Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1878, Page 5

THE ‘CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 923, 1878—TWELVE PAGES, : ol s U5 TIHE APPROPRIATIONS. How to Provide for That 15 Par Cent Shrinkage. Absurdity of Specifying the Number and Pay of Patrolmen. The Tax-Fighters Find a l'lnw' in the Progecdiugs of tho State Board of Equalization. Effeot of the Jonsolidation of the Uhicago Towns on the Park Bystem, Tho Comptiroller was very angry yesterday. Bome one had sent him a clipplng from a Bos- ton paper, In which it was sot forth that Cnl- cago was bankrupt, and would have to shut up Rofercnce was made to reckless ex- penditure, and there was an expression of wondermant how tho city, with a tax-levy of ‘§4,000,000, could get Into such n predicament. *The Boston journallst knew nothlug ahout tax-fichters, and his misstatements regarding thecity's condition made Mr. Farwell’s blood shop. boll. AN ATTEMPT TO INTERVTEW TilB COMPTROLLER upon sevgral points of intcrest was, In conse- quence, not altozether a auccess, The reporter had been told by Frank Adams, Assistant Cor- poratian Counsel, that the bonds lssued between May, 1873, and tho time of the adoption of tho General Incorporation act, April, 1873, to re« placa old oncs which bad matured, were vold, sinco the question of thelr {asuc had not been submitted to the-people for thoir approval, Mr. Adanis sald, however, that the holdersof the old bonds, having recelved vold paper, still had s llen on tha city, and could sue and recover the, amount due them. ‘The reporter asked the Comptroller what he purvosed doing abont the fraudulent bonds,— {sstfo legal oncs, or levy a tax to pay the old oucs. Ilo,801d thoy would be paid when they fell- due, a8 thoy were legal, Mr. Farwell had cvidently not examined tho matter, believing that tho provision in the Gen- eral Incorporation act regardiog the re- newal of ‘bonds covered the ground. = He did not was 8 scem law in forco to realize that which prohibited cre the taking up of tho old anes by relssuing new ones, without a popular vote, botween May, 1572, and Aprll, 1875, and that what was donc under the General Incorporation act did not legalizo what took place provious to fts adop- tlon. When the $200,000 fn bonds ware rc- placed by new ones, thecity was worklog un< der.the old charter, and the law of May, 1872, governed in the mattor. Now that a law oficer of the vity has declated them illeal the hold- crs will doubticss sce tn it that they are given Tegal bonds or that they aro pald the face valuo and interest due at the timo of the maturity of the old onea, ON OTHER SUBJECTS the Comptroller was equally curt. angry to talk. : Sald the reporter: “Now that the Councll has cut off the 15 per cent added to ofsct shrinkage in the appropriation, what are you going to doi” “That's the question.” “What aro you golng _to doi” “Let it zo to —— _ Nothing scems to satisfy sou Tninune men. I put in $350,000 for a con- tingent fund, and you said I was n ~— fool. ‘Thy Finance Commities cut «it down to $00,000, and you sald they were —— fools, Thero scems 10 be no uso {n dolng anything.” * Ilaving exhausted himself: b, e was too this statemen the Comptroller put on his hat and coat, ans sald ho was golng out to gct some lunch. NADLE TO LEARN, u: ‘Tha actlon of the Counclt tn cutiing off the 15 per cent added to the anprooriations by the Finance Committee for the purpose of covering she shrinkaze arising fromn the non-collection of taxes will necessitate cither the passage of an irdinance adding 16 per cent to tho biil'as finally @greea upon, or the adoption of an urder directini the Mayor to spcnd only 85 per cent of the appropriation made, If the former is not passed, tha emploges of tho city will be out two montlhs’ salary, and only live-sixths of any d adopted, the Aldermen who are opposed to a reduction of the number of pollce aud firemen can keep thelr contract can be paid for, friends s - pas to dlscharge 13 per 11t 1s In case in position. 5 will scd, tho Mayor cent of the the other bo obliged help. ‘The folly of making an approprlation and not aljowlng for a ehirinkage was shown veaterday in the Connell. Ald. Cull ullerton asiced for the uncxpeuded balance to the credit of the School Department. Ald, Pearsons sent to the Comp- troller for the flzures, and it turned out that, while tho uncxpended balance was $108,000, there was not one dollar of that amount {n’ the ‘Creasury. vartment, the sum mentioned, Tho Council scems to pive itscl! uunnecessary trouble by going {nto The shrinkago had been carried alone for years, and now augregates, in th iat De- UNNECESBARY MINUTENESS IN THE APPROPRI- ATION DILL. Some of the city oflicers apparently arc peo- ple who never mym nny;hlng{):nrl wyho nnmu in doln % tuings the wav In whi ch they wera dono twenty years agv, They persist in taking the epartment, say, and in fixing the num- Foliee berof oflicers, such tains, Lieutenan! us Buperintendent, Cap- and o0 on, and d‘e’:ldluz what thelr pay shall be; in specifylng the num- ber of patrolinen, and declaring their pay: In appropriating so much for beds, clubs, station- eri'. and o on. ftem after ftem. this Is that the Comptroller claims that just so much inoney {s nppropriated for the support of s0 many patrolmen; that the ‘man cannot beratsod or lowered, ‘Tho result of ary of & d that If the, sppropriation should shrink 15 per cent by Teason of s fallure to collect more than 85 per cent of the tnxes, he canuot take money for an engine which is not needed, and for miscel- Isneous supplics, whers the appropriation is largor than 1a required, for the purposs of cking out policcinen's salaries, ticuto b correet, it would follow that, Assuming this posi- f 15 per cent of the taxes is not collected, the patrol- men_cmployed for the months of vomber and December will not get any pay, Inasmuch a8 alittle over one-sixth of tho appropriation which 18 to pay them will not becollected. Any- thing which lcads to such a result ns this {s an ahsurdity, eapecially when it can so easlly be avolded. In tho first place, thers is NOTUING WHICH WEQUINES TOE COUNCIL TO STECIFY either tho number of patrolmen or thelr pay. Thoold charfer, tha only ona with which the city oflicers appear to bo familiar, saye: Tho asldries of all eily officera who receive & fixed compensation for thelr sarvice ries aze not dednitel; Dmllcrllmd by t ler, Including all of Fira De; partnicnt of sald city, 2, whose snla. ho City s in the police force an all be estahllehod by the Cummon Council in the annual Anpropria- tion nll, snd tho salarios or compensaijon thus establls all noither bo increnscd nor diminish- ed by tho said Common Councii after the passags of 84U annual Appropration bill, ‘during the then munlicipal yesr it ; aud no extrs compensa- all evor ba atiowed 1o sy clty officer or em- in sny dopartment of ! o Cily Government 1 flludr' and above thut provided in the manner aforo- That was passod by the Leelslat i and stood as the hw’ m:ml::lml .n‘:.?flzlm 1578, and posaibly up to Aoril of 1875, when the cltyy availed itself tho (eneral Incorporation act, Along In the early part of 1870 an act was" passed providiug for the election of an Asscssor and a Collector to u Iz‘lhu people the asaces- ing and collceting fur the Clty of Chicago, and also providing for the flrpnlnmcnt of Assistant. Collectors, lon, however, was mado No provls in that act for the fixing of their salarics, so an act was passed in April of 1873 which provides: 1t shatl and may balawtul forthe Common Coun- clior lsh and dx mount of il clty offices 8 the case mi members ‘of snch legisiative -body, lative uthority in this Btato (o estab- lary to be paid any ay be, excapt in the sunual Appropriation bil or ordinsnce mado for the pur- praviding for the annual expenses of any diminlah . Glrtag M nd the catabifal ed by tho satd Cous! annusl A the yoar such clty, or by some ordinance priur 1o the pas- 50 of ‘such Approptiatlon bilh of ot arics or compensation thus 1l pentber be increased nor mon Councll of legis- llfllvn authority of any such city after tho ss3ge propristion bl or ordinance or which such appropriation la made, and no cxtra compensation shall ever ba aliowed to any such oumaronplorovurm above that provided I maunor aloresal The bill was an cruergency one, the emergenc, being “ Whereas, certain tablish certain leaves out and Firg vislon of 1hio cor| cittes {u thia Stats oF fix tho selur cases; therefor 24 rate authorities ol a0 N0 pOwWer Lo ca- of their city otficers In e, ete Now, even sssuwlug’ that this law, which ull uication of ewployes vt ths Pollcs Departments, did not " repeat tho pro- the old chaster, yet the ol vrovision was certaiuly repealed b d charter TUB GENERAL INCORFORATION AOT. doea not require sither tho specification ot the Buwber of patrohuca or of thelr pay. The “objects and purposes™ required fn an ap- propriation blil are amply set out hy saying, * For tha emrlnvm!nt of policemen, #300,000." The sct of 187, which s perhaps not in forcs so far as Chicazs s concerned, says that It ehall and may = bo Iawful for the Council to fix the amount of sal- ary to be paid to any and all city otflecrs except Aldermen.” Neither policemen nor firemen aro city officers. They are employes. The act further sava that “No extra compensation ahiall ever be allowed to any emplove over and shove that provided in the ner sforesald.” Thero is nathing in this which requires tha specifica- tion of the number of patrolmen, and, even if the pay of patrolmen wercapecified, this actdoes not brovide that thelr anmnv not he cut down durinzthe flscal year. The act aaya that the pav of city ofTicers sliall ueithier beraised nor lowered. It savs that no extra compcnsation shall bo given to employes, Tho denlal, of the one Is the afiirmation of the otber, TR COUNCIL 1A POWER under the present charter, which Is the General Incorporation sct, “to regulate the police of the tity or village, and pass and enforce the necessary ordinances,” *to preseribe the duties and powers of a Bupenintendent of Police, no- licemen, and watchmen,” *to erect cnglne- houses, and provide firc-engines, lose-varts, liooks and ladders, and other implements, for prevention and extinguishment of fires, and pro- ‘vide for the nse and management of the ramo by volunteer firccompanies or otherwise.” Theso are the broad provisiuns of the prosent cherter. ‘There {s nothing {n them, or tn any other part of thocharter, which renuires a spccification of the number of patrolmen or firamen, or of thelr aY. Whon it comes to certaln other employes, hero s a differenee, The charter says: *The Combtroller, the Clerk, the Treasurcr, tho Col- lector, shall scverally appolnt jsuch various clerks and_subordinates in théle roscctive offices a8 the City Council may authorize,” There, thero is a provision which apparontly re- quires the spocification of tho persons. Not s, however, with the police and firemen. 20, THEN, BINCE IT 15 MANIPESTLY KOT RE- + QUIRED BY THE LAW, why should the Council porsist in speeilying o thia fron-bound manacr the number and pay of patrolmen or of firemen, thus aoparently, nc- cording to the §nterpretation which the city ofil- cers put upon it, involving tho loss on the part. of the patrolmen and fircmen of two months' mr, or mvolvlnf putting it at the best, & de- fciency whl‘*'w Il have to bo heapad on'to next year’s tax Iy, Why not rather change the ordinance fu the Councll, strike out the number of patrolmen, strike out tho designation of the pay, and appropriate a jump sum, and leave {t to the Mayor and Chief of Police, or such other raons a8 the Council may designate, to hire patrolmen ns Mr. Plakerton hires his watchmen$ pay them so much a month, so much a week, or so much a day. It tho Super- intondent of Poileo can do so, let him hire his* men, while on trial or probation, for $1 a day or more, and, as they advance In rronclmmy, ad- wance thelr pay. Tho samo applics to a certain oxtent to the fircmen. In this case, should it ba found true that In certain months of tho year tho city could get along with 1001css policemen, that number could bo shipped. If w sudden cmem:ucyh-rnm noceesitating the employment of more, there would be the money wherewith to pay them. Thers would be a flexibllity, whercas now there f8 nothing but rigidity, TNE TAX-PIGUTERS ARE PREFARING FOR A NEW ONSLAUGHT, and this time againat_all the taxes from town up to State. ‘The fight, too, is on an extenaivo scale, since the point on which it rests applics ot merely to Chicago or Cook County, but to all Illinofs, It hos been customary for vears back to impeach taxes, on tho ground that the State Board of Equallzation was llezal. Tho ouficuon thia tima will bo that the Statc Doard of Equatization did not do what the law re- auires of . It will bo clafimed that the State Board, ns o Board, never equalized tho roturns made by tho various Asscesors, and that, therofore, the varlous ssscssmcots cortificd to tho_various County Clerks aro fl- legal and vold. From the procecdings of the Board, as printed and distributed according to Inw, 1t appcars that the Committea on General Rauallzation, to whom was referred tio n.-an of the committeca on personal property, y town and city lots, and rall nroperty, sub- mitted Oct. 2, 1877, tables showing tho rate r cont of additions to or deductions from Phe nssensed value of theso four clasees of prop- erty, reccommending that these rates per cent bo adopted by the Board an producing a proper equalization of the property In'the soveral coun- ties of” the State for the year 1877, By this report, the asscasment of Cook County on rsonal property was increascd 57 per cent, on ands 63 per cent, on town: and city Jots 85 per cent, on rallrond personal property 57 per cent, raliroad lands 68 percent, and raliroad town an city lots 85 per cent. Oct. 2 yarious resolutlons were adopted providing for distributing back to certain countles the surplus over tho 1 per cent of increase allowed by law. Oct. 3 the report of tho Committeo on the saments of railrond property was adeoted, avote of thanks was tendered to the Presldefit, and the Board ad- journed sinc dle. Theso printed procecdings no- ‘where show that the report of the Committeeon General Eflnnllznunn was adopted. also understood that twomembers of the Board as- :;:‘lr:‘hl this report never was ndopted by the ard. i SINCZ THE AUTION OF TIR COMMITTEN 18 NOT . TIB ACTION OF MRE NOARD, ond eanoot be, fgr the Board has no power to delogate Ita authority to a committee, it ap- pears, i1 the report was not adopted, that thero Rever has becn any oqualization, and_that tho additlion of 57 per cent to tho persoual-property nsacssment, aud 63 per cout Lo the real-estato assossment of Cook County, s null. Therefore tho extenslon of taxes n‘mn the nsscasment sent from Sprinzficld 18 fllegal and vold be- cause it {8 not an .msscasment equalized by the Stato Board. That body not hnving adopted the report of tho Cominltteo, it ia not certain but that it might bive chaned it mato- rially, and even taken from instead of adding to the nssassment of Cook County. Assuming the polnt to bo zood, the only reinody would bo to sumnmon the State Board of Equalizatton to- gether again, it that canbe dono after it has sdjourned sinc dlo, aud lot them pqualizo tho asscssment {n the manner provided by law, THAT 20 PER CENT, A Trinuxx roporter yesterday called upon Collector Kimball for the purposo of ascertain- ing what he proposed to do, in view of the fact that tho Chancery Judges of this county had declded onc-sixth of thetax illegal and void on tho personal property of the South Town, for the reason that the County Commissioners were not authorized by luw to add 2 per cent to valuo of the property, a8 recurned by Asscssor ray. %4 it your tntention, Mr. Collector, to make a reductlon of anc-sizth of the personal proper- 1y tax in the Bouth Town, consequent upon the ccisfon of tho Chancery Judges, Thursgay1™ + No, sir, I do not, “Thu lay does 8ot em- power mo Lo mako any abatement whatover.'* * Bupposing that a taxpayer should como In and tender ths payment of the tax sgalnst him, lesa one-sixth, and demand a recelpt to full, ‘would you glvo it1 “No, sir, I understand that the city con- templates -pn&utng from tho “decision of tho Court. 8hould the Buprema Court doclde that the wholo tax was valld, and I had accopted five-sixths, giving o receipt for the whole amount, I would be lfable to legal process, aod 80 would my bondsmen.” 4Will you accept fivo-sixths and givea ro- celpt for that much on mccount M don't know that the law glves me any such permisafon. It does not stato that I shail not doit. Iahall, however, take legal advico an the x}uuunn befaro I do anything.''e *While the question of the legality of tho one-sixth is pending, do vou think you have the power to distrain for tho payment in caso tho ;upaymi'ge(unul to pay when'the tax was de- au m = #1 think I would, for tho réason that all the tax 18 not jnvolved In the disnute.” “ o you contemplate doing sol' ] am not golog to take any. action until after I bave consulted my counsel. {am not golug to do anything that may result in troubls to cifher mysclf or my bondsmen.” * [laye any partics 0 in to-day to tender ynn| 'lyyr:lr personsl-property tax, less one- Alxth *No; but seversl of tho large taxpayers who bavo pald their personal-property tax called {u to-aay and demauded the rebale, which you call one-sixth, but which hag,not yet been de- termined by tho Court, and will uot be untll to-morgow (to-day]. 1 declined to pay It, and they then gave mo notleo not to turn it over, but hold It until further vrwmlmgh as thoy contemplated appealing to thie courts.’ CITY WARRANTE. To ths Editor of Ths Tribune. CHi0400, Feb, 23.—In your editorial In Thurs- day's paper you strike s financial keynote of more compass than most people arc awarc of, as to the policy of thevily issulng $3 lreasury warraots in paymonts to its employes. 1 would Hke to ask & fow simple questions: 1. Whoshoald have the most confidence or falth fa the city’s stabillly and prospcrity, for- elgn caplthlists or its own peoole! Burely, its people, becauso & man has more faith 1o his sbility and resources than others can bave. 2, It amun owes money, and bas none, and canaot borrow, what does hodoin that case? Why, give bis note, with intercst (which fs roth. ing less than private or individual warrant). S. Which do inen generally prefer.—ta borrow on Interest or give note with foterest) Isup- posc, ive nots with ioterest, 4 Which would men prefer, o bave what 1s duo them {n a lump or one note, or In several noieal Lthink In scveral notes, becanse they, can trade or scll small notes on good men L different partiéa easler, and at iess or uo coutit, than they can notea of $25 and upw! and also bgeause whon acattercd around they digido the Wisk. Ilere let no_in this conpoction relate a little experie with & creditor in scttling by note. Ho asked me to give him &5 notes insteadof alligone. Tomy query,Why! he replied that he owed eeveralabout that amount, and conld easily sell thum the same,'as they had just as much confidence In me as ho had. 1 cumplicd with hils request, and found It to my interest as well as an_accommodation te him, for acveral whom ho owed, and who owed me, bought snme of theso notes, and thus effected & sottlement In two ways that could not bave been done othervise, and perhaps never. I alzo found it easler to pay off_these notes now and then, and in the varlous ways, thun I could have done had 1 given a rinzio note, Now, might not this ha the case with the city warrants? 1t the firat question I8 rightly answered, then what i tho use of the Clty Qovernment talking about borrowing, secing that it can’t do sol ls not much of this system of national, State, county, and city borrowing a bliod to fool peo- ple out of Intercat money for the exclusive ben- efit of money-lenders; and forclzn onca at that? Can {t be true that capitallsts In Boston, New York, and elsewhere have more confldencn in the city's abllity and resources than its own citizens bayel 1If so, what a comment upon home confidence and native resourceal Supposc the city to horrow, aay $3,000,000, from foreign eapitalists and pay 8 per cent in- tereat, which would amount to the nice little sunt of 8240,000 per annum! Is not just this mouch of our wealth carried off, becauso we haye no confldenco In ourselves? Would it not he compounding our own prosperily to keep this vast intercst at homel Now, as we cannot borrow, not Lecauso capltallsts Lave lost faith In tho city, but because under the present clrcumstances the State Constitution prohibits 1t, wd may be wmgcllcxl to Flm city notes. If 80, why niot give them In form and nmounts (not over 85 each) that people can mll{ s to ooy taxes? And not only taxes, but also nll or part of water-rents? This twofold usc would make them still moro acceptable, and make them lees aubject to a discount and moro trans- JSerablo and soucht after; and if 8 per cent in- tercst 1§ aaded or allowed it wonld make them atill better, . > this will amount to no more than it we'e¥- “gwed at that rato; besldes, the city’s employ'.. ‘aro just ns much entitled to in- terest for pid this wise (for it Is loaned faith) as money-lefiders arc on loancd money. By “making these warrants not over §5, with interest, and receivablo for tax and water-renta, thoss to swhom they arc fsaucd could the more casily use them without being forced to soll at o heavy discount. Desides, they are more sc- cure than savings-banks deposita to those who wish to Iay away somoof thelr earnings, becauso Ao wholgcity {8 belter than any bun's and the per cent 8 better intereat than any of the savinga banks pay, This surelyis not a had idea, because these city warranis cannot run nufy Bpencer-likc; nor ‘smash up, Myers-like. Besiiles In this formn thiey would be, as” you say, readily taken at face vafue for rent, coffl, pro- vislons, ctc,, because landlords, coal-dealers, grocery-men, and others must pay thelr taxcs, and theso city notes or warrants would spawer the purposo as well as money. 1, for one, ns a city cmploye, am witling to take my pay in 85 city warrants, il paid to mo prnmgfly until the dlfi;mkeu a cash bottomj naud thus loyally keep both principn! and inter- est at home, for thecity's benefit, and et forcign money-lenders go flshing elaswhere, * 1 had an experience of this sort as a public servant in the carly history of Kansas, when the whole State wos in tho sad fix tha city 18 now, becsusc unable to borrow abroad, and_ bad to fssue Etatc Treasury warrants and the counties County Treasury warrants drawing 10 per cent interest, and this proved the Btate’s and counties’ financial salva- tion. Though littls or no trouble was cx- nerienced with+Stato or county notes.of amall amounts, those of large amounts were un- desirable and the best food for brokers. 'Fhus wo have gool reason and common sonss in favor of the small warrant system; and not only o procedent {n the cass of Kansas, but also tho case of the United States during the Iato Clyil War, when, tinding it could not borrow, it {ssued United States Troasury warranta, calied Ercenbuclfl. which not only served during the WVar, but evenunti now, because basea upon Gov- ernmental stability and its natiounal resources, ete. And if this warraut policy was a saving boon to Kansas, why tnay it not also to the city t Puivo. . TRE PARK SYSTRM, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cnitcago, Feb. 22.—I find the foliowing in your edition of yesterday on tho subject of the effect of a consolidation of tho thres towns on tho Chicago parks: 1In the next place, tho consolidation of the towns under this act would resnlt ina consolidation of tho park systom, Of theso there aro st prosent three: one of these witnin the limits of West Chicago, ‘The Park Commlissloncrs of West Chicago have fssucd bonds, which are a llen on tho property of ' West Chicago, and the interest on ‘which 1s pald by a tsx-levy on tho taxable property of that tawn. Tho second rk-corporation_embraces tha Towns of South ‘hicago, Hydo Dark, and Lake. It has sued Iasge ouantitics of bonds, and levies an annual tax of $200,000. Tha third embraces the Towns of nd Lake View, It also hns bonds, an annuol tax.” In case of the eon- solidation of theso towns, there will necessarily be a consolidation of theso park-systems. The nen. pla of North and South Chicago will bear their ranortion of the cost of supporting the Weat Stdo 'ark. ‘Tho West-Siders will be taxed s ilitle more than at present in order to shara the burden of Lincdin and the South Parke, And for the uchsppy inbabil of Lake View, they Wil have to share tho burden of tho Botith and Wost Stde park.systems, Thoro are mauy compllcations conncctod with thls which it will” take a long time to flliuva out, The law pra- ¥ides tnat a tax of hal I shall be lovied on tlio propetty of West %0 fur the maintenance of the parks. 1f West Chiicago Is merged into tho Town of Chicago, ia this tax to be Jovied on the whols of tho new town, or is it to ba confined aimply to a traction of the town? Certainly not to the Iatter, for, accordiny to the Constitution, tazes must be uniform in rewpect to munl and property within the ‘nrl!flu’:llnn of the y linposing the same, Shall tho Purk Comm ners be appointed by the Governor or the Circait Court? Bhall thero ba thres Loards or one? Tha public will certainly bo misled by this statement, for it does not” stato the result cor rectly. The true result will be about as fol- lowss West Park-~The people of West Chicago voto tho tax, and, it that town ia abolished by con- solidation with other tojrns, there can be no further tax levicd for that park until some new muxle is provided by law, Lincoln Park—The tax is Jevied by the cor- porate authoritics, viz.: the SBupervisc 8- scssor, ote.; aud if thero is a consolidation that ark wiil be precisely fn the same fix with the West Purk. In both cases tho machinery will Lo atwlished, and nothing substituted o its place. Bouth Park stands on au entirely dilfercnt footing, Tho Townsof Bouth Chicago, Hyde Park, and_Lake constitute a Park District, and tho Comrnisaloners are corporato muthorities of that district, not dependent upon a tax to be voted avnually b{ the people, or leyied by Town Boards. .‘This tax Is collected through the machinery of the Reveuno law, and it levy and collection are entlrely iudependent of township organtzation, and It is entirely imma. terlal whotlier the threo towns bo_consalidated or not. The Town of Bouth Chicugo would stitl remalu the samo part of tho park district 1t was bofore the consolidation. James P. Roor. [The West Park act provides that the consent of tho peaplo to it ¢ shall bg acemed and tuken to bo conseut of tho sald Town of West Chi- 0 to tho fmposition of an sonusi tax of one- half of one mill for boulevard and park pur- poses.” ‘Iho procoeds of this perpotual tax, with the "unfi,fi‘ which nelther a Town Doard nor the voters Liave anything to do, ls pledged by the act to tho paynient of certain “notesand ouligations.” It is the auty of the County Clork toextend tuls tax on the property In Weat Chicago. The machinery for the exten- slon of tho tax Is not lacklog, But un what rrflpflxl{ is 1t to bo extended! Who is to make or park taxation tho assessinent of the South Town after It bas been consolldated with the other towns] Ou wbat asscasment will the South Park-tay bo extended! How will tho Park Commissi§ners describo to the Count Clerk the particular property—especially rail- {::['ll property—ou which they arc to levy tho ———————— ’ GRANT--SUMNER. New®onk, Feb. 23.—A published interviow with Gen. Qrunt, In Cairo, Egypt, reviews tho controyersy about Bumner and Motley., The General says of the dlscussion of the question: $1¢ respoct is due to the dead, truthand justice ara due to the Ilving, and I only spoke in sell- defcnse, and after many years of slient sub- mission to assaults from Mr. Sumuer and bis fricuds, only In the {ntcreet of truth and jus- tice. Mz, Jay, s no ono knows so well as Gov. Fish and myu-ir, makea & pretext of eulogizing the dead to astack Gov. Fish. If any one hated Mr, Bumner it was Jay st the time of the ap- pointment of Aiotley sa Minlster to Eogland. Jay wanted to 4o to Eugland, aud was sorely dlsappointed that & change would not be twade 1n hls favor even alter Motiey had been fully as- sured of his appolutment. Jsy, most probably, forgave Bumper before the Bcnator’s destn, but be blamed him for his talluro to go to London, SHERRY-+CONNELLY. soalnst!! Rherry made s l“" at Donegan, and the latter ran. Sterry eald to witness, ** Come, let's folluw the ——" Witness sald, ““No, he hasn't dene anything to us, let us go.”? Sherry ‘sald “No," and ran after Doncgan into the meat-market. Witnass followed after. When they got Inside, Bherry picked up a cleaver and sald to witneas, * Will 1 hit him onel™ Wit- neas told him not to do . When they met Doncgan, the Iatter said, '* Who arc you stag- wering agalnat, you loaters} " Witness answer- ed, I am no loafer.”” In the hutcher-shom :1'1 ness picked up a kuife and hid it in bis bun- e After leaving the saloon, they met Mr. Kupke, and witness In passing him came into collision with bim, and put both nis hands up agafost him. Hia knifc was in his bundlo at the time. That was all witncss did. Bherry sald some- thing to him, but he did not know what, When thev met ‘Blater he did not sce 8herry strike at him, but did see him chase him. WTi- ness did not say to Blerry, *‘ You catch him, The Last-Named Prisonar Appears on tha'Stand. Tl Bwears that Everylhing that Was Wreng Was Done by His Colleague, ., The Testimony All in, and Part of the Arguments Made. The trial of 6onnclly and Bherry growsin Interest each day, aa evinced by the daily in- creasing crowds that congregate beforc the entrances, Yesterday the mob at the fgont e doors reached across the brond sidewalk ta Tho | ncs s ek mince-meat of him.7. When they rutter, not less than 800 people, who stand by | puthis arm around the neck of oncof them, the hour, hopelessly blocking np the entrance, | and sfterward kicked the dog, At several dif- s0 that no potson huving busincas Instde could | ferent times Eherry tried hard to get the knife. get withina hundred feet of tho dnor. A po- | 110 8aid ho wanted to use it. On Thirte-seventhy Jeeman should be stationed upon the outslde, !nr‘az was :fl cfng?,f.'“ 3,‘}7,‘,,’53"“.”‘}},,;",,‘;51{{,} with {nstructfons to keep tho passage open. # MR MCONVILLE. Yestenlay morning tha reporters and attorneys | When they et the latter, witness did not cut tried for from five to twenty minutes to gain b deceased; did not drog him into an alley; did admisalon, and the proceedings of the Court | Dot kick nim; and he did not touck Kosa M- were delayeld nearly half an hour cn Conville. In getting the: knife from witness, this account. The back door, by which Sherry cut witness' hand. [He ahowed ' the scar.) Bherry met Miss McConvllle, and tried thoso having business had been accustomed to | to put his arm around her ncck, and, falling in cnter, was closed and locked, and tho writer | this ho ehated her, and slapped et on botn waa ipformed by partics standing around that | §on, cnogs, and Mr. McConylilo asked him, What did you do that for!” The two had a except by the front entrance. The reporter ly finally, after a delay of about fiftccn minutes, | 58y, ~-{;m cnlx)t. kl;v)u ,:lhbbed’;:!' “’.l'h‘cn Bherr) Rave witness bacl he Kulle, ol 10 LWO ran of succeded In gainlog simisslon by & windfow, at { F530 FPM Ot 2R end 40 ey ickey's satoon, means. Inside once, the court-roon was only | say that they ¥ o fuss. Did fairly tilled, the full complement of ladics belng | not say that he had “cut = some man present. Tho families of the two McConvilles | Where lie would uot recover; did mot say he that Interfered with him. In comiog from Peter \* CoxxEY COONET! Hickey's, witness was so mad that he should was tho last thing cailed at the adjournment of | get into troubla on Sherrs’s account that ho the Court Thursday night, and * Conney E]umlly murlnln v:nneu got hl:hhmx;‘cut. l‘lls the Court had convened yesterday morning. | ONLY reuson for dolug so was that It was too Bat Conney Cooney was still & myth, or aticast heavy and long, He denled writing any notes, he had not materlalized at n quarter-past 10 | rv, or making any pictures, or threatening Bherry. In fact, the testimony of Connelly was aboat twenty minutes past the liour, and the | 8 8Weepiug and systematic denlsl of all the Court passed back gnd forth ou his platform | pever been arrestod thing in his Jife be- impatfently, whila the procoedings were stayed | fore. OF S0IUNI0E: rived. wltne;:lnld h':: hnd no I‘-!:m‘fm'bm)x(mol ntfinln of “)Mr. cars ing thrown off the track near Bergen o G remarkets “21r. Coflaey Yourwateh | Folut and o had never tola anyhody in Gbi agreat deal of hesitation.] When ho was on the crowd, your Honor, and I missed tho car | the Commodore he never saw any of the sailors and had towalk." drink. Witness hung on to his bundle wher- ! Col. Me- e D e o Jormer | hinas unce. 110 took tha. butclier-krife fust ua rested his case, he was going out of tho market. iie took It Mr. CofTee said ho would open by placing his | because he thought ho might go at the same client, s this, he chased her_snd slapped her on both orders had been given to allow no one to enter tussle, and In a moment he heard McConville the risk of bls neck. Others rezorted to simitar | (Wenese'a1d stick the knife in the counter and wero In thelr usual places, would cut any man's throat from ear lo ear threw the knife away. Cooney " was the first Intlination received that or authorlzing any notes to be written to Bler- o'clock. Neftner did Mr. Coflco anpear untit charges made against him. He said he bad tor tho time being. At” length Mr. Coffeo ar- 1N THE CROSS-EXAMINATION 2 3 Il 3r. Boffeo replied, * I couldn't get. through cago that he helped to throw 1t of This after ever he went, and dia not let It go _out of his Clanshan and the Ktate’s Attorney, tho former Intainees that hie was Inat Hutchinson's amaln, . and it miglit bo uscful to kim. [A groan from wpon tho atand, and sapeuent dovelopments | M Telatives "‘fndfli-‘n!fllnlnltct '—;101 time they p ca w showed that he played the lgnorant * grect- | was: not }‘;,l (ronb“ of s e?{lh‘urfl hc,m;'; horn" gamo for all' it was worth, He was a much more tractable witness than Sherry, and did_not lose his temper or get taucy. e meade a point-blank denlal of everything that had the m&nutmfi tendency toWward eriminating Wm. AltHough Connclly was a very poor wit- ness, the sympathy of tho audience wos evident- 1y more with him than {t had ocen with Elmrr{. fi: went upon slightly different tactics than hl colleague and opponent, Sherry, and he ald not say any more against the Iatter than wasdeemued necessary, doing this with a show of relucthuce. Following is tho substance of his testimony: He was born in Ireland, and was past 19 vears of age. e omigrated to NewsYork nta tender age. Ilo had a mother and three broth- ers, Ile lived In New York about two years, and from there wont over to Bergen Pomt, N. J. Howorked ina coal-vard there for a while, ' and then went to a dock bullding, where ho re- mained abaut three yoars. He came to Chicago about four montbs ago fn scarch of cmploy- ment. He waa employed on the stcamboat Commodore, of the Western Transportation Company, Capt. Conners, previous tohis coming to this city. Tho boat plied between Buffalo and Chicazo. When tho steamboat was lald up 1n Buffalo, witness, at theiostance of one Capt. Murray, came to Chicago, with & view of get- her uncle. He was in front of Mies McConville at the timo Sherry attacked her, but Sherry pushed bim out of the way. He dla not sev anything in Sherry's haods when he slapped Miss McConvllle's face, The deccused was stabbed within o minuteand o half afterward, Witness dld not have ln{ hand fn the stabbing. Sherry stabbed him ana kicked him atabout the some time. Did not run, but walked away. Did not tell Boyce that lie had had a chase or'a fuss, Ilis hairiwas bushy previous to his gettiog it cut, and Bherry's was kind of bushy too, The witness displayed ereat caution in the cross-examination. His manner grew more and more besitatiog as the examination continued. Col. McClanahian asked the witneas: “id the same man who stabbed Mctjonvitle also kick him1 " “Ycs, sir,’" promptly responded tho witness. Connclly was relicved, and bis brother, CORNELIUS CONNELLY, was sworn and placed upon the stand. He tes- tificd that he lived In New Jerscy, and was o clgar-manufacturer by trade. He gave his tes- titneny In a very carnest, omphatic manner. He had never heard anythiog againat his broth- er from any sourco whatsoever. He had left homa without bidding any of his family good- k=Y v by, and he loft suddenly. e woa asked it in Chicago, ana ho gave Connelly his sddress on | Yicw of extorting monoy from bim, so ho woul not appear againat is brother. Witness replied that he had. ¥ The State's Attorney objected, on the ground that tho defense had Jald no foundation for this testimony. The*Court sustalued the objection, and took a recess until half-past 1 o'clock,—one hour. ‘The usual dificulty was experienced 1n get- lln%lnlldn tho Court-House {n the afternoon that was cujoyed in the momiog: Every door abuut the buildlog was fasteued. A huge crowd Dlocked the entrance in front. Tho reporter onct more tried to euter bv a window, but his hands slipped and he fcll to the ground, o dis- tance of about ton lwld nearly breaking his back, Finally, aftera delay of over balf sn hour, aud after narrowly escaping & blow from o policeman’s club Intended for another person, on entrance was effected, and, after brushing toe dlet from himself and braclog up bis brulsed bouus, kio waa ready for work. . JAMES M'IVER, a prisoner fn the County Jall, was sworn and examined. e was a bridgo-builder by occupa- tion. He was Infor being sccessory to the crime ot burulary, ITe was interrogated with regard to tho relotions between Bherry and Moorc while in jall. flis testimony did not amount to anythlng in particular. Terence” Relley was called. He wna in the grocery business, Iic knew Thomas Boyce. Had been sent on an crrand by Boyee. Btate's-Attoruey lills objected, and the Court sustained the objection, Mr. Coffes sald that his hands wero tled, and 1t the Court refused to lssuc a new atl ont Xogr “0{’.‘& lis ll(mulal thh.“ ll&goso EIII n?l‘;l ; 80 ho wont with Bhorry. ‘They went to Thirty- o Court refused tho attachment, and direct- fifth street, which ok hear ¥, and then Went | ¢d State's-Attorney Sillsto procced with bls over to, it might_ be, Btato stroet. Witness ald | Argument, not know for certaln, for ho couldp't read the namo on the caroron the lamp-pdat. Ilo was a plece of paper, and told him to call upon him wgcn he cama to Chleago. Witness did so upon his arrival, and Capt. Murray kindly permitted hin tostay at his house oll night. The next day he went to Hlutchinson's packing-house and naked a Mr. Murphy fora I:wlv. Heo told Mr. Murphy that he was a stranger b the city and had no money, and would bo very glad if be could get somcthing to do. At length Mr. Murphy told 1o begin on trial, and he would sec If ho could do anyshing for him, After a while he put him on regulnr, flia busincss was curlog guts. Mr. Murphy asked him if he had any boarding-house, and when he found out that lic had none he told him that he could sleop unider the tanks in tha vacking-housa till he got n start. Thomas Bayco told him he could come to bila housc and livo with him. Witncss firat becanie ncquainted with Sherry at Cooncy’s, the next door to Bayce's, on Lowe avone. Cuoney kept o *sa- loun and boarding-house. On the mornfog of the 10th, witncss weat to the packing-house, and found himscif lald off. 8lcrzy was also faid off. 'The two then went back and stopped in acveral saloons, and witness drank somo ale, Sherry had been pald off, and had sumos monoy. | Ho ‘went into the German ssloon snd Fiaherty's salvon ot the instance of Bherry, Hu went futo Ilickey’s saloou at Lis own {natance. o wanted to purchase some pants, and thought of purchasing them on Hal- d street, but Sherry prevalled upon him to down town,as ho sald heconld get them cheaper thero, - Sherry also told him Lo wanted to *“nitlate him, and OET SOMB OF THE GREEN OFF miM.! NI, MILLS arose, and began by saying that it was plain to under tho impression that {t was not Btate | Lim that there nevor was a clcarer casu of cold- streat, They stopped on_somo strect bofore | biooded butchery than the killlug of Hugh Me. thoy got un tho car, and Sherry asked him to | Conyllle. He should reserve the elaboration of bavo a game of pool. ,\Witness sald ho could | tho facts and details of the trial until bis closing not play, but was prevailed upou to try. lle | arzument. o should mercly say at this tine plased two games, and Bherry beat | that hosi ould insist mpon the hanging of both witness both games. Bherry drank two | Bherry and Conuelly, according to the evidenco or threo tincs, while witness took a cigar, They | in the case, and ho would proceed to quote his stopped at Bherry's friend's house. His name | authority from the law, was Klare, They gent out for sowmo heer. Havlug stated tho law, Mr. Millsprgeeeded to Witocss drank o Dart of a glass. Than Sherry | atato the facts of tho case, Botwecn the bours said ho would like to havo some punch. He went out with a pitcher and brought back some kind of “ethuff,” something like whisky, Sherry made soma kind of a hot drink, mid witness drank somo of it. This made six of half-past 8 and ball-past 7 o'clock on the evening of the 10th, and previous ito mceting Donegan, thesg two nien formed some alltancy for mischicf. Nobody beard the compact, but it was inade, as suro us the sun shons in the las ¢ beer, somo cigars, and a elass of hot | heavens. When Doncgun was assaultad it was qu Ho_did not know 'the differcnt &inds | not with a mau'a naked kaud, but wilh some- n?l!qunr. Then the two went down town, and | thing bard and solld, held within the man's Sherry was the leading spirit, showing witneas around. They went Into scverul pawnshops and one or two clothing-stores fu scarch of a palr of pants. t last ho into s pawnshop snd purchased a palr, which ho kept’ on, and had his od ones \vrnfiped up. He pgave 85 for them, and bud 88 and some chauge left. After buging tus pants, witucss and Sherry went around drinking {n differcut places, Did not think Bherry pg\nl.ed out any of the promincnt bulldioge, aud” did ot polut out _tho Paliner Housc, Did uot know whether Bhierry took bim down on *Biler” avenue, or anywhero where lewd women were. DI uot uso any in- sulting lancuage to the conductor to stop the | mct Hugh and e McCoaville, two lunucent, var when they got on. Hu just sald: * Here, | and fuoflensive, and unsuspecting persons, here! Btop the car!” He heard sume remark | Sherry, the larger, the older, the stronger, thy on tire car sbout * cold weathor,’ but could not | leader, took bis two borrid bands and smote the tell what it was. Hobelieved 8horey sald some- | {nnocent, defenseless girl upon both sldes of thing about “cold weather.” Witness did not | her face, and covered ber pure head all over have auy trouble with the conductor, or any | with tho Aithof hisprofane language, Within hard feellngs toward him. They got off st | sixty sucouds after tals tine Conelly plunged Thicty-fourth street, and wituess usked tho | theknifeintothe bodv of Hugh McCooville, whilo conductor to bave s drink. The latter | Bherry stood by, saw ft, aud nover offered tu and wiiness gave him & | prevent it or to dissolve partoership with bis 'l'he&’t then went into the | comrade in sin and crime. Mor tuan this: aaloon st Thirty-fourth street and they had a | Whils McConvillo was Iying upon the ground, drink. it belived Bhorrs took a hot drink. | slmost dying, Bherry juinped upon bim with his Sherry wanted witgess to play pool, and urged | beavy boots and stamped upon his prostrate pln to do so. At 1ist witness 5Iuhlml‘ aud | form. e would pass by tho miscrable perjury thoy played and drauk. Sherry told witness bo | of the tww prisouers, and deal with facts, woulg be sick It ho dronk su much Leer, and Mr. Milla wade a telling spegch, and brought suggested that be drink hot whisky fnstead. | teara to the cycs of all the fudies aud wany uf He did, and also took s Jittle seltzer. It was | the sterner sex. A falnt show of applause was stter they stopped pllsvhu( 1 that Sherry | speedily checked by the Court and tho baili@s. took the young lady, Mus Hughes, loto the COL. M'CLANAUAN littlo card-room. ftucss remained outside | followed. After ingratiatiog himsclt with the with & young fellow namied Cresawell and the | jury by a little tattery, bo zeviewed the priu- young lady's mother. Previous to this time | ciplcs involved fu the case. Ho told the Jury- witnces had been telling Miss Hughes about bis | men that they bad been called mpou thus ear] homie, und of his tntention of returning howe, | g the trial to take the Hyes of thuss two fricod- hand, And when Donegan ran futo the butcber- shoo waos ho pursued—bv one wmanl No! ile was fullowed by both the men. When Connelly, who had taken uo part In the frucas up to this time, ran lnto the sbop after Doncgan and threatened ta kill him or any — — ——who interfered with him, were the men thinking togethicr or were they thiuk- fng separately | ‘Togctber they weut duwu Btato street, sldo by side, shoulder to shoulder, uutil two wouien were met, whom they both at- tucked, Next thu band of two weat further on and met a wan, whow Sherry chased and Con- nelly told him to catch, sud ne would ' mako mince-meat of him.” "Next the desperuduce Did not know what was the objoct of Sherry | Jess young wen; to take from them forever fu golng ioto room with tho girl until after | that ‘which they never could return to them. they bad left tn\ saloon. Then Bherry | He mawtained that where two or more persona told bim he bad gona iuto = tbe | setout fur auy purposc together, even though room with the futention of ravishlog that girl, and tbat, falllug to accomplish bis ooject bere, o would rariah ‘tie brat Wouan bo met that night, it wmight be forun unlawful purpose,sud a feloufous deca wus committed while they wero out, otber than the purpose for which they set out, theu the person who committed the deed was alone respousible. ‘This, bo sald, was the 1y HE HAD 7O SWIXQ FOB IT. When they met Donegan, SBberry was s littls | law, aod he would prove it. ahead of “witness, and the former staggered ‘The sttorney s forable argument,which Donegan used & bard word, and | appeared to bave its eflect upon tho minds of agulust him, sald, "!ou loafers, who are you staggering | the jurors. Ha did not closo until & very late » thour, when the Court adjourned until 100clock this mornfhe, swhen Mr. Coffee, counsel for Con- m‘ll{ wlll take the floor, to he followed by the clovineg argument of State's-Attorney Mitls, lTl?: caso will doubtless go to the jury to- night, At the noon recess the reporter overtook CORNELIUA COXNELLT, the prisoner’s brother, and asked bim what the testimony was that Mr. Coffcc was so anxions to get out of him., IHe replled that he was Intending to testify:- to the fact that ‘Thoma nyee, better known at the Yards as * Hampy * Mrm, had sent A man by the name of Terence Relley to him, nnd_pronased to him that if he would ‘give him 1£10 or 815 he would lcave the city, snd would not testify against his brother, * Cornellus told the middleman that he would sce shout it. Boyce himself came to the witness Tuesdoy evenine, after the Court adjourned, in Corcoran's saloun, lie be- lieved, on North Clark strect, and told him that he was out of a job on account of this scrape, and it Cornelius wouid give him somo money he wontld leave town for good. - Gorne- llus told Boyce that he had very littlo money with himabut he would give him & note to the head dock man in the town he came from n New Jersey, which would fnsure him a fob. Boyce dld not nceept this proposal, but went away, and afterward mppearcd as a witness sgainst Connelly. 7 A NEW DEVICE, Tho story was in circulation yesterday that the friends’of Blmr7 and Ceonelly had on un- falling plan wherew(th to helpthem out ot their troubies. It will be remembered that both of them safd they had no mon:-rv to hire counsel, and that, therefore, Judge Jameson, under the provisions of the statute, uu(fiuc«l Messrs, Col- fee and McClanalan to defend them, and they bave been actively engaged In the case ever since, 1t I8 now sald that tho relatives and . - VEGETINL. 2 b " VEGETINE. An Excollent Mediocine. Seacxariety, O., Feb, 28, 1877, Thif I8 to certify that ared Viiorn manufactared by I1, R. Stevens, Toston, ;Mass for Rheumatism and General Prosteatioh’ of thn om, with good auccess, I recommend an excellent medicine for snch com- Yours very trul W, VANDEGRIFT. of Vandegrift & =7 plalats. C. Mr. Vandegrift, of the firm Tiafiman, s & well-known husiness man In this El.:hc‘u.glvlng one of the Iarzest atores In Spring- Our Minister’s Wifo, Louisviirs, Ky,, Feb. 10, 1877, Mn. T, R. Brevexs, ar ‘Three years ago1 was suffering terri. bly with Inflammatory ltneamatiam. Our minis- ter's wifo advised me to take Vzoerixm. taking one bottle, 1 was entirely . relleved.. year, feeung s return of the disease, "',f n com- greatly. menced taking i1, and am boing benefites It alno grestly improves my digestion. Itespectiuliy, MEN, A, BALLARD, 1011 West Jefferson-st. Safo and Sure. Mn. 1. R, Steve In 1872 your Vi 1nE was recommended to mo} and. yielding to the persnasions of a friend, I con- nented to try it. At the time 1 was snlfering from General Debillty and Nervoua Prostration, auper- induced by overwork and irregular habits, Itawon- derful -uenzthemn% and cureative properties secmed to aflect my debititated eystem’ from the friends of the accused havo hiredother counsel, | irst dose; and, ander it poraistent asc, I ravldly Tho way In which they will_enter upon tha cas | kood feciing. Blace then § haye por hocsiied g depends on the action of the jury now trying the two prisoners, 8hould thore be'a disagreo- ment, the present counsel will step quletly out, and the new ones will step In. Should there be a conviction, then the new counsel #ivo VeakTing my most unqualified indorscment moting health and reatoring the wasted aystem to i‘“ 1ife and energy, VZarTIxe ls the only medl- A Tine I use, and, ax long aa Tlive, T nevoe expect to clainiug to represent these inen will move for n | 08 oty “vouratealy, W, If CLARK, new trial on the ground that they have not had 120 Monlirey-at., Aleghaor, Pa. that measura of protection which the laws in- tended they should have. 1t is provided by the VEGETIINH. criminal code that where aman canpat %iroa lawyer tho Court shall assign *competeut coun- scl? to defend him. It will be claimed, it is understood, that nelther Coffee nor McClana- han fill tho bill. It Is not meant to imply that they are poor lawyers. Everybody Ennn that such is mnot tho case. Indeed, the competency of Mr. Coffes has heen so great in his zeal for his client, that tho Judge has Irequently bad to chock him In his manifestations of it. It s simply meantto allege Lhat they aro not authorized to- practice in the Illinois courts, Ills allegation Is be- lleved to be Incorrect 8o far as Mr. Coflee ls concerned. In regard to Bherry's counsel, however, it is understood that he has not re- ceived from the Bupreme Court that licenso without which a lawyer cannot practles In ‘The following letter from the Rov. G, W, sans. fleld, formerly pastor of the Methodiet Episcupal Charch, Hyde Park, and at present settled in Low- «ll, mnst convince every onc who reads hia letter of ‘the wonderful curative qualities of Vramtixm a9 a thoraugh cleanser and purifier of the bloud : Jivpe PARK, Maes,, Feb, 15, 1870, Mn. 11, R, STrYENe, Dear Sir: About ten years ago my health failed through the devleting cflects of dyspepsia; nearly year Iater, I waa sttacked by Typhold-fes its worst form. It settled in my “back, and taok the fotm of & larga deep-scated abscess, which was fiitcen months in gatherinz. 1had two surgi- cal operations by tho vest akiii In the State, but recelved no permanent care. 1 suffered great pain &t times, and wae conatantly weakened by & pro- fuse dlscharze. Inlso lost emall picces of bone at different timer, Stato Court. As & matter Of fact, How- | 100s ermee s e homs iy d Carer {ll Sar. ever, the only diflerenco between o % d talk with you of the virtue of licensed and an’unlicensed attorney Is that tho former can suo for his_fces and tho latter capnot. Wero the Ion. Mr. Evarts to appear a8 countol {n a Btate court hiere, without hay- ing procured a license from the S8upreme Court, he could not sue for his fees, nur under the statute would he ho a competent lawyer, though, in the ordinary meaving of the word, his competency is unquestioned. The polut made, fwill be seen, therefore, Is a very deli- cato one, befnz whether tho fact of “Judge Jameson’s designating s counsel a person who had uot & lcense from the Supreme Court made him "competent,” assuming that he posscssed the noccasary qualifications, to conduct the caso of a prisoner. e e — IMPORTANT LIBEL SUIT. &pectal Dirpateh fo The Trune, GALENA, Feb, 22.~The case of 8. Drum and R. P. Morrisscy, Indited for libellng thelr Jate vortner, C. H. Colman, was concluded this afternoon fn the Circult Court, Judge Balley preslding, by the conviction of defendants. The defendants and complaloant were partoers in the mammoth. chair-factory and furniture es- tablishiment In this city, which iately went into liquidation. The libel for the utteranco of which they were fndicted consisted of n circular which they apread broadeast throughout this part of the Weat, In which they charzed Colman with swindiing aud Iying. The parties are lead- ing citizens here, and tho case has excited gen- eral intereat. ———— THE LABORATORY OF THE SYSTEM. ‘The stomach 1a the laboratory of the syatem, which cortaln mysterious processes sre constant! goingon. ' These rewalt in the production af that wonderfal vivifying agent, atato of health fusres Iaden with the elements of vxuln{ 1o the remoteet paria of the aystem. But when {hé stomach s remi-paralyzed by dyspepla, blood manufacture s carried on uaperfectly, the clirculation growa thin and sluggisb, andthe system auflcen 1n conscquence, Morcover, indigestion re- s upon the liver and bowcls, rendering the first h and the Jatter conatipated. The braln aiso by eympathy, snd sick hoadachen, slaep- {ermeas, aad nervouy symptoms aro envendered, Tostetter's Stomach Bltters reforms thia state of things, gives permanent tone and reularity to the stomach and itemssociate organs, the bowels and Mver, and insures complete nourlshment nd in- vivor of the system., B 1did eo, ana Uy vour kindness paased 1 your manufactory. poting the mgredients, eic., by which your remedy {a produced, Tiy what I saw and heard, ! gained some cond. dence in VZGLTINE, 1 commence taking it acon atter, but felt worao from ita cfects; still 1 persevered, and soon felt it wan benefiting ine in other reapects, Vet I did not scetho resaltn 1 desired tiN [ had taken it fatth- fully for alittle mote than o year, when the alAi. cnlty in the back was cured: and, for nine months, 1 have enjoyed the best of hieaitn. 1 hiave in that time galned twenty-fvo tounds of flesh, belng heavierthan ever befure In my life, aud { was never more ablo to perform labor than now. During the past fow weeka 1 hnd s scrofulous swellinw. as largeas my fat, gather on another partof my body. 1 took VEoETINE faithfally, and It removed ft level with thesarrace fn a month. I think § shonid Timve been cured of my main trouble soonce if [ hnd taken largor dotes, ‘after baving becom oo~ customed ta ifs effccts. Let your patrons troudled with Scrofula or Kide ney Dlscaso underatand that it takes time to cura chranlc discasca: and, if they will patiently tako VEOETINE, it will, fn my judgment. cure them, With great obligations, | pin youte very truly, . W, MANSFIELD, Fastor of the Methodist Epiacopal ‘Church. VEGETINE Frepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Masz. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists. 1, CLEARING SALE. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! ANNUAL CLEARING SALE! West End Dry- Goods House, Madison & Peoria-sts., Yorth it Dry Gooi ot North Clark & Erie-sts. BLACK GOODS. In addition to other attractions previously advertised, the follow- ing bargains will be found quito remarkable when the staple na- turoot the goods is borne in mind: REDUCED FROM he most popu- woll 8 the most efficient anti-dyspeptic and tonic in Amenca. e, BUSINESS NOTICES, Winchester's Care for Consumption.—Win- chester’s Ilypophospbito of Lime and Soda, for the cureof consumption and chronie disesses of 1he throat and lungs. Alwo dvspepsia, Indigestion, Reneral debility, ete. This cldc han becn established ficenty yeara, has performed wonderful cures results which no other remedy has even approached. Prico $1 and §2 per botile. Propared only by Winchester & Co., No, 30 Joha street, New York. Sold by druguists. g Charles Heldaleck's Champagnes.—The pap- ar Sillcry and tho super-excellent **Dry Medal, ™ lighly appreciated in_England, Germany, and ‘re being constantly rocetved by Mr.' Emil 35 Beaver atruet, New York. KUMYSS, AREBEINDS KUMYS Qr Ik Wine, s deliclous. anarkling haverags of wan. derful estorativo power, cupccially benetclal Tn dss; | 40 1a, Dlack All-Wool Cashmers 53 10 430 B s bcpels lmnicdiately sud makes the stomach tojerant | 4018, Black All-Wool Cashuere: 0 to 3o Efn'.’»&'.‘"r'.?u‘"" oJi, ragidiy il the voine wiils heaiiny | 40 fa. Dlack All:Wool Cashin . 73t 0ve R renowa of my Kainyss, carned -‘v"l'm'mma muaess: | {01a, fine handsomequallty Fr. Cashe 5 ki, Pis Ehusell nUIC olTS Choap iniliations v appear, | - me 00 to 730 iloy bear Bo comarlion {o oy Rumcse, Seod 10f | 40 1, very % 1.00 to 850 Clrculam: . ortginator of Rumi . | 408e. extrn gno Fr. Cask 71.33 12 1,00 170 dadlson-sl., centro of blocl 48 1n, floe Fr, Cashmers . 1,10 fo Y0c e 2 48 [n. elegant French G . L20to1,00 SPECIAL NOTIOL. 48 In, extra fine Freach Cashmere... 1.33 fo L3 —_— Hlsck Fr. Xorinos, . 83 to 80¢ ’ Dlack Fr, Merluos, . 10010 o Dlack Fr, Empress Cloths, . . e0tn foo Black French Empress Cloths, 75 to S00 Blk. Mohair Lustroa at & roduc- tion of 20 por cont, commencing at KUMYSS, 20 cents a yard and upward. FRESH——MEDIUM—OLD, Blk. Gronadines we have oponed As suitable for Infants or various condl. | for this sale, and dispose of at tions of adults. a vory heavy sacrifico from last yoar's pricos. NONE waseawesn GENUINE Unleas procured direstly from the ONLY DEPOT, 179 East Madison-st. A, AREND, Chemist, Originator of Kumyss fn Amerira, BEND FOR CIRCULARS, of Caslunere were the cheapest goods injhis market BEFORE 1T'HE RE- DUCTION, CARSON, PIRIE & C0. SIMPLEST, SO OF ALL DOUBLE THREAD, DOES XOT FATIGUE, SE.DELICATE &, M : Sllps%k cK DOES NOT STITCH) WEAR OUT, AGENTS . ELDREDOE, WANTED. 1C*" CATAKRI HEMEDY, .. CATARRH. ARE YOU THOUBLED WITIH CATARRH? 1 WAS ot pearsly ]r,lrb( and, sfter spending over $1,200 valo, cured mJlt t by my uwn remedy, of which { ‘will give free trisl toall wbo will brlug thianotice to my L PR o M “’;‘w“;‘“ for tull Wflmlflv&“{&i Lol 7“5 SOLE AGE Yl FOR THE UNITEDSTATES * Also, Agents for MARTELL & CO. COGNAQ aid ESCHENAUER & Co, BOADUAUX, 1 being a safe, stre, And powerful sgent in pro- * N, B.—leu'b‘ovo quoted qualitics