Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1877, Page 7

B R RS THE COURTS. gecond Day of the Trial of Lancaster, for Insanity. somerous Witnesses Testify to. tho Ece contricity of Ills Conduct. Farmer Harma Replios to the Bill Filed by Commissionor Fitsgerald : ; \ T4 Prevent tho County Board Paying His Bill for Extras. New Suits, Divorces, Confes- sions, - Bankrupteles, Judgments, Ete. The United Etates Circuit Court room wad crowded yesterday toming, the oceaston befng thetrialof Alvin N, Lancaster, the perjurer, for {ueanity. Mr. Swett, on bebalf of Lancaster, closed his opening regument Monday afternoon, * and District-Attorney Bangs made the opening adirees for the Government yesterdsy morn- fnz. He reviewed the testimony which was faken In the perjury trial, and argned that alt Laneaster’s pecullarities arose from his pecul- fsr constitutional charactorlstics and tmperiots uacontrollable temyer. sidered nsane, Judge Blodgett then dirceted tho jury that thelr only duty was to conslder whether Lan- caster was insanc at the time of his trial for per jury, and also whether he was tnsadle at the present time. Mr. George W. Kretzinger, a lawyer of this dity, was the first witness called by Mr. Swett. He testifled that hie hod been employed by Lan- (aster fu eeveral cases, and had conslderablo difficulty In gettiug ihe necessary facts from Lancaster seemed unable to fix his thoughts and answer & quest:on. e nlso charged that Judge Doollt- tm, on which to base the suits, tle avd Miss Warren had conspired agalnst him and subsequently smd that Judgo Doolitile’s wn, District-Attorney Bangs, and Mr, Burko weiedn the conepiracy. He seemed to be able to converee Tatlonally on all subjects except that of Miss Warren and his dealings with her, Within the pnst six mon*hs ho scemed to grow wurse, ancl on one or two occaslona complained that he did not Know whot was tho matter that his hend wos out of or- inco- berent, aml unnble to collect his thouglts, Hewas mueh alfected whon he spoke of his , and charged that they had been plsoned by o ths(clnn; and also threate there was no juatice fu his kill Judge with himj der. e oleo aopeared oxclted, sife and childrel ened violently thiat 1 wie he would tuke a shot-gun and Doolittlo and Miss Warren. Tho witness then Jetalled divers conversations from time to time with his chicnt, the manner of Lanedster’s talk- irgy his setlons, cte., and gnve a gencral history ol tlx litfzations with Mliss Warren, ‘The whola restilt of Wis observations was that hie consldered be wos not sane, at lenst on the subject of his difticulties with Miss Warren, Milton T. Peters, another sitorney of this dity, teatifled that ho had been attorney for Mr. lancaster Iu_hls first suit with Miss Warren, Lancuster nad written letters which showed ns plalu as words could tell that he owed hor, but when the difficulty began ho offered to swear that ho ald not kuow her, Witness would not ulow him to. take such ateps, and they had o disagreement. Up to 1360, to the tine of his wifo's death, ho thought Lancaster_tho ablest nan he ever knew. From 1870 to 1873 ho de- clined rupldly, and was unable to do busincss, Atthe latter date he declded to marry again, bt witness thought tho proposed bride wastoo Joung, and nttempted, though nnlurmumllly tdissundo bim, s ho thought Lancaster ought tohave a more mature woman. Mr. Peters wavery loquacious on thia subjeet, and some of hig ‘recotteetions and ancedotes, together ¥ith his free criticlsm on persons, kept the faces of theandience on a broad trrin, ‘The witness further gtated that Loncaster was 3 man of violent loves and hates. flo then waton to argue that Lancaster woa lusanc in i, but Judge Blodgett stopped him and fl"“ inthuated that he bad Letter confine ihnse I( to facts, and not take the place of the couusel, £ Ou cross-cxamination, witness stated’ that Luncaster was go elarp that he could do a sharp ¥1wre of busineas if ke did vot: know. anything, Lis waa In answer to o questlon by the District Mttorney why, if Lancaster’s [utolleet was so feeble bih 1870 to 1872, ho was able to carry through o sharp lund transactlon with ong |\hnL und the answer st ths whols court-room o roar. Mr. Swett then took the stand, and testifled that ho wus retutoed rather unexpectedly In tho terjury casz, and when ho attempted to get Inm Lancaster o statement of tho case he found preat difeulty tn getting him to keep bisdttention on the subject, Ilo then gave o short account of hls conucction with thoperjury e, and in_conclusfon said ho was not acting & Lancaster’s attorney, but bocause ho felt ho “ught not o let him ‘go 1o the l’nuumtlnrx in tlew of hls conviction on thy subject. e had bot adl, nor did o expect, any feo from him, Ar.J. E, Furrington testlifed to having lent Lancaster vurlous sums ot moncy at diffcront times, Huhad found hiin exclrable, and had beard him froquoutly complain that Miss Warren and Judge Doolittle wero consplring azafust him, A recess waa thon taken untll 3 p. m,, and In bo afternoon Mra, Lancaster took tho stand. Shetestilled to many conversations with her busbung when he uppeared to bo out of his bead, Bhe wsfa bio ulways treated tho pcr,[:l’y st wWith contempt, and, in fact, only alluded toitunce I her presenve, o shiort tine before thetriul. When they wero liviug at Kenwood Lewould otten point out persons who wero talkiug together, and say they were talking tlaut hiw,” For o time, also, ho Was aceus- Lumedt t 24 to town nb unusual hours to escape Wetsous who he daid were following him, s, Muguussan, N aster’s mother, was 2ext put un the witness-stand., She testified to Jastons wecanfons when Loncaster acted pocus Larly, and uppeared to be under stromg oxvite- et Ho secmed to entertuin no doubt us to the fuvorubly result of the perjury teiad, aud re- Eided it as neriflo. At ono perdod, however, h"l;;:(!,nlm)llu be apprehonsive thut persous were i hin, ium Laucaster was then rocalled and ex- Halken some of the statements made on hor Yerluus cxanunation, Biw sald that for o w*ek, about the thue of the trial, he usked her Y ¥ake him up eurly every mornluz, a8 ho lu.-m"d to avold some une, and she vuderstood as afrald some one was watebing for i, i, Magtungon, recalled, stated that_on the "" Of the trial ana just ufter the verdict was n-mlur sl went dowi fito the Marshal’s of- lll.;' Wherd Bie wus sittiug walting Lo bo taken to 30l askud i whiat ik wifs Was to do about minx her board, Tl seemed much snnoyed, s Wid lier not to trouble lerselt about It, us s a llittle, futlgued, but would be Lome o bfmelf, % Wikersham testifled that he met Lancas- n_l‘rs-nr Hoan Yast winter In front of » lamp-post i tate strcet, near ducknon stoeet, and heard ueks, “DIChung yog to- that i8] s hnnr." bete rued and went north.on Stute sfreet. On ey 7 wecusion about the, samo tims witness neaster in @ drug store and heard i Dhiugelfy % You (deemnd scoundrei, i you bygndtS bere 1 am, cant uoticed (hae mu-'mhw; was excited und his fave distorted, byt CUERE Luticuster wasd ot ot that time of e !l‘llll'Ally though ne sidwitted the trouble o L bave been gnly mumentary, sud sluply Elml Lauctivnel distarbance. e e requost of Districi-Attorney Bangs, s ":(_- Doolittls was then put on tho stand as a o fur the Govermnent, us he wished Lo go wflr- He testitlen that he first et Lancuster ,,m‘"}n-an 4z on¥w trun in Jowa, He bad H-m“‘“ several tues stuee, and hud been b iat s triate, 1fad pever seen arvthing Ve Idicuten invanity, He wus Fapid sig sy R eXeited In blewoys, but never scetncd Teetinl of his wnn iRzerests. [ b B, Ellioty, Anthony Lestified that a few a age Laucaster Luret inte Wi oflice Now | wunt you w do_ some- Bhed e ws uoman” Witness G what be wan and after Flih roubly Tearned thut Lancaster bad been b -:“1' wnd wantea him to go to Judge Blodg- Nlhh baye the mubter dismissed, Witness & Xufl e cutid do uothing, and thie defendant th lltlt s suddenly as he cune. Witness I;I‘K;Mn matner vn? strange and abrupt. gordan followed, “He had known Lan. 01 uearly ulue years, Lo bud vuticed ieastir's ways a8 fur buck us v Luat be took: ittls carg of L He wouid then havd cloredap e sucu and beew wurth $100,000 or $200,~ 0 e e that time Lo hud ot Lis property go ‘r‘m‘runlmu. Etforts had been wade by bls usds to hdp “lim, Dut they had Loen entil, Witness (o 1574 sdvised i to S Culifornte, e Lo considerca bis mind aud It Lancaster should bo dectared insana on such evidenco as o had pre- posed to adduce, then every man might be con- | Inates for & sultablo amotinte . Judgment In the State courts, was made B, 3 of Bee, mental faculties had Tost thclr tone, hnt the ef- fort was unsuccesafol. Il considered that Lancaster, at the timo of his trial for perjury, ‘was of unsound mind, and unable to give prop- er attention to his case. Dr. David ueu{, testified to-several occesfons when Lancaster had exhibited actlons Incon- alstent with sanity, but they.chiefly referred to times when lie had been under strohg_excite. ment. This concluded the trial for tha cny, and it was postponed until this morning at 10 o'clock. PARMER ITARMS, In April 1ast Comnmissioner Fitzgerald flled a bill inst Farmer Harms and the Board of County Commisstoners to prevent them from rnylmg over to iim_aboub 834,000 clalmed by him to be due as extras on the Court-ITouso, Yeaterday Harma flied his answer to this bill. He admits that ho was a contractor for con- structing the new Court-louse and owns sov- eral hundred thousand dollars worth of real catate. He also admits that he has not pro- ceeded with his work {n aecordanco with the original terms of the contract, be- causo Architect Egan has’ since given him new and different plans. hiese now plans were not accompanied with any soecilicatfons whatever as to nnterlal or worky but ho was simply dirccted. by Mr. Egan to furnish material and do such_work nas he should order from time to time, The new l»l:ms were entirely different from the old, and nstead of rubble stune he was compelled to cui- ploy block dimension stone, which doubled tho oxpense. ke asked far plans and spocifications of the work and matcrial, and of the prices he was to be paid, but the architect declined to furnish them, Intending to loave himself frea to dictate from, time what should be uacd, amd how the workshould be done. Tho architoct also verbally agreed that tho county would pay him for all the” work he did und ‘material ho furnished, Harma thinks the work was reason- ably worth $402,067.50, but denies that Egan Im}nny right or powerto declde what prices should bo pofd bim as to the architect’s csti- The estimato he made was nefther falr nor accurate, aod Iarms thinks lic Is not bound thereby. ‘I'ie defendant further denies absolutely that e entcred into any couspiracy with the County Commigsiuncrs, or any othiers, and alleges that. lic has only nsked them to pay bis Just “clalma, The Board was clothed excluslvely ‘with author- ity to manage and control all matters conncct- ed with the Court-llouge, and settle all claims arising therefrom, and Harms maintaips that the Court has no jurisdiciion to review or cor- r?clzfi its activn, or “prevent the payment of his clais. County Attorney Rountrea also filed a dis- clalmer on the part of the County Commlesion- crs, they denglng that they had made any fraud- ulent management with Ilarms to put uis bl for extras through, . VESSEL MORTOAGES. ° The question wasraiscd beforo Judge Blodgett recently, In the ease of Meadoweroft vs, The Behooner U, Ellen, as to the relative priority of tuwaze claiing and morteage liens, and was yus- terday dectded, Meadowerott hiad tiled an’ fne tervenlng petition asking to be allowed the amount of a mortgagoe be hetd on the achooner, and ofter ahe had been sold on the pro- ceeds of ler . snle otber clalins for towago wera also flled, and the question came up as to which was o first llen, Tt was clnfined that towage was u muritime lien, und that the vessel mortenze, helng o chattel morigage, was to o guverned by “the rules of chattel mort- mmissfoner Proudfoot, to whomn the rred, held that the vessel mortgarg was not a chattel mortgage, and not governed b{ tho same rulus ns chattel morteages. e also declded that towage 1o o home port wasnot a marltima len, * Excentfons were taken to the report, but yesterdny Judge Blodgett overruled thain and ordered thio report to bo conflrmed. DIVORCEA, Dorothiea Solberg flled her bill yesterday sgainst her husband, Apdreas Solbers, askinie for nlillvnrcu on account of his drunkenncss and. eruclty. Judge Moore yestorday granted a decreo of mronfi to wnufim 1. ‘ arner from Harrlet Warner, on the ground of desertion. 5 ITEMS. Judgo Mours was oucupled yosterday fn hear- ing tho caso of Della L. Falrman agatnst A, G Downs and others, involving the title to the louso and lot onthie northeast comer of Wabnsh avenue and Twenty-third street, and fronting 120 fect on the avenue. This property wag, {n 1800, sold under a trust decd for £0,000. 'Tho mortgugor dled In 1850, and Ins daughter, who canjo of age in June, 1874, filed n bill In April lust to ect aside the forcclosuro on the ground that proper notlce had not been given, and that the property was sold as a whole and mot in Enrcfll-. Judge Moore, however, dlsmisscd the ] on tha ground that sho bad been guilty of laches In not commenclng her sult earllcr,. she having attained her majority In June, 1874 An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. n tha enso of ¥. W, Heldekoper ct al., owners of the Chieago, Danville & Vincennes Ratlrond Company, va. Charles Kern, Bherlff, in tho United States Circuty, Conrt, the Bauk of North Ameriea, 8 judgment creditor of the rond auln r defendant, Judge Drummond also .“);l:my“ the temlmrnry injunction granted Mondn agalnst the 8henfl, but directed that the ban! shiould be rostiaincd fromn acliing certaln rall- rond fron which it had sclzed on execution, and which belonged to the complainanta in the blil. UNITED STATES COURTS. Bquiro A. Taylor, Asslruce, ete., bezan o snit agalnst James Knelund and “George V. Fox to recover 83,000 damages for an alleged breach of covenant, and another azoinst Justus ¥, Weller turccover some personuol property valued at ,000, TBANKRUPTCY MATTIRRS, & Henry W, Martin, a contractor of this city, filed a voluntary pefltion yesterday to bo ds clared bankrupt. _1iis debis, all uuscpured, foot up 00224, No asscts. The petition was referred to Regtater Uibbard, An_involuntary notition was_ filed agafnst Juhn E, 8hields by W, O, Pect & Co., on a claim for 81,774.06, and Danlel Richter on o claim for #421,50, They chargo that he has for over forty dJuys suspended payment of his commerelal yng&r. rulo to abow causo’ May 80 was ls- u In tho case of Danfel Webster, & salo of hfs asacis was ordered at Fnbllc auctlon after throo weeks’ notice by publieation. ‘Thoreal cstate of McCormick & Derrick waa ordered to bo sold after threq weeks’ notles by publication, 3 dischargo was fssued to Willlam J, Tewkes- ury, . R‘.YE. Jenuing was yesterday appointed As- signceof A. 8. Best, » A final dividend of 153¢ percent was declared in the cstate of E, C, Dougias to thoso 'who hove not yot recolved anything, Those who havo hitherto recolved 135" per cent will only be entisled to 8 por cent now., An Assignee will be choscen at 10 o'clock this mornfug tor W, A, Ewing, G ‘The composition-necting in the case of Levl C. Pitner ia st for 10 o'clock this morning: SUPERIOR COUMT IN BRIEF, John "A. Cptler filed a Il yesterda tnat Baraly, Martin, Mary Ann, Catlieriue, and Patrlck J. Ward, angd Peter Ward, executor ot the will of Patrlck Ward, to foreclose a trust-deed for 82,3001 Lot 9 Block 5, in Batler, Wright & Webater's Additfon to Chicago. Ludwig Mever and Elfas Greenebaum filed o bill nzaiust Vatrick . Dwyer, W, E. Lwyer, Fruuk Dwyer, Kate Dwyer, and George Dwyer, to toreclosu o trust-deed for 8730 on Lot 2, Block 9, of Archer's uddition to Chi 3 Jean Wilkius sucd James “A. Martin for CINCUIT COURT, * Frederick W, Koenig commenced o soit in (mnnnu&fiulnn Jobn ond Junw Bickner, claim- ing $10,000 damiages, ) catharing Thurnser flled o bill against Will- fam Didryes, Moscs Snydacker, and others, to forecloss a trust-decd fur $1,600 on Lot §, Block 11, in Walker's Bubdlvlalon of that part south of the north .thlm ;:rc- of tho K. J¢ of tha 8, James P, 'fiuw commenced an action for $10,000 damages agalust teorge Helntzman, John Prindfville, administrator, ete., brought suit for $3,600 agulnst, the Travelors' Insurduco Compauny, of Harsord, Conn, THN OALL. Jupon DuowkoNop—In chambers. Jupus Bropaerr—Uniimited call of his cslen- r, beginning at No. ¢, The inesnily case of A. 5(. Lancaster on tria), sad probably good for all iy, uDas QArr—00, ¥0,¢ 617 B8, 03 to 100%, 109 to 104, 'and 106 t0'110, Incluslye, A ol ose on rlal, Jubux Jaxzsax--Assiste Judgo Qary, and tries :;-ll-lcnuco. No. 307, Darrow vs. Fitzpatrick, on Juvos Mooux—4D, 50, 51, No cass on trisl. Jrnax Roukus—Set caso 4,657, I den, and calendar Now. 3 Lo 20, inclusiv Foereh ve, Colunbus, Culcsgo & ludlu Ttulrvad Compagy, on trial. Junus McALLIfl'IN—?fi:I cases 3,300, Jarvis ve. linote Truat and Savings Hlnj‘ and 3, old, Care lenddt Nos.'28 (o 39, peutor va. nuwne“ also calen 40, H, 8 to 07, 1clusive, oxcept 50, bY, 62, G4, No case oo trul, . JUpuN FauwsLL—Set cgse 850, Babcock va. Ape by, Efiml WiLttaus—Tho Walker: casca still on i JUDGNENTS. Uxiten Stazka Cixeuir Covwr—Jupar Bropo- xrr—Phienix Mutual Life Insurance Company ve. Heury 11, Kouo. MlitonJ. Hutls and Awmes 0. Uab~ cock; verdict $1,000, §nd mutlon (or uew trial. Surguion Cou, URYEREI0N vt we. John R. Lymau. $370.05 Ilonr( Kasicus ve. Jobn and Margaret Keys, $327.44. Willam Ban. nard ve. Szrali A, sud Francls Munsos, $1U1.70. Junk Uauy—Sarsh Porter ve. Heury 5, Moa- roe, §$108.07. [ Ciucurr Covnr—Jupas Rogeus, —H. T. Kellozg etal, va, Jacob Kelly; venlict $1,370,95, aud wae Mo for new trlyl. Wililun: Keek |! THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 1877—TEN PAGES. BERRIES. ' : "'{g there no remedy, then, for this cheat- ng| £ "*Therg fs, but 1t fs not in the present ordl- nance. Wll:'-l. {a wanted is g 0 8EL1, PRUIT BY THE POUND, We all know what & bushol of potatocs shoma How the Counoil Ordinance Begulating welgh, and it shouldbe the same_with frult, the M“fr“::aimu the ::\efi fi'm-ybody would know what he was get- h ng, w“ Wmld not thecrates and boxes stand inthe , a 2 H H ‘' Thelr welght could be easfly determined. Several Interviews = with the They ars wm ! e Jight, and generally of uniform size and weight,’” ** Could not the present package be changed £0 as to conform to the law{" "*The packages adopted now are the beat that have heen found, after years of experiment, for transporting fruits, anil they are as nearly per- fect ua they can well be made, It is not the regular dealers who have caused this dis- ratisfaction, but the scalpers and curb-stone Lrokers, 7Take, for fustance, the peaches, They come In baskets which Jouk allke, yet sonte holid a peck and others much less. The great trouble in this s with fruit-growers across the hkc, who put up the gomds in the ‘snide? packages, MR, JOIIN W. MANKING, abiroker In frults at Nos. 114 and 116 Bouth Wator stroct, sald that the Im',uunl. bierry-boxes would more than hold out if thes were dumped, m«: !lm :f“"m"cfl in tho country had discovers ac! * South-Water Street Fruite Dealers. They Want No Changes This Year, but Will Make Them Next, The Way the Scalpers and Shuf- flers Do Business. . In Boston, Baltimore, and other large citles, frults and berries are sold by the quart, peck, lusghol, ond so un, nstead of, as In this city heretofore, by the package, The Aldermen, in thelr wisdom, last Monday adopted on ordinance which provides that no fruits or berries shall hereafter be sold except by peck or bushel, dry meaaure, or some allquot part. Tho ordinance further provides that fruit shall Le good under as well ason top of a packago, and linpuses n fing of frum $5 to 825 for violatlon of the law, ML P C. SEARS, of No. 122 South Watoer strect, safil: 1 am In favor of % regular measurement, as agafnet irregulnr forms of packages, and 1 have always innde it a point to dlscriminale in setlin 3 both as tregard® the package and the way In which it is lilled.” “Dow't ’-uu guarantee your goods to hold out In quality I» 4 one-half to go to the fuformer. The great “Our goods sell on Inspeetlon, and the pues curse of Chicago and several other largs :xl::‘:l'i' !lli?‘! hls“,dlwrelluul- It Is s0 wllm 4 rulty. u guaraitee some Koorls, citles s the peddiers, who remeasuro such s egs, e where wa hold. over and rebox old frult, and “fix" (¢ for the mar- ket. Then there are the * fraud ™ commnission- men, the curl-stone brokers, ete., who have lit- erally run the fruit husiness in Chlcago intothe Rround. Year by year packages holding frult have grown smaller and smallery and the con- sumer I8 nlways the sufferer. Manyof the “innocent " Grangers have grown wiso beyond thelr time, nnd matorlally asslsted in defraud- Ing the consumer. Tho grocor and butcher have not beon overscrupulous, amd they, too, do reboxing, andchent thelr bost customors, This matter of fruit.consumption comes home tooverv family. In lts scason, fruit{s healthy, The luscious and Inviting strawberry ts not slone Leautiful ta look upon, but Is health-lving, and {s tonic n its propertics and oxcellont for biliousncss, 8o with binckberrles and raspbor- riea In thelr scason, They ward off summer discases it eaten when ripe. Apples, peaclies, ote., are all attractive In thelr way; yet, whenn porsan buys what he imaziues to be a peck, it is a gad thing to think that WK 15 BRING CHRATED about 33 percont. Yet such is tlhe fact in mreat mcasure. Tho way thie fs and has been done Is by selling frults by the packngue; and selling by the packae, as It has been carried on of latu years, Is a fraud, a delueton, and a snare. The baskets of peaclies or peurs are tumptingly covered with a plece of red tarlatan, under which le, alluring to the eye, aplendid, Jusclous frult, Beneath Is cither rotten, worthless stufl, or elso small and {nsignificant frult, This dodge has been dally practiced by extensive frult firms, and any guantity of curb-stune fellows do not deom this systemn too mean. the nccounts, so as to see whother they hold out to quality and count, It §s a0 with butter adto welght, and I a box Is empty Inn striw- berry crate we mako it cood.”” * How much do your small boxes hold ¢ “The snall berry-boxes are Intended to hold Aquart, They are cut for that, but we have never tried them." Inorder to sutisfy Tum Trinuse reprosenta- tive, Mr, Hears measured two boxes, and both w!c':r‘n found to run short ahout s quarterof a pint. “What do_you think of measuring berries under the ordinance? " **You sco tllu)l"mmu in crates, twanty-four boxes in them. To mcasire them out bly dry measure, a8 this ordinance proposes, would, os 4 rule, prove a very serious Injury, capeclally on o warm day. It “would bruise” and jclly the fruft.” i Adl $t Arc the boxes uniform?" " Uul\crnll)',‘)'en. It 1s very casy o detect the different’ sfzo crates by the way thes aro packed, They should hold” twenty-four buxes, and if they contaln less, of course we know there 18 fraud., Ta measure the small fruit agaln before wo could sell it would prove a clded Injury, aind et preseut we can only estl mate the gitantity by the size of the box.' *“Would not a measure be alike beoeticlal to erower nud consner (! * Measurenonts In herrios would be entirely useless, It lias been tried before and proved a fallure. Tt is like betting nualnst tho weather. Take reid r.upbt:rx’lr.-sI for Instance. They settle toucther In hot weather, and whilo the boxes In whi:h they were siippeid might have been heap- Ing full, when they zet hero they would not show overoue-hall. The point I ‘make s that the fruit packages should be uniform in slze. If the boxes werc huncst and honestly filled when they: left the Jmckur, the comm, slon men or packers siould not be held respon- slbte, forthe shrinknge Is fn o large measure caused by the weathier, Al that on ordinance Yet 1t s cheating, and lereafler tha | couid possibly accomplish i to have full and city taws will hold it as such, if | uniform packages.) the orlinance 15 only enforced - and **How |bolll-"0thurlmll than strawberries; do consumers ossert thelr vights. Tho Water | the¥ oldouts *“Not one In 4 dozen of the blacberry drawers holds out. ‘They are supposed to hold respects ivoly one-third, s haif, and a full peck, <But tlh‘uy, 'du not hiold out anything like this quan- ¥ “Are you In favor of a change 1" ‘T am, but I must protest against the boxes being thrown out thls scnsou, as all the fruit- uwers have laid in thelr stoek of crates and xes, and It would drive away the frult-trade from tnis city,” **Don't yuu propose to obey the law 1" # Certainly. Wecn sell our quart-boxes, if Ly are not full, for pints, at the samd price. Thére {s nothiug to prevent us from giving our goods nway," AMr. 8inn, of 8inn & Evana, 100 Sonth Water ;lmcu-. agreed with the vicws advanced by Mr. cars, ‘The noxt gentloman tha reporter had a con- versation with w - NUSSELL, : of C, E, Roo& Co., No. 121 Suuth Water strect. This firm are not frult dealers, but they are the manufacturers’. agenta for frult baskets, boxes, cratces, cte, “ You deal In boxos for packing frultl? sald the reporter as he entered, ** Wa do,” said Mr, Russcll; “we are agents for the sulde boxes. strect people, 08 a class, do not lke the ordi- nanco ac all, and one of thoso curb-stono fcl-, lows romarxed to a TRIDUNE reporter yestenday *“That it was a *gol-blosted® outrage, what- ever that meant, Tho making of ‘*‘snide" packages has grown to an immenso extent fu all the frult-growing scctlons In tius Btate and Michigan. At Grand Raplds round *snido quarts are made, but they are looked upon as fauity, because they have no ventilation spaces in them. Then there {8 o factory at Saugatuck, gllch., and oucat Cofro andoneut Alton, {uthis tate, 2 The trafic In those {lllclt measures, for they really are fllicit, 18 something ¢normous. Tho t\cw:fi-hukcu run about six_or a little more to tha bushul, when they should, under tho pres- ent ordinance, hold ‘elther a bushel, peck, or aliquot part thercol. . . s THEBE DABKETS look tempting when heaped up with fruit and covered with red mauze. They are llke tho gnmnv to perdition, brond at the entrance, ut, unilke it, soon narrow to a amall compnas, snd ave, withal, very shallow, The “snldo” borry-boxes have double sites and arc wosler- fully shallow, the bottom being run in as near tho Centry as' posnlble. In fact, they ore mady | o5 ieumide boxest, to holl us little ns consclence” will al- “ low. The hopest commission men uppose bn;‘!’:u ’"' we sell them here to thoso who re- those boxes, but hucksters, grocers, and others will use them,and thus apparently honest goods are in reality crooked. In onler to find out the feeling In regard to the ordinones Elnl!l] by tho Councll, a TRIBUNE reporter took o trip along Bouth Water strcet yestorday, and talked with quite & number of commiselon men. A great many would not allow themselves * to bo inter- “Where do mostof these boxes zo tol" ** Well, we send them to fruit-growers nt Alton and Cairo and otherpoints, We alsozhip largely to Boston and Baltitmore, whero thoy bave just such an ordinonce in forcs s our Cauncil adopted yeetenday, Etlll we ship these boxes there. The reform I8 necessary, and we are in favor of {t, but {t should commicnce with viowed)! s they oxpresscd ity becauso they | yo gruit-orowers, They have an orzanization ;m:‘:zmd that thelr staterments snight be il | which thoy tried to eifect the same remedy o5 fruft-dealer sald that i wus heartlly fu favor of | BOW Proposced, but it was nio uee. Tho- whola Insido of this business ls with the farmers, moat of whum ara pretty touch on patting up jobs. Tlien there are the curbstone hrokers, wiio go righit Into thus snide busincss with a rush,* “How ‘many small suide measurcs aro theret” +*Thero are quarts and pints. The peddlers scll the pints for quarts. They look atike, apd a4 “they ure cheaper than regular dealers Y m]tlo ‘cr’x’-rua. peouple allow: themsalves to be 1] Where do you soll your baskets” the ordinance, * but,” said he, *I'll bet a thou. sand dollars §k cau ‘mever Lo enforeed. Yes, I am in favor of baving fruft run uniform. But how can we help it If peddlers or green-grocers cheat thelr cdul‘L‘m:xhr.'r-_ !‘ .\I'n:,n. of our l"t"}f.‘lmlltd a quart, and, 0y don't, we can' elp t. \Vrn‘l don’t make 'emi. We only sell goods on comnisafon, MR, JOSEFL ITAGEN, of Mo, r;r&l B, n(ul. No, 10} Bouth Water street, .11 T the reportor: m“"l &nfa".iu liow uui'-‘yJ can enforce this ondl- To frult ¢rowers in Danville, Alton, and B els o pacepraTyout o¥ery KroWer | other polnts, and in Philadelphioe ~ The palirosd the manufactories at the shipping poluits,' ofliciuls want us to get up a cheap peach basket #0 as (o prevent the return packages, The ob- Jectisto a give-away busket, which will be cheap. {s the object in Delaware, where they give full measurs to the basket, and it ought to bo 40 here. The ordinnnce fs right. A bushiel ought to bo abushet, and & half a Lalf, Berries should bo measurad by quarts, It is no more than rifht," “ Does smnll fruit como n‘» tomensure now!'* ““There fs nono of it that comes up to full ‘measare, and none pretends to,” ¢ -'l';x’ other words, they are frauds on thelr “ITow much do your berry-boxes hold " **They arc supbused to liold u quart, when full, Berrics will scttle after they are put In the boxcs and transported, and thus, while a full quart may have been actually put {n the boxes when the berries were Lllrkud. yet when they get here they nlmclrm o Ieen. © Wa re- cetve o ereat deal of feult from. Cobden and thie southern part of this State,” How much will Leerics settlel® #Thoy will shrink and scttle, in a transporta. tion of about 300 miles, fully one-elghtly, and to attompt to measuro them out in dry mcasure, as you terin it, after they get here, would prove rulnous to the fruit,” Why sol" Hecauso when the berries arrive hiore they arc tonder aud soft, and s remcusurement woulil slmply brouk them up aud spoll thew for table or otlier use.!” “But If the change was compelled to bo maie, what then " *Prult has como to Chleagu In boxcs and crates for years, and consumicrs know what they aro buving.” #Tg thero no way In which berries could be measurod " 1 don't know how we aro golng to measurc them, If the Council does uut alluw us to use these packoges, it wlll drive the frult trude to othber points.” CIIICAGO AS A PRUIT MART, #1Tow 18 Chicago as a frult warker? " 41t s the best Tu the Northwest, The boxes #Yes, sir, fron time to tima tho fruit-growers meet and talk the thing over, aud then they o on packing sixteen quarts of berries to tho crate, which aro not sixteen Quarts at all.” 4 flow about rotten fruit ' #Tho packers put up bad frults at the bot- tom of thelr packages, for which the commis- sfon dealer Is ot to Llame. This {s also discuss- od In the Fruit-Growera® Association, but about. ane-halt are fuelined tobo honest and the others do noty want to do_anywhero near right, The result I8 the aunual fault-finding, for which tha fruit-growers will lufl'wb{ulnd by, Ihave sven praches come here, the ?‘ of the baskets of ;vntgh mcm )x:lcc, wl‘l,llz fircr half wore uufls‘ ‘fl\‘an or feeding hogs. - Yet these goods are scat Luro and sold, snd who Is to blamua" “l{lw:w came e ‘ande’ baskets in exiat- ce “1'1 tell you, Tho Laskets that wero first sent from St Joe were full-size. Then came the ‘shuttlers.! Thoy are the thieving qurb- :::3? " i’;‘:,flfi‘“‘f;“ ;;'1','::‘ °,'.,'ulf.'.’n§f,n“‘u°fi 1: stono brokers, who havo ralsed tne devil with Wll{lu to make them, but it seems | Peach-baskets, They ucnerally hire a corner on that some camo from ocross the lake | Bouth Water street, somewhere, They et out last scason that were' to all appearances | Hamiug cords, bire 8 blower to g0 to the Bichi. gun peach country, where bo gencrally does tall regularas to size, but tha bottom was shored Falking, oud olfcrs bl prlcn—hlm_‘r'hlll ‘tact, uyp, which caused great complaint, aad the fruft only held out to nearer 8 plot than a quart to fl“w tho regulars can sfford to pay, They gvt bos o first ~shipment, aud pa; romptly, thg ozl Then thoy ®et | more P mnr{:. * How much are h-baskets supposed to Hold g ik Are pest PR * Peactics come fn baskets that are IIIPDO‘M toLold a third of & busbel cach, and [t fsso with apples the Arst part of the sessou, Later, 23 the scason advances, shipments are mady in and when frost comes they suddenly leave, aud the fruit-grower Is left fn the furch for bls umnus. Lils gocs on year alter year, aud tho samo Michizauders generally get bitten, because they get bleger pricce at first, uud are thus Dbarrel form drawnon, These Yshutfiers® dlo out the two ."?h‘:'ifl?x ltx"inf ‘"n')fi".nil'é'-‘v' A o peaches und make threo baskets lnto five, which i o T ask you again, vaunot small fruit bo meas- tln.-z coyer with tarlatan to given them a decent ured out E;"thu qyart " look. These baskets hold nearer a quart than “1¢ {s not pousible to do with tender froit, | any other muasurs, but they are sold by the erriv ¢ % o package, which are supposcd to hold a peck, e B it caicn apolear eterrer <4 | Jhom thoy reuly Bold Int abuct oue-cightit How about the buxes, then; are thoyal- | i Can't this bo remedicd|” ways ulled full by the frult-rowera ™ Yes, sir; If the fruit-growers will deal hon- J'gu while others are | €stly. "Tuere ure caough good, solid commlssion tue boxes arce well-Alted, not. Those thut ure not well-filed orlginalty wa stll for leas than thoss which pruve themselves . up to wessurement.” 4 What ditfercuce do you ntake in pricet”? *#¢‘Fho diference we make J8 5 conts a quart, though it is not so much sctuatly when it comes 1o neasurement \'nluv‘ but the partly-dlled goods arc uot es saluble.? *'Whos to blawa for this short measurel “The touble scews to be ot so much with the fruit-growers und with the colnmlbssion-men as with the uml{mu. Wo sell borrics Lo the ped- Wers, who buy the ‘snide’ buxcs und cut off part of ours. The *snide’ boxea they Bl up, and tbfil sell bLerries often at 10 «éuts a bux fur Which they Lave paid the same prko, aud yob they mako money,'’ houscs to do the Lusiness squarc and honest. But theso curbstous brokers should be done awsy with frat.” MR. CHARLES DALZ, ' of the coruer uf Lake and South Watcr streets, w-llxx owns & largo fruit-furw at 8t. Joe, Mich., aald: “T awn o favor of honest messure, but I cau't change wy buxvs this zw Tuls or- diuance should be enforcea, but {5 sbould lie over till next year w peach-baskets snd crotes are wll wade for this year, but next year thoy can be changed sud we can amuugs mu accordingly. Al other frult-growend U I know of are fu the smine 8x. “How much do your berry-boxes baldi”? , “They aro suppused to Lold nearly s quart, ! and the stocks on hand in Mlchigan and this Btate arc simply linmense, We guaranteo al fruit to bo of quality and measure such as we represeat.” MARINE NEWS, A BUBY ITARRBOR, ‘Yestcrday was tha livellest day of the season In the tmrbor, and the conatant atrival of vessels in. the midst of & heavy gale biowing from the north- eant noon filled the river and its branches with craft of all descriptions. Vessel-masters and crows from the lower-lake flect crowded around fa- vorite haonts and epun yarns innumerable abont their haps and mishaps daring the recent unprecedented fca-blockade, and some vory funny instances were related which, §f pablished, wonld anbject the relntors to wrathfal vengeance. A number of masters who were conversed with by Tne Tninese's novigator (on land) sgreed that freight profts had been consumed in the expensen canned by the long delqy in the Fiats, Some of the Captaina, who were deialned longer than ethers by the ice, feit preity biue over the lowses this canned, but on tho whole the ancieatand more modern narincts apun yarns and cracked fokes merrily over thelr nautical adventures at the Flnta, Knots'of sailore crowded the walks on Sonth \Wator street, hotween Fifthavenucand Market, while many collceted In the varlowe offices, nnd’ in Flnne RBro andlery, at George Gl & resort, and 8 Capt. Beown's, Lettars from homo and friends were fnund et the placos mentioned by the Captain oml sallors, and some of the muth.prized missives had been Ising thero for eeveral weeke, the writers not -mlcl‘u\lnn tha werionn delay which prevented the joily rkippers from reaching thle port, OId fricndahips were rencwed. and new vnea made by the Lardy men of the sca. all of whom Jookedd unuranily weathern-beaten and cares sworn after thelr ronsh experience an the St. Claie Flats, All were n:anlced at reaching a port where they could ind a little rest, and their Chicago fricnila pave them a cordlal reception. Lp to 5 o'clock last cvening elchitv-soven versels nad arrived in port alnce Monday midnight, twen- ty-fonr of the number heingthe Jower lake flect now coming in, and which is sald to number 100 yeasels, nearly sil of which had been fcc-bound. Twenty-two of the lower takern brought cargoes of conl, and they were of tho larvest —clane. Tho lack of ‘paint on thele hulla elear up the topsides, showed plainly the difiiculty they must havehad {n coming through the fields of lce, which o Masters roported wore atill ranning in Take St. Clalr and Itiver when they left. The flect wan for- tanate in avolding scrious accidents, and only a ffiwholl the vessels mot with dsmage, and that slightly, ’l’uoylnmu Jumber fleet which has been coming nince Sunday sdded much to the .great marine rcene of yeatordsy, and tugmen were kept a4 busy o8 bees o daching out to the crib and back afier taws, and are likely to have mure than a plenty to do for thisday at Jeast. Withone esception ail the versels came In safely, that of the scow Chapin, wiilch sank 8¢ tho mouth of tho river justas she réached it. An Account of the accident is given under a separate head. SINKING OF TIIE SCOW CHAPIN, Conslderable excltiment was caused at the mouth of the river yeaterdav afternoon, and pasticalariy among the tugmen, by the sudden sinking of the old mcoweschooner J. P. Chapln, which entered the hirbor at about 2:30 o'clock, and jmmediatcly ofterward went down, barely giving her Captain and crew of six men time to getoff rafely. A heavy sca was ran- ning at the time, and hier deck load of cordwood was swept about in all directions and sent foating in the basine and river In larze quantitien. Tho earyro consirted of about 100 cordy of woud, ahout forty of which were on deck. ‘The unfurtanate veescl mank In the mildle of the river. just opnoalte the ligithouse-slip, Into which the tug Wood pulled her afterward, 8he had been taking water freely during her passace from Horn'e Pier, on the weat shore, notwithefunding rhe had her bottom thoroughly calked before ale left this port on her late teip, and filled and sank just as sho reached the North Pler. Lust night ahe lay in the IIIY. lurched over on the port ride, ‘I'he Chapln In an old veaec], of 120 tons burden, and requirod froquent repairs to keep her afloat, She s valued §2,000 by her owners, Miller Birus,, and her Master, F. Mudlson. The Istter bouuht a halfl interest in_her recently for $1,000. ‘Thero |s no Insurance on her, ller cargo of wood was conmmed to Messrs. Horn & Joseph, of this elty, and was valued at sbout $150, During her passace liere her crew had to work cnnmml{ at In‘r_“ pumps to keep her afloat untilsho reached 0 U Bho will bo rlsed ns soon as posaible, and placed in the dry-dock of the Mesars. Miller, who have an nterdst in her, During the sinking of the vessel raveral tage which congregatad about hor scrocched with thoir whistles, and made things nkin to pandemonium forn whlle. The tug Wood finally pulled bep out of the river Intu tho slip. She was Lesaght in by the tag Monitor. —— LAKE FREIGIITS, Citicaao—Frelghts were more active, and room was reported for 80,000 bu wheat and 170,000 bu corn, mostly by sieam, on through rates, The props Arabin, Dlanchard, and Commodore were takon for corn through via Baffalo, and tho schr Porter for wheat to do on private terms. Prop Alaska, wheat to £rie: prop Cannda, corn to Mon- trealat Ic; barge Kershaw and prop—, 3,500 packages of provisions, BuryaLo—Clatters on the 10th: Echr Guido Ptister, coal to Clilcago, 5c; schre San Diego and W, I, Vanderbilt, caal from Cleveland to Chi- cago, 60c; schr E, Dates, cement to Cleveland, 4e ez brl; achr N, C. West, brimstone to Cleveland, .&0¢ per grosa ton, f, 0. b. ; schr A, Fond, sycamore lumber from Awherstburg to Buffalo, 81,75 per m feets schr James . Bawyer, coal from Cleveland lln {,)ng;(l;hwc: lronore from L'Anse to Cleve. and, $1.40. Tho echr . G. Fort goes to Erie to load coal for Chicago, ot G0c, and the bark Lafrinier goes to flp{e'g- to get & cargo of Jumber for Chicago, at ToLxno—Charters on 21at: Sehr Manmeo Val- tey, corn to Walkervillo, 1c free. ~Sawme yesecl, IIIM‘:RI' from Alpena to Toledo at $1.50 per thou- and, ) Drrrotr—Bchr DBelle Stovens, lumber, Alpena to Vermlilllon, at §1.60 on rall. Schr John L. Green, ataves, Detrolt to Duflalo, st §4 on barrel and $5 oo bogeheads, —_— TITE CANAL. Dmpagront, May 22.—Anmren—Montauk, Lockport, 000 brls flour, 7,800 1bs menl; Luck- port, Lockport, 1,400 brls flour, CLzArED—Gen. Shernan, Morr) Inmber; W. A, Stecle, Aux Sable, ber, Bmipoxrort, May 22-0 p. m.—Armvep—Ed H. Hesth, llenry, 70,5634 ft lumber; Andrew Jackson, 80,2053 ft lambers larry, Henry, 70,608 £t lumber: Montauk, Lockport, 4,043 bu’ wheat, #0001t Tumbers J, Bouchord, &1, Louls, 1,031 600 shingles; lercules, Lasally, 84, 447 ft luwmber. MARQUETTE. Epecial Dispaich ta Tha Tridune. Magqusrr Mich,, Mdy 22.—Arnved, props i, B. Tattle, Sparta; achrs €. J, McGill, Sumatra, Geo. H. Rly. Passed up, stmr Annle L. Craig, ‘The stmr Pacifc ranashore four nitles below Forte age entry In & fog Sunday mornlng. She Is draw- ing nige (oet of water forward, nine feet aft, snd seven in the centre, on & tock. The stne St Louls aud a couple of tags were at_her nssistance yusterday, The sty Ivanhuo reported ber dangur- ous when they loft her, The lako has been rough hera to-dsy, ~ Wind nurthwest. 60,242 11 1,000 ft lume PORT ITURON, Special Dipateh to The Tribuna, Pont Huuon, Mich., - May 22, ~DowN—Props Vanderbllt, Westford, Lawrenco, Jubn Pridgeon, Jr., Hloward and consort, Ketchum and cousort, J. 8, Fayand consort, Delle Cross and Larges, ackett and coneart; schrs Anulo M, Foster, E, C, Roberts, Odtrich, Joscphine, Cheney Ames, Fure e, . E. lailey, Lem Ellsworth, Ur—I"rops Javd, Burliogion and barges, George King and hflrzn‘-l. Miile and bai hta itepuiic, Erastoe corniog ™ "0 t; echre Repuolic, us Cornlug, O WiaiNorth, bASK: Weaibor g —— TIIE PROVISION TRADE. ‘The canalboat Jobn Greonway was loaded Sate orday with 2 tons, 8 full load of land, from the stmr Nebraska, Tho lard (s owned by Moastw, Are mour & Co, and N, lh'. Fairbank 7“ Co,, of Chi- d fe to be delivered aloogalde of a Ger- e Mo ol 1a Now Yo dde it A freight ov the canal from Buffalo to New York ls lbtnlhll ilw.‘ pwwhfihly nm}er. I’l“llrr‘l°l “l \b: no 110l 1 or poing into welgh-lock, as m"m'a?" iy-nlne of wlfi on the cansl.—Huyulo Aspras, L1, Smemtt WHICIL ONE arepozier yoatees day that be had boen requcstcd (o sigu & petition asking the appointment of W, W. Uates for some office, —he aid uot knowwhat, for tho reason that tho document did not stafe, but he thouyht it was ‘ 0 also satd Mr. T e iare placs s Loma Tapoctor, Which 1o 16 M7, Bates? SOLD BY THE MARSIAL. The achre Katu Uarley and Golden West, lately tha property of Redmand Prindiville, were sold by the United States Marshal yesterday forenoon, at tho l:u-hm-llalu; door, to satisfy mortyare . About & dozen Yedsel-owners Were pres- Soum e oy WU Veast], was struet o 15¢irst bud ab $750, aud the Gulden West, 38 A 1, apssaw. W, b Ruztoot bkt thou o, Bids, ug was quite Uvely ou the Gulden West, fandhiid ERTE, Spacial Digpatch ¢o The Tridun Euig, Ta., May Th—Asrived, scr J. Walls, Purtage, Clarter, schr Zack Chaudler, coal to Clicago ot 80c. ——— TIIE BIVERSID¥. Tho aplendld little stmr Riverside srrived From Detroit sod Bouth lisven yesterday, in charge of Capt. Mitchell, and woored ut the Jock nvas Lbo foot of Wabash avenne. She will run ragularly between this port ana Soath fiaven. ' Sho han fine and ample accommadations for pleasnre parties and paseengers, and will surely prove a favorite. THE JUNE CONVENTION, The commitieo of vessel-owners to determine where the coming convention of vessel-owners is tobe held have detormined on Buffalo, and the next conventlon will be held in that city Jone 0. As yot no word has bren recelved from Detroit by the Chicago Committee on Local Organization. NAVIGATION NOTES. CRICAGO—A strong not'easter prevafled yester- day, and the sea ran very heavyall day. Somo disasters may be looked for....The river fa cram- fall of vessels....larbor-Master Carey had tus hands full yesterday keeping the channcls elear. The crush will be greater to-day when the remarm- der of the up-fleet gets In ...Excaralons sre atn dleconnt....No communications from Detroit yot on local organization. Capt. Finn and Goorgo C. Finney are looking for one....The schrJennie Matthews came in from I»elnw,emrd-y, with her mizzen bant o take the place uf her forcaall, which shawed that the had Jaet the fatfer....Capt, Cox setll carey the Council's Harbor and Bridg the Bridcwell Committees up the river and the harbor on his h i and about androme mtcamer fen Drake thin morning. The Aldermen will inspect the hachor “with & view foward fmg ita conditlon.....The echr ~ Brightle had her main-hoom fiabicd on her hate trip from Buffalo....The achr Moneoon I In o leaky condi- tion, and ta walting to he dry-docked by Capt. Eyster....A davit was pulled nut of the achr N Johmnyeu:xda whlla coming out of Mnga- zine Slip, nea alated ntreet....The Emma Coyne came in t aveninz, short a foresall, The Lug O. B, Green bias arrved from SMurgeon been witi the Alort and s and dredyes meut there to improve the canal,...Lomher “carguen went off lively again yesterdny; about thirty were on the market in the'mornind, and: the lnggers kept coming all day....The schr L W. Brown was chare tered tor 81,1:7% for lumber from Ludinzwn sueterday....The schr Mosher ia charigred for lumlier from Rm-hu(zmm to t*hicago for 21,425 Othrn Ponta, —The Cnited Riates” #imr Miche Ixan 1x on her wn{ to the Upper Lake porta..., Ves. #ely are ieaviog Hnfale Jight rathier than accept the rates offering on conl....The achr ltaska, un her parsage up (o Milwaokee, had her foretopzallant mast carried away by the pariing of the )AY)II')[\M“ sierup.... The schr City of gTolodo was yestor. day donning her canvas ot Milwaukee, Kho ta” under ~ charter for lumber from Manistee to that port at $1.12 per 1,000 feet ... The Metropolls has gone to the Cugnhw.’rl Clevelsnd, for repalrs wo her tnachinery Sho will run as an excarslon bost during the sei #on... The Senfinsl suys alarge fivel of ve: bound for Uhicago’ went bowling t Milwsukee yesterday morning, to o diae pust of toy caplaing, who falled G0 cap. ture o ringlu Lower-Laker. Tho vesceln wore all ander reefed canvas....Tho new lightholse on e north pler of the larbur of Marincite Is now complcted, and Is a very neat and subetantiul rtructare. Willism Holimecs, of ~ Menomince, has received the appointment of lightkecper. Cupt. Fred Holon, of the sehr Gi) Bnapp, reports that the Cl‘puin of the achr d, C. Wilson was knocked ovethourd and drowned on Thursday afternooa inst off Foint Sauble, Wowlny fresh It was at tue thne, and it was lmpoasible to reacus him.... The acow Christie, recently rebuilt at the Milwankee Company's yard, fs hcl’ng fitted oat, She now has two masts instead of three, with a topsall forward, Chicago parties Lave been nezotlating for her' parchise, but tha salo fell _ through.....The = Empire, 1s at Oedensburg fitting _out, will manded b{ Capt. ~“Jamea Connars, will tow a harge durine this reanon...,Tho ro Granlte State, the next to tho 1astof the Northor Trandt Line to po Into commieslon, {s being Gited out with l}nflen ger nccommadations, and Is to run between I;.'ih:nn‘mflz and Toledo during the veason OF 1877, This leaves the Buckeye an the only boat of this liue vut of commission, Monday in- formation was received at Detrolt that the rame line had secured a contract to deliver 3,000 tons of rallroad Iron at Green Bay, and bad determined on running 8 line of bonta Lutween that polnt amd Lower-Lake ports dnring tho present roason, (0 ene £3ge both In the pasernger and frelght teaflc, ——— C The following are the arrivals and clearances for the twenly-four hours ending at 10 o'clock last nlght: A A ~Prop Riverside, Haven, n ““A’&x‘ffih"fin&m’n-’. il B et S ron 3 gundrice; schr fi, Lrows, Gogoatz Day, bl hate Glflett. Bal Waite River, lumnber; schr. o Jianpan, ur- v, Telezraph hoeai schr 3t; MeF ek, Suskeray. b Teat schr Aotares,” Muskeguh, woodi sche O. iaab, Colitigwoud, wnodj scup Four Brothers, tec, lumber: shr Hialclxl, \IanlaLec, mbors schY B 1t Lilake, Manlstec, lumber i hrJoni Slaree. Uswen, coati fi!;@ ucerne, Clevelaud, coali schr tGeorge S| e o g e 8 umoer; e J, 1t Noyea, Oswegn, coal: sehr Cornelfa, Iilack Creek. Tumbery sehr 14, Manistee, lamiwrs ;crlr.,lg(‘l‘;' &‘llnl a: (! I ‘hr s 3 i 34, Thmdl, Osweso, coali schr John 'Mark. ' Mautnice, lambors sehr. i, sarnes, Menomonca. (umbir; sclie B, . Lugt, For Biver, ammbers sy Wopshaeir b J Lot ure; schir 4. U, Maston, Bufalo, coal sclir B, F. liruce, Buftalo, cosly oy, Tluflalo, eoal: sch Sam Cook, (s senr Yollie Gardner, liay saityselr’ " Kearar Jackson Vari, sty tenr Reludeer,” Manfiowoe, ilights aclit oalt, Day de’ N posts; schr Spray, Holland, “wood; sche " Nalad,” ‘Oconto, | lumber} Kata Winsluw, Clevelind, coals schr Tdn Relth, aland, cosli schr Trinidad, Cleveland. cosd: scur A Cowe, Guarlote, cvals sehy D, bicwa Lleve- 1and, coal: schr Atalanta, Tawas lumber; schr Wi Uswigo, coal; dche M1 Haln Cedur Iiiver, scbr Pamonder, Cleviand, cosl v scht* Buicl aweso, oo posta; 1 scbr W, 8. Crosthi+ all only schir Norman. Keg liartor, ‘wood | Walbridge, Slurgeon liay, posta; schr B £OMl; schr bL. Lawrence, Altapes, i Elm Clty, Grand Hsven, wood; schir Fil tumbers’ schie Lan Newhall, Crow il schr g, V. Jones, Muskegon, lunber; Levl Grant, ' Muskegon, Tumber) schr iner, Clichoyizan, humbers schr ln ¢, Woodrufr, Astubulyconissehe Wollai Juew Kowaunce, Wood: e . Sulie Inveh, lumbers sehe Duncay cay Jurber; schr 11, 1, Soore, Muske: foa lnubers Tank ‘Crawford, Muskeao, Fiaghr, L Dates savmico, lumbery sctir B ner, Suskeion, lulnbers scur ltexutalor, mmmrllnurd. Scarey, Muskei Hiack Hawk, Siskagun, Luimnbers sl . Cleveland, coaly schr ted Winz. Cleveland, schir A 1. Iwers, Muvkegon, lutibers schr Commerce: Aenomonee, ‘timber: “eclir Hornett, Cleveland, coals whr ¢, J. Renhiaw, Erie, coals schr Magnolia, Hards plrs Lier, wood:scne tvor Lawson, Grand taven. lim: bery schr’ Lvddiugon, Cleveland, cuaiy schir F. Lester, Manf » Coyne, Segle naw " aaity Ludingtun, Tumbers pruy Muaulatee, fumber: g’l’flfl Lhampl rop M. Groh, antstee, lum iuftalo, coat; :i"f-ef'né.' “ichr O Ter! Clveldnd, 2on Cleveland. con r Cla wr, Clevelwid, Co. schr Metropolls, Menomnaee, Jutnbers &ehr Wandvi Manlgice, lumbarg schr.f, B.'vuficld, Ludiogion, lut ey achy Trio, Lincoln, umbers. schr . . Hounc, utalo, couls scuf Furidnd. Tiay City, aity, schr lviio Mitciell, Oeweyo. conlt schr Marctisnt, Groen Tiay, Caseville, fumbor, rait, Suskeson, 100 bu oatei prop ¥urone, A JL000 by Whgats prop Hehivkluna, Montresl, 16,84 hu comn; schir Helnder, Elk ltapids M0 bt wheat, 1,50 Ut com, sundrivi Uchmond, Huffalo, 44,04 bu corn, 20 brie lours 190D Tempust, * Whilta Lake, 10 bris pork and indrisi prop Seotfa, Muntreal, 17.000 bu_curu Liaho, Bufialo, 15,434 bt corn. L.50 by . Duftnlo, 52,000 ha dour, 250y bils mnd 3, e fumbers ‘brop b W Fowe Sy Levi L ontres . e —— SI0UX CITY ITEMS. Spectal Disoatch te The Tribune 810vx City, la., May 22,—The steamer Gen. | Sierman will leave bero to-morrow and proveed ou the way to her destinatlon.’ Tho work of ralsing the Cameron has been beguy, -and it s probable she will be brought hora and put on tho ways for repairs within tun daye, ‘The niver at this Po{m 1 gradually rising, and above it 18 reported.rising mn(dlry. : ‘Two hundred Russtans o thele way to join the Mennonite t'clmiv in Southern’ Dakota are rived here from the East this morning, Several hundred more are expected before the Ist-of June, There are now upwards of 8000 fu the Russlan settlemcut near Springtlehd, Dukot e — MADISON ITEMS, Special Dispatch fo The Tridune. ManisoN, Wis, May 22—"The Board of Man. agers of the Dane County Falr were In session tu-day to mako arrangements for the annual fulr in Beptember, The superiutendents of the various departments were appoluted, sud the tino fixed at Sevt. 95 to 93, {nclusive. Three thousan dollars In vremiurus will be offered, The sunual parade of the Stadison Fire De- partment takes place to-morruw afternoon, e ————— Aarkmonship of Nortly Carolina. Iluaters, Wimingeon ( C.) Suar, My, A. Glles, of Glles' Mills, Sampson Cvlm!{. havine noticed the rpecimens of matksmanvhip which appeared i the Sar, thinks be can oue betier, ¢specially onsnakes, as he says Lo cau va by thy eat 0f Wiinuedss that be killed ige- wen of Ihe **yarninis®' at ous shot. Mr. Durnnt Ruodes, of Onslow County, who ip this city yesterday, saye that in 1873 he kille thrve decr 4t ong dischares of &n ondinury shut- Kun. Thug were spproschiug b jua narrow hog. path, and Be shut at toe forewast one. the ether wo being cutlrely htdden from bia view, In threo succeseive drives sfter thishe killed six decr, or twoat each successive shol, and during the year 1he amount of yealion slaughtered by bl fuoted up 1, 700 pounds, SELTZER APERL o '.l d Before Life is peried, DNeal judiciously with the symptoms which tend to dsugrsous chronto dise . I the etumach s foul, the exervious irevitular, “thu lver torpid, nothing o more certmu than that TARRANTS EFFERVESCENT SHLTZER APKRIENT b the Sold by all one Lblog nevdiul 0 slvel & cure, druggiats, : b L] i APOLLO MUSICAL FESTIVAL, i FESTIVAL | * ANNOUNCEMENT. THH SALE OF SEASON TICKETS TO THE GREAT pollo Musical BEGINS AT 152 STATE-ST. : Friday Morning, '25th inst, . TWO GRAND SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERTS AT THE MOODY AXD SANKEY TABERNACIE, FRIDAY EVENING, May 35, and SAT. URDAY AFTERNOON, May 20. Topular funday Schiool Charuses by 1,000 Eehola felected from ndny Kelinols, nedsted by the BLIS) MEMOIIAL, DILE and worfnl (rehestra. Quartetie Sfusie MSTA THURSTON, Miss LIZZIE POl E.'DEXTEIR, sud Mr. C. 8, PROP. 0, 11, MERWIN, Mnsleal Condneter, TICKETS—Adults, 23 centa: chilidren, 15 to be'hiad at wi Tellgiuis Hookstoren bl McYICKER'S THEATRE, Tho Groat Kmotional Actress, ROSE EYTINGE, ‘This Wodnead; ine, M ., TS SRS o, Forthe o CAMILLE. CAMILLE... Armnand Duvai To g, P - ke morm evening, WOSH EYTINGE s JuLidta HOATIESEFIT OF Ros BYTINgR. MRS T crini b O HObeoN and Bt KKE BANRIN [a the cat. < TAVERLY'S THEATHE, Magrine & Uavener.... +essProprictors SIX NIGHTS AND FOUR MATINEEY. DEARIN'S Liliputian Comic Opera Tronpe, 1u the great Rurlesque af JACK THE GIANT KILLER. et o Eopnar et e Matineea, 23 and %iet Eveninios, Sc. 73, 81, May 23—HATI CLAXTON {3 the -+ w0 OFphans. ADELPI} TIEATRE, . J. I HAVERLY . vevssevereasns Proprietor and Manager THE LADIES’ MATINEBR TIH18 (WEDNREDAT) AFTRRNOON AT 2. ANOTHER GREAT BILL TO-NIGHT. lemember. ALL LADIES' SIGITS! Tho Theatre Flo- Eaatly berfumed, “knttre stroctare’ pieasantly venti: ted, HoarticsL spplause arcets the Tatious HAVERLY’S MINSTRELS. 60 GHAND NTARS, 0 Ina Magnificent Programme, Ferfection and Refine- ction and Re Bient bf Minsireiey. Evory nigbt this weck. Alea Wilhcaday st vatardy Sathiacs. 5 McVICKER'S THEATRE. OUR BOARDING-EXOUBSE. Rale of Heserved Beats will commence ta-morrow (Tharsday) murning. SEWING MACKHINES. Prices&duced. “THE FAMILY FAVORITE” IMPROVED NewModel Machine, Light-Running, Noisoless, No Gears, No Cams, No Bprings, Now and Elogant Btyles of Woodwork. From this date, by tho explration of Patents un- der which we have been paylog royalties, we ars enabled 1o ecll our machines at Greatly Reduced Prices, And as law 0 thoso of any first-class macbine. Send for Cireulars and Trice Lists. WEED SEWING MACHINE C0, 203 & 205 WABASH-AY., CHICAGO, TLL, May 10, 1877, o E Floronco Machine Co Florence, Mass, o arant doafl sour couking, washing, ironirer. &e. ut an . e e e i A icat, Any stove firnitire'cun be navion It Warmnted SAFE.ODORLESS AND DU Nover bay un (4] Suive undl You Bave senthe Pluvnes full dwariptive clrentar, The unly OIL STOVE Htevelving the Centunnind Medl, N T E DL rotlure {ree, TAGMNTS W Eaduira temiury pien, i Gen, Agtx, for the Northwast, 78 Handulph St., Chiogo, ‘The Florenre Fewing Maching has lovn greatly fn- Prosel aud simpitied, and ts xd o exchanzed L dd michinew 8¢ Joces to it the thmes, Bend for clrenlare, — _ STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS. {ce of Chicano & Norlbwestern Railway Compaty, 52 Wallel, - s Nzw Yonmx, April 2o, yser. ‘The Annual Meeting of the Siockholders and Bondholders of this Company for the electlon of Directors purenant to taw, aud for the tramsaction ¢ of such other busineas as may ‘cume befora said weeting, will bo held at the wilico of the Company, in Chicazo, on Thursday, the Tth of June next, at 1p. R transter baoks will close on Satarday, May pud vpea oa Monday, Juoe 11 pext, Hondbolders will suthenticate their voting bonds by registration. ALBRRT KERP, President, M, L. SYKKS, Jr., Secrutarr, B Stockholders' Megting, Notice I horeby given that the aonual meeting of 1l Chicago South Brauch Dok Cumneny, fof the vlection uf Dirvctors of said Cowpaay, will ba beid ut the ofice of said Company, Koo 3 Dickey Hunldig, No. 40 Dearborn-sl., in'the eity of Chi- €0, 1108, m., Wedaesday Juso § & D. 1677, . MASON, Sccretary of Chicago South Branch Dock Co. Oryicm Cuicaco, Rock Istaxn & Pactyio Ratte) KOAD COMPANY, APPil 24T © T o ElécTion uf Directars pursiant to Jaw. 80d tho Lranste: Lo 0f 050 Olscr s icss a4 137 LS. befors ey il e Buld e delerSt e Cobili iy caday, dhit ity dar ot Jgne i ovtocka T o N RSO PR et ¥, TOWs, secrctary. COMIC PLAYING CAKDS, ) the Stockholders Jhe Aunusi Meeug of the Stuckholder caxe, ilock ldasd & Pactic Co., NOVEL! —— ORIGINAL! } —— AMUSING! I L A3 SILLY — RING VUL L ESS AMUSEUENT FOR OLD AND YoUNat besten? SR St e VST et irigal, Now Yuik,