Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1878, Page 5

hut bas been fally four weeks was ever known since the settle. carller A tate. T tho wheatigrowing dis- ":1‘4-':- ahout 20 per cent larger acreage has been ‘..,.-n'nm year than last, but s corresponding e mount of corn aud other crops will be put . Wintee wheat, which s largely grown in «'h': (imber-growing sections of Wisconsin, al- ready stands three feet high, and, if nothing betalls it, will yleld an fmmense cron. The late Jieavy raine have somewhat retarded corn-plant- fug, but they have brought forward the grass to n Lnsu:\l growth, and grazing s now qulite s |l,.x..,runt on gralo-growing. Altogether, the ; louk tof good crops and an abundant harvest :"n pever more eacouraging than at present. snd plantings e e————— hase of metropalitan jonrnalism: TI’AEII:‘\:II'I;‘:.&I’. to speak il of Joun Monits et s death were the Tammany organs and (e * statwart Republican ** New York Tribune, At the same Hime the Tammany organs write up WarrzLA RED as a journallst infinitely su. perior 10 that driveling and uogenteel old idiot, 11op GARELEY. g ——— fecl called upon to express & doubt as to |h:‘;!ml|r:cv of the report that at the New York FRepublican State Conventlon Senator CoNk- L‘xsuwm introduce and have put throughs resolution approviog the scte of the Adwmiois- tratton and. renominatiog President Harza for FE T Sun tell us of sa fngenlous Chlness lex:‘jIcr who blackleaded lce, and with it sdulterated the coal sotd to his cut omers, ‘fhis was the Great Fraud to which the Sun so frequently alludes Thegreat object of the average Democrat of commeree |8 tomake as much capital out of Tuors to 1570 a3 I cumpatible with tot making hhn the nomince in 1850, It the great majority of our Democratlc friends thought that they could really wul traly get fares out sod TiLpny i, they wouldn't try to do it | | When a writer says, * The reader will readily understand,” lie {8 usually about to speak of something that ho docsn't readily under- staud ™ bimeeil, } 1t Episox had Jived a few generations earller {n the world"s history, e would have becn an abject of Interest to tho Holy Oflice. Jay GotLn Is not likely tounload his Tribune stock on auybody. Reason why, PERSONALS, Plarre Tobinet, a sculptor of groat talent and promlee. bas )1ef died &t Parle, Biemarck was born on the 1stof April which shows that birthdays are like dreams, - u]t geemn that Col. Ingersoll,” says the Woehinglon Post, **hias & patent on hisplan of dertroying Tlell and shaking confidence in Chris- tianlly, ile bas begun a suit In the United States Cuurt sgalnet the Detroft Publishing Company, to rentrain it from publishing his lectures, and for damages for haviug already published an edition of such Iecturce, This Cumpany has published & cheap edition of Ingersoll's most popular lecturcs, forwhich bo clalins & copyright. Ordluary fne fiels, in sttacking the Christian religion, should proceed carefully, lest they trench upon the istcllectnal property of Cul. Ingersoll," Henator Withers, of Virginia, displayed wondertai nerve during a recent operation. when {he surgeons had to cut into the inside of the pupil of the cye and removc from it a particle of discased matter, Ha absolutely refused to take morphine orany othier suestlietic, and, lying on & sofa with bis bead propped up to aliow the surgrons to reach hlseye readily, submitted himeelf to the shock with entire composure. Mr. Withers not only did not utter a ound under the knife, but did not once wiace or give any atber ovldence of feeling pai Tuo exhibition of nerveaund power of will was wonderful, and the best results followed. The operation was moro succevsful than {f the patient Lad been subjected to the Inflaeuco of aneathetlcs, Dallard Smith, the mnanaging editor of tho New York World during two years, has accepted the managiog editorship of the Sun, sad will enter onbls duties thisweek. Hin relations with Mr, lluribaet, his late chief, were moat cordial, but Charles A, Dana made him an offer too handsome o be refused, Montgomery Schuyler, editorial writez of the Iorld, who has held the position bo. fore, will succeed Mr. Smith, Thero has &lso been achance In the oftico of the Evening Post, lsasc Ylendetson, the business manager for many yeard, iaving sotd his fntereat to Judge John J. Morell Niliam Cullen Tieyaus, now not far from 0 ye ¥id, remains editor-n-chief, and Parko Godwin, s son-In-law, will wrlte for the aditoris) columne, Lord Balisbury, the now Dritish Foroign Yecretary, lsthe second eon of the late Marquis, 1nd was for some tinia from mecessity & constunt contributof o the press, Ile murried, contrary to the wishes of his father, the daughter of Haron Alderson, Tho marriage being distasteful to the lale Marqul#, ho Is undorstood to have treated his don with some harwhness, nd, llke many other younger children of wealthy Pecrs, he had for u lung tlme to earn Ll living by literary labor, 1fo €4 1bis for some years, and I8 well known as Ruwapaper-wiiter. Uy the death of his eldor brotlier be camo into possession of conslderablo broverty, and at the desth of Lis father he suc- ¢eeded fo tho hereditary ttle ana estate. Now he f1n the bighand respopsible position'of Foreign Becretary, ot 100 ot critical period of English bustory, 2 ** Roberts,” of Washington Penny Lunch Moure fame, bas recently beon given a cross made outof §8,000 of **condemned™ groenbacks, knd sull she fs not happy, because the pork for her betn-soup 18 nut aiways forthcoming, Bbe cone Ulndcs 1o feed from 0O 1o 1,000 dally, The justi- Vutlon Liae been promised §1,600 by Congreas, and, When shio gets it, will to her now cros more Closely cling, Bho is the G ping correspondont of Dunn Platt's Bunday paper, the Cupiltal, snd in lk‘hz laat 1y calls Decoration-Day **that annusl umbug, " abuves the ** Comulttee-men who col- ::ct miotey 10 buy flowers to strew on the dead patos’ graves, while bis widow and éhitdseu cry at ome for Lread, aud who would be grateful for the m:-ll;: |°'"-.-r :nnquuu' Have we not ali come to e i g e, nd h’l"llu story that John O, Fremont and his “':" ylhne been of lato In actusl waut of food s h“':’lmlllv:d. but {s denled. By entertaiaiog Tty aud malutalning & soctal posltion boyoad meang, the family hae within the pait few yoars calth tu very strsitened cir- :mn Teauced from we Unstanced, till i January even the modest ¢l : i fesidence to which it went from a mansion fn Ne‘: villa on the lludsun had to be sbandene ork and s €4, ull af ts contouts, oven 10 the Bletures, belng Suld out by the Shen, Mré. Frumon! " . h t, ner daugh. "":n:lnd 40 Juvalid sun accopted the hospitality of l"lltl:‘ '\rlbllu the General wout to Now Jersey In ,m““ ewpluy mont, and obtalued it through the “HMu:. ot friends, ter he had beeu literally i fuod fora couple of days. This Is ono whils “‘h““"' story, Another 4 to tho gffect that, ,,"“u::"‘;‘: ‘;:;:Xnn ;u:k; fmminent danger of ® Y bas be E¥en now, {n puattive want. el wlnteniand iy - “'l‘:"n ‘S]lllnmfil\nll Democratio statesmen o] ';h Invnvoluuc, st Now York ono day this bl -M ltn 'oud, of the Dally Newrs, and ex-Ben- Touas -lh.uuan. familiarly koown as ** The o !:N‘L '). Ben's faflure is principally nots- fipn:t :rll s sgular revolations as to the recent Moy ous {6 14e valuo of New York real satate, e Tton’s labilities segreste $50,000, most o Sum represeating monoy borrowed from his -nq"l:l:‘d“n lavested by his partoer Ina b n:u gla-mill, Other labliities are for Sonch #Uades, winus and lquors, provistons, Clotpins, B 2ot Of sealsfin fure—§250,—meats, oum'x' priating, books, one hat—83, —funersl ex- froses ot rcl:mvu, board, & phir of pantaloons— win :;ul;lwm—m. 80, — newspapers, portralt 0 og), any” Dl carrisge, carpeld, sale, wood Yeatny :}‘-:ln: .:::lu: b:ml shirte—3150. The fy- 0. His persoont eents. e g o0 ke ects are aa follow, 2 sulty clothes, valuc, :gu\m‘-l. value, §16; % White ubirts, value, $40; 12 Vi i b, \ $40; 12 pairs socks, et ST, T, W d:nn t‘::l]lln, value, $4;1 3 4 peckiles, value, ::ll\::cl studs, value, §2;1 pate lmfll:luh:)cl! s value, §132 oycrcoate, value, $10; Valge, $73 3 hata, velug $3; 2 canes wabrella, valoe, $45 12 pociel b value, £25 € pate kid glovcs, value, Quzen cug, value, §4 i Shicts, MUNE. THE CO) Regular Sunday Maeting of the Chicago Socialists. Their Belief that They Have Every- thing to Goin and Naught to Lose, Much Talk About Cutting the Thrdats of Capltalists, The Popular Exoitement Regarding Amor- jcan Uommunism Reaches Pitts- ® burg, Ranting Resolutions from New York---A Female Com- munist’s Speech. CIIICAUO. The West-Side Section of the Boclallatic Labor party (Communlats) mut yesterday after- noon at 2:30 o'clock In West ‘Ywellth street Turner-Hall, The attendance was not as large a8 usual, but quite s number of women were present. Ben C, Sibley was chosen to preside. The Orat speaker was John MeAuliffe, who got oft his custumary Bunday lalk. lle predicted some strange things, and among them, that if, n twenty vears from the present thue e so- clalistic aystein hud not been in - exbstence for fve years, this natton yould stup Io Its progres. slon. The wheels of progress would beentirely checked, and this country would revert to the condition of Ching, undthe power and vroperty untry would be left In the hands of & ,and the laborer would be held in bonds as with the shackies of a slave. They might talk of thelr amtation, that they mizht exercise the tlght of freo specch, the baltot, cte. But something more was needed, They peeded red-hot balls,—cannon-balls, branded with thelr mottos upou them. In that he meant that they should not heat their cannon- bulls red-not to tire them, but Le wanted them to imbuo the peoplo witl thelr fdeas by foree i€ nceessary. Soclety was to be shocked In order that théy might galn their points, and bo thotight “that the shock was very mene at nand, cspeciully it the present ~conditivn of the laburer should contivue much Jonger, ‘fhe olliclals, statesmen, public men, nnd Journallsts were ol hirclings in the intercst of the capitallsty, and hired to work agatnst the fnterests of the Inburiug classes, ‘They wers the greedy sluves of Mamou, Paul Grotkau followed McAullifo o o lengthy Uerinun speoch, fn which he fnvelghea sgralust the press, ~ His specch was pretty fully reported in last Monday's Trinune, it telng a mere repetition. A. K. Parsous, Schllling, and Belohradsky also spoke their little pieces, all hurplng ou the sume tuus, so often repuried fu these columus. Parsons made au appeal for their paper, published ju English, and called the Soclaltst, the headquarters of which are in Detrolt, aud which they are endeavoring to nave removed hure and published as a daily, Fur this purposc some moncy was ratsed. During and siter the mevting there wus quite au vutside coneregation of Comuuniste, who dlscussed the situation, There was a great deal ot iucenilary tulk fn regard to cutting thu throats of capitalists. One of them kaid to the seporters *You will ses soms fun now. You need not smile.” “What will you gain by 181" asked the re- porter. 1Yo have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You will ste trouble, and a good deal of h.i “l'ou don't kuow tle condition of our poo- . + But what will you gain by on uprising?"* * You remember what was dono by the Parls Communoi" Yes, but what have l.he]v frafned 1" 1t will ciguge things, 1t willgiveus work," And that {s all tbe lellow bad to say. Lut there was much of such talk, and whatever nay bo the tcmrcr of the public specches, there fs some other preparstion golng on bebiud the acenes, as events at @ uear futuro time will no doubt prove. ‘There was another Communistic scare zotten up on tho West 8lde yesterday, which was only remarkablo for its ludlcrousucss. Oug ol the German trades-unfons bad a pienic at il ver-Leaf Grove, out on West ‘Lwellth strect, whero it was presented with 8 flog by It lody friends, Tbe processlon to the grove started from Turncr-Hall, aund was neaded by the * Land und Webir Vercln, which gave rise to the rumor, And tucre wus & drhil out on the prairie fu the southwest portion of the city, and elso at Bohemmu Iall, of Prokup Nudek's company. Then, aguls, the Mayor, Hickey, and Joe Dixon were secn ut City Hall together, all of which gave risc to fearful ruwnors, that bad no foundatun fn fact, Consplrators donotgencrally expose thelr plans, and hence {f au ol ""F 18 to bo made it will not be started {n |In{'II: it, The Communists held a meeting last evenlng st Neramor’s Hall, corner of North avenuc and Clureh atreet, ‘Thero were about X0 persotia resent, nud a Mr. Kicehhoff occupied the chalr, Ir, Jobin Feltes was the orutor of the cveulng, and he discussed the problem, * Willthe ruling ¢lass allow o peaceable solution of the labor ucstion” Mr. Feltes catnmenced by shuwing that frum the mrhcnusfl tho laboring classes had been oppressed and tyrannized over by the ruling classcs, and In all fostauces tho latter tried to prevent the former from gulning their Jiberty by the force of arms. And the samuv thig was being dong at the present time. The rullng classes were fully prepared to vrevent & solution ol the labor questlon by the force of arma. In former times and in monarchical countrics forcs, of armns would bave been the only thing by which the work- {uginen could have gajued tuclr lberty, but in this country sud at'this tlino there wus cvery’ probabllity shat the problem could be solved vcluenmr. Here the laborlng men could mnake usejol that powerful weavou, the batlot, and thus attaln tho ascendaucy. Ouly in tbe cvent of the rulivg classes trylng to prevent the workingmeu from using “their coustitutional right of votlog for whom they pleased, then the e of furce would bocoing nocessary, and Iu that cvent force would undoubtedly bu used, TILrsBURaQG, , ' Bpeclal Dispatch to The Tridune, Pirrsuuito, Pa., May 5.—An foformal confer- ence was held to-nlglit by severat of the leading Cuinmunists to organize a gencral strike of the luboring clusscs, ‘Ihe Jmmediate subject of complaint fs the publication of the deltuguent tax-list, embraciug avout 13,000 uames, which they claim l¢ illegal uud oporessive, compenling working people to psy unuecessary costs. While 1t 13 tho general opiuion that the scheme of ine sugurating o gencral suspension of work fa Im- practieable ot this time, the sutboritics are keeplng o vigilant watch upon the proceedings ot all auspected persons, and will deal proviptly with them ut the first maniféstation of a rising. Soveral Chicayo Communtats are ithe clty, but are very clrcumapect in thelr movements, Bpectat Correandence of The Tribune, PiTTsuuRra, May 8.—The exciteinent over the threatenlng attltude of the American Com- mune has reached Pittsburg, Several leading mebers of the organization which is kuown to exist kere have boen Interviewed on matters pertaluing to tho Commune o thig clty, but wore cepecially with referenco to the reported armiug and driliing in 8t Louis, Chicago, aud elsewhiere, but they wero very reticeut, relusing in to nay polutedly whether there was any truth the repory or not. As tu thu organizatlon here, they adinitted it was o active existence, aod nuinbered between 500 and 000. A Mr. Fricky who appeats to be the controlllng spirit of the Pittaburg Commuug, sald they met once 8 week for “urlll and other "purposes,” and had been dolog ‘sa fur two or three yea Ho fue timated that they wete prepaced to *Aglit for thelr rights,’ whiatever they may be, 1t 1s well understood that the labor element of Pittsburg, which is largely composed of for- eiguers, is dissatisded aud restless, wainly, pe hinps, ou account of the searcity of employuivnt aud low rutes of wages, Ju these reaps watters have undergone no tusterlal change sluco tast summer, when the rallroad riots broke out aud sent disinay wnd terror to every bearthe stonu in the clty, for it seeined then as It the peot-up fury ol the horny-handed so: L toll would be ‘satlstied with notbing less than the destruction of everything which firg and physi- cal streugth could coconpass. Wedo not tnean to say or eveu futimate, that all the rloters were hburluxmsu. but that = majority of them wero - cantiot be trutbfully deuted. Nuarly allof thess mep beloog to” the Com- muve, or are jo sympatby wita it, and would no doubt eagerly ewbrace” sy opporiunity wo repeat thelr diabolical pertorwauces of Jast sulaer, ‘Ttus wattérs pertalaing to Communism seem tostand here at present, As before Lod, soue alarm s felt leat there should be g suddeu slug, but g wore thougbilul citizens thivk v - THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY MAY 6, (878, mote, even If it oxlats at Tne lcaders, however, are under the survell- lanee of the poliee, aya i they should do any- thing lnoking to an outhreak they will fie menllv arrested. Pittshurg, having been forewatned, Is determined not Lo by caught napping by suother inot, W YORX. Nzw Yonx, May 5.~The cighth annual Con- veatlor of the Amnectlcan Labor-Reform Lesgue was commenced to-dav, E. H. Heywood pre. sided, and made the opening address, saying that the Leaguc sccks liberty to assert the natural rights of alt peaple tu do thetr best at their own risk, and to repeal all laws recogniz- Ing property, snd to abolish sil mononolies which glve property special advautages against labor. The following resolutions were adopted: Jesolred, That, since capltalista take Iifs and dentroy praperty 1o retain their power to steal, the Kearney tnen who Invoked the balter in Califoinla, and tho Mollie Mazuires reportcd Lo have kilied cosl Dosses and rallway strikors, nre worally luwe ful bellizerents, Justly exercining the wame rights of defensive warfare apylauded In tnping Hetish tea Into Doston harbor, inJohn Brown's march on Harper's Ferry, and in the kiling of pro-siavery Suutherners by Northern Unloniste, feesoleed, That the chlef mislon of the Silver bill and the greenback movement 18 o hastenrenu. diation, when deots paid ouce 1n the form of futer- est will bo patd forever, and we lisll the gruwing irreatatible tendencies Sont and West tusecond tie purputes of New England lshor-refuriners by sbol- ishiag all ’;fl\ver 1o get pay for luans, stotks, or other valuablea wore than orice; to make it tHeyal, disgraceru), and jnpossible to 'prey on other peos ple's earnings. 4 desolced, “That the Natlonal and Workingmen's partles, iike their older brethren in e, the Ite. publt and Democrats, by sustalning male usurpation, ensiave, defraud, and despull woman; that, demanding {‘nn her cqus) pay for equal work with mian, we seek industrial equity, to erase sex lines, as well aa race and color returm. At the afterncon sessfon Mr. licywood made an address ou the labor, greenbacks, and free- love questlons, George W. Maddox sald New York ought to fssue 18 uwn moncy, bulld murkets, docks, and othier lmprovements, and he hoped, ** by the Eternal," thut peoplu wonld starve, fu order to awske them to these facts, Hesafd that 10 thesu thines could not be got by the ballut-bog, thien ho favored geiting them by the cartridge. box. kle would make It & Stute’s-Prison vileuse for any nau to hold more real catute than was necassary to support him, The lsborer waute weatth, and It should belong to hin, 8lmilar nddresses wera tade by othera, At the evening scssfon Mrs. Anua M, Middle- brook, of Counecticut, spoke on woinan's tiizhts, labor, and population. Other sldresscs wore also made. ye of to- ines, ftom laburs 20! cel to ST. LOUIS, Special Dispateh to The Tridune, 8r. Lous, Mo, May 5.—~It was rumored on the streets todday that the arms used by the workingmen at Washinzton Hall were the prop- erty ol the I'olico Reserves of this city. Your correspondent made further Investigation of the matter, and learned that such was oot the case, and that the guns in question belonged to the workingmen. Durog last fall the hall was used a8 a place of drill by the company of the Polleo Reserve, but about the 1st of February the arts were removed to the Four Courts, where tho company now drills. There are about filty old muskets belonginzto B, F. Lafbold, the proprietor uf Washiugton Hall, stored inone of the smaller rooms adjacent, and, thinking it robable that these had been used by the work. pginen, Mr. Iisibold was questioned ahout the matter. He aafid that he bad the arms there, and that the ‘workinrmen could have gotlen them by paying for the vee of them, but that/| they had not necded them, ss they had enouzh of thelr own, He was not certaln a3 to the number which they Kept fa tho hall. Tie had licard some time ago that there were 100, but he wus eatisiied that this number was belng lu- creased constantly, Froi what can be learned {t scems that each memuer of the Workingmen's Protective Association Is cxpected to furnish bis ot arms, but such asarc too poor are furnished rith them by the Assoclation. WASHINGTON, Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune, WasuisTox, May B.—A very well-dressed woman, evidently well educated, aud a rood speaker, appeared on the avenue this evening, aud made an earnest Communistic spcech, She attracted a large crowd, and treated ft to 8 fu- ent address upon the principal questions which sre now discussed by the Cominune, 8he Lnd the arguments of Ben Butler aud Voorhees on money at her tonguc’s and, and she In turs ore raigned banks, ratiroads, and other great corporations, and Congress, She declared that the American Commune was ulready fucreds- ing, strongly organized, and rapldly increasing in pumbers {n il citics East aud West, and thai tended to overthrow banks and corpuras tiotis through Concress, aud. §f that was fm- possible, to overthrow Congress itseif. The speech was cal In tone, but moat incendinry in language. CANADA Dabate in the Llouss of Commons Regard- ing the Northern Boundurics of Canudae Aquatio=Mantroal Nows. Fpectal Dispatch to The Tribune, 01TAWA, May 4.—In the House of Commons, the Hon. Mr. Mills, Minlster of tho Iuterior, moved bis resolutions respectlng the northern boundary of Canada, He remarked that at present these boundaries were totally undeflued, There were a number of large islands at the tnouth of Hudson's Bay,—«SJouthampton and others,~on which there were valuable minerat deposits; and |uvqrAl Anerleans, who bhud ex- vplored these fsluvidis had applied for mining rights on thesa territories. 8o far theso apph- catlons had beeu refused, owing to the uncer- taluty which prevalled as to tho boundary-live. ‘The resolutions were as follows: 1. That duubts exlet regurding tho noriberly and northeasterly boundurics of the Northwest Terrlto ries ond fupert' Land, transferred to Canada by order of her Majesty in Council on the iid of June, 1870, incurporating tne Territurive of the ludson gny t:;nmpmuy sud the Norihweat Territories with aninda, 2. That the discovery and working of mi n tho vicimity of Camberlaud Sound have recently been reporied, and otlier matiers bave transplred which make mmrumm that all doubt respecting e Juttediction uf Canada over tliese parte of Brit- {un North America should be rewmoved with as Jit- tla delay as possible. 3, Thut correspondence has taken nlace on the subject botween the Uosermneut of Canads aud the Govarnment of the United Kingdous of Great Britain and Jreland, which, through the Kight Ho orable tue Becretary o7 Colonies, bas nthmaled fte willingness Lo trunsfer to the Domin- fon of Canada sl the Torrituries in question, sud hos Iuvited an expression uf the viewa of the Gove eruwent of Canuda rospecting the propriety of leg. telatfon fur that yllel;l'l e, 4. ‘Fhat it la expedicnt’ that the richt of Csnada to al} Britleh North America and latunds adjacent thercta, not including the Province of Newfound- Innd, should bo pliced queation; and that the uiter of her Majost roment 10 transter w | Bl d ‘ferritories to Canads be accepted, That, to svoid all doubt In the water, 1t ts desirablo " that an act of the Parllameut of the United Klugdom of Grest Dritam snd Ireland should be passcd, detining the northeavterly, uortierly,and portiwesterly Loundaries of Canads, a8 follova, that 18 (o say: Un Tho cast, by the Ate Iantic Ucean, which buundary ahal tend tuwards th north by Davls’ Stralts, Bulin's iay, Smith‘s Straits, and Kenucdy Britaiu, by right of discovery orotherwise; on the north, the bouudary shall bo catpuded 40 a8 o includu fhe entirs continent ta the Arctic Ucean, wud all the lslande in the same, exl westward 1o “the UOuo-hundred-and-foriy-frat Meridian woet of Greenwich; and on e northe wesl, by the United States Territory of Alaska, 0. ‘Thiat the Parlianent of Canads, on the traus- fer of thess 'Territories belni comuleted, shall have suthority to legtalate for their fulure welfare nnflfmld government, and il nower (o make all needrul rule regulations resnecting Sbew, the a3 8y 1u the cése of the oth 'errtiorl, d tue Parliament of Canada czpre! Ite willingness ume the dutics and obligalivus consequent That an humble address ba prescated (o ber Majesly embodying thesu resolutious, “Tuo tlon, Mr. Laogevin, 8ir Johu A, McDon- ald, sud otliers spoke in support of thesa . portant resolutions: wnd they were adopted. A committco was sppoluted to draft un addross to her Majesty, founded on the resolutiovs, and tho ad passed throueh ite seversl slugs Ipeciat Dispaich (o The Triduna, Or1TAWA, May B.—=Mr, Mclntyre, u candidate for the Mcthodist mivistry fo this district, has been examiued befurg the Rev, Mr, Staifurd, of thls city, Chalrmau of the District Conference, for interfirencs in polithes, §lo was uhu?»d with circulating_slanderous reports regurding Sir Jubn A, McDonald apd in twuvection with the recent debate ou the Quebee question, and was ordered towake reparation, Speclal Dispatch_to The Tribuna, ‘Tomonyo, Muy 5.—Haslan's two English. bullt buats bavearrived. Plalsted 13 expected Lere Wednesday uext. Hanlan is coergetically tralniug, but be 15 vot in such good coudition ascould be desired. He, bowever, hopesto Kwk up by the 15th, the day of the race. ke a8 wew Ave raciug siells. Oue ol the boats Just received was bulle by Swaddle & Winship, and tuo vther by Robert Jawett. lished, tees for the Indlans. hurt. bass 8 given puint. were presest in hands of inusle, ganic, which all savings banks, compared with that of trusts, has been cxceptionally free from wrong- dotng or fault, and that of all our business con- ceras they have most carefully held aloot from the ruinous epeculative eutcrprises of recent e clergy are satisfed that the present years, T romes not from any change that bhas but chief ‘whicb, wraced, reasonable, or at leas expressly organized all rejected but two. the temperance pev) izo the lurgest hull. to hiy ball in ful Forr Wayss, Ind, M Mrs. Jobn Stegelmasn, Yving four miles from Newcastle, committed sulelde by hangiog. veascd ocvupled a very respectatle pusition, aod v cause fur toe sulcide is kuown. for Medical Aflairs, tl ar. ‘T'wo thoturand and five hundred families have changed thelr, residences hora since the It of May,—being .doubie the number of any former Buch progress has been made on the worka of the Lachine Canal that the water will be let into It to-morrow. A letter from the Deputy Minister of Finance, thelr remuyal. on the Oka Indian land queation, ks been pub- It announces that Governmmnent has taken the opinion of eminent cuunsel on tha claims of the Indlans to the lands of Uka; and they declared that the title of the Beminary s indefensible, and that they are in no \way trus- The Guyerninent recomn- mends the setticment of the Indians un Cocl burn‘s Island, and it will undertakethe detals Sutne stwoting took place at an early hour -night. this mornine 1 the vivinity of Victorls Square, hut it hus vot trunspired whether anv one was No nrrents were made. T a drenehing raty, the Catholic To-day, during the tuseral of John Calligan, { nioulst who was shot inthe Welltuzton street bridge sffray, took place amd was sttended Ly a tremendons concourse of prople. The processlon took nesrly an hour to The Catholtc Unloniats regaifa, also St Henevolent Huclety, Bous of Eriny Kniehts of St. Patrick, aud other societies, accompanied by Lsrge cruwds of Nined the atrects and filled the windows of houses nlone the route. stratlon took vlace, Patrick's buth sexcs No disorderly demon- and all was reported quict Apscial Dispateh to The Tridune, Loxpoy, May f.—Detectives trum East fag- bond In that vity Jor the sum of Uehind in ifs return make up the defl inaw, Mich., arrived here last night, and eilected the arrest of Henry C, Plessner on o eharge of b zzlcment from the Nevere Fire-Insurance Companv. of Bostun. while fu the capacity of agent of that Company at Raginaw, for foringz the name of T. Daley M and also joure to a $1,000. ile ran ud resorted to furgery Lo Epectat Inepaich te The Tribune, P'our Covponng, Muy B.—Luckiveg will not commence {u the Wellaud Canal to-morrow, as previously nonoued, the dam ut ort Robin- n uol yet \m‘ln?: Been removed,nor orders ye- i Ived by the Col lssue passes, To the Quzngc, May Juae, cetor frum the Government ustern Asseciated Press. . 6.~The Proviuctal Leglslatare has been summoned for the dispatch of busl- tiess for the 4th of ‘The wilitary authorities contemplate creating o battery on Crane Island tocominand the river- opproaches there abave Traverse, FIRES. IN CHICAGO. : ‘The alarm from Box 845 at 9:33 last evening was caused by a fire In the two-story frame bullding iu the rear of No. 46 Chathom street, owoed by Charles Nctticsorn, and occupied on the first floor by a tailor named Nelson and upon the second floor by A. Peterson as a dwelling. Tho former loses about $400upu® sewing-machines and stock, upon which there is no {nsurance, and the latter abuut $300 on fur- niture, lkewise uninsured, The damage to the bultding witi not cxceed §200, covered byu poticy for $300 in the Northwestcru. Cuuse, & defective stuve pipe on the ond Hoor. PRIESTS TO T'HE RESCUE. Doston Catliolic Pastors Exhort Thelr Flocks Not to Draw Out Money Which They Can- not Gat. Apectal Dispatch to The Tribune. wap concerned, and, , 8 neverthel their parlshioners, while not without for th Bostox, May 6.—A circular was read fo all tho Catholle churches to-day bescechlog the congregations to have confidence Io the savings bunks. ‘The paper; which s signed by Arcl ishop Willlams and necarly ol the clergy. shows the unrcasonablencss of the recent and i» perniclous to in justice says thelr management, as other Guancial bank system, nor from any falliog off fo the character or abliity of the men that conduct 1t, from a weakeulng of contldence, causcs that may be most part un- exuejulve. ‘They appeal n of the community at Jarze, and ‘for thelr own indivldual good, to refran’ from sny ueedl withdrawal of suvings from'thess fnstitutions or thelr use and benelit by the wisdom of the State, and conducted witl solely thicse objects fn vew, tuitously, by men ol ho abliity. They caution agalust self- Jators wlio, by playlng on thelr fears, may seek to induce owners to part with thelr . deposit-books at much fess than their actubd value, —————— tho interest nd, that too, y, prudence, eking specu TEMPERANCE, Epeetal Dispatch 10 The Tribune. DARVILLE, 11}, May 5.—The pew Clty Coun- cil met lust nizht and granted lcenses to tweu- ty-twn saloons. The Temperance people wade & bard fight, but the majority was against them. Even the Aldermen pledged’ to Temperauca voted for a 8500 tax. The Mayor made a great policemen, but they were At midnight the Council adjourned. The sigus are favorsblo for 8 wrage during the wholo year, Corraiporidence of The Tribune. Joviet, Ill,, May 4.—During the past week le have had the Hon, A. B, Camobell, of Bloomington, here, lecturivg the wu{(lrlmf drinker, dles Int any uominations for o Special them with such yehemencs His plan is to organ. tosquads, whoskirmishthrouwh- out the city in scarch of sigpers to their pledge. Besides this, ho draws audiences thas 811 vur Ile thero hamuners arguments {oto e as (o luspire them with amazement nud conviction, The Fathiers Mathew and White-Ribbon societics marched force, aud the other orgun- fzatfons nave lent thelr hearty co-operatiou. Frow herehie goes to Lockport to lreuni a week, thence to Lemont, aud then to Chl torribly in carnest, and & wighty worker, ——— e cuzo. He OBITUARY, fvecial DisnateA to The Tridune, East Baginaw, Mich.,, May 5,—Royal C, Rem- Ick, for twenty-four years s resideut of this Siate, sod oue of the largest operators in plue 1auds and Jumber, a8 wcll a3 8 tnau very proin. inent i social and business circles, died quite suddenly st bis camp on Ploe Kiver yeaterday, aged 64 years. Hpecial Dispaich 40 The Tvibune. CrevaLann, 0., May agent of the Walter Brainard, Northern Transit Compuny st this place, dicd this worniog of vneumonis, ——— FAIR CONSOLIDATION, Bptciat Dupatch €0 The Tribune, ibitions in the Btate, DasviLLg, 111, May 4.—To-dsy the officers of the Falr Association located at this place, und those of tho Vermillion County Agrlcultural Association located at Catlln, met fu this city and consolidated the two fairs, th Vermiltion County vue of ti best agricultusal The utmnost barmony prevalled in the jolat weeting of the two Assu~ clstions’ oflicers, BINCKLEY OFF_AGAIN. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridbune. MiLwaukss, May 5.—The sudden disappear- auce of Gen. J, M, Binckley fs stlll shrouded in mveterv. It Is the gencral oplulon among bis Intimate fricads bero that he has committed suicido. That Lo was sulferiog uuder weulal desangemeut, there Is Nttle doubt. —— SALT, Apecial Dimaich to The Tridune, Eas7 8auinaw, Mich., May 5. —Tbe State salt fospection for the past month was 160,503 bar- rels, showing un Increaso siuce Dec. 1 of 136,623 "barrels over_the product of the corresponding period of 1877, It is cstimated that the produc this year will be 2,000,000 burrels. ¥ — —— SUICIDE, Special Dispatch 1o The Tridune, sy 4.—Tblis morniog De- —— How Gaslight Affects the Eye. o & report reccutly before the German Min- ister for Education b{,tha Scieutific Commlitee e coucluslous arrived at are tbat guslight has oo prejudiclal eflect upon the eyes. rrovu.ha they are protucted from its Special Disgaich 1o The Tribune. direct actiou. For this })urpww the Cownmittee MontaEaL, May B.—In the iast Provinclal | recommend shudes and bell-glasses ol traos- wialature tLere were dfty Frewch Cavudtan | luccot glass porcelain. Toey disspprove wetnbers and Ofteen Eogball In the wew | of wwegte wmetallic wbades, wuce wlen to the and sssurlng to the. are u eyes, thougl themselves in the gaze upon @ strongly-illaminated surfice, and become daz- 2ied a0 over-stimitlated. On account of tho large quantity of heat evolved hy gas, the burn- er ahould not be too near tho head of the per- ron; the heat Is lisble to cause headache, and even congestion of the brain, Care should also be taken to wrevent the flame from flckering, The use of & dark-blne glass {s also suzgeeted in cages of frritation. With these precautlons. the Committee believs that gaslight may be used without mischief. THE RAILROADS. MORE TROUBLE FOR TIE WABASH, The New York Times of the 2d has the follow- ing in regard tu the fnjunction restraining the Wabash Railway from paying the Interest on the necond-mortgags bonds: Yesterday was tha day sct apsrt for the resnmp- tion af prrment of Tnierost on 00,000 nf the Aratamortante bonds st 85,000, (K3 of tha second. mosizage honds of (he recently reorganiced Wabash ftailway Company. The moncy iwas on depont in the Metrupolilan Bank, the cheeis made out, and everything ready, Early yeelerday morning the Prestilent, Jemes ‘A, Raosevelt, re. reived & tories of lelozrams from the General Halleitor of 1l Company, notifying him that David. J. Lyser, Jr., had obtaincd trom Judge Smith, of Urbana. I1l., an injunctivn agrinst thie payment of interest on'tne mecond-morigace bondw, returnabte Say 11, and advisiag him that the order of the Court mns! be obeyed. Payment waw consequently withhicld, hut” Me. Hooseveit favned & citcular reciting these facts and prom- telng prompt measures ta remove the Injunce tion 4% Agon A« copies of the papers shall bave becn seeved upon the oficers of thie Company at Toledo, Mr. Hansevelt has no officinl knowlcdze of the facte allexed 1n Mr. Lyser's petition. but Wa atceet brokera who sppear fo well be suspiciously Iuformed on s “eohject 1 ‘That, In he Ik debt, and payabie Jan. 1, 878, of of $30,000 prigcipal of the equipment debt, payalle ai the mame time: thal nothing was “safd abont the auount paid toeettlo a sult bousht by one Harding fast year, which awount ls belicred to te npward of $100,000; that the expenses of reurganivation, aleo over $100,000, were not doducted from the netreceiptes that tn 4o enlimate of fixed charzes for 1878 (placed at 31,340, 00, 75) 1o account was taken of the [natallment of the bank debtor the principal of the equipment doht veforo alluded to, and ihat. had these deductions been made, thore would bave been 8 farsc deficleucy inetend of sn spparent aurplue. In' February aund Ma th ledo, Wabash & Western it clusses of bond: Recelver, In Januxty, 1877, a renrganization wan effected under the present title. The bonded debt now aggregates £17, 000, 000, 1ocluding £, 400,000 rat morty 5,000,000 eecoud morigage, and ¢ , 000 consolidated mortgage bunils, on none of ‘which {nterest has Leen paid since Fenrusty or May, 1875, The bouds enjuined yestcrday were bash in Oulv. 70l miles: tern in Indiane, 103 1-10 150 7-10 paid on §500,000 Qulncy & 3 (.10 milen. Intcreat on the other bonds does put fall due nntil February nest, President Roosevelt has written tu Genernl Buperintendent Hopkins that, while the infunc. tion had tied up tue Cotnpany fur a short thme, the damage bad not heen as serious as at first . in clusin his letter Mr, Rooseveit What we wunt most is earbiugs.” IMPEACIHING VANDERBILT'S VE- RACITY, The merchants of New York baving faled to se- cure any concession from the managers of the New ork trunk lines ss regards the: freiznt dis. riminations sgalnat that city, sre now making reat efurts to huve the New York Lexisluture tako up the matter and force Vanderbiit und the other managerd (o terma, In oddition v sending. a com- mittoe to Albany they Bre new writing leliers to wmembérs of the Assembly, urginz the pasengesof the resolution for the appolntment of & joint com. wittee of the Legisluiure tu lnveatizate the alicyed rallroad abures, A circular bus been aent oot to merchonts wiuch describes the resolution and closes as follows: The resalution was tatradaced in the Assembly hy the Tlou, Erastue Ureuks several weeke siace. was refurred by miotion of Mr. Alvurd fa the val Committes uf Lllo Asscrably, whore [t b3t since ‘Lo=n held. and where tlie chuuees are It wili oy s infuence (8 brought 1o bear upon tment sembiy o compel this comniire o, rejo Yorably or untavorably, at unce, ag the Lo probaliy sajoura by Sty rly Ave One OF Mure Ack n thie have friends who re scausinted wish nieuwrs, ‘an e ndersigned wri of you (o haye strong leiter will. fen {0 &a many members of the Anweinbly as putalvle, askiug promnt action Gpoa this resoluticn, 'Me.Vanderbiis han usaled certafn cliaries which we Know to e tacts: and It * otlierey uniesy sl possibls ool the As- *ould geen @ o Islutur the Htateof New Yurk tu grant Tuv estion, which will show whether Mr, Vauderblit Or thie merchianta of New York teil tha truii. Sothioy coula_be better clcniated (o proxe the truth of the asscrtions made by the New York mer- chants than the fact that the Kutluay Wortd, vf Paliadelybis, the avowed orzau of Culs ‘Thow Scott, comes to the defense of Vanderiilian ett. 'The Horid saya: Thera {8 & degree of clfishners, rance, In the deiands made on tie ang Hrie mana that 1s unwortly Dien. o apoiogy can be sccepted for (& exce Acknowledzed danger, Tuelr demandion thees o Shlea squarely neai e lnpiruticy of i ines 1o gain fur them superior mdvintages aver tl cliicuor Fatisdelpnia snd Saitiimdies 1 ther wor he tion of Luudreds of willlune uf caplisl, the went”of thoussude of meu, well s of feno- 'w Yora Central of bisiners ) wuen, and it he disgrace of the cuuniry, the dlwcredit of the ustion,—aud whist, for sl this sacridces That ‘and Dallinre sboud no be % Lishote of Krain of no great iy, wnd. that thiess few b he ¢ busiels that will 5 T T utes In New Yurk were put tgnorant, d {f they refuve to be lnstructed by the il Tatcer GE Mr. Vanderuiit, thiey aught v ven (it Arier slt helr dewructiun of property they would be no Deiter uff, =the taws uf bualuces wouid ailil kvep up the discrioiinatlon o Tatce. VANDERBILT'S LETTER. Atthe aunual meeting of the New York Cham- ber of Commerce, held last Thursday, the Com- mitTes on Kafiway Transportation made the fol- lowiug report un Vauderbiit's letter on freight Tates: It wili be_obrerved frat, that the New Yor. Tatiroad Company b binatior: 1o discrimluate ¥Ry, mercbants on frelghl charges in favos of any otnee purt, While it miay be technically true thut the Central ftoad ** has not entered Inta 8 cotnbination to discriminate agaioat New York," it is neverthe. Icss troo that the New York Central Road in actin, I concert with other roads fu enforcing rates whic do diecriminate azdnet New Yok, ‘The wholo tenor of Mr. Vanderbilts letter {s to the effert that no discriminations exist, that the New York ship. per s upon sn egual footiug with those of sny Tival city, sud thet the New Yurk rouds have put thls city ou an equallty with the inual favored 1, Certeinly, If these stutementu are Lrug, it 1s 1)1 that New York mezchants cun ask; but ju view of the uocoutradicied facts set forty fn the report adopted by thiv Chuinber oo the 28th of Februar lart, it ts surprising that Mz, Vanderbilt shoul mako theve msvertions, sud it would seew meif thery was no other resultice thun to have & thore ough fnsestigation o ibe facts by (he Saglsloture of the State, Ju order to whed 8 Jull Buod of Jight upon this important sublect, Your Comuitice ars bappy 1o repart that the concurrent resoiution in- Ittated by this Chamver for tue appalotmient of a Commitice of luvantigation regarding ruliroag dis, crhmluationa pasved tho Asuerubly last evening, and pow awaits (he actiun of the Scnate, which your Commilice bave resson to expect wiil bo favurably, Shie Cittes ot Phtladel to e 8! € advoe cates of s Mr, Vanderbilt states, Ceutral X lladeun Jiver ERIE'S RECONSTRUCTION, A Committee, conslatiog of Presldeut Jewett, Becretury MeDouough, aud Tressurer Bueacer and executive oflicers, I8 preparing by-laws for the government of the Now York, Lake Erle & Western Rallway, snd it Is underatood thut it bas been decided, as & matter ol econumy, to do away with the positions of acting Presl- deuts, and to substitute for them two Vice-Presidents, without salary except wheo actually employed, It is not expected that any changes will be made amung the present cliel cxecutive ufticers, Orders buve been ptiven to changu the bawe on the vars of ihe Company to thopresent title, ‘The clorlcal foree ut the roud 18 engaued In proparing the details for Mr. Jew- ett’s Lual report us Kevelver, and 1t b expected that ft wlll be submitted to the Supreme Court, and an order obtained for the discharge of the Receiver by June 1. ——— EVANGELIZATION Spectal Dispaich to The Tridun INDIANAVOLLS, lud., May 5.—Tbls alternoon # ruusiug weeting of raitroad wen was beld at Masonle {1811, at which sddresses were mude by rullroad wen from Cleveland sud this city, Tbe inteution fs to open roomy, hold servive, aud do the same work amoux raliroad sea that the Youug Meu's Christisu Association does fu 3 geoeral Tue Associatiun Las becu urgan- tzea, and rooms sccured. Alr. Cobp, of Clueve: lsud, will_probably bo Secretary, and the ex- penses will be pald by the ralliroade. Music wus fuznlsbed by tho Rallrusd Quastelte, of Columbus, 0., sud the Carman Famlly. The ruilroad tauagers eoter lutu the srraugemicut beartily, aud wuch good (3 prowlsed. 8T. LOUIS, 8r. Loum, Mo, Msy 5.—A mectivg pf the representatives of the Olio & Missbslppl, the Vandalia, the Wabash, sod the Judianapolis & Et&hmh Rallroads was held here yesterday, to cobsider bow best to protoct tbelr intercsts againat tho cutting of rates by Chicago ruads (0 the East. The resuls wus the establishument of o new rig, to go lute elect to mostow, dlou- “larl Un grain and classed with grain, 33 cents per 100 to New York, which 18 a reduction of 0 centst intermediate ?nIull to have a corresponding reduction. On ourth-class freight rates wers reduced from 85 to 20 conts to New York, 27 cents to Philadel- g‘hln. 20 cents to Baltimore, and 33 cents to all New Eogland points. IOWA, o The Conzresslanal Gontests: Bpectal Correspondencs of The Tribune, D3 Morwes, In., May 2.—The Congressional contests now overshadow the Biate tlcket] 1n fact, the State ticket is aiready declded, with perhaps two exceptions. The Sixth Congressional District (s alive with candidates. Every county fuft bas one, tome of tbem two, and one hasthree. Itis understood that Judge Loughridge is being ¢roumed, and will come n at the last hour. Tae frieuds of Geu. Drake. M. E, Cutts, and ex-UGov. Stone are equaliy sanguine that thair cholce will win, There promises to be & livel convention, It will meet at Oskalvosa, June 26. Judre Knapp, the standing-candidate of the Democrats for any place in which they see fit to place him, having accented tha nomination of toe tireenback State Conventiun for Supreme Judge, niter mature deliberation and hearing fromn Ed Csmpbell, It is now uvuderstood that the Democrats o that district will nominate ¢ J. Weaver for Congress, Already coough delegates have been chosen to the tireenback Convention to sccure his nomina- tlon. With thiscumbined asupport, the expecta. tion fs tu run him {n: but be cannot defeat cither candldate now before the district on the Hepublican side. ‘The First District has not yet sent in all its returns; but, o far as heard “from, Lee County will furntsh Irwiu, Kothert, Clark of the Gate City, snd Van Yulkeobure, Des Molncs County will send up Dr, Beardsley and J. C. Ntone., Louisa County will present ex-Senator Hurley, Springer, swi Letts. Henry will demand tue recogoition of ex-Gov., New- bold: Nematur Woulton I8 mentloncd, but rmlr.\bly ‘without sutbority. Jetferson Conury ias but one cundldate, and as guod 2 vue os can_be produced in the district,—Senator McCold, The Conventlon mects at Wash- tnrton, May 20. Senator Harlan may turn up as the dark horse at the last hour, In the biz Niuth District, just ss public sentiment seemed to be settling down to O'Conuetl, and Russell of UGreene, as those from whom the cholce of candlfates must be made, Boone County brings out a very lormid- sble candidate, the Hon. C. W. Lowrie, who possesses the qualilizations to make a guod Tace. In this, the Scventh District, the present fn- cumbent will be renominated, Blnce the announcement of the Republican candfilates in the Third District, the Democrats are casting about for material to cbeckinate, and they will piay to win. The majority in that district 1s 80 uncertain either wav'that it takes the best mett to win, Dubuque has two candi- dates,—llum and Uritith. Toe foriner is prob- sbly one of the most poptilar Democrats to the gnnv. Clayton County witl seud Senator toneman,—a very able man. Fayetie County will bring out_ Atnsworth, beileving that, hay- ing ouce won the race {u that distric 1t ayafn, But times have changed sioce he was elected to Congress. Alamakee will present Seustor Kinoe, —— AN ALARMING RUNAWAY. At about 10:30 last evening a serious accldent, which may yet prove fatal to oue or more per- wons, occurred In the vlctnlty of Twenty-second street and Wabash svenue, The driver of & team of hores attached to 8 carrlage owned by H. 8. Maproe, of No. 793 Michlgan avenue, snd contatoing Mre. Furgo, Mrs. Blshop Cheney, Mlss Monroe, aud Miss _Keith, had refned up in front of the Burdick House, and ~ had stepped from* bls seat to open the carrisge dourtolet Mrs. Chene! Kieth out. The teaw were frightened me way, atd at once started offan a furious Mps. Fargo jumped out when they first nd was quite seriously Injured. She was takeu to her . residence, No. 804 Michizan avenue, and medical sttendauce summoned, The rupaway team went eustward on ‘Twenty-secoud street to Calumet avenue, sud at this point Miss Keith, by u Jlttlc pres- ence of mind, avolded a catastropbe that wight have cost the eotire tum)' their yves, Bhebroke the glugs front of the carriuge clumbered out far cnouch to reach the reins, and fathis Wway soon 10t the runuways under contrul, “Phe uthicr Jadies escaped unlinrmed, but were badly shinken up, and still more badly sared. L ——— EAMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY, New Yonx, May G.—~The auniversary of the American Home Misejouary: Bveiety was held to-night. The Rev. Awrou L. Chaply, D. D., of Eeloit Collezs, Wisconsin, presched the ser- mon, The annusal report sets forth that during the past year tho nuiber of ministers of the Gospel In the service of the Suclety has been 990, Three missionarics presched to the color- ed people and thirty-three fn farelzn langusges. ‘The number of congregutiovs and missivnary stations supplied fn whole or purt wus 2,2377 number of pupils In Sabbasth-schools, 91,702; receints for the year, §334,430; expenditures, $294,540 Jeaving $15,800 still due to wisslona- ries} totsl amount pledged, 891,575; towards reducing which there {s 8 balance fu the Treas- ury of $4,085. —t—— DROWNED, Bpectal Dispaich 1o The Tribune, WATERTOWN JUNCTION, Wis,, May 5.~This afternoon o boat containing Joseph Pevters and Lis sun and dauchter, aged reapectively Sand 9, upset fu Rock River, near the plauk ruad bridice 1t this city, by & doz jutoping from it, precipi- tatinz oil into the stremn. The boy was rowned, and the eirl taken out for dead, but slio was flually reauscitated. Peotors, although B0 swinmer, managed Lo save himyell Cuzyexse, Wy, May 5.—By tho capsizing of 2 boat on the Jake two miles borth of this city, this cvenlug, Mr. Vandycke nad wife wete drowned. The bodies were recavered, ‘The ‘wife was clasped In her husband's anns. ——————— THE HEBREWS. Nxw ORLEANS, La., May 5.—A Convention of toe District Gruud Lodge of the Indevendent Onler of B'nal B'rith met today st Odd-Fel- lows’ Hall, sbout 175 delegates and grand oftf- resent, from the States of Alsbama, Florfds, Lunteians, Missiesivpl, Ten- d Tezus, It will coutinu fu° sesslon ——— FAILURE. CLRVELAXD, O., May 5.—Vaupel, Moore & Co., druggists, havo assfgned to A, K. Bpencer. No statement of affuirs is made, ——— Polsoned Fruit-Trees in Ireland, Pall Mali Gasatte. An agrarian offense of a novel character has, 1t I3 atleged, been committed br a man pamed yfle, now in the County vail at Lim- erick, awalting hls trial on a charge of having pulsuned alurge number of fruit-trees at Adare, In the County of Limerick. Hyfle, it seems, rented some orchards at Adare, but be was for somo reason evicted by the owners, to whoum his tcnancy did not eive satisfaction. It was subsequently discovered that all, or vearly all, the fruit-trees had failed; and tho prosccutors allege that the prisoner with an augur bored & hole in each of the trees and destroyed their vitality by introducing a g tity of vitrlol iuto thelr trunks. Tbe man te to be tricd at the uest Adare Bassious, sud bail bas becn refused for his appearance. It he has committed the offease with which he {8 charged, ho certaloly serits punishment; for tho destruction of trecs n an orcb. is an act which cannot under auy circui: 8 bo fed, and effects an fojury that years only o repulr. At the ssme time, it Is better to destroy trees than landlords; and, §f evicted tensuts should ba {nduced to sdopt this fashion of satise fylog their reveuge, Hyflv, assumiog bim to be Rulity, descrves, for tho precedeut he bas es- tubliahied, to be looked upon almost sa s natioual beuefuctor. —————— Htrength of the Bedouins, A correspondent of Land awd Water, writing frow Turip, desvribes the Bedoulus as - Jug great streogth, e sava: 1 bavescen o Bedoulu put a three-busbiel sdck of wheat upon his head with bls own bauds wud dancs about with ity but, of course, thld was su exceptiou. Tle same wan, however, aud bis brotber regu- It two threc-bushel sacks, fastened to- gethier, by thelr woutts, on to the back of & came] squatting dowa; this weight 14 8 full camel load. Some of the women sro very stroug, and carry linmense loads. I kunow one 1] of 186 wbo carrics on ber Lack three ure of water welchiug forty pounds each up e steep bill about a quarter of a wmile to ber husbaud’shut, The Bedouln women Jead vory bard lives wudced. From tho earlleat ago thev begin to bo useful. The younzer chil- dreo luok ulter the cattle and doakeys,ul which cach camp possedsds generully a g privkliug of sorry specimeus. Thy olicr cnes draw water, ana brlug it ulten longdistances oo thelr backs; they griad the coru, they make aud bake the brenf. couk all the fuod, generuliy wmske aud bake tho puts aud paus that the forweris onnked | ey milk the eows, and make ths butter by a yury todioas procsss,~that is, by shaking the milk in » goatskin, which is sus- pended from the roof of the hut, and under which, in cold weather, a fire of dry cow-dung 18 lighted to raise tha temperature. Wownen frequently ait and shake the goatskin cight or ten hours beforo butter comes.” et — A Genoral Charged with Theft, The Cdrlist General Boet fs charged with the theft of the Collar of the Golden Fleece from Don Carlos, and is about to be put on his trial in Italy. After commandiog a regiment in Cuba, where ha Is alieged to have extoried & ransom from some {insurgents mnid then massacred them, he Joined Don Carlos [n 1573, and s few dags hetore the coliapse of the rebellion became his private secretary, accompanying the Pree tender to Paris and the East. Don Carlos was thunderatruck on belng told who the culprit ‘was, and wanted to hush up the affair; but the rosecution had already been ituted, The wo brilliants at firat mininf lave becn re- covered, tho total value of the Collar being 14,000, Pacsing away! passing away! Fach Tooth {V:Eh :lnn‘rarm{r day. Sozodont gives the coup de grace | Good-by to the hambugs! let them pass, ————————— 1F you are fatigued in mind snd body, 5 s o pned umlna ad lody; dake (81 BUSINESS NOTICES. t Cremation.—Byrou spesks of ere- practiced by the eatly Greeks, yet ndds nal uole that it was not aiways the cus. tom, and cites the case of ticular ne having been interred entire. But, really. whether [t 18 ag aucient o modern inventlon ducs not interest as ro mnch as does the yood qualities or the well-kuowo Carboline, & devdorized oxiract of petruleum, which gives unusual tone and vigor 10 tie scaly and hals by remuviug dandrufl, cleans- inz the head from afl Impur and {mpartin: renewed activity L the foilicles. 1t fs an eicgan dressling, prevents the bair from failing ont, fe- atores tbe Lalr ou bald heada, restares it to fta nat- ural color, makes it grow rapidiy, will notstaln the skin, contsins’'not a particle of lead, allver, rulphur, or otber deleteriousdrugs. 14 18 8 natural pruduct of the earth, contalping the eloments re. ulred by the hair tu feed upon. A few applica- tlung will show its restorative goalities. Does nol requite months of tontinued use before yuu can peiceive any result. 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Bosion, Nuss. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Office of the Chicugo & Northwestern Railway . Company, No, 652 Wall-st., P KWW YORE, Aprit 34, VT8, The Angusl Meetiag of the Blockkividers sad Luads 1 npany for the Kiectlon of Direciors ‘aad fur 1ba trausaction uf such othe ‘come befare sald weeting, wil) be hel mpauy, In Culca) THURS- LAY, “nu traan L ozt ol i ‘[‘AL June A{I Joudhot d vpen on MO bundy by will authesiicata thelr vollag buads by os M. L. SYKES, Jr., Secteiaiy. OFFICE_CIICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD €0. - . April 22, 1878, The Anpual Meeting of the Blockhotdera of she Chle cago, Ruck Talsnd & Pacific Katlroad Cv., for the cluce Uon of Directors pursusut 1o lew, sad the trazssction of such otber business as may come Lefure them, will be held at the ofice of (he CumbakY (n the clty of Cbi- nesday, the Sih dey of Jumo mest, st 11 a m. UUUH RIDDLE, President. H. TOWS, Becratary, % 'ESSI10NAL, “CARD. DR. 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