Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1878, Page 5

———eee e STATE AFFAIRS. The Governor of Wisconsin Nom- ates J. M. Rusk as Rail- road Commissioner. A Potent, Grave, and Rgverend Kick from All the Senators. Unanimous Rejection of the Gubernatorial Choice by * a Committee, Mr. Rusk Comes Holly Forward. from Washlugion, Happy oud Ingennous. The Mnssachusetts Podsnappers Declaro that Blaine Does Not . Exist, WISCONKIN, A BURPRISE. Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicuao Fritune: Manisos, Wis,, Jan. 2.—The nomination of J. M. Rusk wos sent Inby Gov. Smith as Kail- ud Commisafoner, s m;.l‘he bt for the relief of the widow of Moscs M, Stroug, State Geologist, was conrurred in, In the Assembly a nuinber of unimportaot Lills were prescuted. The silver and repeal of resumption resolu- tlons were referred to the Committee on Fed- erul Relations, with Instructions to report at an early day. THE NOMINATION OF OEN. HUSK for Ratiroad Commlissioner by Gov. Smith this morning stinck the Scwate ltke a hombushell, and produced great consternation. If u vute had been taken during the sesston there would not probably have been a single vote fur con- firmation. The nownination was referred to the Committes on Stato Affalra. Alter adjourn~ ment the Committee met and unanimously agreed to report agafnst confismation, It may be that by te-morrow the termper of the Sen- ators will bave toned down sufliclently to pur- mit a confirmation,’but this s hardly probable, IN MAKING THIS APPOINTMENT, Qov. Smith has ignored all s fricuds, unless it bs ex-Gov, Washiburty who, it s sald, was the unly backer of Rusk. 00V, BAITR'S CONDUCT fnkeeplog the prominent candidates on the rack for so long a thine, and leaving their fricnds ta belleve that thelr chances were goo, is of sourse severely criticised. Clen. Bintliff, the veteran editor of the Janesville Casetle, wus the favorite candidate of the largest number of 3cnators, members, and leading Republicans of ihe State. . Even if Lambe, the prescut Com- issioner, Wheeler, Hoan, or Giles had heen pomivated, the rifllo thercby created would lave been comparatively insigniflcant, and con- frmation would have ‘been eaxy. (iav, ¥mith has perhaps injured himeelf personally, i il probably withlraw from tho 81 }1‘;‘5 n:llen. Thunrl’us 8. Xllcn' of Ozhkosh, s coming forwanl as o candidate. A careful con- vass of the votes of nll the niembers of the Bens ate to-night shows 19 against and 14 not com- mwitted, the major part of whom will doubtless vote for confirmation. Hiecial Dicoatch 10 7 Gnis 4o, Tetmne. WABHINGTON, De oy e S1-2esere Tiake, of Wisconsin, ex-member of Congress, received o dispatch to-day notifylug Lim that he had been appointed Ralfroad Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin. 1le left for the West to-night to enter upon the dutics of his office, tew. Rusk bad stated to tho President tbat he desired no Federal oftice, IOWA. SENATE. Soectal Disvateh to TAe Chleago Tridune, Dzs Moixnza,.Ia.; Jan, 24,—1y, the,Benatebills were read sud referred to fIx the termination of MHeenses by clity vrdinanco; to require County Recorders to attest satlsfaction of mortgages when not done by written instrument : toamend the law of emlinent domaing to provide o code of miiltary laws; to resume tho laud-grant of the Dubuque & Southwestern Rallroad from Marion to Cedar Raplds; to authorizo the seml- aunual payment of taxes; to prohibit Lho saleof coal-oll below 150 degrees firc-test; toflx the penaltics for selling liquor to miners and drunk- ands; to provide for a Convention to revise the Constltution. Additional Standing Commitices were ap- poluted: Retrenchment, Benators Russell, Carr, Tealc, Larrabee, Hebard, Hurtshorn, Kin ball, Rumple, ond Btunemnn: Asylam for Feeble-Minded Chillren, Sonators Johneon, Nichols of Guthrle, Halnes, Meyer, and McCor- mick; Municipal Corporations, Beuators Hall and Patterson. Senator Clark was added to the Cummitteo to Investigate tho Safe-Keeplug of Btate Funds. HOUSE. O'Donnell's bitl making silver coin legal-ten- der for public and private debts was reported back from the Ways aud Means Committeo #lth o recommendation” that It b referred to the Cotamittes on Federal Relations, and it was o referred, Bills were read and referred, limiting wit- icases tn criminal vases for o defense pald by i county to four, excent felony, when there may bo elzht to tax doge 60 conts cuch, own- cra to ba Hable for damages to sheep; 1o pros hibit the sule of lquors” within two _wiles of stles election-day; ‘to resuma the land-grant of the Dubugue & Bouthwestern Rallrord; to fix the compensation of County ‘Ireasurerss to abolish District Attorneys and substitute Coun- 1y Soticitors; to render sureties of School-Dis- trict Scerctaries lable fur negligence of the principaly to require the Hegents of the Btate . University 1o miuke the Luw aud Medleal Jiepartients nulf-lun‘mmng; toallow women to uructies law; tu alluw ejee- tious to b Leld In school-llouses; to Hinit wit- tiews §n erimina! cuses Lo four on cack side; to vunlsh tampering with witnesies; to provide a uew Gamue law; to regulate public hathe: 10 »authurize Bupervisors to scll county swawmp Il&ulfl 10 provide for w conveution to reviso the Coustitution, A Jowt resolution was presented requiring [l rrunrla(lnu bills to be presented betore the third week of the seseluny und to inquire futo the cxpediency of retainiug the Asyhun for the Deat and Duinb at Counclt Blufly, ~ Referred to Comumitices, A bill was presented authorlzing payment by the Stute expenses for recovering fugitlves frum Justice from other Blates, except for mis- dewcanors. Passed. TUB STATE CONVENTION OF COUNTY SUPER- Visois 18 I sesslon liera to revise lawa for the Countv :l‘i'wemumnl; over slxty vounties are revresents TUE $TATE CONVENTION OF CITY OPPICERS meets next week for o similar purpose. MINNESOTA, THR LEGISLATURE, Apecial Dispatch to The Chlcugo Tridune 8%, Pavr, Jan, 24.—The Senate pussed a me- morial for the extenslon of the thue of the Northern Pactic Ruilroud. Dougelly spoke in favor of the resumption Tepeal resolutions. Further cousideration was then postponed, Lu the House a Speclal Committes reported 8 substitute bitl extending the time for the tulnpletion of the Ilastinge & Dakots Rallway, ue use of the Lall was voted to-murrow evening to tho Chamber of Commerce for dis- z.uhs.lluu ot the sliver resolutions offered in the mber by Hauning, Jute Democrutic candidate “;‘Eurmn the “;“ ‘u passed the Bcnlfie l&!m?xflll {yr s slon of the time of the Nortbern Pa- ounIo, ‘. RGISLATIVE, CoLrysus, 0., Jau, 24.—lu the Sense.d Sen- Uebilly were passed makiug It felouy for State or county otftvers to tawper with election Teturas; to prevent tho pollution of streams by Feluss from distllleries oF starch factorles; to ¥ive sults for imanual labor priority fu_courts; uh‘ll Lo prevent the practice of trausferriug suits tuat Courte 80 us to deprive Oblu litigunty of the Lenetit of Ohlo Iaws. 7 be Trustees nominated by Gov. Young for Anmew of Lougvicw Asylum wers rejected. laesaago was recoived frow Gov, Blsbop uow- Inating J. W, Price and John E, Bell as Trustces of this institution, In tho House bills were Introduced to reor- panize the Agricultural Asylum: to requirethat packages of fertitizors alll be labeled so a8 to £how the component parts of the article; to provide for making soldices’ geavess to prohibit the foreed sale of property of persons financlal- Iy distressedd for twelve months, Contsnus, U., Jan, H.—In the Benate n bill was Introdueed to nllow the owners of property In remainder to enter upon nud take therefrom conl amd minerals, In the House the Benate Joint reanlutlon nsk- Ing Conaress to cqualize soldicrs’ bounties was unanfimously adopted. TLOUISTANA. IN THE LEGISLATURE, NErw ORrrAxs, Jan. 24.—The Legisiature nas adopted a Jolnt resolution reaucsting members of Congress to * abstain from consing a need- less and serlous Injury to the materlal Interest of our people,” and capeclally requesting liep- rescutatives of the State to exert thelr influence to arrest a fatal ealamity, as would result from the slightest diminution of the existing rate on sugar, i’ THE RETURNIRG-ROARDERS, Arguments to transfer the casc of the mem- Lers of the Returning Buanl to the United States Circuit Court came up i the 8uncerlor Crlnlnal Court. Judee Juhn Ray appeared In hetiatl of Kenner, and Casanave argued lis mo- tlon made under Sce, 841, Unfted States Reyised Buatutes, which says that, after filing a sworn petition In a State Court for transfer, the Btate Court aliall suapend alt further proceedings in the cuse, 1e referred to the declslon of Justice Bradley in the tialnes case, that thestatement oalli by defendant Is ull the law requires to ure o temoval, and also unothier declslou uf one of the United States Circult Judges rendered n Chicugo, that after the fling of o petition and boad i the Clerk’s oflice the State Court had no furthier jurlsidiction in the case, as it wna trausferred thercby, Ipse facto, to the United Htates Court, He further atated that there was prejudice against the sccused, aud Act No, 5 owas framed from prefudive against enlored citizens, and lu effect deprived accused of their civil riehts. Assdstant Attorney-Ueneral Egan replied that the United States Courta are courts only - {ted In thelr Jurlsdiction, He denfed that Con. ureas hy enseting the Btututes mentioned by counsel Tor the defense intended to divest State Courts of thelr junsdiction on the mere aflidu- vit of the aceused. Ile denled that there wis ‘m.-]mllw on thy part of the Court aud jury. e sul Congress ud no right to go farther m legislatlon than to wnforce the Fourteenth Auwendment, MASSACIIUSETTS. OO 1IGILAND MIGITY TO NOTICR IT. Speciul Disvateh tn The Eieaan Tridune. BosroN, Jan, 2.—The resolution which was introduceed into the State House of Represénta- tives yesterday condemning Senator Blaine's at- tack on Massachusetts in the United States Sen- ate Chamber on Tuesdav, und thanking the Sen- ators from this State for thelr defense of the good namo of the Commonsvealth, met with an Inominious death [n the Senate to-duy, every member voting sgaluss its ndoption. "The oplu- fon of the Seuate was volced by Charles Theu- dore Russell, who objeeted even to the refer- ence of the resolution, 1t would be equatly un- fortunate, whether the Commnittee repurted for or ugralust fta pussawe, I the report was averse, 1t wleht ho taken as a retiection on the Masua- enusetts Senators, M fuvorable, it would be o lowering of . the dignity of the Scnute to the level ot the undizuliied attack on the Common- wealth, MASRACIUSETTA' STATE DKNT. BostoN, dun, H.—A portion of the indehted- ness of Mussachusctts conslsts of bouds of tne Troy & Greenileld Raflroad, which are payavle i elther gold or sliver coin, aud were made In 1562, when rold und silver wers equally recog- nized u8 colu, To relicvo all ambigulty relative to this amount the House Cominittee on Flnunce has reported o bill making the entire State debt payable 1 gold, OTIIER BTATES, CONNKCTICUT. Hantronp, Coun., Jou, 24.—The Houso of Representaiives yesterday passed resolutions apposing the Bland Sliver bill and favoring tho resumiption of specie payments. a Aresolution was vassed fostrocting the Ine surance Cormnlssioner Lo pastpone “for thirty da?. Tejrat procecdings agalust the Charter Onk Life-tusurance Conipany, MARYLAND. ANNATOLIS, Jan. 2H4.—In the ouss of Dele- ates, the roport of the Comialttee on Federal telations relating to tho Bland Siiver bitl und resumption, which came up us a special order to-day, was recomnmitted for moditicatton, HYMENEAL. Tlomningten Furnlshes Forth Another Hap- py Bride in Elegant Style, Spectal Tispatch to The Chicago ‘Lridune. BrooanNoToN, 1L, Jan. 2{.—At 11 to-day oc- curred the wedding g‘l Mr. Fred A, Bell, of Rochester, N. Y., and "Miss Mary, daughter of Gen, Asahel Gridley, Bloomington's wealthiest banker, The marriage ccremony took place at the homo of the Lride, on Grove street, in the presence of sixty or seyenty Intlmate friends, nearly all of them old Bloomingtou residents, The ceremony was performed according to the Episcopal form by the Rev. J. W. Divsmore, pastor of the Becond Presbyterian Church, the bride helng given in marrlage by Gen, Urldley, Bhe wore o neat and beautiful traveling cose tuuie, steelcolored sitk hat to mateh, in which attiro she waos radlunt snd beautiful, belng o blonde of satriklue beauty and grace. Among those present from other cities were the futher aud mother of the groom, and Mrs, Bell, of Ruchester, and Mr, and , H. Lewls, of Rochester, brother and sister of the groums, ulvo Mrd, Cromwell, of Chlcago, aunt of the bride. Tha wedding presents were mantlicent and fheautiful, Among them was ubond for 310K from Gen. Gridley tothy bride, 157 pleces ‘of aolld silverware from rolutives and fricnds, and u solid sflver goll- Uned card-recelver from Sevator Duyid Davls, A wedding breakfiat was spread by Kinsley, of Chicago, i the most elegant munner, ~ The Hoppy couplo took the Chitoge & Alton for Chiugn ut 3:30, and _to-morrow will depars tucuen for New York City,when, about the 20th of Febroary, they will” return to Rochester, wheto they will reside, ST e — B DE BAR, s Widow Hirives to Recaver 1ler Dower 1 1le Embarruaned Estate, Aieelal Disvatch to The Chlcugn Trivune, 87, Lows, Jun. 24, ~A sult was filed Iu the St. Lonis Pralate Court to-day thut created u con- slderable senution here, and that will be of gen- eral Intereat, Hem Do Bar, ot Wis death, left o lurge property fn real estate, ond John G, Priest was named bis exceulor. Mre. Do Bar, It s suld, had previously signed sway and relin- squlshed her right of dower, sud Mr, Priest has been administering the estute In the fnterest of the varfous creditors, 8o that Mrs, De Bar has derived no benetit whatever fiom her husband’s large estate, neither lhas sho recelved any money or other pecumary - ade vantages whatever from the executor, Mra. Do ar, however, lias now commenced sult ugainst Mr. Priest to sct aslde the power of attorney under the provisious of which he s acting, clatming that the document ls o forgery, It was executed eleven years ogo, before Willlam Shunnou. a notaty public, and attested Ly two witnesses, and authortzed Mr, Priest to dispose, by conveyance, of all or any ol the roperty belonging to Mrs. De Bar, Priest bus en ucting under thls power of ote torney ever since, and has conveyed much valuable property, and now holds De Bar's Opera ttouse, the Theatre Comlque, snd other real cetate for tho beuetic of the cretitors of Ben De Bax, he beiog hiwscll sereditor to the wxtent of $12,000. Mri. De Bar now clalins that she never kuew of the ex- fstunve of this power of uttorney. It appears’ thot the nutary befare whom the docutieut was ucknuwledged 1s deadd, s is Ben Bar, aud slso one of tho witnesses. "Lhie alulng wit- , Williaum Bosworth, Hves in New Orleans, and he has written a letter hero stuting that he uever witnesscd the power of uttorucy, aud that it s a forgery su fur os bis * nome 18 concerned. Juhn G Pricst stands vepy bigh here, and he says ho will be able to prove the enuinences of Mra. De Bur’s siruature, snd that by chiargo of forcery is @ consplracy on ber part to recover valuable umlmrl( previously couvey- ed by hlinand her dower in that now beld by hiin ay executor for the benefit of creditors. Mra, De Bar is lving very huinbly, ber ouly locome belug 8§15 per week us a subordinate sctress ut the Opera-Ho SLo I8 about 40 years of age, Jolly old Ben's friends scout tne idva thut I could biave becu w pau{ ta tno furgery of his wite's usme. There will bo u bl fight in the courts, and the title to u very large swouut of real catute depends ou th reault, -+ THE RAILROADS. Failure of the Paol Commissioner to Bulldoze the Grand Trunk. The _Cnnadn Road Triumphant, and ‘West-Bound Freights to Be Reduced, An Important Sult Added to the Missouri Pacific Litl- E gation. Bursting of the Pool Between the Vanda- lia and tho Indianapolis & 8t, Louis, THHE EASTERN FREIGHT-MUDDLF. Niw Yonk, Jan. 24, —~Commlesioner Fink, of the Trunk-Lines Assoclation, retusned to this city to-day without having sccomplished the object of hin veit to Canada. Mr. Fink was unable to effect an azreement between the companies, each clalm- ing a much larger percentage of trafe than rival lines were willing to allow. A meets fng of (he Exceotive Committee of the travk lines will bLe held hero to-murrow to declde upon the amount of reduction:in tho tchedule rates to be inade from thle city to the West, Owlug to the delay necossary In' making the changes, it was thought to.day thnt tho re- duced rales would nol be announced oilicially us taking effect nntll Monday, In the meantime, it is wlteged without denial that strenitous efforts ary being inade 1o closs coniracts for the fulure st Tiovton rates for the West, ‘Che freight agents of the different trink lines frankly admitted to-day _tuat there had been no West-bouud tratfic {ront New York over thelr ruads during the past week with the exceptivusof n smail quantity of guods. Private dispaiches from Doston to-day state that sugar s belng shiipped 1o Chicago oe low as 25 cents per 100 pounds, and contructs ut this price were belng guurauteed for o weck, The schednle fute 1a 40 centv. Ieprerentatives of womo of the leading sugur houses in (hin city sald that no ship- wmicite of sugar were made at present to the West, Attho present aiffereuce in freight rates mel chantg could better afford to xend thelr goods rrom New York to Boston nnd thence West thon to shlp direct from New York, Itle unlclr\ll&dm‘lned thnt rates will ho reduced 15 cente per 100 pounds from New York o Uhis cago I mich ceduction becomes noceasary 1o cous- pete with Canada and other polnts. So far na known In Jocal raliroad citles yeatsrday nutbing bad tranepired 83 to wlat resnlt had been tenched by Mr. Albert Flak, New York ool Com- wissloner, and Mr. Hickson, Gencral Manager of ho Grand Trunk Rallway, ot their conferenco at Montrenl a day or twongo, 3ir. N. Gullford, the Westery Pool Commistioner, received o dispatch yusterday from Mr. Fink requeeting him to go to Montreal, ns Mr, Iilckaon was anxioud to sco him, From this it might bo surmised 1hat Mr, lickson tefascs to stop culting West-bound rates from Boston until the difiiculties In regard to East. Louud rates have been seitled. Charges of catting tho rates on East-bound busincass have been pre- ferred aguinst the Lake Shore & Michigan South- ern and Michigan Central Raflrosds. Tho Pool Commissloner has asked explanationa from the managers of both of these roade, Mr. Ledyard, thy General Manager of thu Michigan Central, replied thut hie wonld mulierc to tie tariff rates ny koon us tho Lake Shore & Michigun Southern would ceaso cutting ratos. Mr, Nuwell, the General Manuyer of the latter ruad, fuformed the Commlssloner that his road could 1ot maintalu the tariX rates as long as the Urand Trunk was cutting, os the buel- nees of thid road all went over the Michigun Cen- tral. Tho oflicials of the Grand Trunk, as well as those of the Michigan Central, deny that the rates on East-bunnd business have been cut by that line, and they clatm tuat the Lake Shore & Mlclizan Southern Is tho cause of a1l the trouble. The l'uol Commissloner Las been unable thus far to discaver that the Urand Trunk has been cutting rates at this point, sud tthorefore hu can deal with those rouds onl: linlmt.whub charyes iave been pre- forred, The New York trunk lines havo been ap. pealed to by the Commussioners to enforce the rulcs ugainst the cutting roads, as immeilate, declaive action was necesesty 1f the arrangoment between tho roads leading cast from Western points s not togo lo pieces at ouce, Mr. Jewetl has replied that therales would bo enforced, but as yet noth- ing has been done. g Much fault {s boing foundin rallroad circles with the course pursued thue far by AMr. Newell, Yet thosu intimately acquainted with tho state of allalre are Incliued to treat Mr, Newell and the ko Shore miora leniently, They claim that Mr. Newell s muelg‘nhufllll( the orders of Mr. James Tutter, Traflic Manager, und W, Vauderoilt, Vice-I'resident of the New York Ceutral, who ara anxions {o torn as much business on their rond as pousiblo in order to enavle them to declare a large woring dividend, These two gentlemen are be- Heved to boe the partics who direct Mr, Newell, and that this gentleniun huano other alternative than foobey, Tho fwmenss Lnelievs which Is being done just now_ by the Lake Bhore & Michigan Southern sod Michigan Central Rallroads is st iributed to the contracls which have been made ately 8t rcducod rates. The Lako Shore & Mlichigan Bouthern during the week ending laat Haturday dlspatched from Chicago 2,108 loaded cars ns against cars forwarded durln}( the corresponding week in 1877, The num- bar of Joaded cars dlspatched during the two weeks ending lavt Saturday wi for thy suwe pariod last ye: The volume of East.-bound frelght handled by the Micuigan Central lullzoad duriug the vast” fwe weeke lias been simply enormoiy, and exceeds the amonut forwarded by the Lakp Shore & Michigan Southern allrond during the sawie term 144 cara, as will bu scen frum the following 8 Plest weelk, ending Saturday tho 121h ars; second waoek, ending last Suturday, cars; making n total for the (wo weeks of 4,017 cara, Tl thgarew rathior look g4 If o litle heatthy com- Iell\lou 18 not wo bud, after all, fu dull tinses ke heac. ¥8Y, anagainet 1,350 MISSOURI PACIFIC, Bpectal Dispatch (o Tar Chicage Tritune, 87, Lous, Jan. 24.—The Facific Itallroad of Missouri to-day made application by its attorneys for leavo to fllo a petition asking for a bond fo be given by the purchaser, C. K. Qarrlson, or his Ase #igneo, 10 mccount for earninge, or tho appointe ment of & Receiver pending the appeal betore tho United States Bupreme Court. Tho sult was com- menced 1n the Unfted States Circult Court on a complalut by George C. Ketchum, who stated that hie was the owner of a large number of bond cured by the murigage songht to be foreclosed, and made by the Pacific Rallrond to securv tuo usyment of §4,000,000. A very scrions charge s brought agalnst Jowmes Haker, the solicitor of the Cainpany, upoen whom the subpana tu answer the complaint was served, —that on Fen, 1, 1874, he appeared fu the name of tho petitluners and flled a conclusive suswer, admitting the complainante® ullogations, which provented the petitivuers from showlug to the Court that the mortgage then being furecloved was illegal and vold, and from making a dofense to the complalut. The pelition aiso al. loges that, on June U, 1870, in the absence of tho Ctreuts sud District Judges, at a torm held by the Unitod Stutes Dlllflttcunfl»u’ Arkansas, n decd of foreclosura aud ealo” was made by the coosent of tue parties to the wult, but without the stockholders’ consent, The railroad was then sold to Jomew Uaker for $3,000,000, he paving 23,048,000 o thirdemort. Kad0 bondy, the same to forecloso which the snit ‘was Lrought, and secored by a mortguge to Vall and Fish,» lrusteca. It nlio states that Laker Rrave the undertaking of ¢, K. Garrlson, one of the complainants In the Dll,lhll wuit, snd Clarles Choutewu, tae President of putltioner's corpoar. tion, ox securitics fur Lhe remaiuder of tho pay- uient on Lis bl tis siwted that Laker wae fur- uivked the meaus of waklug the puschase by Com- niodoto Uarrison, and recelyod 25, for Lls _services, thus receiving - remu. ueration from parties upposcd to the peti. tlourrs, whowo wolicitor he then was. 'The sale contirmied, the ourl Pacific Hallroad Compauy was organiced ul( of third-wrtuage bond~ Loldors, and Haker sasignod the Paclfic ltaiirosd to the new Cumbany, which, In November, {swued o morteuge ou 1t 10 tho Natlonal Trust Company of New York to sccure the payment of $1, 500, 000, of which $4, were delivered to the bolders of the §4,000, thind-morigage bonds which had becn Foreclosed, thus jucfemsiu the doit of the roud §3,000, 000; It s slleged that the Mlsiouni Faclic Company bas litile or no bons flde wlock, and 5o aweets except what uru owned by the petitiouers. It is alvo claju- ed that for s large portlon of the pretended capltal stock the money was relurned o fhe purchanurs for a pretended 1odebtedness represcuted by ghout 10 per cent faterest unpald ou th 600, wotigage bonds. ‘The not e laced :; Iu‘liwu P $1, nterest ou the origag thus msking about ‘-‘115.(& titloners sluce November . fora Hecelver, aud tho enjoiuing of the Miye wouzl Paclfic from paylug any futerest on the $4.« 500, U n}:!‘l Ilrp.u)&nwllt Do wecured l:l mmu:‘ @ to tue Natioual Trust Cowpauy peadlog the fllwll. Tho cave was continued till Nuuduy.‘ WISCOXSIN RAILROADS. The folluwlug are some of tho most important facts contained In the fourtbcoming aunusl report of tho Itailroad Commlssfoucr of Wisconstu: Fiftee Iroad corporations, represeuting all in the Stato except the Foud du Lac & Amboy (nar- tow guuge) have reported. The latter, belog In the hands of contendlug partles, neither of whom can yot at tho books. will not terml st all, and statiatics fu the report will Le mude 0D 00 & basis excluding tbat road, These roade seprescut & tutal Touxta of 4,035,520 wllce, of which 2,559, 00 wlics arc within the confines of the State, The follow- ing 1sble Indlcates the mileage within the State for each road named Chlcago. Miiwankee & 8t. Faul,. Cliteago & Northweste *Cliippewa Falls & Weater 10 Halena & Routhern Wiscon, 2y Stirern ay & Minnesota an *Milseaukee, Lake shore & Weitvrn, Tin Minerat ot W aite b *Pine T wouden ralt). 10 Praltie 0 Chen & Seliredor (pontoon bridice Mins o, ggregate capital of eregato earnings for These roads represent The total 1,151,818 820,419 31,650,477 Totalearnings—whols line. 437 10,130,833 Total earainie in Wiscousi Tho_ statiatics, no far_as received, indlcate a de. ¢lded falling off In frefght and paseenger Lrafic for the year,—largely attributable to the riote, —and mora neagee proiits fur_the comyanies than they weually obiabu. - The feport will be lesued In about ten daye. RAILIIOAD CANARDS. New York Tridune, Now that elther it is no longer desirable, or is no longer possible, tu deny the serious cotting of rates Ly sl the trunk-line ruflroads, less will be heard of **immensy pressure of traflic® and **overtazed capacitice.” ‘The mlsrepresentations of theso often-repeated mssertions are made plaw by the now admilted fact that rates are cut. But the statcments are still further expused as apeculative “tcanards' Ly & comparison of the moverments of grain after the cluse of navigation this season with those of the two preceding seasons, The follow. ng alioivs the total receipts and shipments of all prain ot and from tChicago, Milwaukee, 3t. Lonts, loledu, Detroit, Clevelund, and Peorla, from Dec, 1toJdan. 12, In the respective years: ApeanTs 87877, 1877.°78. 13,144,153 13,473,002 A 7,855,010 783,142 6,478.834 ic raceints and stipments aro lces thls neasun thun In elther of the two preceding seasony, These igures do not Indicate muy crowding of the capacitied at the trunk line rallways, but do fur- niah a reason why rates hase been cut, nnd why coutracts ab luw rates huve been nade for the bulk of all the busineas which will be donve before thu opening of navigntion, It s the same old slory repeated, —too many rallways fur the bLual. n apd once wore enforces the truth that cla and combinations ure made to bte ‘hur when the tratlic is fusnMiclent to support en . o It scems that, hard as tlie times are, thero is no intention of permitting *‘the country to grow up to the capacities of the ruilways.' According 1o tho Ruslroad Gazette, thera were 4,210 mulen of raliway built In the United Btates during 1877, t W o 18505 1 n 1875, 2,025 B {n 1873, o In 18 OF the total mieaye of 18] gland furnlshed 110 miles, the Middle States 767 flew, the Sonth Atlantic States 84 niles, the Gulf 188 mlles, the Western and Northwestern States 750 miles, snd the Pacliic States 202 miles, The total number of nilles of railroad in the United Btales at the end of 1877, was 51,088, If our pop- nlatiun 18 43,009,000 of peaple, there Is one mila of road to every 575 lnhabltants, Tho Gazelte soy3, ro'mhnl about 3,310 Inhabitsuts tosupport nne mlie of rallrond, OF'fioarly ix Limes as Liany as this conutry, and I Great Britain and Beiglum—wiiore the country ully provided with railrusda—thers are 1,840 Tl nhabltants, repectively, peemitle, bo far g papuiation 19 concerned, therefory, this country I already exceptionally wull piovided. EAST SAGINAW, MICII, Speclul Dixtich to The Chicago Trivute, East Baussaw, Mich., Jan. 24,~The arrange- ments Letween dames £, Joy and n Commiitee representing this city, for the construction of a raliroad from Eust Saginaw to Vasar, aro com- vleted, and, by the provistons of tha contract, the road Is to be completed within ayear. Enst Sage inaw furnishes the right-of-way through the clty, room for & depot, graunde, and tlio right to croes the nver at thns point ons bridie already con- atructed, and has rafsed §20, 000 by subscription to clrry out the stipulation, The road will be twenty miles long, will connect at Vassar with the Detroit & Bay City Ttoad, and at Sacinaw with the Sag Valley & 8t, Louls and Jacknon & Lonsing 01 of the Michigan Central, once. fon Work s to commence at INDIANAVOLIS., Spectal Dispatch to The CAicazn Tridune, Tantanarvots, Ind,,Jan, 24.—Tho pool between the Vandalia & Iudianapolls and St. Louls lines dlesolvedta-day, -The Vandalla folks wero not content with thelr portion of the prodts set off to thiem, and the St Lowis managers would concede nonore. Through trains between 8t Louls and Cleveland will bo run now over tho Bee Line & In- disnapolls and St. Louts roads. John E, Bimpson wiil resume the plade of Ueneral Superintenden! of the Vandalla fine, and J. C. Noyes and 11 W. Hibbard will become General Frelght Agents re- apectively of the Indiauapolis & "8t Louls and Yandalla Roads, £T. LOUIS NEWS, Spectat Disnatch 1o The Chicage Tridune, 87, Lous, Jau. £4.~Charges of cutling rates have ‘been numerous duriug the vast tem days. Yesterday nrellable merchant who ships large amounts of graln to the Kast stated poe- dtively that he had recelved an offer fromn the Wa- bash to carry grain to New York for &5 cents per 100 pounda, which 1s 11 cents below the regulation rate. ‘ho saime gentleman sald (hat Lo could gee no cit un Hoston from any one. A call was made by your mrrule_mudenl upon B, 3. Bisler, reight Agent of the Wabash, seno dentod the cutting, and further stated umahu waw not hauliug any gratn, NARROW GAUGE. Mpecial Dievaich to The Chicugn Tridune, Davesronr, Ia., Jan, 24.—A company was or- ganized In (his city to-day to constract lues of norrow-gauga rallroad along tho river ta Buffalo and Blue (Iravs on the south and LeClalrs on the north, The eapitul stock of each Lrauch was fixed at $100,000, with the privilece of fncreasing itto 100,000, ' The following otficers woro_ ulected: ldent, W, C. Nrewster; Treasurer, Williaum Renwick; Becrotary, 8. P, smith; teneral Agent, J. N. Davies; Attoruey, W, 1, Gabbort. TTEMS, ‘The casen of the tickct-scalpers which bave been awaitlng the nction of the Grand Jury for somo timo past will be consldersd before that body to- day, and tho railroad men scem fo be confideat that true bllls will be found in cach caso, The ucalpore bave great hopes that the habeas- corpun case, now pending before Judge Mc\llis- ter, will be decidod In thelr faver, which will put wtop Lo all furthor praceedines untll the Suproma 1'ourt, tu which the cave In such an event wonld undoubtedly ve appealud, vhall have pasied on thy canrtititionality of the scalpers® law. Mr, L. M, Church, better known ae *‘Tate’ Chugeh, for many years the populur tieneral Weat. een Traveling Agent for the Luke Bhore & Michixan Bouthern lullroad, hay been sppolated teneral Western Avent of the Hoosac Tunnol Line, with hendquarters in this city, In place of Mr, ScChar, uromnted 10 the poaition uf tivneral Tlcket wud Pussenger Agentof this road. The lloosac Tunnel Line may congratuinty Heelf on baving becn able towecury the services of »o good sud uble 4 way for (bl responsible position. The mauy fricuds of Mr. J, €, Gault, Ansfstant General Manager of the Lake Shore & Michlzan Southern Nailroad, will be gtad to learu that he is Tapidly recaveriug from bis late severe Muce, and :hll ho faespected v Lo wut sgen Ina week of wo. ——— POLITICAL. Auaciat Dispatek to £ae Chicago Tribune. Tense [lavte, Ind., Jun, 24.—A call baa been made for the Kepubllcau Commitiee of Clav County to mect Feb, 2, for the purposs of sclectlug delegates to the cuming State Con- veution, and clect 8 uew committes. The Regubm-nn Committea of this county (Vigo) wiil soox meet and perfect arrangements for u vigorous campalgn. ‘The silver question will enter larg into the canvass. A repetition of the futcuse excitemuent which attended tho lul‘ lliolllluul cawpaign in this district is ex- pected, —————— THE MILITIA. Bpactal Disvalen to The (hiciga Tridu O1TAWA, Jau, $—A specisl event vecurred this evenfug, 1t was the pullic prescotation of s wword to Capt, E. H. Buwith, of the Ottaws Uuards, by the mewmbers of bly command, & Leautiful flsg to the boys (n blgs by the young ladies of Ottawa. snd uu exbibition drill by the vompany, the whols concluding with & soctal hop. Willls Ifull, the Jargest Iu the city, was crowded with fricuds of ** the boys '’ to witness these exercises, ‘Ul company liss becu organ- 12ed but sis months, yet wany old soldiers who wera present higbly pralse tho drul. GOLDEN WEDDING. Mavcu Cnuxk, F'a., Jan. 3{.~Many of the Jeading citizens of this Btate, New Yurk, New Jersey, aud elsewhery met bere yesterday sud celebrated with Judke Asa Pucker and Lis wife the fftieth anuiversary of their wmarrlage, The Judge’s wansion overdowlvg with ueats, his sup, the Mow. H. E. Pucker, threw opeu hils Louse, which sdjolus that of bis father, uud tue suests wers liberally eotertained lu both. The celebration wus fu the vatuce ol u surprlse. THE BANKS. Arguing the Proposed Compromise with Mr, Bayard--Judge Otis’ Opinion, Srrors Made in the List of Bad Debts of the M., F. & M. Banlk. The argument on tho enmpromise of the State Savings Institution with Robert Bayard, wherehy Bayard was to be released fromail lability on pay- ment of £60,000, came up hefore Judes Williams yesterday, The petition for the compromise was fled by Hecelver Utls Monday. It peemn that Bay- ard beld $20,000 of the stock of the bank, which o claimed wasonly as collateral tn secore & foan of $30,000 to Bpencer, and alto held four notes of T 8. Dabbine, for which he had pald valae, guaran- teed by the bsnk, and forther socured by 120 South Park bonds and other securities, Daynrd offered, fo pay 840,000, fo give up the Dobbine notes, on condition that the Re- celver allawed him to retain the bunds, and also secured bim from any Mability as stocklolder, Judge Williams at the time granted the petition for compromnise If no objectlons wero made. Yers terday, however, & number of partics appeared to make ubjectione, I D. 3. SCUUTLER, representing acpositors, was tho first, 1t had alvo been grdered that the depoaiiors who wisbed to bove o shisre of the dividend to ne declared abonld firat diemine their guits, snd Mr. Schuyler strong. 1y objected to this conditlon, 1o claimed his clients had by the exercise of extra diligence ne- cured sume sdvantage, and they should not be compelled to forego it. The moneys In the Jecelver's handa belonged to them as well asto the other depusitors, Judge Farwell had given them the right to sppesl, and it could not be taken from them now. Mr. ltugers, on bebalf of other denosltors, urged sdinearuments, 3 My, i, A Childs claimed that his clent, G, W, Caebing, woull he eapecisily damulficd, o8 he bad oltalned a Judgment before Judge Booth, and hiad taken an appeal. Iis client was not tn the Jurls- dictiun of thy Conrt, and the judgment couid not be ret asidenow. Alr. . 8, Clieabrough, Jr., malil that Jud Willhame' order would overrule that of Judps Fa: well allowing them ppeal, As to the Bayard stock, the Suprenie Cotirt hiad deelded Ina shiniiar cuse that thouyh n party had taken stock as sccurily, aud Lence could not be held iuble by Kecelver, he was, an tha other hand, lable to the depositors, and conld hesued by them individually. The propoved order would deprive the depositors of their puwer to get inoney from n rource from which the Hecelver could not get anything. Mr., High remnrked thut he intended to except Cushing from the onler, 3ir. ticorga Bass nlro contended that the diligent creditors ehould not be deprived of their advan- tage by belug ordered 10 relinguish thelr judg- mel ‘There waw nu connection Letween the suits and the dividend. My, E, I, Sherman thought the object of the de- ‘pusitors who had begun suits was only 1o get & preference, aud It waa & sarcasni to talk about thelr due dilizence. It was not fulr to allow 1he ticher crediturs to get peeferred cinlue, and then leave thie poorer ones who rld not have muney to vay lawyers without anyth) JUDGE WILLIAMS #ald bo had ‘made the arder Monday so that e: objections conid be heard, The Keceiver had pi ared an onder which hie elaboed was ndvantaveot l’nm- arties intetedted, and, on < parte apollc tiun, the order was uade that 1t should be pern: nent if no objections weremade, Butif ftwas not a proper order It would not Uo entered, 1f 1o ap- peal g:d been faken when Judge Farwell twsned his order avuiiet the prosceution of tho suits agalnst stockholders, he could nut seu any reason why tho cases should remuin on the docket. 1f no appeal was 1o bu taken the sults mizhi ve dimivsed, and, 1f any proposed to appeul, nothing would be done to prevent then. Mr, Schayler sald there wae yet time for appeal, o8 no final arder had yet been made, Judge Willlamn sald that thongh he would not be serong In dismiselng suits thut could not be ap- pealed, yet 1t would be wrong to compel any party who coufd appes! to relinguish’ his right before re. colving a dividend, In order, therefore, to avold controversy hie way In favor of cutting out the por- Yon of the order requiring suits Lo by dismissed by e tore, 1 regued to the Bayard compromise, however, hie thought no delay was advixaile, The Kecelver lisa examined the matter, and he reported in favor of the compromise, ns the Leat thing for the ercd. irors, Unless 860,000 could be ontained in that way. no dividend could bo pald thls winter, The Court conid, If the compromise were carried out, protect any ' creditors who had_sued Haysrd by Enyln.: any judguents thoy might get agalnst jm out ' of the other aevets ol the bunk, ~ The larger creditors coald aford 10 litigate, but the poorer onecs would have to sufer, Anattempt had been made to el tlie bank buslding, but that could not be donu without great sacrifice now, and the only remaine. ing mesns to put money In the Keceiver's purve was to sccopt Bayard's offer. Mr. 1ligh thought I the order ns orizinally pre- pared wax changed at all, 1t would upset the wholo compromise, snd he would ik lo have uatil to- morrow (o conault with Bayard, aid he could make the rule ehiolute erein tho parties had not takenan certain limited ttme. [l would, however, as ssked, postpone the matter uutil Sat- urday , Wwhich was accordingly doue, Junar oTis or upinien of the sixty depositors in the State Bavings Institution who, not content with bringing sult agaiuet the stockholders, which may resnlt in their favor, clalm that they ought to be partakers with the 1), tHU other depoaltors who have nothing lo rely upou but the propused 10 per cent dividend. In fact. the Judge doesn't hest- tate to aay that i his opinfon it looks very much Iike a grab gume on the part of the aforesala sixt The 13,540 coramon depositors. who liaven' money 10 comuenco and €arry on soita stockbulders, wunt to sev the proposed agrecment between tue Receiver aud Robers Bayard, the New York stockholder, carried out, while the ot only insist on hoving Lheir sults po cuted against the stockhulders, including Day- ard, but on thefr rizht to como n aud share In the dividend. They have accordingly ob- Jected 1o the carrying ont uf the proposed arrange- nent between the Recelver and Bayard, and their wobjection, the Receiver fears, 18 likely to compli- cafe the whole thing, and perhiapa delay the first dividendd for some time, 1t sl depends, of coupse, on the Conrt's declsion and on ., Bayard, who will natnrally be averso 1o paving for”the same thinyg twice, 1o case the Courtshould nut enter anorder directing the Recefver to proceed and closs up the armugement with Buyard and cet hin put whould decide In favor of the suing . Hayard, Judge Otls thinks, will not bo arily carry out Lis agreement, and at the liable 0 thesa sixty stockholder. Tho sixty pereons whe are fecl ttorneys think they havo a prior claim ou the ockholders fur thg full smonit of thote deposiis, whilo the Recelverand the 1,040 others hold suat the wuing sixty should nut apd wnglit not participate In the dividfend, which shoald bu luft to those who haven't aued. 1f the sixty - wint on_their posltion, wad get a decivion fu thels favor, dudge Othe fearw that I8 will be the means of presenting the settlement with Bayard, and may vutan cud to all chances of & dividend this win- ter, The question will come up Saturday before Judge Willlans for a hearing, In the nicantime there b8 not the bost of feching between the sixty autl the 13,040, UXCEIVEL WARD, of the Beehive, aat1n his vitice yesterday morning und looked up at the duor ui the entrauce of every P -comer with Hie expeintlun of seeing Georte A, Bhufeidt wali fnand laquire Low that deposite o' cowwitivg ever got him down as owing the bank $1%,004. lut, up tothe time the revorter left the redaced liechive. Mr, Shufeldt had not made hiv appearance. 1t seems the Comulites uibe several miatakes (o that report, ‘The Sta- foldt matter ha one of then, e loan wiich that e withs 1he bank was eriginally has & rather oot oy iy o bart ol L3 nme ‘Wmo be depusitors & o property i Willlauwon County, 11o hus paid, tnall ut §1, 300 aud tntereat.” The prop- erly pusscd out of bia hands wome flwo a bowuver, he having aold nan who Ansuwed the a ana who will h:{ it a3 soun us Me. Ward give blm a perfect title, ‘The , lusicad of betng §112,004, fsouly which §a aply sccured. The 5. A, Hioith Who was repuricd o bu fudebled to the bank to tho extent of 18 betler known es ** Kewae nee® Smith, tho Grsuger with the remarkable fuudness [0 thu Urcenvack parly. The bank peo- plo say Lie bas proabsed to pay, and probably will pay at o distaut day. Alr. Janes I oot Tere- Pottod as clafming an_offsct 10 hiu note for $60 oo account of legal seavices. Thu Commitice wus quite rizht in- putting down Julius Silversnith, oue of lfio uurees of the late ** National Work- fugaca’s Pazty of Lltnow, " amonyt tue lat of thosg wtu are ** 0. g McEltoy, who owee U350, 1e sald to be in the same fix, M. J. Liaw ope (hrough bankruvlcy. The pute of* Kate f,ymun is abundantly sccured by avery revpectabiu kind of collateral—s 320 pold piece,” The D, O, Wilke whose noteis beld for $42 isa Lroller of Frane B, Wilie, who s uu the sote with him. The Receiver has uodoubt 1 will be paid. Tbo uote of ludolph Kuwneler for §3,000 ls secored by propersy valued ut §18,000, snd that of Alice . amfm. for $1.721, by & wortgace on vlg‘llz crea of land In McHeary County, saud to be wurt o $30 10 8t su acre. 8, K. Horng, who cave bLis uote for S0, 1s vald to ve *'u. g, he nute of Thuutas Varks fur 3875 14 securvd by 8 Dvrtgare o2 proverty sél 1 to be worth wory thau the swuunt of fha debt. For the noto of I. L. Givena for 2,108 the Keceiver bas Lo property which it reproseats fn the mawie of fhe bank, ‘The nute of Jam . Haudley for §530 has veen paid fu cush, sod that of Alopzo Clute, nut Shute &g previously .uled.llurnfi.l'mi. i sccured by s orlguge 00 property which is worth, according B erts wauth valustion, 31,800, of 82100 with tue hmprovements. Auto'tho twe uuics of Syducy Mycts, oue LISR Cell estiwate their value a8 weil a0 xnotber, Most uf the peoplo uut sbove wentioued will, 1t s believed, du thy fair thivg sud pay un. sy, Cascy NATIONAL LANKS. The Recelvers of the Third Nationsl and the Coutral Notloual are sull goiug thioug with the S rontina work necessasy to the hpayment of divl- ' drnde, Haceiver Juckeon has forwarded one filled check-bnok 10 Washington, and awalts the arrival of another. Hecelver Glover will send his book to the Comptroller to-morrow. AMUSEMENTS. LOCAL BCRAPS. **The Mucllage Twine " I the corrected title of the ** Gine Brothers," invented and patented by John Dillon. ‘The new comedy, ** All the Rage, " (has proved an attraction at McVickers, The houso last evening presented 8 handsome array of well filled benches, #nd the plece was loudly applanded. There was a decided Improvement in the acting, and the **hig fone" comedians met with deserved recogoition, and received many congratalatory calls, **Rit, the Arkansas Traveler," (s drawing gond houscs this week at tho Adelphl. Mr, Chanfeau fa #n old favorite here, and, although the plece is well worn, It retains, In his hands, all ita originel fresnness and vigor. Thescenery, painted by Mr. 8kifl,1s very good, but the company supporting the star | rlous drawback to the success of the performance, 3r. W, Il Crane has concluded that it fs hetter to Ue an actor at Iarge than a Lit of management, and sohe has surrendercd his Interest in liooley's ‘Theatre for n consideration, which means 82,000 over the snm which he orieioslly invested. The arrangerient has been mado satisfactary toall the partlen concerned, Mr. Crane found he conld not attend to the managerial business, and Meerrs, Qalnlan aud Hooley discovered that they coold, by atrict attentiun io business, get alonyg dnd rave money Hke & conple of gine bruthers, And o everyiling §a lovely, and Crane, with an extra $2.000 in his pocket, " filngs up his heels with a wildshriek of freedom, and proceedv to harvest his zaina out of Lls share of ** Our Bachelors, ' The firat of tha Gilmore coneerts thit evenin, will doubitless attract a largs andience, the sale of tickets baving alteady heen sufMcient to justify the antlelpations of the nanagers. Mr, Gllmaore wiil srrive this morning. Une or two chianges have Leen made in the provramme, the most notable being the mnbstitution of the fifth !rmvlwl’_ll, o the LI for the Saturday afternvon matlnee, Tlhis ym llonr 1s one of Becthoven'a grandest works, anel it will now be performed for the drat time n Chicago uy & military band. r. Mlamiin, of the Coliseum, has taken the New Chicago Theatre off ScVicker's hands. and is stiortly to open it, under the managemncnt of Mr, Jobn R. Allen, amost ingnstelons, capable, and sagacious man of alfaire, It v not anunouncad as yet what kind of entertninment is to be given, fur- ilier thun the nomewhat vague talk of *‘combina. tione." Rumor, however, has {tthat there s como project on foot 'toreconstrict, to bezin with, tho lmuulnr old unstrel troupe, including Kemble, ‘olton, Arlington, Rice etal., who have been rcat~ tered nll over the globe for some time. Thiswould e o good idea for the preseut, perhaps. Mr. Kembly I3 1o town just now, having Just returned from Enrope, and tho other familiar faces might be ean. tly got together, BOUCICAULT'S NEW GAME. There in a jolly row on foot In New York, In which Houcicanlt, 8Shook & FPalmer, Charies Thotne, and Wallack are ali by the ears, It comes out of the supposition, already spoken of In thess columne, that the arch decelver, Dion, bas been tryiug to play a gamu on the Unlon-8auare people by rauning in shead of them an adaptation of *The Celebrated Case." 1t now appears thot ho hias becn Intrigulpg to break np the Luion-tquare Company und manage Wallack's, and this came to light through a lolter written by Boucicault to Chartes R. Thorne offering Inducements to the fatter tn throw up Lis contractiwith the Union- quate Company aud joln the Fifth Avenae Com- pany. Mr. Palmer is in hich fndignation at Bovei. ‘cauft'n ‘atfempt to buy of ‘his nttractions anit duepoil bioy of bis righta in the new play. -Mr. Boucicault's letter to Mr. Thorne 14 ns follows: No. Earr Fiereextn Stnezr, Nxw Yon! ST, = Tiear Thurnc | wired sob it niclit hic an engaguinent at the FIfth-Aveuue Theas Ieasane furdulog s sre thete: § understan souyer engaged 8t the Ualon-Square for the enfiré of **the lead, A few dasasgu | heard ot good muthority that Hian had been engagel for the remainder of the Aewsun. iyl thiet Mir. amer stated opeuly his fotentios 10 combiue you and Coghlen in the same play, i e could get one. Ag thle i3 2 breach of your engaseni =3 fact whivh Mr. Palme [znurance of Theatifes al law, may not be ‘aimer (o rather s showiian than 8 manager~yai _wre morally aod legaily rulensed. Mr. Paluier bas forfeited all courtesy and conlderation’ Ly kis unprofesslonal (ot tu worse) conducts thercfure, 1 linve no he tion whatever io sugkestiog to Mr, Filsko that ho Offeryuil an engaxement. | am tr¥in: to combiue o Arat-claes comyany {or emotional aud sensatlonsl drama at the Fifth Avenuc, and e preaent opportunity has Iicen embraced fo 4t & good buthot at orerweent: company, 11 & galasy of names whlout regard L di tinet lines of huglness, hut o lanazer's cCOMPALY, 101 & stowmais troupe. L'aitier and “Shuok huve besn 1o Watlack to fori an sasociation (o cut duwn salaries reliearsal &t the = Uniun-Square Afser that there fs clisos ~they don't o t you conclude to_jofn us you i gend sume New York el posslble) 1o Palmer, wiil dejnni, m o you, SIRHIE YUUr ngeges baerving tiat, 10 Violation of that axree. Inguished actor isy been engaged (o oceupy ace. Tiien ask If hls engagement 1 only o ¢ you in four urly endure after your re- o, Your {rlend should renuire & clear anuwer, yue n writing, and to fll?tn then snd there, ve legal proceedings. It indesd the Union- 1ld €0 #0 I8¢ 8 1o try conclistous, Thera JhY Lahould profer that thef st n at the Fifth Aveous will come s reasu o o 3 Bq {splayed out, andif n’ the FIfily Avenus we shall do_business there. Stiss Rogers resfined” her engagement 1ast week, and will leave st theend of ** The Muther's Secret.” ‘The bus! ness hus heen averaging between 20 and 00 per nliht, Eansorry for s, o becatie § thiak b v ot ono-balt a bad fellow. Yuiirs sacerely, Diox Botcicaver, PAPPENIIEIM, Cotonnts, O., Jan. 24.—Madame Pappenheim and company preducwd ** Lohengzrin * before the General Assembly and State ofticera to-night. The storles sent out by the press retative to the con- templated dlvbandment of the company are dented on suthority. LET “BLOKES ” BEWARE. A New Qame Gotten up for the Bpeelnl Amusement and Instruction of Farimers, A yearor s0ago thero were n number of light. ning-rod azents who were traveling throuzhout the country getting fastuers to sign notes, with the un- derstanding that they were to be pald In netall- ments, and wou'd aever get out of the hands of the Hebtntng-rod company into thusa of some cruel ‘Lanker who might (usist on baving the cash right off. A monthor se after the former had slgned anote, 1t came back in hisface, and be discov- cred ta his surprise that bo had been chieated by tho lightning-rod sgent. The vame game havolso ‘bevn playod by others, who have sold patent rlghts or something elve to tho unvuspecting sgricultur. ist. Theso dodges have been so thuroughly writien up, however, that eveu the grecnvst Land knows something about them. Dot the ngenuity of man s great, and snother game bus taken the vlace of theso explodud ones. It Iy sdevico which naw been worked with great success through Ken- tucky, Teuncesee, Northern Georgls, Alabuma, and Missourl, It §s new belng Introauced with ulwost coual success in Llinols, Indlana, Iows, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This busiuces ts In dry guodé. There 18 al present a Grm in this city—a firm which came hcre from Ciuclouatt o year oF %0 agu—which s dolng o very beavy trade in this. lne, having now ut upon the road over 100 svents, m.'ll|5 il of whom sre making money for therisolves ais tho fin I'he members of the firm etarted In aa peddlera or ugents, and know the themuely busineds frons the ground Huor up. ¥ have made 10 16 somewners abuut $50,000, & great purt of which suount they have vut Into zoods with which lne(curuly their sagents or peddlers, The word peddler ls nut a very (avorite ouo thruughout the country, 80 they generully: call them ngents ur saleswen, THB MANNKR OF DOING BUSINESS {a vory siruple. The ayent, after wmakiy, liminary deposit of 825 or §30, Iv furnlebed of gouds, ll 14 % purt of auwpliication of the prl. Package business, 1he parcels in this case gen ally rutining u §150 lute. Alot fs made uv of three or four pleces of cloth sulliclent tu moko as many suits for men, una cheap Pulsley shawls, and of olio oF WO dresa-patierns, Ifl’{ ahowy sud veryslazy, The clothe are gunuorsily offered at something below thelr actual valuy, »0 83 (o cateh the farmer's l{ 1le is apt tobo sowething of & i‘uu\u of woolens, and sces that the cloth offered ius Ld a barguin. Then tho shawl, for tho aake of catching the wumau's cye. Thuso for which the salesnan asks £30 enerall tather dear at §3, and the protii on the ahawls an. 10 leave 8 cl s goods 1v 50 great 23 per ¢ent un the whole 150 lot. The furwer is 18 That Lo Wik ROt bu pressed for payment, —in fact, is told that they don't care about” cash par- ln’l:‘l!lL 1t s hnown that be ia guod, and they arv willlng to take hle nute. Une is handed to hum so sleit. On the back of it generally, is & furus for walving exvmbtion o houle Fglits, which the wifc alsu of The fusmer b ghen to understand that aro genenally fur wight or twelve moni ud s sasured that be will a0t bu ressed for tha wouvy buforo the eud of tho time, These noles are taken stralght to, the nearest banker, sod are s0ld to him. “Of the procecds of the uote the ageul gete 10 por cent, the Arm 15, and the ro- waiuiug 75 topresents the coat of the'guods, Ass general thing, the syenut yues drat 10 a Lauker at tho county-seat, and aske of bl the naues of farmers whose notes b te willing to discount, Furnished with this foformailin, he out lu searclr of bl victims. o some case n profit of 5 & tbe obd not carv 1o discount bl Dor. wii Lhe Jrm Bokl, the notes until wa- r:my. They kave on baud now several thousand dollars' worth of them, sbuut 5d per cent of which, wapecially thoae of partics living u the Soutlern Btates, 8o sixued with a croes, showiug the char- acter of the prople smong whom tLis bustuess Law becu done. Those 3gents donot rotaly bkt pop lurity it & netzoborcood very long, nnd »o 1o busl- Beas Lus rather becu playcd-vulla the Svutb, sud the reat of operations bas been transferred to Chicago. 49 THR FOLLOWING CIRCULAR, ox: swhich 1# private and confidentlal, for the use of agents, will explaln, although It fs conehed I rather technleal jangoage, the method of doing businesy inculcated by the frm ¢ First, hurl ae nsual, an agent dieposing of & tremendous hankenpt stock from Kngiand, Reotch tweeda and Engllsh cassimeres for pants at 25 cents per yard: good, fine baeiness suifs at 88, and eo on, till you get an evening, 'The great thing into get the ** bloke's " confidence. You are simply an nt and hiave no connection whatever with ped- dling, n¢ ho may tell you the different eackets that himself and his neighbora have been nailed o, After hurling him on the gerles at 25 cente per yard, etc,, etc., tell bim the reason wa can sell 8¢ such extra Jow l'nl’ll:e f2, the goods have all heen cntup in England and Aent ont tothis eountry under the Jtemnaut act of 15 per cent, which was vnsscd atthe last seasion of Congress for the sape. cial benefit of farmera, and of conrec the headagent had to give bonds at the Castom-ionse that 1he good« ¥hould he £0ld to 1o uno class and by thia he €an sce that the Company saves abuat G0 per cent, and of coursc In all cased the farmers get the bene efit, 1 think If this tale 13 well tald, yon will not find munch tronble in getting an opgAine. When you are {n Lhe houee, begin with the A to malt yonys self; then call ‘his particalar ntientlon to a long lvnEtbvlnuryufl!—nl extra ine black, envough to neke tivo coate and vests. and sold before the fail. ure at $37.50 for each coat and veat, which makus 3 then flash the same lerwrih of extra-fne bine, ame thp, '--this in the $150 lnmp, Noyw begin to throw in balance of aulty, with one of twa take-dowr: shawls, and a dress or two, 14 the case may reqoire, Bl you get lo all tothe amount of fzom $10ta &0 “Yon can do uuthing withont the shawis and dresnes. as you cannot get 1lio **Lloke's* consent to algn the note without thein, Now Introduce the note,—of conrra ko will tell yon he hae not gt that awount of cash, Tell himn You do not want his cash, and would mther have a oad man's note than his money, and you will do 24 well by hiin an you have done’ by hle neighbor, l“Mr. Su-snd-80," who bought” the Jast 3150 ump. Flash your niote-book ro that he can sec for him. self his neighbor's names to whom you have old wonds I the county. Of course you will enter the name of each purchiaser on the Btump or counter- follof yaur note-uuok, tho ubject being simply to ash, The farmer will now s, that [ am good for this amount® You reply: +* My dear sir. you may not helieve it, but vou are better known hi Londun than you ars In your own county. London— A Of course the nofe Ia already made ont in your book, and pen and Ink fn your pocket o put 1uto the **hluke's " palr for his monogran, 1o will toen tell you that hie dovs not want hls note sold. You, answer: **My dear air, [ 8m rimply an azent, and the arrangements that the creditors have made with the ‘bunkrapt bs thin: ‘The notes we are getting nto left at your bank at 1lie county-reat; tha bankers give us a duplicats of each note, which duplicato the head agrnt for- wards to the credifors in London, and they accept them as collateral security thl the busincss is wound np. So you seq it don't put u copper in my packet, one way or the others and 1am givin on thia exira bar.aln, as 4 expect your noine will be o high recommendation throughant the county, ™ Of coursa the men witl have to awn the farm ani be porfectly good; then you will have no troubla In perting with the note. 1f you are nat perfectly satiefied with the man before the eulo comen 10 a close, say to hine: ** 8lr, you will nat feel offended If 1 atk yonn uestlon or two In regard to- the standiog of ‘yuur arm, ctc. ete, **You will think 1t more gentlemanly on my part tonsk youeself, than to goto your nelghhir and ask alter [ left here: foran Tam bat an agent 1n this husiness and eannot nfford to lose, you wliil ot blame te aeking the question, ™ It will Le well to et a Hist of **bloke's" names, who are good, from bankers or others who mny bo able tusupply it, or gct xome ex-Constable or As- sessnr 10 g round with you, Introduce f‘ouuclf toihe bankerof the connty- reat, and tell him your business here fa to disposa of a lot of remnanie of dry poods, boing the rfemi- nant portlon of bankrujt ‘stock : and an they aro 10 lenzthe not enitable to the whotesale trade, wa provuse eelling themn (o farners, 88 they are exe uctly sujtable for family use: and as cash is cenerally quiet throughout the connty, we ma have to iake up some paper, and as (b will be beacs 1oy Iut from date wa should like to get thy lowest feuren for discounting. ‘Thix circular ia fhe compoeltion of the sentor memoer of the firm—the rud-headed onc—and Is consldered by him n hich plece of art, in which he takea especial pride, An Engllshman hlmself, us Las introduced in , 84 the reacder may wee, a number of Engilsh slang worde. ‘The fatmer furnlshed with thls Information wilt now fouk out for the gentlemanly salesman whe offers Jress gouds. ——— The Atmosphero of Love eet breath. _This deslderatum fs ony 9 of uslng Sozudont, which not oniy mvigorates and precerves the tuctd, but render the tiouth as fragrant un w rotc., . e N e BUSINESS NOTICES. Ta Consumptives,—dany have hoen happy to glve their toatimony In fAVOr of the use of ** Wil bor's Parg Cob Liver Ollaml Lime." Experience Jias proved it o be u valuable reviedy.for convnu- tlon, asthma, diphtheris, and all disciees of the throst and bunzs, Mannfactured only by A, ), Withor, Chetwlat, Boston, Sold by druggists gen- erally, —_—— Usn ¢ Mra, Winslow's Nonthing Syrnp™ for chitdren while teetbing. It curev dysentery sud diarriwrs, wind culic, and rezudates the bowels. “‘How do yoli knaw ANNUAL CLEARING SALE GOLDEN 0PPORTUNITY! ANNUAL CLEARING SALE! West Eud Dry Goods Honss, Madison and Peoria-sts.,) AND North Sid Dry Goods Houss, North Clark & Lrie-sts. During this sale wo offer our ontire stock of the *DANTON” 2-Button genuine Paris KID GLOVE, at the extraordinary low prico of A DOLLAR! Per pair. These Gloves are well-known to the Ladiesas a strictly first-class Paris Kid Glove; have never been sold under $1.66 before this offer, and are as well wirth that price as any standard Kid Glove in the market; and are cheaper to the wearer at the price thana low quality of Sheepskin Glove would be at 25 CTS. WL ALSO OFFER $4-bone Hand-made CORSETS for H0c¢, reduced from $1. Genuino French 500-bone CORSETS for $2.00, Genuino French 300-hone g?li%fi‘l‘s, extra long, for Dr, Warner's Corsetsaf $1.25, CARSON, IR “\'i‘ir SMysicrice of Parle, by Eugone Huo. Part {1 taglava away wih Ko, s v Cumuabiua. For sale Ly sl Newsdsaleis All promiuent men ‘sre well known in Kid. " e Fircide |