Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1877, Page 2

T : THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: WHRDNESDAY MAY 16, 1877. " STATE AFFAIRS. THE SOUTH PARKS. | 0fehoonsiat ot heprice on the stiqpbereet: misfoners porchased of Mr, and Mre. Kimbark rome of the Jand, which Iles within ‘the 2 park Nmits, and tonk the cpmlen of i by 3 f Report of the Legislative Come | tme .mx s memiem o ofy, My fi3 shonld the nmgwr fixit, Animpartial third party ahould make the inspection. THAT PARTY WAS THE STATE TIRNSELY, represcntingall partice. As for the barley casa that had beon cited, ho had this to say: 1t the warchonfeman didn't know his hasin tallmonts swere thus carried, they bore but 7 per cent interest. Ilnd the landg been returned and #old, their redemption wanld have cost more, The proof showed that Menara. Pesrce and Dene amin wers joint owners of land subject to the uth Park apecial amaessment. That Mr, Pearce agn Mr, Farr, In enmpany with Qeorge Frink, waa | {s sonpht ta_be bros el in ranming astege-tine from Arattieboro I nahe, sl Vt.o to Springficld, Maes, o came to Tllingit severa) yoara ago, and scilled in this city, 1o Icuvflu fwo or threa children and meveral grand- children. out, Tt tn al rombie tnathe Interentrof Ciengo "l ot 1 enetted by Any ntep which will weaken the post diam of {ho'Crand Temne, i nnly trinprasy: lomething orothan & year he New Y Central tried fo break llnwl{lhd "z;l‘lflll 'L;"ru'v' bt " o , 1 waa tho Treasnrer of the Commission, and that whilat this ¢fTort was being made, ) Extended Discussion Yester= | hadno tnsinens togo into . 11 he lnmned | mittee Giving the Results of tne title. “Althouga the erldenceahows that (i | e, enjamin had ehacge of iho lr'rlrl extato thiin TIIE RALLROADS. },eingln cagrieg slmply o New e, tne Grand T o . . N rm nelther charged nor received anything for | jointly owned. That Mr. Greenjeal nccepted o ‘anadns, the New York Centeal prople woe 3 day of Senate Bill ((4 m-;;f;fugg_g;'[{},".;:';_';;q,f';;gm:‘l"';I-.n"m i of Its Investigations: thele opinion, And tiat it wa< entirely currect, and | promitsory note In payment of & portion of th axe 5 RS e most cArefal to inatrnet thelr ngent 110t to hreak the Fates ta New York, ne the (irand 1‘runh§( hatn comparntively small interest in that business, 1y s course they mado It perfectyy apparent. that ; wad not gut of ‘any love for the foterestu of Chica. giving the gexln-inepection to the memaeenof the that there 1s 1o basta for & susvicion that it oc- joard of Trade who had come here begring the Leglelatate 1o pasa s law probibiting thelr fellow- members bleaching and polishing up barler. reasment, and that the nefe was careleil n year or moro befors it was pald, We cannot hesitate to CONDEMN TIIS ACTION % of Mr. Greenteal, 1t I probably tene that’ he i FAST PASSENGER TIRATNS. il the House. Tt scems now na it tho Wabash Road and the Canada Southern witl not encounter a8 mach com-. . - :rlrrmll ‘? l"“!l‘rh l:le‘lhlbtr of "l‘lld fdrm, 0I|' u(fllfl; “ommissioner, 1l e transaction wam in au; They Find Many Things Looscly | way impropes, neverinele e WHink It A prac: g o i tica which shonld not be in tarked the instaliments pald In’ iood faith, fally | petition on the fast passengor business as wan at | go; or the prodicérain the Woat, that they ro. Tho Debate Watched on All Sides %::rzE!r:-:l’wg“-'u:‘xr‘-"n?‘f"hfe'::‘rflnfi:ufifi.‘ficfilr:; Dong, bue Nothing' Fraud ANOTHER REAL-ESTATR TRANSACTION Dediawing that he would Fecelve the money oi prer | Rret ubtigecd, ity managers of the Chlcago ke raton, hut mimply 10 Injurs » €ompeting e ced by mombors against members, ought not 10 merita notlee, One . 1, Pnillips claimed 10 own ulently Done. 5 1100 nceon of 1and Lying within the park boundaries. The evidence shows that he sought to ecll it to the Commlssioners, flecoming wearied of him, they Censure Freely Administered in Rafor- | Instructed Judge Becawith to negotiate A purcha sentation of the billa, a8 ho did In the case of Mr. Bidway: but why, when ho found hinmelf cheuted and decoived, dfd he not inclnde tho Iands in his next delinquent liet? Ile annwers that lie tien still hoped to get the money. \We cannot admit fta The whole trade of the country has been disturhig hy the consgant fluctaatlons in frelzht eharges which avo taken placo durng the last tweive months, and the situation (o-day I8 an cxaet canp. ferpart i that which exiated prior to- thycom. tonds kiow from experience that tho ranning of such tralna in neither practicabio nor ndvisable, and henee thefr reluctancy to go Into competition with the nbove-named roads, 8o mach with Exceeding Interest. have the power of § B "Mr. Haines, anid (he fact was that the aw hiad :.nkfleu the grain Inspection at Chicago and tho grain rade . o PR e, 3 4 = "And why dii not the Commissloners, mencement of hostifitles in 18 A} 1 e TR INAOLT) B e Necworlth amtescd| whrwore e Favored ot diacoverng that ey | CHaln Liate wajurity of thie Chicago ron e nd Adjournment of tho House Before | Tue statesentan Inspector there to dictate to the enco to Soveral Questionable e et PhT e choreny ne méracd | Conld not nay, divect tho. Collector to reprn thelr | Tun no fast traine for the prosent in apposition to FHE ATRE BN, o A Tt omauid e No, 3 or No. . Then Transactions, 10 canvoy tio 1and to the Commissioners for 8500 | Jamis, Would they not have given such direction | the Wabnsh traln, bat will adhero to the regular i Baile e et Coming ‘to a Vote on the Shen It woald not nspct ontas it had been ine peracre; the Commbeloners to defray, frons the [ in the casg of others simitlarly situnted iptctal Diepatch fo The Tribune. time-table which went into offect last Mondsy. The firsfr the Chicago ronds which decided to let fast_trains mlone, no matter what the other Ttonds mhonid _do,° was ine Lake Shore & Michignn Suuthern. 1t I8 claimed by tho managera of this 1ino_that the fast traln on the Wabnali and Canada Sunthorn cannot hurt them in the lenat, for soveral reasans, In the firet place, the pevpic, nnd eapeciatiyjthe merchanta, t apecied in by the Stato the warehouseman, wo were told, was to stand the lons, The previous queation was moved and roll-eall commenced, when Mz, De Lany atked Jeave to ex- plain his vole. Ho sald he had been urged to sup- port the bill. But he had made Inquiries for him- neif, and wan ratisfied that no change in the Inspec- tion was deafrable. He shoukl vots against tho, blil, The vote was as follows: Jarkefaniey he expense o llgation, the anunt Hicreof 10" o dedneted Trom ‘the conalderntion No Evidenco of Dishonesly, Fraud, or =..‘.t,'.t.';|l..‘mi‘u',;2 Fuilipe tiflo should e maine 3 nined, bul ng nosccnrity that Philiios, who wa Gross m:'“'l‘(““gls“l‘“"‘ of the and i lmolrnmfnnut bt clim o i ‘wonld repay such expe: ¢ thus advances in care Park Affulrss T bitie Sl L. This contract wan execnted in duplicate, Phillips and Heckwith each taking & Special DispateA 1o The Tribune, . vopy: knnwledge of its execution wan communi- Nzw Yonk, May 15.—The trunk-line managory are stlll conldering the puoling of went-bonnd frelght. 1n regard to thelr meeting yesterday iy Timensays: **1t oppoars the menngers of thess 1ines have ot Iast coniclnded the raflrond war musp be brought toan‘end If they wiak to conlinne to pay dividends to thelr stockholders, The offect of (had thera been much others), and conll they afford, ns guaedl: 'of n great public trust, to tr differently and ctter than others. 'The Cummissioners not in- volved In this favoritism -may not have known of it extstenco, 1f they know of It, they should not have folerated 183 if thoy d1d not know of it, may It not be sald that they were inattentive? FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. Measure. i . Rejection by the Senate of the Board-of-Trade Inspec« 3 " ok &l by Beckwith o the Cominlssioners, who in- antrzath ? o ts. | Wil prefer to remalg In the city uutil 5 o'clock p. | the Inst year's courso has convinced them nelttier tion Bill. Hpsc il SrnrarieLn, fl., May 15.—Tho South Park Tn- | Gt by Heckwith lo the Comnlitionces, whio In- | On the orantzation of e ot o cmeray, | m. ruther tian to lehve hore atd p. m., or shottly | raad waa stronz enough to entor into a compotition R B fodess. T seatigating Committee thls morning made the fol- | and thus auvertised that they had murchared tha | Durloy e admiiisteation tho Geet norles of bomdn | Aficr which would eut up the wholo afternuotl. | jaevitably ending mn bankruntcy, anid the poor . fluctien, Rupen e earth, lowing report, which was ocdered printed for uso | wo-calicd Pillipe tract at $300 per acto: hut leck- | wera lesacd, and, through ou aerangoment wisn | Then 1t war domonstratod It yeas that & marily | outlook for the carring trade during the coml peariura, Lee Tnlwero, of the House: st never dellrered to the Commissioncrs the | tac American Kxchango Natlunal bank of Now e e D B T o I A enta: | scanon broughit the matter eo near hom lo each 3 copy of the contrac 3 o he LEd X e L, n L] ay o 'y e The BIll Appropriating 850,000 Hisamer tdaie, corsanecisl commitios Mppaloied to tnyeclinte Chldng Into this contract, Reckwitt in his own | 1670, Gen. Srtli reslgned snd. Iho vacancy wan | esides there woald arlse no bonedt o Uie pammens | that: {t was conaldered that effoctiva meanures to the Douglas Mounument reher, My cated In Cook County respecttully present the fol- | behalf, entered inton contract with Phillips, by | filled by the election of I, Irving 'eacce, wha still | £75% froi taking such (rainx, O tho contra should bo adopted in time to hava everytbing In Tid reber, Qlamtord, Yayborne, T T oot ey T ine "Pacie | the terma of which It wwas agreed that Heckwith | continics to occupy the position of “breasuror, | would entail apon them additional expense. AF | working order for tho autumn trade. In proof of Awaiting Signature. EE R §E e Clearo s Shacl bpun, ose o | hovdhare Sanerch i n, s, ok S | Ml rad sl it e Copnimoniing | sty Ry Yk bl 10 nd 1 Slaockat | (e 1 il boonly necoary o’ e irows, 1 Itongns, of Taze. | March 20, 1877, We roon discovered they weraof | s BRReqiet taredh (0 SORLLEN T CHand 1o the | ahout S00, 000, Ty cn ha oating deDtof | ight, compelling paecnuers to putnp ot o hotel | Ine tha fguros at which feelght . ot o - great magnitude, and that we were ltkely o ac- | LY him ! e woull personally e | about $U00,000. Tho cistom uf lsuiny certhlcaton | kMG camneling Protenticrh 0 BECTE 01 8 T80 e T ot " i . # of the Philltpe title. This contract was | of indebtednes seas then adopted, and Chaunce or the nigh i 1C Is mnow carrle 'no estimated . dlstane, . Passage of the General Revenue | Jis, - fmi R, of ook | compliay b il whhout amlance, e iiteg | Biowo “oRetutes tn dupliate, Heckwiih bt | % Bowen, then Frouhlont iria appainied finas | buaincrs anifthe next dey. o tocoiae, Uming | from New York to bbicuyo uoon which e reigia ' Bill by the Senate After Foulicls Mimball, Whitde-ar. | inforenteds recelead fn responas 8 wender by somte | LIPS S0k (aking 8 o0 JAiRe Bege: | el Anent, e BT (B (SSOUIIE M ireres | Yoric in o worntag, ikt e vasasuera | tariffe bived b 667 e Bl 1e wverage cortof 3 of J. J. . - | tween Bimself and Phillips .\vag miere form, rervicesaf J, ), Hernei and k. . Stasun, attor- | RiEen, Mol A0 ool thal o ‘shanld. de- swittels were acceptedl, and to whoso valuabie aidwe | five any benedt:therefrom: that, at a later date, are laryoly Indebied for tha results accomplished, | Withoutauy conadoratiun, e executed nu nesin- e e a0 favored by tho Cammisatoners, whose | mentof it 1o th Commissioners, but he did not conduct we investigated, with s copy of (he sten. | #tate, nlthoughy ample wpportunity was aonled, ographie report of our procecdings. Tho widvet | B0 on for muking the contract If It was to bo pnhlfi:lly way given to our mission, that all who fel¢ | Fekarded us inere form, orns taken fur the benott Rgrioved. Uy tho nction of the Commixe | ©f tiie Comulssionecs, Il¢ teatifiod thit ho in- wsoners or suepected anything wrong in thelir of- forined the Commissloners of th exiatence of thi ficlal conduct mieht be fully heard, We futind:no fgl’lf;fl';;:&’lmggr :mgle "Ji M"fl" He il ) 3 o' ons able or willlng to make a’ specific charge threa oF the shicte Cotmi Mr. Roblnson, of Cook, yoted no in orilor to move :‘ reconsldoration, which he gave notico he would 9, chance to spenrl the night In the sleeping-car, sav- ing the botel-bill and enabling them to atlend to buniness just as soon an thone who arrived the pre- vius nignt.Awido from all thia, s arwed tho cuple will prefer to go on o eafe, frat-clasa rosd, ko are, Ruwever, mome Failrosd men who claim thut the Michtean Roathern {a_taking tiln position by directlon of the managers of the New York Centrul, who nre interesiod fn the Wabash and Canada Southern fast train, The wanngera of the Chicago, Rock T Pacille, the Chicago & Northwestern, and t| cago, Mibwaukee & 8¢, Paul Taflroads carrying one tonef freight onc millo fa seven-teniy ofamill, Grain s now bronght from Chicago to New York at {10 centa per 100 ponfids, .or nt the rato of $00 per car-losd of ton tons, At -seven. tanths of a mill pergnila for HOO milea it will cost $07.41 to bring & car-lood of grain to’ New York benides chargen for lighternge and towage, whiey the roads have to pay, Tho rates now pald on the reater part of weal-bound frolghts mro much con than the above, ummnf:h the present tarifd fg e fact that, during th mnry to make, by went to New York and assumed confdentinl onsiness relations with the Amorican Exchange Bank, which still continued {o be the desienated place of paynient of the South Park bonde, coupons, and othes indebtedness, Owing 40 the fact thst.it was not known to tho home ffice huw much of this muturing Indehtedncss would be prescniud af any ane timo, the castom of sending Mr. Bowen blank certiieates of indebted- near, Which hy was 1o 611 up and negotiate frum tne to time, an necensity requized, wad adopted, Honda were also sent to him o dispane of, and the Much Deliberation. THE STORAGE BILL. A motlon was made Lo reconmider the vote by which yestenday the bill fxing rates of watehouss storago was defented waa Laken up and lost.” JAUKSON AND WILLIAMSON, ‘Tha Sennls concarred in the fuouse amendments 1o the biil making appropriationa for the Normal Senoul nt Carbondale: airo an nwendment to tho bill moking appropristion to efrsy the cxpenea uf The Militia Bill Appropriating $40,000 Finally Bent to the Governor. ILLINOIS, ERNATE DILL 114 IN THE 1ICUSE, ‘Bpestal Dispatch to The Tridune. higher, ~‘This arlses (rom ¢| e B % sloners, and James M e, | funds arlaing from both these sourcey were pluced flmld var, many coniracts which B R B T T e it i | " Oeation o e WO Canniy putluwe. againat any one ot noro of the Commissionerss &% | Whn wore appointod lates. teatined ot they Lad | n 1 American Rxchango Bank Lo the crodit of |, com (0 the conclaslon that 1t waull be better for | {i Towent Wil ot expirn L Fare. TTeoak that providing for 'the rénssessment of capital [ 3fr. Winter's Li umnhl Wwin passed. Thialstho | On tlic conteary, those citizens who furnished ua | 110 knowledgo of it, nnd thut unthl tho develops | J, frving Dearce, Truasuter Statoments were their intereats not o compete with tho Wabus! {3 Ueen gencrally conceded that the diMculiles among the freight) lincs are dua to the fact that the carry- fng. :n‘n:lly greatly excecds the smount produced in tho West, and this In the face of th great in- crenso In_agricultura) and other products within the past few years, This trouble will last somo time, notwithstanding the ropld development of new felds of labor gnd now industries west of Omsha. A good transportation . business s now dano on_bhoth - the Unlon and Central Tacific lines, and the old mining businces along them {8 generally prosperous, and stock business on the former {s Increasing largely, 'The new mines in the Black iills. now atttacting so much attentlon, will sonn bo crowded yith miners and xpeculatore, and & new scction of country will bo developed. 1t may bestated that the Unlon Pacific Rallroad Com- pany has ‘airendy purchased 6,000 tons of slecl ails, and next ‘month will begin to constrct a branch line from a convenlent potgt on the Unlon Pacific to Fort Laramle, 8 distance of about 100 miles, on tho route to tho Biack Ililin. Iesides ltoad, sethe it ahout 4 o'cloék p. m. hud been giving gencral patinfaction .and_they bave decldedto adhere to the present time-tables, The General Buperintendent of tho Miclilgan Central telographed here yesterday that it hiad been decided not to run & fast trafn on his rond for the present, The $ilinols Central manae gors hiave also come 1o the conclusion that the fast train on the Wabash would hurt thelr Intarosts but very lttle, and they will therefora also adhore to theregulor time. The managers of the Chicago, urlington & Quincy are, however, of the opinfon that the Chicago roads, and enpecially those known na the Towa roads, cannot alford o let the Wabash ling have its way, as the latter would harm their Intorests considerably, The regolar Omaha traina of the three fowalinex reach Burlington a1 6 o'clock a,1m.,8nd the tralns of the Tolodo, Pooria & Warsaw, Which is o party to thg Wabuwh_fant-train orrange ment, waits there until theso trains arrive. This would give the passengers from Umaha and points between that place and Lurlington s chance to 8 v c f_arriving hero such Important help expressly disclatmed all def- | Mentsof our investivation they Lad belioved that L Thite knowiedge of aay praprlety of contucton | they wees obligated 1o pay Pldllie _the the part of the. Comminsioners, We also sonn | full sum Cof 8800 per’ acre. wo learned that wo were deallng with charges agninst | 0 more - of = them, iowover, testified tha men who held bigh rank as honorablo gentlomen, ) ey hod tecelved ~vaguo hints by. stroct. We entered upon tho investigation with a detar- | Tumors of the existenco of some suclt contract, but snination 10 criticine and censuro If the evidenca | RO one of them mnmfltcd to trace the rumor to fis Phould demnnd 1. and fesolved that injusticoshould | #ource, o ihquirs of Seckwish rolntive to the mat- Do done to no man. - While wo permiited, from tho | Lcf, extept v, Cornell, who teatified that o fn- nocessity of tlic Iw, the widest posmiblo Iatitudo | Anired of Mr. Ayer or Rnles relative to the mattor, nihe Tacroduction of evidence, yet, in forming | Anu was Informed that If nuy such conteact existed our concluslons, we hiavo endeuvored to couslor | It was for tho bonoflt uf the Cominissiunera, W hy nothing but legal evldence, and hnve souxht toap- | it did not occur to Nir. Comell 1o fuquire of Mr. iy the rale that what dves not elearly appear does | Deekivith, barty to " the cuntruct, and the agent Botexiat, Cllow well we have succeeded othees | ©f the Commisslon, waa not cxplained. dudyro Will judge, snd, whiatever the Sudymont, we bupa | Beckwith testitied that hls conles of tho contracts that it will be conceded, oven by thoss ‘whom we | Were dastroyed in the great 8ro, Wo then Tave felt constralned to cenaure, that Wwe only BOUGHT TO BUBIENA PHILLAPS, i sought to do our duty, and compel 8 productiun “of hls coples of the con- The sesslun {s now 80 near its close, and our | tracte, but he ovaded servico and loit tho city, or duties on the floor so impuitant, that it I"I'“Eg mado awaeg of this fact bill lrvady passed In the Hoose, which makes the puanishmont for sale to minors, or toa person In- toxicated, fine or Imprisvament, insteadof fine and imprieonnient. It now goes {o the Uoyernor fur his approval, aent Lo the Treasurer from time to tinie, by which he was informed of the condition of hisxccount. e, Bowen drew agaiust thia account as Prosident of the Hoard of south Park Commlssioners, and applled the money to the payment of Fark In- devtedness, 'Fhje practico scoms to have been to wome extent acquivaced i by the Doard, a4 these cheeks, when returned” to the Come misslon, accompanica by tho proper vouchers, lhowlmi that the moncy Lisd bean uscd for tie pays ment ot Park indeblodnass, \were rocognized nid audited, This Irregular method ‘of ~ checking agulnst the fonds resulted fn the nccount being sometimes overdrawn, It Js due (o Mr. Pearce, the Treasnrer, to say that he protested nanunu]l{ and by letter to the Apcrican Exchangu Hanl againat allowlng any one to chock nst hia oce count oxcept himeell; nevertholoss hic permittod ruch pructico to continue. 'Tho Tressurcr's re. port, made fu July, 18 statement of account stock of incorporated compantcs for 1873, 1874, and 1875--was the speclul order for this morning st10 o'clock. Asthat hout approsched the crowd upon tho floor increased, Benstors and outalders + flocked In, the lubbles were thronged, and there waa every manifestation of the Interest felt In the approaching debute upon the bill that has veen miost talked nbunt,—the Lill the supporters of wiifch have been most uminonsly threatenod with Granger vengeance,—tho bill about which there bas been most talk of a ** lobby," and which of all bills this acsslon haa been MOST INJURED DY INJUDICIOUS OUTSIDS INFLU- excn supposed to be operating in its support. The bill wos read a sscond time, and, on motion of Mr. Matthows, tho llousc nmeundmonts were TAX-COLLECTION, The biil relative to the enforcemont of judg- ments for taxes was passed. It provides that e cution shall esuc when the judguient in a tax-ci Is confirmed by the Supreme Court, and dispenscs with the necessity of sending the case back. APPIOPRIATIONS. T'he bill making appropriation for the Jackson- ville [nsane Asyium, and tho Contingeat Appro- priatiun bill, were both paseod, . 7118 BUPREMR COURT REPORTRR'S BILL ‘wad roported buck from tho Conference Committea with amendments, which were adopted, snd the bill 88 aniended passed, The smenuments §2 the mlary uf the Reporter st $1,000 s year, und lmit the price of tho reports to $2,25 a volume. wis uecumi:lnlml bya ini ween himself and gu Amgricun Exchango Dank, ‘This statcment fhd Al | secreted himself af ble, éveu If desirable, to prepare a very eluborate [ that we needed biu testimony, ‘§'ho evidence showas 1t New Yotk nine hours ke that by gol the communlcation with the West aflurded by the adopted. DoUGLAS. and cxhaostive report. = We have, and prexent | that the Commissioners by thelr t ba a | e Treasure port Included many checksdrawn | Scock New York nina houts wouuee thai by golng | woypy Yines proper and the Grand Trank, of Cana e ol ofered the followlng smendment to | . Thobill appropriating 850,000 for the complo- | Boc S s copy uf out entire proceedinge And.t0 | with Lsilies Tor a_ dtlo Then and now 1t diapiiod | 0y Me. Bowen and pald by th Uank from the funds | hrest via Chicage, It le tho oinion uf the burc tion of the Douglns monument was taken up, and, withuut debate, possed, Upon spproval by the Governor 1t will becomo a law. 8, the Chewspeako & Olio ltallroad Campany Bee: 1, which was adoptad: must be constdered a competitor in the tranwporta- Proviied, that nosuch reviow or reaswasment snall 1ington manngers that Chicago cannot afford to fose it and to many exhibits wo must refer all who do- | bound themselves to pay the expense of Mtizution, thuse ninc hours, and thut something wuskbe done of the Cowmmisslon. For some of thess proper sire minatenesn of detail, with no sccurity for relmbursenicnt in caxs the youchers had not been furnished by Mr Dowen, * board, During the prasent ; i tie compelition uf tho Wabsh. An | 1oB of corn to the sca 4 tho presen Rl 5 TPor tnfusmation s to how many acres of land | ttlo falled that thuy have advanced fron 410,040 | Bnd the Commistion doclined tonudit thom for this | 40 bead of b soanon they have alrendy bronght about 930,000 }5;"-’@3:‘.'&'-’3. e s él'\‘:’xm';'if?{&"‘"u“.‘l’fl-" IR THE THAPEZE. priorinfurmation ag 1o how Many STsnofiand | titig falleds that they haww alvanced from $10,000 | FiL ot “ahout this e -va - mersorsmunt ac. | SOfE 1n now belug made by thd munagers of thia | Sushclytrom the WWest, and have Sontracts o brins jcgally nssesscd, upon Its tangible property. The bill {¢make fu 8 penal offense to exhibit children on téapeze performances smd other peril- otig shows was gx sed, and, upon spproval by the Uovernor, sill become law, TUR GENERAL JEVENUE BILL, was taken up on final passage, snd Mr, 'Whiting took the floor and sharply criticised the Senafu smendments, porticularly that rolating to the taxu- tlon of Intangivle properiy, He charged that vut- side Inilucnces bad boen Lrought tu bear to pat the Uil through, He also was severo in his wtrictures Il([lflll tae smendments by which Nationel Bank sliares were exempted froin taxatlon. Mr. Parlsh nlan oppaned the bill borcause of thisexomption. 'The bill was passcd,—~nyes, 28; noes, 14, ~nnd now goes to tne Ilonse for concurrence, On the awendmant the voto was a5 follows! rond and of the Clicagn & Alton to Induca the wanagers of the Plttsourg & Fort Wayne to run o fast traln, which should leave hero at 4:10 p. mh, & balf an lLour soouer than tha regular time. This would glve them a chence to connect with all the Westorn;ronds, and only the Turlington & Alton would hava to cong In twenty minutes shead of the rngn ar time. Tho North- western coucs in at 3: 0w, and the Burling. ton & Alton by coming in twenty minutes sooucr, as proposedabove, would alko leave at 3:40. gl uil thewe tines a margin of fifty minutes, e N Paul, which comes in at 4, funs into tho rame depot as the Plttsburg & Fort Wayne, and half an hour would be sufiiclent time for them (o connect, Tho Hock Island ltoad, which alev comoa In at 4, and boulcsards, and how many mora are coutem- | lips was to rocelve from the Commisslon plated to b ‘Rllrchmd. from whom sald landhveto.| ers $000 por ncre, snd yet tho Commis- purchasod, dute of purchase, And wrice pald pet | sioncra wore to puy Phillips $500 per acre: that Bere in oach Iatancas the amonnt of taxor ralsed | thy Commisvionera were to pay. Philiips S100, 000 diroctly and indirectiy for the purchasc and im- | for the land, and taat Philtlps was to rocelve from Jrovement of Iands e tau daLo of tha frst pur- | 4 Commisslonors SI20,000 for the' mame. dand. chase, the cust of levying sud collucting eaid tax, | We wish wo could find some explanation of this ro- and the objocts, purposcs, and items for which [ markablo procedure, but there Is absolutely none. rald faxew o ralsed were exbended s tho amount of | Judwe Heckwith, tho only witncss testifving to the bonde, 1f any. Which have boen fasticd and hiold by | contructs,~Phillips 'mhf eluded us, —stated that suidCompisaloners, for. what amount sold, com. | that between hivself and Uilips was et form— milwslun of gelling, and to whum pald,, end what | why, then, make ft? That Philllps was to receive disposition has been made of ull procceds, we re- | from the Commiasjuners $000 per acre—why, then, fer'tu the statements and exhibits accompanylng | Inwert 3500 per acre? But {n this the evidouco this report. = dovs “nut show that elther ~Commissioner THE NEWSPAPELS. .Avua benelitod or expected to be, But I8 It not rea- count™ wae opened againat the American Ex- change Bank. 'This account was fonad by jthe nc- countant of yoor Committee, Mr, Davie, ‘upon his cxamination of the buoks of the Commlssioners, and 1t shows an adjusted halunce against tho Americon Exchange Bank of $72,441.30, whilo tho Books of tho-bunk show but a small bslance In faxor of the Park Commisslonors, 'Ilifs discrop- uncy ariscs from the fact that the bank received the checks of Chauncey T. Howen, President, and ‘mll.l them from Park funds, as stated, and the foard refused to andit them unaccompanled by tho proper. youchers, ‘Thera were exhibited to tho Commiltco checks and vodchers which 1t 1s admit- ted by tho dnditor, Mr, Sidway, and Mr, Davic, the accountant, entitle Mr. Bowen to a credit upon about 100,000 bushiels more, Thin road, which now runa from ltichmond, Va. ! to Inntington, on thio Ohlo River, shipa its¢rain by schooner from Richmond ta Now York, and places it alungside of vensols for $urope freoof charge. This road wil goon luyve au all-eall cannection with the West via Mount Bterling, Ky., on the lino of the Lexinzton & Blg Sandy Raltrosd. It will nut, however, bo regarded in tho trunk-line agrocment in rugard to pooling frofght,” TIIE GALENA NARROW-QAUGE, 8pecial Dispateh to The Tribune. GALENA, 111, Muy 15, —A competent Englneer, nccompanied by a corps of assistants, left thisclty Mr. Daldwin moved to strike out the cnacting clause. Inaon elaborate speach In support of his motlon, Mr. Naldwin srgued that the proposltion embodied in the bill WAB INIQUITOUS AND SITOULD LR OFFOSED AT * BVERY STEP. A lobby were hero to put it- throngh—which he characterleed as the mast formidable lobby eent herc for years, Ifo clafied that the heavy rallrosd companies—a number af them—had slded spd con- nived at snch extravagant sssessmont of their capl- 1al stock ns could pot ba upheld by the courts, Dut thoy had been folled fn thele attempt to ke tho copnection ‘with the Pittsburg & Fort Thete In no evidence warrantinz the bellaf that | “sonable fo hold the managers of sa fmportanta | hlnaccount of $10,000, leaving tho amount upac- | W v yesterday for the purpose of aurvoying the route of /dfy the power Of tho Stata: by tha courte, vEAN, * any s of taoiory boiids etlieuts, ciieck, lob | publlc trunt responalblo fur tho conducl of tho | sunied for, atout SLAELIY, 1t la claimed by e O bt o ers and Weyr | the proposed extenslon of the nartow-gango foad rechr, Manna, B4, fand, or other arifclo or thinz of value ia been | Rzents whom thcy may select, and cepecially ina | MF. 1Sowen that nore of thebroceeds of the bunds | SR RTRE S v iin s tloien In order to boat the Wa- | from Pafllips’ C 1o Wingville, Tho original which had anstained tha tights of tne poople. | fIce! Tierdiman, TN (razs | Batd: Gireetiy ot imairecliv, ta the owher editor, | tranaotion Lke thik, whon thoy were notobliged | OF obher wecurifies with which o was Intrasted [ York Infwenty;uinohoues o ovder io botbine Nac | from Fulltipst Coruars to Wingrlile. The tve -~ Now tho compaules came Licra aftor having foucht | Bushler, Jiodiens e ook, | DFManaZer F any of the weekly ur dally papct af | 10 dologato thelr authority, but might have' misdo | Ware used by bim for any gurose othor-than tho | A, Ui St ey tauven ours. Tho | (nication was to build the tosd from blatiie the tox throngh every court, und baving beon | JIELCH Keioa: lobtusin (Cook), | Yiic'Clty‘of Chicago, or tn any potson ‘or prsons | th parchasd hemmclvoul ' Doslae, w think that | payment of the obligationsof tho park, and that if | madothothmo Iast yeasin bweaty-aerenourss (08 | tho present torminus, through Washburn to Wing: * fbeston, and sought to buyout of it, To reledse | Pearburn, Kroiae, Ehiat yretendlng to aet’ for them, asa payment. gift, | bad either of the Commisioners’ heard a rumor | tae and opportunity were given him ho coutd | TSRS 8 f00 0ot ionat nction to take, byt | S, ‘Thatplan has boen abandoned, owlng to the them now waa 10 pot ety Lee, smith Vrant, gonktion, or bonns for any service randereit | Involving tho wam of 840,000 In any manner pors | Procure the evidenco from tho Lanks with which | WSO TS TR ot incl Vo run @ fant train, in | BOfavoradle lay of the land, The Company appro- » them n - ek, Mnfl_-ome. Bouthxorth, or pretendvd to hiave been renderod by thou, or by | sunal to hiinself he would have apeedily traced §t | these transactions wers wmade which would estabs | (08 S0V0T 00 ¥l Wabash, 8t ali hazords, and 'tno | D@ d some trouble from tho Platteviile interest, A PREMIUM UPON TAX-FIGHTING. Frantz,' = McClalivn, Taliaferru=28, cithor of them, Nor fs thera ony gvidenco thut | £o its source. The sune aegreo of ditigonce shoutd | 1lah bis right to other credits to the fall amount ot [ SFRCR AR IO TP BAR0S S41 neres to tho propo- | inasmuch ss Fhillipe’ Corners, tho accepted The dolay they bad galned alrendy was equirafent | MMOTH Auney monuy or anything elee baw been pald to any of tho | be exarcised In the one caso s in the othor, the defialoncy. Thia avidente not having beon pro- | BREUT0ICH 70t et ot tho finrlington and | BunL ot ©. divergonce, is some distascs 10°25 per cent 1oss un tho tax, and they should not | Arntzes, Harroiths cBovel Comminsioners for any purposo_ whatever, except PURCHASE OF TAX-HALK CHRTIPICATES, duced, however, your Committee Is obliged to ro | W10 foadn, ~ It fu the opinfon that if this arpango- | this = side = o o formor slllage. Do el wared ¥ Castle, imitn y orverl, 48 8 walary, which payment of aalary is shown Ly | Tutho fall of 1874, beforo tho salo of the st | SARAIEAS . A o e dins st | A ~conatruction traln will s o _put “on o:relpane s 1 . Darls, Junes, ariali, the statemonts and exhibite before roferrod to, and | Installments of the park assessuion TUH DEFALOATION OF MR. IIOWEN, Trom (his city will Fecanalder thoir action und L. | the line as suon s tho survoy ls tnade, and by ‘ w.\::' u::-u:x:q followed in supportof tho motion | Bemeat, b Pame s was 0 entiruly proper as to deserve 1o cowment. | afoners caterad {uto an arrangen mlltllwudln{‘thtlrr:&wv_mtu '-'i':nhe“x- -':H“f-"f.'.’ er- | ginto run skimlar trajus, ax thoy cannot_nflurd to full tha entlre road will be comoted. Our peo- - Timmiion, - ATTOINCYH, BEASTS, BILDS, ETCs 1, Gugs wheneby, o way to bid T euc The amonnt pald dor altorneyn' f the entire | might ve_sold theeefor; wivo his check to the cast of Iitigation, an< to whom' pald: tho minuunt | County Treasurer for . the Aaggrogate amounts expended by the Commissionesa for bulldingw, | (which check the County Treasurer puld to the tol-bonses, sud .botanlcal yarduny, and what | Commissionors as ‘so much monoy iu sottlement prices have beun pald for materlal furniwhed | with thew), Ungo to indorse the cortificates and and work done tpon the parke, can be | deliver thom to the Treasurer of tho Conimivsion- mn{ ascurialned by cotmulting such statementaanid | crs and take up his checks Gage tucn to bave tho oxhlbita, ond In a0 far as we deom any of thess | right at any timo to take any of wuch curtiflentesby ltemns worthy of comuent, oue viows wil be found ( paylug the facs smount an 10 yor cent {nteroat. fully uxprusaed furttior on, The ovidence diil not |-In‘pursuance of this thero was struck off to (ingo sliow that uny beasts, birde, statuary, ororna- | the sgyregate amount of $¢.000, and he nfters ments had been purchnsed for the parke. ward bought ull but §20,000. 1o had his pick of ‘o probable cost of the scquinition of such sd- | the certilcatvs, and, of course, would take the ditional lunds us mey be required for snid parks, | best, those most likely to be rediemed, leaving tha and completing them, and the anoual cost of keep- | others the property of tho Comtninsioners, e had ing thew up, canuut 1o even approxiuated. - a wanopoly: nu other peraon waa pormitted to pras t e belfeved (hat wo have now responded to | curo Ll on the ssmu terny, e usually exacted cach speclic fnquiry suggested by the resolution | the full penalty from tho land-owners on redempe under which we actod, butas 1t required us to fn- | tlon, Thhw arrangement with Unge Jasted but Knm futo such otber matters na to us might seem | vne yenr, it 1L aee per tiat wa whould seck to ascor- 0 the fall of 1874 the Commirsioners efected an {»le are higily elated over the prospect of havinga Mr, Heslet satd the proposition was to open the Ino_of direct communication-with the richest way for the companles o escapo the total tax alto- gother. Whether n reassconment conld o made st a1l was doubiful. To make it was to open tho door for more litigstlon. Mr, llowett said all thatthe companies maked wan that they migl beard. They claimed they ‘had beon ovira . They anke OFPORTUNITY TO SHOW. TITAT PACT. ‘No man ought (o be frightened with refusing that demand because the cry wad ralsed that the people #were golng to be robbed, We are of the peo- ple, ANl that tho vlo a2k le justice, and they « do not fear 1o dndlulllm. ‘Tho only question was, Had we overtaxed these conipanica! If we had, then they wore ontitied to rellef, Mr, Nell eatd that if It wero true, as stated Inthe . preamblo to the bill, that gross injustice had been done to the companles by overasscamnent, Justico should be dono therm. Ile then cximined the valuation of rallroad . property In 170, York except the Treasurer this defaication would not have occurred, This dl-crep«nc( i thoace counts wits known to one of the Commissfoners, — Mr, Sldway, ~{n the fall of 1875, He,did nov in- form the ather Cominlsulonors of . his iatter until 1ate in the full of 1870, and there Ju o ovidence thnt thoy knew of It untl) that time. ‘The reason zlvun by Mr. Nidway for not Informing the other Ccommiseloners of “these facts aro that it wos thought Mr, liowen might ko up thin defieit ond extricata himaolf, and that hin ho fully re- covored Wis mental and phyaical stfongth ho would perbaps be able togather up hls veattered accounts, ang produce vouchars to sliow that the funds hiad heen ,vmncrly awed. _Ax tothu logal liabllityof tho Awmerican Exchunge Bank or of any other partics 10 thia traneaction this Committes dves not depm it witnin tnoir province to exprose an upinlon, 4 Couslderuble (esthinony was taken In regand to TIE MANNKR OF LETTING CUNTRACTS for furnishing cluy and pravel forthe drives and ct the Pittaburg & Fort Wayne beat them in tima nll‘nchhu ursd, o it thfs road can connet with all the TIE CIICAGO & TEXAS QUICK 2 TRANSIT LINE. % * Iferetoforo Bt. Louls has enjoyod an almont ex- clunive monopoly of the traflic from and to Texas and the far Southwest, gotting about DO per cent of that busincss, Whifo Clilcago has fius far had no through iine to.that scction of the country, that city has had soveral. Aud yet there were no ny why Chilcago should not have oqual facil- oa the Mlssour], Kansas & Texas Rallroad s good counections, If_not botter ones, with t. Loutw, This roadl hus past had a through slecper from dalia, but nonu fratn Chicago, and THE INTANGIDLE-PROPERTY CLAUSH substituted by the bill for the present law relating 10 the taxation of capital atock is as followa; Tiie real and peesonal pronerty, and fn addltion thervto tne value of any Intauglhi propeity, i€ soy, overand ubuvathe ‘of Toal A porsonsl proparty o ona (ncorpurated under thi ) umpanies snd sswciations ucorporated 4 uf othier Blates uud doluy bisfacsala (his State, n the aiio munuer sy oilier 7 Y. TIHE NATIONAL-DANK CLAUSE of the bill as amendod Iy ax follows In sl cases where the tancible property of any com- Dy OF Soaelabiun ¢ Feiirel 10 b Bbeited Uagor Tt thie shares Of £apital stuck of sucls coupuny or atlun sliall Dol Lo wwsessdd OF taxed i thia Blat uvo sl ot Bpuly (0 o shareaut capital stuc of bauks orgau(zed uader the buuking laws of th cd states; provided, that In asewlig com, e a0 anyociatiung for purcly manufacturing pirposes, or fur rinting, or for publlehiug of uswspapers, ur'for thio k, the 'assessinent farming and mincral portion of Wisconain, thus moking Galona a_deoot of sapplics an well ea market for our Badger ncighbors, The plan of bullding & norrow-gauga rond from Lancasier to Phillips!, Corners, {apping tho Galens & outh- vdell?m)(nllmm at that pajut, ‘is favorably talks ed of. 3 £ P, I' & T. 2 HApecial Dispaich to Tha Tribune, ' JacrsoxvitLy, 1il., Moy 1G,~There {s & good deal of feollng among tho employes and other creditara of the Peoria, Pekin & Jackeonville Rall- road on acconnt of the management mot paylux anything since January Jast, About ono yesr ago this romd purchnsed about 1,500 tons of naow steel, Losides saveral thousand now ties, and, in addition, ¢ fur soyeral ye 8 olify , v niers from tils city for Texas were compelled has atruggled under $50,000 worth of ac- mproviig or breodlug f _utuc] X 0 y C 3 8 Nl B hotled | the road o tain whether there bad Leen any exc power, | a J ) W It boulevurds, 'The evidence shows that about 3: o the coach from 1lui to Bedalla, ‘! since th I e onoteniy the” lotal valuution ','L:.‘,‘c..{‘.z,..‘;’,.,:‘,‘&:‘;‘.'.’x.u‘.‘fin el companios i | L ity oF carruption, un the partaf an | SreeEe e e L i waiber Wiich oy Boek In round nnanbers, Lan been paid to Sir, Wulch Torced most of the businesw via 8t Louts, | Sumulited taxce wiich had o bo pald el i (R e S o, ooty | diviiuaie undor (1o vircumstances. wowd be wasssed, | one or wre of tho Commlssioters, ' lenco, our | ws” o becomo 'the purchaser, ‘nominally, "of ot | McCaffery for furnlshing cravul and clay, o Mr, W. i, Strong, General Mauagor uf the Chica- | 18] SURSMAT et a1 imes and the gloomy :l::;mwur o the ral vroperly was aa E{ffnfl:fly{fi? { suc), com puiio aud amoclution i fuquirles took n wide range, and wo have further | Jandn which might thercafier bo sold for Soutn | Jabor ln construciing such tnprovemonts,. Allof | KU Burlington & Quiucy, hae been At work for | o 4pok fop rfl"mm&l in this aection of tho country, LRI o witleh Suat] i akacoved by U foca] Asvossor | 10 FOPOFL that, In uur Judgment, Me: ily wau donie by Mr. McCallery, DUT ONE-ITALY AS MUCH, the total valuntion being but one-twentloth the en- tire aseensiuent of tho State, Were members Ko 1ng to be afrald to do justice because of appreheu- sionof the popalar clamor? All that was nsked was that the companies should have o Learinu. Wus not the Hoard of Kqualization La trusted to declde upon such a hearlng? Eve ery taxpayer had a gight o uppenl tothe lvard of Equalization, sud thon to thy County Bourd. Should not the ke rlght be given’ .10 corpurations, inatead of bulding the to tho ac- tion of the State BoardY There wau ko such ine cregsc In that one year in the valoe of rallroad sroperty ; thon the assosvment conld not bave buen atr, Unjust dlscrimination bad cvidently been aade. In fact, y weru fascesed upoit thule debts, and this Legislatore ought not o be afeald to nght that inn “I'ho public did not domand that corporations s d be muleted Ia damages . DECAUSE TUEY ARE CORPORATIONH, and for no other resson. Mr, Murrison wald that, 3f the facts wore 8a sel forth 1o thls extraordinary preamble to the bill, ho would concede that tho companiea were entltled fo rellef; but the (acts wetu not sct forth in tlo preumblo, The compas this work subatan Only un 1wo ovcasine did the Comurtesloners ndver- tleo fur blda for furniahing clay ond gravel for tha Dbonlevards, Un the Orst occuslon no contract win made with any uno, On the second, which was in 187, two Dids were rocelved, one by MeCafTery at 2,75 pur cubie yard, and ono by Lewls K, Stovens at $2.55. ‘Phia contract was ot to McCuffery. The excuss offered for not letting this contract o Stevens was that he had no fachlitlcs for dolne sich mn extensive work, 1t appeara in ovidence that if Stovens' bid was accepted ticurge P, Adama was to furnieli the gravel, Stovens to do the work, and iwo other porsuns to furnish Lho® capilal, and that goud bonds would: be furnluned. Hubsequent ta this thine largo amonnts of clay and gravel lad been furnisbea and work dono by Mr, McCaffory upon the park, sometimes upon s ‘wrlt- ten contract, sumetlinea npon & verbal one. In part puymont for this work McCadory ugreed in Jucomber, 1874, to receive, and did receive, & tract of lond kiiown as tho Cottln tract ut an ayroed price of $40,000. In regard ta this tra tlon Mr. McCullery tustifiod that he did not wa the land; that he would not have pald that in cuh for It that he would hardly have boudht it at an, e Park apecial nswesstucnts; was to give his check to . GAUE AND CORNELLL the County Treasuror und ho to pass it bvorito the exceaded tholr powers in tho purchasa of what fs | Park Cowiinlssloners 8 monay on scttlement with known aa tho Giubond tract, 'Flia transaction Iu | them, they to charge Bridde " with thy amount of briof woa this: Glbbons owned u truct of lund, o | tho cortiicates, hu “tw collect them and turn aver lnm.lun of which thy Commissloners wero obliged | the monoy frum time to tima to the Troaeuror of 0 acqulre for rnrk purposes, 'They wought o pur- | tho Commbeslunors, deducting expensen and chase the portivn needed, Lut could not dosout @ | charges for his sercices, 1o was not requlred to roasonablo price, and lnstead of condumnlug it 4s | givo hils bond, Lut the ovidence duce 1ol discloss wo think tho law roguired, tiey purchuned tho en- | any defalcation, s compenvation was not flxed, tirg tract, procurcd it conveyunce to M, Itesso, | Lut ho chariod what ho tliought his sorvices were an agent of thelr, who conveyod to.the Commis- | warth, “The Conmlnsloncrs preacribed o ralo for sloners tho partion nocded by thems afterward, by | his galdance in the mattor of redomptiony, butleft tho direction of 3ewsre, tago and Cornell, rocon- | him to use his own discrction. It naturally veyed sl of the romalnder, escept fourlots, to | resulted im the exhibition - of constderable Ulbbony, Ruesa n.lulnmfithu title ‘o two of the | petly favoritwns and partiality. Br, Urldge four luts for Cornell unthl rocently, whou, bythe | admltted thus he had dlécriminated " in directlon of Cornell, he conveyed them to a”Mr, | favor of Mr, Comell over —other pero Uoadauo; Roeso still bolding the ttlo to the alpor | wous; that he thought §t right that the Comnifs- v lots, . + | sionors shonld stand vu s little diifercut baste trom Many of tho statements of Mr, Cornell relative | uthers; that ho had rettlud wilh poor persons o as to this truneactiun wers contrudicied by Mesars. | good torue as with Corneli; that thore were, pors Reese and Glbboue, Lut wovernt years hud luter- | Bops, half-a-dozen Instances wiiors he gave pers voned, and wo will not toke 1he responsl *Rity of | sons’ very low rotea on uccount of thelr puverly, Vaylug that bo Mntondod o mislead or docove e | Tie wouid not way that hie wau infuenced. by tha Ivatfurds us plesaure, however, 1o say that tho | wame motives, but from his notion of what was wame timo past to secure a thrangh Hne to Texus and the Southwest, which should be equal, if not superlor, to any of thoe Hnew from Bt. Louw, After sevoral mestings with the mansyers ¢ the Minwourl, Kansas & ‘Texas and tho Houstun & Tox- o Central, he hns succoedod in perfecting ar- rangemnenia which wiil give Chicogo horeafter its falr proportion of tho exas businces, and turntho through traftic from the Eust away from Bt. Louls into ita proper channel through Chicago, The ar- rangeaiunt between the three lines 18 not a pool, ag huy heretofure beon sapposed, but a teeaty which it 14 wupposea will work much more satlsfactorily and by more lm\lnfi. . At a meeting held at tho Grand Pacite Hotel Monday, 1t was decided (0 eatablish & "fast freight 1ino between this clty and Houston, Tex. This line, will Lo known ne the Texas Quick Transit Line, aud wlil ba put Into operation 4t once, and or¢ be nodoubt that it will do a_rouslng ‘businews frons tho start, snd will give the Bt. Louls pepers anothes chaoce (o howl .becanse the nees of their clty I8 balng dirocted Info other chau- nedwe Thore witl also b run o throwgh sleeper bus tweon this city and Houston, Pasvcngors froin tha Eust golng by this line will bave to chango luthie same tnanner as tho properiy of indlviduals v nascesed, the future of this road 18 far from fialtering. B management {s another thing from which this roa 1s now suffering. . TWO RECEIVERS. Crryenaxp, May 1f6.~Judge Wolker, of the United Btates-District Court, to-day appointed John 8, Farlow, of Boston, as Recelver of the Uin- cinnotl, Banduvky & Cleveland dtallroad Company, bt refased to grant the writ of ‘ssalstance which was prayed for 1 enable him to take possessian of the mmI. Mr, Farlow wave bonds in the sum of gnw‘(m and the appointmont wae confrmed, 'hie givon the ruad two Receivers. J. D, Lea was sppdinted by the Common Pleas Caurt, and afters wards ordered to vacate, Mr, Lea has possession of the roud pow undor Hush It smml’ of Bandul TILE JIOUSE MILITLA BILL, lost soveral days since, was takeu up on reconsld- eratlun, and, bya vote of 20 to li, war passed. Upon npproval by the Governor, It becomes law, The appropriations inade by it for sallitla purposcs are About $40,000. MASSACHUSETTS. THE LIGUOR LAW, Bpecial Dispatch (o The Tridune., Boarton, Mass., May 15.—Tho Prolibitory mem- ‘hers of the Leglslaturo having falled to passa steingent Problbitory law, succegded In pushing through a lucal optlon law which the Governor yotoed to-day, Tho btll contalned oo or 1wo vx~- cellent provisions, but, as a wholy, It would hava Leen ua fueluctunl a barrler to tho tradic as the Prohibltory law always way, and would have eme- Larrasaed thoss who In the citice and large towns sre dolng thelr ntuwst to restraln the tratic within & ky, and refuscs to bo ousted. Mr, Farlow repr sents the Boston party. — Ly I, & M. * Bpectal Dispatch to The Triduns. Drooxinutox, 1ll., May 15,—A. Gridley, of o £ tronsachion resulted t no detrimont 10 the park | fate and lozal In buth cusesi tiat o softled withh | prices bus that ho then thuught it was really worth | cars but onco—nt Chicago, aud wuflor much | Dloomington, Charles Hogardus, of Paxton, and y o thopuark was o e ! heaper ik othere H U that he 1 o1 el ly ¢! . . :‘l‘:'fifl"fufi@flfyfl"fifi"\‘hfl P S Tt i‘,“.‘.'.“,‘.’..".’.‘f.‘.‘ e e, g;":::r':u‘fif.f: \Vise cound Wave beoo, Slomers udinlitoy that ho ol the bonltian INAEAC | famd. Taa dupreciated. fle. also btated That ‘hu | Luuls, iran Mounlalu & Sodthcra T not Ly auy | Directors of (6 Latayatts, Dloumington & Missls TUR COTTIN PERCUASE without salury}, aud that they should have hettee was u slmilar trunsaction, Needing s portion of | term than outsiders, But [t aftords us much the lund for park purpuses, Mesdrs, Gage and Cor- | plensure to say that wo recall uo evidenco tending null purchased the entire tract for 815,000; pald | to show that suy Commissfoncr, other than Mr. the same In park [ 3 bad the lund cony { d 1o | Cornull, was benelted by the exerciwo of Mr. Mr. Avunll, who conveyed to the Commivalonens | Briduw's Judgment. Nor do we remomber any ovie tho purtfon necdad by thewn, and ubout throo years | deuce from which it uilematively appearcd thut afterwards, at their request, conveyed thio ro- | Mr. Cornell kuew that he wae redeomlug ou mainder toons Juhn McCullury for $30,000, who | better tgrma than were estondod to ™ tho vild the samo in labor and materiale in weking the | gonersl public, Novertheless wo hink the drivinge of the park, ‘Thers v uo evidenco that | Comtissloncrs should be held pewponsible this traneuction resuliod 1t Juss o the Park Fund. | forthe conduct of thelr ugent, espocially av ull Noyertheloss, we tunk it @ plain excces of power, | his acts resulting in pecuniary bouet 1o thew, and liable Lo great sbuse, . Wealso think It prohduly trus that inasmuch as Thoe evidence shows that My, C. €. Abell, thoree | the Comumissiunors wors dealing with tax cortid~ (ofore the considentinl clerk of Mr, C, T, Uowoen, { cales which wuro aot thelr indlvidual prflwrllfi. ] introdace or supvort & bill for the rebearing of a case by Buy court, and that four years after the court hnd decided? The Board of Equalixatiun mado (heso assessments fonr years avo; but, If the* burden of theeo aamesnments wan to Lo’ taken from the whoulders of the corporation, TO W11031 WAB IT T0 Bk SuirTani There was luequallty 1n all ssscusmonts, 17 une- qual suscusuicnts werd ta be equalized, wo would liavo {0 begin by spproprlating 810,000,000 Lo puy to thesutlerers snd nutko all asscasments over, Buch course wan fmpracticable, Four e fire sithons dopended upou thls bill, “and thore was Do wore clalm for ruleushigg 1t than thers wos o . ulunasny $10,000,000 of other luxua beretufore anacae ‘Mr. Truosdell sald tne bill, tn fact, relloved the companie o 1ho tota) tax, * It reairvd 1ho Gove might have donu the work u Hittlu less for ali cashi, bt it was worth $2.75.to do it, the prico ho ro- celved. The jaw under which the Park Commissfonera aro acting does not require them to advertiso for Lide In cuntracting for wark of this character, but 1t would clearly seem Lo bu better policy for them 1o do so, 2 CQNCLUSION, In'examining after the lupse of time the work of the Soulls Purk Commlsvloners, uxtcading as 1t dorgover & porlod of olght years, involving the collectiun and expendityra of samoe sullions of money, paseng through puriods of wreat dnancinl depresston, sud sried 1n tho great dre of 1871, 1t wili be remeniborod that it [4 inuch vasfor to criticlse thun 10 have boun o successfnl actor 1 the acen: wmean o8 conventent as the ono via Chicago, boe cauvo that 1ino has 8 brosd-gaugo from St, Loule to Texarkans, ond the turough cary have to change trucks, ‘Who wleeper from Chicago counects at Iluustun with the train to San Autonio, the road ll;m‘nulluutlun to thut poiot having just been come pleted, THE MICIIIGAN CENTRAL, New Yonk, Msy 18.-—The Michigun Central tranefer-books for the annual electinn closed to- day, and kence the purchines of stock for election purpoaes, excopl for cask, aro over, This may ace count for the decline In the stock and tho great dit. ferinca botween **cash ™ and *'regular,” olppl Hullroad, The Loard of Directors thes eclected the Tollowing oicors: Prealdent,. C. i Cummiings, of Pekini Vico-Prestdeut and Treas -J, T, Choney, of Bloomington: Genorsl ¥ 11, Waldean, recently of Lafayette. lumpany 1s_now operating the llnu from Jhoamingiun, 10, BLele ki for" bl Aria- Wionte with the ltne from Htato Lo Lo Latayaite: THE SANDUSKY CASE, GLEVELAND, 0., May 15.—1In the Sloana-Farlow csac, Judgo Prontice, of this city, delivercd an opinlon yesterday, denying she motion for altach. mentof the Recelver of tha Clncinastl, Sandusky - wee clearly atated fn the Governol's mestuge, Tha present 1aw s by 1o meany porfeot, hut, when the effort war made to amend It tho Prohibition. fate put Ina claim for inany of 'the oxtromio pro- vidlous of tho oid law, ant_succeedud I obtalne Ingg the approval of buth Huuees, ‘Fhe Sennts re. fuved to pass the LIIL over tho veto, snd the License law remains unchanged, « wiem) al( wonld g 1 1008AC, The Leglalature will probably sdjoura to-mar. raw, and 1t e rumored that the bill to contlnue the present toll-uate W, at the Housas Tun- nel for ssven yeand whl bu velued to-worrow worning, BOUTII CAROLINA., one of the Cummissiogers, wae employed to ac- | but which thdy wore manaring us Trusleos of g o o ¢ ; & Cloveland ltatiroad Company fur disobediencs of JUDICIAL BLECTION.® quiro for the Commissloners ten acres necded for | heavily burdéned taxpayors, they should have | The attention of tho Comuilttve was, owini to il **Who will control tho Michigan Central Rall- i ¢ tho J udges in Chatabor ! < rk purposes, sud known as dirocted their agent, Brdge, 10 apply tho | Imited tiuw, ulmost exclusivoly directud 10 an in- 0 o . | tbe ordurof the Judg . sesa| - e 0 Fue 4 - "TE 0 riapaclel o tiho e o collestivn af the tax et Bl Sumites ot the Suate. - Abeacinte | rma e e et o "l og b rocuiead | tol6rated. - i b (b0, WFcangebIEnt with M. Gngee ol Commisalanera, afso | with unabatod vigor, but what the resilt will Le owned a purtion of the land, and foe it he recolved | tolerated, Aw Lo tho arrangement with M, Gnge, $11, 131 Another poreoh ownod an equal por. | that scems to hdve been tnuu‘l‘y without the tlon, equally valuaule, and recefvod fur 163,700, | anthority of law,and, we think, ludefensible upon T'ho reason for this diffuruace in the prico was not | itewvrit. * cxpiained by tho evldence. butSlr. tiowen dis- THE BOUTIE PARK COLLECTOR. tiuctly teatiticd Ahat all be recoived was pald over | Wilttam ¥, Grevuleaf {a Cullectar af South Park to tha creditors of his Dusignor, and was uobcon- | gpecial wsdcvsments,’ gud lae been slucg very soon tradicted, Tho uvidence furtlior shovs that Mr. | Biidr ita oryanization. iesalary 1d 83,000 b Abell fncuered no rlak, employed the purk fundein | annum, and his termd of ofice depends upon the it will_of the Comtusloners. Abuut the 1st of Btarch, 1874, after b bud wade up bls delinguent liat, which included land owned by Mr, Huw 200 would have been aniple cowpensation for s Cornell, and Sldway (then four of (s Com sarvices, and that but for the inthuute friendship | yylaloners) respectively, Le suggested to them Letween blwself und Me, Bowen he would not | (Lat they bad belter pay betors o jusdu hle ro- Lave hmT allowed to retaln the furger suni. tary, They said they would pay If ho would wase -7 Aumail tract of land, known os upthe bill. Ty hituled him " deccrlption ot TUE MYBHS PULCHASE, tlielr Jandu: he hadn't timo ty make the bills, e 1iea within the boundurics of the park, Megsrs. | tola them he would strike thalr property frous th Dowen aud Cornall, sstuming thul {t couttued | dellnquont lt aud busks out theie rectlpts Tha strikeof the lecomotive encincers on (ho Philadelphia & Reading Kaitroad lv now virtaaly ended, Some of the employes of the Company who sro without sltuntioffs n consequence of their en* thuslasm on Lehalf of the Brotherhood now com: plafu bittorly that the promisce held out lo tuem Lave 0ot beon fulfiled, and are anxious to gt etk on that road, or any other,on any conditions, 3sn- agor Wooten ono day last week had on hiy table o twuen 1, 500 and 1,600 spplications for Wlmunl:l of which 500 were Trom _cngincerd, Lut as the m-‘d s running snwotlily with tue new mon nu-pxuy‘“ during the strike it le not decinod advisablo toniake achange, This oxawmple ought [0 acrve s & WALES i 4o tho enginecrs aud employes of rallroady w! contomplate 8 strike ut this e, alle When the Cnleazo, Danville & Vincenned T roul wau mold 10 A huluukuazu & short titas 9200 dustice A, J. Willard was elected on the first bal- Tot, recelving B8 of 128 votes. Thie crostcs a vacaucy in the Assoclate Justiceshlp, the electlon for which will probably take place uext wook. Latiati il ot AMUSEMENTS, ATMEL, ¢‘TaTonlangers a des Ecus" was glven last night, for tho Bret time ja Chicazo, While uot one titlod to rank With tha very beat-of Offenbach's works, it s decidedly superior to his other pro. ductfons of iale years, sud suay fairly be clussod with **Genevleve " and ** Pesichiole,” The plut 13 humorous, and {s very well worked out. A dash- fng youny conspirator~what would gpera-boufle Iustructed to make of tkeir whick Lo did, aud In the reports waily by bim, and in the papors Ahgrawith, wiil b found al) ths ovidence ls] Illi.l \\ muitice n pegard o the uther P'ark Com- miasionu My, Mernitt enid there was no occasfon for puy- body to by afraid. Lot nobody bo alarwed at TU1S LITILE CLICK-CLACK called public opinion. ‘The very men who opposed , the bl admitied thero wus Justice in ik, but they ' didn't ke it. They wero ofraio. That was what +'-wasibe wstier. ‘They had Leard from home, and + wore fiaid. ey were afrald they wouldn't come Lack here if they voted for the billl lut det thom uot be afrald, “The proposition was what 1t was— that the loard of Equaiiztipn should havo power to juvestigate the aliegation that the companies bad been oyerauseased—tLat was ail, Pending the debate, th louse adjoumed. NOKMAL. Tho bill making sppropristions for tho Normal Univoraity at Norwul wus Dually pussed and sent to the Governor for bia upproval. "It appropristes wu-balf the {ntarest ou thv Collvge und Sewinar can handly bo told with cortalnty until the transfer, buoks are closed, which will be at the end of this woutn. Jt Is the provailing n?lmun that Jax, Uould has tho'inslde track, and will win the race, The Dircctors proposed by the (Jould party were lmln\llhed In'I'nx Thinuse about 8 sonthsgy, The st fu utiil tho saine, cxcept that thonuwe of Mr. E. A. Kent, of this city, has been subgtitued in place of Mr, Hobert Hariiy, who declinedito vorve, "Yhe opposition to Mr. Gould is _lod by Mes Samucl Sloan, Mosca Taylor, J. ¥, Joy, and otliers, Thiese entloien azo lareely iutercated in tho Up: ver Michizan [oads, sumoe of which aro now leastd i0 1he Micuigan Contral, As their futezests would -ancr-mm‘y 11 Clould shiould get control of the \ne, they are woking herculean elfurta to pros cut the culnmfl{. Some clulm thut Vanderollt {u warking in thu Jatorest of tho Jalter puriy, but the munsgers of the Grund Trunl ur Committee, fn exccuting the work glven them, have cudeavored 1o do it uw thorotizhly sud avwell as itcould Lo done in the thae xlmnuul. Ihe sestlmony In_full we lay befory you, In sur Teport we pave sndeavored Lo Lring nure promls nently to ybur noticu such facta as secined 1o be of tuse thun ordinary bupuriauce, Wu mak nu recummendations as to whether an or what lezivlation | meeded jn contection will the parks. Of this, with the facts before you, you uro s well qualitied to Judzge s o, ———— JUDSE DALY'S WIkL. d Greut Weal- £ £ ul 3 o "hicago 103, 5 d tract for ita 3 f ¢! ¢ : cro Ruiiroads clafm that Vanderbut s with | It ceaved to come into the city over tha Uhicago fund, and $16 %2 pee aunuia, busiles 32,500 | compuscrs do without couspiratare’—1a tha contral | Dircuass bt 53,000, snd. witaont.any authorlcy. | miil B e Hiaclal Dispaich to TH Tribune, (o hia y belug uscd | & Bouthern Hallruad, bub used inatead the L for repalrs o the buildiug. figure of the eunticy situstipn,—the piecw betuy | advauncgd §2,000 thereon. The Uoard'of Comules | fnstaitmentof (he wpecial avscwsment upon thelr Nrw Youx, May 16,—The Sua says the wili of ’“"’"k ang New | burg, Cinclouatl &' 88, Louis Railros T The LIl making sk Sion for the Retorm. | HKSAP With tho vatious conylicutione urising | vionerd ryfubed to rutity tho yuschusas tho seault | Juuds pald upan (ho sascwmunt bouk lloatter | Jobn F. Daly, Lullder of tho Winduor Holel, was | ¥orl Cautedl, and that for b Direetor »inco no tralus have beon tuuniug uver the Cl Iease & Sonthera ltstiroad, which Lus caused r el " convenlouce 10 the yvuple living aloog that rosd, To accommodate iless people iha inanagerd from the purvalt of biw by the pohico-nutburltice and from the love which he vukludles lu (4o bosoue of two pluup and prsity littly Parlsicuncs, ho cast of *f La Houlaugers™ wis & goud ong, — Ao 14, Mre. Mycrs has the money aud the land, and if | ward mads out the hills and prosented thew. Mz, this Cominfaslouers got eliher it will only ov at the | Sidway's was uboat $300 vr 3500, Hls aid it with' end of uxpunsive Jitigation. — Bestdes, feturnaant, | iuabout a mouth, whon Mr, Greenleat catled forit, tuat the tract coutaius unly about ouw scre, e ‘The wwount of Mr. Cornoll's Echoul ot Poutlic wus pasecd. 1§ appropriaics 30,000 & yeaf (or expenscs, $1,U67 for sundry tems, and §14, 500 for building. XLUIK. of the_Lake Shure & Michigan Southern is in could’s list of Dircclors of the Michizan Conteal, ng movenient has fur It object, they day, the put on Ble yusterdny, Daly excuted the will about Bfteen years ugo, when he-was worth ot leaat $: It ls Delleved thot his estats will ugt ). ¢l Vi egular sain on 4 7 W about 34,000, it halt Mtio dabl LIS hates e Arabels cuiting off of the Urand Truuk aud “the treat | the line have decided to run & regu orner of embraciuy uearly all tho sluging snd scting talent | g n Messra, Bowe: Curnel cu then pai ) ut S miltiniy dolleps. 104 hA S AR Weaternu trom interchang Ml tradc with tho Michi- | ond aftor to-day bLetweon the degot o The, Llfl makiog appropriation for tho Elgln In- | of thy: cbmpany, —wud. 2y’ tar a3 ucting bt e Janie Ay cinduct uf deate How i and urmell | dle sacatace ghen pad aloit S0 81 e T b lus it sl Vot oson, sud onis Chiser | G Cintra} and fu shurt the controliug of thetwo | Lreoll sod Clinton streete amd nmn&.umlfimm sancoAsylum was also pasecd. It oppropristes | ceened, tno troupe is ouo of the stronvest that have intustoncre, va earniug the fact, whould | Hireenient testfavd that adch was. his 1tapre borough, the daughter, of Logdon, Eugland, brluciual e runnfog Eastwara ua tho fatorovis of | Ale, AL licey Vieo: Preatdsat of the floson, Huo,U0U & year fur ordinary expeuscs uud §28, 000 | over vislted our city, Atuiee y 3 cubital Murgot, bquired thum 1o fuluri 1o the park treasury | The asiount of Mr. (e wax sbout. $1,300 o | OF full Wge. b fieNew York Centraly Wiuthroo & Polnt Bhirley Hailroad, tuforaa Tu Tor vatious ltows. aud Duparc o plesalny Yolaou. Rooult dlaulaged | tho§, 00 waken therotroms by thor wiout u- | $1.200. About 8200 0f o v yot unjalds e other i Vo am intervicw with 8 Twmyxs reporter the | Tussune thtt L tad becn decided ta cqulp bl 454 IN TUE $ESATE. 1uch comic abllity fu Heragrdilte; uud Relue, Du- | thurlty, The explunstion olféred by Mewsrs. | portion be pald from thme to B, BABIES, A General Manazer of oue of the Canada lnca stated | with twenty-pound per yurd soule zlly O Me Duah chls woring uelented the rc | Pl and MOTHISCen o Hiat ovoben. vorsiatunt | an oo rielt I the siatuicnt, that fho fand | Alr. Lugetsuneanoutol ol Noibloghaezet AL Dipuich bo I Thseines o &'fid"\ffi“fl?fl Cemtral Matloosd wuald wote | o, snbelant o e, U1t o clgtmed thst MOUILIELCY U citizens ol e Park, tSou s detcctives, cul ovoked purelaten needud they thouxht the price ress 8 f Ivrtrieey b o 3 5 s ne » ¢t v o 3 Clieado ‘snd’ Lake ugaiost any’ change' fn the | Lyuahter. The LAGNa] gowe. ara U aeatet T B Fe s | o e o ot g o e amarh | Broowixuzos, ., May 36.—Ous bundred babled | JERS Waroll igie ta open, 'bUC L ol ut preaunt i s heeo ralle will vrove far superior tu tho fortys pound peryard T rails, as Loy Bot enly prost sccidents proceeding from bruken rolls bl o ulvo o largy saving In the cos 'xih.u\fiuu o Mald 1o by adapted to atandard 34 ¢l ks LOFTOW-gauge Fuds, ¥iFho i, Luws ruilrond ten have been :h!nm for woine tiine past that thelr rouds could beat South-Park Comnisslon, The petition” wea pub- Yahed In yesterdsy's TiBUNS, - GUALN-INSFECTION. The bill restoriug graln-tuspoction to thu Noard of Tesde was taken up this morntug ou third read- “fir. Joslyn pposed the bill. Hobad been op- ud choruv, **Ob, qu'll est boeau, €0 galllard-la the duct of Wurgot aud Tolnon, **Jv Valtuo;" sud the duct of suics dlsguired oa willers. Afuicagave In English the **swail " souy, **Jlldebrunct Mon- trose,"* and, Ly ber ludlcrous inutations of the alrw of b varlety-sloker, uud ber paive wrest- liug with tue Veruacular, created o Jugge soiouat entored In the baby-show which openod to- aud the sttendance at the Library ruoms was so &reat that sdjourntent 1o Phoulz’ Hall wpe necced- wary. IN MEMORIAM, —The mtmbers of the Bar 4 there was uo {lme | bus sluce chianged bands, aud 16 1s at lvest quese to . cousult thels fellow-Comubesloness; sud | tloable whuther llfillu be Leld for s payment. that théy belicved thelr action would bo ratlfied. | Mr. Greenleaf testiicd that, u the suamur of Wedo not doubt the entire {rathfulness of this | 1874, thinking ho would not gel the mouoy, he statement, Bof is the lighteat reason for sus- | wrute the wards **not pald " on the word **patd™* pecting that vithor wude buped 10 wake 8 pen- | on the ussermnent book, Whed asked why he did l‘lhyu|’l{‘lnu trunsuction; uoverticless thelt unaue | uot roturu the delinguent tho lulh»\lnx Juar, he a coudition 10 do & larye busincss efiiciently, 16 ¢ certain, Lowgser, Mbat ui attempt to cut off tho Grand Prunk & Great Westera from the Mickigan Central wouly tead 1o the completion of the Cas- csgo d Lukv Huron roats and ity cquipwent i such s way 2 could mskeit a most formidsble tumpetitor of the Michigan Central, Another QY hs W icaz i sye | of bllanity, sod got u duuble vucore. The vperu— cd_action reaalled in foas to the Park Fund “*ho Qid Cimcanwazt, May 5 result would very probably unse oub uf | tiio made by the Chicayo traine from Omabd oy povedf Lo th Chicazo lnapecllon svar ahico tha Boge | O e o Wbk 1e 1ald Lu Paria fi the yoar 2158 | aad mevita dieapprotation. - o= b replled that o Ayt boeausg Lo ol Bupdaof | of (pg Viplted Statos Circult and Disgrict Courte [ FER10 JEOU 0 BEUSE IS Chuaged | Kew YORLIF ths Vilol' Facido Jikiiroad ot Woodstock to Chicagu, There were ¢ood uien on | =—-Wwas placed Upon the alago o a eatlefaciory mun- “Tho evidenco shows that the Brm of quent 1o 1870 for tha suine resson.” No question | u this ity mat this motatng, and sppolated Bgan- | 1 r Dillon ond Mr. Maten, | munvage to comefnto Ouiaha an Lour oriw the Board of Trade, Lut th bonest dealers, snd tha sculpe: ‘who should be aliowod to coutrol. . Mr Hawilton suld tae necvaity of fuspection ‘waus zecouuized by thu Board of ‘Trudu—by ult deal- ers. There must bu e iwspectivn 10 X the Lasoh of busincss. But that wheuld uot Lo leit to Ly fzed wholly by the geaineregeivers. Nellber ner, the costuming belng e-] 11y eleguut. To-plabt * Girofo-Giroda, " belug Shuco's Oree dulinealion bery of tho welodlous Spaiish twine. - — THE COAL MONOPOLY, NEW Youx, May 13.—~Tho coal companles have zecud to yuspeud wintug fu Juns sud July, alpers outvoted thy Were Bot the men LECKWITU, AVER & KALES was asked by the I'sri Comimissioners of Ar. wero the stturneys ol ther Cowmissionervy that | Usgenleaf relativi Lo cureying hewe wattess, As whilo (bat relation extated r. Deckwiih emtered | on fudividusl; Alr. Morgan wid L they must ba {nto 8 agreenent witl Mr, Kimbark, who clulmed | returned. e, Greenleuf Sually included theno for, bis wife-the owucrslly of certslu lands,but | lande in Bte delinguent Lty retirned g 1877, but which claim wal ! viherd, whereby the | be reviously beard of . oa lotro- 3! - " by which claim was dispuled by otherd, wheraby tho | o piad previousty, basrd of the resolftion 10t0r | pgours, b Shipisroich 19,70 Tivkat ot Lovent | Miohiyan Connral sure. ots will uob he bon-ated by | roada would Lo lore st furibies bebud tbaa W7 fcea in perfectiug the ttla to tbe Tand. aud eotiticd | wuslon. The proof sbuwed taat, while thees fus | Purr took place bete to-duy. Nearly ity years | fho chance 1y the msnizvacy of tbe Lne vblc Bl LW, Y tuis fu b a9 rldiculouy aa most of ho € wade by the St Loule people. If tae lfl:“‘f Pacltc would shorten Jts thino fwo houra the HE0 cazu tralua could insuage tu come 1n bure, (A0 10 connsct with the worulug tealus whic e here a0 v'cloek. I this were done tby =t Lt uawelys ‘ho construction of o liue from Detro.t Juuction to Ypshiauty, which, with the roads run- Tulug dows to Furl Wayne, wuold complete Junttlon with the Sqitimaere & Jbla tm puint of Qetineg ouly o mile'os tyo longer thau LY the Mirhizuir Ceutral, so thub I te tertun that the Jey Mutthows, . 1. Noyos, T. D. Llucola, und othere s counnitieo to. draft sultzble resolutions upun the death of Judge H. M. Emwuny fn De- troly yesterdsy. | Tho Comuitice will make tieie reporf on Raturday next. ~ Bpectal Dispaich 40 The Triduns.