Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1878, Page 5

THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 2. IR78—TWELVE PAGE 3, CRIMINAL NEWS. Execution of Richard Green Yes» terday at Kansas City, Mo. His Crimo the Murder of a Deputy- Marshal Near Independs ence, Mo, History of the Case from Its Early Be- gining to 1ts Righleous Cenclusion. John W. Danlels Hanged for Murder at Warrens= burg, Mo. Cliarges of an Atrocions Charactor Against a Prison-Keeper in Buffalo, RICIHHARD GREEN. 1IE PATS THE FENALTY OF 1118 CRIMES AT RAN- BAY CITY. &pecial Dispateh to The Tribune, Kaxnsas Citr, Mo, March 1.—The hanging ot Richard Green, for the murder of Deputy-Mar- shal Hughes, noar Indeoendence, Mo., on KFeb, 10, 1577, took place here to<lay in the narrow alley-way north of the Court-House, between it and the high blulls, st 10:80 0. m. The dovmed man walked up tho scaflold with the Marshal and Father Duno in good aplrits considering the oceas sion. Never has a man faced death so calinly, Beareely did a uscle quiver while his death senteucs was belog read. He appeared en- tirety resigoed to his fate, and lus lust and only words un tho scatfold were, *I die for my crime in the falth of iy Lord sud Eavior our Jesus Christ. Good wishes to all men,"! I'no executfon was perfeet. In clght minutes and torty-lve seconds alter his drup, the com- mittes pronouniced that the pulsativns had ceusuls 1t waa intended that the cxccution should bo private, and only a limited number admitied, but hours tefore the appotnted time the crowds of auxious spectators swelled to thousands, coveriug all tho biulls in the viclnity, so that it was necessary to eall out Company A, Kousas ity Guards, and the Cralz Rillea to keep back the crowd aad prevent any accldent. UISTORY OF THE CRIME. The murder for which Richard Green, allas Fdward MeFarren, was hanged, oceurred on the 7th 0! February, 1877, (n o suiall shanty situated fo a deep Jungle a few miles cast of Indenend- ence, In Jackson County. ‘The circutnstances which led to the ertme dace back some mouths previvus to its oceurrence. Green, us hu wus geveraily called, though his proper name was MecFarren, had lved with bis fatuer, a well-to- do farper, near Fremout, Ia., where he pumed an unenvisble reputation ‘as a bud boy and the mssocite of Lhe worst characters of tho place. His carcer of peity robberies aud depredations of all sorts was brought to a cluse by nis becoming mixed up with a horse- stealing scrage, 1or which he was lodgzed in juil, He munaged to escapo from jatl, aud tled to iu- diang, where e was suon atter arrasted, snd taken buck to the Iowa jail, Extra precautions wero taken to keep him. fn durancej but one mght, wien Shenil Morgan went to Ureen's cell, the latter knocked him down with a plstul he liad managed tu gain pussesslon of, gugiced lun, tied i securely WIith o rope, nnd taen lett the place, 1n cumpouy With 8 teltow-pras- oner samed Frank Milier. Toe pair inade good their cocape to hunsus Clty, where they stuid fur some montus, leading a very fow lite, and ussoclatiug with the most degraded caaracters oL the place. 1t was whilo stuying here thue MeFarreu first assuined the aiivs ot Tacnaid Greens Qo tne 4th ut Fobruary, 184, Le und Miller, together with a man ‘named George ‘Lurwater, mude an atiack with pistols UPOL LYO Men o the levee. A warrant 1or nae sault with futent to KIL was proourud sor tueir anicat, and pluced 10 LOo bunds ot Deputy-Mar- shas bugaes, Un the ith ol kevruury, Hugues lieard ut the fugitives having been seéu at lude. rendence, und sturted o pearch ot taem. Un WRVINE there, he Jearned thut they wers cne Zuzed ut work lor aarmer numed Flater, in the woods o tew mules cast of the vilage, Lave g reachied the piace, and ascertmned troim rishe 3¢ that the mien Mo was niter were in nls house, by entered it Miller was the first man e recogmzed, and, piscing his rigot hand upun s revolver, whicn bo carrled in bis overs Loat-pucliet, be urew 1orth Lhe warsant witn bis lest, und_reud 1t As soon 0s no tad tnsued duing soy Fisner pointed to a man standing i u dark corner ot the roow, nud rmd, ** Lucre's Green” Hughes moved Jorward to arrest the men, when Green coled out, * You cau's ar- Teat ol Uctout of this, you ——e —— and u—=l quic tool" At tlis same thno he fired twu shots ut Hugnes,~tha lirat of whicn siruck him in the breast, passlug througn the Tt tung, while the sccond broke the bane of Ins righe arm near taoshoulder. The murderer anu tis companions fled trom the cabin und made for the wuods, *whils Deputy-Marshal Jugacs fell backwards, and died m atout three mloutes, tus whole ueighborhood was fmmediately alarmed, sud, on the morning of tue Sth of Jauuary, 200 resolute mien Legan scouring the * tuuntry n search of the tugitlves, On Lo tul- lowing morning taey discovered thom usleep unaer o huystuck, ond surrounded thew. Re- Blsigtice Wus Out 0L toel Vo) they sur- revucred at discretion, wod wero disanned, und takeu to hausas City, Here they were lodued du gk, aud curetuliy euarded, us icars o1 an attempted Iynehing wero bad. UGreen was not & tricd until” lust December, when, alter a trigl wuich lasted tureo duys, he was tound gulity of murder o the Bret Gegree, sud sentenced 1o Lo hung on the 13th of February, A stoy of executlun was ubtaiued by his lawyers to tio Iet of March, pending un anpeal t the Suoremo Court, waich, ou the bth ot February, oversuted ail the points rabed by Ureen's Juwyers, aud sustminea the Yerdleb dnd sentence, “'ne wuthoritics destred 10 bave tue huning tako place in private, but e BUPIIAE GLI1e 10T b Publls eXCCULION Wus su AFUTe Liut thiey guve wiy. aud sclected for the £vent u vacant spuce between o ligh blut and the rear of tou new Court-House, whien gave Lug spectaturs au adinirable sigiit of tho whule Pertormance. JOIIN W. DANIELS, 18 EXECUTION AT WAIIENIDURG, MO, Bpecial Dispaich to Tha Tridune. BT, Louts, Murch L—Jolin W. Danfels wes banged at Warrensbury, Mu., at noon to-day, in the prescnco of u vast multitude, who had Ruthered from all parts of the surrounding Souutry to witness the event. The crime fur which ho suffercd was tho murder on the $th of February, 1877, of & Meury Lounty farmer, named John Miller, whom Daniels had lnred to take hilm {n his wagon to Johnson County four daya proviously, The first inthnation of foul play was causcd by tho discovery of Miller's body, terribly mutilated, on the north bank of Big Cedar Creck, somo days after his departire With Daniels from [lenry County, Cirewme stantlal evidence Indicated that DANIELS WAS TUE MULDERRR, and tho cnain grew so strong that ho wes ar- Tested, tried, aud convicted of murder fn the frst degree, A strong clfort was made to fn- duce Gov. Puclps to commute the senteace, but without uvuil, Dauicls decllucd 13 tho last to bave anything to do with the minlsters who called to sec bim, and a short tins provious to tbo cxccution, whea the Rev. Mr. Sharp made a fnal appeal o him to listen to hls exhortations, lo said he had mover made tho questlon ot death & matter ot prayer, and that lie did not belicve {n & God or & hereafter. Ho folshed by telliog the miulster that bo MIGUF A8 WELL TALK TO A BTUMP 4 to him, Previous ta the drawlng of the bolt, the Bber- MM, at bis roquest, wade Tho announcement that hhu dovwed wan wished it to bounderstood 0 Was innoceut of the crino charged aguls bim. “Thers aro mauy people who belleve that inis statement 18 corroct, und tbat theconvietion Of the unfurtunats tau wus tbe result of a woll oncoted couspiravy tormed ust bl by his Jrile, a womau of light cuaravter, wud scyeral of er Irfcnds and relatwes. A SFECIAL TRAIN started from Scduba st 1f a. m. with three touchea 1ul) of possengers. At Dresder {lelegation was takeu ou board, snd Lamonte a WIKe one. At Kuobooster an iwwonsy cruwd thronged tho ears, nccupying nil the standing- rootn. Daniels slept some through the nlzht, and this inurnime nte & breakfast, and bade adicu to his fatsier and also to Judge Rogera in the room where he was confiucd. About half-past 12 an open wagzon with a plain pine coflln stained a dark lead color bicked to the door. The frons were then unlocked nnd Daunsels with firm step walked duwan-staies between the ofticers and STEPUED LIGHTLY INTO THE WAGON. The cortexe closed up then, Surrounded by geuards, It moved to the place of execution, whers an jinmense crowd liod sssembled, Danlels watked firmly up the stepsand stood Inoking aa firm and ‘erect upon thedronns suntinel on duty, mImX¥ wazing at the crowd, Not n muscle inoved. His arms were pinfoned and Ma lees tied above and below tho kncea. Deputy Rogers ADIUSTED THE KNOT, thnmpwns tiien drawn down uver his face, Sheriil Emerson sald, * Al T have zot to say fa, may God have mercy on his soul.” The dron was sprung, and Daniels shot throueh it with athud, Ho swung slowly round with two or threo convulslvs tremois and o shudder, and drew Dhinself slightly up. Two fingers of his right hand were " extended, and two closed, At five minutes thero was no “pul- satlon, but it roon returned with thirty-scven pulsutions fu scven and nio. minutes, At tea minutes lio was deas MISCELLANEOUS. NEW-JERSEY SENTENC Dispatch to New York Tim, TRENTON, N. J,, Feb. 25.—The Court-House In this city was never more crowded than it was to-day, Hundreds of tho devositors of tho broken Btate Bavings Bank were present, and all were loud n thelr denunclations of Jacob R. Freese and hiy suns, who were to be sentenced fur eibezzling the funds and conspiracy to de- fraul the bank. Freese and his sons eutered the court-room a few minutes before 10 o'clock, lookine pale and worricd. Couteary to all ex- l::ch!lons, their counsel urged nothing In thelr halt, Col. Kreese oceupied n chale within the bar until Cliel~ustice Beesley ordered him to stand up. The Chiel-Juatics then pronounced sentence, sayings * TheCourt regret to say that in your vass they can find not a single cirewmstance of mitigation, You were in A position of trust. and_vou betrayed that trust. To you wns conflded the money of puor people, their savings irom their hard” toyl, and Yyou appropriuted it to your own use, It was a theft from poot ncupx,-ml not an ordinary theft, You violated thd law, and did 1t, as cho Court is satleticd, by deceitiul contrivances and plans deoply laid, After commitling thiscrime yuu aggravated it, in a moral point of view, by causing the tmpression that it was not. vou, but your own chilidren, who were the wullty ones, In this you atfended vommon decency and com- mon honesty, ‘The Court wishes you to under- stand that it belleves this pretenec to Uo all talse, You are the man that took the moncy— every cent of 1t—by_wretched contrivances to cheat poor people, ~ Your case has no feature of mitization, and the Cuourt has nothung to do but to prononuce sentence, which fs that for embezzling the funds as an ofticer of the bank you be confined at hard labor fu the State Pris. on for three years, aud for conspiracy to de- fraud to smprisonient for two vears,” thio sce- ond term to commuence at the expiration of the first, making five years in all," Harry C, Freeso and Luis K. Freese wero called next. ‘The Chici~Justice sald that they haa hearil what nad been eald to thelr father, the Court regretting to say it in theie presence, Taey had been slmrl\' the tools of their tather, who had brought them up from carlicat lfe, led thew astray, and brought themn to this state of degradation. They had_donewell not to turn against thelr father, as he s doneto them, and the sentence was that they be inprisoned o the County Jail fur aix months each, Walter F, Bartlett, Trenton's defaulting Tax- Recelver, was sentenced to two years ot hard lnbor in tho State Prison. Josepn A, Beecher, olitor of the Leser County Press, was sentencerd tu puy a ficof $230and corts, and bo hnprisvned in the County Jail for thirty days, 1le woa con- vieted of {lbel on Clerkein-Chancery Little, in anarticle published in his paper ai Newark., On heini tuken to his cell Beechier broke down lcomplctel,\" bursting into tears aud crylog vio- entiy. ALLEGED INITUMANITY, Bpeclal Digtch to The Tridune, Burearo, N, Yo, Mareh L.—In the investiga- tion_of Wililuin Veston, sx-Superinteudent ot the Lrlo County Penitcntiary, sume very atart- ing testimony was Jdeveloped lmln\x Eugenia Torter, a fornier prisoner, testitled that slic waos fed on rotten mieat nnd bread, otten full of maggots, Bome of the prisoncrs were 80 weak fron starvation that they said they would re- fuss to work, and go to the dungeon to ale. Whilo sho was In tho prison the women atruck for better foud. Bho and another of tho ring- leadtera werg piaced in the dungeon und showered with fce-culd water by three kuepers. The were then allowed to lie in the dungzeon afl uight {n thelr wet clothee, fin tho middio of win- ter. The other woman has sinco died from the effecta vt the punishment, ‘The witness was strung up by tho hauds, and hung suspended by tho arms until they weio helpless, Shu was thon put at work in the shup, and, while staud- nz by tho stove, falnted away, Hull, oue of the keepers, told her shio had better obualn Wes- ton's woold will if possible. Sho said she wan fighting for samething to. cat, aml would rather bave the pood-wiil of a dog than Weaton's, The prisoncrs were beset with ver- min, and fed on hogs' plucks, which smelt hor- biyyand were green and rotten, Jler testtmony has created u great sensation in Buffaly, and developed the most intenso fecling meanst Weaton, who, os alleged, has, ona salury of 81,200 por _annum, accumulated a fortune of nearly 3100,000 in stx years, ‘Tho Penitentlary was formerly In charge of Mr, Feltou, of Chue cago, CONTIRADICTORY DECISIONS, Suectal Dispratch §0 Tua Trivunés JoLixT, Ill., March 1.—Somo two weeks azo T. L. Breckonrldge, who, until ho wave himself up completely to” his fntemperate hablts, was one of tho most prominent lawyers in this elr- cult, was seutenced in the Justice's Court to three months’ fmnrisonment in_ the County dull under tno habituul dronkard's section of the Tramp law. Tae complumt was mads und rosccuted by members of bis own fam- iy, He applled for a writ of labess corpus, alieging the unconstitutionality of Bl law, and Judge Goudspeed, boforo whom the upplication was argued, has decuded that the Tralp law s constitutional, and that Ix-rmnl convicted nnd_finprisoned under any of ts provisions are cntitled twan appeal, s in eivitenses. Mr, Hreckenridgo appealed, tiled s bund, and was released from durance. “Iis dectsion voutlicts with that of Judee MeAllister, hut legal geutlemen here believe Judge Goods speed 18 correct, and that his dee eon will b aflirmed by that of the Supreme Court in thu firss test cuss which comes befuro that tribunal, AN ANGHY HUSDAND. Lananir City, Mareh 1.—Mrs. Lincoln, wifo of Capt. J, F, Lincoly, of Chicyenne, has been Liera some time teachiug muaie, ol bosrding at William Crout's hotel, ‘Ihis smorning Crout used some nsulting and obprobrious lunguage to the lady, A toiegrum wis sout to her hus- band mt Clieyenne, who came ub on the train and proceeded to Interview Crout with u re- volver. 1l fired three stots, shooting Crout through both thighs and one aukle, ‘Uhewounds are scrluus, but uot likely 1o prove fatul. THAIN TIIEVES. Spectal Diated i The Tridune, BunLivotoN, [a, Na'h 1.—Lhe trials of Juck Ticrney, John Rarrity, aud A. G, West, for the roubery of a man nanied Davenport, on o Surlingtou, Cedar Rapids & Northern ltaibroad train, n this vity, suiie tune since, an awount o which was puuh.-lwd nTus I'nisuns at the tine, termivated to-day, In the coses of the two lirst tho Jury returned s verdict of guilty, aud West conelided to plead guiley, THE ILLINOIS PENITENTIARY, Buectat Dispatch (o The Tribune. Jouier, L., March L,—Soeventy-threo prison- ers were recelved st the Penitentiary last wonth, thirteen of whom sre recommitments, eleven huve done thne in other prisons, ~two wero discharged by explration of nee, two were sent to the Disune tospital, threo were pardoned by the Governor and one by tue President, making u total of seventy- eight discharged. 10T DEAD. 87. Josern, Mo., Murch 1.—A fatal shooting affruy oceurrod fn huscmlnle, Andrew County, ina saloon, at 10 o'clovi last wlcut, O, P Edwards shot and instautly kitled Deunis Ogle inaquarrel, Oslo was 22 years ofd, son of Capt. Heury Ogle, & farmer, Edwards s 10 yeuraold, und came receotly from fowa. lu escaped, aud hias not been arrested. CUABGED WITU YRAUD. Reapiva, l'w,, March 1.—Awmon & Bover and Cvronius Bellers, prictors of the sus- pended Dime Saviugs-Baux, were to-day ur- Teated on & charze of fraud, broughs by a de. gmltur to the extent of $4,000. They cutered in $%,000. CONVICTED OF MUBDEZH. CLEVELAND, U., March L—Tae i“" in tho McGill cuve rendered a verdict of gulliy of murder fu the firet degree. 'The defeuss made & motlon for & new trial, which will provably bo argued to-day. THE INDIANS, Special Dupateh to The Tridung, Bisuauck, D. T., March L.—Roports to your correspondent] from Bulord and Puplar River Indisn Agency indicato & fresh Indian scare. ‘Fhe Yanktou Indiau Agent at Poplar Creek has asked for arms aud amumunition. Threo Choy- enne seouts from Gen. Miles, hearing dispatches to Fort Peck, were killed by Red Clowd In- dinns, Mirsourl, Letween Pec and Benton, {8 reported full of hostiles. Bitting Duil s evl- dently not one ot them, as he has been to Yankton Camp near the mouth of Rock Creek for flour and meal. He snid that there were no buifalo across the Hne, and his penple wers starving. ‘The Yankton Chief refused tolet him come into camp, and the proposed trade was off. The roaming arency Indians aro sald to ba well provided with everything exceot meat, for which they are willing to seil their ponles o fieht. The Missuuri River lce at Poplar Rtiver is rotten, and Is expected to break up at ony mo- ment. There h_u- heen no -nuwfllln winter. TIHE RAILROADS. IN COURT. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribuna, 8rrixarieLn, Iil, March 1.—In the United Btates Court tu-dav Judge Treat dissoived the fnjunction herctofore Jranted restraining Col- lector Wiliis trom distralning the pronerty of the Cnlro & St Louls Rallroad In satisfaction of revenue tax imposed on meal-tickets and board. ing-houze cliccke Issucd to cmployes of the road by Recelver Saithers. ‘The original order fasucd in the matter of the Grayylile & Mattoon Raflrond, allowing the Re- ceiver to fssue cerdificates of indehitedn2ss to pav for building the last eteven miles of the road In n Jine natned, was so modified to-day as 1o permit a slight diviston of the ruute. CLEVELAND & PITTSBURG. Spectal Ditpatch to The Tribune. CLEvELAND, O, March L.—From the report of President McCulloueh, of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Ralirond, submitted to-lay, a supple- mentary report to the stockholders of the in- come and expenditures of the road for 1877, from which tho rollowing fizures aro teken: Tetal income, $2802,825; total expenditurcs, 22,600,403 defileat in the yeur’s account, $207,- 111, being a deteit of $5,305 lesa than thau of 18i0, Tho increase fn the vot ficoma of tho road {8 $8,002 over 1876. ITEMS. Bhe was on the express-train of the Lake Shore & Michigan Bouthern Rallroad, and had alittle baby about 6 months old In her lap. ‘Thu baby troubled her a great deal, and, being fatigued, sho scemed to be glad when the traln stopped ot Laporte for bredkfast. She was hungry, and, intending to have a square meal, shie could not afford to be bothered by the little soungater; therelore sho left hlin comfortable on the scat of the car whils sho went to the dining-room to refresh herself. 8he enjoyed the breaklust cvidently, for she beeame so deeply Iuterested In tho work before her that sho did not hear the announcement of *All aboard!"™ nor did sho perccive that all the othier passengera had left the dining-room. Sho fnally’ got turough, and watked slowly out of tho place, when, to her horror, she found that the traln containing ber baby had left. Her distress was ternble. The agent tele- grapherd at once to the next station to have the baby taken off, as the mother would come on by the next train, Soon the reply came back that the baby was safe at Otls, and that Conductor Kelly had acted ko ‘a father towards It whilofn his charze, The lady, some- what reassured, took the next train, and great was her joy when her child was handed back to her at Otts, sound and safe, ‘The unnual nmeeting of tho General Ticket and Uasseneer Avents' Association will be held ot Jacksvnyille, Fla,, March 8, Mcssrs, Frank Myers, of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago; Sam Powell, of the Chleago, Burlington & Quiney; and Wilttam Thrall, of the Chicago & Northwestern Raroad, leit the ity “last evenlng, aceompanied Ly their familics, to take part o the " dehberations, The other Uenern! Ticket Agents of the roads st this polnt will follow in a day or two. ‘Thu orincival business to be transacted by the meetlog will be a dlscussion in regard to the salt of round-trip tickets over land-grant roads, ‘TheCommitteo appointed at a previous meeting to conslder this mntter, having completed its labors, will make areport. ‘There will also bu elected new ofticers of the Assoclation for the cnsuing vear, “Ilie truuk-line Presidents will mako an effort to stop the war on Enst-bound freight during the present week, A meeting has been called to como off at the Windsor Hotel, in New York, ‘Thursday, March 7, aud it is expected that the represeutatives of il the lnes will turn up to take part in the deliberatious. The rates on eratn nud fourth-closs still remain at 20 cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to New York, amd there i8 no prospect that n lower figurc than . this “will be ade, exe cept, perhiaps, in n few exceptloual cascs, umtll peaco 18 mude, ‘Lho roads seem to be anxioua to have tho present ditllcultivs brought toan end, as they are losing money by the pres- ent rates, and tho prospects aro that sume ar- rannement. will bo mado at the New York meot- iz by which new rates ean be re-establisned and malntamed. Mr, G, W, 8mith, General Frelzht Acent of the Chieago, Burlington & Quiney Railrond, will depart for tho Pacitic Coast this cvening, and will bo gone sbout o mouth, During his ahsence, J. F, Goddard, Assistant (eneral Freieht Azent, will have charge of the buelncss upy ertalning to the Geveral Frelgut Department ol the road. Mr, George Marsh, formerly with the Chica- o & Northwestern Rallroad, has bLeen nY'mlm- ol local agent vf the Cliteuio & Eastern Uiinois Rallroud. ———— . THE VANDERBILT WILL. Spectal Diapateh to The Tribune. New Youx, March 1—In the Varderbllt will contest to-day, Mr, Lord made o stir by offeriog to prove that tho Commudore’s relations with Woodhuil, Claflin & Co. were intimate; that the Commodore told Tennte hie hud agreed to and should have married her but for his famlly; and that the Comspudore ouce showed Teunle 4 cor- titleats of stock with his lkences on it, and told Nier that numcrous ladies bought the stock from him to obtain his likencss, which be sald wes very flue; that ho told Ten- nie ne would take care vf her and wmake a n he died; and that once, nis 3f hs did not prowise to her before ho did his second wife, ho rephied “Cnrmlnl{)’.’ and that he intended to have done so, *fbut the mnlly otherwise are ranged ity wll of which was oxcluded by the Hurrogate. — OBITUARY. Apectal Disyatch ta The Tridune, Croan Raris, In, March 1.—The Hon. A, 8. Bele died suddonly hero to-day of congestion of tho luugs, The deceased wus o son-In-law of the llon, George (irecn, was a classical schal- or aud lawyer, aud for several years attorney of }&u’ llu&llnzwu. Cedar Raplds & Miunesoia ad. . 1:;‘\" Yous, March 1.—A, W. Greenleaf, of the tirm of Grecnleaf, Norrds & Co., bankers and brokers, died lust nizht of pneumonts, Ile wok cold whils attending the sunersl of his purtner, Mr, Norris, loat week. —r—— e BEN WADE DYING. Spectal Dlepaich to The Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., March 1.—Mr. Wada fs re- ported In such & condition to-night that be can. uot possibly hold out thuch lunger. His pubse is nvarly finpereeptinle In one arm, and his respiration Is about lurty-five per winute. He i only partlally consclous, and his tonguc and thruat are fu stich o condition that it s inpossi- bile tor him to speak to hus wife uud fricuds who stand around b, T4, e ——— MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Spectal Dispaic to The Tribune. IxpianavoLss, lod., March 1.—Charles G. Btewart, a leading coal-merchaut, and foriner- v for many years & muember of the book firm of Buwen, Btewart & Co., lelt home nearly five weeks ago, and, stuco theu, nothing has been heard from bbn. iis fambly fear foul play, or clse thiat he has become sleranged through busi- uees troubics and mads away witn hiwsvls, Tel- egratus bave been sent to the Eust ana West, to ""““3‘ citics, but notraca of bl hos been tound. ———— COAL, PrILADELPULA, Pa., March 1,~The Phbiladel- phla & Reading Coal and lron Company Lzs fized tho prices of coal for March, delivered on bourd of vesscls at l'ort Rkh\no:d, k“ lx;lkz;g Luuw ,25; steamboat, $3.25; broken, §3.% ek 25163 .s'_z"g?. $3.5048.73; chest- i pea, §2.2 MINNEAPOLIS. Special Dupatch to The Triduns. MixxzaroLs, Mion,, March 1.—A meeting of the Executive Board of the Miuncsota Btock- Breeders' Assoclution was beld in 8t. Paul to- day to consider the action of a spevial commit- tee nf the Board whe had decided to hold thelr next annual exhibition in connectlon with the Minnesota Agelcultural and Mechanlenl As- soclanon at Minneanolis the first week 1n Sep- tember next, The action of the Special Com- nlitee was unanimously approved by the full Board, and the exhibit will' be made at Minne- apolls, aa proposcd, The Minneaotn Sugar-lirowers' Association have alan unanimously reeolved to make a strong exhibition of Minnesota-grown sirup and granulated augar, with the necessary machinery ueed in inaking the same, at Minneapolis, 1o conneetion with the other socletics, as stated. Cane in hmie nuantities will be provided on the eround, and the making of sugar by the varions metho Is and different kinds of machinery will be practically demonstrated to the multitude. i THE CODE. Prevalence of the Dueling Spirit in Virginin, Dispatteh to Cinesnnati_Enguirer, Ricustoxn, Va., Feb. 28.—~The atmnsphere of this vicinity has not been so flited with the ducling aplrit for years as it {s just now. The ctinllenges {n Charles City County a fow days Az, an account of which I telegraphed yester- day, added to what I am about {u reiate, make five attenipted ducls within o week. The latest and biegest sensation of the kind, Mr. Carter Branch and Mr. William H. Grant being the principal actors, happened this afternoon under the foltnwing circumnstances: Bothof the par- tics unmed belong to the awell soclety of Rich- mond, Carter Branch belag ason ot Thomns Brauch, Prestdent of the Merchants' National Bank, and Wibiamn M1, Grant being an accom- plished and popular gentleman, and the leading baritone stnger of the ci*y, On Thursday nignt, the 12th Inst., cach of these indivldunly attended a grand soclety en- tertatnment at Bienger Hall, iven by the upper- ten. Now, Branch is young, that is, sbout 21, and s just “coming ‘out,' so to sveak, while Graut I8 about 23, and, of course, has more of the grace and polish than could be expected of astrivliog, Well, during the dance Branch participated, Grant looking a friend standing by: K he had butter go to Branch overheard the r nark, whicn it scema had beet made oply n dun, and, when the sct waa ended, he went to Grant and asked if it was weant In carnest. At this Grant bristled up, and, half fn earneat, suld: * Yus; make the most of It.”" Branch, who fs known to be s hiot- headed youth of the sort tiat would tack sawmlill, inststerd that he would have tion, After & few other words the partles sepa- rated, sud no more was thought of the matter during the eveninis. ‘The next day Branch eent a challenge gotten upin regular form, accordlng to the vode. Lieut. Audrew Ellet, of the City (Guard, son of the leadiug wholesale dry wouds merchant, acted s lus sccond. Upon the mfl‘n of the formal clinllenge Grant coneulted Mr, Meredith Montoagzue, and these two gentiemen thougist it best to dectine. Urat Is uot a coward; on the other hand, hie 18 manly, gallant, and jotrepid, but decliged on account of his plysleal superi- ority and the difference in tou ages. e thought it would never do. So the challenge was treated with contempt. This made the challengrng party very augry, He went around taiking about it, and “told tts friends ho would geteven. To-day at 1 o'clock he had armed uhmscif with o ‘cowhitde and a revolver, meeting hils friend Venerable Barksdale. +* Nu power on earth can keep me from cowbild- ing Grant."? This alternoon at 6 Grant was sitting in Mon- roc Park, on _Franklin street. With Iifin were scated Mr. Montag s adviser, and Mr, Nalle, Dranch entered the park., He walked at u rapid rate. Grant ssw biw. He had a pietol 1 his overcont pocket. e put his haud on his Ehlul. and said to bis friends, *lom ready, ut will keep cool.” As Branch approicted hia face indicated ruge. 118 step grew 1aste terrible scene seemed dmminent. When Branet reached tno spot where Grant was sitting, he sald: d—n your soul, do you refuse to fight o ducl with me!’ and with these words drew a long cowhide frum bis alceve. At this Grant Jumped up and told bis enemy that if ho touched i be would DLiow lis bratus out. Then Branch drew from his pocket a tremendous revolver and leveled it. Uraut's fricnds nterposed, and Branen said ha would only utcock his weapon ou onu con- ditlon,—that Is, it Grant would fight a ducl in the morning, Just then a policeman eame up and arrested all parties. They were taken to the Third Potice Station, whero they wers bound over In the sum of §300 each to keep thy ‘U'ie affalr causcd great excitement, and (s the topit: of conversation to-night ot atl the clube, Mr. Grant is well known tm Loulsvills soclety. It was his brotner Jomes who shot and kitled Pollard ten years ago, and who s now on the 1yric stago as Janes UrantiRussell.s ‘fo-day o warrant wus fssued for the arrest of C. F. Smith, o leader 10 thu State Scnats ing bim with being about to tight a du reported that Senator Bmith had beew chal. lenged by Mr. McCue, u wealthy ctizen of Btaunton, to eninge {u sald uilair of honor, The trouble grew out of o newspaper correspond. ence. Suith is a handsone aud popular bach- elor, is known In the General Axsembly as the author of muny bills for the protection of the widows and old maids. The Poilce Sergeant who wateed upon the Senator i the Caputol building being satisfied that the duel would not oceur didn't muho tho arrest, ‘This morntni two lnwyers of Manchester, op- osite Rchmond, Benjuann Coous und Robert f.. Winalow, were arrested on the charge of be- ing about to entaco i u ducl. Thev wervtaken beioro Mayor Clurke and bound over to keep lmo peace, ‘The trouble in this case was about a ady. VIRGINIA’S DEBT. Gov. Holllday Vetoes the BIlL Virtually Tte- pudiating the State Bonds. Ricnyoxo, Va., Feb, 27.—Goy, Holllday to- day vetoed the bill lmposmg taxes an real and personal property for guvernmental and Iree school purposes und to pay futerest on the pub- He debt, known as the Barbour Tax bill. In his message, giving the reasons fur the veto, the Qovernor says: * When I read the clauses by themselves I can como to but one concluslon— numely, that they ure both unjust and uncon- stitutional.” He devotes considerablo space to discussiniz tho bill in detud], und malntains that tisright to support the Government; but ns to the publle schuuls, ho denfes that ctho Legls- Jature is bound to support the freo schocl svs tem at the expense of the State's creditors, cither by the necessity of bier Mfe or the coms mund of her orgunic law. 1n relation to tho debt clause the Qovernor say Norcan | eco how the dfth clauee briugs any r fief, 1w nut aware of any power in the Legisl ture ta take away or futce ths creditors 1o compro- mise their legal rights, end, §f it bad, would 1t bo auy sulsce, ufter having in this very uct taken away tiosc ights, 10 tell them it u only done with Purpuse 10 secure an adjustient of their debt? u heir any Detier time than Low Lu carry vut that v This bill dues not help to that end. 1 ) worey to suy I seo nopeace juit. It 1 proclas nwtun Of War against thoss to whows wo are in dent. Tt 1 anarruy of the willof the Legielature agminut the Fights of the crediturs under the Cuns atuation, ~the Constitutlon of that Mtato we bave sworu W auppott, There s & wal to decide that isatio buyond the Stato; auothor Con- stitution, to ubey which, ws the supreme law, our uatha equally bind us, nder fis prosistons ther te alvo tribunal to which thero {s appeal. lave butn spoken. Why seek tuci again, even tuough sure Of efecting u roward when we can iry wsccurs an adjustient which whli briug pe without loss of U or creditt ‘Yhat debt wi due when freo schuols wore scarculy, if at ail, thought of as o syetemn in tho Mtute, justly and honestly duo for” full conslduration.’ “dluce thy War, and bofore the Courtitutivn wus advpied, 1t was four times acknowleuged, sud directly or in- directly promises were wado 1o puy it wita Inters est, und the charge of its repudiation ot fudige uwntly spurned oy au almost, if not quite, unai- imuus volo of o Leglatury composed of men of tho old regime smony tho ablest, best, and truest who grow upon V Ireinta sull, and whatever iy b waid v those who framed the Conatitution, 1t witl not d that 1t wae adopted by tho people of the State, T will yot cast a stiguia Upwu thuay tien Ly aaying that thoy were kuilly debocrately of o pious fruud by plasting the secds of repudiation in o vrganic law, the fruils of which tiscy prupuscd theseaiter lo gutner, ‘The readjusters, as the majority fn the Geu- eral eibly are callea, heid au fodiznation wieetinzto-night, aud ull their leaders now pres- cut fu thy clty made speeches condemuiog the cuurso of the Guveruor, counsciing all resd- {lumn tu stund lirm, und, i all their ellorts n o ticueral Assombly fuil, then to spoeal to the soverelzu power, the people, which they say is biguer than the courts or aby guvernueut. Resotutions were adopted lovking;ta the bold- fog of @ coustitutivnal vcouventun, &l tuat w0 mwory muney ought to bor- rowed from the Ricuuoud bauks to pay Guvernent expenscs,—iu other word:, that the wheels of goverpment ought to by locked 1u order to create a public sentiment in favor of a Coustitutional Convestlon. Thef feeilvg alost Gov. Holllday on the part of the auu- bt payers s very struny. Al othier mcu, bowever, sustain aud encourage biw., Gov. Holliday 1s pursuing tho course of his two pre- cecessurs, Kemper aud Walker. flad be al- lowed taes Hurbour Coupon Iltepudlauug blll to becume a law tho Bupreme Court of Appeals wuuld probably have put upou it an even wore peremptory veto, The thrext of s Constitu- tional Couveotivn Is slmcd ot ungat th Goyernor, but ot that Court. It means that the readjusters are willing to wine them ont of exiatence, i by a0 doing they can annihilate the debt witaout paylng it. RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE. Appest to the Ameriean People by a French Committee, New York Eesning Ioat, We transiate the following appeal of a French cofnmittee, addressed to the Ameriean people: Panta, Feb. 3, 1878, —Cifizens of the United Ktales of Anerica: There exiata no commerclal treaty an yst hetween France nnd America. ‘Tho non-existence of a conventton of this kind ia eaually burtful to both conntrics, It ia desizabie that thia atate of aflaira should ceane, snd that, for the purpose of exchanging our productions, the general tarllf shonid bs changed intoa conventional tanft, to be debatea by the themeelven cre it is submitted Wo to-day constitute narsiven at Pariy into & Committee of [nitiative, and tenucet yom {0 ore wanize in the Unlted States a simllar committee to correapond with vurselves, The Lwo nezanlzations foraed aro to pave the way fora Franco-American \ch, after & thorough rtudy and a serions discursion, may be nsefnllv and anthorltative'y submitied to the (inv. e nmen snd ‘ozialstive puwera of }ranco and the Luiteu States, Our part as initiators will then have eome to an end, hut we shall stlll have to ap- peal incerrantly and warmly Lo pahlic optnion unit) & wiso Inw, beiter in accordance with the require menta of both nations, embodies and realizen in the anape of an_(nternationsl contract that which we are atriving to reach. Our Interests are identical, while present legisla. tion keeps as at open warfare, On what groond can reconciiiation be establlshed? Discarding she rojote remedies and zudden messures, Wwe nccept the practical method of Jowering tha tari® gradual- Iy, An underatanding 14, morcover, ensy on this ktound, and your Becretary of the Treanaury has adapted it accordingly. ‘The sisth report of the Committes nrvolnlzd by Mr. Shorinan for the pur- ose of modl l:lnl: the "American tarlfl shows that hie number of articies on which dutics are levied excoeds 2,00, of which 823 pay an ade valorem duty of from 10 fo 75 per centom, vay rpecific daties, and 144 are Jeet to complex duties; while 1. 000, slthough nut are aleo paying # duty. Theso 2,500 v 110t fornish to your Treasury the tniil- funs which fifteen or twenty articles ducn if moderately tsxed, This gcems to bo the cunclusion to be narrived at from the report, The HugsCommitteen of Wayn and Means of the Honse escntatives at “Washington scems to have en 1napired by the same thought, inasmuch an on the one nand it proposen to alter your tarlif su that tne impurtation of European yuods Into America inay be stimiaiated, and on the other en that your export trade may expand. Me. J. Sherman ana the Congreeslonal Bug-Commitices have shown by their ac'ion in favor of a reanction of the dutfes that facts have entightened the Kebublic of 1750, Daring more than a century the currens of immi- fration intagoir country bax been eteaily on the increase. 1t baa of lato become slower, and nuw clininishes annually. Have you not admitten Joursciven that low wagee have driven buck to Europe a good many of thore who had emigrated? While there f2 a lack of lsvor with you capital Where {8 the orlgin of this” evil? You will answer ua that there have been petiods of fnanctal trouole when the duties were moderate, but you cannor help confesning that tho tarifl In force at present has notably lucreased your suffer ings. On refiecting upon the embarrassed and fecble condition of the principsl Americsn indue. tries you will not overlook that the Lieavy tazeaare in reality always pald by the consumers, ‘The average percentaie of dutles in America be- ing 40 per centum, or, in ather words, prohihi. tive. you will be guito ready to assistusin re- opening an outlet which a too revers legislation has cut ofl from your fleld of activity, You #3y no more that to buy & Prench article s tants mount to encouraging French industry at the ex. pense of home industey, and that, you thoreuy be. ray your own conntry. You will then understand that un landing a cask of wine on the dock at New Yurk this leads to our Ftlrcha’lnzl bag of Indian corn or & hectolltre of petroieum. Products are exchanged for products, and every sale involves correapondinz purctiase. Hut admitting tnat the Sub-Committes of Wayn and Means of the Jluuse of Representatives at = Washington caunes Congreas to make the Cusiom House reforms, France will still pnsscas no gus: snty sgalnst your remodeling the dutles in a co trafy sense niter a while. If you lower the duties to-day, you may perhapa raise thety araln to-mor- raw, it not your tari® been modifled fotty times nince 17801 Hupnosing even that your legialators Icave unal- tercd for a fonz timo to comic the reduction ov. tained, thelr faith in the futnre wonld not break tue obataclo which the gencraj French tariff affers them, Uar tanf prohibita in the most absolute manner tke Importation into France of your cutton fabrics, whother all cotion or mixed; of the greut. er =mrl|nn of your woolens; of such of your iron castings as do not belong 10a certain clars; of your ron; of nearly all your metal goods; of gar or sugars resembling the refined ar- your enameled or dyed skins, ete. A ntional tarlll, while regulating our mutusl in- terests, will beatow upon the two grest repuulica tho securlty which fortifies eneryy snd encuurages undemxlnfi!o{n more_ permanent natore, Such atrealy will not be an uapleasant surprise to d America, if privato initiative estap- banln at the Parisian Congress, Let us then endeavor to trace together a line of proceedinys to the lemelative powers of France and the United Btates, Prove to us by tho organiza. tlon of an American commitice that our volce has been heard on the opposite mde of thie Atlant and that you will acrept our offer of establishi) nllh France newer and flnner cominercial rel onw, (Signed) l‘ruldnn!' M. Menier: Vice-Prealdent, M. L. Ihelard; Treasurer, M. Alfred Ko lin-Schwartz: Delegate, 3. Leon beerotary, M. . Edmond Datempis; X M. ¥, larbedienne, M. Emile 'rely, M. Dietz-Monslu, Director of the French Depariment in the Parla Exhibition of 1K78: Leon vrouz, Pascal Duprat, lienry Fould, E. de_Gitrariln, of the Ln France newspsper, Yves Gf lten " Public, Adolphe llouctte, Pres:de: Chamver of Commerce of Paris; Oscar de Lafay. clte, Senator; Edouard Laboulaye, memuer of the Inntitate, Senator: Lajaaut, Laurent-Plclat, Sena- tor; Levols, Guatave de Molinart, editor of the JJonrnal dea Debata ¢ Maurice Itouvler, Scheurer- Kestner, Senator; Do Talleyrand-Pengord, 1, Ti. rard, Wilson, Reporter-Genaral of the Hudget. Communicativne wiil ba recelved at the office af the Netorm Economique, 15 ltue du Faubourg, Montmartre, PIUS IX. Neforo and After 11ls Doath, Oorrespandenre htludeiphta Telearavh, Panis, Feb. 10.—0f all the detalis sent from Rome on the occaslon of the death of his Holl- ness Plus 1X,, none have been 20 complete as those forwarded to the Univers, tho great Cath- olte organ of France, and we have thought your readers would take Interest o hearing them. +On Wedneaday vight,” says the correspond- ent, % the Pope was scized with a chill, followed by fever, and ubout 4 o'clock on Thursday morn- Ing lls sleep was disturbed by feelings of suffo- cation; theso Increased so raphdly that by 8 o'clock he cuuld only breathe with the erestest difticulty, hls puise beating I His miind was peérfectly clear. Mur, Murinelll then adminstered “the vistiewn and - oxtreme unction to tho Holy Father, who an- swered the responses of the prayers tor the dying with a calm, audible ~volee, Shortly alter thls bis extremlties Lecame livid aml his breathung very ditllcult, About 12 o'clock, the Pope retalulng bls calmness and serenity of miud and expresslon, took from un- der bis pillow o cruetiix, and blessed with it cmbled fu the room, the members of Colleio and tho French and Spanish Ambassadors to the Holy Bee, who were kneel- oz beside his bed. The Cardinal Grand Pen- tenttary then recited the lsat prayers and the act of contrition for the dyiug, to which the Fope replied: *Col voatro santo alnfo,’ * With “Iuy holy sld.’ These were his lust words, The deatheattle then commenced, und he made a sivn pegretting his inability to sneak, Graud Penltentiary asked Dlm to pive a lust blossing to the Candlnals, Plus IX. ruised his right hand, giving loug, carnest loukt o those wroud aud guvethem his lust earthly benedlction, “ At furty minutes past 4 o'cluck his death agony begun; his eyes became velled, the sweat of death stood out vn his brow, and tears ran down his faco, ‘The clock of the Vatican struck torty-five minutes past 5 o'clock when the Pope expired, Monsignor Marluellf leaved over bia Huifness, and, cloging s eyes, sald in a toud Voo § Keguiens ateendin dona a, Domlue,) aud turned towards thy persons assenibled, who re- phieds © 2 fuz perpetua tucest ¢f> A this mo- ment all the “houschold of the Vaticau, who were assembled clther in the adjaceut room or corridors, the Curdinals, Chumberluing, pre- Iates, und members of the Papal Guard' wers ine! d sobbing bitterly.” Ly Cur: Rone, Feb, 10.—At 4 u'clock yesterday after- noun the corpse of the late Pontlll was rémoved from the fron bedstead on which he dicd, vested it full poutidlcals, and placed upon ® bier. A itre was upou the head, the hauds ed, and o crucllx wus to b seen upon tho ureast, ‘Tha features wero calin, tho lips clured, und upon the lace appeared that emile whic a e gave wo slogulur o churmi to tue couversation of Pius IX. At ball-past 5 the hody was ready for trausport. ‘Tho uutechumbers were crowded with Prioces, geutlewen of rank, uoble guards, aul prvy chamberlalng, the eutraucy o Hgidly restricted 1o thoas persousges boidiog position fu the Pupal Coust, A few Cardina s cawe to sce the corpas wnd Luell in prayer, Histop Clifford was swougst the visitors, aud Curdlual Bartollal, slter kissing the lurchead of the deceased Pope, sobbed aloud. About 6:80 th¢ processiun began to move. Tucn cumo nave-bearcrs und & detuchment of Swiss Guards preceding the ler, which wus sur- rounded by Noble Guards aud “peniteotlarics with torches, Mouslguor Ricel (Muajordumo) followed, and then cumo Monsiguor Macehi {Maestro di Camcrs), Mousiguor Ssnmiutateli SAlmuncr). Monsiznori Nezrotto, Casall, DI ienero, and Della Voloe (Privy Chamberlain), Bishop Marinetl (Sacristan), Monsignori Vonutelll _and Sacchett] (Forlere), _ and Horec), Duka Serlupt SMA!M!‘ of the Cattelvecch!, 'rince Altierd, and other ofllcers of the Novle Guards: Cardinals, two and two, with torches, reciting paalma; Prince Orsini (Prince Asalstant at the throne), Princo Chlel Marechal of the Conclave. in a black robe), Prince Ruspoll (Master of the Sacred Hosplee), end Signor Cavaliett'(Senator of Rome). After these waltked Princes, nobies, and Camerleri Sceretd, wearing thelr coliars and orders, a de- tachient of Palatine Guards terminating the procesaton, ‘The sad cortege passed through the amnle halls_and corridors of the Vatican, the Saln Ducalo and the Sala Regia. some {adics and genttemen, hy special favor, Lefng permitted to stawl In the passages to view the proceed- tnes. ‘The Bastllca had been closed at 5 o’clock, and at 7 the body was brought Inte the Chapel of ~ the Sacrament aceess, belng recolved by h{y private the Cunpter of St, Peter's, The corpse was placed ou a platform erccted fn front of the altar, with the fect toward the gates, Prayers werc sunz by the choir of the Cappella Guila, and Canon Folicald! performed the absolution. Cardinals aud all now withdrew, leavimg the a}mlilnl of the Pope In custody of the Noble uard, &1, Peter’s was reopened at 6:30 to-lay, and immiense crowds thronged in to look upon the hedy, which will remain for three daya in the Chapel of the Sacrament. ‘The embabming began ot 8 o'clock on Friday evening, and was finished at 4:30 yesterday morning. Dr, Cecearelll and elght asststaut medicul men performed the operation. All thes bodily organs wers found to b2 perfectly sound except the heart, a vortion ot which showed some slight signs of thickening of the walls, tending to cause an Impediment to the circulation. The flesh of the body had no appearance of emaciae tion, and the skin was white and healthy. The legs bore wmarks of the wounds whence the humors had free exit tothe iast. The viecera was catefully removed and depusit ina jar, which was closed up by the Polish Penltentiary with a seal supplled by the Majordomo. The overation was conducted fn the presence of the Noble Guards and the penltentiacies, the corpse Iving on the fron bedsteud ulluded to abhove, e process of injection was employed, and waa attended with perfect success, the windows ot the room belng upened to purify the atmos. phere londed with the odors of ihe powerful sromatica made use of. I'hotographs were taken ot the corpse before the embalming touk place, and a portralt sketch was made of It by Petacct, e ——— PREPARING FOR AN OPEN SUMMER, &pectal Dispatch to The Tridune. BT, PAuL, March 1.—St. Louls ice-dealers havo A lorge forco of men cutting at White Bear Lake, twelve miles out, caleviating to ship to their city 1.000 car-loads as fast as cars can be furnisned them. ——— s ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, Mr. Edwin Ilinchliffe, importer and manufac- turer of artificial lowera and feathers, han removed to Nos. 114 and 116 Wabash avenue, where ho has opened one of tho finest displays of flowers, feathers, and crnaments ever shown In the West. —————————— TORTURES THAT NEED NOT BE ENDURED. People nufer a great deal of paln nnnecessarily. Amoni tortares that need not be endured are those inflicted by the rheumatiam and gout. since the scrid element In the olood which proluces them by contact with the scnsitive coverinZ of . the muscles and joints miay bo ellminated by the use of that matchlers depurent, loetetter's Stomacn Bltters, before tne_[nflammatory symptoms are developed tuany great extent. When it is consldered what excruclating tortures theumatlsm Inflicte, and what a tendency it has hen 'ull( developed, to attack the heart, the advisability of an early use of such & relinule antidote becomen at once apparent. The rheumatic virus {s expelled from the hlood by the increaced action of tho kidneys, —which act as strainerf,—produced by the Bitrers, and the sufferer will find, 18 he uses this snpreme detensive ageut, that ho will be prutected against s retura of the agonizinz complaint, D{!ucn Ia, fever snd liver and buwel compla And other mal- adice, are aleo cured by this adimirable remedy. BUSINESS NOTICES. Wincheatar's Cure for Connamption,—¥Win- chester's Tlypophosphite of Lime and Soda, for nd ‘chronic diseascs uf lunge, %0 dyspef ., Indigeation, general debility, ete. “This grand epeclde has becn establishcd frcenty years, duning which period it liae performed wonderful curce and accomplished resnlts which no other remedy has ever cqualed or even approached. Frice 81 ana 32 per botils. Prepared only by Winchester & Co.. No. 30 Jobn street, New York, Sold by drugelsts. ———— Charles Heldsleok's Chinm) mxnr-n.—'l'hetr P ular Slllery and the super-cxcelient ** Dry Medal, ** #0 Liglly appreciated in_England, Germany, and Rusola, are being constantiy received by Mr. Emil Schultze, 35 Deaver street. New York. VEC 'ENE. SWORN STATEMENT OF A Boston Police Officer. 1. . Steves: Dear Sir—From exposure I took sick sbout nine yeurs avo with Kheumutic Fever, trom which 1 auflered about four months, - When 1 recovered from the fever I found myself suilering with pain in my side and coustipation, which rotght on the pilca. [ eonsulted & pliysician, and pald bim over 200 for atiending me, and ail the while I was gradually growing worse, Then ono pbysiclan bf- ter another was employed, until seven of the beat phyvicians of Boston fiad taken my caso in_hand. On consultation between reveral of the Jeadimg they concluded my complalnt was nd geneeal debility, 1 hiad ereat diflentty in breathing, and an inhaler was required to atford mie oreath, | Throngh toe treatment of one physl- c1sn 1 took from 705 to 100 bozes of calumel phijs, and faithfully tried all the medicine that escn phiysician preacsibed. From my lung sickncss, and the vast xmount of meidicine uved to overcome the great pain, my kidneys became badly affected, and 1 sufiered excruciatlug pam in tho sinsll of my back, with great diflicuity in pasving my uriuc, Une physiclan satd 1 was discased sl throogn my aystem, und he regretted that hie conld glve me no hope tor health. My suffertui from indigestion Waa 80 dreat that it was {mpossible (o keep any solld fuod vn iy stumach, and the whulo nature of my food waa bruth frum oatimeal, 1alvo ook a rintion from a celcbrated En- gllen physictan, whosaud my truuble was lirunchitis and Dysbepata, | tovk 18 bottles of medicin peciaily prepared for Dyapepels, and 1 have &reat geal of wedieine from apothccaries’ pre- scription 1 have taken Karapsrilla until you could count the bottles by the dozen, and, indéed I bave given nearly ahl the populnr sdvertised medicine & falr trial. 1 had s dreadful eough, and «hud Dot average over two hours' slecp & ght fur elght years, > A brother policeman urged mo to try Vegetine, but for & loni time I refused, havinz got com- pietely discouraged from taking su inuch wedicina without any benetit; however, sfter urgent per- suaston, 1 concluded to try 1t and before 1 had used ont hottle 1 could eat and hold oa my stom- ach & beefateak, & thing | bud not been ablo to do buforo for fudeed, I ubtained More sube stantial benetit from the' Grat bottle of Vegetine than from ail other medlcimes which 1 tiad takeu. e ly cured and able to do duty all u.{. cat and digent wy food, sleep well at nlght, and I 8w now 40 pouuds beavier tnan | ever was befure in mny Hfe, aud am, as 1 thiuk, s livinj contradiction of the prophecies of the moat learne: wedical talent of New Eugland, for with all of thelr combined wisdom, they could nut sccomplial #0 much as that slple vegctavle modicine called Vegetine, to which I am indebtod for lealth, life, aud happiness. EUGENES. SULL N U7 Athen: Police Station 4. surroLk, 88,, Boston, M ‘Then persoiially appéared ille above Rene E, Sullivan, aud uisde vath that ihe foregoing statement is truc, beforo me. HUSEA B. BOW. Justice of tho L'cace. VEGETINE. FURTOER PROOF, TFFACTS WILL TISLL. Gorrstawy, N 1L, Aug. 1, 1873, 1. 1. STevENs, Dear Bir—Alls o to say & word fn favor of Vegetine, Durlng tne pase year | have suflered from a complicution of diseases. [ lay In bed from the 3d of November until the middiv of the fol- luwing June, snd on verage did not sit up two houts lswr!k: I had cf 0|f Illlu best phy I:‘.lel; in the Siate,’ but got ‘no help, and coostan 'l‘hn‘]":llmuul thnt | bad beart-dis- wis, and kidney complalnt, M y better. 1 wad reduced in wcluulbm puunds, which ie wuch, tor lam vatus raby tbin. lI{Jqu. fnding I was fsiling u the treat- ut of the pbysicians, 1 comme d the use of ) through the esrnest persumsivn of d, § a1 happy to state, with xuod re- uude In weight, sad sults. muned tei can #it ub al alk hialf & lle, uud nide six. 1 s geoatly eucouraged, and stalf continu using the Vegetlno if 1 can yet it. 1am a poor man, but for lh;;‘ truth of this -o‘mm;:h L le:er “l' ) ABy joan Lown OF YICItY, , yory thankfully, i lgtslonn O I U REECR. VEGETING Preparod by I1. R, STEVENS, loston, Mass. Vegetino is Nold by All Drugaists. ANNUAL OLEARING SALE, Galden Ogportmi Great Annual Sale! Wast Bad Dry Goods Houss, Madison & Peoria-sts. North Sids Dry Goods House, North Clark & Erie-sts. Ell01‘lll()ll§ NS;wrifice Muslin Underclothing. Childran’s short Cambric and Fino Muslin Bkirts, d-1nch hem and b tucks, for 350, worth double, Infants’ vory long French Cambric Bkirts, doep hom, G tucksabove, with very wide band, 50c; formorly S1. Children’sand Missos’ fine Fronoh Cambria Bkirts %umed. 4 tuoks, Puff, and 4 tucks abovi e Childrs d Misses’ F'jns French Cam- ;\510 8kirts, desp rufile and 5 tucks above, . Tnfants® long Frenoh Cambrio Rkirts, om- broidered and tucked, deep band, 7603 usual price, $1,50. Children’s and Missos’ Chomisas, Drawors, and Night Gowns, 35, 40, 50, and 600} worth doublo, Ladies’ Muslin Chomises, 1ace trimmed, 350, Ladior’ Mualin Chomisos, embrotdered and lace trimmed, 400, Ladioy’ Caemises, Lonsdale Muslin, with oambric dornet cover, tucked, smb'd, and lage trimmiad, 45¢. Logies' Chemines, Lonadalo Muslin, French Cambrio Rulles, 50c. La%‘l:l' Muslin Drawers, tucked and ruffled, Lpdies' Muslin Drawers, French Cambric utlle, cluator tucks, 480 Lodioy’ Muslin Drawers, tucked ond em- Lageaw’ Night Go d 108’ . u: ol down the tront, 750 o sum, ruflod Lndies’ Night Gowns, Dwight Star Muslh ‘cied and ruffied all cown the tront DOS: Tyl i Covay P o e e onble yol meadi:{r" S Yok noa adios’ Walking Skirts, good lin, - Lbnu r'u‘!;lru -:fl“mekll n’v; fa‘?&;o.fl e adies’ Walking Ekirts, fine muslin, 4.1 Fom and 30 tuske above, &1 tReR Ladies’ Walkiuz Bkirts, extra fine muslin, g{e& embroidery and tucks above, for ‘Those goods are &1l made of good material, and sowod on lock-stitch machines, ware ranted nat to rip, GARSON, PIRIE & C0. TILUNS RUPTURE. ¥From RANSOX DEXTELL, M. Avs M, iy Professor of Zoology, Comparativeand liuman Anatomy and Physlology In the Ualvarsity of Chic Critcaao, Nov, 1 Messrn. BARTLETT, BUTHAN & Tiaving nsed_ynur **Comnion-Sonse Tra in ray practice for over ten years, having known of 114 adoption by the Board 61 Surecons of the Uniteit States Army, of its having recoived the highest award at the' American Centenalal Exhibition, of 1ta adoption and uss by several of the ltoyal Fami- llea 0f Europe, and having examined almost every device of the Kind, 1 feel at iiberty to pivot atd ball and socket Joluts, “sot rect retaining force, auperlor workmanehl areall 8 competent surcovn could win woithy tho term **ComuionSense Tra ANSOM DEXTER. Truesen of all kinds, Silk tie Stockings, In- strumenta for Deformities, etc., manufactured by BARTLETT, HUTMAN & PARKER, Oico 60 I‘talm;lll.. one door north of Randolph.st., Chl- cagn, 11l KU AREBEINDS KUMYSS Or Mtk-Wine, & delicious. sparkitng heves dertul restorutive mwer, rajieclally bunen pepeia or genornl dedility. 1t relioves the dyspopain nmediately and makes the stumach tulcran®, of otlier foed. 1t rapfdly flls tho veine with heahly Blood, pry & ciear complexion and plumipnes. ‘The reno K ho last thirea g5ans s e liey' bear o compariion (0 my ctreula: ; Al (Ortginator uf Ku 170 Maiison - JpEer, LB Subsubh & OF ALL. DOUBLE DNOES ROT THREAD, FATIGUE. Lock DOES NOT STITCH) S/WEAROUT, AGENTS ’B. ELDREDUE, WANTED. CHICAGO. HASKELL BROS, Tribusg Builing, tho Onest assortment of Trunks of all kinds: B e cheerer scen i Clicror. Al 4 Valica and Traveling 1 '8 rel Iln, $50. $100. $200. $500. $1,000. ALEX, R GIAM & 0., Brok- RN RTINSt ay from Avo 10 cica bousti sad iucnts i Stocks, whis PISCELLAN) Ice Dealers, Packers, and Brewers. SALE-Uge hundred car-losay of good ten to e.l!vo_t,: IR e aree L track, 1 pae EANEAKEE ICE CO.. 104 82 100 M adie0u-at-, becoud Soar. INOTICH. The this day dtasolved by e foboeak by TAchArs KAstuct wioarawluk Froia ssld bru. Jusepli Bastuer will cuntioye thy buslucas, Coilect il due o aud assuzis all liabllites ot " 3 Caicano Fob. 3 1876 KIC i ' 4 {