Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1877, Page 8

8. THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. A reception was given to Miss Rive by the - Owl Club sesterday evening ot their rooms in McVicker’s Theatre. v * Mr. C. H. Drew, the tenor of the Oates Comic Opera Company, was called home to Baltimore Festerdar morning by the sudden fllness of his . Mr. Oscar Lenox Misch, whose occasional let- ters nave gppesred in Tz TRIBUNE, has re- turned from California considerably improved 1o heslth, which was the object of his trip. The temperature yosterday, as observed by Manassc, ortician, 88 Madison street (TRISUNE Building), was, 8¢ $ 2. m., 33 degrees; 102 m., &: 12 m., 83;3p. m, 32; 8 p. m., 32 Bar- ometer 2t §,a. m., 29.52; 1 p. &, 30.03. Ieaac Varchuse, a journcyman printer, who mocidentally fell down stairs at the office of the ZErening Post, No. 83 Dcarborn strect, upon the evening of the 12th inet., died of the ipjuries he then received at the Cout Hospital yefserday afternoon. Au ingucet will be held to-day. A board of officers to retire aisabled officers of the army has been appointed by orders from Waskineton 1o convene in this city Monday. ‘Ihe jollowing officers are detuiled 28 members of the Board: Cols. Secket, Kilburn, and Drum, aud Lieut.-Col. Sheridan as recorder. Mr<! Charles Melma, residing at No. 249 North Ashland avenue, b: her left leg frac- Tured below the knce sesterday morning by a | e horse fullity on 1o her while ehe was | assisting her bushzad to raise it. The untortu- Date woman wuk attended by Drs. Nealiey aud | Thompson, and is iu « fair wiy to recover. | Willism H. Gerbrick, who was separated from bis parents, Jacob and Mary Gerbrickz, when he was 9 years old, would lie to zscertain their whercabouts. ‘They formerly lived in Somerset and York Counties, Pa. William H. is @ switch- m:s-in the employ of the Northwestern Rsil- 0. Ben Cottou, the well-kmown minstrel who has Xkert making friends in Chicago for many years, ass concluded 10 uppear in a ew role. He bas lested the musenm and will take possession Mozday, March 1¢, when he will Tresent 2 first- clees vauderille company. Such an entertain- ment ought to succeed. Thureday night 2 Russian 45 years of age. zamed 4. 5. Berlovitz, in a fit of despondency ook adose of strychunine with suicidal intent and died trom the_cffects at an early Liour yes- terday miorming. He leaves awife and family i destifute cirvumstances. At the Coroner’s in- quest 2 verdiet in sccordance with the above 1a:ts was returned. The South-Town Boardmet inJustice Meech’s office vesterdar afternoon at. 2:30 o’clock, and, auter deciding 10 awsit the resuit of Judge Far weil's dedision in the Evans cuse, adjonrned un- Ul Wednesday ai 3 o’clock. Supervisor Liucoln and Justices D'Wolf, Poilak, Haiues, Meech, Wallzce, Foote, and Summeracld were present at the meeting. The Sullisan trial will he called ip the Crind- 4nal Court Monday morning. and no further de- lay is anticpated. Col. Robert Ingersoll has | withdrawa from the case, Ius time peing taken U by his lecturing tour, and bis piace will be iaken by Mr. Emery A. Storrs, who will act with Mr. Leonard Swett forthe defense. State’s | Attorney Mills and Col. Van Arman will prose- cate. ‘Wiihelmina Hennige, 52 vears of age, residing at No. 563 Archer avenne, while crossing the in- Tersection of Archer avenue and Butler street I Festerday noon. wasrun over by a slop-wagon driven by Gustave Schuliz of Brighton, who 7as at once arrestel by Officer Michael Acker. | The wounded woman was attrnded by Dr. 8. A. McWillisms, at No. 125 Archer avenue, and, al- though her injuries are quite severe, it is thought she may survive. At the ammual meeting of the Franklin So- ddety vestenday afternoon the following officers ¥ere chosen: President, John X Walsh: Viee Presidents, L. B. Jameson. C. (V. McClu: 3 Rr:u:dig' Secretery. Jobn Buclde, Jr.; Finan- cial Secretary, Henry R. Bose: Corresponding Beretars, Matthew Hill; ‘Treasurer, D. W. | Page: Mousgers, H. Z. Culver, J. B. Edwards, 4. 3L Barnhart, S. W, Fallis, F. Gindele, G. P. Schzoppner. The monthly ball of the Genial Club- at Greenebaum’s Bali last evening veried from tae ustal entertainments in that no one was 2livwed to dance unless he or she wore a mask. Tuacre were ahout seventy couples present, Znunly young folks. who enjoyed themselves, e older ones for the most part doiug duty as wall fowers. Some of the costumes were very | 2retty, but s few were not caleulated 10 attraci. However, everrbody was in good bumor, and the evening was most edjoyehly spect by those ‘who were present. At 2 o'clock vesterday cfternoon. Alvan Wal- sce, 2 litie 4-Fear oid £on of Charles Bontemps, ©f No. 317 Helsted street, while Tlaying Infront of his resiGence, was run oyer_sand almost in- stantly killed by 2 wagon loaded witn cocper Btaves. which was rapidly driven off after the azcident. Officer k‘.pD’Bxicn followed In pur- ®ait, aud eucceeded in arresting. Hermen Neitzel, and Iceked him up &t the West Twelfth Street Station to await the resnlt of the inquest. As vet there is no cvidence to ehow that the driver was to blame. Dr. A, L. Clark, of Elgin, lecturcd before the Chiagy Philosophical Soci: last evening on <-The Pallcsophy of Mem ? His lecture in riet consisted of a definiiion of memory, refer- €oze to some of the familiar phenomens con- Rected therewith, a consideration of the anatomy X the Dervous syetemn <o far 23 Was necesgary o illustrate his subject, 3 presentation of the i latest and most probable theories with regard %0 the subject, from which the conclnsion was L that mremsory depends for its exercise Ueon mmatter or ns molecalar changes. At vhe meziing of the County Bosrd of Edu- &ation yesturday there were present Messrs. J. dJ. Kearpey, George D, Plant, S, 3, Gardaer, Eeory Barms, B w15, Severel bills wera Rreseuted, am: Wwhich wes one for supphes, 3meuniity tn 230905 The lutter was concur- fedin, Tke pay-roli of the Kneelwopd Normal Sclool for the momb of February was allowed, he total amount heing §3,245. Prof. Went- Fortl, of the Normal School, reed tize Hsts of Guestions for examiuation. propounded to the £enior class at the ciose of the last term, Post 28, G.A.R., gave an enterteinment, catled by them & * camp-fire,” fo their hall 2t the corner of Halsted aad Midison sirects last night. About 14 were pr d the etfaic w25 successful Levond snticipation. The pro- gramme included readings by Alired J. Knight, £inging by Mrs. Pitidia, Miss Perker, an¢ Mr, Rsuney, piano saios by Miss Atkins, and vari- s 2 cs and camp-stories by the comrades. < festure of the eveuins was the refreshmente, ¥uilch consisted of genuine * hardeiack ™ and bacon, and coee without milk or suzar, Dogeett has pregented to the Ir " (ladies” literary club) two Yessels Of terra-couta. fac imiles of Fomc of Uesse wnearthed by Dr. Schiicmsnn, Oue is 2 Fessel about eixht inches in beight, with curved hsm!xes_ aud a rounded and slightly pointed base, evidently a drinking vessel ur smphora. constructed in that manver for the Furpose of coollog the wine by beieg pluced in the ssod. | The cther is a ffat vessel of 3 very peculigr skape, with a wide base and lIoug SPOUL SurEest- iy a Pompetian Jamp,but which may have been useC for wives or vil. Tucer orriclés are at the Xgums of the Chicago Literary Club on Monroe £treet. The trouble between Leonard Grover and Lanplere & Rigdon bas been settled by Grover #elling out his iuterest to Ritrdon, aod yesterday Inorning 2 motion was wade before Ju ‘Fe Far- well by AL £, Tuley, on behsif of the defend- ants, 10 dismiss the suit of Grover vs, Lavphere, auc have the lease of the Adelpbi s the othoer ‘persopal propurty in cortroversy turned over to the dcfeudants. Mr. Harvey, ou behalf of Captl. Gray, the Receiver, opposed the motion vn the ground there Was at present more than VL4 due the Recerves, whien he could not col- JectIf the property passed iuto the bauds of the defendants. Capt. Gray bas had more than he «ould do to make both cnds meet. Judge Far- el denied the motion, bot directed the Re- ceiver to tile his Feport of Lis receipts. and dis- bursements by Wedresdsy moruing, . €OAL, ETC. Hsif 2 dozen coal-dealers roums of the Conl Exchange ncon to attend There were not went up to the Yesterday after- ibe regular monthly meeting. 1 €noagh present for 2 quorums, Siowever, and 5o they summarily adjourned for th. Sex ¥ hirklund stated that he aking gond progress In the work of gath- stutistics ubout the receipts of voal by rall ing the vear, aud would have the report zz iy In time for- the annual meeting in April. . ¥he aowd eat sround some time ufter ad- Journmentaud walked pulities. Mr. J. L.Waidron, #resideut of the Exchavge, made some dis Paragiog remsrks aboutcertain Republican lead- | discuasing the construction of & eewer on the i Rinley and Hubbard; Secretary, E. G. Buckley. ‘ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SU whiel cioek of ThoFire Department was increne- | pany In_this city, and AY. FEBRUAKY, 25, I877—SIXTEEN PAGES. Tt no less observed O. W. Goit, “I other political 55 l!nvs'gxink what Mark Twain seid about the ladies of the Sandwich Islands,—they always had a great admiration for virtue in otllers, but the less said about themselves the better.” Mr. Waldron hitched uncomfortably in his chair and sxid something about. the Republicans “ringing in cold decks,’’ and “stocking the cards,” and “turning up jscks,” cte. “The Democrats have controlled Congress for a year now, and what important legizlation have ihey accomplished? 1 can only remember one thing,” said Mr. Goit euthusiastically, “and that was the resolution introduced by Carter Harrison to secure better ventilation {n the House.” “Thet's hardly a fair statement,” observed Mr. Waidron. “ Well, I'll make the szme froposition o you that I made to Robert Law just before the lust tfon. 1 said 1o him, said 1+ 1 you'll telt me one thing that the Demo- cratic party has done since cowring into puwer— eay single act thet will baud their pame dowa o a grateful posterity—I'll vote the Democratic ticket,? . #The old man reflected” a moment snd scratched bis head, and s2id he: ¢4 haveit, Iave jg P s 4 €What is it,’ said 1. ¢ ¢ They've peid all-the taxes of the country,’ said he, *because they drink all the whisky." I¥ BANKRUPTCY. . An Involuntary petition was filed yesterday against Elijah Warren, James T. Keeney, Henry A. Warren, and Albert E. Warren. real-estate Gealers under the firm name of Vyarren, Kecney & Co., at No. 1¢2 Washington strcet. The fol- ving are the pcxi(inniqlz‘z creditors: Page, Jacob Ruin, Jr.. rue & Swmith, $205.94: ot 5.95; Henry Tur- Shaw a warraut to , on which judg- 25 by John 8. 1876, zave to Theodore A. confess judzment for &7, meat vas entered Oct. S. Lytle. and sn execution issued to the Sheriff, thus creating 2lien on tueir property; also, that on the 15th ol November, 1576, being insolvent, the firm made a preferential pay- ment of $1,000 to the firm of Mosier & De Coudres on certain unsecured potes. Warren, Keeaey & Co. own a large amount of real prop- erty, and. as i3 stated, coeaged for several Fears pust ina lerge and prosperous real-estate business, but their debts now are largely in ex- cess of their ussets, and they have been insol~ vent for the past six months. Their secured debis aggrecate veurly S$500,000, and the un- secured sbont £75,000." A rule to show cause March 3 wasissued. 5 Ileury M. Wilvox, a real-estate dealer at 85 Washingtop street, filed 8 voluntary petition. The preterred Cebts amount to 31127 the se- cured debts amounnt to §161,038.44, the securi- ties being valued at $305,500, and the unsecured debts foot up §13,648.87. The assets comprise real estate valued ot 88,000, mortgaged for ,000, besides the equity of re@emption iu the secured debts. Register Hivbard. THE STOCK-TARDS COMMITTZE. The Joint Committee of the Legislature, composed of Senators Plumb and McClellan, and Representatives Ashtos, Herrington, and Foutel, recently appointed to_jnquire’ into the canses of the complaints_ nguinst tie manage- ment of the Union Stock-Yards, held a two- hours” session at the zforementioned plae yesterdsy forenoon, and decided to keep mum resurding it until they resch Springfield, for which place they staried in the eveniug. A resolution was passed in thé Legislature, Friday, authorizing the Committee to eend to the Capitol for Yersuns and papers if pecessary. The report will be made out and presented to the law-makers at as early a time as practicable, and besides giving the testimony of the twenty-five witness:e cxamined within the two days devoted to the purpose, it will contain suine recommendations that will proba- bly lead o the naking of eome new laws requ- lating tle business at the Yards, und drawing a litle” tighter rein on the msnagers thereof. The burden of the complaint comes from the fzrmers and shippers in_Morgan and Saneemon Counties. It is allezed that exorbitent prices are cherged for vardage, corn, and hay; that dead anumals are vet satisfactorily disposed of, 1o the detriment of the farmer and shipper, and that short weigat is given, to their pecuniary loss. Regarding the result of. their investigs- tion on these points the Committee are silent. They bad President Walker and Sapt. § man before tkem, and one of the Commit- 1ee bemz familiar with the busicess aud em- ployes of the yards, brouzht in all the latter sod questioned them. There iz no doubt bnt that the Granger deems himself hadly bull- dozed at the vards, an¢ will try to have some stringent laws passed tor his henefit. SEWER IMPROVENENT. The Fourth Ward West. Side Publis Jgprove ment Club held a meeting at No. 1852 Dearborn sireet last evenior, for the special purpose of thoroughtere sbove mentione streer to Thirts-ninth. attendance was a large, and embraced most of the residents living on Desrborn street along the line of the proposed sewer. . Anderson, President of the Ctub, ocen- pled the chair, avd E. G. Buciley swted as Secretarv. After a short discussicn, in which the neces- £ity of the sewer was piaioly shown by M W. W. Perkiins, Williem Gardser, eud others, it was learncd thst through the eiforts of ALL | Gilbert, one of the representatives of the ward | 1o the Conncil, and on the recommendstivn of Sewerage-Engineer Clark, the sewer was to be built the coming sammer, it having becn de- cided on since the call for the westing. This ‘was getisfaciors to th discussed the neces: heir 2eeti forthe posts six months ago. to think that they had not re: the mency was paid. The m: school-house erected on the west side of the ward wae z120 talked over. and that, with the &as improvement, was laid over for special con- sideration at a meeting to he held two eles from last night &i the seme place, Au election of officers for the ensulng year resuited as foliows: President, Williem Gard- ner: Vice-Preeldents, H. A. Anderron, C. Weathorson. William Goodwin, and_Mesers. rom: Thirty-third Il I3 e Club then adjourned 16 meet again in 1o weeks. OBITCARY. ! Charles De Haven Jones, M. D., 2 gradunte of Citicago Medical College 2od for eeveral years & medical practitioner in this citv,—atter- | wards Thirty-seventh Hlinois | r r,—idied st Mariner's | x Island, vesterday morring, sxed Jones “contracied the disease | ne Shermaw’s | n Dr. which hae thus proved fatal dw march 10 the ses, and the hard_service of the clozing scenes of the Wur in South aud North Yeurs. after Johnson’s prostrated by the fatiguea of fleld service in a2 climate dlled with missma more fatal to the sons of the North than the Rebel rifle- and for months he scemed doomed to ollow the thousands of brave comrades who vielded thewr lives on Southern soi! for the Union. Finally ke £0 far recor d a8 Lo com-"! mence the practice of bis professionin Brooklyn, N. Y., where he acquired a hizbly lhonorable standing among his medical brethren, and was elected to positions of influcnce in several medi- cal and benevolent socieiice. But the disease which dragged him to his grave never loosened its biold upon him from the time it first selzed him in Georgia and South Carolina until its com- plege overthrow of his paturally robust consti- tution. Tinmediately he was Carolina. surrender ° _THR PCBLIC LIBRART. The Board of Directors of the Public Library met yesterday afternoon, Messrs. Wickersham, Shorey, Lowenthal; Hotz, Serauton, and Walker being present. The bill of B. F. Stevens, amounting to £552 115 5d, for books purchazed in London, with fn- terest at 6 per cent, was ordered paid. Bills for ;mli?'nury, amounting to $177.25 was also al- owed. Tae Committee on Administration reporied & rule requiring employes of the Library to report, for duty ot 8 o'clock In the mording nstesd of So'clock, Inorder to get the shelves in order before the rush of visitors; also, authorizing the emplorment of substitutes to take the place of rezulsr employes when absent. The report w%‘; adopted. 4t Mr. Shorey rugzested that a conference | sbouldbe Leld becween the Finance Committee ?nd lrkfh hcl;u:lll!&ur%“[n Teference to the trons- [er o) e Adel eatre proj formerl, the Post-Otfice to the Liwaiy, ooy formerly Mr.Lowenthal offered the. followine, which was adopted: Rezolred, That this Board s ve thy - mendationof the Finznce. Comeaities of the oy ‘Council that the old Post-Ofice Building, corner of Monroe and Desrborn streets, be fited up for the use of the Public Library. On motion, the following Committee were ap- gl:lnud to c;);:n&cr with lhe‘ Fummon Council and e of Education: Messrs, Shorey, Pooi and Loewenthal. 7 © HOTEL ARRIVALS, Sherman House—'The Hon. G. W. Daziley, New urs in Wasiicgton. Youre 2 Democrat, sin’t you, Wal } did zired "sliij;’m kiznd. . wou, dm’: w " replied Mr. Waldrop, H '3 Republicar i “Why, you used to be a Democrst,” ex- clsimed the Major ic ssionishment; * waen did ~Fon change your viewsi? “ Yesterday,” replied Ar. Wi senten- tiously. Whereat toerc was s general lsugh. “ When I hear people sbusing. Taven; Col. H. P. Huckine, Borton; W. J. Wade, Nashyille; M. McRoberts and Col. 4. R. Fraser, New Yor: V. Pltlém. Springfield; R. D. Lan- EA g&(er. §t[ Lnn!lfl; J. orse, Salem, Mass, Tremond Honse— i, Berris, Mootreal; E. S. 4. Chandler, St. Pacl| E. Kidder, T. S, A. B, Knott, Washington; R. W. Bioard and J. A. Aston, Texes: W- J. Tuiyhoman, Baltimore. Grand Pacifie—Mre, Knight Astor and maid, . J. D. . Cincinuati; B. D. Babeac! g 2 h i oatevitte; Harry Clev Auy Cinnati; G arles W. the Hon. B. Davenport, Whesllug iam Butier, Penneylvania: J. M. Dr. Gillett, X;\Vg\gr::!; IBEB{.I:‘:;;IG. 3 ; J. S. Batlou, & < l(ll:i:“l‘tltl‘lcs%lu ‘W. Blakeley, Clevelant - Tillinghast. New York; T. H. Collins, Lcnis\.l‘li. T. D. ilagar, J 1. T. Feilding, London; 1i. J. Lee, St, Lunis; E. Eziekel, Doston: E. M. Roberte, Brooklyn. THE DOUGLAS MONUMENT. ITS REMOVAL TO THE/WEST PARK. y A meeting was beld last evening in Billings Hall, corner of Helsted and Washington streets, 1o agitate the question of building the Douglas Mozument in Douglas Park. “A m'xmber_ of prominent citizens were present, including Mesrrs, Mancel Talott, C. C. Bonney, G. W. Stanford, John Crawford, Ald. T].Irm)!’, ‘.\. M. Wright, 8. J. Glover, Il M. Garlick, N, 8. Mer- rill, Ald. Baumgartuer, Ald. Loding, )lnrll.vz Andrews, J. L. Lombard, Gen. O. L. Many, 5. W. Kesster, Gen. Reyuolds, and State Senator Bueller. Mr. A Wright was elected Chairman, and . J. Glover Secretary. fr. Stanford, West Side Parl: Commissioner, and Mr. C. C. Bonney werc called upon to speak, but declined on the score of insuflicient knowledze of the eubject, Mr. Glover, how- ever, was loss niodest, and stated that the proj- ect of completing the Douglas Monument in Douslas Park wae well known, having been agi 1ated ubeady in the newspapers. Some talk had been indulged in sbout chauging the locu- tion of the monument, but this meeting, as he understood it, was called by gentlemen opposed 10 auy removal. Mr. Martin Andrews alluded to Lhe‘ proposal to remove the monument to Drexel Boulevard, and to chauge the nmmne of that avenue to Douglas Boulevard. He was opposed to any change, and therefore offered the following: Wagengas, Propositions are now pending hav- ing in vicw ibe removal of the Douglas Monument from ite present site and its completion by Jegisla- tive aid; and, z War . The matter of selecting & new loca- tion for such monument is now being covsidered by the parties having the erection thereof in charge; 1herefore e Respleed, That if any change of location is to be made in_the judgmeat of this meeting 1t should be located in Douglas Park: i Rexolved, Thata Copunittes be appointed by the Chair to confer with tne patties intercsted, and with the member of the Le, 'ark Com- mittee. with = view to ecuring such object. Mr. C. C. Bonney said that in his opinion the uueient should be completed, and iu a place reason for a change of the monument to South Park. Douglas Park was 2 settled fact, and it seemed proper that it should be there. Gen. Reynolds suid that the kind in Douglas Park was donated to tic city on condition that Mis remains should be plaved there, aud the State originally made 2n appropriation of $25,~ 000 to buy the quit-claim tothe grounds whereon the present monuwmernt stands. He understood that Mr. Douglas’ widow—now Mrs. Willizms— ‘Was Very greatiy opposed to naving the remains removed, even to the University grounds. It would be necessary and proper to confer with Ler before any steps were taken. Tne resolutions were adopted, and Messrs. Bonney, Andrews, Judge Kogers, = Glover, and Wright were appointed on the Com- mittee. The Chairmen and Secretary of the meeting were elected Chairman and Secretary of the Comuuttee. Mr. Stanford spoke about the advantages of Douglas Park, saying that it was accessible by street-cars from the central part of the city in twenty micutes. It wasa wile within the city limits, and hsd a station of the Chicago, Bus- lington & Quincy Railroad adjacent to it It Was also well Tmuroved and would become a place of general resort ut an early date. The West Side Park Commissioners were, on motion, declared members of the Commirtee. A 3 the real estate comprising the security of the ere people would naturally look for a me- The petition was referred to ento of the great statesman. He saw no Mr. Glover read & petition to the City Council 1 as follows: We, the undersigned citizena and property- owners of West Chicugo and residents on Ogden avente, your petitincrs pray your honorable Dody 10 piies the necessarr ordimance to have the nanie of Uzden avenue changed to Douglas Park avenae. {rom 1te intersectivn with Randolph stree: 10 West Twelfth sirect, and also the portion of e2ld Ogde=n avenue from West Twelfth street to it¥ Jimits. to be named and known as Douglas k bonlevard, from and arier date of the passage of said ordinance. THE COUNCIL. SEWEEAGE. . The Common Council met yesterday after- noun, and resolved itsclf into,a Committee of the Whole, Ald. Throop being cailed upon to pregide. Ald. Rawleigh moved to add $8,000 to the scwerage appropriition for a sewer on Vaa Buren street, between Hosne street and West- ernavenue, adding that the properiy-owners had agreed to sdvance the money for the same until the cliy was able to pay for the improve- meni. The motion was carried. Ald. Gilbert, in replying to Ald. Pearsons’ remarks of Friday, denounced that gentleman’s arguments on the subject s abeurd. In Ald. Gilbert's opinion sewers wese more neces- sary than any other improyement at the present time. The argument of Ald. Pearsons, if pushed toits legitimate conclusions, would cut off ali improvements, snd leave all the various departments without. a cent, for the reason that the money was not in bend and had to be bor- rowed. Hewas In favor of allowing each ward sapecifled amount of sewerage, and made a motion to thiz end—fixing the amounts for new sewers in the several wards as follows, and pro- vidiog_ {Lat . they be apportioncd under the “direction of the Aldermen of each ward the prineipel engineer in chareeef the work : Third Ward, 831.2 onrth, i Sixth, §44.500: Sev. 000: Elchth. £3,000; Eleventh. $11.000; £40.000: Thirteenth, £15.000; Four- 000 Fifteenth, 0003 - Sixteenth, eventeenth, $1L.000; {otal, 8233,157.50. Somimers moved to appropria for the construction ef a sewer on Thirty-fiest reet, apd was not at all hackward in critieis- ing whal e called Ald. Pearsons® aplrit of false eccromy. Ald. Pearsons said he thought $200,000 was quite sutficient to pay for ail (he sewers that were needed, but thut, if the Committee would go back and cut off come of the . useless ex- penditures department salaries would be disposed to vote for the & A Ald. Cullerton ingved to amend Giibert’s motion by adding the words, *'in_addition to the unexpended balunces (o the credit of such wards Jun. 1, 1877, with the idea that the un- expended balances would pay for the old con- tracts. ; This amendment gave rise to considérable de- batcand was fought by Ald. McCrea, Aldrich, McAuley. snd others onthe general ground tHat in voting away thesc unexneénded balances the Committee was voting away a great deal of money which might be used in paying off the city certidcates. On the other h: the amend- ment wus favored by Ald. Lawlor, Sweency, Swmith, and others, and maiters’ came fo such a2 pass that the Committee bad to csll in the Comptroller, to whom they stated the difficuity, and’ who took the same ground, substentially, as that :L:.!ll:n(‘d by the Aldermen opposing tie amend- ment. A‘!zer some further talk, the amendment was lost. Ald. Sommers’ motion to add 825,000 for a and lost, sewer on Thirty-first_streer, was put but su_smendment. by the ‘same Alderman to make tbe Fifth Ward apportionment $40,000, was carried. Amendmeats being ‘In fashion, Ald. Waldo offered cne 1o make the item for the Fifteenth Ward £3{,000, and Ald. Cullerion moved to make that for the Sixth Ward 270,416, The former amendment was edopted, but. the lotter waslost. The vote by which 'Ald. Waldo's nm&ndu:leuzhwas adupted was then_reconsid. ered and the amount for'the Kifteentl W: Was made $30,000. o W Ad. McCres moved a3 an cmendment to Ald. Gilbert’s motion to add thereto_the words, *whizh emount ehall foclude the $79,262 recom- mended by the Mayor and Finance Committee.” Adopted, Ald. Gilbert’s motion, with the amendment by Ald. McCrea, and those increasing the ::fut;:&s m’k’ThE I'z)flth and Fifteenth \\’nr§s wae opted, making the total appropriat sewers $293,057.50. PirCprstlon - dot THE OTEER ITEMS, The item of £300,009 for material for lighting strect hm?s and tunnels, clesning, repairing, ete., for Gas Inspector’s salary, ctc., pay of watchmen, snd_deficiency in *last year's appro- priation. and the item of 35,000 for epecial #ssessments on city property, were sdopted as rm'_ommcndem The remalning portions of the bill, in relation ¢ Water-Tax Fund, Erring Women's Ref- uge, House of the Good Shepherd, Washingto- nian Home, were adopted without discussion, Toe Committee then went back to the item 2] London; tbe Hon. G. C. Lewre: Burlington; Edy 3 c;pcfh. R &ma: oW Baston; W. F. X:hc';t.nnnflu;lh- of $211,631.07 for the Fullerton avenue conduait, laid over temporarily at a previous meeting, and adopted it with very little discussion. Uz motion of Ald, LZCrm, the salary of the ' d from 81,440 to $1.60. s | “The item of 812,700.54 Ior" céa-:ig;;msh{g nblic benefit for new streed . %ns previously stricken out, was then adopted as recommended. ’ ng 1Cnmmmee srose, reported progress, nn.d asked leave to it agaiv. . On motion of Ald. Gilbert, the appropriation Dill was made the special order for Monday alternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Adjourned. CITY CONTRACTS. SOME CONSTANT ANNOYANCES. The city has times almost without number ex- perienced annoyauce, and frequently great in- convenience, from the failure of contractors to perform what was stipulated in their contracts, and oue of the sources of annoyance has been the unpald employes of the failing contractor. These poor men, who have perhaps worked and even months, for a man who is dojmg some work for the city, are constantly running to the ¢ity offleials to sec if some way cannot be devised to. make the contractors disgorge what has been paid them hy the municipality.” For in- stance: A gets a contract to bulld a conduit for $100,000. Ile files bonds and commences the work, which continues perhaps & mouth, per- +haps six weel The amount of work then done I8 apprati; and an * estimate ” issued by the city. ~ A sells the estimate at a small sacri~ fice, pockets the money, sbandons the coutract, and lets his hired hends, even thourh they are starving and their families starving with them, seek redress us best they can. Of course they o to the city ofticials, but those magnates are powerless. . What fs now advanced as 3 cure for such shameful rascality fs the making of the contract €0 binding that. the contractor ehall be obliged #0 pay his men, and, fn case he fails to fasten the responsibility ot the payment of the hired men upon the hordsmen. The Mayor re- ferred to the measure very forcibly vesterday, and snid that it had been & zood deal agitated not enly ju his own mind, but in the minds of others who have had ample experience in mu- nicipul business and geaeral contracting. His Houor was in doubt as to whether the statutes did not forbid the making of such contracts, but Mr. Francis Adams, whom a reporter question- ed shortly afterwards, said that there was noth- ing to prevent such contracts pro- vided persous could be found willing to so bind themselves. He sug- gested as_a remedy taat contracts be not let to any one vho was s0_irresponsible as to refuse and neglect to pay his employes. The Mayor. as head, tail, sud body of the Department of Fublic Works, will, of course,’ have a great deal of contract-letting to do jn the short time left of his present term, and he stoutly avers. that he shall let no contracts tu auy person who has {ailed in the performance of contracts with the city or who hae, by the means above set forth, swindled his underlings out of their hire, for all such he regards s irresponsible biddere. THE PENITENTIARY. WILL THE BILLS BE COLLECTED? A few days ago TEE TRIBONE took oceasion to show up the actual coudition of the State Peniteutiary, aud Low the i present Board of Commissioners have managed the fustitution. There was nothing stated in these dispatches but what focts and figures have fully proven. The stone contract has been especially criticised, and also the way in which contractors have received the bounty of the State without paying therefor. In fact, the Penitentiary seems to have been run‘as au institution of charity for the benefit of bard-up contractors. Richardson was allowed to run behind $41,000, azainst the law ayg Con- stitution, and then giver a new contract 4t a re- duction of nearly one-half. His contract was for 225 convicts, whio were given up on the st of January to one Martin Madden, the foreman of Edwin Walker, of Lemont. Walker fs the con- tractor for the Court-House. He indorses the bond of Martin Madden, slong with a man named N. J. Brown, who is said to lack suffi responsibility. The lavor bill for Waiker’s c victs came due on the 15th of February for the | nonth of January, but up 10 this date he has not forked over. Tie cebt for January labor amouuts to $3,259.55, which he should have paid lust weels. In addition, Walker bought Billy Richard- son's truck, in the shape of tools, ctc., for which he pave Lis note for 814,32 making in all $17,508.80 whien he owes 1o the State: Will the present Bosrd of Commissioners be able to coilecy this sum? It fe extremely doubt- ful. Butit i3 more than probable tiust Walker will be allowed {0 run furiher in debt, and by and by a compromisewill be effected. He now puss but 50centsa day per convict, but hie will thea get themn, after” compromisiog. for about 25 0r 30 cents. It wonld seem that a reform was needed in the mapagement, else it will _no: be lon cze the institution is bankrupt. War- den McClaughry isnot to biame, He is power- less fn the prewises, and the whole fanlt is in the incompetency ot the present Board of Com- miseioners. i SENT DOWNXN. SENTENCX-DAY IV THE CRIMINAL COURT. Yesterday was a hig doy in the Criminal Court, the occasion being the passing of sen- tence onalarge number of desperate cases. The court-room was literally packed in advance of the hour of opening with curioeity-people and friends of the unfortunates to be arraigned, sod s0on after about fitty from the jall marched in, -filling the rest of the available spece. They were # hard-looking set, and very few of them were strangers to the ordeal through which they. were sbout to poss. Their crimes.were as varied a8 were the expressions of their hardened faces, 2nd in age, color. snd condition of life there was vericety | enough to test the Court’s discriminating power, and to give the vast audience a view of the erim- inal classes eeldom met. Most of the prisoners | were these who had pleaded guilty, in the hops | that they conld thus roh ju: in 2 measure, but between the active Sta Attorney and the stern Judge the day was a bad one for them, tor | never fn the history of the Court were shyster- ing attorneys and hopeful eriiminals more Tigor- ousky dealt with and disappointed. -The following were the sentences pronounced : James Brennan, larceny, thirty davs in Bride- well; Dyer Hill, burglary, sixty days in Bride- well: Peter Wicker, burglary, two years in Peu- itentiary—his second term:~ Joseph Slaudinger, larceny, two ysare in Pententiary: i ward “Pratt, larceny. sizty - days in Brideweil; 'Michael Moloney, larceny, six months Bridewell; Williamn Andrevws, larceny, four months Bridewell; 4. C. Bennett. larceny, thirty days Jail; Charles Lee, lurceny, four months County-Tail: George Johnson, larceny, one year L'enitentiary ; Samuel Bowles and Isaial Broivn, burglary, four ycars eacii, Penftentiary; George Gipzon, gssault, six months Bridewel Miclisel Swick, burglsry, one vear Penitentiary Charles Wariield, robbery, obe year Penicel tiary form-School months Brid year Pemitenti Tohn Anderson, larceny. thrce- years Re- T}homu Anderson, larceny, two el 4 Owen Biddle, lorceny, one Jerry Daley, burelary, six 3 John Riley. larceny, two inontbs County-Juil; Jawes Hurrington, rob- bery. five vears Penitentiary: Henry Clifford and John Brider, burelary, two years éack, Pen- itentiary; Adan_Roche; burglary, three 'years Penitentfary; Barney Gallazber, ° lar- ceny, four vesrs Penitentiarv; Ilermann Schmidt and Joseph_Sebastian, robhery, two yesrs Penitentiary; Frank :Kearney, robbery, une year Bridewell; Frank Lee, larceny, i ‘Wwhich he shot an ofticer, ten vears Penitentiary —his third term: William™ Burns, burglary, seven years Penitentiary; Georwe Carroll, rar ceiving stoien goods, one year Penitentiarys Richard Cacey, larceny, one year Brideiwel) Frank Slmons, robbers, six_years Penitentiury . George Hurris and ohn AcLain, asszule with inten to kiil, five years each in Penitentiary, Some of the parties arraigned were grauted a new triel, and in the cases of others sentence was deferred. The dag’s work, however, was & Zuod one. During the sentencing quite a_flutter was created in the court-room by a bold attempt on the part of Jerry Daies, a noted crook.’ o esczpe. He “quietly climbed from his seat over the ruling ‘that surrounds the seats for prisoners, and made bis way to the corridor connecting the east end of the vuilding with the jail. Reaching the corridor. hie sprung up its eide fna moment and darted throngh the aperture between the side and the roof and {gmit‘:‘eu L:w s:eps belénv and from thence went e strect at a neek speed, Jeading a gan of bailills and boys halt & Bloek, T S cape caused the greatest commotion in the court and emotied the room In a few moments, the only wonder being that the forty or more pris- Qners amang whom he bad been sitting did not break and ruu, as they were for a momeat up- fmmled and could have escaped as weil as not o the excitement. Daley was captured two blocks away and brought bock for sentence, taking six” years, as will be seen above, Mis purpose was to ask for a new trial and with zood prospecu& but his conduct upset iftall. Helisan old an expert crimfnsl, hut since the religious service commenced i the Jail e has professed conversion and claimed to be entirely reformed. At the services Sunday he attracted considerable attention by an elo- | would be sued. { cumulating, it appears, and somebody is to uent exhortation to his fellows to foraske tan and his wavs. He was formerly in the employ of the Western Unlon Telegraph Com- expel .operator there ihan he has been since in house- bresking, cte. B HARD LUCK. A SUNDAY IN JAIL. Somé weeks ago Detective K. J. Rickey was indicted by the Grand Jury for alleged con- epiracy with some pawnbrokers toexactof a and gave buil for his appearance for trial. Bince then very little has been heard from him and his associates in troublc until yesterday, when all of them again cntered the portals of the geutleman §50 for the return of some stolen fiperl.y. A few days later he came into Court Criminal Court, sccompanied by their attor- neys. They had noc _uppenrc:l for trisl, but Rickey had come to be surrendered by his bonds- men, and Llangley, Greenwald, ard a score of others ~ gccompanied him to see how he was golng to make out. 1t speedily transpired that ihe object of his \'isl? wus z: Bppl_vpfor a release on a writ of habeas corpus, and _to do this he must first sur- render himself that e might make oath that he was deprived of his liberty, ete. He filed the necessary pelition, grhich had been previously drawn, and, wmiany of the delays ordinarily incident to such - procecdings, the writ was ordered to be issued returnable according to law. Sofar forLune had fuvored him, and every- thing moved smoothly, but he still loitered aronnd, nervously awaiting the next move, which was the hearing of the writ. ‘The Court was busy sentencing prisoners, and the dclay occasioned was apnoying in the It was mearly 5 o'dock when ge Williams liad finiehed dealiug with sinners around him, and, looking at his atch and remembering that it was about train tinie, he sugaested that the habeas corpus case would have to go over until Mondsy. This cre- ated a flutter ewong the attorneys, and an anx- ious smile lighted up <ey's 1ace as he rose from bia chair and confronted the Court. “What enall be done with Mr. Rickey?”? in- quired his attorney. N ‘The Court, laboring under the impression that he had already beer 1n jail, n.-glled, ‘‘He,cango back to Kern's, and stey over Sunday. It won't burt him. The fare over there is £00d, they sar, and the beds clean.”” “-Kern's, on LuSalle street?” retorted the at- torney. *“t'o jail,”” said the Court. ‘‘ But can’t we give beil and mutually arrange that these procecdings shall not militate against Rickey at the bearing ("7 ¢ Bail un the indictment?” © fe does not want te go to jail.” “ You must act legally in the matter, and Rickey cau either go to jail or have the writ dis- migsed.” Following this came a hurried whispering and arushiug to and fro. The situation or contin- gency had not been anticipated, and all were at sea. Rickey fully appreciated the tect that he was in trouble. ‘The next move was to reinstate the old bonds- men, who were standing by him, but this wonld not do. and the Court agein gave it as hig edict that the prisoner should go to jail, And a mo- iment later he went. 3 ‘The result of the case was surprising to all, and when Rickey gets ready to give the world 2 book of anecdotes und the cxperiences of a detective, his habeas corpus case will make for him s broad, grun joke. Affertue case was disposed of a reporter made some inquiry a8 to Rickey’s motives, and was told that the indictment hunging over him hiad bothered him by duy and night, and in tite last few days had czused him to takea ‘‘leave of absence ” from the employ of the city. He was also told that Rickey bad made an etfort to get the co-operation of the prosecuting ~ witness in_ the proceedings of vesterday, and, s an inducement for him to faliinto the scheme, had told him that hisobjeet in baving 4 hearing on a writ of babess corpas was that he might et discharged and return to bis work, and also be in shagu to testify against Langley and the others on their trial under the indictment, ete. The case is set®for bearing to-morrow morning at @ o’clock. THE COUNTY BUILDING. Of the five Commissioners whose terms ex- pire this fall, not one is a candidate for re-elec- tion. It is scarcely neceseary to fnquire why. The Committee Clerk of the Counts Board, Albert Mabr, Is considerably put outat the turn things bave taken, and a few days'ago he ad- dressed aletter to Ssmmy J. Tilden, urging him to call on the people to_ inaugurate him Presi- dent whether or no. He was feeling considera- bly hurt yesterday that Sammy had not heeded his advice. ‘The Grand Jury worked faithfully a few hours yesterday, finding tifteen true bills in petty cases. In the afternoon, determined not to be denied a visit to the Iusane Asyluw, they ob- tained permission from one of the County Com- missioners to engage es at the public ex- pense, and embarked for that retreat. Their business, beyond the pleasure of the ride, is not known. They will report to-morrow aud be discharged. Religious services wiil be held in the Jall to- t 1 o’clock, led by the Rev. L. T. Chewmoe?- of the New "England Congregational Chburch. Is it not a little strange that, of all the minisiers of the city. Mr. Chamberlain is the onlyone who has asked vermission to Iahor with the prieoners? The Sherlff is cntirely undenom- Inational in the me:ter, and all that remains for any Christiau worker to do is ask permisston. Sopie montbs az0 an fnmate of the Insave Asvlum escaped and played bavocywith the bouks and furnitnre of & ecool in Norwood Park. A bill for damages was scnt to the County Board br the Schoul Trustees and placed on file, Yesterdsy Mr. Holden was reverely stirred up by some of the parties interested. and threatened that if the damages were not d the county The damage suits are fast ac- bluue. Commiesionera Cleary and Holden are rivals Dow in'the work of retrenchment. They begin to zppreciate the position in which the past ex- trayagance of the Roard hes placed the county, agd yesterduy had some words on the subject. They accused each other of reckleseness in the pest, and each promised to outdo the other in ile practice of ceonory in the future. It re- gins {0 be secn onc of them will move 1o-morrow to et the salary of the Coucty-At- toroey i two in the middle and abolish the ap- p{‘opr;utian for the maintenance of his law in- stitate. Architcet Egan returned from the Fox Island granite quarries yesterday. He reports that about two-thirds of the pilasters and columns 1or the new Court-House have been gotten out, aud that some of them are boxed and ready for shipment. The object of his visit was to" give the cobtractors for ihe work an estimate. Tneir contract calls for quarry estimates. the county reserving 40 per ceut, ood under this he thinks they are entitled to avout £40,000, and*vnll so certify to the Board. Tne contractors wilt find that it is easy enongh to_get. count, orders, but. that money is zot so vasily ub:nincl{ THE PRINTING SWINDLE. The experts appointed some weeks ago to measure the officint proceedings of the County Board o5 priuted in the two “orgams? of that body, With 2 view to arnving al, lusion i relerence to the cbarge made by the Staats-Zeitung that fhe orgaus had overcharged, submitted their report to the Printing Committee yesterday. It s x voliiminous document, and” contains an array of figures, if not facis, of sufficient magnitude $0 make a book equal in size and interest to the ordinary Patent-Oflice reports. I is held sacred. and reportorial eyes are, of course, not alowed torest upon It, yet Tir TRIBUNE is, enabled to rive its conclusions, and a faint idea of how sucih conclusions were reached. The experts, it is undersiuod, measured the matter tiret by the fuch, aud_foundwthat there were so many inches. Next they reduced the luches “to agate lines, and the lines to squares, fizuring - four, five, and SEX lines to the square, the contruct undetwhich thework bud been done baving blunderingly omitted Lo saw how many lines constituted & square, etz ‘This was for amusement, however, {or they had been wiven to understand hy Gen. Lieb. the publisher of oneof the ‘*organs,’ that in bis ‘nieasurement he had charged five lines to the square, and by the publisher of the other *organ™ that he had allowed six Hoes. They next set about dividing the matter on this basis, and comparioer the amount the papers had been paid with the amount they should have been paid according to their own figuring. They reached the conclusiun, in brief, that the county owed ticn. Lieb atiout $500, while the other publisher owed the .county abont 800, or had overcharged that amount. = All rale and tigure work they measured a8 agatf, without regard to the size of type in which it had been set, and allowed one publisher #117 and the other $107 in this way. 1f the Printing Committee suould tail to allow these ftems, they will swell the indebtedness of the county to the one, and the indebiedoess of the otherto the county just somuch. I tie report bears out these figures it is conclusive that the cxperts have done their best and obeyed fnstructions, and at the same time ex- ‘posed some very dirty work. SAVING THE PEOPLE’S MONEY. The matter of reducing the salaries of coun employes und the expenses of the county insti- tutions received a new impetus yesterday, if talk can be said to. amount to anjthing. The Commissioners did little else than discuss the Question, but their ‘sets in the phst are such a3 Y to cause all they may u the tobe received with distrust. \Veeksazo Mr. Sennt took the first steps toward the much-needed re- forin, but his resolution met its death by being relerred to 3 commitiee,where it has since slum- bered, hence, to expect much of the Board is scarcelo warranted. However, the Commis- elonery talked economy- lond and long yester- day, differing only in the discussion as to how the reform could be brought about. Some were slncers in favoring taking up the salary list in the Board to-morrow, and ~ poing throuch it, cutting down here and loppinz off all sinecures there. Then, again, there wcre others who pretended to favor the proposition as 2 whole, hut wanted the matter referred to a special committee, to be strangled in its in- fancy. What will be done no one kuows, but if, b u 1o which the county finances has been reduced. There will be nothing of economy in their ac- tion, aud nothing of a disposition to perform a long-deferred duty. THE CITY-HALL. The only sum of money paid into the Treas- ury yesterday was31,97¢ from zha,WaQrDe— partment. The sccond test of the West Side pumping- works will be commenced Monday or Tuesday morning. The engineeris confident that the test will prove more’succeseful than the other. The Bufidicg: Department has in the past week issned about thirty-six building permits, mostly for small additions and one-story struc- tm%res, and representing a value of about $40,- bt & | if not better, than nsual. good, no grasshoppers as yet, and the credit of the City of Chicago “A g H The City-Collector gives notice that March 15 | be will tarn over to the County-Collector ajl toe slaec-lnl assessments and the property iwill be sold to meet the assessient unless it be paid before that date. All pergons who desire that their property be not so sold would do well to call and settle. Health-Commizsioner De Wolf and the May- or have talked over the garbaze-collecting-and- disposing plan detailed in THE TRIBUSE 2 few days 2go, and they both agree that it wonld be feasibie ana good. Dr. De Wolf said that as soon as he had been notified that the Health Department sppropriations for 1877 were 2t his disposal Lie sould advertise for bids for Jdoing the work according to his new plan. The Degnrtment of Public Works yesterday issued to James Kincade an estimate “of §1,063 for work on the substructure of the Milwaukce avenue viaduct, which is now rapidly a proach- ing a condition fit tor travel. The planking and putting np of a railing are about ail that re- main to ke done. That will probably be_finish- ed by the 1st of March, aud Chicago will have added to her list another notable public im- provemcnt. A delegation of about a dozen citizens of the Thirteenth Ward, headed by Ald. Cleveland, called upon Mr. Llarke, Chief Eogineer of the Sewersge Department. yesterday aftercoon to request that he recommend to the Council that a sewer be bullt on West Lake street from Fall street to Kedzie avenue, or on Fulton street from Seymour to Kedze avenue. Mr. Clarke referred the delegation to the Council to aslk that he be given instructions by that body. Ald. Cleveland settled the matter later in tae day Dby getting through the Council an appropria- tion for the desired sewer. Bulldlnz—Sn{)erlntendenn Cleaveland has re- ceived rrom Mr. Quinlan, the owner of the pulding where Haverly’s Theatre is located, a letter snying that the reformatory measures proposed by the Superintendent are” in accord- 1 tl s| t! h: 8 1 & o ance with the ideas of the writer in many particafars. Mr. ., however, ¢ thinks “thot some modifications should be made, and promises, as soon s he can do so in juatice to the present tenant, to put the building in a condition that could be called safe. The latter is the onisr one received in reply to the general notificatiors issucd some weeks ago, bat the Superintendent expects soon to hear wrom the owners of the other theatres and hails. The annual report of the Department of Pab- lic Works has been completed, with the excep- tion of those.parts to be gotten up by the City Enginecr and the Chief Sewerage Engineer. Mr. Chesbrough is engaged in_baving prepared drawings of the North and West Side Pump- ing Works buildings and their engines; also maps or the entire water system of the city, so that at a glance a person can see how the water flows into ihe crib and thence to the very outskirts of the city. The report is to be much more etatistical and comprehensive than any ever published before, and will no doubt be of greal value and interest. Owing to the amount of work vet to be done, the pamphlet will not be ready for some weeks. Although the deaths from scarlet fever in the mlm;; lsst night were not nwabered in the *‘teens.” as the Commissioners of Health ! had hoped they would be, there is cause for con- ; gratulation over the decrcase. Twenty-two | persons were the victims, while forthe week ! Drevious the pumber wus larger. The new cases renpneddéoyesmdny were at the following plsces: Nos. 560 Sonth Halsted strect, 363 West Twenty-first, 51 Frank, 334 Nortn Paulina (two cases), 389 West Twellth, 251 Nincteeuth, 140 p son, 705 Wabash “svenue, 281 West Ohlo, West Erle. 6i¥ Indisna_avenue, Rountree, onc block north of Fulton, 197 North Lagalle, 110 Fourth avenue, 53 Mav (two cases), 103 >ichi- £an, 604 Throop, 179 Washington, 146 Eugenie. The general heaith of the vity has been o= Zood, sual. "The ome caSe of smali-pox which was at the pest-house has been cured and the patfent discharged. Purim services will be held fn the new B'nai Sholom Synagogue, Michigan avenue between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets, Monday at 6:30 p. m. The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will lecture next Tues- day evening on the * Yosemite,” in the Church of the Redeemer, coruer of ‘Washington and Sangamon streets. * The annual supper 2nd entertainment of the Cambrian Benevolent Society will be held on St. David’s Doy, next Thursday, at Madison Hall, 235 West Madison street. The seventh annual Commencement of the Women's Hospital Medical Colleze will take lace Tueeduy evening in the Methodist Church lock, corner of Clark and Washington streets. The Rev. Charles Clark, formerly pastor of Robert Hall’s churc, and 2 friend snd co-worker of Mr. Spurgeon. is expected to preach in Chi- cn;io one week from to-day. What pulpit he ‘will oceupy is not yet announced. Prof. William D. Gunning will deliver the fourth lecture of his scientific conrse in Her- sbey Music_Hall, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Subject: “What Svience Will Do for Man So- cially and Politically,” clucidating “The Co- operative Home,” * Co-operative Labor,” ete. . To-morrow evening the Irish Literary Asso- ciation will give one of its musical and literary ‘entertainments, at which Profs. MeAfTerty, Lyw man, aud McFarland wilk read selections from the poets. The instrumental and vocal part of the l(,ymgmmmc will be of a high order of merit. Hall southwest corner of Lake and LaSalle. La- dies and gentlemen .are respectfully invited. Admission free. The cottage services held by the Rev. W. H. Bopxkins, Rector of 8t. John’s Episcopal Church, bave become quite interesting. They are not prayer-meetings, in the ordinary the term, as bas been renonuj. C K st tel 4 more singing than usual, and accompanied by brief, practical zddresges ou subjects pertaining to personal religion. They have the heartyfap- proval of she Bishop of the Diocese. The nest sl 1 be neld Wednesday evening at the (ce of Mr. McCauley, No. 81 Park avenue. TUE TELRIHONE. Prof. Flisha Gray has kindly consented to oblige his numerons personal irlends and th Jovers of science in the south part of _tise cit; by lecturing at Oakland _Church, on Oak- wood boufevard, near Drexel, Thursday evening, Marca 1, at 8 p. m., onthe Tele p}lune :nxmi its .anplicfidns to L]hc trumml%i\lon of music by ielegraph and to tele; by. Itis needless 1o say mztphe is the orié:i';n,i 1ynv2ntur of -the telephone, and that by him it has been so perfected that music can be transmitted bun- dreds of miles by telewraph, and eizht messages Ye sent on o single wire at the same tume. | Music will be received by wire in the audience room from a point several miles distant. He will have apparatus to illustrate the sending of severnl meseages at once on a single wire. ~ He resids reserved seats 75 » Clark & Tingoy's, S5y page LEEts for swooped down upon a and poker-room in the Fourth avenue. The keeper, and eight inmates were captared the Armory. bagnio at No. 43 Clark street stone-yard at No. 10 DeKoyen James Wilson, for gtealing a coa Northwestern Railroad cat e confined at the Madison Street evening by Officers Redden ;n‘:elflukey. diversion. Ly complained at the West Chicag that they had stolen his house, Ashiy, nac, cortier of Figc strect, which was. eepis; partially destroyed by fire, but vet lefy lol{nhl;n Station, last evening succeeded John Gallagher, a young i drew Swanson on” Noble street night and robbed him of & silver watch, It i thousht that several other cases of g nmn,'i rature c2u be proven against the Josuph Withers, ticket ~scalper, Justice Summerfield . charged with larceny o his arrest for larceny as bailee. fixed is bonds at 3200, sald that be shoold give quietly made out a mittimus and rbr:‘n ::o‘:mi.d Lé:e North Side. , but the Court would none of it. will have time between toatan meditate over his defiance. iive. aut bail to the 5th inst. witness, was released upon bail, but was at once regrrested upon a warrant for steslings sum of money from Tie warrant was procured by Mrs, the Instance of her husband. not be operated. quired to force a word 5,020 miles would melt the wires. .t obliged to come to these conclusions, 2§ the more cables there were the “better it would be for his Compaxy, and the better for the public on account of the competitiop, He furthes Su¥s # new company, under the ;::le o(b:: 2nd as an auxiliary to the @ from Quebec down the Gulf of St. Lawres, thus euablicg ships to communicate, md]l; venting zreav loss of life. It i3 exfidfid' ] Capadan Government will favor Yhis scheme, T and, slmnlulu it "“2‘3{" Eflom witl I;&mdtm“': upite the direct Cable Company wit pany of Capsdian the canal-buats ¥ left this port and dropped down to ?flfl.‘;fi earliest fovement in river pavigation in vicinity in many years. The grain® wi in Peru are all full, and dealers are setkio he Re torestrain the ringing of the chimes onm_ ground that their sound was unnuance,m. Court granted the injunctivn. o however, express posentation of | cel will ‘come 10 some shy i K L book. weli moderate ringing ot the be! D ort servives taken from the prayer-book, with the morning and_ evening service may itted. > mit; ————— *LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD." Saty, Cottage Grove e " CRIMINATL, The Armory police last. evening at 31 cr of tokets will be sold”_Admissionzy O'clog, colored gamp basement of }A\?E bg s William St - 2nd lodgeg, I Inthe North Division lnst night Officer ™ i run in Dick Ward, a noted thief ang r,, 5 por 3 State warrant for vagransy, ang Cf Is safe to predict that the Commissiouers will | Yonng took in Ji ki 2 not touch their own per diem. Whatcver they | 4o 1;5,,, whecls :::f::":k;f" the Inieeny of j may do will be forced on them by tho condition | o “oF Hhe kil at the fogt A Granger, name unknown, wandereq Intoy oon, and V e S y was very soon bilked ontof o g5 oty quealing to the police, the keeper of ‘; renche, Allen MeCloud, and L ins lodged at the Armory. g S atecven Garrett Hayes, for stealine tools’ from o street, apy t from thy CaTS, Were arrested agy Station Jagy The Poles in thé Northiwest Divisf Yesterday a man mr:?d“gg ] 490 d some Babitabie. About fifty licenses have been Issued the past l:l e s week, mostly for teamsters, etc. But one sa- [ Supt. Hickey yesterday received o dispatey loon license” was fssued and three auctioneer | from the New Yorl: Chief of Police annopres licenses. The Mayor’s police are slowly draw, | the arrest of Charles Anderson. who is wagey. ing in the delinquents. . fcn‘,}gs i f%:t cbezzling 3500 from John, Cot:advtroller Famenflnngxpegtedly “t,ur’:ged 8P | a5 No» 37 Canal ahrecs p’g;‘:fé:;‘m";lgm esterday morning. e has been ansas, ¢ &illed tilther by the sickaess of & sister, who gy | PRched or Andersos to-marrow: fmproved iu health. Ar. F. reports the climate | o Oficer.Costello, of the West Madison Stres thief who belmfi last.T| v prisoner. conductor, apg per, were before esterasy, the formey near), ickets from the Michiman Contont oo of he latter for receining and disposing of :g: tolen property. Miller was held i he Crimiual Court, and Withers wasi i) 0 Joseph Miller, a sleeping-car s Tuesday to think up evidence of hf:m in the transzction. 1 James Geary, a liquor-dealer, intrusted one John O°Neil with sowe ardent, for sale, Jq it appears, did dispose ot the lpropeny.mm o reader an account; wherefore Geary and O'Neil stubbors] no bail, The Jumy started thy He then ofersg then and Tuesdiyty Policernan Patrick O'Hara was before Justies Meech yesterday afternoon charzed by Willam Seary with assault with intent to do marderand assault with a deadly weapon with fntent todo bodily injury. The ofti house in thé West Division in chaseof thief who had just escaped hini, and there saw a man at wnom he fired when he refused to come ogt. The complaingut says :#xt he was suddenly brogen in upon by the of i aforethought, etZ., begsa to use him for 3 target. hereafter. oar says be went into s ‘cer, who, with malics "Hara gave $2,000 bonds for iy ' ‘The negro, Gns Anderson, was gtill alf ible, and gble to speak at a blag 1ate hour last even- ing, notwithstanding the assertion of one doc or that be cuuld not live, and the contradictory tatement of Dr. Akin that his recovery was ertain, and perhaps, after all, the man may flis nssailant, John Keal, was before Jus- fee Snmmerflcld vestenlay, and was held with- Jumes T. Smith, the Anderson during the day. Anderson, 13 OCEAN CABLES. - New Schemes. Special Dispatch to The Tridane. New YoRrg, Feb. 24.—~Mr. Olyphant, Superin- tendent of the Direct Cable Compang, says be expects news of a reduction to 25 cents per word, but does not believe the rate can lust long, asis would be ruinous. In rezard to the scheme for laving a cable between Baltimore and Belgim, now before Congress, Mr. Olyrbant pronounces it impracticable for the following reasons: It would require 5,000 miles of cable, and no et~ isting ehip i3 capable of carrying thst quas- tity. two sections it be “decided to loy &t f the Azores are the only for a stopping Dplace hid oint available and the Portuguese Government will not grant the necessary privilege on the conditions laid down by M shores free to Aricricans. . The charter limits the rates to one shilling per wnrd‘lgd this can- not be made to pay. The water it. will _have to ‘pass is twice as deepasthat above the present cables, and the cost of lavig will consequently be very much more r. Fish, viz.: that it shall openfis through which Schiller. 37 Chatham, 916 Wost Eightecnth, 321 : Distsion, 134 Suuth Feoris, i#) Caroll avenie, It b sania e otk prrer sl 45 West . 155 4 c dired 45 West Monroe, 135 Archer avenue, 96 \\e.\.3 ot be Hnder T $15.000,0000 * Tt . conld The amount of electricity re- Mr. Olyphant - regretted w0 W& < = L'u!ulu Cable ummur'.l" Ml T - formed in Cannda, Wi a v ANNOUNCEMENTS. uniting 3 point on the Nova Scotisn et with "2 point on the coast of Irelsnd, clieme to laya cshle ompany. Mr. Fortin, a sort’ TPlimsoll, is the projector. e TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. CLEVELAND, O., Feh. 24.—The Cley Board of Trade yesterday adopted resolations favoring the bill now pending before Congress authorizing an expedition to the North Poley and appropriatinz $50,600 therefor. Special Dispateh 1o The Tridune. FOND DU Lac, Wis.; Feb. 24.—The late Clak of the Court for this couuty, Mr. Msurice Y= Kenna, was to-dasy committed to jall for cor- tempt of court by Probate Judge Gflm!“"/ euna having refused to answer in a case he was guardian for certain wminor heirs, Special Dispatch to The Tridunc. 24.—Yestenday afterooot LaSarve, ul.bi‘:;u. 3 Dawn and_Ane orage in hoats. SaN FRANCISCO, Feb, 24— Gar,”’ the &1 Francisco correspondent of the New York 7ima, was severely Caned on the street Jast night by & gentleman who had taken offense at thecod X nts of some of his letters. . PHILADELPRIS, Feb. %4.—In the suit against tor and Wardens of St. Mark’s Chared e ed an earnest desire t. ome agreement by Whicha 1s on Sunday befors Spectal Dissatch to The Tridune. NEW Yok, Feb. 24.—The Committee on Bar thold’s statue of Liberty, of which William M- Evarts is Chairman, have been awaitiog the action of Congress in regard to granting s site: One House having already passed the bill, and the probability of its early passage in the other befng good,, the Committee will give to tbe public, during the corzing week, the plan which they have decided upon to ralse fands for build ing the pedestal. and for receiving and fpangd- rating the statue. The amount b been calculated at $150,000, and the sub-. seription is to . All citizens of the United States are to be it~ vited to contribute 25 cents each, thol contributions will not be rejected. Comm: tees bave already been formed in needed bas be made a national h lareer 1 100 Bos and, 15 o plessant and interesting :geauer.nnd makes | other éities to receive money toward the the principle so plain that 2 child can compre- | and the preparation for the final lnmgnfl““: bend it. Large enthusiastic audiences { of the statue are to be pushed furward have greeted him everywhere. A limited num- rapidly as possible.