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

BUGBEE. One of the Most Respected Thieves of Indianap- olis Unmasked. Already Con- fessed to the Extent of $132,000. Forgeries Eminenco and Goody-Goodiness of This Latest Fraud and His Regulation Fondness for Salutations in the Mare ket-Places. Ruin of the Boston Houte with Whose Business He Was In- Another Murderer to Be Hang- ed-=-Other Criminal BUGBEE, TIOE Epectal Dispatch (o The Tribune. IRDIANATOLIS, Ind.,, April 4.—What tho Winslow forgery was to Boston, the forgerles, made publlc to-day, of Joacph W. Bugbes, ara to Indianapolls. As yet they aro known only to a few, but, when the morulug papers make tho news public, it will prove the moat scosa- tional event in Iudianavolls’ history. lins been one of our must honored andrespected citizens, belleved to be perfectly solvent, and nover suspected of anything dishonorable. 1ls business reputation’ and been cxeellent, 11is attorney, Charles P, Jacobs, who has dono a1l his legal business for the past ‘hree years, was overwhclmed with dismay when the reportera conveyed the fotelllgence to Not one word had Bugbeo cver breathed to him, nor even to his fathier-ta-law, thie Rew, L. G. Hay, who was prostrated to-day when he was first Informed of his son's dis. grace. Bugbee came to fudlanapolls In 1870, und eoon cstablished n standiog for wealth, push, and business ability. 1le was the ropre- scotative of Holt & Bugbee, of Boston, and, beside his lumbee business, cntered deeply fnto real-cstate and buikdings. 1ic put up two large and handsoing business blocks. estate speculations undoubtedly that led bim to the commission of his forgories. Nighly respected, and s now serving his ses- ond term ns a member of the City Coun- 1t is hls real- most usefn] members. The story of his crime, g0 far as {5 known, 18 about this: Last Sunday 1ie called his wifo aud his father and mother to him and confessed to them that he had been duing very wrong,—great wrong,—aod that cx- posure must come. Ilo then sent for a busie ness assoctate named Lyons, and to him made a giving names, ol smounts of notes now outstanding, memorandum of them ofl, and then told He kuoew uot what was the right urse to pursue, but by advice] ho started ot onco fur Boston, Arriving there Tuesday ho handed over the confessfon to Holt & Bugbee, und it is now In posscasion of Mr. Holt. Juhn and urrived here to-day with Lyons. Ilo s too prostrated with Lyons, has gzono hurriedly over the Indian- upolls blotter, nud has found In that numerous false entrles of sales which are sald to have Licen pafd by notes,—uo doubt the ones forged. To-morrow o gystematle amd thorough examina. tiun of nffuirs Will be commeuced, ol the facts made known, 8o far, It does not appear thot Juseph has uscd the noma of mny ludlan- o send the notes to Boston, whers the firm of Ifolt & Bugbee fndorsed them and discounted them, they belng returucd to the banks Buglec} made arrangements here to tuke up the notes, and, therefore, the partios whoss pamnes wers uscd never were thelr existence. came powerless to protect them longer, he let and inang of tiedrawers of b ounid o letter to-dny from a Loulsville firm saying they had been Informed of a note hold sgainst them by Holt & Bugbee; that they had wvever made such o note, and demanding to kuow of the bauk here who sent the notlfica- tion by whom they had been fmposed upon, hank of coursy turned tho letter over to for collectlon, When Lo be- it. Thecimnployesot his itmber-yard say they eaw him this u;urnlm.'. bLut heis not at 1aw states that he hias not scen tht, when lie was sufferlng o and fucipient tever, The ed to by Hugbeo amnount fn thy Associated Press from severe liea torgerles uckuo to $182,000, us state To the TWestern Astoctaled Press, BostoN, April 4:~Tha tlrm of Holt & Buie suspiguded yeaterdav. Htles, 150,000, due mostiy in Boston, The futlure of the firu, It is stated, I8 caused by the fraudulent actlon of Mr. Bughee, brother of the junlor partucr, who has for soveral years acted as buying ueent of the flen at Iudianap- To cover bis own lusses he has drawn agalust the frm, uslug as collateral the nutes of purties iy the West whose slznaturcs aro ad- witted to be forgerles, sutng $133000 oi theso notes, now largely fn tho hinnds of Boston banks, but made payable 1u Indianupolls. NBugbeo confessos {s- from the forgeries, tho firin 1 solvent, aud will bo uble to resume. Bowton, April 4.—~The amoeuur of forged aper sued vy J, W, Bugbee, of Indlanapolls, Western agent of Holt & Bugbee, ol this city, 13 guid to anount to F150, this Bugbee hios dsawn largel ad Jutc u date as March 80, slznatures ure H, Clusterwan, Cluclnnati, 3 U, Henshaw & Sou, Clucinnati, 820, 1lnteh, Holbrook & Co., Grimth & Bon, Cinciupatl, & Co., Puiludelphita, $10,000; \ olwes & Co.y Chica and in addition to on the firm up to mong the forged Chicago, 86,0003 J. EMBEZZLEMENT. Hpectal Diapaich fo The Triduna ApRiaN, Mich., April &—=Williaw I[., Charles E.,, and L. Mortimer Rogers, well-known wheut and wool shippers of this city, were judicted by the Grond Jury this wworoing for complicity in an cmbeszloment of grain from the Lake Bhore Rallway, for which C. R. Hough, ex-atation sgent, has been vroviously fudicted. Barton W, Jlough, graln clerk under Bis brother's admivistration, was Indicted yes- terday fur the same oifuusy sud telegram 10 Sherdf Cairns, who had gous to Hougt's boma fu Wauss orrested ol 8 , O, ‘Iic Lloughis and in §1,000 each to appear, z by Aprll 4 —~Ex-County J L. Bedgwick was arrested to-day for cibeszlve weut. s accounts are 3,000 bebiud, DON'T QUARREL. Bpectat Diapatch to The Triduna, 8. Louss, Mo, April 4.—Iu 1874 an fndfet- ment was found agafost J, W, Holmea for Micit diatilling, siuce which time be has managed to svale wrest. Bowoe wonths ago Holines re- turncn to his resldence, seventeen mlles from Eslucnce, Shannon County, thinkiog that his troubles tad eutirely blown over. By’ sol ucans be became eogoged in a difficalty witl neighivor, who, fur splie, sont l’notl[h‘uuun to whereupon Deputy Marsbal Wheeler went tuptured biswan, and Janded bim fn the all {or safe-keeplug, INCENDIARISAM, Soectul Digpatch to The Ty touna® Boston, April 4.—Edward Baker, of Charles- town, und Frauk Juncs, of Everett, bave becnur- rested for atiemptiog to burn the Louseof QGeorge Hawkes, in Lynn. Baker has vecn courtlng a daughiter of Mr. Huwkes for some tlwe, and, his sttcutious being uopleasaut, they were discontinued. 1D cousequenco of tuls, he Las twice sttempted sulelde, vuce by polsvn and Juce by shootlog, sud now carrles a plstol Sullct 1n bls bead, A few wights ago, Lo re- veuge Limsclf for the fallure of Lis sult, he at- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL temoted to burn his desired father-in-law's Louse, fn which & family of tan mrrsons were slecping st the time. Ho entered the patlor by the front window, poured the ol from & lsmp upon the carpet, and _then set firo to {t. The famliy was awak- encd by the smoke, and narrowly cecaped death. Jones bas canfessed that he is iho Evcrett firc- bug and hos set no less thana dozen fres in that viace during the year, Within the past two weeks there have Leon clght or ten fn- cendlary fires fn Lyan, and the arrested parties are helieved to have caused them all. They are both young men about 22 years old. AN ALLEGED ARBSCONDER. Epectal Dispateh to The Trivune, Crtxrox, I, April 4.—Riley Owens, of the firm of Birain & Owens, stock-dealers, is alloged to have “akipped ! the other dav, taking 83,000 belonging to the firm, the broceeds of a lot of cattle which he took to Pitteburg. Straln & Owens have been partunora for ten pears In the stock busineass, and durlog that time Owenn did oll the selling and hamdled all the cash, This Is his first robhery of the firm. Besides this amount, he owed the firm §3,000. Owens awns adwelling fu this city, but Las no other proper- ty. s wifo s still here. THE FREEPORT TRIAL. Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune. QALENa, fll., Aptll 4.—The jury intho case of Peter Miller, whose trlal for the Council 1 muzder closed yesterday at Freeport, fatled to ngree upon a verdict, after an absence of twenty hours, and were discharged by his Honor Judge Eustlce at noon to-day. “They atood ten for acauitial and two for conviction. The utmost indignation provalls here over tho resuit, and the actfon of the tender-hearted members of the jury s strongly denounced as an outrage upon justice. THIEVES, Fpéctal Dispate 10 Tne Tribune. * 810ux City, In, April 4, —During the past ten or twelve rlays bhalf a dozen burglaries have been committed here, and several horees havo beenstalen, Night before last o valuablo palr of horses were stolen from o former fivo miles south of bete, and tha day previous o team was stolen from Georgo Worteott, of this city, Both teams bave been recovered, and omo of the thicves was arrcsted to~day, The thict who &tale Westcott's horses ot away, wich tho ofll- cers close alter bim. THE MINNESOTA MONSTER. 8pecial Dispuich (o The Tribune, 8v. Paur, Minn, April 4,—Andcrson, the young man who murdered his father at Cockato, Wrigut County, a few weeks ago, and o fow days after juvited a noighboring youth to dance on the floor under whicn his father's body was bid, having pleaded gullty, was sentenced to life imprisoninent at hard Jabor. 1lis younger brother, an alleged accessory after tho murder, has not yet been tried. A BNEAX JTIET, Special Dispatch to The Tribune, OMADA, Neb., April 4—A bold attempt at robbery was made this ovenlng at A, Huber- man's jewelry-store. While Huberman was walting on a cuatomer, & thict snatched a tray of rings worth 81,200 and “skipped’* out, but was cought o I:loc‘( awsy. The rlngs wero scat- tered In tho strect, but all except %zur or flve wero found. A DOOMED MAN. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Cuamparan, IlL, April {.—Charlea Burns, who Liaa been on trial fu Parls, ill., for a couplo of days past, for the murder ot o man named Birdwell on the 15th of Octobicr last, was to-day found guilty of murder in the first degres by the jury, and the death peualty Axed. e has not beea sentenced. LET OFF. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune, Cnaxraiaon, Iil, Apsil 4 —Willlam Davis, of Pesotum, this county, who lias been on trial for n couple of dnys on n charge of nn nasault to muyrder Phil Gorman, of Tolong, on Christmas- Day, 1870, to-day withdrew his plea of not wullty nud nleadvcrl guilty to ab assauit, Ile was fincd 3100, INCENDIARISM. Bpeewl Dirpatch to The Tribune, ANR Anson, Mich,, April d.—Matthew F. Qunion wrs to-day examined and bound over to the Cirenie Court In the sum of 81,000 for set- ting fire to 8amuel Foy's barn, Iz Sclo. Tho barn, which was stored With graln, was entircly consuned, - SENTENCED,. &Special Dirpatah to The Tribune. 8outn Bxxp, Ind., Aprll 4,—Bllly Campbell, from Niles, the man who shot and wounded the President of the Turnersin this city a fow weeks ngo, waa convicted and sentenced to pay a fine ol $1,000 aud bo Jmprisoned in the County Jalt slx montls. MISSING. Derrorr, Mich., Apeit 4.—~Willlam B, C. Teller, tho Paying-Teller in the Amerfean Na» tlonal Bank fu this clty, lns disappeared with £5,000 belongiug to the bank. DBURGLARY, CiNCINNATY, O., April $.—Tho residenco of J. J. Winegardner, a furmer ot Rushvilic, Falrfield County, O,, was entered by burgiars Tuesday night, aud 38,000 in currency stolen. —— SATE-HLOBUBERY, Eatoxtows, Ga., Auvrll L.—Last night the safe of the Treasurcr of tho Eatontown Brauch Kaliroad was robbed of #0,000 In casl aud 220,000 In notes and mortgages. THE WEATHER, Orrice or Tie Oy SioNAL OPFICER, WasiinaroN, D. C., April 5~1a. m.—1indica- tions: For the Upper Lakaregion partly cloudy weather, possilly rain arcas, warm, southeast. erly veeriuz to colder morthwest winds, and falling followed by.rising varometer, LOCAL OBSEBYATIONA, Cittrao, Tie. | Dar, [TAT 1% m, 207031 41| 74|, . (20,73, 43 | 03 0700 1 | 88 wi 44 | 43 20,750 47 | 48 15 “Maxinum, 63y minmui, . UEXKIAL URSEUTATIONY, Cugoaao, April 4=Atdaight, Wind, s lenis| IWeaiher, —————— CROP PROSPECTS Special Dispaich to The Tridune, Muwauses, April 4—A goutleman who resides at Hastings, Minn, aud who has had unusual fuctlitics for personal gbscrvation, was fnthe civy to-day, and from Lim was obtained the foullowing information In regard to seeding, which may be relivd upon wa sirictly correct. "The scason I8 threo or four weeks eurller than usual, und seediug {s consoquently much nore advauced. As there {8 no nppearunce of grass- hoppers' eggy, the fariners havy felt ft to be per- fectly safo to sow very largely of wheat, eod the result s 8 wider breadth than eyer belure sawh to that wheat a alre vy and s looking well, Bur- ey sud vats are now belng put fu, und the work i well advuuced. The scason sa carly aud propitious that lurmers are greally encouraged, sud business of all kiods feels tho lmpulso, Ewmfrrauts ore fluckiug to the State in large uumbers. SUICIDE. Oxrorp, N. Y., April 4.—Orango Ingrabam, 8 well-known farmer, resldiug about three miles from this villege, in the town of Preston, committed sufcide by hanging yesterday morn- fog. Ho was about 70 years of age. Floan- cial trouble s supposed to bo the cause of the . Bixogaurron, N. Y, Apri} 4—Heary Cam: bell, aged T5: a £bldier "ol ¢ho. Jato. WAz, cotme tuttted sulcide Sundsy with a plstol, at Swith- yille, N, Y. The cause of the act was his fulluro to ubtajn a pensiou. i H dipectal Dispatch 80 Tha Triduns. Cuamralay, I, April $.—1. W, Griswold, an old werchant sud Lizhly respected cltleen of Arcoln, Douglas County, committed suleide by | Michigan Sonthes hanaing himself in & woodshed yesterday after- 1iis famfly wero all nbsent at the time. 1lioJeft a noto to bis nearcst neighbor, asking bitnt to cut his body doswn, glven for the act, but 1t is supposed financlal troubles were at the bo Bpeciat DispateA £3 Lae Tridune, Mixxzarotas, Minm, Aj QGerhardt, housckeeper raloon-keeper, committed sulcide this evening by taking strychnine. 8he recently acparated who committed “sulclde fn ortly thereafter. TOE RAILROADS. 3 — TIIE'\‘ERTEBN COMMISSIONER. To-lay's Nallixy Age contalna the following savago {attack on Commizsioner N, Guiiford: perimont of maintaining tstes by an eqnits slon of husiness among compeling lines starts ont with very encouraging nrospecta, but ita enccess is dependent mainly upon tiwo conditions ~=good faith and a rpirit of concaeston among the roads, Al ability anid tact on the part of the two Conttoleatanors wha ara Intrasted with the dellcata duty of acting #8 Jadges snd jory, and are veated with arbitrary power, cven over the heaus of rall- way managers, to some degres. Comminstonor of theso groat rallway aseaciations, involving, as it docs, vast financial intereats, ro- quirea & man of strong intellect, broad eod. and extendod exporfence, In ralls The next day the Michi. pan Central anares advanced atill higher, and although therc have been finctaations in the prices since the stock has not gone helow that of its great The rexiit hae been attalned by a stralght. forwaed attentlon to business, of the road is popnlar with ali classes of tomers, particularly so with Michigan peanle. The ublished igures of the Pool Commission *hicago show that for weeka and weeks the gan Central has carelod 0 to 54 per centof all the eant-bound freight leaving that eity, cloarly entitled 1o more, the management. in the fnteresta of harniony, consented to take but 32 per cent of tha east-hound tonnage, leavin, malning U8 por cent 1o ba divided among correspondents, who will lay them on the lhonograph and liear what they have to say, uch ictiers a8 go to people who have no it val! L onographs will be conted from the macling 0r0 I8 N0 reRso p i menpewent A fiestclass elocutlontst will read one of Dickens’ novels into the nbio- rinted on a sheet ton Inches squiare, and thead can bo multiplied by tho milliun cobies by o cheap process ot electro- typing. Theso sheets will be eold for, sny, 23 A man is tired, and his wife's eyes nre fafling, ami so they sit sround and hear tho telephone read from this abieet the wholo novel with all the expreesion of a first-class reader. Scel A company for prioting these fs already organfzed fn New York. »8, It wi'l sfng in the ve Kelloag, #o thut every fam! "2 For reading. il 4.—Mrs, Laura or Mme. Relllr, a from her husband tho samé manner i FREIGHT AGENTS. CinciNNATt, O., Aprll 4.—The Genersl Pas- senstor and Ticket Agonts of the United Btates met in conventfon at the Grand Hotel to-day. W. B, 8hattuc, of tho Atlantic & Great West- ern, was clected President,and K. C. Townsend, of the Wabash Road, Sccretary, To-day's acs- aslon was devoted to the subject of emlgrants’ other land-grant territory, The rata was adopted for this class of travel on a baals of fivo cents per mile ona way for the round trip, or two and one-half cents for Lhe distance traveled. Colony tickets one way only were flxed ov a basis of two and a hialf cents per mile, the dlstance to be computed In mileage by tho shortest line. To-morrow cast-bouud rites whil be considercd, TICKET-RUYERS' RIGIITS. Specicl Dispateh (o The Tribune Qurxcy, Mk, Adril 4—In tho Circult Court yesterday the jury in the caseof Charles Horscy against the Hannibal §& 8t. Joseph Rallroad gavo plalntif o verdict awarding hiin $200. Mr. Hogsey, upon golog to Hannlbal, tendered the New York Central for ‘ork to Hunnibal, but it con- taincd n reservotion making it not good unices used within thisty days from date, and, this expired, tho conductor refused to Mr. IHorsey accordingly ene Tho defeudaut’s at- volce of Pattl and can have an opera “4, It mav bo used ns o musieal composer, When singtn¢ some favorite airs backward 1t hits some lovely alrs, and 1 bellavo a musician conld get ong papular melody every day Ly ex- T to rend to_ fnmates of iguorant who have porimenting fn that wi “5. It mnay be usc blind asylums, or to the i nover fearncd to read ©¢, It may be uscil to tench languages, and I have alrendy sold the right to use it to teach children the alphabet, Supoose Stanley had had one and thus obtained for the world all the ects of Central Aftical 7. It will be uscd to make toys talk. compnny hias already orgonized to make speak- ing dolis. They will speak in o Httle girl's volce, and will novor lose tho gift any moro than a lit- 4§, It will be used by actora tolearn tho right 1 fact, it utihty will bo What will the phong, ¥ WVao ahall charge $1 will iimit ita sale for the present,” In politics Mr. Edison is not s partlsan, but cnerally voted the Ropublican ticket, whila thicr was and Is & Domocrat of the oxtiomo type. i ITuw about religion, Mr. Edisoni" % That is o matter [ have studicd somowhat, hut 1 haven't been abla to get tho first clew to any first catise, or any heroufter, I do not dog- matize about 1t, becauso I do not know, Hut I may add that Lam strongly inclined to think thist nohody knows any more than .L I have uever foun Hero 3 a story characteristic of his methods: In tha dovelopmient of the nutownatictolegrauh, {t becamo necessary to haye a solutfon that clve a -chemlcally upon which the characters could by recorded at o apced greater than two hundred words n There were numerous solutions §n French books, but pone of them enabled him But ho had invented machiro that would exceed it, and must havd the paper to match the machine, one night,” Jolnson, an associate of Edlson, eoys to the Graphle, and thete sat Edlson with a pile of chenustries and chemical books were five feet high when they stood on the floor lald onc upon Ile bad ordered them from New London, and Parls, fle studiod thom night llo ate ot his desk and slept in his chafr. In six weeks he find wono through the books, written a voiume of abstracts, wade 2,000 experiments on the formulas and had pro- duced a solution—the only one io tho world— that would do tho very thing ho wauted done,— record over 200 words aminuto ona wire 250 1o has since succeeded {n record- 3,100) words & miunte. oubted by the fucredu- fatrness and Incapable of doing an nnjust or s petty thing,—a man whose manner shall concillate, whil bis unquestioned abilit, o man tho Ksatern truo) commands reepect, lines were o fortunate ss to find In Mr. Albert Fink. His lonz and eminent services an chicf engineer and managor of one of reat ratitway lines, his cloar and analptical mind, and Kis unswerving integeily make him eminently qualified for the position. The Commisslonership of tho Weatern lines re- cently establislica, while suburdinate to that held by Mr. Fink, roquires the same special qualifica. tions.—lndeod requirce, If passiblo, greater tact and judgment, moro legnl and diplamatic sbility, Joined with an equally unquestioned reputation for nirness and Integrity, The Western Commissioner hns to srhitrate between nalf a hinndred rosds in- ad of half a dozen; ver, meet and overcomo tho strone pre) West sgninst any combination among railwaye, We regret to be compelled to belicre that tho present incainbent, Mr. N. Guiitord, is totally un- titted for this Imporiant position, experience as assistant to a General Frelg! have cducated bim in the sharp practices i eome conaldor neccasary to vltain business from rivals, but has hardly qualified himn to sit nan udgo and authority over tho railway managers of tho outset, ho Lias aucceeded in enmlty of the reprosontatives of n thi clt; by hf for a machine. This a tickot {ssucd b! fare from New tered sult for_trezpass. tornoys woved for a new trial, A SLICK TALK. Apeetal Dispateh 10 The Tridune, Dunuqus, fa., April 4.—Several of the most promincnt merchants of thls elty held a confer- ence at the Julfen IToure, this afternoon, with tho officgrs of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad and the Illinols Central with referenco to tho question of freight rates Among the officera present was J, F. Tucker, of Herctofore the. Dubuque mierchants haye thought they were discriminated agatust, but, after several hours’ conversation, camne to the general concluslon that they had been used oot as well as merchants in nolghboring cities. that guesswork ner,—a very unfortunato thing for an under- to exceod Lhat rate, taking about which rejudico can o 8 Inte Imporiant in this city, Mr. Galiford siznalizod his udgment and seif-control, ns well as of by lils respones to tho represent. and ratiway preas, and is re- roper intormation, o _contrast bolween ordinaty courten atives of the day pented refussia 1o atford them ‘At tho same time, —showing great and #mall minds, —the excellent Chalrman of the meoting, Gon. Deversux, Cummissioner Fink, and the raliway managers were not only conrteous {n their manncr, but took special paine to furnlsh inforniation to the press. with the ozperimental Commiseioner is not of special consequence except na confirming tho lme many others, that in mental, Spectal Dispatch to Tie Tribune, DosTton, Masa., April 4.—Tho oflicers of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rallway were clected In this clty to-day, as follows: Drest- Robert Iartis; Vice-Presfdent and Gen- Perkins; ‘Trensurer, Amos tstant Treasurer, Jo N. Denojeon; Ounr own experloncs ression gained by gmml‘ urlffl social’ qualitics h 10 the position. ‘mansgers are sell awaro that the, to pinco thelr tremendous intereais in thohandsof a wealk, pussionste, narrow-minded man. They aroauick totake mental measurements, and Mr, Guilfurd would bo surprised to leatn the general opinlon of his intellectual size, The months or mure of his incumbency of tho office have beon barron of results, except clerical working out of 3r. feeling among the managors seems to ba that 1f L1 Western campact Is o bo man must be placed In charge, underetood, has already learned tho expediency of sition for wihich hia was Intompetent, toencapo o ection. ¢ 1 ‘entiraly upequal thirty-one hundred statenient will) bo lous, but I have scen itidone,” "Those who have worked with him belleve that ho can ovolve from his own Lralu aay inveution Does he know what fs in all of thoss 8,000 vials on his shelves?” Inquired the Graphie, ! was the reply. Whenever he hears of o new compound, he Immediately orders {t, for he dogs not know how syon hé mey need {t." Edlgon haa studied astronomy also, sod, conjunction with Prof, Langtoey, ot Alleghany Univeralty, s notw engaged iu devislng fimprove- menta in the telescope, © You may say this for mo,” says Edward H. Johnson, an nssociate of Edison, **after a long and Inthnate scquaintance, 1 allege that Edison is onu of tho falreat and squarcst men I ever knew. Mo Is perfectly Lonest,and the tnen who are trylng to avall thomsclves of bis tugenult, by slandering him will be exposed aud beaten. ' Thomas A, Edfson was born fn Milan, Erfo County, 0., Feb, 11, 1847, and therefore 18 now low many patcats have you taken out?* I asked him to-day, 1 don't exaotly knoty,! ho sald, and went to his hookkeeper to ascertain, “That ono recelved to-day,” sald that func- tlonary, * makes 157 patents, and seventy-seyen mors hiave been upplied for and are pendiug in “ You underatand,” sald Mr, Edlson, *that not mory than ong in ten of theso Is of any real practical valuo. Tho reat ore abtalned for tho purposo of protection, Not more than ten or fiftcen of my patents are worth anything ex- ovent aumebody from atcaling tho raph, 10r Instance—I shall ozen patents to defend it. et o patent on overy kind of phono- When Edisou is fn the throcs of fnvention he Bometimes ho docs not o to his bouse for four or flve days, though {t They send lvm his neals ot such times, for ho has not yet discovered an: without any food, Ir. Johnson eays, “he has Mr. E. T. Joffery, Buperintendont of the Tt~ nols Central Raflrord, announces the appoint- ment of the following local azents: Stowe at Merrill 8tation, in place of J. H. Morf, vesigned; Mr. Judd Murphy st Oyer's Station. A meeting of property-owners residing along the line of the Chlcago & Southern Rallrond waa held yesterday at the office of the Amerls can Bridge Company, 210 LaSaile street. The object of the meeting was to porfect arrange- ments that would fachlitate tho transfer of the to so harmonizo conflicting Interests that no trouble miuht arlse horeafter. Tho annual meeeting of tho Chicago brancht of the Baltimoro & Ohlo Railroad was to have been hield yusterday, and noarly nll tho stock- holders and Directors wero present to tuko part in the proceedings, but after the meeting had by the electlon of Mr. John Tyrrell as Chalrman, it svas found that nothin could ke dono becauss thers waa no atatomeni regarding tho sale of bonds of the road, and an ournnient was therefore had until May 8, ———— ** That ho ducs, a succees a much sbler them all himscl AMr, Guilford, it 1s right-of-way, sud Whilo Commissioner Gullford deserves somo % 30 censure for his usuai discourtes Dbers of the oress whto call tpon tion, yut ho does not merit such sweeping con- demnation an that of tho Age. Mr. Guillord has not been long envugh fn his position to warrant the nccusation that he {5 incompetent to per- form the urduous duties of his ollice, contrary, it is tho generol opinlon that he Is well qualitied for the positon, andoniy needs a little pruning down to becomo popular with atl m forinforma- TILE CIICAGO & NORTHWESTERN. It 13 now claimed that the rumors which have been afloat for some time past regarding a chango in the management of tho Chicago & Northwestern Ralirond have been rotten up for the purposc of atock speculation merely, and that no change of any consequenco will bomade when efectlon-day arrives, As {8 well-known, this road s in a groat measure controlled by Jay Gould, and this gentleman 1a not nlways overscrupulous {n his meaus to accure his ends, An unusual actlvity has been noticeable in Clil- cogo & Nortuwestern stock during the lost month, and it fs stated that large amounts of monoy lave been made aud lost. Of vourse Joy Gould was not on the losing stde. Mr, Perry . Smithand Georgo Dunlap hava been n New York durlog the last few wocks, and thelr presence thers was thought to bo due toadesiro on thelr part to get back Into tho mauagemtut of tha Chicago & Northwestern, Nut it now turns out that they did uot go there withany such fotent. Bomechow ar uther they got wind of Jay Qould's desigua, and thoy took 1t {s reported thut these gentlemen have been deallng heavily In North- western stock, and are now ahead scveral hun- dred thousanil dollurs, Some place Perey Il Smith's gain us hizh as $300,000, ‘The reports that dfore Aliont the Woanderful Inventor. New York Graphic, Wa went over to Monlo Park, N. J,, two of us, to ace Editon and his wonderful lnventiona and make some discoverics and sketches for the Menlo Park I8 not a nark. Itlsnota city. It{snotntown. It is not in any way re- Inted to Mungo Park, tho great Beotch-African, Although (¢ 1son the Pennsylvania Rallroad (Just beyond Rahway), it is not even a stopping place, except when tho station-agent flags tho trafn to take on wafting passengers. posed wholly of Edlson's laboratory and half-n. dozen houses whero his employss lve. St s, in short, Edisonis, and nothing elss. Just northof tha track Is a long, plaln, white wouden buliding, full of windows and two sto- rles .bigh; this is the laboratory of tho Jerscy Columbus whoss nawme hes sudden famous. Many telegraph wires uro from it. Tha flrst fluor Ia occupled by scribes and bookkeepers fn ono end, and at fhe other era o {ron, who, have to taks out a ncarcely slcops at all, {8 within thirty rods, method of gettin “For ten yoars," averaged eighteen hours a day, with blin for three consccutive months, all day axcupt catching o little sleep bo- 0 in the morning. Mr., Edlson {s tho oriziuator of tho electro- motograph, for which lio recelved the clehth patent {saued by the Umted Btates for orlrinal discovery: and fs the fuventor of the American district telecraph (the messenger service), tho stock reporter, the automatic syston, tho cliom- feal retorder, the Roman-letier printing-tele- graph, the velebrated ¢ whicn tho Waestern Un sotna ten or twolvo skilful worl ot anvil and forge, lathe and drill, are nolsily cngazed In making pattorns and models for the eulus of the vstablisbinont. n tangled shapes, are scattcred and plied cverywhere; turning-lathes are thickly set on the flvor, and the room is filled with the screoch of tha tortured metal, U atalrs wo ciitub—to a room the size of tho windows on sides snd 1s walled with sholves of bottlos, like ¥ shop—thousands of hotties of all sizcs und colors, 8 hund in the game. 118 fron deas, the Northwestern fs to bo ruu by the Chiears, Milwaukco & 8t. Paul are Mr, 8, 8, Merrlll, tho nager ol the Chicago, Milwaukes & St Paul, stated to n TUIBUNE reporter yeater- duy that there never was tho feast probabllity olsuch a thing belng dong the Chlcago, Milwaukes & no clreumstances baye suythin mauggument of the Ch Kelthier of the ronds would galn anything by a Mr. Morrill bas s high opinion of the present maungeraof the Chicagzo& westorn, uud ke folt contldont that they would Lo retalned in thelr positious. INCREASED EARNINGS, ‘The New York World says 1t Las been common to supposc that the increased earnings on Weatert rallronds this semson cams wholly irows frolght; or, &% any rate, of passengor carnings Lias recoived Ity iut 1t uppears that on sovoral of the lincs tributary to Chicago th-:fln In passen- 0 uadruplex aysten, on on pays him a large uking teluphione, aud the electric cativgg lotters and circulars, of which 18,000 aro uow Jn use, e —— MINISTER TAYLOR, Now Yons, April 4.—Thio grand banauet ten- dored to the Hon, Bayard Taylor, Minlster to Berlin, took placo to-night, and was attended by a large number of prominent citizens of New York, The banquet-hall was hoautifully dec- orated, and German and Amecrlean flags wero 20U persons sat down Wilttam Cul- was the quost of the evening, aud among the Oraons prescnt were ov, Morgan, Mayor E und, what {8 more, . Paul would under ng ta da with the fougo & Northwestern. Inthe corner {s a cabinet On beuches aud tables are battorics of Klasaes, cruclbics, retorts, an ash-covered forge, and all the apparatus of s cicnlst, it two carnest men ench holding atternately to mouth and ear the mouthpicce of a tefephono, “Well, what arc you up to to-day!" asks an uatntance who hus sauntered 1o, Vo hove got the Chicagoe telephono re- peater In tho circuit ot last, and we arc now talkivg throuzh 800 mifes of wire, via St. Louls, Cincinnati, Louisville, Washington, ang parabola of tue West, yet. Thls Is tho largest efrenit uver attowpted, aud it would not be eating nachine,” 8 man about five Phlladeiphis—thu doesi’t work well wards Fierrepont, ex. tho Rev. L W. Chief-Justice Daly, 8. B, mon, Uecorge Opdyke, Sluclair Tousey, Georgs apin, and iy others. regret wers read from Willam J. Bancroft Davls, John Ligelow, old, Henry W. Loogfellow, R, W, Emerson, O, W. {lolmes, and Juhn G. Woittfer. Mr. Bryant made the opening speec! Mr. Tuylor rcepouded i feeling an Addresses wero olso made by George W, Curtis, Edwards Plerropont, 4. W, Baker, rner, ex-Goy, Balo- Bellows, and others. ———— INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE, Naw Yousx, Aprit 4—~At 8 meeting of the Chamber of Conmerce to-lay Leon Chatteau, delegato memboer of the French Cominltice for 8 Franco-Amerlcan treaty, explalned theobjects of Lils mission, which may bo sumed up thus: To discard fll-understood or Hl-determined the- orics, and to draw, fromn actual facts, o new custoius-dutfes adjustment, United Stutes ond outlet for Americau cotton and woolen goods, cast front wrouglt fron, hardware, refived su- gar, leather gooils, cte., his a normal stato of t treaty of comuiercs for tho removal of this u, aud, with this view, trusted tho merican Committie that sy be orgauized will uccept the juvitation to a publie He did not doubt the favor ablc result of such Franco-Ainerican Congress for thepromotion of the wellure of the two na- nossible without In the middlg of the room fect ton iuctea high, with a thin face, bigh chieak bones, and & loug, lean neck. not be picked out In a crowd as amanof wmore than ordipary fntelligence, and he Is the persoit whoin a banco-steerer would b likely to aks fnto his confideuce. Time he evident cunaiders too valuablo to wuste uu person: decoratlon, for ils boots havae nut beeu bisck- ened this week, and, although hie Is vateusibly whiskerless, s Leard has had days' growth, ugzles, ox-(iov. Balo- Curtls, E, A, Ch can be seen In acparate tements of soveral roads, bul the report ditor of tho Milwaukes & St. Paul Boad ! 1hy iu the ouly one we hav scen which clasyiflee tha earniigs for the whols period from Jan1to Biarch 21, the latest date 10 which the accouuts are writton up. The followlog are the vomparative earnfugs, Classided: bolr 1 of a chestnut brown, and 1 judgo bo cuta it bimselt, for it stands up In au anxlous way all over his head, with a striking tendency forward, and at the radiates ke tho thorny top of o cro {3 o quitd of tobacco n his 11s mouth is scusitive, the blue vefus aud the flugers Nutter as If fzent purpose; but thu oal feature that would lmmediately attract the af- teution of » stranger s worth u second lovk is lls Kuen, deep, cager ura! the {utensity of the man. Edisy W, D, Howells, Totaln.o,,, 81,084,322 BLUIT. 404 $730, 543 ‘The business of tho 8¢, Psul 1toad, therefore, fur tho cxplred portion of 1877 sliows & fotal licrease of two-thirds over that of 1877; waile, of the soparate sources of revonue, frelgit shows an i creass of mord thou four-Afthe, the tratiic one-third, aud the mall express—also un fn- dicstion of goncral movoment of businoss—~shows Wo bave no reason to show o his bands, cuch Lad an wte which roveals s Thomas Alva m;ngd out a good many inven- with a perceptible West- * I've made some ny lu of nearly one-half, k the case of tho 8t. Paul Hoad exco tent of accumpany unjcsa it bu in fthe s statement, shullarly clas- Weckly stateiel altied, from the rufitable to both Yesi" ho ana ern twani in bis speech, chines; but this i3ty baby," patting the sp ing phonograph and tuking a chalr oefor “und §expect it to grow up to be a big feller ort e (o wy old uge ., Lion showed us fiis dismantled asrophane, “Home of it started for Eurowo last week,' said hic, **and 1 can't show you bow it sounds. But here, you sce, {a the sauio tympanumn that we use dn the telephone and phouograply wo aud its vibrations, instead of tin-full, opens aud closes 8 e, and thus gives atlons of tho "human It 1y much slwpler than the pho- and fts sudible speech cau bo bicard s antce that it shall read the Declaration udency 80 that every word will be distinctly ard by every citizen of Manhattan Island. I will cal) vut a1l the stations on o rallroad, avd the locomotive will go through the couutry talkipg whatever the cogineer tninks it necessa- ry to suy. Bleatners cat converse stscs. Light- houscs ests warn ships lu a storui, Fire districts fuforuation whetber a firo veluy wastered.” | have ou exbibition at Paris,” sald Edison, ‘*eight teleploues, besides wy phovo- graph and aerophone.” 4To what uses do you expeet t! u{ be pute’ he wes asked. it * L For dlctatiog ¢ witl take the place of slort-haud reporiers, as thus: waoy letters to write will talk them to the phonogrupl, snd seud the sheets dircctly to Lis I0WA RAILROAD VALUATIONS, pecial Correspondcics of Ths Tribune, Des Muixgs, Ia., Apsil 2,~The aggregato assessed vuluation of the Chicago truuk lno raflroads in this State, os fized by tho Btate Ex- ceutive Coancll fur 1879, is largely below that for 1877, ‘The following ls tho total for the rosds naed, including brunches: d he_did mot think He suzgested a discussion [n Paris. sucak wainst this privking a ebicet o vulve (o the steam-pl) the whistle the srticul u. Iu wany tlelds the sprivg - E RIGHT TO RIOT. Speclul Dispakch to The Triduns. 87, Lovis, Mo,, April’4,—Jasmcs McCartby, one of the {ndividuals conuected with the work- ingineo's demonstrations last summer, to-day brought suit {n tue Circuit Court agalnst Mayor Qverstola and tho City of 8t. Louls for 25,000 damages, McCarthy alleges os a causo of ae- tion that ho was arrested without warrant or authority of law by tho city oflicials mud fncar- cerated fn jall, where be remainod sowe ihne, that no chiarge was ever proferved sgalust blw, sud that Le was dlsmisscd from J any explanation as to why ho was asrestuds e ——— -~ A CENTENARIAN, Rpecial Dispuich 10 The Irivuns. Easr Bacvaw, Mich., April 4,—Blrs. Mary McCollum, & native of Glasgow, Bcotland, died 1of Bucna Vista Townahip to-dsy at the ad- vanced sge of 100 years, Deceased had restded wuuy years lu this county. M &ve P, & Northwast'n. ; *Maple Ltiver branch, 60.15 miles $150,475, was nut 1o uvperstion n 1877, shows 8u apparent incresse Jn the valustion of this fur 1578, _ Deduct thts frow the total und the fou Ls 83,854,408 for samo wileago as in TRE MICRIGAN CENTRAL. ‘The Michigan Central teive the following well-deserved compliment iu tho Detrolt Fres Presa: The ¢forts of the Central Railrosd to wial for tha stockboldors s 18 begiuuing to have its eect oo stuck of the Lake Shore & Michi for suveral years alwoye eold bLigher than ghatof ¥or sowe wonths past the Micbizun “Ceatral Rallroad wanagers re- cau by shouted T uite spparens aud tho Michigau Central. Yalus of the shares of the has been gradually advanciog, sod on the 21st of March tbo guoted ame o8 for sharcs Wl A frus wero tho _ATTEMPTED MURDER. A Bridgeport Politician Tries to Shoot Lieut. Vasey. Con Grifin Fires Three Times at the PolMea Officer. Thero was another election yesterday, and the «Bixth Ward agaln had a chanco to celebrate. There were numerous sorsheads from tho ity cleetion, and maty of thess scized the oppor- tunity and nad a glorions time, a8 any ono might ave percelved by the numberless tights slong Blue fsland avenua and Twenty-sccond street. The henchmen of Tom Uriffin, the defeated candidate, were about all day looking for the iCallerton henchmon to devour. They cleaned out the crowd nbout the Democratie polling-place, and fised up mat- terd to their own taste. Tom Grifiin holds forth- at the corner of Blus Island and Western ave- ntics, and a brother named Con, the short for Cornelius, keeps n groggery at the corner of Centro avenue and Twenty-sccond street, and throughout the day it was considered unsafe for a Cuilerton man to place foot on the direct road between the two places. 8o the Gullerton men kept out of aight. Tho Grifinites waxed wroth dnsing the. sfternoon, a8 tho bod boozo began to ko their hoads swim. At about 2 o'clock Con Grifiin having placed & small seven-shooter In an tuter cont- pocket, gathered atout him several vallant sip- porters, and sallled forth determined to clean out somebody or something, 1lo went fiest to the Hinman 8trect Station with the Intention of taking Lieut. Vesey to task for having stuck so closely to tho Cullérton causc, and if he failed to mnake good excusc, it was understood that Griffin was to castigate him. Two such vislts weramadu totha atation without euccess, and the Inat tima Uslilln forced upen tho .door of tho Licutenont's room to make stire that he was not concealed within, ~After leaving here thio crowd had gundry drink the avenue, ncar Twenty-frst sirect. Farther along the streety noar Niuctoonth strect, at about 8:20 In the aftcrnoon, Lieut. Vesoy was at Joyce's saloon, ou observed driving south In a bugey with M. Ford, o saloon-keeper at No. 170 West Harrison street, belng at the time en route tothe Houseof Correction. Grilln halled them, and thoy balted. Stagrering out to the burzy Griffin fu a com- manding tone ordered Vesey to come down, that ke wanted to ¢ca blm, W1 lava't time just now,” sald Vesey. * Qome to the statlon this evening,” “1 have numcthluF pfl;(ntn to say,' continned Griflln; **cotng, let's take something™ (polut- ing to o nefghboring saloon). - “ I am in a burry to get out to tho House ot Correction, and have no tlme,” responded Vesay. Without furtber ndo, and without nn angr: word, Griflln drow tho revolver, and, cocking I{. said, * I'll make you have time,” and then fired. Cocking it ‘azain he was about to firc, when Ford, who was next him, syrrabbed the weapon, thi descending trigger of which catch. fnyg him between the thumb and forcfinger, and tho subscquent wrestling toro out the plecs of flesh,_tnaking a quite painful wound.. By this time Vesey Lad got out of the buggy on thy othier slde, and Uriflin percelviog this cursed fearfully, and with threats to kill him fired at hlm twice (n rapld succassion. Vesey roturned cach flre; but with no suceess. Both clused fo o scufile, and faliing tolled over and over cach otlier, and some of Grillin's friends were sensi- blo enongh to take his revolyer away from him, Vescy refused to givo up _his, and nfter a tough wrestliug 1mateh with Oriflln ho nsserted tis tights as a policemnan by clubblog him with thg Lutt of his revolver into subjection, The erowd «(d not nterfere and Vesey fook his man to the station and locked b up. Veaey found himsell to be comparatively un- Injurcd. “Tho firat bullet had grazed the ‘fore- licad and torn off & small strip of aulq, and oho of the other bullets had grazed his left hand, The bullet-holes in his cout ahd hat evinco the uarrowness of his cscape. Mr. Ford's wound was found to be quito severe, aud he went at once to get it dresscd, but he does not com- plaln, as lic says lie saved one good man's life and another bad man's walk to the scaffold. Gritlin Lud been.ocked up about an houronly when a Jarge mob gathered about the station, intending to demand the release of the prisoner, but Licut. Vesoy had antleipated tho move, an Lad o largo budy of men present, The crowd slunk away without making any lively demon- atration, upan wotlelug the preparations made for their receptfons, Licut, Vesey Las the roputation of belng ono of the best men on the police force, and in his efforts to do his duty has thres times been yiotently asanulted by opponenta to law and op- der, outslde hls narrow escapes in last year's riots, Once he was cfected foreinly and brutal- 1y from a saloon by the Dooluy brothers: once ho was kuocked down and eruclly kicked at o Bohemlan dance; snd yestorday ha nacrowly es- caped assaseluntion. Notwithstanding, he was about ns usial iast nlght in bis district, defying vy one to do him harm. HYMENEAL, Bpectal Dispaleh fo The Tridune, Kaxosua, Wis., April 4.=3lr, Charles Allen, of the firm of Alien & Bons, loathor merchants of thiscity, was united In marriage to Miss Ella French this afterncon at 8 o’clock, the Rev. Mr. Mattuews, of Chicago, tying the nuptial kuot. The happy couplo left on this ovenlng's traln for a trip throuzh the Btate, Spectal Dispatch (0 The Tribuna, CrLevALAND, O., April 4,—It is suthoritativel stated that tho Cuneron-Shernan wedding will take place In this city ou the Sth of Muy. ~ Nlss Sheruian and her inother, tugether with Mrs. lluit, her sister, have gone to Nuw York to make purchaaes aud arrangements - for the uaptials, . A very briiliant alfair is snticlpated. ———— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. New Yonk, Aptil 4.—A apecist from Rich- mond, Va., enya the 8upreme Court to-day ren- dered o deciston in the case of Clark vs. The Commonwealth, who was held for the payment of a flue {n grecubacks which ho offered to pay in tax-rccelvable coupons, The Court declded that the coupous were not only recelvable for fincs and all dues to the State, but further that the coupous wero not subject to taxation. This upscts all the repudiation schemva of the re- adjustera. ABUVILLE, Tenn., April 4.—Collector Wood« cock to-day rocetved a report fromm Duputy-Col- lector Fhilllps, saylng ho Lad made s rald through White and Van Buren Cauntles; do- stroylug seyen dlMclt distitleries, with a large anount of beer, singlings, and whisiy, FINANCIAL, New Onuxaws, La, April d—Tho Times' Vickiburg special snnounces the fallure of Moss & Martla, cottan buycers, Liabliltles, 100,000, Nomasets. The failuro: 8 caused by the sus- peusion of thelr 8t, Louls branch house, Nuw York, April 4.—The suspension of John R. Cectl, & small operator, was announced in the Stock Exchouge this afternoon., Il was “ahiort of tho market. Iils MHabliitfes are y in thu West, The labllitics do not 00U, Tho tirm oxpects to be able to ——— BUSTED ACCORDING TO LAW. Tridune. Bpecial Disoatch én The Boston, Mass., April 4.~Thu Bayings Bank Commislonera applied tho new Btay law to the Lawrence Savings Bauk of Lawronca to-lay, The order provlies that thn"ra’ul‘;l -hnlll pay lu depasitors 10 per cent upon their deposits from Amq, 1878, to_Oct. 4, 1878, and 10 per cent additionsl from Oct. 4, 1678, to April 4, 1879, Tho Brosdway aviugs Bunk of that city {a now uader au Injuaction, —————— Turkish Mugtc, Baigrazia, Magic and witcheraft would seom to bo practiced to a very great extent among the Turks; therc are thoso that aro accounted ma- giciaus, witclios, and wizarde, whose occult power is brougbt largely (but with wmuth sccrecy) to work out reeults on snother's will, aflections, property, and health. Coucelvo the cascof two rival wives each longing for the other's death, . They look in each other's faces with jaundiced emiles, and revel together through s tournament of serceching musio; and cach knows all the while tho uther Las, so to lgcth sold her soul to tho inlerual powers for the sske of present rovepge. Lot such s thing be but suspected by the one, sud uo power ou carth can furn her from courtiug overy spell of the dark ersib to out- do her rival. " For oes not ber very lite dopend on her resorting to wore powerlul weans, Lo more subtlo sccrets, than the other kuows ofi Where van sbe nd g wan or wowsn “ wise! cuvugh tolead ber through the labyrinth of dark ways that bave to be trodden befurs sho can arzive 0 triumpl at Ler goal, and know ber evil wishies realizedd Bho scts to workcautious- 1y aud surreptitiously, bindiug sowe old wowan to her secret eerviee, But hetars apel) or chchntment can bo commenced. it s sary Lo obtaln possesalon of soma olje elongr. ing to the person who has to he warked o, £31 a divoreo has to he Brought about, tw .{mm,‘l miust be obtained balonging to the parties who have to he acpnrateds these metal objcts arg then securely bound lomlhtr in representatiy, of the bomls of matrimuny, which uilte (i owncrs, The apoons are then clther burieq n the ground or hung In some damp, moldiy p, ecptacle, Incantation having been duly satd m-e; them. Asthe steing binding them togethey gradually riccavs, Ao the bonda of affection by, tiveen husband and wife will surcly give plary toaveralon ond eatrangement, Il thelr e Jives fall asunder. In magie, wrltten words nr;J supposed to have mizhiy power, as thourh the, contid hold in n concentrated form the denresy and most hidden wish of the moul: and, I that wish 8 written with thy heary s fife-blood, and In conjunction iy thie names of some of the haliest prophets, its fulllimont I8 the moro certain. Nearly evory Khanum wears such an amulet; 1y g, Milous-minded, as 8 vreservatton from ein; 1,y suparstitious, as & protection againat shaifus . soung girle, to fnaure a hapuy’ marriage; 4y aged, Lo court Toni lfe; ambitious Effendls, 1q Insure advancement; mon wio lave two wive to set themselves heyond the nower of |pell-§ and a besutiful woman to werd off envy, [j,4 i the caso of a rivalwife this amulet Is & sourcq of the keenest. liope and of the gravest nppre. henstons, 8he must bide It from all eycs, an you it must never leave her. Bhould it e g covered and tampered with, 1t would reveal fop paramount abject,—the names of those eop. cerncd, and the end tobe effected, betng usaj), written {uside tho little three-cornered pmgl —e—— . ~T10waA. Jlow a Villaln Was CoughtaThe HWardip. County DefaultorwGolng Back to Ching. Mr. Turner Evans® Mad-Stono, Bpectal Correspandence of The Tribune, Des Moixns, In., April 2—A few days ago, 1o Cherokee County, a farmer’s horsc was shot ayg killed. The gun-wadding wns pleked 1y whiere the shooting took place, nnd consisted of 3 plece of nowapaper, which was earefully prossed out flat, Suspiclon rested upon & man who hag in s posscsfon a doubla-barreled cun, and jie was arrested, Ono barrel of the gun was loag. ed. The charge was carefully drawm, tho paper wadding smoothed out,when it was found to match exactly the wadding found in the field whera thio iorse was sliot. HARDIN-COUNTY DEPAULTER No tidings are yet had of D. B. Morse, the absconding and defanlting Hardin-County Ay. ditor, and'it 14 supposed he has sufelded, The probabilitics arc that the surcties on his officlal bona will escape labllity for his defaleallon, ag the money hie embezzled belonged to the School Fuud, and was paid to him without any author. 1ty of law, end bo had no legal right to reecive 1t, not being In abywise the custodian of gt fund, = As the moniey, belng interost and prigel- al on School-Fund ' mortgages, should laye cen patd to the County Trensurer, it Is highly probabio the partica wilf have to repoy it ~the Supreme Court having devided that, tho pay. ment, of funds to any county oflicial not desig. nated by stutute to recelve "It 18 not o Jegal o valld payment, and is done at the payer's risk, Constde rable trouble ia hod in this Btate in this watter. The Auditor Lias control of thy school lands, and schoul fundy, mortgages, aud notes, o transacts all the business with the horrower$ not one {u ten Knowa that any other oflicer has anything to do with it Naturally thoy o to the Auditor to pay the Interest and prindpal ; and it hos beon the custom largely 1or that officer to receive the same, without fa. forming tho payer thut it shotild ba patd to the ‘Freasurer, It was under this practice that Morsa zot posacsslon of this méney. The Rey, 8 1. 9 oyt of - Wavarly, he Rey. 8, It J, Hloyt, of Wavorly, Bremer County, will roturn to Wu-chang, cm%?., salling from Han Francleco May &, flawas for elght years a misaionary there, coming home fwu yeurs ago on account of the {ll-health of bis wife, His placo was filled by apother, who re- cently died, thus leaviug thofleld yacaut agalo, Ou ncconnt of his thorough Rridwledge of the Chinese iangunge, and sccltnation,! hia has beea fnduced to return there until others can nequire the lnngun;iio and get adapted to the cliwate. 8 wife will remnln with har parents at Davenport. Mr, Moyt willland at Bhiaughae, and voyaire up the Yang-tae-kiacz River to his destination, milcs, This rirer Is about oe mile wide the cutire distatice from Bhanghao to Wu-chang, and navigable for larze veasels, Bishop Perry will visit 81 Androw's TParish, at \Waverly, noxt Monday, anda joln with tho church o a formal leave-taking. ‘The parish vefuecd tonceept Mr, Hoyt's resignation, bus gave Llm two years’ leave of abscnce, TIE 10WA MAD-STONE. Inquiry haviog recontly beon made as to thy whereabouts of o gepulne mad-stone, the fol- lowing witl fi‘n" the desfred fuformation regsnl Iue oue which hoa a wonderful_record. It li now In the posacssion of Turner Evans, of Parls, Jackson Township, Linn County, tho nesrest hoint to which Ly rallroad is Anamosn, on the ubuygua & Boutlivéstern Rallroad, Its proper tles_were first known 180 Ecm 870 o Virginie, It .has been in the Kvam fumfly sfpco first known, Tho preseut E\ucuur recelved it fromy his father, Adsm Evans,” For thirty-clzht yensss, while In the possession of Adain Evans, it did mauy won- derful cures, atd was ktown far and wide, ilo recelved it from his futher in 181, while liricg nuar Boone Statlon, Kf' On the death of Adsrd Evans, it passed to_Turncr Evans, more thau twenty years oo, During that perfod it bas been tested mavy titaes, and nover fuledto cure the rables, oven in the most severe sud als most hopeless cases, At frat tho cighbors of Mr, Evana were fucredulous, and luclined to ridicule tho thiug, but, after numerous success ful trials on horses and cattle, doubt wai ehaoged to cortaluty, During his possession of the stone, nearly 700 cased have been treated, oud in not oue bas the stone failed to pive e llef and effect a care, 4 It is not Jonger than the end of a man' thunb, - welitia oue-fourth of an ounce, sud rescmbles a dark aponge, with flue pores er- tonding from stde to slde. Been through 3 magnifyfug-glass, it resemnbles flint; o at toe outer end of the pores appear dark rlmi:;llll sundstone, It s trisugular In form, havied u;:lu flat surfoce, which la calied the worki alde, When used, it Is placed In o bath of one X-\fl miik to tho threo parts water, and warmed 10 blood-heat. ‘Lhe patient {8 required to exercss briskly until the blood becomes aetive fu cint Jation, wlicn tho ekin near . tho parts blttensr scrutchied with o sharp-polnted ustrument W til the blood starts, when the stone I appliek 1t jmmediately begine to absorh the virws and, when filed, {s removed, nod susked I8 the milk-and-water bath, It is thus repeatells appled, untll ib ceasve fo adbure 10 the flesh, which ft will do ns o2 a8 the virus is oxtracted, and mot unhl then, While the virus remaine, it requicet conalderablo power to remove {t. 1t has bued appiied nearly 100 thnes fu o singls vase, The mfig is to uppiy 1t a8 Jung as it will take bold. A f,“'“‘ to tho flesh of o person not alfected wfi rables, it hus no mure etlect uxnnuvk‘\l‘ of gglass, unless thero be prescut Lhe taint © scrofulous disease, when it will adbcre, 88 18 cascs of rabics, The cases cured by this st are 100 wany sud too well wutbepticated to pcl; wit a doubt of its efficacy, A Mr, Bunce v Mcchaniesville, bitten by o rabld dug, visite Mr, Evans, snd, when hy arrived there, was st foring from paruxystis and nervobs spasiud 0 the timbe, The stone wus applied, aud be W cured. i A Mr, Flold, of Chicago, arrived thero fu & terrible condition. For tweuty-four |ll-|\ll1y ‘ fore the stonic wad applied be suffered inkent torture frutn nervuus paroxysms and uzuy-!;‘d nind, which, §f continued auother duy, “'“' have, be belleves, resulted fn maduces 10 = ho says death would have breu o relict 1 SO0 ratbor than buve endurcd tho borment. 1o wholly cured by the use of tho stoug., s Mr. Kvaus secks uo notoristy, Waat be recelved has come frum those who huve m*"‘ cucod the beuellt of la wad-stone. It [ her] 200 afllicted with rabies visits him, he wil ¢ fl“ o can to givo him relfef, Ho promiscs nol o and makea uo preteusiuns, Ho ks not a Vo {st, nor supcratitious. The mad-stone are to hin on catal s much a0 a8 that be will reap whest wm_' sows the sced. 1t Is as thio service of :}:3"' wish to use it. Hawse ————— OBITUARY. Speetal Dispaich to The Tribune. Broosixuton, 1N, April 4.—A. R. Jon"vu Towands Township, a wealthy farmer :on stock-breeder and an old setiler, dicd b n today of cobsumptlon, aged 00 He ¥t} b(uthyzr of the Lfon. Uvris Joucs, of Catiforni: ADRLA ”‘3‘(‘!’:‘\.\.“%;\1‘1.0—1\{" & Cirey, a well known cltizen and dry-roods dealer 5!2-‘ b afteruoop, aged 80, of 3 SILVER. BAx #2AN0150, Cal., Aprl 4—Tt Is peportel that tho Gorernnicat bas receutly purchase this city s quautity of flue silver 10 start 5 miot oo now dollats. Tho prico ls sald 1 equivalent to 51§¢ la Londou, Abuvut %o Siucos were o ko trom tho, Selby 5“‘&'“‘! Works, and 120,000 oupces from the Prlzo Miniug Cowpany.