Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1877, Page 8

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877. _— 1 he subordinate offices on the Sonth and West | ors that the expenses of Ass! were eating up the balance of ‘the assets. Theso fears were entircly unfounded, s his salary was not running on, but stopged on tho 21st of Do- cembor. Room-rent was also no longer charged. As for whatever work was neceseary to be done inthe future he would let the Commitico de- There was but litle money In his hands, oa could bn scen by the ‘foliowing speculfnte with as had been eliarged by some. To sk all theso rumors at rest they oaght to appoint a commit- tee to inveatigate the aflairs of the bankrupt company. They ought not to foree tho sale at this time, for they would re- There was properly ecand for reut | their labors to the House of Corrcctlon. reacnt Vagrancy law has proven wholly Insuf- cient to accomuplish this result. n penalty a fine not to exceed § vision that {f the fine bo not tima to be designated by the risoncr may be Incarccrated In the House of Correction for a term not exceeding six months, Now he would be a very poor thief indeed that could not pay a fine of §20, and ahould he pre- fer to take an appeal—thae required bond being very small—=lie could easily get a bondaman by ledging to him ns security some trdnket about is person, and when his case {8 once appealed hie can walk tho streets and claim protection from the Court to which his case is appealed on the ground that he {8 under bonds before that tribunal for tral at somo time in the dim future, The Leglslature should pnes a Vageant act providing for the assessment of a flne nut ex- ceeding $200,—the llinit of the Justices' juris. dictfon,—with a provision that, [f the fine be not pald by the time atated by the Court, then fmprisonnient {n the House o term not to exceed one year. The Policy Justices should also have power ond juriediction in all cnses of petty larceny, ‘This ‘would save nnich thne and -expense by rendering it unnecessary to semd them beforo the Grand and Petit Juries In cases that are not punishable by imprisonment in the Penitentlary, mt in the County Jall or House of Correction. They shoald also have power to send minors who are guilty of crine to the Reform School without golng to the Grand Jury for indictinent. every city und town {a the State, and particularly, neeldsa good, stringent Vagrancy law, for it would prevent'erlne nnid save time anid expense. - THE CITY. GENERAL NEWE. . — The usual weekly shoot will take place at Dexter Park this afternoon. \ stuffed birds will be shot for. N ; ¢ internal rovenue recelpts for this distric lo‘rr:‘ha month of January wero $818,270.38, of ‘which whisky contributed $665,320.50. A German family on Grant place has Deen Yesterday two chilitran 1ot fever and the mother of diphtha- I 3ides can be notificd; 4 clegraptied for. Tl 1 nerlt of convenience, because 1 tet acarriage mora speedily than hitherto, and Tias also tho special ‘merit of cheapnees, since thie rates charged are Jower than thoee at It 1s impossible to and the carringe will be ment has the It provides as enables one to 20, with & pro- ald by s certala ourt, then the Two cases of | jiresent fn vogue. throuch the yirocured at the oftice of the Company: but an {0cu of the rates may be elven by atating that ¢ to o from Madison street to Twen- and return, with the privile waiting ten minutes, fs, for a carriage, nnd for o coupo $1. clde upon its value. 1t makes no alfference Raw many persons are carrled; the charge Is the same or four as for one. i are good for cqually distaut points on the West here are also apecial rates for pleasure-lrives, shopplng, party calls, the theatre, cte. The system of cliecks and counter- checks to prevent extortion on the part of the drivers Is excellent. If any overchargo is made fi can be detected at once, and the amount will 1ie refunded by the Company within five days This addition to_the ficld of labor of the Ameriean District Telegraph Company will un- doubtedly win popularity at _once, and wiil he- comeoncof the mort profitable of {ts many it {salso the intention of the Company within a few days to cstablish an officcon the North Side, ncar the cornerof Chicago avenuo aml Clark street, which has long needed facilities which the Com- _pany {s able to farnish, HHOTRL AREIVALS. Sherman Iouse—Ilon, Isanc Staples, M fan. ; Joseph Ludington, Milwauke 8. llenry, New Yor! ouias L, W, Ifenry, Minnes e same prices | oe'tlio wronert alize hut little on it. 14 cenough to pay, with a falr inarket, from 20 to 25 per cent more, which wonld make a total divi- dend of about 80 centa, ing expressed fts confidence in Mr. Harver's anagement of the affalrs of the bankrupt The resolution presented beforo the Board of’ gr_Sarth Hidcs, . Trade on Tucsday in relation to the taxation of banks waa passed during tho noon-hour yester- day by an immense majoritf. an cmployo of the North ¢, had hisright foot crushed t work by the fallingof a heavy He was removed for treat- prayers, ond Ma) plea for their salvation. ‘The mecting closed in the erthodox manner, DBEVERLY BOOK COMPANY. COMPAINTS RECENTLY MADE. There have been soveral complaints inade to this oflice, by mall and personal application, concerning a certain “ Bererly Book Company," which seems to be run by R E, Kendall & Co., at the corner of State and Jackson streets, is vlaimed concerning the Company that they ndvertise for nzents for a sort of quarterly cook-book, which was to cost seventy-five cents rer year, **with o commission to ngents and iberal premfume,’” agents complai On motlon, the mect- O motion, the following Committec was ap- Correction for a pointed to assist Mr. Harvey in making up the flunl nccount: Ald. Boser, Anton Frederick, and -~ Joseph G + Chicago Rolling- B e elond iron of raiiroad Iron. nc'nt b’n the County Hospital. The temperaturs Manaasce, optician, Bailkling), was at 8. ., 4 513 3p. m., 65; 8 p._m, 8. ., 80.043 8 p. m., 30.02. ;scriber wants to know what are the :::‘:‘Uur the declaration ot a third dividend o crevitors of the Franklin Bank. Trinuxs is juformed that le about to ba Inatituted result favorably to owing i Mr. Harve, the nssets and liabititics of 1l cern of date Dec. 31. 's statement. of esterday, 8s observed by e bankrupt con. Maclison strect (TRIBUNE 46 degreen; 10 0. m., branches of service. . Joel D.Marvey, Ass, .8 1,104 8 Stamped check 0 1ills recelvablo. Billa pecured by Hamilton Na'l' Bank. Tax certificates roceedings are hose who hold cl Mucly of our police- ment referred to fn Romans, and urged them nut to forges the Gospel of Chirlat. ‘The Itcv, Mr. Flctclier faid the conviction was growing on him daily that in Chicsgzo wo were getting an aristocracy of mouey. mitlionaire he would o toevery indebted church nrdd donate 81,000 on_condltion that the following words over the altar: reapect of persons ye commit sin.” He entered 1iia protest azainst deference to wealth and po- eition in religion, The Itev. Mr. of Covington, Ky., ointed out that men coul not escane adverse deeds, rightcousness or formality In relizion would not rave them; the only apecific was belle! i By apecial_invitation o number rose Whittle offercd up a fervent sirable, and so wrote out a call fora spocial meeting of the Council to have the approving hie {dea did not meot with any support, the requisite number of signatures not belog and offer It at the lowest market price. Al orders by mail or otherwiso will have prompt attention, Nocharge for dellvering goods to any pnrt of the J. D, SurLivan & Bro., 208 and 208 North Clark stecet, e HARMLESS AS SUMMER DEW, yet in the highest degres Disinfectant and presery. Btlve, Bozodont keeps the teeth nlways healthy and spotless, and the gnma raddy and free from canker, ———— atlent who has been under spital, corner of Callfornia avenue and Twenty-sixth atrect, w yeaterday, and thera is now no known case of smail-pox in the elty. The test which the new sclf-propelling fire- encing was abliged to undergo waa that It should throw a one-and-one-half-inch atream of water to the distance of 200 feet through 300 It has performed the test and s It will fo<lay ho Americon Tieef tn Englnnd, Disvatch to New York Hepatd, Lonpox, Jan, 27.—An cnrrossing tople s the growth of Amerlcan trado with England, cclatly the Importation of Awmerican heef, ortations have reduced the price ot ani other great provineial towns: bue the London butchers ara apparently flehting against the evi beef, sciline it as as English beef, and rogarded as satinfectory. placed in the enginc-house No, 17, The other two engines which the Fire-Marshal ordered some weeks ago are also to be self-proj and are to be larger and more powerful t one here now. Tho catch-basins’in the sewera are all in a very ood leonditfon, belng entirely freo from any deposit of snow, mud, elc., themselves are in good condition, so that there | be no trouble about dralning the water rovided It can be he clty's forco of men Is le. Thay buy rime Scotchi.”” hrings the same price. and the scwers T e L T T MELS—At Wia residence, No. 571 Bouth Talsteii-at,, dacob Schimmela, o resident of this Lifty- fonr yeurs, aged 0 neral_carcmonfcs will tal residence Thursday morning at 0 o'clock. of the family resnectfully invited, B~ Helenn (Mau.) papers pleane copy. « FULTON—Tho funcral of lenty P, Fulton will 1, at 10 8. m., froin hls dence, No.38K Weat Harrlson-st. vited in nitend. from the streets, into the acwers. cleaning nway yearr. ko Dlacs from the the pools of water on the sidewalks and in the zuticrs aro drained off. pretty zenerally done, 0 that hasements, par- mdn:}y those under sidewalks, shall not be That work s belng take place Fob, Frienda are fn. diffienlty is at they never have received it one quarterly number of the hook, and that the other three humbers, though pald for in ad- vanee, have never come to hand, men’s_time is lost in golng to the U amd Criminal Court with such trivial cascs when they @ught to be at other dutics. matter cannot be too strongly impressed upon our Representatives at. Springficld, and {t is necessary that suitable legislation should he had during the present sesslon of the Leglsla- ture, Very w’?} ol Smi th, New YorkiCharles Chl-cl!en.l‘st agalnst the concern. Tresnant floute—~Col. . T, Hornett, Tiay Citys e Coroner Dietzach * on Mathias Kiebl firm of Michel & ‘heart-discase at his Wells street; and years of age, who waa run over thern portion of o Shore & Michigan Southern charges, such Bpromised, add Furniture and fixtur's -esterday held Inquests up- Duflding account. the wagon-manufacturing &blc. wht?nfllcd nndde;}y of upon Timothy Driscoll, 6 C. Ci\apman, 8 C. 11. Matthews, Waterbury, Coni Cofn, Cheyenne: L, R. Gownz and John Waite, Fuynrl, Peru, 8. Aug lvcrp;m!, 1-)1‘1; :Col. | Expense acconn! ', Uraves, Dubn bdell, Now York: i Asrlimee’s exp Lawrence, 1Kan.... Gra noon in the souf eneral Superin train on the Lak ndent of Pelice. 1 and loss acc. .. Paul: Menry N, y 7, Madiron; F. J. Hecker, Loganavor Nob. ; John Kirby, CI D. Lawr, Fort Wagne: Dr, H, M. Chaf. . Miller, “I'oledo; W. T, Baltimore; Martin Collins, St, Lonis; H. Palmer louze~The Hon, Am- y= Edwin Hairlal N ' Philadeiphia: ¢ The cushion-carom hilllard game of 200 polnts $105,505 $10,000 between Parker and Hoaat evening was won_ by Parkery showing spletidid play fo layed in the worst of hard to be made off-hand by ‘A sccond gamo between the samo . players was also won by Parker, with an averuge THETRD: WAS NOTINING NEW in the Hogan fnrvestigation yesterday, except it was reported that Hogan was conducting the fnvestimation ldmeclt for Schmidt and Conly, who refused to joln Fitzgerald the day hefore in his visits to manufacturers and dealers in plumbing material. If the report I8 well found- cd there can be very little doubt about the na- ture of the finding of the majority of the Com- Hogan will, of course, whitewarh him- Fitzerald will bring 4 report all the same. The Commlttes fs to mect to-morrow afternoon. [ansut’s rooms last | W. Eller, Fairmont, with an average of v that style of TIIE COUNT Certified cheek Broadway Sav'es W'k Asslune €. & D,. tan C Ninth Natlonal Bank Mr. D, F. Baxter, of this city, has prepared a cartoon which wae much adwired on 'Change when exhibited there two or threo days o rkey gobbler, rampaunt, t from a city which Is supposed 10 be Conatantinople, the scene heing witnessed the Ambassadors in various attitudcs, 1t s tended to send the sketch to th ZLondon News. * Dr. C. V. Dyer was yesterday sufficlently re- cavered from his recent paral able to le removed from the the resldence of his ron-n-lavw, Loring, No. 30 McAllister place. The journey was safely made, and his attending physiclans ’ have no donbt of his recovery o though his body will always bear the effects of the paralytic stroke. A young lad named George Leans : whfisu parents reside at No, 247 East In- Is_missing from his home sinco nst. From statemients made by him it Is surml«cd that he by some parties con- how and taken to New 1is aMicted parcats are nlmost distract- ed over his sudden disappcarunce, and any infor- mation concerning him will be gratefully re- Shatv, Savannah: J. 1 loyd, Philadelplila; J. . Wilford, England; 5, E. B G. Watts, Daltimore: the Anton Trunk, Nroo! Boston; W, L. I n o minority snodgeast, Sionx Clt HHon. N. Moore. Bos e Gea: I\ W. Yoruey, Wasbiugion; Gen! ¥. Maigoty represcats a Tu Fxchange nccount, Thuge bear couran Interest account Surplus account AN INSTANCE. o the Editor of Tha Tribune, ' CmicAGo, Jan. 80.—S8ince it Is in onler to ex- noso games practiced on the county by ring contractors, I shall offer you thosc few facts, whicl, perhape, the peaplo would never find out it not shown up by an expert, and my state- ments can be substantiated Ly several mechan- fes who have been working on the new County ital. In last Sunday’s Issnc of Tue Trin- uxE was an articlc exposing the overcharges {ogan, the nlumher. of his, and among the many articles charged thiereln wns stench-traps. The five-inch traps he charged £8 aplece for, more than auy other plumber's ¢ has charged on his lead, nlso for solder, and agaln for plumbers’ tiine, all of which materinl and time were used to conatruct those trupx, and as [t takes a (ing] plutaber one day to make a five-inch trap, It will ho aliown by the following figures that it was o (moncy) trap, indeed: as_rendercil in aceount. Fhree |1 rolder to seam the same, 20 Four+Inch trap screw (nlready chi One day's time. plumber, Sheet-lead to construct tra) DAVE RAGGIO. TUE INQUEST. The Coronct held an Inquest at the Twelfth ftreet Police Btation yesterday morning upon the boly of David Ragglo, allas **One-Arnied Dave,® the thict who died Monday wornlng from the effects of o pistol-shot wound. Efforts had been mado by Jim Appletsh, Ed Burns, Jim Mcflale, Miko Corcorau, and other friends of the deoensed cracksman to Induce the Coro- ner to dispense with the customary autopsy, sluce it would develop nothing. waa dead,” they sald, * and that was the end of e had Been shot, to be sure, but no one could find out by whom or when." The rela- tives of Ragglo were also anxfous to avold fn- n post-mortem $708,805 $10,000 DEPPLER. BND OF TItE TESTIMONT. The trinl of James Deppler for the murder of James Sweeney was continued In the Criminal Court yeateriay morning. The first witness for the defense was Joseph L. Corey, who, belng sworn, sald that hollved ut 506 Canal; knew Dep- pler; went from aupper tohistraln with Deppler; saw the fray; there was a scuflle over the dogs and Sweeney punched Deppler four or five times; two other men were also there kicking Deppler; the latter then pulled out his revolver aud shot twlee; the second hit Sweeney, and he ut his hunds to hia stomach and run away. he shooting was done outshe the crowd, to the Saw Deppler afterward at Sixteenth street; he was braised up about the face, Had been nequainted with Deppler Intimately nbout two years; nclther of the twu d) ything the alternoon of the fizht; Deppler dld not uee an oath about separating the dogs; Sweeney was holding Ueppler by the collar with the right hand, and punchiny hand, but did not Knock him down, a word or lift a haud duriog the tie ateack fo be Imer jlouse to rior to hia disappearance, as been spirited away n timo for dinner. nected with a varety sl The only Commiasioncrs who will Lrust them- sclves to write thelr resolutions, or any other matter they desire to Ayars, Senue, Fitzgerald, ‘The other members, while most of them can write, reason in this wise: *“What do we pay the County Attorney $7,000 a year fori" Several Commitices of the County Board put work yesterday awditing bills, notwithatandng the Treasury 18 emptv. Bills in Scxton's favor, aggregating $0, passed, and enough smaoller ones, add orders already out, to make &70,000, Holden had better he looking out for thecounty's credit. Some time ago Btephen 8. Jones was Indlcted for lbeling Mrs. Victorfa Woodhall amd Ten- nie C, Clafiln ina publication he was running. Nothing further was heard of the matter until yesterday, when the two strone-minded strutted that they did not «leslre the remalns cut up and mutllated, While their protest s a patural one, and was perhaps modo in good faith, the mo- tives of the others in wishing to avert an ex- amination are questionable. It wns geocrally believed that Rawgio hud lwecn shot” by Mrs, Mitchell, Iiving at the corner of State and Har- rison strects, Saturday night, when he and two assoviate burglars broke into her apartments for the purpose of robbery. held, Burns and the pgal Rogelo's assoclates woul thé tront. Mr. Dictzsch, however, refused to yleld to their sollcitations. falled to uncover tho two men, but It showed beyond a reasonable doubt that Ragulo received The twenty-sccond annnal report of the Board of Education has Just been {ssued, and contalna, beside the annual reports of the Presl- dent, the Superintendent of Schools, and the Standing Committees, un intorcsting and valua- blo historical sketen of the schools of Chicago, This Jast contribution hos o Jist of all the School ectors since 1940, with their thne of service ther fnformution. The year for which the o oxpired Jualy 81, 1876, but an pendix gives the facts coucerning the new lm with his left Total........ Flrst cost of trap, cra aaid that ie_lived at No. 506 was acquainted with prisouer; saw the affray: saw anan kivk a d man caught hold of him and punched him; then saw the pistol go off twice, and saw Sweo- ney put his hands to his etomach and run 1f no (nquest were doubtless thought not be brought to i Making a total profit on one trap........ Teport was imat Boss PLuMBER, STEWART. TIIE ABATRACT BUITS. The following letter from Otto Peltzer, in father of Mr. John Mr. E. Itumse; padoen T faren & Co., and Mr. Rumsey, of the firm of Mc 1 Tiinkey, of tho tirm of Bumeey & Walke The testimony not gending premiums to the “complication, In reaponse to theac charges Mr. Kendall rays that he has Indeed lssued but ono of the quar- terly numbors, but that he intends to fasue the otlirs 0a suon’ s possible. second fssuc_wns nearly ready for the press when somnebody stole thelr plates, and thia of course _involved considerable delay in retting e expects to fssuc the recond number sometimo during the present month, and the otliers ns soon therealter as possible. Y-BUILDING. Several citizens of the Town of Lyons were Iobhying with the Comniesloners yesterday to prevent license belng granted to Nick Lieber to sell tangle-leg poleon In that town, * “8ave the contractors,’ say those of tho Board who are eager to make further temporary * What 18 to hecome of the peoplel” fs the response of those upposiug further loans, The will of thelate Prof. Willlam Le Baron, once Htate Etomologist, was filed tn the County Court yesterday. 'The deceazed died at Eluii and wills his property, which {s valued at £25,000, Ho odds that the In the estate of the Iate Bamuel Hale, n grant of administration was yesterday made to Mary 13, ale, George W, Hile, and Charles B. Halc, under hond for §500,000. renl estate valued at 830,000, and cash, honds, and stocka valued at $200,000. An cffort was made yesterday to indict Ein. stein for arson, allezed to have been committed on Twenty-sceond strect some weeks ago, Jury fmumediately afterward adjourned and start- i on some wysterlous mission of investization nty Farm or lluapuni ‘The cetate consists ol resent, nro Mesars, Tolden, and Bradley. Into the Ntate's Attarney's office. died {n this city Monday. to Mr. Jullan ftumscy, aud to others of the same name long engnged fn busiucss u this city. Rumsey came hero fivo tavls, Genesco Count! TNE PRISONER'S BTORY. James Deppler, the prisoner, told his atoi which was to the cffect that ho raw the figl aud kleked ona of the doge, when Sweenoy part~ ed the crowd and grabbed and the same thno saying that he would kill him. At the sune tima two persons kicked himn, away beeause ho was afrald that some one of the “parties would kill lim if he stald in Chl- 1lo was ‘also relates his death-wound while in thie act of committiug charge of the abstract depactment of tho Re- corder's oftlce, disproves Btewart’s yarn about sults brought against him on account of aflezed defeetivo abstracts, and makes it obligatory up- on Stewart Lo get up some new oxcisc. To the Fditor af The Tridwne. Tuerday appears an article m Stowart—lle Declines to Pay Over.” your roportar and an h reads as follows: acrime. The firat witness was MRS, ZLLA K, MITCIIELL, ud been out Ssturday evening, and ched the corner of State and flar- rison streetd, about ten mimntes after 8 o'clock, I noticed that the lght fn my bed-room was I had left it burning brichtly, 1 I went fnto’ tho y habM, ever since [ was ~Yenr‘s, the parior door velmig Jocked aml bolted. I supposed thieves would work on that doo bedroom I left the door of cofved o hlow, and was knueked over onto the I saw at tho satue moment three ien,—the one who struck me, another In the watey-closet fn the hall, and anather in the In fulllne my left hand struck the bed, immedintely over u revolver which was be- Iput my hand in, got the weapon, clmngcn]l it rapldiy to my right atruck I, at agricuitural puranlts. the time of his death, 77 years of age. 1ic funeral took place yesterdayafternoon from i Jate residence, 276 Ellis avenue. Now comes A. 8. Plpes - Luslncss at No, 83 Weat Twelfth strect, in n Ictter to this office, call an them they il abundant evidence that he Is mlstaken,—that tho fco was izotten from the Chicago River, The Financo Committee met yesterday after- noon and opened the twe hida reccived for the sale to the county of $50,000 in fire bonds. d_oncned” was from IF B. Shaw, for the sale of $10,000 of the bonds duo in 1893 at 103 The second biil was from A. O, Blaughter for 250,000, nt 107-093¢, of the same serics of bonde. ‘The Commiltee ngreed to report to the Board in faver of accepting Staughter's bid, Mr, Slaughter purchased tht houds he now proposes to sell from the county the 12t of October, aud pald therefora prenium of 51¢ cents nnd accrued interest. lHe has madea In it occurs o queetion anawer by Mr. Stowart, w Do you or have you any reason to heliove that any 11U will ba brou;thi aRstust you on account of error n making abstrscis? '0ii, yva; § have already been nozifled that suit would he éommenced arainst me d fame, aid o cortaln Now- Vorki the particninm of the case, Th Iveuged, Uocause another bran o have a parlor and bedroom. bedroom, that befng robbed fitst beforo Ne TA The Increaso of facilitics for handling the United States malls s always halled with de- Jight by the husiness menof Clicago, T tralns on the Michigan Southern, hetween New York and_Chicago, arriving at 9 a. m. and leav- + ing ot 5:15 p. m., have been supplied with * white lne " cars, formerly used on the fast-mail twecn Chicago an have been carrying dircet or pouch malls, and will now have a part of tho distributing toree of the railway mail service upon them, who will'do the usunal work, and in place of having the mall nasacd when b reaches Chicago it will be ready for tha ditferent roads at onve. Departiment of the “Tlio cross-examination was long and minute, but drew out nothing of Interest in the case. J. P, Anies, conductor on the Fort Wayne 3, awure that prisoner was *a nice, quiet, cllow," as he expreased it. C. D. Tawer thought defendant'’s character for peaceablencss was zood. C. Cropsey, depot-muster on theFort Wayne never knew of prisoner's belng Suddenly I re- ‘Ranuot reieuher 't has not beea coni- of the case [snow In slde of the bed. Now aathe statement made In tho ouswer hy Mr. 8, is, strictly spesking, not correct, and aathe #ame an glven tends to the injury of thu abatracts [rstied from the Recorder'n ofiice, Mr, 8, will lave to permit me to correct him. plaint fn a matter in_ which Mr. Rigdon.was con- ceraed (not aa the injured party, however) aroso from an uniission of the descripiton of a plece of property from the ‘*Grantar ond Grantea In- dicen, * which alwaya have been, and are now, a part proper af tho ¢! iecord-books,™ They havo connection iwhatever with the '* Abstract- 3r. Stewart ouzht uot to step uut of his 10 Injuro that branch of hia late oflice agatnat i even his enemies or those of county abe y Tlo deserves credit for the good sensd he exhilblted fn retaining upon the entiza abstract-work the ahle nnd_experienced cmployes that came to him with_thoso books. this fuct no doubt alone ma. ther fact. that thero hias not turned np u singlo ab- stract inaned from his office during hia adminfstra- tlon with any flaw or crror in it. Otro PELvZER, Stewnrt wns yesterday still the master of the At least the County Treasurer had not succeeded in collecting from him the bal- ancelic uwes the county, muy take some actiou In the matter te RELIGIOUS, NOON PRATER-MEETING, At the openlng of the noon prayer-meeting at Farwell Hall yesterday there was but a small attendance. The sudience, however, gradually Incrensed until, at hall-past 12, the usual num- As on the previous day, 11, Kelley, policeman at the Fort Wayne De- und accrued intercat, pot, thought the privoner was of good” reputa- tween tho innttresses, The cauo of com- n, John P. Dunkle, Tower, C, 1D, Stetller, Jolin &, Moore, and C, W. Dunven brought for- ward a goord reputation for Deppler. The Court then adjourned for lunch. the urguments were mode by ase went to the fury, who I Thelr verdiet. Wil bty be brought in thls morning. Tha closlng ar- gument by State’s Attorney Mills was the best cflort he fias made since he’ has assumed the of+ fice, and was much spproved by every ono ex- cept the prisoner. MIKYE EVANS. ANOTHER WOKTHLESS LOND, Mr. Lincoln returned to Mike Evana his little bond yesterday carefully wrapped up in the fol~ Chleago Post-Ollice ure to and make nrrangewments for the sending out men to Elkhart to distrlbute the incoming ity wnall, so thut it will be ready for carriers at once upon s arriving fu the clty. ‘The first truin under these new arrangements will leave the city to-night at 5:15, the 1 gt the Chicara Post-Ollice. difference in the ruuning thme on the tralns, TUE NEW JERUSALEML A meeting of Swedenborglans was held Jast night ot the Sherman Houro to complete ar- rangemeuts for the organization of u Central Mr, J. Kingon presided and Mr, J, F, ‘Fhere wus a large shned and flred ot the man He had scized o diamond uceklace around my throat, but when be noticed ped lack aliout threo feet. irew up bis honds and ex- Heran out of the door, und at the stalrway 1 fired snothier shot us he In the mcantime the other Ldid not look the nextday for blowd on the floor. ray whether the mau who struck me had a mns- I coulil nut identify him, happened In three minutes, and Lwas somewhat I think they wers the same men who ruhbed ine bicfore, The revolver was produced, and the Caroner compared one of the bullets taken from 1t with that found In Haggio's lung, sod they wero {dentical in shape and welzht. “SUPERINTENDENT DIXON testitied that he beard Mouday morning of the attempted robbery, of the shonting, and alsg, v, that Itaggio wus ot bis Mo called on Mre, Mitchell, and whe tuld bl the clrcumstances Just ns sho Examininz the partor door, he found that it had been forced open with a From the position of the purtles, Ruggio hald his side towards Mra. Mitchell, was o thief und bunztar, and a desperate o, amd had served a term In Waupun for rohbing u slll-storo at Milwankee, belng released five oy nlx imuntbs o, with John Allen. from a policemnn that Ragiio was in the vicinity of State aud Ilarrisen steects Saturday night. 1t was talken to o saloon on Third aud frum there home, who had struck me. the revolver he ste Then I fired. He 1 cloxinie ab 4315 clulined, *0, God" 'here will be no was guing duwn, bo nttributed the far- Curtls scted na Secretary. ‘The necting was opencd devotlonally, after which Mr. C. C, Bonnoy rend the bagfs ol union and provisfonal organlzation, the substance uf which has already been published, ‘The Committée appoluted to commumeate with Mr, Mercer, of Detrolt, and ascertain whether hecould come and officlute temporarlly, out the prosoect of o permancit st * tion it he proved sultable, reported that thas gentleman was unahle to come by next Sunday, After some discassjon on this subject, It was declded to try and get the reverend gentleman liere by the Tith of February, or the I5th at the ‘The members of the new orgenlzation are desirous of learning Mr. Mereer's {dcas of the new movement, ad to remove a faleo hn- pression in that gentletnan’s mind fu regard to Jan, 3. —Mickael i On yesterday afteencon I received from you, clalming to he Town Collector of South Chicazo, tho within bond offered by vou an tha penal sum of 87,1 your ofiicial bond (n mother's dytng 2 had related them. ¥, ofl, Danlel O'lfara, 8. Vogel, Joseph Sherwin, Tracey, Jd, dJonan, o WV, Faller, llenry ital ber were present. ministers were searce. & ‘The services began with the hyma com- mencing * My days aro gliding swiftly by.” Dr. Davis read the requests for prayer, which werc, ns usual, nunerous and interesting. The sudicnce prayed silently while the petitions maun, and K. G, Schin {u slgricd by the samo_peraous an the onc | exam- ined'snd retuencd to you without my approval un x ¢y {at, os suretles, ucstion of a name for theorganization and it was ultimately was debated at length, decided to dub it the Centryl New Church of own that hie was nue that evening, When hiegot to Twelfth- ¢ e full down, and sald Lo Wis has iilled me, and 1 had better blow o1 on Jan. 4, 177, wos not in my Judgment ha Lond as o reasonabl #uy wanample, or even sufliclent, tosecure the pub- losa which could bo likely to arive from any malfeasanco of nunfessance in the ollice prudent mau would The present Exccutive Comtnittco was con- with powers to appoint sub-committees Dr. Goodwin addressed the Throne of Grace n pecdy trial, and their vislt o the Weat thut Jonca gets his deserts. TFOSTER—Ian. 30, at the residence nf his alate; Mrs. Charles 8, Cushing, Ilyde l'ark, consmnption, Gardner Funeral at 2 o'clock p, m. VAN INWAGEN—At Rockford, UL, Ja suddenly, of apoplexy, Inwagen, formerly of 1 8ince the Comptroller Issued the order that no pay-rolls aretoho made out nor vouchers showfng credit with: tho city fssued, the city employes are worried to know how they are to Jive In tne next three months, during which no ralarfes are to be paid, There aro them whose salarica are so large that they can Iay away much, cven were they Inclined 8o to o, and few of them have any money on hand, They will of nccessity have to borrow, and {f they have nothing, not “even their numes on n pay-roll to usc as collateral, borrowing will he adifficult task. They consequently arc very anxions that the Council may, as soon as posai- part of the Appropriation bill Ing provision for thelr monthly stipends. A delegation of “old men from the North 8ide" called upon tho Mayor yesterday and offered n confueed and againat contracting for the corporation work.” After much speaking It wasunderstood that the old men thought that the eity had no right to mako contracts for strect-cleaning, but should give the work to hand Inborers, tnined that the expense of such work | v hand would be increased two-fold, and it ‘They argued long and carnestly, It s a noteworthy fact that when the Btrect~ Superintendents’ want men in the winter none can be found, but ns soon as the sun shines out spring-liko tho streets become full of men hunt. ing for a Joh on the etrect-cleaninz force of the city. The City-Hall wos Infested with such men Matlida, wifo of A, n city, aged 67 yenes, Funeral from thie residence of J. Van Inwa Warren-av,, Friday, Fricnda of tho family are Invited, SULZER—Tan, 31, lienty Sulzer, Funcral scrvico at his Inta residence, No, 875 « from thence hy earrlages to Hoschfil Friends are invlted JIOLAND—Jan, 31, Nellle E. Doland, aged 18 ears, Funeral from her resldence, No, 203 Sonth May. ot., Friday, Feb, 2, by cars to Calvary Cemetery. — e EU at¢p. m,, Feb, 2, {ncoherant protest PEO Iatho most wonderful remedy for Rheumatism ang Neuralgla, It nover falist and for headache, toothachs, plies, felons, cuts, aprainy, britaes, burnw. etc., wiil aiforit Inatant rellet, 38 thousands can testify. For ale by ail eyl 1. A, JHURLBUT i Chicago General Wholesile Axenf The Mayor ex- ;0. 73 and 77 Randolphest., will you suffer with Neural ete., when you can Y *vcured free of eharg o dopot for Eupeon, 73 AUCTION SALES, By ELISON, POMEROY & CO,, Auctloncers, 84 and 86 Nandoiph-st. Gardner House, AT 10 0°CLOCK THIS HORN ‘WE CONTINUE THE AUCTION SALE TWOUPPER FLOORS SELLING THE ELEGANT CUAMBER FURNITURE, MIRRORS, Carpets, Lagy Chairs, &, &c BELISON, FOMEROY & 00., Auctionaors. For Friday Morning, Feb, 2, at 94 o'clock, To-day the new Health Commissioner will make known the names of the three physiclans —one for cach divislon of the city—whom he will appoint as Iealth Inspectors. there wero three, but dan. 1 Dr. Hoyne, of the South Division, and Dr. Hunt, of the West DI- only one Inspector,— Dr. Wiltiama, of the North Diyision, The po- fillcd, and the occupants will be instructed to mnke a thorourh canyass of their respective Divielona and uscertaln just where and to what extent the cit with ecarlet fever and other contag| and carry out instructions which will hereafter There §s as yct no approprias tion for the salarles for thess Inspectors, and unless the Council shall hereafter make pro- viston for thele payment they, In case they work at all, will have worked for nothing. 'The ordinance Introduced fn the Council Mon- day, makinz alevy of water-rents, was intended merely to legalize what has been done b Water Departinent since the adoption of Before the adontion of that charter the water-rents had been levied and the rate fixed, but tho new charter made no viston therefor, and the rents were collected as usual and the rates remalned the same. Board of Public Worka uscd tn fix the rate, and the abolition of that Board threw tho ratin, retired, leaving sitions nre now to bo be giveu thein, new elty charter. rate-ordinance it nlso provides that ali dellnquent water-rates for the year 1570, and_up to May of 1877, shall Tho case will e called in the Criminal Court to-day and sct for Commisaloner Holden, some days ago, sald he had {nvestigated tho charge that tho [ce-house at the Hospltal was Deing filled with fce from the Clifeazzo River, und fouut he turned over to the Clty Collector for collee- In case of fallure to personal property will be made. TO THE PITSICIANS, ‘The following is the first ofllclal head of tho lealth Depnrtment: el mciee GRAND DOUBLE SALE. actofthenew | Now and Used Furnituro and Genoral without founda-~ r & Co, doing that it Mr. Holden 1 furnish him with And now it appears that Mr, Sexton, as a county contractor, is_not the concentration of ail that is upright. The tloors at the new IHos- pltal and the door and window frames begin to Tho rcamns in tho floors vary in width alrcady from o quarter to half an lnch, and {n sume Instances the Huoring rofusca to rest on the sleepers, and s badly sprung. Putty has covered some of the defeets, but the Com- missloners hiave not yet discovered that there The doors have shrunk badly, and the window-sash flnds reom to play with itic winds, the contract had been Household Goods, Oarpets, Btovos, Loung. o8, Gonoeral Housshold Goods, Toss, Olgars, and Gonoral Morchandiso, ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auct'ts, By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. Auctioneers, 118and 120 Wabash-ar, BUTTERS & GO.'S Regular Trado Sale. Dry Goods, Clothing, Woolens, Hats, Caps, Furs, Boots, Shocs, &., 10,000 yards Hamburg Edgings, &e, TIURSDAY, Feh, 1, at roams, second floor, 11 HrALTi DEPATHENT, Cuicauo, Jan, 31, 1877, — Chicago: Your attention ls scction of the act of the Leg- 10, 863, fonnd on fecd Ordinances of the City of hyslclan® in the city who atient * laboring ander any ma- lignant or ycllow-fever, infections or pestilential disease shall forth- with mako report thereof Sccretary of the Bosrd of lHealth, describing the street, number, and locatlon of the house or place whero the aald patlent may b lacated, so that it for neglecting so todo shall be linble to a fine of $50." In_ottempting to confine and control the epi- demle of carlet fover now raging, I co-opcration of all physicians o physician negiceting his duty in tho_ all. 16 in tho abuve legislativo act upon proof thereof, will boimmediately prosccittel Whera persons have dled ocarlet fever, diphtherla, or other contagious dis. care this drpmmmhl enrni‘-kl Ta the Physiclans o iaslature of the State of Iliinols, a 105, nlvo to Sec, pago 545 of the It Chleago, ns followa: *VEvery practicing p 30 o'clock, at thelr sales 1120 Wabasheav, CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE, Batire FumilM Turmishings OoF First-cluass Residenco AT AUCTION, h. 9, at 10 o'clock, Bt our Anection 20 Wabashi-ay. corner of Madi ncasure referred as the law dlirccta, y dlecourares public z Wovr, Commlealouer of I ANNOUNCEMENTS, The Rev. W, J. Erdmaun, pastor of Chicago Avenue Church, in this city, will givo a Bitle reading In Lower Farwell Hall to-morrow from onaating of Axmimter arble:Top Tablar, Mattremsen, French Mirrors, fac dellers, Dining-room it Kitchen Furnlt L0, Fing 7-octave Plano Forte. ho above comyrlses tha onilre oufdt of & frst-clas wdbered to, il seasoned lumber had been uscd, the sltuation would be different. The Cominittee to Investigato the charges aguinst the parties who have been printing the Board proccedings yesterday appointe “axperts to o worl,—0, A, 11, Baker and G, N 'y cutered upon thelr work futhoafternoon,and whenthey arc through witl be able to report that they measured so many yards ol priuted matter, and that is all, It the Committee were in carnest fn the in- vestigation they would have first endeavored to have ascertalued what constibuted a “aquare,” Finding this nuch, the matter measured, ninl the report would have Leen that thepe were £0 many ** squares,” cte, As it is, when they know how many yards have find out just "how many ares ' they have pald fur, and divide the could have had the NG MONEY. of the Colluctor of the Town of South Chicaye in view of ali the circumstances, and 1 havoal- ready declined to approve that bond. 1y reason of your faflure to prescnt for upproval a sufliclent bond within the time limlted b you hnd no Junzer any rieht or titlo to the otice of Collector, and | ought properly torefuse to approve e election of the Buard of Trustees. Themecting then udjourned for one Week The condltion of the part of the city has rufsed serfous question as to present thaw, §f it should contioue, s¢ a good deal of trouble in the re- mote portions ol the West 8i flows make the Inhabltants us well aequalnted with water us they nuw are with beer, vestigation antuny several of the streets fu the northwestern, southwestern, and western por- {tlons of the city wheve thure is comparatively e showed, however, that there was y comfortable state of the strects ond that out that way they were us wel my’ bralns out to get rid of the pain. gcttled; um done for.”” These storfes camu s, und it waa next to hin- {te information. in hehalf of the applicants. *Freo from the law, O happy condition, was then sung by the chotr and audience. Maj. Whittle then ealled attention to the first sixteen verses of the sccond chapter of Romans, I gald there was ns more profitable part of the Bible for any Clristlan or unconverted nian to study than the first threu chapters of Romans, and vet no part of the Bibie was nore neglect- ed except it was the Book of Leviticus. by nature hated that which was disagrecable, nind turned from auything which told the truth ro plainly that it ‘was unplessant. ‘The tirst three chapters of Romaus mude the d; of the sl which was in us, aud Paul guve the deseription that we might know onr ruin and be He urged them ot to from this pro- “T'he thonght running through several persun: possible L zzet uny defin The Coronier stated that Raggrio's sister spoke of " the cruel man ™ who rhot him, Deputy-Superintendent Dixon safdanattempt made Lo cover up ihe fact that ho was kitled while trylog to com- it arobbery. - Deputy-Coroner Korn hard heard that he was Appletun's saloon, near the Clark strect treets fu the central o and by over- | was umloubtedly y the suillelency of the hond prescited by you yesterday, and 10 my judzment I s nelther such i bond aa Is required by Inw, in ro ficlency of Ihe surcties, not n iny ruiciency of tha saretics on the boud” wuch 3 u rensonably prudent man woull eny wae amplo or sutlleient to koenire tho public agatit any loss which could be likely to arlso. fron any waifeasa nonfensance fu the ofiice of Collector of the 5 tengo, i view of all th X , fur each of the above reasons, de- Ve the boud presented by Yol yeater. retiten the saine to you without tny ap- Very respectfully, your ohedient servunt, Kohint T. LINOLS, Supervisor of the Town of South Chicago. TIE VAGRANTS, LETTER PIOM HUPT. HICKEY, To the Edlior of The Triduns, Cnicago, Jan, 81,—Yoi have often asked the question why 50 mauy “cruoked® wen were permitted to remaln {n Chicago, and that, too, under the nose of the police. My object 1o writing this conimunication s to anawer the above juquiry, and to suggest a It 15 o well-knowa fact that professtonsl wrongdoers congregate in large clties, and nake them the base of ther operations. A lasge proportion of thuse pro- fessfounls are well kuown to the police, butin order to convict them of erime it I8 necessary ta muke oul a case agalust them. burrlars or thicves, or persons of that ik who are Known to be such, make thelr appearance in our cty they are shadowed by the police, and while some of thein arc detectid tn the conmls- sion o «rlue, arrested, and punished, others do thele work 8o adroitly us to temporarily es- cape detection snd arrest. Many of this clasy cotne to Chilcago for the sole purpose of pl thelr nefarous vocution here, driven frum other cities, ‘The remedy | would suguest to protect our peuply from this class of the city thu expense of having them followed from dsy to duy Is aun adequate Vagvancy law, With such a law we should these fellows a warm reception whenever 1l showed themselycs in the city snd tranafer spect to the suf- udgment 1 the « lttle sewera; Deputy-8uperintendent Dixonadded that cer- were endeavoring to locate the rhooting fn some vther place, but he was eatis- tled from his fnvestigations that he was shat b Raggio would net have hes Hife il necossary W eseape, the County Physlcian, testified that the ball entered threu incbes to the right of the spine near the lower rib, course, and bl was caused by hemurrhage. JOIN MAXWELL, a reporter for the Courler, testitied that lie was in the Harrison Strect Police Statton Saturday night aud heard Jim Fitzsiinmons, a keeper, say fn the presence of the statlon. D that he met Raeglo st the corner of Clark and Harrlson strects twent: shooting, and walked with him to the corner of Pulk sticet; that before getting there Ragiio sald, %Jim, iy belly is getting hard, poleg to croak [aie] 3 that he asked him somne- thiug sbout the shooting, und Razgio remarked that **Bhe was the gamcst woman Lo had ever scen—he had noidéa she would shoot,” could go nofurther, and got futoa *bus and went, to the coruer of Twelfth atreet. ‘The Coroner sald the case was clear, and thera was no uecessity for adjourning over and wait- ing for tore testlmony, The jury thereupou retired, and soon brought in u verdict thot Ragzio vame to his death from Lemorrhage, produced by a pistol-shot ¢ sup- posed® Lo have been fired by Mra, Mitchiell by detense of herscll and property, czonerating her from all blame. COMMERCIAL LOAN. MEETING OF TUX CREDITOKS. A meeting of the creditors of the defunct Commercisl Loan & Trust Cumpany was beld st Klare's Hall, No. 70 North Clark strect, last evening, Mr. Edward Dreyer u the chair. Mr. Joel D. Harvey, the Assigoee, stated that Scars had been expressed by sowme of the credit- led to tha Redeemer, allow thelr feelings to turn awa; guntation of the " truth. through the verses was the judiment ot Uod, one from tho centre of the street, oud to a rio extent (romn all parts, and there Is lttle or noinua from Ialsted st 18 largely owing, of course, there Iy excelient drainage fromn the pals street to the vacant Jots on either side. Dits of ground were pretty well covered with * waler, though there was no snow, na further on the strect b quite muddy, bhut thiere I8 nowlhcre enouzh suow or water (o the lizhtest appreheusion of a flood, eame state of thiviy was fuund i vther In the northwestern quarter, und it cove questlon to say that o tew more days of warin weather and a continuous drying wind from the north aud west will clear off’ the rpow and vretty much all the water, streets aro now rauch better off than Randolph or Clark In the South Division, ern avenue aud down on Blue Itland there ure none of those puols of water which were once the certaln accompantinents of & spring thaw {n those sectious. cct to Paulina. This took an upward 1o the fact “mi B The righteous would recelve @lor! inortality, honor, and happlness on the wherens the fm) celve indiguation, wruth, tri It was not on the graund of obedience they were to be saved, but - owing faith in Christ. Tl enitent woulid re- ulation, and auger. o their beliel anid ¥ minutes after the ani it behooved all to prepare for that awlul Mr. Btebbins favored t which he ren- with his aceustonied tal The outlying remedy for the evil, verse of ** Rock of Ages' was then supg by the congregation. The Rev. Louls Raymond offercd up an ecar- nest prayer that the truth which lad sented should fall futo good ground and four- I Beginniog with to-day, the Amczlean Dlstrict Al put fu_operation its carriage service, mention of which has previous- 1y been made in Tur TuintNe. A contract has been made with A, J. Wright, A Presbyteriun minfater understood that the seventl verse bad no reference to Jesus Chnst. ‘The tirst, sccond, and third chapter down to the twenticth verse referred shoply to Sinal law and the law written on theconscience. Many people were concerned abont tho fate of the hicathen, but they vould vot fall into better hands than those of Christ; they would be jud, Jaw written in their own hearte. however, that no one, whethier Chrlstian or heathen, did not act as well as they ucr that was brought to honest introspectlon through the light of the Gospel would soon bo saved. God would cause sinners to think, as then thelr couversion would be slmply s wnatter of time. Auother brother geve Telegraph Cowpauy w! the livery mun, night & carrlage Lold- fng four persons, or a coupe fut where the convosance section of the city kuown ! h_embruces that por- tion of the South Bide uorth of Mouroe strcet, be summoned by turning in a or any Instrument, the Central oftice over ita wire to the the point where the carrisge or poluts vutaldeof the districs, ficmn to an, dul‘x‘cd. .]nythlu“l) rict persons and to save | knew how. Any He proyed that has sccured & blan Lawler yesterday concelved the {dea thal immediate approval of the bond would be de~ &rery stabls }u ideas of the judg- Yesterday was the time for opening the blds for the £100,00) tempora but nothlg was done. new developments on the loan queston, except Holden snpounced that he did not care whether Huck slzned the * pramises to pay "or not, e sald Nie had Tezal advice to the “effect that tho Hoard could suthorize any one to sien tho doc- ument in his place, aud rumor had { had heen selected capitalists will take to this schemu rematns to Mr. Huck continued tirm, and sald ho hoped the Board would seek to force him by mandumus, for in 1o other way conld he g0 of- satlsfactorily o and the extravyrnce Board had placed the county's finance: exposure of thy condition of the county tinanccs In yesterday's Trinuse, und after Huck's ubso- Jute refusal to sign any obllzation, it s not 1lkiely that Chicawo bankers will fend the County Board auy money, but will keep it in thefr vaults, and furce the present reckless admints- tratian to curtall expenses, and thus keep its outgoes within its {ncome. THE CITY-1IALL, ‘The Treasurer's receipts yesterday were §2,634 from the Water Department, There will be no teata-travel over Main street” bridge for about two days, s 1t was closed this morniug to be replanked, The Mayor, tne Corporation Counsel, and Mr. B. F. Ayer yesterday had o short conference about the Lake-Front matter, but nothing defi- loan_adverticed fur, ire wero really 10 do the work, The Department of Publie Works y lssued a final estinate of $3,723 t McBean for paving the futerseetions of State street from Juekson to Harmon court. 1u the Appropriation bill which Is soon to he ed by the Councll, there wall be requests for §0,00 for cleaulng (by hand) uupaved strects, und §30,000 fur paved streets. H. Vrecland yesterday took out a permit to build a two-story awl basement stonc-front x33 Teet, on Wabush aveuue, near “Ibisty-secoud street. ' The cost s to L $4,000. Dr. DeWolf l:as not yet filed his bond for tho faitbiul performance of the dutles of lealtn y m‘h:hl‘ tile it to-day, or it Testdence. Bale e 7 for ‘The Rev. Dr. Mitchell, of Wi, A, BUTTERS & Churehy will deliver a free public lecture in the «chapel of the Presbyterian Thoologlcal Beminary of the Northwest, 1000 North Halsted street, gnlu cyeniug at 7:45 o'clock. The annual meotinz of the Chica; Waman's Refuge for the electlon of of be held to-uay at 10 9, ni., at its institutlon, cor- ner of Indiana avenue and Thirty-tirst strect, ‘I'ho public are invited at £ p. m. A frco reading-room has been onened in the Chivago Avenue Church (Moody's), corner of Chicago avenue and LaSulle street. every evening (except Sundays) from 7 to 9:30. ‘The daily papurs are kept on fle, o ———— THE JEWS OF BLOOMINGTON, Special Dispateh fo Tne Tribune. Broosinatoy, 111, Jun, 31.—The Jewlsh citt. zena of Bloomington, who have recently in- creased largely in numbers by immigration, have organized a congregation, consisting already of about forty members, and {ntend, as soon za they feelable, to amploy o Rabbl and erecta They hold services occastonally Until recently, the remalus of Hebrews whodled in this reglon wero Interred fn the Jewlsh Cemetery at Lincoln,—tho nearcst rest- Ing-pluce for the Jewish dead who fell asleop in the faith of their ancestors, of Bloomington purchased a truct of land a inlle sonthwest of the vity, on the Spriugficld Road, and dedicated it as a cemetery, two ot the falthful have been interred thereln, ‘The Jewish societivs of the city—chiel of which is the B'nal B'rith—have deterinined to celebrate the Feast of Purlin by a rrand ball on the even- which will surcly bea brilliant e eee——— MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE, 70 tha Editor of The Ti Cnicaco, Jan. 3L.—The reputation of tha Company I represent i ea well established that, when the fallure of the New Jersey Mutual Life- Insurance Company was first cutioned, I did nut deem ft necessary to fnform the general pub- lic that that Company and nlne wers **horscs of ditferent colors; but my attentlon having Dbeen ealled to o heading of & telegram In aper reading * Failure of the M cewark," I have thought it would be proper for ne to state that the alleged fulling Company was it no wise conuceted with the Mutual et Life-Insurance Company ot Newark, N. J, Kespectiully yours, . ah. €0.. Auctloneers. BOTTERS & C0.S REGULAR SATURDAY SALE. ay Morning, Feb. 3, at 0:30 a'clack, at their uction RRooms, 118 & 120 Wabash-av., FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES, PIANOS, &o. SHEET HARDWARE, Tin Ware, Ntoves, &e., AT 1§0°CLOCK 1" M. By G. I, GORE & CO,, 0% aud 50 Wabash: On Satnr-laymt fi'} o'clock, 14 Crates W, G, Crockery, in open lofs Alarge fuvolce - & f the First Presbyterian of Dlock Tin Hcllow Waro and As orted Plated Ware, TIIE ENTIRE FURNITURE FROM A FIRST-CLASS RESIDENCE, Parlor and Ofico Neaks, 8how Casce, Bruss Wool Carpets, Couk and Parlor Stoves. €O., Auctloncers. T ByW. MOOREIIOUSE & CO. Wolfl Bros. & Co. will scll thelr pre slsting of the bullding known as 10 » with all the Machiner; 1inda, Moulding, and sl o the wald trm at public auctivn For particulars jo* Laat fall, the Jews r, Sash, Doors chattela helonginis t ou the 1st uf February, 1877, By HIRAM BRUSH, "IIE MASELTINE COLLRCTION PAINTINGS. Owing o the unprecedentedly bad weather dare ing Mr, Hascltine's late salo at the Exvositi Huilding, he has coucluded to offer TIIEE HUN: DRED of the warks of art that wero there shown, 84 108 MADISON-ST., Where they can bo scen with comfort, as the stord Wit bo thorouglly heated. and the' pletures at sauged 30 1hat buyers can view thew at thoir el 1N, Btate Agent. e ———— CONSOLIDATION. The City Savings Bank, which has had its principal otllce at No, 178 Washington strect, and o branch at No. 264 Halstead street, corner of Harrisou, has consolidated its business at the ‘The busfuess will be conducted by F. H. Ross and A. L. Awmberg, both loog connected with the bank. * BLUE GLASS." We bave been frequently notified that a party peddiing blue glass, and repreaentiog to the public that be s sclling for us. have wo any sgcata, Lo solicis for th article, and wo are not responsibie for sny fepre- sentetions made as to quality or prica. Wo deal only in tho genuine Belglan blae glass, ure, ‘The collectlon now on view, during the weeks I'he sale will commency Monday Evening, Feb. 5, at 7:30 o'clock, ITho sle will bu PERENPTORY, WITHOUT S e s By JAS, . McNAMARA & Con 117 Wabseb-av., N. W. Regular Sale of Bools and. Shoss al Awtioh ‘This (Thursday) Sornfog, at B:300'clocks JAS. P, McNAMARA &CO., Auctloneers day and cvening. cor. Madison-st. CAND We bavo not hsd, mor wfl:n nzrcll:hc.\hl the Union —expressed to Bllll. 1®and upwar 5y 40, 800 per B Add ordera GUNTIIBE, Co soner, Chicago