Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1878, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY., FEBRUARY 14, 1878 3 THAT ASSESSMENT. The Case of the Merchants' Savings, Loon & Trust Company Ar- gued Once More. A Sct of Elaborate Calculationse-= The Matter 'aken Under Advisement. Tho rehearing In the cne of the Merchanta' 8ave {nge. Toan & Trust Company ve, Mark Kimball, gouth Tows Collector, on a motlon to restrain thnt otiicer trom collecting its porsonal taxes, came np yesterday worning before Jiniges Farwoll, Moore, aud Willlame, ritting in bane in Judgo Jameson's cuurt-room, ‘Fhe cano of the First National Bank lector Kimuall, which was to have come up before Judge Moore, but which involved tho eamo points as the Merchants® Bavings, Lusn & Trast Company care, was aiso heard heforo the fhree Judgee. Mesara, J, I, Wilson and John M. Tountree appeared for the Merchants® Savings, YLoan & Trnat Company, Mr, N. B, Judah for the First National Bank, and Judge Wallace, Corpora- ton-Conneel Tonfleld, and City-Attorney Tathill fur the Collector, After a govd deal of general talk as to what scope the sreamente shionld tuke, it was declded to argue the malt guestions In the case, viz,: thosa com- mon toall the tax cases; that the case of the First Natjunal Bank wan to be consldered as hofore Jndge Moure, In the Superior Conrt; and that counsel thonld, of possivle, complete thelr arguments dur- ng the day, MR, WILSON, for tho Merchants® Bavings, Loan & Trust Com- pany, refcrring to the previoua hearing and Judge Yarwell's decision, rald that the sole loal question 83 10 the validity of tho asscssment which was now preseuted Lo the three Judged was as to thelogality of the 20 ver cent addition to the potsonal property of Renth Chicago by the County Board, He then went on to eay that the Connty Board conld equal- fze by adding to the nescasment of ons town and sabtracting from the nssessment of anoth- cr, or Ly cqualizing Dbelween classes of property, brovided thoy did. not hmialn the nggregute. ey woro aleo proihlted from increasinz the ngyregaic, excent by such sn amount as mlrrm bo nuunllly neceasary and incl+ dentol {0 equalization, In thls casc they Merensed i npsregate by nearly $2,600,000, “More than that, tney clnasified and acted on property by clarses, |ncnn-lni the nsscasment of personal properly over 12 por cent of Al the value ~ of personal property o Cool County. There waa ~ no attempt fo cqualize by adding apnd subtracting, so ss to keep up the balance, but the County Board siroply maile o vroes fucrenso of over §2,450,000, Owlug tathe maciucry of 1he State Lioard and County Board there was a double corrective spplied Lo the taxes, tho County Clerk, {n exiending the rates, elmply wddinz one corrective on fup of the ono ndded by State floard, ino nclion of the ~ County Board, he claled, could not be sustained. ~Thelr addition of ¥4,250.000 tu the personn Jproperty of Cook counlr fur tho purpoee of equallzation, affected the relation between personal property and real estate, throwing 8 larger proportion on versonal property than beforo, and reaucing the amount on real eatate, . AL thin point Mr. Wilson Enmd up to cach of the three dudges a copy of thu following claborate somputations: I 1110 onindon given by Judge Farwal in this case, hio held that thio Coutty 11oard, {1 equalizing by clixses o progerty, werd required 1o'equallzy edoll clags in‘sich manaer that a1 aysessnd yalue of each ciass thie e slonld not be naterinily nereased, In the ease nt bar, Jersanal proverty (n Cook County was rouxht to he eauaiized os n class Dy [iaelf, by the simple addition of N e to asacraed value of personal property (n tho Town of routh Chlcagu. ey fncioastng the Aggre: gate valuation of * p nal l'fll('fifl& In south the suin of EL33210% If thy 4, Of ol o pet eent 'd 1 bouth Chlcago, and the mnina ucted fron the asseased VAl of the perroud 1y Qf e restdaie of Uie CouRty, the ascasment n the Suuth Yown would have barna the samg ratlo (o the pereual proj u'rly 01 thu entire county da waa pros dueed by the aidition of 20 per cent to the kouth Town, wirhout l\nI)' deductions, showing by ramson of tha b Yy - m a1 fliegal motfod taken th e uailze, per cent was sdded (o thy viluations of outh Town, over nnd above What would liave beeil pdded hod £ equalizas tun heen ‘mady ©) Accordanco witth law, ‘Chis asown by tho following_ computatl 614,271, 610 smount ansesscd_personsl property South sa0 por centableds Ao 5,02 amonunt asremacd Dersonal property, Cool At midiilon t0 Kot Cicaita, T T Cook 2,010 divided by 21,703,082 eitunts ,638 beln rilon i entire . pereanaloroperty. tarc ul ook ounty, found by County Doard chargeabla to Soutis Chiengz B'R"l original assessment of personal property Intvok County, £10, 825,160 Multiplied Ly 038 counls $12,714,5 Aol 10 Which County oard dhouhl. Bave, vained ag. fctanicnt of personnl Property i Kouth Chicuo, (f cquaiization har been made Without Iucreaslng ag- {Iskats of wscssniont of persoual property i Covk ounty, = #11,1410,50%, original amessment of personal property fn Kairth Chicako. €1, niinus §11,010,508 equnts 8RO1, 00, mount_Whlch should lave bien added to axsensinen’ outly Chicago Lo produce’ result soughit by County joard, 04,013 divided by 811,010,608 pauals 0870 ner cent, wiiel should have been added to buuth Chiicags to pro- duce result songhit by County Buard fn the mechiod pra- serlled by Taws ‘Tho Coitnty Bosrd, by Its equaitzation, determined it thio peranal propctty of Cook Catnty, st xtiin. iy Rercased, would pay 1oa suinll & iFODOFlon OF taxes Cook Coiliity, a1 [nsreased Lo augregato valuation thiereol ®o U the personial property would pay 1y Ter eant of th total taxes, viz.1 2TCH0 ‘i e State Board, neting’ upon thy orlinal retirne, conelusion Lhnt persont property i i Loy tuo' snall pagortion of Hia reaved o valustion lie ction of the Cout- aud I ndent of i un fhn reof, 8o that, (e 17 duard, the penonal uroperty of Couk County would 14y 171 hercent of the tutul taxea of Cook Lounty, * ViZ.{ HOTIRRA-1TUT A, Uy rying out tho ous eaualization npon the other, the perwonnt property 18 ealiv Upon (o pay 205 er cant of tho total tayes, “viz.t 30,74 J:lll‘ 20 Jwreent Caunis 0, R7, T AIVIded by 130, 710,23 equal, 203, Av orletnnlly adecsed, the pervanal broperty would 0 131 per cent of the taxck ur 1037087~ lowing comnpatations shiow the proportion of Cook County, whiclh the Coumy Hosrd it fobe, paid oy the peesuoal property ol cago, atid 106 propurtion of tho saue whicl) ahl by Bouth Chicae, It "the tncreass had et O I Lhis compu ot affevtitg tho resuit, V Total vulunuul‘l of property, equallzed by Lty Bourd, 1 ua 143,010 nls . 1105 pur Tond should ¥ nisia Doards Yo o which Cuinty iuar prof eriy bouth County cqualiae eeutof thial tase Leyalu Ly personal Froperiy of Couk hro -$170, 710,828 21,001,778 21,000,700 divided by 170,710,839 €qunt 125 pe teut of totel taxes of Cook County bersotial pronurty of Euuth Clifeazo, would puy If Gounty Toard lisd adde 10 origly eaniiicn| AT e . T arta aliae tlin comptatuant way ¥ 0,000, which {s sworn to have boen thore than ity re of 1) cutlre avscssed value of tho rxxmrty of thu rmlmruu:\l t oty ording to tho urlglial ascannent-books. eom- iaant watid Lave' heen catled ugan Lo pay 1230 af he taxcs of tho couuty, which would Bave been niors thianlis proporthn of same, fiy the adulifone made Ly ihe County 8 Ktate Boards, compisinant 1a calied U5on 1o pay - 170710824 0F 1-101 Of thie (axea of 0 K County, Loty It should pay 191-4040 of the tazes, Ttishnked (o pay 230-410%) of o LaxCs, Unfustly aaked to ¥ o4 dlyldod by 239 equals belng the_per cent of In{ml taxcacharyged a; vomplaloant by reason of ddictons of County aid Kiate (loarls, 39,527, 70 ultlplied by 2033 equals $10.454, belug e afuoint of un sty excelaive, aud incuuliablo faxct sought to bo collecied from coiplaluant, of which §047 L eyl ae well a8 unjuat and ineaultavle, sad rom which cutfiplainans secks 10 be relieved. And this was alwaya the result, sald Mr. Wilson, of two Bonrds siiting on the onginsl ficures n tha tan care and applylns tho waue corrective twice to correct tho sama ovil, In this cade, by carrying out this iliegsl method of cqualization, his clicnts wero compelled 1o pay a greater amount thun it way originally determined they should nay, Tholr Proverty was asscssed origlnally as hizh”as other Property fn Couk County, aua_ Yet that assesamcnt Wau greater than It would bave been had they besn sascuscd at the uverave rates of all the property in Cook (‘ounty, But the County Board hiad changed the relative propoitiona of property fn ook Coune ty, s0 that his clicuts were now compelicd to vy $10,451 ot of taxes thau wau Jurtly due from them. 8o far as tho action of the County Buard was without authority of law, to tatextent, lo clalmed, bls ciieuts should be Reauted rellef. Mr, Wilion noxt eonsidered the question of the 0 equulize by lequl’ power of the County Luard clanglng the fgarcs Of tho Gilforent. clasecs of broperty when the Btate Board was vqualiziug on e orlzinal valustions of the respective classce. The Coart would not, he believed, gives construc. Liun to tho law, the nccessary result of & perfuct execution of which would bring about Iniullu and {rregulatily, when the sole object of the law Was (g pruducy equality, In rezurd to the power of the Court of Equity to ®vo reliel {u euch a case, Me. Wilion refurted to the case of the Town of Lebauon v, The Uhlo & Misalseippt Rallway Company, 77 111, 540, and to $ay ol the Fint Natlous] Bank of Bhawuectown Yo, Cook, 77 §d,, 022, for the purboso of sustal; Ing bis position, that a Court of Equity could give sach rellef us (hat prayed for. M coucluslon, Mr. Wilsou spoke of the burden wajustly, unlawfully, sad iuequitably imposed Upou his clicuts, a burden, 1o fact, which was like 440 judgments agsinet 8 wan 1o tho sauie case, sad :‘»fl"}“‘ {lat the Dourt ‘should. interfora for their e The Court st this polnt adjourned for oae hour, n R the alteru MB. JUDARL tndeavored to show that the First Natlonsl Bank ¥as Luproperly usscased, as all Natlons! Banks Were as oppused to State bauks. He clalned toat ere wus' puthlog in the statute girecting the Somplalnants (o go before the Couvty Board snd @ject to the ssscssment, snd urged that thoy ;;‘m 10 bave the rellof asked for a3 urged by Mr, 0. « B, LONFIELD, or the Collector, sald he was lmpressed more than &ver, fn view of -tba city's present condition, with Wporiauce of this case, alecuiuy as it did the il asscesinent A Judicial Farce In the Rocanstrooted Btate and Ch the demi-mnnde have carte-hlanclie to ply thetr nefarions teade, (n the Iatter fnstance, people who wish ta enjoy an cvening of harmlesa fun. o who go tn amns<e themeclves with the sizht of others' en) nlymunl. woull knaw enngyh te stay away, or if they went to the ball would have no reason to take exception to anvthing they might aneation of the collection of the city's revenne for 14877, [le then procecided to read fram defendant’a nnawer, snd to reler at length to tha testimony in the case, According to Mr. Bonfleld, the cam. plainant'a charge that the County Board's action wan fllegal wan nomething which hid not heen ad- yancea |n the bill, and which was only hrought for jizht. My ditentty anidit takex thi forward when the charge that the State | see there. Tioan! had ncted fllegally wan shandoned as Tt when, as was the case this time, the mana- | business-men, and untenahle, Whatever fanit there waas in thie mat- rers ananro $nquirera that everything possible hns ter of levying taxes, sal he errord, mistakes, do thelr dnty, and yot with tho ofiginal sanensment in this cawo complalnants had no fanit to find, The Cotnty Noard wore peohibited, 1L was trne, from Increasing the nggregate arseasment except in 8o far us was necessary and incldental to s joat anl proper equalization. Ctenrly, the nas of tha words **just and proper " impliad that the Connty Noard had rome direretion In the matter. Iie con- tended, further, that no Court of Equity lad & right to grant retlef In such a matter, except where it waa ciearly shown tunt frand had been eom- mitted 10 making an_saseasment, and referred 1o Seammon ve. Clty of Clhiteago, 44 111, 200, Rafeeeing ta Me, Wilon's figures, Me, Hanfleld sald ho bad had somo tables prepared which ho would pams upto the Conrt, And which would aliow that the asacasments by the County Hoard cortatnly worked no injury ta these complainants, Me, Wilson's fgures, strande as it might nrpnur. dit not tell the truth. On the basfa which hio had as- rumed, and which was fncorroct, the complainants would pay 200, 4:40.50, which twas a difference of $,000, and: nat 810,000, an he had made it ont, Mr, Bonfield was lx‘z‘purun"v not cntirely famiiiar with the tables and what they wera intended to shavr, which wasn't much to be wondered at, sce- l"fl they wers prepared by aubordinates to aerve as a ftoland for Me. Wilson's Oljver. 1le therefore an« tnem up to tho Court, with the remark that, ¢ It bestowed fong atudy on thom, it might make something out of them, He then weni on to read from tho defendant's answer, which Io hix oplnion expressed ns woll aa additional argumennia could the defendant’s nositien tn the case, In conclusion, he contundod that if tho law was fol. lowed strictly thronghont the whole process of asacasing and equarizing, there would be no hard. ship ar went of unlformity, The whole troubls Iay with tho Town Aasessors and their unbiushe ing valuations, which wome veople were In the habitof winking ot. 1f_theso taxes were Joat, they wora lost forover, For, when a city arrived at the conatitutionnl 1imitation of its Indcebtcances, ncennfln,(" to the lato decislon of tho Supremo 0 Me. Honfield, grew out of heen done Lo Inaure anly a respectabls attendance, nd faifuren of Aesaorn to and that the atricteat oversignt will be maintalred fo prevent any nffenatye conduet, people who at- tenil do not expect to be obliged to ehoona between leaving tho hall or remaining to have thelf Ronee of decency aatragnd by the licentions cundnct of men and women whn scemed loat to all sonse of rhame, bnt fully alive to the fact that the Chicazn ’l;umaemcllmla would tolerate whataver they migint chwane {0 do, 1 can wall understand that (t 14 poasible for rome woman of loose chaenctor to galn admittance to n ball In spito of the niest consclentious effurts o prevens them; but when they become infoxicated and ohsecne, and, aralsted by men ns ocastly an themselves, commit actlons that make a respeet- anle epoctator floe thele nelghborhood in very shame, 13 §t not passible to expel them from thy nali? 'Or da the Chicago Turngemeinde conalder them ¢ soclety for thelr wives, danghters, and wisters, and their canduct bt an awnsing part of tho aspcctacle? Although In a pecuniary point of view the ball may be conmidered n miiccsnn, it wil) be remombered with disgust by some who attended it, and nnless the Tarngomelriders are fndiTerent o tho oplnlona of respectabic people the maney they have mare will not entirely compensate thei for'the loss of confidence In them which they may experience, Onr: Wino Was Tuene, SILVER. h A WORD WITII “THE NATION.Y To the Editor of The Trilune, Evenongex Hosg, Oxara, T, Feb, 11.— 1t would be interesting to kunow what reasons or arguments could have been addiuced fn favor of tho demonctization of silver at the date of tho legislation that dropped the ativer dollar from thocoin of the country, had the subject been brought before the people at that time for discussfon, Imaginary D t fore ::';’ '.l' ’rhow‘:l:y "'é'Jnx'(i’“mfl'."'mu':'i l}::i- t‘;fi, Some of the great problems then agitating loss, nof reaupropsinte for it, and the | tho mindsof (hecountty, and cauaing tho utmost Josa'fel] upon the pollcemen, firemen, the city or- ficra, and on the men furniahing materials, or the Lolders of the cily's depreciated certlticates, Would this injustice be done, afecting, as it did, the clvil Government, and wonld the Court allow theeso mon to come 1n at tlio Inst hour, ulter lying quictly by when they had had every opportunity lo abject, and. on somo hypothesls, or some mathe- matfcal caleuistions which wonld “require the geniun of u Nowton ora l'ascal to declphier, nsk that the Court should wipe out forever §150,000 of taxes of the City of Chicago? Tudge Wallaca foliowed for the dafondant, re- peating subatantially tho argumont he mado Jast week before Judgo Farwoll. Mr. Wilson, who Lad to leava for Washington by thenight train, spoke briofly in closing the casc of ihe complainants. v Tha Court then took the matter ander advise- ment. KEMPER COUNTY. solicitude evarywhere, ombraced such questions a8 these, to-wit: neas of tha country be again placed upon a solid coln foundationi Iow and when shall we cs- capo from this terrible necessity of doing busi- ness on a contlnually declining market] How and wien will It be posaible for us to redeem the grecnbacks? Jlow and whep shall we be able toget down and out of the balloon fn which wu bave been snlllug 8o many years, until we havo vecomo falrly giddy, and do not know where wo are nor whither wo are going? Buch wera sawa ol the great queations that were then awakening the solicitude and sgitat- ing the minds of thinking men all over our country, Now let us supposo that, inder tho clreum- stances then exlscing, sud while the minda of socloly wero preoccupied with such vital ques- tlona aa these, thero could have becn brought together fu any one of ourgreat citiean thousnud of the best and soundest business men of the cotintry, to deliberato upon our financial condi- tlon, to ueviso ways and means whereby busl- ness could bo rescued from fts unwonted hoz- ards and be rendered moro remuncrative, amd to suggest mothods whoreby the mreenbncks muld‘fm redeemed and ol catmereial transac- flm}n be placed upon a safer anu more rellable asis, Now will somo of the wiso mon who regard the gold dollar as the grand panacea for nll our woes arfse ond exolalni will they please tell us wwhat would have been thought of thu sanity of tho man who In such a presence should have arisen nnd announced a sencs of resolutions as expressive of the scutiments of this meeting of thio following finport, to-wit; Resolued, 'That (L ia the dellberato opinlon of this large body of representative busineas men from all saris of our conntry, in conventlon asrembled, Jint the domonotizatiou of tho silver dolfar is an Indispensable condition to tho restoration of cans fdonce, to tha revival of trade, and to the placing of busincse upon a safe, sand permanent, and ro- munorative hosls, MRtesolved, That tho craenbacks should bo re. deemed [n atandard gold cotn with lttle delay B3 o-n‘blv. leaoloed, That it will greatly facilitate trade, bring financlal relicf ta the cuuntry, glvo ronoweil confidenco and conrago to utrui:thz usinces men, mako work for thousands of "Idlo Jaborurs, and vapeclally will [t extend limely aid o the deblor ¢luss ot society, to rm‘mm that al {ndividual in- debtodneas shall bo paid In standard gold coin. Jtesolved, Whint the good of socloty, the credit, tho honar, the very existence of our numeraus corporations, requice that thelr obligations, whetber Tield by foreign or domestic hanus, bo pata in gold coin, Rtesolred, That tho credit, the intozrity, the honar, the fatr fame of our preatand belaved country requira that our State and Natlonal obli« gitions shall be pald, fntorest and principal, in gold coln of standard welght and fincness, Kesolved, That oar Rtepresantativen In Congress bo Instructod, apd that our Benators bo rospect- flly requested, to so shapo the lexialation of the countey that it may becomo pratiicable to tarry onut tho forezolng ™ resolutions, in all that they express and 4n ol thot they imply, and especially that the elteer dollar Le demonelized at tho earliest day posslble, and us an Indispensable Inftiatory sneasure tu the ultimate rolief of the peo- le, v Keeolred, That these rosolutions be forwarded tn ot lRapresentatives and Scnators in Washington aud to tho President of the United States, Now, docs any one bellove that this set of reaolutlona would have hicen listened to for one moment by such a body of men! 8o far from it, thoy would have beon regarded ond troated as & burlesque upon thelr proceedings aud uvou the objects that had brought them toglci.her and as tho utterances of an {nsane mind, thelr tmover would Laye been hiased aud scout. ed from tho house. Thero is not a word of truth or wisdom fu them. Whatever might bo the defects of our coln- ago systen, It was no thne then to change it, to discuss {t8 merits, or to lultiate measures of ro- form fu that direction, espocrally reforms that | pre could not fall to azgravato In ways and degrees manifold the embarassments nf “tha country. Wo were just then crossing a great river at high flood, and it was no time for trading horses or for swappiug boats, The trusty old nag, the well-tried old durout, were the only hopes of sulvation. 8o great aud so radical a chango in our wholo colnigo systom as was coi- templated in the dropping of sllves trom the currency o e couniry was nof, under theclr- guwistances thon extezing, to ho thought of fors long of Missirsippl=Acquittal of Chisolm-Dutl. dozers After Flvo Minutes' Dollheration by thio Jury. 1n tho United States Court at Jackson, Miss,, Feb, 8, certain citizens of Kemper County, were tried on charge of obstricting Judge Chisoln In advoenting his clalms for o scat In Congress. Some of the parties to this sult are under In. dictment for participation n the massacre of Judsze Chisolin, 118 son, daugliter, and friend McCiellan. Judge Chisolm was a Republican, and the Democrats attempted to prevent lim from speaking in his own behnlf as a candidate for Cougress, The following roport of the trial {s from tho Jackaon Z¥mes 3 Charles 1tozonbatm, who waa tho first witness on nmlmrl of the prosecution, teatificd In subatanco an follows: I am a natlve of Kemper Countyy know Judge Chmwolm;.had beon Intimate with hin for reveral years; also kucw of his appolnt. nents to speak during the canvasa; Chlsoln ap- pointed u meetinz at Scooba on A certaln day, and tho Democrte afterwards appointed the same tino luco fof barbecue; communicated with s0im, who gave np holding his proposed mect- fuiet Domoorata held theles, which waa Inrgoly at. tended; saw meveral of the defendants prescnt *iright mmart™ of excitement among the crowil, and a strong feeling azainat Chisolm munifested; many of tho same crowd attended thoe mecting at TigKalb tho aucceoding day, which was also attend. ed by n numbor of defendanta: was at DoKalb on Satirday nizht prior 1o the electlon; Chisolm aid not mpeak on that day wi excitoment prevailed; crowd “of ut 100 marched ncound Chirolm's houro and fired oft pistolas pever kuew of any other procession marching around Chlsotm'a resideuce; procession whlnccann“!ud By 8 band; many porsons were argicd, and nolay: " tho giuns nsed were taken from the fall; don't know to whom thoy belonged; pro- ceesfon marched past Chisoln's houss threo or four timos; heard of Lhrents, and went to sco John W. Gnlly, Chairman of tho Domocratic County Executive Committee, to arcunge, If possible, for a_peaceablo bivet) alling to accowpliah’ my purposy, I reported (o Chisolm that a difcully wouid bo 1ikely to ocenr ifho attempted to speak thore, and advised him not to spenk, hecasss 1 thought a personal difiicalty betwoen Chilxolm and Welch mizit_hanpen, and ‘lead to a gencral diM. cnlty; never heard any threst nadn by defendants; Judge Chisolm was at’ home with his family st tho ttme the demansteation was madoi saw poreons shuot at his house, and afterwards saw bullot- marka un tho eamo, Crosn exumination: Saw Mr, Qully for the pur- poxe of arranging 8 Joint discussion between Col. Meck and Chisolmy, —suirgcsting that speakers should not be questioned abent personal differ- encox betweon Chisolin and Woleh, growing out of ahnalve publications mads by both partfes; thouglt that, If hnterrnptions wero made, a fihit wonld ve the rosult; Gully sald Welch's friends would not submit to stich au arrangement; saw only dents mado by ballets in Chlsohn's hause! saw no bul- lets; did pot seo persons who tho shots; heard reports, suw smoko, and think aix_or seven whate wero fired; (hink some were almed abaout at tho roof of the nouse. N, W, Ifopper tostifiad that he was at DeKalb on Batirday ; kuew of no threats made by theso pres- ent; at an nterview with Willlo Welch, ono of the defendants, now supposed 10 b 11 Texus, and W. . dotuwon, the formor snid Chisoln rhonld not speaks if ho nlwu‘l;mul ta do a0 ho would ba pulled from tho stand and killed; Johnson sald he shoutd not speak, but wu opposed Lo the suggosied kille fug; witneas heard twoor threo reports of dre- arms; Dill Gullysnd 8ld Welch had xans amitied Chleolm’s house tha sawe avenlug and bullut-marks, This witness was subjected Lo a most rigid cros exnmination by ten. Uicorge, and, belng greatly confuscd, contrndicted bimself a number of tn Ile testiilea that all throo of the parties wero awag, Tousl, We sl the immedi ed, and, unle or allver. that * doli some Reanivedy it A mors or_lews Intuxicatod at the thino of the inter- | moment, 1n the blazing lght of modern sclence, | 7Y, Viows and tho wiportant fact that. the averszs | tuthe" Squally ¢loar Haht of the ciesilrad, That citizen of Kemper County 1s Invarlably ** drunk ™ Kood, Dl\l"'fillh and cursed npon the devoted hrade of tae prople of the Waat becanse they would not helieye ina fle and accept it a8 downrigAl torl's truth? | panee fa all srapped np in'a_nnt-shell, A Almple form, to-wit: anyn that those mad-enp resointlona that were reonted from our imaglnary convention of snlid them Inta tne Iaw of the Iand, were the work of a Tearned body nf profound ' experte, plilosophers, and gentlemen of sctence.™ On the other hand. our convention of sensihle businesn-ien eould dlacoscr no fvment of truta or of wirdom [n those resolitions, —unthing cven toked in the directinn of giving reliet to tho suffering country, —and the pith and kernat of them, into {110 at the suzgestlon of the NVullon'sprt Coms- wittce, and thelr wori haa been pronoanced vy the Vatton to be sery good, —even a lasting montment of pofound wisdom! It ali comes 10 thi4 thing: that what was readlly teen by u larze Lody of busine: hinking men i the entire countey iwho Were Lhen of who Ara now en i say, It ail comen o this then: roudily acen by a largs hody of busincss.men to o ulterly false and ruinovs o< cuperative measures when put into the form of resotutions, in regarded by the ANatlon ns the qnintessence of practical wixdom when enacted Into (@ us o rule of actlon for a greal country. FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS IN GOLD. Ta the Liltor of The Trilane, Cntcago, Feh. 18.~1 dreamed the other night that o plece of suburban property which, since 1873, has produced a Jarcer crop of taxes than angthing else, was found to contaln a gold winey and that, with o tacitity confined wholly to dreams, I proceeded to teke out the vre, and in less than three minutes had It milled, colned, andl safety stowed away fu different vaults in the city, and, with theabove-named capital, was ready for business, Now, il my dream had simply confined Itaell 1o an arrangement of sotne discrepancies which havo oecurred botween 1873 and 1578 or of buy- ing n llouee, lbrary, victures, ete.; or of tm-imi my relationship to alleged aunts, uncles, and cousins, who swarnied down on e with thelr How und when shall the busl- lmnlh.'rtcs duly made out and sworn to, I should ardiy feel at lberky to recount 1ti but this dreamn of ming fimiedlately went into pulltics and to mixing ftsetf up with things gen before 10 o'clock the next had boen telegraphiod to New York that this vast soiount of money bad suddenly made its appearance, mid that the use to which it would Do put. was exceedingly Sndetinlte. Gold Board opencd 1t was evident there bad been an oceurrenee. something ho wanted to dispos: of, they sold so, and repeated tho statcraent with such frequency, and re of voeal utterance as to dlspel any doubt of thelr sineerity. The [guncml unanimity in thiy respeet, however, di Uolil upened at a prenium of one cent, and in flve mlnutes was offcred at par. Tlcre was re- sumtion, only a little toe much of it. In lcsa thun flve minutes morg it touched B, then 93, and when U7 was reached the recol Black Friday wae lke the memory of a Presby- terian prayer-meeting. At 08 acordon of police wus callea fn, and nbout 1iity nunjacs taken At 054 tralp was made up for the In- sane Asyluin at Utica, and when grold struck B thiero was no ong but the auctloncer to hear it strike. Everybody liad been carted ofl, En dently my money was having some amusement, and I'thought us these cheering reports came fn that each and every Guddess of Liberty stamped upon it was in abroad grin, with an oyident tendency toward a wink in the exposed ontie, 1 thought Mr, Belinont recetved from Europo o telegram in language as follows, to-wit: As the hen for which we pald $500,000 and sent over In 1873 or thereabonts has como home to gest that you usk Juy Ueorge Wilifam Curtis'aud earnest) to run down to Washington to urge John sherman to fnplers the President to sond a mesrage 10 Can- wress and call tholr attentivn to the neceesity for e remonctization of shiver, Wi anothor hen by next steamer. 1 thought the next eable of ulctter sent by Earl Derby to Beaconsfield, in which the Nobly Lord says: The wonderful facility with which the Americans discover gold and silver taines lLas ercated In my mind tho suspicion thut the whole blasted country 1s underlala with what has beon sy, hes preciaus metals. g othor International standard of currency bo adopt- some better medium is proposed, 1 I leave to submit that, In my opinion, ecrap- irun, oyater-cans, or Icad pipe are leas Hal fluctnste in yaluo than ar As un esneriment, I shilp hercwith o scetion of an engine-buller for's pocket-plece. I dreamed thut Prof, Bumuer, fearing not made himself clearly understood in his I lecture, hired n hall for the purpose of proving onest Munoy " meant stlver, and that payment of elther princtpul or interest of the national debt in gold was, in fact, repudiation, Mr, Edmunis, at the first apportunity, of- fered a resotution fu the Henate, that the tHoly Church be petitioned to canouize Mr, Nevady, at unce, for his efforts in rescuing the country from thu gold manla, and that tho God- dous of Liberty bo constdered tired of sianding, and that astattie of Mr, Jone: Ing his Immortal spcacly on tho aliver queation, bo eldvated to that hich poaition, thiat John sherman tovk on eaely weain for Ohlo, Where th o pawer{ul oration ho demonstrated the Impusaibllity of resumption fn 187U, he, salil John, resuine unl d0'té with? Ho nad, 1t was frue, somo gold, but it was worth only 90 cents on the dallar, and shoutd it be raid thot he, John Sherman, patrlot and phitlanthropist of 187i, had by advice or ofliclal actlon attempted to swindie the creditors of tho United States out of 10 por cent of their just cluims? Noi By yon stars, elc. [peroration| 1 thunght o meetlng of patriotie and disjuterosted and | bondholders wan el followiny preambles aud resolutions adopted: Wiznzan, Wo pal 10 kol fur thing, and b Fecel un tliele PAF Yatue since that time: Wiratikan, Thiero hias beon & rem Intamious dlicovery of enough O een o Iu groenvac premiumi and WixEEAs, OuF srdugus fshore tn eutting counons wil) liardiy €nable us to provide foud for vur faniiles 1£ 1his thiing 18 not aL unce arran, " Juat 1o vivwof aur Lrolo sicrifices tn the o plal 4L 00 OUF Louds In sllver su lung s it 1o worth 410 gold ahould get to ho worth mors than stiver again, we whll go bac] . Ttewnived, 1 thore 0 adoller hut the attenipt Wi e by i eyl resmnption (n sliver e know this {s tmpossibin, but are uibtle question, Hay the purchasing power of mon:y altered oy declined fo the case supposed Now it Is evfitent that the alteration s on the sdeof wheat, not on the side of the money, The supply of money s the same. The yield of wheat, ennsumen in a season, may be_yery dit- ferent fn the course of next season, That can- not be predicted of money, A year's produc- tlon can only have an tnfinftesfnal Influence on the vast yolume, exlsting for ages, of the world's avcele. Its power to purchase must continua unlmpaired for very lengthened perjods, It docs look a8 11 the piirchasing power of money had declined, when this year a dollar only buys half-a-bushel of wheat, whereas Inst year it buught & hushet, But I think it Is not so. 1 am ahle to wrestle with one man and hold my own, nefther party succeeding in throwing the nthery and If ‘a second spproachica and, Joining s strengthh with the first, casts me fown, it would manlfestly be untruc to say that iy power had deelinel, Now this may be taken az an fllustration of what we are ennsilering. \We witl say 85,000,000 bought the erop of wheat, 5,000,000 of bushels, last_years and ' 25,000,000 huys the crop of wheat, 2,500,000 of bushels, this year. The snpply of wheat' hanaitered, bt the power of money—ly which we must over under- ntnnd labor-power—has not witered, There itas heen & derrease In the virible product of labor, but no decrease In the power of maney. For thie quextion hns to be declded, not o3 the ground of quantity or price of produce, hut on the ground of reward fur Jabor. And the money, nwl\in?nccnnln and deduite amount of human iabor, has manifertzd not only the ateadiness of 1ta valne, hut its power to rewurd, this year, s rela- Uve amonnt of Inhor, Juat as 1t dfil lasi yenr, The bakers thin year will' itkely have to pay double what did Iam for theie Gours and, though it may reem parodoxical o ray mo, it s neverthclers truo that thefr mouey goes }nn as far this year s Jast; for, 11 it bough flour ot the same price thiw year it wonld bo sccompllshing sn econnmic miracle, namely: buying produce st onc-half its value, Tho money gocs A4 far as ever in the purchase or reward of human Inbor, —the wheat has come ahort in eupply, and, as 1o quantily, has doubled Mta purchanitig power, —tne 1noney has nut coma ehort cither in supply or In purehasing power. It mani- fenta ity readiaean, £0 to speak, 10 come instantly to tho relfef of the unfortundlc toilers wha, throuzh adverse aeasone, have gathered in only hindl the usual crop, Mowey, more wonderfal and powerfut than the wisest philosophet has cver yet dreamed of, wlil nut suffer theso toiling husband- men to experience, as they otherwine swonld, the ]l elfects of loascs and shortcominga over which they hava bl nocontrol. 1t places two dollars in. stead of one in the hamia of every one of thom, and commands and * encourages them to gu forth und freely buy: ond, except In o far as other food-crops may be influenced by the short wheat- crop. the 103 to the hushandman in actually dis. tributed, by Ihc presence and power of money, over all other producers of the necersatics sand The Nution the Jeglslation Lhal .enacted that ot those rexolutions, or have hesn epacted 1&1 in trade, — hat what woe romedisl or fae rofound statesmanship snid Wa, 1%, P, ——— rally. norning it convenien f lle, dolug for these ponr men When thg | what nu eystem of mncro arier cvnld over hope to acenmplis] Tho loea to the producers ni"me \\‘I.wnlyl‘l distributed over the vastly ereater pum- ber of congumers of the wheat, Were tuo value of money rubject, ke $ts connterfent, paper, 1o rudden snd violent iinctuations, It would Imme- diately fosc all lta_pawer, and cenee to be the eenulno friend and protector of Jabor, which it really ls, Did the dustruction of losa of half the wheai-crop cause the yalue of money to fall 40 percent, then the toflers for wheat would be In a misctabio pliahit, and the rost of the industrial world [n a state of wmiserablo confusion, Muney thua eeeme to be & worldewide philanthroplst, eompelling even the solfishneas of men to yiold Leforo the elulms of less fortunata tollere, and en- gawing ine tol) of pat auce, weapped bp In our stuple gold and ailver coln, in the guod work of protecting and aiding the toilera of the present dlay. 'The fact of other coreals bulng prodaced In grester or less quantities alongeide the wheat may complicate this enblect somewhats but 1t cannot, 1 thlnk, alter or affect the Vluclplu naw et farth, Thus we see that every Ircsb fact tn political cconomy leads us to admire the wiedon which has {lm\'ldtd thot etablo atticio, money, for the uso of ho human race, Every vne scemed to have At lenst ness of tace, und force couraged negotiations. eetion o APFPRECIATIVE. To the Editor o The Tribune, MeNDOTA, 11, Feb. 12.—1 lave beeo on the Uoald to seo request hint | noble course you have taken on the sllver ques- tion. it does not require much thought for n inan whoso whole soul Is wrapt up tn his work, 88 yours s, to write a few articles on any of the leadingez questions of the day, but 1t most as- sitredly does tax o man’s mental encrgles to the utmost stratu to furnhish column after column of solid reading matier, week after week, and month after month, articles, too, full of good poluts, logleal, argumentative, and punient, 60 much so that they acoin to by azlow with a ire that peuetrates the dullest futcllects, and have already convinced the minds of thousands who were [ o perfect muddle and bewllderinent on this question, ns the masaes alwaysare on (lnan- cial questions, 1 thank you frown the bottoin of my heart for this creat work, und sincerel; hope that you will continne in the samie tracl nnill success crowns your effurts. Your paper bur been the means of cducatine quite a number of our people on the silver auestion. 1 take your dully from o traln-boy, and buve beon deprived of it"a few times daring the Jast six or eight months, for the alleged reason that he had not enough to o round, and had tu take the ue- testable 2imes, or vo witnoat. 1mentlon this, becanse I see you wish to know the facts in the cuse, Your paper hias a far better clrcalation here than {t had a yearazo, | have been s subreriber for the New York Z71bune for a great many years, and an ardent admirer of the ablo and outspoken mannce In which it hos come right out dnd exposed corruption wherever found, until of late [ begln to seo 8 declded chando, particolarly on the silver question. 1 pive yon somo credit In helping to clear the film from iy eyes, and enabling me to comprehond morg clenrly how the New York Zrib- une standa sinco Gould has had o controlling In- terest init, Yours fur the rivht, J. A, Lee. ———— WHITEHAVEN, N, S. Ta the Editor of The Tribune. New Youx, Feb. 11.—~Whily questions of & politieal nasurc come and go, the one paramount problem of how to transport tho products of the Weat to the European murkets by the most direct channel etlll remalns unsolved. The prosperity of farmer atd merchaut allke ls bound up {n ft. Raflrond wars are waged fu- rlously to tho fujury of producers, handlers, and consumers, Hond specnlators f11 the nir with the turmofl of their wrangling, while the victinized publie looks on In dismay, Burcly somo radieal chauro (s needed. Is there no way of making Western pruducers independent of tha sharpers n the great Eustern fermiug) cities! T'unhesitatingly aflirm thut thero fsl A new channel of communieation between Europe and the West can be estublishied via White- haven, Nova Beotia, Whitchuven 18 o splendid harbor, nover ubstructod by ice, Reports mudo 1o the Ewgish Acmirally by Adailes]l Owen and others fully substantiate” this statement. ‘The harbor Is soven inlics loug, of ample width, and deep covugh to Hoot the Great kastern in Wo send am was the report sud L0 bo (] 1 thererore suyrgest that soine ble to yibing tn the line of gold Jones, of n tho nct of read- It scumod to me How could 8 ho had the sllver to the financial at Looper Institnte, and tho on_8n &Y hoiida, whi oly jio, 00 ceats on tha t metal was wortl per cout futerest i Kablo, addena Tk it wiiio Altvor is nt'a ed1 therefure, in duty of the Government 1o pa 1a Jol; s to b any promium, wo want t, tu denonctize what wou't At bl be domonctizeil. and lered to tako placa 2Jag, 1, eflort, by prostratin busincss, will aong tied and well-balanced common the | wouble the purclinse-power o yi sost D ¢ £110 IVBILING Do AFINKCU. KOMTICr WhIuky: was | taioera ot the aptbies 10 Wik Ba" corebis (e | beecsss Pt 1y oa stienatio FiR ud holy tnte tho shallowear parks It 14 (e mofcesmterty olicited. 'Fhie guostion ae to whether tuis unforius | ambareassment, diairess, and fnancial ealamities | 8100 of thio hondholler 1o by iing ay 50 cents | Nt TR Ao " nato and most disagrecable condlitiou of innumerable niaet and would follow such a pro. | Which .m:ul}“ %fi...‘ii.!"’:’:’" uwrf&"x‘s‘u?h""‘:fi“;fl Europe than Halifux, “"f‘ hoing n the direct produced by the quality of tho bensine or the size | cedure, as ft is that water loft unabatructod will ehliosl wnatlon's | grack of veean steamers, I is tho natural out- of tho drink, wus dlscussed, but no satisfactory ¥o+ lutiun was arrived ol Another witnevs, & Mr, Tirittam, testifiad that ho knew notling of the matter; and, by way of expla- watlon, stated that ho uned (0 be n mualclan, and, whon tho ousle of the band atruck him, ho took two or three toddius nad found himavlf foa heavy totravel with the boys, thofora he did nat necom- pany the processivn. We mention these facts merely for the purposo of warning those who aro compelled to visit Komuce againet the use of la- 1oxicating liquor while within the precincts of that unenvlably noforlous county, Messew. McHenry, ll()ptur. Cotton, McLaurln, Betheny, Vincent, Ciay Chisolm, and Mre. W, W. Chisolm wero also examined, and the testi- mony of il tonded, in our judcment, lo cor- roborata the evidenco of the firat witness, Mew, Chisolus was escorted tu (e witness stand by the Rev, Ur, Watkins, of thise city, and fr1s bur'just to say that tho Iady conducled horsolf with great coolnoss and proprioty. whio 14 avi- dently a person of flue abliity, good education, anid culture, and possevsed of raro courago, The counsal fof the defense, at the conclusjon of tho evidence for the prosccution, msked tho Court to charga tha jury that there was no sutticlent evldence before them to warrant a conclusion, and that whould " return s verdlet of mot gullty, ment of shla proposition { aud Judgo Lew, the Court rowari matier of discretion fn tho Court to give such a chargs or pot, In the fAret Instance, but tnat ho would commit the cascs to the Jury, and, when he came [0 chargo the Jury regulurly, hie would give such charge o the points discussed ss would be by Assistant United States Altor- 4 by counsel Buab 3ho caso run dawn hill, or that dre will burn the hand that 1s placed in It u{t to e wonderod st then that the concoctors of thatsaplent financlalscheme of 8 great revolution In tho whule coins; m of & izlty natiun of 0,000, 000 of people, —n sysiem vensrable with age aod fragraut with' the wisdom of the fathare,~1 say, 48 (L ta be wondured st that the concuctors of that dastardly schemo hid themaclves away In the uecluston of consplrators and In tho darknces of night, and lo thle day thatr naoies are not knownt ’%hn philosophical “Nuflon,—the Nufion, that (s Just uow o um(ollndl(‘lx«rclud about 1he wmural of tho Weat, and that {s so surprised that the W Will ;not tamely and_without wrotest take thie odious concoctlon of tha ulghit, —~the Nulion says it f» tho work of **expcris, philosophicrs, and gons tlcmen of science. ™ O saceed aclencel O diving phllosophyt how host thou fallon! Dut surcly the wiately, the classical, the sclentide Nation, uminoi the dazzling ke of profound learning, the Nving, and muving, snd haviog ite belng st the very fountatu-head of high art, ecience, philoso- m.y, of all hign learntng, surely the Nufion, thus ciug awt thus circumatanced, ought ta know, The oracular Aution at ono glance of fte clears alghted eye uught 10 be ablu Lo deteet, 10 point out toa wondering world, ull tbo marks, all (be foot- priute of phl(u-urny. science and divine wisdom lifltllu profoundly “concesled jn that woudrous preduct of those conspirators of the blgat, the f‘"d resultant of all the iabors, akilt, lizht, and uuwledge of that duvotad band of cltlzen o ports, plilosoplory, and geatlomen of scieuc wuo officiated {1 the birth of the lezialotion {hat was destined to revolutionise the Suancial policy of the tuunclal rolatious of ono of the greatost nu- tlous of the world, Now, cau it be posathle that that famous Com- Kewuired, crowd of mun dreams, | ton, tho ould ba submiited: an ter inetructions by | mites'of .,;um‘ ohilosovhers, etc., were only t urt, the jury retlred, and roturned a veedict | yoad-cape, afterailt Coctain It is that thoy have of *'not galley, " belug out ouly dva wminutes. 1t | fpcorporated our uad-cap.resvlutions 140 ticle was genorally conceded that thu prosecutivn falled o they binvy bLocome a work, and at their .u.Lwe-I run of thu Isw of the land. Can It be possible st the suthor of thode resolutivne was & pro- found pbilosoplier and a wise 1nan, ufterall? Can 1t be posalble that the thousand fuen of guod bust- uvss bunse who hissed those resolutions out of tho huusg se baviug no truth in thum, and ay h-vhu; o adaptation whatever to the existlug stale of thinge, were s0 complotety decelved? Cdn It be poasible that the proround Nation does not know philusophiers whon it mects thom sad thete wurks arc aceu? 'Wo had supposcd that philosophicrs snd gent! men of scicuco constituted o kind of sacred brot erhood, knowing snd knewn by cach othor. We d tu establlsh’ that & conspirucy been entered nto, which slune could kive the United Biat Court Jurisdiction of the offunse, and the Jury we: subatantially instracted to bLring i verdict for defundauts, Tho grest judiclal farce was thus termloated, —————— THE TURNGEMEINDE MASKED BALL, 0 ths Editor of The Tribune, Cuicago, Fob. 12.~1navodlce of the masked ball eiven 1ast evenming by the Chicugo Turngumeinde which appesrs in this morning's lesue the follow- ing senighce occura: **The masagers did thelr best o maintaln outward respectabllity, ana ln this they wero successful.™ Thia lu refotenca to tho large delogation from the deml-wonde who at- tended the ball. While 1 would glive all dae cradis to the reporter who wrote that uotice for bis luten- ton 0 miko & corract statemeat, ttuth comuels w 1o say tbat, whatever sue nuuum}‘ elorts might have becu, (Bey by no means walutaiued vvon ous- ward decency. ibe scenes which touk pla uight {n Norib-5ide Turner-Hali wero tho results of the mansgers' best cdorts, the Chblcago Turus emelnde ebould do ane of two th%—mmu DUt o managewment of their masked balls Luto the bands of men who knuw how Lo suppress ind cency aud vbaceuity oz clsg publicly auuvuuce that thnes 1 1ee] of thom # fusall-bune, aud [nstantor the wh animal stands ovefore bim a thing 3 veauty, Do they nut know esch otler? Should not 1hoy tbat can put 1i%c into & fosail-bone kuow each other at sight? If old bones wpeak lawuch unmistakable laogurge o the scleutist, shiuld uoll : ho {lotng deads of lring wan tel) au uncrring o **Xow can it ba vouslote that the philosophical, the sclentifc, tho sharp-eyed Nalios has buen ducel ed, thatlt bas been vouching foriho wisdom ot 1! -lwm h:‘ mdd-cf‘;:c .: :u tbat of profound osopliers sud wise mei P*Saat we rolastantly como to the. conrlction that the oracular Nulion been husllyg anathewad lust for, b; Tadisir o ta o S fesute hat the man who has coma foto powscaston of this yast sinaunt of gold by declarod tu Lo & pubile g 1aurily dispured ut when cangyt. 1 remember dlatinctly that -at this time I kicked about cousiderably, under the imp In black broadeioth “suits, with ble wold-headed canes, chaine, whichi describod o semi-circly over thele rotund abdomens, spokeeman vald they wanted 10 Advieo me as to the boat uso | could make of my woucy, snd they had cume o tho conclusion that the only feasible tn- yustment wae 10 Joan It lu Lake Michlya: they nud already provided the necessaty tugs, fats boats, snd_mtro-glycerine, vault comblustions, ments b the shupe of s rel of tar. and & Gatling guu. their advice with a bravury contined wholly lo ‘was put {nto (e feather burrol, and was alout 10 roceivo & tar-bath, when § sitting up in bed, with & sligularly powsriul LWiat, for a smull hand. on my left caf, whilo the state- ment wad oelug made W mo that a mun who would eat piu befory golug to bed Ym:llmhlu consequiences; but that such » hablt should not b indulged peace of thu liouse; tual the u: ust perpetrated had destroyed all hope of o tbu rest of tho uluht, and that hereafier 11 o° plo weaut Wue attic or tae barn, V. TIE STABILITY OF MONEY, FromW. Urown's New Culechina on Prlitical £ Q.—Are the vreclous metals valuable becuuse tbey are money? A.—Huverse the question, and, so far as valuo Is concerned, you have the truth, Q.—Docs the rise in value, say of the leading staples, Judicate that the purclasing power of muney has declined? - A.—This 1s just ono of thoss subtle tangling questions whbich hns perplese writera on ‘iollllml ceonomy, a ditlicuity tn taking & grasp of the subject, so many slde-lssucs thrust thefr de- nands upon me. fow sluple elements. 32, when last year it only brought one, and it { pretty sure that Lo had cunsumed scyersl billlon thits rise 18 caused by a half crop, it is wanifest that thereis bo real alteration jo volue,—by which must always be understood, practically, the value of busn lubor,~but onl tlon tu rice. ‘The growers of wheat will get tle same returns for thelr labor, cxcept in so far as thoy themselyes cousuine o Httlo wheat. But s uot the world sv twuch thu want of the wheat{ Tue world Is uummdl{‘u rich as ever o money, but ubsolutely poorer But yet 1t Is trie, ay Just sald, thag the value of the labor of the wheat-growers bus not changoed value iu e cquivaleut awounta of huwan labor cxclhianz All tho world way become g fects of a uolversal famiug coutinue to got full value tor thelr labor,—tlat 13, thelr labor's worth, But avw comvs {n the let for the products of the West and Northwest. dciared, and be fs bere- | The distaned from Chicago to a point aiice, sod 1 bo sume | on the true ateamship - course off Whitehuyen via New York is 2,050 mlles, whilo by exfathuy rouds to Whitehaven direct It 18 but 1,400 iniles, thus affording a eain of 6 mtle»Lm]\uvnlem 10 $wo-thinls of the dis- tance from Chlcago to Hudson River tide-water, Mails from Europe to Chicazo would reach your city as svon as malls dispatched at the samn thie would reach New York, an lmportant con- shieration to your buslnessiuen. The White- haven route (s the natural and direct chianuel tor graly, frozen weat, teas, aud other descrintlons of trelght. It will make Chicago fndependent of cxiating monupolve, It will effectually squeleh all B, Louls schemes to send cereals to Burope via Now' Orleaus and the Mussissippl. The cortalntics of prugress and iniprovemeut ¢ offers defy computation, A company Is now organized, bolding & charter from the Novp Scutin Legislature, to bulld the one inissin link, namely; a rarlway from the present terml- nua uf *he fntervolonial to AWhitehaven. at At- tautle tido-water, only scventy niles distaut, 1t I8 proposcd to apwly for a_subsidy fu wouey to the Canadlan Farlfament during the present sedsion. 'The project 18 of vast huportance to Chicagu's intereats, 'The sagacity of your busi- nese-en will gulde them o a cledr appreciation of the eaterprise without further elaboration frowm e, Icommond thesublect to thelr earnest considcration wlih the sesurunce that the ad- vantazes cuumerated ubove ure but a few of the wany Whitchaven ollers. LW e ——— THE BILLION, To the Editor o) Ths Tribuna, Cuaao, Fob. 135, —A few weeks there was an articlo in Tus Twinvsx regarding (ho English Whillon, and some discusvion was the reault of it 1 was doeply Intorested, —not that 1 had a ullion of soytuing, but frons curioslty,—su wuch o that § resvlved to luvestlzate the learned gentlenan' marke for myscll, 1 took for my eubject Capl Bogardus and his great 5,000 glass.bal! feat. 1 wae lon that u old spectacios, and gold fou- came (o seo me, Tho chlef 3 that and_only wanted tho They offsred further induce barrel of feathiers, or bat- Haviug spurned fuund myself st and ought 10 take in ol the vxpeuss of the ribly yolls I had w,u. e nomy, o lany 1 coufess that at Let us, at any rate, look at o If whieat this year brlugs shot, & found that bu uscd No. & bird sbot, wo L went to work with a will to count the bithon. 1 found that to use oue billlon Nu. 8 shot be would ave to break 1,8351,0081,243 glass Lulls, snd, st the rate of 1ime u which bu broke sbe Snt 5,000, it would take bli, shuoting coutinugusly of course, 367, w01 yeors, 4 monthe, 1 week, 3 days, 6 hou 1 minute, aud S ucconds. The oiliion’ shot woull wulgl exucily 144,075,078 pounds 4 ounces, and 1t would tako of thu regular charge of powder 28,048,421 tous, 313 vounds, and O ounces 10 turow thess Lilllon No. 8 bird-sbot; and, i the whot were lald ou the grousd in a wpacen yard Widy, they would react Y03 miles, 1,750 yarde, 214 Inchw, when ‘y«u 1aid the laat one of tho billlun dowu I it fulinftesiinal corner way off there. | did not favestizats t0vce how long It would take the Chicago Shut-Tower 10 visko thvss No, 8 shot, or Low lnnw cars 1% would take to carry them to the City of New York, nor bow long It would taku 10 kol Memall there. But, Ob wy! what @ suit au alterue rer than last year by w"i’ual 1s lnwnl{ullblt\ )y the loss of the wheat, chauge, wo uieaun simpl 3 frow the ef- uda yet all sy polut of writiug you a few words of cncournge- ment many times the pust few weeks for the Jurilier partly thinz the freight lines wonld have, and how the sgenta here wonld fight for the Job, My idean of an Enulien billlon have Increased greaily sines 1 actinto thin job. T have not calcnlated the paper, pencile, time, #nd brain-power expended, _Tnt will say that [ {don't helieve there aro one billion brickn in Chicago, or the whole State of 1llinota: ond, {f sny ong thinka there js, Just lot bim figare 1t out, and correct the lrrepressibie **Mrcrer Free." ———— TURF CONGRESS, New Yong, Feb. 13.—~The seventh Congress of the Natlonsl Aseociation for the Promotion of the Interests of the American Trotting Turf began this afternoon, One hundred and forty- six tracks are enrolled as members of the Asso- clatfon, an the number of delegates present Is over alxty, Tho President, Charles W. Wool- ley, ot Cincinnatl, called tho Conventlon to order, Fach assoclation fs entitled to send three delezates, hut only entitled to one vote. ———— e e THE TRIBUNE BUANCH OFFIC] N ORDERTO ACCOMMODATR OUR NUME parrons throughont the city we have estah Jirnech Ol e different Divislons as deslgas s In the ¢ below, wiicre savertisemnenia will he taken for the same price aa chat a8t the Maln Oitice, and will be recelyed . In, during tne week, and untfl 99, m, C. I, WILCOX, Dooxeeller and Htatfoner. 170 Twentvieecond-at.. nenr Wahsah-ny, WALDEN, Newsdealer, btstloner, ete., 1000 aon:at, near Weatern-ar. T TIIWUMARTON, Wert-Side News Depot, 1 innd.av,. corner of Halsted-at, HERIICK, Jewaler, News-Dealer, snd Fancy . 720 Linke-at., corner'Lincol VTV REAL BATATE. TECIAL, BARGAING—DY GOOL- K FN, ) Weat Jiad(son: two hulldini " Tl ot 31x o1 AR . o o Tob g S 0. Arher-at., cotage and o X R 10 Nrenter .fiuule'. A roomi and fot, 14 or. G Aoy R an Gcr: i lar proportyl want an oner, dians.st.{ fine busi x:r;r’:'i'ypc‘iiwfm"d et n - Mo Busineas Bropariy: at & Darcalo: B s Wart Uhlost.s Bouse, 13 Fooms 4ad oty 24x 107 Tor §2,000, o 701t WALE=DY 11, GSTOT & SON T34 ASALLE: At.—\Warren-av., nest P'anlina, fine 30-foot lof, . Easy 16rie, naly $110her funt. 6. Rive Gurner. only 8106 per foot. ar Ashisnd-av., E1 s A1) Sory chea 11251 very chean, 1 any wishiag to buy to our i ollpfir‘n_nll o8, T_WILL RUY A GOOD 4- L3t front o BATber: jeoiesa . 1o0m e uttage, 1 1ot 25883, pout] :l-. fl;l‘tu doors from [iaisted-st. cars. Thie fsn gFreat 7 zaln, af.mri=11-room 2-ntory brick dweliing, good bam, Al fot 24xi, 10 K feet of Milwaukee-ar, ateeets carss bour® [s new &tid cort 22,400 (0 build Inst v okl "X BOY b, Tioom 7, A7 Madison TS otaon gL00 HOWS, TWO F ane 3-atory and ement octagon-front 13 wellings: oy have every modern Linprovement, 13 Fooms, anil 101a 0x100 to altey, north fronta, on Ufio- eariornar. LT orice and the, locaiity nusex, and belngiwithin 10 minntes' walk of ¢ oise, thicy are certalniy cliewn they ront at (¥ her thanth( they oughit not he 0 the market long. S ROYD fodni 7, 0 Sadtaon. o [0l BALE=PLEASAXT 2-sTORY HOUSE XD ot reenoat; near Montoc, #3, terms; targain. K. C. WARE, 5 Met! [.‘ml BAL " B, BOYD, Taon-ef e hrrt,\{ll frsteclase 0-room Awell. 83,050, $1.000 I norsh of Thirty. 01 BALEZVRILY LOW PRICE—LOT ON THIND- nv., northof Tariors & bargain, J. Wi HEDE BERU, 0 Madiso toom 5. [FU SALE=NICE 1LHOQN BITCK BARRNENT ottaze 10t i harn an Mlartlne-court, oily €1, 50 ory and e o rooent. o Rieldon: Bt near Jake, rea wre clieap, even Hican tiard DIERY: 148 Deathorn, ____COUNTRY REAL ESTATE, JROR BALR-STOCK AND GHAIN FARM AT A bargall 60 acres, lll:h':)' Improved, on Kansas Hate Tow miles trom Topekn: as fne a prafric o Sei ;“"“u‘n'&("b’ v et A AT o 2 31 "owner qultk wbroad. E- £ HOTCIK 5%, 00 LE. 00D IMPROVED FARM 18 CEN- owa uf 31U acres: only $16an screjon easy Addresws 5. F. IENSON. (inlon. 1u. TO RHENT=-HOUSES, et A B R A R S e South Sldce 7['0 RENT=0N MICHIGAN-AY.. BETWEEN EIGIH- tecnin and ‘twentieth-sti,, s Ifwe, Landiomely fin- shed housc: all medern Lmprovements aud it thorough rejalr; immediate powcsslon if desired. A, J. AVEN- BT Dearvornonn: nfurilshed, and furniturs o vion xiyen st ouce TURN ' Jory ehesp. BONI_1vd Wasliingion-ste, of call at the housa, PO, RESTS 60 PER MONTH=CHOICE 11-ROOM f ed pealdence, with barn, near Calon Park, Tiwom 10, 1) C 12 [TOOSIH, A 5 Clar) PGS i 711 flopoty-st, ; rottage, 133 North roonis pecond init 140 Aberdge deen-at, 1 4 ruoms nd_ GOODKILUE & 8T0! North O BENTZRICELY RURNISUED ROONS; RENT low. 11 East Washiogton-st., Room 31. T0, BEST. TN TROOME, Iarice b AN OCTAGON 1 i 'anew toree<story snd hasement brick, walnui-gralued throughout location kvod Lincoln middern improvementst .+ 153 Itandoiph-st. mproy ks rent Jows CHANLES NT—2 ELEGANTLYF| SISHED RUITES oms, hesicd by cam, near eorner Clark and L ABUIY Lo WL L. PIERCE & CO, 141 o o KATL DUBINERA CENINE, FUR: nished ructii on drst foar, with hath, heated, and Tikited, for8i1aa Jdress 20 Ahland Bock. o 1 URN D UUMS, APILY ioom 30,113 East itandofuhi-at. CORNER T=-STORE, 1M STATEBT,, Pussession Jstof March, ) DLE " RTORE ~ ON Adsins and Madison, iy one Gring tn the elty. Vomcaton cas | e, Trliune T (e roost SEsLORALD of the muoat Fespansiie desired on Adur \ 7 RENT-IF YOU_ WANT VOUTE \V Louse rented. cail gpon W, T. DWIGHT, 123 Method; urch Block. Firs le s gIV GLE GENTL ntions in 8 private ing, . oF ul;) langa ce. TO Utk men desiry sleeptng famnily; two a ul.uln:dluu e WA D—T0 UENT—FURNISHED (Q0MS FOR L housekvepings era-ay. or Norih Sidvg two sdulia, two sinall chidren. ¥ & £rivane omes. BOARDING AND LODGING South Sido, 97 EAST WASHINGTON-8T, —! 31 sfimle rooms with bosra frum Totes $1 per dayy 31 re LISTL [IOUBE~ 10 87 perweeky meal tckol tras 15 Ci ~FIONT PARLOI AND 1 350 lllel\wllul:()-twu‘l‘..v\'lmnr'wuhuux oari. Tlotols. BOWN'S HOTEL. 11 NTATEST.-PUINISHED atns, with boa 20 per week; withou Doar 35 ¥nd £ oy day harde 3.00¢ lodetu, 00 cte: 3 HOTEL 119 AND 150 WATABIAV,~ e e T dayy $1.80 18 87 her week. DAY bosrd, £4 per week, YV hibsor touek T STATH-RT. ( TR the Palner_llouse—-lons with board at €3, $4 perweek. $5. 50, and 34 ver week) day b HOARD WANTED. _ ];DAIII)—NOI AV.—MAN, wife, twos: 0 per week! ¥ 48, Tribune o 1 81DE 01t WESTE il chitdrent wili pay e EANANGUAL. NCES MADE ON_ DIAMONDS, WATCHE: A A e A are e 1 Ham Ll .+ hear Ciark. Ttooin 3 ande, Eatahlisned 1834, CASIE, PAD, YO ULy GULD AS I Money (0 luan on watches. dismonds, ‘and valua of every descripiion aL UOLDSM L an and Hulliog onice ftcensed). v East Sadisor Eatablished 1843, NICAEr, 70 Xous, ol EROEEE, Fisty o e lqcnfi"m‘;g, J.fil,:llsx\"'l.ln IM.?-.BI""ILV. tuom 4 hlfi‘\'fi\' TO LOA! AMOUNTS TU BUIT O furniture, witbout removal, oF vn guod collater- als. 152 Dearborn-st., Room 22, YONEY TO LOAN ON VURNITURE PIANO! MOy b ovak ar oh oo fufaterais. G 1, WILEON, Noom 3. 110 a8d (1% 11andotpiy-at. \ ICRELS IS SUMS 0F 1P W AHDE OAN be Liad In exchange for currency at the cuunting- ruom of the Tribuno Camipeay. PESAIES BE_IIAD 1% KXCHANGE VOR ‘currancy_al the cuunting-roomt of the Trio 'Qu.vm: 3 AND 50 CEN TN FACKAUFS Yot €10 1o oxchange for cUrTEACY 83 COUNLISY-FOOL Of Tribune Company. FANTEN~LOAN OF §1.000 0% 1101 i 3 Leasce un udiana. 1 will paj S e e L ourm 19, 33 Cidrk et JE() (3 )() T LOAN 1N SUMS TO SUIT & UPbU. 000 Tt i bs SiER CO., b Dearborn-si.. nosr Wasbington. . ___ MUSINESN OHMANC. \LISHED. COMMIN- Addres ¥ JROR BALE—A WELL: slon busliiow 00 budh Watcr-at. Telbuno ofice, e L B i ety for b o 3 st Vo soid, © For ‘particulsrs address F 31, Tribune viice. I 1y Wiahics Lo fhaneo m:‘.u}‘xuén '-mulu. 1o gy taly o ars (uquirs 3 oAty S0 e Detver, Gt ()YFEHED=A FINE BUSINRSS' CHANCE 7O A yood bookKucper Who Lisd botio Gicans. Addzess ¥ 84, Tribung utice, = = % & 7 ANTED—A BUBINESS MAN WITI 3,00 TO ‘ ‘I-lln-:lllml?‘lhh clty ol a branch of & Now Yurk manufactiring conecrd; businges wate, beruia- neat, aud exbra prodtable. Addreas 1* 47, I ribune. I STORAGE. MHE-PROOF WARKNOUSE, 180 WEST MONROE- for furufiure, merchandlac, ‘ln‘lxfltk cte, Losasto anv atnounit legal (ptereat. b 137 stocks of gowls. o sold. TYYE WRITER. ADDRESS o WANTED-MALE HELP, _ flookkecpers, Olerks, &ce ANTED—AN INTELLIGENT CLERK: GOOD Denman: K100 deposit reqaired. Address MER+ CIIANT, Tribune ofce. Tradess ‘ TANTED-FIRST.CLASS flflOT-TflERRTfl;AKE charge of (reelng fa fsctory, Address ¥ 23, Tribnne ofce. \V'I\srm 0 WY T2 went Lak ‘v NTED- FINST-CLABS TINARR: BIEADY Lates work the year round, At MARTI VEILA ON RUBTIC FRAMES, PRINTERS— T0 GO 13 sistomed to joh-presses mn nlary, T week. " Alin, oo young man of ersble experience {0 “enmplete his frade; sniary. 4 par weok,” Good office, prompt pay. and to Re0-1 ' hands Increass of ealary a8 times Improte, la- quire of 8, P, ROUNDS, 175 Monros-st. Conchmen, Tenmators, &cs VWANTED=A MAN ASD WIFE A8 COACTMAN And aa cook and lanpdress; they must be ex- perlenc adver ced and well recommended., tisement giva reference: une onier, n Answering this Address F 44, Triv” o S e 14 N VVASTED =X COACTNAN. 1iFSiT DXDES Atand 1iix hueinesy thuronghiy, and_have soiis knowledes of Ihe care of & yard and rden. Glve references. Addrees F 43, Tribune of Miscollaneon: \VASTED=PIVE MOLE LIVE M| watotien, revoivers, piosters, sewing-machines. castors, chironi0s, nciles, #3 Lo 810 & fay anré 1o £ood saleamen. G, M. LININGTON, 45 and_47 Jackson N TO AELL MY 7\6}" DeMEN TG FELL NEW PATENT ARTI- aation AMERICAN ROVE, So kit notlons. A TO TAKE “AGH GUIDE.™ D=3 T: who want sgenta and whiat for 1 1. 1%, Beott, VEST 1IN A etnt garaniee ona Tate ehsabe Tor large profia,_Address l'll} Tribune vitice, A e WANTED-EEMALE SUELT, Domesticas VW ASTED=AT 107 CALUMT. €188 cnok, wusher, and troncr; be able to give Kood references, “r:\ NTED=AT 50 MICHIGANAV., A 6GOOD Gerinan girl for general houseworks muat come well recol mtn-ltd(wlm:u famity. i from 9 te 1. VY ARTED-TRO COMPETENT GERMAN GIRLE other £a8 the Fountry: ab & YnE F1FT 0 et o Wit reference, 44 dateentiome | N Lo ot tome FANTEDZGIRG 16 N0 GRNENAL (A0 l\h" BTk Toqare at 1201 Meslriocay e e E e AV., A FINST- Trotestant) must ‘VA&'T ED=TWO GERMAN GI £or sochl otk nruirs st b Twenty nfth-at, "7 AN Q00D GLRL FOI_0 AL 10 ‘V woric, Apply at No. 1010 Wabasl u,"'lhu: morning. '“v'As-rEI:mm. FOT GESERAL HO WOl only firss-clssa noed 133 Dearuy iy Clas noed applys Feference requircd. SDY A GEISAN d irou, the other Michigan-ar., nesr Nurses, VWASIED-A NEAT YOUNG GERMAN, Nom weglan, or American lrl fo_take caraof 8 havy, Apply with reforences at 1ix Warpen-ay. —_BITUATIONS WANTED-MALE, Dookkeepcrs, Clerks, &ce sl‘rUATloN WANTED=A GOOD SHORT-HAND &) writer, penman, and accountant, wanta & position 10 the West; haa had over 6 years' Inislness experiencn 801 nderstands the | of commercial A8 of buslness zoveralug the uts exchinnac, etc. ct £, 0. Box g, G, Onon1azs. Cow N v, Aoaress SITUAT"’X"V:\ST | ¥ A PITACTICAL 00K Wit usetul, Generales Cly Peferences fumisbes ; enerallys clly rorereaces furnised: Addres 'L, Tribone office, T ! QITUATION WASTED-¥ R s has had expericnce as cicrk iu law ofice, and a {h‘lf'lt!‘ knuwledge of the dutles conpected with tha el tlnn, and who hasan extensive husin acqusing- Ance (n the city, as wwirtant ur collector in & law office, Jeterences (rom present o g & licterence present emploger. Address £ 7, 1 Hb; N'__’éancllmcn. ‘Teamstors, &ce QIIUATION WANTED-BY AN EXPERIENCED conchman; can give the beat of Teference, Irquire at2id East Indisna-st, TIHOMAS HUNTKIL Domosticss i1)—UY A NICE RESPECTADNLE housework or kitchen Work fiia merican fainily. Cail fe WANTED-A PLACE 1§ PRIV 4o ¥econd wor ‘nurth-ar, WANTE as couk and laundreww, or vate tanilly. - Calt at 27! SFTUATIoNS WASTED RS > 1S4 privete family; also = wirl to waah, and Imnfi il {40 ktre xuod references. - Call ‘Thursday ac ‘23 N Fraaiin ITGATION WARTED=DY A COMPETKNT GINIL b tu do genersl Liousework In lmlfl faully, 1810 Arualdeat. ) QITUATIONE WANTED=Iv TWo G weglan girts, one for generd! housewor) for secund work. ear Milwaukee: =X SITUATION WANTED=TO DO GENEBAL NOUSEs * work ln_l privi m_lly. vt‘lll oty QITU‘\TH)N WANTRD=BY FVIRST-CLASS BV LY fah gl for gencral houseworky no postal-rards, 05 Loteage Urove SXTUATIU.‘( WANTED=BY A GUOD COf er, roner; hest of cliy references. foriw 8 1109 Indian: Fa ol SITUATION WANTED=IY ACOMPETENT AMEN: ltl:nfll'l l(ll‘t“.u:h wash, anid 1rou fn private family, ot k. the other Pleass call fur two days at o Fig Measa S WANTE(=DY A cM'.Tu-Lfi AMERL- ean woman (0 ook, wasti, wnd iron ur do generat ‘BOri1 iy of country i refcronces. U0 Biata-at., third- STTUATION WANTER IY FXPETIENCED COOR. orgeneral bousewor % Kpply'at 314 B0uth Fark-av. g Snuum’x’ wh;zn‘-m‘i COMPETENT WO &0 0 gens olise wurk | good washer and fron- l:u.t‘!‘l references, Address, for two days, F 46, Tride TTUAT NTED-FOI A GPUMAN GITL Q) rrom Wisconsin to do Louseworks well quallged. 143 Twentieth TUATION WANTED—IV A COMPKTRENT OEli- man girli clly ar country, ‘20 Btatc-st, AITUATION WANTED=MIDDLE-AGED PROTER: tani a2 cuok, thoroughly understinds kood coukligy i do gencral orki refcreuces (aat place. 132 ear- SiTua WANTED-NY A 8WRDIBH GINL, wiih refsrences and experlence, fur general houss: mfil ul a privaie Awgerican family, 1nguirs st 270 Slru’uum T ANTED-DY AN ANETICAN [ in » private family of threeor four; West Side pteferred, Call at 157 ffenry-at. Nursese S“'UATION WANTEL-IIY AN ENOLISHH TER. s0n Apeaking Frencl as nurse end Jight chadiber Work. _Addreas fur two 3, Triuuy ¢ ITUATION WANTE Sty d, competent £ fntuut? il clae referch SUTUATION WARTEN=L% Luby up on the buttles can tak uixhit aud dayi well undert references, Address F i) 1 llmllal:ocpi;'. _ ITUATION WANTEU~AS HOUBKREEPER IN A &) private fawlly or for widower. res cunt- denica ¥ 10, Triung orhcer Ower Address in cund B Addies PN 7Y Y WANTLI ARTNER b TW PARTIKS WITH iuvans, who srs engaxed In 8 very safe and prodi- Bbis busiiicis, \wish 3 pAriner 1 Juln thews with 81500 todununin'an tao which they ara Just starting w 1A4050M0 bFuTlLh aFe ssdured, with ututuully 4%, Lle b will br con® ducted stricily upsn s cash basis. Audress, with real nania aud appoluting an futerview, 1) 50, Trlvune. FPIANTNER WA Luatuess, witl Whio ca speak Germai N OLb ) or §3. (0] preferredy arr, and wite u fair 3o, A /| Triby DA COMUKTENT AN W 4,000) 840 8 Bait intcreat in B will eutab- Mekiodd ¢ clory and twbacvy Joublug tra Address *carg of Benueit & Hicks sdve ug o, 1t WANTED- W ITIL #8600 TO 91, to mereantily Lusiivssl & young. encrs uves-l1ke person preferred. ¥ &4, Tribune, ___TO EXCHANGE, 'l‘() KXCHANG R A RLUASTRORTLAND T v ugho » je_lirvech 1oad{ng ahot gunc. Iarier's preferted. F ol. Tribuge. IPYWO GOOD LOTS ON WEST BIDE, VICINITY 0 Ugden-ay. ant olfth-st,, (v exchanyge for farm {0 Kansas. Addresd F 33, Tribine offi 700 EXCUANGE—FOI CAEIL AND 83,0000 10 84,000 2Lock uf husier: and willinery goods. J. oo y EAL ESTATE, ,, Cloths, fanc: P, WHITE, 95 Washlogtwn-si ‘Vu ~REPAIRING AND OTHFER WOIIK ON « plsna shop deniaged by iry In eschapwe for DI -clas pleno. 1. T. BAFFOMD, 308 Wans Wasbiog- S ROk bALE-SINGEI HBEWING-MACHINN, PIKS ass. with attachaents, chesp, 13sg Shurtled: R, DOMESTIC, WHEFLER & Wilson, aud other marhi below balf price, sod warranted,” Loau ol Twom 2. 7 ' MAKE KoOM FOiL (UL ELLING STOCK OF ffez 100 0Ew sewing-machives ab 54,318, 04 820: socuu Nargalis ut PRLORENCE NACHINE $1 baud oues st i Sl B 2ot S el CO., 89 biste-sf. o LOST ANDFOUND. ______ OYTANY ONEIETULNING T0 24 EAST PEALL 4 wa-al. s brown terrler ug chaln With'Bgmu * ¥axe” eagrared Wit Do liberaliy Tewsiied: Q) A REWARD—LOSY, A BLACE NEWFOOND- D2 liud dogs bearsud iho Baine of Carvi has & round nole of vag-uuarter ot an fuch (a une of Lisears. Tietura tho sanio 1o JONN WALSEL. I Nurih Hal- €., or {0 ealoon curuer Clybulra ar. aad Halsted- sts. t PRITZ BEDELNEYER. EIOISES AND OARKRIAGES, JOI BALE-CHEAP FOR CASH—HORS HAR« B a0 cupfeor wadon. D DAVIES, fiom &4 tiryaa Dosic lofEiSaiio o e \‘YA NTED — A BMART. ACTIVE hwrse; wiust by o CGULY] BILLISNGS & AU W’l o~ A D—IMMEDIATELY, tECOND-HAND OF- oo partiiton, ralivy aad desks Apply s% 341 and 208 Aadloan-at. LO! BUSINESY und aud ued W Cars, 242 South Water st. A e e S i ach four ways s DRt “Betorad r Arary oo A F S S at Aoausdi s Deadtta b