Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1877, Page 7

“ROAD AGENTS.” They Make Their Appearance on the Black Hills Route. The Cheyenno Stage Attacked Near Dead= wood Citye Johuny Slanghter, the Driver, Bhot Through the Heart. Marrow Escape gt the Passengers from Plying Bullats, A Vigilance Committee Formed and Large Rewards Offered, 1From Our Own Corremondent, Daapwoon, D, T., March m.—n')nm Red Cloud treaty, recently ratified, among’ other things provided that Government should have the right to construict over thelr rescrvations threo roads to tha Black Hills from the Missourl. The President then notified Gov. Pennington, of Dakota, of this clause in the treaty, and in- formed him that the Territorial Goycrament wero then at liberty to construct said roads. Three Commissfoners wera then appointed, but, thero-belng o deflclency in the appropriation, ft was decided to make tho surveys for but two. routes. Accordingly, ¢ wos decided by the Commissioners that these survéys should bLe from Blsmarck nnd Fort Plerre. The survey from Bismarck showed the distance to bo 24414 miles, which, on another survey, to bo made on the return trip, will bo shortencd Lhirty miles, meas- urement belng made by chnln and odometer, The survey from Dismarck was made by Mr J. Scnns, of Fargo, Mcssrs. Palmer and Wy- man, of Yankton, made no survey coming in by Fort Pletre, but will on the return trip. It is expocted that these roadswill bo at once opened and declared publie higlways, Let it bo understood that the Black Hlills {s a portion of territory lying between the two forks of tho Clicyenne, and is almost surrounded by Indian country, What elfcct theopening of these high- ways will have on tho routes which now cross tho reserved country remains to be scen. BEVERAL STAGE LINXS will soon he established on tho Plerre route, and rumor has It cursent hero that passengers will bo carried from Chicago to Desdwood City for £23. . ¢ The three companies of troops which recently broke camp on Bpearflsh and took up lue of match for Red Cloud have been intercepted by an ordder from Gen. Crook, telegraphed to this point, and delivered by messengor to Capt. Vroom fu .command en route, and ordered to return, Capt, Vrcom's basty doparture nceds cxplanation, na his dcoarture, since the dlsband- mentof Capt. Tom IHardwicke's scouts leaves the Bpearflah, Faleo Bottom, and othercamps exs poscd to bostile invasions, Capt. Hardwicke (and thero aro few men better aoquainted with In- dlan character and thelr country than he) as- suted the Captaln that he would lead him to 8 Rostila camp within three days* march, No Indisn dopredations nro reported recently, although they arc kuown to be numerous on the Bell Fourche River, about thirty miles from hero. ROAD AOENTS, » Each coach arriving from eitlier Bldney or Cheyenoe, 8 thuy bring our onl mall and cx- press matter, and regularly are crowded with passengurs, most of whom have friends fn tho 11, Is met o Its arrlval by o crowd ol per- sons, some of whom gather-from one or snother of the above reasons, many from mere jdlo curl osity nnd from love of the bustle and exclies went attending the oceaslon. As ntso, I think, beeause it fs folt that each stagein coming posacs through a dangerous country, and more or less anxlety is felt on that account, Asthe Chicyenue coneh, Which arrived al midmght of Sunday last, rounded the Gen, Custer Houso corner Into Main street, thocrowd awalting its arrival missed the cheery call of the well-known drlver; missell tho keen crack of the whip and the sweoplng trot of the teams. A nearer ap- proach shiowed that Tour unskilled hands held the slx lines fustead ot the two that had here- tofore, without a'single mishap, galded the lumbering veliclo witl its human freight and valuable baggage over tho dangerous hills, through the gorges, and canons so deop that they arc in a perpetuul gloom, along precipices whero a singlo error would result fatally, & A TEHRIOLE ANXIBTY hetd the crowd in a sllent suspense. One man, a stranger to the driver, T think he must hove been, remarked that # Ile guessed whisky would aceount for {t " ; rebukes camo sharply from o acoro of llps, for *“Jolnny * Blaughter would liave been trusted by those who knew him with all the treasuro of tho 1Hils, and the trust would have been safely kopt to theend, A hundred anxlous Inquirics poured §u upon tho teon pas- acngers na the stage slowly rolled up tofts stop- ping-place. The two men driving proved to be passengers; a third came forth with a mangled ann,—(his and the bulletriddied stage told oll plain as words could the story, and mamories of Indlan murders, so common n the Hills and on the routes o few weeks aince, camo back to us atl. We scarcoly nceded to ask whtat, but only where, But no. $¥What hna happencd? !t #* Attacked by road-azents, ¢ Wheroi " * Two wics back, ncar the, Arustra on Gold Run.” * And where {s Johanyl " # Wodon't know; we wera attacked, fired upon, and ho fell from his seat; whether ho was Lilled or only wounded we can't tell, Thus brietly was tho story toldy sud instantly @. 8. tirey, agent for the Cheyenno and Black illa Stage Company at this place, mounted the stogo and sald all who chose to go ia pursuly ‘would be provided with horscs. . 1 QUICKLY MOUNTED amiserable, fractious animal, which strenuous. ly objected to me carrying my Winchester, but the byatanders quickly supplicd mo with o braco of slx-shouters, Thus prepared, nud usiog the heavicat one as & whip, I urged the horse to the fastest paco possible, out through the strects it Whitewood Quich, toward the scene of the shootlng. Tho ¢ido was neither cheorful mor plcasant, the ‘mud being kneo deep, the air damp and chilly, and the way such that a fov, If 8o inclined, might be concealed 80 near the rond that henight plunge a knifeinto a passesby, ' But, after proceeding about anlle, 1 was claddened by the sound of tbe plunging, struggling borses rodo by Sherift Beth Bullock and Agent Grey, Approaching the apot Indicated suddenly, our borscs halted, and,* snutfing the alr, conld not bo urged forwar. Whether it waa the bodyof the driver or & cor cealed foe, was uucertaln. 8o, on foot, we pushed forward a few fcet, and stumbled upon the remalys of the driver. The moon at this fustant erlerced from behind & towering hill, and the whito rays fell tull upon the fuco of the which was ghaetly white, Rithough naturel 28 Inlife, &he body was tenderly removed from its reating place beside the road to the Graund Ceutral Hotel in Deadwood. TUE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THN ATTACK were a3 followa: The stage was proceeding slowly, with vleht Inside passengers and two oit the scat with the driver, when suddenly threo men stepped closy besido the horses of the left ll\letl simultaseously two more upon the gl 1loul' of whowm preseuted revolvers anid the AlLh & doulle-barpeled shol-gun and called, **Btop therel stop!” Meanwhilo the motion of 1ho stage bad carricd It betweon them, and Lrought it abreast of two uu cither side, who thruat thelr pistols through the open doors into the fuces of tho passcugers. Heury Lake, one of the passeugers, wua seated sldeways on the uiddle “seat, Lis lt5| though the open door. The revolvers beiug directly fix his face instinct- ively by scized one aod attempted to wrest it from its possessor, and in the struggle was dyuwn from the stage upon the ground, whereho was several thues fired st, and whers ha thought best, s he_ expresses it, to “pla possuu o thein Dutlug. this. Huie, which was but an {ostant, and the staze movivg, the tiring upon the part of the “sgents’ became keueral; each of them fired several timey from Shels revolvers, sud Lo with the shot-guu, who THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. APRIL 9, 1877. kept bexlda tne “iwheclers,!? discharged hoth barrels, the first of which torc the flesh at the elbow of W.S, Ilar: passing down the nm’ stripping the cont-sleeva (rom the arm, took of the end of the Mttle finger of the eame hand, and_ then performed fhe deadly part of Its work. Mr. 1., sitting on the left side of the driyer, on the same seat, the charge, alter wounding him as stated, - BTRUCK THR DRIVER about an Inch shova the heart. The charge was nine buckshot, eight of which struck fn alinost an exact ¢irele about one and one-half inches In dinmeter; the ninth In the exact centre. s the driver fell from tho shaft, Me. L., fearing an- olher shot, l{:rfln( after him, and as the stage passed, the torses of which broke into a yun, canght hiold of the hind boot, and thus escapoid. Mr. Laké, who was left lylng on his face, states that the robbers went fo where the dend driver lay, looked st him a short time, and re- turncd, fie belng by this time in a sitting post- wire. Tho captain of the robbers approached Lo within about six feet, the other four forming on elther side, and about four feet §n hia rear, all Jevellng their plstols at hfm. Tho following conversation ensucd: “Don’t shoot; I am unsrmed, aud have no money,* “That's too thin; shell qut.” “1'm dead broke; if you don't belieye it come and see." 14 What fs that around your walst?" “ My cartridgze helts iny rifle is in the coach.!” *“P'gs it over.” As Lake loweted his hand to loosen 1t bo evl- dently became uneaay, and feared there might be & weapon there oo, ns he said: "'llolfl Up your hands again, I will take it o This he proceeded to do, when they collected about him Jor cunsultation, the resuli of which was they told Mr. L. he might go on, which lie lmmeflmu:lg‘= aid, uvcrlnl(ln(i the stage about n half mile rond, where had stopped, the horses bemm{ng cntaneled fn the lines. > 4 THE ROBDENS all_ wore white masks, and were evidently « grcen ' hnnds at the husincas, as they allowedd the atage to cscape while no resistance was of- fered, npt & shot being fired by the paseengers, althoteh they were well ofmed. Had they searched Mr, Lake thoy would have obtstned about $2,000. Sherill Builock aid everything in his power, picketing all the rouds and trails, and has been scourlng the country ever since. Two pattics have been arrested on susplcon, but are not Identified. John Slasghter, the dead driver, was about 23 ycars old, and had parents residing at Cheyenie, Lis father being Judge Staghter; a well-known and respected citizen of thay tace. The deccased was & man of unusual fn- elligence, handsomne, ond well educated. 1ie was Drave as & lton, and devoted 1o the interests of his employers. lad he been piven a chance he wotld have made a hrave fipht. Dut the Stage Compaofes considered fighting fn such cascs uscless, and therefore the encral orders are to stop at the command, as the robbers, I an attempt to get away I8 made, at once shoot & horse. TUE NODY OF MR. SLAUGHTER was cared for by the Stage Company, who hiave offered $1,000 reward for the arrest of $he murs derera, Sheriff Bullock nlso offers a reward of 500, and the citizens of the city $300 more. It 1s thought they cannot escape, The position of the stage-driver {s ons of reat labor aud danger. Many all over the gum will remember **Johnny " with what per- feet good bumor hie would beir the annoyances and hardships of his business. Nono who knew him but have a guod word for bim and = tear for his fote. The community is dangerously aroused at this and other depredatiuns recently committed. A Vigilanco Cominlttce was formed last even- Ing, comvoscd of the best citizens, and, should the eriminals be caught, the Sherlff will most ikely be nvercome and l'my lynched. Tho pas- sengers on_the stage attacked were llenr Lo, 9. Gr Wustom, 11, Smith, W, § Tar, O, B, Beangll, P J, Burns, F, Phillips, H, P. Blck- ford, and Miss Mattle 6rel, of Bt, f‘oulsi‘ NN, e LUMBER. The Buasiness in Pennavivania. Bpecial Correspondence of The Tribune Lock Havs, Pa., April 8.—The prospccts of the Jumber-business of Penosslvonia this year are.very promising. From all the lumber ro- glons—particularly those of tho Susquckanna, Delaware, and Lehigh Valloys—come the good tidings of & Mvely and prosperous spring-open- ing of this great and Important fntereat of tho Keystono Btate. The Jumbermen of tho Busquebanna district have already comnmenced netive: operations, and huge rafts of logs have been running down the west branch of the Busquchauna River, to Lock Ifaven and Willlamsport, for some timo past, At the latter place the saw-mills are operating ‘to & great oxtent, and tho indl- catlons are, that the manufacturers will have as much work a8 they can do during the spting-montha, Tho prescat excellent condl- tion of things Is liabls to continue for su {ndell- nite perlod. For gome tunc past tho shipments from Willlamsport of manufactured Jumber haye averaged 1,000,000 fect dally, nnd, just as soon as the weather permits, it bs anticipated the shipment will bo vastiy increased, The improve- mont {n the business ‘has alrcady had quitea vislble effect upon the gencral ‘mercantiic ju. terests of the coantry, and thy continuance ot the revival will materlaliy asslst tho futercsts of many merchants and others, whose business lus been {1 rathor a depressed and cmbarrassed condition during the winter. Lumnvering in thu Delaware River district— tho trado princtpally centering fu_the Countles of Delawure and Sullivan; Neéw York, and Sus- quechannn and Plke, Pennsylyania—is befug rushed In the style that has always character- {zed the operations of the lumberuion and deal. era of those soctions of country. ¢ [s estimated that botween 75,000,000 and 100,000,000 feet of logs will be carriod down the Delaware to Tren- ton, N, J., nd Philadelohila, this spring, The extent of the operations will be greater than ever bofore in the history of fumber-production on the Delaware River, “The utmost hivellness 18 belog mamifested fn el departmonts of the trade. As Indicativo of what has al- ready beon dong by some of ths representa- tive lmnbermen, the writer furatshies ‘the fol- lowlne: lolbert & Branuing bave got out 8,000,000 feet of Jumber; Wood & Boyd have run out 2,500,000 feet; while C. P & @ G, Waller, and many others, have now rafted be- twean 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 fect each, Opera- tious un the Lockawanua River and Dy rry Creck are Jlkewise large, and 1t §s calenluted that, fuu. as all thy neccssary preparations are completed to tyausact business promptly and sutiafactorily, ah unprecedented briskness will be mavltestod geacrully in the varlous branches of the udustey, ‘The lumber business Identified with the Le- high River rewious mostly coucintrates at White laven,—u small, pleturcsque-looks ing town, situated at the bottcm of a - spur of the Wyoming Mountain, ‘The logs arc run " dowu froin the surrounding furests into the turbulent uud rup- Wiy-flowing Lebigh River, and carrled to tho saw-mills that lorgely roprasent the business and Indnstrial futerests of " White Haven, The yteld of manufactured Jumber, Inzluding plank- i, boards, shingles, lathe, fence-ralls, amd .pickets, besldes all descriptions of bullding and ‘other wooden merchandlse, wlll be unusually hcfiy this lu:ou- ‘T1io unpression sppesrs to be general amon, all partics lnlclullcflpln Lhe prnguunnn. nnmug- facture, und murketing of Juinber, that the ac- tivity in puilding DE:]\IMII that 18 expected to take place In tho torn citics this year will uccessitate larga supplics of the different kinds of lumber, and preparations arc being mado ac- cordingly to mect the snticipated demand, ¢ ——————— EnP'II;rEIuo? llrnm';luu Britaln and Ireland, ‘The Chicf of the Burcau of Statlstics furnis! tha following table (compiled from cl‘hl:" :‘mm'l report of the British Board of Trade) showing the emigration frun the United Kingdom to the Rslc&lu Btatea, l.lllr"ihud .\“nrlh Amwerica, aud stralis, respectively, dur fus lnd'lm‘: Yy og the yeary 1874, Datiaation, 1874, 1875, , 1870, Unlted States..........147, 1 Brin North Asierich.. 20400 3008 100 8] 27 Australla....... .o B3,038 35525 33101 ed Kingdom U 3| trom o1 o 1576 wu'a.w:.o.-a.:! el Staiee e utnount of moncy reimitied by settl the United Blatesand British .\‘or{h Au:?rlcl;'.‘ to their friends fo the Cuited Rlugdom, froni 1848 to 1836, inclusive, way £1f L0087 the fifia{:l}sznuum In any ove ycar belng .0:1,730, Buccess a'l Stesm Etreet-Oars, PhtladelpAia Tmes, ‘The week's trial of ‘the dummies on Market street bas resulted favorably, A comparison of he recelpts of tho steam and streot-vars shows u balauce In favor of the former, Five of thy bert-paylog horse-cars averaged §65 in cash. receipts, while the fiye dummics aversged over 8100 o cash-receipts, tho faro being3 cents. The cost of FULBINE & horso-car oug Week—uot fucludlng care of the torscs in stable, shoetog, or wear aud tear of haruvsa—Is {2807 while tho cost of runving a steam car for the samo eriod {s §34.80,—muking a saving in favor of he steam cars of over $3.33, to say nothing of the extra comlort to passeugers. et up by the witn Mr. Gibbons explained that thia was an ontaide matter, In reply {0 Mr, Kales, tho witness said that he nn- deratond (hat Itees was'never Intended to he a pur- chaner of the fand for $103,000. ‘Tha fransaction eventuated in Heen holi. ing the four _lots, K, 0, 10, and 11, in Block 2, for the benefit of (age and Cornell, 11a wan natinficd thal Gags and Cornell had to pay of their own money for the four lota ahout $20, 200, He belleved the jnterest on the 215,000 was in- cinded fn that sum. The Commissioners sctunlly 181d for the north fislfy hut how the g1, 500 matier waa settled between Jtees and tha Hoard, he did not know. Al he knew waa that he (Gibbon®) ra. ccived the money, Thera was no ogrecinent to let ont Reea; he waa the msker of the noter, and wit- nern thonght him good for them, The $15.000 was not secured on the Frnwr' . but stood on the notea made by Rees and [ndorsed by (Gage and Cornell. SOUTH PARK. Mr. Gibbons Examined About His Particular Tract, Mr. Davie to Induce him to conatier them in sccount. Tha checka were nnder his control, and hie howed nthers. bt not these, M¢. Trueadell snggested that in fnatice to him- 1 Mr, Howen should at once submit the chiecka davie In order to excnipale himself from ang aupplclon or posslble cenenre, M. Herrick wanted Mr, Howen to define exactly wint chacka or drafts he claimed to be entitied to credit for. Mr. Kaies nald that the scconnt wan eo inextriea- ;'L’;':"M that he did not belleve Mr, Bowen could Mr, Bowen satd he wonld farnish Mr, Davie with the fnliest information in his power. Mr. Kalea #ald that it would s necessary for Bowen to vinlt 325‘5” Yotk banks in ordér fo clear up the ace In answer to Mr, Mason, the witness sald that he vean unsbla to give any fartherinforination as to the 850,000 bond acconnt, not bavinz been ahle to virit bis office and procure the requisite vouchers. He had not seen thestatement of the bund accotint, and would prefer tn examine it before ssying el A Dotailed Statement of All that He Knows on the Bubject. Mr. Chauncey T. Bowen and tho Amere fcan Exchange Bank Account. TIIR WITNESS FURTIER EXPLAINED {hat he forced the Commission to buy the whole Uer of lots under the law, e bad na reaton to be- lieve or lnlflccl. that Cornell or fiage made mcn? o - Accountant Davie slso Has Something to Bay on the Same Babject. ot of the " foue Tots. fle "strongly _ad. | Whether it was trne that bonde amounting to S0, - ined Ztnem’ notto seil o the i:ommis. | 000 were hypothecsted in New York an security for The Bouth Park Tnvestizating Committes met at | sioners at that prico, snd they esid that they | & 915,000 Joan, 11 was preseed on this point, but 10 &. m. Batarday, Gen, Rowett in the chalr, and | Weré determine not {o leave any opening for peo- | repested hia demand for more time, r. Kalea said that If the bonds were rolid st HO they wonld have bronght $81,000. It had been alleged that thin wi beolute transaction. end, if It wera coneidered as & Joan, the Bosrd could re- deem at 816,000 Jeex than If jt were a rale, Mz, Trucedell eafd that Mr. Kales' arguments ble o aay that they hd a Witnesn told thern that {t woul, them, whether they sold ches, By Juige Dunlecy—The would nof take the lotd on my warrantee-decd alune, bnt made me Rive & bond of $100,000 ta rged the Board. be (mputed to or dear. 'ark Commissioners all the members present except Senator Bouth~ wortli, The lawyers wers slow in coming, and the usual attendants on the proceedinga were not pres. et at the opening, although most of them came in daring the morning, and a new counsel devcloped DA T wete running ahenl of the facis. It had hot been In the person of Gen. Smith. e And ol e B lot e the (itle to Car. | HAled That ihe iransaction was an abfolate one. MR. HENRY T. CHASE, am's lots. Cannot remember | They wanied facta. Tenter and Bucking he details of this acquirement, bat know fer's luta were Incambered. _Have Usc beat for belloving that the $15,000 worth of netes were pald, laving lieard s from the holdera. 1y Gen, Rouett—The Comminsioners prohably were acquafated with the fact that I knew what the opinlon of their sttorneys was, They did not differ from me decidedly, botdid onons point. T under- etood that Gage and Cornell were to pay the notes, Ieces Leing only their agent. If it were to the con- (.nr{{.I‘l w‘.u different from anything eise of whichl ves bieard, In nnawer to Mr, Truesdell, witness sald that he held Hees responsible, He didn't care & saap whetber ltees was worth $1 or $100,000, for he ll.;f“ l!l:llplc security in the Indorsement of Gageand J1y Mr, Kales—1 understood on Information ree ceived from the business community that Gage and Comell were both well off, ‘The witncas further stated that he had received & latter from Mr. Cornell s#king bim to come snd testify, the Commitiee being understood to juln In the est, and his expenses being guarantesd. r. Mason then submitted (Le remsining bonds of the Park Commissloners, 8il of wiich had been approved by Judge Farwell. MX. CHAUNCEY T. NOWEN -filln took the stand and proceeded to '.u'fi a1 to tlie Amerlcan Exchange Dank account. Tie had found some of the necessary vouchers fn the Soath Park oflice, and could prodace them if desired, but Mr. Bowen azain asked an extensfon of time, And Mr. Traesdell hoped that Mr. Maaon wonid at once apecify what [ulormation wnx desired, eo that It it were not fortheoming the Committen might know on whom lo place the blsme, Mr, Bawen promired (o bave the Information ready by Mnudl( morning at 10 o'clock, Mr. Mason having statod (bal he had already arked for all he wanted. Mr, Truendell ruggested that couneel for the Cit- Izens’ Ansociation should in futare proceed withont refcrence to the nresenceor absence of Mr. Buwen, Mr., Mason ssked that the list of lands owned by the Park Commissloners in the vicinity of the parks ahould be furnlahed, as required by the Com. mittee, e also wanted a niatement of the acresie of lands within the park lmits not yst purchancd or acquired, Thls wan sleo Comumiites adjoirned until to-day &t 10 A, m. WENTWORTIL AS A CROM-QUESTIONZR. The llon. John Wentworth, more generally known aa *‘Long John,* for short, evidently was cut oul for a criminal Jawyer. 1nthe South Jark Juvestigation he ts taking ‘conalderable fnterest in s0 much of the proceedings as touch Western avenve, which road leads west 8 jong ways inta Lake Township, and then torns north, extending along the front of Mr. Wentworth's elghty-acre tract, and beyond to the canal, A dayortwo sgo, one of the Park Comnmissioners, Mr. Morzan, was on thostand nndorgoing examination, Afierthe rciulu Tawyers had zot from him all they wanted. **Long John " procceded to **interviow him,* of which the following Is the version wiven by one of of the firm of Chase & Abell, testified that his frm had, since January, 1872, had charge of a number of Mr, C, T. lowen's affaize. Ile dfd not under- stand it to be his duty to look after the payment nf Mr, Dowen's taxes, but they might have fntimated to him that they wonld Jike the taxes paid” Mr. Bowen managed the affairs of the Palm- cr eslate for some time. The statements of ace connt were made through witnesa; who remember- «ed having made out a statement, charging the wid- ow of Mr. Palmer with the amount of half the second Instaliment of tho Sonth Park taxes, Bowon bad & running account with Mrs, Patmer, The amount charged for 1axca had not heen pald; wit- ness did not know by whoeo authority he had made the entry; presamed that it waa by direction of C. T. Bowen, y Mr. Trucadell—Are we fo understand that the money cnarged to Mra, Palmer has not been pald? Witness~Yes, it has not been paid 2o far to my knowieage, ‘I'he eniry was made in pureuance of Mr. Bowe: rrangement with e, Greenleaf, the items being marked pald of the warrant books. The amount was about $1,100, JOSEP'IL 0. GIBNONS, SWORN. Te had prepared a written statement which, with the perminnion of hie Committee, he would rosd, | Ui 2o} inem with him, the reparters: Ahe perminslon of the Commitiee, he would sosd, | “Nir. Merrick thougnt r. Dowen should prodlica : s vasan atiomey” aud re a gincnath 0. | e docunents, and 1r. Trucadell said the time | yLone Jobn Weatworth, took 4 chalr opposit Morgan, cocked his eye at him, and asked.a_que ion concerning bunlevard prope: ‘whith he fin had been extended for Bowen's bens y refused to anawer, hecause it wasa leading [ollowi L. 1870, the Park Com- | “tnanswer to Mr. Mason, the witnces sald that bhe endeavoring {0 get the prior 1o September, mixsioners wera i % first tesrned of (he account sgainel the bank about piage %’r‘l’:‘y‘}éfib{lfiel%. ¥ ho Totr, gacert five b the &zearago. Tledid nockniow what the Baricliosed B s THinco ey S h b - ) ought as to his personal responsibility for 8 S - :;5'.:":::5 of Block1, were afified by myaclf and B B N e koo (harhe ad Clnimed to | Hnted Wentwortly thero ia land in the park region have paid of to possess youchers for R which Ia contlnualiy golng up, and no proceedings $13,000 check bad b have been begun tncondemn, Why [s this so? he aaked, ‘*ProceedIngs are coming," replied More n, st‘shn. Tle Iatter went on Lo ask about the erty around thare, north end of the lut for lexs than 84 per front fool, "They threatened to condemn, and I claimed (hat it they did I could make them pay $30 per foot. An arrangement wan finally made by which my cilenta wera 1o deed to wo thelr lor and 1 then to deed to Mr. Kales explained that been shown 1o have been omitted from Bowen's _ credit account. This left 870,000 of tho 872,000 accvunted for. IL was pos- Jidt Mr. Morgan anid_he James 11, Reea Lota 1 to 13 inciusive, In Black 1, | jiole, that there wmight be eome differcuce v Went aud 1'to 13 inclusive in nlnck!:.. Irlal‘nez Iv‘vcn{‘yc-nnu found, and he lnzwuecil that, s there was an ex- H:«Y to boms: ‘:’h‘eh ‘A‘:‘.!‘.fi?x"fii“rfi'i"nl"‘éfin‘n’i }:‘;‘:n,nd 1s1ing contest between the Board and the American Exchianga Hank which might bs prefudiced Ly the utterances made before the Commlitee, 18 would be well nol to preas this matier too closely. 1t wonld Tots, snd Tlees was 1o deed slopers ihe north 134 feet of the twenty-one lots for $3L.500. On Sept, 20, 1870, 1 made out & deed and had it execnted to Mr. I to the Fark Commis- ghen“uma remarka about Morgan's interest in the oard. Morgan became exclted, and rald he would give up the place, 4 and brought ** How much would yon ;ive it up {‘m therefore be beat to confine the Inquiry o whether i i n i‘aé’l’:&’flfii‘ the 5234"&‘&'.?1’&:.' n::l! S i thg | Mr. Dowen bad oeed park funds o Sl private fi'é;é.'.‘&.‘;‘é‘;?f-fi".‘.‘lfe" ™, ’éfim"yfi".{fv'i Wntor deed Lo the Park Commieaioners far the north 14 | PUIP! 5 Y 7 " contlnued Long John, . foet of the twenty-one lots, and then gave me his e M arpen ™ aiva e 32, notes for $00,000 a1 7 per cent intorest secured by mortgages on theaouth half of the twenty-one lots, and cash $21,000 and his notes indorved by (iage for 815,000, The $:10,000 was paid hy 0808, " 7, Traesdell—Mr, Dowen must be carefal tn bin °| 32.000% : oo00 sod Tl etalemchia tho same a8 other witneuses, Tho trath | yoalds " replied Morgan 'give ine 3,000 and Fil wive it up." ‘*But," responded Wentworth, Seournouey, sodl seems el g, WTOLLS | *woala S promian ot 1o fulbrere wii or ok, Fehat may be neceasary to clear Mir, Bow. | Succeesor?™ Morgan made no anawer. and Cornoll v ky you pass an order to make the Park Board go ahend the Park Commissloners, aud afterwardnl receivad | o5, Where be don't knaw, leé bim say so, with the condemnation1® ** Y- *tAnd didn't S1500 fram them. makingin il 831700, pard ma | M Towen then reoraiéd bis formet Ealimony | Jou paws another order?™ ¢+ Yew. ++ verything on this point. He expl given, and for what reason, but, 0 far a8 hi uiente went, no new davelopments were mads as Lo Dby the.Commissioners. being the amount the north 114 feet of the twenty-one lots, ** The $15, 000 In noles ziven by Mr. Reea were n for ‘vas done but vxecuting the orders, eh?* Morgan made no answer, Wentworth took a new tack. **Why have you organt™ ot lawyers hero, Mr. M lscounted ahd nacd by me, with the cash recelved, | 1h8 question. e other sl by eynfenua by attorneys, ™ re- on settling for the lots, cte., aud the notes have MI, DAVIE plied the other, '* What other sfde?™ M N 81l boen pald, or 'at fosst 1 bave never [ 8ald that hiy exsmination of the books rbowed that | gan nesitated. ¢ Well well, ™ he went ou, ** there been<alled nponta pay them or any portion of | & soniewhat extraordinary aystem of bookkeoping | were charges against uu in the Leginlature. 4 But had beon used. lils explanation was that the ac- count with the American Exchange Bank wae prop- erly headed up to the time of Howen's sickness, them. Gage nnd Cornell the $00,000 to May 10, 1 ahoat which thne ald me the interest on 71, at which time or 'es 8] thisiw only sn_inquiry meeting." o0d L 8§ 0! n.rlw ry mi ’nliir. gimu 0ng agreed with Mr, Jecs that it John; ** they can't impeach. " organ had & lawyer -luh{z back of him, Fh e "and Cornells “wouid " pay 5,000, in | but thatsince that time it ought to have ruad, **16 | know whether they coald or ot. ** When iny th additton 1o e tnterca k‘}": ,l?;)n £60. 000, sccount with . T flowen, tnanclal sgent. le srupen{.‘nufumu’n Veatern avenue look for ] and olso (oo §13,000, 2 2k 00 in A X making shact. $20-, | OOt e A R cantire. Torced om s ool | o L e Ar Llisg bom Pek 0G0 in all, 1 would surrender hie notes for $00,- 000 and cancel the mortgnge on his deeding to me the sonth I1:K1 feet of scventeen of the Jots I Tind previonsly deeded to him, whichho did by deed Cotnmissioncr from thio first —— ' ** Jlow long do you peed to bo Park Commissloner before vou keoper in order Lo prevent bis accuunta getting lnto 5 could answer that question? " Tlicre was no an- inextricable coufuston. Asto the §13, 600 trans- action, Mr, iowen's account of that waa perfectl swer, bat Mr. Morgan showed extreme disgust. of date May 10, 1871, Thiulefh the aouth half of | corrcct. Ile protected s draft on New wit StF, Wentwort hen inguired why, {f fi‘i“n wera Lots 8, O, 30, and 11, In Block 2, atlll in James | his own money to that amount, The tranaaction | bat 200 feet on Western avenue Which had not 11, Itecn,’ The huyiug back of the Jote was & wnt- | had gone twice through the bouke, awing to Bowen | Leen condemned, how it waa that so small s prece tee of my awn, becaune L thoaghit 1t was a good bar. goin.* IN CROSS-EXAMINATION by Mr. Terrick, witness said that D, F. Carpenter and Mr. Buckingham were cllenta of his, 1?2 had having put up his own money, and those itema b stricken entirely oug of the Witnoss _bad gone . through _every fiem of ho sccount, and (L was viruall cck the books unless much addf> could pot be purchased when so much all around had been provided for, Morgan replied that there waa a atreet ruaning through this which the owner ‘wanted to oell, and thoy don't want 4o buy, but it he didn't eome to termsavon they shonld condemn. heard of Ii¢ed's claim to the titie, but did not con« vas granted. The best way would be | **Why didn't you condemn the elubty feet that wider it good, The arrangement mado ...".u“’,';. for Alr. Liowen to pruduce an account {{ which he hglom;’ud to :hu’Wulku» on that num{ur‘ asked fected befors any deed was delivered (o Rees, Mz, should be hound. The tronble was thut where off- | Wentworth, Morgan answerced that he thought Horne acted o8 titness* sgtent {n Clhiicago, and when | #tts existed Lalances only had been cliarged inatead | the Walkers might come ta terms. °*Don't you ‘witness arrived in this ity ol OUn the whole,” he concluded that the know, "' pursucd tho other, ** that the Walker fami. the Commnlaslonors wanted and which w 8 re- o) Ve e ! Teplie lormen, ave you unol imorove 8 fhe Cominlavloniors wanied and which witiess, fe- | Sredit.. “Lhis was how it looked on the face of tho | Walker and other 1y before books, but further examination was nccessary. There were two checks for which M, Bowen clalm- ed credit, and for which no ered| books of the Board, 1t looked & matser of deeding back {0 Itces came up fn May, 1871, when, or mbont the time _when, the gret six monthy' Interestbecamedue. Witnees® understanding of the matler was that Rees acted nag planted tree 3 of trecs waa planted there by mistake. not the same mistake made in regard to other prop- throughout ae aceat of the Park Board and they | Bowen's theory as fo these cliccks mighs prove cor: | erty yet ta be boughtr” Morgan didn’s kuow, then Were 1o pay him & _comnmission of 10 per cent far | Tect. Witness was cautivus in bi Weniworth sssurea him that 1t wasso, atlowing tho use of his pame. The fnterest was | doclined to say more than that *+Treen don's cost much, "' put In Margan, ¢*Don't 2| of the American Exchanyge Uank or those of the Commissioners would sliow a difference, 1y Mr, Trueadeli—1 mesn 10 *ay that, 88 faras T make it out, the heading of the ‘sccount ia cer- talnly Incorrect ) pald fn Chicago. Witness considered thot the amount _paid for the four lots was between $10,800 and 810,700, but the Board fnalated on counting fn the, Tlcrfill on on know, " quickly followed Wentworth, *that recs growing fur yeurs ta (ront of propeny en- Danes 1t conaderablyt And don't you know the lunger Yot walt tha mora that vroperty 1s golng to tho 810,000, which wauld bout $20, 500, 1 contr™ Thore thon followed & rupid. questivuin T e ot iattonsrs paid B30, | - iy AIr, GioodrieA=Tn the ono cane Mr. Dy Mr. Weutworth fo show that the Park 4w rex 000 on tho day the first papces were delivered, and | hae raved Lo be -rnnvmln the otners "x‘ quired that the paving of the streets should bo at- ble (hat he may prove hts cane. [ think Bowen will acknowlcdize that to the amount of $G2,000 the account should be sgainet him Jn- stead of tho bank. the remaining $1, was not paid for about six monthe, The delay an the smallse amount was probably caused by the diacussion as to the odi Jot. needed Tora street. Witness would have taken tended o boforg the park ws fmproved, which bad ot heen done, Mr, Morganshowing thata construc- tlon had heen put on the act which had chanzed )b about, Kalcs, th Iswyer, who owna land facing #ix monthis notes from Gayo and Cornell An exact_trauscript_of the sccount with the | the boulevards, put In to defend Morvan. MMr, cl":‘u Iarger amount §f it lgd been d:rnrcd.r:: Amorican’ Exchangs Dank showed transactions { Wentworth rolled right along, and proceeded to Eelloved Ihelr 7 per_conl notes to be sa good amounting to about $360,000, ANl accounts of | show tual the Park Commissioners had been fme money, IHe wuuld bave taken as hich 0-thi; Jate date sppeared 1o run in the namc of J. Jrvin; proving Western avenue, which ran Into in notos in ardert sottie up tho deal, \Witnces | Pearce, Tressurcr, and witness conld not say that | Uicero, when = Morgan alapped tho - table, made the hargnin with Roce, who was the only | (hero was an exact statoment of sccount between | moved forward, drupped the easy aic he nad party whom he knew in ho transaction. 1l(s un. | the bank and the Loard in the omic latter. | been sttempting sintalp, and called dersianding was that hio wax (o roceive the cash In reply toJudge Dunlevy, witnes that be | out, ou are now saying what Is not true. L A00. oes gave bim the Cammiusioners' check | had not discovored that any oilempt had been | This did not trouble Wenliworth, howeyer; he for 310,000, made by the Commnisaionors or othiera tu sdjust tha | went alonz lo sum up: **Is thers not Western 1ty Col. Thompson—1 think Mr. Gage was fully | 8ccount, Thers wa nothing in the bouks to show lvenlmpmwrl(_whlch Dot yet condemned for satiaficd ihat If the Park Comuissioners went tnto t they hau dono so, He understood that the | thepark? **Yes, ‘*Aud you bave lmproved t . condemnation it wonld cost them much more than | acconnt Kept with the American Exchange Hank that property out of park funds?" ** In some way, " by purchuse, Dy the Traasurer was atill an onen une, and M. Morgan pot mad sgaln, *llow wnan ], ' 2errick—~The Gnal scttlement was made There appeared at this point to be consfderable ch property I8 there?” '*The list will hetween Guge, Cornell, ftces, and tho witnces, | confusion in the sttorney's mind s to the | shaw,” **1{sve resolutions been prsscd years axo (lago toking tho princival part 'In the bargaining, | $7:2000 was not included in th to condemn thiar® **Yes " 'Yet you haven'h Wiluess wss positive ihat the semf-snnial pay- | Cal yearof 1470, Mir. Davie n dono It Now, " sald Wentworth, tacking again, ment of Interest wae made, He remembered it ted that the matl AT “+how many fcet does Panl Cornell, Park Commfis- £, Knlea sloner, own on Fiffy-fret atrect, which was jin- certalnly, because bo hed threatened Gago with pn o8 FiuyLan auit If the amount wore not paid. It wan elther count, nd Mr. Truesioll | prove: Morgan diin't kuow, afd b e or Cornell a few weoks after ti Wi was Lo fad whether the +Does he own Aive thousand 1™ **0h, no." **Four, pald by dogo o Cornell 8 fow weeoke jafice tho | Banicur Mr. Bowen owed the $7:,000. The grouna | theo, twor™ +*] don't know.® +*iluw much do ayment of interest with tho final seitiement, awd | Was teaveled over hulf a duzen times, but thls was { you own on that strect Three or four hun- Ji6%ellovod that thers was & differenca of gbout | Feally the only conclusion reached. bo #ix weeks between tha two iransactions, The Mr. Kales tion submitied to 3ir. Darvle certaln dgs Wil ¥ liven notes for 800,000 wers returued ta Kees, and lfnrelh:whlchllwl-demnmlnlfllmm certain **Judga Wiitiams § the mortiage cancolled aa stated. Witness thourht | checks wero admitted as agalnst the bank, olnta Park Commissione N bad ot SIr. Sidway, but did not remember any | amount due to the floard by Mr. Howen aflar * o any more of the du conyersation with blm,' 1€ Mr, Horrick wanted his | mitting e twa checks for §20,500 would ‘be ro- | erty around therol” Morgan did, Awiinesk') JOuRELlis eunls, nave Shem. Mla ldes e e koo 11 Mtr. Divie, bad | Yorh O ] e was (hat ltees was not na-fAde purcha o uosilel 8] T, rie orth, % 'y e et for fue ark Honrd, *o e Y% | apicvered tuat the Doard had rpuilated the York tbey all Hlved shere 1n_ & bunch, when e e cl checks drawn by Bowen on the bank, "'I'he witaess waid Lhat ho thought thera had been sonie discus? 8101 sbout the matter. drew back hiv chair, and Mr. Morgan's lawyer, Thampeon, begsa u Cross-examination to heal up the breaches tls Long John Lad wade. e LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, Mr. Herrlck—Then you ssld o Rees that you would seil ta him certain n&m““’ for 8103, %:u.n?oc;v it cash, §60,000 on mortgage sccured notes ’Mr, Gibbone—Yes, and $13,000 In notes, and the check ahown was given for the six monthe’ o snme w York for Infcrest would the 815,000, and if so, to Mr. Kales wauted Lo know whether co! slleged to be due fa N m;ll ‘ull furtler redu wl Intorest, eut. Mr, Davie declined, in tho_shecuce Mr‘. llu{r&k‘—&hllu you uvjenw‘nd elmloo“oe" L ‘:n.illvrcg:n! &hz:::n:'l:rgu‘;:er; .Tt" d‘u- RIORDAN—HILDBETIT, 0 ), YON WOTS 10 rets 30, 3 0 anel ' T e T Fhoared ou. Tioss"as | Srable time, would no” doubt amount toh coneide | - caicago Aol 5ot e sdutiied va the principsl, racli as the indorsers. [ ble sum, sud wonld, under tho hypothesis ad. Hig400y APEL, Bv that the man Hildreth b the Jaws of INlinois from taking a wcat in tho City Councll 8¢ Alderman whether bo waw clecled by tho people or nut. And thls for the resson that +*no perwon stall be eligible o such an oflice who has been convicted of bribery or other corrupt practices or ctimes," Kev. Stat, 1lL., Chsp, 2 Bee. 34, Uildroth belng lflkmn‘l' adjudicated erimupal by the judgment of the United Shutes Dists Court fof the crime of desiguedly chesting snd {rauding the ravenaee of tiu United Statcs whi sworn ollicer of the Uovernuent, com Frtlly mulnl{ under the sbuve section of Jlhuols faw, L s also weil settled iu gencral elections fu 11N+ pols that when the persou recelviug the highest tunber of votos is found ta be fncligible, the pore pon recaiving the siext hfghest adimber uf votea wot thereby elected, but the whole slection Ls to deciarvd vold, Rev. stat. 1ls., Chap. 40, 0 an owned alx or seven of the lots, penter owned thirteen, and Kuckiogham two, Iy Mr. Mdaon—1 used no Jnducements to Gage and Cornell to go Into the traneaction which ru- sulted In their wcquiriug the four Jots. 1 canuot s3y anything about whal myagent did. 1 think Itées, who was considercd a smart real-estate man, waa perfectly able Lo take carc of hinsel "By Cot , Thompern—it Mr. Herrick mesus by the ward **inducements " that [ offered or proniised Gage or Corucli one cent, I will stale shai I never did; and that I would hate utterly repndiated any transaction purporting to bu made on my be- hatt, w that they never obtaloed any money trom me. Have known llurne fora grest man. {un. Would Lave taken notes from Cornell an d“" Tunning twenty years at 7 per cent )f askedto 0 80, . QRTTING WARM. By Judgs Dunlery—>r, Carpenter is my .un- son, No other peryon was iuleresied “in (he nced by M ulu' sibly show & balsnce due 10 loweud as fnancial agent. Br, Masun axuin returned to the charge fu re- lation 10 the $72,000 item, le wanted to know if L was & Caal A nt vr nol, and woy il was not ncluded to the cast account for 1875, In urder to n!ovidl the Committes with waterial to work ou ¢ had been compelied ta take up certain parts of the account without convidering It 39 8 whole, Tha only way in which hé could trace tho matler was for Mr, Bowen to make out a stalement which mi!hl Lo verifled Ly witness snd the flcie of wln‘:n be conld trace up. ‘This would be & watter ol time. 3 r. Truesdell thoughit that thess delays vexstious, and should have beun forescvn mnd Suanied l‘l\flll. Az, Davle wantad for his own satisfaction some information ss to what further Agures mizht be ro- utred of him, He expected to praduce sol itlonal statements Monday morulny, sud thought Ahat wonld close Lis labors Gnlevs auythiug special }hlr}ufln {.uu.‘ lk‘rnw u:"':n?"h}mnllfl Ill ‘tr{- wea g rud, Bee. 162, i ng to fsh aut svideucs o leln B 1 A6 0l frusa But et (o be & fabt that Hildrethdid not : Sz, ‘Fruesdell said that the Commites wontd ppo: (Laugbter.] In 4uo ejectmont sult wo b mot | o e, AN Davie un e vubject. . Tho wom: | Teceive & maforily of iha voles cast for Aldermian i Imittee wero wiiling 10 st 88 loug ke coupsel would furnish them With witoeascs, SMr. Kales aahl that it was desired by Mr. Bowen toaflura at once such further Ipformstion se ho could furnish 1n regard to the drafta sud checke, asu that theru had been delay was the ill- neas of Mr, Bowen, from which be had not yei fully recovered. MK. BOWEN PEODUCED TUKKE CUECKS for threo drafts drawn in October and Nuvember, Clatued s OF cerialn. Tote, 11fs Geed was from a person claiming upder Mr, Emory, ~Mulvey was made a party in one of the suits before the v, “The watier has nothing 10 do wilh the Tonnte, bt the Juige LhuRIer] wints help In m&muum and 1 s trying t0° give bim some Bce. ':?aéx.lu‘cwm-n- wasiato kaow I8 the tile 10 all the jots 4 syual goad. e boni—l chutos say that the litigation an i fu the late vlection, and aupis it further 1o be & fuct that Mr. Riowdun did clearly secelve & wajority of frum 00 o 400 votes uver Hiidreths, where is the colur uf right ln the Council or in spy other tribunal to order s new electiony Let 1be Council ref! the crimnal Hildeeth seat on his prima facle and barefaced clalw, sod refuse It with resolute Jadignativn, but let them 1ot foryet that the culling of s **new elzction ™ would fesult n smborraseing couplicationns st 2 hovtion of thelois was (sken off my hands by the | 1674, for $10,000 eacb, for which by clalmed nd | %S & portion of tha lols wal (skerl Off Y Nands P70'5% | Sradit Lad been. giveu bim o the. houks of the | o Lot Mr, Blordan actuslly socalved & malorty The it gation up 1o the Suprenio Courf, and tho | Board, Thesv chocks werc given by i on s | 3108 LA 0S8 U0 LI WO Placa. (b Commisaioners actually refuved tu pay & LI of | own purunal credit, There were Whroo certidcates | Sarlo S0 0 080 bel new election in the position §54 for preparing an abstract, He bad wiven a [ due wbich the Commlssion bad no woneytopay, | BEie Si0neR nd foterloper iu the offico. Vet dieaiodhe thouglt o wurtues deed | and oo gy ou i aud b et i, Gtk | Ui Rt Sl ekl us it e b the land, Hut heliad not Leen oa the o were the chocke giv . ¢ drulls 4 5 Deach 8a Juige Duatevy had. foduced; Tho oldups of e Custintates wera | ¥ 8 e proper tus auy pikce, Btlek the hrcelop A Kulea=0h, Duslery wannever on the beach; he waa only Judge of the Whisky Ring, Gen. Howelt (warmly)—It scomms that every time Judge Duclevy makes a remark it Is said by some one that o represcuted the Whisky Ring, or the tax-fighters, orsomebody. Mr. Kales~1 claim the right, when Judge Dun- lJevy saks such & ridiculous gucation, fromone } yeriosnother, a8 Lo whelber & warrsole Gz with tua {eud, to tnterpose. T 11'vou pluase, 10 demouatrate thst floment s Morton, of the State Savings Insttd- | ho wae lawfully Coven LY & 1arge (BAJOHILY T The iy it BT S K | RS e Bl i e Whenns advanced tae money ha Tooked for rem: | Turther, that o yreat wad wilelsorend jourual, lu bursement from the Persuually ho flvmg veut lo the just Indiguation felt over this i{ldcett matter, should not bastily leat public £ Bl i l;;-,;::ghg‘}:y{;:g“;;j:'g‘;u}}? fesling or the Ciiy Coancll towards & ssuew clec- ot e belog auuiiug Sese & yeir g | Ut IS, 1R, o8 1 MR, 1 0T For a whole year anfecodeut to 1hat period ho wonthy cluzen lawfully cbosen (o 8 reavoasible Wietlan 3. Buacksre. been slck adunable to deal with suy matier of piLlis wituess wasthen aliowed to procesd, M. fyures, o could aiate 5o bettor teason for the tice tucadell rewarking that ridiculous or lrrelevan -adjustmienl qince Ll ate than 3 Ueations wosld simply reactun the Guestioncr, | WAL o e i hers e ot ANOYHER UWINDLE. Tv e Edltor of Tha Tribuse. Cuicaco, March 30, —Purties in Michigan and ju this State are prepariog asmall swivdle on fa; «rs which merits an cxposliion &s often s it s, pesrs, which s about once s year. The article ofecdd Ls a new and woadertul varicty of corn, oF F. Gibbous gave an' dccount of i Mitigation which kad ‘been bad over thu title prior to bie con- nection with the land, The wituess mauaged lo minke It very clear thut there waa o exuting cloud on nuéll‘ln. Xed r. Kalog asked what futerest Mr. Danlovy bad ta (e laids Sader Qlscassion adverss 0 tie tali |K¢tml uillerenca of oplnion oetwecn hluself siul the balsuce of tue Comuiiaslon Lot it aithough Mr. bidway sad decliued, a4 Audilor, W pass some of the accounts. In anawer to Mr. Trucsdsl. tho witneas sald that he nevet used suy of tho park lngd- foe ble pravate purposes. Ho had pot exbibited esw checds W romised. and the, 0 _in judgment.day,' responded Long ** Dida't He mald be didn't whrat, or ric ke hite owerd Iy ‘This Pi 01 paye your money blch. 1t in tndiTerently ** Daor corn, " corn," **Jondia corn, Indizn miliet, " wheat.” and this year, **Pampas *new cereat, " I3 sorghmm vnluare, Steele, ** It is atmply & voriety of Chinere sugar- cane, or, for that matter, of braom-corn, As tolta trluens & crop yon will be shie to e‘-hluc for your- eclif when wa naaure you that it has been before “the farmers of this nation for morethan ifty years, and yet has not gonc eufliciently into general enltare tn prevent persana from blowingand eclling. It over the country an something ** entirely nerw. " The American Agricutturist ‘Atcording o the circnlar, one man has rals 214 buslela 1o the acre, Supposing one conld rsire 1,000 bushelnto the acre, what could he dn with it?” 1t In offered thia year at 50 cents a package, and ersons are advertiving for peddicrs At 85 day to ntroduce the ** new cereal.” Of courae there in no objention to any one Lrying fo raie 8 pateh of ity and ascertaining ita vaine for chicken-feed, Verhaps cooked llke cracked-wheat he might be 1a to eat It himaclf, Dut don't Tet him Imagine has anything new, or pay G0 centa & package for seed worth perhaps 50 cents & bushel, T, Fu SUBURBAN. G LAKE FOREST. Wednesday and Thursday there svaa & public ex- amination of the Greek and Latin classesat the University and the senior class in Clcero at the rice.” Academy by Prof. Mewilt. Thie genticman has the rare faculty of making an examination both thorough for the paplls and Interesting and in- slructive to the sudience, Among thedistingaish- ed visitors from Chicaga at the Academy were Mr, and Mra. i, 0. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Har- vey, Mr. and Men, Henry W. King. ex-Benator Trumball, Dr. and Mrs, Isham and Miss Peck of Chicago, wlhn il looked happyat the way the. yonng gentiemen in whom they w B iais et e Library Ciub met Friday evening at ) - 1dence Of the, Hom. . 1. Fermeth “Fs siend ance was unususlly large, snd the excrcises wers all very interosting. Prof. fiewitt tead an orlginal paper written In his usual graphle and |uteresting slyleon **Roads,” and Mra. Glliepie resd an original casay oo Grecian Art. A very fine trio wansung by Prof, Sabin, Mra. Sabin, and Mine Barnum: & solo by Misa Barmum, and one by Capt., Sablo, Alter s most delicious supper the test of the time spent in acting charades the worils being * ae" and *“Counfenance.” The first was acted by nine young uentlemen in suchn spirited manner o8 Lo hring down the Liogse, 'The Juung gentlemen revalred to ro int the dry-goods usiness togethier, bat each and every one objected 10 et S g, oo Henwaver RNCE iuch wrsnds ling the firm-pame s decide: with the most capital New York to do the bin dntellect s not npoe, and the one buylnz. It seemn equal i1l company with the most farcinating gentieman, who claltng 10 be general mocchant.. for s sellh him oot unly 1aces, b, 000 velvet suits made uf also several tone of chocolate caramels an loads of short-hurn cattle, commodities, to the amaunt of $7,000,000, The next scene. represcuts the conaternation of the partaers at hume e the telezraph buys and the ostinan come In loaded with bills, and fnally the New York broker wita the buying wmember of the firm, Theré seoma to be nothing but bankrupte, before tuem, and lhr_¥l wiveasnd chtldren, wl en on looking again at the blils they dlscover that the nuyer husonly given his own name, This seems & loop-hole of escape, but fortunately there just th peal them a poor, vulaeless member, ey supposed, of the firm, whom they bad sent to Neir Alexico to Ret rid of, bringing with him sn immenre box of diamonds, which, 1n his niual weak manner, hie fnslsted upan * dividing emang allaf us.” 'The whole word was represented by an imitation of the Colossua of Jthodes, The grest featurs of the evening, howerer, was the throwing open for the inapection of the gu n Mr. Farwel's newly-completed picture gallery. s full size and very trothfnl copy of 4 Sistine Madonna *'; this s b probably the fn Thera are two Salvator Kosas, In that arilst rand, gloomy, and peculiar style; a very fne etza called **Tho Music Leeson.'! painted on copper, probably the only one in this coootry: & pictaro by Angelica Kantman atthe rignt of the §l"fl7 seems utlerly worithless as a work of art, ut Is s interoating souvenit of & Jady who, by her beauty snd rate contersational power ‘mar exculfent artlsts pralse and admire her ing shiepnords cic. Thers s ure of Washington of the Britlsh army: the faca bears the same look of calm superiority that the pictares by Gilbert Stuart bave, and which seera to act al nanahit the clause in the Declaration of Indevendonce that all *‘men are created equal.” The gatlery fis oblong in shape, and 18 thirty fect Jong and twenty broad, _ An exquiaitely 4 dado wouds rane aronind three slides of the ruom. 10p of thin dado 1+a narrow wmadation of smatl pictures valls are_completely covi o tral, iy tookr a3 At the ell for the accom- of the best modern French, Italian, English, Spaniah, and_American arfists are ropresented, Desfies the **Old Masters," The othor end of the llery Is fitted “&ow"h bouk-ahelves which are lled “with rare of engraviuge, elchings, photographs, etr. ¥4 : floor (s benntiful mar- Th ueterie, and in the centre of the room I8 ono of (:: 0se lovely Mosalc tables that all sdmired attho entennial. Mre. C. B, Farwell and davghter and Mrs. J, Ve Farwell and dln?hur have gone 10 New York, The next meeting of the Club will be a1 Mrs, J. V. Farwell's, DESPLAINES, The rpring frestiet bna just taken ita departare, to the great rellel of every one, Jeaving the roads and many farms In very had conditlon. The river hsd been unusually high, overflowing ita banksiin uch cord- many places, Dridges, fences, and wood and v bave been carried Hlough bri 8 very bad overhauled, The Rand bridge was not Injured, but both approsches 10 it have bren waslhed way, and tho small bridgs Just east of it wae ontirely way, The carried off, The Commissioners sre ""“"‘E lm wi temporary runways (o tie large bridge, sn 500N HAVE & DEW One acrose the run, The turnplke near Shorman's corners was covercd three fect dee) by the risc of the water iu Sennea Sluufh, througl It exiends, The wsidewalk on 1 sido of tho turnplke waa twited Into eve lmn;imlblu shape, aod when the waste of wal subsided it had_niore crovkedness in i than whisky ring. The plenle grounds wero ten fect under water, the roofs of he [ceshouse, refresh- munt stand, &nd dancing flour Just appesring abo the surface. 'The camp ground was Inunduted, wora thau Lalf the cottages being flouded. The watr was three fecl deep arouud 3lr, Nason's house, AR had to uss a rafs to got to dry land. The water wi fuot deep io his dinlng-room. There wera several narruw cscapes from drowning during by week, tesiting, howeyver, fn nothing more serione tban ternible frighta and dronche: clothing, Mpw, 8, Garland bad a narrow escape from drowning while tryisg 10 reach ber howe from the depol. She wad on a raft, and when nearing the landing it capelzed, throwing Mra, G. into ewgbt fect of water. She was rescued afters bard straggle, but very wuch (rightened, Mles May Jefersou Feturned home from 3is- aouri on Wednesdsy, She has beemabsentovera I 1 Slm Leo has left for Missourd, e intonds to make 8 two weeka' viait. The Nev, N, 4. Woodwarth and nmn{ will oc- cupy one of the Parson cottages on V'rairle avenue this weok, The Elder's mll)! triends horo are In Lopes that be csn be rumu to contlnug lis Ia- bors I tuis deld, ae he e raphlly building up the church with which he has been connected 1he past inter, YA adcun will be beld st Hoffinan's Dullding at 7:30 p. w, Tuesday Lo tounsate vidlige otficers, Miea Pudling Ebrhardt, of ihis lown, was mae- Tle v, Loale Millor. of Norwood l'ark, Taces day at the’ residence of she brideis parynts, the 1tev. A, Detsor performnz the Coresaony, ——— PARK RIDGE, Last Sablath the Sacrament of the Communion was adminieiered at thie Methotlist Eplacopal Chiurch by Presidivg Elder Jutking, assisted by tha pastor, Ahe Kev, Mr. Ackerman. ‘Tharsdsy evening tha Jadies of the Congrega- tlonal Sociely gave & sociable at the church, differs fng womewhat in charactar from thoee which have precodud 1. The altendance was comparatively suatl, it not hnvxnr Lesn geucrally kuown hore wwd in the vurrouudivg suburbs that’ the entertaln. ment wad 10 take place, by reasun of the (act that the usual weekly budyet of viliage news falled 1o mske ita Sppearance in last Sunday’ NE. A delightiul ‘vlwaul evening, buwever, passad by those who were furtunate enough 83 10 bO press ent, which of iteclf wae sufliclcut 10 repay the laules for thelr trouble. Uyslers, with thic ueces- aafy stcompaniments, Weore secved to please the nr&lnf tastes of all, while sonte iprompla wusc ndied intereat to the occaeion. ‘The Hev. 3ir. Gu- Yich, of ood Park, aud Miss Jennie Calig, of Norw: \\'nndilntk. were amoug those present from on h ng the late (reshct an Ileln&tme of the Plessantont of Chicage's subirbe, - Wbile many of t4 neighbors have becn submerged, not ¢ Lnd un tho Ridge bas been overilowes bave all remalned dry and the ros good condltion, Tho fafuz of fawmili rumiscs L0 bu much Jargor than uyoal. rmr have wiready established themseclves buse, among others those of Nr. Wightmuu, dr, Steb- Prie St Turucr, Mr, Grubbe, aud Alre, Terty, of Chicagu, Mauy Gthers 8fe expociod, Miss Loua Uibbe has returued from hor visit to Bt. Cbarles. Mrs. Koowland, of Wheaton, las guest of ber sbater, Mis, Uibbe, ‘The youngest child of Mr. Perry la dangerously {1l witn conseation of the Jungs, “Jule lianley Iy row a severe altvck of ingawmmation maintained its well-deserved rep- of the Junge. Cspt. Stretch Jeft 1ast woek for tha weat shore, his Ored tripon fho scboouer Mary, recently pore chased by him. "The public school cominences to-morrow, much 1o the geatifcation of the patrons of the svol, “Mre. Caricrand Mry. A, J. Sherwio will be happy o ste ail thelr (ricnds st the Methodiet Suciible, which will be held at their residence Thursday evealug. BARRINGTON, Much fpterest was manifested fn tho elaction for town odlcurs, thero bel v two th' s ol ineisis; on going to to his inoney, for the next scene showa him in New York el;nl re besides nil sorts of are all cr{lnqnmut their amoug The fieet thing that #trikes tho visitor on enlerllllk el n American Above the dado the with pictures; some just north of the Coons farm, is In stato, aud wili need to be thoroughly omn nominated at the Centre and the other at {hia place. Two handred and_ forty-ning voten wera cAst, the higheat number in very many Tha earr. Town of Cabs, Lake County, afro beid it election There, an that town contalns 8 part at the villagr, The ' following officers were elected: Saper- stior, L. H. Bute; Town Clerk, W, . Sherman; Awresnor, Charlos’ Devling Collectar, Cornelius Dunn; Justicen of the Peace, ML B, Hendernon and . Fellx Guin; Constahles, George Prountz and Tor« | gnes ltunlon Commissioner of Highwaye, As V. 1 . Kimberly, The village eleetion, which wan to be the third Tuesday In this month, will acubtless have to be postponed indefinitely on sccaunt of an illegs! : potice, and a special eléction will bo calied. i e, John Aylesworth and wife, of Nunds, aro the gaests of Triends here. OAK PARK. Mr, George Dutters, of Ridgeland, fa & candl-* date for Schoof Director in Osk Park, District No. 1. in place of Mr. Willis Kettieatring, whose term : expires nest week. e . Aies Broddle has been elocted Commissloner of wa, Mr. Tlanscn Is Tax Collector this year, . tr. Laura Tindale, of Chicago, gave tos larzo sndlence in the Congregntional Church ‘Thursday evening humorous and dramstic rendinus, 3 The Hsronlc party to be givon Thursday M‘elfln! will be & fins atfajr. 'nzuu‘gperwnl be farnishe: by Ecklmedt: the mnalc by Kretlow's orchestrs, - W. . Peltibone, of the Park, has been ap . inted Assixtsnt Huperintendent of the Kanwms opcks & Hanta Fe Itsilroad. He will_ movr o Kanes ordon Wright, of Laporte, Ind.i: and Mr. - G, E. Doughty, of Ciscinnatl, were gueats of Oak, Park this week. opened last Monday, Im: a The public.school weelk's vacation. — . FEVANSTON. . Yor Tha election of membera for the Board of Eda= cation ook place Eaturdny. In the First District, Mensra, W, O, White sud E. L. Barrows were elected District No, 2, Jamet 8, Kiek; Disteict. No. 4, br. 0. 8. Jen 1n District No, &, S, D., Childs waa elected for _the full-term, and A. Bur- rougha was elected to 81 the vacancy. ' . - ——— AUSTIN. The Citlzens’ Independent ticket hae gafned the day, to the surprise of ull,parties, the majorily, In the First Precinct fur the ticket headed by Mr. Wood heing very large, but ‘the other precinct: readily overcame this majority. Brighton and the! car-ahops voting the Citlzens’ ficket. ————— BIRD-SHOW. : Nearly 1,000 Canariea—Bulifinches, Gold' finches, nud Many Other Feathorod Won ders. London Telegravh. : There are tn this siiow neatly 2,000 ootries, the actual pumber being about 60 over any provious' total. Asn whole, the quality of the vast dif play is almost a8 remarkable as ita quantity, and, except for the aweeping alaqualification of foreign bullfinclies, boldly cntercd as British birds, no class has suffered” detraction from the genernl pralac awanded it by the judges. The canaries are a wonderful colloction, numbering, 92, which ara distributed through thirty-thres cassea Independent of muoles; and there are among the gotdtinches somne of the inost adnlra- hly—n’.ngcmml and well-colored birds ‘ever acen, Between Mr. AManchan's first prizo goldfinch, on which the selting price of 10 guin~ eas {s set, and Mr, James el's bird, whicl took the pecond prize, little difference of merls was A gncn; to the well qualified tribuual. The goY medal for a collection of forelgn birds, frrespective of class, wos awarded to Dr. Carl Russ, the German naturalist, -llustrations of whose great work on caged birde are aleo exhibd ited. This well-known authue and natursl hiss torian haa sent his curlously-Intereating contris butfon to this show from Stegtotz, near Berling and ns a proof that bis zeal fs not unattended by care for the health and comfarta of his birds, the whola of_his beautiful collection are in pers fect trim. The mules are the strong polat in this remarkable array, and, perhaps, the rarest of the rare in that division of Dr. Russ' aria is & wale cross between a dismond - Sparrow an 2 zebra fluch, in connection with this notable display of Lirds from the J'russian Capital muy be seen by inauirera—though it is not one of tho objevts named in the cataloque—n case contains Ing turee small syuare cages constructed for tha Sorwarding of birds by post. Without sceing this Ingenious contrivance, which is cxtensively used fo Geemany, it would bo difficult to fmoge ine auvthing of Ite kind so exempt from any fin- putation of crueity, Ventlfation Is thoroughly secured without thiat bane of all feathered fuvor- ftes fu captivicy—a draught, -A clover arrauges ment admita of the bird being provisfoved for three days;and, to prevent the water splashing, it In contalned in sponges, neatly and cfllclently confined in mhiature vaPihen jars. Binls have thus heen posted from Berlin to St. Petersbur, and likewlse to Englana and France, though on reaching the Belgian frontier the cases are trans- ferred from the Post-Otlice toa parcels convey- ance. It ia creditable ‘to tha Customs Depart- ment that theso living packages have reachod this country with tho seals unbroken. In Lr Russ’ bighlytnstructive collection are many cu- rious birds’ nests depending froma large bongt, In proximity with the varled show aflurded by Dr.'Russare o few cannries which arrlved fn England too late to be entered fn this exhibi- tlon. Though thoy are not to be found, theree fore, in the catalogue, they wili remain, wo be- leve, ln thetr present position, and they are de- cidedly worth notice. These canurses, which are of rure vocal power, witn "o dell:filunl softness of uote, have been brod oy Herr Keydell, at St, Audreastieeg, In the Hartz Mouutalns, where, it is mt‘ll.' sapeseed of pecullur excellence i8 culti~ Vate 4 Balancing Dr. Rusa’ collection, on one side of the upper end of the pavilion containlng this shiow, fn snother assemblage of rare spechincns, equal, If nut superior, to the Steelotz cotlection, The exhibltor of the sccond display, however, considerately witbheld his same from the petition, on the grouud that, having g av within easy distance of the Crystal P wonld not be fafr to contest the palin of victory with » geutlewan sendiug his bieda from Bealit. The distingulshed amatenr who for this gener- ous scusun shows suouyuiously, and thus dle qualifies biwscll for taking 2 prize, contributes tion, We can only magnlticiently to the extibi m:tu briet “nentfon of nis most strikingly- roraineut examples ; as, for instanco, two shor Ynllcll glossy starlings, from Africa: a gray headled pagodn bird, breld by the exhibitor; & Chinese dwarf quall, of a° dark-greenish plu- mage s au lodianbutoul, whose eggs arcexuibited § an Austrullan-pazsun fnch, bred by the oxhib- Itor last year: & red-talled Australiav finch, of o specles which haa very 1arely been described by Eurupean uaturalists, aud never, one-way say, correctly, for the reason that the dead apecimens 4 not stiow a wirange ring of white charmeter- izlug the eye of tue living bird; a South Ameri- can flnch, with & concealed crest, like u tyrant ahrikes ond 8 Paradixe Whydal, whichi 1s re- narkable tor wasuming 8 nubtial ‘Slum:u:u that entirely changes {tsaspect. The tall featners of this bird, shed lnst Lecember, are shuwn by the slde of fté caze, wficlln-r with a stuflfed spock- men of the species, by way of exenplifying the remarkable change which It undergues at differ- ent times of the year, There are tally as many wondera scattered l.hmufm the shuw as are usually 1o bo found. A singuluriy-ing toucan, euperfuously describod as /ta South American toucsn,” aceing that this groupof birds is entlrely contined to Bouth Amvrica, had eaten nls number, so that ingule rles hadta bowede hefore hie could with certaluty hefdentified g» belovging ta Mr. John Drake, The bird, with {ts encrinously large but very teht mod spovey il s said to be exceedingly tame, sociable, snd fupd of clildren. Moreover, visltors are tnformed that they may feed it with histults, spples, or fruft of any kind. ‘That Jow vowedian of ornithology, the laughing fackass, 18 1150 exhibited by the owner of the toucan, s & very clever, loguucious, snd muelcal Austra- lian plping crow, Hut i, Drake's most notahle coutribution is that wirsnce bird, the green candiual, whose red-tisged wings, when sttepod 1n water, will yleld fu appreciable quuntitices the uro copper which the feattcra Baye the extraore inary power of sceretiuz, Mr E, Hawkis shows a scarlet lory, the very highest type o! rarrot, particularly well represcuted Uy this apevimen. - Wo look with & peculinr futerest, just tow, on the siow bunting exhibited by Mr ', 11, Towneud, this belng theXind of blrdsecn by the naturslists of the recent Arctic Expedie \d’mn(nr uorth as laud extended, Alwast od nearly polar {v Its habitat fs the menly redpols, sbowa by Mr. Tuirkettlo; the cptiuon redpole, stranics Lo say, hus uever been kunowu to icad avywhere out ot Baglead, though it freq@untly migrates bevond the northern scas, Willous & s white blackbird," no bird show at the Crystsl Falaco would becowplete, nud wesre, theretaze, glad toanvoitnee thuta blackbindas whitv assnow will be found n this exhibltion. There is adls- od-speuimens, fu which cowpetition the firsk {!lrlu hai fallen to ur, B, A, Prutit; anit the sbuw of birdages, lawn-aviarics, aud vther objecta of th1 kind, willzinterest & ilfl;u cluss of "visitors, —— Growth of Taxstion in New York City, 1n 1830 the taxation was only 83 per head af pnflln;l;fi];nln lu:\(; &Ii h':nl' 'EE:J to txs erl ‘hcw and fu was er_ head, exclusive of - The interest on the debk. In 183 the rate_of taxation was 35-100 of 1 ver cent; in 1850 it wos 1.14 per vent; {n 1800 tue valuation of property Lad been doubled, and yet the raie was 1.60; in 1570 1t was 217 per cent; tn 1877 it is 267, e Uclp for fho weak, servous and debhitated;. chronlc aud painful dikcascs cured without suedls cinw. Elcctric Bolts and otber sppliauces. all sbout tbei, and Low o distinguish the genuius frus the spusious, Hook, with full particulars, matled fene. Aildrees polverulscer Galvaulo Company, 204 Vie i i 3 SR pe sl