Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1877, Page 5

. ! FOREIGN. A Story Current that Russia Re- ‘pudiates the Treaty of Paris. More Hints as to the Tenor of the Testhcoming Russian Circular, _ The Porto Making All Haste to Patch Up 2.7 sace with Servias Prince Milan Desirous of Knowing What Quzsia Thinks of It, Jurkey Sald o Contemplale {he Appointment of Curistians as Frovincial Governors. TIHE BAST. BEGVIA WiLL TREAT FOR PEACE, (CONSTANTINOI'LE, Jan. 20.—The Servlan Gov- ernment requests that the Ottoman Ambassa- dor at Viennas enter into negotlations with the Bervlan diplomatic agent there, the Serviaus faving no representative at Constantinople. MONTENEGRO. The Princo of Montenegro has not yet replied 40 the Invitatlon to treat for peace directly with the Yorte. RUSSIA REFUDIATES. 8t PzrERSOURG, Jan, 2.—Russia has {ssucd o clreular to the Powers repudiating the Treaty of I'aris. THE PORTHCOMING CIRCULAR. Viensa, Jan, 20.—.Montag's Jlevue (scml-offl clal) eays it hos reason to believe that the ex- pected Russlan circutar will open an entirely new phose of the Eastern question. The note will reduce the present situation to one of the following alternatives: Wil the Powers attrib- ute a more platonic character to the viewa they expresscd at the conference, or will they bring ntore rigorons pressure {o bear upon the Portel The former would probably result ln procrastination, the latter in furtherindependent nction by Russla. In any case, the Porte must. hasten its movements If it [ntends, by carrying out fts Constitution, and by tho conclusion of peace with Scrvia und Montenegro, to deprive 2ussia of all grounds for Intervention. ‘The Montag's Kevue concludes its article as follows: * Although the danger of wur s not {mmediately threatening, It can only be hanished {from the political horizun Ly great excrtions, CONSTANTINOU'LE STORUES, Loxpox, Jan 0.—A telegram from Con- stantinople pronounces unfounded the report that Midhat Paeha has jssued an cdlct for the disarmament of the population. “The sane dispatch says it is stated that the Porte Intends to appoint five Christians to bo Uovernors of the Provinces, MEANS PNT, CoxstanTINOPLE, Jan, 20.~The Porte has In- formed Servin and Montenegro that hostllities wlill recommence early in March if terms of peace are not previously arranged.” TURKEY AND SERVI Loxpox, Jan. 30—06 a. m.~Tie Stendard's dispatch from Vienna eays negotiations between the Ottoman Ambassador and Fervian diplo- matfe agent have nlready vonmenced, Gen. Ignatlell has arrived at Athens. Loxvox, Jan, 30~5 a, m.~The Zimes corre- spondent at Semlin telegraphs that the situa- tien Is so complicated thut it 1s fmpossible to form any opinlon ns to tho probable result aof thecrisis dn Bervin. The Turkish envoy will shortly arrive in Relgrade to vpen peace negotl- atlons there. The Cabinct {s iuscsslon dafly under the Presidency of Prince Milan, A committec of seventecn members of the last Skuptschinademand the immediate convocation of the Chamber, to decide tinally for peace or war, ‘The Princefavors n meeting of the Cham- ber, but is understood to he opposed to making o sepasate treaty ol peace with the Porte, wheth- er on account of the seerct advice of Itus- Bla, or from fear that Montencgro will refuse the proposals of Turkev, and thus be- como the future leader of the Bluvs, The Min- istry oppose the convuration of the Skuptschi- na, breause they fear they will be called to n strict account for thelr administration. It s reported that a Bpeclal Envoy will be d'spateh- ed fmmediately to 8t. Petersburg to obtain A DEFINITE STATEMENT O RUSSIA’S DESIRES, and to ascertain positively what support, it any, can be relied upon It the Turkish proposals are finally refected. Tho peace party are now very apprehensive that forelgn Influence will prevent the conclustun of peace. I is improbablo that Servia will take any declsive cource until definite replics are recelved from 8t. Petersburg, Serviads nlso bound by troaty to consult Montenegro relative to any peaco negotlations, but it 1s not certalu that she will observe this agreement, as considerable Jealousy exlsts between the two Principalitics, THE BUSSIAN MANIFESTO, A Parls correspondent of the Zines states that the terma of the Russtan memoranduin to the P'owers were settled shortly before the con- clusion of the Conference, but when ita result was foreseen, Sluce the Conference closed, how- cver, hiesitation scems to huve arlsen which ex- plulus Russla’s sllence.s THE PROPOSED GENDARMEIIE, A special from Vienua to the Dally News re- ports that fn consequence of the refusal of France to send fnstructors for the proposed gendarmerie to Turkey, the Porte has now nade overtures to Austria. LATEST. The Dally Teleyrapl's opecta) from Pera says Turkey wisheato bave Mr. Cavens financiul administrator. England’s intentlons are un- kuown, but It {s understoud she will nominate o naucler for Turkey until peaca is fully estab- Ushed. A Vieana telegram to the same paper states that Englond, as well as Itussky, hay advised Trluce Milan to conviude a peace 1t ho can do so on proper tering. The vonditiuns offered by Turkey are the preservation of the status quo anto bellum, coupled with certaln guarantees to bo settled durlng the negotiations againat the recommencement of hostilitics by Servin, A correspondent. unbounces positively that Gortschakol! Dhas resolved to retire, und hiy restznation is merely u questlon uf a few days, Councilor Waloufel, formerly Minfsier of the Interior, u progressive Liberal, s his probable Tolegraph's correspondent at Parls de- clares that the Russlan wriny of the South is about to be withdrawn, Only 8,000 men will remain as & corps of observation, GREAT BRITAIN. THE MARK LANE REFORT, Spectal Dispatch 1o Ths Triduna. Loxpown, Jan 2.—The .Mark Lune Erpress says: “The furers aro taking advantageof the dricr weather to resume agricultural uperatians, but the loug contnunuce of rain delayed tield word, aud probably planting will be later this spring. Inthe highlands the condition of the wheat plant Is fuvorable, but it Is feared floods have dumaped the plant In the low distrlcts. With a continuance of the present weather, the damage 1 perbups remediable; but, with wolonged raln, the results would be Vsastrous. Latc-sown wheat has suffered most from floods, which, in some localities, swept the plant and seed from the ground. In othiers they rotted Yho grain so that it will bo Becessary to redrill or plant with barley. Re- ports from B:otland and Ireland are wore fa- vorable, The Inferiority of condition, and the diminished quantity of home-grown, grain is still noticeuble In Mark Lane and the country warkets. If anything, sules bave been more dificult than - during the previous week, Tho present value of Engllsh wheat 13 75, to 84 ter quarter higher than at this timo last year, This jucrease is due, firstiy to the disappotuting Tesults of the yield; sud, secoudly, to the effect ot polliles on trade; and, thirdly, to the un- usual weather; but pow, possibly, we may sce Bowe decline In values respecting forelgn wheat. ‘The dhuinished imports of the past five months, susultiug v a diminution of stocks througbaut THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1877. Greal Britain, confirm the oplnion that the pres- cnt state of trade and range of prices nre sonmd al eapable of belng malntalned. In- activity lns charsterlzed business In wheat dduring the past week, but this was cansed by buyers who were tolerably well atacked ceasing operations temporarily to seru- tinlze previous transactions. Fine red wheat fs held firmly, Upon this varlety alone s any change noted. Russfan descriptions have {m- proved sixpenee to a shilling per quarter on the week, The trade for spring corn has shared the general dullucss, and prices are unaltered. Floating carzoea off coast have been hell firmly, but with an inactive demand, Values have slightly declined.” SLADE AT LILERTY, Loxnox, Jan, 2. —The Amerlean 4 Spiritual- 15t "' Slaile, who was rentenced to three mouths' confinement at hard Inbor, has hail his fentence quashed on apnheal on a lezal techulenilty, GORNON'M AFIICAN RXPLOBATION: Livenroor, Jan. l\lu:vl:ll to the Jost Trom Lowlon says: Col. Giordon, the explorer, who has returned from his expedition futo the fnterfor of Afriea under the auspices of the Rihedive, and who arrived fn Lungland a fow days aro, Ind already recefved an urgent sum- nivns from the Khicdive to r F;u . lle nas presented the Rogal Geographieal Suclety witl valuable orizinal” maps which he brought buck from equatorial Africa, and has rromhcd to contribute a paper of great futercat.’ FRANCE. NEAVY BNPEZZLEMENT. New Yonk, Jan. 20.—A special from Parls says that o Lieavy defaleation in the Banque e Paris lias just been discovered. The culprit is ono of the chiel clerks of the bank, The amoungof the embezztement i 00,000 franca. MAYONS DISMISSEDL. Tanis, Jan, 20.—The Government has dls- missed scyeral Mayors for atteuding masecs in memory of Napoleon, and has declded to treat severely all ollicials partivipating in Bouapurtist demonstratlons, RELIGIOLS MOVEMENTS, Digpuich to Londow Tinies, Tanis, Jan, 7, —A lively controversy has ariscn over two apparently trivial incidents, A popu- lar vitlage schooltaster in Aln having been re- moved at the nstanee, a8 was believed, of the priest, und the Bishop having refured to listen 0 |Ilcir complaints agalnst the latter, 150 of the inhabitaute, with the Mayor at thelr head, have turncd Protestants, and have obtalned a pastor from Lyons. In the Cote-d'Or, M. Boutard, a Consciller- General, hns weitten to the Bishop of Dijun, statinz that as the Cntholic Church claius to hury even its stronzest onponcents, biccanes bap- tlz¢il and perbups married by ity an explicit nct Feemns nceessary o8 a release from these engage- ments, sud he nccordingly abjures Romnauism lor Protestantisin, The X7Xeme Siecle goes into raptures over thess episodes, and argics that weak-kneed brethren who have notauflicient nerve for Athe- {am shoula be encoursged to become Protest- ants. Other Rudlcal organs, however, demur to this recommendation, and_protest acafnst half mensuree, Inslsting that Franco must be un- christinnized, The fappel remarks that such converis mizht flnd that they had only ex- changed onc farm of Intolerauco for another, and that u Churelt which excommunicates Liberal Protestants lke a Pressense and a Dide cannot be thought well of. This observation shows that the Zappel §s not vers well posted up n Trotestant matters. M. Dide is one of the pas- torsof the Extrems Left In the Reformed Clutreh, but M. Pressense, thoueh a minister of another sect, 18 not excluded from that Church by any udvaneed doctrinal views, The Cutholic papers content themselves with sarcastic com- nents on the rrcclpltnncv of these conversions, amd hint that Protestautism does not galn much strength from such recruits, SIPAIN. TERRIBLE STORMS, London Timen, QOur own correspondent writes under dato Madrld, Jun. 43 *Winds, rains, and floods con- tinue, In Guipuscon yesterday a fire breke out fnawood, which, fanned by a southwesterly wind, extended for miles over the mountains, 1iundreds of cattlc are sald to have perlshed, and many shepherds' huts are destroyed. Telegrams of to-duy from Leon say ‘the plague of raln bhas mot ccased In this provinee, The Iiver Ducrna lus in- undated the Village of Baneza. Al the troops and civil guards are called out to uid in stem- ming the fnundation. A telezram from Sun- tnandur, dated to<day, 4th, says: *The fire of the 8lst ult. has consunied “the hill whero 1t broke vuty and innde it heap of ashes. ‘The church and Villags of Viana (130 houses) are burnt to ground, and the 300 {nhabitants "have had to takio sietter clsewhere'™ Writineg on the 6thmst,, our correspondent says: **'The rain In Madrid {8 pouring In torreuts. The deatl-rate has increascd 10 per cent. The fol- lowlnz notlees received hero to-day will give an filea of the terrible elfects of the ood: * Ronda, Jan, -I.—T\\‘clll)' houses swept away by floady many wounded.” *Leon, Jat, 4—Mail tralns from the Asturlas have atl had to put Dk froin Las Roblas Statlon, the flouds haviug just begun In dsturlay after n long drought.! * Bstremadura, Juu, 4—Line from here to for- tugat flooded utd several yurds swept away by Ittver Alberque,’ ¢ Leon, J —River Diterng. hus overtfowed, and ez 15 partly un- der water, The Hnes h froin Madrhil all broken or working with dulicalty,’ 8 tunder, Jun. 4. arful has been thy hurrleane of wind, lasting three days. Houses trembied as i en earthquake, aud hundreds fled from themn, The House of Charity took tire, and [ta fnmates had 1o quit its sheiters the roofs of twenty or thirty houses were lfted off en masxe; the tramway oinuibuses wero blown over; the chureh, chool, aud the greater part of the Vil Tage of Viana has been buret to the groud, and the wood und waste latds are burning with the force of un Amerlean prairle fire.” This hurrleane at Santunder seems to have been wholly unaccompaunted by rafn," MEXICO. 10LESIAS NOT VERY BANGUINE, Ban Fraxcisco, Jan, 20.—Heferring to the statement of the New York Zerald's Washington correspondent of the 27th, that a number of Amerlean oflicers had coneluded to offer their services to Jlealas, and ralse a force in the Bouthwest to fnvads Mexico and establish his clafing, Iglcslas yesterday stated that tho in- formation In the teley way correct. There are,” he suhl, ‘“inuny good reasons why this movement by my friends fn this country can bo of no asslistance to me tnmy efforts to bring about o chargze of Govermuent in Mexico, and 1 shall adylse my friends of the conclusion at which Lhave oirived. Yor this purpose 1 ntend to proceed Eust us woon us possible,’ BONOIKA BaxN FraNcisco, Jan, Reports from Son. ora, Mexico, via Ban Dleso, eny Gen. Mariscal, Alilitary Governor, has fsiual’ s proclamatlon declarig Inglesids the leeal President, and nvuwhui s purpose to support him. Pesgulera, with his troops, 1s reported ns connnitting munerous vatrages on fntabitants, hut avoiding battlo with Mariscal. RINDERPEST. THECAUTIONARY ORDERS, LoNpox, Jan, “The DBiitish Councll has Issued further stringent orders sgatnst the fm- portation into Great Britaln from Germany and Belgium of cattle, hay, hdes, horus, fut, boofs, aml fresh meat, HBuussers, Jun. 27.—A royal decree has been fesued probibiging fmportation fnto Helgium of horned cattle und sheep from (lermany, Eu- glaud, Russiu, Austria, uud Turkey, BA. A GOOD STORY SFOILED. Wasmxarox, D. C., Jau. 2).—Thero is not partlcle of truth in tho statement receutly made that the Spanish Goveryment is In nego- tlation with the Cuban Insurgents with a view to grant them nutonomy, or scll-zovernment, Oa the contrary, 3pain oceuples the same posi- tionas heretuture with regard to the alfairs of (lj.nbi't with no provability whatever of chang- 4 ROME. THB FOFE’S MEALTIH, Roxs, Jan. 29.—The Pope has quite recovered, e received visits of several prelates and Cardl- nals yesterday, TUE PAPAL SUCCESSION. Loxpoy, Jan. i a. m.—~The Standard’s Berlin correspondent says It is reported {n semi- otliviat 3unm~ra thut the Powers buve recently ex- changed communivatious respestivg the eventu- ancy In the throue of Bt. Peter, It tholic Powers have cngaged to make the strictust use of thelr anclent preroga- tive to insure regularity in the election of a yues cuasor Lo Plus, e ——— VERY COLD FOR THAT REGION. Lerres Rock, Ark,, Jan. 20.—8am Brewer, of Cherokee, at Glbson Statlun, Cherokee Natlon, Friday, bad both legs amputated, bayin, g:cnlrwzgnby the ;eunfivldlpcll. LAV ) WASHINGLON. Texas Pacific Lobbyists Move upon the House in Force. And That Body, in Self-Defonso, Has to Resort to a General Bounce. Provisions of the Several Pacific Railroad Obligation I3ills. The President Will Make Suggestions to Oongress on tho Bubjevt of Resumption, Iio Delleves the Government 18 Now In a Condition to Commence. RAILROAD BILLS. TIE TEXAS PACIFIC BIRL Spectal Dirzateh to The Tribuna, WASIINGTON, D, U,y Jan, 29, —Lhe pession of the Iouse to-day was inore noteworthy for what wae not accomplished than for what was. It was posslbly tie last chance for the considera- tion of the Texas Pacific and Centrat Tacifie bllte. The lobby, larger sul more powerful than any thot has been seen here since the Pacifle Mall days, thronged every corrldor aml oceupled almoat every vacant place upon the fluor. Buggestions of all sorts were made by them to members to induce them not to oppose the motion to fix a doy for the conslderation of tho bill. The bill was at the foot of the calendar, and could not be reached except by a suspension of the rules. 1t could not, by any probable chance, e nd- vanced upon the calendar except by amotion to suspend the rules and fix o certain day for its consideration. If this conld ba accomplished the bill could then be passed BY A BARG MAJORITY. Every effort was made to accomplish this. Tt 1s even sald that money was used frecly, but of this tyero s no evidence. Flmally the pressure upon the floor beecame sogreat that Durham of Kentucky inslsted that the Speaker shouldl enfarce the rule fornldding the presence of unprivileged persons upon the floor, ndding that it was not possible togo twenty feet from the Speaker’s chalr without running nzainst half adozen Jobbyists. This bold assertlon, alded by the Sergeant-at-Arms, cleared the floor, but the Iouse adjourned be- fore Lamar nad any chance to make his motion, sothe probability s that the Immense Texas Paclfic and Central Pacifle grand combination echeme has failed for this segsion. OBLIGATIONS OF TIE PACIFIC RAILROAD COM- FANIES. The old controversy ubout the obligations of the Pacific Rallroad Companies on nccount of the interest amd priucipal of the bonds loaned them by the Government came up In the Sen- ote to-day, and Mr. Mitchell made a long speech on Lehalf of the compromise. There are four bills pending before the Senate desizned to set- tle this vexatious question. Flrst, there I8 the House bif st July, which propoeses to put the serews on the companles to the'full ex- tent of the power of the Government, It re- quires them to pay, as n sinking fund, besides 5 per cent” of thelr nct carnings and all the woncy earned 1rom the United States, the following suina anoually for ten yuars: Unjon Pacltie, 50,0005 Central e citle, SH0: 3 Kongns Pacitie, & Central Brauch, 75 Rloux City & Pacitle, £20,728. After ten years theee amounts are to be in- creaserd one-fourth until theobligations are fully diacharzed. Next there s THURMAN'A WILL reported from the Cominittee on the Judl- o clary, which has @ sinking fund feu- turé like that in ahe © House bl It allows the roads to keep hall af their carnings for Government transportation, however, and fixey the nnnual payments in the fund as follows: Unfan_ Pacltic, $1,58),0000 Central Pacifle, 21,500,000 Kansas Pacllie, §150,« 0003 Central Branch, £35,000; Sloux City, $100, 000, The half of the Uuvernment earnini, gethier with b per cent of the net total earu 18 not with the nbove sums to exceed 25 pereent of the whola net carnings of cucl company. Tho thinl bill s that ot the roal” Com- mittee, reported by Mr. West. [tallows the Unlon and Central Companies cuch to sell to the United States 0,000,000 acres ol the luml which ft pot as a gift, and tuke a eredit of £0,000,000 towarda paging off their debt, In addition cach {8 to pay §45,000 o year In_eash, The _companles are alsu to gt o credit of £1,000,000ureed on back transportationaccount. THE OTULR BILL 18 by Mr. Gordon, and comes back from the Rail- road Committee with amendments, It glves credit for the back trausportution claim, aml renuires of each of the two Companies to pay 37))0,000 annually tnto asinking fund, A curfons feature i the orlinal Lill was that it bound the tiovernment to eend by tl is ull frelehts destined for Yohlli betwe and the Prefile coant, 'This lns by the addition af the following saving clause: *Whenever such freight e bo so transported to ita place of destination at rates not exceeding tho cost nt which it can by carrled by any other means of transportation, ‘I'he conskleratlon of these various billa will aceupy a good dead of the timue of the Scnate hencetorward, & RESUMPTION, PORTUCOMING MESSAUL YIROM THI PRESIDDNT, Speciat Dispatch to The Tyibune. Wasminatos, . Cy dun, 20.-=President (rant has been engaged to-day writlng a mesgage to Congress, which he will send in to- morrow or the next day, recommending such leglslation as will hasten a return to specles pavinent. His attention was called to thls sub- Jeet recently by & well-known Bostonlan, who showed him how largely the balance has of Jate been In favor of the United States producing an influx of gold, which is rapidly ac- cumulating in the natlonal coffers. The Presl- dent's first determination was to direct the Sce- retary of the Treasury to forthwith resume the reduction of the watlonul currency authorized by the act of 1866, and began by Becretary Me- Culloch, but on a more carclul examination of the question It was found thero was a law pass- ¢d in Fobruary, 1868, which has been eorpor- ated into the Revised Statutes, which suspdhded Whis authority mven to the Secretary to retire aml cancel United Btates notes. Besides, In would have Inflicted INJURY UPON COMMERCIAL INTENESTS had the Government virtuatly commenced spe- wents by redeeiing United States legul- tender notes, feaving the Natfonal Banks with upwards of $500,000,000 of their notes in clre lutlon and comparatively small amount coln In thetr vaults for the redemptlon of those notes, Tho President has ginatly declded to show Congress the favorsble cunx&ll!ux1 uf our exports and fmports, with the consequent a mulation ot specle, which, 1t proper advant i3 taken of the financlal *stuation, will enable the liunpthm of specle-payments to be com- wence © ugronk 1590, ‘The Becretary of the Freasury can, under ex- Ieting laws, unly vetfrs legal-tender nutes to the extentof 8 per cent of the Natlonal-Bank notes thercafter lssued, and, 88 the present voluwe of currency 18 largely fu excess of ths real de- mands of lezitimote busiuess, no legal-tenders ('nn‘he retired, The President will recommend to Congreas the enactiment of such leglsiation as will ble the Svcretnry of the Treasury to fund legal-tenders tuto thirty-year bonds, bear- flngl‘:llpcr teut luterest, us liclay devn expe- icnt, NOTES AND NEWS. IMVORTANT DECISION, Wasmxarox, ). C., Jan. 20.—The fallowing declsion was rendercd tu the Supreme Court to- duy: Badger and others va. The United States, on rels. tlon of Bolles and others. 'his waa a writ of error 1o the Northern Clrcult of 1liinols, from a judg- nent granting rolators mandswmus agsinst plaintitfs liere 3 ofticers of the Town of Aubrey, fu Wiuals, compelling them to audlt a 2ertain judgment., The oficere hud reaigned thele position’, uid thuir reas had been accebted, bub their suc. had been ' appolnted and lided as provided by the law of the Statos, and it {8 taerefory held that they bud ot ceascd o bo puch yiicers, and L3t ths inandamus was proporly fssucd. Judguwent i afirmed. Justico Hunt de Iivered the oplnion. This docislon bas some inter- et lu conuectivn with the resigustion of Watts, the Oregon Elector, of bus positiun of Pustmaster priop 1 Bts electlon us an Eractor o I the VACABEY e casloned by bis ineligibuiity, CONFIHMBD. The Scaate In executive scssion confirmed the following nowinations; Ellly Spear, Commis sloner of Patentss John B. l}arlu{l. Collector ot T .y igon, Wars A Witlard, Bristol, n. TH SUPREME COURT, The Supreme Lourt nn\}‘u:lnxv-ll U the 19th of February on acconnt of the lmpending with- denwal five of the Justiees to form the Jwdicial brauch of the tripartite Electoral Com- inisston. MR STEPHENS' COXDITION, Warntzsaton, . Co Jan. #0—1 2. m—At midnight Mr, Stephiens was reported to be fna cumparatively comfortable condition, with uo tmmuediate danger of a fatal result. STATE AFFAIRS. WISCONSIN, THE LEGISLATURE, Fpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. MaDi1sos, \Vis., Jan. 2. ~—~Bath Houses of the Legistature et tonleht after taking a rest frumn Friday snorning. Itis a general expres- slon that Madlson was never ko dull, 5o little in- terest tuken [n the Legislature, and so little - portant legislative businesa to be transacted as this reeslon, Vietualis notbing of fmportance to the State has beew ntroduced except repeal- ing the University bill, which’ gave that inst{- tutlon one-quarter of one mill of the taxes on the property of State as a permanent fund, and the Exemption bills of the West Wisconsin and Wisconsin Centrat Raflroads, The oldest Jegislutors fafl to see where any Important legislation is to cumne from. A bl was mtro- duced [ the Assembly to-night to extend the tlme for the construction of the North Wiscon- sin Railroad. " INDIANA, LEGISLATIVE. Speeial Dispatch to The Tridune, INDIANATOLES, Ind., Jun, 29,—The Senate to- day refused to sceond a demand forthe previous question on the passaze of the resolution ap- proving the bill for counting the Electoral vote, and it went to the Committee on Federal Rela- tione. Bills were introduced to create n Super- for Court fn Allen and Vanderburg Countl and providing for o State Loard of Engincers, A great portlon of the sesslon in the Houso waa spent tn discussing a bill to regulate the hanging of doors In publle bulldings. It was recotmnltted with Cinstructions to exempt churchies and school buililings from its provis- lons, The State-House bill was {ntroduced in the ltouse providing for a commission of four persuns with the Governor to Iaste bouds for a new bullding not to cost over $:3,000,000. KANSAS, TIE BENATORIAL BALLOTINGS, Torera, Kan., Jan. 2.—0On the forticth bal- lot for United States Scnator Osborne got 443 Plumb, 325 8tmous, 23; Harvey, 23; Scars, &3; Murtin, tillings, 8; Shannon, 2; Elder and Fenton 1 each, On the eleventh ballot Bears gained 2, and Martin and Stillings each Jost 1. ‘The tweilth ballot was the same ns_the eler- cach, except Stillings galned L and Elder re- ceived none. 01110, THE LEGISLATURE. Corusmus, 0., Jan. 20.—In the Iouso bills were Introduced to forbld persons connected with publishing-houses from servine ns schonl- cxaminers, and to Jegalize 10 per cent intercst, CASUALTIES. ASIITABULA. CrEvELAND, O, Jan, 20.—"The Leader’s Ash- tabula speclal says the Inquest wad resumed. Alfred 11, Howland was sworn. Ife resldes In Boston; is aclvil englneer; has been engaged fn examining the wreeked bridee for a fortuight; finds the sbutments fu good conditlon; finds the welght of the bridge to be 82000 pounds per lincal foot; conslders the system of Jateral and swuy bracing employed as fusufliclent; considers the form of beams used for compression members u very le feature of the hridge; fouml a of seetlon fu the following members: The whole of the top chord, many of the maln braces In the laterial and vertieal sway hrucing, 1n the floor b In_some of those meanbers the materlal would have been sufielent had it been in different shape; found that one of the maln braces waa threo inches out of position on the top anzle-block when Jast painted, and others in a less degree. A MIVER DISASTER. Meyrms, Tenn, Jan. 29.—The steamer Tolls, last night, fu attempting to lund ot the mouth of Wolf River, rau Into the 8t. Bernard con! fleet und sank four barges and also Cal- lioun's produce-boat from tte Oblo River, which 13 a total loss. Louisvitie, Ky., Jan. 20.—By the capsizing of aski this afternoon, four youug men were washed over the fulls, two losine thelr lives and the others belng rescued, The Jost oned were Thomas Peterson and Patrick Brophy. —————— MICHIGAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Speclal Corvesponnence af The Tritune. Laxging, Mich., Jan, 27,—The winter mecting of the State Pomologieal Soclety will he held et Pontiae, Feb, 7 and 8 Several counties will make a fiue display of fruit. The followlng programme (s declded upon: Tteading of correapondence by the Sceretary, Tnauzural sddress by Presldent Lyon, Report of delegates to the New York Nortien)- “Adamy, Galesbu tura) Ruclety, 1. 3 **Hurts, lelps, and ' Hindrances to Michlzan Pomolur, (& Semmun, (iran Raplds, CFrult'as fart of Good' Liviug," L. 8, Tatt, Pontlac, Adidress of welcome Ly the Mayor of Poutiac, ‘eWindow-Guardening, " Mre, Willlam Salerice, Farm]ngton. SFhe Apple-Crop, —Shall Wo Increano It, and Ttows; and What Shall Wo Do with 111" Byron 8, St fng, " J. G, amadel), South Turon, snd Pagmlce, Orand Truverse, b-Apples—How Lo Grow and How to Uso Thew, Adams. “iihicecds und Fallure in Frult-Growlng," Fred Carlisle, Pontiac, **The State Pomological Boclety va. Frult. Listw, 'restdent L[un‘ Y. “Hortlcultural - Lxporiments,” Prof, W, J. Lieal, Lansing. “liconomy fn Marketing," L. 8, Lindemen, Grand Haven. *vEverereens for lledzzea and Sereens, and Gen. Al"l'nl (Ilr mentativn on the Lawn," . W, Lord, untlac, o Flower-Garden as & Ifomo-Accompant- ment, " Mre, . tireen, MNrmingham, ** Landecape-Gardening for Farmes,” C. W, Usrfleld, Lanalng, **"I'hu Cabbag ‘orm,* Prof. A. J. Caok, **Drainage and Cultivation of (kchards,” Prof. €. L. Ingereoll, Lunsing. — TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, Pirrasrno, Jan. 20.—~Willam M. Hartzell, Chlef of Puolice of thls city, reslzned to-day. 8AN Fraxcisco, Cal,, Jan, 29.—Weather cloudy, with more or less rain. . New Youk, Jan, 20.—Cardinal McCloskey, by a clreular, fnvites the faithful of his Archdiocese to unite occording to thelr means with thelr Catholle brethren In peesenting o worthy testl- mondal of thelr *lisl homage and affection to aur most Holy Fathier on his golden Jubllee, on the fiftleth aunlversary of his Eptacopate, which will be on the 21st of next May,” Soecial Diwatch to The Triduns, - Lavaveree, lnd., Jun, 1. A. James, for twenty years counected with ths Lafayette Journal, st as foreman and for the last twelve years us city cdltor, reslzned his position to de- vote his time to tha duttes of Buperintendent of thy Water-Works of this city. He Is succeed- e by Thumas M. Park, nephew of the late Hon, John Purdue. Pun.avsLrita, Jan, 20.—~In the matterof the distribution of the balance of the funds fu the hands of the Centennlal Boanl of Finance,which was on the 10th fust. decided In_favor of the stockholders, Distiict Attoruey Valentine, act- Ing for the United States Government, toiay é""k appeal to the Supreme Court of thy United lales. i — et AN ELECTION CONTESTED, Bpectal Dispateh to The Tribune. Gavessung, Itl., Jun. 29.—Legal proceedings wers commenced here to-day fn the Congres- slonal contcst case by Dr. Wileon's attorney serviog papers on the County Clerk, orderlug Lim to produce the poll-books and ballots used at the last election before John 3eFarland, Notary Publlc, on Saturday, Feb, 4. Mz, Boyd's sjority was so luge 1 thils county that it can- not bo overcome by any small miscount that may bays accurre CUSTCMS FRAUDS. Oreat Importing Houses in American C ties Again on the Rack, The System Unparalleled in Ine genuity and Gigantic In DMagnitude. Many Forelgn Consuls Found to Be Members of the Ring. Lightnlng to Weeks. Strike In Ahont Two Spectal Dispatch 1o The Tribune. New Youx, Jan, 29 [hi: Times to-morrow will print the following: “Many fraudulent schemea by which the customs revenuc of the United States has been deprived of immense sums of money have heen dircuvered durlng the vast thres years, and the ‘partlipants 1o them punished, but within a short time one of greater mugimtude than all the others, conceived with miore skill and pursued with more bholdness, has been unveiled, aud steps are being talken to pun- Ish the merchants coneerned in {6 and thelr va- rlous accomplices, Custoni-hoyse ofiicers have {for several years been convineed that A VAST STSTEM OF FRAUD by false Involces was being carried on by im- porters dofng busiuesa In this city and in other trade-centres of the country, Certaln firms (n this city, Boston, Philadelpbla, Clucinnati, Chi- eagn, and St Louls have been set down as fraudulent importers, yet nothinz of the nature of legal proof of these thlags could be obtained. Carefut and repeat- cd [Investigation proved to the satisfac- tlon of the authorities that on assocla- tion existed, aud Indlcated also that this asso ciatlon hat members in most of the principal citles of Europe, and agents even among the revenuo ofliclale. When the great frauds com- wnitted by Lawrenco and his accomplices wero exposed, it was definitely ascertalned that cer- tain of our v CONSULS WERE LEAGUED WITH DISHONEST MERCIANTS, and that, with their ald, goods exported to this country were undervalued and fnvolces fulsified o adroitly that detection was alnust impossl- ble. The Treasury Department was informed last apring of the facis which had been gathered, but, from various causes, no steps could be taken at the time to probe the matter to tho hottom. When Sceretary Morrill entered upon Liis dutles he soon settled upon o plan of action, Having arranged all the factsin his possession poluting toward dishonesty on the part of American Cunsuls [n Earope he communieated thiem to the State Department and asked that an agent be sent abroad to look into the affairs of the various Consulates. Scerctary Fish se- Jeeted Mr. Arthur W, Wood, Chief of the Con- sulate Bureau of the State Department. T0 GO TO BUROPE SECRETLY, and make a righd Inquiry nto the uffulrs of our Cunsulates In the principal scaports of Great Britaln, France, and Germany. Mr. Wood left New York in Autust last, and upon arriving began his nvestigations without delay. As soon a8 he uppeared at some of the Cone tulates he dixcovered evidences of alarm on thepart of the State Department Agents {n charge of them, while at others e was et blandly aud recognized before be announced his husiness, From this latter clrcumstance it s nssumed that his presence and bueiness In Europe becoming known to the agents of the revenue defranders, they sent wamning to the oftlelals who assisted fn the fraudulent entér- prises. Despite all the obstructions put in his way, Mr. Wood SUCCLEDED IN PROCCRING EVIDENCE of the frauds which lad heen suapect- cd, completed his labors in Eurepe fu Novembler last, and arrived at New York on the German steamsblp Kronprinz Dee, 80 T8 return was kept as secret as pos: rible in order to prevent the dlclionest mer- chants from fixinz up thelr beoks so 08 to give trouble to the officlals when uetions were bewun ngaivst them, Ile went to Wastinigton tnune- diately aiter his return, diseoveries to Seeretary the fuformution in the Morrill, In the Treasury L studied carctully, and consultations were had as Lo the course to Le pursued. It was at tiret proposed to appolnt a special agent, who should, In conjanction with Custom-House: officinls tn this city, mi further Investizatione previous to bestiming agalnst the defaulters. This plun was, r, ubandoned, on accouny of the delay 1t would entall, It was ly Jetermined thot, ko far us New York was concerned, the dispusition of the whole natter should be placed §n the bands of Mr. Grorue Dillss, the Unlted States Diatrlet Attorney tor thls dlatrlet, Accordinizly, the papers were sl deposited In s ofice, and, before his tenn of office explred, he began the neeessary work in ase. Upon his setirement the whole duty wiis transferred to his sticeessor, Mr, Woudford, who s now cmployed In- perfecting aud arrang- fug the evidence, THE CASES demand careful study, fur they are jutricate and complicated. It may, theretore, take further thne to properly prepare the cases for ruceess ful presestation on the part of the District At- torney. Gen. Woodford has been Instrueted to press on the work of }:r&!c\'lxlluu U3 fast a9 pose #ible, At the same time fhat the matter was placed fu the hauds of the Governtent law oflicer Cullector Artbur — was fnfurm- e of the facts in the pusscs- son of the Government, and ordercd to ald the prosecution us much as possible in procuring evidence to be produced on the trlal, It 1s not yet known when the District Attorney will bealn sufts sralnst the Importers, nor whether the sults will be of & crimlual or civi nature, or both, GRN. WOONTORD, when questioned about the matter, refused positively to say anything. This fact s cer- tuln, however, ‘that’ when the sufts o tried ‘o scheme of frsud wil bo e vealed J;n-:uly exceeding in extent of #kill_and succces that of Lawrence nud his assoclates. At least three New York firms will be exposed whose wncinbers have amassed vor large sums by thelr conneetion with € xuctly who those defaulters are vealedd, ~ Mr, Wood, by whose labo fraudulent operutions linve been unfold not et genkdn ail of his yeport to Secretary Flshy but will complete and present it Attorney Woodford, 5 y that proceed- Ings ngatnst the dishonest merchants fn other citles will be delayed until after the suits wralnat those here have been tried, Oue result of the fuvestizations of Mr. Wood in Europe Wil be, It §s understood, the dlsnisenl fsdisgruce of keverul Consuls who have prostituted their vosftiun and vuthority for the purpose of en- rivhing themselves by defrauding the Govern- ments q ————— MICHIGAN ITEMS. Special Correspondence of Ths Tridune. Lansivg, Mich,, Jan, 27.—The Auditor Gen- erul's report for 1876 shows that 4,600 persous pald $447,705 lquor-tax, and $1,650 Interest,— makiug a total of #4835,831, The amount uncol- fected fs $44707, . The reglsters of the Michigan House at tho Centenulal have been received st the Stats Library. ‘Fhe lumber from the large saw-logs will be put in the uew Capitol. A pleve of wood hias been found near Tlastings fifty feet below the surface of the ground. The blennial report 'of the Michlgan Insane Asylum, at Kalamazoo, shows 1,014 paticnts, belng un ncrease of 43 per cent over the ‘period tnediately precedivg. Of this wuole number, G5 have been dlscharged, leaving 6158 patients under treatment, Of those discharged, 139 were restoredy 108 {uproved, W unimproved, and 65 hayo died. ‘Tho Eastern Asylum, now in process of con- struction at Poutlac, will ve completed next year, and and an appropristion for its wainten- ance and management will be asked for of the Leglataure, There has beeu drawn from the State Treasury for this building $204,024 EXPLAINED AT LAST, 70 the Eiditur of The Tritune. Cnica60 Jun, 25.—1 have noticed that you bavo on several occasions spoken of Gen. Kees Dan &8 & <ort of sccond editor of the Chlcago Timws. Inasmuch ss thls, your supposition, is & mistake, I feel Lappy to be able toenlightenyou on the subject. The great, usparalleled Uen, Keenan fs in reality none else than the better- hally or, rather, the spiritual part, of the pray- liafred obl sluner Wilvur F. Storey, editor of the Times. The factls thie: Mr. Storey, belng a Spiritualist in the tweifth degren (the thirteenth degreey It I eald, can only he conterred In the epiritual worid, which is called Hades, or Giehenna) hae, by the taking of said degree, acqulred the power or capaciiy to divide him- folf, «r scpirate his soul ard body. Ilence, swhen his body remalng (n the Times office, edit- INg A part of the Zimes, bis roul (lien, Keenan) 13 in " Waalingtan, elitlng the otlier part of 2l paper. By tofs hia capaeity of dividing himeelf, and as his soul aml’ bodv have never agreed, it was pussible for Lim rome time avo to publixh two papers, * both dafly, " Spiritials fata are inclined to the belief that the body of Mr. Wilbur F. Story 18 in reality the better part of himeell. I don't know how it Is, but I thoughit it proper that I should enlighten you ou thesubject, Yours truly, SPIRITUALIST. it Spiighacich oo L SR FIRLES. IN CIFICAGO. The alarm from Box 413 at 5:30 yesterday morning was caused by the burning of a two- story brick bullding, corner of Fulton and Kedzlo avenue, owned and oecupied by J. W, Hersey. Damage to building, £2,500, fuily fn- surcd In the 8t. Louls Fire and /Etna. Cause, defective furnace. The alarm from Box 615 at 9:50 last evening was caused by an focipient fire fn the sewing- machine factory of, M. Behultz, on Ashland avenue, betwecit Superlor strect amd Chicaco avenue. Damage, 8200: fully insured. Caus shavings catching re from the boller. [ AT GRRAND RAPIDS) MICIL Spectal Dispateh so The Tribune. GRAND Rarvive, Mich, Jan. 20.~Flire de- stroyed mnst of o two-story building in this city thls morning, occupled by Picke & Morts, grocers, and by two families nsa residenco fn the second story. Most of the coutents were saved In & damaged condition, Loss from 8500 to £1,000; insurance, $1,500. il o] DOCTORS AND EDITORS, OR EPIDEMICS AND POLITICS, OR M, D.'S AND ED.’S. 70 the Editor af The Tribune. Cittcano, Jan. 20.~In the above heading M. D, stands for *“More Dosing” and Ed. for Evll Doing, and for the latter you just now deserve the former, and that because In your Sunday editorial entitled *“The Doctors and Scarlet Fever youdo great injustice tua de- serving class of the community. Ina time lke the present, when the people of a preat city are awakened to the Imperative necessity of finding out whatever can he done, and of dofug It at once, for the preventfon of the plazue that Js upon us, it can hardly fail to work Injury tous all, people and physicians alike, for a powerful paper to exert fts influence to diséredit the hard, gratuitous, and conscientious laburs of the men who are naturally and necesaarily the lvad- ers [n matters of public health, Tue Tumusc would certalnly subserve the public wellar mare effectually by placlng the pliysiclans ol the city in their true light before the peovle than by holding up theie shorteominzs juerely to public rklicule. Doctors are not the authors of epldemics, nor did they introduce death futo the wortd, nor s it reasonable to suppose that they can by any possible means wholly prevent it. “All that “can be required of them ds that they should be dilizent and fuithful in the study and treatment of disease, so 44 to Fl’ulvmz huinan Hfe and to alleviate Its sufler- ngs when they arlse as far as the present state ot knowledge will perinit. Physiclans may err, as editors do, In thelr endeavors to curry out the work of their Iife; they may fail, as_editurs do, from want of agrcement, from lack of kuowledue, from partlsan bias, from Imperfect education, from want of hone cven from lack of moral priucl) harm, they may even on oceasion 15 venting it, just aa cditors may on o a bad man (ntu office when they honestly meant to put In apood vne. But the fuct still remaing that docrors and editors nre necet parts in the structure of modern sod- ey, defluite functions to fultlll thercin, arc in fact the [nevitahle outeome of that differ- entlation and diviston of labor which {s the order of all progressive development whetlicr pisyslologieal or soctal. And both clusses n the main accomplish far more of good than of evil. Lditors misinfurm us occusionally respeeting passing events, and mlslead us somethmes in politizs they often advocate one day what they denoutice apother; they sumetlies " hurrah for *wab "' and threaten to deluge ym(‘clnl lands with unplensant *gosh:” they do not always tell who §3 or fs not to be President accurately and with that certaluty which we, the peoplé, nlways expect from our publle oracles. Inieed, youreditorial above refurred to would, mutatls mutandis, makeagood artlle fora medieal Journalist who wished to belittle the {mbllc])rub Ite wonld open thus (eay ot the icight of some national crisis): “The editors Lave met. The Democratie editors nave met. The Licpublivan editors bhuve met. The Prest- dent of the Axsuclutled Press, who wanted thein 1o meet, has aleo met, aud hus Leen bouveed fur his pains, Tlere are probudly 5,000 editors in thie country,and countless * fedgliigs ' (werewe nat all * fledslings * onee, auybow, both editors end doctorsff, O this numiber several thou- rand have I council upon vulldozing, Electoral votes, raz bables, lnuxmldnllnu, count- i the vote, depression of trade, political cor- ruptiun, und othier epldemies pow sconrging the conntry, and even threatening us with another war, i which the lives of amitlon might readl- 1y be sacriileed. (A worse visitatfon than scar- latlna!] Anducanwhile the people walt, hop- i for wisdons from so mauy ' counselors. ut their rl'l)urlfi du not boing much comfort to the natioual slek-room, or aseurance to those who }l‘rc apprebensive of future danger to the Repub- e, 1he Bepublicans at the outset do not uiee etnocrats, ol vice versa, Nefther do Republicans or Demoerntgagree with themselves! Tun Tmprse's Independent eandidate seems to have been the bete noir of both assemblies, But, gentlemen, both of the Democratle and of the Kepubl press, i we cannot have either the sulpho-cierbulate Mr, Tilden or the ol fashivued constitutional belladonua Mr, H whu must we have! Tho Senate would have se uf Representutives the s 1o be danger that the Court mlght let us have neither, If the Bupreme Court alimll be ull y anything about it, ur can say anything it Lo, Huve our editorfal doctors tothing better to oller s ! I3 there absolutely nothing upon which they can agree! If not then a plagie on both your bouzes, You dinve flonded us with plans, and achemes, and amendments, sod_mutual abuse, and falschioods, und politleal doctrines, aud opln- fous, sud history. You have made politics und it disturbances the study of your lives, snd sre as yet only it the region ul experiment, ot least wiih regard to Preeldent-mublig, and now if you caunot urree upon avything why not stop wrangling, and frankly “confess lgnorance! For, while you ure wrangling, —natlonal discord, and’ want, and poverty do not waft, ‘but War sauds ready’ grinning at your technfeal discussions, There ure bun- aréds ot sadidened humes ull over this nation, howies fu bovels snd homes In warble fronts, where starving sulferers ure tossiug about fn thelr angulsh of injud, not knowing “where the brewl ds to come fromt wherewith 1o feed the starvinr lttle ones, There are hundeeds of other Lomes yet to be visited, You, ob cditors, camot restore the sutshine fn the homes dark- cned by the political epldemic of the lute War; but, i the vawe ol common husnanity, can you not'ugree upou some relief for the sullering, and suine wessure that will certainly prevent the return of such a calanlty to deatroy what lttle we have left! Can you not for unce, gens tlemen editors of all partfes, come together und voneentrate your knowledge uud vxperieiics 60 that they become visble to the naked eve, and devise suine method of checking our polit~ feu) scourgest” % Tu quoque.,” Furthieniore, would ot s simllar treatineut be applicable to all clusses wnd conditions of ment Are docturs und editors the only classes who contend with dlscascs, epldemic, cou- taglous, Infectlous, aud aparadic, and 4o they ulone divide, and doubt, and disayree! It bas lung been an axium that *Doctors disagree,” and the wxlom s true, Butdonot stateemen,and lawyers, and fnancicrs, and editors, disagree eqlmll?'l Do_not theologians dufer alightly sowctlmes? Huve not the dissgreements of these several classed cost the humun race sume- thing fu blood and wealth, and jaticted upon it unutteruble misery slnce history gegun to record thelr exploitsf [ one bmporiaut polut these severul . clasies differ whlely from the doctors for they create the epidemics which they also rofess Lo cure, while the doctor follows “hum- Ely and mercitully in their wuke binding up the long-lasting wounds of war and pestilence which these his fellow-creatures bavemade. And {udeed we anlbt su 3t sl up in the query, Who wre they that agreed Is theve ugrecnent, tinal knowledge, colnplete succesd, {u auy of the alfgirs of life smong ment There s not. e luved readers, men, woter, aud chlldren, oftlelsl, professional, and private, you sll diagree, just us the doctors do, und just for the samo reasons; because the problems of hfu are too great for you to understand, und its evils too stronyg fur you 1o ulways overcome, Understaud your- selves, aud you will also underetand us, But shull we thercfure contemu our erring snd lmperfect fellows? Heaven forbid, Witk- out thc stutenngu we shouid lave po nation, but woulll oo sink back 'inta barlsim, Without the lawger we ahould be laws lese, with no rights of property, ne protection of person, no pussiblo roctal cohditton, ov prog- ress, \Vithout he editor, we should lack the rcm‘wlnF bond of 4 common intelllzence respecting all things of human_ intereat, and the far-reaching sympathies and enlarged life which thia common knowledge evokes, - And without the educated modern aoctor we should soon be horinz iolea into each other's skulls to fake out the neuralgls, as medicine men did fn daya of vore. Through all the dlsagreoments of"all the classes of men, and hy thesd olitical bars i agrecments, it fa possible’to dlscorn & great sl work that each Is dolng, and, better still, o alow, sure progress made. Yours rv.-npccl(ul‘y. L. N. Foster, M. D, —— > B3UICIDE, - ; £pectal Dispateh to The Tridune. Mamszee, Mich., Jan. 20.—Last night Joseph Barouche, clerk for Morrls Kuhn, was found dead fn Kulin's store with a bullet-shot through hisbead. About 9 o'clock in the evening ane other clerk in the samo store mdw A Heht in the stoac, and on trylng the door, found It unlocked. He went to the desk where the light was and dlacovered Barouche re- clining agalust the ralling where he had fallen, A note left on the desk addyessed toa young lady whom he had been courting revealed the fact that he had committed anlcida beeause his love had not been requited. He had bad an’ {n- tervlew a fow fours hefore with the lady, and it is suppascd o dificulty of some kind occurred with her, a8 they were scen to part at the door fna rather hasty, excited manner. Barouchs held ecveral oflices here in different” benevolent socletles, and was quite popular, — BUSINESS NOTICES. Nurnett's Flasoring Extrnets, There Is no eubject which should ‘more engross atten- tion than the purity of the preparations which ara uecd tn favoring the varlous compounds pre- pared for tlic hinian stomncli. Burnetbs Exiracta are prepared from frulte of the best yuality, and are bizhly concentrated, b ife ute thew erchisicely," Sherman Tone, Chlcago: ** ITe find thers the Leat, ™ Southern Hotel, £t Touies *fre il them excellent, ™ Occldgntal llotel, San Franefs ————— Vrivnte Instructions to Ladies in the art of hcaling by the laving on of hands, ete., by Dr, Broadbent, who has maved from Puimer to Cilfton Hause, ltown 0. e deslren oll ladies to cail who have heen ancrated npon and developed as powers ful healers by him, a8 well an all others sho would like to learn the art by which so wuch good can bo done. Apply to Dr, Liroadhent from 104, m. to 8 D m., a4 above, ANl kinds of invallds treated aelly.’ Adrice free. . —— To the Conaumptive..—Wilhor's Compound of Cod-Liver Gfl and Lime, without possassing tho very nanecating flavor of the article an heretofora wecd, §g endowed by the phosphate of lme with a ling properts, which renders the oll douly efiicacions. * Remarkable testimonials of Its efilcacy cnn be exhibited to those who desire to sew them, Foreale by A. I, Wiltor, Chiemist, Boeton. pEal s b it o An Extended I'opnlarity.—Ench year finds *Rrown's Bronchial Troches™ in new localities, In varlous parts of the world, For rolieving Cougls, Colds. un Thront; Disearee, the Traches have beea proved reliable, SO Jeep's Cutain Shirts Mado to Measure,-- Very beat. § for £0; no obligation to keep any of Keep's shirts unless perfcctly =atlsfactory. 173 Madlson-at. e —— Mra, Winslow's Soothing Syrup. for chile drenteething, softens the pums, reduces Infammas tion, allaya il pain. Sure to regulate the bowrols, —— Woland's Aromatic Bitter Wine of Iron is & temedy for nervous deblility, fmpoverished blood, andinipalred digestion. Depot, X3 Clark street. B DY GOODS, Etc. Galden Opportmnity GREAT ANNUAL SALE. RETAIL DEPARTMENT OF GARSON, PIRIE & G0, Madison and Pcoria-sts, The Groat Annual Sale of tho Winter Btock of tho Wast End Dry Goods House tone of tho largost and finest nasortmenta iy tho country), the greater part ot it at sucl.. sacriticon na will insuro its spcedy disopsal, THE GOLDEY OPPORTUNITY 'or those who desire to economize. Thae roductions aro spooially notoworthy on DRESS FABRICS, Of which over 1,000 pieces aro nssorted in choap lots aa follows : AT 8 OTS,~Dark color Foy. Stripe Buite ngs. AT 10 G, Teavy and good Stripe Buit- ings, 47 inchos wide, and heavy wide Twill Stripe Loplinswarth dounle, i: CTS. — Twilled Kniokerbockers, heavy and side, good atyle, aront bargaln ; alao, bost qual coon IlTu. AT 20 C'TS.—}ine Winter Popling, dark domrable shados; Dogos, Camol's fixnnlg Suitings, otc.,all of thom very AT 235 CTJ’.—DMkntOlothl.Earkuflulunkn. Henvy Alpaca Poplina, all-wool heavy Twill Toges, ate,; most of them re- duoed from doubls the price. AT 30 OT8.—8tripe French Kniokerbook- ors, h‘llY. Bilk Btripe Buitiugs, Cos. tume Flaids, oto., oto.; a remarkably chenp lat, AT 40 O7'8.--F'rench Twilled Vigognos, all- wooh formorly 760, and o ity ‘Ly- AT 44 OT ;All-wool Dasket Cloths, & argnin, AT qacg'x':a er, Diagonat orges, all-waol, oico ahados, AT 47 CTB.—All.wool 2 Fronch Coshe mores, goat more to import. AT B0 OT8.—~Dark wmolf.color Btripo Bate ines, vory handsome. AT 86 CTB.—Fine quahity French Batines, olazant shados, wort| 0. AT B7 OTH.—French all-wool Diagonals, & argain. AT 04 OT8.~French Dingonals, Sner and hatter, elagant goods, AT 67 CTH.,—All-Wool Fr, Matalasses, for= morly $1. The following lota of Real Fronch Morinos oro u purchaso made by ua of the entire atock of a largo (mgnrunw iouso, ut & foarful ancrifloo, being not more than 60 or 00 cts on tho dollar of regular prices. AT 45 OT'S,—Lot of ¥'r. Morinos in which thero {4 considerablo chojce, bath in color and quality; earilost pure chasors will get the beat. AT 53 OT'8.—Fr. Merinos, fair assortment of shados; formor wholesale price, 85 cts, AT 71 CT8.—Fr. Merinos, choice dark anades, heavy fino qualities, would be very chenpal $1. Attractivo Bargains in Sitks. Heavy All-8ilk Dlaok Gros Grains at $1, .10, £1.20, and $1.40, being S0 por cent below the markot. Richer Liyona Black Gros Grains at $1.765, $4, and $3.95; cannot now be uqunnd at tho pricos, Largo iine of Oolored Bilks from $1.35 up, among which are some specisl bare Roiny, bought this apring. Oloak sud ‘rimming Velvets spacially re. duoed for this sale. l!nrgn(lns dln Liuens aud Housckeeplng ioods, Great Reductions In Flaunels & Blankets, Cloths, Wautcrproofs, Beavers, Cloukings, reduced, Speclal Bargalns ju Winter Underwear and Noslery, 80,000 yds Hamburg Embrolderies at almost half price. In addition to which we shall offer TWO BANKRUPT STOCKS, One of Ladios® Corsots and Undorolothing, and the other of Ladies' Winter Oloaks, Whidon togothor with the rematuing stook of Otouke of our own manutecturo, will 56 ofs > ferel ot ASTONISHING PRICES. , PIRIE & C0. AND FISETLN: Sikiog s speclalty ea8 (Lscases, 1! Elpin St te, e d. B, C. PHILLLY; Yttt Jeian b h g PILES o 469 TG amm H H il prsors Lo b, R s T — Ri3 [ ' [ i W S | g i Lj i o Y v 1 ¥ Z 1 1, & L pis <4