Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1877, Page 5

* THE MUD IPALACE. tlmbny of Richardson and the T Architects at Rockford. gomebody Almost Certain to Bo Indicted for Manslaughter, Richardson Trying to Make It Gay, and @ay, Richardson, RicHardson Bellovéu 180 Tons Wero Put on 120.Tort Plera, The Architeots Oomour in Belloving the Piers Unsafe, a8 Speoified. Jad Dectare the Mauner of Their Ersctlon iy solotely Atrocions, ROCKEORD. g8 ARCTIITECTS NEFONE TIE CORONER'S JURT. Bpectal Diypdch ts The Tridune, Racxrono, )., May 16.—The developments In the Conrt-Houro disaster were traly sensational. Gay and Richandson wera both put through n mont tigid examination by the Coroner's jury, alded by some of the best lawycrs in tha Btate. In addition to thls, Messrs, Willett, Bauer, Cleveland, snd Doylngton, perts from Chicago, made some startling disclosures In regard to this most terrible slsaghter. z JARED ¥, JIARRIS, OF DIXON; the ninth vlctim, dled to-night In dreadfnl agony, Tasmakes nine that were killed, and fourteon woanded or Inured, ATINEE MONE EXTRRTS srrived hero this afterncon rendy to testify to. morrow morning, —Gen. Willlam Sooy Smith, P. B. Wight, Esa., apd Edward Darling, faperintendent of the Chlcaga Custom- Tloate. ‘Tho facts ms developed to-day tend {o point out the exact position of all parties con- cerned and show beyond a donbt that great efforts are belng made by tha theee contracting partiua to shonlder the blamo on to one another. That somd onewlilbe tried for manslanghter there now re- maing no donbt. Who that will bo the following beief eynopeis of tho teatimony will sliows STARTLING TESTIMONT OF RICIARDSON, W. D. Richardson, recalled, said the picr was two fect ten Inchies by two fect fourinches. Itwas trae that the maximum wolgnt of comprestion on brick-work {s thirty or forty tons per foot, but boliders in puttlng nup ayplor of that kind wouid mever Mfow over onmo-tenth of that per cnbic foot, Ilé then gave the exact weight [n detall upon the plers, which was 200 tons 30 pounds, or 130 tons 415 poands on each, beeldgs the roof, the cort-room, and the people whomight nssemble in it, which wonld make at least 8ty tona more. It must also bo rememborod that R WIND ARD STORMS would still further Increass tho welght thirty to forsy tons. ‘This was all ona plera litle moro than two feot equarc, or certalnly not six saunare feet of eurface, Richardson's testimony showed {hat about 180 tons wers placed upon a plor the masimum bearlng powera of which ware 120 tons, the safo welght of which conld HARDLY DE MORE THAN TWELVE TONS tathe foot, or savonty-two tops. Richardson sald be had mever figurod on what the bicra would vear. He was n builder, and supposed all theso things had been dono by the archl- tcl, He had bullt the pier In the Dbert porsible way. 1le had never called Mr.Gay's sitentlon to the pler, but Mr. Latham, the Saper- fntenddent, had dane aq, and Gay anawaced that it would hold donble the welght. “He had frennently remarked to his foreman that Gay had not had nficlent experience to bulld such’a strocture, W. W, BOTINGTON o of Chicaga, wans next examined, Ile hsd been an architect for forty years; bullt the Grand Pacific Hotel, Sherman liol and other large buildings; tonght a brick pler, aa drawn In Giay's specifls atlond, onght 10 sustain a weight of twenty Tt to the cabic footy of (b pier sconetrucied ho could only say he was aurprised it stood up aa long an it did, ‘e pler w; lirge oa tho pluns called for; tho brick poory the mortar had no coment n It, as the plans called for, neither was the brick lald tlate. In eome places ho measured ona and s half inches epace between bricks, It ahould have been bound every Afth course. 11 counted ten coursca wt bound” at all. lv womnld not have put tien twenty tons to foot on _thst ier a3 bullt, Ills yule was never put more than Afteen tona to the foot unordinary brick plers, Extra pains should have been taken inthis pler, instead of which it was run np. lle Sadnever seen the plans, Gay had beon in hiaenss ploy,but left bocause lio thonght he (Qay) was worth more (hian witnces was l\'llllu‘]s to pay hlm, Wit- Beay camo ot the Instance of Uay, AUGUSTUS BAURK, of Chicago, waa next called. According to his frures the plors had sbout ninety-five lona upon thew when they went down, Twonty tons 1o the foot wan not an untommbn weight to illnpnn good, well-bullt brick ploes, The brick a this caso did not come up ta the standard, They Jere mude of poor clay, “fhe mortar was’ good, e bricka should have 'been hard, dippel. "They were Iald in hot wealher, and were too tey. 1iad bedeawn the plana he HIOULD IAVE TAKEN SUFFICIENT ANTEREST IN 1o ba th n:": ‘l‘&"m d and ve seen that the brick was sound and right. He thought Latham, tho local Buj erlntcndsnl‘ #ould have watched ' thoso = things, = The very defective. 1le ballevod plans and spocifications had been the pler wonld have snstained 1l [o came out at the in- Ho was surpriset to (hink the 11, atood up «half as_long e it . This witncss, on Delni recalled, cortected bmself, nnd aakd 17 the pler had beon bullt s the Yhans and spccifications call for, it would not have {ialued wiore thantwelve (6ns 1o tha aquate mlis wero it the R. W, WILLETT, ARCIIITECT, ol Chicago, sald ho did nos consider ‘tno hing & lees 1t wan a woner it stood uu at all, Five tona 1186 sauate foot nanld have, been o gooil \v;ln:lu a 80 U 0] up with safety, Hag g bun"wmm as -par‘}acd it might Bue held the wolght. As an architect ho Yould have made a larcer pler and had n lsrger tlement of safety, Tho bricks hiad not been '""L" trly wetted, the mortar was good mortar, but the Bricks beiny dr{‘, aucked up the watcr from the mortar. ifad ho been Superintandent ho should Wrogiven spocial attention to the pler, and not Ueated it as common wall, pt TIIE FOREMAN SAID? ‘Mr. Willett, A architeet, would you have accepted such bl Mz, Willagt—1 nmlnll should not have done %. They aro utterly undt to go in thers. Mdbis attontion becn called to the pier ho cer ldnly'rhunln have stopped the work, Had he Wen superimtendant, the pler never wonld have He ahiould have ardered it pulled down. dcome out at Mr, (iay's request, P L. D, CLEVELAND, 8 Chlcago, was tho iast witnosa of (ho atternoon. 'xvllcrm\uul hud ihe pians been bulll s Gay's {kifeations call for, they would bave held ':lll tons to the foot; m'mlg o Jay it twenly toms:' 1o b wai o safo weighti sald he confined Maeelf to ffteen tons on well-built walls and :Itn. The pier, as built, was totally unfit to hold ‘rhlll tho welgkt put upon it.” 1t was o wonder it 4 wot go down Lefore, Tho bricks were laid up +_Had ha been making the plans, he AL OULD LAVE WANTKD MORK STRENGTH, 10, bIngx considered, he thoaght the uppan in- Jagiuate o hold tho entire welght. 1le hd not, 14 etimato, taken into conslderation the court- b the vibratory motion of ch wonld havo ncrulud the 0 the plans he wo have e more parilcular about the pi mm"“"‘ bullt se, rlltl'y. A a prolosalons] N PR R R g R oml, desmued prabably safe, but woukd. pul, aa frum one-A1ih {o ono-elgh X -olghth what good autharities ‘4‘-7’ I8 crushing nu!‘h{. If it wae to be proved et o, MR ‘wis, ho woul en 84, o plans A3d pecticutions were wrang. They i 1. 1, GAY Juy Tecallod at the request of the foreman of the Ve wle procoeded to give a detatled description e 20 8ll, from tho foundatiun up, Spon which dn supportivg the wall of the domuo sald sbo foundation-walle - avo been concreto, npon fhat J3°58 1% et four Inchies, tho mext layer fourfeet then Illinols stone fve fech Accord- nmh“ calculations tho extromo wolght that Yo becn pul upon Lho coluuing He, WOULD BE ONE IUNDRED TONS. funld uot suy haw much weight a brick pler of 4 Hze woula carry, e Butterworth” aaked tho question snd de- ‘tded an anawer. & u‘a’h’]“’"" ho must have more time, and Setgts el upon the sround that he had ol s {0 attead to. Nefther conld ho give th ml'lnllol the joundation. lic waa so well satis- e Lh:ullgn;’slnlln‘:ndthn 5e dld nnt auppose the asked; mnst as| ime Lo give an wer. Mr. Gay then continued 5 Th o118 DEACRIFTION OF THE W. lfly‘ ;tnlnn wus 10 bo iy G5 the dam Ty ALLS. ped with tar snd felt to that was 1o be or pler, upon which the iron ecolumas = glrder, of the maln pavilfon. % 10 be constructed af fira.clase, hard- s 10 be woll woited 11 1ald io (he sum- qualy %380 tho mortar was to be ol at ialod: the Jolnts ot £o excced threa-eightha of A2k The vauite wero (0 Le carricd upand h'l":"’ brick bearings upon the pior. Swez 10 snother Juror's question, Aa to what the o brick \ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16. 1877. the aafe welght of anch n hrick pler wonld be, wits nera anawered: 1*The wall T ordared would safel, gary fram thirty to forty fon & square foot, ff buiit a8 those apecidcation calied for. ' Jr. Brtterworth ankad witness if he, a9 an archl- tect, knew how much & brick wall'of thataize wonid rately bear, ' I SIOULD TIAVE TO ASK TIMB to answer that qnestion, * F 1iia arrangement with the Stpervisars wae to come when called for. Iig waa nat oMcially ealled Aome time last December. Prom the general ap- pearance of the work, he supposed It was bullt acconling to the plana and mpec. ffications,” The maferial and workmanship was scemingly all right. He pever examined tho mar- tar: supposed tho local BJ‘Bflmnndcnl anpointed by the Supervisora wonld do al) that. Ile heliared plers 8 ho directed It to he bullt, wonid holl .y of forty tons to the square foot safe weight. the thiri Ie NEPUSED TO AT . how much the Elur 80 It was built would hald, After the plans had been drawn for galvantzed-fron cornices he was ordercd to change them foz stone cornicen and pediment, Hin estimated the weight on the plera under 100 tond. JOLIET, ALEBXANDER GROSS, Spectal Dirpateh to The Tribune. Jattxt, 1il., May 15.~The stons for the Racke fard Conrt-1lonne waa cat and dreseed In the State- Penitentlary ya It fa now known that there woradefects In the Conri-Tlouse, and Mr, Alex- ander Gross, the Buperintondent of the stone department at the Penitentlary, polnted ot those defecta several montha ago, msserting that the structare wonld not stand. Tho resnlt proves that he was right, and that precions lives and val- nable praperty might have been preserved had his opinion liad the weight which the opinion of & ractical mon ahould have in anch matters. Mr, #, perhapa, would be an Important witness in caso an {nveatigation la had as to the causo of the accldent, FITZ-GREENE HALLEOK. Unvelling of the Btntue of the Poet in Cen= tral Park, Now York, Apecial Dirpalch $o The Tridune. New Yonr, May 16, —The ceremany of nnvelling tho statae of Fitz-Greene Halleck id Central Park took place this sfternoon before a larze aasembly, including tho President of the United States and & distinguisned company of Invited gueats. Athalfe past 1 President Jlsyes and olher prominent gocsts invited to attend tha ceremonica weks entertained atlnnch by Gen. and Mra, Jomes Grant Wilhon at thelr house an East Seventy-fonrth atrect. Tie- foro thia President IHayes took a drive In Central Park with Gen, Wilson, and'also accompanied the latter to tho honac of Mrs, A. T. Btewart, where & visit wa® made to the pletura-gallery, o Tho Sevanth licglment Veteran Corps, who had proceeded to Boventy-fourth strect by cars, marched through that street from Madlson avenne to Fifth at half-past 2, and were revicwed by (he P'reatdent and Gen. Sherman from the stoop of Gen. Wilaon's house, The militarcy -wero accom- panied by two bands compriaing ninicty places, At tho clossof the review the procession was formed to march to the aite of tho statue. Mem- bers of the Commlttee and invited gucata rode in carrlages hohind tho Seventh Negiment, President Iisyes and Willlam Catlen Dryant occupying the first carelage, ‘Uhey wore followed by the Veteran Cor[u. ‘The column proceeded down Fifth arenue to the Seventy-second street entrance of Centrnl Park, and then'along tho driveway (o the mall. ‘There the gnesta loft thelr carriages and walked teen the military bodles throngh & spaca in- cloned by railinga and ropes to tho stand. Aftor music, Mr; Lryant invoked silenco, madea short address, and introduced President liayen, saying: **1am to present to you a distinguishe persunage who has coneented to grace this occarlon with his presence and to take part In theso cere- monlea. ~The yell willnow be withdeawn from the statue of onr doparted friend and poet by the Proa- {aent of the United States, who, in bohalf of the subncribera to the fund for crecting it, will present 1tto the Clty of New York." President Tlayes then nnvellod the statue, which had been covercd with tho natlonal colors, snd {na fow worde'miado the prerentation, The following in Preeident Hayes' addres Mavon Ery: The honorable and very sgrecahle flmglml dévolved on me, on hebalf of the anb- scribers to the Iialieck statue. to nrescnt throogh yon tothe City of New York thls now completed watk, lalleck, the carly American poct, the fa- vorod of early Amerlcan poeta, a eitlzon of the City of New Yorkduringallthe yea: hisnctive life,— In his life he honared the citys his works will honor the cu( forever. On behalf of tha sutsctibers Iprsent ihis statiio thtough you 1o the City of New Yark. You will prescrve {t, yon il prize it, you wili keep 1t forever In tlicae beautlful gronnds as one of the pfecious treasures of your beautiful olty. {Apninune.} k, ayor Kly nceepted tho ataine in behalf of fhe clty, A poem, writlen for tho occasion by John G. Whittlor, was read in his absence by tien, James Qrant Wilson, an intimate friend of r. Halleck, Wililam Allen Butler delivered an addrers, and aftor patriotic ales tho exerclsen were closed. 4 The P'resident ana some of the prominent gneats were then excorled In carriagea down Fifth avenuo to the hotel by the miil organizations, The aldewalks and windows ng ho route were crowded with spectators, +Alrs. Iiayes was quick. I‘(‘fionvemn to ‘the hotel In the carriage of ‘Gen, ison. "Tho work of nacuting subscriptions for the Tal- leck atatuo was begun years aco, The gentlemen srho have taken decpest interest and done must labor in the matter are Willlam Cullen liryant, Willlam M, Evarts, William_ Appleton, Namilton’ Fish, Bamuel 11, Jtaggles, James (irant Wilson, Benjamin }i. Field, Robert B, Winthrop, Fredor- ick de l'nille Willlam Kemble, and other well. Linown clilecua. ' Tho ttatue, with foundation and pedestal, cost $12, 000 as it atands, Since its com- pletion by J, Wilson Macdonald, the Engli: H the statue “has been' hidden o the rarcly-visited rooms of the torleal Soclogy. The figure Is pino foet in helgnt, the miting posturo being chosen., The poct |s seated on an antigusly-carved chalr, which stands on a squars marble sfab, Jiis right arm {a pendant, and in his right hand fs a pen, whilo the other hand supports manuscript pages which rest on the left knce, this heing crosscd over the right, ‘The dress Is modern, 1t angalaritios and common- placeness being partlally hidden by hesvy drapery with which the fignre fs girde Standing In front of tho statne, & three-quarier faco Is ru- sented. The chin'and upper Lip are smoothly ahaven, after Ialleck's usunl style, The thin 0 ar hat compressed, the lm{v cs are upralacd and outlooking, §t la e expresslon of abstracted thoucht, snch the poet might have Indujged during the com. poaition of ** Marco Bozzaris,* but having nothing of the Hippancy of *'Fanny." The genaral att- tude of the figuro in very like that of e Beward statue in Madieon Bquare, aud in an artlstic point tor has dono his wark falthinlly ce could not have lonors, The aout tho statuc.of Bhak Only been weked of the m east cofnorof the mall diaplay: pearo, and la therofore tho Lonored corner, & fow steps away stands the Halleck atatue, WASHINGTON. ‘The Weeding Process In the Consular Serv- ice --= Fillbusterlug Gensations == Army Funds. Apectal Dispaich fo The Triduna. Wasminatox, D, Ci, May 16.~The reorgonizas tion of the Consnlar service wifl fmmediately be. gin, Effclent ofMicers will not ba removed, Threa importsnt principles have been agreed upon as tho basls of this reformation: 1. Becrotary Evarts will endcavor to fill all the {mportant commercial Consulstes with men of commercial exporience, 2, Insclecting Consuls for Orientsl points where judiclal dutles are {o' be performed only, educated lawyers will be appointed, 8, It will bo considered an_essential qualifiestion that Consuls speak the langusge of the country in which they are stationed. In addition to this Sec- relary Evarts will endeavor {0 apply those general principles of Cvil-Serrice reform which are to bo recognized in all governments) dopartmonts. With respect to the sensational stories of Mex. fcan flibustering schemes, it can Lo sald that If any such agents havo been in this city they have hold no communication with the Admlniatration, nor Bavé thore Leen any Inquiries jesding any one con- nected with the Government to belleve that an atiempt was making to obtain any informa. tion, President Lerdo s not now and nover has been in Washington, The United Btates Governmant has no private afficial ar unafctal laformation nnse:umr tho allegod propuscd #il- bustering _expedition. No expeditions will be ermitied to bo tited out witbin the United States ror raids Into Mexico, nor will Mexican banditti be allowed to rob American citlzens on our own soll. Tuo denlal reporied by a Brownaille |m‘\mr, that any Mexican cattle-thioves havo been raiding . 18 undoubtedly (ruo from shae editor's standpoint ite have reached here from that o latex outrages are further up the lver, I the vicipily of Eagle Pass, and of these the editor of tho Brownsvilfe paner’ probably has no better means of Information than peoploin Washington, OUT OF FUNDS, T0 (As Western dssocialed Presa. “y May 10.—1he Becrotary of s offices hal'ume ')vlm o 40 tha purcl of supplles fiot Ju1p"L it Congi il Bave Y o act upon the .pm&n. on bills, and all advertivemaonts for contracts a4 well 88 con- tracts themsolves will state that payment depends upon & fusure appropiation. VRUFGUALS REIECTED. ortion of the State. ! The Parchasing €ommittcc of the Indian Burean reject a1l the propoa to furalsh coffee, belng too high, and wil ve for that arficke for the Indiana, HEVENUN COLLRCTIONS. Coliections of Internsl Revenue for the Sscal ear to date are $1U5,000,008, Commissionsr it Ynteriains the opinion that the aggregute returns for the flacal year will be fully Sp 4o the eatimato—§120,000, EXAMINATION ORDERED. Arsaxy, May 15, —Application for & Becelver forthe Atlautic Mutull Life-lnsurance Company bas been deulod. An cxamlustion is ordezod. WILD FIRE. ° Irresistiblo Billows of Flamo Sweoping Over Northern New York. Duplication of the Horrors of Peshtigo in the Fire-Yoar. A Bewildering Oalamity Befalls tte Oity of Bt Btephen's, N, B, One Mundred and Fifty Bolldings and ‘Wharves Destroyed. The Loss Falls Heavily upon American Insurance Companies. TERRIBLE! 3 WIIOLE COUNTRY ON Fin. Spectal Dirpateh to The Trioume. Moozns Juscrix, N, Y., May 15.—Since my dispatch of last night no scrions damage has been done Ly the great fir that has been raeing along tho Ogdensharg & Lake Champlaln Railroad be- twween Clinton Mil'a and this place. and there s no danger at preaent. The fire {a still amoldering throughout the woods, At Clintan Milla tho cntiro vlliage, numboring some forty to fifty dwellings, stores, and depot, and Adams & Co.'s steam mills, with an extra large stock of loga, has been consumed. This mill was one of, the fargeat in the countey, and tha loss will proba. bly ezcoed $100,000. The whole population de- pendon it for thele sapport. The heat of the burning mills warped the ratiroad track so badly that tralna were unable to pass for scvers! honrs. About sixiy rode of telegranh line were burned down, thus causing obatrnction in rallroad tete- graphing. Three miles weat of Allona were tho TYorgen and milla of Mr. Stackpole, together with his tenement honsos. 'Theso, with goods, mills, and TN® ENTIRR SETTLEMENT aro destroyed. In the western purt of this town over sisty houses, with thelr outbulldings, a, fine water power, one steam-mill, and a church have been burned, These sre thomoat actions of the losscs, Desides fire at the villages it probably covers Im{ square miles, and numerous milla, dwellingt, barns, ete., ecattered through- ont the country hara been Jeveled 1o the earth, No one can imsgine the damage and_suffering that havo been caused by thin conflagration, Little chlldren ane women come pouring into the village from ail directiuna begring shelter and food, which {s belng nupplicd as far a8 possible, Men seem to be discoursged and balf-crazed to think that TIE LAROR OF A LIFETIME fias thus been awept away without an hour's warn- ng. Mach damage hasbeen daone to the Railroad Company, and, indeed, the firo will ba fels lhmufihaul the entire cmmlrp At Ellinbarg and Moner'a Yorks, tho fire In a1} around, but there s no danger tnleas the wind tincs, and the moment 1t doos they wiil be doomen [iges, Erery few minutes ehorls come in of hnuees, harns, Tumber, hingles, ete., being burned all over the country, 'It1s VEAY DRY WEATIER, seoming more 1k Auguat than May. Cropsand Rrass oro very backwards, and, unléss rains come soon, the countey will be destroyed, No liver bava been loat, althongh many persons have beon severaly burned, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HUDDLED TOGETHER. To the Western Ausocialed Press, Moosn's Juscrios, N, 3., May Ly, ~8ince mid- nlght lent ight, tho freat irb bas apread no rapidiy among tho farests and through tho brush lands that, at this time, the entiro country for hundreds of miles In enveldped fn denso smoke, Clinton Mille, yeeterdny & thriving viilage, 18 now Jovel with the ground, snd not & hoase 1s left standing, Flfty-nve families aro burned out of huuse and home, and women and children were found thin mom'nxhuddlcu toetier, gt of the way of. tho heat. ~Abont a mifo west of Clinton Mitls, In the woods, ore huddied tovether some tweniy fam- lies, provided with shelter and provinione, At Chernbuaco, about thrce miles woat, the scenn Is Rheartrending. Upon both aides of the Ovdenstmrz & Lake nhlmwaln Raliroad. between this station and Cherubusco, the woodn arc on fire, AT CANNON'S CORNER, five mllos from hore, cvory lionss was burned last nl * < eht. Fire hes Sost broken ont in Stackpole, three lles troin Altona Statlon, gad the waole place fa n flames, AWAY XORTIL 2 Bpectal Digpatch to The Tridune. OTTAWA, May 1G.—Uispatches from the Upper Ottawa say that the onsi'fires are still ragine, — All the acitiers havo besn out since Bunday Irylnfiln keep thelr bulldings ‘I'he woods are belng burut down_ rapldly, should the wing spring up, thero will b an Incalculable amount of prop. erty deatroyed. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. MoxTnRAL, Ont., May 13, —Terribl are atlll raging in the eastern Iuwn-h) Th inblack with smoke from the burnt districts, | 8T. STEPIIEN’S. A GREAT CONFLAGIATION, Bpediat Dispalch to The Tridune, 8t. Joun, N, ., May15,~St. Stephen's, Now Brunawick, has been visited by a dlesstrous firo whereby half tho business part of the town was laid wante. The following perticulars have been telegraphed here: The fire broke out et n Ganong'a stable, in ghe rear of a sturo on Water stroet, The wind Was blowing heavlly from the northwest, and the firo spread qulckly, and canght . Mark's Dullding, going from thers down to the n louss, corner of King strees, snd down Water stroct. About soventy bufldings were destroyed and forty-thres famllics turned out. Threo steam-engines and two hand-eneines were quickly st work. Scarcely anything was saved from the alores on Water strect, 88 the goods wore burned after removal {rom the bullding. Threo men from Callas—Curr, Dulkley, and Jackson—were hart by a falling chimncy, the two Intter serlously, TIE CIIRY LOSSES are nearly as follows: On Watson Btreet—Ross Dros. capled by themsclves as Jowelcrs, and Dotts, con. fectioner, and by G. W. UGanoung dwelllng; Q. W. Wateroury's bullding, occupled by Taglor & Mitchell, grocery, Bt. Crolx Cowrler, Mre. T, Mark's hulldipg, Ganong Bros.* confectionery, and Gregory Diros.' grocery, Mark's Duilding, J, T, Jixby's grocery, I, Cleland's paint-shop, J. Slmons and W, P, Westcoat's meat-market and dwelllog, Mr. Patton’s llquor-storo and dwell- ing; I, Watson's brick block, M, B. Wall's book-store; Croas & Maxwell's roat@urant and Smith & Harmon's drug-store; the Watson louse; rallway ofices and telograph oflices owned by C. 1, Eatonand T, M. Boyd, occupled by T, M. Iloyd and Alex Mcleod; lrooks' ti op; N. Carter's m opt P, 11, Todd & Son's large building, with a large quantity of molasses: Chapman's two Iarge buildings; linntley & Bates' candy manuface tory; E. P. Darnard's grocery; W, B. Wi more's wholesalo liquor-atore; Chipman's office Council-toom and sail-lolt; ratiroad depot; Bmit & Ilamilton’s . tin-shop and two nnoccupled build. fngs on the public IRnding; Lovejoy & Sana’ Iron- clad mills; Burna® large bullding; J. A. Carroll, P. Breen, and J. R. Campbeil's liquor-stores; P M. Murchie's grocery; P, Dreon and J. A, Carroll's boarding:houscs s Foster's stables, owned by Breen; + bulldings, oc. P, Brecn'n building; the Tempeganco and Rteform Ciab Halli Kmights of Pythias Iails Young Dros." furniturc-shop _and_ Orris' dwelllugs J. McWhirdy's blacksmith's shop; three bulldings owned by ¥. M. Murchle, ona or two families in each; th Porter Houso with sverst familice; M. Wherty's two houses, with bis own and two othier familica; J. Moulden's thres houses, his own and another family; J. Lyon's dwelling: W, Groon's dwelllng and’ unoccupled mes Murchle & Bon's oflice; Mrs, E. dwellini three tenement hounscs; P lirahil's flwt&hn and nne:z lfizu i R, Owens' dwelling; wo g, On King etrcet—it. Keliy's bullding, llquor atore, and teaement; Il llllnlln'l grocery and lenenient; V. Itoese's oflicen: 2. Barter s grocery: Fortunc's urnlture store; Jobnson oh! anoccapicd brick dwell- 5 Mre. Quinn's dwelling; a large buliding oc- cupled hy W %8 bosrding-house; 0. Kanc's slso the lock-upi Kelly an d, in the rearof the louse, & stahle 1 Gansny Bros.' baker; bhanks® dwelllng. ALL THE WHARVES below the corner burmed, with quantities of lum- 0 ber. Ona s achooner from the laland burne 1 howers aro helping to dampen the We, A nuwber of special Conatables have been swar The l::!'h supposed to have been the work of sa cond! that, including stores, tene- moate wasrreh sblch ahd Syt procaises, ot st 150 bulldings bave becn buroed. FULLY OKE-HALFY OF TN BUSINESS PART OF TUE TOWN 1a1n ashi Post-Otlice, Tho the Agency of the Bank of Nontreal, 5L Stophen's Bank, and {he e idtas whaboee aro Budly damaged: Th o follawing wharves aro od: railway which, Grinmers, Prascs NI & Told s, Chipmag's, Murchis's, Branuu's, and McAdam' y & Bl 1} ) was oa the rallwsy wharf, besides saveral neds. rantl@® row of houses, Sficen in number, was als0 destroyed. I¥SUBAKCE LOS3SES. a1e very beavy. The risas 'H'.I largely in United Staten ofices, hnt tha Royal Canadin Rtadacana, and Citizenn’, beridea the 3 ith & Mercantile and Gaeen offices, had much at stake. No very deflnifo amonnt can be atated, . Hpectal Dispasch #0 The Tribune. 7, Jonx, N, I, May 15—0 p. m.—St, John In- nuranceagenta will all go_to Bt. Btephen‘s to-mor- motrow morning, Followlug are the lomaes ana- talned by Cansdian fnaursnce companier: Jorial, about $4,000: Provincial, * $7,000; toyal' Canadinn, ~815.000: Natlonal, $§7.500: Queen, '$0,000; Stadacons, $8,000;" Cilizens’s 7,000: Canads ~_Fire arine, 000 North Hiritieh, $20,000, The bnik of the fnsnranca wanin United “States offices, through the Calafs Agencier. The general Ines fa estimated at £100,000; fnrarance, $30,000, A NEW YORK TRLEORAM, Tu the Western Arsaciated Press. New Yonx, May 15.—At the &t Stephen's, N, B., fito about nincty-Ave hulldinzs were totaily destroged, lietween neventy and elghty famlilien inmelern, The district “buened ter of 8 mile on the river hank, Total insurance, $121,300, MIBCELLANEOUS, NEAR ADRIAN, XICI. &pectal DitpateA to The Tribure. ApniAN, Mich., May 13.—A special to the Adrian Times rays Knoblock Jiros., lumber dealers near Wood Station, In the town of Riga, Tot abons $7,000 worth nf lumber by fire at 1 vu'clock this morning. The people of the neighborhood anc- cecded In saving the saw.mill and a large quantity of lnmber, The origin 8 snpposed to “have been incendinry. There 18 an insurance of 84,000, one- fourth being in the Liverpool & London. AT MILWAUKEE, Wis, Hpectal Dirpaleh to The Tridune. Mirwavxre, Wis er 15,—~The Axtell Hoore and barn, Dr, Tlughes’ resldence, and the boarding- house of C. McCarthy, on Souih Water apd Lake Mireetn, burned to-nights " Loeses aboat $3,000% no inaurance, AT MINNEAPOLIS. Misxrarorts, Minn., May 16.—Last evening, abont 10 o'clock, the barn of A, 1. Tiode, Super- Intendent of tho L., 8, & M, T, I, was' burned, together with fonr valnabie horaes, Loss between 84,000 and $5,000; $nsurancc, $2,000. AT NEWARK, 3. Xuwane, X 3., Moy 1. ~Eight _bulldings, ‘hounded by First and John streets, and Harrison avenne, were burned. Loes, $25,000; insarance, s'.'n,kooo, , dled from over- work. in_about onc. No liveswere. (] Tont: James Les, & AT SAGINAW. Speciat Dimatch fo The Tribune. Easr Baarxaw, Mich., May 15.—A mill, board- Ing-honse, barn, and ico-bouso opponito this city were net 'on fira last _night and destroyed. The property wan worth $1,400; uninsured. 1t was attached to Chicago mill premine N CHICAGO, ‘Tho slarm from Hox 20 at 0:50 yesterday was causcd by the burning out of A nhlmr t No. 104 Weat Monroe street, the realdence of J, Damage nominal, Thete wan a sleep-walking scenc at the Com- merelal Hotel yesterday morning at 5:35, {n which each guest tried to outvie the other in the srrange- ment of hia nightgowns The fuss was caured by & fre In a room In the asement. used for lamps and olle, and wan aupposed to have been cauned by & Carcleap employe nrowing & lehied mAtch upon worn-out sofs in the room. The flamcn, .o rather smoke and sparke, for such was atl there was, were apcedly cxtingulshediby a stream from Engine No. 13,-which In statlonied directly op- voaltc the Hotel on Dearborn strect. e —— FRIVOLITY. New York City Fias n Sovero Attack of It. Nrew Yonk, May 16.~New York looked to-day a8 {1 a continent had poured 1t population within tho city -limits. King Carnival visited the city, and he I8 still here. 1o came when the bad bloa- roms and the verdare brightens; he camo with sunshine that mada tho pageant shimmer and the people simmer, As carly a8 0 o'clock this morning crowds began 1o gathor In Broaaway and to select avallable pasi- tlons upon the porches of banks and husiness Louses. Windows, balconles, roofs, and jutting topa of doorways, all along Bioadway, were occu- pled beforo 11. By that time, omnibua-drivers had abandoned Brosdway to.the retalners of King Carntval, and dashed with thelr vehicles perilons- Iy through side strects. Down tho main thorough- fare the charlota of Rex's train began to come on thelr way to meot the monarch. The people began at an catly hourto aszemble on the Battery to witness the arrival from some mysterlous shore of tho myatical King. Boysand men selected placos near the Custom-I{onve wharf, ond from the whart ftaclf they were only kept bya strong detachment of police, behind whom was the fine band of tho Seventy-first Regiment and the Royal emissaries, At last there was 8 shont and overybody rashed forward. The steam, ‘Lot Thumas Colller, decorated with the symbola of all lands In bunting, was approaching the wharf, Aethe boat touched, tho bands played, salutes were feed, and tho crowd hurrahed, and tho steamboats screamed s welcome toa portly gentleman of middle helght, very falr complexion, with blondo halr and beard. He wore a hat of black velvet with white plume, and ha wan otherwiss resplendent in purple and crmine, With him were the Grand Toerk and Khediva of Egypt, gorgeously armayed. In front of the Custom-House wharf this King and Dbls companions entered their carriage, and tho procession etarted uo Unttery plaso, ‘The van wos mounted policemen; followed by & band, wha in tarn were follawed by Matabals on_ horseback: then camie the King. 7'ho industrial charlots felf in line from the nida streets and from Whitehall strcet. Nearly all tradon were represcnted, fro Innkets of clothing 0 the mskersof axle-g Tha brewe:s were out in force, with tableau cars, and living represontatives of ‘(ambrinus, printing house sent out & littla printing otice on wheels, and the printer's devil * enthroncd therein was provided with horna and tail. The march contlnued up Iiroadway to Fourteenth strect, and thenco through Fonrth avenuo to Bavenicenth sirect and (ho grand atand, where the ed, ery creditable one of Its kind, t flage and fauciful costunies of somo of the principal perfuraiors lent plenty of color to When tho last wagon had passed St Paul's Cnarch, Broadway looked aa If It bad just expe- enting s cool and re- rienced' 8 snow-storm, p. freshing sspect on the warm May day, so lavish wero tho distribntors of handbills, 1t the object of the carnival was to attract ottentiom, it can most certainly bo eredited with eucceas, ‘'ho night pageant this cvening was the grand fel of the festival, Tho efforta of the Carni- val Adrociation to make this tablesnx perfect met with great success, Tho main featnre was tho repreacnfations of American hlstory, a by a motley display uf King Carni followers. ilfuminated with, “lanterns, colored fires, etc. The crowds were so evcrywhere It scemed as If sl the towns and Flties in the nelgaborhood of Now York had contributed thele populations. Hundreds of thousands were estimated be present, Windows slong the line of march ULronght fahulous prices, and wera all eagerly englged. 'Tho housotops and stoaps were al) covered with spectatora, All tho street.car travel wa ed from tho time of King Carnival atarti, four, Qeueral good foeling and._ gayety prevailed, 'The proceasion started from Forty-secund alreet and Fifih avenue, and, marching down the avenue ta\Waverly place, turned fnto liroadway and pro- ceeded to” Gilmore's Giarden, transformed into a royal palace, whero tho King and retinue held bigh carntval throoghout the night, THE WEATHER. ‘Wasnmaroy, D, C., May 16—1a, m,—For the Lako region, falling barometer, stationary or rising temperature, partiy’clear and clouay woather, with £ain and southeast winds, followed at Weatern sta- Alons by tislog barometer snd colder northwest winda, LOCAL OBIZRYATION, CHigaga, May 1S, Bar, [ Tar 10k o} 63 &3 .08 73 a,05] 77) 81 Eail B i 2ol o 0 (8.0 s Masimum thermometer. 78 miulmum, a2, WEXERAL OBSRRVATIONS. 0G0, May i3-M1dnight. Bar. Thr.) V. | Kain; Weather, a3 <IClear, 01 a4 E2BEEIRLITIRAN] RAILROAD MASTER-MECHANICS. 87, Louss, May 15.—The annusl Convontion of the Ratlroad Master-Mcchanica' Association of the United Stalcs convened in the Chamber of Com- merce Building this morming, snd were welcomed tothe clty by Mayor Oversiolis In & brief ad- dress. Labters were recelved from 1. W, Britton, President, sad W, A. Hobinaon, Seccond Vi Prualdent, reajgninic fhir raspoctivepositlo sud N. E. Chapman, First Vice-Prealdent, took the chair. * Alter 1ihe trsusaction of me preliminary business, tho acceptanco of the sealynations of Mcsars. Hrittou liobinson, sod the waking them hoporsry members of tho Asso- clation, the Convention tovk & rec After tha recesa the reparts of cretary and ‘Treasurce wero read. They showed the affairs of tho Association ta be Jn_a prosperous condltion. Beveral papers of a techolcal character were then zead sud dlecussed, bul the prucscdings wero of Little Inlerest to tho general reader, ‘The Convention (s well attended. and will prob- ably b in scaslon three days. A badquel will be teadered mombers before they Jeave fof bome. Mystery Still Surrounding the Horrible Crime at Streator, lil. Thirty-Twvo Mcn 8till Snoffering the Throes of ‘Visceral Agony. Death of Miss Chisolm, Another Viotim of the Mississippi Bavages. A Remarkable Church-Fight at Northvllle, Long Island. THE POISONED MINERS. BSpecial Dirpatch to The Tribune. Braxatom, IN., May 15 ~There ls nothing turiher to-day to reveal the mystery that yesterday surrounded the dastardly sttempt at wholerale marder a4 this place, The general {mpression among the officers and men seems to bo that the poinon must bave béen put into the food after it wan put into the buckets and before they were taken down into the mine. The cooka prepared the dinner for the men during tho afternoon of the preceding eay, sa {s thelr custom, and it atood In othe bucketsin the dining-room over night. The room Iajocked, but some one must have gotin daring the night to pat in the deadly drug. Abont mixty man 1 all were polsaned ont of ninety-eight who went down Inlo the mine, and forty of these were considered dangerously |1l last eveninz, but none bave as yet dled, and . the pifysiclans now think that alj, except oig or seven, aro out of Imminent danger, The nzmes of those whose canes are atlil considered dangerous are Som Smith, L. Blake, J. B, Gibonu, L. Z. Merling, 'Con Harty, John Dobbin, Andrew Lawson, John Galiagher, George Black, John Mitter, William Taylor, 4, Barns. Gico, Fowler, Aug Warcow, Lonls Homer, It. Millback, 8.1, Valine, J. Disx, John Bach, J. Faliman, 1 w W. lirown, J, Nelson, Miller, 11, Motrice, Knapp, C. Mitheon, George Mlller, C. Iisrnitz, C. Cooper, Asg. Quert, C, Rice, Gieorgs Peterson, 4. Schlineky, John Wire, It. Judy, "H. Paplosky, ‘The men were nearly 1) employed for the Com. pany at a cauple of {ntelligence-oMcer in Chicago, and are gencrally forelgners, most of them nevce haring kad any experience 'in_mining till they came bere. ‘The o:ticers of the Company are usinit every exertlon to dircover the sulhors of the hore tible deed, but, eo far, no_satisfactory clew has been oltalned, Experienced detectives have the matter {n charge, and will {ollow up every clow, THFE CHEAPER WAY, Bpecial Dispateh fo The Tridune, NEw Yonk, May "16.—Northville, Long Taland, hasachurch contert aafa acontest. Some time ago the Trurtees of the Independent Metbodlat Church became dirsatisfied with the Iev. lenry ‘Newman Wright, thelr pastor, and gave him notlco to quit. He refased to go, and the Troe- teea notlfied him he would be ‘excluded from the. pulpit. The succeeding Sunday Mr. Wright preached, however, having obtained entrance to the charchacveral honrs before the Trustees got tnere. The next Sunday the Trustees were masters of thesftuation. The nicht previous word was sent that the Rev. Mr. Weight and his filends wonld break down the Coors of the chuarch If refuscd. admittance, T he Trustees and their friends wished It understood ttat hesds might be broken If force wan attempted. A large crowd collectedearly in the morning, and were well pleased with the sobsequent performance. When Mr, Wright and hia frienda wentnp the steps to force the doors the Trustees and their hody-guard pulled them down. When the Trustces were at the doorsy. Mr, Wright and his backers dragged them down. The Trustees came off victors. Last Snnday there was & very stormy time at the church, and the viilige was excited all dsy over the diMculty, Sherift Smith and o porece of deputien preserved_ order and.dispersed the contending parties, Monday the excitement continued. At 11 o’clock the church was fired and burned to the ground, The cost of fta erection was £4,000, and - 81,000 had been expemded In Improving 1t eince, At the time the firo was raging In the church persons whe wore runningto tho scena past the residence of Mr, Wright dlscovered fire under his front stoop, and but for this the parsonsge would have been re- duced to axhes also, Each alde charges the crime wpon tne other, The church was fired in severnl aces on the Inslde, and Lojes were: bored in the Sour to give it ventilation, GENEVA MURDER TRIAL. Special Dispateh to The Tridune. GuxEva, 1L, May 16.—The tnal of Henry Donnel) for tho murder of Oscar F. Lund fs In progresa at this place. Warry, Willls, and Pratt aro attorneys for the prosecutlon, and Full Hopkins, and Heckman for tue defense. Thin {s Donnell's recond trlal on this charze, and will doubtlens result Inthe acqulital of tho defendant. Donnell 12 a colored man, formerly dotng busines murdercd by parties unknewn, In September la ‘The evidence against Donnellla purely of & clream- stsntial nature, RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribuna. Waureuax, 11l May 16,—About 7 o'clock this evening, while Mr. Edward Kappel, accompanied by Dennls Jamieson, were driving a span of thor- oughbred cofts owned by J, It Dady, some boys on the rosdaide frightened the anlmals by throwing & ball under thelr feet, cansing them to run awny, throwlng tho occupants on tho street, hreaking Kappel's arm and othgrwiso soverely Injnring bim, Jamieson nlso sastalned conaiderable injury. After running sonie distance tho horses hrought ap at o tree neardudee Dlodgett's residence, killlng one of tho horscs Instantly. —_— SENT TO I'RISON. Bpecial Dispalch to The Tridune. East 8auiaw, Mich., May 15.—Joscph MeNa- mee, convicted of stealing cattle, was acntenced last night by Judge Tennant tofivo yearain Ftato Prison, He had just emerged from that inatitution, having served two yuars for grave-robblng In Gene- sce County. Hamual Lapy, alua cunvicted of cate tle-stealing, was wentenced for three years, BANDED THIEVES, Bpecial Dispalch o Tha Tridune. Mitwavsee, Wie,, May 10, —~Eight boys, from arrested to-day by tho police, regular orgamzed gang, which tor somo time has committed burglaries and dov. Diry of all kinds. ‘They had a good organization, and wore successful in securing and.disposing of Rouds. DeRalb, where' he wi THE BLLENTON RIOTS, Cusuxsto, May 15.—The Ellcnton cases csme up before tho United Sta‘es Circult Court to-day, Judges Walto and Hond on the Bench. The de- fenso challenged the array of the Grand Jury on the ground that It had beon packed for political urpo“e‘:. Pending wryument, the Court ad- outno: ARRESTED, Couxcit. Duvrrs, Ia., May 15.—Some pro. fesstonal thief plied his vocation on the guests of the Pacific llouse in this cily last night, and se cnred quito a large sum of monoy. A young man giving the nameof J. n, and ng{munun himscifas & special corre: 4 of the Now Yorl Lerald, has been arrested on suspicion. CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS, PorreviiLe, May 13.—The fatsl accldent at the Wadesvllle mine was ductosn explosion of fire- dnm& the Jury, whko censure the owner, In- ;m r, and boascs, for not complylng with' the aw. SUNJUST AND ITASTY," Ricuxoxs, May 16, —Dr, E, T. Daizd, the fogi. tive Becretary of the Southern Preabyterian Com- mittee on Publication, bas written a letter, com- Blalulnanl the unjust and hasty sction of the ‘reabytery that trled bla case, TIIE MISSISSIPPI OUTRAGE. Maniniax¥, Miss,, Msy 15.—Miss Comolia Chisoln, wounded In tho Kemper affray, died of pangrena of the arm resulting from lack of prompt surical sttention. —— SECRET SOCIETIES. Enix, Pa., May 15.~The Grand Lodge of 0dd- Fellows of Peansylvanla met at Erlo to-day., Tho sltendance was larger . than at sny provious scsslon, there being not less than 700 repro- scutatives present, ‘The llon. Belden Marvin, Mayor of the city, dclivered an address of welcoms at the Music Hasll this morning, which was eloguently responded to by Qeorge T Borle, Feq., d Master of Ih‘: Grsud lAI LA oticers wero e the Grand Lodge of the United State: Biokes. Esq., of Fhtladelpbla; 8. B. Boyer, of ‘Sunbury, G7and Masters Famuel Hawortn, of Finl. # ioipbla, Deputy Grand Master; Johu A, Myler, of Pliteburg, Graud Warden: James i. Nichofson, of Fhiladeipkia. Grand Sceretary; M, Richand Muckle, of Philadeiphla, Treasurer, 'Fhe Odd Fei® Jows of tais ity give o Lodgy au excur- sion on the Hay and lake to-morrow. Special Digpalch o The Tridune. IxpiaxaroLis, May 15, —The Grand Encampment of the Iudependent Urder of (dd-Fellows met to- day, W. K. Edwards, of 7erra iaute, scting Girand lligh Priest vice Georgo A, Milly, latu of Michmoud, deccassd, Tho zvpart of B. T. Foster, Grand Scribe, ehows the number of encsmpments fo be I42," two having suepended In the last term: number of members, 6,021 increane, exvenditnren in charity. §5.508, W. K. Demara waa clected Grand Patrisrch, and John Moargan_iinntington Delerate to the Grand Lodge of the United States, The tirand Encamp- ment was addresned by Schuyler Colfas, P, G, b e— . PRESIDENT HAYES. Well-Deserved Compliments, Apecial Dispatch to The Tridune, New Yonx, May 15, —The pablic demonstrations to-day fn honor of Preeldent Hayes wero unusu. slly morked, And especially pratifylnz to his friends as coming from the people of Tilden's ¢ity, despite violent newspaper and other attacks, The Tribune says editorially to-morrow: **Preaident Jayes' reception by the Chamber of Commerce on Monday night was a sufficient an. #ver to the foollsh people who have been urzing that Democratic officials and Democratic merchanta rhould not extend to him any eoclal recognitl hat his reception by the pecople of the clty at Iat yesterday was a still more convineing reply. Con- tdering the fact that the President in personally s total stranger to the mans of onr citlzens, the last of bis vinita having heen made seven yearsago, the Rreeting which he reccived from the crowds in the strcets, and the enthusisst which his presence everywhere evnked, may well be called remarka. ble, New Presidents are ususlly popular, but the popularity of President Iayes, new na it is, {8 Ike< Iy talaat. Itfe founded upon ponular gratitude for an Administration that has already done much 1o vindicate popular rights, A reception was given tn.night to President Hayes by ex-Gov, E. D, Morgan, at his residence in Fifth avenue, The President arrived at the houne aboat B, accompanicd by hin wife, his son, Secretary Bchorz, 'Stcn‘h? Evarts, and Gen. Bherman, The honte was filled to its ntmost ca- pacity with the most pramincnt cltizenw. The President and party remained till nearly midnight. et — CASUALTIES. BTEAMER SUNK. New Ontraxs, Ls., May 15.—The Raton Rouge #teamer Bandy No. 2, coming ‘down, struck a Jog about ive mlles above here last night a1 12 o'clock. Boon after she commenced sinking, and the alarm was atonce given. The passengers rushed to the npper deck, and fome of them saved themsclves on_cotton bales, ‘The yawl was laonched and most of the women ‘and children placed therein and .eafely landed. The bost_was huoyed op by the cotlon, and floated down the river with water two feet deep In the cabin. - When ‘pllllm: here skiffs went ont to her and ruceceded fn saving the balance of the pasten- gers and crew, It | wnppoted three of the crew werd lost, The carcened, turned over, and now liea bottom upward dre miles below here ‘The boat and mont of the cargo, consiating of cot- ton-aeed, sugar, and some cattle, will bea total loan. The passengers lont everything, ‘The boat'a papers, books,anid money, and every- thing In the ofico went down with the boat, CHOKED TO DEATIIL SAN Fnaxcisco, Cal., May 15.—A Carson (Nev.) dispatch eays that Charles 31, Bryan, ex-Judge of the Snpreme Court of Callfornls, dicd there to-day, while at dinnor, 8 plece of mcat ateangiing him. e —— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, xnoN, May 13, —Steamshipn Moravisn from Portland; Parthla, from Boston; and State of from New York, bave arrived oot. Iay 15. —Artived~Steamers Pereire, from llavre: Pommerania, from Hamburg; Algeria, from Liverpool. Spectat Braxariewp, 1., May 16, —Several legislative friende of Mr. Frank E. Nevins, the legialative corresponaent of the T¥mes, this evening presented him with & bandeame gold-besded canc. Mr. Nevina made a felicitions Ferponac, ————————— It 1s impossible to overestimate the value of Glles' Liniment Jodide of Ammonia In the treat- ment of diseases of animals, as well as of man. Itis the great panaces In horse maladics. For salo by all druggleta. BUSINESS NOTICES. Dr. Van Dyke'sSulphur Soap makes the skin #oft, white, clear, velvely, and healthy; removes tan, sunburn, dandrufl, roughness and fedncen of the rkin: neatralizes tho odor of perspiration; fs veculiarly sdapted to the nursery, toilet and bath- room, Juet the thing for excursionists in the country or 8t the seashore. ‘Try it. Price, 2n cents;'box of three cakes, 60 cents. BSold by all deugglsts, Russian Koumiss, or Milk Wine, an agree- able beverage of wonderful restorative power, Dyspeptics, consumptives, the weak and delicate should all drink Koumiss, A. Arend, Chemlst, 150 Madison street. Holand's Aromatic Bister Wine of Iron isn veriabed blood, " Clark atreet. remecy for nervous debility, Im) andimpaired digestion. Depot, VEGETIN VEGETINE. VeaxTIxE has never falled to effect a cure, giving tons and strength to the system debliitated by disease, SHE RESTS WELL. BotTn 'ot.axp, Me., Oct. 11, 1873, Mn. M, T BTEYEXS: Dear Sir—1 have heen sick two years with the liver ave taken & great ceomplaint, and during that time many differcat medicines, but none of them did nny good. lvu{,ullrun hta and had no sf Hince takini the Vegetine | rest well and relish my ood. Can recomnmend the Vegetine for what it has done forme. Yours respectfull uily; - ot e, T ALBERT NICKER, ®, Uko. M. Vavanay, Redtord, Mase VEGETINE. ‘Thousands will bear testimony (and dot voluntarily) 1hat VEaeTixx 16 tho best madical conpound yet placed, hefore the publls for renovating and purifying the blood, eradicating all humors, Impurities, or poitunou secretions from the system, (nvigorsting and srenzih: enlag tho system dehilitated by diseaves in fact, L s, s many have called it, ** Tho Greag Health Restarer,™ SAFE AND SURE. w0 It STRvENS: 10 1872 your Vegetine was recommended to me, and Llcllllfixw the persuastons of & frienid 1 consentesd to 1t AL the 0] wi llllfle?llla from general debllity . superinduced by overm CRuIAr A wonderful strenzthenlng aid curative properid emied (o affect my dehi) ed 5yss tem from the frat doss, and under it 7apldiy recovered, gainifig more thaa us o feeling. Bince then ) have Rot licaltated (0 kive egcting my most ungualtfed Indorsement aa helag a vafe, sure, and powerful agent in promuting hieaith snd a(Gring he waated systemeto new Iifoand energy. ‘egetine In she anly niedicine 1 use, and &3 long & 1 1lve I never expect to find & better, ")olu‘u(,l'r‘-fli k 120 Monterey-at., Allegheny, I's, VEGETITINIE. VzosTing thoroughly eradicates every Kind of bamor, aad restores the eatire s7sten Lo & healthy con- 1on, The following letter fram the Rev, 0. W. Mansfield, formerly pastor of tho Mothodist Eplacopsl Church, 1lvde I'ark, and ay prosent settled tn Lowall, must con- oue wha resds bia leticr of the wonderful 1108 a8 & (horough clean d nervous aad purificr of the blood: Rev. G, W, Mansfield’s Testimonial, Hyps Panx, Mass, Fed, 15, 1878, Me. H, R STRVENS: Dear Sir—About ten years ago my beslth fafled through tha deplcting efecta of dyspepsiat nearly a yearlater I wasatlacked by typhold fever i its worst form; It settled In my back, and took tha form of & {arge, deep-scated abazess, which was 8fteen montha tn Estheriog. [ had two surgical operationa, by the best okill {n the State, but recelved 20 permanent cure, [ suflered reat paln at times, ad was conatantly weak. encd by & profuso discharge. 1 also lost small plecea of bone st different tmea. Mstiers rag on thus for sbout seven years, (il May, 1874, when 8 friend recommended me 1o %o to your office, and talk with you of ne virtue of Vegeilne, 1 aid sa, 8ad by your Kivdoess: 1hrough your maau. sactary, potlng tha Logredlents, aic., by wiich your Ly wiiat 1 saw a0d beard I galned sgme confidonca I munenced Laking 1t 400 wfter, but felt worss trom luunuu, atiil { persavered, ar telt e+ fung mo fn other respects. 'Yet Ldid not seo the ru- sulla ] dealred Glll [ Liad taken ft faitbiully for & itla re than & year, when tho dificulsy i the Lack was gured. and for ulus uoatlis I Liava enjoyed the beat uf he 1 lis¥e 1o that tme calned twenty-nve paunds of fesh, Delng heavler than ever hefore in iy life, and wasoever ore ablo to perform labor that uow. Duriog the past few weeks | Liad & scrofulous swelling salarge sy nIJ fllt.fllhlr ou shaiber part of iy body. 1100k Vegetino faltituily sud it renioved it Jevel with thosurface (na month. 1 thiok I abuuld hisve been curedof my waln Lrouble souder If 1 had taken larger doacs, after having bocore sccustomed Lo (13 ¢llecta. Levyour, patrons troubled with scrofuly or kidnoy discase understaad Bab 10 takea Huie L clire ebronlc discascs, aad If they wil palenty tako Vegoiine, 1¢ ‘my jadgment, ¢ » Witk ’nuubu?‘l’l«u Lam, PREPARED BY H.R. S'I‘BVEIlIiBoston, Mass, Vegetino is Sold by all Druggists. SILICS, West End Dry Goods House, Madison and Peorig-sts. Tremendous Sacrifice ! SILES! Prices Never Befors Quoted! READ THIS. The following unprecedented bargains in Silks, that we now offer.for sale are designed to prove to tho public that in Silks, ns well - as other classes of Dry Goods, “/T0' PAYS 70 TRADE ON THE WESF SIDE” 100 piccos COL'D GROS GRAIN S8ILKS at 76 CENTS YARD ; can- not bo equaled for. 40 per cent more money. An important line of Col’'d Gros Grains at 51 gsrd. B:]x;s\;y Col'd Gros Grain Bilks at ‘We have several grades intormodi- ate, but desiro to call spocial at- tention to a ltno of extra rich and heavy Lyons Gros Grains, just imported, in & choice assortment of shades, never oficred, in this guumy and width, for logs than’' 2.50 por yard, that we shall sell fdr $1.67; width, 22 inches. Lyons Rich Brocade 8ilks, for Overdressos, otc.; Black and Dark gulora, only §1.76 yard; formerly anisy ‘Bilks, spoeial bargains, at. 66, 75, and 85 ots yard. Black Silks, all silk, at 76 ots yard ; 8 special bargain. 20 pioces Hoavy Black all-silk Gros rains at $1; worth much more monoy. 76 piecos Lyons Black Gros Grains, botter qualitios, at $1.20, §1.30, £1.35, and $1.40. . ‘We offer at $1.560 per yard, arich, bright, hoavy, Black Lyons Gros Grain, full satin finish, a quality worth 82 yard. A full lino of Black Cloaking Silks, from $1.60 yard up. The lots above quoted are all specially under present value, Wo merély Invite the inspectlon of the public. CARSON, PIRIE & (0, Madison and Peoria-sts. 031, STOVES. % z Manfd.by Florenco Machino Co. Floronce, Mass, Wil do wil your cooking, washing, Im!l\‘l.&e.,llunul. pecanf one cent e hoir, and without dikcopifort fmm. wat, Anystave furnituro van bo sl on ft. Warrantud SAFE,ODORLESS AND DURABLE. Never bity an Oll Slvo untlt xou haveroenthe Viorenoy or full dewcriptive cireutar. The anly O1L STOVE Itecelving tho Centenninl Medul. oA G e 8 A T0 D T LI clilve terlioey siven, T s cleculans tries L. F.CADAMN & CO., Gen. At for the Northwest, 700 Tlandulph St., Chicogo, Tho larence Kewing Machine has been greatly fin: proved and stmplitied, and s mld or exchangsl for old tuachines at pricos Lo sult the times, HBend for cinulars, LIFE INSURANCE. SHINGTON LITEFE OF NEW YORK. | CYRUS CURTISS, Prest Assets, 85,250,000, #The very satlsfactory condition of the Compan In attribut, l:llifl n‘;zn:;rllfl‘::af Ha & rl 7 atile, pradent,and honorable mens 1C gives pleainre fostate that {n minate snd exactink vestigatlon I find nothing to candemn, but, on i contrary, mach (o commend." —Extract from tho report of Ton. John A, McCall, Jr., Deputy Bup't N, Y, Ins, Deu'hy Jan, 23,3877 H. D, PENFIELD, Gonoral Agent, , 148 LA SALLE-ST. Chicago, 111, Before Life is Imperiled, Deal judiclously with the symptoms which tend to dangerous chrunic diseascs. If tho stowach iy foal, the excretious irregular, the liver torpld, nothlng is wore certaln thon'that TARRANT'S EFFERVESCENT SKELTZEHN one thing needful to effect a cure. Sold vy all druggists, “ADVERTISERS Deslring gto robeh countey readers can doso a tho st and cheapest wianner by using separately or combined, or by Stats Sections, For ¥ cettuia e W w cstiulat ly to A v el 7720070 Jackuion-ut., Chlcages fiL R AFERIENT s tha