Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1877, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY., FEBRUARY. 24. 1877—~TWELVE PAGES, THE COURTS. ‘That Difference Betwean the City and the West Side Gas Company. The South Side Compnny Avers that It Never Bribed an Alderman, A Genial Husband Who Mado His Wifo Eat a Bar of Soap, New Salts, Judgmenis, Confessions, Bankruplcies, Ete, Tt 1s not probahle that Judge Drummond will deckde the West Side gas case before he gons to Bpringfield, Ilc promistd ‘to give an opinion when tha counsel fn tho-case furnished him their briefs, but up to yesterday afternoon he hiad not received them, and, as he leaves the ity Monday evening, there Is not much time re- mafnlng fn which he could examine them. In the easo of J. A. Danicls vs. The City of Chicago and the Chicago Gaslight & Coke Com- pany, fn the Clrenlt Court, the Gns Compatiy filed its answer & day or two ago, admitting that acontract woa made between it and the vity lu May, 1889, to supply the city with gas fora ‘perlod of ten years, but denying that any fraud, or bribery had been used in obtainiug such contracts The Company also denles that an approprintfon was a coudition precedent to the valldity of the contract or to the pdwer of the city to make it, and avers that an appropria- tlon was novertheless made prior Lo the con- 1ract by the Council concerning the expense to be Incurred under it. As to the gas-plpes and strect-lamps;which have been erected (nsparsely- settled ulstricts at great expense to the city, It Isstated that the city alone ia responsible for such outlay. The Company aito denfes that It can turuish gas at $1 per 1,000 fect withont losa, and thinks fts contract price eminently just and falr. It{salso denfed that the city owes It £300,000, but admits that on tho 1st of January Jast a full and satlsfactory scttiemncnt was hod between the partier. In conclusfon, the Company denies agaln that 1t procured the pussage of the contract by bribery or fraud, and usks to have the bill dismissed for want of cyuity. TOO MUCH LOVE TO FAST. It s rare, when thero Is Jove on both sides be- tween husband and wife, that cither wants a di- voree; but sitch was the case yesterdny. Mrs, Ella A. Love fited ler bifl agalnst her husband, A. B Laove, charging him with cruclty, Sle was murrled June 16, 1872, at Niagara Falls, and were thus enabled toscothe wonders of 1hat place without Leing taken in by hotel. krercu and extortionate hackmen, The auroral flueh Which gilded the Tiorn of thelr married Tife yassed away In about three months, when J.ove hegan to show thnt lils passlon wus of basa metal. After she had retired one night, ho Drouent home o basket of peaches and rovsed Yier ont of bed to make them tuto preserves, She mildly Intimated that the fralt was not of stich an evanescent or delleato character as to be injured 4 it should be kept over for a day, but Te wonlil sceeptno excuses,and tha peaches were wreserved that wight, though her temper wus spolled. In Februgry, 1874, ho seized heran ove occasfon when she wus In her servunl’a room, threw her on the floory and fed ber witha bar of wushinw-soup, aintl) aho was almoat choked. ‘The resull way she had a mlscarrlage. A few mouths uflter, ho ordered her to goand purchiuse somo articles for a fancy store, which hie kept. 5ho told him ‘her health was not good, and that she could not goout, Upon this he caught hold of her, and, after pounding her, dragged her dows three thghta of stalrs, Injuring licr 2o that lier lfe was In danger. Aguinin April, 1874, two days ufter she was conliied, he, Leat her severely, There {8 a hittlo Love left between thom yet mamed Florenee, now nearly 8 years old, and the defendant han carried her away and hidden her o somo unknown place In Now ‘York, so thut she cutnof bo found. And Mrs, Love, be- xitlen # decreo of divoree, asks for ihe care und custody of her child, ITEMR, Judee Drummond will to-day liear 8 domurrer Inll.ln: case of Van Weil va. F. 1L Winston amd others, Crafts J. Wrizht was yesterday appointea a Uunsd Btates Commissioner by Judge Drum- mond, Elbridge Hanecy was admitted to practlce fn both the_United States Courts. Judge Blodgett will not be fu court to-day. Judges Gary, Jumeson, Booth, and Farwell wiil licar motlons to-dn, 3+ Judge Moore will hear wotlons and default divorco cases; and Judge Rovera will try submitted cases, Judge MeAlllster ‘will hold 1o court to-lay, and Monday he will go to the Criminal Coart 2 Liar tho Sulllvan murder case, The case of MIIls va, Wood wos concluded yesterdny, und given to the jury with Jeave to -seal verdiet, In the condemnation ease of the aity ve, Do Golyer, before Judge Jameson yesterday, the Jury were dirceted to vislt the prémises in cons troversy. o - UNITED STATES COURTA. 3 The Unfon Mutual Life-Insurance Company filed o LI aguinet Glbert T, Sith sud L. D, Roons, trustee, to forecloes o trust deed for 15,000 on the west 37 of the cast 3¢ of Lho ;fiu'l;: }'{401 tuo No W, & of the B, WV, & of Sce. Tonjuniin W, Folwer and Henry M. Folger b fon asult for ss.u'i; nguinat J?meu I iudz': ron, Milton B. Whitney began a sult in forcible vn. I{)’ ond detalner sgalust Marla C. and Danjel W. Gamimon and Edwin Malley to_recover pos- rednlon of the Liouse and lot No, 74 North Aun street, l\r\;hcclcr Truesdell sucd E. Ashicy Meara for The Thompson National Bank, of Tnmlfl‘lnn. Conn,, sued Timathy L. and Thnothy E. Milter Tor £1,500, The German National Bank brought suit to recover #0,000 from James W, Eddy, 8, 0. Pad- fock, W, L. Sargent, Thomus G, MeLaury, C. lh?‘. and Willlam C. Whitney, olin Shoffucr und 8, ¥, *Steingfcllow sucd Siwncon 1, Haskell for $3,000... BANKRUSTOY MATTERS, An Involuntary petition was tlled yeaterdny againat Willinm' bard, 4 Jeweler carrying ou husiness at Aurora as William Lambard & Co, The following are the petitloning creditors, with the amount ol their clubms: = Pitch & Chat. terton, SUIN. Lincoln, Teflt & Co., 8503 Freund Goldamith & Co., $103.03; and Spencer Qutlcal Manufacturing ompnuf', 178, They charge hin with having on the first of Devem- ber laat made a sule of his atock of merchandlse, Jewelry, watches, and siiver ware worth $10,000, o onw J, H. Glibert, of Auroru. A rule to show wiuso March ¢ was entered, sud an injunction to prevent Gilbert disposing of the proverty. n fnvoluntary pulfilun wus alsu tlled agulnst Willlim Meagher, g coal dealer at No. 363 South Yarl avenue, by the Eurcks Coal Company oo u clalm for 03T, aud _ Smith, Robbius & DMoody, who tlalm 21 Tuoy.charge that Meagher, on the 27th of J; uuy last, belng aware that suits had begun avainst bim, concealed about §4,000 in IllDIll:{ 1o prevent its being wetzed, and that on ths 15th of Februry he coucealed $1,000 more for & wims lar purposs, About the 27th of Juuuary he Jelt this ¥tate with Jutent 1o Qefraud his eredis tors, fifs vrupcr}[v consisting of cual, wood, ., Was, on Lhe 14 lh {nst,, stlzed under attach- ment fssued by Justice Matson, and Meugher Is nuw |ryln;§ to Bettle with lis creditors at 30 cents on, the dollar, A ruls to sbow cause March 6 wus fssued. 5 An Invulunlnlfi chmlou was lkewlse filed orainst Louls Roth and Willlaw Tauasiz, deglers In clgars wnd tobacco ab No. 18 Lake strect, by (he following purties: Lobensteln & Gaus, $702;3 Humbureer & Co.y $756.30, )y und 8, Blumlel’ & Co., §7&05% “The tirm {8 ubnrl.,ud. bealdes suspension of pay- mient, with baviug made, Jun, 15, a fraudulent sselrnment of all thelr whole stock of tobacro und cigary, worth $2500, tn 3 relative, A. Hy- wan, for a pretended cousiteration. It §s turther ulleged that “Tauusliglion, sitco the as- sigument, earrled on Lhe business ut the sawme vlace, with the sainp stk of goods. Roth few days before tho sale, diew §2,500 from thy ing account, converted it to his 0wn use, und lnn\‘ wpened s wholesale toaacro business at No, 6t West Lake strect, ‘The debtors are now en- Jeavuring to compromise with shetr creditors at 40 cents ou the dollar, A rule to show cause March 5 wuas entered, and also an fnjunction seatust Hyman wnd ‘Roth to prevent them 1rows disposig of thelr propersty, su order for 1he exapination of the debtops Feb. 24, befory Regdster flibbard, and a provislunal warrant of seirure, A composition meeting witl be held Mareh 10, Letore N r Johusou, 8t Ueorla, i the caso o Alexauder fnues, « TLo stock of Joe Ball was ordered to be sold for $1,000, The Asalzuco of Estell & Jeuking was directed 1o Liirn over the aescts {n hirs hands to the bank- ru‘r!r. Af all lena are dischnvged. = Che rale of the stock and fixtures of J. K. Van Duzer was approved, and the ase was ro- ferrwdl 1o the Repister to report. the priority of the liens an the proceeds In the Assipneo’s hands. ‘The case of Juseph L. Day waa referred tothe Register for final report. ' in the easc of K. Morton & Co. the Assignee was auttiorized to acll the bankrupts’' stock at 434 per cent on the inventory price, and the fixtures at 25 per cent, ‘The bida on the Look nvounts were rejected, 'The Assimnee of Biddle & Boyd wae directed to keep the tankrupts’ store on’ Madison atreet open, and sell omda for eash, in the ordinary courre uf trade, for thirty days. An Assignee will he chosen lhhlmornhlz atl o'clock for the estate of Louis Relnach, The adjourned first-dividend meeting In the case of the Crystal Lake Plckling Company Is 3t for & p. m. L-day. BUPERIOR COURT 1N MRIEF, Benjamin W, Thotnas brought suit for $1,200 Featerday agalnst Morton Culver, nel 8. Pago sued John F, Eberhart for $1,500 r Rosa fled a Il against Jacob C. Magill, Helen S, Magill, Henry Galo mitccessor in trust, John Elsey, Merigold, John Boyle, and Mary Boyle to foreclose & morigage for £1,500 un Sublot 4 of Tots 7 and 10, Block 13, of the Original Tawn of Chicago, Gustavus H, and Edwin J. Witthaus sued :\"Imm H, Marris nod Martin R, Cobb for T, Sutherland, for the use of Ann E, Suth- erland, brought sult to recover £5,000 from Marsh H. Reynolds, The Raccoun Valley Coal and Iron Company sucd Jamas Cherry for 21,500, Isanc P, Coates commenced n pmt againat the Chicago Cotton Manfacturing Company, claln- Inl: £10,000, Willlam C. Eagan began n suit for £6,000, and Hardy & Cummings another for £10,000, azainst the sume Company, Georne 1L Lootnls hagan an action for 85,000 agalust M. D. Opden, Georgo Taylor, N, 8. Houtur, Bewlamin V. Page, Kedmond Prindic ville, and Elizabeth 8, 'Wadsworth, . C. Thompson aud C. A. Paltzer sied Al- “bert and August Grundles for £1,000, George B, Cluett ct al. stied Whilain 11, Har- ris and Martin R, Cobb for $3,500. Collins 1. Jordan filed a bill against Stephen and Alice Palmer, Myron L. Penrce, George W. Neweomb, 8. M. Dunnfng, aud Eugcue L. Qraves to foreclose two truat-decda for $2,000 eachi on Lot 4 in Block 2 of 8, F. Bmith's Sube divisfon of the 13, 89, 14, Al fon ol the east 110 3-100 fect of the west Lalf of Block 51 {n the Canal Tustees' Subdivision of 8ee, 70 39, 4. ; \\'::drun, Niblock & Co. sued John Vln‘ Pelt ot 5 . A. Cordeman & Co. hronght suit to recov- er $6,000 from John H, Donlin. Augustus L. Chetlaln, administrator of M. O, Walker, brought suit againat William M, Deo to recover $2,000. CIRCUIT COURT, Richard and Mary Zeliner filod o petition yes- terday usking leave: to adopt a :h(lq?cz years old nnmed Bertha Speckin, tho daughter of John and Kotherine Bpeckin, The parents aro not living together, but have given full consent to the propused proceediug, E?‘r\u . MeCormick filed o distress warrant agalust IL 8, Iudden to recover § 4% back ront of the second and third oora of No, 244 Wabush avenue, COUNTY COURT. In the matter of the Village of Hyde Park, a nule wns entered to filo nbiccunnn to special ns- Rtl'sngcma In Rolla Nos. Bl and 69 by 10 o*clock Monday. ' tl"tllm estate of thll"ll ?ono::c, lcue‘r‘n n‘f‘ r'u'lmln- stration were sgranted col V. Wheeler, under bond for 40,000, e g Iu the estato of Josephi Moorehouse, letters of adm{nistration were lasued to Charles Moore- house, under bund for 812,000, CRININAL COURT. Louls Mawking was tried for Isreeny and found not guilty. i ¥ Burtloy Shane was tried 1 Raett )y e for larceny and ac Katle and Jouisa Johnson wero tried for lar- eeny and ecquitted, John Mclatn aud Georgo Harrls were on trial for assaulting an oflicer with Intent to kill. Snie. fi THE CALL MDNDA.Yl. 'h o LOBUETT—Fonr passed casea on tha :’nl?el‘r‘ldc‘:'cnurl civil cnll'ndnr.v’l'hen the hankl‘llmlcy JUnuE GAnY—215 80d 210 to 207, Inclustve. No caxo on tral, S JUnuz JAuggox—50, 035, ty ve. Tieeves: and 61,171, City vs, Delany; 3 Uity va. Golyer, cn{rlnl. vy o: o S0 PR 0 oo 0 Noje g 1 OuERN—110, 122, 126, 127, 150, Inclunlva, o caro o :mfi : ; ! :3" JUBGE BooTit—Bot cass 4,712, Towle va. Cot- utery and calendar Nos,255 (0 240, Inclusive, 6xerps 25 No case on trin élennn: MeALListEn—No court until further no- JuneE FanwsLu—No call announced, JUDGMENTS. Uxiten H‘A'fln Disticr Count—Jupan BLobu- rrr=T. E,” Courtnoy, Assiguce, va. Chicugo & rn (tadlroud Company, 828, n Count—ConveanioNa—ilenry Stciner Medurray, $288, 04, — Eu; Wil ohn and .\lcn{u LCh 231.9‘!“‘“ S Jdupax Gany—M, Selx o va, Kl 8. Graham, 476, 44.~Leopald, Kuh & Co, Hame, $718.40, ~—The Baxter Manufactiring n ‘\-;".' Owon and Iannal, F. Shorman, .5 Siates tlng-Stock Compiny e T B, Dovbin, Georgo 8, lowen, and Jofm 8, ' Witcox, 81, 272,40, Sumo va, Samie, $885, 01, tons—Lowls _Herthel 'Hltl‘llhl(' r:'lgny‘),uu‘{‘. vu, Orann T, tonth- 7,85, ~Anton oenert ve. Frank lstios, 10k, Jnan Rouris—ITaskell & Barker Car Compan; . Thots S, Dohbins, Goorgo 8, nun‘nn.pnni John 8, Wilcox, 816,071,116, —Same v, Chicago & Pacific Rallroad Cowpany, 816,071, - Wagner vu. Walter Kimball, 870, —Mar, administrateix, va. P M, Camboy, 87( RNico ve, Jrnae Buorii—James § Warren, $407.41. nat MeALLISTER=W1lIbert Bowen laryer and Jubn Reanlon, . ! va. Jumon Il Keeler, $30,~ oman, 84,5, —Lucluds J. Fi Keelor, $15. e —— LETTERS I'ROM fHE PEOPLE. POLICE FOICE OF TOE CITY OF CLICAUO. 4 To the Editor of Tha Tribune. Cnicao, Feb, 2~As anold putron of your papery I notieed In your Just Wednesday's issue an article beaded, ¥ Orgaunlzation of the young wen for the protection of citizens of the Eighth Ward, bounded by Twelfth, Har- rison, Loom!s, and Bluo Island avenue” Al though, probubly from the frequent robberles, such 18 nceessary, yet aa a law-abiding citlzen 1 certainly should not acquiesco in guch a course, simply fromn the fact that such un organization s uzuinst our Blate luw, and, if allowed, {sadan. gerous precedent, AN purtics wro indictable, und such 4 coursa to wy mind is certainly indis- m‘f‘l. ta say tho lesat, wnd not inthe right di- rection, When wo had onl{ ope station, situated on Tweltth strect, durfng the old thnes when tx- Bergt, Craney was In charge with slxteen men only, leét_us ses what ground he nud his wen covered. The foltowing territory will show for {tsclf: North to Harrison strect, south to Twenty-second, east to the river, west to Latin strect out to Gud's Hill. Now, as an_old clul- zen, recollecting those times, I'will give you o littJe entsods of what Bergt. Craney did with his Ntthe band of officers covering sitch an jm. mense district. Probably some of your readers will undoubtedly remember the ofl notorivus haise kept by T'rof. #Joe,” who kept one of the vilest dens existing ju this city: this houso became the resort for the vilest of the vile, and the vver-watchful oye of Borgt. Craney was di- recled towards this lnstitution, and “down he swouped, Wwith twelve men ouly, Lriuglug bauk to the Twellth Street Statlon 117 prison- er, ‘Fhers ars mcn now on tha police force of this city who can hear witness to this fact. When Serut, Craney was at Cottage Grove ave- nue, covering the following district : from Twen- R-.wmd strect on the north to Cleaverville on ho south, from State strect 1o the river east aud weat, heo had only nine men under blm, and in Jeas than s)x moenths he cleared out sl the sramblgrs, thicyes, and burglars in the district, even going out Lo the Btock-Yards and arresting cattlesthicves, The prescot station on Twelfth strect bas nn%h men, Let them do their duyy, duty which the citizens of Clicago expect them to erfori, Citizems 1n the Wust Division wel) know that Serzt, Craney wes watching his men uight sud day, sud any dereliction of duty of suy patrolman undor bis adivlatrationresultod an hls discharge, ng‘l’ a little reductlon now made, of bad material, replaced Ly men of b richt stamp, who Kkuow thewr busioess as policemen and” bow to attend to their duties, would be conducive to public good and govern- mews of thoe City of Chicazo. " A LAw-Aviping Civizey or T Eioutu WaRD, LIFR INSURANCE, To the Butitor of Tha Tridune. Cuycaao, Feb, 23.—1n Tus TRILUNE of this moruing § notice a Jetter from K. W, H.” on somw of the results of the vresent system of Iifs Ingursnce. It fs undoubtedly truc that the peopls are becoming disgusted with s system under which Mo Insurance costs so wuch, and very likely may cutirely forezo its advantages unless life-Insurance managers consider the fin- portant questions sugizested by your corre- spondviut, und unless sote befter und more practical, us well a3 economical, method 13 pre- sented, The lconvctastic ** K, W, H.,” while engaged In destroving the provailing aystem, la evidently too [ntelligent not to knuw that Il.lie woulid upect the present enormously-exaensive plan he shoulil Baye a better one o suggest to L\kn its place, What are the “changes in the methods” and * radical Improvements' that, acconding to “R. W. C,,'" Pare demnnded " Vil he make some sugrestion and give some further information on this fmportant. mh]‘\;cu ARB LIFE-INSURANCE COMPANIES PAYING DIVI- DENDS WHIOH THEY IIAVE NOT RARNED] To the Editor of The Tyibune, Crtcado, Feb. 20.—The writer's recent ex- nerlence with a polley Inthe largest company in the country brings out amnost astonishing ad- misston from tho Company’s Actuary, and as it 1s a matter of concern to tho Insuring public to know whether they are recelving dividends which theie polieles hiave not eamed, and which are charged up agalnst them for future scttle- ment, peshaps the figures In this case may ba of intercat. A fifteen-payment life policy for 85000 ‘was taken in 1872, threo premiams of $161 cach were pald, and three dividonds respective- Iy of $40.43, #3370, and #4181, omounting to $116.48, were recelved. By n printed guaran. ty of the Company, the policy-holder had a right to exchange the policy at any time, and recelve a pakil-up policy for such a proportion of 5,000 as the number of premituns then paid bore to fifteen, the whole number of premiums reaulred Ly the original poliey (a common form of guaranty then, and now, given hy nearly il respectable compnnles for policies of this kind ftor three payments the polley was exclian ed for o Pald-\_ll‘}i policy, the amount of whi was written 8705 (not three-fifteenths of £5,000), and, in explanation of the reduced Amount ant the violation of the guaranty, the Actuary of the Company wrotg as followa: ‘Tho amounta pald by the Company for commia- slons and expenaes on policy No. h following, vlz.: %007 werotho Total , . von 105,74 ‘That part of the annnal premium pald which Is applicably to the payment of expenses s called Inading, and was as follows Fimt sear..,, ,. Second year, Thind yeac.... Total ..... , Tut thol out nf this dividenda (and forming part of the $115. 48 three dividende paid tho aseured), as toliows Firat yoar. Kecond year, Third year.... From % 4 of loading returned In the dividends, $43 thiers _remains applicable toexpenscs thi $i4.41 which, deducled from the expennee actual- iy pald 815,74, leaves, $11.33 an the indebtedness ::;:m policy 10 the Expense Fundof the Com. This_explanation (sssuming it to bo & truo shtemznd brings out several facta: First, that the Company pald dividends to tho amount of $115.48 whan that amount was $41.33 taoro thau the pulicy was uotitled to; second,.that the commilsglong xuhl the n{zunl wero at least 85 per centon the first premium, and 10, per cent on cach subsequent premium; third, that of every 3191 of premium paid, $154 was for. insurance and $40 was charged for agent’s commisalons und expensca. R W. 1L PROP. AWINQ'S SLRMON ON MIRACLES. To the Fditor of The Tribune. 87, Cnanres, 1N, Feb, 22.—1n Tug TRIDUNE of Tuesday last Is o communication signed ¢ A, Jo Q" criticlsing Prof, Swing's . scrmon on mimcles, The paragraph s cited from Prof. Swing, in which ho says, * the miracles of floly Writ muat bo placed In n class by themselves, for as Christ Mimscit wos an anomaly, His surroundings must go aloug with Him, and must be altowed n space by themselves,” Then these further uttorances from the sermon are quoted: “ Nature hates o miracle more than’ she abliors a vacuum ¥; *God's mcrey comes in the drapery of His laws™; “gencral lnws are Ao valuable and just that one sliould nover expect any departure from them on the port of the Creator,” ete.; and the writer concludes that the grrnchlng I8 inconsistent; that tho ser- mon would be Improved by the omisston of tho mrnmrh first quoted; that the Intelligence of ho Profeasur's audlence would detect the im- perfection, and thelr good naturs would have pardoned {he omisslon of the obaoxlons para- graph, 2 To this it may bo answered that the. Intellf« gent nudlence inay, with at lcast equal reason, be supposed to have concluded that theCreator, whom tho preacher nowhers falis reverently to recounizo us a personal Heing, the Giver of law to Nuture, s (Jix! governing by law, might, for the purpose of communicating o man & revelas tion of His will, vary the operntfon of natural laws so uy to eilfeet” all those miraculous phe- uomena which may be requlisite to galn for the revelation a placeIn the minds of men; and, that end huving been necumnllshm,mhyuml miracies might coase, ‘Thus, also, the Ilutelligent Law-giver can so adminfster phyaical und moral laws as to . mako them tho means of auswering prayor; fust as thie sallor cau trim his walls 80 85 to make the winds, fromn whatever quarter they may blow, the means of reachlng hm deslred haven. Prof. Fisler makea this fina reply to the ro- mark of Herbert S’mm-er, that coyld the watch in Paloy's illustration thiuk, It would jmlgo its creator to bo Mke Itself, n watch, lle says: “Counld the watch think [t would be rational, and would then reason like other rational be- fngs, and concludo that the artiticer of sucha roduct us itself must have desiguod It befora- hund,~that ls to say, must be & mind" To this we may udd, thut 1t the thinking watch should find ftself keeplug Incorrect time, snd ahould be aware of the jntervention of a power regulating it it 1t wero a watch of sense it would lflflr\l this intervention as proceeding from a ko higher intelligencs to thut which constructed ft3 and so fur from being a viola- rion of the law _of the watch's movenent, it would e in-entire harmony with the watch's nugural law, Nonstan A, MiLLERD. PROPOSALS INVITED. T she Kditor of The Tribune, CuttuAgo, Feb. Z3.—Proposals will ba receivod by the residents on Wabash avenuo, betwoen Elghteenth und Twenty-sccond strects, for, Ieasing the pllos of dirt und gardon-dresaing do- posited in front of thelr dwellingaby theelty. The soll Is very rich and of long standing, aud on that account offers favorable luducements to partics wishing to hiro gurden patches. As thers s littlo: apoarent prospect thet theso henps of dirt will be removed during the sum- mer, {t {s thought toat cabbages, potal onlons, and light crops of that umrlptmn couls Le fully matured und gathered . befors the soil will by disturbed, Terms favorable. Apply ut Mayor's ofllce, i YOI MATOR. To the Edtor of The Tridune. Cuicaqo, Fob. 23.—~You have named the right man for Mayor, T. W, Harvey, * 80 say we all of us,"—~a livo anga man of Jarge heart and honest {ntentlons, s man who will see to the' detalls and not trust to generalities. The houest mea of Chicago will thank you for every word you give in his fayor. Yours, C, 8, ExoLs, ——— AT NIGHT., Do you ever waka st night With a resurrected bilus, ‘Which you bury away with the light, And dary nateven miss. — Clasped closo to your throbbing breast, Aud setting your bivod adire i With its old,"swect, vugue unresl, — And its pulsing of d-'-)m % Does ever u‘nnr‘ your will 'he love that by a sin Come throbbing back with s thrill And 8 1a)k of the might-bave-been? O how can besutiful fove, Theme of ihe poct's song, Boul of the world atove, Grow ever to be » wreng? Strive as we will sud may To bury 11 out of sight 1o tiie bustle aud nolve of the day, 1t yel coines back at nlght, ~ Comes back wilhy a wighty rush, Av If it were born anew In the midnight's sombre bush: O what can a lono beart dot- (0 % SRl Jealousy aud Murder In a Hall-Roow. Attanta (Ga.) Conasitution, At a country Lall about elght miles from Jasper, Pickens County, on rl».h{ night Just, were Mrs. Cowart, daughter of Wilflam Fowler, about X years of age, aud Mre. Suthard, daughe ter of 3, flambrick, about 18 Jaanl sis. The former hos for -nurmu eq divorced, sud the latter Las been ouly about ®» year. . Cowart accepted the tender of Mr.Suthard to e her partner In the dauce, and as the two went ou the loor Mra, Butbard approaclied Mre, Cowart and objected, Mre, Cowart, however, refused Lo yield the company of Mr. Buthard for the dauce, " Thereupou Mre, Buthord becamo eoraged, and {0 u moment the fufuristed women cleuchod eaclh other by the hulr, aud, after u struggle, fell to the foor, tizhtiug hike enraged tigredses, Mro. Suthard, With an open kfib:, cut Mrv. Cowart's throat from eur to car, killlug ber alinust fustantly, RAILROADS. Annual Report of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. A Gratifying Txhiblt of the Condi- tion of the Road, Effort to Set Aside the Sale of-the Dan- ville & Vincennes, Expense of the Ballroad aud Warehouse Commis- sion-~Niscellaneons Hems, THE C.y B, & Qu ANNUAL REPORT. The anhual report of the Directors ot the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy Rallroad to the stockholders -has just been completed. The stateinont, which 1s combiled by President Rob- ert Harrls, makes a very Interesting and satis- factory showing. In apite of the dnll timesand general depreasion in business, tho carnings of the - road have been more than suificient to pay the usual dividend of 10 per cent. There aro but few roads in the country which can mako as good and satisfactory an exhibit as tha follow- Ing: The Diractors of the Chicago, Raelington & uincy Rallroad (_'nmlnny respectiully aubmit to the atockboldnrs the folluowing roport of the earn- ings, expenditurcs, and transactions of the Com- pany for the year ending Dec, 31, 76, The camnings of tho road, inclading brinches and leared roads, have bee: InfE AL A € The operating pxpens: Net earnings for the yoar, TORETEEOn TORAR. e eerir Leaving hislance of Ont of which has bean pald: Dividengs Nox, Bl aad . veee0 8 2,749,005 genuo iracks and dopots. E2 8 , 8. me AShbumg teasisredy Sapes Fund far 1874, 164,082-8 2,032,331 Leaving surplus over every current liabile ity and Sinking Fund for the year... L To which sdd AtBouNE At Gredit T of income accouut ai the Sommencemant of the yen Lesaamouat of sectrities ferred from | 144,841 $4,801,507 1oerodit of Sluking Fand for or DPOVIONS YEATR. oot crmsrveser §13,125—8 MAIG,442 $ 4,001,383 From which deduct snspended debteand invesnoenta of doubtfal value o Leaving net Income account eatimated st. § 2,458,321 1,114,039 342,070 . 151,683 80,170,000 CAPITAL BTOCK. Tho otpital stock of -(hio Chicago, Borlington & Quincy laliroad Company— e of L WS, .| 106,110 n!‘é 1 Go eeearie 1IN T00-$27,247,8610 il at Qath of Iast sopoRed 3,412,732 Iraued inthe year in exchangs for BB, & M. 1. R. R. boode,. 83,1 $ 2408 1,513,001 Less _smount ot abscription. 1o of s, & M, " w for 9. 1.1t Co. stock.$ 2,127,700-82, otal stock it ¢ Totatawoek ot 1, & X. 1, i, it Co. Aggrezate smount of stock e De Y, 1550 PUNDED DRBT. ‘The funded debt of this Company at tho date of tha Isst report, ncluding the contingent indebted- neds of its branch honds and the bonds of the Bur- lington & Miusonr! Iitver talioad Company, wue 27, 6510, 670 deceease of funded dedt_ In the year, 48, 250% tnnded debt Dec, 31, 1870, 827, 501,325, he bonded {ndebtedness of ‘the 'Burlinglon & Mirsourl Iiver liailroad Company at the end of the ear, Incloded In the above statement, was wm;,'- 5, of which $2, 200, 000 are canveriible [nto G, B, & Q, stock, ard $1,600 are overdie Lands not yet resented for payment, the balance constitating ha land:, Tigage, he entlre pmporl; of the Compnn‘{ and Ita 1la- bilities, Dec, 31, 1670, was 86i8,730,041.19, and m ursets over liabilities, as before stated, $0,170, - 77,508, 241 At 1moi COMPARISONRS, The number af miles of road, includiog Lranches B Jeased roads, xt the brgianiug o w, the year, Avorag ' in The Bt. Lounis, Rock Island & Chlcago road was acquired Oct. 1, 1870, but the accounts of that Compsay have besn kept distinct.from thoso of thls Company, aud are not included in this report. THE GROSS BAUNINGS, oxclnding Intercst and exchange, In 1876, wore: 824, Hi—$12,003,050 502,017 ';‘llfl e 837, B $11, 708, 458 Bhowing an fncrease In 1474 of. 209,00 In 176, Includiny i G810 0.518,044 Sliawing an Increass {01876 0f...voveer ® - 208,833 Tho whole cost of steel ralle used in rolaying tracks has been ehlrg:d to operating expenses in 1870, Heretofors the diffuronce of cost of steel over iron has been charged toconstruction accounty The net earniags in 1476, attor deducring 2:::1- and tuxes accrulug in this year, 3, The net odraligs 18 i#73 wars.. iRtk M 176, oaclusive of ‘mileage an i Showing an Increass of...,, s Altbough the amount .of iess, both passens ar and frojght, baa increased, 1t will be seen that he onrnings have not Incrensed correspondingly. ‘This Las been largoly due to the reduction of rates lhmu‘gfi the scceptance by this Uomy-n{ of i rovivlons of an act of the Legixlsturo of Towa ro- leving ralirosd companies, d ployes, tram sl prosecations, e lor Tion-cheervanuce of the act known ss the road Tarift law,' on condition thet the raliros companlcs operate thelr roads for & period of two (un. provided the law shall remain In force dut. nflhnl tine, under and in accordance with the achedule prescribed by sald law, ‘The fincs and pensities for non-compliance with the 1aw are very severe; and as the suits between the States of Taws end {llinols In the Uniled States flurrlmu Court, referredto in Lho last roport, were atill andecided, the Directurs considered that thoir thens to accapt duty to the stockholders ragus tha act aboy n{uml to, rathar than Incur the risk of the decislon Lelug pussivly adverve Lo the Company. The declsion of the Court has not yet een rendered. ‘The action {aken fn -equlrh:lz the 8t. Lou Rock Island & Chicago is stated at Jength, an the Directors have no question as to the policy of the purchase, 1 THACK AND NQUIPMENT. The track and equipment have beon well keptup, Sovenly-two miles of track have beon relald with steel ralls during the year,—40 lu 1liinois and 3L it Tows,—tho whole coat of which hox been courg- The tois} pnmber of twe of {rou 1o the maln track; Plattemouth, 140 mliles; between Galuaburg Quincy, 41 talles; and betwoen Gulesburg and - oria, 44 wiles, maklug in alt 253 miles 1o be ro- sid’ with steel ruils, to completa tho wain line a0 the - branches from (muhur' to Quincy and Peorla. The amount pald for car service within the year, over amount recelvod for use of our care by other comuanies, wav 8148,431.43; which fact, coupled with | very low present prices of roll o stock, muke in the oplnlon of the Board, desfrable to add gra ually to our rolling-stock, LAND DHPARTMENT. The landa unsold at data of Isst report were wl ear, J1,701. 60 200.22 10, 140,24 acres, 05.387.31; et nalcs, 15,573.45 acros, for $109,621.01; lsnds semalaing unsold Dec, 31, 1870, 44,704.10 screm SUMMING UM, 1o summing p sesulls, it will be seen that we bave pasasd through s year of great dulluess In Pn;u‘l_ hn-‘lncn‘.abn:;‘ with tae belp of (air crope i the count r¢ widc 8 FUR: vo accumataied & sorplos beyond our ayasl divldead of $110.024.41, which been naed fo paying 104. 082 fnto uut Sinking Fund; snd ihe balsocs, 141, 041,41, has boen used fof’ new construction ows. . We have our maln track in Illinola neasly 81l re+ 1sid with stecl, snd are stcadily zeplaciuy iron with stoel on (he maiu hoe in fows, Our road sud equipment are in good order, bub somo sdditional rolling stock Is required. What funds we need for ¢quipment and for construction u Ilinols we can rabwe, whew necessary, by sell- g 7 pet cent tfi:u':zl\dued bonds, suthorized by oar morigsge for thot purpuse, For wxf:uncuvn In lowa noBoad Fund je pro- ylded: anid wa must Jook for monay needed for #uch constraction o futare snrplus enmings, or munt reallze it from the assets which now repre- xent the surplua of past years, na we have hereto- fore dones ht, < nn ofiset ta thix drain upan onr resonroed, our lands and Land Fund in fowa have glven very estisfactory additions to the Sinkimg Fund for meeting our land-mortgage bonds upon that portion of our rosd. CHICAGO, DANVILLE & VIN= . CENNES, » ODJECTIONS TO THN FOURCLOURR SALE. Judge Drummond was secupled all day yes- terilay in lienring the objections to the Master's Teport of the foreclosure sale In the case of Fosdick & Fish vs, The Chicago, Danville & ‘Vincennes Rallroad Company, Mr, L. Q. Pratt, on belll of the hondholdera, objecting, asked that the argnment on.the objections should be coutinued unti] Monday on account of the alck- ness of Mr. B, C; Cool, hils associate counsel, Judge Drummond sald he could not hear it Monday, as he intended to leave for 8pringfleld Monday evening, and would hardly have time to attend to the matter, and as the argumaont had once beon postpoucd on account of Mr. Cook, 1t ought not Lo be continued again. ~ Mr, Pratt then read the petition of Mr. Slaughter, ono of the bondholders who object~ ed. Mr.Blauglitor stated that ho was tho holder of eight 81,000 bonds of the rond ot the. first lssuc, aud Juterested in the dlstribution of tha purchase money. He nsked that the sale he act aside and_ a * new ono ordered, beeause the sule was not ade fn conformity with thedeeree, and with the published notice of the sale, inasmuch na the clalin and notice stated that the wala waa tobe made for, **cash,” while tho Master, ot the sale, required the purchase money to he pufd 4n golil. There was not that amount of gold in the City of - Chicago that conkl he pnrchased at that tie, and the changs.in tho torms of anle. discournged bidding, Tiie other reasuns wera that bidders swere not Informed how much taxes were due on the road; that there was a combl- natlon of parties, repreacnted by Iindekoper, to prevent biddlog, which combination purs chaeeld the bonds of J. F. Armour ata high price to provent - him from becoming a bidder i and that the price poid for thic road was an In- ndequate one. The petition aleo charged that tho zold was not vald by Hindekoper on thaday of the sale, a9 required by tho terma, In nurport of this petition, Mr, Pratt read the afildavit of James Bolton, one of the bidiera at, tho sale, Afiiant stated that he 'was one of o combination formed to purchase theroad; that lic had full authority to purchase on a cash ba- sla; that when the Master announced that the salo was to be for gold he was surprised, and had no suthority whatever to. bid in .that way; that he bad,no ‘gold witl which to make the, purchiase, nor could he obtaln a sufflciunt. umount to doso: that neverthelcss’ ho made several bids on his own responsibility, He be- tfoved that if the sala.should be sef aalde, and a new one ordered, the road would bring a much largar price than $1,450,000, the amnount at which {t was struck ofl. “Two_or thice.other aifidavits were made which tended to'wdpport the allezations of tho petition, Mr, Pratt then went on with his argument, Aweliing especlally on the fact that In lifs opln- fon the terms of the sale had . been changed. Although no special damage could bo shown, any party Intercsted was entitled to have tho mfis set uslde, a8 n matter of right and Inw, where there was manifest error on the part of the Master. Any ona seelug tho notlee of the sale for cash would naturally suppose it meant. currency, and would .only be’ prepared Lo make gpymunln In that way, 03 Bulton had done. liere wos not enough old in Chicaro for the purpose, Judee Dntmmond sugzested that a telegraph canld have been used nud a certiticate of duposit, obtaimed that would have been equivalent for gold., If counsel coufd sahow ‘thaf at apy ~subseanent - salo the road . wonld Lring £2,000,000, hu wonld set tho rocent sule aslde, A sensiblo view would be baken of the transactlon, and If thy parties had had the money with which to purchase gold there would have been no (llflk:ult{ i mnking the purchnse, The Judge did not think' the Master departed from the terms of the decree. That found that the bonds were payable'in ;fvold‘ and whon the decreo atated the sale was for vash it probably meant cash zold, The Supreme Court, had de- clded there were two kinds of cash—gold cash and greenback casli Nr. Pratt then urged that Intending purchas- ers were misled and prejudiced becauss the Master snnounced tho rond to be sold subjeet to taxes, bt giving no amount. It.was a mat- tor of vital fmportance to tha bidders tu know tho amount of tho taxes. ' Although tho price the road realized was not grosely Inudequate, yet it was wortl considernbly ‘morc, 5 Mr. Henry Crawford, who appeared for the purchascrs ut the sale, sald ho did uot wish to mnke any argument. He then read allidavits of Hindekoper, one of the purchasers, of J, F. Armour, and one or two others, whodenled thut the announcement that payments were to ba made In gold deterrad any vie from bidding, ns It waa Just as casy to satlsfy such terms o salc as .“i; othera. “No objections werpmado by Bolton, who bid up to 81,800,000, or any othurs to sny of tha terme. It was also donled that any combiuation bad been formed to buy Ar- mote's bonds and get bita out of the way, ‘The further agreements wero then postoonod untll Monday, to %vn Mr, Couk an ounortunl:x to be hicard.” Mz, George C. Campbell appear for the Trustecs Fosdick and Fish, Hunry Craw- ford for the purchasers, Edwin Walker tor the defendants {u tho orlginal suit, and L. UG, Pratt for tho abjecting bonaholders. il IMPORTANT TO INTERVENING PETITIONERS, Judgo Drummond yesterday made ny order in tho foreclosuro sult of Fusdick and Flsh v, The Clieago, Danville & Vinconnes Raflrond Comne Enny. directing that all petitions horoatter filed partles fotoryeslug to share in the fund In this' case hall be “accompunicd by a. sufs ficlent _ bond for costs, to approved by.tho Mastor {n Chancery of the Conrt. ft alao further ordered that no potitions should be reecived to sliaro fu the fuud'in the ubove case, unjuss filed {n twenty days from Feb, 23, or yes- terday, and that oll Yruof- an such petitions, avd on all pending potltions, shuuld be presented before the Master, and closed witkin twenty days from the above datc, aud the Master Iy o make ublication accordiugly. ‘Tho petition of Nancy Lawrcteo, Join U, Stebblus, Wiillam Youma Joseph M. Ranney, Johu B, Brown, and Berthol Loewcntbal were referred ta the Muater -for. re- port on the petitioners filing thelr Londs for costa, The ¢laim of the Cope & Muxwell Aan- utacturug Company. for $600.20 and thet of Crorar, Adams & Co. for $1,924.40 were allowed, —— MISCELLANEOUS,. 1TEME, Much oppositlon to tho foreclosyre of the Chicago & Pauiflo Rallroad fs bolvg Iuterposed, and the ablest counsel fn, the State have been employed to prevent, if posalble, the foreclosura of tha mortgoge, It scems that the mortenge Dbonds have never bee sold, and that they were only bypotiiccated to the partics who furnished the iron, 1f the lrregularity of tho lssunnce of tha bonds_should bo estnblished, the question 'would be d aerious one whetherthe Court would not_wsllow all creditors who have loaned the Company money or furnished mgterial for the construction of the road to come iu and share uslly. = * Nl'heychlugn. Clinton & Western Raflroad has ust completed its new division between lowa City and Elinira, which will bs opened for busie neds sfonday, At Elmira the Chicago, Clinton & Western connects with the Burlington, Cedar Raplds & Northern Rallroad. This 13 s veryim- rtant connection, sad Mr. Hiuckley expecta a arge Increase in the business of Lls road, . Mr. ¥, P Clark, General Freight Ageat of thy West Wisconsin Railrog!, was th the city yese terday on business conuected with his road. He lelt for New York in the evening accompanied by Mr. H, C, Wicker, General Freight Agent of the Chleago & Northwestern Ratlroad, Mr, I W, Marsh, Agent of tue Chicago & Rock 1sland Railroad as Jollet, was {n the city terday, He states that much of the Western ness deatined for tha East |s now takipg its way via Jollet, and that.the Lusiness st that polnt is much brisker than It ls here, RAILHOAD AND WABELOUSE COMMISSIONEES, ‘The spucial report of the Hallroad aud Ware- nouse Commissioners, made to the Legislature Fcb. 15, shows the cost vt maintaining the Colne miaslon from July 1, 1871, to Feb, 1, 1877, This report covers every expense of the Comimnlssion for that perlod except an unadjusted clatm of John M. & J. Mayo Palier und J. J. Rinaker for legal scrvices, and the cost of printing reports, €te to come outof the public printing an biding fund, and the cort of heatit aod Hight- fng the new oflice of the Cummlssion, The above claimns for legal service will not amount to more than 81,500, and the total cost of the Commission outside of these small items bas boen $96,116.81,—un averuge of $17,475.7¢ per annum. It should bo remembered, more- over, that of the first appropriation of h000 fgr suits and luvestigations, $20,100.80 was di- verted Lo the State Treasury fu Juue, 1875, Of this $96,114.81, tue sum of £30,754.01 was fur Cowmlssloners’ salaries, §8,880.75 for Secre- tarles’ salaries, $13,323.23 for nan 4,203,064 for luvestigations, and 1Y offico expenses. Under the head of lepal ex- f:nm Hamilton Bpeucer comes in for §1,330.75, t. M. Benjumin for $1,100, J. B. Rowell fof 300, J. . Balley for $381.33, Willlam Latbrop for $100, J. M. & J. M::{'u Palmer, $3,030.85, W. M. Springer, 858, Epler & Callon, $1,50, Willam . Neece, $207.60, Linewnr & Lsudsen, Charles Wheaton, §1,60, A, B, Buan, h Jesse s 8. lllhlru{r $200, C. It Bleelo, 8200, Levi Davir, i, 815, Moprison & Whitlook, 8500, Moteall & DBradshaw, &00, Charles V. Seaton, §200, Anthony Thornton, $148. ial Ao 10, The Tridnine. al patc) e Psonlnm., Feb, £3.—An important cnse was lecided, or virtually go, fn onr Clrcuit Court to- day, Tho eara of 8, H. Thompson vs. Tha Peo- ria & Bpringfield Railroad has heen pending here for some time, A few weeks since A peti- tlan was filed asking for the remoral of Johin R, J1hliard, Recelver of the Peorin & Springfield, charging that be had grossly. mismanaged the affalrs of the rond, and was gradually runafug it down. The entire matter was referred by the Court to a Master In Chancery to hear cyldence. The Master lias been taking evidence ever since, tuud the caro Nias attracted coneidgrable atten- tion. To-day.the llon. Willinm Jack, Mastor, ‘madg his report, In which he totally and com- pletely exoncrates Recelver Hilliard from cach and every charge made against him, and strong- ly recomincnda that the petitlon bo disallowed. ‘This . dacision gives univorsal ratfafaction, ns Mr, ITilliard is & gontleman of hixh standing, aud one whosa hiongsty apd Integrity has never Deen questioned. DURLINGTON & KORTIHWESTERN, Bpecial Dispateh §o The Tridune, Buntixaron, Ia, Feb. 24,—The prospect for the carly extension of the Burlington & North- western Norrow-Gauge improves daily, nud the route {8 almost definltely_settled. To-day rep- roscntative men from Washington County, among whom wero the Hon, A. Burrel), editor: i of the Washington Prees, and.John Wiseman, of the Gazette, ®1th the Hon. Willlam Wilson, State Eenntar, nnd_A. W, Chtlcote and - A, I Dewey, wera In this clty, nd submitted a Lm:pqamon o the Directors which was sccepted, ami, {[ car- ried out by the citizens of Washingtou, will In- sitre the extonsion of the road via Washiugton and Crawlordsville, soLD, Lawnexscs, Kan,, Fab.'33.—Tha -8t. Louls, Lawrenco & Wosterh Rallrond was sold to-la under the haminer for $200,000 to Frank Morri son, of Hoston, In the intarests of the mnnznl:a boutholders. It Is gencraily belleved. that the power behind the throne is the Atchlson, Topeka & Sunta Fe Halirond, which lias been obliged to rent aeventeen miles of the rond fur some. time {u order to get fnto Kanans Clty, pectat Diipulch 0 The Trivwae, Special Dl 4 INDIARAPOLIS, fre iy Dodge, Presi deut of the New York Chamber of Commerce - and of the Houston & Texas Central Hallroad, pasaed through . this eity to-dny with a party of gentlemen Lo (ospect Texus rilways duting the next ten days, e AIMEE AND HER DOG. Almez. Molt Almes Mon Chieni-)ile, Almee's Great Losa and How & Grand Duke ‘Waa Made to Feel It—DIui’s Return, Newp Fork lepald, Fab, 21, Tt ia not often that a little pet dog appears as tha formidnble obstavlg to the enjoyment of an lmperiz) Qrand Dulte. " Tho newspaper reports yesterday sereed that Mie, Aimee's serioun n- Wiapusition, which nocessituted the subatitution of “Mlie. Gueymard In Jiee pluve- o the Grand Duchesse on Monday eveuliy, was caused by n domestie ullletlon vo. Jess appulling than the loss of her pretty black-and-tan tevrier. Whut was _probably * - maluly (nstrumental = I apreading ‘the” report iduring the, perform- maueo. o Monduy evuning . wag :the well- koown _ reputation, which. prime doine of hoth Ttaliun opera and opera buulle have wun for themselyes as being quite ready on the fimsjest proveention to full 11 and to send word to their submiseive mavucers that *‘owing to sudden sud surivns tudispoaition? it Is impossis bie for them to aing. True, the contracts of these capricious artistes requiro them to produco doctors’_ certificates of their Inabllity to sl hut, ns doctors vmvurlrh\lls disagres, soine ph! sielan Is always to bo found who will agree thit madame or ‘mademolsslle cannot sitively sing without endangerfug her bealth, not to er vocal cords, No spenk of n-luxin{: forover wonder that, belicving this mallclous tale nbout the dog, many of thy audience went awvay think- fng .probably that it wus too bud that Mo, Almee’s gricf over the mysteriuus loas of Ler four-footea pot—beltever sogenulucaud deep— should thus eruelly lnterfere with their antici- pated pleasure, Tho Grund Duke Alexis' situation can bo esslly Imagined. Ife aud his muntor, the polishe ed Baron Bebifling, hud.evidently guneto the Engle Theatro on ‘Monduy evciing to heur Aimee and uone but Ahneo, e guve emphatic proot of this condition of tmind when s prompt~ ] feft the theatro siter the flrst nct becanse tniee did not appear. Yestorduy murumk- he rend in the newn’mpnu aceouuts of Mile, Almee's Indlsposition and bereavement, and whot must he have thought?” We van almuost Tear him sollloquiza: " ()u1 what, & fall was tharel 1, Imperial Grand Duko of Rusein, and a possible Czar; I, for whom prayers aro offered {1 eyery Russian church on_overy holiday; I, whom ‘theatrical managers feol honored 1o invite 1o their per formances; 1, Alexis: Aloxandroviteh, balked in iy pleasure by a black aud tan terrier! Can it Lo possiblal™ © It id certaly that If the Grand Duke Alexis felt vexed at the occurrence, his cousiy, the yonthil but equully guod-looking Constantine, and Dr, Coudrine, gave him no balin of aymjpue- thy, for all the ropurts greed that they—pre- ferring undonbtedly Almes to Guoywmard, but Gueymard to nothing—~remutued to the end of the ‘performance, uuu-;i evidontly determined not to allow rogulsh little DIdf to cheut them of their pleasure, % Didi~that was his musical name—DIat; if It affords him any satisfaction, may prowlly rotiect” that o has caused «rmlla a fluter n tho bresst of a Graud Duke, of a manager, of o whole uj cra troupe, and the sic-lovin gubllc of a metropolis, Didl's origin and early history are shrouded In tystery. Ho was a much-prized hut comparatively vbscure black-and-tan until Mile. Almeo saw him nbout six months ago _at Montrenl, when sbo gurcluucd him for $100. Sinco, du:n. a8 Mr. Maurice Grau, her maunager, volates, DIAPs arrival has pre- ceded everywhere the advent of the campsny, It was » béautitul black-and-tan, with o yery animated tall, which, on good - dog suthority, can be deseribed as nllcl(el& thin -and beautls fully tapering toward the end; with silkon ears, a plumpy satfo bregst, oé smnooth oud shiny as sllvor arinor, and tho tinfest, dainticst litle legs ever see: s *\Why, Mile. Atmeo would not have taken #3500 for the dog," Mr. Gray sald. He wore a “beautiful coat of blus cloth trimmed with red velvet, and his collar, with ita tinkling bell, was of the prottiest design. Mile. Almes had ?:ent great caro and couslderuble wmoney on Didi, Mr, Grau says, ond although his wardrobe was not provided by Worth, from Paris, It may be safc ‘llllll that Didi was one of the best dressed, as he was ono of tho best be- luved, favorites of his specles abouttown, When Mile. Almee took him out for bis dally alring tho other blavk-snd-tans wagwed their talls with envy os he proudly capered by then:, Poor Ditit §ie was separated from bis beloved spouss, whom Mile. Almee bought about live fenn ago In Richmond for $500, but who Is now ju Parls with some of her friends. Misfortuna noyer comes ulone, It was not enough that his mate should be craelly torn from him, but he -must’ also be stelen from that mistreas who so adored him that, us Mr. Gruu norrates, he was even allowed in Havana to wake the whole coni- Eung 8t o'clock In the murulnfi by his: musical ark, Ou Honday afternoon, betwoen 3 and B, Hypolite, Mlle. Almee's valet, took him out for an alring, Dk ran glyl{ ahead, snd while Hypolite, at the coruer of ‘L wenty-ulnth street aid Lexlngton avenue, wus descending to & bascment aud lost sight of him for 8 moment, mau, who Is deseribed by the meighbors as g well dressed, and looking eutirely unll] thlef, put Didf into his overcoat pocket and coolly walked away. In valn wus all search near and far; in valn did poor llyrollle. who | was respousible for the awtul loss, declare that, like mnother Stanley, le would go to the utter- most wilds of Alrica to regain Didi; in valp was the Malson Richellen, "where Mllo, lodges, In an uproar all that Sunday. Didl still remained non est. Yeaterday the following ad- vertisement appoared in all the morning papers: REWARD-LOST ON BUNDAY, B0 b 8 T A N A n, FE B aud-tan to Ve o rlar, | i urth: bet: AR AT O 1, FOUL Y, Dtces Bichellew. No, 101 Lexin; at M KLonAv, COTBOr Thirtisih-vhs Mr. Grau believea that Mlle, Almee's tlluess was really the result of grief for the loss of DIdi, for'he said + Mile. Almee receives 8500 a pight, sud she certaiuly would not lose thut to {ndulge in such grief. hulnrall{lll. and bos been so ever since Baturday, She suflers from a bronchial affection.” The writer called at the Malson Richelieu, where hio was Informed that MUe, Almee was really §ll aud ssleep and could not be secu. Mo, Guoymuard lnnfihlugly dented that Didi wus tho cause of MHe, “Afwec’s fallure to ngsmr, sud declsred that hu positively forbidden her \to' sing for the npext™ threa duys. 8he would, loweyer, reappear on Thureday evening, It mauifest trowmn theso stuteinents, which appear to be entirely trustworthy; that Mile, Aloeq bas suffercd an Injustics at Yo bunds of tho Bagls Theatre Fuldpl. ‘whu were ready to ascriba her indisposition to a mere freak of fancy, while she was really indisposed. We all kuow how uttached mwuny of our fashlonable dames are to thelr caning “pets, and, it dogs expire from grief over the graves of thefr former owners, s it not just thut thelstles should veturo the complment when tho occusion arlseal Aud it this be true would ¢ not redouud to Mlle, Almec’s credit {f her tldelity und devotlon to her DAl would sffect hee oven to ludisposition 1% shiould - be rewembered that even w quest ot ber doctor opora boufle, when sli¢ has beon crying her oyey red all dag biver tho loss of hier pet, might casily feel that alie could not do Justico to the bofster. ous mirth of that dare<lcvil Grand Daclicsse of Qerolsteln. This {s only to show that if thy cause gencrally aseribed to Mile, Almee's indig. osition were the true one, she was cntirely ustificd, Last evening as (irande Ditcliesse Gueyharg was toslng with her victorlons Fritz & wii) rumor ran round the couliracs and caused g tremendous_sonsatton, * Mlfe, Almee's dog has been found," whispered Gen. Boum tg Prince Paul as thay stood at the wings, and the words belng spoken in a stage whisper reached the cars of the Ducherse, who auddanly lost fn. tereat in her quondam lover, * Yes, the dear Httle dog Is, fndoed.found,”” was tho reply of the Prince to her Majesty’s muteinquiry, and so the great ‘5“&' was over, 'Tho curtaln fell on tho oct and . tho wonderful ncws reached the -nuditorfum, and as ft uvassed from mouth 1y month a scnse of satisfaction and peace seemed .10 fall upon tho audience, and one and all re. jofced that the black and tan member of the opera boufe company had, indeed, been foupl, Tiulletins wore at once sent far and near by the enterprising manager, Joviully announcing the recovery of his four-fooied siar, but he wise. 1y - maintatued sllence as totha mothiod em. ployed to find the missing quadrupéd. * Loy me, love my dog,” is now the motto for the on- tire compauy. e SCHLIEMANN. The Iomerie Btorles of Troy and AMycours, SpringAeld (A Republican, When the enthusk Schifermann siartled the world with the story of his extnmation of the walls, aud streets, and treasures of Homer's ‘Troy, Lthe scholara, excepting a few In whoni tha timuglnation predominated, agrovd to discredis Iis conclusions. 1iomer himselr,it is well known, lles under grave susplelon of being *“several cmen_rolled into one, nnd his lifo {y ced nll atong through three or four ven. The city, n_portion of whoge herole siege and dofenso s tho subject of his atory, wag deemed as fabulous as {he gods and goddesses reprosented ns_ Interfering so ofilclonsly fu Ity 1ate, and the whole magniticent picturo of ly. may aud diviue charncter and passion in netlon was reduced by the Germmirchollasts to a iyl of the dally siege of the Eqst by the solar va. ers, And 8o, 83 a writer sumalit up, the opinlon penerally entertained in 1878 was that Schilie. mann had * aceldently hit upon theslte of somg noknown Huunle eetiiement, Lydian town, or Thweyician trading post.” But Homer, whicther one or many, And what cver his date or dates, did deal 11 some meas ure with undlsputable bistorical facts, One of these facts was tlie Xmmlnenw and power of Myueenw, o city of Argolis fu Greece. Now Mycenis hias always had the historie basis which Troy Jacks. Troy's very site was lost in une chronlcled nges, but Mycenwm, with a legendary story ns old, hna never ‘lust its identity, It wis. the iirst great city of the plalt of Argolls, where it s agreed Ureek culture and Ureck emplre had thelr oldest scat; it wua powerful when Troy fell (1181 B, C.), and aiter the Dorlan cons queat, that cnme two rations later, {t re mained hdependent § years further om, it voutributed its quota to Grecian defenso azuine the Perslavs, nnd when the other Argive clties, which were noutrnl In that great contest, over. threw and depopulated 1t (463 B, C.), its mighty rulns remamed to witness ita \mpormnm. Wihen, therefore, Schlfemann wan defven by the jealous Turk from Tiisearlik, he dld well to'turn to Mycenio, wheve there could be no easy solu- tlon of his discoveries by hypothesis of flunnie or_Phanicfan origin, It iay be well, fo? the better apprehension of the revelations now mnde, to call something of thie story uf the Iiad, which inspired Schil- mann to his fruitful enthusinam. It dealt with the border-land where history nug myth meet, the age of Lwroes, In which thie gods were partis saus n the aMafryof men. ‘The troubles of Troy, 80 thelegend ran, arose in a dispute between the goddesses Iicra, Pallas, and Aphrodite na to their respective claimatoa goldenapple Inscribed To the most beautiful,” a question which was Qunlly referred to the arbltration of youne Parfs, son of Kluf Prinm of fliutn, who was temtfnye sheep on Mount 1da. The rivala exhibited thefe charins to the {uum, and A?'.lrodlw outbid Hera's promise of power aud Pallas’ proffer of wisdom by offering hlm the folrest of women for hisown, Bhe ot the apple, and Paris gt Helen,wife of King Menclnusof 8parta, but aiso oifapring of an umour of Zous, tivat of the gods, Wherenpon all Greeve banded together to re cover Helon and rnnlah Truy, which harbored the thiet, and thers followed the nine-years' sloge, part of which fors the theme of tha Iiud, Thegods tooke sidos with their ehildren, luvers, or other favorites on elmln.-r‘pars. and tha City of Troy aud its Kingdom of lium fell, never (o arido agaln, It 4 not very diflicult 10 aiit out the legend from the Listory In all thix, Theeonneetion of the Homerie story with Mycemo rests on tha faets. that It represents Apsmemuon, King of that city, * vuler of many Itunds arul o)l Argos. as tho head of the Gre- clun cxpedition, 1Te was the royallst of its elifefa; 4 King of Men " Is the cpithet constant- Iy applied to b3 and is ety fe described us Srichin gold,” *“wide-streeted,” und * wells bulit.” Durlug his stuy tefors Troy, his realin waus In charge of his cousin sEzisthus and his wife Ciytetmestra, whowus hail-sister to Jlelen, by a mortal father, as Agamemnon was brother to Menelaus, Theae fell futo gullty love, sud plotted to murder the returainie King and ruls over his realin In Llomer’s otber poet, the Odyseey, tho woudering Gilyssens reounta the | story ol that home-coming ns he hud it from the ™ dread shade Agmuiewnion. The Kiug brought home withhim as his mistress Priam's daughter Cussundrs, upon whom Apollo bad bestowed the gift of prophecy, in onder to win her favor, but coupled with [y, when sha refused the reward, the doomn of never holng belleved, 80 thut, when ahe warned Agatierition nottores surn to Mycenw, fier words were vafn, Episthus welconied him with a hanquet in the royal halls, aud when be aud his compenlons were tilled with food and wiue, the{ wereall nln:l‘fllturcd.— Clytemnestrs herself slaying her lord and Cas- saudra, ‘Thus far Homer, After tho eple, when the whole fabric of Greclan theolo, ~ly had become elaborato aud complex- with tw thought of the fnexorable Fates, came tho drumatic treaunent of the trugedys sEschylus, Sophucles, and Eurighles centurles after Homer, filled out the shuple outfiuos; aud Aschylus (¢ was that added, asa cause of Clytemuoestra’s crline, her unforgiving anger at Agumamuon for the sacrifice of their daugbiter, Iphigenia, ut the vutsct of tho Trojsn War, to appeasy the wroth of thegoddess Arteme is. ‘Tradition told, also, how tho son, Orestes, aycuged his futher’sdeuth by sluyin, bls mother sud her paramour, and was “pursued thencefor ward by ‘the Furies, The bouea of Agamems non, the Trojun Princess, snd the otbier victius of the fatal bangquet.were sald to have been en- tombed with grest pomp within the city walls, f'm '.hlow ’nt EH us m_x‘g}1 l.‘lyllemnv.-‘u:; wl::‘h gnomiuy Just without. The place of the bu- Fal ot 6 Ring of Men " auld hia frlvadarer malned marked by tradition through the sus ceeding ages, and, in the second century of our era, Pausaulas visited the ruins of Myceénm, and found themnn not greatly different Irow whae modern travelers have acen them. Tho wally scarcely more rufned now than then, exhitit in their inmense stones a skill in musonry uot sar pussed since. A massive gale-way, low af harrow, remains surmounted with the armsof Agumemunon's line, the Atreide,—two rampant Hous, Hercely confronting the stranger, Pavs. sanias montluns the * sublerrauean chumbers of Atreus aud iis sons, in which thelr treasured were kopt,”” 8 tomb of Atreus, and_ others o Agameminon and those who returned with hlm from Troy and were slaln, Dr. Behlivmann_undertook the excavation of Myceuws under a pure enthuslasin for llomtf‘ which i a retreshing proof that fine seutimes! has uot yet censed 10 move umen, Hecmploys 123 menut hisown cost, and gives the treasure truye without reserve to Greece, Ho has alresdy explaned the great vault called the treasures house of Atrcus by Pausanias and sloce thet, aud reached the couclusion, to whichacholirs have been tending of late, that it was really & tomb, and that the. other so-called treasure: Tiouses are likewiso tombs, which have doubtless been searched belore for tho treasurcs whish [b is well-known the anclents were accustomed 10 place fu the ugulclmu of thelr fllustrious dea as Lie has found ju them nothiug of consequences But withln the walls of the acropolis, or vitad Leight of the city, ha haa inade the discoveries which 01} us with amazement. o . . Whether or ot Dr. Bevliemann hos discovered the tombs of Agamemuou, Cassandrs, Euryme dun, aud the rest that camiy from Troy, misy not proven or provable, but the presumpilve evldence is strong in favor of his asdent falth that be has. There fs no question but that the treasures ho uncurths Lave lalu ther for :!\134;5 Nuars, alnos tho Argdve conquest, aud, bad t B«j existence been known at that time, thoy woul havo bardly have becn Jeft by the conquerors 1 thelr spoliation of the city, It is probable, 18 the opinfon of scholars, that no date can wasiguod such works of art later than the Do {lln.xn ul’xm \mt‘ !n‘z:‘ LhEI"nla’Doulwl'\ll. m‘{‘lournl:l!- ng before event Momer's poen most authoritative witnesscs that exist. A"‘{ wo sball venture to be gratclul to the cames Germun, working {n theancient Achaan tombs,~ he and his Grock wife, on their kuees, ur-ulntl the precions carth with careful probes, to reves! 10 ustlis reality of the ago tuat the old bard ¥ vividly deplcted iy his gounding song. e “1had nine children to support and (¢ kept me busy,” sald Bnithto Juncs,as they uiet,' buk ono of the girls got married. baye—' * Eight# ° Interrupted Joues. * No, ten —couutiog the son-tu-lawi? gald Buith witha aigh which jnight bave been heard afur ofl