Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1877, Page 8

" those of her hushand, 1Ii" CHICAGO * THURSDAY, I LBRUARY 15, 1877, - THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. There will be 2 mase-meeting at Burlinglon Anli this erening of those who oppose the ase essments for opening Dearborn street, * The Res. W. H. Caoper, D, D, of Immauuel Church, will preach fn Graco Reformed Epleco- pal Chureh, corncr Hogne avenue and LoMoyne street, this morning at 8 o'clock. Tuo temperature yesterday, as observed by Manassee, optictan, 68 Madleon street (TRIBUSR Building), was at 8 a. 1n., 20 degrees; 10 0. m., 305 12 m., 835 dp. 10, 365 5 . Bar- ameter at § o, m., 30474 8 p. m., 2080, The cantl-boat Lockport, of Norton & Co's Line, arrived to<lay with & cargo of fiour from their mills at Lockport, and will return to Lock- port Thureday with a cargo of wheat. The voyags was stormy, but thy noble cralt weath. eved It bravely. : Government-Gauger Blies s roaming nn and dov'n the land trying o reconclle the different systems of gauging epirits Letween difierent ctions of the country, There has always been a discrimination against the West, and Mr. Bliss 38 workiny: hard ta stralghten the matter out. Relativee of the Hon, Carl Schirz in this ity Dave recelved a dispatel announcing the deathh wf the mother of the ex-Scnator at St. Louls, She was {n her Sth vear. The remains will be brought ta Monee, M., and burled to-lay heaide which were Interred there last year. At the apuusl mecting of the stocklioldrrs of the Joltet fron and 8 hicld yesterday ufternoon, the following Dirertors i 1or the ensuing year: W. 8. Brooks . Meeker, fohn U. Scost, Charles H. Curtle, Noy- man Willlame, mes Prekande, John Crerar, A, J. Leith ve. ¢ Edwanl Fitzgibbons, n 16-year-ohl son of Zarmer residing at Evanston, was acchlentally kitled yeatrrdny afterioon ab the South Water strect and Michigan avenue, was riding in a wagon driven by a hired man, Aust returming from tho Illinets” Central freleht 2 3 2 3 2 © depot, when a sudden jolt. of the wazon threw m out upor the pavements L hold to-day. Coroner Dictzech yesterday hetd {uquests upon Thoiuas Murrsy, who died at No, S8 North An inquest will o Wood atreet dfrom n draught of Luir poleon taken scefdentallys unon Levin Darling. 63 veara of are, who dled suddenly of npoplexy ot and upon Richiarg L. Huckett, who ries nccidentally reetivid while plunthing work v w hullding on 1. 1 Houre Committecs on the + and Educationnl 1 ttions lay and leoked over the In- sane Asvlum, They were very tmteh plensed, 2od 0ld {t was the ‘model Insine aeylum of the rll}lfldflfl" of 22100 for iy £20,000 Sor repudrs, 14 askel 1 s mtuitices coneiuded that this was ls ne of the members visited Dry 5 cluming 1o they Ieft last, evem i the Tinofs ailroad tor Chamnpalien to rin throueh the Awrleultural College, Thence they 1o tu arboudale to look at the Normal University, und thenee to Anna fo sec the Southern lusane Asylum. This will end their trip, | . THE UNION VETRRANS. The Unlon Veteran Club held ¢ meeting last inzat the Grand Pacifie Hotel, It was walled to ovder by Dr. Koch. irtee on Halls reparted that §6 lhad 8t the Grand Pacitie forits mture of cost, anl the report was adopt- ) thanks, Commiitee ta prepare an udidress asked rther thne, and the request was grranted. Luently, on motlon, the Committes Wi aist ced drom further duty, those prese #eeng 1o necessity for rsuingun address, ‘The Sceretary was fnstructed to send postal cardatoall the members with a view to secur- icg o full uttendanee ot the next meeting, and ulzv to have 31X copies of the coustitution and by-laws of the Club printed, snd also to fnforin 1he officers of the Club that unless they were present ot the pext imceting thelr positiony would be deciwred vacant, The thoe of holding the meetiugs of the Club was chunged from the lirst Monday,to the irst Wednerday of each month, and themeeting aa- sourned. MK, BEECHER AND THE TADERSACLE, 1t 35 stated oo the best. suthority that no ap- Pleation wus eyer made to the Commities which has charge of the Tubernacle to seeure it lor rmon 1o he dellvered Sunday by Mr. Beeclier. The Committee were applied'to for its use on u week doy for 4 lecture, and that was all. Lomg hefore Mr. Heccher came hiere hie bad prambsed Mr. Moody that be would preach for him n his Chicagu Avenue Churely, In order that tbe cou- Zregation, which 18 niot a rich one, mlght hear ulm trve of cost. Al reports that the Commite tee refused Mr. Beceher the use of the 'Tab- crcacle Sunday sre locorrecty the room was neyer asked for, CONFICT LALOIL" A meeting of _the Cut-stoue Contractors' As- suclation was Lield yesterday, and the following vreawble and resolutions wiro unanlwously adopteds Wnrneas, The cul rade In Cook and Wil Countlvs Is serfously ulfected by the employment uf n lurge mumber of convicts o tha Uenitentiary 1o that trade, for the reason that it 1s more strictly Jocad than sny other particnlar trados und Wuriikas, *A bill 1< now pending Lefore the Stato Legialaturo' tn which it iy proposed to it the convicts employed 11 any ome teade 1o nn(‘ be it deesoleed, Thint thin Aveociation, in belalf of its sacminrs, and nearly 1000 mechanics fn their loy, do most jerpectfully protest ag ent unequal discrimination azains 1u the Penlientiary, Jtexoleed. Vhot our Tepresentallves In the Gen- Aw v be cuinestly requested to suppost sl ik azid e fte 1OT: Tromont Howar. Lol. K HIVALS, ork MeGrath Dubuques > apan; Milwaitkeo; Co, “Ttulphi’ Flumb, § A Eastwan, 'Codar Napllss . each anil Daoket Catiin: St Lontss William Booth, Sostons the lou. [t Calioz Cal, ' W, Marchant, Pooria M. Parker, Belaits the Hon, A, Hawblet and Walter [inmblet, Lowell, Shepiran Houre—1, 8 Ev!fnr and RN v, irdiplita s Fraver, New the Ho { W, 1- allvcad Comp: 1. Veieh, New York 1. L 5. mampson, S1 Loudvy SN0 Aldriel, Coldwater SvlianiGireu, Lovdon, Evg Phllad 5, 1 LW 2 L. Muwro, Aistral Mich. ) epublican ; Boud, Xew Yoi the Mev. r}lflm Yen, Piavelers’ Oficiil PG ‘Phile dsiphis Uou. C. 8. Aldefeh, ' Provinence; L, Pate, Graud fapides o o, Dan out. ; tha lon, U, 3 At H!y"unllt‘n\l N Yoi ‘inciunatd; dohy . ochzete s, aluicr Houge= N L Mitebetl Clnebinatly ench, Detrofts 10, 1 Crittenden, dullet; i 3 Gen, G, F, Bell, Huidie A, Woodmut, Now York Aiton: J, 1, Warren, Bnf: tion. Cuarie Mclicen, Philadeiphia; s, Milwankeet ihe Hon! 1. I Ainsler, Suiith, Plitabure; J tniletuker, Ao N, Tinbbard, Dadianapolie: 1he Brown, Hed Wing, Minn, TUAT NEW 1IEARSE SOMETUING TOJ NICE REPINED PROFLE, Tl catne futo the city cdltor's room yesterday afternoon, ard fnquired for ong of the reporters, #le vias 0 nun of medium elze, darkcomplexion, uud i manner qufes and reserved, with some. thing of the civ of a physiclan or a Jawyer in the erjoymen: of u fals practice, Fe wos usked the watnre of Iis visit, 1 would Jike to bave my business wrltten up, as I have Just recelved sometbing of futercet.” He was referred to the countiug-room ua the sppropriate place for negotiatiog business no- tovs, + How nuch do you thiuk it will cust?™ » Probubly from $30 to§100." *+ 0N, 1 can't ufford to pay any such sum, 1 thouehbt that unything ol a novelty, somethivg new and appropriate to the times, was written up as an {tem, and didn’t cost suvthivg," What Iy the natuee of your business: wnat cyonzot! 1f it be soniething that will beu- all w ) the reporter oy write it up as Bews molte 2 13 an _undertaker, und I'vo got 8 bew hearse, which § bad buidt sfter sny own dealgus. Aoat of the undertakers’ hearses oro old vehl- les, on Whivh are paluted uugels with one e up und snother Jog down, - Anzels Is valear, Nive, retiged people waut a pledn hearse, tleh snd soubre {uappearauce, Mine s got up to rucet this want. There olu't unything vulgar shout {t, My horses and carrlages are of the bt wud mny drivers oll wear moursiug-livery whah vouducting u funeral. Besides, I've got i nioe 3 lMoe of collins 24 any well o sick piun wnald Viish to Jook ar, Bt that beane b a gew. Iwish you would vome down sud see it Bnekunster, ting ‘v stablishment, and the | I had it built expressly for anlee, refined trade.” The reporter mildly suggested that the hearse might be all it was represented tn be, but such o notice as the nndertaker required would have to pass inspection in the counting-ronm, Well. I am rorry you can't write it up ps newe, Sometimes [ “give the reporters fteme about fnquests and funerale, and 1 thought they would do as much for me.,” k7 “The reporter expressed his regrete at his fna- bility to reciprocate, and the undertaker filed stowly out of the sanetum with that profession. al step which he fnvariably assumes when in the presence of the deads SCARTET FEVER. CABRS YESTERDAY, The cases of reariet fever reported yestenduy were of Nos. 55 Larrabee, 670 West Lake, 32 Western aveuue, Arch street, south, of Archer avenue, 125 Tourteenth street, 87 Archer ave- e, 833 South May, 143 Jolnson, 57 Vernon avenue. Athlans ents and Thirty-ninth, 320 Weat Erle, 1655 Dutterfield, 03 Hagtings, 16 Chapin. Ju‘lzlns from tho fact that up fo last night bat nine deatha liad ocenzred froin the searlet B‘r;n In the present weck, the plague sceme to » abating, ‘Ihe officlals and all the emplu‘ycs of the Health Depnrtment ure working hard to et the city in good eanitary condition, and the Immenso nunther of nuisarice-notices which are betoir fsaued and the larco numbert of nufsances which are being abated speak well for the activity of the men, THE FOLLOWING TANLE * will show the number of deaths from scarlet fever eluce last September, the ageg of the victims, urd the number of native Chicaguans ond forcigners. The eolumn marked “N* desiznates the nattves and * B the f ol e Sent. 1, 0o Ages, | M'"VICKER’S, THR SCEXENY, LIC, 70 BE MADE TILK Au interesting test was maide yesterday on hie stage of McVicker's Theatre, inthe presence of the Flre Marshal, several Aldermen (maoug them AL Van Qedel), und fire-insurance men, of the fire-proof preparation fnvented by Mr. Boucicault for etage scenery and properties. The tests woa n every way satleface tory, The canvas as {6 cume from the stere hlazed fustantly when iguited amd hurned freely; but, after belug conted with the preparation, the- canvas would only char under a three-quarter Inch blowepipe - of ans, woudd not even Iznlte at the erdinary apphen- tion of fire, and would not blaze under nny clr- cunistoiices, Pleces of wood of the thicknese of the frome-work-used for scencs and_scene-shift- Ing, which hod ulso been cented with fre-paint, were but #lightly churred under o blaze of gns for us tnuchi s five ininutea. The preparation can he, and §a to be,applled to every bit of seene- ¥, canvus, curtaing, wowd-work, adid, machiuery employed on the staze,and a3 o protection azaiust tires in theatres it is clalied to be worth miore than all the devices that can be sugested for udditional tacilities of exit fu the auditorium, The auditorlum of a theas tre ik not so much exposed to the dauger of fire as an ordinary business bullding or residence. since tho gas I8 lighted by clectrivity, und there {3 nelther anytbing to cateh firé nor anything to start it. Tue dunger is tn the inflinmable material necessarily used hehind the seenes, and 1t secins now to he demonatrated thut this can be made practically flre-proof at small expense, The Council will do well to compel the aidoption and use of rome such fire-proof paint lu Chicago theatres fn addition to or fn llen of remoaeling the undl- torlum or adding to the number of exits, THE POULTRY SHOW. TIE DISPLAY OF THE NORTHWESTERN POULTRY ABSOCIATION S xc'c:, No. 20 Intho north “annexe of the Exposition Building 18 the lurgest and best In point of ‘quality ever exhibited in Cliicago. The collectlon embraces over 1,200 spgcimens of seventy ditferent kinds, of “hirda"—chickens, ducke, gecse, plgeons, ete. Thus far the attendance hus been fulr— not as lurge us the merlts of the show entlitle it to. The number of chlekens* fauclers ™ In uny commuulty 13 small, sud the general publle seem to think a visit would be unprofitable. In this they are mistaken, for half au hour spent in the building, with or without a catalogue, wilt gise them many new ideas, and afford them un opportunity to sve what Is not to bescen every duy, . Inadditlon to the Aslatics, Humburgs, Leg- Tiorus, Polish, Russian, Durkings, Houdaus, and Dominlyues, there are some sprendid specinens of bantams, turke ducks, geese, pea-fowly, und pigeons ol ull varleties, ‘Schuding the cus rlees, Then thero are a dozen tralned canarles, which perforis some wonderful tricks, The Bobemlan gluss-blowers are another attraction, aud {1 thelr spartment §s an fngenfous plece of merhanlson,—u strambeat which stops at u plat- form at the same time that o train asrives, the conguetor of which signals “all aboand," and away they gos also a blacksmith sho seyeral men at works thyee men making o boller; ncarpenter naillnz on a slgn; o inan grinding an ux; a woman spinnlng yaros o man weavingn carpet; and eeveral otherautomatons, —all of them working, und some muk- ing fve distinct motiuns, . The matn feature, outside of the fowls, s the *“*steam hen,'" Oneol the largest turkeys has on hls box a card which reads, I'had iio mother,”” This “bird ' was hatched by steam, ‘The wachine, for it [s nuthing else, can hoteh A00 chickens at once, the eges remaining in it the usual than—twenty-ono days, Fugs were put in over 1wo weeks befors the show opened 80 that the chicks might make their appeamnen during the exhibition, amd theyare picking their vay ottt of contlnement Lvery few mintites, Ten drew thelr first breaths Jast nichit, and four had begun to break the ahells 1o free themaclyes, The tempersture inebde {3 107 degrees, “The chick 4 are allowed to remain here ten bours, anid are then trunsferred to o box especially pre- lmml' with woolen vlothis hanging ~ from ko tdn so ns to delude them, they hud- dling Yunder the _cloths us 4f they were aother's wings. The rhiickens thus artificial- 1y hatchéd are healthy, and grow us fust ns thore not * hrouzht up by hand," sud the ud- the maching s that ove can have s (n the full or winter, Asn whole, or fu sectlonz, the exhibition §s well wortha visit, (L will beopen until Saturday evening sure,atd perhaps until’] nigl ‘There 13 some tatk of o baby show by way epllozue, but this has not yet been'deteriuined upon. . L o ST, VALENTINE - AT THE CHICAGO POST-OPEICL, For piany weeks past voicntines have been shown I all the stationery und caudy stores, and have broughit sad hearts to tlie Post-Otlics clerks, Who have viewed every pleture with horror, Poat-Officoclerke s not usually ecuti- wental, and - uever think of the fates In thele 3 they handly the messuges of love, or of the wrath that the comle valentinn will causo tha receiver, but they have learned through years of experience uvver to estimato a valentine by the envelope, site, wbape, aud style, They have Jearned through this ex- perlence to kuow that a costly envelope may cuntan a hnge daub, The mutls it the Voet-Oflice wers greutly sus creused 5mlgnhy. aud It was csthmated by’ Mz, Liuhbard, Supcrlutendent of Carrlers, that 40,000 valentines w delivered by bis subordisates, In the Mulilng Dcpsrimont, Capt. Mctirath foforined tho u-ramr that fruin 60 Lo WOKN were recelved In the malu ofive. The comic pervaded the utisos- pliere, and many were the brown_envclopes passiuz through the clerks’ kandi. Mors faney valentines were sent this vear than ever befure, and huge mail-bags were #lal with voxes which coutufned the missl valued st from 25 cents to #25 each. The stamprclerki were kept buey, and soldubout tentimes Bs mauy twareent stas usual, und were often persuaded by the gentle volees of the customers to put them on, and their tongues were nearly wory oul with tbelr endeavors to plese tho fulr sex, and thelr Jaws rendered oif und tired with giving thie Informution where to deliver them—*"Three doors soutl, fu the box.” ‘The clerks were very uccommodatiug, but some things they could not pase through the analls, as they told a amull boy who came with 3 pleco of blue glusy surrounded with advertisemcnts of dif- ereut hafr-renewers, which he stated he wanted to mall for o zood unele who byved out West und who lacked the usual coverhiyg for his head. ‘The dircctions on the valentines were, us v-unf, fu bwl bandwritiuge, The dead valentines were nuwerous, sud drove to desperation 1be clerk whu have to hundle o thousand or wor evers Valentive's Day. The Pust-Oftice othicials fi- forwed the reportes thut this valentive bual- would Iast nbout three or four days longer, After obtalning what Information the oficial had, the newszathercr stationed himeeli ont- aide, end for half an hoitr watched the men, women, aud children come and go fa the hall and dron the valentines into the boxes in a per- fec} stream. THE CITY-1IALL: The Comptroller yeeterday borrowed $2,100 on time revenue warrants, The City Treasurer paid out about $35,000 scaterday on past-due certificates, ‘The annual revort of the Fire Department will g0 to the Council Monday. The Treasurer's receipts yesterday were £2,133 from the Water Department and $588 from mis- cellaneous sources, bullling permits sere fesued Bradley, a 2story dwelling No. Vernon avenue, cost, 23,0007 ¢t o J-atory etore and dwelling, 21x3% 20k Kiunde strect. The Committee on Streets and Allesa of the South Diviston 13 called to meet W the City Clerk's oftics Ratunlay afternoon at § o'clock, It {a desired that thuse properts-owners who have aucht to ray Inregard to the paving of Lafalle strect be present. Mr. Darins Rnli:h!. of the Seweraze Depart- ment, came near loalng o horse and buguy vea- tevday afternoon, They were stanaing in'front of the Clry-Hall and a man jumped into the bue- ey andtned to drive away, Some one who knew that all was not right stopped the thicf, - Mr Quintard, tho maker of the West Side Pumplnz-Worke cngines, hos agreed with the Magar that another test. shall he made of the engines, which he thinke are perfectly able tode tha duty requived of them. This test ‘s lo conumence in about ten days and last seventy- twu conscentive hours, Before it fs made the engineg are to be thoroughly overhanled and cleaned, £0 that no complalnts can be made. The Mayor has appointed Mesere, Lane, Iae. ;\hrll. m(u Warringtot as the experte to perform e teet ‘The Mayor sald yesterday that un crroneons fmpresston had zone ot about s Reform-3choot project, The plan wae not.to have o school un- der n separate managenient, but bave it merely the fnvenile departnient of the Bridewell, uti- der the care of Supt, Felton, who favored the lan and had advoeated it for some time. The uventles could Le fought trades aml made inteliigent, If nothing else, They wounld also be eeparated from the men hardened in atl Kinds of ¢rime, anil would twless apt to develop Inta thoroughly wicked people. The Magor rather hesitatingly gave his oplnjon yesienlay abont the work of the Hufld- fne Department “for the coming year I€ only &80 were appropriated for sta “support. . propusition had been snade to the Councll to run the Department for $3,000 n year. This, his 1lonor thouzht, could not be done and have the Depavtment a separate and distiuet one. It mizht be werged nto the Department of Pabile Works, but then it wonld amount to a merse nothing, Elght thouaand u year would run the Department separately, aato whether to the cntlre satisfaction of the” publle or not be was unwilljug to venture an opinion, As the occupents of the Health ofiice were busy at thelr work yesterday there walked Ina man wwho nunounced that he was Inclined to be- lieve that he was afificted with small-pox, The ‘oecupants aforexaiil “vamoged rthe ranche, snd were rather expeditlous, He was inspected, and It was found that he did have the amall-pox, and hewas sent to the Hospltal for thuse affticted with that Juathesome disease, o had been llving ut the corner of Maxwell and South lalsted streets, awd had but recently come from Milwaukee, wherr the small-pox has been raging, It is a singalar fuct that the only cases of sinull-pox which hase come to the notice of the offlclals this seur have becn from Milwaukee, The Finance Committes yesterday congidered the estfmates of the Publle Library, aud had some of the oflldals of that d(mrununt pres- ent, The Library naked for #8400 The Com- mittee cut out the {tems for new things, anit left the estinwte at $34,000. The salorfes will remain as they are, and no odditional em- ployes will Le' allon The Pollie-Depart- ment estimates. were unchonged, except ax re- mrds the additiovs] clgbty-tive men, They were stricken out, and the salorles of those now an the force will remain as at_prescnt, The Board-of-Education’ catimates will o looked into to-day, 1t I3 expected that every- thing ‘will havo been examiued Lefore Moi day, and the revised Approvriation’ bilt will go betors the Counell that day, 'The Committee spent some thue yesterday on the matter of sewerage, and declded to recommend only enough monuy for the completion of the cou- tracte now partially completed. The requests for new sewers Wil be referred back to the Council for general dubate. - 1€ uil thuse already asked for are nllowed, #250,000 will have to be udded to the bill, THE COUNTY BUILDING. \The Grand Jury did more good service yester- day.* It s making frightful luroads on the n- Labitants of the Juil, Mike FEvans comes over cevery day und takes louk at the South Side Looks. Iie appeurs to gather a great deal of consolution frow the ex. ercise, The Treasurer yeitenday afllxed his slznature to orders on the Geueral Fumd aggrepgating 840,000, ‘There {8 now not far from §100,000 in ordeis out awalnst this fuud, nud wo mouey to meet them. Iandley, tho Superintendent at the new Ilos- pital, breathes his Just ofllielal breath to-day, 1Je hias been nurtured and tenderly cared for by the County Boanl for o great while. o fest came In favor with that Lody as o Judge of ele:tion fu McCaffrey’s ward, where Lie put In sonie goodd work for the Demnocrutle party, And now comes Commissioner Cleary, who says he, too, Ia disgusted with the way i which thu County Board 1s run, He shakea hands with Bradley, and prays night and moralug for a retnrn 10 the old duys when his colleagues had sense enough to hido their ears in thelr halr, espectally during the sessions of the Board. Jumes and Elizabeth Maxon tiled a petitlon In the County Court yesterduv asking that the numo of Francls ltyan might bo changed to \William Jomea Mason, The petition set forth that petioners had adopted the wait, now five wmonths old, and that it was tho ilegitlinate f‘hll‘: of Mary Hyau, who was unable to care for s ey . Retrenchment, it anpears, hus set In at Inst, Strange us 1Lty seem, It 1 afuct that o bill of Sextu yesterduy fur 8000 for work on the new Hospltal was trimmed down 870, Hesat pussively by and witnessed the miracle without esen ns much os rabanz his eyes, This 13 the first thne that u LI of s was ever. questioned, and Fitzeeruld did it. There 1s fn the County Treasury 1o the credit ol the Coust-flouso Fund 817,000, and thero 14 conshlerable strifs betwuoen the contractors as vhio thall gobble it up, 8o far the Hinsdale- e Granlto Company Is sliead, for yesterday Architect Exan was | ed to visit thelr aud ook after tiving them acertificate. hus haal Bis cye on tho money for some t ho ks bee slow fn getting pround and muet Lo lett, Afew ddays ago the efty authorities granted thee countyantlueitivs the privilege of putting 4 hourd fetice around (he Cougt-)louse squure elght feet outside of the cirb, but sines then it avpenrs there wias a mistuke, wivl that the dty did not Jutend to do anything of the kind, but #imply to sllow the fenre to staud whero it s, The Chulrinan of the Bullding Committes wos sesterday fnstructesd to confer further with tho ey, fur It the couuty vannot get the sanma ‘;rlvfluges that fudividuids do inereeting thelr ulldings it has vo favors to ask, Architest Cochirane bs evldently o bad odor with the Hoard, Yesterday he was Inefors the Cummittee on Hospltals und Public Baildings witha bitl of $50 for the plans for the fees Bottee aud stuble for the new Hospital, aud was only slloved $10), besidn getting o revers tongue-lushing. 1t was au xpected rebuko to Bl Luy no more thou the Commimioness d tothink hedeserved, The Laildings for he tmade the plans cos about 10,000, sl he nust cotfess Lilmecll that Le was adittls greedy fn chargtug b per cent for them whilo ho churgid a lower rate for the paviliona, - Fiix- geralkd {3 to blamo for it wet-back, Divk Weaver, the burglar, was taken 16 the Couuty Hospital y v, accompanied by a pobieviian, atud there ho wilt awalt hls restora- tlon to health, o 4 the individuul who was aled Baturday nlght on Bucker street, 0, 0 teying (6 #hot, the ball tuki wad i juil @ fow w = eileet Iu tho thiuh, ks aro and felzned to bo slnnye futensely from's o He 1s made up of ddisearen of one churucter or snotber, which have bren hs defenyy fn all his exe yerlences o eriminal life, hut {t §5 hoped that w “the Hoapiral he will bo so fur restored as to be able to o the State soie service, The ductors Lve valuable subject to diase The County Clerk: and Assfsteut Tressurer had 2n extevded interview yesterduy in relers nce Lo turning over the books ol the Houth ‘Towu to the County Collector, *'hey ditfered widely in oplolon, “Mr, Beve held that (. Lieh vould not be vompelled 10 turn his bovks over, but, va the other hand, If he voluntarily guve thew up there would be wo legal ovstacle County Collector collecting axed, ete. Lieb did'not think e had an, right to construe the faw 1o suft the caze, and, consequently, no nuthorlty to give upths hoalke, The result will doubtleas be that the buoks will drap [nto the Collector’s hands when, nider thy law, the entire Sonth Town tax becvines delin- quent. When the new Ilospital was first ocaupled, tomobody eatteeil a colice and tea urn of dimension and elegance of finksh tobe purchas A few days sfterward a bill for the same of £000 was sent to thy County Board, Yesterday it was unearthed und considerril. Everyhody diselafmed all knowledge of who had ordereil the urn, hut during the inauirles it appeared that the Hospital Committee hud purchnecd two smaller ones which had never been delivered. Architect Cochrano cune n for some hlams, While the Cominittee tried to nccuse him of ordering tha expensive article, ey In titny, ens deavored 0 et the reeponsiLiliLy on them, and in the charges and counter-ckarges every- Dody gob angry, and - the gentleman who had fornlshied the urn got bis bill audited, Tess £30, No one yet knows who ordered the urei CRIMINAL, Ianne Dyke, formerly a squealer to the pollee, hut who foll from grace by the theft of Joe Dixon's overenat, was yesterday run In hy De- tectlves Macauley and Bauder, to recelve the punishment he merits. Johu Horne, Granger, wandered into the house of Ellen Doyle, on Biler avenue, at an carly hour yesterday morbing, and was there Uitked out of 838, wherefure the entire houeo was pulleds The case will come to trial to-day, Charles Blatr, hackman, guve Hattle Grant, his cook, $30, te be given to hiswife, Hattle and the wife have had a disputo as 1o what be- came of the money, sl In consequeiice Hattfe 1% locked ur ot the Armory, charged with Jar- ceny as ballec. Al Smith, the zambler, who was so_brutsliy (1 unnecessarily clubbed by Oflicer Reicherty vesterday discharged by’ Justice Summer- ficid upon the charge of dicorderty and resisting an oflicer. It was conshlered thal he had al- ;Ll‘fll‘f recelved more punfehinent than was duc iim. John Keenan was caughit by somo citizens yeaterday afternoon cudeavorlug to steal aeve eral buggles on Lastalle strect, One Uelonging to Darlus Knight happencd to be unbitched, and Keenan was just about making off with it when hie was collered and turned over to De- tective Macauley. Detcetive: Long last evenlug ran. Into the Armory Webster Moraan, forterly a coschman in the cmrluy of May, the pawnbroker, residing at Hyde Park, who stole a quantity of clothing and other articles from his employer, Ueorge Wilson, his companion, was 'nlso run in, aud Looked fur vagraney, Willilam . Fisl John Adams, allas ¢ Red.” and W, E. ‘Tratn, alins Tripn, already under bail for vagraney, were yeaterday taken into tow by Detectives "Hyan sl Steele, and deposited ot the Armory. “They are chiarged with swindling 2 green Wisconsiner ! named A, i1, Lura, out of {25, while mukinz the trip on the North- westernn Raflrond to this city, Detective /. cott vesterday arrived liome from Bay Cl fuving. fn charge J. M. Berdell, who nted fn thls city forlareeny as balleh of €335, upion complaint of J. F. Latwe rence, The latter resides ut No. 127 Bl N an avenue, sl being out'one nleht left hix cash with Bardell, then dolng business at No, 174 West Madison street, thinkime that it was sufe s In the hauds of a brother Oudd-Fetlow, ‘The only additional information velunteerced by the detectives in the B, 8, De Goiyer eafc- robbery I to the effect that the four patticipanta in the affalr are already in lmbo,—twoe {n the city ‘wlll'l: stations, une fu the County Jafl, and another in the House of Correctlon, At the proper thne they will be brought tocether nud triet for the robbery. The burying of the urticles In Jdefferson Park was aide wlinply to nsure mu-!.]y and fnerease the probability of o large reward. - The case of Willium IL° Smith, who waa brought here u few duys ago from Kuusas City, to nuawer to the chinrze of passing counterfvit money, was brought up betore Commissloner Hoyne yesterday, and fn the absenwe of the nesessary witnessea was postponed until this afternoon. Jnmes Shay, oneof the Government witnesses, was In attendauce. 1118 presence at- fected Smftl very much usared rug does o Spanish bull, and he struck out trom the shoul- deny landing his flst m[unm between Shay'a ops tics, knocking hlin at full length ou Phil's car- pete No further damage. 2 Justlee Summerileld yesterday held the fol Jowlng: Thomaa Barnett, chuged with th Ales White robbery, continueld to the 171! Abble Blanch, lurceny of a dress and clonk froim Etla Moore, of No, "5 Fourth uvenue, 8§ the Criminal Comts Willlam Treahey, L McBride, and Jol Andersun, thirty diys to the Tousoot Corrcetion s Wilkm Browsiand Audrew "hillips, vawrauts, 850 cach: Jumes McGuire and Willlam Conkicy, contidence men, &5 eachi; Jurfes Dignan and Johu Doune, for the lar- ceny of a wolf-robe from Moses Powell, 8200 to the Criminal Court. Justive Polluk held Frank Hora, for the Central European Hotel burglary, 10 §000 to the Criminal Court. Lust evening Tlwothy Dooley, of Aurors, was foollvh cugugh to wauder Into the house of ill- Tume at No. Bi1 Clark stréet kept by Lou Wheeler. There are ulways hanging about the ‘place n seore or more of plmps who tnake it thelr business to go through every ono who vomes fu thelr way, and 170 In currency upon Donles’s person” beeamo thelr prey in - an incredibly — short spaes of thne. Dooley at onee complained tn the po- le, ond Oflcers Dunne and Loneran soon hiad lodged in the Armory. Frank Rivers, ullas It D, Pawle, and Jouzeph MeKeown, two of the worst Fpechncis known ta the polle. The money has not yet been found, but the oflicers Lave every hope of recovering it. it ANTHRACITE. Tho PTrosent Public Aspect of the Coal Atonepolists Affulre, Apectal Dispatch o The Tribune, New Yons, Feb, 14.—In ita stock report to- morrow the Zribunc s “The Committes report to be made Thursday at tho meeting of Jursey Central stockholders will show the float- ing debts of the Company, including that of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Compauy, to be uip- ward of £0,000,000, Instend of about €3,600,000, as represented by President Kulght at the meet- fuzg one week ago, We anre ut a loss to account. for the infatuution which, under theso cir- cumstances, conld have supposed tho rulstug of 1,000,000 was toald the Company in bridging the chasm upon the edge of which It was then standing, and cun only congratulate the stock. holders that they were nob fnduced to send su wuch good money after that which witl soon appear to have been frrotrievably losta Jong timo ago. But, with the exit of the Crateal of New dersey us an fsthzator to the formation of anew combination of the coal interest ape ears the Reading Company {n tha person of ita Preatdent, who, for two days, hos been working in thinelty to bring abont an sgreement to it the " production of coal, Our own Infor- mation sliowa that euch u result Is impossible, Detanse the great companies are not hidepend. ent, but foread by their largo labititics to miun sud sell ol they can, even at a small margin of profit, 1o postpone the day when they wilk lie $iu the same posltion that the Central 0f Ne! rsey wow {4, In Jersey Coens tral tho princlpal featire wus the buying {n by parties who, having soll fn-anticipation of the appolntinent of a elver, closed thele con- trocts with the actual aunouncement of the event, and the yally was not what, under the clreumstauces, might have been expected, be- cauge one member of the Committes before re- Terred toy who was hieavily lons of the stock, ae- cepted tho sftuation oud sctd s stock, The flnnl closing was heavy ut 144" 1 Tu the Testera Aviociated Press. TRENTON, Feb, —kranciy d, Lathron, adudge of the Court of Errors anl .\ :'pq'.'fls, has been appointed Recelver of the New Jorsey Centrat Raliroad, et —— - — MAN'S PERFIDY. Spestal Disyutch fo The Tyidune, * ToLEno, O, Feb, 14.~To-day Minule Mundy, # respectable Gepnmn girl of 1%, attempted to comtit sufclde by ncuns of arsenle, of which she swallowed ncarly auounce, The attempt was discovered, and she was relieved by the prompt use of o stomach-puap, cte, The cause was discovered to be hee mortification over the discovery that she waa ubout to become the mother of an illegitimnato child, whosce father i3 Heory Birkenhouer, o middte-uged married man.” Me disapoearcd very suyaterionsly a short time ago in unticipation. 0f the exposure of his After leaving he wrote o letter to one of his creditors unnutncing that he hod run away,and sdvising Lis creditor to secure what by coulil from the property lefe Lehiud. e —— . + SOZODONT. Pasalngaway! pass‘ng away! Eacli toothi-warh of o forwer duy. Sozodunt glves the conp de gruce, Guod-bye 10 the buwbage! let them pass 4 WASHINGTON. Senator Booth’s Views on the Pending Pac:fic Railroad Bills, He Secures the Adoption of an Amend- ment in the Interest of the QGovernment. Status and Prospects of the Pending Appropriation Bills. A Bill to De Reported Based on {he ’ T'resident’s Resumption Mcssago, RAILROAD MONOPOLIES. * A DLOW FNIOM SENATOR BOOTH. Spectat Dupatch to The Tribune. WAsHINGTON, 1), .y Feb, 14,-=The Unfon and Central Pacific Jalirosd men are a good deal disturbed by the result of the debate and voto to-day in the Senate. Senator Booth, who was elected upon an auti-railroad and antl-monopoly platfarm, has for the first timo made bis volce heard {n support of the principles which he has been supposed to, particularly represent. That voled*was a very powerful one. The few speeches which Scnator Booth bas made bave always commouded attention. His effort to- day, notwithstanding the counter-attraction of the argumenta before the Etectoral tribunal, kebt tho majority of the Sennte in thelr plices, Tho speech tvas more significant for Its sub- stance_than for its form. IHe commenced his mgument by saylog that the little finger of the . raflroad lobhylet In Wazhe fngton i3 more fufluential than the peo- ple's loine. lle ended It by eecuring the adoption of an amendment. which will re- quire of the road the payment of an additfonal 20150,000 in the very doubtful eyent. of the final pazsage of the bill. Booth analyzed both the raroud billa WITH A RELENTLESS NAND. In ximple terms he sald that the Govermment i3 now requlred to pay on hehalf of the Union Pa- cific Rallroad an average amount of §1,500,000 anatally, yet the bill proposes to permit the Companies to lquidate thelrentiraindebtednioes to the Uovernment in thirty-six years by t Faymem, on one liypothesl, of about $0,000, 007, and on the o<t favorable theory to the Uoverument of 810,007,200, 'The bLill” appears, In fact, to muke to the rouds an_ndditlonal wift of £50,000,060, besides the 871,000,000 Indebted- nesa now due, and the per cent of the net earnhies avnully required to_be pald by the organie set, One provisfon of the bill permits the Government ut the end of thirty-six yeors to take the road at its then present cash value by caleulation, Me. th ehowed that this woa equivalent to allbwing the roads to obtaln &1 fronn the Government for 11 cente, that belnge caent. cash value of &1 at the end of thir- 3 yeara, necordinig to the best authorties, He chaltenged contradiction of the stutement that ull the branches ot the Central Pacific Roll- roud, inchuding the 300 miles of the Boutheru Pacifie already vonstructed, have been bulit out of tlie profits’of the ronstruction and operation of the Central Pacific, while the Government has not been pald EVEN IT8 FIVD PER CTAT, The speech had o very marked effee. Senator Boutwell lunl proposed an amendment whicl provided that the KK payment required by the LI should bo made in addition to the ac. crued indebteducss and the & per eent of the annual earningy, but this worning he withdrew the smendment, Ruooth, upou the conctuslon of his speech, re- newed this arendment, and demanded 1 vote, ‘The reault was the adoption of the mmendment and its incorporation fute the Gordon bill by o v ayes 1o 20 nays,—two majority. e raflroad men are alarmed at the closeness of the vote, as they had untielpated a considers- Lle majority In their own favor, whercas they were defeatmd by two votes. "Miosu who have glven the most attention to the bill; say that the indleations now cre that unless the railrond lobby van induce one or two. prominent Sena- tors to advocate their cause, thelr tremendous uiforts of this session to secure o mezasure 80 fu\‘u;'u:.lle to thelr corporation will prove unsuce- cessful, taken, an executive’ seaslon was hnmadintclf‘ ordered, that no further octlon upon the rail- ruad question could be taken to-day. SUSPICIONS] GIVEN FOR WUAT THEY AREZ WORTH, _ Feclal Dispatch to Tie Tridune. Wasninotos, D. €.y Feb, 14,—~The Real-Es- tato Pool Committee of the House, of which (iurver, of Missourl, Is Chairnan, aud which un- der fus construction of the resolution creating it, claims juriadiction to investigate the conduct of almost any Government ollicer, or any other subject which may be brought to its attention, thinks that it bas struck o new lend to day which may develop some sensational testimony, Durlug the government of the District by tho Board of Iublle Works, the firm of Filbert & Taylor had large contracts for luying pave- ment and dolng other kinds of work on the streetsof Washington, Subsequently the partuers qguarreled, and the partnership was dissolved, r, ‘Taylor, one of them, now necases Filbert, the other, Whoe munaged the finauciul part of the busizess, of havinge used £60,000 OF THE PIRM'S MONEY without ever giving ‘o satisfactory explanation of what hie did withit, The bookkeoperof the Ori was lope If. Slatter. It seemsthat Slatter made certalu wysterions marks in the books of the Hem, which Taylor now asserts represent muney pild to members of the House Committeo on tho District of Columbia .. the last Congress il to eertaln Senators. The evidence that the £60,000 I question was thus nset does not seem 10 be very conelusive, and Flibert, the manag. ing partuer of the tirm, has been subpenaed to apnear hefore the Cominitiee o-niorrow more ing, #lls testimony may coutirmn tho susplcions entertained by Taylor and the Commnittee, or may ispel them alfogether, NOTES AND NEWS, GRANT'S CABINET CILANGES, Special Dispatzh 1o The Tribune. WasmiNatox, . C,, Feb. 14.—President Grunt will shortly give a farewell diuner to the meinbers of his Cabiuct. It ho could assemblo around his table ¢ll the gentlemen who have held Cabinet positions under his Administration elneo he went into otllee clght years ngo ho wouald have a large company, No President evey had such on army of advisers, Iic has had two Secretaries of State—=Washiburue and Flah; four fecretarivs of the Treasury—Routwell, Richardson, Bristow, and Morrill; three Lost- mgster-ticaerals—Creswell, Jewell, aud Tyner; five Attorney-Gederals—Iloar, Akernfan, Will- ams, Plerrepont, und Talt; fonr Sceretaries of, War—Bawling Belknap, Taft, and Caaerong | wwo Becretaries of the Navy—DBorin and Robe- sony and three Beeretaries of the Interior—Cox, Delano, and Chandler; In all twenty-three, Of these only one died fu oftfce, Gen. Rawling: two- e );mmulcd 1o forelgn missions, Wushburne an Pierrepont; one went to the sSenate, Bout- well; one, Richardeon, was retired to the Denedy of tne Courd of Claims toget rid of bim; threa realgned with moru or less diserace attaching to them fu pubtic estimation—Helknap, Witlais, and Delano. Only une, Fisb, has held oflive throneh very nearly the whole perlod of Grant's WO terme, THE APPROTRIATION BILLE, . Kenator Windom, Chairinen of the Commlttes on Appropristions. suys that it will L posslble ta pass the Appropriation bills befure the end of the sewsfon, provided the two llouees go to work In earnest, but that there s no time now for uceldents or sdelay. Thestatus of these bills I3 as followst The, Navy bill i now under cop- shleration In the’ Hoise; the Army, Sundry Civily and_Biver and Hurbur bills sre fn Coui- mitteo and ready for action, The Post-Otfice bill has Leen veportcd o the Senate, but not priuted for want of funds. - The Indiun, Consulur, ol Diplomatle, Fortitication, and Military Academy Dllls are {a confy e, Without serius disagree- mant, The Deflelency bill is reported from the House to tho Senate, but not printed for want of funds, The Lewiglative It s ready for con- sideration, ~ He sgld that tbis was the most Altli- cult Wil 1o agreo on, as the uude in the House were such that the Scnate would not uevedn to nany of Its provisluns, ‘Fhe Senate amendiment restores this bl to substantially the satwe us the present year. DITILLERY SBIZED, ‘The Treasury Depuartment hus information of the seizure of the Menomouee Distitlery at Sl- waukee for trayd in whisky. This 14 one of the noted conu during the Hristow rald. The Jeuient course pursued of late toward all of- “euders fu tbly purticular busisess of awiudling After the vote on Booth's mmncudment was' the Government appears to ¢ emboldened the above establishinent, as the system of fraud, as reparted, I8 In part newrdmg to the very method discovered durlng Bristow's movement. GRANT'S NESUMPTION SCIEME, Ta the Western Ausocited Preee. ‘Wasmoron, 1. C,y Feb, 14.—A bill has been drafted to meet substantially the recommenda- tions of the President in his'recent specinl mes. rage with regard to early specie payments, and submitted to him as It "probably " will bo to the Committee of Ways and Means. Its provisions differ in several respects from the sucgeations of the President, but there 18 reason to believe that he will not seriously object to the changes, The bill provides for the use of the thirty-year 4 per cent bonds alrendy authiorized by the nct of Julg, 1870, and by the redemption act of 1875, The ninount of greenbacks to be funded into these bonds s £100,000,000, llmited to 810,000,000 fn any one month. A fur- ther xunt eay of 230.000,000 [n greentncks Is authorfzed” to be withdrawn in cxchnnge for subsidinry silver, and to this emd thie enln is 1o he increased to the azgregate of 354,000,000, Inelnding the 50,000,000 at present authorized. The theory of this provision is that sliver change will take the place of simall greenback ones and arg limited by the act of 1853 to 000,000, but the nmount now oulstandinge is elieved to be below 30,000,000, No commis- slon {e allowed for funding or the exchange ot greenbacks for honds or “silver coln, ‘The ex- penses of engraving, printing, ete., of the bonds, are limited to one-fourth of '1 per eent, are indiaations that the LIR will meet with favor from both sides of the Houseof Representatives nflclr '.Im Prestiential troublo shall have been settleds TOE LEGISLATIVE DILL. The Leglelative, Exceutive, and Judicial Ap- propriation bill, as reported to the Benate, is amended hy the Committee on Appropriations #0 na to mike nll ftems for ralaries wntorm to the amounts established by the luw of last year, "Lhe bill as passerd by the House proviaes tor a general reduction of salaries,to thelextent of about one-tenth the amounts aitthorized by the existing law. ‘The Senate Committes also add the ftem of £830,410 to pay judgments fof the Conrt of Clalns. 3 TILZ SUPREME COURT. Owing,to the arduous duties of the five dustlees of the Supreme Court on the Electoral Cummission, the Court, Instead of commencing business on the 1%th inst., pursutant to adjourn- ment, will probably take o furtler recess untit the 20th fneg, CONGRESS. AENATE. Wasmnatos, D. C., Feb. 14.~The joint res- olution of the Minnesota Legislature ! asking an appropriation for the improvement of the Red Tiver of thic North was referred. A bill appropriating §250,000 for a fire-proof bnilding for a natiousl museum was placed on the ealendar. -\ petition from the widow of Rear-Admiral Wilkes, praylmz that Lier name be placed on the pension-roll, was referred. . The bilt semoving the politieal dlcabilitics of Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginly, was passed, . The bill providing for tho preparation and publication of & new editfon of the Revised Statutes of the United States wag parsed. Mr. Conkling nsked that the Ml fo provide for the digtrlbution of awards made under the convention hetween the United State and Mex. Ien ba paseed now, but objection was made by Mr. £pencer, who had a telegram from a conetitucnt saying there waa frand in the matter, and was now on the way to Washington, Mr. Doreey Introduced 8 bilt amendatory of, and supplemental to, the nct of March 3, 1507, to In- corporate the Tezas Pacific Rallroad, nod act of July 27, 1800, granting lands to old in the con. struction of a raiirond and telegraph Iine froim the States of Missour and Arkansas to the Pacific Ocean. ~Referred. The bill §n o copy of the ra-called compromise Texor Pacile M recently reported to the dtonse of ftepresentatives by Mr. Lamar, from the Com- mittec on Paciflc Raiirouds, "The Senate resumed consideration of nnfinlshed Lasiness, belng the bill to amend the Paciile Nall- Tuad ncts Ao s to creato a nklr:‘;: fund for the Mquldation of the Indebteancas dun the Governs meat by the Pacliie talirosd Company. Mr. Boutwell withdrew the smendment sub- nlhlelll:‘yblm several days ogo (o tue Uill of the Ttallroad CommIttee, providing for the nayments of $750,000 per aunum, to hu wade by the railroad tompanies to tho credit of the ainking fund, shall bu lu uddltlon to all puyments or requiremcntn from the companles undér the orlginul acts, jne stead of In lien of ull payments or requiremcnts under thoso ucts, AMr. Booth renewed the amendment, e nleo submitied au nmendnient to the eecund section of the Rallrosd Committee so a3 to provide that the Central Pacific and Unlon Faclfle Companics shall cach pay into the Treaxury of the United States 750,000 I equal seml-annual Installments on thy drst day of April and October In_ecch year, com- mencing on the fimt of October,” 1877, . In lawful * wmoney, until rald sums, Intercet thercon as Lcreipafter provided, shall be anficient, when added to_other sutas 10 the credit of the sinking fund, to pay off and extinguish the Government bonds advanced, with 6 per cent ln- terest thereon from thelr respective dates up fo the dute when they are o pasid sod extinguished, 1uterest on all suns placed to credit of sald slnk- lnz fund shali be eredited aud added thereto seil- annuollyaj the rate of Gper cent perannum, Provided, however, that if the foregainz provision shall prove insufiicient to extinguish the Govern- ment bonds and Intereat thereon at mnturlty, the vemi-annunl payments shall be inci ed 10 such wuin an will by susiiclent for that purpose, e alo wmoved to strike out the ffth section of the bill ree ported by the Committes on ltaliroads, which pro- Videa that cach of wald Companics shali Le entitled at any thne time toanticipate auy urall of the semi- aunual paymenty by paytent (o'h vernment of the then present value of such seml-nnnual pay- mente dlrconnted at the rate of G per cent per ui numn: but the sumn ro pald shall not be levs than $1, 000, 00 at any one time, ile alvo snbimitted au additional section to the bl Ymvldlllz that Congrews shull hasu power at any time {o amend, alter, of repeal the act, Alr, llarvoy submitted an awendwent providing that nothing in any of tho Puclde Iallroad octs whould be convtrued ¥0 us 1o exempt from taxation by State authority lands which the Cotnpnles have eivrned by the contruction of their ronds. ‘The question belug on the amenduient of Me, Touth providing tbat the 760,000 to be patd by the Companies 1o the creditof tho sinkliug funi #hall be, in uiddition to other payments, instcad uf aud In licu of uil nie o requircmenty, was agreed (o,—yeay, 20,~23 1ulluw Alearn, Merrtmon, Authuty, Morril, Tayera, Dgleny, Hout h Roerta, Boutwell, M Wailelsh, ol WAAZ i =2, Cockirell, ™ 5 Mieeelt Serwol, 5 ‘s Logau, Pending discuasion, the Senato went fnto ex. ecutlve session, When the doors wore reopensd the Railroad LIl swas Jaid anlde with the underetanding thut {f sbonld be unnished busiioes to-morruw. The Senate billappropeiating §7,000 tu pny the expruves of the Blectoral Cominisglon passed, Mir, Sargent, from tho Conferenco Commitice on the bill auproseinting $550, 000 1u " supply the (- fictency fi the_ nppropriation for publlc printlug and binding durlig (ne current ihaeal year, mada i report, which was azreed to, and the” bill pasven, t provides that from and after the present acs #lon of ‘Congresd tho Cunzrevsional Frinter shall not pay a prico exceeding 50 cents per 1,000 ems for compueition, and 40 cents an hour for lhoe work in binding, ete, Alr. ;Windom, from the Commlittco on Avpro- priations, repurted back the Legislative, Judiclal, and Executfyo Appropriation. bill ‘with aundry smendmcute, Placed op the calendar, ‘The Benate then took's recess unill 10 o'clock to-morrow, . % 1OVSE, g, Aayler naked Jeave tu offer o resolation di- recling tho Secectary of the “Lreusnry 10 report within ten days the actual smourt of gold voin und balllon and “wmilver coln and by now {u the ‘Treasury, detatled statement of all outatanding , payable on demand in culn, with tho balauce uctauliy owned by tbe Treas. ury and aveilable for the resumption uf wpecis ymeuts, and also whether sny bonds or other wierest-beariig oblizations have been leued qurlug the past or preecnt year fo the purchase of any such coin or bulllon. Mr. Kaseon (Iows) objected, ‘The supicet under conskicration belng the reso- Tutlony of'the commitleo lm‘l‘lli{\ll[n'; the Florida election-caze, Mr., Thomvson, Clalrman of the Committen, utated that the miuorily had bren treated with tho greatost fulenows, sud any charge 10 Uiie contrary wus uttecly untrue, . The wajority resvlution, declaring the Tildea Electns n)! tlected, was ihen adupted, yeas, 1433 naye, 82, —a party vole with the exceptivn of Purinan, of Florids, who voted 1 the afirwative. T Ifouse went fnlo Committcs uf e Who (31r. Mills, of Texus, 18 the chair) on the Naval Apnropriailon bill. The bill appropriates 814, [, a4 Al', Whittborna ealid that In the praper placo e Sniended 10 oder o au meiloient a il reported frow the Commitice ou Naval Afairs tu autborize the appalutientuf s mixed Coamiswion lo decido upon the fature naval policy of 1Ly United States, M eallcd atiention 10" the” fuct that sitee VKU1 there had been capended on the navy over SG0, - 000,000, 254 yet it was Dot as elicicut to-day as bn 1L, Mr. Tale sald that the gentlemag from ‘Ten- neasce (Whitiborue) bad fast year divco n for Improving the pavy of e Ual f wilidel was by tie by meut of the Sece retary of the Navy, ‘f'lat stivapt had falled. Now he caue fornard with u propositiva for a Conraisrlon whicl was Lo be 3 pauacea for all the fils which ahictel ths Novy Degartment. ‘The Commission Was 10 b made up of Sthree peravue who bad paescd thcle Ives In the navalwenice, sud of #ix persons who in all prodability would suow nothlug whatever about the subject which ey wonld Inquiré fnto. He denled that the Amerfcan navy was in a worse condition than it bad ever bern in before, “The hill was then considered by sectlons, Mr, 1lale moved 1o amend by incressiniz the approprin. tion for the pay of officers and seamen of the navy {rom £0, 250,000, a3 appropniated in the bill, to 7,000, 000, 'and, without coming toa voto on' the amendment, the Committec roe, The conterence report an the bill providing for 1he defielency in the ln&roprlnllunl for the support of the Public Printing-Office was apreed to, ‘The louse then took & recess untit 7:30 this evening, the evening searion 10 be for the constders ation of the Naval Appropriation bill, The Houks metat 7:40, and immediately went nto Committeo of th ole, Mr, Mill f 8, 1n the chiair, on the Naval Appropriation bill, rendlnw queation was on tho amendment Increas. ng the appropriation for the pay of officera nnd men [n 4o nasy from 8, 250,000 to §7, 030,000, gohtier'n Ton debate, ' the amendment wav re- ected, On motion of Mr, Seelye, £5.000 was appropri. ated for the rednction of the observations vn the transit of Vent By SMALL-POX SCOURGE, Fpectnl Dispateh to The Tribw Garesy, 1L, Feb, 14,—~Several daye ago Tie Trinuxe pave publicity to the fact that the swall-pox twas raging to an alarmipg extent in eome parts of Sonthern Wisconsin, especlully in tha village of Iighland, Iowa County, Since that time the dreadful disease has spread with reinarkable rapldity, and yesterday fiity caecs were reported, SIx deaths oceurred lest week, makinga total of twelve. Tlightand fs usprighf Iy minlug village, about fity milcs from this eity, aul fs locuted n considerable distance from any Mne of rafiroad, The intercourss with the surrounding towns has Ueen mostly cut off, and very many of the people, it §3 said, are suffering " for the nee- essarles of life. The citizens of Dodgeville ara devising means whereby the wants of their neighbors may be relieved both In the way of food aud mafiml attendance.” The disense wns introduced in Highland some three weeks ago by nniner who applied to o physician for a rémedy for what he supposcd was an‘affection of the'ekin. He was informed that he had ihe small-pox, and tras advised to keep off the stréets, The miner became ancry and threat. ened the life of any ote who would dare to charge him with having the dirense. Sle min- 9lm !recl{,\\'nh the people of the village. and wur menbera of the family with whomn he way boarding contracted the “discase and subie quentlydied, SCHILLER—On Taesday morning Feb, 13, at 5 o'clock, Tda, danghier of Mrea, M. A, Schli- iur, widow, ayed 14 years and 1 month. Funerul from rextifence, No. 60 South Halated- st.. Thueadag, at 2 pem, BOSE—At Jacksenville, Fla,, Tucsday, at 9a. m,; Herman Tiose, of lilue feland, 1l Notlee of tuneral ater. 0; 14, ot his residence, 42 Ray rson, tn bis 30th yoar, 0, ut 10 v'clock, from St, Funceal Priday, Feb, 10, James' Catholle Church by ‘cartingo to Calvory. SMITH—AL 41 Enst Kiozie atrect, Charley Smith, lyiml 1 year andD monthe, Funeral I\yc:rrln}'u to Grpeeland Friday, Feh, 10, at* o'clock. Friends nvited. §57-dullet papers plense copy. SCIOFIELD—~On Feb. 13, John Schofleld, aged I'ID’!NH’I. ‘wuersl by carrioges to -Calenry from the resl- dence of Lls somelilaw, John lianlon, 1813 Ohlo “Cnrsdag, Feb, 15, at 11 o'clack, w York pupers pleare copy. N-Of rearlet fever, Hattle Ada, danghtor of Ciaties B, und Mary L.’ Fifun, oged’ 1 year11 £ nt108, . to-day ot the rest . P, Derickson, 423 West Fifteentl KNEIP=Mre. John Rnelp, Q: her late residence, 23 O'liclen #treet, azed 433 venrd ani 2 days, Funeral Friday at 11 o'clock. - CONLIN--Fel, 14, Infaut daughter of Michact and Haunah Conlin, aged 4 wonths and & days, Funeral from XNo. 18 Pleasaut-st., Friday, tue 10th, Ly carring Lalvary, BATLY-Grace A, daughterof T, R. ond O, 11, Dutiy. Funeral to-day to Renosha, s st EUPEON. Lethe moit wonderful temads for Rheumatt Neuralgiu. It never fally: uad for ieadaclie, too Phles, eiviv, cuts, s, brufees buent e, thousauds can testify, &fTord Instant rel 73 eod 77 Randolphest., Ueuers) \Wholesale ‘Agents, P iy will you suffer with Neural. e, ¢ len you ‘enu he €te., ¢ the dépot for Eupeus, T4 CELEDRATED throughons the Unlon--expredscd foall parts. 1D and_upward st 25, 40, U0 per ®, " Addreie orders GUNTIER, Coatec Ll Chleazo. nld for slagle yolumes Muraries, Hi¢ for Janl 3 ool o nddress CHATIN', Cgrner Madlsou suil ‘Dear ora: T AvCriON MALES, By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. Auctloucers, 1i8aud 120 Wabash-ar, BANERUPT SALE. RETAIL DEALER'S STOCK, 2,000 pairs Boots and Shoes, For Mens, Toys Wome's woi Thursday Mcrnlug, Fe Bugte: et "l‘n"" an Iy Gnufis, W"unltmi aud Clo [hing. KEGULAR THADE $ALE = THURSDAY MORNING, Feb, 15, ‘elock, atour Auction Mouse, 118 and 120 War g desiratts, lnes Fancy and Etaple Dy d Buss' Clothing, Wool e, i1t Bioek ux’mu und Blioce, u Inrge aod T IERA L C0.. At ATCTION SALBE. MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. THE WOKS OF Rov, Honry Ward Beechier, ratle Works, Friday Afternoon, Teb. tepe’ Aucifon Kouuns, Conuet 0 "3 8 & CO.. Aucttoaeere FTTERS & CO0’5 HEQULAR SATORDAY SALL Baturday Morning, Feb. 17, at 0:10 o'clock, at thelt . Falesrooms, 118.& 120 Wabasheav., FURNITURE, CARPETS, & BUNEW COUK STOVEN, best make. CHATTEL SMOETUAUL BALE, Entire Furnbihings of a Genteel Revidence, FIANO FURTE AND FARLOL OfUAS. €8 and 70 Wabash-av, On Saturday, Feb, 17, at 9:30 0’clock, 10 crates T, G, crockery and sellow ware, Engllsh B A, cuttage walnus chelrs, W Heck wood-sesl chalre ita futialo alus cane-acat halrs Ve havo out anrliigatock ob vals which conslite¢f & yreytarys and splendid amortient of furatiure. AV Tend tuld saio and secury Uargalus, wrior anil chawber furulture of every deseriptionl Leg, walout bedsteads "All on and gyl tubles, wire oyiges, ruckers, hull-press, ' +ide-bo; GOIE & €O., Auctionecri, = — , POMEROY & COy ‘Auctloneces, 5aud 84 Standoiphest. For Our Regular Friday's Sale, ¥eb, 10, 0t 0:30 8. m,, wo have an Imments 13" out ncw and second-Lacd Parlor & Chamber Furniture, CARPRTS, Loupges, Chairs, Draks, General Housebold Goods General Megchandise, e _“n‘c‘”m:m' & co. 303 e —— By L, MOSES & CO., Auctionecrs, 25 East Washington-st. Thursdaz, Feb 13, 1577, a4 0:30a. ., Large falo of Staple uud Faney Dry Goods and Nowlous lue of Cusaliurrea 3nd Ei y JAS, 147 Wabas . LarzeBariropt Stock of Baots aud Shees at_kA:aL'N. Thls (FLureday) Moratag, 8t 0 o'clocks JAS. P. McNAMALS & €O, ductluncer® 0 [ % 2 4 i