Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1877, Page 5

a3 when the assanit was with thehand, orn | apon not likely to produce denth o geeat imdily T Force, Rawdvor, might be sepeliea by farce. [The celolrated Nelftidge case was read At tila polnt by State’s-Aftorney Silin. | In that case tho Court went s far as courta_had ever gane on tha anbject of aelf-defense, The attack wxa with » hieaty cano npon the head, capaola of breaking a man's skull, and a dangerons wonnd was Infiicted, bt tho Conrt #a df that an attack, even with anch 1 bindgeon, did not of itaelf Fu the use ofn denliy weapon, only when “the asmallant atruck xuch A vlolent biow an to sntliefy the assniled that it was the Intention totnke hialifa orinflict enormona podily hiarm. Tn the caso on trial, it wanin evi- dence that Hanford fppronched Snillvan with np- Yifted, open hands; hnt the only thing that shawed e had the leust Intention to_even tonch the ac- cased with his hands was that MeMnllen seeined to sntlcipsto 1t by putting oot his hand. The nt- tempt to abow that Suilivan, who waa ‘capable of hsndling ianford with one’ hand, was under ap- ehensfon of tho elightest dangee was dishone aod falne, ond abanrd. In the Helfridio cane, Jn tice Parker also xafd, ‘If a man provoked the aitact and thas bronght himseif inta danger, took the life of the other, he conlit notset up defense of necesaity, That was ersentially the principle embadied in the statuts of thin State. SOMESPARRING TOOK I'LACE between counscl at this atage, M, Stores objectd to Mr. VAn Armun referring to what Sullivan h: {entified {0 at the former trlal, nince that test w not now in the nyidence. Mr, Van Arman declined {0 be interrupted, and went on addressing the jury, while Mr, Storrs was addreasing himself ta the (‘ourt and asking that the gensleman bo confined to the (eatimony of the second trial, The persistency of the connsel provoked some Ianghter, which was ended by the tetiroment of Mr. Storrs, his op- nent faxing np anuther branch of tho case. Commenting upon Mcdnlien's part in the affray, Mr. Van Arman fald what ho did showed that he was equally the fricnd of boththe parties, and that his conduct waa highly honorable to hlm. Yet ho nad been called an en2my of Snlliran beeauzn ho had Interposed his Lody betweon them. Could Sullivan have lrpl rhenoed any danger to his wito when #ho waa in the hande of his brollier who shoved her towarda the carriaga? If he had, ho wonld have sald 5o at the time. Tho apesker in- slated that nothing showed that Ifanford was mak- ing an nerault upon any one when tho shot was fired. 'The jury ahould try the case by their ncnse of right And by thu law; with the ssme humanity with which they perfarmerl the other dutles of hife, snd apply to it those principles best Intonded to promote ‘peace. harmony and good order, and the safety of soclety. THOE INSTRUCTIONS. LAW YOR THR JURY. Mr. Van Arman concluded st 4 o'clock, some- what cxhausted, and the Conrt proceeded without delay to Inetruct the jary, nmid tho aimost silenco. Innddition to the customary Insteuctions as to murdor, mansisughter, ete., wers the following, tho words in bracketa being added by the Court: TOIt THE PEOFLE. The Conrt's dednition of a reasonable donbt was hlsz Heripped of a1l kabtlorutes aud distinctions, & resson- Rien Tithin the mesing of tia law isthie: Thn Taw demwnde, bofora conviction, ihat the guticof i scemed stiall Lo estavlislicd 10 8 moral certainty. A mere welght or preponderance of evidence In favor of guijt witl hot do, lence, when the evldeneo In Wil fully 84 fairly connldered with spact to that et tho urur'a nifud does not Test fully and entircly satisfieil, hen the Teasonanle dount. I It he ruily,eatire 1y satlafied, tlien there 18 no ressonablo douht. Thie Court foatructs thie Jury thiat tia communleation of Fraacls Hanford, whlch waa res Couvell, concerningt tha endant, 1 {anifeition or iexal pravoeation fn frasie for (e kitl: g o« sald ianford, and It s uo le Yocation for s peraotal or violen Hlantord by ttio dorendunts |1 tio fury believe froia s evidenco beyond a ressonable doubt tgll auch an xe- 4 . 1 H 3! 3 sault was mi Therefore, If tne fury: bolievs from thacvidence, beyond n reasinois Goubt. tiat said commuaication was presented and publicly cead In tia tes Conmon Councl, nad. Shat. 1ho defeniaat weas v after informed thiat 8ald_communication_contalne upon his wi. ck wat an {mpuia- tion_upon her chastityy that the defendant af.erwarus, witlin two houre o more, weut with NI wifo it hrother (o the residencaof the deceatsd, Feaucis Nianford, T0f the purpuse uf Procuriilg a retracs sucli o mimunicatlun, 30 far aa i related 10 his wite; and thut hio (Uie defeniant) and his biother fuot sald Hantond st hia resideace, and requested auch res traction from hiim, sald Hanford; and thet said Hanford I‘lln make such retract Ald that the defend. sat tlicreupou drat aassiited sald janfo) knocked said sasault ax best Jie could, anid did not deafat thereTroms and thas hio (tho detend: ot and kilied sa) ried fn the indictment, when it was a CRATY, () B TERsauAIG 13 (10 _tia Position), to AsYa Lils a¥h life, oF the Iifo of s wife, or prevent his or h Ct ol the- defendant 18 guilty “af Jury should nd him iy, here waa a pruvocstion by words only, sud tho efenilant was tho unu ¥ M0 proyokeds if, belig, so yrae anford & bluw, 108 mortal, abia T2t €abucd; and duriie sl ait tho defendand kied Ifaafard, then, by tha autnorities, i would be a1 d ot munler. sughte o Erovocation by waris only, whether apoken or Fiitten and published, wit mi Igate an {ateational X.Liing, so aa Lo reduca the kililog 1 rm murder to man- shuguer, [ibls (s so uniziaalignt eautes ana the iljng wa dous durtn, the Oght o undor an frresisti ig impuiss occastoncd y the figit. ) i1, aficr couslanring il af the evidence, the Sur ] 56 SAUAECA S hat Lhe ComnAToRN o, T30 13t aaTe Felalod Lo Mira, KUIvAT, was {alse, aitd, (At the pris from resdiug portons of f1'and tron tho slte: unel uls of nermons | presen 1 vent, " eoved | that it attacke: the chastit e wife, ‘and “thal thercupon Ll pasions becaino srutiody aud that within a short perlod of time theru- afuer, beforo his pasyiona had time to cool (aur in this conueetion the jury are 1o coneier the Ntars of tha Articic s the Driaster boifaved ft), e, tho Aciouranied by bix vrother and wifc, sought the de- ceaved 8t his owie fur 1lia parjwss of peacealily kettinz “areiyaction of ths tame, s as o supbreas lta pubilc Uoa In the newapepers: id that the priconer Lsd a solver wi.i hiin, ot for suy axed or reinedlivied stgnaluin Feancla Hanford, bug thatsuch of avevalver st ihat iy was solely duo ®htsh 1o yrisonce hiad at ail times to o 1sry s revol Andthat n tho Interview had by tho yrisoner witl the decensed, thin decentetl Fefused 10 INAKD OF wIVO & ré- teaction, ‘il that is treatment of the prisaner was of such mannor ng to_further (s s {uselons thal e callod the decoused dog,' and the o the seutils that th wround, or (hrew hiuito i i upon or over hini In such maoner sa und that thereupon SledMullen took from the doceased, and heid Wil and bythe [ef wrist. In tho mnan u by MeMuiien and L pisoncrs wid 104 th docensed ot Lt o, whils Tlio prisonar wes so lield, struck the prisuncra wito & blaw b eneei o Liac i eried out, ** Fiia covairel b struck Ti&," or wuras 1o that eileci, which the orlvoner ueard, his'wifs belng thion fn w 3icK and fecble conditlant and sty attor tho atriking of tho bigw apon Mrs. Bullivan. the decensed sdyunved towarda the prisoner as if for 8u attack: then, although tho law will not permita ho ee of & deadly weapan o 3 Lattery or pealing witl tho bara” dats'(w cations of & great infury), yer il i tho Jury. tulieve ‘that ali_thise® Cireymstances uBCieat 10 wxcito i irrestatillo naslon 1 & roae fonsbiy uian, and that thoy il ex: e sucly passton tn tae prisoacr, and that the Killing of (ho decewsed wag tie reault of thut suddea violeut fiupulso of hossion sutpoted to be irrusistllie, then the detendun n sullip ot murder, but i ity ot 1 ui Tudn' 1d30 find. * [But 4 sty fu anrce tusevtlenees b tia Jun ault Lie prisoner. {Ba pavner's wito with i ustified fu Fope.iing such au asiault by 16w oacealed deadiy’ wn L ising it fo such 8 mans Ber a8 to produce deathiy bofore Liis Drisoner can bo Jun: ey lu Fesorting Lo s coticealod duad we: fultg it in & deauly manuer, 1 must appear tise fie or pia wifo wers in finminent pertl of death ur great bodily rm (oF tiat the dofendant under all tlie ¢ireime 3atices had rearonablo grounds to b sl dnd o ently ballove, tiat thov or nithier of (heii wer i pert] O iuslux thelr Ife oF Mistatning groat bodilgliarm, snd hal he apparuntiy could tut othierwise® reasonably E:‘v;, 40 4470 Liiolr lives ur persan from great builly d, 1n fazt, had s, the prison POR THE DEFEXAE, ThoGourt Instructa the fuey, tiat sithough thede. feiant i no siuie o provoke'a suatrel mud then lake Sivantage of it ta Justity thio killiug uf llanford, ye e Jury baliove, 'froin the eyideuce, that tho def aut 10 good fulth, and withviit any desira tn o gudreel with, uF {0 Gtherwiss lnfure ur KUt liant SUgUL an [iderview with }aoford for & iswlul aid Peacenble nd durlug sald Interviaw quar T fuvicd Delwew udant end Hanfo dur- fux &3ld quarrel defendant snocked down iun. '“5‘!‘1 sud’way then rewmoved awey trom Wim by AcMulien, and it not thereaftar fursber atenpt to fiksor Inlure Vanford, and if'uus ey (urtiicr bo: lievs that tianfard totiowad tiy defeadant and souzht to Tsacw or further prosecuto Lo quarrel b aet lustrike or otlierwisn infure dfifglfllllfl. i ol deorive defendant of the rikht ol uefon ing himseif 41t on the part of 1lanfor J‘llul[ instrucied that, ny bl Leld (faat] by McMullen, lies xclsim, o sulsiance, "rec o Han Scoundre| nun(uck bic, " and 1" upot sxclamailon hoFiuiantly drew ule plasit§ of prolecting s wils 170w awhitfls this il e ‘,’lelrlflil Tyt to draw his piecol for that purgusa; Nl." If the Jury believe that Sra.Sullivan wada freulo aoid Sickly woin i, unablo to defeu heraeif frou ay llonl In‘“‘rl“‘"“lr 4 4 5" e oa. o i Bhvo Bon justided. In tabioy Hanford had the stiack becu continued: 'rovided “m‘l‘q Auve $ust ho bad reasonaile yrudod labellcyy {ur ald belleve] thas his wife wanld susiala Sreat bodily haviu from such sttsck, 1a doter) uining "nzl‘lh ' Bulllvan Lal re: 'I:duounu- 10 bel 2200, et bis wife would have sud reat aaford, the Ju o S pror i wict sulllvaa. 1f Lae) permancit i ‘afectod her Heryoussysieni, jatly recune ol fron s et v asto b 13 % e, ate Irover eieisenisis e rGYen iroper clei b i SOalered {a HoBCHIAIAR The Tedsonsiiencts f the cuslons which Kuilfian cutcriained ua 1o 1harc(: aitack upon hia wiie, -r(;ry etieve tuat the charges sad statementa fcle, so for aa the sams rels(a tu s, bulli- 342, wore fafsc, tien the law presimica theas to Lisve 140 mallfous. 1t was the priviicis of the procecu- Lol aiteuding to show the sbecuice of wallce 1 the lbor of ihet aricle, to futroduce proof hia b Lase upoa forwation wuica i ba n m others; £ such el fr Pyuttie Yiry, ary ‘boun It S ad then but 18k uf nckness, Wicso thoas Chaiger Dile (4 the ‘Wncaca o, A1/ 1afunuation upon which T wiie . Flie 4100 ol s Charyve by seadlug thent 1o othor 2 de Lhe Dnewepa) Licractlon: sud If the Jury bel ¥.ls, aud brotuie; pos 'z visited 1aalui s Sincli Bim tha e was misaked & F 1ho £ ¥éub Bugut procurin truu s wuch a reiraction Hiogad seeury the saprressiun of ti s publicativn f 0 dally papera, then a7 lustructed that sueh Ricvoes a6 1t was thie ul verform - Rullivan owed to bis wise, n lant hefore thie farmer fell or was knocke | Liatan -l senie bezan fmefately ot the en | erylew hetween Snlilyan ard Hanford: tist iard liresten: Leho ere m the ev 8 1n "RAFg ihe canict BRNTYAN ACtnay 413 c carm 1hat. during tho conflicty Hock 11a iford down. 1ratthe time of tie shaoting the defendanc, from the whole conduct of lianford towanit bincif and Wite, and the sitiintion fn which he Rimeelf was pisced, hadi A renmon, i wel nunded foar of recelving ds of 1ianfard, sad actin, e ot het Tear he kilied aitd faoford, ‘ustifiahie, “And 1t i no. {ndispent 3o thiae the danier was Betoal and ficn |7 {ho anprehenrion of fear nf tly wetl grounded. 1, upon thn e defead- it him. retired, It being elght minates TIIE VHRDICT. A WEARY WAIT, ‘The minnte-hand marked elght minates to 5 when the Judga Aniahed his charge. A Lalliff was wworn In to weil and truly keep the Sarors Intact from the contaminating Induenca of tha warld,ond the twelvo arblters of Buillvan'a fate fled Into thele room. The weight of oppression that had heen fo lonz and heavily on theandience seamed aa if com- pletely tifted as If the departuro of the jury had been the retutning of n verdict, The agony of susponse appeared turned into rellef, and the 200 and odd ladica who scarcely had moved daring the charge and the snbsequent briaf formalities, Aitted about the court-room and Innghed and chatted as it all wera finished and the side with which they sympatnized hed been victorions, For half an honr thero wero no symptoms of diminution in the throng, and then the Iadles bezan dropplng off, ano by one, perhapa to soolhe rufiled and bungry husbanda, nntil less than 100 were left to canvass the probabilitics, and wonder how It wonld come out. **T have had nelther breakfast, lunen, nor sald one, **but I'm golng to mee it through," and she sat patlently throngh the long houra, They dlecuxsed the avidenceand the coun- sel piro and’ con, and argned tho caso over and over agaln to show whereln the lswycrs with all their acumen had been atranecly and grievously at funlt in their metliod of presentation. *'\What & cunning liitle gentleman3ir, Storrs In, ™ sald une, *+*1 wonder wihich sido he 11 on,"* nnd the reat haveq ing Informed hee, taok Mr. Storrs ap analytically au unanimously concluded that It was a pity he was not ag tall s M. Leonard Swett, AT DARK tho crowd dwindled stlll further. One gallery wan entircly empty, the other contalned a group of oxen, and on the prosecution side of tha house, le than forty ladics romained of the number tiat had thronged ft during tho day, 1alf a hundred male bipeds lvunged around on the benches, and eyed the ladics, and as many more congregated fn tne corridors and on the staireases, walting for eome indlcation of an . agroement 1 the Jury.ron: Thu-.'nvlfin had gone nome, leaving instructions to rend for him i any- thing ehould hsppen befare 0 o'clock, and the jury wera glven 1o understund that unleds lllr agreed bafors that hour they would have to stay all night, ‘They went to su gltf about 7 o'clock, well warn out, and pajo uml" agmard for swant uf exercise, Every atep in tha corridor scross which thelr room was slinated drew every eya in that direction, and every time the door was oponed & stiliness fell on the “wuting sudience. Bulllvan moved aronnd among his lady friends, who seemed to prepon- dorate, and chatted as pleasantly as thongh he were tho least intercated of all proaent. After 8 the ladics began dropping In a,-ln. somo apparently |xr?lm«ltuu end the night if necesaity shonld demand, Tom Moran and Miila wero on hund till haif.past O, when Milla left with instruc- tions to mend for him {f necessars, At seventecn minutes past 10 ano of the balliffs entered Inta the Canrt with the intelligenco that THE JURY HAD AGREED onid a hack was sent for the Judge and the State's Attorney. A thrill of hushed sxpectancy porvads ©d the audlonce, and the newa rapidly spreading, peopls hewun to drop fn by twos and (hrees, Of tho' whole assemblage the nccused sesmed tho lesst anxious or excitcd, and chatied uletly with hix fricnds, The torrible tension of {ha tine spent in waiting scomed towelgh far mote heavily un Florence Bullivan, the brother of the defendant, who rat very quict, now and thon ox- changing a word with Tom Bronnan or somo other sympathetic Individual, Tom Bloran wandered l{mlg!!)y aronnd, and finally brought up at tho re- ’mrlcu' talle, where be expresecd himse idont of an acquittal, or at the Ieast A tence, If Lhn}nry stayod vut three weokn, hio bo Tleved they could only #zrec ona short term., In any caro bis side would mova for a new trial if & verdlct of guilty was returned, whietiter the sen- tence were lonz or sliort. By-and-by the nowspaper men beman o mather. The crowd, tired of t:e long wail, chatted and laughed, though always in an undertons, and .whiled away tho time with cogitations as to what the agreement might mean, . As n matter of course the gathering strongiy favored the accused, and hoped cunfidontly fur {he best,—~the Lostin this cagg belng an nequittal, At threo minules to 11 the Judge came | wraphed np tv tho ehin, and very pale. T! dicuce netiled down, and Sullivau waiked from bis position at the Clerk’s desk 1o the end of the table 4l to hin counsel, and wslood there. ‘Two urt sene nanes, the suppressed excliement wan tha last name waa called, the Judge spoke: TI‘:lu ‘Cuurt—mnllcmnn. have you agreed upon a veriicts Foreman Marsh—We hiave. The Court~ilow do you find? . ¥oroman Marsh— NOT QUILTY, As the words *+Not gulity ** fcll from the fore- man’s wonth, Salllvan and bis orother clasped Liande, ~ A Mirs (irecn, who has manifos - sorhing intercat in the trial, shrieked an fainting into tho, arws of & goutleman near e Florencs Sallivan's face waa white as as marhlo, wWhile the defendant’s wore a alightly mare palild shado tnan was Its wont. ‘Tho women wora nncon- trollubie, and ne ctlort was made to resirain them. Durmg the hour wpent in bringing the Juage, tho news of the azreoment had spremt, and iy tiie L o arrived the court-room was nearly filled, nnd half the congregution were ladien, Au the jury Uled In there was an oppresaive sllence, Dt “sa’ the verdict was announced almost every wuman sprang to her feot, and with o feminine Yoll nunawcad tor satiefaction with tho fopitt. Biate's-Attorney Mille=I nhould lke to biayo tho Jugy pollod, . hu Court—Pall them, Mr. Clerk, Foretnan Matsh—We have a1l slen, 1t i fiere [prescating it to tho Cleek Tho naiie of each juryman was then called by Clerk Doyle, and o tha'question, **Was this an Is lm;_nuw your verdictr'" all unswered, **1t s, or *Yes, ll\lr. dIm:m—l move that the prisoner bo dis- chirged, ‘T'hy Court—Lat him be discharged. A mnn;nmflml upou a chalr with the whoop of an Indlan, and tho ladies again broke {nto cries sp- proelute 1o the occasion, Tho Court (falntly)~All (uts ls UNSERMLY IN A COURT OF JUSTICE. Thoss juryiien who had been summoned es- Jeciatiy fur thu caso word thion dismined, the othera o ing ed the verdict,: g fold to report at10 o'clock Mondsy morn- . As tho Jury went out, Sullivan shook each b the hane ’nl aId Blorrs, Thn woinen pressed lqr{ ward with brayers uud tears for tne future welfsre of those particular urors, and divided thelr o thastaam betweon Sullivan and the men who hi scquitted him. The Judye's satisfaction was plulnly written ou bls face, mod even tho oflicers of thy court canght fes nt the pro- valllng cnthuslasm and grinned with gratified expreasions, Tao crowd oulside the rall surzed Into the bar, nndJ)n‘.-e\l and crowded up to Bulll- van to shake hande with him. ~lle, of conrse, was elated, and_during bis levee, whlch lasted fitteon or Iwenly minutes, secinod to forget tho Tth of Augast i It merged futa the Oth of larch, Thera were but fow of the friends of the prosccution prenant, aud they Lurricdly twade tholr way out. Appareitly they were forgotten in the habnab and furnoll, and @ads of ox rapidly nd qaledly ay posalbic, . Iu Lalt an bour the bulldlng was da- wertoll rk, ; biate ttorgey Milla threatens to indict ¢! meumbers of the jury, so it may be that the end is not yet. THE WEATHER, Wasmnaroy, D, C., March 10—~1 a. m.—For the lake revion, statlonary or rlsiug baromoter, lower temperature, westorly winds, and eolder, y dy wenther, B e Btaperch o The Tribsrs. LAPannmlnd., aturcy U.—Ulio severest snow storm of tho scason has been vaging since Wednesday night, Snow has fallen to a depth of cight to tweive inchus, ‘The roads in the couutry are so drifted with snow as to be nearly fmpasdable. 1OCAL OBVXRYATI x, oAto; HArehe: \Weather, w. "Nhnm‘:lh Wisfreati.i|Glear. UEXENAL ORSERVATI Cuscauo, darcti \Bar,; Taro_liiad, 4w Wealh L L) o2 Ud TS ¥ LB E T e —a——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, EAN Francisco, March 0.—Arrived, steamer Australiy, from Syduey, via Howoluly, bringlog the British wails, . Nw Yonx, March 9.—Arrived, steamship e (oum Mk Sorrrived, steamer W & ] Elzy‘ju, tmnonx Londou. b THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAR WHEW! A Wondrous Specimen of Cool, Courageous, Architect- ural Cheek. Tle Ballder of the State-Iouse Reports to tho Legislative Committee. He Itemizes, with Oharming Ease, + Nearly #400,000 of Mis- spent Money. His Idea “ QOonsiderably in Advance of the Commis- sioners’ Views.” His Partner's Ideas Consid- erably in Advance of His Own. How the Thirsty Cochrane Drank up an Yssel of Appropris ated Funds. Astonishing Btatement that the Com- missioners Are $300,000 in Debt. Bpecial Diepatch to The Tridune, Seumeorin, 4L, March Y.—A few honorable men have been, for the past four weeks, ene Raged Inan_unsuccessful warfaro with the Il- linols State-House Commiseioners, Every hon- orable cffort has been put forth to bring these Commissionera to an accountabllity, but 1t fs more than lkely that thoe “Springfeld ring? will carry every nteasure and stil) continue to draw money unlawfully and dishonestly from the Btate Treasury. TIE RING EVEN NOBS IT8 PRIENDS, ‘To-dny, for tho firat time, it Is authoritatively Riven out by an ex-member of the Board of Su- pervisors of Bangamon County, that when the Aght was pending {n the Twenty-eighth General Assembly for the remaval of the capltat to Peo- ria, the Board held n secret sesslon and appro- priated $80,000 to be wused to bribe members into vollng for Springfeld; that the City of Springfield also oppropristed 840,000 ; and that he, the ex-3upervisor, sald It was well under- stood that the “Ring™ never disbursed obe- third of that money, but pocketed fully two- thirds, For s month a fow consclentions members of the Logislature have been trylng to got o scttle- ment out of the Stato-Houss Cominissloners. Iunvestigations have been In progress both in the Scnate and House, and resolutions of fuqulry have been hurled at them from cvery side, but without effect. A Senats, Special Commitico and the House Committco ofy Publle Buildings have cach bad suthority granted to get persons and papers and cxamine witnesses under oath; open and direct charzes have been made fn thy public press and on the floors of tho chambers, and yet tho State-House Commissloners coolly pass a blll through the Senate with only threo dissentlonts cuntinuing them In office TNREE YEARS LONGER, and piving them 700,000 moro moncy to squander! Aund the House shows a two-thirds majority for the same purpose. 1f, according to this reputable es-Supervisor, the “Bpring. fleld Ring " manipulated $80.000 out’'of an ap- .wropriation of $120,000, hosw much moncy will ft ‘“manipulato* out of this proposed $700,0001 ‘The Benate 8peclal Committes has obtalned a report from John C.'Cochrane, the architect of the new Slate-House, which {s a wonderful ducument. According to Cochrane, the bullding hoa alrcady cost the enormous sum of thres middions, elght hundred and clyhty-siz thousand, tuwo hundred and twenty dotlars! In other.words, the Commisaionera bave expended the sum al- lowed them by tho constitution of 1870, and are 336,220 in - debt—have hypothecated their credlt und falth In the people in that sum. TUR ANCHITECTS CONVICT TIEMBELVES, Undor date of Dec. 1, 1874, Coclirnne and Plquenard, the architects, eay In thelr report to the Commissioncrs: *Wo believe it unnoces- sary to report again that we hava no doubt of the completion of the bulldiug within our old esthinates (this ostlinato was 83,400,727.53), Wo have to this day worked insldo of them, and will continua to do so to the beat of our ability.” In confirining this, the Commissioners sald on Dec. 17, 1874, to the Governor: *For the further prosccution of the workwo would sk for an ad- ditlonal sppropriation of 8300,000, making a total of $8,600,000. With this apprupriation wo expeet to complete tho entire structure by the 18t of January, 1877." . The repott of Mr, Cochruue, submittea heree with, is, lu the Ught of the above explanations, 2 most terrible arraignment of tho Commission- ers; and, after seelng it in print, If tho peoplu’s representatives voto anotlicr approprlation to these carcless und {rresponsiblo men, thoy ought to be bulldozed iuto oncof the five Loulslana parlales. WIIAT AENATOR JONES SATS, In this connection, a briof fntervicw with Malden Jones, Scoator from Douglas County, who 18 chairman of a sclect comumitico of tho 8cnale (Whitlog, Rainey, McClellau, and Frantz) to audit the money expended by thoe State- Housu Commissiouers, will prove of sowe in- terest: Corrcspondent—What has your Committeo done, Mr. Joncs, towards fuvestigating the State-Mouss Commlssloncrs’ accounts ! 8enator Jones—~Well, owing to a press of leg- ialative business on the regular commitioes, 1t has been hund work to get tho Bchlnl Comuit- teo together, But on noxt Monday 1t 1s my lu- tention to commeuce holdiug daily sessioos of the Comnittee. Cor.—WIlt your examination be geunoral and thorough! Jones—Yes, sir; the Committee wiil rendes to the Scuute an accounut of every dollar of money appropriated oo awount of the new to-House, and it the Commtsstoners tall to uake a satisfactory account to tho Committes 1t will be thelr fault, A Cor,—Jlas the Committes reaclied any deil- nits coucluston yet! Jones—Quly upou one thing, snd that fs that the Commissloncrs and the people of Sprivg. tield must give the State a quit-clainy dewd lor that four acres of laud which they promised, or ¢lso they stall never have gnotber doliar on so- count of the State-Elouse. The Commissloucrs have admitted to mo that they wers willlug to socuro that land frea of cost fo tho State, sad a8 custodiaus of tho Btate's millions of dollars they ought - to feel thut interest in thy property thoy are mauaging, Several efforta ‘nave heen made in the flouse toremovo the Commissioners. Tho fecling s scrong against them, but iny Comnitteo has not aa yet gouo far enough intd an favestigation to justlfy tuat prejudice, ur.—éo. m:.-'x'n. i tway say through Tz Tris- Uy that the Senate Bpecial Comtuitteo “ meany business "1 Jones—Ye: It s composed of men who will neither ufluencod or bulldozed. Tue exaumluation of witncsaes and partles Iutereated, prouise you, stall e cxbasustive, and, we bope, finul. And, to make it so, we hope the AY pristton bill now in the House, will ba Pty TUB ARCUITECT'S RRPORT, Orrick or Awuitect, Srisarieip, Feb, 26, 1R77—The Hon. Malden Jones, Chalrman of {. Benate Uomindtes: lu compliance with the %na of your Commiiteo, W preparo o stateuent show- ing why the cost of completiniy and furnishing the new Yiato-liouse snd -embefllsbiug the grounds will exceud the amuuut stated In tho repurt of the tato. {ouss Counmlesloners Lo the Governor in 1874, 1 be to stato tbat 1 havo given the maiter careful study, invostipated the same, and find ws which bave Increased the cost of the otk, asd which, owing to the nature of tue work, the Commissloners dla not, nor could they have tcipated : and sgain Twould state thal, fn my ::uu:#fih‘:m‘f‘w complets ‘coraln pacts of many i i CH 10, 1877—TWELVE PAGES,. tha wori, and eeneclally In the - estinista for [ niahinz tin bulliing my estimate Ia for a betier claas of work, ami MORE GOSTLY THAN WHAT WAS PROTOSED NY TIE COMMISSIONERR, ‘The fignres given at that time were hased, nata. rally. upon the estimatos of the architects, Itinay e proner (o stafe that the estimaten made at that time wera prepaeed by my pattner, who had local eharze of the works, The estimate of the coat of the wark to be done covered those parts the most Intricate and dificalt, and architecta and experta ®ould differ more in thin than in any other elase, The ela=n of (e work wan tosonie sxtent, especinily the farnitare and the work to he dome’ npon the gronnds, dtermined npon by the Commirsjone of the value or amonnt they would expend for that Barpate The ampugt détermincd upon by the foard af that time to be expended for the farniture swas abont $40,000 ~farnisling tho bnilding pinint b3 "mmrmmh, thus complying with the Constf. ution, When the time arefved to norehase the fuml- tare they roncladed to putina better class, in keaning with the Intecior ‘finish of the building. 1'1{ ratimate ! the furnitnre 18 $100,050, making Adifference of 260,000, The samn of the gtounds, They had determined to egpend not to” exceed 835,000, My eatiniste for the wark s 887, 720, — adifferenco of $59,720, The fron work for the npiieridome (= made hoavier than contemplated by the detatled drawines futnished for the work, THLENE 13 A MYSTERY swhy this work Is tande _diferent from what the drawinen eail fo quenard, whi bad pees or, Mr. gonal charge of this work, 13 not_hera to explaii, The contractors clatm that they did the work in cordanes with directions given by Mr. Piqurenar Imt the Commissioners stale “that_they pave anthority ta no one to make the work dlfferent from thit contemplated by the drawinza and apecl- fieations, and 1 am uf the opinjon that, 1f Mr. Hlgnenard did elve urders to hinve this work mate differeat from what the drawingn cailed for, he did £0 on hiln ovwn_responsibility, and without author- ity or knowlodge of the Boasd. But thu dume, as constracted, i very substuntial, bat contains MORE: INOX THAN NECESSARY, ‘Thia extea lronwork has cost 822,500 in excess of the eatimate, and -of which the Board conld have had no_knowledge unti] the material wae part) delivored tu tho 1all of 1878, “The Tweuty-ninth General Aesembly passed an act Lo purcnase a biure lur-proof xafe for the Treanurer's vault, to be pald or ont uf the State.Houne fund, This coet $4, 200, This was not anticipated by the Commissloners two yeara ago, In the conetruction of the ‘Tresaurer's vault n large vum (more. {n fact, than the cont of tho safe) hiud slrendy been expended to makelt burelar-proof. This extra expenaiture canld and would have been waved had the Commiesionees known that the rafe was {o he_purchaneds for, ine namuch as the sali (8 burglar-proof, the vault need be unly ee-proof, The clevators for which [ have retimated to cost 38,000, were not vontemnlated or entimated for Lo yearw ago,and at (hat time It wax not the Intentlon af the "Commissloners to have them put in, although the plans for them had heon prosided s that they could be put I atsome fu- nre time, If so ordered, No estimate lind heen made for the electrle Spraratu, whiclh wat found yaceantey, This will ‘cost, when completed, TUP, SMARBLE-WORK han heenn Iarge jtem in the rost uf_the Interlor finisl, — Certaln parta which ore finished with matble wers not contemplated two yeues ngo, auch as tho pedentais of the columns In the fouee of ilepresuntatives and certain yiurte of the cotlng, The ninrble-work fn tho msin was cone tracted for—somnu of 1t at a fixed price {u the lump, and sam Dy the aquare foot, snch ax tho til: ing and wlabs; In menwnring np tie work it ex- ceeded lsrgely the cellmate, The mantcls were contracted for according to drawinzs, but us 1 did 1ot considor them np to the atundurd, 1 maie n deduction of $3,000 from contruct price. In m{ catimate of cost o completu the marhia-work have added a consldorable to (he cost of thin work, or have calcutated for n batter cluss of work than orlginally contemplateds an for instauce, for the H“m(l on the bank of watcr-closcia In the base- mient. 40!«“ 210,000 EXTHA YOIt WATER-CLOSETS,] 'he entire walls of the room ar to bo wains- coted eight feet high with marble: all the parti- tiunr botween the water-clorets and the cntire frunts, cxcept the duors, to be of marole, Tiis work will cont £5, 500, and will make n permanicnt job, The carridur floors und thu floors of the wk- fer-closeta In the basement wera lutended to bu of marble, costing 0 cents per fool. 1 have asti- mated Jor itnglish encaustio te ‘fonr ne bemi more durable 8t $1 per kqnare foot. This maken o Wierence of $0,000 31y vaimats. aluwe (hat th marble-work alone, when the building-is complete, will cost about $40,000 1m _excess o tho estimnte of two year ago. 1 flud that the number of cubi feet of cut stong in the upper dome excvods tho amount cstimated in the vutside 16,000 cuble fect, and in the coreln sustainiug th porficos of (ho dome 5. 700 cablc feet—In all corifiur ¥10,000 ex- cesn, ‘Tha nemuer of brick ulso used n the con- atruction ia largely in excersof tio estiinato. Tuo cit stono of “the dome required d heary and musaive brick wall hehind 1t as a backing; and the Inner calumnk of the wpper rotnnda are madae of brick, while thay were fo ba made of woud, covered with plastor. This was fonnd 1o bn necer- rary, us the welght of the columne roren as a bal- #ncd for the welght uf tho exterlor walls, I find o ex1ra cost BmuNNSS to 328,000, [ANOTHLR PLUMR.] ‘The plumblng bas cost $1,5ui mure than the es- timate, The gan-pipes huve exceeded th estimates $5.800, 'Ihe estimate for the plamoing and gus- plpen ntade {wo yeara ago wua based on the origil estimate, which it wan fnund vould barcly psv for the ruw malerlals, In the estlmate of cout (o coi ‘llom embodied In my report to the Coinminelo hec, 10, 1870, 1 recomuiended the usa af ornus sneutal zinc for all the carnicen, pa for the finush of the inferlor ‘don grand arches. This wus to have aeen plaster. Vhe ~eine fnside cost conslersblo mare than nlaster, amounting to §16,000; but the rinc will bs a0 much more pere manent that it anght to ho used; und zinc-work Dropetly yut up wil never {all off, and. fs”recom- mended for eafety. Tho panels of the tnner dome wore to bosolid and_plastered. In my estimate and recommendations taey ace to bo of illuminated oramental glaas, VERY RICH. At tho timo the report of the Commissloners wan mudo in 1874 tha Intontlon was to_leave well- holes open in the floor of the rotunda with the ralling around, but cxperlence dowmonstratea the impractlcatllity of this: and my cslimate to com- Jlcta tuhidos tho hamiered ziam necestary’ 1o 11 it The cost of the orwmental and the ham- mered glnes incxcees of the work contomplated fs $15,0u0. In my report [ have yiven the estimate of the cost Lo complete the fresco palnt- Ing, $30,000, ‘This eatimste [ based uj III‘V Idens of huw this work slionld b donus but (¢ scemia that in toe oplalon of the Commnissioners hls work need not be eo expensive, and they have ot Intended and did 1ot ntend two yearn ogo to expend 5o much for thin work hy nt least 8 devtning it unnecearary for thn pronel il the oftice But my oprnion {s that dune at once, as it will tend to make the Intorlor work permanent, 1 also Included the cul-stone forthe pediment of tho front portico, which in §80D. This way omitted (wo ysars ago, as it wan nupposed there waa auficleni cut-stone on the wroumd for this purpore. Tho baseo-relievo for the rotunda and west corrldor was not cstimated for \wo years aqo, anit AT THAT TIME WAS NOT INTENDED, Dut aince then this work has beendone at a cost of 1, 000, Auother item af expenso of &1),000 hns been charzed to und paid aut of the Stute liouse Fund, and which the Commlustoncers, two years ago, thuuylit would he pald ot of anpther fund. This was the bill of Carter, Hiauer & Deakman, whio were employed by the doint Commitieo of the Luglvu- ture to rovien onr estimates, Alwo, thu ftem of $3,000 patd to un for special set of plans and es- tiwates for the use of this Commitice, The Come misaloners dld not cxpect 10 pay this out of the Ktate liouso Fund, belng fucurred” by tho Leglain- turs and not by the Board, The gaw arrangement in tho grates wae b aftorthought, wbnco the' report of 1674, e fu In part to aid ventlla. tion, This ~ work nas cost $1,200, The item of cost fncluded In my cstimate to complete the - bnilding @i © my report Dec, 10, 1876, for aalarles and fucldental a!‘mnlt‘l 10 tho amount of 8,000, s occasionud by the extea tine it will require to compiote the hitliding, say thees Years, This {tem of cost the Commusionors coild not have wnticipated two yoursuro. This would have been saved had the bullding heen completed at tho time expocted, [ find that no maturial change hus been made In’ the wanner of construction of in tbo stylo uf the wark for the bulldiug proper oxeept what 1s etated in thds roport witin tau fast two yearw, ‘Vbede- ficloncy can bo explalued, tosome extent, from the fact that my fdea of how the Lulliling vhould be comploted is In adsanco of the Commissioners’s My catimate complete s for tho most subatanital materiols und warkntanship, such av it ehoald by :n bu Inkeeping with tho ather parta et the build. ng, A BUMATARY, ‘The following lva mmmlr{ of the deficlency so far ne the same 1s accounied lor fu thy furegoing statement: LN Brickew Dlumilog adl Faspipes, Total degetency usplained. " My tutal estimate to compleio the ballding s BAT,RU, That part of Lhe debeiency ac- counted tor sbove 1s Bk, 22 lewving » balsuro only of §280,047,50, sud several thousand sollars of this mlght by acconuted for in the libeeal estl. nates wade by mo fur completing tho bullding. In my suxicty to avold the necowsity of going be- Joru the veopls for upother dedcteucy, 1 have been ovor-cautious in preparing the estimates to cumplete. Respectfully submitted, Joun'C, Cocnuans, Architect. e STATE: CONVENTIONS. Provioasce, it 1., March 9.—The Prohib- ttory Btate Convontion hus nominated the Re- publican Btate ticket, with the singly exception of the candidato for General Treasurcr. Spectal Dispatch ta The Triduna Laxwixg, Bich., March 8.~The . Hepublican Btate Convention for the nominution of s Jus- tico of the Bupremo Court, in ¥1m of Thowas M. Cooley, aud two Regents of the Unlversity, in ptacs of Joseph Estabrook and James AL Gowan, I renominated Mr. Co for Justice by acelama tory 1 Collier, of Battly Creek, and Genrge L. Maltz, of Alpena, for Re- genta hy hatlot. The Demoacratle State Convention Is calleid for the 19h Inst., in this city, and it Is repected that Mr. Cooley will b phaced on that ticket. T TIRES. ton, und nomluated Vi T LOUTS. 8r. Lovts, Mo, March 0.~The furniture warerooms of Miller & liros., 010, M2, and 914 South Fourth atreet, were destrayed by fire to- day. Foms estimated at $25,000; insured 82,500 vach In the Faneull Hall and Commonweslth, Boston; Marine & Fire, 8t Louia; Bangor Ine surance Company Maine; National awd Fire, Dayton, Ohlo; St. Louls Tnsurance Company s Oid Domtnlon City Fire and Marine, Kichmond, ¥a.; Willlsmsburg City, New dersey. AT DUBUQUE, 1A, &pectal Mepateh to The Tridnne, Dunvqus, Iu., Feh. Y.—This morning at half- past 10 & fire broke out fn John Collins® housa an Weet's HIlL Tt originated from a defectivo flue in the upper story. The family wero down stairs at the time, and the fire had made con- shderable headway hefore ft was discuvered. ‘The furniture down stalrs was all saved. Loss, about §1,000; inkurance, £300, e e s A CARD, 8rriNeriEL, )., March 0.—The State Jlagis- Ler to-night editorfally says: The pringleld cnrrn}mndl‘nt of Tur Cirtcasn Trinuxry s1ys: **Col, Meeriam {n the only United Hiaten Collector this disteict ever had who did not prove a defaulter,” I never wrote or telezraphed Tie Toinvxre any such ridlculously folse statement. ‘The dteglater's nmsertion to the contrary is a menda- clous falschood. J B dnwis, testdent Correspondent Cicauo Trinese. e — . RENOVATION, NOT PROSTRATION. DId any enfeebled human belag ever become #trong nnder the uperation of powerfal catbartles orsalivants? [t fa rometimes sicessary fo regue Iato the howels, but that canuot he done by active purgation, which eshansts the vital forces and serves no zoad parnose whatever, The only troe way to promote heslth and sigor, which are essene t1al to regularity of the oruanie functlone, {4 to fu- slworate, discipline, and purify the aystons at the same time, The extonlinary eficacy of Ios- tettor's Stomach Bifters in of dehility or jr. FeguIari(s of the urgand of dizesilon. asemilation, secretlon, and discnarge, 1 universally admitte, Appetite, goud digeshon, a regular hablt of body, actlee elecutation of the hlood, and parlt of il the anfmal finids, are induced by this superh tonte and corrective, Tt hus uo equals, moreover, 28 preventive of chifls and fover,' und_other typ al 0 Tn emigran i temy - clers it In particnlarty servicenble 84 u mcdicmal salegunrd, — BUSINESS NOTICES. Asthma. Jonas Whitcomb's Rewedy, 1're- pared from & German fecipe obtained by the late Jonan Whitcomb, fn Europe. It alleviated this disarder in Lis case when all other appliauces of miealcal #kill had been alandoned by fitm in de- epair, 1 ho casc of o purely anthmatic character han it falled to give immediato rellef, and it hoa ef- fected meny pernauent cures, imtaine no polsone ur nnzioas pmpertles whatevers an tntant may 18ka It with perfect safely. dostrid BUaserT & Un,y Manufacturers and Proprietors: No. 27 Central atreet, Doaton, For sale by Deugglats everywhere. e et— “lrown's Bronchinl Troehes” when ale lowed (o dis<olve In the mouth, lave & direct in- fluence on the nlamed parts, alloying pulmonary irritation, and jiving retief fn coughs, coldn, ani the varions thront tFoubles to whlch 'siugers and public speakera sy lable, ———— Keep aells the best and cheapest ahirts In the world; ulro collurs, elegant styles, hest quality, 31.50 per doz., #ix for Toc. 174 Madison street. TBolnnd's Aromatic Bliter Wine of Tron Inn temedy for nervous debliity, fmpoverisied blood, andimpalred digestion. Depot. wi Clari stecet. Aandnn s amam At AR AL “Troth Ig Mifihty at Vil Preval” Sworn Statement OF A, BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. H. R, BTEVENS: Dear Sir: From exposure, 1 ook stk _about nine yeamago witls Itheamaiie ‘Fever, from w Tauf- fered about fone months, When | recoy: fever | fuund mywlf suifering with paln conatipation, whicis heowght on (he piles 4 him oy ered from the Ia my sido and ronwilted ilie | was gratualiy krowing worse, Then one Miyaietan aluee anoiber waa epliyed, aitil secen Pt thobest phyuicions of Hostun hadtaker may easa fn d. . On conmltation between severalof the leading phy: siciank, thiey concladed nly v jlaint . al debility, 1 haul wreat alitl general dah ity sud an inisler was requirad Lo aitorl me lrcath, rnah the trestmeut of oie phystclan | o from 74 el billa, ard (aithtully (7ied ull (e = 10 NG g edic e each plyriclan yreaceibed. Froun miy ckneds, and thie vast amonnt of wediclie sed mic the great pain, my k'dneys lecatia Ladly af: A muffered excruciating tha smiall of 136K, with grest dliculty (i pasaing Ny urines Shie physician satid 1 wae dfsoased sl Lthronzh iy 1eny vl he re :ted that bu coull give me niy 1ot liealth, - My wiifering from ndinnstion was s grrat shat it waa finomibie fo keen auy soltd foud-on tng the whole nature of ‘my food was nroi v 1 alws touk 8 prescription frum a cetebrated English physician, Whuaaid my trouble was Bronciitis and liye- Deimia. Puook el botticant medlsian vepecialy v ] cloerl Tiave kiven neurly all umJ-uzulnr ifsed ‘iediciies o talr trfal, I had & dresdful wnd did 0oL w¥erazo over twohours' slcep a night for ciiiht years, A A brothier pulicemian urged moa to try Vegetine, bat for s long tine Tuscd, having goi conipiete] 8- couraged frui t ¢ a0 much mediclue wihoat any beurilty howe: er, afeer yrient pervusolon, 1 conciins d befor | B ubed uneiwitle | vouldeat s srusch & beef steak, & (hig § had nut be orefur years; todecd. fuiuined hiure st from tho drat hottlo of Vegeline than whi ed taken. kgt on int| avle to do stantinl honeit niost learued medical talent uf New c:llthx wihy -nuu-‘ummmm-q winduin ey coutd UL Accun: plisli a0 antich 83 1hi tl m?ln vegeiasle medicine calied Voetur, tu wiich | ain {ndebied for bealin. ire"s5a olnicas. ECGENL B, ni: X, e W7 Athiensl., Pollce Biation's. s red Ui Sbovieihmed Foene, Ko vt - r / {,:'I;w:::l;’lrl;n"z vath that the forvguing statemnent iy Toke e, truc Belorg 5SkA . NOWEN, Justicu of the Peace, FURTHER PROOF. Facts Will Tell. H, B, STEVENS, Foa.1 Dear Sir: Allow e’ 1048y 8 wurd L favor of Vas n utlng thio past yeur 1 histe wifcred frots 8 conplication of discases, °[ ay b bed trota the 44 of November untll the slddle uf ihe followlng Juue, and on unByerarn did aut sl up (wa hours s week. | had I’.t N ey wome, | Tiiey sirec ) eart discase, phthisla, pyaeinla, snd . plaint, sud could neverho any better; | was reduecd ju weliit 50 pousda, whlelh 16 it for Taw naturally ia. Tn June, Soding § was falling undce the treatment of thie. Lhysleiana | eominenced ‘the. so of VEawgisk Abiougly s earuest pervunrlon of friends ain e whth Ivaults,’ 1 el 10 Glit, can'situp all day, walk balf a wilic, Ty e e 0. Breatiy encoararnd aad shalt continu usfos th VEGRTIAW 1L eanRel 1, ) Ml 8 OOF i, hul fur Lt s 0f e siutiucnt refer o Ry mas s Gullstuwi s, yery Shankfully, A, d: BULBEC K wen, N M Yegetine is Sold by all Druggists. e NOEMCE Bowethiug New for Those Who Are Interested in Such Things. patent wes odtalned for The machl Not fung miching for S Ghilag e slf tlie arranscuents Bl ea b 0 thace @ pamu Sty [oryriy J{may b vacid in cltlea and villages, Lut inala: usa. Ther cai b of grest practic ihle coulry, butaiso o . 1o not n focwrics aud ‘use ot ouly fi the reason that Leaper thau otlier * uutlay but ed nuy be couvinged by fusy the wodel, which €20 bu'sect aLLuo jowelry osl wieut ot Haudlion, lluwo & U southeaal aud biate-ats. ‘The patent sad modrls aru for salo un lcmlnnmd-lln‘ lenus. Further juformas oy can beoblalavd of thombore frw. Thu foventor -gpllnlo m-gnnu.- A8 hc Is unedie o o Aure sl h g8 bking :::xi_xll’wn. Lows & Co. Ts Riudels caa be boughs 1y orses. BLACK SILKS. SPECIAL SALE Black Silks AT TEIBE fest End Dry Goods Honse, Madison and Peoria-sts, CARSOXN, PIRIE & CO. Havo just roceived & large and im- portant purchase of Lyons Black Bilks at much léss than present cash. value; of a brand that has an envi. ablo.--porhaps tho most favorablo-- reputation for durability, The prices at which wo shall offor them aro so much bolow what the same qualities can be purchased for hero, £8 to constitute thom VERY IM- PORTANT BARGAINS which no lady roquiring orintending to buy BDlack 8ilks should neglect. FOR INSTANCIS? At $1,50 wo shall offor 12 pieces Cashmero Bublime Black Silks; bright handsome goods that ars convineingly cheap. At $1.66 we shall soll 25 pioces Bplondid quality Black Gros Graing, rich and olegant finish, cannot be equaled at $3, ‘We shall offer 16 pioces at 81,86 per yord,a very superior clegant Black Gros Grain, Satin finish, and a great bargain. At $2.26 wo shall sell 10 piocos rich Black Cashmere Bilks, soft and full to the touch, brilliant finish, and enormously cheap. At £2.40 an oclogant and very rich quality Black Gros Grain, su- perb finish and lustre; fully 20 per cont undor value. Richest qualities Cashmero Bublime Gros Grain, spocially importod for Cloaks, of rich full brilliant lustre, matchless color, and largo {ull grain, at $2.75, $3, and £3.26; will mako most ologant garments. 285 pioces heavy Black Gros Grains, all silk, at ®1 and $1.156 por yard, suporior goods for tho monoy, and well adapted tor trimming, WEST END ORY G0ODS HOUSE SIBNING American “Tho tests to which Wheeler & Wilson's now Sewing-Machine was subjected at the Centennlal by the jndges are not less than wonderful, and will be intereating o show- ing its many strong points; one was, to stitch book muslin with No, 400 cotton at the rate of 00 stitches per minute. ‘To test the ease with which it runs, two thicknesses of minslin wore stitelied together with No, 0 cotton at u spoed of 00 stitches per minuto, with the samo cotton’ used as adriving bolt, Ou patent ennmeled leather, and without fn- Jury to tho surface, lines of stitching were made containing 100 perfect stitches to tho inch. Lagsof both India-rubber and kid wora stitched water-tight at the seamnw, Twonty thickuesses of ‘*‘butternut” duck wero sewed togother. Again, six Inyens of tin, alternating with seven thicknesses of broadclotl, wera all atitched together with. out any provious puncturing of the tin, With no ohauge in the adjustment of cither tousion, seams were niade prasing success nively from one to three and four thick- nesses of leather, ‘thence to mmslin and to tho {hinnest tissue paper, Calf ukin aud In- dis-rubber were sewed togetlior, aud the fents of making seams with copper wire in. stead of thread, aud using a purposoly- knotted under thread, were successfuily per. formed, flually the machine was run at a speed of over 2,000 stitchos per minute, This machine stands to-dsy as the embodi- wment of over a quarter of a century's perie- veriug improvements, and 88 a specimen of American ingonnity and skill, it reflects the bighest eredit upou our country, s invent. ors, aud mechanics, T'he sewlug.machine is alinost exelusively an American production, aud the vast amount of inveutive talent ex. pended upon it has mado an envisblo repu. tation for us abroad, and places the Amer. jesn in tho forefront among mankind asa wmechanio. and inventor, aud uo one of its wany forms tends wore to this result than tho new wystem of the Wheeler & Wilson Company,” Tho result of this rewarkable exhibition waus the three awards to the Wheeler & Wil. son wachincs, aud the higlest praiso in the offlcial report. 'The judges were the mblest mechanical esperta; no weu could bave been better pre. pared for the ofiice, or uiore jmpartial, They wero : Mr. Knight, suthor of ¢ Kuight's Mechan. ical Dictionary.” Alr, Gregory, for twelve years Examinerin the Patent-Oftice. AMr. Paget, an eminent English civil engi. neer and patent experc; a juror at the Vien. ua Exhibition. 2 ‘I'bis triumph is of all the more valus for being in Awerica, where the sewing-machine driginated and has bad its development, and whers cach company could do its best, EiR BRESORTN, WINTER RESORT, JUY ROVAL VICTOLIA HOTEL, Nussu. Dabame Lalaads. . For full Inferadon S0 S oon & co. 734 Brosdway, New Yors. ... DORS AND STATIONERY. LIST O NEW BOOKS TWO WEEKS, MAIOLICA AND PATENCE. it A FALENC TONIC FREATAET OF SYPiT) rlldy‘.n.}n."uimv.'n. el Bl LEA” 10 N THE HOUSE. Loftte. PRt Homitscfite ot Brer: HOUBE. Lottie HALE BECORSTION. Garrett, Ar at Homn 3 2 EACTICE OF TIIE GAME 0% ND LANCASTER ROSF. 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Ket b AU 148 CONBlclous Teature {n fre v, 30 thee SOF 0f her g6 in par- 1IAL Mamtield. 12mo, s Look I8 the fralt of & period of earnest ntaiy. sud tndlva.ox the dirvetion In whick reslly hopeful cx- perfiients may be prosec ited." 1 'S YE. 0K, ek, AR i 1. A WnEftda, O, T HYo., &5 entire word 2 the ‘ur‘k. D HELF FEITL. R e 4K2 gy, ANCIENT GEOGIRAPIIY, TN ND MODERN UNTUAND MODERN L WORK, T MEXTIONS, “Taibert, Clo. A Love Storr. M. ften "Aper, T3 renus, L THE MY LILYS e dinihe WraTy clunki 1o lay It 1t had not-ended wn_soan. out exerption finely anid yet distinct - Iydmwn, amd preseree thele dtstinctoes and orfzinality under )i clrennstance CHAMBERS ENCYCLOIDIA S Cloth, 23 net; 10 Yols, sheep, $17.40 Hulf call, $40, Elther of tho shore houks sent free hy mail an recelpt of the price, Alsr & full Tine of Finr )l-’ullnnery. Patateries, Menns and Pinyer Canle, fall Prozrammes, Pocket o, Alvuins, Blutes, el = % el IABLEVBROS.&00, 63 and 65 Washington-st, FURNINIING GOODS. SUELTUSSEE LRI A o s cluse will wish character are wii ladies and Children’s FURNISHING DEPT. Flield, Leiter & Co. STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., Invite speclal attention to thetr line of Ladies’ Muslin Underwear, awhich 4s the most complete one in every respectshown In any market, 1'he materials used are far superltor {n quality, and the prices much lower than former seasons, The gjoods are made expressly for retadl trade, and shapes are perfect, 8 LADIES wlll find it to thelr advantage to lools at owr atocls before at- tempting to manufactuy CCATARRIE CURE, CATARRH ° Clironic Catarrh can bs cured, Aud wo have the positive proot. The expenso i3 only 50 cents o week, AND WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Reference given to nuierous cases cured Right here in Chicago. ** Home Testhnony” in abundance, NOTHING LIEE éefl'ers’ French Catarrh Cure cver sppeared for the cuze of Cslarrh, Colds, wh, Hronclith Anhm“-ud Hay Fover. 118 EFFECT 18 SIMPLY WONDERFUL. 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