aimed at a part of the target near the right of the plate. A largo por- tion of the plate was torn off, the target woy completely nenetrated, and the rear of it sg ruined ns Lo be Incapable of repalrs bat the hal of fragments behind was not ko tarrible as iy tho ease of the target bucked hy cast fron. Once more the gun was loaded for round num. Ler 50, but with a charge calculated Just to pen. ctrate tho Nrown's rolld platea,—namely: wig {mumh of Ei fi"lll powder. Thu veloclty glven o tho projectile was 1,2 feot, nned 1t %3 nimed full in’ the centrs of the Brown plate. The effect was as anticipated. The shell jus passed through the plate, of which i¢ tore ofl o largo fragment, splitting tne.platy - irom top to bottom. Thy hucking was not plerced. The verdiet’ of cvery one was that Browa’s wrought-fron plate had proved It<clf 1o be of magnlicent quality, as it gave a hizh re. staiice Lo penetratton with a minfmum of brit. but It voulil aot be expected to keey out n 2,000-pound shell fired with a velouity of 1,500 fev There are persons who_nobject fo very lorgn Runs, on the score that they eannot be forke | quickly or without great ditlienlty. Granted, i onlt the same means wre used i bt sclence ang practlcal abillty can overcome this ity and noome: ran” deny that little rematus to deslrzd when o gun of 100 tons weight can he worked by three or four wmen, aml spouged, luaded, and tired In leas than a minute, - e— SCARLET €EVER. 70 the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicaao, Jan. #.—Not wishing to neeupy your space for auy medl:ai controveray, I st} cannot refraln from ndding a practical expe. rience during the present searlet-fever epldenie, My experlence teachvs ma that there is no “apeuitie™ for searlel fever, aud the only eclen- tiflc treatment appears to be (and I can prove byu number of ecvere cases) the abstainlng from all medicine whatever. ~As far as the dix casc {3 concerned, the cutiele and mucous mem. Urane, and only the complications which nlzit arise, have to be fought as they wontd have ta he fought If there waa no searict fever l» Aent, and they were presenting thomselves in their ugnal form of acute ses, R ‘The treatment, therefore, would have to by expectative, even negative. Keep your slok rooms eooly well aired, allow your patierts the benetit of a cool drink, do not ndminister any medl-ine, l‘XL‘l‘&'l ns aforesald, agalnst the com. plicatiuns (and they will hardly appear to any alarmiog extent if you do not), ilo not persuade them to take any fowl, ns they are suie not to dio with starvativn, und do not try to more their bowels for the first tive days of tho dis- ease. This treatment saved the lives of forty. one patients out of forty-two. RATIONALIST. ——— THE GALE3 OF ARABY are not splcier than the aroma which the fragrant fozodont Imparts to the breath, Nor ks the heart of tho fvory-nut whiter than tho teeth thataie cleancd daliy with thot matehlesa fluld, T SNOW—Wednerday momlng, dan, & 10 o'clock,’ Of capiiiary. bronehitie, doeent o i youngest ¢on of JosephC, and Lizzlo Suow, aged 1 year and 11 monthe, Yunera) this afternoon at 2 o'clack from real. dence, Nu. 264 North Franklin strcet. DUNN~Geurze, younzest ton of Jane and James Dunp, of diphtheria, Jan. 24, 1877, Funeral Jan. 25, by cars (o Calvary Cemetery, TALE—Jan. 23:+at lis resldence, 403 West Washington #trect, tho Hon. Samuel Hale, in the 78t year of his age, Tho funeral will bo hold at hls late residence on Friday next at 10 o'clock o. m, Carrinzes to Chl. cago & Norihwastern Haliway for Kenosha, \is. Friends are invited. LINDSAY--OF diphitherls, Sundny evenlng, Jan, 21,8t 821 Wekt Congress’ eircet, Robbie Durns, infant son of William' C. and Anfiie . Lindsay, aged 4 years, 5 months, and 4 daya, FOSTER—Snnday morning, Jan. 21, at 6 Eart Washington strect, Stolla B. = Foster, aged 4 years. of consunption. 32/°Roctiester (N, 1.) and Milwaukee (Wis.) puvers pleare copy, BARRETT=AL herlato resldence, 202 Augusta etreet, Mrs. Mary Darrett, boloved wifo of ol Calvary Friday moraing st ock, £~ New York and Cork (Ircland) papera plests copy. RANDOLPI—At San Dernarding, Calz on the '.“_’.H inst., Hattie E., wife of 8. M. Randolph, of Chilengo, $¥/°8t. Loulsand Now Brunswick (N. J.)pa- pors please copy, LINDER—Ian. 23, of acarlet fever, Florence Linder, aged 1). montha and 13 days, Funeral lo-day (Jan. 25), at £ o'clock, from No. 230 Huron strect, OSNONN—Jan, 24, 1877. at lhe residence of her ron-In-law, Ollver W, Barrett, 107 Calumet avenue, Mariu L., wifo of the 1lon, S, 8, Orborn, of Paincaville, 0., In her 7 year, Services at 107 Calumet svenue Friday, Jan. 2 at 1y, veland, Palncsviile, and Ashtabnla ps- pers pleare cony. AUCTION NALES, By ELISON, YOMEROY & CO, Auctloncers, 81and 84 iundoipti-st, Friday’s Sale, Jon. 26, at 8:30 a, m, LARGE GENERAL SALE NEW AND BECOND-HAND FURNITURE, Carpets, Stoves, BEouschold Goods, Pianos, Geoneral Merchandisoe, Office Furniture, Eta., Ete, ¥~ Alro, PHOTOGRAPIIER'S 8TOCK, Ticture Frames, Mouldings, ¢ otc. ELISO; MEROY & CO., Auct Gardner House The Largest £ale of all Virst-Cluss FURNITURE, Bver made In Chicago, commenoing MONDAY HORNING, Jaw. 29, at 10 olus, At lotel, cor, Michigen-av. & Jachson-st. The ontira contouts of this Blegantly Furnished Hotel, 2,000 YDS, BRUSSELS CARPETS, 50 SUITS ROOMS, 100 Sleeping and Guest Rooms, Ladies® Purlors, Club Itoom, and Dinkig Roems, All Furni-hed in the best manner; Hair Tdattrossos, Spring Deds, PIER & MANTEL MIRRORS Piano, Billiard Tables, Chandoliers throughe out the houae, Otfics Fu-niture, Har and Dar Outfit. KITCHEN AND LAUNDRY. Plated Ware, Orockory, &c. A Mnfixmcnm Double I'rench Ohina Pare ty 8ac, Marcon and Gold, used but a fow times, as. fioud as now. LISON,POMEROY & CO., Augctionoers. By Wil. A. BUTTERS & CO. Auctioucers, fluul (B Wlhuh-’v. BUTTHRS & 00.'S Regular Trade Sals. DRY GOODS, WOt 4, CLOTHING, BILKS—DHESS GOODs, SILKE 1IDK! 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