Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1877, Page 8

G R T e v Ated the Chieago Poat-Office HE CITY. GENENAL NEWS. The wembers of the Xonth Town Board met yerterday afternoon, but fmmediately adjonmed 11! Mouday sfteruoon st 2 a'clock, on account of tiie liincss of Justice Wallace. The temperature yosterday, as obrerved by Manassce, optictan, 83 Madison ateeet (TRISUND Bullding), was at 8 2. m., 3J degrees; 10 a. m., 43; 12 m., 40; 3p. m., 45§ 8 p. m., 4l Bar- ometer at 8 8. m., 30,035 8 p. m., 80.20. The Dcmncml(n\)’c!emn! held thelr weekly meeting at No. 45 North Clark street last cven- ing. The mames of a few additional recruits were reported, after which several vetcrans 1alked very lmpc(ul(l‘y of the prospect of Til- den’s being declared elected, and the Associn- tlon decided that, in such event, they woull mnke arrangements for a regular Democratic jubfiee, with all that the tertn implics. * It was aleo declied to encourage & hall to be given at Aurorn Turner Hall, Feu, 14, by Capt. Larsen, the proveeds of which are to'go for tho growd of the cause, Gen, Lieb, the nioblest veteran of them all, was moyed to com- inent on come very unfavorable rumors In gen- cral drenlation, to the effect that there were gome persons in the orzanization who wers of an impropur charpeter, and who had not, as it wore, the taark of the heast en their forchends. e moved that a commitice be appolnted l.o *oulk Into this inatter, to Investizate each man'a slalm to be a veteran, in _the trus Democratic Reform genke of the word, and, in short, to re- orm the Assuciation altogether. This motion wus carrlerd, aml a committee appoluted to per- orm the wevding-oul proccss. Having thus leclded to undertake s reform within the party, Jic veterans dispersed. WEST BIDE ENGINES, “‘Tite TrinusE published yesterday n partion o the report of the Commlssion sclected to nake the test of the West Slde pumping-ens Aucs. It appesred therefrom ihat the engines Ufd what was required of them on two of the apeelal points, but not on the third, failing to ralse 80,000,000 pounds of water one foot with 100 pounds of coal. The paper umitted to state Just how far short of this requirement the ens frincs came, It appears upon cxuiningtion that the performance was {n cumpitrison to the con- ditlons of the contract as_ seventy-cight to ninety, tho number of pounds raleed ane font belng 18,000,000 instead of $0,000,000. The fail- ure todo “daty " is nttributed to the foulness of the boilers, brought about by the pumping of water fur neatly two months for uee, Moro would undoubtedly have been ratsed had the bollers been clean, slnce the full quuntity of stenm was not generated from a pound of water by a pound of coal. Clty-Enginecr Cheshrough #aid Jast evening that ho thought the engines could be inade to do nbout what was guarantecd, Lelng capable of it, and that thoey would probu- bly b aceepted. - WEIGIING THE 315118, The Post-Otlice Department requires from all the largzer oflices o statement of the mails roing from thelr ofilees, and under such orders fixes & date un which to commence welghing tor the lengthof one mouth. The dute for 1877 was to conmence Jun, 1, and umler such orders the Chicozo Post-Ollice has been weighing and cotmtlug ull its mafl, A TRIDUNE reparter vis- esterday, and through the kindness of its officials obtafned a stutenient of the malls originating in tbis office for two weeks ending Jan. 28, The first-cliss of muil consists of all mall paiid at letter rates of postage and postal-cards. f lctters recewed for trausiniesion there were 1,053,642, welghing 17,432 pounds; postal-cards, 140,021, welghing 1,250 pounds. ‘The second-claxe natter consists of oll mat- slar subscribers from publishers and alers, and pald for at the rate of two and tiree cents per pound, and numbers 404,331 pleces, and welizlis 146,861 pounds. ‘The third-vlass matter cunsists of all matter pald at the rate of one cent fur two ounces, and une cent for each ounve, and includes eirculars, papers, bouks, bulbs, sceds, vuttings, nud mer- chundisc, and mumbers BN Dleces, and wrelgha 45,917 pounits. Of this class there were $HK5,84 efrenlara, which were palid ot tho rato of unecent cach, The total number of pleces transmited through the mails, exclusive of city and forelen malls, for two weeks, originat- s at the Chivago ofllee was 4,230,600, aud thelr welghit 202,150 pounde. RELIGIOUS,. TEMPERANCE DAY, The bright skics nud the balmy, spring-like oir brought ont g laigge nunber of proplo to the noonday prayer-meetiog yesterday, Ma), Whit- tle aud Mr, StebLina cunducted the services, which were opened with tho singing of the Liymn, *'The great Physfelan now Is ncar.” The L. B. Davls read the requests for prayer, the allence enzaging in cilent prayer, and the Rev, Mr. Deon folfowing in a fervent appeal to the throne of grace in behalf of thoeo for whom these requests had been made. The awlienco sang with mucn spieit *Only un armor-bear- e, and Brother Sawyer, the temperauco worker, touk charge of the meetinx, Ho was pglad there was such perfeet -unity in bellef mmnong the temperanca workers, —the belief that the only sure way for captives to thu power of drink lay fu having fuith in Christe An ctiouraging Jeiter had come from Fort Elllott, Tex., saying that the news of the temperance wurk had been seceived thraugh the Chicago papers. Brother Sawyer was thankful for what tho press had done for the success ol thework. It had not safil wnunkind word about the revival, but had done all It could to push it forward, Brother Sawyer read from hiewful, ehowing that the " way to work first by prever. In this way tae workers© could pet' the power. There were #tlil_many lost sheep of the huuse ol lerael. Brother Bl\ri'\rwl\! gl to say that “the reformed men werns liolding out remurkubly well, Like Nehemifah's workinen, bulling the walls of Jerusulem, they had thele swords buckled oncue arny, and they wero worklug with the other. Nuthing wus “so destructive as o comproml: cverybody must stand fast. GGud had called 118 ltnunln Lo this work of tirne iniz people from thelr captivity, The work had Just began, and God would continug to bless the work of thelr hands. The breach was to be bLullt up, the walls to Lo repafred, and the cllf’ to be bLuilt, Lvery honest convert should have the spirlt of Christ. What wua that? Golnz about and dolne good to others, How wany had cultivated this epirit? Thoy hud not gono "to work as Nelienluh lady—~fiest by prayer aud then by work, O, might God pgive thein this earncstucss! Then thiere \vaul«'i bo new testimonles, precious teatimoning, and the |ucc=ln:.' would sccomplish great and pructical results, Alr, Stebbins sang * Hallclujah, HoIs Risen.” POST n g n gave hls experfence. He had been a deinker for ifteen years,—devoting live years to moderate drinking, five to hard drinkfiz, and five to the lardest kind of diluk, He bad tried to roe form himaself, but as long a8 he trusted in his efforts he lad gono wromg. When bo God's help bio was eafe, 1le now had no for drink. ‘The happiest motuent in his as when be wrote to his devoted inotber down in Conuectieut that lie avas a changed man, and he concluded by sayivg- that his fu. ture never was so bright, and by urging oth- cra to follow I course. A wan from Texas eald about the same thing. SR EVVING, of the Y. M. L, A, sooins, astonished his friends by saying that he had beeu a bard drinker for years, Lut now rejoleed that he had conquered the tempter. Alus, ono of the worst features ahout this matter of jutemperouce was that no one could tell who the really hard drinkers were. He had stood and talked with Christians on the street hundreds of tines while he was fu an Intoxicated couditlon, and they had never #uld one word to bim about breaking off from this cvil habit, At last, on bis sick bed, Lie was calted upon by s dear, geod Christian man who told him to trust in God and he could get the power, 1e had lmn)‘cd und prayed, and (lod iad heard btm, He had not spoken before In the meetlugs, but he bad spoken [;nvnluly to muny whose feet were standing fu _slippery platcs, und bie rejoleed that bis words had doue nuch good. In “onclusion, he urged others to fmitute Lis decisiun, wud sald that Chrlst would m\'wr teuve thews a3 loug as they did not leave Clnist, Mr. Cumnmings, of the Board of Trade, re- peated his sad experienve e au fuebriate, Eince iis conversiou he hud made a bappy bome for Lifs wife and his daugbters, from whow he had been separated while persevering {n bis evil WLys. ¢ BROTHER sMITH, from Minnecsoty, stood befure the meeting o an exanvle of power of Josus to destroy the influence of strong drink, He had been o contirmed drunkard at 12 years of age, and had conticued such wiatll be ‘wos 88, and the dear Lord nad fourd oin: in a brewery washing out ewill-barrels. The straogest feature about bis rubsequent carcer wus thut God bad kept him 1ight i that Lrewery for two ycurs, and Lis old temptation had o longer any power over bim. " He hud to stand’ alonc in Lis own Etate, Minuesota, for elzbt years to put in this testhuony: 1hat God could save a inan anywhere this of bell. The church had ddevn inlidel, aud of course the siuners couldu't sce the poiut. He had proclaimed God'’s mercy towards Ljinsel! on the highways, and fu the Ledzes, and everywhere else, une he proposed 1o bammer awsy for some timo yct. Heo had . meet fadittlar faces -When asked which she HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1877—="TWELVE PAGLS, como down to Chlcago to labor for a month among a class of people which had not yet heen reached,—the saliors in the Bethel Home—for whom he asked the prayers of the meeting, “Pralse God, from whom nll blessinga flow?! was then sung, and Bldiop Fallows dismissed the mecting with the benedietion. PLEASANT RECEPTION. MESDAMES MARY A. LIVERMORE AND JULIA WARD HOWD were {n the city yesterday, the guests of the Sherman Houze. The former was on her way from Dubuque to Indlanapolle, where shic lect- urcs this cvening. The latter liad reached Chl-. cnzo on her return to Boston from a very suc- cesaful lecture-tour in Kansne. A number of the lady admirers of these cultured women liv- ing at the hotel got their heads together during the forencon, and determined to give them an informal reception. Col. Hurlbut, host of the &herman, was consulted, and cheerfully ex- tended lis assistance. Tho hour was fixed nt 3 o'clock, and the fusitations were dispatehed. Promptly on thne the company bezan assem- blirg in “the elub-room, where wera, Instalied the honoreit guests and the ladies (n charge of tho arraugements. Among those present were noticed the Rev, Robiert Collyer and wile, the Rev. Brooke Herford and wife, Mr. and Mrs, N. B. Judd, Mrs, Frank Brown, Mrs. John Al- itun and daugnfer, Mre. F. ©. Shierman, Mre. Edward Olcott, Mrs. Thomas Burrows, Mrs. Dr, Etovong, Mes. Jt M. Chard, Mrs, Thonyaa Biowi, Mre. Dr. Dyer, Mre, Parsons, Mrs. Prof. Pea- body, Mrs. Jules Goday, Mrt. Thomar Fry, Mra. win Dlackman, Mrs, Catherine LRawoth, Mr, and Mrs. W, F. Morse, Mrs, J. D. Harvey, Miss Loulse Greele: Alrs, Collander, Mrs, J, 1. Haverly, Mrs. L, Il Clarke and daughter, Mr, aud Mrs, James Kig- non, Mr, and Mrs. John Pampel snd dauphter, Mrs. D, F. Kenley, Mre, 1. H. Foresthe, Mra, Hgyward, rs. * ¥k Taywand, . and Mrs, Robert Gentry, Mr. and Mrs. E. WV, Blatehford, Mr. Henry 8. Secley, Cyrus W, Bently, and Prof. Manstield. After half an hour had been consumed In In- troductlons and general conversation, the cotn- pany was called to order, and tho Madrigal Jlub quartette sang * There's one that I love dearly.” At the concluston of thio song, THE REV. NODERT COLLTER stated that whenever he went to New England to plunder the lyceums he niways looked out for an Invitatlon irom the Wouun's Club of Toston, tv come around and be petted. And lic Joyfully aceepted the fnvitation, Among those rilom "he expected tu mect were his dear fricnds Mre, Livermoro and Mrs, Ilowe, former lady sud he wero-old fricnds, It was nbout twenty years ago that they first Lecame avqualnted. Mrs. Livortnore was then engaged in a gulet, uscful life in a very humble wi f: but of latec yenra sho has” extended the sphere of lier uscfulness, She weut to Boston, and fu the congenlal atmosphere of that okl city beeame better sppreciated. During the dark hours of tho nation's peril shie clicered and helped ue, Mrs, Howe had sung that grand Liymn that went through tiso heart of the coun- try and thrilled every nerve. If eccmed as If slie wers one of the old proplictesses mentioned in the Bible como back to carth, Wlenever he went to Boston ho was obliged to cltber read a plece or make a kpeech. On this oecasion it was only fulr that Mee. Livermore aud Mra. Howe should do likewise. MR8 HOWE could not resiat the n{munl backed up as It was by the applauac of the Indtes present. Bhe re- turned her thanks for the kinl und genfal re- ception that had been accorded her. It was the great delight of thie New England Woman's Club, of which she was a member, to meet Mr. Collyer on his visits to Boston. Ilis larme- heartedness was contagious, and his clicerful- ness despotie. In lils company every one must Le like Dhim. She felt “that ~ she had o special word to sy to the ladics, and she found the text for her remarks In the cloquent address of Wendell Phlllips the cveninz previous. Ie graph- Leally’ portrayed the political situation of the nation; pulated out how things really were, nnd what they should be. Thers was one thing, lowever, to which JMr. Phillips made no allu- slon.* This was the work of the women of Amer- {ea fn weeding out the evils in our national ex- istenco and pecuring a better and meore enlight- ened ers. ‘The Women's Temperance Assocln- tions lind done n wonderful amount of good to tho various conmunities in which they had heen arganized. Wormnen should make it thelr business to find vut the truth; to diagnose the political discases which infect tho body xolluc: and, bay- Ing found the cause, apply thoe remedy. We should redeem tu-day the tine wo lost yester- day. Life and redeniption of its shortcomings should mnununlly‘ua together, ‘The Mudrigal ‘Club then sang “Oh, hush thee, iny baby,” after which A8, LIVERMORE responded to the Invitation extended to her by Mr. Collyer. Ehe sald {t was pleasant to and recognize ol wus _embarrassing tatk to them. preferred, Boston or Chicugo, whio always replled ns aid the little 8- year-old, 1 like both lmvn and mamma.” Bhe tame to Chicago in 1804, and to Clicazo she owed a debt of gratitude that she would never be ablc to pay. It was In Chicago that sho was broucht to Icarn that she vwed somethiug to the world. = It was In Chicago that sho Iearncd that women werd not progerly brought up,—uot trafned to bo Independent and stand on their owu resources, She found hundreds of women without any anchor, driftivg about in the sea of MNfe, and it was to help these women that sho determined to make the work of her life, 8he had always dreamed of w solidarity of women, und #ho” was giad to say that she was gradually sceing its realization. 1ts full fruition aho did not expect to sce. 8he was born fifty ycars too soon. Bhe urged hor hearers to stand by woman, to make her cause thelrs, to help them in every way. bhe warned thein not to o discouraged at oppositionor unfricudly critlcism, for that hind a tremendous part to play In the regeneration of the natlon. The Madrizal Club then sang “My true love hath my heart,” after which Mrs, Julla Ward Howo recited in an execedingly forcible manner #The Dattie Hymu of the Republle,” After o few remarks from the Kev, Brooke Herford, in which hoe paid a glowing tribute to thie women of America for thy manner lu which they came to the front ond worked for thelr country, for theie sex, and for humanity, the cumpm:{ re?n!red to one of the parlurs, wlicre a fino cold collation was scrved. Asuplo justice wis dona to the coffee, sandwiches, and zaluds, after which tho guests departed. MIKE'S GUESTS, AND JIOW THEY EACAPED, Nearly one nionth ugo the gamblers whowero sporting with the tiger In the rooms uver the Storo—commonly known ss Mike McDonald's gambling-hell—wero surpriscd to tind that they wero healeged by a large posse of pollce, who, with. the ald of # Jimmlcs,” crowbars, and sledge-haminers, wero fast making way to tho interior of the tiger's lair. The lumates of the place, thirty-five in number, were captured and taken to the Armory, where they gave ball and ot changes of venue to Justice Pollak’s Court, where they were lined $5 nnd costs each, Mike McDonald appeared fn behalf of the brother- lioud, the gausblers not appearing. Aithough the Juw colls gambling & quasl-crimingd offense, and ulthough the luw further says that in all such cases the defendant must posltively put in an appearance i court, the gunblers wero, abscut and Justics Polluk *let it shide.” Mike puid the costs, which the Justice pockets, and the gamblers wers nllowed to depart In peace, ludeed they had not put fn au sppear- sity of Chlcago is benetited by the for violation of tne laws and ordinauces, and the Justice 1s supposed to sce that the tiues sro collected, or ot Juast that some gflnmmcu that the ftuca will be pald is given, ut the Justice took the word of Mike McDon- ald, who pald the costs, and the gumblers are lo-&ly free, ® ‘Tho following letter, which secompanled the cxecutfons thereln mentioned, was written to the man in whoso hands the cxecutious are placed for collection: John Tunlson, Police Court Ruilif—DeanSin: Inclosed you will Guned thiriy-6ve exvcutlons ngalmt 8. Wilson, et. al., kuown os tho gambl cases, which werg teled Jan. 3, 1877, Mr. M Mcbonuld paid Lhe costs, and the fine: #s beexpected whst they would be some one in duthority, which wes not doue, The defendants’ names I'suppose are tictitious, snd you will have o do the beat you can. . Yuurs tealy, Jowsrn Portan, J. P ‘The value of the exccutlons can be scen from the reran for ths week endiug Jun. 27, 1877, madeto the Culnrlrullur b{ John ‘Tunison, in whoso hands ull the cxecutlons In city cases fn the Bouth Divislun are pluced for collection, ‘The report shiows that the thirty-five gamblers wero fined cach $5 and costs, and that the namcs given evldently were fictitlous, for not oue of themncn was found. The names wers Jumes AMcKeon, J. Ablugton, U. Lee, J. Urabiam, C. T Gates, C. A, Turuer, J. Thomson, A. C. Wine ters, . foward, C. Bushnell, C. Girtiy, ¥. P, Harrbon, J. Bmith, C. Frederick, ¥, hhnnmb'. J. Sutton, C. Ferels, (. 3. Blake, C. Allen, G, Foster, W, Gillmun, I, Wilsou, 'J. Thayer, C. 1Hill, J. Milton, G, H. Creamun, J. Williaws, A. Goollman, J. 31 Foster, J. 8.'Wilson, Charies Wilson, J. £1. Allen, W.AL Briggs, J. R. Hook- er, J. H. Btephenson. - TUE LAW. Justices of the Peacs huve, by Sce. 63 of the ¢ty charter, jurisdivtlon in all cases arisiog under the provislons uf the u,t, or by any ordi- {ricnds, although it for her to riec and not patd, Femiited Ly o nance paseed {n {muunncc thereof. By Sce. 08 it I provided that the firat process for the violatlon of any ordinance shall be a summons; but s warrant for tho arrest of any offender may be fssued upon aflidasit, and any person arrested shall bo taken befors the proper nuthorities to be tried for the alicged offensc. ** Any person upon whoin any fine or penalty shall be imposed may, stpon the order of the Court or Magistrate Le- fore whom the conviction Is had, be conunitted to the county jall or the calabouse, city prison, work-house, hiouse of correction, or other place rovided by the oity or villaze for the incarcera- rlon of offenders, until such penaity and cost shatl be fully pafd, provided that no such Im- prsonment shull exceed six months for any ono offense,” A auit brought fora breach of an ordinance has been decelared by the Supreme Conrt tobe a ctlminal suit, and, being so, the culprit shiould always bo present, and fn case a Jude- ment {8 renderca agalust him it s the business of tho Justice to order him into vuetody and hold him until the fine, penal- ty, and costs shail be fully pald. It Is nowhero contemulated that the Justice should recelve s!mply the costs and scttle any case in that way, but It 1s the Justice’s Lusiness to scc that' *he is held in_custody until the flne, penalty, snd cost shall be fully pald.”’ 1t is provided by Sec. 128 of the seyenty-ninth chapter of the Revised Statutes that: *Upon complaint made by any person, under oath, againet any Justice of the Peace appointed as aforesald, for extortion, or other malieasance in offlee, such comnplaint ncmmi forth particularly the facts in the vase and filed n theofllee of the Cireuit or Snrcrlor Court ot Cook County, the Clerk, of safd Court shall lssuc o sumnons fu the mame of the “people of the Stato of Ihinols against such Justice of the Peace, returnable according to law; smd such Justico of tho Peaco may appear and answer sitch complaint nnder oath, aud it found guilt of cxlorl&n or other malfensance in ofllce, shall hie removed from his oflice and sich office’ shall he deciared yacant by such court, Such com. laint shall bo atgied by the State’s-Attorney of Y}flnk County; and it s hereby made the dutyof the State’s-Attorney to vmsccmc all actions commenced under tlits nct," - A MERRY LANDLADY. MIXING UP TUE TICKETS. From East to West, frumn North to South, wherever boarding-houscs exiat, the landladles thereoi have strugzicd and fought to pive thelr respective catablisiments more and more the nspeet of “Home,” But It has devolved upon an [ndiana-strect Tandlady to eclipse il com- petitors, and crcct besile her hearthstone o serles of diversions and excitements that plant ier Institution at the hiead of tho genus, She began along way off, and with a wonder- ful degreo of scerecey, conducted her opera- tions, uvalded and uncounscled, save by her zeal for the entertainment of her boarders. Tho nelghboring pawnbrokers wondered at tho va- rlety of lier wares, but she cautioncd them that it was only a bt of vleasantry, aud day alter day she came In with freeh bundles and now ar- ticles, and maorched off with the tickets and a modicua of cash to sit down and dream of the day of revelation.” When a down-town clerk Inquired blushingly for his Sunday pants, she fainted with snppressed laughter, and when she heard the ladies ut Junch - dis- cussing thu absenco of - artlcles which iy 1o scheduted * C, and D." ahewrithed with suppressed merriment. Lockets, boots, chalvs, fnisu linir, bonnets, recches, overcoats, frovks, skirte, wrappers, one after another deparied, urtil the house becamo an_aaylum of sheeted ghosts, wandering around in scarch ot the wlherewithal to cover the flesh, And the good landlady’s cyes twinkled, and sho grew Iat In contemplating the fun that would como when she should discloso the Joke. At longth one of tho ladies openly charged lier. with making off with divers and vertain bifurcations, bounded and described by certain ruflics, flutings, and tucks. ‘Then came the landlady to the front, admitting, with icals of merriment, that ske had pawned them. Vith an intensity of amusement that forbade cxpression, the boarders demanded, Wherel wlhen each vias Invested with more or less tick- etx, and sent forth in iuest of their property. The down-town clerk preseuted to Lazarus a ticket calling for a robe de nult, and,when it was wroduced, hie thoutrht his bad ot been so short Iu the back, nor quito so much split up between the slceves, A young lady who lost a trinket asked modestly for the article represented by No. 1,701,128, but falled to identify o palr of docskin pantaloons as beloncing to her, ‘The landlady was almost distracted with mirth when the boarders came liome, and chuckled i1l hier teoth rattled an sho cxpluined that she had glven out the tickets ns medieal professors do diplomas, hit or s, and straighten out. afterwards, Bo the boarders sallled forth ngain and took what |he‘)' could got, and postponed the exchange until Sunday. -~ And tho laundlndy says she never had 80 miich fun fn her life, and thit fust us soon us the ncw sct of hoarders are falrly installed shic Is golug to do it aver ugaln. MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. MELTING OF TUE GRADUATES. A meeting of the graduates of the Michigan State University, living fn Chleago, was held yesterday afternoon in one of the Palmer House varlors for the purpose of making the graduates better acquainted, and of layinz the foundatien for apermanent orgunization in this city, About thirty people were present, fncluding prominent finu\lcmun drawn from the ' professlonnl and usiucss walks lu life and o few ladics. The mecting was culled to order by Mr, C. IL Willett, who nominated Mr. A, Do Rich. tho oldest graduaty present, for temporary chalr- man. 'This uominution was mude uvanimous, and the snectimz was then further addressed by Mr. Willett, who gave his ideas concerning th proposed organbzation, Ho was i doult whether the soclety should embraco all forter students, whother graduates or not, 1n Ins opinion, moreover, sumcthing more was ncees- sury than n mere peridical coming together for a sovial chat and o big dinner, and he cveu Iinted at having learned discussions on certaln abatruse aubjects. A yocess was taken, durlng which thero was much hand-shaking, and those present steoped up and signed thelr namesto the roil. - On again coming to_order, the following Committce on Permanent Organlzation was appolnted, with fustructions toreport Feb. 16 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon: C. I, Willett, Fraf, John C. Freeman, of the Chicago University, J, H, Ped- ek, C. A, Oflleld, Dr.” Bansuel A McWilliams, V. J, English, Miss M. F. Peery. The following Committeo wus then choson to make n report setting forth more delinitely the objects snd plans of the Association: Gen. O. L. Munu, Dr, Andrews, James Goggle, 0. 1% Dickinson, Ar- thur Otis, Misa Dr, K. Abblo Underwaad, 'Trof, 0, E, llaven, with the temporary chairman as ex-ofligio member. ‘I'he meetlngticn adjourned, BADBY ELEDPIIANT. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOIL'TIE FRESIDENCY. ‘Phe followlng telegramn, which explufus fisclf, was received yesterday by Mr. R 8, Dingess, tho Agett and General Manager of Forepaugh's Circus and Menagerie: PiyuaveLina, Feb, .—Isent you o short dis- atch about our good luck tuls’ mulnlnP 1t no joubt surpelacd you; but I am now sblo Lo piva you the full partlculais of the strangs ovent, Tha performiuy elephant Betscy, of the five which g sui Adam Lad in tralnlug fa our winter quorters ol G jtown, wade us all happy this niorning by Dirth [ast nizht to the only haby clepl e en on Americansoll, The piother ise mome moth beast, staudlng over elevun fect fn_ helght, yetas docilo as uny [ ever saw, The neWeomer s unly about eighteen inclics Lizh, but a liitle beau- ty,” Itiuamale, and began Walking just beforo noon. From lts birth to that hour |t lay as though eleeping, und wo wero very much afrald it would not live, although it svemia bealthy in_every re- spect. ‘This aftcrnoon thers 18 no doubt“that we ahall bu able fo keep ft, it on the road thls tho »izht of this Intrvdor the other elephants secmied very nueasy nud cross, und bellowed and threw thomselves wildly nround; so it was ubout all we could do to prevens them from demolishing everything within reach, We had a conference of medical men at our win~ ter quariurs thiv sfternoon to sce this native Amer- fcan clement, and thoy were all very much dee ifghted. : bfl\! little fellow takes quite naturally to tho sit. uation, aud will scon become & greai pet, We wha} put him b trainlog se soun as practicable,and acxt snmmer will be able to nt 1o the country a real marvel of wond ‘0-day 1 would nut take $:10,000 for the baby, " A. Fougrsvau, IE CITY-IIALL. The Treasurer's reccints yesterday were 2,708 from water rates, ynd $1,424 from mls- cellaucous sources. 'Fhe test of the West Side pumping-works has been finfahed. It cost tho ity just about £6,000, The* Treasurer yesterday paid about $30,000 in the redenption of and as luterest ob past-duc certificatvs. . The Financo Committeo met fo the Comp- troller's otlica yeaterday and discussed varlous miuor references. ‘The Judiddary Committee is called to meet in the Council Chamber at 8 o'clock this afternoon to goover the new Bullding ordinance. Cos ration-Counse) Authouy, Ald. Vau Osdel, Ald. Ballard, and the Chalrinen of the three Com- ant * be attended to. mittees on Btreets and Alleys have been re- queated to be preeent, 1t s reported that fhe rectlon of tho city bounded by Ashlaud ni! Western avenues and Blue Irland avenue ané. Efchteenth street s overflowed by water fron the meiting sunow. There are no “sewers fn that regloi, and the water atands In the gutters and low “rlm:un It for attempting to pawn a copy of Ira Warren's Tousehold Physiclan. Mary has Uecomo the consort of negraes, and has runken ro low that only the most miscrable exlstenco awalts her in the future. 1}, 1. Capamagian, owner of a wool factory at No. 823 Otdo strect, was_yesterday morning vaught In the belting and had his rieht arni 18 feared that that state of things will do much | broken and his right shoulder dislocated, bestdes to increase sickness, :nsl‘nh;llng Dnewsr? internal ln“{ |Hclwu§ at- The Sceretary of the Departinent of Publie | 1Rded by Drs. Elyniway and calewho hara Worse thiutts hos orte at ul:c papera In_ com. | DUt Tittls hones of his recovery. * Ho le a Turk by birth, and has a wife and three childven. The Polive Justices had an easy time of it yeaterday, notwithstanding the nunver of street Vagrants {hat were beforo thum. Justice Sume merfield continuel the cases before him In order to attend tho mceting of the Suiith-Town Board, amd Justive Scully assessed those before hizn all the way from £ to 820, besides award- Inzatewa termin the Housa of Correction, Willl Tarble, u uatural-born thief, was given $20 or sixty days by Justice Pollak, o menting upon tha estie.ate mado by the Depart- ment of Public Works lor sewerge. work for 1877, and giving the cralit for smallneas of the cstimate to the Council, made n mistake,for the credit belonged to the Masor, who prepared the catimates, and refused to embody in lia request £200,000 which the Connctl yoferredd to the De- partinent to be includisd in the estimate, Tlhere Is n‘];reul. deal of complalnt about Comptroller Farwell's order forbldding the making out of any pay-rolls. Bomo of the city employes have familica, mul if the eity 18 to pay no salarles in th next three months, and ‘WASHINGTON. fitll ot allow any rails to by made_out o hnt P e cnipl 'es cnn borrow on tho streuglh vl he {ime shown by tho eullr, there WiTl bo tuuch | Drmoeratic Chickens Come Hck to Ttoot trouble amon those. employes wlhose salacles | ===What Thelr Campnign = Economy are their only rosourca. An effort will be made to induce Mr. Farwell to rescind the order. Prosecuting-Attorney Boyden, while prose- auting some criminals yeaterda) la Justiee o lak’acourt,lost his ovureoat. The “Judge? hat lald tho garment down on a table around which wero standing threa detectives. When o had clowd his argument with the Court he reachied for his ¢ont and it was gone. b{‘l contalned a hammcmhlerhaumn ty papers, bduds, ote., and Amounted To---Maddox Turned Out upon the Colil Worl Apectal Dispateh to The Tribune, Wasnmnaton, L. C., Feb, 2.—There was an animated debate fn the louse over the salarics of Congressnien, Holman had reported the ealaries at €4,500, n reduction of $300. Foster movad to strike out this paragraph, which would leave the salary ot the present rate. Mr. Foster % cents worth of chuwing-tobacco wrapped fu { dld this on the ground that ft was yellow paper. If tho thict will return tho cout | yeoless to try to change tho law and papers hu can Imvg\ the chiewing-tobaceo, at this ecasion, ns the whole subjeet TIE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. N 1 b a The January report of the Building Depart- | had been settled Inst winter. ITolman mustered ment contalns tlic followinz facts and flznres: During the month of January, 1977, there were Issned permits for the crection of 23 buildings, acalnst 63 In Jonuary, 187% In nddition 1o these, permits werc jssued for the crection of sl Of the bullilugs, 22 were of brick and one of stone. ‘There were were In the North Division, 8; n the South 8, and 10 in tho West. e were six onc-siory bulldings, twelve two-story, and three one-story nnd borement. They will ovcu- Py 400 foet of strect frontage and cost 825,850, The bulldings crected In Janunry, 1876, covered Tiis foree, and told the old story of economy and pinchbeck reform. The Democrats, hiowever, had used cconomy long enough for a shibbolath in the campalgn, and have no use for it longer. ‘There was immedlately ; A BREAK-UP OX THE DBMOCRATIC 81DB: Wardell, of North Carollna, led, stating that lie wos pauscated with Holinan's two-cent econ- omy, and taunted Holman with the fact that ho Thad been left at homo by his constituents, Hol- man was put upon .his metal. e was 1,084 fect ot strcot frontage and cost 3160,000. * ¢l Thio scvere weathor this byearwill ‘account, for | onnoyed that such feunts shouhxl foms. the falling off. from ' the Democratic side. To re- During the post month 223 notices wereserved | minded the Democrats of thelr hypocrlsy on poraans violating the bullding onlinances, in 208 of swich cases tho partles complied with the Iaw.. Two suits for violatlon were brought and resulted in fincs of 845 nnd costs. Thirty-five fires were Investigated and zeported upon. ~ Bur- veys andl plans have been inado of twenty-two piblic halls, snd surveys made of sixty-two in belng so eager for reform before the clection, and o auxlous to prevent retrenchment now. Incldentally the Dewmoeratle princlpic of saving at the spiggot to lose at the bung was conalder- ed. Judge Kelley, by Instancing tho case of Chi- cago, showed tho folly of the Holman pluchin; husiness buildings, and where the same wera | theory of aporopriations fn that city. Hu sal found mot . to comply with the onll- | nearly 5&0&,003 hind _been vxpended for a pab- nances the owners or occupants were | lie buflding, and $370,000 were belnr spent notified to make the mnccessary chanpes. Notlees have aiso been scrved on the pro- prictors of thy varlous thezstres to inake the changes and _improvements nufixmlcd in the report of tho Superintendent of Batldinge, The receipts of tho Department for January were $84, cxclusive of ‘bullders' water-tax,” which .amounted to 830,77, The uxpenses of the oflice, estimated on the basts of last year's arrange- ment of tho office, aalarles, ete., Wero 31,100, 14, THE COUNTY BUILDING. No trials to-day In the Criminal Court. The intlyard {s in a very filthy condition, oven worsc than under Bradley and Agnew. Itshould annually for the rent ot tempoinry uarters for UGovernment oflices, yet Hotman was Inglsting upon refusing tho ‘comparatively small sum necessary Lo {lnlah the Chicago Custum-House building” and make it habitable, This wasa false cronomy, und alt the pretended cconomive of the Democrats Jast session und preceding the ll’liesldcnllnl election were u cowardly blow at ubor, ‘Tho President completed yesterday his specinl message on the reswnptionof epccie poyments, und liaving submitted it to his Cablict, will transmit It to Concress to-morrow. 7o the Western Associated Press. Wasttisuron, . G, Feb, 2.~Maddox, the Tronsury agent, who las been giving testimony in the Lunislana case before the Committeo on Powers, Urivileges, und Dutles of the House, was lu—t‘lny removed from his official purltlon as Agent of the Internal Revenue Bureaw, The The Grond Jury did very little yesterday ex- cept finish up . some cascs previousiy coms menced, It will be discharged to-day after mak- {ng its report. Tho examliuation of clalms against various estates vrcupled the County Court yesterday, The estate of M. O. Walker was being attacked at adjournment. The County Clerk has commenced (i;%prc - ratlon of the Asscssor's books for 1877, His clerleal forco will necessarily bo augmented in the next few weeks. While Mr. Mogan was Investigating himsolt yesterday, the Warden of the Hospital brought tho news to the bullding -that another pipo had burst at that fustitution. Tho County-Attornoy yestcrilay took the firht stops toward suelig James Stewart, 1o re- cover the balunce he owes the county, The uccessary papers have been drawn, The meat contract waa let to O'Donnell for ‘B eonts, while othera bid to furnish supplioa at F. Tho luss to the taxpayers by the deal in January alone amounts to nearly 1,000, Peter Conly camne Into the Crimlnul Court’ yesterday us tho prosecuting witness in o petty case, flo was tipsy, nolsy, and insolent, und ‘the Court held him for contempt. e could not pay 325 aud went to jall. The Warden at the Insanc Asylum came in yulerduJ and took to the County Farm what remalned of the county smbulance, o also took with him the pun‘wrs and insane whoso trip had been so suddenly interrupted the day 3:‘uvh)un by the carclessness of the ambulunce ver. ‘Tho State’s Attorney from Kauo County, H. B, Wilis, was in consultation yesterday in refe crence to the fortheoming tial of Yeriolat, O'Donnell, Bweetzer, and the Indicted Commis- aloners, Hs sald lie hnd sct th triul for tho 12th instant, and would. llke to have the cases disposcd of ot that time, ¥rotn the pres- sure on the Criminal Court Mr. JMilis could not say whether he coutd fiel away or not at that time; hence, the date is lable to be changed. . P, Niel, o Fcnflemm who some monthsago was “doing? the city in tho role of a corre- spondent lor sundry Esstern papers, and who wus charged with having walked oft with somo- thing that did not belong to him and was sent to the Bridewell, was sct at liberty yuncnhly. Ho camo over to tho Jall to visit an’ old cefl- nate, and s now sorry that he did, for he is agalu behind thobars. ° He s beld to anawer an Indictment for obtalolng money under false pro- tences, and when ho §cu outof this scrapo it Is sald that the United States authorities want bim for shoving tho * qucer.”? Ile was arrested fu Jail—an unusual oceurrence. ANNOUNCEMENTS, The Philosophical Boclety will be addressed this eveniug by the Raev. (i W. Northrup, D. D, Bubjects *Tho Three Factors (n History,” Oun Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock Prof. Wiil- fam D. Gunulng will deliver his lecture on 4 Mun in the Moking,” ut Hershey Muste Hall, fliustrating Ly blackboard drawing and speci- mens from u tiue collection {n Comparative Aunatomy, ‘Tho tirst of a courso of leetures will be given at (race Reformed Eplscopal Church, corner Hoyne avenue and Le Moyne strect, Thursda crculng. Tho kit. Hev. fishop Cheney wifl deliver tho firat lecture on the subjec From the Missourf to tne Golden Gute.”” A pleasant soclable nay ulso bo expocted with choleo selections ot musie by the chiofr. Tho Woman's Christian ‘empcrance Unlon and tha Chicago Uospel Temperance Unlon of Reformed Men have invited Deacon Willand to deliver his series of Biblo lectuses in Furwell (upper) Hall, ‘Fho tirst lecturs will be given at 8 o'clock to-duy, B Bible Study, and. the Business-Mai o Plan of Salva- tlon," Not ouly all the ncmbers and friends of tha above sovictics, but salnis and sinners i urully‘(nre invited. Sfuging to cotmmence at 2:30. by the Presldent vosterday, and ho_ con- sequently seut for Col.” 8. E, Cham- Lerlaln, now of Virginia, and formerly un officer of the recular army, and tendered the placo to hint. The offer was uceepted, and this afternoon Commisatoner Raum notltied Maddox that ho was from this date dismlsscd from the sorvice of the Internal Revenue ofllce. QUANT'S NESUMPTION SCHEME. Should the President, s anticipated, tranamit a message to Congress on the fluances, and recommend on carlier day for the resumption of specie payments than that now provided by law, itls belleved nmong such members of ” Cone gress as have finonclal natters In charge that no alteration whatever as to tho tima will be made, ¢ither from an indisposition to disturh the luw, or for want of tino to act ona measuro of so much mportance, Isnac Clements: has been nominated Pension Agent at Sulum, Tl 'Tlie featuro of the Cablnet scssfon to-day was the subinission by the President of his contem- lxlnlcnl message to Consress on gpecio resuing lon ut an carlior dato than fixed by law. It Is uxpeeted the messago will bo sent to Congress in a duy or two, After adjournment of the ' Cabinot Councll, Attorney-Gleneral Taft and Secrctary Fish were in closa vonsultation with the Presldent. Channing * Richards has been nominated United Btates Attorney for the Southern Dis- trlet of Oblu. CHAMBERLIN IN THE BOX. Bpectal Diopatch to TAs 3.4, 5ne, New Youx, Feh, S—John F. Chamberlin, tho sportiog man whose gambling cstablishment s ono of the wost frequented places In Long Branch, fled o ‘petition In bankruptey to-day. Chamberlin hind been sued by the late A. T. Btewart, who eought to hold him responsible for Charles Thorne in the leaso of Niblo's Ginrden, and who obtalned judgment apeinst im for 827,000 odd. The oxecutlon was re- turned unsatisficd, nnd now the supplementary proccedings are catopped by the baukruptey. Chamberlin’s dchts amount to over $3165,000, while his nominal asscts, mostly mining stocks, are but 817,000, - showing that he posacased tho confldence of nany persons to an’ unesual degrev. 1o owes Juy Gould somo 814,000; Cliarics Kunpp, of Washington, 51.000; W, H. Chumberlin, of Ilrhlslepnn,m + Lawrence W. derome, nearly 85,0003 000 § beslles' §10,000to wlno—dunhirl, 2,000 to lawycrs, $3,000 to tallors, $500 to ablrtmukers, 83,000 Lo grocers, $2,600 butchers, und the ?.‘7.000 to A, T, Btewart. et - MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Hpectal Dispaich o The Tridbune. Axx Anvon, Mich, Feb, 8.—The laboratory Investigutivn continued yesterday ond to-day. Douglus wus on the stand up to hoon to-day, when Regent Rynd was sworn. Thoe principal point in lils testimony thus farls u summary of tho travellug expenscs charged by Douglas sinco 1860, amounting to $370, and conunissions charged for suporintending extra work in build- ing amounting to 81,834, Traveling expenscs were charged on trips to purchase chemleals, ottend Pharmaceutical Assoclations, ete, These trips wero taken every year since 183 except two, Rynd also adduced evidenes that Douglas rocelved usually 20 percent off la purchosing chemicals, sometines more. No attempt wos madu to show that he dil not allow the Univer- sity this percentage. Rymlis wot yet through. Rose bus not testitled y CLEVELAND MEETINGS. CrrveLaxy, 0., Feb, 2~The Oblo Dalry- men's Assoclation closed o ton days' scaston lero last eveniug, There was a good attend- anco aud a great deal of intercst was manifest- ed In the discussion of sundry toplea pertalning to their husfuess. It adjourncd to mect In this city tho last Wednesday {n January, 1878, a'clock, Deacon Willard will ulso speak at the At tho annual meeting of the stockholders of Third Presbytesian Chiurch Sunday st 3 p. w, §""|m“51h"“ Club, Ilml:l d’ if"ht‘ 'y ",n“{,,}, R owlug oflicers were electes resldent, Will- ORIMINAL. ; fam Edwards; Vico-President, George Burt; Treasurer, 8. T, Everctt; Secretary, Bam Brigge. A committes was appointed to arraugo a pro~ graume for the July races, ————— MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE, On another pago will be found the thirty-second annual statement of that fuc old company, the Mu. tual licneAt Lifo Insurance Coutpany of Newark, N. J., whose businces hiay ever been conducted 1n such a strictly conservativo manner as to be nlways Inreadinces to furnish & promptexbibit. Itisa satisfaction to peruse a report whers you belicvo overy word and figure, In which respect the Mutual Benefit enjoys the fullest confidenco of tho people. ——————— ALL OWNERS of old Wheeler & Witson sewlog machines shoutd call at the oftice, 153 Stata strect. Tho Compsny a0 prepared (o exchange with all the old customers reasonable terms, and, thom a new ma- 111 better than the old, snd far in advancoof any other. e ee— THE ROOT & SONS MUSIC CO, offer speclal induccments to purchascrs, at whole- aalc and retall, of sheet wmusic, music books, vio- lins, guitars, and all kinds of musical foatruments. General agents for the Standard orgsn snd Steck plano, Quality guarsatecd. No. 150 State street. ——————— HARMLESS AS SUMMER DEW, yetIn the highest degree Distnfectant snd preserv- ative, Sozodout keeps tho lcath slways healthy and wpotless, and the gums ruddy aud freo from canker. A red morocco pocketbook containing a small sum of moncy was found yesterday on the cor- ner uf Buperior aud Clark strects, and (s awalt. fng an owner at the Chicago Avenus Stution. ‘Thomas B, Walton says tust J. N, McGuire went to his (Walton’s) livery-stable, hired s team and bugey, went off on a ‘‘time,” and falled to return tho property. Ho had McGuire arrested before Justice Haloes, who cuutinued the case to the Sth inst. Benjamin Boerstelu was before Commissloner Hoyne yesterday charged with forging o money- order, complainlug witncises t bl were Sln Agent Stowart aud lsasc sud Jacob BUL, ‘Fhe onvy-order wus for 830, Tho casc was continued until to-day in $1,000 bail Bencca Beole, a compositor of the Courler, swore to Justice Haines that Walter Conkey, a collector for the Courler, did, with & mallet ln band and blood {u his eye, ussault him snd batter bima, Walter's case was put off to Feb. 8. Horace Knowlton, of No. 783 Btate street, told Justics Meoch that Thomas Jolinson dis- posed of sixty-six dreased hog- belonging to complaivant for nbout §500, Johusun Was ar- rested, und said that bis lot hed fullen smong dusky females on‘he{nnnu, who relleved him of Lis moucy. He weut to the Criminal Court uander $1,000 bonds. Mary Breonan, who, a dccado ), WAS 80 counted the smartest woman crook {n the coun- try, was run lo last evcnlng by Oficer Shaulcy £ 3 removal of Mnddox was determined upan’ . TIIE NORTH BRANCIL A Trip Along the Banks of the Filthy Stream. Varjous Points which Require the At- tention of the Health Officers, In order to seo how the thaw had affected the North Branch, and ascortaln its sanitary condl- tion at tha present time, a TRIBURR reporter was detalled yesterday to meander through that classical district, and scarch where health offie curs have not yet intraded, and whers evidently tliero ts much need for a vigit from them, In the first place, It Is perfuctly safo to say that st no thmo in the history of Chicago, at this scason of the year, has the North Branch Been more offensive. The stench which arlses from tho vitlated water Is slckening in the ex- treme. A rising vapor sectis nlmost pereepti- ble when one stunds on any of the bridges, the smell Is eo overcoming and strong. Perhans 1t wonld bo well to give tho result of actunl observatlon. Tne Trisvxs Investigator took n Clybourn-avenue car at Clark. and Mauison streets, and thence to thy end of the route,—Clybourn place,—where, at the Lridge, 1s located THE PHENIX DISTILLERY, of which Dickenson, Abel & Co. are the pro- llwlclurn, Near tho distillery fa an old slough. t fs not now I & most wholesome condition, on account of the accumulation there of the reason's fllth. llowever, in it is the platform of the slop-titbs, The coneern feeds 1,200 head ot cattle, ‘Tho platforn was belng cleaned off yes- terday, ‘The slough flows out under the Chi- cago & Paclfic Railroad track {nto the North Branch, Of coursc, what slop is left 1s casll: sold and speedily carted ay, yet soma will work fts way Into tho rivi he cattle pens are connected, and dung and wrine are caught In tanks and carted awny in closely-covered wagons. Yet this stufl, to some oxtent, sonks throuuh nto the earth, and thus forms another offensive addition to the river, The firn pay &30 a day durlng the summer for taking the manuro away by boat, and _proportionately in winter, ond they = endeavor to Keep n_ clean and wlholesoino place. The winter bas beeu so unusually severe that much of the flith was frozen, and is now thawing out and sending offensive vapors high fito the alr. My, Burroughs thoroughly oxplained how 1t wns to'the Interest of thy Qistiliers themselves to keep thelr places clenn nud allow no foul stuff to float into the river. In the summer it is all collezted in boats aud dumped foto the 1ake, but i winter wagous have to be used. llaving convinced hlmscll that the river liers was pere haps niore frce from smell than at ony other laeey the reporter took himselfl through mud ully six nches in depth to the fllinoks Dis- tilling Compuny. 'Thia concern, owned by Luw- rence & Bullentine, s fecding some 700 licad of eattle and scllingz a greal deal of its sfops, ‘Tho rlver siiells but Tittle here, and everything about the place Is tolerably clean. - Arzaty, coming buek to the North Sile Roll- Ing-Mills, nud just sonth of It, the North ave- nuo sever lias Just cinptied ts winter: accumu- latfon In the slothful and filthy stream. The eluyla which arlse from the surincy is ')crlccfly fearful? A ore sickening stench could not be fmagined. ALONG TIIR ELSTON NOAD somg of tho lots arc covered with water, nud the houses in them cannot help but be damnp und unhealthy, In nddition to thesc drasbacks to health, the guttors contain o rotting aceu- mulation of filth, which, fn places, smells rank to heaven, Vegetable mutter in decasing con. dition can be found on all tho streots fn alnost limitlcss quantitics. In places hoga wallow in tho mud, and the gentle goat buts his bead in- Lo tho stumachs of pedestrions, ANOTHER DISCUSTING AND FECULIAR FEATURE of this locality s the keeping of oncor two milich cows by Industrious Uermans, who like to turn nn honest peuny by sclling an excuse for mllk. ‘Tho barus are gencrally Bithy wnd simall, ‘They stink witha vigor fully équni to the North Braiichy and are quite as alckenivg and deaths dealing In thelr tendency, It would bo invid- lons to nams places, but the locality mentigned abounds with siual) cattlc-stables, and o h@Jth offleer, fn good conditlon, could find amply work cither to {ncrearc or lessen’ his u[:pumm mm;dlng to tho strougth of his digesiive ap- paratus, Progresalng south along tha river, the stench wa stronger, and decidedly more disgusting. t Blackhawk strect, the winter’s accuniulation lius Just been emptled from the flve-foot sewer Into the stream. Whatever may have been eald of thy North avenue sewer, thils {s worso o thousand fold. It may xcuin cxaggeration, but words cannot describe the actual uastiness of the smell which orlscs In this vicinity, The water Isof & gangrenous color, It has floating an its surface o glossy, greasy scum, the very color of which secins to havo sickucss fn ff. Of coursc, ,us tho sgwer accumulations are washed away, the emell in 8 mostner subsides, but tho effcct must in o great measure rematu, TItE BLACKHAWK DISTILLERY s ot tho foot of tho strect, und *Buffalo” Miller has fuvented a way of purlfying the river water to use it for baller purposcs und drinking it necessury, At this place 860 llch cows are being fed, belanglog to soventeon different par- tles,” A\ great portion of the slop s sold and carted away.dully. The manurois also hauled uway In cluscly-covered wagons. Al the corucr of Divislon strect and Elston nve there Is a Freneh kid-leather tannery, Fu I8ton avenue, tho Freuchman who runs the place has allowed to uccumulato plles of rotting cges aml other disuusting matter, which, ndded to the river-smell, makes the lo- callty anything but invitlog. The poople In the viduity complain loudly of this place, and it there §s a nulsance {n this clty which can or should be abated this is one. It requires only o glance to vouvinee one of this facl, AT THE HALSTED STRERT DIIDOE, on the north end, there 13 an accumulated pool of filth from tho tannerics fn the viciuity which helps diseaso ulong. The atink hers s abotni- nable to o degree, At Chicago avenua the river seunds up a smell milder than that at elthes North avenuo or Blackhawk street, Near hero I8 located 11, 11, Shufeldt & Co.’a Imperial Dis- tillery. Thoy are fecding 1,224 hcad 6f cattle. Tho nanuro is now belng earted to Lhke View. In summer it 1s dumped by boats into the lake. Hlero all the flith {s run Info tanks and carted awny from them, No stufll jsallowed to run Into thu river, Taken a8 a whole, tho North Branch could stand a reformation, but ft 1s the city scwers which at present add tho greatest portion to its horrible and slckening smell, e — ‘Tho Russians In Servis, IlE all Qe Dr.8tudontskl, a Russiun urmy surgeon, hasad- dressed a letter from Kraguycvatz (o the Vedo- mastl of 8t, Petersburg on tlic causes of the un- lux;'mlnfltyo( the Russtun voluuteers in Servin, jeforo the war broku out, ho says, the Servians knew the Russians but little: they had great re- nllect for the Russian namne, and lonked upon the Russians as thelr protectors, When the volunteers camo they were recelyed lke broth- cra, and every comfort was preparcil for them, But the Borviaus svon began to disllke thelr uew visitors, and with y‘ood reason, ‘Tho Rus- slan voluntecrs were “acldom sober;" they never reased to run down the Bervian army and its leaders, aud to boast of the superfority of Russla; they publicly Insulted respoctable Ser- vian women n the streets, and tho peaceable citizens of Belgradu wers vonstantly disturbed at night by thelr drunken orzles. They did not pay thelr bllls at the hotels, and if o landlord asked for what was duo to him the volunteer usually drew bis aword or threatened to blow his brains vut, At tho coachi vilices and raflway stations, il a conveyance was not ready at once tho drivers and guurds were beaten by the Rus- sfan volunteers. After giving many other fustances of outrage and disorder on the part aof the Russlan volun. teers, Dr. Studentski concludes by stating that *tho Serviuns aro moro embittered aguinst the 1t 1eslans now than cver, csj -clnll¥ as the Rue- slans accuse them of jugratitude.” —————— Hoating & City with Hteam, ‘The novel 1dea of heating a city with steam is to be tried as an experiment fu Lockport, New York. The bollcrs are to bo located ut central Blacu. and tho pipes are to extend toull the ouscs, and tho public 1s Lo pay for its beat us it now pays for fta gas, The stea-cock will regulats tho demand aud supply, — e— A Chincse Shower of Grasshoppers. ChMna Currespandence Kan Franclsco Croncls, Tsaw a sight the other day that put ms miud of that falr State, Minucsota, viz.: s flight ol grasshoppers, or rather locusts, only they look far moro like tho former thau the latter, 0s wo sco them at howme. They began to rise about ten miles off, and resembled a denso column of smoke. (padually |hc{ deployed futo llne and staried fdr *green Helds and pas- turcs new,' which, by the way, spcciincus of agriculiure fuside of twenty-four hours I cver saw in my life. While on the line of fizht an observation was made by the liar- bor-Master, who reported tho column as eight miles long aud oue mile wide. No otber ob- servation” ls nerelul{. U you pleasc. They darkened tho heavens liko @ deose cloud, and in the surrounding country it was fmui lc to wvold crushiug them under foot by the dozens. It would wake you hcartsick tabesr of the were the sichest terrible privation ana suffering caused by these peats, flmm, China had a bad ycnry of [t altocethier, Loni drouzhts made scanty crops, and these the lownste, have consumed: and now tho winter has come, and, though *John't (g niwavs repreeentud with an umbrella and a fan, it I bitterly cold all the same, the thermometer falling below zero, TCURTIS t"the resinenca of 4. £ Pleronned, 5 West Washington B by the Rev, W. 1L, Tiopkins, of 1. dohn's Efll Chureh, the lon. Charles 11, Cnrtis and Yo ‘ophic Daker, all of Chicago. No cards, ni EIN. FITZOERALD—On the 24 Inst., of scarlot ver, Evelean, eldest danghter af M, E. and Ellza Fitzzerald, azed (§ yonrn 5§ inonths and & daye, Funeral in tnke plice from the residence of hep parents, No, 127 iirogerest., on Sunday, the 4th mat, 8t 10 o'clock 8, m,, by carrlages 10 Ualvary, WOONS—~Feb, 2, Jemes Woods, nzed UG years, native of County Roscommon, al Funeral from his late residence, No, 221 Wal. by cars to Caisary, nut-st., Sunday, Feb, 4, Frienda are Invited to attenl, B Norton (Mass, ) and Martford (Conn. ) papers ploase copy, ROGERS—Jan, 31, at thoresldenca of his ajst Mra, George 11, Pags, Milwaukee, Nelson D. Hoge ors, aged U3 years, Heninin« taken to Palmyro, N, Y. WEIXELL—Fob. 2, aL2 p, m., Heney, son o Tagac Welzell, azed 4 years'and 10 mondys. o~ Fancral will take it 10 o'clock, Sunday, from No. iy West Wasliingtoitest. NENRY—Friday morning, Feb. 2, at the resl. dence No. 1300 BalFic Ry, af sibeacute ipioms mation of the hrain, nged 20 yeace, Ttom, beloved wife of Ttobert L. Henry, and cliest dangiter of tho Iata Col. Khatp, of 8t, Lonis. Services at resiience at' 7 (his evenitiz. Friende of family Invited. Itemnins tzken to Si. Lonts for U Loute, Losii 1 a St Loutr, Lexington (3o.), and Frankfo {hy.) papers please cmFy. Bl " TPOLFFICAL ANNOUNCEN THIRD WARD, There will ho o meoting of the Third Ward Re. Jbliean Clutyat 7530 thie cvening In tho i ot o Natlonal Union Le igic, sonthivest corner Wa. Dash aventio and Twent TS, s SR o Fifth-av, and Piftieth-st., OPFOSITE THE CATIHEDRAL, NEW YOUK, ‘This new and elegant hotel, conducted on the Fu. ropean plan, with a Cufsine of unsurpassed excellence, and at prices In harniony with tre times, |8 now opeq for thic recaption of guests, clther permanent or frane slent, Fituation one of the fincst In the eity, and with. in fve minutes’ walk of the Grand Central Depot, Gircat care has heen taken with the ventllation, heate ing, and plumbing. The dressing-rooms [n this house, cont (0g bath and tollet appolntinents,’ are entirely separate, thereby avolding the cacape of eewer or uther ‘polsonous gates Into tha sleoping apartments, fl‘\L.I.L l’ t & ., Proprietors. ATCTION NA Se By G, P. GORE & CO., Gy and 70 Wabash-av, On Saturday, ¥eb. 3, at 93 o'clock, 14 Crates W. (., Crockery, in open lots, Alarge Involce of Block Tin Hollow Ware and As- sorted Plated Ware, THE ENTIRE FURNITORE FRON A FIRST-CLASS RESIDENCE, Parlor and OMce Desks, Shnw Cascs, Brusacls and ‘Waool Carpeta, Cook an.d Farlor Stoyes, 230 low-Back Chafrs. A ol English B, A, Coltage Walnut Chnirs in the Winte, GEO, I GORE & CO., Auctloncers. AT OUR AUCTION SALE Boots Shoss® Rulbers Of Wednesday, Feb. 7, ‘Will contain sevoral lines of veory doairablo Bpring Goods, in addition to some heavy goods that we must close, QEO. P, GORE & 0., (18 & 70 Wabash-av. By ELISON, POMEROY & CO, Auctloneers, 84and 84 Randaiphest. Gardner House. Snturdny Morning, Feb, 8,at 10 o’elock, THE ENTIRE Kitchen ud Lanndry Out, COPPER WARE, Cooking Utenails, Billiard Tables, Cane Bceat Ohairs, Settess, &o., &o. Tarties who hava puschaseil at sales this week, must remove guoda at once or they will bo wold. HLISON,POMEROY & CO., Augtiongors, By WM. A, BUTT SRS & CO. Auctluncers, 1188ad 120 Wabasheav. BUTTERS & C0;S KEGDLAR SATURDAY SALE Saturday Morning, Feb. 3, at 0:30 o'clock, ot thelt Avttion Rovms, 118 & ‘Wabash-av., FURNITURE, OARPETS, 8TOVES, PIANOS, &o, Alsoat 10 o'clack, Chattel Mnrl%a;o Hale Furale ture, Carpets, Plano, Parlor and Chumber Sets. Also nun'clocklzm m,, BIELF HARDWARB, and LARGE STOCKTINIWAILE. SPECIAL NOTICE. ‘Tha sala of Shelf liardwars and Tinware has bees postponed to THUESDA MENT l{:(}‘nb. o, By HIRAM BRUSHL THE HASBLTINE COLLECTION PAINTINGS. Owing to the unprecedentodly bad wenther due ing Mr. llaseltino's lato salo at the Exyositl Huililing, he has concluded to offer THREE 1UN DIRED of the works of art that were thore shows, s 108 MADISON-ST., ‘Whera thiey can b sccu with comfort, as the store will by thoruughly heated, and tho pictures afv ranged 20 that buycra can viow them at thair lal m’:’“fia collection now on view, during the week day and evening. The salo will commicnce ay Evening, Feb, 5, at 7:30 o'clock The salo will be PEREMPTORY, WITHOUY RESERVE, — By WM., MOOREHOUSE & COy Auctioncers, 274 oud 270 East Madlson-at. Wo shall uell at 10 o'clock thisa. m., a larze M of uew and deelrable Furniture, conslstiog of PARLOR SUITS,. CHAMBER SETS, Library, Dinlng-room, and Ofice Furniture, Brus scls and Ingraln Carpets, Beds, Bedding, &c., @ gethor with a Jargo lot of Geaerul Merchandisd. e TN e CELEBRATED throughosd the Unlon--expressed 10 . 1M and upwa 40, U0c \wr . Addresd Grdire GUN FiKIR, Coutes tloner, Chicazo TAX IN CH. ANl veal estate taxes for 1n70 sud prior years, 82d P s0na | property taxcs fur 157, Iu the Weat Divish now due snd bayabla at 3 sl o . d UGCo uad a9 coswr. 3 Vi1 Chicagu Jaa. 18,1077, Collovtor, Weat CLickih