Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1878, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. MAY 14, 1878 CEYLON. A Tribuno Correspondent Spends & HMonth on the Island. jod Takes In About Everything of Par. ticular Toterest, which He Proceeds to Describe in an fnteresting Manner, §i Finds Considerable Tronblo in Distioguishing Vo Men from the Women. qba Former Wenr ‘‘Pull-Backs” and Tortoise-Bhell Combs, (innamon @roves, Coffec Plantations, and Cocoanut Trees Till You Can't Rext. Epeelal Corrrapondence of The Tribune, porNT DE UaLLe (Tsland of Ceylon), March 1 The voyuge from Penang,onthe Malny sty across the Bay of Bengal, is ono of unes- ceptionable beauty. All day great felly fish float by, looklng liko ahuge eponge of transparent eliy, with thoueands of hair-ike lees hanging dornand streamluge in the water [béhind, four crfive feet, tke a horse's tail, Alove some of thece many littlc fish were swimming, seem- prly sttracted by these waving legs, und probe i eoon to be entrupped and devoured, Oc- weonally far down in the beauttful dark-green water we see 8 huge sea cel, aud often ou the qurface o snake of Lrilliant eolors swims awiftly trsome of thun fiye or six fect lung. Very fewall vessels are_scen, but we are on the great steamsh!p highway, and very often the atblack * traders,” as they are cnlled, go ty, bound for Chinn and Japan. Al nlzhtithe water gleams with o pecultar phosphorescent rlow, thovessel's wake |3 A BHOAD TRACK OF FIKE, and etaetled fish dart oft in all directions, leaving atrati In thesparkling water Iike thatof a shoot- fegstar. The waters ot Bengal's great bay seem epeclslly sich in phosphorus,—more so than wy of the watera futhe Jow latitudes. The yeseel's deck presenta o curious scene,—great awnings cover tho eutiro steamer fore and nft {urthe sun glowsa with an fntensity only kuown warthe Equator. Most of the passengers are Luropeans merchants and thelr familles, home- ward bound from China or Japar, and they have tsken the opportunity offered by the vessel touching at Bingapure to lay in a stock of pets. Inevery nook and corner are cages of monkeys, parrots, cockatoos, golden pheasante, and all maoner of beautiful plumed birds, for 8inga- porads par excellence the bird market of the wurld, prices rnuflm: marvelously low, usall wecaptured fn thefjungles that come up to the very edgo of tha town. The crew aro all Cast Indians,—Bombay men,—dark featured like mu- Isttoes; black silky beards, Enropean featurecs, and stralgnt halr. Some of them arc fins look- log fellows, AT BUNDAY INSPECTION all appear fu spotless white, the costume being wlite pants and o long white garment from pecktoknee. On some, this is white mualing on others, aifancy-fgurcd stuff like lace curtains, nd certainly has the merit of belng cool. Al wear turbans of cay-colored stuff, and some bsregaudy silk hondkereblefs tied round the walst. The days on this summer sca pass quick- Iy, and early one mornlug tho ery of * Land1” rang through the steamer, and Ceylon, with its tokegroves, and jungles, and high mountain- oveaks, was befuro us. While many miles out at #s, thero was o deliclous freshness in the land- breeze blowing from the lsland, and somo Captains claim to have esouffed the ¢elidous odors of the cinnamon-groves when 10 miles to the windward of Coylou. Clouds of flylng-fish rise from the water before tke stilp and eai] awny like swallows for a bun. ¢red yards o more, dropplug with a splosh be- seath the waves, At 8 o'clock we sce the shios that lle at anchor oft the narbor of Pt. Do tialle, and eoon spproach the cntrance, The bazbor, while ono of the most Important places ol call and cosling stations fo the East, is ronlly 5o harborjat all,~slmply a bight of tho sen,— adonly s few ships can He cluse in at a time, ad a tremendons land-swell is constantly roll- ingin. At 11 a’cluck we take o pilot, and soon tbread our way among the coral reefs and rocks, :‘;wmu to anchor about 100 yarde from the ore, TAE VIEW OP “0ArLE, usthe natives call ity from the sea fs extromely dlturesque. The luxurimnce of tha tropical Tegetatlon fs wondertul. Vast jungles of palin ind coconnut treea come down to the very edee of the water. “The cuconnut tree in parileular teems to court tho salt water, und lives cqually ¥ellinthe water or on the land. Al round tbe barbor were giant trees covered with frest clusters of uuts, while tho fools wero.washed and saturated by the waves. The old fort, buily fn_ 1600 by the Duteh, ond Gupletely surrounding the town, the tall ulhulus on the right, with the white roofs ol few Europenn resldences peeping out of thy wk grove of palms, muke s flne tropleal teene, Crowds of uative boatmen in their «lumarans™ swarm round the ship, coger to take us ashore, Thiey sre clad mostly In natural bufl, and their *catamaran ® or canoe 18 equally prmitive, It fu very curious, being formed ftom the singlo trunk of a coconnut tree, nbout twelve [nchies wide, und has a large log or “out- Heger fastened by poles some twelve feet to oae slde, which keeps ft from upsetting. ’l‘lm¥ ride the water vory enfll{. and carry severnl Rascngers with case, and we are soon domi- dled at the Sen View Hotel, near tho parapet of A8e fort, with dellghtiul cool sca-breczes and ‘¢ 4pray dashing atour fect. The crowd that tmeets uw on Innding 1s 8 nondescript one, the | fogular featura belng that both sexes Jook u)uL and impress tho touristwith the {dea b3t he has Ianded amoniz a nation of won.cn, THEY DRESS IN Y PULL-BACK ' PETTICOATS "M'mlnz to the ankies, carry parusols, wear the h‘rlonpfiwmbed lllluullll{ Luck off the fore- 4, and contined with a clrcular tortolsc-shell . Thelr full busts, luck of beard, and pe- culiar mincjng gait, cuused by tight etticouts, fumy out the strange fmpression. When told 0 are men, the direct conclusion s that & reare no women ot ull, and only o scveral foxv sojourn 10 the fstand vuables one to de- 4 the aifference, The oaly visible distine i -k"' that the women wear rather shorter hn <té than tho men, uud do not uffect combs. anintercsting sight to sce o long row of clinned Squatting dn"the sun and coubivg and m:l! thele loug tresses. Du Galls Is ver Mn" aod the sights are quickly seen, aund, ‘! Eager Lo seu the interlor, L secure passage Colom,Suach leaving the uext imoruing for mmbo. the Capital of tho fsiand, feagratTeA-tvo miles distant. The great hh:m of * Qalle s its jowel-merchunts, N“Y Mussulmaus und seedy natives wili Rorges frow tho fulds of tatiered petticoats 'I“;m“' stores of juwels, Rubles, eweralds, e l"‘l. cat's-cyes, ‘lupaz, veatls, cte., are of+ ity i protusiun, but, unless an expert, it is tuttobuy anly of ‘the' revulur merchants in ud.ufi”' Iwa days of the rank jusuriance g ‘N“ seenery of thesurroundines fs enough, .lh O'cluck wo are off for Culombo. ‘Ihe dirly dmul.'h the cool, splce-ladened morning sa. pellettiul, the yoad winding aloug the Oracs ure chunged every six wiles, oud m:‘,‘éfl“"vm. A trumpeicr Tuus anead av ¥y lllhm““ and when we aporuach stutions, Lo gt ctieery blusts warus the crowd out of oA :5 Iu the staguant pouds by the way- DUGR LIZARDS, Wae funy 1oy v ¥ feet long. Sougaose, the lo- ‘::'"lllcllon of suskes, aud which cven the i the cobra dues not aifct, are playing ol held. Wit the exceptlon of i ocr wry C“:nmmou RTovy or group ol pinespple Wenye of oo 0ULe 13 throuzl vne cuntibuous Rieat '"al,mcmuu‘l trees, These trees are the lmnunt th of Ceylon, To the natives they By ,‘.,"."" t0 the "huld. aud mats; from the whed 5 tu grecs, be draws deliclous wilk; tom "Dt, dvod. "It aflurds oil for bis lawp, ,,.mn‘g}flbu §s wade yopes snd cloth for oot Le julce ot the tree, lerwmented, wakes bare gaating liquor; ju {act sows tavelers ucovered 103 uses 1o whicn the covoas BUL trey el 3ud Its uuts are put, At BOOB wu ,‘“,.kh;: Beutoss on vystérs hesn trow tbo sea, sty :Al:u selish thew with the thenmoweter Rroreq g oo¢ #hade. The odor of tho ciovumon e fosd ilmup 1t isa besutiful sbrub tour s Wuu“ igh; the only Labur counected with arcy, gt ' A0 veelice. There' are thres Ty ltg ©iddle ous ooy Veed, vid b treuged with curlous Nttie native carts, with arched roof, deawn hy littlo white oxen, rotne not Jazger than a mastift oz, The entire road to Columbo s one eon- Linnious viilage of bute, but aswe near the Cap- ital many fine residences, surrounded Ly grest parks of gorgeoua tropical plants, apnear in the suburbs, and we soon rattled up to the *Ualle Face™ flotel, fronting the large coplanade. Colombo, Jike Galle, Is small, and built inside o fort, The Governor of the island, rent out from Encland cvery flve years, restles here, and every afternoon drives “out in grand style, with escort of mounted lancers, In the sub- urbs of Colombo are some fine Buddhist tem- pies; ucar one of these, in a spacious mead. ow, Is A TUGR LAND TORTOICE, who can carry eight men on his hack with ease, liaving a hole bored in Iits shiell so he can ha prodded up. Heis a huge beast, and Is eald to be 300 years old. [lis most distingulshed rider 1s the Princa of Wales, who rade him while ‘vn bis viait here. Early the nest morning I leave by rail for Kandy, the mountain Capifal, The distance is seventy-five miles, time six hours, aver a high nountaln range., a splend!d triumph of engineering, andamid grand scenery. **Ben- sation Kock " affords a fine view, Far down in the valley you can see the terraced rice fielde, banana proves, cocoanut trees, and the juncle stretehing nwa{ for miles. Two engines haul us over the highest pass, Ksndyis a very emall vitlage; being at a high clevatfon, It isa great sununer resort. was a delight- ful changa from the sweltering plains below lte a climate where o bianket at night was comfortable. Herels the great Buddbist tem. ple of the world, toward which thousands of lolatrous oligrims yearly wend their way, In this great “Temple of “the Tooth ' are mnany 1etics of Duddha, but chicf anioig all 1s one uf s teett well preserved, and only ehowa to the falthfi) once n year. Pllfrlun from ludia, and even Ching, conie to worship It, In the after- noon 1 visited several large collee plantations,— Kandy Leing the centre of the grent collee dis- trict of Ceylon. rery ahde bill is planted with the diminutiva coffee trece. They ure planted fn rows six fect apart cach way. When in Lioomwith the white blossomn ugainst the dark- green leaves, ntl the ted berrfes clustering in mnasses, no preftier sight can be ecen, Lach seariet berry contafus two beans, which are, af- ter drying,” picked out by hand, women mostly Lefng employed, COFFRE PLANTING used to hevery nrofitable, but I find alf the rlnulcrn lere, ud In Java, complaluing of the hugs and poor crops of late veara, - In the even- fnr 1 saw several people shooting big bats, great creatures with bodles larger than rate, which they ealf * fiying-foxes,”” The notives and many Enropeans eat them, and consider the el more delicate than ehicken. 1 could not tasteft. ‘The women of Kandy are considered the most beautiful in Cerlon, and the different grades of caste are distivgulshed by the length of petticoats worn by Loth rexes. ~ Everybhody chews. the betel-nut, or ruther 8 mixture of lime and nut pared fine and rofled Ip s betel leaf, making o large quid, which 8 vig. orously chewed, It “stalns the saliva deep ~red color like blood, and this they expectorate over cverything, It atatns the vums and teeth scarlet, civiog the chewer a most feroclous aspect. In the prov- ince adjacent to Kandy the beople practice polyzandry,—~that s, obec woman has several husbands,” One wotnan was poiuted out. to me as the proud wife of Lwenty husbauds, al) Hying in the greatest harmony. The Tamils who come down from the Malabar coast to work on coftee plantations udopt this custoni from mo- tives of ecunomy, one woman cooking for efght orten men, and belng regarded as the wife of each. Some nvn{du proless to belicve that Cey~ Jon was the original Paradise, The carly dfs- coverers were among this number doubtless, for Adam's Peak Is the moat prominent mountaln ou the isiand, while Adam’s Bridee and Adam’s Faotsteps were points visited by me. No traveler {u the Tropices goes long witbout GILITING PASMILIAR WITH BNAKES, and Ceylon is a 1aud of scrpents. The python, growinir to o length of sixty f the **rat. snake,"” and the beautiful green ** cye snoke," s0 named beeause it strikes all quadrupeds only in the eye; cobras of four varleties, for whose venom no remedy hias yet been discovered, and dozens of other kinds,” At Kandy the rallroad engs, oud thence on into the Interfor I jour- neyed on horscback, joinlog a party of planters and sportsmen on the way to ihe elophant- hunting grounds. Near Ellya we crossed o wido bridge over 200 fect long, and bullt cntirely of satin-wood. Lbouy aud all the other precious woods of commerce abound in Ceylon, On this Journey we frequently passed elephants at work pulling stumps out of the road with o chaiu and hook attached toahuge collar on thelr neck. They would pull as steady ns a man, oflen pausing to sec what progress they were making. At Colombo I saw them helping men to bulld a bridgo, and Hfting wreat stoves to thelr places in the wall, We rods scveral days through tho jungle on our Jouruey to the Binteuna Provinee, " The luzuri- ance of the vuficlnuun 18 incrodible, aud passage on foot or by liorse was only possiblo by keeplng in tho hewn path, Monkeys thronged every tree; they scemed of a peculiar species, and had o tuft of hair, shaped like n cap, on the head, Emnc them an unusually comnleal appearauce, Wholo droves of them would rush through tho trees, sonie of them with {uung ones In their arms, and raising o fearful din, The natives bave a legend that the Bultan of Sumatra once conquered Ceylon with AN ARMY OF TRAINED MONKETS, I eaw ferne in this jungle twelve fect high, and grass the blades of which were four inches wide and twenty feet b, Every opening was Mled with peacocks, and in the early worsing wihien the sun fell on thelr rich plumage the effect was grand. I have counted over 100 strutting nbout at once. We passed many curi- ous ruins: large tauks covering deres, and built of hewn stone, are very frequent, but by whom bullt the natives have'even uo traditlon, “They were doubtless used once, when the cntirs Islund was cultivated like a garden, to hold water for frrigating purposes, ‘The rutved city, Annrsjapooral, vovtnins n templo with 80 pojgodas, the bigheet 270 feet high, aud made of solld brick and stone. ‘The last day of our Journey took us through the scetlon of country made famous by the ex- Elo(u of Maj, Al Nogers, the great elephant- unter ol Ceylon, who shot over 1,800 elephants in this province. Ceylon means * mother of clephants,” aud great droves of this king of beasts till throng the back Jungles. We only saw two small droves of six or chzlit, each tear- fuge through the trees out of ritle range. This wus all 1 saw of wild clepliaats, for a threaten- cd attack of jungle-fever hurried mo back to the coast and I't. Do Uatle, from whenco [ write this missive while waling for & steumer for Madras. 1 Lave been decply Interested in Ceylon, Itis s Island of wonderful richiness (n ‘fruit aod flawer, In my strolle about De Galle I have votieed graves of nimond, nutmeg, scap-trees, cte. ‘The “Traveler's Palm™ is {requent, and when one of {ts lcuves le punctured with a kuife aver a pint of cool, purs water flows from ft. At Kandy Lsaw the % lack " frult growing in perfection. Tius {asald to be the largest ealbh: truit in the world, and weighs over Bty pounds, 1t Frown on o large tree, and hos o rougl, green skiu, aud b very Insipid la taste, THE UHANUES OF CEYLON are famous, while its dozen varieties of bananas are ull deileious, althouzh 1 found the wmall red varlety very rich flavored. There 18 uo Gucr sleht thau a grear bunch of banaas, ali of the sanic golden hue, ‘I liey are most always [ Just us they begin and left 10 ripen in tho shade, whea they turn gradually, yet it buried in the ground witl all furn yellow ut onve and be of dellvious lavar, 7T vlantations and cocosnul groves of Cevion make mony planters rich every year, and affonl vast opportunities for profitable luvestment 1f due care is exerelse eylouts now only visited by n few travelers, beine rather out of e way except on the route to China; but its manifold uttractione will In time cause ft to be a great resort for al] thoso who wish to see nature in ber greatest Jusurianca wnd profusion, The month | have passed here bas Leen ous of {p- creasiog wonders. Anx, —————— Edison's Telephione, New York Corvespowdence Cincinmali Commereial, ‘The city telegraph system 1 1o undergo a change which (s 3 revolutiou. Edison's tele- phoue fa to be substituted. A system of tele- phonle Wires {3 to be erected centering at the City-Hull sod diverging to the suburbi, A munagel at the centre will connect and discon- - £ ueck thess wires according to call, For fu- stunce, No., 424, who owns or hires & telephane, caile for No. 171, who bas & telepbone; the mauager hooks these two wires together, and the partles eujoy s secret confab without any seplstanc With vo danger of being over- beard by .l third parties. The tosulation {s complete, Aud ss every cnewho bass telo- vhone will bavea directory of ull othiers who nave telepbotes, 1be fucreased convenlence wili be very great. Those who bave scquired no right to o teiephone willgeither have to use c telephons o trust to the slow el lu‘al v delivery of dispatches st present pr yathng. 1 nay add here that the Westers Unlon Com- pany will add to irs 7,000 oflices ot least half as wany moro durfng the pext ycar, the extra otlices belng smull vhlages over “which toe tele- gruph wircs now ruu, As theso sro tog uures muoerative to pay the wages of sn opera the uew comuwuuivation wiil be by telephon wouthplers will havg down from the wire sud bo deposlted 1o the Post-Othee or drug-store, and vvery misn who wisbes to tend a mesrage will talk’it {oto the moutbpiece bimself., This wovel experiment will soou Lo tried v s anu ad Br. Green, Wie new President of the n Union, bey fwolicty X scale, Z! contidence o its practivability. X TIIE CROPS, A Bitter Blast Falls upon the Hopes of the Farmers. L] An Eager and Nipping Air Dites Spi‘efully at Vegetation, Lamentatlons from Every Quarter of the Fruit-Grawing Regions. The Rubicund Cherry and the Robustuous Tomato Complete Wrecks, Grape.Growers the Prineipst Snferers (rom ihe Cnweleome Visitation. TIE FROST. Epecint Dispateh to The Tridune. Rockronv, 111, May 13,—There war o very aharp froa lsstnight, doing great dsmage to froit and vegelables generally. The Recklord Packing Company lost eome 10,000 tomato-plants. We expect the cherry crop wiil be a total fallure, &Special Dispatch ta The Tritune, Otrawa, 1L, May 13.—A heavy frost vislfed this section tast night, dotng consideranle damsge 10 frult, capecially grapes and vegotation gener- ally, Fpecial Dispatch to The Tribune, B, 111, May 13.—A &iliing frost appeared this morning, which hae nccompliehed conriders able injury to growing vezctables, cherry trees, ete. Bpecial Dirpatch to The Tribune, Jouer, 11l May 1. —Quita & frust fell here Iast night, and the prospects for another to-night are Lo promising to be encouraging. No damage 0 fruit or ather crops la rapurted, Epecial Dispateh to The Tridune, Warkntown, Wie, May 13, ~Last night o se- vere (rost visited this vicinity, ice having formed & quarter of an Inch thick by daylight this moru- Ing. Apple, plum, and cherry trees ure somewhat Injured, sithongh it is hoped not ecriously, Bar- ley has been damaged vomie, and 3140 potato vince, Fortunately, but little cern has heen planted in thls asection as .yet, to e cut down, Wheat continnes to look finely, if we uxcept somo plecen on low lande, the zrowth of which has been retarded on acconnt of the recent continued wet weather, Pasturage s splendid, fraes never before being forwara fn this section at this time of the year, Taken nltugether, the kay and grain crop is most promising, Speciat Disna‘ch 1o The Trivune, Mansany, Wis., Moy 13, prevafled In this scction last night, cutting down tomato and potato vines quite badly, aml injnring fruit trece In Jow lands 1o & consideraole extent. l":lr.e‘r’ trees show ovidence of the frost quito plainly. fpecial Dispatch to The Tridune, Tane Ozneva, Wi visited this regton last night, killing garden vegn- t?luznlln some exient, end Injuring cherry trees slighily, MiLwavker, Win., May 13.—Thera was a heavy frost throughont the State Jast night, Considers- hie damage was done to corn. polatoes. and gar- den etull,” Some countles also report great injury to fralt. . Speelal Dispateh to The Tridune, WmTwaten, Wis,, May 14.—A leavy froet ang & good solid freczo Inat night sstoniehed thia tion. Counsiderable harm was done to fruit, and 3 Yrcllll to yrapes. ables suficred badly, early spring, Spectl Dispatch to The Tridune, Laxsixa, Mich,, 3y 13, —Severe frosts here the 128t two or threo nizhits have Infilcted great dmnaze 1o frait, elpcclll'{ 1o grapes and struwberrics, Peaches in many places were blasted, Apples and car afe, " &pectal Dispaleh to The Tridune, . Anniax, Mich,, May 11, —Tle mercury hero last night fell far beiow tha freczing point. 'The frosts prevalling since Friday night last have utterly dee stroyed the carly berry crops and roined extensive vinoyards. Ono firn ‘of fruit-growers in this city estiniate their loss at 83.000. The later frults and cereals aro Lelieved to have escaped. Dz» Moines, 1a., May 1. —The snow-storm of Baturday and the freezo of Saturday night fnjored tho grapa crop and all voung vegetables In this region, It is thought the grupes sre uearly all klfled and the cherry crop wmuch injured, " Tho apples were beyond ‘the reach of injury. Not much corn was up, and no harm was dong o that crop. £ Bpeclal Dispatch to The Tridune, B10ux CitY, Jo., May 18, —A very huavy froat occurred Saturday night. Ienorts from the coune try ssy the fruit crop wae entiroly destroyed, Gel G, IL Bmith, who has 8 frult fann folr miles south of this city, had 200 cheiry trees in full bloom, He aye noty e will not produce a bushel. Itia grny otber fruits wede destroyed. I'hiers wae no damage to Frnln. oxcept soine fields of corn which were s fow {nclies out of the ground which will hiaye to be roplanted. Drs Motxzs, Ia,, Mar 13, War; rion, Jasper, Dallas, Boone, Madison, Warren, and other countfes in this section §f the state, damage tothe frutt prospucts. ro Advices from Polk, show consigerabl Cherries, grapes, apples, and currants will be the gn:m( sutlerors, sowma Jocalities mving up all ope of suy crop at all. Apseial MHrpateh to The Tribune. IspiaxaroLty, Ind., May 18,~After the rain last night it turned cold and a heavy frost seted, dolng considernble damago to vegotation, Yung corn, potatucs, snd tomatoes are out and seared, oy though vy a hat raller, put back several Wheat which hud & wecks, 1f ey recover at all, headed out In thought to bo damagod heyoud re- covery. The other vegetablos sl grain can bo replanted, Grapes, whi cllrmv\llnd an abundant yleld, are rnined, 'Other fruits were more fortus mate, being profected by & licavy folloge, and are burt but Httle 1f at all. Tae cloudy wenthur to. day will go far towards repafeing he injury in. Hicted Inat night, Special Dispatch ta The Tribune, NEw Panis, Ind., Msy 13.—Farmers report wheat and fruft budly Injured by the [rost last nlght. Vegelables were complotely cooked. There sre indications uf moro frost to-night, Ew Youk, May 13,—Ileavy frosts, in ports of (ate and Pennsyivania, dld considerable dam- to crops, St TLLINOIS, Bpecial Disvatehes 60 The Tvidune, JxrsevviLty, Jil. May 13.—Prospect of tho growiug crop of winter wheat bad, Until within two weoks thore never was a more glorfous pros- pect for a bountiful harvest, Lut now the farmers sre vadly discouraged, ond business prospects blighted. 1In the bottom aud on the river bind lands winter wheat continuea looking well. Only on the prairie hae tho bilght seemed to prevall, Canvisvizey, N, May 13, ~Tho late rains have benefited the crop, and the prospects were nover beiter for winter wheat than now, BrLLeviivLy, 111, 3lay 18, —~Frovious to the late rains rome fiolds were rusted, but that bas been washed off, and drainoge from thle source is past. 'The farers have levs to comblain of than uwual, The ylcld will be sbove au average. « Hwneawp, 1., Msy 13.—Tle winter wheat crop on the whole may be culled u good one. 1t is miostly il hesded out. The earhest varietles are done blooming, and the later ones Just beainning, Nonjuey from the late rains olher thau some rust, How far this will in! the wheat cannot yet be told. The ** Pet vheat, nvery carly et Is begioning 10 take & yellowish © and will provadly ve ripe fu two weeke, ur fore If the westher is warm, Tha bulk of the crop Wikl be barvested in June, Nroaa, lil., May 13.—1lsrvest will bo here be- fore corn cun be cultivaled. Wueat s too thick on the ground, causing little fine straw and heads on thin land, aud the crop will uot bo as Leavy as was expected, Unsana, 1th,, May 13.—Same elight show of fly in the winfer wheat, Bat little corn plauted; tuo wel. The roads are very bad, Dxcarun, 1L, May 14.—'Iho winter wheat ta now looking betler thun 1t has at this scason fora number of yesrs, 1t has uot as yet been Injured by sust or iy, Mason City, 1L, May 13.—This vicinlty pever had wore fattering psospects than at the present tiwe for a good wheat harvest. Theaverage of thie great cerenl excecds thal of any previous year, Mains have done no domsye. Largest area of corn ever put 1a ground this year in Mason County, I0WA. Suacial Disnaiches to The Tridune, Ixpreexprxce, la., May 13.—$mall grain all in dne condivion, Corn mostly planted snd up, Broowristp, Ia.,, Msy 14.—8pring whesat in Davis County is fn better condition than we ever saw it, Corn coming up well. Oaxatooss, ls., May :13,—~Crops have done very finely until the last fow days, The weather bas been very cold, snowing at times, with rain and wleet. Lora mumylphnml. CuLpax. la..Ma7 13, —Small grains the best ever acen st this seavon. Cora aboutall planied gud cowming up well. Magnidcent and imwense fruit crop snticlpsts - & GRAKD, Miy 13.~Spring wheat in ex: cellent condition. Corn 1 ncarly ali plunted and coming up, ‘The best prospect for frull we have baa {or ten yeats, uf vvery varioty, NEBRASKA. Special Dispatehes ta The Tribune, Oxaua, Neb,, May 13.—Sesson cool sod damp, Most favorable. Io Southeru Nebras¥s winter whest heading Ensly. Grass and epring graine well stooled. Corn planting ¢ong on 10 av im- meose extent, Withus corn sud pork are king. Nower for tucaty.ve yesre bad g0 favursily ¢ apting. Tha outlook for crops and fruil is wraud, Lrce times the breadth of wheat vver 97, UVEUION, Neb., Muy 13, —Thete never wae & betlerprospect for 8 boustiful barveat fu Daweon Quite u heavy frost’ May 33, —A scvere frost, All pmall gzaing in excel- ‘The dry weather has done us no Farmera just ting corn. MINNESOTA. Sneetal Dispatches 1o The Teibune. Brrserxer Vateer, Minn., May 13.—Soring whent looking eplendid. Weather mofet and cool, Misxerosa, Minn,, May 13,—Crops are all doinz well, Corn not planted, No Indications of insecta, Moxrevinen, Minn., could not look better. planted, Cannty than at present. fent condttlon, Larm, Spting wheat .’Corn being — KANSAS, Azectal Disvalches ta The Tridune, OraTne, Kae,, May 14, —Cornall planted and oot, anl some of it belng worked, All gralns in eplendtd condition, Orgatansa, Kas,, May13.—The wheat will be rendy to cut the firet week In June. The corn I8 all upwell, Waninazox, Kas,, May 13, —Winter wheat never looked better. Corn np good, and ready to work. Tinrvest will be very eatly. - UGnear Bexn, K., May 13, —Winter whest all headed ont and in bluom. B8hould the wheat fi} well it will avorage’ from twenly to twenty-five bishels per acre. “Mnchof 1t will yield forty. FleldeIn Harton County have repcatediy yiclded over Bity bushela, —— SPORTING NEWS. TIIE TURF. Race Track, Lexivatox, Ky., 3fay 13,=The Iatgeat attendance ever known on the Kentucky Asrociation courso met to-day to witness the first tace between Ten Urocck, Vera Cruz, Aristides, Leonard, and Bl B: Every available tnch of room was crowded to ite utmost capacity. Before the race Ten Brocck was decidedly the favorlte, with Vera Craz ae sccond cholce. Jnat before the race the poole sold: Ten Droeck, 8$35; Vera Cenz, £44: Bitl Bass, §14; Leonard and Arlstides In the field ot 820, Mr. Harper wished to draw Ten Broezk before the race, Lut ylelded to the wish of Iriends to let hin start, A good ptart wes biad, with Bill Bass In the jead, but 1hls ho soon murrendercd to Lconard, who maintained that position to the haif-mile, with the ather fanr fellowing wellin hand, From tho half- ! nnd down the home.stretch, the Leonned Teading. ‘en Broeck closs up, and passlng bim and winning by a length, undes'whip and spur, Leon- ard made an excellent race, being & close second. Ariatides and Leonard showed lame after tho race. Vera Cruz third, AUMMART. cpsiakes for sll ages, dash of onc and a balf Bwey mile Hnr('r‘l Ten Rroeck .. Metiratir's Leonard .. Metiratie Art not placed. Time—2:4s5 ‘The second raca iwas for the Longlellow stakes lurflv‘yta ulds, the pet of Longfellow, ¥. IL Hars per adds 8500, no cntrance fac; closed March L with fAive eutrances, milo heats, ' This race was well couteated, thic firat and_second hores showing that thoy are first-clans race horses, The time compares favoraoly with that of Tenliocck in thq first racu, Tho sunuary is us follow: Dare Miller &Co., b, c. Dave Moore, da Beatty dleClelian & Co, Hain. b, Wallace, br. f. e T i d B Icll!f.l;l.l‘zl KvaDouglas,a 4 Tho third race was for the colt stakes for Z.year- olde, 850 entrance, 825 forfeit, 8250 added, sec- und colt to save hls stake, one-Lalf mile, closed March 1 with fourtcen cnfriea: ten started. This race was casily won, and failed to create mach {n- Interest: George Cadwallader's ch. o, Rinkora, by Waver), n.'fi.‘:ln b 2 4 IF, €. 7 Imp. Ktachino, I . Gou Night, by Enquirer, Mearati's Thornton, by Tom Bowling u. W, Rowen & Co.'s Alex Grand, by i 5 0. Thomay City Merctiant, by'Alari. 3. A. Gristed's Athiclatau, by J. 1. Mo Ui Bivigerta Diratd, by Pisorol 2GR dabrien by A It has been raining for two hours, with a pros. ect for A heavy teack and slow time (o-morrow, 'here are tvo raced on the programme, the fin selling race one-and-a-half miles, seven Lo & lclllm.'inlhuroll as_follows bben, D'Artignan, $37 o) Me; 3 H Bell Dillon, $21; L'llf:“! Guh?m.' i%l: J:UH Ithodes, $18: Harry Peyton, $156; Khort Second race, & Mveepstakes for Feyear-olds, milo heats: Mciloney, $45; Grinatod, $33; Katry lfiuun. £40; Dowen, $12; Ben Iludley, Florence Payne, and Stenal In the fold, $18. 8aN Francisco, Cal,, May 13, —Mollie McCarthy Ieft Sacramento by exvrees lo-day in Badd Dobdle’s private car, on route to Loujsvillo, BASE-BALL, Rocnzsten, N. Y., May 13,—Dase-ball—5tars, 7; Nochesters, Maxcnestsn, N, ., May 13. ~Manchesters, 2; Buflslos, 1. LowsiL, 3 May 13.—Dase-ball-Tecum- sohs, U; Lowell AMUSEMENTS. VARIETY NEIGNS SUPREME. The town was full of variety shows lnet even!ng, and they were, as a role. of a character quite beftting the inauguration of the summer vacation, The regular theatrical scaeon is virtuaily closed, aud the publle Jovks forward to mothing, for a timo, but clrcuses, —tomething (o entertaln the little ones,—and It mnttera little whotber it be & congregation of wild suimale or extravagant buf- foons, In the absence of menageries, which will be hero In the aweet Ly and by, wo are experienc. ing tho ordinary summer sensation of varlety combiuations, The prewinetory aymptoma of this aunual outbresk were ovservavie in the benefit an- nouncements, \yhen we hear of bonefits; when the businces public ls bothered with petitions lu behalf of actors fiat ubout tu ¢u elsewhers for o season; when the uftic of Pul) Hoyne, and_tho homes of i Evul”balli. sud * the grave of Dan O'tlars are cstrewed with offerings of tckets; when thu scrvices of the dizzy actor, and the job printer, and the amateur, nnd the rising clocutionlet, and the universal bore, are called Jnto requisition, —then bo sare there about 1o bo a general break-up. Prafcssional pe ple nbuuldum tlme begin to look out for them- sslves and make a grab, About the ssme time comvanies wander here and toere from all possible sections ol the universo looking for fame and for provender, They Efincrlllyflnfl soniethiug of the surt tn Chlccago. causo i the rymmor scason hi broczes which are cuol, and newspaper-notices which ure warm,—u delicious combinativa which canuub be discovered in suy other cily onthe globe, The peopls of Chicago being, ss & rute, sroent lovers of smussment, wel- cowmo these smumuer sports hearttly, and sonual commeucement ntly lunugurated Horrigan & Hart's combination at Hooley's wet with & sounding ception, thongls tho titlo of their outer taimnent seemed to everybody something of a mystery. 1t was not a drama, 86 was implied in the announcement, but n serics of entertaining sketehes, 1u which Mes 11, performo 1 un dingly cleves lo. They are both of them woil-known artlets fii thelr llue, and deserved the recoxnition they ruceived, Mr. Mitchell's combination at the Adelphi pro- duced A vory eujoyable entertainment of s similsr character, A number of the best specisity sud clel purformers that have l[![)lnnd upon this d uther atagea n 1his city within the pust two years, tugether with tho ususl array of €, wake up & very pleasant ulio, which, r, containg nothing new, A compauy of bo; 0 yo through some. pretty evolutions on ! stage, und a Lallet hoaded by Palladino, well and favorably known here, are the most sitractive feate ures uf the enterfoinment, cago Theatre another varicly ndor the name 8- ory excellont good ™ fn ks way, McVicker kept on the even fenor of his way by prescating ‘*After Dark." Th was the only thing in way of dra. tic eutertalument evening which ciwed 10 bave anything lke a **plot ™ attached to it. They were all well patronized, and tho vari- ety shows best of all, which shows that for the aumuter monibe the people are Inclined to goln for jollity. g for them, 33 = 1anus, ** which was ——— JUDGE BARRON, Special Dispatch (o The Triduns. Mapiso¥, Wis., May 13.—There is mo credit given hure or elscwhere In tho State to the rumors ccessful effors to impeach Judgge Barron, of ventl Judictal Circult. ‘The report of such a movement came frat {n the form of threats that it would ba done, made by & dufeated sttorney in tho presence of another attorucy, Immediately after an adverve decision, whic have beeu cuntinued since sod made public by wapi pers. Reliable attorueys of ‘that cifcult bave ro- cently stated ‘hero thata wrilten expression of strong opposition 1o inge bas been mis eVary member of tho Clppowa Lar, wherb the o chafon was m xcepl 1wy, one Of whom bas been sosent me, FINANCIAL. 7w Spacial Dispaich to The Triduns. Mizwavkee, May 13.~In the case of F. B, Yewaale, bankrupt, of Lyons, Wis., the creditors bove sgreed to sccept 33 cents oo toe dollar, J. D. Pieeco, Bardwara deater, of this city, sud John Il Elkios, of Waupun, bave been sdjudicsted Lankropts on thelr own petitions. NEw Yonx, May 13.—Clark R. Grigge, dealer in ailroad supplics, Druflnl‘. bas beeu sdjudicaled & bankrupt. Individval liabilitice, $418,310, most of which ucblaare dus 0pon notes wade by tha ludisuapolis, Bloomiugton & Western Hallway Compsuy. In sddition fto 1these are lls- bilitice * included in the schedules of the frm of Origks, Smith Co., of which Lis s 8 wember, amonnting to sbout $414, - Ouy, coutracied dn tbe purcbase of matenal for conatructing und_equipuing rairosds. Petitioner tlates that b, K. Swith was tioancis] agent of the £ru, but Bad uot becu able toobtaiu any stale- 10¢u1 of tha Habiiitics of the tiru, but understood ey awounted to about $500, 000. Eloveu creditors ol Jewell, Uarrlson & Co., com- mirslon merchants, Water atrect, have flea a peti. n In binkraptcy sgainst the firm, Claims aniount 16 8145, 000, < Fpertal Nuspatch to The Tridune, New Yok, May 13, —The fallnres to-day In- elnde Jewelt, Harrisan & ('0,, produce merchsn labilitics 8145, 600 Riley A." Brick. pipa man; factnrer, lianilities £80, 0005 dnan 1, Mier, €n mission’ merchant, {iabilities TI llabilities of Joreph Macy & turers, amannt to over $100,000. . 000, o hat manafac- ‘The aseets in- clude & factory st Newark, where over 600 nande are employed. CRIME. VOSBURG, WOLF, Soecial Biapatch o The Tridune, New York, May 17.—The trial of the Rev. Georgo B, Vosharg, pastor of the Madiron Avenns Baptist Church of Jersey City Heights, charged with having poisaned his Invaild wife, was begun this motnine. The opening address by District Attorney McGIIl was notable, hecaase ft showed a possible motive for the commirsion of the crime. Having atated thst Vosbur married Miss ifaitle A. Sickles, of Stayvesant, N. Y., after a coart- shfp extending over two years, Mr. McGil sald the reverendgentleman hed deslred above all things that thefr unlon rhoaid be lilessed with a child. Tlis desirn was never fnlfiled. This disanpoint- ment embittered him toward his wife. e charged her with being responsible for ber own barrconess, and with having resorted to immoral and criminal practices to prevent the fulfiliment of his desire. 8he had committcd malpraciice, and her aged mother, according to his accusations, asalsted her, He went even further, and charged that ehe bad forgottcn her wifely dignity and received tue at- tentlons of otlier men. This happencd while he wan settled over tho church at Cooperstown, and, when he went to Jeracy City, she became even less stiractive to him by becoming sn invaild, Last fall she drank o glasa of lemonade prepsted ' by him, and It produced the symptoms which sttend the admintatration of tar. r-emetic. In Febraary last, when bis villainy n, an claimed by the Stale. discuvered, her phy- siclan, Dr. Cornell, seemed able to do nothing for hee relief, lis micdicines produced unanticipated effects, and & suspicion was aroused that the suf- fering woman was belug polsoned, Vosburg was watched. Medicine, tea, and ather dtinks Eunned for her were gu-nnlan of her brother and zel b} Frof. oremus, who dlscovered the pzesence in all of an- timonlal poison, Luckily, his crime was deterted in time to ¢ the woman's Iife, Mrs, Vosburg's brother wason the stand during the afternnon. 113 former atatements were added to vniy by some farther detail. 1l¢=ald: ** Un unc occasio ing Mes. Vosburg's flincss, when ahe was very low; {twas hreakfast time, Vashurg came into the dining-room, merry, lfll’Dlflm and singlog enatches of “0ld plack oe* omoung them. o down between myselfl and my wife, After throwing his lez over Mrs, Bickles' kuee, hie turned to me and_ask- ed: * Naw what do you think of the ola pal? Do you think she will liver 1determined from that time tokeep from her everythiug Vosburg had prepared, which I did, On more than one occa- slon ho told us he'd fixed a glaes of water for hie wife, and be sure and give it §to her." These **Oxed " drinks the witness carefolly prescrved sad scnt to the chiomist. A DARK DEED. Epectal Dispatch 1o The Tridune. Quixcy, 111, May 13.~The Town of Lathrop, Clinton County, Mo, turown into o state of great excitement late last Satarday evening by a robbery and tragedy which will probably tesult in the desth of the victim. J. W, Khne, formerly of Gslesburg, at. present a graln-dealer in Lathrop and Kansas Clty, was the unfortunate man, Mr. Kline kad been to Knnsas City daring the day, re- tarning with an cxpress package containing $2,000, which he had recelved from onc of his business correspondents. Ile had no thought of danger, and carried the package In his breast pocket. e remained at home all of theeveniug. At aboui® o'clock ho stepped to his back door and lovked oul, when & man throst hia hand in the pocket whers tho money war. Kline immedlately seized the robler with both haol nd endesvated 10 overpower him, Ilis assailant, howerver, was fully prepored for the struggle, and, placing a pistol st his breast, fired. Klino fell instantly, mortally wounded. The ball had entered his 1eft sido near the heart and Jodged in tbe epine, 1lis famly, who heand the shot fired, at an atarm. It was not more an hour from the time of the shooting until a posse uf nelghbors etarted to search for the sesassin, but he had made good his cacape, carr,ing with hit ] I:mmzt. ud leaving not the | dentity. Medical mssistance w, Mr, Kline's wound was drosscd, when it was be- loved that he was so badly hurt that he could not live. Accordingly, he made a sworn statement of what took place. In anewer to the inquiries of Iriends, Mr, Kline declared that he nad no suspl- clons as to the gulity partics. Ko far as be was aware, only two men had knowledze of the money being in lils possesston, and they came by the in. formation legitimately, Tho theory was, conse. uently, that the criminal bad discovered ths act, and had awaited an opportunity to rob lm, EMOTIONAL INCENDIARISM. Spactal Dispatch tn The Tvidune. PirTsnuno, May 11, —Several attempts have been made during the paat weok or ten Uays to burn the Uouse of the Good Shepherd on Troy Hill, Alle- gheny City, Every effort was made ta dlscover the incendiary, but withont success, sod st length the Firu-Marshal wessummoned to inseatigate tho mystery and {f possivle arrest thec gullty pervon. He wav not long in coming to the conclusion that the fire-bug was an inmate of the Insti- tution, and directed the 8lsters to keep o clote watch npon the movements of all witnin the bullding. Yesterday mornlug two of the Bisters secreted themactves 1n thelcellar, Ina short time Kate Cliflord, bead servant In the kitchen, minde her appearance with paper aud kindling-wood, and proceeded to bulld & firein a #afe used for sloriog provislons, As soun as Kate left the cellar the Sisters emerged from thelr place of concealwent und extinguished the fre, ‘They then tupsired to i Kitchen and conironted the {ncendiary, who stoutly denied the charge, Dcteclives were suiu- mouned, who, after closely questivning the zitl and obtaining & partisl confesston, arrested and con n{ud her to ‘Tm. i wost aingular partof the etory remalus to be told, Mies Cliford 10 o comnely younz woman, sUill {n her teeus, uud enjoyed the conldence of the Mother Supcrior and uf the Slsters. Sho cama to the Institution from Counicllsville about o year 8%0, Mer conduct, so far a4 It “was known, —was cxemplary fn the exlreme, She had even expressed 8 deslro to become 8 Stter. While talking with the detectives nfter her nrreat, but before beiug taken o jail, sbe said that she once saw & man set fire to & house in Con- netlaville, that abe was the princvsl witness againet him on the trial, and that cver sinco who bud been possessed of 8 desire Lo comumit tho same crime, walc Ity “bocaine #0 strong that shy could no luger resbst 1, Bho hae respeciable cons nections In Conuelisville, who Lave been advised ©f her arscat. Bhe wus committed for trial, ZELLLI, Speciol Disvaich to Tha Tridune. Toreno, O., May 14.—Detective Joun F, Norris passcd through here to-night, returning from s successful bunt after Zeller, the absconding Castior of the National Exchange Bauk of Tifin, who is short some $33,000 In kis accounts, Norrle wracked Zeler to Detrolt, and fuund that he hiad purchased & through ticket to New York over the Gireat Western Iialiroad, with a lay-over check for London. Norrls then went to London, but there the scont got cold. He bunted over the larger Ontarlo towns without wsuccess, and then came back to Lundon half discourazed. The day after his arrival there the local oficers of the Towsn of Dorchester, & litlle fown uear Londun, reported to tho ofticers of London that thero wad x stranger stopplug at their town. Norrle went to Dorctiester, but found tho sirang ule to Nilestown, sod frow there to Holmont, where ho war n-llfhlfll 10 flad Zuller weated on the porch of the botel, The latter recoguized him as ho cumo up, and 100Kk things very coully, exvressiug hluecif coufident thal thy citradition treaty aid not cover his case. e consented to cowe buck v Loudon, however, wus left there under the survelllance of the pollco while Norrte hurried ck to Tifin to see if there caull be a case of -’1“{-‘:" catablished, ur ather crlme that fs extras itable, BSpeciat Dispaich to The Tridune. Loxpox, May 13.—Me, Zellor, tho absconding bauk manager of Tillln, O., who bas been living n retirement In this nelghborbood for sonio weeks, was overbauled to-dsy by au Awmerican detective named Noerts. Hu was oot areested, as the charge avatnat bim 16 ouly oua of embezzlement, which 15 not_extraditaole, Mis defalcativus amuunt to over 850,000, The detective has returaed home, to endeator (o hunt up sumo vtreditable crime sgatoat Zeller, 2 =8 ¥ ABDUCTED, La Cossx, Wis., 3uy 14.~A young boy named Willie Marsh was rescucd last uight from a pariy of trawps who had enticed him from his home In Cambridge, O. Tle party has beea occupying & barn o the outskirts of the city for seversl days, compelling the boy (o beg foud for them. The facts of his sbduction w fret Jearned of from Lhe boy, woo had the all tion of Postmssier Scymonr called to him by telograme of inyuiry of the varents. 'Tho boy wus taken from the lraniDs, and now awaits the asele val of bisfatber, — SHOT ON THE WING, Special Dispalch so The Tritung, aTsntowd, Wis., Msy 13 —Early this morn- iog s msu nawed ¥rauk Willams, sn employe in Hooblns' Clrcur. was shot In tho shoutder by Joba Reagun, oue of tho night watchwen of tha clrcus. Willtsms wae roaning from the resldenco of Mr, Frank Roae, where ho bad committed 8 robbery, aud was shut by ltcagan on bis disubedicucs of an otder to hait. At an examination to-any Witlixms Waa bound over ta tbe Circait Court to anawer to the charze of burglary. STRONG "IDENCE, Deanwoon, D, T., May 13.—tGeorge W. Bell was Arrested st Croox City, twelvo miles from here, to-day, on suspicion of being the murderer of Charlos E, Lee, whose corpse was fonnd yenter- day a shart distance from town. Reil dispored of & gold watch at Crook City with the name of Charles E, Lee enzraved on the case, representing o the pnrclinser that his name was the one appear~ Ing on the wateh, o was on the eve of dsparting for Sidney when arrested. THE RAILROADS. WHY MR, VANDERBILT WANTS THE MICIIIGAN CENTRAL The tranafer booxs of the Michigan Central Rail- tose tlose Wednesday, and beforo that time 1t will be imnossible to eay with apy degree of certainty whether Vanderbiit bas really suceceded in gotting Lold of a majority of tha stock of this road. The fignt between the Sloan partly and the Vanderblit party le atlll golog on, and nelther side will relax ita efforte until the hooksare closed. The New Yotk merchanta@s not look favorably apon the attempt of Vanderbilt to gobble up the property, believing that ha will not subserve the commercial interesta of New York as well as Bloan has done. The New York Journal of Cammerce, in dlscuss- Ing tbe question why Vanderbilt wishes to Impose on himseif the additional burden at his ilme of lite, states that he is probably desirous of obtaining the control of the Michigan Central 1n order that ho may curtsil, to aw great an extent an is possible, the businesyof the (irand "Trunk of Canada, which has proved a very formidable opno- nent to the schemes of thetrunk-tine comblination. Moreover, by getting tne Michizan Central Van< derbilt woulu uo spared the necessity af completing the Canada Southern. and wouid have anotner line tuto Chicago, ‘I'o complete and rdevelon the Can- ada Southern would cost muney which mizht not bring an immediate return, By buying, or borrow- ing, his way In the Michlzan Central, he would have s magnificent property, well equipped, cx- tending to all points in Michigan, and cobnecting with tne roads tu the sonth of that State. Diat the fact that he obtained control by burrowing stock or by invesiing in 1t temporarliy, wonld make him less careful of it, after 1t had served his ends, than If he pursuea the course his father did, anit bought property with the lutention of devoting all his energies to 'ita proper develop- ment, & policy which the ¥loin manazement Las lntcenhlll{ followed, ‘The quentiva arises, n the Journul of Commnerce, can the stockholders ol the Michigan Central sfford to et Mr. Vandernilt have his way in this matter, and enoald not the merchants of New York, and of the county, who may Lo fntorested o this praperty, opouse Mr. nderblirs effurts on the ground that he bas per- eiatently jznored the clalma of the u ercantile in- tereats 0f New York, whan It suited his purpose to cater_tu other sections of the countryr 1€ 2, Mr. Vanderbilt gets the Michigan Central, and succeeds in coppling the Grand Trunk, the New York wmerchants will cerlalnly suler from the imposition . of — whatever rates Lie may exnet for traftic over bls combined roads. Stockbolders who are satisfied with tho Nloan managument should be careful about nslog thelr proxies, Those who may be inditferent should nake carefal ln:]ulr]lbunt Rlving proxier, aml they may find It desirable to continge the nresent management rather thn throw themseiven intn the hands of Mr. Vanderbilt, who, by using toe property for the accomplishoient of his own ende, may eventually do it serions gamage by antazo. nizing Interests which are now [n harmo The record of the sdministration of Mr. Sio cod one, ‘The road has been well manas 1" teo from floating debt, $4 In every respecs firat- glass propersy, aud eapabie of returning falr divi- dends, 3Mr. Vanderbllt can do no beiter with it, even if be can doas_well, and, with tho large 1n- terest be bas In the Lake Shoro and Cannda Houtb- crn, which are to & ceriain extent rival rosds, it would be matural for himn to protect the latter at the expense of the former, RAIL V8., WATER ROUTES. The ronde leading East from this city, and par- tcularly the Lake Shore & Michigan Hoathern ond Michigan Central Railroads, kave been fre- quently warned by Tur TRIBUXE not to reduce the ates on grain to anch low figurcs that the vesacls could no longer compete. a4 such policy would ceraialy prove diststrous to their Intorests s weil 23 fo the intercats of this city, Nevertheless, the all-rail rates went down to ‘unpiecedentedly luw fizures, and ousiness was diverted from tho lake. But neither the Lake Shore nor the Michigan Cen- tral increaved thelr tonnas fo & great exteat. Tho {ret is, the business which would have come to this city ond gone by lake has been diverted to tne Southwestarn lines, because it is cheaver to ahi that wayatthe present rates. The Plitaburg Fort Wayne and Baltimors & Ohio Hall- roads which were 8t first Oppoted to the rednctlon, are now well eatiafied witl the lowraics, because their tonnsie {n greatly tncreased, and, while the Lake Shore and Michigan Uentral itosde aro now In favor of stitfening np the rates to 20 or 43 cents, the former refuse to sccedo to it. Gl buik of grain ts now being shipped to Philadelphia and Baltiniore, from which points steamships and safiing vessels are now taking out immense quanti- ties for Kuropean noru. The ronds between Chi. cayo sud New York bave ceriainly made a blunder, and they shuald losw 110 timu {n fepolring the dame age if posalole. Thera wasn thine when not only tue lake routes prospered, but the raliroads aleo. Tast was when a uniform srate wus charged o 1 pmpmry. whether guing Uy rall or water. But siuco the roads begun tu diserimingto againet the water lines by haullng 8t lower rates for Easteru rall connections thun they did for water connections, both the vessel and rail property have greatly depreciated In value, The fact of the roads paylng 'iiwd dividenis under the old system, and on & much smaller Im-lufin than they are now haviog, 1e direct proof that the change of pelicy was a blundor, 'I'hey bave greaily reduced their revenuc on an Incressed tounage.” Dy febting the wator lines they lave contributed largely 1o the destruction of strong natural allies, and goue futo 8 contest which they ebonld bave prevented by all means, From Chicago to DBufalo the elcvators, ducks, and vessels are gotng to ruin, while tho roads have not been beuefited fu the teast, and all _thix for & foolish attempt to turn trade from natur- al llnd {nexpenaive chuunels to mory costly aruid. cial oucs, RNOBERT IHARRES, Ar. Robert Harris emphatically deales the trath of the statement, madv by a senwational morntng paper, that he s apout to assuue control of the Michigan Central Rsllroad, Mr. Vanderbiit has ot yet control of the Michigan Centeal, and hence bo could not have becn offered o pusition on that rosd by him. Besides, Mr. Vanderblit ls now fn Eutonu, and left for thers before it became kuown that Nr. Harels would give up his connection with the Chicago, Burllugton & Quincy, — There Is ho doubi thet Vanderbilt bss a high upinion of Mr, Harrls' abilitics as & ralirosd musager, and it ls known that ho 18 anxious to secure his services, but uog as mansger of the Michlzan Central, Mr, fia would hardiy this o, 1 r, llarris Pl fon from ~ Vanderbiit it _“will bo Vil ?gn of General Manager of the New York Central or the Lake nhore & Michigan Scatacrn. It 1 claimed that he cun have elther of these positions i be s ree. Mr. Gonl also sald to be de- sirous to regMr, llarris’ scriices au Freslient and Mapager of the Chicago & Northwestern toad, For the present, however, it is uselcas to speculote which of these positions Mr. Harsiy will accept, 68 be meaus (o take nous ot prosent. Kis health §s poor. sud ho means to bave & long rest Defore ho sgain engages In active busins 'Fhe res n of M. ris as Preaident of the Chicago, Burilugton & Quincy ltailroad Las mot et taken place, bit it s nuderstood that it fs in toe auds of lYIu Board of Directors, who will act upon it on the 25tk of this month. IOWA AND NEBRASKA NTAILROADS, Uorace Williams, President of the Cedar Naplde & Missouri Rallroad, Chicago, Jowa & Nebraska, and the Sloux City & Jowa Falls Rallway; John 1, lalr, Prestdont of tho Fremont & KlkLorn ; Oliver Ames, Prasiaent of the Sloux City & Pacific Kafl- rosd, and the Jow Joln B, Alley, Ed- ward Jobuson, cx-Gov. Ashley, of Ohlo, Jamcs Blatr, P, E. Halt, ¢ B, Vail, W. T, Gladen, P, 8, Crowell, 8. T, Thorndicke, David P, Kimbal, Nickerson, Gew. €, Van de Ventor, an M. Williams, Presidenis Dircctors of the lowa roade, met yesterday moralag in tha Urund Pacitic Hotel, ‘Toe lon, John E. Alley was cnosen o preside, aud D, P, Kimball was clected Secretary. The objcct uf the muating was Lo considor tho interest of tho various r sud theic goueral conditlon. Alse, td criticlsa tlanedf thols mausgement in the past voar, and to take preliminagy sctivn in regard Lo {he selcetion of Directors. Reports of various kinds were pue ceived, and everything was shown to be in o maet satisi ry condition. It waa decloed that no chinge woisld be mado In the generul manszement of adairs. The olection will take vjacs iy Slous Clty to-niorrow. ATLANTIO & GREAT WESTERN, Speclat Dispatch to The Trivune. CurvsLaxp, O., May UL—An intercoling enit haa Juet bevn Lrought Iu the Common Pleas Court by Geope Hesriyg szalnet tho Erie Railway Com- pauy sod the Atlantic & Great Western Mallway Company to collect $01,240.87% o gold. T plaintill aleo clsime, In additiva to the sbove, i terest in gold as folto Nov. 1, 1475; ou $17, 73 from May 1, 18703 on §17,! from . 1, 1574; ona Iltke sum’ from u.{ . 1877; on' the s3te Swouut N 577, aud, Hually, interest 00 517, - 042,75 from May of the present your. It Ls alleged that Lisle e tbe unpaid lotercat oo Westeru Extea- slon bouds jsaued by the Atlantic & Great Weetern Cowpany, tha jutercat of the saue belng secured by the Erle Compsoy. The bonds were purcbaaed #y Eugliah capitsiisis, saa for 3 while past of the interest was pal The plaintiff Jaked thatan ;lmm-m bo lsaued, but this bas not yeb beca one. . Ui rrEMs. Mr, . B. Ledyard, Geperal Manager of the Michigen Contral Ratlroad. is lu tho sity on ousle nees connected witif his road. The Baltimore & Oblo Rallzroad basmade an in. novauon wiuch will andoubicdly be spurociated by Oa $0,063,12% from | |54 the petrona of this rosd and have the effact of In- cnnlln'frtnl{ its resennes from the passenger trafiic, " lleceafter it will ran on its morning tratne Teaving thin clty elegant palace chair cars, such ae have been anceesstally nsed for some time past by the Chicagn & Alton and other Western roads, This will give those who do not like to. use the sleaplng cars an opportanity to travel just s com- fortably and with the same conventences, Mr. Albert Keep, President of the Chicago & Northweatern lhfinml. has again gone (,R?“' York. Itis claimed that ¥ir. Keap still_has hopes of “ml"fi,nl ahead fn hls fight wihh Jay Gouid, As couid have becn seen by the statement contains ed in yesterdsy's Tninuxe, the Holland sdminfs- tration holds the balance of )smwer at the coming election. Mr, Duliman, of New York, {s the rep-, resentative of that Interest In this conntry, and whatever party o sides swith will win the Aght, 3tr. Gould bases hie confidence in relsining control of this property on the bellef that Mr. Dallmsn will side with Rim, Tt i« claimed that ha has se- cured Me. Duilman's alleglanco by promising that - anl{’flnln the position of Tressurer §n piace of r. Sykes, — THE MT, VERNON PACKAGE. Specta! Diepateh to The Tribune. 8rnixaxienn, I, May 13,—The ‘motion for s new trialin the Mt Vernon Bank and Adams® Rx- preas Company’a suit {8 to be argued on the 31st in the United States Coart. There 19 considersble eurpries expressed at the verdict for the Express Company, &s a dieagreement of the jury seems to’ ave heen apprehended on both ‘sides snd by those who attended the trial thioughoat, BUSINESS NOTICES, . Hurnett's Fiavoring Extracts.—The snperi~ ority of these exiracts conslste In their perfect purity and great etrenpth, They are warranted free fromthe poironous otls and acids which enter into the composition of many of the factitious fruit flavors now in the market, . ——————— Use ¢ Mrs. Winslow's Xoothing Syrap™ for children while teethinz. - L curas dysentery aad diarzhoa, wind colic. and reznlates the bowels, INITIAL HANDK| SIRCIIEES, Chas. Gossage & Co. Ldies’ Ndkfs. Wo place on sale to-day the fol lowing 1nequaled * bargaing “*5-8 Hemmed.” 60 doz. at $1.20, worth $1.65. 60 doz at $1.60, worth $2.00, 50 doz. at $2.00, worth $2.50. “Tixtra Lange 24n. Hemstitched." 66 doz, at $2,00, worth $2.60. 60 doz, at $2.25, worth $2.76. 40 doz, at $2.60, worth $3,00, 100 doz, at $2.76, worth $3.50, 276 doz, Fancy and very light Mourning Hakfs. at $2,60 and $3.00 per doz., worth $4 & $6. “ The above are freah goods, and in every respect as represented!”? “Initial Hdkfs.” “To Closc!”’ At 12 1-20, reduced from 250, At 250 reducad from 600, At 600, reduced from $1.00. In addition we display alarge line of " Ohoice Novelties" in Sheer Fanoy Hemstitohed, Revere, Soalloped and Embroidered, Clear Lawn, with Silk and Plaited Borders; solid and com- bined colors, scalloped and plain bor- ders, in finest qualities extensively assorted, “ Marked at close prices!”’ Gossage & Co. YWest Bud Dry Goods Houss, Madison & Peorin-sts. NEW CARPETS! Correet in Stylo, Tastoful in Colorings and of very Choice Desigus in Brussels, Tapesty, [ngrains & Venetiaus. Prices the Lowest! Oil Cloths, Mattings, Grass Mal- tings, Ruzs, Mats, &, Window Shades, Stade Cloths, Car- fain Goods, Lace Cartains, Fixtures, &c. Matrsses, Pilows, Feathers, CARSON, PIRIE & 0 SFOCKHOLDERS MEETING, P i wntebvbrmilituierliulin, CO0N Oftice of the Chicugo & Northwestern Railway Company, No. 52 Wall-st., NEW YORK, April . 1578, Dot o S CopEay (o b Viackion oe Dl beigs of du 10, m. 1l clo BATULDAY, 7 anq veeren uo¥baLs She 150 BhLS wilt suthenticata thelr Tolag bunds by fegatration. _M. L. SYKES, Jr., Socrotary. 2 T 3 OFFICE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND | PACIFIC RAILROAD 0, April 23, 1878 ‘The Anaual Meetiag of the Stockbolders of the Ubi- €ago, Hock laland & Faclic Rallroad Co., for the clece tlog of Directors pursuans (o law, and {00 Lraussction of auch uther buslocss & Wway como befurs then, will be held al tho uilice uf the Comuaay 1o taa eliy of Chl €820, un Weducaday, tUo 8ib day of Juse et 813 o'clock w. m. HUGH KIDDLE, Peesldcut. ¥. L TOWS, Bewetary,