Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1877, Page 7

stolen thekets conlil not bedisposed of, and rol- beries of this kind sould be much less fre- THE; RATLROADS. THE NEW YORK CONFERENCE. suerlal Disnatch 1 The Chtenan Trivane, Ngw Youg, Dec, 21.—The conferenco of rafl- soad managers and frelght agents was held to- P'reliminary and Informal conferences with trunk-line managers, and meetings among ghemeelves, were hield by the Western peorle Weidncsday and Thursday, To-day a suflicient pumber of representatives having arrived, Mr. E. T. Jeffery, Suverintendent of the Il nofs Central Rallroad, hes fssued a efreutar to the conductors and brakemen of his road, fn. etructing them to seo that the passenver-cars under thelr care are alwayas well ventilated, and, a uniform degreo of heat malatained fu the car: In the winter. Mr. D, M, Keller, General Manager of the Ureen Bay & Minucsota, has resfgned, to take effect Dec. 31, A Mr. Timothy Case, of New York, will be hia successor, ‘T, it. Malone, Uencral Frel the Shebotgan & Fond du I, elgued, and Mr. J. U, Smith has been appolnted 1o the position. . 4. Harlow, (lencral Eastern Passenger Agent of the Michigan Central Railrond at Bos- ton, was In the city yesterdny. FIRES. LINCOLN, ILL. Bpecial Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribune, LiscoLy, IHl., Dee. 21.—Oue of Edwatds’ ten- ement houses fu the east end of the city was de- stroyed by fira this forcnoon, Cause, a'defecs The conteats were all saved, {sno Fire Department nor engine in the city, or the house could have been saved easily, t the Pittaturg & Fort Wayne, and Chafrman of the Exccutive Committee of the Western Assoclation, presiding, There were resent John Newell, General Manogerof the Jake Shore & Michigan Southern, John Kiug, President of 1I. Uecvercaux, Recelver the Atlantle & Great Western, A, L. Hopkins, (encral Manager of the Wabash Valley Rall- Simpson, General Manager, Van- datis, J. C. McMuliln, Ueneral Sucrintendent of the Chlcago & Alton, W. R, McKean, Pre: f the Vandalia Rallroad, and many oth- e . Jamen. Tilluehaet, York Central Pltlmnore & Ohio, ) v from other trunk lnes were also present. The k wos, of necess! Western people, the trunk ht Agent of of the New representatives inea shinply ad- Nune of the roads, accusing cach other of far a8 can bLe learned, brough pr to rustain their charees. settle tholr difiieuitles wns the aim of the meet- fug, andd, when adjournnient was had, ab 4:30, the method had been dectded. fuyg the Investization of charges of bad faith of penalties to a com- mittee of oflicers of the scveral companies, Commissiouor e rouds was appointed to do this, and cr dutfes under the agreement, iford, recently of the BOUTH RAINTRERE Bovty Barntnee, Mass, Dee. 21.—P, & N, Copeland & Co.'s shoe factury burned last night, Loss, £35,000; Insurance, $39,000, e— SILYER REMONETIZATI ‘The Xurean County Farmers Demand Ite Muass-Meeting ut Toledo, Special Dispateh Lo The Chicano Tribune, Princrroy, Ii., Dee. 21.—A rousing meeting of the ycomanry of Bureas County was held at the Opera-ITall in Princeton this afternoon, aud among the speakers were the Hou. 'I'iomas J. Henderson, Dr. Edwurds, and the Hon, L. D. Whitlig. The following are the moat prowmi- nent of tho resolutions adopted s Jlesolred, That to destro resources of the country miver lan reckiess dlsregard of the gene: fare, To do this when forced specle resumption rospect In an uuporalicled out- ruin. o the general buslnees of the country, and to have careied (his casure by alcalth was o awindle upon the people, calla for thsir sovereat condumnation. Riesolred, That thoe pur ver a4 money, thereby el and thus licreasing the valne of Lunds by making them payable in goldonly, when by the plain teria of the faw they are redecmable Ineninof pold or siiver, 1s a fluzrant uttempt to enrich the boniholdera beyond the terms of contract at the expense of an nlrendy overbnr- therefore, demand of Cone ‘resldent the speediest repeat of tivie unjust legialation, and the full restorstion of silver to fta former place us cqual with gold In the privilege of colnage and in tha paymeat of debts, Instead of Jeave aitimore & Ohilo this place. llo the Commissioner of the W his the ronds tributary to the trink lacs ot Suspenelon Bridee, Pittsbure, and Salumapicn azreed, and the Conference adjy tothe call of the Chafrman, rates on cast-bound freizht was not, says an suthority, formally discussed, but will remad I8 of $5 per cent on the journed, subject 1 one-half of Ihe money y the demonctizing uf asat present, on a bas Lundred on graln frum Chicago. ITAMILTON & N a1 immedlate rage, menacing TIE CINCINNATE, ose of annuhilaung sil- * The Directors of the Clneinnatl, Hamilton & ancing the valne of zold Dayton Ratirond held a meeting at Cllxclan!l n few days ago to take further actlon in regard to their rccent troubles with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indlauapolis Rallroad. After a lengthy consultation, the followlug proposition was aivoted as their uitimotum, Thare being now autstandim Company's bon duneid people, 92,000,000 of the | Ererand of the I unapalls Railrond of which amount the Cincin- nyton Iailroud Company owns 700,000 and Individoals own $1.500,000% aleo, tie Ciucinnat!, Hamiiton ny being the owper of ate. That the attempt now making by the ress and uther orane and acents of the bondholders (o _uphold, defond, retain, und hy the surreptitivus and awindling law of demonetizing sllver, and falvo allogatione, by unjust and unfounilcd aceinsa- tions aud fallaclous arguments, therely making themeelvesn pasty to the orginul fraud, reveals that thero exinta a conspiracy sgainst the rights of We therefore “call” upon Congress to itaelf of 1tn power, and, 1f needed be, attnch a repealing law of the demonetization of silver (o the general appropriation bitl, and 1o etand by it with that herolc firness demanded by the vital interests naw imperiled, Jiesolved, That the charge a0 boldly made and orslutently reilerated LY the newspapers come or Influenced by the money-power of the tern States and Bitcope, that ‘the people of Western States are swindlers, repuafators, w geporally, s a crue slander, and we throw it back fn the faces of thore with the contompt, scorn, and tndig- 600, U0 worth uf stoc] & Indianapolis Kail- ty, lamilton & Daytun Taliroad Cotpiauy hereby make to the hudividual 00, (U0 Cincinnatl, lMamtiton & Compuny's bonds the follow- road Comipany, ti dojug these mostly by Indianapotia Nl propositlon, to wit: ‘The Cincinfiatl, Mamilton & Dagton Jtatlrond Company to cancel all the 700 bands (50,000 Leld uni owned by It; aleo, that tae Clncinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ratroad Comi any_cancel anid discliario all the clalma of tho meinnatl, Lamilton & Dayton Haflroad for cash alvauced fo tho sald Cinclonatl, (awmliton & In- distapolls Ralitoad Company fof completicn and equipinent of sakd Cincinnati, 1amilton & Indian. Company, amueunting to dato to the ‘The individual owners of the %1,800,000 of bonds to cancel one-half of said Queinz the entird Seat mori and fufarous bonds, thereby ro- bonda of the Cln. Rallroad Come panty to 000 bonds of £1,000 wnon whicl the ToLewo, 0., Dec, 21,—A mnss-meeting of citizens was held ot Whites' Hall to-mghit to glve expressluif to their views on the subfect of the reimonetization of stiver. addreased by Mayor Joncs, Judge J. R, Seney, Juhn L sherwood, and othiera, ‘The following resvlutions were unanimously adopteds Lesolved, Thut we urge upon our Senators and Htepreseutatives in Congress the immediato remone etization of miver, and that the colnaze be s free and unlimitedd an that of pold, sud of the standard valuo of the dollar of our fathers, to-wits 4. gralue of standund silver, Jlesulved, That we belleve the dlause of one- half tho coln money of the world by the universal demonetization of silvor would 50 fiicrears the purchasing power of cold that those who hold which w;)ulnl then inzinnatl, Hawmliton & Diyton Jaroad Company are to pay'all the coupons com- in; duo on ond afier July' 1, 1878, and ull futuro conpuns, and the principal of wald bLunds as they The meeting was Cincinnatt, lamilton & Divton Kallroad dne Jan. 1, 1478, on lic 1,500,000 bunds held by {ndividuals, une-tiif cash on warrenaer of bonda and conpous swl one-laif on the 30t dn ny o buy 1ho couy of Uctober, 1878, of thu Cinciunatl, lamliton & any for duforrad half with- mald coupons to be poslt Conipany, Cln- clunatt, U, a8 necurity thut xaid notes witl bo pald, id notew are pald smd cony ed to the Clnclnnati, Jlamilton & Usyton bailroud Company for cancellation, 4, In consideration fur the $400,000 bonds vo canceled or discharged by Individual owners, waid owners are Lo recelve preferred 7 pof cent atock in the sald Cinctunuth, Hamilton & Indlanapolie Halle goad Company of equul atnounta, sald 7 per ceninm Lelnz paynble out of net earmnge, after deducting interest upon the €400, 000 d tho uudersigued ownors or sepresentutives of the oumber of Hrat-uortenge Londs of the Cluctnuat), Hamliton & Indisnapelis d ¢ pposite our naues, o weverally with ench other aud with tho Clncinnati, Humitlion & Dayton Katirond Comn- pany, vubstantlally to the foregoiag proporition, 0 be binding when the fuaividual owners entatives of $1,-100, 000 of the $1,K00, 000 ofsald Clucinuatt, Hamiiton S Indianapolis Kaliroad huve wasented to vayd viuposition und we suon u the ownersof (ho $1,400,000 ol valt bonda ahull have wssented to tam nrrangement, then the bunde tu b forwarded L. snort, Treusorer, who will and give the notes for the del acove provided, and will alko rucaive the bo ayton iallrosd Com promises 10 pay means wherewlth to contscate tho prope Inbor of the majority of thy world, and that ihe attenpt intqulty. would result tn grave revolutions that t destroy cquities. hat wo look with the efforts of Luropean capital of the houds of the Guvernment and corporativ in Eurupe and America, ta 2o control legislation us tucompel thelr payment tn gold only, thercforo effecting & revolutlon fo valu and the destruction of a lury peuple of the c: o enforce such a legal profound alann upon fstr, Who own most 4 10 their own prolit partof ull other Pproperty, - Jiesolved, That the honor and credit of the nae ton are better protecied by wellare und prouperity of thowe upon whom the dischinrge of 1ts obligations rosts than. by ::‘mun iond In favor of holders of auch oblign. duo regard for the Company's bonds -l A resolution was nlso passed condempatory of the Resumption uct, and demanding its e mediate repeul. ——— . GUBERNATORIAL INAUGURATION, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chtcago Tribune, Mauvison, Wis, Dee. 21,—A meeting of the princlpal citizens of Madison was held fu the Aericultural Rooms of the State Caoltol to- night to make preliminary arrangements for the ceremonles Incident tu the fnuuguration of the Hon, Willism E. Bwith, of Milwoukeo, Gov- ernor-eluct, and other Stuto ol vlace Monday, Jan. 7. Tue Hon. B, W, Keves wus elected Chalrman of the mecting, and Col. A. C. Parkinson Seeretary. hounced that it was desired by the in- coming Stata ofllcers thut the ceromonies ba unusually imposing, ond that it bebooved the cltizens of Madlion to mske the uvceasion o credit to both city and State, samne tenor were madu by the Hon, W. 8, Maly, the Hon, 8, U. Ploney, Asshitant Atorney- Qeneral Bloaw, Lr. L. 8, Ingman, and others. nittes of Arrans F, W. Uakley, Col. Al Pulio Dunaine, the 1on, 8. U, tha Hon. Wil y and Col, A, . Commltters ou Iocoption, Finance, Military, aud the Floor were ap) the leading business auc Cominlttes ol Arrangements will meet to-morrow and declde 1t {s tho dotermination ot prusence of u Comtnlites sppolated by satd iders), and give the preferred stock there- for, and upun condition that the Cinelnnati, Ham- o & bayton ailroad Cumpany will decling and ho bunds and the coupons thereon, thu owners of which have not gasented to tu tule srrangoment. Nothing herein contained ‘an sdmission of Lability upon Clucionatl, Hamliton & Dayton Ratirgad Compuny, which rescrvos all lexal rizhte fenses which It may have to Its ulleged ability upon satd bonds, Thiwagrecment Is subject to the Nuckholders of the Clacknati, Hamt! Jailrund Company, whoe will of Dircctors for the purporo of approviy same, when the holdere of Loude shall huve usaented hercto, LAKE SHIORE & MICHIGAN SOUTII- reviat the payment of tl shal bo cunatraed the part of tho « bu convened by’ the 1, 400, VU0 of sn! The Chafrman an- Nxzw Yonrg, Dee. 21,~The following §s » sum- mary of the annual report of the Lake Bhore & Michigan Southern Rallrond issued to-day s 3, Bpecclies in the Pluney, Samuel The lnt-‘menxlunud ftem 1s applied as fol- . Ashitabula accidont. Einking fund (1877) wideud, 2 per coni, Feb, 1, upan a programine, the cltizens to make an unusual display, CAUGHT IN A TRAP, tary compontes will 3r. E. B. Muntz, a scalper In this cfty, who bas Litherto borne au unblemished reputation, aod aguinst whom no charges of kaviug dealt in Hegithmate tivkets have heretofore been made, 1 now nceused of o transaction which is cateu- lated to damage bls standing constderably un- 1eas he should be able to prove his entire inno- tewce. Bome weeks sgo Mr. Mantz purchused of & Mr, Woodward, a Buffalo scalper, eleven ts from Chicago to 8an Francisco. The ts when purchased bore the stamp of one Level, a scalper of Buftalo, by whom Woodward wag furmerly employed. It now turos out that the tickets were stoleu from the latter party, Yesterday a couple of detectives arrived bere ftom Bufalo ln search of the stolen property, ¥ of the tickets were found In the poss of Mr. Mavtz, the other seven having ale feuty been sold. And Mautz's position is the fact that stolen tickets were Stamped, was aleo found In his office. 3lr. Mautz deoles cmphatically that he hud oy, kuowledgeZ of tho fact that the tickets Fere stolen or be would not have bought them. Mr. Woodward, whom he kuew for some time, De says, came t0 his oflice with the tickets in Yuestion, and offered them for sale fn bebialt of Thy stamp of the latter which be Lrought ajoog, he claimed to be w duplicate of he Teeular ollice stamp, aud as $ltey in the babit of urivg T Mantz, bad no suspicion that ever When Woodward Lo prescut from Green Tay, Mauston, Bheboygau, and Milwaukee, ju- cluding the compuny hiere, which is consliered Btato, for escort duty and parade fn the ufternoow, weatber permltting. grand ball ond roce| tion fn the Assctubly and Beuate Chambers wil take place in Lhe cvening., No_ speclal cards of invitatlun will ba fssued, but the reception will be —— opea to tie entire Bpecial Disoateh (o TAe Chicage Tribuns, Eaar Baarkaw, Mich., Doc. 24.—The ninth aunual report of Salt-Inspector 8. 8. Gurrizues wlll bo published to-morrow, The salt-produc- ing territory of the Btatu s divided juto ten In- apection districts, having a totul manufacturing capacity of over 3,000,000 barrels, or 10,000,000 bushels of sslt. In the 8 steain blocks have been erected repurt, aud six kettle blocks abandoued. The entire mnouut of sait lnspected in the State f: Fiue, 1,500.541 burrels; 82,0405 aceond yuality, Tois would smount to an fncreaso vf {60,540 buskels, uver Jast year's product. Tha revenue of tho State insoection oflice during the year was fx:nflmlru $10,033.97, leuy- ere', 20,8585 solur, Dbushiels, belu or 196,103 b.'nreli’f $10,050.20, and the e {ng & surplus of §35. special Dissatch (0 The Chicage Tridune, BerinoriELy, i, Dec. 21.—The Rev. Dean Gregg, who bas been Rector of 8t. Paul's Epla- copal Chureh in this city for pearly eight years, resizned to-dsy, to tske efcct nexs Easter, He a551208 88 & reason that the parish is thus given au opportunity to change Its form from a paro- chlal to & catbedral organization, in view of tho probability that Springueld will become the residence of the pew Bishop, ¥as not ull rght. UIZOt 1o take the stamp aloug. Thedetectivas svoflscated the stoleu tickets and requested Nr 30LZ 10 accowpany thew to Builal 244 wituess agafuat the thlef. Mr. eady ot the time, but promised to follow He says be is coutident of g bis lunocence ot complicity in tho v this worujug. It Is ot known t the Deau has In view, but, sluce the declloation of Dr, Harrds, Mr. Uree 1s prowiuently incotloned in conuection with the Lishopric uf the Quiyey Divcess. BaLTivouE, Dee. 2.—The educational Con- vention of the Orthodox Fricnds bevan its yeatly scssion atthe Fricods' wmectwg-house Thls affafr bas caused conslderatlc stir in ral- 8y &4 wetl us in sculpmg cscles, because it will 9 I0re thun wnytlitic ¢ scalpers fu thus city out of the busluces. Alters not whetber Mr. Mautz was duped oF for ft shows how th ving employes gob 6 ot their plunder, b veape 1t thers were o dcalpers THE CITIICAGO TRIBUNE: ¢ following States wers represcited s in person: Malue, Rhode Isband, waen, howover, the most of it wis wested New York, New Jeracy, Pennsglvania, Mary- Jand, Virginia, North Caroliua, Olilo, fndlana and Tilinols, " Reports from absent delegates of Jowa and Knnsas and Dominion of Cannda were reeefved, John (5, Whittler 19 a deleente from Mnssachusetts. He fs not present, but Ictter Is expected from him to-morrow. The Conventlon was organized by the election of Francls T. King, of Maryland, Preshlent, nnd Angust Faber, of New York, Secretary. The evening serston was devoted to the disesafon of the questiuns: * What fa the preseat condi- tion of the_ high schools and academics In the Fm:lr.-l'v, and huw can they be made tributary to the higher collegest’” nad “What Is the best location for a Frienda! college for youug women of the grade of Haverford ! KILLED A BEAR. Charles Dudley Warner Relates the Clr- enmntances of I1ia Encounter with Bruln While Hinckberrylng In the Adirondack Mountalns. Attantic JMonthly for January. 8o many conflicting accounts have appeared about my casual encounter with an Adirondack bear, lust summer, that in Justice to the publie, to myself, and to the bear 1t Is necessary to make a plain statement of the facts. Besldes, it is 8o scldom 1 hiave oceasion to kill a bear that the celebration of the explolt may be ex- cused. ‘Thy encounter was unpremoditated on hoth sldes. 1 was not hunting for a bear, and [ have 1o reason Lo suppose that a bear was looking for me. The fact s that we were both out black- herrying, and met by chance, the usual way. There'ls among the Adlrondack visitors always a great deal of converaution about bears, a gen- eral expression of tho wish to see one in the woods, and much svcculation as to how a pee- son would act {f he or she chanced to meet one, But bears are scarce and tlmld, and appear only to o favored few. 1t was a warm day In ‘Angust, just the sort of day when an adventure ol any Kiud seemed im- possible, But it oceurred to the housckeepers at our cottaze—there were four of them—to ecnd me to the elearing on the mountain buck of thie house to plek blackberrles. It was rather a scries of small clearings, running up into the forest, much overgrown. with bushes and briars, ond not unromantic. Cows pastured there, penetrating through thie lealy pussuges from one ¢ nln;i'm another, and browsing amongg the bushes. I was kindly furnished with a six~quart pail, and told not to be gone long. Not from nn{ predatory Instinet, but to save appearances, I .took o’ gun. It adds to the munly uspect of a person with a tin pafl if he 4'so carries a gun, It was possible 1 inight start up a partridee; though bow 1 was to hic him it he started up fnstead of standiog still puzzled me, Mauy peoplo usa a shot-gun for partridges. I'prefer the rifle; It mukes o clean job of death, and docs not prematurely stuff the bird with lobules of lead, —The ritle was o Bharp's, carry- lmin Lall eartridge, ten to the pounds an ex- cellent wenpon, belongine toa friend of mine who had intended for a good many vears back to kill o deer with i, He conld it a tree with it, if the wind did not blow and the atmosphere was just rizht aud the tree wus not too far off, neurly every thne; of course the tree must have some alze. Needless to gay that [ wasat that thno no sportsman.. Years ago 1 killed a robln_under the most humiliating o cumstanc The bird was in a Tow cherry-tres Lloaded nblg shot-pun pretty fuil, crept up wider the tree, rested the guin onthe fence, with the muzzie more than ten feet from the bird, shut both eyes, and vulled the irigger, When Lwot upto sce what had bappened the robln was geattercd ubout under the trec in more than a thousand pleces, no one of which wos b enotzh to cnable 8 naturalist to dechle from it to what specles it belonged. ‘This dis. gusted me with tho Nfe of o sportsiman. [ wmention the fncldent to show that, although { wunt bleckberrying armed, there was not mach Inequality butween moe aud tho bear, 11 this bluckberry pateh Lears had been seen. The summer before, our colored couk, accom- panled by a little giri of the vicine age, was picking erries thers one day, when a bear came out of the wouds und walked towards them. Tho girl took to her heels and escaped. Aunt Chloe was: puralyzed with tecror, Tustead of attemping to run, £he eat down on the ground where she wus stonding and began to weep amd seream, giving heraelf up for lost. - The bear wasbewildered by this conduet, Ho aupproached and looked nt tier; e walked nronnd and surveyed her, Prob- ably he had never seen o colored person before, and did not know whether she wonhl agree with him. At any rate, after watching her o few moroents e turned about and went Into the furest. This Is an authentle luetanco of the delleate consideration of a bear, and Is much niore remarkatle than the forbearauve towards the Africun slave of the well-kuown lton, be- cuuse the bear had no thorn in his foot. When 1 hud climbed the hill, Iset up my rifle cufust a tree and bezan plekiuge berrles, Tured on fromn buels to bush by the black gieam of frult that always promises more in tho distance than it realizes when vou rench It: penetrat- g further and farther, through leaf-shaded cow-paths flecked with sunllght, jute clear. g after cleuring, 1 could hear on all sides the tinnle of bells, the cracking of sticks, ond the stamplnz of cattle thut were taking refugo In thy thicket from the flies Uceasionally, as 1 broke through n covert, I e eountered a meek cow, who stared at mo stuplds Iv for ndecond aud then shambled off Into the brush; I became aecustomed to this dumb suclety, und picked on lu silence, attributiuge all the wool-nolses to the cattle, thinking nothing of any real bear. In {u-lnl. of fact, however, [way thinking wll the tiwe of a nice romantic Lear, and, a8 I picked, was composing o story of u gencrous she bear who had loat her cub, and who selzed a small glrl fn this very wood, carrled ner tenderly off to hereave, and bronght herupon bear’s milk and honey, When the girl ot bix enouzh o run uway, moved by her Inherited Instinets, shoe cscuped and cume into thg vailey to her futher's house (Lhis part of the story wus to worked oul, so that the " child would know her father by surgoe family = resembiance, and have somu language In‘which toaddress him), ond told hin wheru the bear lived, ‘The father took his i, and, gulded by the unfoeling duughter, went into thie woods and shot the bear, who never madeony reslstance, and only, when dytmgs, turned ruixruurmul eyes upon ber niurderoer, 'l'mln woral of the tale was 1o bo kindness to aul- mals. 1 was in tha midst of this tale, when I hap- pencd to louk sunie rods away to the uther edizo of the clearing, and thers was s vear! o wis standing ou bis hind legs and dving just what [ wus doing—picking blackberries,” With one paw bo bent down the bush, while with the other he clawed the berries [nto his mouth, green oues und all, ‘To say that 1 was ustonished 13 lnside the mark, 1 suudenly discovered that 1 didn't want to sec a bear, after all, At about the same moment the bear saw me, stopped catng berrles, und regurded me with a glad sug- prise. It ds all very well to Imagine what you would do uuder such clreumstances, Probably you wouldu't doit; [didn't, Tue bear dropped down on his fore-feet, and eame slowly towurds ue, Cllinbing & treo was of "o wse with 80 good u climber ln thorear ;9 1 sturted to rup, 1 had no doubit the bear would give clisse, un although & bear cunnot run downlill as fust s ho can run uphill, yet Tlelt 1hat ho could get over this rough, brush-tangled grounu faster than I could. ‘The beas was approaching, [t suddeniy oc- curred to me bow 1 could dlvert his miud until Tcould full back upon my mihitury base, My pall wus nearly full of cxcellent berrios,—much better thon the buar could plek hunsell, | put the pall ou the ground aud slowly backed away from It, keeping miy eye, a8 beast-tamers do, o the bear, The ruse sicceeded, “Tho bear came up to the berrics and stopped ; not secustomed o eat out of a pall, bo tipped it over and nosed ubout in the fruit, “gormiug " if there bo such a word) it down, mixed with caves and dirt, Hkoa pig. The bear I8 8 worse fecder than the plg. Whenever be dis- turbs & waple-surur camp in the spring, hia aiwoys upscts the buckety of sirup and trumples round ju tho sticky sweets, wastivg more than Lo eats. The bar's waunvrs sre thoroughly disagrecable. As soun msé tuy enciny's head way down, I started and ran. “Somewtiat out of breath and shaky, 1 reached my falthful rile. It was not wouieht oo rour, "1 beard the bear crashing through the brush after e, Enruged ot my duplicity, ho was now coming on with blood i bis eye. I felt that the time of one of us was probably short. ‘I'be rapidity of thought at euch moments of perit is well knowu. 1 tuought an octavo volume, bad it illustrated and pub- lisbed, sold dity thousand cuples, and went to Europe ou the proceeds, while thut bear way loping across the clearing. As § was cocking wy guy, L wade & basty and -unsatlifuctory re- view ot my whole lifé, 1uuted that evew lu such & compulsory revicw it {s alinost Jm| ble to think of any good thing you bave dooe. The sins come out unlommouly strong, L gecollected & pewspaper suu- scription 1 bad delaved (me' years aud years 840, until both editoruud newspaper were dead; ubd which now never could be paid to sll eter- nity. 'l'lu bear was coming ou. «I tried to remember what I had read about encounters with bears, 1 couldu't recall au ju- staucu in which o man bad pun uway truw a bear utbe wuods and escaped, withuugh I recallad SATURDAY, DECEMDER plenty wiere the bear had sun from the man amluat off. 1tried to think what 13 the best way to kill & lear with » gun, when you sre not near enough toclub him with the stock, My firat thought was Lo fire at his heud, to plant the ball hetween bis eyess but this {s n dangerous experiment. The bear's braln Is very small, and unless you hit that the hear does not imind a bollet I his heal,—that is, not et the tina, remembered that the fnstant death of the bear would follow a Lullet planted just back of his fore jew and gent into lus tieart, This spot is alaa difficult to reuch unlees the bear atands off #lde towarda you, Jike a target. I flually deter- mined to fire at him generaliy, The bear was coming o, The contest seemed to me very different from anything at Creedmoor, 1 had carefully read the reporis of the shooting there, but it was not casy to apnly the expericnee Ihad thus ace gulred 1 hesitated whether 1 had betier fire J3ingz oo my atomnch, or Iy "f on my back and resting the gun on |{lw1. But In néither posi- tion, {refle . ald 1 see the bear until hie wus upon me. The rango was too short, snd the Lear wouldn’t wail for o to examine the ther- mometer and note the direction of the wind, Trial of the Creedmonr method, therefare, had Lo be abundoned; and 1 Litterly regretted that I hiad not read niore sccounts of off-hand shoot- ing. ll‘-'m- the bear was coming on, 1 trled to fle my lust thoughts upon my fatnlly. As my fambiy i smull, tins was not dif- fleuits Dread of disblcaxityg my wile or hurting her feelings was unperinost in my mind. What would Lo lier anxicty 0a hour afier hour passed on uid I did not - retarnt What would tl rest of the houschold think ns the wfter- noon Pnsml and no biackberrles camel What would be her mortification wheo the news was Lrought that her husband had Leen caten up by abear? Teannot magine anything tmore fgun- minfutis than tohave a hushand caten by o bear] And this was not my ouly anxlety, The niud at auch thnes Is not umiler cont With the wravest fears the most whimmalnl fdeas with oc- cur. 1 looked teyond the mourning friends and thought what kil ol an epltaph they would be compelled to put upon the stune. Homething like this: . UERE LIB THE REXAINS or FATEN RY A UEAR Aug. 20, 1677, It 1s & very unlicrule and even disagresabla epitaph. That “eaten by o bear" s utulera- ble. It 1s grotesque, And then I thought what oy fnndequate langnaze tne Eoglisn 16 tor coi- puct expression. At would not answer fo put upon the stone slmply *eaten” for that Is lndefinlte, wnd requires cxplanation; it mizght menu eaten by o cannlbal. This difti- culty could not oceur In the German, where easen elgnitles tho net of feeding by aman and Jressen LY u beast, How shinple the thing would be fu Gernnan: MER LIEGT HOCUW QUL ELOREN T " GEFREAEN Aug. 20, 1877, ‘That explains ftself, The well-born one was eaten by a beast, and presumably by u bear, which animal Las & bad reputation sinee the days ot Elisha. ‘The bear was coming ob. e had fu fact come on, 1 Judgred that hie could see the whites of wmy eyes, All mv subrequent reflections were contused. 1 raised the grun, covered the bear’s brenst with the sight, and let drive, Then I turned aod run [ike a deer. T did not hear the beur pursutng, 1 looked back, e bear liud stopped. us Iylng down, 1 then mbered that the best thing to duv after hav- nred yourzun is o reluad it. 1 shpped In o ite, keeplug iy cyes on thebear, r stirred. I walked Lack suspicionsly. There was a quiver fu the hiud legs, bt no otber mo- tion. 8till, might be shamming, Bears olten shutn, o'To muke sure, 1 approactied and put u ball into his head, He ddn’t nind it now; be minded nothing, Deatin had come to him with o merciful suddenncss, He was calm b ddeut. Iy order that be bt renain su, | biew his brafus out, and then started for bomie. 1 had Killed » bear! Notwithatanding my exeltement, I managed to saynter luto the huiige with un uucoucerned wir, Fnere was o chorus of voices: Whiere ure your olackberries (' 4 WWhy were you gune s loug “ Wiere's your it “11efs tlio pafl.” “Lelt the pal!l What for " 4 A bear wanted it O, nonscnse SWell, te fast Isaw of it a bear bad it." 0, cumol You aidn't really see i beur *Yes, but I did really seeu real bear,! “DILhe runl” S o 83 he rau alter me,* ‘;’! dun't believe u word of it What did you 14 #0h, nothing particular, except kill the bear,” Cries of “*Gammon,” “Dou't beljove ft," * Whero's the bear (" I you want o_see the into the woods, Lear, you must go 1 couldue Tl doy iz satisfled the household thot some- thing extraordinary bud oecurred, and exeited the pusthumous fear of svine o them for iy own satety, L went down luto tue valley 1o get help. The great bear hunter, who kevps oue of the sumtner boarding-huuses, received my story with o smile of meredulity, und the u- credulity spread to the otier fulianbitants and to the bourders as suull ws the slury Was known, Howover, aa I tuslsted in all soberness, ud oi- fered to fead thetn Lo the bear, a party of furly or flity propluut lust sturted ol with no tobrlnge the beurin. Nobudy belleved tiere was any bear tu the case, but everybody who could get i wuu carried one, and we weni fnto the wouds armed with guas, pistols, pitehtorss, snd stlchs, aalngt ull eontingencics or surprises,—a crowd wadu up wiogtly of scollers sl jeercrs. But when 1 lcd tue way to the tutal spot, and omted out the bear, Iying peacetully wrapped 0 his own skin, ssiething lige h:rrurn:lzui thy boardees, nnd genuiue excstoment the natéves. It wos amo mbtake bear, by Georges and the hero ot the tighty—well, L will not” innst upon tiat. Bub what 4 procession that wus, crrying the bear hume, sud what s cougregution was dpeedily gutiored in thu valley to see the bear! Qur Lot preacher up thers uever drew oy ke 1t on Bunduy, Aud 1 imust say that my particular fricnds, who were sportstuen, behaved very well, on the whole, didn’t deny that 1t was & bear, al- thouglt they suid it was small for a bear, aly, Ueane, wio is cqually good with o ride and vod, adwitted that it was n very lalr shot. “He I3 probably the best -ulmun«xuzur m tho United btutes, and by e an equally good bunter, 1supposo there I8 0o borson m America who 14 more deelruts to kil u woose than be, But bo ncedlessly rearked, after o had ex- amined the wound in the bear, that he had seen that kind of a shot made by a cow’s horu, This sort of talk affected me not. When [ went to #leep thut nleht iy st delicious thoughit was, vo kuilled a bear,” Cuaxtes DunLey Wannzu, AN INJUSTICE, To the Editor of The Trituns, ‘Toxica, Ith, Do, 2.~The liberality of the Chleago merchan's 18 kuown throughout the leugth and breadin of the lund. Yet fu one thing, that of collecting their drafts, they are not just. Just now, when collectlong are very diicult to make, the country Lanker feels that It 18 au fojustico to ask bim to return uopald drafts st his own oxpense, It werchants {n souding their drafts would fucluse .postage- stamps 1o cover expeiises 1u these mattens, they would be living up to the muxim of “domig unto others that you woulil they shouhl Jo unte you," 1 country bankers would not re- turn unpaid collactions unieas they wers ace companied by 85 cents to pay expenses, thls in- ju-lK-:‘ uuder which they now sutfer would soun stop. CousTHY BaNKER, =Pkl POLITICAL, Soselul Dispaich 1o The Chicago Triduze, IxpiaNarorty, tud., Dec. 2L—~The long- headed Dewmocrats are already beginning to tulk loudly agulust the dute fixed for the sp- vruschiug Convention, regardiug It excecdingly unwise to commit the party by makivg a plat- form at u time when Congress {8 wrestling with the mouney question. They counsider Indiana a ticklish questlon, and that there will bo & Lluudering precocdty in an early-bird platiorn that can be taken wlvantage of by the upt\ul- tiou, Blany questions entertained by the Con- yeutlon wiil, 1 all likeliiood, be decided before thie canvass s well enterad upon, snd may prove to be the weizhtest kind of dead-wood, e e——— BEECHER AND INGERSOLL, To the Editor of The Tribuns, Cuicago, Dec. 21, —Col. Iugersol) Las been de- nounced mavy & time and oft as & **horrlble lnf: del™ It whil puzzle plaln pevvle Lo perceive the easeutial difecence between the views lectured by Col. K. Q. Ingersoll und thods preached by the Rev, Houry Ward Beecher from the Plymouth pul- bit. Last Buaday he declarcd to his congregation that **A cn r"lhh.'d over by such & dewaon as tuat [the God of the orthudox), who bLss been rtmh ing the worid with willivas of Luman 2 nlul\'(vblr& thein ol inte bell, oot Jike dend Hlies, but without taking the troubls eveso to kil bew, and glosting and languing over their eterns) wiscry, v oot such 8 hearen as 1 waot 10 Jo Lo, ‘The dociniue [s 100 harrible, I csunot belleve it, sud | wou't." What vpinions do Tugerevll avuw more butero- doz thau thost quuted? lugutaoll cruacs bells os 99, 1877—TWI LIVE PAGES *aita down on® the doen Neecher, 0 10 epeaks ao doen + future ana eternal Ingereol) ancazonlzen her. Tnzersoll ridicuics the great fands. ntial principles of Christian boltel tngeesol] prils down the very corner.stone af ‘the Christian roligion: so dors Ingerrall holda that the doctrine of the Trinity faan_{ncomprenensible delucion; Hencher ‘to require any one to beileve it wam than heathenism. ter considering these paraliels of opinton, e it Tair o #o on denounein phemous infidel and uphol iishment: o doce From & 1o 9 p. m. Daily. Greatest. Gaihering of BABIES fhe World has cver A SPLENDID SOCCESS! crowdcnvmllr! an aors Heecher, BABY SHOW BABY SHOW BABY SHOW BABY SHOW McVICKER'S THEATR the one as a blas- ing the other aea —— CHICAGO °**GRANGER” ANSWERED, To tAe Ld(tor of The Tritune, Bentnory Hosz, Dee. 20.—A writer In your Wednesday, who “‘Granger,” scems to he considerably worked up on'the ‘‘corn prospects.”’ The situntion to- First, farmers as a class are feeding tnore and more corn each year. Notlce the tidal-wave of hogs which struck your city tast Monday and Tuesday n week ago which the packers have not yet put away; consequently the farmers are not selling corn In that way as miutch us formeely. Secondly, the present low price of corn offers no Induccment to farmers to ship. Thev are better ahla. to bold it to-day hian they ever were, and propose to do 1t, slgna himscll BIDONIE, Married Flirt. ithdrawn after the present duy 1s as follows: ‘W‘BBI’S ¢ PREMIUM Chocolate, Cocoa and Broma, ESTABLISHED 1843, s have taken the val Falra in the Unito Manufactared by JOSIAH WEBB & (00, Milton, Masa, Chicago Offico—41 River. *-“HEN“RV“FTTVWL“EEF?T” Piano -Forte Manufacturer, BOSTOIN. TWO MEDALS AVWARDED fo, bt "s_Internationsl Exhibition, 1870, BIRDS . MAILINOAD TIME TAULE, ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, gfififfi’-’qfinm e make roon for th GIAND FAINY EXTRAVAGANZA AND SIMPSON & CO., _Monday Eventng, icc. HOOLEY’S TIIEATRE, e i Opets enn mpaay. 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I Turser, Erenlug perfurmance, highest awerd at all city amd the Fast, you would think al farmers were made for was simply to ralse corn and wheat with which the bulls and nears infeht gambie, Girl ! nothing more, That day I gone by, Prouf: Where {s the wheat (rop of the en hands of the producers, Your city you who dail Hde in horse-cars, coitpes and landaus, have me vague fdea that 1t i very mucdy in the couniry, und that ia about all. i Is, your Clifeago " Granger'' to the contrary, [ corn was worth 50 cents a bushel here to- day, there are not teums cnough i Livingston unty to haul it to the raflrond stations, Fuesdiny moruie § saw four-horee teams loaded with hogs abamloned, borses taken out of the wagonus, and hogs left standing | This mud blocknde bas now exlsted, with bit o few days Interruption, for wecks, and I8 catsfng more_monctary disturbance all over the State than from any otlier cause, monctization” of this mud, willions in it to the mun who wiil utliize the 8 we how have, and so mend our ways shall not be cut off from the world for Hiunths, 4s we have been, and now are. untry to-day! o the the st time + rida Segule, . 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