Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1878, Page 7

THE COURTS. dered on the State Savings Institution. ot Witnesses in the Gage Case. Against Tax-Collector Kim- : ball, New Sults, vorces, Confessions, Etc, death, and has not been able to atonce. Therearo nearly cnough funds now on hand to pay 8 10 percent dividend, and should there be any deflciency, it can bo made Recelver's certificato for money had aad recelved for the payment thereof as a preferred claim. mortgage loans and other sccurlties, which aro goodl and collectable, and from which collcetions are made datly, and thesewill alone be sufficlent to pay back any temporary Josn thut might bo made, and tho Intercat accrulng would be more than enough to pay shavo on aloan. Tho Recelver therefors nsked tobeallowed to begin at onco to pay 8 10 per cent diviaend, and it necessary to borrow enongh money to make up any deficlency, The oprayer of the petition was granted, anda further order was also cntered, aa follows, by Judge Williams: ‘Thatao much of the grder heretofore entered in 18 causc on the 216t day of January, 1878, as dj- cted said ecoiver 1o "offect o aettlement with Itobert Havard aad William Bayard Catting bo and I8 uere!:¥ suspended until the further order of to Court, 1t Is further ordered that so much of sald orilef entercd on theday Inst mentloncd as ex- cluded from proof of their clalm and from rticipation In dividends such creditors of waid netitotlon oe may havo begun. suita peaiust shareholdara to Fecover mpon the stock Mubility created by Ece, Dof the chartor of sald Juatilution, or othorwisa toobtain a preforence over other creditors of the Institation, bo and is horoby sus- nded until the farther order af the Court, with eare to sald Recelver at any time lo renew his spplication thorefor., Tho Receiver also flled another petition set- ting out that, among the asscts of the bank in bis hands,are ono (irundy County bond for 41,500, dated Bept, 31, ls’rfi.;pn{nblo in six yeors with 6 per cent fnterest; oleht Fort Dodgo Conl Company first mortgage honds for $1,000 ¢ach, with 10 per cent {utcrest, dus Oct. 1, 18563 nlso twelve Kaokakes Company (Wil mincton, Il.)8 per cent bunds for 81,000¢achand alzhty fur 8100 cach, due Jan. 1, 1681, sccuzed by trust deed, and fourteon ahares of §100 cach In the Inter-Statdindustrial Exvositlon Butlding, Ho has advertised these for sale and has recolv- ed the following offers: For the Grundy Coun. 1{ boud an offer of $1,3%8 from J, C. Carr; for the Fort Dodie Coal Company Londs an offer of 85,000, from James W, Ferrv;. for the Kan- kahce Company bonds an offer of 81,000, from E. . Trott; and for the Exposition stock 8120, from J. W, Ferry. Tho Recelver thinks thicso bids botter be nccopted upless ho wnay recelve Letter offers ut private sale, aud ne was author- ized to accept theso bids unlcss objections are made In flve doys. ? . TIE OAGE CASE. " Tho trisl of the Goge cnso was resimed yes- terdsy aftcrnuon before Judce Hogers, dJohn W. Brideman, o bookkeeper in the Comptroller's oftice, was recalled, o first tes- tifled to haviug made some ntorlineations in the montlly report for June, 1872, which changes did mot, however, altor tho® footings, The witness then introduced coples of the fif- feenth and sixtcenth annual statements of A. H. Burley, Comptroller for tho fiscal years trom Aprll, 1871, to Avril, 1872, and from April, 152, to April, 870, Thoss atmunl state: ments were published in the corporation Dewspaper; thiey were made up from tho books of the Comptroller. Tho witness then produced the Ch{ Comptroller’s ledger from October, 1871, to the present, and showed the foliowing ontries to Gaye's credit made sinco fio tured averhis accounts to hla successor; April, 1574, 810,000, which came from Goorge Taylor, who held somo collaterals of Gago Auguat, 1674, £5,000; March 81, 1875, 817,000} fu the thapo of notes dorived from tho sale of & house of (uge's on Michigan avenue; samo date, #3,000 cash on account; same ddate, $104.10 on account of salnry due Goge for. the last half wonth he sorved us Treasurer; and Novemben 1570, $10,000 from George Taylor. This made a total of credits of £55104.16, The witncss alsa festifict that the balanco on Guge's account In bis hoods March 81, 1672, wus $531,322.10, and ttie balance March 81, 187, was 8S30,500,8), Tuose bafunices colnelded withe thoso In- the stateineiys introduced in ovidonce last Wednes- day, and with tho Treasurer's reports for tne saIno times. Mr. Bonfleld then stated thot those reports were part of thelr caso as going to show that Quge, and Lienco his bondsmen, by this action and by such roports, wera estopped from dony- Ing the corrcetness of the reports, on the gruund that tha city authoritios bad acted on these stateinenta, Ha waa then turned over to tho tender mer cles ol_Mr. G, C. Campbell for cross-cxamina- ton. For tho first step ho was requiredsto show tho nrlg nal recelpts and entries for No- Yember, 187, to verify certain ttemns In one of Usee's monthiy reports, and the cass and facllity with whileh this was doue showed that thacity enloyed the services of competent bouk- keepers in the Comptroller's Department nt east. The cross-cxamination occupied the re- mander of tho alternoou, TYB TAX CASNS. The fullawlnl;x order was cntered yestorday beluro Judgza Moors In the tax case of " tho First Natfonal Bank ve, Kimball, and s sluflar order ¥as entered before vudgge Farwell fn tho case of ;lu f}litmbg“" Bavings, Loan &;Trust|Company s, Klmball: Thia snew canso coming on to be heard “fn" b, and afldavita on motlon of complainants’ tounssl for & temporary Injunction, It fa ordered, “Windged, "wid ecrond thes wmid Hoveoome Mark" Kfmball, and 8l Lis sttormeys, sgonie: anc deputies, and successors in' ofico, ., and thoy are hereby, rostralned and enjorned il tho further arder of this Coutt from collecte 122 or attotmpting to collact from the complainants berein or any of ‘them, vamely, Banel iV, Allor- lel K. Falrbank, ' Franklin . Gray, 1 L. Yorter, Heury K. Symonda, Mavcel ‘Talcott, and H L. M. Sing enry M, Wilmarth, one-sixth of the purlunll-pmrlcn, tax essed against thoin s stockholders in the Firer stional Bank of Cblcage for Stale, counly, l.‘lk;, nd Houth Park purposos for tha year '187 sad Td K 1 i for which _aal imball Row holds Marrants for collcction as allezod the Wil heretn, upon said complainani " Barlng or tendering to aald Kimball, Collecto Morerald, all uf tho balance, Ave-aixths Uz ansessod apalned the Iector holds aala warranits, and upun sald com- Phaipants ling in this Court, to l.urnrnnd. by e clerk, & guod and suiciont bond fo [he sum of 0,000, couditioned that sald :umlrlnlnnnl will rl! Or cause to be pald to said Mark Kimball, Col- tclor of the Town of Bouth Chics successors Peruou; . ur bl txtn o sad Basessed agalngt m, sald fujonction sbail ved, snd sald amount of (ax s0 enfotnod be declared (o beayalld tax by the Appelialo Court of Ihnols or Court of last and final reaott, 4 for ihe paymont ol | such costs sud dumayce awarded ugoinst thy said co) L 9 caas aaid fujunciion b dissolved. 0P P THYS CLERK'S SALARY CASES. Tbo cases of J. J. Healy and Jucoh Grosa, derks of the Buperior snd Clreuit Courts, re- Ypeckively, ys. Tho County Commisaloncrs, flue up yesterdsy worning before Judge oore on ‘the tiual hearing, A default hud ‘0 eutercd sgainst the Commissioners, and Mr, King, oo bebialf of the clerks, spucared With hls decrees rnd_‘ l%enuy. ounty-Attorney Wallacy wished to ssk :n'i""'“ u..-nm[ cdx:llh wery ‘(f)mufrl ';Iwnmfl mucaning of the luw, or vnly *employes.' Itthe fortuer, {helr safasies could uob by vt \*0, a8 alko wished Lo koow whether all the derka uow fn the officcs, whose salarics wero teduced, wero clerks at the time the reduction Y84 uade. " 1o sald tho County Board had ins Wrertently included thelr paics In the List of 0 whusa salurles were to be cat down, Judga Moore then looked over the statutes Mukh diflus the words * oflicor ¥ gud * eie oye," und, after o sbort discussion, tgok the Sueation ugder sdviscweyt. Z DIVORCES, Charles H. Btevens dled @ bill sgaiost Lis A Dividend of Ten Per Cent Or= Resumption of the Examination Judge Moore Enters Up the Injnnot‘lon Bankruptcies, DI- In thecasoof the Btato Bavings Institutfon tne Recefvor flled o petition yesterday sctting outthat he had been delayed much longer than he expected In tho collection of sufMclent funds with which to pay a dividend, snd that he has not proceeded to sell the bank bullding, becauso bo has becoma satisfled that a reasonable prico caunot bo gotten for it now, and that probably s temporary delay will be very advantageous. Ho kias not beenablo to make the oxpected com- promiso with Robert Bayard on account of his get Mr, Bayard's represcutatives to renew the offer of & compromlse. The necessitics of the de- positora is auch that a dividend ought to ho pald up by a témporary loan, giving as sccurity the Among the assets are a large number of the. wife Mary, charging her with cruelt that bestides pounding him with billcts of oo ehe had repeatedly threatened to Her menaces finaliy worked on his that hic was ol)ll%c( toleave her in 1874, soon after went bac! her feroclous Intention, and he Chifeago, and let her go her way. yesterday in the following cases: To iam I Randolph, samc_cause; to Burbank, on account of his adultery. DANKRUPTGY MATTARS. agalnst John Duckwortl, of Morris, Urant, 87435 John Ta.iam, $40.30; Witon 500 LB, Iiar. B . Coombs, £200; Walter Jones, #1003 Miller, $2G; Btephen, $31.. . W. Cohlthurst, $180; A. F. Hand, $100; Antis & Medlll, $79.65; John b, Moore, $830, charged thaf on the Othof December {ast Duck- worth left tho State with intent to defraud his Arulo creditors, and bas not sinca returned. to show causa March 8 was Issued. In the case of Louis Kieson, an order was en- tered for tho Assignee to kfep open tho store and sell for cash.and tosell at” auction after three weeks' notice by publication. A composition mce{(v‘:w will be held March 13 in the caso of Btrawn & Powell, In tho caso of Samuel Mellhinny, an order at public third in six months, and the remainder 1n elghteen mouths, notice to ho given for three weeks in the ien(cnhy appolnted [ns, was made for tne sale of tha stocl auctlon, terims ono-third cash, onc- Ogwawka Journal, radford Ilancock was Asslgnee of Norman C. Per! A composition of 20 per cent was declared {n tho ‘as0 of Landsiadel, Wickl & Co. payablé within slxtr days In cash, A finat diyl debts and judgment creditors were pr for J. B. Parkhurat. 2 SUPERION COURT 'IN DRIZF, Ella O. Brown filed a_bill yesterday agalnat ene) Tenry A, Warron, W, G, Grant, 'E. M. Coae berlaln, J. W. Hnrmon, Sarah 8, Harmon, Charles B. Hosmer, Lucretia TTosmer, and A. B, Jenka, 200, on Lota 1 to 2, of M. L. Jacksan's Addl- Martin L. Jackson, L. C. Pltder, J. F. K¢ to forcclosa a trust-lecd for § 7, Inclusive, Block tlon to Souih Evaneton, ani anothier for 81,050, Lots 17 to 25, inclusive, Block 2, of the same A h 50, o’ Lot s 1o ik ock 8, In tho samo+ subdivision; a subdivision: s third for & nclusive. Bl fourth for 81,050, on Lots 8 to Block 2, of the sumo subdiviston, CIRCUIT COURT. 16, inclusive, Willlam M. Hobble flled a dlstress-warrant againat Thomas Iinrdcastle to recover $847.80 back rent. TRODATE COURT. In the catate of Sarah Welles, letters wero {ssued to Francis AL Stuart, under boud for 1,400, 'fn thocstata of C. . Baxton, letters wero granted to E. L. 8axton, under bond for $2,200, In tho estato of M. M. Moore, a_grant of ad- minlstration was made to George Moore, under bond for $3,600, In the estato of John Hickey, Iate clerk at the TPacific Hotel, letters wero “fssued to Analo Hickey, under bond for 8:4, In tho estato of Fred Kamps, lottcra were éwlcd to Regilun Kamps, under bond for 810, Gaga on Teano In the estato of Willlam Knecs, lettors wore Issucd to Charles Knees, under bond for $0,200. TIIE CALL. Junan BLopaxrr—The bankruptey calondar, Jupar GARY~130, 180, 181, 113, 184, 143, 180, and 188 0 100, Inctasive. - No. 177, Laughiln va, Brown, on tnal. Junog Moore—22, 23, 24, No, 13,Clement va. Rilllard, oh trial. i .[hlvnn: Rougns—No call. Clty .va, elal, Jupar RooTn—124, and 126 to 140, Inclusive. No. 2,092, Witkpan va. Sweotzer, ‘on trial, Juuar MeAntiaten—134 to 246 inclusive, ox- Cept 210, 300, and 242, No, 237, Ttardin va, iirk, on teial, ak FAnweLL—B20, Flood vs, Dost, aAnd 1,433, Tloe va, Streigle, Jupus WiLLIAws—147, Lynch va. Focrch, No. 201, Groenburg va, Uatterson, on trial, JUDONMENTS, Surenton Court=CoNFEasioNs—Isasc N, ITare din vs. Willlam il Cushman, $18,011,23. Junar Gaur—Jiosoph Neuborger ot al. A, Tiice, $724,18. Cincvir Counr—Junak Rourns—Tamaes Dolano v-l.ml-‘hc. Weger and Jotin V. Gotes; verdict, Junug Boorst——H, 1, Curtls et al, va. Chancellor i, denkn, —A, T, 1owo ot al, vs, Edward Treanor; verdiet, 834,80, v TIYSICIANA' RIGHTS, Apecini Dimaich o The Tridune. Fonr Warwe, Ind., Feh. 25.—Tho Supreme Court of Indlana lims just rendered a very ime portant decision, holding that phyaiclana cinnot bo_required to give testimony as medieal ex- nerts in Stato casos without compensation for Tho case was tliat of Drs, Ditls and Buchmay, of this city, who re- cently refused to testily in a rapu caso as medl- cal experts withoyt payment, und wero commit- ted to Jall for contempt, They wero taken bes fore Judge Lowry, of the Superior Court, on o writ of hahens corpus, and by him remanded to Jail. ° The question was regarded with great in- Indiann and other thelr professlonal scrvice, terest by tho physiclans of States, "who had rafsed a fund to assist Drs, Dills and Buchman In carrying the case to tho Bupremo Court, Judgea Warder, Iowk, and Perkins concur in tho opimon, and’ Judges Bld- dle and Niblock dissent. . el =, THE TWENTY PER CENT, To the Lditor of The Tribune, Cutcaco, Feb. 25.—In tho report published in Bundoy's Trinuns of on interview with Comptroller Farwell, that gentleman {s sald to have used the followlug language in regard to tho 20 per cent lllegal asseamment: fivo-sixtha of the ta: n Injunction, as that in tha caso of the First Kltfonul fani doesn't govora ol The ylnlu Euglish of this Is that the aftompt- ed robbery will bo peralsted n to its cxtent, in'the hope that many wilkpay the full amount denanded elther through fgioranco of thelr rights under the law or the fea¥ of troubly and oxpenso of o lawsuit, woll aud other tax-caters would lay their hands on ofir properly as cnm:rlr in thelr capacity as they appear willing to do ofliclally I leayo as an open question untl! tho proper filulnctlon 1s mado between private and offielal gnesty, The c’»b]eu of this communication {s to infori Mr, Farwell and others working in the same in- tereat (not the public futerest) that n larze nuin- ber of taxpuyurs ure ready and witllug to pay their persoual taxes according to the legal as- sessment. They will not pay the 20 per cent {llexal tax, nor will they pay the lewal tax and tuko a receipt for flve-sixths, but must have & recefpt in full, Iu the recont declslon dellvered by Judge Mooro, It is declured to be unlawful for tho Collcctors to reccive that 20 per cont additional fux, Whyt Hhupl{ bocause 1t would be stolen property, And yef ane of our moss prominent oflicers has the cheek to at least inti- wate that unlcss each Individual brings sult agalnst the Collector the whole tax demanded must bo puid, or If you pay ouly tha legal amount you can ouly get 8 certificato for so much on account. 1t {3 no doubt oxpected that those whoss taxes range frown 810 t0 80 or 830 will pay sconer than be at the cxpensc of tighting the tax or of runaing toe risk of seizure.” This class is made up nrlnu!pnlli‘ of amall deal having verliaps an average of about $1,000 stock, cash value, and of famites owning a tew hundred dollars waorth of furniture, sllof which {s assessed on an average full tcn times higber than the stocks of larze wholesale and retall inerchanta and the furpiture of the rich, They are fully awars of tho- iojustice dowe them by uncqual nssessments, bLut huve submitted aud ‘pald their taxes from year to year, But when downright rolbery’is sitempted, then b forbearance ceascs 1o bé a virtus '3 tho poor man bas Hn amme right to protection ag tho rich man or tAnk, and i€ it I3 not wecorded to blin under a decislon of the faw covering tho Wwhole cuse, theu be must aud will takomeasurcs neceasary, 11 the proner officers do not futend to be gov- :rnu!h{ Lo lugal declsions in the matter of the attempled steal of 20 per cent, it will bo neces- sary for the citizens of South Chicago to call moctinge, snd sppolnt commitices to look up every person lable to tex and forma clubs, aud then employ one or two good law: to tight the robbers, oot only against the 20 percent, but “if possible to **stave oll ' psymcent of all the tax long enough to prevent its gettlng uto the bauds of the present vitietals, 1 iiumn. A Strect-Socas ju Eacramento. - Sacranento (Cul,) Lacord- Unbox. cficvnuna lady wlo attends ouu of the city schiools was reluruiug home at noon yesterdav, when, at one of the 3 strest crossings, shie wus atartled by the voice of 8 woman beblnd her, who efaculated, “Dou't rulsc your dress sa bigh!! —;heuwm laughing at the consterna- tion her redarks had created. Just toen the woman slipped, sod, ns she sst down {n the wud with 8 thuwp, the school- rl.en{oylux tho opportunity to liugh, urzed her yot to nuse hier fect 50 'bigh, as ft didn't look well, . Heo saya y and thrawing hatehots and hot waler at him, olson htm. nerves so e k, but she dld not rolax in then came to The cloud, however, still remains on his name, so that he cannot glve a clear titlo to_any other woman, and he thereforo files a bill to perfect his title, Judgo Willlams granted decrees anqll‘vlnrf'a Emily J, Tugner from Willlam 4, Turner, on the ground of desertlon; to Fannfe L. Randolph from Will- Emma A. Pear] from LeGrand C. Pear], for drunkenncss; and to Elizabeth W. Burbank from Gustavus A, An Involuntary petition was filed _rcale.-day run County, h‘y the following creditora: Colquhou; 748 Alexander J. 1L Pettit, #300; Bamuel B. Thomse, $178; Jamea R. Heory L. Elizabeth’ Damme, shéowumm and icorga T, Becbe, 300, It s Idend-meeting was held in the case of Nelson, Barbydt & Co., and the I“un:lermd d {n fuil, An Assigoee wiil bo chosen at 2 p, 1n. to-day " regular and temporary sulary to_eacn and overy Protably some will pay. and take a racelpt for Elll every one wil' lave to tmost A¥hether Mr, Far- rivate | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1878 ::tl,?;ie gglt:’a‘:l""fl indices. Don't you think ) G":A GES OF VENUE' Otto disciaimed aoy positive knowledge on the subject. A » The Way in Which Affidavits Are Gotten Up. . *“Mr. Recorder,'t aafil the reporter, *“can the cotinty leasa the records of your office!” 1 think not. ,Why do you ask " ' Because a proposition to that cffect wan submiticd to the County Board this alternoon, * The lawr makes the order the cuatodian of all tho papers and records in fils_office. Jio han given honds for the faltl{ul performance of his auties, and the bond remains n full force Iln:l“m has turned over everything to his aue- cessbr.. And thia I proposs to do when the next Tecorder fy inducted nto office.” ‘“Are_there any papers and documents in your office which, atrictly speaking, are not roconlalt * Not that I am awarc of, 1leilove that the ks, mans, and all papers relating to the nwneuhlr of property {n this county which are In my officlal possession comeunder the head of records, and cennot be removed from my Jors- dictlon, Don't you think so, Mr. Peltzerth Mr. Peltzer lere roferred toa copy of the statutes, and read that sectfon which provides that tho Hecorder must, on the order of the County Board, keep tract indices. continued he, “what the county has done, it A Scheme to Lease County Rec- ords to a Private Firm. The Backers of the Move— Action Taken in the Connty Board. How Two Affiants Knew Judgo Jame- son Was Prejudiced. 5 ——— The hostility which certaln mombers of the County Board havoentertalned for somo months past against Recorder Brockway assumed a new phaaso yesterday alternoon, when the following documant was presonted to the Commissioners during tholr regular scaslon. At the conclualon of tha reading it waswreferred to the Committeo on Public 8ervicat i N caan, Feb, 25, =70 {) fonorable 1A+ Boar: a]cg’n?nfl& Commlsstoners of Cook County, Illi- nole—GentizuEx: The undereigned ia advised and helieves that it {s the Isudadlo policy of your honorahle Board to save, cariail, and cot off al} unnecessary expanses incarred in the various de- f the County Government. * ¢ Thé case of Oeorge Eager and his alleged gang of thieves, James Freeman, Charles Will- {ams, and James Griflin, was et for trial in the Criminal Conrt yesterlay morning, but an at- tempt to acparate the burglars from Eager, made by counsel for the former, resulted fos deferment until to-day. A. B. Trude, on behalf of Frceman, submitted an aflidavit of the accused, alleging prejudice on the part of Judze Jameson, and thersfore a change of venue was asked. This afidavit was supported by othera made by Hiram Blekford, of No. 52 North Ashland avenue, and " Now," partmenta of Jio heroforo desiren fo call tho attentlon of your | may undo. 1t may to-morrow. Instruct fhe | Jobn Morrls, of No. 40 ¢Wieland street, foperatie bosy o 8, fat i o knawr, o | Rocordor o o Ket u iy ndios,wnd the | “retpctabie. cliseon? who " aiso syt ook Cotinty, (hat tho' {oIA] recenia far abseracy | 1A BULS &1 end to It.” tbat bis Honor was prejudiced sainet * Thef," sall the reporter, *the impressfon fs that the fndices fu that case do not form portion of tho recordsl" work done i’ that office have so far not covered the actasl total expenses for all clerk-hire, sta. tionety, etc., within A sum not far below 88, This 18 “true in the defendant. A jolnt afidavit by Willinma 000 aud Griflin was presented for the same purpose, t the the face of the fact tha +1 am not prepared to state.” + | they alleaing, however, that all the Judges of olies, A 2 ames Caulfle! . Morr] . Martin, Peter known, (mmdl oxperienced, -r;d cvmm"“k 4 Well," gald Otto, I have my doubts about Barne, of No. 100 Wood street, and 'Clurln AN e gl Immedinte jaunareiston over ihe | 1 and hia faco glowed itko an fron farames oot d i artract workc, | Undgr “bia Wble " management | {1 41d it faco Lewls Phillips mado oath to. the same efect. the receipts for abatratia were more than trebled et an cxamination of the oficial reports and of {ho acconats of the office, and a comparison of the Actual expenses of bstpact work “with Jta re- coipte, will disclose the fact that the rovenne of 1o offieo 18 nearly 88,000 less than it would have beon had no alstracts been mado thers, o re- Knowledge of this prejudice. the afiidarits spt forth, did not como to the ears of the accused until Saturday afternoon, after Court had ad- journed. They stated that they bad never had any dealing with Eager, and were unwilllng to ‘The Recorder then catted into the conferenca ) BOD PAIN] and another clerk. Neithier of them had heard of the praposition to Jeaso the books. Paine didn't know whiether the county could lease the books or not, and_ he couldn't tel whether tho gonding dopariment yroper has boon made to cun- | pdices formed o part of tho Heoorder's meonls | rest under the {mputation cast upon him by Danees of tne apsiract dopartmente - © ‘89X | grnot. ‘The ther clerk, who had Gevoteimany | Btein. the soif-conttored thior Eager had been In view of thens facts, the undersigned,is prac. | Fears to the bunlnml was positive that the | abused by the newspapers, and the association books could be neither Jeased nor taken out of the control of the Rocorder. As the reporter retired, Maf, Brockway ro. marked that he proposed to run his ofilce, and would submit to no outsida interfercnce, tical sbatract-maker of fiftoen years' exporience in thls county, and Intimately acquainted with these yery abstract books, some of which wora compiled by s dircction, and the use of which by him has been cqnatant for tho past five years, and ho being satisfled that3 as a privaté bus. inesa it could be made to pay, which experience has proven cannot be done by a political ofticial, makea the following proposition to your honorsbla Board: To lense for & term of years (at least five), with & privilege of ten years more, at & stated snm, all the tract indices, &d ent, tax, jotter-press, nnd all other abateact books now In use in the Itecord- er's pflice, the undoraigned and his asefstants to havo nnreatricted, unlimited, and exclusive access t0 thom during that time, and proper and rcason- able access to all ?Cofdl and papera now given to other abstract-makers. The bnck‘- to remaln in tho costody of the county. fclent and convenlent room to be assigned to m%':u#lxe;lmd ‘and hin aesiatants fn the Hocord 'n ofiice. m’l!nu undersigned to pay atl exponses of posting nnd keeping up sald booke, and to give good and ampte bondd for the proper careof them While nsed of thelr names with his was @ reflection upon their character, and bad prejudiced the com- munity sgalnst them, The Court asked Mr. Trude if hebelleved one word §n the aflidavits to be true, Mr. Trude—I can answer eaay questions, but would rather rofraln from answering that. Mr. Mills sald the afidavits of two men ickford and Morris), who claimed to be repu- abla citizens, nvolved certainly an asperston on the Judiclal integrity of the Court (Judge Jamcson), and he ‘suemitted, In deference to the well-catablished practice, ‘that those men should be brought fn, and the question whether 3 4. M'GRATH, ox-Alderman and ex-Tax-Commlsstoner, was the next qunrriof the Interviewer, He had nover heard of tha proposition: didn't belleve thera was any money in the abstract business; wonid rather return to his old trade of making barrels than embark fn §t; but {f be bad his own way, and somo moncv, thcro was no busincss he would rather go into thoh “tax abstracts ¥ and alearingjupclouds causcd by tax-titles, “There's maney in "{ o Doy, more than o gotting up | they were reputable o not considered in open abstracts of title. Court. ropen sou kugw nothiog of the schemo | - Mr, Trude contended that the afdavits counld whatoser?’ % not be traversed. - Ilis Honor hod no right to ::Nntuflxlnl: never heard of It belore, ' try them, The Supreme Court had said that Lins tho Cottnty Board any fegal power to | t1i inaklng of an’ AMAAvIL was & soverelan oor” leaso It8 rocorda{™ Tho Court had vo Jurlsdiction. Ho denied that 1 sliould sny not.! tho afiidavita were a reflection upan his Honor. Mr. Gillinorc was an employe of Wilmanns & ‘They were simply an acknowledgmens' that FPasdeloup when the county purchased from Judges were human. e assumed that by Mm, and for tholt good condlon (ordinaey | giefirm's fot of abatract Yooks, indices, and read ws, a fev JEsye snd tpariaxcoptod) nthe: expitatlon’ of it Ietter-press coples of abstracts, and pald for the fl‘:,’ n mm:.h °if “nmmd%"mc;dcmbfl{f :fc'slt 'l:’:l.; ‘The connty to pay for all new baoks necessiry | Property about twice itd actual value, To the being prejudiced nu[’m. the defendants. The | fox the fueita entifs and eomplols keaplnicd and | man up. 8 teee, it looks as 1t ‘the provs ! orisanoes had Aok 10 (5 18 Elone bal oot augmentation of them, the same to bo finally [ osition lo lease was a rencwal of that grabin a | languare, and two persons in one case, and turned over and surrendered to the county at tho oxpiration of said lease, together with thoso now 1n nse and on hinnd. ‘The charges for all work dono by the nndersign- ed and his assistants to bo the eamo as thoss naw made by the Recorder pursuant tatho rates hereto. foro estabilishod and fxed by your honorablo Board, 1y the ncceptanco of the forezoing proposition, tho county will bave aclear profit where it now diftercnt shape. Bupposing that the, county shoulgl lcaeo the books as proposed, and that tha lessces failed to find the busincss remunce- atlvent thoond of a year or d;ixmc“ months, what s to provent tiem from throwing up tho leaso surrendering the books, and comiug be- fore the County Board with o claim for. 820,000 or 825,000 for” posting the books up to _dato hr:lll adozen In the othier, had sworn to the same thing. Mr. Mills urged that two elements must exist ~the reputable character of those who made the aflidayits aud certain_facts, The first was independent, and the Court had “the right to determine whother tho aflidavits were made by reputable men. # o on actual loas of thousands of dollars, and | and thus keeping up their value?! Or = {a busldes now nsked to ny o salary for the pre- | what {s to prevent ' the lessces trom Mr. Trude sald the Court had no discretion, tended piansgement of a fosing depariment, Upon the filing of afMdavits *the venue shall be changed.” "Who wugn!nz 1o try the ques- tlon of character? The Judge who was alleged 10 be prejudiced = My, M| swered that {f the application for achange of venue were bused on ailidavit as to prejudice of the Inhabitants of Cook County, one of whom was the Judee on the Bench, yet the Court would have the richt to determing whether the application skould be granted. Mr. Trude replicd that the matter of charneter could not be gone Into. It never had been one. Mr. Mills dented tho proposition, IN THE JENNY LOVE CASE afMdayits werc made Ly two men, and Judge MeAllister ordored that they be broughit in and examined, but they were not, and the lawyer who read the aflldasit didn't appear, Mr. Trude stated that he would present the men ln chambers, hut not in Court. His Honor had no pawer to bring them i, ‘Ihio Conrt remarked that hie would like to seo tho gentlemen. [l badn't thefr persoual ac- qualutance, and hiad never beard of theia before, Mr, Mills sald ho knew one of them (Caulfield) from accing bim “on the other side of the :.lnlilo." ‘There was an fudictment pending agalnst im now, " Mr. Trude didn't think an indletment amounted to anything, ile had been trylug for a ycl-m- to have Caulficld tried, but couldu't suc- coed, ‘Tho Court sald lio fead the newspancrs, but hlnl: 1:lhlrl't recollect having scen anything about thiscase, Mr. Mills suggested that the matter zo over untll this morufng. By that time the maxers of the aflidayits could be in court. Quito a num- ber of the witneases for the prosecution, new ones, ad not been subpenaed, M. Iteed objected. “Ho appeared for Eager, and wag ready to g6 o The Court sald tho state of things created by tho statute fora clianze of venue was a very extraordlnory one. If ft was clear that the aflldavits wers made by persons not n.-immblc. the Court oucht not to act on them. Ilow far one vught to o, uven whero the partics were all brought from the Cnum&!nll, was doubtful, He tiad heard a great deal about the extra good quality of those who camo from that fustitu- tfon, and presumed them to be nll white and Y“m' That was truo for tecnleal purposcs, Hut it sometimes happened that a man whose charucter was not atrictly moral got into the County Jall, Mr. Mills had no falth In the projudice al- leged; there was some tlterior mutive, amd for that reason tho witnossus ought to bo ex- 80 blundering In writiog ub the books from date ns to make thom valucless? ‘The buaks not befng thelr proverty, they would be more carclcss about them than If they owned them, and they might be mora apt to use thein for the purposo of hunting up clouds on titles than of moking money by furnishine abstracts. Every man,” woman, and chiid fn the county knowahow tho Commilssionera® Ring hns for o year past been fn the daily habit of paying out county mnuef' to favorite cantractors ana get- ting nothing In return. The Suxton jobs on tho Court-liouse and dome are_fair ‘speclmens, Would thoy hesitate to vote $20,000 or $25,000 for some abstract writings, {f lhc‘y Were prome- ised a divideon the plunder? Fublic opinion #A%s LOt. ) n concluston, the reports that Peltzer and McGrath were tho real backers of Gllimoro came from a person who says tho two wantcd hind to go luta the busincss with thew, —— RAISING REVENUE BY LICENSES, 40 the Editor of The Tyibune. Cnicaao, Feb. 25.—The perplexing situation 1n which the City of Chicagu has been placed oy thio late decision of tho Bupreme Court makes moro than over patent tho tact that our present revenuo syatem I8 faulty from the beginoing up. All scerm to agree that, the fault Hes in the al- most ridiculouslyslow asscsament of certain clnesea of property in Chicago, which forces the city to limit {tself toan amount of {ndobtedness away below all sense and reason, Thero tvas a Jtime when Chicago was nsscssed nearly $100,- 000,000 higher thnu ft {s now, and it would probably be to-day were it not for tho reason that subjectiug oursclves ton reasonable gse scssment would force us to assume a far larger part of this burden of State taxes than justly belong -to - us. Honco (b spems that, o order to freo Municipal Qovern. mentsin this 8tate from tha necosalty of * equal- lzing ™ their valuations for purposcs of taxation among cach other, und so to cripple their ro- sourcesfor the salo_object of oscaping unjust burdens, a change should be made in the mode of providing an incoms for our Btate Goveru- mient. Our State Government fanow supparted by diroct taxation, whoso basis {a the same ns- scssment that fs made for munleipal purposes, Abolish dircet taxation for Btato purposes, and each county. would be free to mako its own as- sussnient iu aceordance with the pecullar eon- ditions which may provail in different scotions Under #uch o Jeaso the advantagos to the peoplo ond the power of the County Board (o pravent the rivato monopoly of and extortion In the chorges ¥nr the maklng 6f abstracts will remain the samag 28 they lave been since tho county has come into ossasslon of these books, Aliof which 18 respoct{utly submitted, . , C. GiLLxonE, 150 Washington stroct (lato of Abatract Depart. ment, Recorder's offico). SUDBEQUENTLY COMMISSIONER FITZGERALD, who, it ls charged, Is nctuated by personal mo- tives in his hostllity to the Recorder, prosonted the following, which was lald over for one wevk under the rule: Wngneas, The Rocordor of this county haa rep- re-enfml 1o cartain members of this Doard, ae well o8 to others, that the Abstract Department of hts offica Is now, and Lias bevn sluca his induction Into oftice, a sonrco of revenue to Lhe county and Wuznxas, Also, said Recordor has asked this Toard to allow bini an additional salary of 1,000 por_annum on account of sald Avstract Depart. ment, und becausa abstracts of titlo arv now mado therelg, orin his oftice, nud has intimated to cor-, talu Wéinbera of this. H1onnl a0 10- Gthora hia ta: clination to discontinue rald Abstract Denartuont and the making of abstracts foresald unless waid additional walary s allowed nim; and Waxizas, Aleo, 1t 18 on the other hand sssorted by nome of 'tho niambers of this Bgard that said Abstract Departmont and the inakiny of abstracts of title therein, or in eaid Recorder's oflice, n- stead of boing urce of rovenuo to tho connty, lusn been sndia s heary burden and expensa to it} thercforo, be 1 - Hesolved, That the Recordorof this county bo and ho is hereby directed to propare and send in at the next meetgag of thie Board a full and com- plcta detalled stutoment covoring the petiod bo- ginning with the 4th day of December, 1870, and coming down to date, showing tho totai amount recolvod for abstracts, und also the expendituros by tho county durbig that period on account of tho Abstract Department of his ofiice, and becausa of tno making of abstracta of title thereln or In his of- fee, and ombrucing ino fallowiug itoms, to wit: 1. Whe nameof and the lotal amount pald se clerk employed in tha Abatract Department of his oftice, inciuding posters of traut Indlces, and all clorka working on the judgment sud tax-sale ol 0y = "I"’l! amount of money paid as fotlo work for writing compliations, certified coples, and arigiual lhlnnu.A(I:m receipts rn|r whllcn been eredite ha 'Abstract Departmont, e Smumo ot md the toial_amount pald ns rogular or temporary salary (o each gud every clerk paid on the pay-roliof Kecording Departmont, bus actually,- cunstantly, or partly working on abe strocts, ubstract-books, or avetract work, 4. The total amount vatd for abstract-baoks, 6, ‘The total auionnt pald fur abetract-paper, I .| amined orally. Us Tao total amount aid for abstract-wruppers, | of the State. Cook County must be guided by'| “Tied, and the printing thereot, d printing. | OHEr consldcrations, in asseasing the dilfercns theg popare agid io would baglad to hieas what 17. fi':')'.‘:‘i'fi:'.‘x‘&‘éfi'a‘l‘..""" for paper and printing clanges of praporty, than o county fn E!”“- 5 \e',burcunon the caso went over until this K Th folal amount pald for paper, printing, | 314 to forco thuh, sa fs now tho cisd, to morning, In tho expectation that Trude will “ equalize among each other, scema on in- ustice in direct coutrnst with the spirit of our National and Btate Constitutions. = A remedy for this cxisting ovil already repeatedly been suggested, but never was tha evll shown in such o magnftude as Just uow, and it there- fore would ) that now Is tho time to prac. tleally carry out what has only boen suggested beretofore. This remedy {a the milsig of a ruvenue fur the Stato Government by Imposing a tax upou the Industhies and tho busficss of tho Btate, In the form of % license and o poll- tax, which {n no case would amount toa burden, and, nevertheless, would in the aggregate not 8 considerable smount, To better cxplaln the filnu. 1 will give a rough draft of the pruposed zraving, and hthograplune abatract headings, c"fl.r ‘fl‘-'.,fmm amonut I;Alrl for minuto paper and minute bovks. (Gihnore's pronositlon and Fitzgerala's reso- lution scemed to the reporter to mean more than a mero colucldence, und o started out to get at tho bottow of it, it possible. Whilo making Inqguirics ' here nua lhcre‘ he was in- Inforined lr'ml Deputy-Recorder Peltzer, J, J, McGrath and Robert Paine, two clerks tn the Itecorder's ofllee, could, if they saw fit, throw o Ittlo Jight upon tho subject,” Tho nows-gath- erer first called upon 3 Mn, PELTZER, whom he found snugly ensconced behind a big desk in his private ofllice. have the men in Court, o sald, howev Py pri= vately, that he would not bring thum fn; and thie Court couldu't do it. Iu tho event of thelr falluro to bo present, the chance of veuus will prubably be dented, ‘The plan, from a surface polut of view, scemns to be, us bel segregate Bager frum the thieves, would lesson tho chinnc Lol cartng by outelde partles to prejudico vart of & Judge agaiust a prisoner {s stnply 8 subterfuge. lowcan one man swear to the condition of anotlicr man's mind, unless tho party of the sccond part be fnsane! No man who kuew what Le was doing would swear to uoy such thiug, The ailidavits are procured by “mmey'ul:;{ stating thut ** it Is only & mat. ‘ lcenses and taxes, and their probable amountss | 7 **\What do you think of the proposition for e i ) ter of form, {ovalves no persousl responsi- - | 5,000 hotols and wsloons, at $100 each.$ 500,000 W llnl‘ cuu:nyhrol;uufi'thu abstract books to a pri: ¥ by . 18 $ b bility, A aearch through the directory shows what follows in mi‘nnl to the parties whomade tho afliduits In this particular case: Itirmin Biekford, bofler-purger; John Morris, + 1,000,000 “ Nevor beard about it,* replicd tho Deputy, 025000 looking at the reporter in the blandess manner posathle. * 1t is allogred on the streey that you, Jim Me. 500,000 | reaPustate, noofllce given (1); J. Martin—=there Qrath, B;balenlnn and & former cxgrln:yu of the %{m are forty-four of him; Jawes Cauitield, printers ulzed ofilce baro orun & pool o go Ity the ab- stract buainess, leasing tha books from the wnnla, und paying thorcfor §1,000 a year,"" ) Peter Burns, mason; Churles Lewis Ihlllips— thy directory mau didn't tod him, Thesa parties will oblige Judgo-hmz-m;: b{ ol Tilfmote Centra) iailfond m:‘{] s ”;"f:}:,‘:fr:o do with {t, and Dever Hiorso-ralironds, $10 Dot car. :fi{:’fim‘;fi'& fhe Crimiual Court at 10 o'c It {s ubdersiood that tho bustuess will be | AOTAPSLETS: IRAX BIckPOKD, carrled ou {n the name of tho ex-employe, and | Poll-tax, 400, A wflorur called on Mr, Bickionl last even- Ing at bis residence, No. 63 North Ashland ave- nue, and qumlumfi him about tho attidavit ke bad ade, Ile was asked upon waat ground o mady outh that Freemnu could not obtaln a falr trial before Judew Jamcson, und replicd that {t waa becauss of tho articles in the Timss and Jnder-Ucoan~and ha did_uot know but that bo had scen sometbing In Tue TRILUNE—aguinst Eager, Hu thought the Judges wust bave read thoso artlcles, and were therefore prejudiced against the defendants, 418 that the only reason you havel” gsked* the reporter, : * Purtially," sald Mr; Bick(ord, “WIL you give say other reasoni ! was maked; bu iy brought no direc snawer, tha word * partially * belng spoken agalu. Then bhe was questioned about tho reaponsibllity he assumed in makiog the attidavle, and safd he understood the vature and liability of 1t, * He alsa Informed the reportee that Frecwan was a friend of his, aud he thought Ewrer was pulliug thoss young wmen down with b He kucw Mr. Trude, and that geutloman had told bim that the waking ot the altidavit was a luflu requirement. Mo that you other fellows stand up bohiud Lim," 41 guess not, so far as I am concerned.” o *Qfad to hear it; then ps an oflicer of the county and ag expert in tho abstract buslnecss you wilj lisve no objection to ¢ivo me your Viewa on the question ' *¢ 1 have not considered it, and hence am un. able to uxEruu any opluion.” + 4 Has the County Board any legal right ta alicnate the public records, 80 that they can be used solely for private benefti" “That's’ & question for tho lawyers to do- termine. 1 am not prepared to state any opinion on §t.” - * Conld private partles afford any better fa- cliitfes for tho abstract busluess than the He. cordor now furafshos! 'hat's & question I am not prepared to anawer. **In thero any reagon why the books should ased 17 L) t¢1 could not tell you." * {lave you uot froqently stated that ths ab- stract books of the Recorder's oiflce wers in good shape, and thnf It was tho duty of the publie to Dnl'rgnuu it rather than the private The license oa manufactorles m| according to the amount of spindles aud looms, tho number of ruus of stongs, the number of furnaces, sote of yolld, or amount of steas pawer used: nowspapers might bo taxed accond ug to the frequency of thelr oublication, Tho pioll tux would scrvu a double purposu: it would nake every voter a taxpayer, and provide on eflectlve check on repesting at tho ballot-box, s each voter inlght be required to produce his tax recefnt, whivh could be stamped in order to prevent (L use for the socoud time. As will bo scen, tho liecnse tax would fgll riuclpally on peapla who live on the peoplo ut arge, und cail therefore best afford Lo support tho Uencral Qoverument. Its collection would cause bug little diiflculty and would muterally assist In brigiog ull brancbes of business un- der a wholcsonio contrul. Of course, the dcensing of tuduatrics, ete., which are taxed by the Btuts should preveut the tmposing of liceuses or s taxes on them by muofe- ipalitica. 1t would scein to e that this modu of ruisiug the Btate revenus could not he objsct- abstruct firma: ed to by the legislators and the peoplo of tha | (Trude) had read the afidavit to him, and he * Certalnly I have, but that waapollcy; ¢ | rural distrlcts, as the hurden fo taken away | understood that the vumes—other than Free- waa to work up busluess. Bu the umfun. from them snd Elm.-e.l mostly ou the busiucsy | mav's—were *‘alisses™; but those other you ask me have s leul bearing, and T am not | of the State, whild the citics muat fuvor i%y be- | vames, Including Egger's, were lusersed after Pprevarcd to give an opinion.*. cause it will reliove them from the trksomes | Mr. 'Trude lud e ad the aflidavit rei to bl Esger's pame 18 pot lucluded I the allidavit. silll, Mr. Bickford sald he sigued the adldavit, fu the usual form, before the Notary, Ho dis not know Eager orany of the uthers excupt Freemau. e wmade the atBdayit st the **Does the abstract depariment of the offico pay its way ! “I donft know; Iam uot prepared to state. Eo# bad better seo Brockway. 'l bring i Btate Buard of Equallzation, aud guarsuteo them tho fullest coutrol over thelr fax rove- Dues. Tuo Leglslature should bo callsd together imwediatoly and consiuler thy cmun{cna’ which i Mr. ir ute aad the; s erlicn out of the late declslons of the 8u- | request of Mr. ‘Trude, and svain stated that Le turn'ed v’vll‘:‘h“ Tl fary ol el prewe Caurt, 15 could probably net wrunt im- ul& %0 00 account of what Lo had seca fu “the MR, BROCEWAY. wediate vellef, buy by changlng the mode of rrluu." Wheo Mr. Trude added Eu’t‘r'l pae 0 tho afidavit be (Blckfurd) bud half u sutud to Lick," but o supposed ft wus an xlias sud let it go. Mr. Bicklora further stated that be had Jived in Chicago fiftecu or sixteen years, so far as Lo kuew had w0 ewcwics, aud bad not beard ralsiug the reveaua for ‘the State Goverament i the way pro| it would euable munlcipal corpurations ta horeafter fully comply with the coystitutiopal provisions, yeb maka uss of all thelr lawlul resources, Taxravrn, ‘The reporter repeuted the question whother tho abstract departuient was self-sustaining. ana pul LM i vou luav?;‘uut the uhm.'a of the clerks ux:: his reputation for honesty and truthfolncss, ford was doing business asn No. 53 North Deaplaines street, 8 8 deht of $100 or gave it up, JONIN_ MORRIS, asked RIBUXE man bad introduc missfon, the gentleman quietly stick of stove-wood, that lay be Invited yery short. The reporter aald: change of venue!" 4 Yes, sir, I did.” “How do prejudiced ! ‘¢ Because the much about the Hssks @lced ¢ Nothing more than what I've told {am" ‘ Aud you swore he was prejudiced 1¥* “To the best of m‘ knowledge and bellef." ‘¢ And you believe he is projudiced i* ** Well, no more th belleve every one fa prejugdiced.” 4 Who asked you to make the aMdavit” »1am one of the wituesses in the case.'” - Jameson was prejudiced, and 1 Freeman; Jection to _makin venue, and 1 saf about 1.9 plece of stove-wou, the reporter left, ——ee—— THE BOAT CLUBS, | Toths Editor of The Cimieano, rlpfl: ‘irat, how mach of the La! it elther of the bont cluba should Exposltion Boilding, outalda tould the ralirosd stop them? building permit to obtain? Ax INTERESTED Pantr. 1. 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[ts fmmensa sale and great popularity are dependent upon and cntirely due to its merits and superfority over all. other similar preparations. Very many vhysiclans, baving thoroughly tested it, are now prescribing it in their practice, flarsuntow, Ont., Jan. 1, 1877—Dr. R. V. DPieree, Buffalo, N. Y.~Dzan Sir: For years [ suffered with chronle catarrh, Last winter ft seriously affecting my d lungs. My stomach and blood were also sadly unt of order. I tried many physiclans and’several advertlsea remedies, obtalning tem- vorary or no rellef. My peneral health became worse, 80 that I despaired of life. Secing fa- vorable matices of your medleines, T procured one-half dozen bottles of the Golden Medical Discovery and n supply of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, The Discovery purited my blood ana restored my general health, tho Catarrh Renie- dy'gaveme imumediate rellef, and, after a litele perseverance, o radieal cure was effected, becamne more severo, throat Thankfully youra, Rouznr McConsick. 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The oniy tranastianiic line saliing under the Ame can Flag. balliug every Thuraday from 1'hiladei; 534 Wedneniay Trom Liverpel) (Tom Villsdeiph RED STAR LINE, Carrying the Belgian snd Unised Rtatos matls. IIK rwr{lirl" aTa, Lll'{nlwly trom PHILADRLJ _w. e LawhEN el Rtk Cllo, SHIPPING OPPORTUNITY FROM BALTIMOREBE To BREMEN, Germany, tad ROTTERDAM, Holland, The fulluwing vessels will have quick dispatch for tha for Bremen or Hatterdam ahove port; A ch Lar sace. ¥, or (Felght aud suiall stowsy Dicukt, AR 11 Boal ‘il‘:k) Agen| souths Gay-st., Yalilmare, Yo, 3 RE TO GLASUOW. LIVERPUOL, DUBLIN, m“nnynx Al L h_. UDLIN, LINE. STATE QF NLVALA, BYATE OF VIHGINTA Firet cabin $35 anc nd(ng 10 acculimoda- tlons, Yeturn tcketa at reducod ratos currency, nece gud Cabl, 440, ltting kets st pudicad ot Worr” e, §. w ISTEN A oo Ul EF Pt AT i 13§ Wasliloftiun-at., Chicago. ANCHOR LINEMAIL STEAMERS, Meh 1o, 8pm New Yorl ANCHORIA, Mchd dp chit 88 arch 25, ba CALIPNIA Mepr Sarch 13, o w AUSTRALIAL e won Cabing, 853 to $70 xcursion Tickets trvduced rates, S becond cabin $i0k i ueNDERON S8 heits TEWSaT son-er. North German Lloyd, steamers of this Company wil) PRy ey Fler, foorof TRR) sirest, Jivtnsen. tutea of Dasago—Frum Now York o Boutbiamiplo wndon Havre secoud aod Breuen, Sret cabin, $10 cabin, 600, Zuid; sloerage,- $3) currvncy. “Far frolgns S50 padenge apULY 1o 16 OELRIUHS & CO., 2 Dowling Grees, Nuw York. INMAN UNE. i d 1R ) Mull st o VeSS, i e WK, Ga Weslcrh Avant o South Clar-pt. v'un_gm sad Lreland for sale, ¥ CUNARD MAIL LINE, Salling threo times & woek (0 sad frow Britiey PT'{« §oweat Prices, o i t Company" co, northaest cornes Cl;};‘ n:{.d‘lhndulp.b L., Chicago. "l DROVRINKT. General Weatera Azeats i aud Glasgow. iy Sy m | BOLIVIA, to Londga 4 ndga uirect, IDui I ALST] sl "'IV) Batar. . 0. B0 b AT 20y bad rcruru in his neighhorhood reganding It appearing in the dircctory that Mr. Bick- tler-purger at reporter called there before seeing Mr. Blckford, and founi] that that person dlid at ono time lve st 0. 52, and had a shop a few doors north. The Pumng business did not prove sucaessful, and o turned It over to annther man, who eaumed $150, ran the shop awhile, found he had a bad barzain on his hands, and ‘The reparter alno called unon Mr, John Mor- ria 2t his resjdence, No. 40 Wieland street, and him a few questions. Mr, Morrls had uat finlshicd a frugal repast, and, after Tnx himeelf and his picked up » near him, and bezan toying with it, Jooking much as though the reporter to make his interview You made onc of the aMdavits in the Freeman case, for o you kuow Judge Jameson is papers have been saying so casa the past three or four Do you know that Judge Jameson 18 preju- an the whols community, ’l:l%"ll‘il:;l lv;j:u dreumstances did you mako Trude asked me if X dlan't th'l;); [ thought the people were all prejudiced nst ' ond ho asked m;‘“J I had :flob— a0 affidayit for a change of no, and that i all fhere was And then Mr, Morris 3lu:kcd & chip off that s Tritune, Feh, 24, —Wil) you kindly answer the follawing qucetions throagh the columna of yoor ke-Front” hsa ne 1linoie Contral Nsliroad control oft Becond, bulld ncar the the breakwater, Third, would the boat cluns have any other permit than tho regular mit 0ot do to allow the construction o‘l bulldings outslde the breakwater, because It nterfere with navization and make the givers of the pernit and the bullders Mable for any damago to shipping that might be oceaslon- HAIR RESTORATIVE, SAVE|TO LEARN HOW TO DO YOUR| IT READ AND HEED HAIRI WHAT ForLows. BAVE YOUR NIAIR.—The laws of Health and Longovity demand it, this customs of apeial lifa requiro it. The matter Is of great importancs fa svery way. DEAUTIFY YOUT YIAIR.~Ti s the sur- passing crown of glory, and for the loss of it there i¢ 5o compensation. CULTIVATE YOUN IATR.~Tor by ne other meana can It be saved and beautified, LYON'S - KATHAIRON, Discoversd thirty-fiva years ago by Prof. Lyoo, of Yale, fs the most perfect preparstion in the world for preserving and beautifying tho hatr, Testdes being the beat hair dresstng ever produced, Lyon's Hathairon wiil positively prevent grayness, and will re- store new hair to bald heads, if the roots and folllcles aro not destroyed. It actually performs thdse seeming mirsales, of ‘which the following fa % A FATR SPECIMEN, 1 hiad been entiraly bald for several years, cone stitational, X suppose. I used & few bottles of Kathairon, and, oy grest rurprise, I hava thick . growth of young hair. COL. JOTN L. DORRANCE, V. 8, A. 1n every important respect the Katharon (s atese Tutaly lacomparable. 1t is unoqualed 1. To Cura Daldness. 2. To Testoro Gray Mair. 3. To Nemava Dandrul. 4 To Dress and Beautify the Hatr, BDEAR IN MIND.—Tho Kathalron o 5o sticky pasts of sulphur and sugar-of-lesd, o paing a3d danb the hair and pamlyzo the braln. It is n pure and limpid vogetable lotion, intended to re- store the hair by natural growth and reinvigoration, 1t is splendidly perfamed, and the most dellghtful toflet dreseiog koown. No lady's or gentlemen's tollat outfit is compteta without Lyon's Kathalron, BOLD EVERYWILRE, - ANMUSEMENTS. HOOLEY'S THEATRE, Prices, 23¢,50c,75c,and €1, Matlnes Prices, 23 and 506, LAST NIGHTS OF THB GREAT TRAGEDIERNE, JANAUSHEK. A Grand Kopertofra this Week. MONDATY, Feb. 23, the Urand Tragedy, BRUNMILD. Tuesday=MAILY 8§ d Frids Ighis sn an ¥ atineo (hy ¥ = A R R ML TR T LD Monday, Starch 4—31; omic Overa Company, McVICKER’S THEATRE. GRAD AND. TRIVHPIIANT SUCCESS. Beata can be sccus n sdvanco. EVERY NIGUT. WENNESDAY s Two Orphans, tced At this Theatre it hea EQU; ! 3 R WILL NE BURPASSED! Matinoe Prices—Only 3 and 24 centa. - FARWELL UALL, Dorcas Society Benefit, Friday Evontng, 3lszch |, upon which occasion ALERED J.ENIGHT Wil present his New and Eiegant Entertalument, **Hialurtcal Coatume Imperanations, ™ which has heea produced_ahot It he nprecedented auccess, Tieservcd soats S0u, sk t. Aditulon, 3Sc. HAVERLY’S THEATRE ate Adelpht. (L J. B, MAVERLY.. ‘ruprictor and Manager. THE LAST WEE! UENTED BUCCESS OB COLVILLE'S FOLLY COMPANY. uses crowded by the ellte of Chicago, Tuesdsy, i Wodneaday Nislut ant Metinser s BABES IN THE WOOD! Wednesday Lventug—Denefitof Mile. EME ROSEAU, ke of HONINBON ElfUsnEL, V1% Bpectacular Lurs i e “Fiidey Bvening—lisnetc uf WILLIE EDOULN. Wrednowlay and Raturday Satinecs for the miljlon. Next etk iartley Chnphell and e CLIO 3168 NUsA RAND Y ONFA OPF‘I‘(‘E CHICAGO NATATORIUM. ichigan-ay,, corner of Jackson-st. Waare In recelpt of a large numberof inquiries ro- Rarding tha nest swimming Beason of our eataolishe d I reply would atate that the books for sens sou sutecriptions will be apened and our summer cir- cular be ready for distribution unand after the 20th of thia month, and to those now subscribing we offer the benefitof our largs gymosalutn without extrs charge 1111 tho opentng of the swimming-season. COLISEUM NOVELTY THEATRE, ‘This Atternoon snd Evening GFO, W. DARKMAN fn his great drama, SHELETON IAND? A Buperhi Olio by the Naw Stars, Remember, ¥ mateur's Night~Fun, Topular Prlces. 00, NEW CHICAGO THEATRE. TREMENDOUS BUCCESS, Hundreds Turned Away, llyers Sisters|Ont of Bondage, COMBINATION, 80 AUXILIAIUES, 50 £31r8 Chorus~The Chileago Hitice _Popular Priccs=325, 50 aud 73 cta M'CORMICK WALL, FUN! PRI CARPENTER ~ FUN! In hts wonderful and smusing Scenes In Mesmeriem aud Payeiology, To-nigt, in(salon, 23 and fi._Commence at 8 o'clock. MEDIUAL, IOLMAN LIVER PAD, 134 Madison.st. {cor. Olark,) TRICES: Liver Pad. $2.00; Liver Pad spoctal. $2.00§ Medlvated Body Plastors, soe; Modicated Foot Plase tera, i Consulistion free. boid by all Eriicatets br aeht by mait oo roteine of wice TIE WOMAN'S HOSPITAL, The Woman’s Hospital of tho Sato of Illinois, 278 THIRTIETH-8T., Uhicago, o rolieen Wabseh st Micidgswans ! X D L saagliorion -E:.‘:,.',‘:f&f::fi.‘;".“..':rs'.fl..‘.'.u: 3 e O e A Sen SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF YALE COLLEGE. Courses in Cn!mllmhl’m aad Appited, i Civi) sad In Dyusuie Engiscrlog, (. Agficuliire; Hotasy, Zoolugy, Niucralogy, 3ad Geoligy, Ta Ganeral st Stuniice, alin®Enelian Fasuehan oserl olitical Keonomy, 1l 5 o phoar sy, S5 GRONGEJ. DRUSI, Executive Office Now | e, Cunn. EAN. T WEE e ~Tho cholcess 1n the world~lmporters c4 X o 7l TEAS. o s nyineeg? RBREKIT VLS. oy, of fae Orlviual NOTIOE, DIVIDEND NOTICE. 10400 & BALLROAD CoNpaYT, ‘:‘:&‘l"f it Chles P fouLeT A cash diyIddod of (areo and 3t cant o ine sad Common wiock of 1his Eouliaay s Bayeblostins ozicoof Meare 8% Yuatn s 83 Williua-at, New Yurk. Mapch 8, Us Tranafer Books wil o8 ths 2ut lux., atverpeaed Maren e clowd W. M. LARRABEK, Bocrelary, Wil eommence st 8