Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1877, Page 9

8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MARCII 29, 1877. THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. William Guldera, 45 years of age, dled suddenly of congestive chills ot his residence, No. 478 Twenty-slxth street, at 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon. The Coroner wiil hold an inguest to-day. ‘The temperstaro yesterday, as obsorved by Ma- naseee, optician, No, 88 Madison street (Tnisuse Dullding), wae at 8 a. m., 35 deg. ; 10801, 30; 12m., 37; 3p. m., 37; 8 p, m., 4G, Darometer at8a. m., 10.20; 8 p. m., 30,30, ‘The remaina of the Iale Mark Bheridan will bu Interred at Calvary to-day. Trains leave as nenal at1p. m. from the Northwestern depot. This Taet tribnta of respect to tha honored Mark Sherf- dan onght 1o be as well attended ns tho funcral. Yerterday afternoon Collector Narvey forwarded to the Internal Revenne Burcan at Washington a forms] protcet on tho part of the Peoria and Chica- Ro distillers agatnst the recentruling of the Depart- ment In connectlon with the fusel-oil trade.” Al the polnta covered were given in cxtenso in Tun TIIAUNE some twa Weexs ngo. An nnnsunal odo In the far trade oecnrred (n this city yeste Mr. Whitaker, of Pomeroy's Democrat, aold 18 allver-gray, Gred, 11 croes, nnd B black fox pelta to Exby & Periolal. The rkins were taken during the winter by a trapper wha nade his hunting-gronnda in tho vicinity of \Wea- wervllle, Col. They were sent here liccause tho trapner wan satisfied they would sell for more than in any other mnrizet i the conntry, 7The xiver- oy fox in a very rare pelt, and brings from $75 to s!ifi. The ** cror ars valued at $10 each, Washington ulefir!ml lmvlns ntimated that Judgo Lawtenco had been Invited to accept a posi- tlonon the propoeed Loulsiana Commlission, a TrisuNE reporter called on that gentleman yeafors dayafternoon far the purpose of ublalning his viewson the question of Suathern pacification. Tho Judge declined to be intervlewe Tio preserved 3 wlienco warlly_of ‘the Sphinz and declined (o alnte whether ornot he had tbe tendered the appolntment; whether he would nce cept or decline, or to glve any expreasion to his [ -anunl on {he Southern quesilon. 'The Judwe in u!u.um: the reporter pood-day sugpested that ho mlulh‘l..‘uhuln from Washingiun the fuformation he sought. Au adjourned meeting of the properly-niners $ntereated in bnllding the horse-raflroad on Ogden avento to Crawfoid avenne was held yosterday afternoon at No. 174 LaSalle sirect. Glovor waa elected Chatrman and Mr. Hecretary, Neveral contraciors who w ted their willingness to bulld a track, cetions as to the manuer of it4_construction. ommitiec; consiating of Messee, Gnatin, Lume lard, Gnrlick, and Crawford, was avpainted fo tahe the varfons contractots over the roule nnd et thelr aeas as to the cheapestanid best method of hnlldinz the track. The Committes was aleo suthorized to deaw up plana: and speeliieations. ‘The inceting adjourncd antil Saturday at the same time and place. A reporter of Tz Trinuxe called at Gen, Stiere fdan's " hendyuarters yesterday, and learned that Spotted ‘'Fail's ** mirslon of pe: * was entirely woluntary on his part, o hlmeel! propoed that he shoald visit the camps of Crazy 1orea and olher Shostile Indlans and endeaver fo induce them to came {nio tho =escrvations, ‘lhe Governient hns fu_ o way wded him n his undertaking further than wilowing him to sttempt it Should he successful, the niliiary ofires will, of cuurac, be very glad, but Gen, Eneridan eald it was not his purjose to parley furs ther with the Indians, ue 1o daiay the intended salzn whilo negotiations betweun Spotted-Tall c hoetllc aro pending, Bupplies are now buinit rapidly forwarded and everything pat in readinees for this campaign, which will o opened 24 so0n as possible. The ladiea of the First M, E. Chnrch of this eity have organized a liome Mlsslunary Soclety, #ni have eccured an experlonced Christian worker s« ihelr missionary, She devotes all her tima to the work of vimting and belping nuch as may need » word of comfortur cheer, et epeclal Geld belng the central part of the city. It s belioved thnt thare are maity younz mmen who are sick, and who need o mother's care; and aléo that there are many” broven-hearted wonien who need a siater's ayme thy. l'ersuns who know of such ecasce, or of etrangers who deelre the fellowship of God's cuiflieen,” will please notify the missionary, Mes, E, Androwd, Tloom 20, Sethadier Charch [Hock, oither by mail, or they will find hier at tho rame place every morning (rom 0 1o 10 o'clock, Many neasaves of gratitude bave heen recoivod from distant homeaan acconnt of the kind seryices of theee Indics to loved onea in time of tronble and Jonelinese, In atd of this work, the lov. M. M. Parkhurst has conaented to lecture In Clark Bireet Chareh, corner of Washingtun, Friday evening, Sunject! **Japan and the Japanese." Tao fecture will be ilustrated with mapa, curlositics, manufactures, ete. Admission, 25 centd, NOTEL ARRIVALS, Patuer Iause—E, C. Wibuard, Milwaukee: Gen. W. i lughes, s Franciacay e flon. ¢, 1 tlawe To- g ¥ i i Patérmon, oy C. Alezande of jobers Tlume, Daitimuros fayotiei (o), lober . Gurt Bl Tonis; . H, Hunter, Denverp tho Hon. M Winghany, New Yorky Johu Metiawel, bt Lonir} sy gin, Dibuque ilarrin, Now' § VA I o1l L Ohahiay Aozandcr Hill, Gienis 1 Graves, ‘Vermuner Georgo Mise Y. Dincan, i, Louls.... Grad o L. Meyer. Fond da”Laci " Judge qirant, Devenrort: Mr, and Mre, Glo il and Thorpe, Madiwons W. C. .11, Smith, and all, ker, New Vorky A it mage, Loulavillel J. 0, Lin W."Allison, Pittsburgy J. F. Weston wnd ' d, 11 Wheiten, U, .41 the Hon, 61, C, Nelerling, Dubdaue; 10, A Conger, Falton, Lil.1 John T, saterl suse, Hono- 1ol The iton, Daker, cld, Vet Lisc Ttocktonds Lovt Giden, o o, A, Rinsell, 14, Seaiad, Bhebeygaiiy . D, 3. Sanituy k, Duhuguat ew vork: tng lion. J, i, Mcliride, Salt A T Laviv, Frank Leiten, New Yorks B, M. Jinimes, New Yorks Ay . dacksory Baneariiiel . 31 Hitenhonese, New Yorki W. L. May, Fremonty G. Meader, Lincionatl, IIYDROPHOBIA, RESORTING TO THE MAD KTONE, On the 25th day of February Titz Tiinuxe pab. ahed an account of tho sufferings and death of George Barnardor from hydroplioblu, the result of o bite (rom a rabld dog at the Nock Iatund care shopaon the 14th of Docember Jast, The doug was of the pointer breed, ond fa supposed to have beon wonght Inon rome of (ho frelghi-traing which atap at this point, . Mo was drst notleed by tho watchmen of the Round-louso during tho night, At 7 a'clock un the morning of the 14th of Decom- ber Jolin Peterson, n 8wede, who Ilves at the cor- wer of Wentwarth avenue and Fifty-sccond etreet, and was employed at the Rlock Island Itound-Ifouee, cams to his work, As o was engaged fu moving the turn-table forn locomnotive the dog rushed by him, acared ashe supposed by the encurlnu seata from tho tncamathe, 1le ‘ealled to thadog, which came cronchfug towards him, bnt when o attempied topat bl o the head grabbed ot €aght im by the timml and tho fleshy parl of the band: he ‘clung to bis hold for somo time, and when Peterson munoued 10 gt fooss Ll wonnds blgd vrofusely, thero being elxteen incisions from the teoth of the dag, 'Fhls fe the dog which after- weurds bie Barnurdor, who died from the effects in great nzony, asdescnbed In Tag Tuibexe, As considerable ntereat Is fult by the medleal frater- znd others in the cave of Petorson, Tie BUXE repurtes hias taken suime palus o ascertalu a4 many facts in rezard to the cuso as possible, De. L. K. Williame, who attended Barnardor, also ate tenidy Petereon.’ e io prevatini u vance In regnrd 10 1he two carcu for publication fn_a wedlcal jonr- nal, pud to him the reporter {w Indubited for much of hilu information, Last Monday the repurter visited Potorson at his tiome. 110 scys lic wits urked to sca u doctor after he wax bitten,” but did not think It was of enough fimportence Lo £o 10 that troubla, 1le 1-athed hin hand in aliohol, which stopped ths bleeding, Later In the day ho wentto Dr. K Lis tamily physl aith adheatve pla Lo wout homo th with linseed and afterwards with ooy to rellove the pain. 1t gradually healcd, and ho feit no vad vifect from it until about the timd Barnardor was tahen down, when he began o get nervous and felt u queer sensation in his wrms and limbs, "')\E morpine after Harnardor dies nd the re- port appeared In 'Tig "I'ninuxe, Peterson's tricuds and nelghbors came Lo his bouse andadvized him to BEEK A JIAD-STONE before hiis case became imcurable. - Hlw nervaus- nces vontinned to increase, aud the pecullar sen tious ran through his srmsand body contluunllys to usc his own worpls, he m-‘,-an to pray, P'rof. Hook bt. | a Ii ktordid, 3. Wine Uinee, Bl iwlh, A whu Tt “Fowa e S and read the Bible, and feel very bad He o feit too poor 1o undertake the joure nev ond expense of @udiug & mad-sione, bit iis neighbors voluntcered to ussist him, o on ito tollowing Tieeeaoy he started. He learned that Mr. Charles Santer, n resident of Bl his oo, in conty, had & mad'stone, On his arrival Santer tuld hitn it would be necussary to open the woung stune of the scara and apply the stone; if there was patsun iy the Llvou thu stone wonld athere to the wound. Forseveral du; anl he Lecame very rost night, after ho was'comyl sutindly, and in tke mornin;: achered #rmly to his thumb,and quite & quantity of matter ran” from b wure, s00n as tbc polon was extracted fhe ptons would Toosen and drop olf. ¢ would then apply it to aucther of the wauuds. Afier remaining at Bloom s Petersun desired 1o refurn home, Bauter consented to bis 1aking tho stone with him, and he has contlnucd to apply itte cach ol tha scars in succession. donday afternovn when thu repurter called Lie waa sitting up. althouzh be did not fcel strouy, He fnds the stonu works w best sdvautage when he lles quictin ted. The stono cd 4t this timo 1o (ho nall of the thumb. ‘The sbrusure was originelly at the root of the nall, Lutit bad prown down lo wear the polnt. Dy, Willisme hiad assleted him to pare the nall down to oo gquick, and the stono bad been un since Fridsy moou, but i wse mearly ready 1o come off, unnau";‘h it remained on ¢ome of the wounds for seven days, Peterson feels condde 1bat when ho Las app! the stona to all the aca: bp will have uo oiore trouble frow them. A son of Jobn Prinirose, who revides near Mop- trose In tbls county, ls waiting fur thie stone, and whea Petersou I throogh wilb fvhe wiliturn it O3 e, tioned before, la th “Ybe slone, a2 was mentioncd before, is tbe prop- erly of Chacles Sauiar, & resldent of Bloow, b 1a1s county. Mr. Bauter 13 U3 years of sge, and has had thlastone for iwenty-fout years, [o that time 1t bas cured 211 Kerlnnl sud oue dog. The atone Was brousht to this country by a Freach doctor. It ald not take hold aud uneasy. o who left It incaro_ of the person who sold it to £anter, who patd 2100 in'eold for it ‘There I3 nothing pecullar in the shape or looks of the stonc, its color is hlack, it 19 ahaut an inch in length ihelongest way ; the edres arcemoothand ronnding: it fenotatallporans, anil e rather "°'“K' ‘That ong man ahonld die from the cifects of the biteof & dogwhile the one who was firat hitten #till lives, s & problem for the doctors to solve, if they can. TIE TRAMPS. THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPPRESSION DEMANDED. About two weeks ago the Warden of the Poor- Tlonsa cleared out, for the purpose of reducing ex- penscs, & namber of able-bodied trampe who had been domiclledat the Institution during the winter, Unable to find ehelter or subsistence in the country, srhiers the barne are still cold and appics not yet ipe, they headed for theclly, and have begun opcrations here {n a manner and on a ecale never attempted before, At thosc hours of the day when men are presumably down town, thescable-bodled tzampa have been calling at the better class of tesi- dences, especlatly on the South and North Sides, and demanding n intervlew with the fady of the honee. The precantlon hos been taken of learne ing her name, and when tho scrvant goes to the door. she §s met by a request on the part of tho visitor to see Mra. A In person, The visitor Inslsting upon a personal In. terview, the mervant \:r{ natnrally concludes, In miost cases, that it isa b, or somicthing of that kind, sllows the perfon to enter the hall, and then goes in eearch of her mistrers, When the Intter cmnes dowe, the (ramp elates that le has had nothing 1o eat for a day or so; has hunted for work, hnt hos been unable to find | 1 appesls to het, [n the name of the Lord, 1o give him noine money, If aheiloos not yield to his' entreatic« at firnt, Tie persists, becuming even a little ton urzent fn his Jonzuage, and, since thcre are no mun around, frequently terrorizes hier, and slmost coms pela her to pay feibute, llaving gotten through up-rtales, he ninkes a viait to the kitchen, alarma the servant-girl, studies that part of the establisn. ment, wakes nn inspection of the barn, and ' then Tleaves for headquatters: Ung favorlte honr for calling is Sunday alout church time, when it ia supposed that all chnrch. gosta are natorally inclinei to chinrity, Anotler 18 Wednesday evenbing, about rrnycr»mce!ln: thne, when it {a supposed that the puree and heart are nlike open to suppliants, DBnt whatever hour s selected, 1t In generatly one when tiere will wre. snmahly be no interferenco for men, o great trouble with thess suppllants fa, that their breaths fnvariably smell of whisky: that.dlicy always de- mand money, and not food or work; that they aro abla-boied fellows; nnd ‘that they are tier too inquisitive in mmmln,i the interior of tio houss wheu they once zet In. 'Tho next day snether fellow turns nr- n asks to see Mrs, A, sud she'comes down. He teils hor that he has had nothing to eat for two or three days, Iy on the vetsu of starvatian, and must have money, Sho yields to hia ('nlrflq!lu aud (:I"rg him 50 cents, 'Then ho ia *Yon flares up. Sage be: £avo a man a dollat Jeolcrday. 1o waa not half as hungry s I om. lc badn't had anything Lo eat fof a day and a half, Dbut I haven't had nll!!mnF to cat for two days, Norw you pretend to bo a Chiatian woman, aud you ouzht fo give me as much ae you did him." Gen- erally ho gets the amounl, makes hia Inapection of the houae, and off he goes. Abont twa days aftere wards the houae {a broken into, and a lot of prop- crly taken nway. On oncor two gccasions ft has happened that e hiead of the house has been at hoine when the visitor ealled, has confeonted him and his whisky-rceking breath, and in reply to his demund for mlma‘y has offered him » note 1o the tounty Agent which would secare him o dinner, In evcry inslance the offer has been angrily re- Jected, and tho tenmp has gone off swearing, TIR OROANIZATION. | 1t hias been aacertained that theso fellowa havo forimed an orzanized gang, that to the information they poeseneed before they came from the Poore Honee they had udded a considsrabla quantity, picked up since thale return, They meet ut o given point anil exchange nates, ' Each_ tells the other ihat honecs he hag vielted, how ho was received there, how much lio got, what sort of acrvant ls employed there, the u"\llhrlllnl of the mistress, aud the general luy of tik land, Thenest day some one, havlng been furnisiled with these factx, visity the house, gota what monoy and fnformation ho can, and possibly adds something mora (o the comis mou stuck. Sinee in nearly every case tha lady of the house §a farced 1o elve somefting, and stiacea lurge number of -the wealthy anefons on tho Houth #ide have been thus fmportuned, and that auccersfully, ~~ the buiness must be an exceedingly profitatile one, and enables those who are pursuing 1t to live comfortably without dning an honr's work a week. This "busiinees, while demarallzinz th the men angaged fn it 1s #till more so to tho community at large. At firat (he ladics ou the Bouth Sie paid little attentlon to lq alls, but they have become #o frequent, ne reciplents af them have found by comparing notes, that they have oll become alarmed. 'They are afraid 1o be left alons In the houre, und thoy trem- ble st every ring at thoe door, . They do noi know at what momest oug of theso porsons, who has obtained admieston Into the louse, mny, on be- coming nssured that no man fa at bume, trent them as Mrs, Evoley und her servant woro {reated, and go through thie premiscs aftor 8 slmilar fasblon, sTO1 1T, Tt reenis an If this state of affairs had been suf- fered to run on unchecked long enouzh, and that 1t was about tHme foz tho pollce to interfero und put astop to jt. ‘Those framps are begmues nnidva- erants, and dally violate the ordinances of the city. ‘They arc anawerable to arrest, and, [f convicteil, 1o dmprisoament in the Wridewell, whore {hey ran bo pnt to work, and where the cost of thelr malne tenance will Lo distributed over tho entlro city,and ot lmposed n{mnncnmv-murol smal) numbur of lndl\‘ld‘l‘mll, ‘The range of thelr operaticas 1s so Himited that a few policemen In citizen’s clothes (tramps alwaya waich for uniformcd “ofllcers and nover ‘enter u houre wlhen ong in In stzhit) - could c:ull{ rhadow them, amd Ithout diMlenlty catch them in the very act of 2, 118if n'dozen arreain, follnwed by sovers wowld breals up this practice, which, it not checked, will certainly continue for a couple of sonths, 1f not through the entlre summer, 1t would also bu well If ladies thus visited woulid, whorg It [+ nossible, dotain the men in conversa. tlon, send out n rorvant to Bnd sn otticer, ani havo Him arrested on the epot. So wany of the bur- Tariep which have rcl.'allllg occurred aro dite to the nformation vgthered |rl thens Lrampe in thelr bog. plnig expeditions that the stapping of thelr operi tiuns would ko far to putting an end to these costly noctuenal visits, BINFUL BANKRUPTS. ONE, BENT Tu JOLIET TIE OTIEL TO JAIL, Judge Blodgett Tucsday delivered n sentenco agalnst two swindling bankrupts which carriesa moral with it, I%or several years past thero lave been perludical revelations of unecrupulons 3 dividuals Jike the Koo Brothers, Hcllbron & Well, of U'airo, who were tried here a month or so ago, McDonold Urothers, and others, who have bought Iariu stocks of goods from easy creditors on credit, aud then auddenly vaufshed, or ended thelr carcer In n hankrapt court with large lalilitles and no nssctr, 'The boot and slioo line seems to have fur. nihied tho Lest opportunity for filegul guln, and nt least four Clileago firma in tho past two years have gono iuto bankruptey withont belng able to make n antisfactory cxplanation of the dlvappear. nnce of thelr nsncts, Among the trms who went under with the preatest unsccountable ditferenco botween nssets and debts Feusruteln & Puger ape pear just now to be the most prominent., They did not appear to wish to keep up a semblance of honesty, They were indlcted about 8 yenr oo for buying goods out of the ordinary courso of truds,— tnwhort, forswindtiug,—and, sfter a trial, wero found gailty on seyen out uf ¢lght counts, The bankrupts, Henry Feuersteln and Charles PAnger, were engazed in the boot and shos buslness in this city. Thoy opencd thelr store In Junuary, 1875, with §8,000 capital, On the 1t of July, 1875, they had 83,600 or 84,000 worth of paods, and clalinied they owed unthing. Between July unil Kovember they bunght about $7,000 worth of ®oods on credit guid only pajd 81,000, GO the 22d of Novewber the placy was selzod by the Stenif on exccutlon, anil the entire stock of goody und tix- titres were only found on the higheet valuation (o be worth 81,500, Thry wers subsequently sold at Sheriil's wale, after belne duly advertised, for $500. The entlro copital of 8,000, and the goodd purs chascd on credit to the anionyt of 81,000, had vanlshed In the weantime, Very few of the lateet hianes of guods ware found In the store, the ing mainly of eld gonds held vver from tock. It was alvo shown in evide thata few wocks before their fatture the b rupts shipped & large quantity of goods to Milway. kea under dchitlous namea, und “that Fuonerstein Bud subsequentiy gone 1o Milwaukea under tho ase suwmed napie of Ueorge Fowler, taken the poo Trow the warehouss Where they were uuction-tiousy, and caused them to b racnitice, realizlng some U0, ‘Ihls be clalned he lost by Lelng dengied and robbed in Milwaukee, F'hero was alew evidenca tending Lo show that they had dl?uicd of other r’uvdl inwaurreptitions man. nerand fua wuy outalde of the ordinary coures of Lusiness s retal] dealers, Judgs Blodgett, when the criminals were brought beforo lwi yesterday morning, reviewed (hese {acts at lenytn, und sald it was u gross mistako to consider such cunduct ouly the result uf mistor. tune ur error fn judgment, (nvolving no woral wiong. Thelr course was ss culpable ae that of bighwaymon orof a counterfelt The finding of the jury Justified a »e) scnience, o they wel out of ‘elght counts. f en wome, for they requited nu colnaze, sud could be carried on with greater case and becrecy, Ther conduct struck u blow at the credit system, which wasa necesenry part of the complicated trade of the present ‘r sud tended 10 injure business aud des #troy conddence In the merchants of tuls cit Feuorstelu seeuied to be the fld"fiffll actor 1 the crooked operutions of tuo O, und . thy Judge therefore eentenced him to o yeur at bard lubor fu the Penitentiary at Jollet. Pduger, on the other band, did not wppeartio beau scifve partuer, but ooly qulcecent, uud hia yullt woe moro of megligence, wo that ho oogbt Kot to be rlmllh!d o heavily, s sentence wus according- Jy';\ud at slx monthe' fmprisonment fu the County o il C. W. COLEHOUR, COME TO TRIAL AT LAST. Thbe Bt. Louls Glole-Democral of yesterday bas the following in regard 1o (he trisl of Charles W. Colehour, of this city, which is now golng on there: Al of yesterday forenoca was accupled I the Crim- foalCourt 1o nw’:unz sjury ity lgv case of Cliarlcs W, Colehaur. whio {s charzed with grand lareeny tn ret- fng wway With fourtecn $1,x) onds from ol if, Rmmon, Tiieee Bondas were jane) by the. Connty of Thattas, SHtaoust, T ald. wf the Raitrosd, and thi indletment aifesc folonfons embezzied and Traudulently converted them N own tise, o ook fqina of the maxt Intricate that ever came up before Judge Jonew, Involving numecous business tranesctians, and {8 a0 maeh mixed up that it s alinost Inipeesible to understand §t. Heslles the tangied eon. ditlon of the eare ftaeif, 1t is rendered still more Intei- £t by fhe fact clind thie Indierment aliegen i inecen T3 ¥nee heen perpeirated July 13 147, while the evi: denea showed 1hat the so-cal larceny took pliace i 3z June 11, fhue hriaginz inte_conslieration the anestion of starntory Wmitation reganding the fndicts nent, the law reanieing ., that an indlictment tust be found within three years after the ofienfe his been eommittel, and, unless some unusuAl catise can by re revented an indivtnient heing found | I'1| IJlrlr;r. & prisoner will lbedhcnnme ny the ury shonld aucceed In nnd rrtanding the case, o d nore than the reporter can do with the 8 of This inoeh, the presid. sonnty Courti the connty votee Ft. Neort Raliroad Company, and negotiahic bonde of S1,000 each, with coupwms nlllfl!?h. And hes1ing 10 per vent Intereat, wore i d, Jider Gamnmon sulseancatly became a snb-contractor, and {n parment for his work an nrder was given him for twenty-twoof the bouds, which were wol market, Abont $750 apieee, 'I'sll! Jdudge drew ffteen of the honids. The prosccution elalny that on the 11th of une, 1872, Juge (amnion gate to Mr. Colehour, seversl of the bonde,—ha" helug the Judge's agent,~for the purpose of _ralaiug some money ot themy that Colehonr went away snid was ny an hour or more., after wi . Fifieds and . Just at_ he way bond inin An onimlbug ta take the teain for Chics Jdndge camae up and arked Colehour for the n not seld the hond: Cotehoue mald he d Tehere are i Judge; +* Nevor miud i eliour, “Alexander, Cashler of aniy twn y homte? take cats of thent,” paid ¢ withesses ex- X m 1, Gammon And T, tiie Mercantile fiank, were t v Aruincd, tie tesliingRy of the latter not ieing com: pleted,” Thelr evidence teiated to tho aboys occn encesdnd to Colehours transsctions with M Anier and his bank, wlih Tegard to nego RELIGIOUS. THE NOON PRATENR-MERTING at Farwell 1lnll yeaterday was largely attended, and was cunducted by Ma), Whittle and Mr, McOranae hiar. The exerclees were opened with the singing of tka hiymn, ** Oh, what shall I do to be saved)"” ‘Tho Rtev, E, 1. Davis read requosts for prayers from Troqnole, Geneseo, Dratdwood, 1ML Due huque: and Pine Istand, Minn, ; for o phiysicianand fonr business men In this citys for a son, by a mother; by a father for the converalon of a sonj from a wife and mother in 'Tomah, Wle., for tho restoration of hier bushand to health and the cone verslon of her daughter; from s danghter for hor parents; by a friend for a business man In thia elty; for two brothers and thelr familtes; and for the Divine blessing on tho works of Moasrs, Moaody and Bankey In Boston. In_anpawer to the requests, the Rev, Arthur Mitchell oifored prayer. ‘The hymn **Free from wae snog. - MaJ. \Whittle tonk for the textof his dlscourse TRomans, xxviil., from the eighth verse to tha close of the chapter. THe dedncilons (tom the text showed that we had been saved hy the blood of tho Suvlor, and haa heen justified thereby, Wa had been called by God, ne the children of Tsruel had been from Egypt to Canaan. Christ had pald tho debt of our sinning by 1{s own sacrifice, and men had nothing 1o do but to consecrate themselves to God, Mt. McQranahan eang the hymn commencing, **Oh, Father, wan it done for me?” hiswife join- Ing I tho chorus and performing the accompanis meut, The Rev, Mr, Parkhurat offered prayor, and ap- propriate remarks were made by Messzs, Mantgom= ery and Munhall. 'Tho latter Is from Indiana, ’Y‘hc Rev. Arthur 3iltehell spoke briedly on the iuuuflca(lrm of Christ, and nrged the unsaved onea n the hall to embrace the opportunity afforded by the mectings to come into the fold and find rest. ‘The hywi ** Hallelufuh * was sung by the con- regation, and the meeting was dismisscd with the nedictlon. CHRISTIAN WORRERS' UNION. 'fhnlln\‘\'l{-v‘l?flnhcd Christian Workers® Unlon of tho Wesi Blde, composed of ladies benevolently and rellgloualy ticlined. met yestordsy morning at N & ".“.’l ‘West Madison street.” drs. Blekford pre- siiled, The Secretary read s conatitution for the guld. ance of the aseaciation, and it was adopted with few changes, Mra, Dennls reporied that moetings had been started at the Howpital, vorner of Adums and San- gunon steeels, attended with greab fnterost, A Cummittes of twelve youns: ludfes from bor church Tl beon appointed, ne uf whotn went. every day to the Tloapital and gave readings. re, 8. A, Hest, of the AdaStreet Chureh, re- ported that nn iudnatrial school and a cottaze prayerzmeeting had been established. Tho school swas ied 1n the church Fridays, and wasopen to mothers and children altko, A Indy from the Western Avenue Mcthodist Chutech reported that during the wonth eho had held dva meetings, two of which were mothers' rwctings, and all of which wero well attendea, A Indy reported that Im‘e\lngl had been con- ducted by o Iiible render, Alles Bimms, at No, 221 North Halated street, with good success. Mre, Bickford, from the Unlon Park Congrega. tional Clmieh, atated that tho Indies of her church had requested the monihers of the Unlon to attend the Induatrial echool, wiich was in great want of lielp. The schonl was at the corner of Noble and )-irla “fl:ull. and was crowded with children con- tinually, F; Mlas'\Valsh, & Dible-reader. gave somo of hor ox- erience sincodan. 1. A mother’ meeling had cen atarted, und materlal for clothing was fure niwiicd the altend:nts nt_about alf price, Miss Bl was always present to play on the piano i i while tia worien worn wswing, anil mich interest secmod to bo munifested. o meotingw were always opened at 2 w'elock with prayer, and then the Iender gave vut the work, At {:30 the work was put away und o Bible.reading wus held, PIE CITY-1IALL. The Treasurer's recelptn yosterday were 81,240 from the Water Department and §311 from miscel~ Tancous sources, ‘Tho Committca on Uas s called to mect In the City-Clerk's ofilce to-morrotv at 3 o'clock, to con- sider fmportant referonces, Tho employes of tho West-8ldo pumplng-worka wero pald 52,600 yesterlay, and the hands of the North-Sido works will bo patd 34,000 to-day. Tennc Marks yeaterdny took out n permit to bujld n threa-story and basement dweliing, (hirty by thirty-four fect, on Fldndzgo court, uear § strect, The striicture Is to cost £,000, ‘Tkere were many smiling facos among the city cmployes yeaterduy, ‘Phey were pail thefr dane nary ralaries, amonnting 1o about §12,000. The Yolice and Fire Departments will be pald Friday, and the sclioolteachers Saturday, Floven deaths from ecarlet fever have occurred this weelt, and the probabilities are that the total for this % will bo greater than for last. “The new cascs of disease reported (flhmhr were at i1 Flak, 28 Keith, 211 West Madisun, 110 New- borry avenne, d Chathum, coruer of Van llorn and Pauling streets, ‘The Department of Puhlic Works yesterday opened foity-saven bids for cloaning and'sweeping the Lasalleand Washington etrest tunncls, The Bighest bid was §3, 520, and the laweat was that of duha ftoninson, who Wwill be satiafied with S454 fortho year's care of the tunuels. Difference of opinion ks npparently great. ‘The Comptroller n»u-rdn{ borrowed 8263, 000 from rame af the bunke of 1his city wherewith to weet tho m-flecwl pay-ro cured for (welvo moutha at 7 per ceut, uud the city can Kot niore munu{y ou tha sawo or belter terms when 1t {8 waoted, Besides that Joan, revonue rarrunts ta tho amount of $15, 000 were fssued. TIE COUNTY BUILDING. Faturday will bo sentence dayin the Crimlnal Court. Architect Egan goes o Lemont Saturday to look after Walker and bis etone. Tho (rand Jury thinks of {aking s ride to the County Farm to-day, providedthe Plke casc Is dis- posed of in thwe, The Hospilal Committes merts (o-day to take eome action on the }lmpml(lnn to purchase a light wagon for the wew of the Hospital viticlale, The action of Lommlsslonar, Cleary In voting to rive stierit Kern it centu pef day for dieting prise oners {8 Lhrown up to hiin as vels nconsistent with e former action in the matter. ‘T this he rephics that he voted for Kern, as be di1d for Agnew A year ago. - Ler and MeNell were pegging away &t the Court-lionse azain yestorday. ‘nnx succeeded 1n nmlm.)l few wore stones. " When the euu went down McNoll waa perched on tha wall estimating how muck uoney the bulldiug, e far us 1t bas gone, hae cust the individual mewbers of the ‘lmml'" Board, with a view to ubfalning certaln ovels, ¢ Haley, —the namo scems familinr,—the gentle- mun who figured so extensively in the leiting of the Court-luuss conlracts, turned up ogain wetorday, auwd vainly endeavored 1o make a con- ract with Walier to furnjst hlm with grindstoncs far tool+eharpening. 1o was odesed the captatucy of o canal-boat, but this would not do. Hu wants 10 develop blv quarsive, The Commities on Public Bulldinge and Public Servico opened blde yesterday for pultinza fenco around the Court-floirs Syuare, ‘'ho bils ranged from w3 to p1, 300, and krby & Perlolut, throagh Conmlsatoner Mcunirey, otléred to do the work fur nothing, N activ was (aken, but it 1s prob. ubly that thie Job will Lo awanled to Perlolal, for it 13 well underatood that he can better afford to do work fur the county for nothlug thau any one clso. Fhis wilt evitaie the rescinding of tho sction Bluuday bY whici feuce now Joe Ho- e rlanding was purchured of Ithodes & Co, 841 had fu a bid for the ylumbiug. HATNS EXTIAS, ‘fil s sfrim the prt of il Commissioners to present bim with about 530,000 wore than ko is entitled to. Architects Eran and Dizon xreunl:d &0 agree. ment a4 to what he was entitle biv contract aud a mussnrcicnt, of the work dune, ssniready publishied. This did not sult the old entleman, for the most they would allow bl was 28,000 lcus than he clalmed. Then hiv attention waa called to tho ncowpletences aud imperfectness of thu Jevels on tie work he bad done, which brought from bim the chargo that tha levels fur- nisbed nim by the County Burveyor had beea fn- to, bared boik on The Iean wae re- - the thlrfc, and rtold Ihe Farmer that ho could " mot get A eertificate from, hid for one cent nntll fhe work e hmd been Teveled np, which it I8 e<timated wit] cost in the nelghborhood of 82,500, _This phase of the case was then dropped, and Mr. Guenther mioved toglve the Farmer §141,610.%3 for the work he lind done, this heing abont $28,600 more than Fgan soye he {n entitied to, The' niotion was lost tlzht of i a wrancle that ensueil, and the fathr conalderation of the question waa postponcit until to-morraw, ‘The real question to ba scttled in the whole matter is, whether fiarma' contract [shindIng or not, bt A0 fa¥ It has been purposely ot erlooked, At thu last meeting of the Committec’a propnaition war made to get an **opinion ' from the County Attorney a4 to the legallty of tho contract, bit yen. terdny no onc appearcd to want it At least, it waa not called for, ANNOUNCEMENTS, The Rov, Dr. Arthur Mitchell will preach this evenlng at RMollroad Chapel, 'State streel, near Fourteenth. ¢ A mecting of the Mexlean-War Veterans will bs held this cvening ai 8o'clock at the Sherman Ilouss clab-rooms, Pasrover services will be held attho Bnal Sholom Temple, Michigan avenue, between Fourteenth and Sixteenth steeets, to-day and to-morrow, com« mencing at § o'clock &, m. % l’vhlu{nl 11a, m, services will ha held at St: f'anl's Heformod Eplrcopal Church, corner Wash. Ington sud Ann streots, Bishop Fallows will oM. cinte, asnisted by creral of the clergy of the - formed Episcopal Church. - ‘The Cltizens' Ansociatton af (Chieago reqnests all [ettons hasing information 1o ¢lve or compisints 0 make In the matter of, the Park Commlesioners Investigation, now In prigreas in this cily, to send the samo In welting to J. C. Ambler, Sceretary, Toom 30 Merchants” Building. . CRIMINAT. Detective Osterman yesterday recovered an overs coat At B, Greenburg's pawnshop,s No, 80 \West Madlison atreet, which was stolen Taesday after- noon from E. A. Storrs in Judge Moore's court, The thicf fs st at large. ‘Thero Is awalting an owner at tho Central Statlon & gold and blue enameled hunting-caso gold waten, dismond-flower pattern, two fewels of which are missing, and & heavy Albert chaln, with fancy leat-pattern locket. The property was recovered from a thief recently arrosted. Yesterday afternoon the suicide found in the eonthweslern portion of the city was recagnized as (hat of Jullus Lijbke, 8 German, 25 years of age, reslding with bis brother at No, 10" Nutt atreet, No causocan bo assigned h{x his relatives for the rash act. The Caroner will hold an Inquest to-day, Charles Brown, an employe of . Moyer Frank, o baker at No, 131 North Clark street, was captured last evening by Detective Hcott while attempting to disposc of & horao which he had stolen from hls employer. flo waa locked up st Central Station, TRusacll, the Canal atreet llvery keeper, consenting toappear against bim, : lictwaen 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afiernoon the dwelllng of Mr. J. McD, Benight, "No. 351 Weat Adams street, was erftered by buirgiars, who forced open the basement dooe with a Jimmy and got into the unper purt of the houso Ly breaking through the door at the headof the frst Night of stalrs, They rumaged the premiscs, emptying ont Aranks and drawers, but for some reason left without tak- ing anything, perhaps being scured by the return of the lady o? 0 _houss, who got lack about 4 o'clock.” None of the nclfmmn noticed anything, and _thare Is conscquently no chance of catching tho depredators ‘Tha Toledo ls hecoming known os Lhe resort of the worat ' class of thioves, malo and female. Tucaday ovening threa gentlemen, who do not care to have thelr names published, becauso thele srives take the papurs, wero out on n lerk, and In thelr rounds vislted that placo. They all - han mouey, and, to get rid of It, took seats In the gallery and called about them soversl brazen femnles, and invited them to purtake of anndry Blnssce of beor, They partook with thanks, When cailed upon to rettle the leader of the Pnrl found that his pocket had been rolivved of $150 In cur- tency and o letter his wife had given him to post for her. ‘The LT was pald and nothing was sald, and, for good reasons, nothing will be, Justico Pollak has moved hin ofiice from closa pl’nxlmll{cln tho Bouth Kide Polica Court, und is now located on Clark near Monroe, The ** crima™ who wera in the bull-pen at the Arinory fl!flbfll.’l’ ) evidently did not kuow that fact, for'they nsked for chinnges of venue with their customary clicers fuiness. * They wero disappointed in belng sent tlown ‘to Jiistice Faote, who taxed thoin: an followa: Jennio Purker and lHattle French, twao tips, 8100 ench for disorderly conduct, and Inoy went ta the Dridowell; Johin Dendickson, wife-beater, TI.DOO bonds for trla) hereafter, and he went to Jail in dofanit of honds; Maggio John- #on $5, and coats for prostitution, and she went to the Bridewell; Mrs. J. White, $200 bonds to tho Criminal Caurt for obtalning goods under falio (irclenlu from the Boston Store; Wi ‘0o, Willlam Carlin, and Poter Hellman, 3300 bondy cach for telal hereafter for vagrancy nnd carrying concealod weapons, ‘They weut to Jall, SPORTING. BASE-BALL, It had been intended not to publish the pro- grammic of Leaguo games for the present season untli all the clubs bad uotitled the Preaident of the Assoclation of thelr concurrence In tho scheme deafted by him. The clubs have not yok been heard fromn, but the publication of tho programme In o Boston paper, to which it was furnlshed by Harry Wright, fins mado (b public property and it {s given bolow. By the programme the Enstern clubs will go Westslirst, and will play two games with each Western club, Theu will follow the same num- ber of games fn the East, and after a vacation tho Boatons and IMartfords will fio West again and play four gumes with each club there. Four pgamea In the Enst wilt subsequently ba played, and the struggle between the two sections will be at an end.” Western clubs havo fncluded in the prozrmmme all gzumes between themselves, and there only remain tho twelve contests be- tween the Hartfords and Bostons yetto be arranged. Tho full Mst of gomes follows, and shows thy exnct date when cach club will c‘lfl‘?' The Chicagos will be in Boston Juno 16, and the Bostons In Chicago July 4. The Eastern clubs will be West ju May and July, and the Western clubs East in June, August, aod Seplember, At the left of the table is the hume of the club, and at the top the nume of the city where gaines will be plaved upon the days specified : g = z z z £z Yglelals| 5|k % 2 2 7 g F T T |y ey | Siny 1n May 13 Wlo)) aJuly 4 iy 203k Uiy 4%ty 31 P Wuly 31 July n) auy 33 Juiy 5 Sdune z| Wune AWuno 2a'May 10 June 0 EJ 24 June 7 June 10 Jl; n 5!"!0 1 aAug. 71 ‘Aug, 17 3tay 18 k.11 B-Aug. DAk 18 Jula 14 Aukiid EA Aue, 23 Kept, 13 0ct,” 8 B 3idg: 3 Bent: 1a Uct:_g “luno 10 31 May 2. '} Ae g ko DIl Aug, @duly 3 & Hopt, 13 Bept, T4 Ak 34 B b 1 Sept; 20 N, . SE I S A H Hi & & g sy Bdune 13 Jdun 8 Aud 1 A 13 u D 3 . B A & Aug, 4 bepie HOct, 8 Bew. - f) __l @ § o Q 3a; 3| #uns 330 4 30RE 1 ie Ay 3 bt 18 sy o It s Lieoh 13 vax, 0 AL, ) There will vo sixty games played, or a total of 180, sl thirty in cach city. Chicago will bo given the Fourth of July, and Boston the 30th ! Muy, The scusou closcs on the Gth of Oc- d us mguy gaies ns possible are play- cd belore July,” Devause from that thme ovu aquatle sporty tegin to engruss publicaticntion, - — ON A STRIKE. Special Dispaich to The Tribuns. Quixncy, I, March 25.~The molders em- ployed In tho stove foundries of this city went on u strike this morniug. The cause of the strike appears to bea ddapute about the price pald for certain stove castings. The molders Indicate thelr purpoes to remain ldls il thelr teyins are complied with, and shiould the atrike Yis of long duratlon it will quite seriously afvet tho stove busincss of this vty COAL SALE. Nxw Yors, March 23.—Ouc hundred thou- saud tons of Scrantoii coal were sold sl suctlon to-day, and brought the following pricca: 7,000 tons , steamboat, §2LTKPLE3Y; 23,000 tons grate, mo@fl.nm ls.u):‘ tous gzm 619553% 2.90; tons stoy 20@3.9745 tony chestout, €280A55. AL e ——— LIVE STOCK FOR ENGLAND. Bosgoy, March 28.—The steamer Istrian will leave for Liverpool on Saturday with 278 head of live cattle, the begloniog of proposed exten- Aug, 17 Ma; DR R kopt. & el correct, etc. ~ Mr. Eguuilarcd up st tbis, denicd ] sive shipments, s nre now ol deposited as eollateral of TIHE SOUTH PARKS. The Legislative Committee Finally Got Down to Work. Connsel Furnished by the Citizens® Ase sociation=s-Examining tho Bookse COommissioner Cornell Explains the Various Roal-Estato Parohases. The South Park Investigating Committee met yesterday wmorning at the Grand - Pacifie, all the members belng on hand, There were also present Messrs, Prics and Carrol), of tho South Park Roard, Col. R. H. Thompson, John Herrick, ¥. i, Kales, E. G. Mason, and one or two othiees. Col, Thomp- #on stated to the Committes that the Bouth Park Board had not s0 far been ablo o prepace the plans, maps, and other articles asked for by tho Com- mittee, In roply to o question feom Mr, Trues dell, ho etatod that asall the Looks, vouchers, and jfapers were at the office of the Doard, It would ho most convonient to examine tho books at thelr offica, Mr. Herrick announced that the Citlzens' Asso- clation had scenred the services of Mr, Charles 1L Davie, an expert acconntant, to oxamine tho Looke, Mr. E. Q. Mason and himself Liad been re- taincd as counsel for the Cltizens® Assoclation, and wonld ns far as possiblc aralst tho Commitiec ln the Investigation. As lo the = 5 BCOPR OF TUE INQUINT ot and the points to be Investigated, thcse wora prac. tieally covered by the resolution under which the Committea were working. en. Rowelt rald that, go far, no charges of Ir- regularitica on tho part of the Board had been laid before the Committee, nelther had thoy any facts on which to go. It was therefore proposed to conduet the examination not oa a prosceution, but asan inquiry. le presumed tha UCitlzens' A\bwcbnaun would bo wiliing to work un the same lines, as |t would be best to deline thelr plan by fore getting down to work. Mr, Hurrick expresscd his willingaess to adopt the propositiun, Senator Morgan thonght it woald bo beat that the attorneya ui the Cltizens' Assoclation and the Park Commixslon shonld conduct the examlnation, the Commlitee sitting 28 an_open cvurt, On motlon of Mr, Gundrich, the offer of the Cit- Lzens' Awsoclation (o furnish Counsel and an export was accep! 5 Alr, Trucadel moved that the expért and ono member of the Committee bo Instiucted to visit tho oftice of the Buard and commence an EXAMINATION OF THE BOOKS, Eenatar Morgan held that it was nndesfrable that a member of the Commnlttes shonld be absent from 1ts deliberations. Mr. Davie Informed the Committea that tho work Defore liim was of such o character. a3 tu require constant nttention, It would be useless to detal] o member of the Commitice at odd times ta nasj for hio would be unable to arrive ut a perfect under. standing of the subject. But, If they thunght proper, i member might be desiguated “to whom 6 (Davie) could report progress from tiny to time. Senator Bouthworth belleved that the report ahiouk bie mnde to the Commitice asa whole, ~ All the snformation a4 to the action of the Board wue supposed to he contained in thelr books, Fur cous venichce aake, fie thought tho Committee shoutd remove t the rooms of tho Patk Comnlesloners, Explanation was madu by Mr. Davia that his propusei report to a elnzld menber was to bo inerely n consultation, and that it was Intended to mako the Gnal report to the full Committes, Mr. ‘Trucadol's mollon was then amended ao as to empower Mr. Davis to make a preliminary fn- vestigntivn, and in this shape it passed, Mr. Goodrich pointed out that, vending tha pre- Vininary investizatlon snd the preparation of tho maps, plans, etc., the Commitica conld do noth- e, e thought thoy had est 0l in their time by visiting the parks and boulevards, Col. Thomp- #on, on hehalf of the Uoard, oxtended an invita. tioti to the Cammittec, but no actton was taken, Mr. Davio received Wia credentiala und dovarted ta tho Commissionera’ oftico. was ua followa: Tothe South IMrk Comminioners=Grstrmuee: 1 ani dirceted to fnform you that Me. Charles 11, Davio Bas een empluyed and ls horeby aithor lzed to make a pilimiary oxamination of 1ha, bavs of the Sonsth Park Comutusian, " Piea sflard Him a1y faciities you can o nakiug the examination, and obj it 1l Koweer, Chalrman, T INFORMATION WS 5 3fr, Gondrich rubmitted and moved tho adoption of tho followlng: Tiesotred, That the Bouth Park Commissloners aro herely reguoated ta furnlah to this Committos the fol Inwing informations ‘T fotal number and amount of bonlsianied by said Commissianeray thy tatal number and amouns of sl Bands sold. and for what amount fold} eomniblun on te ania_dnd wial “nuniber and minuunt | o hand unsolds _which & of a have The order furnished whom paidi the such n aad hmwticen yaid on tho samo ach yeart #nld bonds (e now outstanding, and what provisios any, hat baen inwlo by woy of & sioking fund or vl Wikt for tlio payment of tio same vero adopted withont debate, as "The resolutio Resoleed, Thatthe South Park Commissloners are fiereby rjuested o extond to- Mesars, Horrick aild 3 san, coumsel for tie Cltfzens” Amsoclation, ail possible saflitles for obtalning fntormation to enabla theus to wrosccute tho pending fovestigation, Mr. Kalee, au th purt of tha loard, then pro- duczd a plat of the parie, with the detallod Infor- matlon vululrad by the resolution proviously adopted. ‘Ihis map was menud somno time ago unoiticlaliy, und there might therefora ha romo triting inaccuracles or chunges requising explana- tlon, Wherever this waw needed the Commissioncra wonld be most happy to utford urery Information fu thelr power, r. 'I'Tuesdel moved that a recess bo taken until 3 u'clock, In order to afford the Committoo un op- [orsunity to exuuine thy map. This was amendel y making ihe tlme of reansemblin; P My and nn invitation was cxtended Lo the Cpmmis. sloners to be preacnt at that ttine, so na tofbe able to afford any explanation required, 'The motion to adjourn prevafled, he Committeo reassembled at 2:30 p. m., all the memburs presont, and Gen. Ifowett in the chalr, Dlosarw, lagon, Herrlck, Thompsu Barnum, Cornoll, Sidway, and Price” were alad on haad, Mr. ‘Mnson sutd that ho and his assoclato thought 1t would conslderably facilitate ters (f onu of the Cummtselotiurs would with the tha plat cxplain 1o the Conimitico = TIIE MODUS OPERANDI OF TIIEIR DUSINESS. r. Coruell was then sworn to mako true answors to all questiona pot [o hiin by the Committae. Mr. Mason then vroceeded with the vxamination of 3r, Cornell, who #aid hie had been o Cominla. aluner slnce the rat orgnnizatlon of the Hoard, ‘Thore was a Laud Uomuilttes, whosu duty It was 1o ruceive and consider all propositions made to the Hoard for the saluof lauds. 1lu was not swara that any purchaseshail hoon conwummated cxcont by thu full Board, Ile was Chialrman of the Land Commilttee, Helng requested to oxplain to the Tloard what lande werc taken for park purposce under the original act, Mr, Cornell, with the ald of the nap, did ¥o, Mr. Kales aided in the oxplana- tlon, the Comnittes usking a few questions as to the plan of the parks. Mr. Cornall expluined that the Hoard had, o cordiug 1o the plan_recommended by Olmstead & Vaux, purchascd Lalf a block south of and ad. Jolning Fifty-firet “wtreet on (irand boulevard, Buch an exorbitant prico was demanded for tils sl plece of land that the Board, as an altorna- tive, purchased the Jackson tract, ¢ laud L east'of Grand Loulevard_and north uf Fifty.Grst wireet, This strip was 52 cone talued sumewliers about two ac; ommits fee had received various propositions to sell part of the bhalf-block spoken uf, but he ilid not think they had recelved uny' tender of the prop- orly 4 n Wholo, They lad advertised for propositions to well land for park purposes within the limits prescrbed by the act, and had recelved (housands of oftors. “For a part of the half block suolien of 250 per foot was denanded. e could not give ol the nrnFotINonl made, but they wera on dlto i the ofice of thy Buard, Mr. Trusadel nsked for detailed Information as fathe various owners uf the half-bluck, but M Coruell, in the abrence of data, was unable to fu nfeli these, My, Juchson was pald 360, for his t, part cash and part notes, but witnees could not suy what the proportiuns were. Tho Jackson property and the other balf-bluck iwere neces. eury for the !:-Irk. The 1oard wero di- rected 10 make ro: the boulevard for trafilc, had no power under the orlgdual act to condemn Lho land in question. - e wonld explain that the loard had acquiredvome lund by condenuatlon, and found the process vo expensive that they declded ta treat dircetly with owners, ‘I'nis was done after a lenzthy coneultation. They had paid 8171, 560 for twenty-seven ucres of laud, which wos inarshy and Jow-lyinz, that amount belng fixed by & jury, I'ho Jackson (ract wus rood bullding groperty, and d high. 1n cvery lustauce the sesnit of iaking “(. condemnation was that they hud to pay more than when Ihey purchased dircet, The mep before thew wag not revised, and he would notliks to swvar by It. Me. Herrick seked §2 thers was any dlspule as 0 thy nwnmhl‘v of the Juckson tract. Mr. Coruell expiained that Jackson claimed fhirty-threo feet of the adloining street, bul o le- gl aetlon bad ever been taken by him to cnforce clalw. Yarsing to thy g DREXEL BOULEVARD, e showed that, In order to carry out the architoct's plans. wbich provided for s clrcular road at Flrty- ot eirect atd Drexel avenus, it would have been aty to purchaso three blocks. 1t was foand clivaper Lo buy 3 square picce thero, and the bar. guin was mado uccordingly, "Exerythiuy way at ihat time a¢ tho bighest price, 1o could notasay from hewory what wae pald tor the laud In” ques sion, but the map, whic! cen xent for, woul Show Morion & Clement, received §3,460.00 and 11, I, Jlonore 850,072 for thelr reupective proper. tles. Witnees could not furnish the ezact dimen. wlous of thesy tracts. At this point the much-desired map arrived, as a's0 two reports showinz the land purchssed for park purposca by the Board, wilh the nawes of tho veuders and the price pakd for cach lot, and thess o Commities procaeded Lo examine. Mr. Kalcs read from tho Park law Lhe section ro- lating to 8 chaugy In, the plan of proposed roads or parks. Tihus provides that applicstion must bo mads by petition 10 the Circult Caurt. Tho Oakwood boulevard property came pest In reviews Ar, Coraell sald that Oakwood avenus was otigtenlly only & nnrrow road, and that tho properts-ownees ssere e deairons of obtalning n counection between Grand and Drexel boulevards that they donated the Iand on cither side on condi- tlon that it ahonld constitnte a part of the park. The one pplication to the Circnlt Conrt covercd all there additions, Mr, Cornell conld wot furnish tho acreage until to-morrow (this) morning, b which time A table shonld be prerflull rholvlm;n ( particulars. The Committce, attorneys, and Park Commisaioners apent conrlderahle time in arriving at an understanding aa fo theee apeelal plats of land, which wera not provided for In the orizinal sct. acemed that the examination wasto be especialiy dirccted to this enbject, and Me, Cornell was kept Lnay pointing out the tots and tracts of land ac- quired by the Hoard in Ihis manner. In rr‘;y to Mr. Herrick, Mr. Cornell said that, ta tho t of his knowledge, the Daard had not acquired any property under lense. Neither wera there any proceeings pending looking to the ace quirement of additions) property. The Cainin sioners acquired all the land in the weatern portion of the park, except abous. one acre on Which o echiool-tiouse stoud. It was a handeome bullding, ux;(rlknenplu might consider it as balonging fo the As o the Colehour and Dunlevy tract,~-the weat hialf of the northéast fractionn] quarter of Sec. 24, ~that included nearly eighty ncres. 8nit was co menced about that in” Avrll, 1874, snd the first ver- dict wan for 85,750 an ac Tha Judge rct aslde the verdict on the ground that it was cxorbitant, and the second venlict was for about $3,050 an_acre. A motion for an- other trlal is pending, The Stinson tract, come prising abont fiye ncres In Usk exireme castorn di- viston, was condemned beforb the fire, and the price fized was from $1, 800 to $2.000 vor acre. THE RECORDS WRRE DESTROYRD Inthe big Llaze, and had never been restored, and noling furthiof had been done by uithee party, For the (ract on the west aldo of the Calehour tract 10, U0 wwas patd for fifteen acree, Five ncees fin- medintely eonth cost §1,000 per ncre, and thirly acreson the cast cost $24,000, 'Fhe Colehourtract, thouzh not luw in price, was Jow in situation, and part of it was under water alarge share of the sl:m. Tho thisty acres were bought from 1L, O, ome, There wan another Danlovy purchano of 100acres for® 00 In the rama soction, ‘Chis Droperty was miich superior to the clahty ncree, belng well- thnbered and suitable for l.nllllllmi sles, ‘Tho Stunio property was purchased in Aprll, 1873, when everylhing was ot the very highest, und teal-cstate speculatiun was run mad, ‘Me. Cornell's underatanding was that condenina- tion progeedingn In regard: to the Plillips tract wero commenced just befara tho fire, Thero had been a chancery. sult hefore this, the Board belng in posscssion ‘und cllllmlnfi title. Thoy made a contract of purchasa with 'hlllips at per acre, subjact to perfection of title. Philllps had given an agreenient to bear all expense of litigation vat of tae 8800 per ncre, o) In reply to Mr. lerrick, Mr. Cornell said that all ]\Illc)lau'll wora made by a majority'of the Doard, "here might have been one or two Instances whera the purchase was not vrdered until the next regn- lar mceting of tho Board, but In every case a co: firmation of the bargain was made by the Board. ‘e records would shuw this, and in each case the name of the vendor and descrlutiun of the proerty wero ;[il\‘en. 3r. Trucsdel asked If In any case where propeety ‘was acquired by the Lands Cominlttee, anil the bargain afterwards contirmed by the Hoard, thero was auy dissension In the Board over the coufirina- on, Mr. Cornell could not remembor a singlo in- stauce. Sometimes there might be a ditferenca of opinlon among tha Commisaloncrs aa to thy valuo of certaln property, but this was always anterlor to the purchasc, - For instaace, Mr, Gaze objected 1o the purchasc of the Le Moyne tract, hut the authorlty to complcta the purchiase wan I th cnve granted: by the full Board. In reply to M. ‘Pruesdel the witneen eald that lie could remember one cana whera Mr, Chauncey T. Bowan made o cuntract whichi was ‘not condemed by tha Dourd. Thls coutract was mado with 8 Mra. Myces, the lund belug in [loyt's Subdivialon, and conipris. ing nbont two ncres. 1t was necessary that thin nroperty ehonld be obtalned in order to procute tho vacstion of thu streets in that subdivislon. Tha vrice fixed was $2,600 an ncre, the Iand being good. Tha reasun for the nomgonfrmation of the contract was that the Bourd wib'short of inuney nt the time, snd might, by waiting a whily, be able to plrchane cheaper. Mr. Herrick asked if, in tho Mycrs casc, thero was not 8 contract made by tho Cresident undor thu seal of the Board. ‘Tho witness sald_ tliero was, and n cash payment of 82,500 mude. Thera was anotlier reasun for the nou-completion of the purchase, and that was that the title wan defective. 'Thia cash payment waa wado under un order from the Audltor of the vard., a Mr. Barnam, aarepresentative of the Myers es- l:lu. nl-kmlw beallowed o cross-cxamine Mr. ‘orpell, g Mr. I{oles thought that some bounds should ba et to tho Investigation, and the pofnt might as well be raleed then as later. Mr. ‘Fhompran eblected o trying the case ot Mrs, Myers agalnst thoSouth Park Commissionets. ‘The mattor was in litigation, and they OIVECTED TO MAKING EVIDENCE for Mri, Myera, All informatiof destred by the Committee as to the puirchase of lanis by the oard #hould ba forthcoming, Lut Mis was pot the place to brini up Mrs, Mycra' sult. r. Barnum enld” ko wonld be on hand next morning with tho mI;r,-n pertainlng 1o the matter, and hoped be would get a hears Ing. The Committee snid that™ information from any quarter would ho acceptable, and Gen. Howett explalned that this was notun in- yestigation ticd np by strict forms of law, hut that the object of the Committee was to find out Whether there had been any crooked operations in the affaira of the Soath Patk Board. Onmotion of Senator Margan, an adjottrnment was - then taken until 100'clock this morning. The roporta subinlited h{ the South Park Doard to tho Conimlttco In compliunce with a resolution pasacd by tha latter on tho 27th inst. are of con- elderablg Interes! a8 they o, the deecrip. tlon of all lnnda purchnsed, the dates of purchase and of rocord, names of the vendors, and consid. cratlon paid, "1t Ia Impossible to roproduce these reporta liero, conslderations of mspace forbidding, but they will doubtiess be of great usnisiance o the Camimitteo In conducting the Investigation, Under the headlug of **Deods of lands purchased by the South Park Commlissioners, ' the total foota 054, 1 The **land-account™ footinga and_the amount due ou land purchased i1 §: 08, 53, ‘Tho landa tiot acqniroil, by the Commission in. ¢luda the parkway off of Blocks &7, 26, and 30 n . J. Walkee's Sublivision; +samo’ off Bluck 1 in Jame I, Tees' Rubidlvialon; same off the cast 3 of north 120 ucres. N, W, 1{ Scc. 0, 38, 141 smine off land from Biate strect, fn Junius Mulroy's Sub~ division. Tlio west 1414 fect of Lots 453 to 50, Inclusive, Hlock 11, Meltou's Addition to Chicago, Lot g, In IHoyt's new Suldivision of north 10 acres B 43 N. E. fractlonal 3 Bec, 24, U8, , 88, 14, ‘D\ckeumn‘l Subdivision of N, W. 1 8ec. 13, 38, The W. ti of N, F. fll:llunnl‘}( Sec. 24, 38, 14, Fivo acros In wouthesst corndr Bge. 12, 39, 13, for Gago Park, And the school-house lot in West Park, All tho lands In (he atatement for which parchan prico is thereln stated to have heen patd ure 1u the possession of the Park Commissionors, The Phlllps treact, now fu litigation and clalmed by Willlam P. Kerr, J. C. Dlmlcrly. And B. ¥, Dobbins, on ono side, and by Charfes B, Phillips on tho other, s not pald for, nor have any pay- ments been maodu thercon, excepting about $10,250, 18, + OANADIAN NEWS. Passover —- Heliglous =-- Comments of the London “Times* an the Free-Trade Ques- tlon, Special Dispalch to The Tribune, MoNTREAL, March 28.—Tho Jews are making preparations for the Pussover on an extenslve scalo this year, Tlecelebrationcominences this evening, ana scrvices will be held fu the syna- gogues during tho next cight,days, b The DProtestants of this city to-day held a mass-mesting under tho susplces of tns Protest- ant Defenso Alliaace. A large number of lead- fng miuisters were present, Objection having been ralsed to the name of the Assoclation, it was resolved that it be changed from the Trotestant Defense Alllance to the Civil Rights Assoclation. A new constitution was adopted, which provides for tho conatitutional reststonce ul the efforts of any organization to violato the principles of civit Nberty; the guldance and protection of ‘persons whoso rights may bo nfringed by ecclesiastical agency; the lberation of natfonal funda from control of any religious cstahlishment; and the abrogation of all pub- lc patronsge, exemptlons, privileges, and powers whicl contravene the spirit of religlous equality. 2 Spectal Dispalch fo The Tridune. ‘ToRONTO, March 28, —A spevial cableeram to the Glube zives u syuopsis of an editorlal fn the London Tines on the tariff debate In the Cae nudiun House of Cominons. Tho Times says: W1t is gragifylng to perceive that, after a lon, scrles of Protectionist triuinphs, free trade fs raining iruuml steadlly. Bince tho accession of Ir. Muckeuzic's Cabiict to power the policy of the Dominjon Government ~ hag been o cautious bLut stewdy support of frco trade. ‘Tho wrotectivn ~debate at Ottawa oun the Budget gave un opoortumty for on attack on the flseal policy of the Govermnent, awd ft scemed pusstole that there would be a mujority againat the Government. Notwithe stauding the depression and other drawbaeks, the guod scuac of tho people und thelr parlla- Il'll:llhl‘r:{ represcntatives prevatled. Sir John A. Maalonald was unable tu givo a fatal blow to his opponents’ policy, sud it i3 not Hkely that be will soon bave a Letter opportunity.” Yester- day's divisions were a blow to the {'rnluuun- ists, who, if they aro wise, will abandon their hopeless cu:urprfw" . - ——— THE COLUMBIA LIFE. 87. Loy, March 24.—Judge Thayer, of tho Circult Court, this morulng confirmed a decres freeing the policy-holders jn the Columbis Life- Insurance Company from payment of premfums r.endlng litigation agalnst that Cuwmpauy, Thls regarded es 8 new departure In equity, aod meets quite gencrsl spproval MARNIAGES. PIKE~PRESCOTT—AL the resldenca of hix san 20 Michigan-av;, March 26, by Dr. John William: eon, pastor of Michigan Avenne 3. E. Church, Joshua Pk, of Morrls, Til,, and Mrs. Laara A' Preacott, of Logansport, Tnd, DEATIL FOWER—March 28, Ellzabeth Powor, azed 13 enre, ' 7 ‘The friends of the family are invited to atten (hy funerai from her fathor's rosklence, No. &3 e fago-place, to Calvary by cartlaces, Thurelay morning at 10 o'clock. Y BUOR—3arch 27, at 10 u'clock 0. m. , Ti 1.2 ooy rohof Uasid Pr and Susie 1. dor stars years and 4 monthe. Funeral from resllence of bis parents, 10 ganty Green-mt, Thursday at 10 8, m. UNOGER—March 28, John Henry Kroger, of Inflamation of the lungs. Funeral will take placo from his 1ate reaidence, 150 Ohio-st. near Wells, Saturday ot'2 p.m, 1y Uraceland. ——— e POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, | PR S iy =+ A, REPUBLICAN MABS-MEETING Republlcan mectings will he hold to-night g follown: D “Thmeenfll ‘Ward—Corner Lake and Sangamey tocts, Fourteenth Ward—Na. 110 Cornell etreet, Fifteenth Waril—At Folz's iall. THE BOUTH TOWK, Candidates on the Hepublican ticket for the South Town of Chicago are carncstly requesied 1o mecet at Republican headquarters, No. 143 Jake streot, this morning at 10 o'clock sharp, busi, ness of importance to bo Iranancte The First Ward Iepublican Clitb mects this even, dnz at the clab-room of tho Grand Pacificat 8p, m. By order of the Presidont. FOURTH WARD. The Fonrth Ward chnblk'nn Club will meet thly evening At 205 Thirty-lirst stecet, A full attend. auce fu requontes - Repubil e VA lepliblicann wi n thi vening at v Dlace corner Mnmon ahd Linceln aireets, 0t TENTH WARD, Theto willba @ krind mlly of the Tenth Wan Republicans at 264 Went Lake strect this evening, Goud speakers will ba In aftendance, FOURTEENTI WARD. Grand Republican rally thincvealg at the Norih. westarn Hall, 110 Cornoll sttt corner Milnag. keo nvenue. Npeakers: Mayor Heath, City-Attr. ney ‘Tuthiil, Maj. John” toffman, J. N: Clark, Col. A, W, Hatle, ‘nnd others. BEVENTEENTH WARD. Tho Seventcenth Ward Republienn Clah wi mect at 8 o'clock ta-nlght In the hall cornerof Chicago avenue and Sedgwick street. Very fm. portant businees, Able rpcnkers will nddrea thy cetinz, A mecting will alzo be held corner of Kinzly Market streets thin eveningih favor of B, Jan Republican eandidate for Alderman. CONFECTIONERY, CELEDRATED throaghort LT : pacte, 1M and upward at 36, o per . Allren ordorsGUNTHER, Coofec tloner, Chicago, e e DBARBY CARRIAGES. CARHIAGES. ¥or nexe % dm I'willofler forsala st prices th defy competitlon 10007 the bt Eastern ‘make Children's Cin rSnyi-:- in, tho marKot, ar FOT. TLES Willow Works, 233 Weit Madlson- Store open untll 6 p. m. AUCTION SALES, By WL A BUTTERS &0, Auctioneers, 118 & 120 Wabnth-ay. THURSDAY TRADH SBALB. OVER 500 LOTS UF DESIRADLE Staplo and Faney Dry Goods, WCOLENS, CLOTIIING, and other goods. THURSDAY MORNING, March 20, at 0:50 o'clock At Butters & Co.'s Auction ftoonit, secand foor. Aty d Country Merchants will N.D, IR ATEH DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, ETC., Tl BTOCK OF THE New York Money Loan-Office, AT ATOTION, LA e et i M o WAL Ar BUTTEIS & CO. Auctionecri on Saturday, March | L,at U o'clock pwmpr “fUE BTOCK OF* A Wholesale and Retail Dealer, Comalating of ¥ugltah Stone Chine. Glaws amd Wt Lava Ware (amsorted), 100 dozen Water L'ulls, 10 doues Wooden Measures, & dozen Waahboards. FURNITURE. Thelatest Spring Stylea of Iarlor ani, Chamber Seis, ot i ot e ixtenslon Tables, Walint Hedateads, Burenus. M. fop ‘Tables, Wulnut Cribs, Wire t Hates, Casen, bariur aunt Oifc Desia, Bruas 13 said Wool Gt vets, treors, Glocks, BANKRUPT STOCK Casn Chambor et In white, Bureaus i O e e eads 15 Wl AT 11 0°CLOCK—BANKRUPT STO(K Of Carrlagts, Dugsfes, Phastons, Road Wagons, with Cherve. CUETEISIYE: (110, 1 GORIE & COL, Auctloncers. BUTTERS & 0O 'S, Regilar Saturday Furniture Sa, BATUKDAY, March 21, ut 0008, hele Auctiss ) Ptk BUR el A e New and sBecond-Iland Houeliold Goods, Cat- _pets, Cooking Btoves, &e. By FLISON, YPOMEROY & O Aactioncers, #4und 8 gandoipti-at. Fridny'sSale, Murch 30, at 9:30 o, m. IMMEBENSE SALE NEW AND BECOND HAND Frrniture & General Honsebold Goos CARPETS, LOUNGES, Cook Staves, Crockery and Glasnware, fucluli piock of 8 denter. GOLD BAND nu‘m“lfi;’z“ ND GRANITE WALE, PLATED | Naotl &o., &e, Sleschuadlee, Lirotmed 2l MEROY & €O Becbe's Patent Advertisiog Crbil AT ATCTION, ) March 80, at 11 o'elock. 04 fi:.:'b"-"-s"'-’n'x:m'flr":fifi)nu :nglnnl:n be 5;1'4‘ foi 8 coult whom 1 ey couctii 1 pay storageauchiy —h————— e b . By G, P. GORE & COy 6t and 70 Wabaah-av, . SPECIAL SBALE OF Blogant Nouschold Furnifurs On Thurtday, March 20, at 0;30 o'clocks Yo shiall offer Indncomenta to partics st this 1l Luy guods at very low Bgures. Parlor and, C Tookeased. | Kxtein Tablcs, Bafas, Lou Ttk D vaik iale Dlatretseabhrings, e o U : ot Cifpots, Bhuweacs Tarior and O3 De GEO. P, GORE & CO., Auct'™® By WM, F. HODGES & 0 No, 817 FOLTON-8T Tietween May and Ang, at the Privato Restieaces ‘This(Thursday) Morning, March 20,ut 10 etk CONSISTING OF e, Fine Brusseld Carpels, Turkish tarlor Furolisl Laco Curtaiun, Narble-Top Farulture, ¥l Croekery, Glasswars, &e., &c. Balo without roservo, W HODUE: tADDIN & CLAPP, 83 and 86 Wabash-av. WILL HOLD THEIR THIRD Spring Trade Sate of Boots and Shoés, Thuriday, March 29, at 10 a, m. An extra choice }ine of mnw _An extra choles ling of good By Li MOSES & CO., Auctioneers, 25 Esat Washington-st. Thursdsy, March 20, 9:30 & m. Wil offer this 4103 ¢k of Dry Uoods, Ciothtog, Casslmerés,Co IR B GO0 T R E A Loc of Jeaas Peats Lo this suls