Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1878, Page 7

MARINE NEWS. ocal Marine Insurance Agents Continue Their Competis= tive War, nd Get Grain-Cargo Rates to Buffalo Down to Fifteen Cents, ailing of Quite a Grain Pleet-- Sallors’ Wages, Lake Freights, Bto. JARGO INBURANCE DOWN TO 16 CENTB. The combat deepons, Tha local marine Insnr- ace agents Saturday got cargo rates to Ruffalo awn lo 15 cents net, one cargo, at least, belng ritten at that Agure, and it {8 rate to say that 10 ents will be resctied to-day. From 20 cents snd 0cents off tho rate was atlll furiber cot to 16 cptenel. Oné agent nald (o & TRInUNE Feportor st ¢*the marine lnsuraoce business was going to e d—1." and atated tht all the w:nnlnlcn u'm K re taking them at 5 por cent for rote Il 10K Ceacin. - In Dultaio, ai & meeting veducalay of tha sgents of the varlous rancs ompanics composn the Inland Lioyds, the fol- tarl@ on hutls was sgreed tpon: A 1, 1, A2 and A 2— veascle, iy per cent for sea- on: 6 per cent from Blay 1. —and 131 er ccnt for a9ason; 10'par cent off for month of \pril. ent_hore informed Tn® TRinunE ma- qy';‘alfl?}a:fer Saturday that two_companies only rera writing A 1 and A 2 halle at G percant. Thera is avery likelliood that the war will be srricd on until” some companles cty quits and a empromise 18 effected between tha tonl and the on-paol cosporat] hat are enjaged fu It Grajn shippees avalled themselves of (he aced rates Saturday, and, with the low fretgh ro haviog a good thing af I, 5 There1s no telling when the compelitivo war 10, but at prosent there is no hikelinood of il ce: s ending soon. —— BATLORS' PAY, gevoral crews weze shipoed Satarday at $1,50 erday per man, and, eo far asconld be ascer- sined, nono wera takon st a less rate, although 1t caneaid onaor twocrews haa hoen engaged at 1 and $1.25; but tho reports were evidently based pon the fact that crows of non-tnion men had hipped on the lnmber achr Gamecock at $1 ner sy for cach man, snd_the I, N, Foster, a grain esscl, Bt tho day bofore rnen\uy. and rhich was reporied In yestarday's Tuisus. Tho 8mlors’ Unlon Committee learned of another astance Raturday whore the boss of a gang of grain Ammers had dropped o schooner down the river, nd thereby performed o labor for wiich sailors rould bave been hired. Thoe veasel waa the schr Cam- len. The Beamen's Commlttee gave the trimmera o understand that if the act was ropeated they rould send snilors out to trim grain In vesseln at 0 por cent less than the regular trimmers recelve or efmilar 1abor, That uttimatum will probably nt & stop to any further encroschments on sallors’ jatles on the part of the grain trimmers, Atthe shipping ofiice of the Scamen's Unlon, on outh Water sireet, the Kxocutive Committes was sy Initinting now membere, andg men were out unttng up sgilors not membera of the Union and ndeavoring to bring them in. The organtzation faime A membership of 1, 500, The Detroit Fres I'reas has the following: An attompt (8 he!n: made at this port l? form a ailors’ Vinfon eimlar to tho one recentiy formed at uleagn, and which. 11 s stated, lian nearly 800 meme« ers, James Owens, 0f ALWALEE sireet west, ha been ipainied by the Chicaye' Ualon to orgsniie s Uulon ere, but 1t {o doubtfnl if he succeeds in fulfiliing bis mmtu\m% No organizstion of seamen can bo urmed st Lhis port sufficlently strong 1o prevent vess ¢ls (o1 gUItiog crawn ot esd tlian 81,60 per day. DETROIT, fho newapapers of £aturday had the annexed tems: The ateam barge A. A, Turner will go to Toledo for iwo of her barges 'Cl?“' Grummond's fug, tiver Queen, left for Lake Erie 1ast nighl, to look or A fow 'reparations are being made to aunch the stcamer now on the ways at Clark's iry-dock, he City of Detroit wont out of the jetrojt dry-dock yesterday. Kither the City of balath or Cliy of Fromont will take her place, ..o I'ne pchr Algeeine §a to _clear to-day for Olavaland o load coal for Tonawanda " at 46¢ per on, freo in and out... .Bupervising Inspector Joreph Cuok was lnl(l}l‘d yesterday in preparing it qnarterly report. It contalned no nows..... Capl. Willlam Cumiminge, fornierly commander of he prop Aunie l:rnui. will have' charge of the Empu of Fromont this season....The stcam- arges Chauncey Hurlbut and Montgomery will [lm bly leavu for Bay City to-day. 'Fhe 8. 1), aldwell will also go. - ANl thrae wers cosling lant ight .. Nowteps have 'yel been taken towsrds itting ont the stmr Pearl, of the Cleveland and 'ut-In-fiay route. She lies at hier old moorings, a hort diatance north of the fort... The first ocean reight of the seusou to he mada from this nort wae eputied yeaterduy hy izon & l'etors, 'They have chartered the echr Kohert Gaskin for a lond of pine timber, Charlotte, Mich., to Ireland, at $72 l:c: m, gotd .. Tho appointment of * Frank fehton as Local Inspector of Steamboats at Part fluron, recently made by Buvervising Ins pector Joaeph Couk, has been confrmedjby the roper autnarities at \ Ington.,. Tha .prop 8, b, Caldwell wan at Vg whar! yesterday coale nz. She left in the n\'endn( for Safnis, where she will take the bargo Guidini Star In tow for Hay City, where both will toad lumber for Chloago.... A prominent tuz-owner stated yesterday that so far uu efforts have beon made towarda tho arvan- zatlon of & tug assoclation, In reply to & quea- tlon a8 Lo what rates would be charged, ho staled ihat the rule was ‘‘avery ono for himasll,™ ut e prabability s, that moat, if not sll, tho tuys Wil ailhere pretty elosely tathe figures of 1ast year. ««On Thursddy eyenlnz the river tug Riv- started from hpre to Lake baving in tow the achr Adventur- et way back she ran acress the scow ard aground at Bouthern Bend, jost aborc $t, Clalr Flats, Tne tug pulled her off. Tho scow 1isd nbout Lalf ber cargo of lumbar in tho watee, baving boen copollad ta lighien In order o extricate herself..... Tne stcam bargo Inter-Ocean Aud coneart, the Argonaut, ara ftting ont as rapld. ly 8 puxaibie (0 go tu sy City, It wlil provably occupy a week, narhaps longer, as her alr pumpy are belng overhauled. A largo force of mon are tuployed in golting her In telm. ‘Tho officors of the Inter-Ocean ares Captain, Decatur Miller; f"m' tieorye Merritt; rit cnzinecr, Jobn N, Phile ips, | Capl Y. Shephard commands the Argonaut, 1+ Tho it geain charter Lo be mado at_this port I?lllumnwnlcnnlrlclvd yesterday, T'ho vessel shactered ja ona of tho Norihern Trausit Company’s ropellers, probably the Oswegatehie, and is 1 vad four and wheat for Oydensburg bn through i .;l‘;\:u erioyaichlo (s {Cleveltnd 13“1‘"“4"".‘1;" ed Lo arriva at this o oad tho uiddle of next week, ey ——— BUFFALO. Latest axchanges contaln the follow! ngs “'l'hu Usfon Dry-Dock Company have 200 men {n fer employ lt‘fllmlem NLIp carpontera’ wagtos $400. por dlow....Tho achr Kate Winslow, pt. Chamborlain, nd for Chicago, left vort Friday night {n tow of ihe tug Ash ho sale of ibotug Aunk P, Dorr by United Staics Sarnal 1s i bonthoaed until tho Oth inat .., Cap:. Thomas o’vw::ud bias arrlved from Chicago to ftake chiarge um'. e l-!r)m Heotla ...The achr D. F. Bruce, o d% 0 bushols “of corm, wis ulonding i Bennott Elovator Friday, “car- t fall,... st rediatned fo her ai T ney E:kh:nnwmdl tug Rellef le 1u Aljlls s dry- b repales, As s00n av her repairs are hed sho will go o Georglan Hay for o ralt, io Drop Alpana, with tho barge Hanner, ar- 3P from Toyawands Friday night, and, sfter Imcl:‘:.r’xl olwancorg at thla port, lert ng offered af 25¢ per ou {rom s port. 1o “Chicayo. it ko vland W Chicago thie ratals still G0c per rrwl of deals were offered 10 partics i oé{)::‘:ll-fln"‘fl:?m unuumw‘x‘w inge. <14 Uiug 80 Advatgo Of 100 Trom the’ pricas from the pricas o l‘\'&}:fi:l:ne" hoh.l'l;mlher meeting purposs of forming an as- 0ciakiog, sud 1t 1s underet wrpiy :rl Ol &n sgreement, N:m‘n ficfin < b lelr. has yot been ascertajned., esure, alnes & Cu;j lumber dealers of ' thia cliy, ava chartered the barge Hbods Stcwart 10 Arry 00, 000 feet lumbor and 104,000 ingles o Eart Sagiuaw 10 Buifulo at the golng tates on rrival there., .. The schr Monltar, ibeled at this oft by J. I, Uard, of Cloveland, 0., for alleged wa-fulfilinent of cosl contract, was' reluased by s United States Marehal Fnday morning, H ¢en bonded by her owners. o lall, with 1L, 200 bu of Larley conslgne o8 K. Vorthinzto s expeeted (0 arrtvo from Fory Il lowe Javer this (Fridey) aficrioon, This wil) ret grain un:oln’p‘m this aeaton. lub:lv‘lhyu- nees Thursday were the prop Allogheny fo 1Ly, the prop Italeigh foF Cliloazo, th achr £ A g far Detroit, tho uchr Kuto Winslow for Chica. ;_D‘ and tho barge I, C. Behnoor for Feie Iaven., .., ‘ be rov Caba end schr Hower, which havo been ‘s‘:dudmlh wheat aiuce last fall, wero unloaded iday alternvon, the former of i3, bu at gara Elovator, and the latter of 30,000 bu "lbu Lity Elevatol Mesars. Mclraw & Co., L Uay City, have rebulit their propeller, the Qyas e Slis wili Lo under coumand of Capt, G, baley bruthiet of Cupt. Dan, of tne Autelupe. Tho i i 008 will carry timber for the above finn from h‘l‘fll) to Tonswanda.....t'he Geo. C. Finney, e sas a0 8lyke, was towed out Briday night by cus: Plerce. Bu takes oo 8 Joad of bridze-ron gluseland for Cicazo. The Kato Winslow, 8. Willlem Chamberiain, Jeft for Chicago Sat+ ¥ night by luadd at Erle. ... Capt, McLeod, atda o br Porter, leavea for Miiwaukee this (Sat- ot “n_nlzhl £0 8% out bis veusel. Capl. Mazwell, ol ) usnowdrvr, 12 et getting bi v fwte Sl Axdabila, Cont Saveitud of and, and Ande; - derton, arrived buibides m”:‘m.ol tho achr Az MILWAUKE®H, Baturday's cxchaoges cootaln ihe following tema: ‘The Slcamahips Ballentine aod bt wheel oy Maniwwae a few daye !‘df?“."'m!‘!fifi B, 18 casting = new one for her.... The tug Levi John- aon {3 going to Waukegan to assist in Isunching the schr Rob I{oy Into decp water from the heach,... The schr Bpy has hean in dry dock at Measrs. Woll & Dayideow's yard, to have her botton: calked for the firat time in nine years....The firat vensel to leave Milwaukee for Linflalo thin nenson wan the schr., O, Thayer. Rha eailed Iaet evening with o eargo of wheat ... The revenuc atmre Andrew John- ron hne gone in dry dock at Wolf & Davidson's 1nrl5meml overhauling befora beiny commin- slonet i for the spring _cruise....The acurs 5 Webl : . Norris, Poticr, Pieter. and Psigo were chirtered thls maorning at 8 cents for wheat tn linffale. The Wehb s under the eponts this_ afternooun....The rehr 8, J. Tolly ie coming from Racine to bo dock- rd at Mcerrs, Wolf & Davidson's yard, The Mil. wankee Comnpany will to-day dock the schr Nattio Jolinean for repalra to her riudder.... The stmr W, . Barnom and aches M, L, Collina_and Granger take wheat to Buffalo at 3 cents, and the prop Dean Richmond wheat on throngh rate. The echt tienrge L. Wrenn takes e to Walkerville at 1 cents..., The schr Dasvid Fercuson was In port yea- terday, She has received new wire rigging thin epring, the shrond portion of which conslste of iron rods fastened together,with tarn-buckles. The wvessel jaas yot without topmaste. GRAIN FLEET OFF IFOR DELOW. Qnite a flcet of gealn vesaels got away for lawer poria Satarday and yesterday, including the schrs N, W, Sage, Pensankce, Parana, J. M. Hutchin- son, Menrs, Oneonta, San Diego, San Jacinto, Col, Ellswortk, Hed Winz, J. W. Doane, snd others, ‘The wind was fresh from the north'ard duning 8atneday, and there waa not much progress made by sny of tho craft that left that day, but thelr masters generally auticipated a change that would give them a speedy passage 1o the Strpits, and yesterday their flllflc(&llllonl wara readized, for lhe:mfllon A 8bift nnd blew from tho Aonth- wen Other ceaflt now lylng In port are being put n readincss for an carly start, and ship-chandlers and othors are kept busy in snpplying the wants of masters who are (hus stimulated by the departare of so many vessels, A number of Inmber-craft wore Sttcd out Sature 'dnh preparatory to going into commiesion. "Th fi e prop Java, of the Commercial Line, was the ral sleamn-vearel of her clasa to lcave port for Buffalo. ‘The ¥anderbilt, of the Western Trana. poriation Company, followed her, and the Aven, of the Union Line, was aleo siarted ont, The Newburgh wasloaded Jastavening st the Afe-Lino &Ilu-wr. and will probably leave for Bufialo to- sy, i CLEVELAND, Papera of Saturday had the subjoined ltoma: Owing to Nght receipts of coal it is imposaible to quote any deflnite rate to be relicd onon for a fa- thre basis for any defuito Iength of time, There Jayot much coal in market roady for shipment. Thero 14 falr amount of orders here for early shipment lo Lake Michigan ports, and within the nest two weeks qaite o movoment ie. conl may be expected. The following rates prevall at the pres. ent timo, and doubtiess will not chnnEfl Yery ma. terially for some weeks to come: To Chicado, 1), T. D., be; to Chicegn, W, I, D., hirc; to Mil- wankeo, free Detroit, fue, 50c; to Bufalo, 40c to 45, freo: to recs 1o Windsor, 30c, frec; to Port {ree; to P'orl Saruia, 3ic, froe; to Tars T., $1.00, free In colds to Hamilton, N. T., $1.00, frec In gold; to Drockville, £1.25, free; to ogdembur‘:, 81,60, straight, The rates nro the eame from tho porta of Erfe, Ashtabula, Cleveland, and Black liver ... Itis now probable thats stock company, with $200,000 urlul,mll be formed to take tho patent of Capt. Wiltiam Foster's pontoons, and uss them for weecking purposes, ore will be knawn in a few days, ‘I'licy are now acknowledged (o be the beat thint baye ever bieen fnvented, ... The actie Fine ney atrived from Butialo, and will foad with coal fur Chicago. LAKE FREIGITS. On 'Change Satusday, charters wero made for 40,000 bu wheat and 03,000 bu curn at the old rates. Through rates were 1%¢ for wheal and 11¢ for corn, lakoand a1l to Now York, Chartera: Y'rop Arabis, corn to Noston, at 1Jc; schir Queen City, corn to Buffalo, at 2%c; and F. A, Morse, wheat tosame port, of There I8 vory littls doing In lumber-freizhits as ye, the season bolng too carly, Anluquiry was made for a veasel to go to Muskegon at $1.00, but noone was found who was willing to take it. Mas. terd of lumber-craft assert that nothing whatever can be made at the rates pald thus far this season, and say 1t s folly to At out craft at tho present time. The schr Itheca qot $1,25 Fridoy for bark from Ludington, lustead of $1.00, as reported yester- day in these culumns, — BTILL, ¥AST. The schr Dreed was fast on the clay bank In tha 1ake basin last evening, notwithstanding the scow Coaster was loaded with a hold full of her fron ora, which witl ho discharged at tho Bouth Chf. cago Rolling-Milly, whence the Irecd was bound, ‘The ore will be lighterad from the Breed untll she flonts off. Tho watur is #ald Lo have fallon stii] mure yesterday, which increases toe difionlty of o ofl, After glving an account of the Breed's mishap, thie Detrolt #res Press says: ¥rom the number of accllents similse ta the above that oceur in tha vicinity of Chicago, for the relief of whileh Chlengo tuge are [aadequate, ono would supposa that some outerprlaing vessel iun would cugags & class Illi 0 ecrifse lu thuso waters. Any ousuf the Detrolt 10ver tiva can out-pall & full flcet of the oral- [ary-sizod Chicago tags and in instaoues whers the s1icr are unablo (0 afurd rellef, As in the cese of the Breed, » larger tug would accomplish 1t with case. — A THREATENED TUG WAR, There aro slight Indications of & tug war, the tugmen evidently deslring to keep pace with their brethren of the marlue lusurance cowpanies. Bome of the Union Towing Assuclation Sugs wore **chased” by the Voasel-Owners' Towiug Com- pany's tug Protection yesterdsy, while the former were fter tows, 5o the Caplulne of the U, T. A, boats aescried, und 1t was also sald that tho Pro. tection outran the Monitor, and got n vussel away from her that she was entitled to. Of course the V. 0. T, rws»lu deny the soft impeachmont. Thoe matter s likely to icad to n spirited and sharp com- petition, uuless bolh organizationa pursie the oven tenor of Lheir way us Lhey did lsst summor, when they ot aloug nicely. VESSELS BEACIIED, The Ahnapeo Record of April 4 says: ** We learn from Willlam Dingman, wha footed it from Mud Tiay to tls place for the neccesary appurtenances for gotting her off, that tho little schr Bonetta, which he and Capt. Conger fitted for the season, Iy on the boach at the above-named place. 1o says that Suturday whilo shifting a sall (no one being at the tifler at the (lne) 8 heavy sen struck horaft and carrled away the rudder, nd tho wind huving dled down they wore unable to keep her on hor coursa, consoquontly she was at the mercy of the waves and was quickly currjod to the beach, She sufered no lurther dumago thau the loss of her rudder, 3r, D, says the scow l{over, of Manitos woc, 14 8180 on the beach at that place. The scow Is constderably dunaged, mostly tho resuit of a {:l:mg;l“ t poln outeriog bior hull oze she reachod ¢ 3 ANOTIIER GROWL, The Dotrolt §'res P'ress says: Considerable come vlaint hus been made of Iate owing to tho weather reporta from Duluth having beeu dropned, Why the authoritles should cut off reports from Duluth, a pont of wpecial interest (o veseel taen, i & ucstion which has formed the subject of smuch wcussion duriug the lust few days, BUFFALO. Durrato, N, Y., April 7.—CuEanzn (last even- {ng)~Props Commodore, Wissahickon, Btarruca, werchandise, Chicago; Dover, 100 tons coal, Urven Hayi barge Nettie MoGilvey, inaw echre La l'mu, Tuo Lels salt, 100 Erlls:lfll::ulg Uuron, Snowdrop, Asiitabula, TIE PAMLICO. The lake schr Pamlico, now at New York, will probably get around hero by Jane §, uniess & good freight offcrs on her arrival at Qoebec, in which case she will make another voyago across the vousn. e TIIE FIRST N, T, HOAT, The Nortlern Transportation Company's prop Qarden Clty took on & load of wheat and flour snd left gor Purt Colborna last evenluy, where her cargo i b tragabipped aod taken Uwiicd ta Luke' Ou- tatio by the Wel 18 tho firat bost of the linc vut trom Chicuge, s TO OPEN MAY #, A private Ictter from Port Colborno sayethe Wel- 1and Caual will surely be opeued on the 34 or May, ERLLE, 8pecial Dlapatch ta Ths Tridune, Enm, Fa., April 7,—Aunivary—Props Wiesa- hickon, N. C., Sicunaor, schr £ate Winslow, 'c:‘!'l.r‘:nlrulnflwr Chieage, prop Jacvis Lord, ‘slican, Thos. A. Beo Goal ladens for Badals, scae . b Degrn o M ——— TO BB LAUNCHPD TO-MORROW. ’I‘nsvnvu stmr Michael Brand, bullt by Capt. Ben Eyster for the brewer of that naute, will bo launched to-morrow at 2 [ mu I tha weather 1e 8 L;lm:!:}&" 'l‘;%l. voual formalitles will bo obacrved ——— c_m“.ON:VlfllAl’l’H:.N NOTES, »—Scveral Jumber hookers pulled out yeaterday....Tho Uoodrich stmrs Alpens, Corons, and Chicsgo will arrive thls moralag,., The schr lelvstia got bar cargo of 64,000 bu of wheat at the Alr-Lile Elevator Saturday, snd pulied onl T:n‘:luhr‘.:(’.‘fl‘ ll;m;ll}oll hcrl)lhboom yeaterday while eatering a South Branchslip..., The sud Commodore, which left ;;ln et evenlug. will probably atrive hero Thurads An Aunchor Line boat frum Bu@slo was sxpucte: port lsst night, but up to & late bour had not a; nived....lhe prop dobn Pridgeon, Je., from D troit, arrived at this dor yesterday, Bhe brogh cargo of mlt, which shs touk ou st Bay City,. ., Several schooncrs buve arcived that bave aeglected I2 B e Jand Ruiway. ‘Che Qarden City TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: {0 show thelr nama cither on the stern orqnarters, owing to_the non-combletement of the [;nnun{;. Their neglect s a fnable offenso. ... Tho N. T, A. tugs mr{ McLane and Robert Tarrant will go into commiselon to-morrow, thns making eleven hoats of that Association that will be on duty. Riregwnrne, —Capt, James W. Davidron will command the achr Oliver Cualver....The sche Midge, of Jacksonport, was lsonched at Mene- kaunee last woek,...A throe-masted schooner, named the Wallin, was laanched at Hulland Fri- he props Dover and Dakland whil Tond with [l it Green I|n{ next week,...It Is expected that the Stargeon Bay Canal will be cat throngh the peninanla this season....V'arfles at the Clay Hanke, ncar Kewsunee, ara haliding a small scow Yersel for the coastingtrada. ... The holler of Capt, Ilart's new etme Northwest has arrived at Gircen Biny from Milwaukeo....The new tng on the stocks at (ircen Bay for Joseph Brigulct and Capt, Dennla 15 to be pamed Joha 0r¢go¥. as a compliment Lo lier designer and bullder, ... The Connty of Welland Yorderiniz on Lake Erle has pecn created a district under the act reepecting wrockinu and salvage; W. Wellington Sloan, Rlageway, licceiver, TORT OF CHICAGO, The following are the arrivals and actnal sailings 8t this port for the forly-cight hours ending at 10 o'elock last night: | Gard ) 7, Kine! treett prop Mes g bty Markaty setie 1108, Sludkenon, anih ¥, itentn, Raagatick, fundsivs, nues achr 3. W. Janes, Muskegon, Tumber, Jiskegon, lumher, Sfarkets sy Mntkegon, Holtand, o Milwankee, snndries, White Lake, Inm: H 3 3 ufher, Markess “sehr fatite’ Plsee ner. Her, U. I t. dock; schr Betle irawn, n[nn ay, lumber, =i achr Alhrechi, Allentown, * slabe, B i3 schr Rovereign, Peutwater, shingles, Market: schr Ditnean City. irand taven, lumber, Houth lirs: schr Jennia Muliine, kegon, lumber, South 1 chi schir C, J, Roeder, 1er. wood, Nurth iaisted streety oc) ariner, Hon ler, tan hark, Division stresty ache J. V. Taylor, {urkegon. rallrosd tiee, Hock-siand tock 1 iirger, Manftowoe, 1nmber, UasIouse s1ip: barge Witdsor, While 1,ako, Himbe D 4iip: schi ATary tlelen, Whitetal, laiber, ®e Wolvrrine, Qrand Maven, inmber, Mason City of Urani fand, ayes, humber, Haswn Sllpg prop . At., Nay Clty, salt, Lathan'a dock: tug New d liaven, (owini, Ttush atrecty aetir Annte 0, Hanson, Muskegor r, Twelfth street. rman, Whi AUTUAL BAILINGY~Kchr W Htar, retrC. 3! Wella, Thutaloy ces $eié Anafe Voukhi reen lay: sehr Georgo in IHeRo, BuTalos de 0. it walnEC ahnso 'gon: schr Carrler, 0} prop E, B, iale Jackson: senr Samuet 1f, Foster, 1 Bory, iffalo: ache Lizzie Praity M Etfnwood. Whilte Lake: prop (. sclr Negaunee, HufTala; achr fielo Moses tiage, Ludwiz's Blershargu C schr Tthaca, Muskevon; prop Sky La arge George Dushar, vk iedar Wver; scur “Kiiswor irunotte, —1 s Lekey Alna- o , feaver, Milekegon i Venankee, Tiufaiof u T Annio SL.\Pcteréon, 1 i(iwaukees sehr L. f, ol ACOW t, Sinekegons , 81, does steam Collingrond; barge T ; r Mary Anian ds, (irand Haven: schr Helvetln, Bumtatu: haree Gty of Urand iiaven, Urand Jisyengschir J. W, Dosi FOUR MILLIONS A YEAR. The Amount Savod on Mall-Carrylng by Iinyes' Administration—What tho *Rtar” Mall Service Is,and low Managed—A Com- parison of Somo Principal Works, Washington It (Dem,), ‘The Post-Office Departinent weeks ago com- menceed the awanding of contracts for mall sery- fces on what are known as the **Star?" routcs in all tho Btates and Territorles west of the Mis. pisstpp! River, excepting Missourd, faws, and Miuncsota, The “Star" scrvice embraces all the territory where mails are carried in any other way thau by steamboat and raflroad, and consequently extends over a vast ares, especial- 1y i the reglon referred to above. To facllitate buainess tho entlrc country s divided In four scctions, nud contracts for'the O Star” malldettings are awarded for four years {u each soction, one group of States heing ndvertised each year. ‘Thus the States and Territorics west ‘of the Mississippl, with the exceptions noted above, form a group wherein lettinga arc awarded for the four years com- ;lée’g‘dfl iz with July 1, 1878, , atd cuding June 30, The States of Tllinols, Michiean, Wiscon- sin, Minucsola, lowa, and Missouri form another group, where proposals for bids witl be adver- tised and contracts awarded for the sauie serv- fce for four years from Jaly, 1874, to June, 1883, inclusive. And so with the other sectlons.. The groun last awarded, belog so much great- er in‘the area covercd and the length of the routes, has attracted more attentlon thau hitherfo has been comtnanded by other sec- tlons, The romantic lifc of the Western mail- contractor of tho *Btar” service and that of his emploves, their chivalrous and enthusiastic temperaments, their hand-to-hand conflicts with tho duln‘: red mnan of the pralries, whose play- tulness of disposition and thirst for literor: gratitication so often finpel him to rob the mafl and ecalp its carrler, the pastoral character of the wuutr{ through which they are carried by the plciuresqua muls or” the poetic though wayward mustang, tend to throw a halo of vomance around the Western * 8tar " mall-service, so “lovely and radiant, too,”” that the press must chronsl whatever of fnterest circles around the details ofits transactions at the headquarters of tho Departinent. And right Liero the reductlon fn the cost of the service,—the {mwmcense, not to say the vrosale, reduction ot from 40 to 50 per cent In the contracts for the next four ycars over the exponses for the last four,—is a watler of surprise,—even, a8 the irrellzious might say, of grateful astonishment to a suflering and tax- burdencd country. To whom ls due thoe credit of this happy contrast which the postal admin- istration of Key affords to thut of Creswell is o matter of Interest, though it mu{ be u source of trouble to sscertaiv, “The authorities differ. Home eay the hard times have provoked greater competition. Others, that mule-tced has de- cliued, and that scalps arc scarcer; hence the cast o} carriage and guard is less than formerly, A third class of reasonurs insimuato that the honest though homely countenance of David Koy, Esq., the watch-los of tho Post-Ollice Da- partmont, bad tts cffect upon the exvanded views of tho contractors, and they dronped otic- hylf In thelr prices, Othurs agalu think it was Kuapp's goad looks that inaugurated the cra of contractorial retrenchment. The plous think that thy prayers of Marshall havoat last pre- vailed, but the wicked Irreclaitmable usslen the praise to T'voer, Choney thinks It was Vail, and Vall swears it was the Lost. Judgo Key himsclf thinks Brady Is the cause, while all the handsome wopen agreo it was Huzen, ‘The amount of the contracts fur the “Star " servied for the four years noxtalter July 1, 1878, fn all the country wost of the Misslsslppl, excopt Missourl, lows, and Minnesots, has beew roduced to ligures only a little above $1,081,800.08, fow contracts of triflin, nmounts will be readvertised, and tha cosl ol thelr lettings mnw\ucnllybo added to_the sbove sum, but thodifferciice {s suall. Tho savjug over the cost of tho scrvico, which ox- plres the B0th day nf next wonth, s in excess of 000, a year, which s at tho rato of $4,000,000 a.yoar for tho whole territory. Tho exact flgures of the presout cost aro nub acces- Bible, but sufticient data are posacsevd to deter- mine that the ssvingis unol less what Is ubove stated, and may by considerably morc. As spechinen bricks of the reduced stylo of archl- tocture which the *8Star™ gervice contractors have ngread fn the future to pus up, a few of the routes in detatl will be found Interosting, Thus the route from Watsun to Deer Lodgs, in Mountana, 118 lles and back, seryice six times s weck, the ‘H‘ML‘[II- cost of which fs 817,750 annually, is lot to 'Thomas A, Mclovitt, of Pennsylvaula, for the next four years for $4,021. Tha principal charm of the quuwnlnu along this route was the fackass-rabbits, Vlie crop of said aplmals bavlug failed, the inter- est of the contraciors waterially ceused. The Jast ona of these anlmals & How in the poy. sesslon of Chjef Clerk Kuapp, and follows him around when permitied, ke a dog, and chows his tobacco mad tooth-brush with vqual relisb. Bolsa City to Winnemuccn“lduhu 250 wmiles and back,seven times & week; ul price per annum, §17,000; present, m.wb. Heleua to M ula, Montaos, 140 milen sud back, eix times & week; lust contract, §31,000; present, $6,425 Frum the Lalles to Baker City, Ore., 276 mllca and back, two tiines o week: Jast cost, $19,750 brasent, &a,ws. ‘The route {from Garland to Ouray, In Colorada, 190 miles aud back, sorvive seven tines a week, brescnt cost of which fs $30,000 annually, is awarded to Luke Voorhees for the noxsLour vears for 819,000 each year. A beautiful coyota with translucent ribs, a tropby on this route, waa presected to Mr, Tyner, aid 8 quite a pet with bim. _‘The route from ¥an Antonlo to Eaglo Pass, in Texas, 178 miles and buck, six tiucs a weell, present snuual cost of service §41,437, Is award. ed, after June, to H. Tisdale, for $5,440 per annum. The only poticcable featurs of the patural sccnery along fts route s tho turkey- buzzard, two beautiful specimens of which wers prescated to Mr. Marshall, of the Nupernu- m:rarzd l:,ul:'lny Malil Servico, aud sro highly eatemn ¥ hlm. "The routo from Boledad to Newhall, 304 miles and back, Catlfuruls, scryicoseven tim Inat price, $39,000; presont prics, § anoum. . Asthese specimens are average oncs of the reductions made In the larger routes, tho reads ing public will sec the great saviug to the pou;:lu in this oue branch of the Government service e Waldorf Astor's Fusacial Ewpire. e )’vfll- Correspondence Utica Heraid, Joba 3»» Astor bas placed on gecord an Instrument duly sopoluting bis soun Waldor! to bs bia complete attorney, No liwitls pluced on the power thus cooferred, and {4 (s the most comprehiensive commission of tho kind uver koown fo Awerica, It even einpowers the son Lo actin any of the truats which the father woy Acht Truman Moss, - MONDAY. APRIL 8, 1878, 7 have acconted, and in fact places hin in entire possession of the grand estate. No American of 24 years has everbetore wiclded such a finan- clal empire. Jt sccmas remarkable that the fath- cr should thus early retire from active life, but the fact |x that he wishies to seo Waldorf Lhor- onughly drilled fo the management of the vrop- erty, and in this {dea he fs correct, itis not probable that this {nstriument will ever be re- voked, and nodoubt a will hias heen marde in con- formity with its details, so that Waldorf may now be conaldered the proprictor. He is cone sidered perfectly competens to its management, and hels, indeed, n superior business man, The care of this estate 18 no small burden, espe- cially when rents are o much fn arrear, and when what are cailed * landlords' troubles ™ are so abundant, Hero are 3,000 houses to he Tooked after, and this 1§ enongh to require the full talent ot Waldorf Astor. CURRENT GOSSIP. AVTER FLAVIUS JOSEPIUS. ‘The nature of thines |s on the alasof those who marry only afier Ffovidence s given them o adeqnately: tested affection. —JasepA Chok, Side by side they strolled Up the shady lane, A to each other they told ‘Thelr matual toves, ‘Wooing and coolng like turile doves, Klaslog again and agaln, *41 yesrn for thee,” Augustas said, *1\¥ith an Infinite tendernees,* Soft and low waa his volce; ** Ratherncas implies cholce, And hadat thou been fatheriess, Ero this we had wed. $¢ Enswarthed with the bliss Of . rapture delicious; Eiyslum as this Ta not hinlf so mlmnn.. 0 the machness! the rapt Permeation of soul! ‘The sponiancous sweetness, The fnll-orbed comoleteness, Which aver me roli.” * Ate you sure, " sald Arabells, Clinging closer to her feller, *4.0f 2 supreme affection Adequatcly tested? 1f you but jested Qreat would bo my dejection.” ** Dearcst, how canat thou thus harrow My feelinys by & doubt? dlow often has thy narrow- Minded parent pat me ont! Faor {ndeed from a jest: Methinka a cowhide boot On the paternal foot, And a balldog in the yard, Tlolding fast and bitipg hard, Stould bo adequate test," ¥ ALiI" aighed the malden, With eyclash tear-laden, ** Pardon the thougbts 1 know thy addresnca And laviahed cazeesce, Eplte of lifing by boot On fatherly foot. ‘This bulldog caughtness “To aflection hears witness, In accord with the fitness Of thinge anid the Oughiness OF the Gught, " ~—Phillips Thompson in Boston Traveller, TIHIE BOY WHO ADVISED, Detrots Free Prass. ‘The architect who plans hh:h' front steps to a thouse 18 in league with certain boys who have o “largeand assoried atock ' of meanncss born in their natures, Proof of this can be found any day in the week in Detrolt, and the latest was gathered In no later than Saturday afternoon. A very nice young man, dressed {n the nobblest style, and sporting a canc which never cost less than a dollar, walked up the high front steps of 1 Jefferson-avenue mansfon and putled the bell. It was plain cnough cven to the driver of a strect-car that the young man had an affection for somecbody In that house, and that he was about tu mect his charmer, Dot it wasn't so plaiu to a stub-noscd boy who was drawlog o pleture of au Indian warrior on "the fag-stones with & plece of ‘““L’i"' He looked up, quit his work, and, loaflug along to the gute, he called ut: g “Them air folks don't want any patent tooth-paste to-day !’ The nobby young man gave o sudden start of ourprise, but he instautly realized the vastness of the gulf separating bita aud that street boy, and he did pot reply. +Qur folks don't wan't any clothes-wringers to-duy, and you want to hear mol” cutled ‘tho boy. ’¥lm oung man heard bim. Soveral pedes- trians also Leard blm, and as they looked up the i;m:m: man wondered why no one answexed tho bell 41'm lclllnqyuu fallow up there,” said the boy, 4 that we dou't kcc';w:m rding-housc hiera | If you want cheap rd you tnust gn around the corner, and three blocks stralght on! Do you propose to pay in sdvanced” A 110 one came to the door the young man pulled the bell agato, » I'm teiling you that yon can't pass yourself off on us ax _a wrasshopper suflerer!™ “shouted thoboy, “1f you waut some cold vittles go araund to the side gatel"” Four pedestrinng had halted on the other side of tho strecet, and tha youuk maa looked down on tho boy and softly sald; +Boy, can you catch 10 cents 1" sWe dou't slzn no petlshuns bere for a natfonal monument to the Inventor of the dish- pant replied tho boy, “What I'm talking to fl"" lll"l.llll you waut to go around to tho cook's oor The young man wished a wish containiug 413 grains fine tnal: the builder of thoso high stens had been dusd for forty years, but the door diun't open, and the boy huug right to bhim, ealline out: ' Nilmu‘t 1 Leen telling you that you can't get in theral You mnay bo the private watchman on this block, but you can’t go srouud pulling front door-bells and |Imnln|r onalrs! If 1bave to nrey much longer 1'1] call the poliral “1've got a half-dollar here, Loy!? sald the vounug mau, as he turnod around, ° wLot's sco how it looks] " suftly replied tho lad, But the half-dollar wasat home. The young mun searched for it {n valn, and the disgusted boy turned to tho men across tho strect and called out: *Isn't it agin thelaw for u fellow to be take ing o benswax impression of a front-door lock in the daytimel " Thev siarted to come over, and the young man hurried down the steps and up tho street. He gave tho boy just one ook, It wasa Jook n which railrond collislons aud steambont blow- ups wero cqually mixed aud then frosted with o Homardus-kicker, 01 ye kin wink at me and try to buy me off ' growled the boy, **but these princivles of honeaty wero paiuted all over me when 1 was a nd they vau't b rubbed out or bought up tor wealth!” Just then a young lady thrcw open the door and amiled and bowed and gotrs far a3 * Why, Fwed!" when she discovercd he wasn't thers, ‘Fha footman was out awl she hed walted to “fix up,” and “ Fwed " had gono. Sbe hacked in and shut the door, and the mean boy got down to finfsh his Indlan, muttering: *+If he couldn’t rais: cents to reward me, how'd ho ever inouatre to kit that gal ono of %hl!fil rorsets with a bundred and ninety Loues 1) “I'VE KILLED MY GIRL." New York World, As Bergeant Hageerty was sitting at the desk 1u the Fifth strect police station shortly befure widaight on Mouday a pale young muu entered . the room. #1Vhat do you want 1" askcd the Bergeant, 1 have come to give mysell up,’ auswered the [nung an, In & Jow volce, *Come to give yourself upi" said the Ber- geant, balf juquiriugly, * \Well, what's the wmatter]” **1'va kilted my irl,"” replied the young man, who secmed to grow paler us hu spoke, “Come, uow,' sald the Bergeant, forcing & smfle: © this fs'the 1at of AptiL." *But L killed hen," pleaded the young man. 1 poked ber head through a wivdow aud cut Lier turoat from car fo ear.” ‘Thu Serueant at trit thought that the young man was drunk, aud then that hs was an cs- caped lunatic, He asked; :-!\i\hhefia doc: }v‘aur lfir}l]llvn{" {eauiin *Sho Uyes at No. ast Fourteenth strect aod her vame Is EllW Gleason,” was thy I:: awer, ‘Tho Bergeaut called Bpecial Officer Bissart and told bim (o go to the bouse wentfoned. Justas fue otlicer weut away the youny mau started for e doors *Hold an,* said the Scrgesat steraly. * You u% ; prisoncr,’ hadh 8 yOULgZ man, not heed the comman: contioped towards the dwn'xg. and the fle‘k waut burrled from bebiod the desk snd grusped tn by the shoulder, * Whoro s 1" exclaimed tho young man, shudderivg and lookin: about hin in s daze way. ‘Thero waa vo reply 10 his questivo, but bo was locked up, The detective returued from the restdence of the young lady saving shat she was slive, and that wheo be luturmed ber of the charge the young wan bad mede syainst bimscll s thought sowme oue was trviug Lo make her the v‘ln«:luaI of an April luol':‘jukc.m Yeu:':rdav mornlug the young wan was taken befure L] Flamwer, lu Lb-uiuu Market Pollce C:#L. sud was lwuncdfately dischanzed. His frieads #ay that he is a somnambullst, and that he was undoubtedly asleep when he enterad the police station. 14 had heenreading of Mme, Restell's terrible death, and, falling nlc:{v dreamed thiat he had committed a murder. His name ls- Peter Coby, and he is in the emoloy of the father of the younz lady whose naine he men- tloned in the station. Dr. Austin Flint, 8r., and Dr. Ranney think that it Is a very extraor- dinnry case of somnambulism, GAS-CATECHISM FOIR CONSUMERS. Clacinnatt Commercial, Who has a better thiog than the coal-dealers! The Gas Company. Who can make 9,000 cunic feet of excellent ras from s tou of good coall ‘The Gas Company. Who makes nearly 10,000 feet of poor zas from a Lon of coal? The Gas Company. Who gets about én for the gas made from & ton of cuai} ‘The (Jas Company. Oh\?'h'n s best acqualinted with the Gas laws of 10 The Gas Company. Who had them made to order? The (ias Company. Whom do they protect? The (tas Company. Who procured tha adaption of twelve-candle power nxgfie legal standard ¥ The Gas Company. Who knows thatthe standard is at least five candles too low? The Uas Cumpan{. Who knows that the Iaws make no standard of 'fmrta,l lie Gas Cnmpll:.{‘- \'VI||101 slone attends to the gas interests of the public The Gas Comvlnry. Who pracured tiie abolition o the office of Btale (Ins Commissloner? ‘The Gas Company. Who attends The Gas Company. ‘Who goes down'tn the dark cellars and reads everybody’s weters] The Gas Compnn{. Who teste the Hlluminating powcr of the gas tolearn whether it comes up to the miserable standard of twelve caudles? The Gas Company. Who uses its own cholce of photometer and standard to test it withi The Gas Company. Who tests the capacity of the burners on the public lamps? The Gas Company, Who has everything Its own wayl The Gas Company. 3 Wio would be glad to effect a renewal of coptract for gas at $1.50 or lessi ‘The Uas Company. Who dare not discusa publicly the Munlc- ipal and Btate Gas Jaws, nor the cost of gas- mnltln{ll Who haa 0 taany pood £ 0 has too many got ends in the Munic- ipal aud State omucuf s What bs SR vt abo at {5 all this stuff about the propriet; gf’k‘fl'.g,r;alccung such corporations by chrn{ Gas, — g DOGS IN THE GREAT RTORM. Omaha Merald, Tbe recont storm upon the plains was, per- baps, the most sevore cver known. On the morniug of the storm twolreighters, Mr. James McDermott and companion, startea from Camp Robinsou for Bidney with their teams. ‘Chey svon were lost and becaws scparated, and last Saturday Mr. McDermott was found under the fotlowing circumstauces: He had wandered for twelve days, accompanfod by two dogs, without food of anv kind, cxposed to the storm day and nlght, slceping without shelter or covering on'the cold ground, and had wast- cd _away to o mere skeleton. To add to his sufferings, one day he saw near bim some cow boys, but waa too weak to call loud goough to attract their attention, and llke a shipwrecked scuman who scos a sall approach, but before it comnes within hadling distance bears away again and disappenrs, he ‘eaw them pass from ninm. On last Saturday these samo cow boys heard o {ulne barkine or ‘yelplog like that of dogs, ana followlng the sound they came to them, The dogswere alsoreduced to skeletons, and scarcely had streugth to stand, befng in the last stages of starvation. Tho cow boys threw them seine meat, but fnstead of eating It themselves, they pleked it up in thewr mioutbs, goL ou thelr trembling Jimbe, and trled to carry it to their master. - And thus hewas found. The fact that the dozs refused to eat the meat given them, although they wers dylng of starvation, but at- temnted to carry it to thelr famisbiug master, 1s tostified to by mon of unlmpeachable verselty, Mr. MeDermott was carried to Sldney, where he 18 under the care of tho Post Surgcou, with lafr prospects of recovering, although badly frozen, whilo the dous bave been cared for at a camp year where they were found. McDermott, in his weak state, talks constantly of his dogs, and begs for them to be brought to his bedside, which wish will be gratified soon. Stany things conticeted with the great storm will doubtiess long bo remembured, sud the stories told around wauy o camp-fire; but we predict that the ong lougest remembered and ofteneat repeated will be tho story of the twu dogs who, when dylng with hunger, and the food In thelr mouths, re- fused to cat, but tried to carry ft to thelr stary- iy master, UIrs, A rolling-mill=A fight fn the gutter. The Graphic'snow name for the ** jim-jams" 13 the “James Fitz James," Howtomakea barrel of flour zo a great way— Send it to the staryiag Chinese, An exchange save: “ Nollving thing can Qo so slow as & boy golng on an errand.” Except a Loy returning from one. Dio Lewis says & mun nced not sueeze uniess howants to, Ho bas figured It up, and tluda that by not sneezing a man can save nearly §1t a year, A Donbury bov was taken to task by bis mother for striking a companion. She lolJ’ bl ho must wek ths forgiveness uf thewronged oue, Ho went up to Lt and whispered through bis clenched teoth; **I've ot 10 ask you to forglve we {or hitting you, an® you'd better speak rizht up at ocuca that you do, or I'll alve you squau- thiui to remember,”” Tho vietln spoke up.— Lanbury News, *This mulc.” remarked the lvery-stable man as they passed the stall whers tho sleeping anl- malwas leaning up against the partition, dream- iniz of an Eden wherein there was but one mule and o thousand tiinid men.—‘**this mule 1 a kicker,” *This one!" funocently inquired the youvg man, laylog his hand upon the inule's bustle to be sure that the proper animal was tudleated. #'This—" The liveryman sald hg didn’t mind the loss of the moncy (as the young man did not take out the fancy rflr he was going to look at), but what he bated about It was having the roof of the stable mussed up so where the young man went through. ——————— LOUISIANA AND NEW ORLEANS. JTo the Editor of Ths Tribune, CiticAgo, April 6.—I have read Jately with the greatest surprise fu our varfous Western and sume of the Enstern papers comnments about thostats of affairs fn general w{:pmd to exist in the State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleaus in particular, a greay deal of which scems to have been written to damage the ln- turests of that downtrudden Biate sud city. I have spent six weeks In New Orleans lately, on@ my businees brought me fu closc contact with all the bankers and varlous large mer- chanta of that city, and my expericoce as & very close obsorver satisfied me that, as & class, they are very enterprising, very guntlemanly and courteous fn wocial fntercoursc, " llb. cral In business,—iu fact, they posscss that busincss stawina which has been so cssentially & characteristic of our Chicago mere chauts. ‘There may have been s few fatlures iu New Orlcans of late, and I would ask, What largo city bas uot bad the same cxoveriencel ‘There way bave beeu somo staguation la busk ueas there; 80 Lias thers been fo all vur large cities, ‘The banks of New Orlcans are as solid a3 the Pyrumids, and as fourishivg und active as our Chicago Aldermicu runaiog for re-elece tiou. The same hulds good 8 to the merchau Tue display of goods (u the show-windo rivals thuée of our own large merchants; aud rlght here [ wish to say that the display of diamouds {n the windows of the jewelers aud dlamond-brokers of New Orleaus will_not suller by comparison with thoss of New York sud Sau Frauclsco,—which (s saylog s good deul, and is not exagyeruted efther. Party politics I thiuk has practically “played out™ fu New Oricans so fur s the best people, the wmerchsuts, the business and pmkulumf wen are concerued. { have talked and ex- pressed myself very freely ou political questions without fear or lavor, and I flud that every- body enjovs the same privileg® As regards the violeace wnd lawlessness of which so wiuch has been said, [ can only say I baveZseco vouc of it} ou the coutrary, during my loug stay fo New Orlnu-’ I bave nut secn s singlo strect tght ur utwewly exbibitlon of druskenuess ~which certaluly speas well of & lange clty like this, the populativn of which {3 made up of uearly the Inspectlon of gas meters?’ all the races of the earth. If soma of our en- | terprising Northern men woalil move to New Orleans and take with them some of thelr en- terprising spirit, and a little of that which “*makes the mare go,” they would find a heart: welcome, and a fairsupport and encouragemen 1 shontd hardly do justice to my impressions_of the Crescent Clty and fta people if [ omitled to #ay that the ladles of New Orleans can match thosc of Chicago In beauly and goixd taste in dress and appearance. By giving a place in nur columns to this feeble attemnpt to do fxmlce to une of the finest of American States nnd citles, you will help to set Jacon (ingExnoop. and obligs, A FLOATING BEE PALACE. ters right, The Missisaippl as a Hasis for the Migras tary System of Bec.Feading and Huneys Making. New Orleans Peavune. At the foot of Burdett strect, Carrollton, Blr. C.-0. Perrine, of Chicago, has fitted up two Darges ns a floaling aplary. Each harge hasa capacity and convenicnces for 1,000 hives of bees. Theso will be towedup to Kennerville next week. They will start up the river with abaut 1,000 cotonles on the two boats, Mr. Perrine has been in Loulsiana eighteen months studying up the bee business and pre- varing for the grand onward movement for which he will be ready in a few days. flis plan 18 to start with his bec palaces aud his 1000 colonfes from Bouthern Loulsiana when the honey flowers are in full bloom, toremain hut a day or two at a landing, an: move up each time to another landing and & fresh leld. He thinks the bees of from 1,000 to 2,000 colonfes will take the cream froms the country around Lhe landing from onc to two mtles distant in one or two days. In this man- ner he expeets to move up the Mississippt to St. Paul, a distance of v]cnrly ) miles, where he witl arrive about the last of 3 Returning, he wiil halt ut two months somewhere above St. Louls, and will reach Louislana with bis palaces’ and bees ia October. It will be hin object to take the autumual flowers at each point In their prime priciely as he takes the spring flowers In his advance up the river, e expects his early swarms on his boats to o crease his colonkes to 2,000 in April aud May. The colonles ol bees are In hives with mova- bhle comnb, on the most appraved plan of modern hives. These stand In four walls, five hives one above the other, nearly the whole length of the hoat, about 250 hives in each lue. The walls of colonies .on the right side and lelt side havo openings for the bees to cume out on the water-front} a space of two feel between the hives and the guards answers for a gallery for the bee-may to walk on in front of thehives. 1n the middle of the boat therc are two other walls of colonles, 250 hives [n cach, faclog an fn- ner court aix feet in wiath. ‘The bees from these colonies reach the open air through the skylight ovcning fn the roof above the court, Between the first and sccond ruws of hives from the outslde therc is an afsle three feet in width, tor the convenlence of the bee-nan in handiing the hives and the honey. ‘The distauco from the birge deck to the roof averthe colonfes is titteen feet. The space below deck s ten feet In width and abaut seven feet high, and is to be used for sleeping npartinents, making and repalring litves, handling and extracting honey, and put- ting it In marketable shape. The diniog-room and cooking Wil be on the steamer that tows the bee flect, ‘T'o run the steamer aud manage the barces and_bees from fiftecn to twenty hands will bo nended. The cost of the whole establishmient barges. becs, steamer, and the complete outfit, will nut be much short of £15,000. Mr. Perrine tins been engaged in the honcy bueiness In Chicago twelve or thirteen years, and has lately made it » special study. He hLas dealt Jargely” in Confornta honey, He expects to find the best market for bis honey In Europe. Honey in the comb usually scils ut about 20 cents o pound wholesale, Strained houey scils at wholesale ot seven or eight cents o pound, or from K0 cents to 81 & gallon, A gallon of strafned honey weighs about twelve pounds. The demand for toney s increasiug fu the United States, but Europo furnishes the best market for thls articte. ‘The plan of rnovmg Dees to get the bepefit of ddifferent ranges aud fresh flowers hus been tricd in a sl way fu some parts of Europe. Thev are moved both in carta and in boats. Bees that go ont of thelr hives in the morning in search of food or honey, from floating soi- arfes, have no trouble In fnding their hive, s they know thelr home by comparative locution and their particular hive by form aud calor. ‘The sverage yield of honey oer colony 1n the North Is twenty-five pounds, sometimes much larger, In Louistans, twelve gailons to the hive, or 14 pounds, are not ac unususl yleld, and somctimes, as clsewhero, several hundre potnds, Mr. Perrine cxpects to obtain from his col- onies from 100 o 200 pounds, and to sell his houey at an average of 10 centa; tho 2,000 hives lie expects to averaze 815 to the hive. Willows muke an excellent bee ranie. They aro fu blos- som ten weeks in Loutsians, and but frow ons to two weeks {n the North, Mr. Perrine has colonles of beea at Kenner- ville that bave mado from two to suven pounds a day to each hive already this sprivg. Mr, Perlange, of Loulslang, hus sent 100 barrels of stralned huncy to market in a single year. Honey {8 now ueed {n rreunv(nc tobacco for market, and b‘,hn:wen u making ule, sad for medicinal, cullnary, und other purposes. - WESTERN PATENTS, Tho following patents were Issued from tho United States Patent-Otfice to the inventars of Dlinots, Tows, Miunesota, Wisconsin, sod Mich- igan for the wook endtng March 12, Reported exoressly for Tue Cuicaco TuinuNe by L. B, Coupland & Co., Patent Solictors, No. 70 La- Salle street, Chicazo, Iit.: ILLINOIS. W. It, Barnes, Clilcajo, cooking-ranees. J.'Bierndort, Chicago, rocking-chairs. W. 11, Clark, Chicago, hydraulhie envines. W. Darby, Chillicothe. ridge-eaddlca for ranfs. L. lellman and 18, 1. Frary, Chicago, machines for cuttiny ladets. 11, Fuchs, tnizaga. clulching devicos. J. Griswold, Faodon, evavurating pans, J. G Molo, Datavia, ball-target throwers. 11, T, Noule, Dixon. plow clevises. E. 0. Itood, Lodi. washing-machines, W, R, Daker. Chicago, grain-binders, Lamville, windmills ¥. Dyerand G. Adair, Rock Falls, fence.posts, d, U Lester and C. J, Fox, Clioaga, Grees: tinzalshers. L. Gathimann, Chicago, middlings separator. « Gsthmann, Clicago, middhuirs scparator. b L. Gethmann, Chicago, spparatus for preserving 10 .5. ‘W, Meaker, Chicago, spparatus for holding lmlcuumlnfcnluv J, Scarntl, Prophetatown, fastenings for chair. logs. 5. 1, 8mith, Rockford, stump-oullers, D. F. Van Liew, Aurura, car-duore. P, 1. Wrikhl, Chicayo, druw-beidgs gates. A. G, Hapmaun, Chicacy, vhatl (rulsane), Uillen Brothers, Galesburg, trade-mark. 10W4. G. 5, Wiaslow, Cedar Mapids, swilch head- chairs, 7. B, Chamberlin, Clarinda, sulky-plows, W, I, Bretnuger, Port Madison, rakes. NINNESOTA. 8, I, Bogearict and W, Pattison, 8L Clond, lowa, L C. ntucke, Henderson, graln-sepasators. T. i, Thomprou, Benson, trace trimming and creaning machines, 0. I Quie, llolden. windmills. ergetsom, Minncspolls, plston waler-me- WISCONSIN, R. B, Kidder, Columbus, rotary enzines, E. Dederick, Milwaukee, grain-binder. J. A, Miller, Osbkosb, eaw-sbarpening ma. chine W. A. Vau Bruot and 8, E. Davis, Horicon, cul- iy teel! elh, . Andrews & Co., Milwaukes, trade-mark: MICHIGAN. ¥, ll.l lmn;. lg:a:mvulu.ur'uufmnu for seaming, Rrooviug, an ng mel jipes. A. s.‘unu-m, u:fnd Hapu saw-mill head- ocks. C, ‘T, Beebe, Jackson, craw-sockets for scythe- fusteninee. 8. I, Rathuuo, Ducdee. rotary churn-dashers. llL B. Bpragoe, (recoville, crosscat-saw han- co, A ter wro e EBOBONALN TO MANUFACTURERS! Orrice City Womggorsx, ! CimoinnaTy, March, 20, 1978, bo recelved st this vfice, wutlh 13 May, 1375, bor O ‘or 300 WAl prisouers, fof oo _PROPOSALS will [ mnw'u“l;:ml;hy. the 41l day of r of ‘afty, ym of dve years. 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One of the fnest eQorts 1 over huard."—=Judge finest orator (o Americs."~Townsend, of dest thing | aver hoard In my Hle."~Ells- (b, of Michlgen, V9 bave uevar ieard it equaled.”~Bt.Louls Kvaae ellst. P lickets, 23 snd 50 conts, Including rescrved sests, Porsaly . ROOT & RONK, 138 ststest. It costnn 1nore 10 LAYE & guod seat tha It does & poor one, Lesl locatwas are paplily wulag. "7 McVICKER'S THEATRE, arything fa rfeation for ths productlon of ths xr " riginal sersion of the EXILES! M'VICKER'S THEATRE. )ramatic. Artiste—1% Auxiliaries! Magolfcent sl R Bt o b W onderrol Goe 't Dok T 1 Uy o prices-f aadpoou, 0 10 BT U HAVERLY'S THEATRE, (Late Adeiptil. ) J. B HAVERLY... Troprietorand Mavsger Last Week of tho tiurgeous Buccess, DLOOTT L M'llea De jlosa, Palladino, 2 ryphiecs, 24 Becoudas, allet! Callfopnls eatre Com- with Mr, John Me paay, by arrsugeinenl ullougt snd ll!.{lll Illf, Manaygers of the Califurnis Thratro, hen Francisc ncludlug the Fromineat Arti Allca Hare oo, tirkclo | LW, Reee, W A, doatarer, Eawta larrinn, Mar.uo stuger, Matluces Wedni aud saturdays, 30, et catar ** Deluko"~Glowlg Dader. T NEW CHICAGO THEATRE. Jy A MAMLIN cavseee o +es Manager This Eventog; Tuesday and Fridsy Maticees, LIFE IN THE SOUTH. Full corps uf Jubllen Elogers. Al the Collseum Fa- voritcs—Clara Soure, Murphs auo, Mclowell Sistérs and & hust of uth Swokiug o Driukiug, Pupulur Prices—3 d 7: S i 0 O TTOTRE __THE WONAN'S HOSFITAL, The Woman’s Hospital of tho Mato of linois, 273 THIRTIETH-8T., Uhicago, Hetween Wabash aad Michigan-avs. The Woman's ¥Freo Dispensary cunnacted with this {astiiution supe evets Wedaeadsy aud Bausdey from Lyt wcluck for tho yraiulious eatmeat of Dlscascs of Wowe: crs, 3. Sk A BUALES, v . FolRBANKS' STANDARD FAIRBANKS. 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