Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1878, Page 8

8 : THE CHICAGC TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1878. THE . CITY. GENERAL NEWS, “The meeting of memberaof the Y. M. C. A. for the nominstion of an independent ticket was agaln postponed yesterday untll 1 o'clock to-day, The Rev. Joe) Barlingame, father of the Hon. Anvon Butlingame, is lying at the point of death at Arlington Heights, In this State. e has been i1l for some time. TIlis wifo Isalso 11}, and not ex- pected to survive him many days. The tempersture yesterday, as oberved by Ma. * naase, optician, 88 Madison Mreet (Tainvxe Balld- ing), was at Ba. m., 43 degrecs; 10a. m., 43; 12 m., 44; 3p, m., 45; 8 p. m., 40, Darometer at 8s. m., 50.01; 8p. m., 30,18, At avout 8 o'clock laet night OMcer Willlam Thompson, of Lhe South Division force, overhanled a irlo of nico yonng men operating a velocipede mear the corner of Michigan avenuo and Twenty- pixth street, and, aftera short engagement, sac- ceeded in dispersing them, and gave them to un- derstand that riding velocipedes was not allowed duriog ** church hours, t 7:20 yesterday morning Robert Jones, a etranger In the city, Whilo walking along the Mich- igan %onthern Raii track between Twenty-frat and 'l‘wenla-utond atreets, was run down by En- ine No, 101, loaing his right foot and hand, io ¢ft one track to avold an incoming train, and was ran_down by an ontgaing ono on an ld{olnlnz track. Iio was taken to the County Hospital for treatment. Special Treasury Agent fTinds {s 48 much in the (hrE 85 to just what is to be done by the Ap- rajsers’ Commisaion, and how it s going to work do it, a8 he was Wednesday when tho announce- ment in Tux Trisuxs of his ‘appointment met his eye. His officlal notification and lctter of Instrce tions have not yet arrived, but muat be here soon, when mmuhlnf definite will bo known as to the p‘""l” operations to be pursued by the Com- ‘miesion. About 250 colored men packed thempelves to- gether, like sardines in & box, In a 10 by 20 feet Toom at No, 320 Clark street, last evcning, The ovject for this vu(gnurlnz of the colored maszes 1ay in the fact that Seth Ilanchett nnd rromllcd to apnoint a colored man ne o clerk in his office, It ong wan recommended {n him who was competent to fill an Important clerical position, After an im- mense amount of talk, the meeting adjourned without dolng anything, The stockholdera of the Illinols Trust & Savings Tank voted yetterday by an overwhelming major- 1ty to reduce the eapital xtock of that institation from $500,000 to $100,000. The amount of stock represented in tho votcs cast was over $400,000, hing was reslly sll one way, The reduc- s been taiked of for some time past, and ows oot of the fact that it did not pay to keep so finre o caplial tled ap nd snbject i hoavy taxa- tion of city, county, State, and national, while the rates of Intercat on louns bave fallen very con- siderably daring the past six or eight monthe, A poblic meeting, under the suspices of the Lieventh Ward Auxiliary of the Cltizens' League, was held in the Chapel of the Washingtonian Home last evening, The audience was a larze one, and included many ladies, Emcr'y . Storrs aidressed the meeting on the subject of the eale of ligquor to ‘minors, —the spiecisl object of the gathering, —and ave his views on the legal aspect of the matter. flv admitted the invalidity of tho present ordi- nance in relation to the sale of liquor to minore, but eald that within two sveoks & new ordinance would be drawn up and presented to the Council for 1t conelderation. The Rev, Dr. Huntor and Mr. Thomas Molden also made speeches. A meeting of the Chicago Mining Exchange was held yeaterday afternoon at the Commerclal “Hotel to completo arrangements with regard to the rent. {ug of rooms, and for the transaction of other bueinces, It appears that there are now over thirty memberships taken in the Board, and that every- 1hIng 18 moving. nlonihrmnninnuly in thodirection of prosperity. The Committeo sppointed to aclect rooms for the headquarters of tlie Excliange re- ported that they had chosen apariments in Moth- odiet Chinreh Block, on the second foor. This met with sume opposition from memhera’who wanted Yooms gomewnero on the ground floor, but tho re- port was flnnll{ adopted. After some goneral con- versation relatlve to future operations the meating odjourned, Negotiations have been pending for several daya looking to cunverting Noa, 107 and 100 Madison rtreet into a theatre, which it 1s proposed shall be the largest ond beat in the city, and devated 1o & fiest-claes vartety business, The mover In the un- dertaking s Emmott, lato of tho Academy of Mutsic, and he Is #ald to be backed by W. €. Clapp Co., Jewelers, and lato owners of ‘Lie Academy. building is regarded sa well nd-?u:d for the purpose, and the location most desirable, but 0 the way of tho consumimation of the pion Is the faet that the property fs under lease until 1881, and the lessces refuse to surtonder, althongh Itheral Inducements have been offered them, No. 100 1s_occupled by G M. Klack as n grocery; and No. 107 by the Uoodyear Jubber Company, ani negotiations haye gono so {ar with the formet to give up the premlace that he Lias refuncd & bonus of $0,000, The property, it Is talid, could be readily converted intos theatre, ut whetter §¢ will be “or not depends on conclu- sions reached during tho next fow days. STAMICD ENVELOPES, ¥ Tho postal storagc-car, which was burnt up Monday on the Lake Shore Tload nes gorton, (.. contained & number of registercd cases of atamped cnvelopes which were on thelr way from Martford, Conn,, to varfous points. Tho follow- ing memorandutn from the Chicago offic shows the nuinbor destroyed and tha places for which thoy wers intended § 20,154, Fort Madison, In. ; 20,185, Kalama, W. T 8, LaFayctte, Ore.; 20,414, St. P'anl, Minn, § 2,500, Santa ltos, 20,863, Chica- Zo, 41,3 20,727, Moline, 111} 8 i, 120,975, Schuyler, N 03 7 , 820, Crete, Nob. 20,838, Fulton, I it 5, Whitewater, Wi 067, St. George, U, 444, Towa City, I8, § 50,210, Keo- 40, Lake City, Minn, : 10,250, Mad- 40, %08, Milwaukee, ‘Wia.s 30, 40,310, Rockford, 1N 22, Punl, Minn.'; 30,328, Sfonx City, D. T.; 30,345, Warerly, la, CITIZENS' LBAGUE. ° The men ana woimen of the Pourth Ward met in tho Bixth I'resbytorian Church last ovening to of- Fanize o Ward Citlzens’ League for the suppres. kion of the eale of liquor to minars, About K00 pereons wero vresent. The meeting wos called to order by Mr. Wado. J.J.Rumsey was chosen Chalrman, and Gen. Bob W. Smith Sccretar The Chalrinan, Dr. Everts, Me, 'axton, aad oth- crs made rematks, Mr. Rumsey then gave n sketch of the necds of the organization, A room bad been rented and Ntied np, and now cash was wanted. Tho gentle- men responded with subscrintions to the amount of £101, and basket collections were takon upwhich will amount to aboat $500. An Exccutive Committes was appointed and the . cting ndjonrned. OTRL ALRIVALS. Julmer House—Col. Thomas kwing, Nebrasks: Col. Wiillam Cussius Goodlae, Kentuckyi Col. K. It $eco Tostout M, Hildrath Hoddgood, New York Archioail, Glenwuod; bav 13 =8 Now York: A Hltam Farsons, Boston; . Kuml. LON. v e he Mon, H. 8. Ushorn, Quine: I, New Yarks . Antes, 1 D J. T, Alley, , McConiad, Nelras Gluyy itichard Ave- use, Sow Sorkud. H. smith, . B iy, Clocin® Bt Loalw] W b Healor, Mar, 1la art 5. d i Jo 31 sl Y [ COUNTY ORDERS. SOME MORE FIGURES. Tne Tminuxs gave some Instances, yesterday, of the way in which the ring In the County Board wanaged affalrs Inat year, and expeaded hundreds of thausands of dotlars fu cxceas of the appropria- tions, It also gave some Ogurea showing the vx- ceswin the various departments. 1t reproduces ttie table this morning, udaing thereto the accounts for & few other departments of the county service. As amended {t 19 as follows: ALK 73,01 u12 o 30 ko . hL431 4t o L BEU0 ooy 1600 Dietiug prisopers..i.ll 33,000 480 pRaTT) Couoty Clerk’s ofice., 37,000 144,00 o) ‘Total... $363,000 S0, 120 8208, 120 1t wasatated also that orders to the amount of §100,000 §n escesn of the appropriations were stili vutstanding unpald, sad tho quesiion arose what Mastobecome of them. The Assistant County ‘Lressurer aays that Le vhall uot atlempl to poy th out of the tax-luvy of 1856-°77, bul will pay 14 ns out of the uncollected taxes of prvvloum-r- when they come There ix about $450, ot Lack taxes, sud 000 n sppeals. urer Lehe: The Assiatant Treas $450,000 will be collected. It fs true that 8200, - LU0 of this amouut bas been solemnly pledged by the Caunty Board jur the construction uf the Court-House, and It was awlng 1o thst pledgo that Judze Furwell was fnduced to allow. the Jetting of the bronaud brick contracta to Sexton. Mr, Bye holds, huwever, that thls appropriation was flegul, frow the fact that thesa back taxes had Leen appropriated for certain spociic purposc deuiglated iu the aporopriation bills of the varlos Y 1y does not cxplaly, however, how, 1f it w gal to atvers them trom the constractio 8 Court-House, §t would be legal, w(wausd s sction of the County Hoard, to alvert them f gaymunl of orders drawn fur the cxpense 87077, Should b keep bis word, and pay th wrders only from thuse back taxes, it s probabi the bolders will bave a long wait of it, for years 1uaY clapse before Lhose tazes come (. As to tho bolders getling satisfaction in any otber way, the question is somewbat comphicated, and turna chiefly npou swatters of fact. 1f con tractors furniahed suppliea to the county {n excras of appropriativus, without any frauaulest intcut on tholr part, and the sum tetal of county expends ftures, fncluding thelr bills, would bo covered by a jevy'of 74 conls ou the $1; then thewr claims are good, They can suo on them lrreavective of the Grder,—sucon them as on a bouk account, —se- cover judzment, 8nd bave tho woncy to pay them tucluded ln nuiJeu’. appropristion bjll. Butif, on the otbor hapd, the sum totsl of the year's ex- punses ahould exceed, by reasou of the addition of thele clal the amount Lbhai couid be ralsed by & tax of 75 ceats on tho $100, thea thels claims arc absolately worthless. It is provided by the Constitution that no connty ehall jevy a tax of of more than 75 cents on the $100 on the asscrament for State and connty parposes, except for the parnose of naying interest on indebtedness inenrrea prior to the "adoption of the present Cone stitntion. A constitutional provision is A thing of which everybody is bound to take notice, even thangh he know nothing atall about it. ~And 1 these outatanding county orders are in excess of the amount which conld have been raleed by a tax-levy of 75 cents on the £100 on the as- sessment of 1870, then those claimé are valneless, ‘The ssscasment shat yesr waa $:10,220, 000, Seventy-five cents on that wonld amount to $1, 021,700, The tax lavy for that year waa $1.00. 885. The orders drawn amonnted to 81,600, 621, 'The difference, therefore, between 81, 621,700 and $1,600, 621 fu evidently absolntely void. 1t wonld robably take, however, with the system of book- Eeeplnp In voguo at the County Building about & Feartoprorate that between the different funds, and ascertaln how much shonld be lost by the holders of cach oraer. Thers {s 4180 anothel complication. An appropriation wi mads of $§150,000 {for tge purpose of tiking np & note representing money which had been borrowed b{lhunnmg. Instesd of using that money to pay this loan, the lown was extended, and the money tvas other pueposes. Theraaro grave questio the Ie(nlll{ of sach & performance a9 th the matter wil 8mbnbl #oon be brought to the atten. tion of the County Attorney. CONDIT ET AL. DRFORS ¥OOTB. A, B. Condit, the sccuscd Bupervisor.of the Town of Lake, appoared pefors Justice D' Wolf yestorday at the appointed time. Io was accom- panled by Peter Murphy, the Collector of the town, and by a number of othor friends, He asked a change of venne to Justico Foote, and 1t was granted him, There he was held under the ‘bonds which he had given before, and the case was pat over till O o'clock this morning. Peter Mnrphy, the Collector, hearing that thero was a warrant ont for his arrest upon the charge of receiving {llegal fees, smounting In a1l to abont $400, aurcendered himeelf to Justice Foote, and he was placed under bonda of 81,000t0 Appear &t the same time with Conait, The com- Elllnl against him was made by Mr, M. N, Lord. ondlt Lecame his surety, meanwhile been casting about after GEORGE MUIRNEAD, the Assessor of thetown. e found him at the office of City Engineer Chesbrongh, and taok him to Justice Foote, who fixed bhis ball st 81,000, and John McCaflrey, the ex-Coun- iy Commissloner, slgned the bond. So the three principal factorsof the Government of the Town of Lake are booked to answer for thelr alieged misdecds. Murphy and Muirhead appear not 1o mind the accusation made against them. If thelr gullt be proved, or mln?l they be proven guilty, they witl got off on fings wwaich they are abundantly acle to pay. With Condit the case is different. * He 18 accuecd of & penitentiary offonac, and his case does not, therefore, prescnt sucha Isughable aspect. And Condit himself doce not regard It {n tho tight of o trivial matter at all, for his face bears the aspect of thoughtfulness, and he for 8 to bas engaged a host of cunneelors, Mos: rray F. Tulcy, W. W. O'Drien, and Charlos if, leed, 1o frepreaent him and hia fellow-sccnsed. They intend to make a strong fizht. A subpiena has been jasued for and sorved upon T. Belster, tho Clerk of the Town Board, and he mk‘pp“r this mnml»’ngmu\‘ a hngdrfllmln‘:l olgn apers, vouchers, olc., )y whiel e rosccntion hope 10 asiablisn the trath of their allegations, ‘Tho_article in Thursday's paper spoke of & man named Sginaar who Accnmslnled Condit when befors Justice D'Wolf Wednesday night. **Raber" refused to give hisname to l'ux TriBUNK reporier who was presont at the time aforosaid, and It was upon erroncons information that he was designated **Ilaber." It has aince been learned that the man was A, H.' Veeder, tho attorney for tho town. ‘fhat statcment alone is sofiiclent to show why Mr. Veeder did unot care to bo con- nected wl the affair. ~ His duty as tho legal representative would have been much better porformed had he appeared in tho Intcrests of the taxpaycrs rather thanas **the friend* of the person by whose band the alleged plundering had boen committed, Sinco the defes (Coudit et al.) have acon fit to dennunca thoir arrest aa & political dodge to injuro their chances of ve-clection, and hava etated that Tuz TRIBUNE was represented at the arreat upon the mlnenof thecomplalnants, TneTrinuxe will, in juatica to the complainants, atate that [t was not upon auy request that a roporter was present, Mr. liarvey, reprosenting the prosecatlon, mald yesterday thot thore was no politics In the matter atall. And special pains had been taken to caune Mr, Condlt as littls troublo as possible, Ho might have been taken immadiately to jall, but was al- lowed to go to the nearcst Juatico and bail himeolt out. Mr. llarvoy also denles that Constable Gray had instractions not to show his warrant forem- bezzlement thil Condlc was before a Justice, That wt::;l‘ precaution cntirely original with the Con- stable. TIIE BROKEN BANKS, OENERAL NEWS ITEMS, Dr. Tarplo, Recelver of the Fidelity Savinge Dank, on Wodneeday solda plece of property in South Chicago, according to tho terma of a sale or- dered by the Court, to an ico dealer by the nama of Coan for $2,000. After the sale Lad closed, another Ice dealer, by the name of 8hedd, came to tho Recolver and offored & bid of $3,300 for tho property, which was refused, on tho ground that tho salo had been closed, and comscquently no moro bids could properly ba cntertalnod. Mr. 8hedd eald ho wonld take bl bid into court. Yes. terday morning Dr. Turpin appeared before Judge Moore and asked that his sale mignt he confirmed, ‘when Mr. Shedd,entered his bid, ‘Ihs nutice of the sale had been fixed at five days, and the Court decyded thal the timo was not ontirely up at tho hour of salo, and accoedingly Nxed 10 a. m, Tnes- day, 86 tho hour and day for holding & ncw salc, which ahall bo dnal. Thera -rpnn toboa contest between the rival ice morchants for the passession of this pleco of property on account of certain faciiftien for gatting acccea to the Calumet Riivar, which 8hedd, fi 18 alleged, in desfrous of prevent. ing Coan frow enjoyluy, and the sale, which will I-Ifie laca at the door of the Fulelity, promiscs to boa lively one. The Hank will, in all probability, get sl the property is worth, TIE GRERNEDAUMS, The Committeo of Creditura of the dofunct bankIng-house of Grocnebau Bros, & Co., 8- pointed to invostigato the affalrs of the bankrupt met again yosterday and concluded the exam tion of David Ureen m and began that of Kl Mr. Joseph E. Smith asked Mr, Ureonobaum how much he had assigned to his wite, Mr, Urecnebaum—One hundred and ninety thousand doll: e, Smith—Whan did you give It to her? In ansawer to this question, witness read the fol- lowini statemont: his wite §31,000, CLp LI er WKave her $A 62, REVG lier $.0X, her 824 004.00 and mortgiges l:::nur mortgage from L:r :l.al‘?."h!ch sum wea lo- ct. 28, 1 0 her ORNov: 1, 1w fpuve hoe 8074.5. n Nov. , karo 5 O Nov. 10, 174, gavs her $uAl. arc| On March I On April } On ey 7, ce Ut ta Nov. 24, 1877, tho 8181075, 8, 92, i S0 47, 004. 41, 500.6dy 82,275, $4,473, §2.343.43, 84,012.45, Mr, Smith, on behalt of the creditors, asked Mr, Greencbsum where be obtalned the st of HT84T, 3,755, payments which he had made to hle wife, Mr, Grecnebaum replied that he haa obtained it from the books, Mot of Mr, Smith askod bim wby be bad mad 1bose assiguments to bls wite, Ar. Greensbaum replicd that the articles of dia- solution of tbe cu;smlnellmb exlsting between bimsell and Gerbard Poreman, uuder the fArm name of Urecnebaum & Foreman, which were adopted May 16, 1474, provided that the satd Ellas Greenebanm should assign (o his wife all of his xgasgufly and real cotale, except the enm of VU0, which he was to put ioto the fru of Ureencbaum Brothers & Co., aud §30, 000 due him from Uavid Ureenebauin, Tho Third Natiunal bias pafd oat sbont §78, 000 of |ts second divideud. Vho full amount 1s $101,- Yeuterday tho State Ravinge pald dividends to four of lls annl depusltors, smoanting ln the sg- fn:gnuw $4,000. "One of these—the largest un ke—recelved llll.t'l!.w. e fiecel nge lank case, the Recelver was yesteruay autiurized to sell Block 10 in Lows «en's Audition to South Cbicsgo st pubile auction o tho 10tb inst. TRIAL BY JURY, A PECULIAL CASE. There waa a peculiar case bofore Justice D'Wolt yesterday, in which James 11, Bonfield, one of Sheri® Kern's night jallers, and Ettle Haatings, sliags Dodd, allas Danham, and sllas much elec, were fearfully snd wonderfully wized up. As uear &s conld be learned, Ettie Martioga was, some time ago, in jail for larceny. While in therushe induced Boafeld to lend her $30, s0 Boafield says. Bhe represested (o him that her bushand wsa out 1o tho Black Lills miving, saud wasrich. To sud- stsotiate her story, she bad & friend of hers by tho name of E, [*3 Dodd tell the same yarn to Donflsld. So Bonficld says, and be, belng the most respoctable person in tha crowa, is entitled to be the woat schicd upon. e fos & plano which she bad in her ooms. Afier sho got out, Boofleld ed Lis plano or money, and 20 he kob the plano from the woinan's tooms. Theo K. C. Dodd turos up sad clalms to be tbe owner of the lpstrument. But the peculiar festurcs pestalning Lo the ewaership Conatable Gray bad h]u Jeat her the money, and sho gave’ 0 amount to bat little, and the piano to When the case was called Bonfleld (1] Taintid, he having some means, falr or funl, lost possession of the fnatrument. Tle sought to recover ft. Ila saxed for a jury of slx mon, and placed the venite in the hands of Constable Doran. Six lvingand moving heings wero bronght in. No sooner had they eested themselves than Conatable Mooncy ‘‘amelt & mice, he saw it hove llf in the air, but ko thought to nip it in the bud. ' e whispered {n tha capnclons ear of the rapacions attorney fof the defense: **They have pot the jury, and yon ars beaten unl on get oul 8 venize and let'me get on #ix men." Tho capacious ear of the attorney eard the remark, and when the defenes asked for & venlre, there was an objection Lo Mooney's serving {t. Therefora it was given to tho colored Constable, John Q. Grant, This wor. thy roceived his **Instractions * (quite necessary in’his case, as ho often gets tho defenno and the prosecation wofnlly mixed up), sad, taking the venire, descended to the foot of the stalrs leadin; down from the court, stood in the door, and wave the paper about and whistied. The nel!hbmlns saloons vamited forth their trae fnwardness, an the old ** blokea " of all kinds and classes flocked around the Constable. They went up one by one U1l six had been selectad. trial passed on and the cass went to the jary. o result, a8 might be an- ticipated, ‘waa six jurors for the defonse and half-a-dozen for “the prosccation. Weeks of delay and argument swonla —not have cansed them Lo sgreo, snd €o they told the Court. The Jastice remarked that it did not maks sny difference; he would have aet aside the judgment any way, because w Constable Grant taking two of ihe jurora across to & saloon oppoeiie to et drinks.” They had left the jury-room while he ¢aso was in thelr hande, and "had gone after dfinks with the Constable. Such "conduct the Court remarked, was grossly {rregular snd lie wanted nevor to see 1t again, 1le gave Constable Grant 8 good tongue-ldshing and dlsmissed the Jury, A new jury twvas asked for. A new venire was Rotten and Conatable Doran wenl oatto find the honest and Intelligeat jurors, & tull dozen. **Things "' came wandering into the court. They were shown seats, Evidently somebody kaew what the ngs” were, After much delay a A dozen we ected, snd '* ye Gods and shoe- etrings!' what & crowd. The averags citizen wouid be struck dumb with amazement o see o1 bullet-headed, short-haited, scarred-scalped, sinfs- ter looking Irlahman swear by ail that was good and holy that he had never belore in his 1ifo served on a jnr{ A reporter who happened in recognized him in mn instant as one of the jary that came to tho conclusion that '*Big Ed" Burns ‘was a soap-peddier and a reputabie citizen, and thereforelet him off from a chargoof vagrancy. The babitues and ofMcers of the Conrt took Ivall in, They knew that the man lled. Bat It was nons of thelr bustness. At some harrowing lie they wonld turn to each other ard wink., One Constable re- warked to & reporter: ‘‘Thoso are terrible = 3 old stifts. That man thers [pointing to ono is o regular. You can find him aroun: any time. e always before In_his life. “Th aro all of them.' They certalnly looked llke It. Not one looked as thongh he had done an honestday's work for years. They had not marks of toll on them to ahaw they were laboring-men, and they were too dirty to be respectablo. - Of coarse they were expected to sido with the plaintiff, bat they didn't. One man held out, and the case was again dismlssed for lack of agresment. Buch jury-packing occurrences are of daily, al- must hourly, occarrence. The litigants have come to exgccl it. The ahyaters all know how it's done, and the Oght for the Yenire is ll'lil the first step. The oflicers about the court ail know it. They cannot but know it. 'The Juatices should know It. These profosmional jurors, dead-beats, whisky- soaked loafers, dirty, filtby bummers can bs secn around almost any court in the clty, The police shoull makoeadally round of the Justice conrts and cloan them out. In connection with the aboye ¢ase 1t may be ssid tnat Dodd, the so-called husband of the woman of many nagics, called st Tuz Trisunx oflice last night and complaincd abont Mr, Bonfleld, saying that Bonfleld had extorted the bilt of eale of the piano from the woman, promising to releass her, cte., all of which Is very fishy. FEDERAL COURTS. REMOVAL OF CASES PROM STATA COURTS. The following s the form of s petition received yesterday at the Democratic headquarters In the Palmer House by Secretary J. J. Crowley, re- queating tho passage of the bill Introduced by Hepresentatlve Townshend, In rogard to the abusres practiced by the United States Courts, Tho documant was gotten up down in Egypt, and hence its pecullar charactor: M the IHoust of Revresentatives of Cngress af the Cnited States af dmericn: We, uadersigned citixens ot the Stato of lilinols. County of ———, most respect. fully petition your onorablo hody for the pauags of the’ hs‘ll introduced by the Hon. It. W. Townshend, of Iliinals, testraining the ronioval of causes from the #1ato 10 tho Federal Couris, and ta repeal all laws now In there ia no Dation that 1 4o arhiteary and opprestive Congress wuthorlzing remorsl of causa Federal Courta, and especlally aa 1t {s now constructed Ly the " Fedoral Cours. The Federal Courta Ato not the courts of the common reorlo. They nre too faf from tha people and too expensive’s channel 1itization for them: and, since corporstion irposes of removal ‘of causca to Fed 8y0 boon ddeciared ta ba **citizens of the States creat- ngthom." the United Ratea Clrcult Courts have he come sites of refuge for offending corporations. It [s& Tare clrcumatanco when the citizen (feal) excrclees his Fikiit L0 TomuYG B cause from tha 8aie 10 the Fe Courte, and It 18 equaliy as rare 8 circumstance when the cltizen (Intanginle) has fatled to excreiee fta vight n that regard. An inspection of the records of the alted States Courta wilishow that ninotecn-twentloing of nil tha cascs transferred from the Blate Courts 1o thio Fedaral Courlaate o transferred upon the application or petition of ratione and in most lastancos by tneur: ance comra iica thst hiave nvoked the lawa an ed the couriesy of the Htate o do husiness the; ‘fho expensive character of such litization, and the {loulit of belng draeed o or 3} mifes from liome (o obtaln thist Justice which should bo chesp and auses the clilzen frequently to submit (o wrongs and injustice rather than incur the deiay and expento of malitaining his Tights (nthe Federal Courta, “Thesa wronke have been of such (requont oceurrenca that somo of the btatcs have felt compelled to pass Iaws to revoke the license of foreign inaurance coin- anica that transter thelr casos from the Etate Courts o Federal Courta. Liccently, the Federal Courts have heoame so liberat ‘In tho appalnment of Heccivers (or uankrupt ralrond corporstions that It bas become & ¥ery common expression that tha kreatest ** Rallrosd Klugs tn the country ove to be founid sniony; the Judges of the Circuit Courts of the United states, Wo tliton. your honorable bodr to pass Mr. To i, and for such other letalation aa will rellore the pecyle from the, furthor encraaclunents and oppressions of the ¥ederal Courts, ‘Tho Democrata fn thia city are also gotting up & netition, out it will be more conclilatory, and not s0 mandatory in tone, MINOR MEETINGS. INDUSTRIAL IOME. ‘The lady Board of Managors of the Industial tlome for Qlrls held aspecial meeling yestorday mornlag 4t 10 o'clock in the club-room of the ‘Tremont louse for the purpose of flling vacan- cles fu the st of oficers. Mra, D. L. It. Wardner prealded. A loog snd unimportant discasalon was had upon tho canstitution and by-laws, and the record of the Board of Directors aince lta organization was read by tho Becretary at the requost of one of the mem- bers, much Lo the edification of the ladies present. Mra, Wardoer mada a roport as to what was be. Ing dons al the School ln Evanston, and also of the number of spplications that are boing rocelved. ‘Thera aro sevonteen inmales of the School, and there ia room for more, but money Is lucking, and the Hosrd hav to move cautlously. What wanted was monelary sid in order’'to eztend the scape of the work of the Home, that puor, home- less girls, (zom sl parts of the Blatc, may nd a zood home where they will be properly cared for. ‘rom the Chatrinen'a statement, It wouid seein as though tho lome and School nceded & great deal o miake them perfect, bat that they aro dolng the best they can under the circumstances. The girls are given an English education, and also {n- structed in dresamaking, home dutls 28 tho lsw of from Btate ta Iady pictured eloquently the dan, wirfa dn the tarye cities, ‘and sald that thero wers fally 10,000 girls in the 8tato who wers gojug down tho road of destruction. Sho wanted to try and reclaim toe little newsgirls. They would not iry to reclaipi tho abandoned prosiitutes, but to #ave thosa young girls wno wera going down the road of destruction and tending to livea of shame, She pictured graphically tho dangers lying In the way of homelces young girls, and sppesled for help to carry on the Hoing and it good work. The foflucace of thu Bridewell upon young glrls was bad. Good iofluences workod fur eas| nd better than the vad, and that Is why the Hpme was need- ed. A place was wanted where good influences «conld be thrown around 1he young, wayward girls and reclalin thens to the patis of rectitude. Mrs, Atwater Day, of the Keception Committes, A eport upon the sdmission of girls to the Hom e by-inwe prevented their uiin& J"" unless tho purents aud guardiaus relingulshed Al Tights to them, In order that homes might be found for them after they bad been toorunghly educated. She recommended 1hat girls be adinilied for cuo or ::o years, if their parents ot guardians would give em u ‘Fhe report was dlscussed, ana a great many touchivy incidenta raisted. ten. A. L. Chetlatn, having been invited to be pruscat, ga 'ew words of encoursgement 1o the adies, ady! them slso &8 10 their manner of conducting their llome, AMrs, Black, Mrs, dner, Mre. Babbitt, and othersspoke on the subject, the latter advising reachiog the churches tLruugh the prayer-meot- wge, conlusences, eic, re. Dr. Stockhom ‘moved shat the chlldren of destitule parents be admitted temporarily to the Hch or & Jmlod of not leas than twelve al the diacretion of the Reception Com- Caericd. ra. Tisdale wanted better quarters for the Re- :rvll::l Committee, where children could be re- ceive Alter some fusther talk on mivor toplcs the weetiug adjoarned. » WOMAN'S COULISTIAN ASSOCIATION, A regular monthly meeting of the Board of Man- agers of the Wowan's Chrstlan Association was beld yesterday worning st No. Wabash syouue, re. v Clark ju the cbair, Mrs. Jeomis 8. Gray, Treasurer of ba Assoclation, presonted her report, showing that thie recelpts fron Feb. 7 10 March 1 10 ISO;. 40, This smount was made uo ax follows: Memborship d doustions, §128.75: boarding-Louse, lccturvs snd concerts, $15. The ex- cs for Lhe same period were $198.08. Durinz the sawe Lime scyenty-seven sow wembers wera added to the Assoclation, Mre. Todd reported that the recent changs in the Jocation of the Womasn's Employment Buresn had pot been fa all tespects advanlageons, although aince (ho last zeport cigbty girls and womcn bsd g been provided with sitnatione, Mrs, Dr, 8, F. Iinker reported on bahalf of the Dispenrary, which in situnted on the corner ot Clark and Van Buren strects, that 515 visita had _been maae, and ahout 200 patienta attended to. The Diepeneary was in need of fands for the purchare of drugs. The Lecture Committes reported 'the not proe ceed from the Fletcher lectures at $317. ‘The reports were received and adopted, $23 bo- ing anpropriated to the Dispensary. Some discussion followed as to the adsisability of combining the three branches of work—the Reading-Room, Dlflyfllllr‘ and Employment Bn. rean—in ono building. Thia did not appear to bo practicable at present, and it was decided to rent Noy. 751 and 751 Wabash avenne for anather year for the boarding-houze, at A rental of €1,200, The Committes on Consolidation wias continned, with instructions to seek out snitable rooms fortne other branches of the work. The meoting then adjourned, FOREION MISSIONS, The Northwestern Dranch of the Woman's For- elgn Mirsionary Society of the Methodist Chnreh hn‘d thelr fourth quarterly meecting_ yosterday In the lecture.room of the First M, E. Church. Mrs. Isaac I Hite, of Evanston, presidad. The reports of the yarlona Conference Sccretaries were read. Thoy showed & growing Interest, eapecially smon, 1oun‘ ladles The Corresponding Sccretary, Mis. J.T. Willing, made averbal report of the forelgn work, and said that more miseionaries for Indin were wanted. China, Japan, Mexico, and ISonu‘:’"Amerlu. wero progressing In work satis- actorily. 'l'he'l"rusnnr repartod receipts of 83,374 daring ;hn 3\1;3(05} and expenditures $2,000; balance on and, $3,31. ‘The annaal meeting, to be held in this city, In Qrace Church, corner of North LaSallo and White streets, early in April, was then made the subject of discursion, and Committecs on Arrangements were added to those nlready appointed, It isex. pected that delegates will be prezent from Wiscon- eoin, Michigan, Indlana, agd elsewhere in large numbers, and for thelr accommodation the ladies of the various Methodist churchea are requested to open their hearts and nonses. The Conimittee of Areangements have the matter in hand, and all communications addressed to Mre. J. B, llobbs, Nfl.'m-'é North LaSslle strest, will bo thankfully recelved, POLITICAL. CITIZENS' UNION, An adjourned meeting of the Exocativé Com- mittee of tho North Side Citlzons' Unlon was held lastevoning in Brand'e Hall, corner North Clark and Erie strects. Mr, Willlam Stowart presided, The applications of Thomas O. Thompson, Thom. 28 Bornside, Theo. Gesterfolt, and othor gentle- men for admission to memborahip were referred to the Ward Commiitees. Thess bodies reported fa- vorably upon the nominations, and the porsons proposed were doclared duly elected, > ‘The Ward Committees wers next called upon make nominationa for town ofMcers. The ropree scntative of the Fifteanth Ward eald that the Com- mitteo saw no reason for departing from ths old system, that of refcrring the nominations to & sub- committee. Mr, Prussing, of the Bixteenth Waed, declared in favor of a Convention, each wardtohave cqual ropresentation, The Seventeenth Ward said Gfito to fha Fifteenth, Tho Efghtecnth Ward ro- ported iu favor of a Convention, conststing of ona member from_each precinct, sald’ delegutos to bo chosen by the Ward Clubs. 3ir. Adams moved that nominations be made by the Unfon in the same manner as in former years. Mr, John B. Lynch opposed the Star.Chamber eystem, and wanted eachi precinct 10 nominato o delegale, tho segregate delogates to nominate ofhcers. Tle moved 1o lay Mr. Adams' motion on the table, bat withdrew the motlon In ordor to permit of s debate. A general dlacnssion followed, the point at lesue being whetlier each ward should have equal ropre- sentation or whether the heaviest wards enould bo sllowed a larger number of delegates than tho others. Mr. Lynch offored as a aubetituto that each Ward Clnb send a committes of soven to form & Nominating Committce. The substitute was sccepted, The meotings for nomination were to be held Saturday evening, March 10, and tho Com- mittes meotings on Tuesday evening, Maech 10, fa Brand's Hall, r. Appiston objected that hia ward (Six. teenth) could not get together on Satarday nighte. Mz, Prussing nlto objected to meoting on Satore day night, and suggested that the Convention should mect on Thursday, March 21, the Ward Clubs to meot when most convenlent. Another delegate proposed that the ward moet. ings should be held Tuesday nmnlnf‘ March 10, snd this prevalled. The date of holding the Con- ventlon wwas ixed aa tho 21st Inst. On motlon of Mr, Adame, the rcnominstion of Ald. Waldo ss Alderman from the Fiftecnth Ward was Indorsed by the meeting, andan immediate adjournment waa had, SEVENTOENTII WARD, The Seventeenth Ward Itepublican Clab held a meeting at tho corner of Chicago avenue and Sodg. wick stroct last ovening, On wotlon, Mr. L. fI, Ellickson was unanimously nominated as candl- date for Aldermian, On motion, A commities of five was appolnted to retiro and scloct ton names as delegates to the Town Convention, The Committeo returned and read theiist of namen, ana the gentlo- men woro olected as follows: Peter Johnson, A, Q. Grulse,. P, J. Michles, T. Turn and 0O, Vider, as delogates, and C. Durkman, N. Noanin- ger, 1L Corlet, Thomas Burke, and A. Boome, o8 alternates. Mz, C. F. Poterson offered a resolu- tion indorsing Hacorder Drockway, which was adopted. The following ofticers wazo thon elected: Prestgent—Teter Johnson, esidancs—A, If. Lobloson and J, Mtcbgils, b Hiudwita, tiobert K 't Kolght. Ezrecutive Cflmllll"!l—l!. Emstead, Frnst N d Bt B A Bundelan O O Lindorbere, Boom Do, Thomis Tumey, ok Sampscn, A" Woorie 0. 4! Grulse, John K. Muilen, OlIf Vider, W, J. Watt, 1, Janssens, and D, Leonard. The Club then adjourned, The Denjocrats of the Seventeonth Ward met In the basement corner of Ontario and North Markoet streets laet ovening, for the purpose of reorganiz. ing theirclub, Soveral speeches were made, after which the meotiog adjourncd for one woek, at the samo place. SOUTIL TOWN. . A meeting of the Democratie Central Committeo of tho Town of South Chicago was held lnst oven- ing at Justica Moech's office, Mr. Hotallag In the chalrond Me. Briar B!:lvllr{. Mr. Thomton maved that the Convention be held on the 26that 100, m. and the primarios on tho 25th between 5 and B, Also (hat Tha primarica bo held intho old-fashioncd wi it one place in each ward, and that place as near as possible in tha centre of the ward, The motion was carried* b«Tha cn\nmfl:’w rc't.'ummundmilmlhll lhuutlt'luzfllnl apportioncd as faras possible equally amo tho districta in oach Ward, i s Mr. Thomnton moved that the Chalr sppointa comuitics of threo to sclect a place to hold the Conventlon. The Committce was Mr. Beoch, Mr, ThAo‘r‘:lon. A d‘llr. lem. o it _— di ¢ somo discusalon g © merits of candi- dates the Commilttes ad]ourncd, M e "xlscdnnulllmum i i r. C. . Cartor addrcssed a small audience of Ninth Ward Citizens last evoning tn Parkes all, which was engaged for tha purpol Hoa is & can- didate for Alderman on tha lcpublican side, Ie talked about theremonetization of allvor, the labor quesiton, etc,, and dlsmisscd his audionce when tie had Salaned The Exocutive Commiltes of the Kational Labor party held a meating last night in the zear room of the waloon No, 440 South Clark strect, The at- tendance was excccdlu‘(lr limited, and the otmoat harmony did not prevail,” The obfect wae to hatch s plsu of organization in order to eloct Aldermen, town ofticers, etc., which the conclave did not waut to have glven away, ‘Tho Democrats of tho Tenth Ward to the num- berof a dozen gatbered at No. 148 1ialated street last evening, the purposs being to orzsnize for the spring clection, A commillce was sppointed to report ofiicers to sn adjourned Walsh, who was slightly enthused, wi of the ovening. 1ls waa lu favor of the re-o of Ald. White, and was so dcmonsizative that he wis forelbiy elected from the room. TIIE COUNTY BUILDING, ‘The County Clerk has recelved §24,000 the last three days for tax-redemption, Henry Kroneburg and Josepn Lagratta wers ade Judyged insane in the County Court yesterday, Toad-Inspector McCaflrey yestorday took tha hiut, and came forward and gyve bond In tho sum of $1,000. The quarterly report of the expenses of the TTos~ pital will bo presented Monday, It will showa saving, comparcd with the corresponding quarier of lnat year, of $4,700. " £ The Pltusburg & Fort Wayns Iallroad Company aid its taxes yestenlay, awounting to $:25,280, ‘he Colluctors of Orlaud and Bloom roturned swmall amonnts to the Trensurer, The Insane Asylum investigation begine this morniog. Wardsn Velers wiv around yesterday, and was exceedingly nervous, ‘Thoss who think they know, predice that Lho fuvestigation will ro- sult in the Iulnlnrnul of the ofticers of hoth the Asylum and Foor-House. Asslatant-Treasuror Beye terday that the onlers ‘drawn last year in oxc of the soveral appropristions would not be paid oat of the present tax-lovy, but out of tha accn- mulated back taxes for prior yeare, 1lo expects enough collections from this source to take up all the outeianding orders during thy year. The County Treasurer yesterdsy received a lettor from the State Auditor In answer o a question as 10 the Fight of the Treasurce to correct errancons sascesments, The Auditur says the Treasurer can- not correct the assessments except fu cases whore thero ie inauifestly & clorical error, sod cites at some lungth the declatons of various Courts to sup- port this view, The Committee on Public Service is dickering with & half-dozcn patcut-right inen, thinking they bavean eye to econumy in the co fucl in the several lostitutions, Yesterdsy the firal stops wero Laken loward trying and 1esting s uiachine for burning **screeniogs,'* and s sub- Commlttes waa appolnted 10 sco on what ter tho coal-contractor wuuld furnish **screenlogs, " that a now-faugled outgrowih of some lnventive mind might be teeted. +Home mouths ngo a Commitlee, compossd of Massrs. Farwcll, Loenthal, and Otts, p:“. ap- rulntud Lo namo & commilico of exports Lo Dass On ho claim of Walker for xteas "’ for uslpg thick instead of thin stone in certaln courscs of the Court-Houso wal ‘These {?ullcmen Yeslerday mict and named a8 xrm 0. L. Wheclock, John Addison, and Henry Furst, and will zepost to the Board Monday, after waich date the **expart will sct sbout their work. Arclitect Egan, (i will 0! satd to a reporter y B bo remembered, repudiated Walker's claim months 5o, and whatever the **experts’ may recommend i the matter mast bo in the conteactor's faror, MORR QUARRELING, 17 there 1s not a change In the diet of soms of the Commissioners, blaod will be sptiled yet. Tues. day Fltegerald and Spofford attacked ono an- other with all manner of threatening words, and when they left the Board it was*sup- posed that rcach «wonld rush for A gan atore, Such was not the case, howaver, for report has it that they songhta very different ¢t etore,* embraced, and had a general wood time. Hut yes. teraay Spofford mes another foe, —a heavy welght, ~Commlssioner Lenzen, nnd the parting was any- thing bnt cordlal. Lenzen reproduced the Fitz. gernld quarrel, and informed Spoftord, it is sad, that In_ the futurs he would not allow A repetition in the Board of the scencs of Monday. lla was not in 8 joking mood, either, and his thrcats as to what he wonld do were numerous, Spofford he- catne angry At what waa £ald, and the exchange of compliments was earncst. They separated withe out coming to blowa, hut just how they will ever be reconcl] ok known, Spafford says he will do as he pleases in and out of the Hoard, and Len. zon says that If he does, or attompta to, thers will be trouble, Dlood! 1T DON'T AUIT. The ovinfon of the County Attorney on the wer of the county to compel the city toerecia lome on the Conet-louse, which has already been given, subatantislly, in these colam: docs not meet tha apnroval of Scxton's frionds i the Board. Commlssloner Cleary cxpressed himself very fore ¢ibly on the subject yeaterday, and was notvery complimentary to Judge Wallace. ** Why did you elec! I||mAItumoy: then!" inquired a ropotier, ‘The anawer was: ** \Wa woro & sot of fools, ' in shich, literally speaking, thero ia much trath. ‘Lhe tronble tyit! Jmlfn Wallace {¢ that he has not {et learned the secrol of his predecessot’s popu- arity, and he never wiil nnti] ho sb far forgots himeell ns to ygive *opinfons " toordor and to euit the crowd. The Judge's opinlon on the snb- Ject te basod on the law and the facts, and 1a prac- ticshy a veta on the whole domo stoal. The only regrol 18 that 1t comes so lato, LETTING CONTRACTS, The l"tlnllni Committes took up the proposais for printing, binding, and statloncry yesterday morning, aud affer some discussion made the awarnis, o agreed npon a recommendation to the Board {n the maitor. The bids for stationery were J. M, W, Jones, 8700.81: Calver, Page, Hoyne & Co., £870.07; Clark & Enl\mniu. gl.l 15,303 Cam- eron, Amberg & Co., $785.51: and Filato & Men- ingor, $030.03, Mr. Jones' being the lowast, it was agreed to report In favor of giving him the award, The fuenlehing of biank-books waa also iven to him. becauso he was the lowest bidder, 'he printing wae given to Cameran, Amoerg & Co., who, by a ekillful manipulstion of the fig- nros, wero also found to Lo the lowest bidders. The awards have been made to rasponsiblo and reputable firms, and at lowee fignresthans yesr ago. As snon aa the Peinting Committos was thrnngh‘ Col, Cleary calicd together his crowd, who had been especially selected to paes on the other bids. Thora wasaome discussion s towhother the meot- ing should bo private or not, Lenzen favorln, sccrecy and Cleury opposing, Cleary had a goo hand nnd won. Tho first bids conatdéted srero for 'flmllhh‘imlo"n(\. ofls, otc., and the award was made to the highest Uldder,—E, R. Walker,—who I8 aald ta b a constituent of Commissioner {Vheel- cr, and a resident of lHda Park. The persons offering lower ,hids wwere Gavin and Ryan, but thefr Dbids were thrown out becanse their names did not occur In the directory. 'This s a good start, and euch s one as hiad been predicted would be made. ‘The Committeo looked as & faw other bids for otler eupplles, but no sction was taken. Anothor meete ing will bo Leld to-morrow morning, CRIMINAL. Minor arrests: Albert Freer, a boy, charged with the larceny of $17 and a pair of shoes from & colored man; Georgo Reels, charged with the larceny of a horss and buggy from Jonah Parke huest, of No. 160 West Munroo street; Joseph L. Bace, agalnat whom there Is anothaerchargo of larceny preferred by W, H. Dudley, s fellow work- man, whose tools ho stolo; George Frank, nssanlt with tntent to do bodily injury upon Willlam Duckers; Fred Dell and John Daly, demollshing an Indlan (a wooden one, of conrse) at the corner of Btate and Indlana strects; James Taylor, sanlt with Intent to rob upon Feank M. Caril, Nuo, G4 Eim street; Nettie Boyd, larcony of 50 cents from James Webb, of No. 300 Illinols atroet, The burglar syho was shot at Wheaton Wednes- day morning by Mr. Pelronnet did not_dio yestar- day as was untlcipated, although the physician at- tending bim thinks ho will nol recaver from his wonnd. ‘Tho man was fceling casier yesturday, . and taixed to those who camo to sea him, hut hio rofused to give his name or that of irfs confederate, Aphnmgnmmrenma to mako 8 picture of him ) during foremoon, but found it impossiblo, as tho fellow twistod his features into all sorts of shapes whon the apparatns that can't 1lo was bronght to bear upon b 'The police here are of opinlon that the man s not & profoselonal thief, "but & tramp,—pethaps some poor devil who has boen driven to desperation by 111 Juck, Justice Scully yesterday held tho following: John Dorgan, larceny of & ton of cosl from tho Pan-1landio Rallroad, $300 to the Criminal Conrt: J. W. Bankson and Robort McKeown, disordorly, $100 fino; Joseph L. 8age, forgery of the name of Avery, Loomis & Co. to an order” for tools, §500 to the 15th, Justice Summerfleld bold Michael Radelifte ~ and George Footo in 00 to the Criminsl Court for the larceny of & quoantity of liquors and cigara from Fred Walter, corner ot Van Buron and Clark streota; Albert Sanders, larceny of scvoral costs from B. P. Mackey, No. 170 ‘State strect, $100 Ilno}l"lnl Qoctake, larceny of clothing from H. C. tlarris, 8400 to the 10th; Frank McManus, alins James Scott and ** Scolt; & woll-known plck- ocket, who ** nicked "' & pockotbook from Mrs, %, Cariton, reslding at the corner of Peoria and Monrge streets, $500 to the 10th; Charles W. Palinér, larceny from A. K. Laodram, of No, 63 Gurley street, $400 to tho 14th, Officer James Murnano, of the Armory, yesterday noon tackied a follow who ovinced a Rands nde-like Whilo he was ot No, 480 State strect, a pawnshol rving a State war- rant, 8 man came in and waptod to put two coats in pawn. Noting that ho waa o rongh and withal & very suspiclous-looking charactor, the ofticer quostioned him, and, so ovasive were his snswers, that Mumane detormined o arrest im. As hie moved towarda the thicf, for sach ho undoubtedly is, the iattor bolted ontof the door and ran, urnane was upon him in a momont, whercupon tlha fellow drew a rovolver and tried to shoot, and upon this weapon being wrenched from him, he drow a _long sharp fle ana Lried to atab him, 1In the fght ho solzed hold of Murnanc's middle fnger on the loft hand, nnd chewed on it above the second joint until seized — his tongue and that he farced to let go. seriesof rough-and-tumnbles he was dis- ared an n to the Armory, He refused to glva his namo, and remainad stolld and indiferent muvurylhln* tyat was sald to Lim. He had been but a shiort i a bystander pulled it so hard Aftei mo in the station when he attempted to hang himself to the coll drawers, Oficor with strips torn John Mechan, cut rom lock- him his In kil two coats which he was teylng to pawi brown overcoat, and the other & bisck dr diagonal cloth; & revolver, several fles, lluen handkerchiof bearing the wame o D. I, Kenn,:: and liuen cuffa marked °‘lUattie Hay- wood, TUR SPECIALIST ESCATES, The rape case in whict Mrs, Catherine Langtin, of No. 47 Indlana street, fignres ne complainant sud Dr. Jamen, allas Smith Whittler, a **special- ist.* figures a8 defendant, was callod by Justice Meech yesterdsy afternoon. The probabllity that somothing “nasty was to be Urought ta light had the ueual effect of Alling the court with 8 crowd of men only fit for masuciation with such nasting: Dr. James is an old man, whoss gray hair has departed from the summit of his head, The woman is a tall, strongly-built French woman, about 30 years old, Bhe speaks with an sccent and |o the thoroughly French fashion, Bho aid not hesitate 10 “spesk right out anything she ha 0 say, and several times very nearly shockod the much-abused mi esty of the motiey asscmblaze. Bhe occaslonally cotangry at the counsel for the defonso and spoke more sharply thun moat witnesses secm inclined todo. Her story was to the effect that she wont to the Doctor for troatwent; that Le gave her mediciag, and to #show her how it would taste gave her & bottle to try. While tasting the lljuid he held tha bottle to her month, forc- "'f her fo drink a at deal of the mizture, She then became sicevy, and while ina sumi-conscious state he accomplished his ** hellish wign," The only jmony for tne defense was that of the Doctor's oftice-boy snd a wan wholived Ia the ballding. Their statoments did not materl- ally change the aspect of atlairs, but subscquent testimony from the woman herself showed that about mx weeks after the tima sho sct as the uate of the outrage, she returned o the Doc- I office waited on stalenicnly tr till about two wecks ago, when it happened last November; together with tho testimoay of & man who swore that the mediciae walch he compound- ed for her was for s discas which married women should not have, led th Cours to gemark that he thought that they would have to try Lo convict scme one clees thoy could not convince him that & 1apo bad beon comwmitted. The Doctor was dis- charged. SUBURBAN, HYDE PARK, Some two weeks ago the subject of tempera was lutroduced in the prayer-meeling of the Pre byterian Church, Last Weduesaay evenlng the same topic was taken up, The Her, Mr. Johuson opened the meeting with brayer, and thon, after & tew remarks, ssked for proof-texia on temperance ssgiven in tbe Dible. A number wer response, when Mr. West presented the fourteenth chapter of Romans: bread or drinking of wine cause my brother Lo of- fend," ¢tc, Thia brought out tha use of wino at tho communion-tsble. Mr, Weat thought thatit had cavsed mapy to fa)l, and that somoe did not dare to tasto it, Jle thought that the wine should bo unferwented or abollabed. The Hev. Mr.. Jobnson did not lke to thrust awsy wino alto- gether, but thought that unfermented, or juice of tbe grapse, could be usod. The asscciations and the smblems that wine repressnted i the Bible were £20 sacred to be comflckly taken away. Colon Robloson thought that it ought not (o be used, and that he would like to sce ft taken cntirely awar: if he conld he wonld as leavn uso water an unfermented wine, Jodge Hibbard and doseph N. Tarker also apoke in favor of a differcot wine—the nafermented. Mr. Carmlichael aeked |f any one bad fanen in the Church from tha use of the wine ALthe table, Mr, Johnson said that it had had no casea In tho Church, bat in otbers it had, and many were known to have fallen: that while under his charge, Maj. Cole, the revivaliet, had refused to take 1t ot commnnion, a8 had licn Barrar, Both hind felt the taste bronght back by ure in the sacra- ment. Othera apoke, and & grest onanimity pre- valled that it shunld not be nsad, Dr, 1lomo setiled the question by informing the meeting that thero wae o jelly made of the juice of grape which woall keep lor years placed tn water wonla liquefy. 1t was ldofil this articte for the futre, The Bonrd of Teustees mel at the Viliage Mall 1!!!enl§y afternoon ; all present. The Engineer wae instracted to repair Ston Teland avenne, from Sixtioth etreet toSeventy-A1tl street, Al an expende not to exceed $1,000. Mr. Mitchell reported that the test af the Water- Works would be comptoted on the 23th. M, Wheeler oftered a_resolution, which was adopted, by which the Enginecr wad dirccted to cinder Elm ‘streot, in Cleavarville, under direction of the Commitice on Stroots, tho earie to be pnid 5or'c|mt of balaace of special asscssment fund now n hand., Ordinances previous) suFrn-sed were passed o senoal the opening of South Chicago avenite, from Stony Island avenue to State strect, adopted In 875. ‘The Board then adjonrned for one wee A temperance meeting was held in Flooa's flail by the lieform Ciub lsst evening. A very large andience musruenl. and the Elpltl of temper. ance thoroughly handled by Mr. Woodes, of the Stock.Yards, dod othera, Joseph Barker, the President of the Reform Club as arganized, called the meoting to order, and the Clnb formed & per- manent organization, electing new officers, ‘Tha citizens of the Third District of Hyde Park met at the Springer achool-house, on the corncr of \Wabash avenua and Forty-lirst street. About thirty-five persons were present. The purpose of the meeting was to nnn;o for nominating o ‘Trustee 48 a representative of the distelct. Mr. J. J. Kmory suggested L. . Stono asa Trastea, Mr.Venn spoke in favor of Jobn Fanen, Mr, tlolme mentloned Mr. & D, Foss, but that gentleman sald *'I wont." Mr. F. W. Spragua Wwaa nominated, but he refased. 3ir, Stone moved to adjourn unti] Saturday night at the Hore 11oun A meeting of the Citizens' Protective Associas tion of District No, 2of Iiyde Park swas held in the office of i1, J, Goodrich, Oakland, last evene ing. Blxty-two membera weras elected. VAN DEUSEN. No Incllontion to Saw It OfF Yot Displaycd by the Litigants at Kalamnazoo. Special Dispateh to The Tribune, Kavrasrazoo, Mich., March 14.—To-day has been a very busy and Intercsting ove fu the trial of tho case of Newcomer va. Van Déusen. The defense has closed, and the rebutting testimony bas been mostly given. The remalning testie mony of the plalotif will be given at the open- ing of court at hall-past 8 a. m. to-motrow, and the arguments to the jury will consume the balance of the day. Dr, Murd, one of the physiclans at the Asy- lum, was recalled as soon as courtconvened this marning, and his testimony corroborated closely that of the other ofticers of the Asylum, After Dr, Hurd had finished, Dr. Foster Pratt, one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of this place, anawered questions In roference to treatment slmilar to that al- leged to havo been given tho plalnti® while at the Asylum. In answer to h‘\]’pntbuucnl ques- tions of this sort from both sides, the wituess virtually Aun!llcd the medical treatment of the plaintifl during her confinemeat. This witness was introduced as an expert. Samuel Foster, of Richland, in thia county, was then put upon the stand by the plunm‘i with the consent of the Court, and testlfled that he saw the plalntlff whilo on the train bo- tween Alblon and Kalamazoo, in October, 1874, whilo on*her way to the Asylum, under tho charge of E. H, Johnson, Superlntendent of the Poor of Calhoun County: that she was wringing her hands and acting In o very differ- ent manner than was sworn to by sald Johnson while hie was on the stand; that he thought by her actlons that she was golng to prison, or somewhere that was very unpleasant to her. Dr. Iitchcock, auother of Lhe principal physi- cinns of this place, was then introduced as an expert, and corroborated almnost exactly tho testimony of Dr. Pratt and the Asylum physi- clans in roference to the treatment of the plain- 1 a3 an Invalld at the Asylum, Dr, VanDouscn, who has been {11 for tho past few dovs, was then placed upon the stand, and related the history of his acquaintance with the plaintill while under hls charge, Ina manner corroborating other testimony as given by the Asylum officlals. o stated that sho was in- sano while there, and recelved proper treatment us 0 lunaticand an fuvalid. . Another expert, Dr, Motterm, of Kalamazoo, who has practiced here mearly thirty Yyears, was then sworn, and _ testilled similarly to Drs, Prott and Hitcheock. Mrs. ioova and Mr, Robertson, witnesses for tha defensc, and Mrs. Slbley, witness for the plaintil, were then recalled and asked o few uemlng‘y unimportaut questions. The defense closed at this point, and the plalntiff, as rchuttiogr evidence, offered tho dally records of the Asylum_fn evidcuce, 8o far o8 the{ related to the care of the plaintift. The lalintift will put twoor three witncsses upon he stand in the morning to cxplaln and contra- dict opposito testimony, and the srgument to the jury will conclude the case. —— A RICH BONANZA. Special Dispaich 1o The Tridune. MILWAUKEE, March 14.—The estiinate of the administrators of tho estate of the lateJ. B, Martin, rccently deceased, places the total voluc of tho property at something over $700,000. resolved to DEATEHS, e e DRYANT—At the residance of Miss J. Eliott, East Buritogeon, fe, Wednerdsy, stit a, m.. Neliio It D, {nfant daughter of Mark O. sad Caroling 1iryant, RIORMAKER—1Vex T, 8t tie rendence of his pareats, 120 Wedt I'g Frankie 1., youog- f Johih and Blary If. Shocmaker. Funcral trim tua famlly’ restdence, Friday (to-day) 8t10a. m., by carriages to Calvary Cenictery WIIGHT=0n the Gih fnat., st Galyeston, Tex., tn tha Sjat year af hie nge, {uhcnl'llumet Wrigni, bruther of M this cit, la Join B, Lyon, o 1y, WILLIAMS—londay, Marco 11, 1878, Mattle, beloy» edwite'of John S Willlate: aged dn o Mattie, beloy €2 Detrolt sud Canads papors please copy, O'NEILL—At 5t. Loulaon the 11th inst., Mrs. Annle A. ('Nolil. daughter of the Iste IL 1. Pittar, aged 33 T L AR AT Chicaay ki Inierred Graceiand Cometery Iask Wednesdsy Al ANNOUNCEMEN'TN, J. BELL WILL LEAD THE NOONDAY MEET. -day ab ?u w,}'l.l:ll"lgn sirect. Bubjecii 204, Lo selact t i lucate claime. aoks dusits o to avall themseives of ths opportanity (o abtatn 160 Bofes, of Goveruincut land stiould call v ‘sdarces CHARLES P, HAWLEY, sSecretary, 86 Washlngton- at., ltoom 2, 0K COUNTY 8. 7, tinn will meet on' Satundey, the laih of Marcli a1 t Twelfth Streel Turncr Iiall, at 3 u'clock, sharp, Reepers invited. T MEETING OF THE ENOLEWUOD HR: m Club will be held 1o the Hapilst Church on s (Fridey) !'tnll:r commenclog 7.4% o'clock, Charles Vannatta and &, 1, Keyes, reformed men and I altafal workers, willhe present and sddress LOON-KEEPERS" ASSOCIA: 10ME_CLUB ROCIADLE WILL JIE 1IELD veoing at the Tremont Houss, “All members ricods ars Invited to La jirescit, THE CWEST BIDE RED RIBHON REFORM CLUD ‘will hold & inass-meeting this evening b 231 West Madtsou stres AUCTION SALES, By ELISON, POMEROY & CO,, Auctioncers, 78 and 80 Ranaolph-st. REGULAR SALE, Priday Morniug, March 15, at 9:30 a,m, Now Parlorand Chamber Stits General Housohold Furniture, A Full Lino Carpets, Cooking Btoves, Dosks, Lounges, * Goneral Morchandise, Eto., Etc, KLISON, POMEROY & CO. By CHAS, E, RADDIN & CO,, Auctioneers, 114 &120 Wabash-av. AUCTION SALE BOOTS & SHOES FRIDAY, MARCH 16. CUAS. K. BADLIN & CU., Auctionecrs. - OIL-TANKS, & EVENDEN, OIL TANKS +x0 SHIPPING CANS, $7 & 49 Weat Laka Btrest, CONFECFIONERN, PR )t CELEBRATED tnroughout the Unzon—expressed toall pasia. 1D sad upwanl at 23, 40, 60c n‘fl . “Address orders GUNTHER, Confecs uoaes, Chicazo. UNDERWEAR, COSISETS, Eic, Ladies’ and -Children’s PURNISHING DEPARTIIENT Field, Leiter & Co. WABASH-AV,, Beween Madison & Monroe-sts,, Invite speclal attention to g large importation of French UNDERWEAR, hand- wrought, and of fine Percale Cloth. Also! Cambric and Muslin Chemises, Drawers, Night Dresses, Corset Covers, Toilet Sacques, Trains, Street and Undersleirts, A new style of Corset Cover and Underskirt: combined, wvery popular. Misscs and Children’s Ches mises, Drawers, Night Dresses and Skirts, in stzes from two years and upward. Infants’ Wardrobes a spe- cialty. . ¢ These Goods are of a supe- rior quality and style, and prices much lower than ever offered before tn any market. BABBITT'S PREPARATIONS B. 1. BRBBIT TS [ I8 & ] Original and Standard Manufactures. OFFICE AND ¥ACTORY s Hos. 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 80 & 62 Washingtmn-st, K. & BABBITT'S BEST SOAP, A T i Ramiy Y aomian i seaes bter ol £ ATl packega seat tres on eceipt af 2D conta, BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP. Mads from the parest yegotadle ofle. lod for hhw"'lg:l?:l nd the Nath.® For Lse in the Narsery i 42 10 equal. Bample b cakes, sent frea on receipt of 75 cenls. BABBITT’S SOAP POWDER. From this Powder s besutlful aad servicestis white saft Nanp, of any desired strenxth, can-bs mada ton ininutes without tha use of greas or pot Packaga seat freq on receipt of 35 cents. BABBITT’S YEAST POWDER, lutely pure. Tread. cakes, puddiogs, etc., made 1 n ahort soace of time, keap longer, and are mora ul- Festinie toan when made of comuion and chesp Imits: one, A tris! packege seat free ou receipt of 75 ceale BABBITT'S SALERATUS. Astandardarticle. Asamplo packsge seat Lres o8 recalps of 23 ceats. BABBITT’S - CREAM TARTAR. ‘Warranted free from all fmpuritfes. The housewife £ wll: upon it Trisl package sent free onrecalpt ol cents, BABBITT'S POTASH. A pure concentrated alxall, doobla the strength of polash. Bam) common ple scat frce on fecalpt of 3 centa, TIE PROPRIETOR will give au owsce of mold for vy ousce of impuritics found ta any ef theso preparations, Tor Sale bu all Dealers. AUCTION SALES. By GEO. P. GORE & CO., b and 70 Wabaabh-av. RECULAR TRADE SALE GARPETS, O1L GLOTHS, Friday, March 16, 10 a. m. Ao Elegaut Line Higgins' Importations. GEO, P. GORE &CO0., Auctioneers. Saturday, March 16, at 8:30 a. m: AUCTION SALE OF FURNITURE, 560 Tarlor Buits, 20 Chamber Sets, 50 Lounges. 25 Easy Chairs, 100 Centre Tables, 50 Rockers, 50 Otfice Desks 100 Bedsteads, .. Freuch Plate, Pler, and Bar Mirrors, Bhow-csssh Bookcases, Wardrobes, &c., which will positivaly bs s0ld 10 close consiguments. GEQ. P, UORE & CO.. Auctioneers. ————_OEG. P. UORE & CO.. Austionsere , Ty WNI, A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctioocera, 174 East Randolgh-at. REGULAR SATURDAY SALE, New and Used Household Goods, Parlor and Chamber Sets, Crockery, and General Merchandise, SATURDAY MORNING, March 16, 81 9:30 g'¢lock, 8% 174 Base ftandolpiy st. Wi, A. BUTTENS & C0., Auctionsers. BANKRUPT SALE. STOCE OF A HARDWARE DEALER, Stoves, Tin and Shelf Hardware unmufi%m:fihi% ;E:.‘fié o'clock, 8 10 Crates Crockery, in Open Lots. WAL A BUTTERS &C0., Auctlonssss-