Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1878, Page 5

THE C fog to the sellow-fever mffere Ila contrast- el the liberality of *“the theatro people ' with that of the ‘‘church peanln: as ta the Jtter he sald: **Tha chucch peuple are, in many Instancos, fgnorant of (he fact that yellow fever Is raging In the South,and that thousands are bolng swept away by its ruthiess hand. Yet the theatre people—the nctors and netresscs— all know it; and each and all are doing their Dbest to help the sufferern,” Ilo then went on to say that ho met ove of his Elders during va- cation, and asked him {2 be had done anytning for thoss poor people. *“Yas," ho sald, 1 went to & concert amd pald fifty cents forn ticket,” He declared that fn ‘'the matter of true charity the Roman Catholic Church has done more than alt the Proteatant Churchies put fogother. 1¢ 1s 2 shame that in times like thesa the moncey that is subscribll for the benefit of eufferers shonld be given In the name of com- merce, and not fu thut ‘of the Luid Jxsus Cantsr." The 8t. Louls @, delivers ftself of this: Crookednens In tha disposltion of the (hieagn moncy ratsed for the henelit of the yellow-fever chiarred Already, ‘They pake a busi- nees of. *Lrellel sokleties ' in 1t 14 about “the aply profitable occupation known in thet much-mortgaged city, Stopping to take breath & little, ft then con- tiues: Tho concert at tha Merchanta' Exclhsnge Jast wicht for the beuefit of the yellow-fever sufferens Z‘ agrent miceesa. Thoe hall was crowded, and # expected that tho amount tualized will reach . 000, Thix ia fe nvout tivice the njaount real- veed by Chicaga's concert for the matie puriose, :mmngh they bad Mirs CaRY Lo Atny fur them up o, It you can only ot shead of Chicago in anya thing you will be happy. The joke of it ie, probably, that the St. Louls eontest was stimu- lated by sclf-interest, as much of the fund rafsed 18 needed Ly tho vietins ol the pligus it that self-same city. i Tn eoma varts of Russia petroleum has re. cently been discovered in quantitica sufliclently Jarge torival tho best wells 1n Pennsylvania. Near the Caspinn Bea the new product hos been turned to advantage. TFrom onc of the wellsa stream, free from gas and froth, is forced to s hight ot 75 feet, ylolding at the rate of 10,000 barrels aday. It {s belloved that oil abounds In Cirenssla, Georgla, and Astrachan, and that, when improved methods of drilling and pump- ing the wells hava been devisea, ol witl be got in fmmensc quantitics. Companica aro alre: forining, it 18 reported, ot Odessa, Novo Tehier- kosk, Astrachan, and other clttes, for the pur- pose of obtaining oll; and we may avon buye as wmany petroleam Princes fu Muscory as we vnce had in Ponvsylvania. — : 1t is reported from Washington that Mr. Guonoz C. Gonmay, Sccretary of tha Repub- liean Congressional Campalen Committee, has decided greenback notlons, and {s using the fn- fluence of his position to induca a unton 1n all the Congresaionn! Districts between Republicans and (ireenhackers. Concerniug this rumor the Indtanapolis Journal adds this pungent para- geaphs 1t this 18 s0, Mr. Gonoau should eithor be dis. vlaced or roqaired to change his tacties. The views and policy ascribod to” him nra those of o stort-nighted politician, Thelr adoption wonld reanit in dissator and ruin tothe Republican party, and descrsedly. Tho unlvation of that parsy liea in Its firm nnd nnaltorable ndhercnce to 1l policy of resumption and Lonest money, ‘The leador whis wanld abandon this poliey on acconns of the Maluo clection or for any other causo 188 coward sud & tue-sarver, —— An organized effort haa been made ‘and is already sot on fuol by calliug o couference to meet fn New York Oct. 9, to facilitato the pas- €aga of tho bill, now on the culondar of both Houees In Congress, classifying mafl-mattor and fixing rates of postace. It Is oxpected shat rep- resentatives of tho Post-Ofllco Dopartment will be in attendance. Besldes taking action relative to the pending bill, it fa proposed to discuss and offer suggestious for the fmprovement of the service,spectally with reference to the classifi- catlon of mall-matter, untfornitysof ratos, ex- tenslon of the letter-carrivrs system, and the Jisposition of unpald Jetters. The Importance of tho subject nnd its varled bearlngs upon the bustncas-luterests of the country ought to call out a larze attendanc? at the conference, - ———— The New York Zimes has returna from Malne which, it sayvs, are semi-ofliclal and nearly com- plete, and they show the following result: 1 s I(_u;:)uhllynu. 53,4103 Bxrrn, QOreon- back, 41,404 UanckLoy, Democrat, 27,672, Last year the total vote was 101, 101 for (overnors this year it wus 125,720, Last year tho Demoerata yolled 42,114 voten. * This year, thongh the total vote Is ncarly 25,000 ereater than 1t wae in s the Democrsts have 14,242 votes less than they bad then, Pracpleally thers ara unl{ two palitical parties in Maine, snd tho Democratic party la not oue of themw, ————— The ninth volume of the Encyclopedia Brit- annica, Edinbury subscription edition from tho original plates, Is now in press by the publish- ers, Messra, A. & C. Brack, of Edinburg, Vol- umes VIL and VIIL, of this, the English sub- scription edition, are nuw belug delivered by tho Chicngo agents to the subscribors throughout the Northwest. e —— The Democrats of the Firat Wisconsin Dls- trict have resolved that ¢ the salvation of this country dopends on the success of the Demo- cratic party," Salvation {sa joyful sound to every huwnan car; but if this country walts for it untit it comes from that quarter, tho yellowe fever suflerers will got all the foo thoy wane 1rom Prur0's frozen region —————— ‘The Mempbis Avalanche speaks of woman's work {n the dreadful scenea that bava vccurrod 10 that plague-stricken city: *Parcnty bave deserted childron, aua children parents, hus- bunds their wives, but not one wife a husbaud, Yot nothing ia more common than to heas wom- 0 #poken of a8 the weakor sax. . In snswer to a question, we stato that the Wil cross the line st 10b. 30m. p.m, next Bundsy evening, the 224, and that the ncarest new moon will occur at 84 20m. . m. uext Thursday, the 0th. At the last-named dato the woon will be Bot very far from perigee. D — Marr Canruntan save: * Whoever would deserz his (lents would betray bis constitu. onts.” 1t is susceptible of casy proof that Matr Caursntin bas done both of those :«lr'-uxhly tuloge o tho course of bis natural e ————— . MATT CAnPENTRR'S curd, accepting his own fnvitation to be a caudidate for the United Blates Senata, is addressed wainiy 1o Gerwans, Aud yet MATI’S customary beverage bhas besn ‘Whisky inatead of beer, President Gll.l;ll(’l plg-quarantine at Free- Dortdidu't work. Ilo says thero are wore hoge At tho Stato Fuir thao ever befure. e HYMENEAL, &pecial Disvaich io The Tridune, Hroomiyaron, 1L, Bept. 19.~Thls evenlog, At che zosidence of Mr, und Mry, L, W, Betts, un East Grove atrect, occurred the wedding of their daughter, Miss Fuunlo W. Betts, and Mr, ¥u Mitchell, of Danvers. About 130 attended the wedding, among whom wero Senator Duvid Davis sud " lady, uncle wnd aunt of the fulr ride. Mr, Mitchell Is the sou of a wealthy facmer und stock-dealer of Danvers Township. Wl ceremony was performedat 8 o'clock by the Rev, T, A. Parker, pustor of the M. E. Church, 14 full Eglicopal forus. Toe bridesuaids wers Aunle Betts, » younwer sister of tbo bride, uid Mids Viua Furley. 'Tha groow’s attendants were Meagrs. Jumes Iolder und Stephen Me- Whorter. The weddiug-glits wers nutnerous, sbpropriate, und costly, Mfxs Botts has beca m.uypmu leading beautles uf the ey, atd was le the altar by » gentlewat {u every wuy worthy of her. - Nzwronr, R. I, 8e¢pt, 19.—Miss Jeannctto Bennett, siater of James Gordon Benuett, wus warnivd Lhis worolug to lsaac Bell, Jr., of New Yourk, the Rev. Father Urace, vl bt, Mary’s i0ga Catbolle Church, olficiatiug. ‘These Was 4 lage aud dhtnguished sttendancs. The stluuted value of the prescuts i3 $100,000. e - x MORTIMER'S DEATH. 548 Fuancisco, Cul,, Bept. 19.—The Coro- nee's luguest siows that J. K. Mortlmer’s death tvaulted frow chrouic aleokolswm. Mortimcr Was at otie Liwe 8 proiiueut gctor, but lately bul Lecome yery diseipated. It Wua 3t Urst 4 et e bad comnutt od aulehle. GOLD. The Black Hills, and How " to Go There. The Nataral Bcenery--Deadwood--Its Aichitecturo, Population, and Businoss, s Swindlers and ¢ Rock.Sharps...Profils of Mining-~Tbe Callfernia Companies. How to Invest, 1 Bperiat Covrrapondencs of The Tribuns, Daanwoop, 0. T., Bept. 14.—In writing of & coutilsy 80 atrange, 6o novel, aod so wonder- 1ully assorted or unassorted as thls, whers the population is as heterogenous ns the ecientists tell us Lthe geologieal conditfons arc unaccount- abld and frregular, it s diflicult to tell where to besdn, "Bt T shall decide this question as the child did with his story-hook; thatis to say, I will “*hogin at the beginning," by sayiug some- thlng of the % .- ROUTES FHOM CUICAGO ¥ here and back ngatin There is a.minor and not much_trarcled rond from Yunkion, ealled the “Fort Pierre* route; but the tio best known, most iraveled, and which kéeps up such a hot and wordy watfare a8 to quite bewilder the travcler who has not yet triod efthor of them, are tho *Southern,” by the Union Paclfic, with stage-lines into the Hilis from both Sydney and Cheyenue, and the * Northern," by the Northern Pacific to Dls- marck, and stage from thore, Having tried Loth these lngs,—from Cheyenne and from Bis- marck,—1 will not pay them the old-fashioned compliment of saying that * Whichever you take, vou will wish you had tried the othor,”— for hoth of them do thelr beat, 1 have no doubt, by their patrons; bus the road is & lonz one, and rough and wearlzome, and all who travel i aro glad eoough when It s over, 1 have tried Loth of them In fine weather and when dry, and MY PREFENENCE 15 FOR TIIH NONTHERY, TFrom Chicago to Cheyenue 18 over fifty-two hours by rail, and, arriviog at abont 1:30 p. m., you have to wnit for thu stage till’ 8:30 next inorniugz, The time-table mukes tho stacoe- time to Deadwood fifty-two hours, 1 was lifty- seven, with a zood try rond, and have heard of no better time Lelug made this sninmer, uniess a very exeeptional euse. iy the Northern route from Chicago to Bisinarck fs forty-cight hours, and the stage-thme from thore to” Deadwood fs forty-slx hours, with only a few hours’ waiting at Hismarck. 1 was only .ron{'-nn: qnd & half hours, or lees than nfucty-slx hours between Chleago and Neadwood, ns agalust 130 hours via Cheyenne, It Is said thut fu very wet wenther the Hght alkalino soll of tha Northern route 15 hot In Its fevor, andthe thme made then s mtch slower. 1 nise feave this to be declded by those who have tried it ot such times,—I bu speak of my own experfence, s TitH NATUKAL BURNERY. {8, however, much iner ov tho Cheyenne route, and, to an enthusiast fn rocks aud mountuius, noble sand far-reaching viows nnu flower-adoru- ed ides nud valleys, this mny largoly com- to for tho longer and hander rosd. In fact, somo of the limestone forimations passed hiere, Within 160 miles or sv of the Ilills, are al- must equal to the wonderful canons atud natural monuments and fortresses of Colorndo aud the Yeullowstone; and, ns your stage clfinbs wearlly up sume of the f«uz inclines of the road, or dashes down the opposite slde, threatening to wrocl (tself on the grea boulders that in too large numbers stand up In its way, and mo- mentarily tosting the hardness of “your skuil ngalust its rvof, you may, if a lover of the beautics of Nature, reflcct that the most beau- tiful road fs not always the snvothest, sud that even the most arttstic chair of Eastluke mnvlnut be the wost restful to the tired back and Nimbs, ‘Ihie Lills thomsclvea that atand about Doad- wood, and the lmm{ mining camps in its neleh- borhood, are striking fn thelr hight and bold- ness; and in - snaer, covered as they are with wild roscs, with white, yellow, and purple daisivs, sud n host of other flowers of which I donot evun know the nates, are beautiful s ‘well a8 pleturesque, X TIk CITY OF DEADWOOD Is, as Is well knowir, the great receiving and dls- triputing point of the Iilts. It livs In o narrow valley or guich from 300 to 800 feot wide, and 1t nay be two or three miles longr,—In ono direc- tion runuing tnto * Chinatown ' and Eilzaboth, anud In tho other fnto Bouth Dreadwood; while still furthor up Deadwood Guich sre Gayville and Central City, and, off to the lett of these, Lead City, at this tine tho principal quartz- mining camp of the Iillls. ‘I'lie architecture of Deadwood and its nelgh- boring settlements, or ** camps,” as thoy aro licre calied, is not clasaleal nor cven protentious, The Welch Houso has somp elglity rooms, and they are plasterod,. which fow other public or private bulldings can boust of betug, Usualty the bouse {s of boards, battined, though somo of tho principal storos have {n the rear what is caltod a * firo-proof,” or storchouse, with low brick or stone walls, and wooden floar sud roof, 1 balleva the owners {ancy that, fn case of fire, the other buildings would burn so suddenly and rupidly that the * fire-proofs* would bo left unharmed. I sincerely trust that no ** Chi- ¢ngo fire 't may ever put this pleasant theory to a practical test. ¢ But, if light und uusubstantial, these wooden stores and Liouses have one quality uot gever- aily found fu_your Kasteru cities ot this time, thaugh very desirahle, That fs, TUEY. ** PAY "' QPLENDIDLY, Many storcs have becn potnted gut to me that would be sold for 81,200 to $1,800, aud that are rented for thoso prices por suonm. Oue of the best bouscs in the place, n two-story and basement frame on the corucr of Maln and Les streots, sold some months stuce for §7, and is now rented to goud paving tenants at 87,200 per annum. Think of ‘that, you puor Chicazo real-catato owners, who (od it difficult out of your reuts to provide for your snnnal interest and taxcs. But few of the l’tls‘:ficllfilu Inlnbitants live In tho “valiey, or on the “ground-floor™ of the town. Very mauy of the principal bouscs are perched up on the hill-sides, and are reached by steep paths, of ju somo cascs h‘y flighita of wouden steps, and theso pretiy whitn cottages, looking down from their alry locations smoug the ufi plues unon the husy streats below, form a pecullar and beautiful featurs of thls strauge and tmique Westorn Motropolls, e runxl»urux.:‘um:’. it Deady roper s variously estimated from 4,000 "w 10,000 souls, while the total number of which ft is the head-ceutre sud source of supplies is put by many well-tuformed persons as high s 25,000, I have already spoken of this population as “ hoterogeueous.” “That epithot gives but the fuluteas ides of its anrmullnurl vurlety aud diversity, Busides the quist but observant Yaokce, the busmmess-like New-Yorker, tho atitring Chicogo trader, and the driviug and sctive capitalist from * Frisco,” every nation of Kuraps is here well represented. The shrewd Israclite occuples many of -the finest stores, and the ¢ almond-eyed™ Orlentals aro bere in bundreds. Nay, cveu Lheir wives are here fo numbers, and of coursc the laundry- bustuues L wltogeter In thuir hands, ‘Time was, 1 s {oforued, aud but o few months ago, when a gowd sult of clothues would expose its wesrer 10 jusult, and when the “rough and ready " fu dreas as (3 Janguage was slong toicrated, “But now (¢ is oue of the most coswopuolitan of places, and vo variety or RCCRNTRIGITY OF DRKsS srems toattriclevuna pussiog gisnce. New Yurk, Paris, Cuuton, aud Mioiug-Camp atyles ara equally worn and equally unnoticed ; wnd o am satlsticd that the Bouth-dea lulunder in full natigual costume, ur the cltizen of Borioboola Uha, oilous the warm uuderclotblug with which the ‘exuberant fanoy of Dickens adorned him might equally ?mmenude tbess busystrects sud uan'u!;‘\;o notlced by those whoy hie wet, Bul whisi, do all thoess busy people dof Well, sowe work lu the uines; sume sell goods In thesd wiany stores; sowe drive these big, heavy wagous that g thnes 5l up the strects, witn Lt yoke of frunl. quint vxen attach- soine stand or wjt round, lookiag for * chayees”; sud suwe—in fact, 1 fear a pood mauy—are swindlers In mines (** rock-ahurps they are calied here), watchlug and waltiog for prey. 1n fact, the SWINDLES 1 MINKS here bavo beeit 60 many, and the swindlers so vroiineat aud nuwcrous, as, fu the minds uf wany, W bave wads the wonderful richucss of tho Black 141118 & mytl. besidos castiug reprouch upon all their citizeus and businesa men. -J bad ieard 80 wuch of the methuds of these rogues sud gharpers that | ok sowe trouble w lu- quire tuto theus, aud think tat & varupraph or o ou Lho sublixt may atuuse, It wot Tustruct, our re: YO0t Sourscyall tho old tricks of galting mines were kuown o theso fellows, and fu their hauda reached thcie fullest aud -rivest develoy went. Burying qold-bearing rock whers it would Iterwands Lo Y acadeotally ™ cumwe uwow; e 11CAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY., SEPTEMBER 2), 1878 “planting ** rich apecimens that had been passed through a *sluice-box," 50 a8 o cover the free vohl and give them & “natfvn? Jook; and all wtich slmple methods, were used, worn out, and apnndoned, “ Charging ' the bud-rock itaell with wold, either by meclranicnl or chemleat means, camernext (n srders and the fntending purchaser was then bronght into the mines, and permitted to use the plck or sledge himsell, and, carrving off the specimens that he had taken from tle bed-rock ' with his own hands, tha assayer was ablo—honestly, too—to gige him certifieates that made hiin a ready investor in a worthless clakm, But, when all these Lrlcks became knownsthe nventive faculty of the aliacper had to be still further set to tork. Then came TiIR ‘* CONYEDRRATE ' TRICKS, which of late have been the favorite means em- ployed. They are played somewhat as followa: ‘The leader for the time 1s one who in some way has bacome acquainted with a party who is known to be leoking for *a good thing,”. He devotes himsclf to this Individual, sometimes for weeks or months, with the greatesd assidu- ity. He claims to be the owner of valuable mines and locations, nuna of which he wanta to sell. In lact, ho does not care to acll to his frie After a time, however, somd late very rich *‘find” {s spoken of. The head sharper may have even s small interest in it, but Fintriterest 18 not for sale. The owners of half the claim, however, ‘‘necd moner,” and will soll their futereat, for $0,000 or £10,000. Hut the urchaser 18 advised by "“his friend” that this I8 too much. “While perbaps really worth that, or aven much niore, it ourht to be wot for two-thirds of that prices” ho will ““sce what Ae cando” flodogs *ave,” and by great offort wanures to get a bond ou the ane-halfl {nterest for thirty days at $6,000 or $7,000. Ho has got & private bond himself for $600 or. $700, for this is his customer, and his must ba the lion’s share of the plunder, and the differenco between the thousands sud hundreds Is anly fair compensa. tion for his trouble, 1o informs his friend that hie har got this extraordinary chauce, and will turn it over to bim PURKLY OUT OF PRIBNDSRIP; hut It 1s so valuable,~—so wonderfal a bar- galn,~that, If his {riend does fiot buy'it, ho will.”" UI course his {riend looks into It. 1o 1n permitted to got his own apocimens, nnd tako them ta his own assayor,~an honcst man, this, but his oflice and workshop upen to every dropper-in, Bone of theso are procured to ‘oanlt? (A¢ asays, and, when the assayer's nt- tention Is otherwise attracted for & moment, a fraction of a graln of gold-dust is dropped into the crucible. When we kuow that the fifth partof agrainofl gold In au ordinary nssay would show overan ounce to the ton, we sce how casily this little schome will work, Of course therock *'aseays well”; of courss the sule {s made; the purchaser's friend sclls his Irfendship for the differcnee betweon 0,000 or $7,000, the price paid, and_$600 or 8700, tha real cust of the interest Lo him: and one more swinulo Is charged to the Black Hills, aud its houcst rlues and miners are injurod through the suceess of this “ ruck-sharp's ' schome. ‘This Ia no fancy sketch. I am mulhed that Jnat such {flmu ave been. pluzed, I wity Kuceess, in the past fow weeka; but the honest business-mnen and property-owners of the Hills are becoming AHOUAED AND INDIGNANT, and there ars strong murmurs that thresten the Penftentlary or other cundign punishinent to tho perpetrators. And they must be pun- ished, {1 the ropntation of this mining region is to stand fair before the world. Sometimes the rogues, as might bo exoected, are suceessful {n outwitting ove nnother. An amusiug instance of some sharpers buing “out- sharped ! I8 related as occurring here soum montbe since. One of these gangs, or *out- fits," aa thuy are termed herc,—an “outfit meauing not only an cquipment, but 8 crowd, a pany,. a horss and wagun, s collection of nr‘xjy kind,—had planned 6 “salting scheme, and, tuking two and a hall ouncos of placer gol; charged with. it the sldcs of a barreu prospes boly in the northern part of Deadwood Gulch, In the night, ono of the conspirators *gave away” the scheme to bis own partleular ¢ out- it (a cusc of a ring within s ring), and they BCRAPED OFF Tilk CHARGED ROCK, sluleed it, and sceurcd $30 of the 850 pat In. Noxt morning the futended victim was brought to the grouud; but, when *panued,” the S pulp” did not * show a vofor,” nor did a care- ful assay show & trave, The surpriss and dis- gust of the conspiraturs was, ns miy be Ingined, as genuine as b was ureat. ‘The,_ question will thon uaturally arse, It there hns been so much rascality practiced, if s0 twony swindlers huve been here and still in. fest the comnmunity, I8 not this boasted gold- region ail o cheat and shain, or Is there any real wheat in all this bushel ‘of chaili I abswer positively and unreservedly, after careful and B0t 3t extended research and fnquiry in the best mining districts, that, In my opinlon, for extent of mlueral Jeuonm. for Jremuas of motal, for case of reaching it, and for facllity of warklug, this Is, witiout excuptlon, ¥ TIR GREATEST GOLD-MINING DISTRICT that bas yet been opened fu our country. Sitver, too, Is now being larzely dlscovered,— sotne of it prospocting many hundreds of doliars tothe ton; but thisis almost alwavs found In the form of curbonates and sulphides, or in such other combinations ns to require stnolting or othier reducing works that donot yet exist here, though Ilearn that a company #s now forined, with large cspltal, to work some valunblo locations st Bear Butte, about fifteen miles north of Deadwood. Uold, on the 'con- trary, is found **free,” and the ore requiresbut to be crushed and Rmalgumated. nderstand that I do not clalm_that the gold oru I8 rich,—that {s, that the product to the ton fs great. Ou the contrary, f& is “ low-graded ora™; but the wrold Is casliy got from it, aud the supoply of ore Is_luexbaustible. In some of our gold-producing Territories (not toseom, invidi- ous, I will uot mention then by uame), the ore Is rich, but bard to get, and harl to reduce and scpamte. In somc. of theso the ore may hold $100 or moro of gold to 3 but the voins run generally ooly a few ches in thickness; they aro {nclosed in walle of the hardest rock; to gew out 100 tons of ore, you wmay have to ming ten times that quantity of worthless material; much of the ore is very rofractory; and, when at lust vour gold is sep- arated from tho guarta or other eartbl; 1t 1a 50 ailoyod with zine, lcad, conpar, Iron, sud other socalled **base tetals,” that the coatly methods of separation known nathe Swansea or * Welch" processas have to bs employed,— 80 that ore containiug over $100 per ton may cost all of that, and more, for Its reduction snd saparation, TUR DLACK-UILLS ORE, - ou the contrary, is, us [ have eald, low grade,— the good witcs running from $6 to $8 per ton, aud tbe richest from $10 to $14, though occa. stonally considorable quantitics may yicld more; but the rock ia generally soft,—alinost disin- tegrated,—and. the velus sod ledges of great. thicknees and extent. Good vetns ara rarely leas thau four or live fect fu thickuess, while in the Father de Bmet Miug, for exswple, they huvnnlmuuiuuuuvcruhbod of rich ** cemont,” bdo feot In hight, and of unknown leagth snd ept Ap: e ore here almnst [ovariably ruos ricier as the miner fuu farther into it. The Kather de Smet and Homestake mines are both said to have run, when frst worked, only $4.50 or thereabouts to the ton. Thoy are now yleiding, aa nearly s can be ascertained, $18 to $14 per ton, though the owners make no public statements of their busineas, belng satisficd ap- parently 1o carn apd pucket their profits with- out makiog the outside world auy the wiser in regard to their operations. But, sa exact nfi- ures ure apt to ba the most satistactory, I will give ¥ BOME ESTINATES o; lhe] ?us; of wining snd working, as well as of yleld. ‘To {ully open & ming costs some hundreds and sometines thousauds of dollars; that ts to say, Lo got at and uncover such a body of ore as to give roum for & suflident pumber of mew to mine it easily aud chclyl{; THl this is done, the cusy of fuiniug may be 83 or 83 per tou. Alterwarde thls cost ‘way he raduced to 75 ceuts, or eveu leas. Milling, i done at a “eustomemill,” will cost from $3 to $4.50 rcr tou; If done at your own mill, of lurge capacity, ou the grouud, 78 cents or thercabouts, Haul- lug to the will, it not far away, 30 to 00 cents per tou. So that, I{ the mina be ouce well upoued, sud ths orecrusbed at a *custom-mill,” the totul cost wiil run up to $4.50, and ft way be cven 85, per tou. But say npauy is situated ke the Homestake, with's mive well opened, su elghty-stamp mil crushiug 120 tons perday on Ita own grouud, the ore run from inine to mill on cars, sud the total wost of cverything less than §9 at the hlrhest estimate, with a yield of at least $13 per tou, und we have & net profit of over $1,800 PEM DAY for 305 days fu the year,—for * Bunday ' {s here unkoowu. 3 ‘Thy Father de Smet Cumun{. ud- ¢d tu, has two elghity-stamp mills ut, 1111 they wre ready for use, it L cwployiog all the “custom-milla® (1 bLelieve eleven iu ali) within reach, sud so mining and crushiog, It 18 stated, over 300 tons of ore per day, Ju fact, the Callfornians sect st proseut to be purchus- inig wll the good cletms offcred for sule. Thsy understand the business. ‘Fhiey cowme here, thor- ouglly investigate the property offvred, have the titles looked up, and, if Lhe ore is , sud the titles are good ur can be made so, uey st onea fuvest, put up bulldingy, order the luest muchivery that can be uade, and lll‘!lxlll.n’:!l &v to work carning woncy. A statenient band: e 8 short thine sloce of the five leading CALIFORNIA COMPANIES stready organized gives the forjowlng as thelr vagut coudition, which § veltuve to be approx- wately correct ; ‘Fe Howestake Company pald fyr Bve wiocs . and that have rua well, may sometimes be pur- matter, * or clalmn $172,000; have $150,000 worth of ma- rlu,nrr now fn use, and $45,000 worth more arderéa, o The (folden Terry Comoany paid for one mine £50,000; have: 15,000 maclunery hers and $15,- 0 worth ordered. The Arms Company paid for one mine $70,- 000; machinery here $20,000, oridered $45,000. The Consolidated de Sinet Compauy paid for fonr locatlons, forming oue mine, &rm,mn; ma- chinury hiere 816,000, ordered §100,000. ‘The Jiomestako No. 2 and Highland Chief, cost of mines $10:3,500; machinery $20,000, or- dered 15,00, Theae are now the Irading companies, but Another agent from Caltfornta bas Iately been here, purclased five mines for something over $400.000, and dreds have been made and lefs aecrof at one of the Deslwood banke, There Is also the California Water-Diteh Company, which has expended ahont §55,000 ko far, and wiil dnubticss goon have s very large capital nyested, 80 much having been salil of Californin Com- panies aud Investors, some of your readers may ask, Does no one else fuyest, or are there no more mines or claims for sale? I answer, many others buve Invested, and ¥ ROME PROM CHTICAGO, and all who have made careful, juiliclone prir- chases, and have gone Lo work developing them, are doing well. Tho dmown shipments of gold from here during last July atous of $530,000, rpeak well for a mining region sa new as this} 20, 88 new mines are constantly vpening, an old oncs fncreasing in prodiuctiveness, these figures inust surcly and larcely incresse, Though there are thousands of ~frandulent clatws offering all over the country, there are thousands of guad ones yet to ba taken ap, and hundreds that have been located, but the awn- ersof which have wot the means to onen and operatd thenr, Bome of thesa are sli tho time bcln‘,:flmd, and gond bargains can undoubt- edly be hind In time'bat buvers must use the greatest caution and prudencs, HOW TO INVENT, Fire{ lct me caution inyeators to draw & sharp linebetween promising clalms, and mines that huve beon or are bolng worked. The formersro recommended by “ propects,” % mill-tests,” and ' assnys "'; the Iattor ure proved by mctual production and reslized profit. The _for- mer sre belug offered in all the East- ern citica for all sorts of *trade’; the latter command money. For the former prices are often asked that should purchase the latter; $10,000, $15,000. and even more will be demanded for a clalin with nothing but an ss- saver's certificate to back it up, and sometimes not oven that. * Clatms " “and intercats in cluins can be purchased here at all prices from $10.upwarde. If the assays and inili-tests are numerous, food, and yeliable, u clalm tay ba wortl $2,000, 83,000, or even $4,000: but you ot 10 know thut the men who bave madethe uys and tests are competent and honest. But a mine thal hias been and fx being profitably worked Is & much more_valuable proper:j. Bome that have hud 2 few hundrod tons milled, chased for $15,000 to §25,000; but, as we have secu, the Father do Smet sold ' for $400,000, and could not probably be purchased to-dav for ton Umes that amount; and others now opencd, and doubtless many more yet to be discovered, will unquestfonably prove of . equal or even greater yaluc. But, besldes sharpers already spoken of, there are always pienty of HONEST LURATICS to be found, who have staked off & clalm on some n llll-side, where no gold over wasor will Le discovered, and, having sunk a ten-foot hole In 1t, they at ouce imagine that it is worth sonicwhere froin $100,000 to $1,00,000. Poor Tellows! the hojes of little Misx Mlite were woll founded as compared with theirs, do not say that such of your readers as may wish to uwn a eold-mine should not negotlate for ane that fs_broucht to them fn Chicazo, Boaton, or New York; but 1 do ssy thsl, be- fore paying out from §30,000 to $400,000, they should come here and jovestizate evorything,— ussays, tests of every kind, quality, 'thicknces, 8ad extent of its varfous * veins, lodes, Icages, and mincral doposits,” eortliicales from mill- owners of unguestionsblo veravity, who havg worked upou it, and, above sll, it title, If pll these thingrs prove satisfactory beyond a doubt, 1 shall bid your purcusser godspeed, and . will cxpect to hiear of Lim within a very fow years ss ouo of the notatle * ten-milkgnalres™ “of tho Rreat Black-Hills reglon, Ossgnvin, AMUSEMENTS. . JOOLEY’'S TIIEATRE. ‘The production of “ Henry VILL" at Hooley's last ovoning attractod one of the best and largest audiences that bave yet .greeted Mr, John McCallough during his present engage- ment. The bouse was full to the brim, and there was menifested a choerful spirit of kindly enthiuslasm toward ono of the principal coisbor- crs {n tho work, which was in'the maln well be- stowed. We do not sup that Mr. McCal- lourh put up tbid lece Lo onal display, —although ho really scems i to pihblo at evarything this tlme,—but retber to afford an opportuuity to a young ludy who was desirous to exhibit to ber trionds the best of Ler his trionle gifta. Mlss Emilie Gavin, who under- ook the part of (flmu Katharine, 1 & Chicaze lady, long known an-oxcellont reader, ood this was her first appearance on the Chivago stage. Tho event had been awalted with con- siderable anxlety, and tho result proved highly satisfactory, sithough thero was an ahsence of the usual trumpery of floral tributer, The best complimout was “pald to Miss Gavin in the varnust attention given to her ropresentation, and in the sincerity of the applause which calied hor before ‘tha curtain to rocelvu & hicarty congratulation. Miss Gayin, like many who have gruduated {rom the reading desk, has 8 great deal to learn in the techuloalitios of theatric art, and it was principally in-hor Jack of stazo expericuce shat ber deficiencics were vist. blo to the audince. ler reading was wnarked by intelligence and a clear comprehension of the art she bind undertaken. But, without per- ect connmand of movemcnt on the stage, l':’n lmpoasible, gorh-po. 1o give more than a mere readiug. Thus the terrible Irony of Katharine's speoch in her foterview with the Candinals was reft of {ts effoct, not becausy the sdtress falled to give duo omphasls to the llues, but becausa ahe was not exactiv at case. When slie was through speaking, she veswed to full back upun attitudes and gestlcalations ibat savored altogether too much of the teachar to Inspire cutbusiasii, On tho whols, however, Miss Gavin Is to be congratulated on her cffort o arols in which only the greatest of artists have acbicvod renown. Mr, McCullough played the part of Uardinal IWo'sey . his usual con- sclentlous manner, only it was appareut that ho sacrificad himself to some extent for the sake of tho debutante. The play was, outalde of & wxx‘luw leadiug personages, rather tamely done, bothi n respuct o the scenery aud toe acling, NOTEA, Tho benedt for the yellow-fever sufTerers will be given at looley’s Theatre this afternoon, when Mr, McCullough will appear ss Claude Matnatte tn *'fhe Lady of Lyons.” M.et of tho seats have been sold, and it {s expectod that the attendanco witl be something extraordinary. A ‘mew play entltled “The Engagements® Flond," was brought out at Wurster's New Chlcago Theatre Isat cveniog. This is one of thoss funny Uermgn burlesques or singing farces 80 poputar 10 Berlin and Vienos, The play performed last eveuing fs vue 6f the strongest of this kind, baving much more in- trivsic value thav the wverage. The perform- auce was & very flne one, ull the sctors acquit- tiog themselves most creditubly. Particular meytion deserves the splondid work of that ex- colleut young cumedian, Mr, Schiujtx, e ket thie Louse fu a continued ruar of laughter oy his odditics and absurditics, Sliss Abl, the new wubmmh medu alio & very good impression, h and her tino singing was particularly sdmired. Mr. Koch and Miss Claussen helped to make tha play 8 great success. Arthur Cambridge Is the proprietor of the Drumstic Burcau in this city, Lust Sunday be* advertised for twonty-ive ballet-girls, Uur Chiel of Police, Mr, Beavuy, suw the **ad," and, svyiog afar off soma possible Guworality in the bustuess, he took one of by détective stafl (who wight have becn looking atter burglure) #1d told him to go sud sev Cutubridye. Yes- wrday the dutective visited alr. Cainbridgo, sud asked bim what be mcant by advertislug for twenty-five bullet-girls, Cambriuge thought it wi joku ut lirst, but he soou pervelved in thy duteetive’s eve 8 fierce determluation to put s 8top 10 ballet-girls, sl 30 bo roferrod Wim Lo Moolu’. to Gotthold, to tamlin, to Haverly, and a host of -inavazenal peoole, for whom be has been truusactiog Lusivess, The de- tectlve told him he was seut by Chiet Bcavey, who bheard tbat two ballet- glrls sent from the Bureau had becoms fnmates of a bousc of Ulrcpute In Cueyenpe, Mr. Cambridge tricd 10 cxplain thut he was not re- sponsible for the conduct of psopls wha wpplied to biw. Bumectimes they wight become snyels for all bo knew. ‘I'be rusultof the convensaldon was that Cambridye wes onlered vy the Cuiel of Police nut to udvertive wny wore for balle girls, Cawbridie bus tuken th matter jugo s rious consideration, but it is probable Le will uot obuy the wandal — MASTER CAR-PAINTERS. Coaverann, O, Sept. 19.—Tue waster car- patuters of the United States are tolding their ninth suoual sesslon fu thls city. Avout thirty delegates ure fu atteudance, Tho oflleers are: Prestdent, DD, Robortson, of Detruft; decre- tary and Treasurer, R. R. McKenn, Kent, O. The sesalons are devoted fo the discussion of toplca relative to car-painting, This niorning Mr. A. N. Bradley, of the Ohlo & Mis pl, read 8 paper on * What Makes the Hest Head and Lining Filler.” This morning the mem- hers were driven about the cdty and shown potnts of interest. Thaey will remain in seasion to-morrow, und will further dis-uea the difer- ent modes sud material for car-patntiog. ILLINOIS, Bpecial Drapatch ta The Trimms. FazeronT, 11l., Hept, 19.~The attenfance at the Fair to-day was larger than on any previous day this week, nearly 15,000 people being pres- ent, and the receipts at the gate helng $5,500, The display in ail departments contiunea good, and {8 equal o any vrevious Falr. The recelpts will, however, fall far ahort of luat sear, owing 1o the uniavorable weather. A severs storm to-day deifiged the grunnds and cansed conslde erable destruction In blowing down tents and slieds. The two Iarge tents ased for the exbibl- tion of the floral and borteultural departmenta were twlce prostratod to the ground, and nany small articlcs deatroved. Several people suf- fered severe contusiona about tho bLead and face, but uo scrious accidenta werg, reported. The continued fall of rafn this evenidz will un. Qonbtediy reuder the ¥air a faflure on Priday, the lnat day of the exlibitlon. A petition Is receiving numerous siguatures urging the State Board to hold the next falr fn Chivago nest year and combine with the Exposition. It is 0t thought that the effort will be puccessful, 8am Cary, of Ohio, attempted to make a groen- back specch in the streets to<day, but the ran- ftorm drove him away. Socretars-uf-State Harlow, State-Anditor Noedles, and other dis- tinguished paople attended the Falr to-dag. ‘The following wers some of the notewurthy articles which attracted attontion to-day: J0IIN DEERE & CO.'8 MAUNIPICENT MIOW, in thetr fine pavilion, which wss beautifully dec- orated with flags, imcluded soveral atyles of walklng plows, and their Glipin Sulky Plow, Wwhich bas mct with success uncqualed in the world, They showed au array of medals for scventeen auccessive years. also goid medals of the Paris Exposition of 1847 and the World'’s Falr at Vienns of 1874, They were just award- ed the gold iacdal i the fleld trial of plowa and a fino vasc for the bost display at the recent Parls Exposltion, after tho saverest tests, DEBRE, MANBUR & CU., OF MOLINE, displayed thelr Doecre Hotary Drop Corn- Planter, fn charge of Mr. Ranstitter, which s claimed as the only succesaful rotary drop made, and works_perfectly with check rowers, The open heel ensbles both operators to see the alling corn. while the lfwul-blc tongue keeps it lovel with any team, ith fine ofi-teinpered ruupers, light draft, and easy movement, it is the leading planter of the worln, TIE ADAMS POWER CONN-S8TIELLER, made by the Marseilles Manufacturing Com- pany, attracted attention for the fnprovements hain force feed, chalo beits, and cob stacker, showing that this machine is erowing rapidiy in popularity. THE PERFECTION 10O RING, mada by Brown & Dewey, of Ottawa, attracted much attentlon: also ihe fnzenlous mactine for making. ‘This 13 tho bost ring made, and sccrus a favorite among farmers, A lurge number of distiuguished gentlemen from all parts of the Btate are here, among them Uen. J. C. Smith, Republican candidate for State Treasurer, Amuscments are numerous. J, I, McVieker and company, of Chicago, are_rivisg some of the stand comedier at Wileoxon Opera- Ilouss, while Jennle Hight and company are appesring nightly at Turner Hsall fn “La Clirale,” the vew drama by J. . Runnlon, of Clleago. Crowded Louscs greet this E]ny with ready applause as the vronounced hit of the seasou. I0WA. Crpan Rarips, la., Scpt, 10.~To-day, tha fourth day of the Btute Fair, waa the best one 80 far, and wiil probably not le eclipsed by the ono to fallow fi. Tho crowd was varivusly cs- timated st rom 20,000 1o 25,000. Tho tyains on all the roeds wero unable to accommodate thelr pussongers. Bume trains had as many as ten loaded cars, and nonc less than six. By 10 o'clock the city in the reglon of the hotels and depots was surging with human be- logs, and the great crowd, ns it pushed Its way down lows avenne o take passage to the Fair Grounds, swayed to and fro In a solld mass, like the waves of the oeenn. ‘The wind blew very brisk, and the dust was intolerable, but, sbout 100'clock, a refresh- Ing ehower fell, and effectuatly Infd thetrouble. somo dust. Tl clouds soon cleared away, and the remainder of the day was quite pleasant, untib p.m,, whew n storm that had beeu thresteniug for several hours bun&luu a8 the cat crowd was about to Jeave the groumd. The dum-{] of the people was beyond descrfp- ton, and thers were thousands of wet hides in the inarket-places. Very soon the storm was very furfous, and made a very regretful ending for'a day very buppily passed, MICHIGAN. . apecial Disatch to The Tribune. Durnory, Mich., 8ept. 10.—A$ least 80,000 peo- ple attended the Btate Fair to-duy, The city was 50 crowded to-night that botel sccommoda- tious were entirely inadequate. Hundreds of people are entirely without shelter. Temporary beds were fitted np in the corridors of the Cliy- Hall, and two theatres remaived open alt nicht, allowing weary nnu:fcn the privilege of Alttini in tho chairs or recliniog In the alsles. The Expositiou closes to-tnorrow, + FI1RES. AT THOMASTON, MICII. Boecial Dispatch fo The Triouns, Easr 8aaraw, Micl., Bept. 10,—The dwell- ing-house, store, and barn of Iliram Parks, in Thomaston, this county, was destroyed by fire esterday. Mr. Parke bad mn {nsurance of "A000 on the store, furniture, and dwelling. ‘The barn was full of hay and grain. Loss prob- bly 83,500, AT CIRCLEVILLE. O, Cixcixwazi, 0., Bept. ¥.—~The broom-corn warebiouss of Edward Nmith, of Circleville, 0., together with its contents, burned last evening. Loss about $20,000; insured, $10,000. Some ten adjoinlog frame dwelllogs were damsged niore or iess, Lguiting from fying sparks. —— AT BALEM, MICH, Apecial Dixpatch to The Trivume. ANN Ansor, Mich., Sopt. 19.—~The Deotrolt, Lansiug & Northern Depot at 8alem was burned early this isorulug. Two thousand bushels of whaat was consutwed. Incondinries CHICAGO. A still-alarm to Baboock Engine No. 1 at 4:30 yesterday afternoon was caused by the exploston of wgasoliug lamp fu R W. Dybull’s *dough- put bank," No. 578 Weat Madison struct, Mo damage, e L e LATE LOCAL ITEMS. The detectives from Central Statton made & raid on Georee Honking', 164 Madlsun street, about midniglt, sud caught the game in proe- ross with ten lnmates bucking the * tiger " i o livelv mauner. ‘The party were takun to the Hareison Btreet Statiou, sioug with thelr elips and ools. A younug sport found unotber fellow with bis irl 0 Washingtun streel hear Filth aveoue st pight aud ¥ row ensued, durlug which the one with the girl was kuocked olf th Hu recovered timaelf sutliclently Ia volver and Hre three shots at Lis sallaut, who dissppeared fo salety W Frankilo street. A policeman cauic fn tine to ralss the shooter, aud' in consequencs po arrests wers wade. " A reception and ball given by the colored folks 10 thy Sixteenth Battailou last cvonly st Pactic Hall, corner of Clark un Van Huren strcets, becutne , vory s orderly alter tidight, and there were BV scrivus alfraye, ju which phtols, razors, aud ducgers plived wn mportant part, Que shoutlug “alfray resulted ored walter at” the Palmer Houss helng shot in the wrist by a teero vumed Bon Vaylor, At 4:15 ghe police swooped Juwn upon the plad audl raidod all that reiatued fo the nall, ‘There were nuu{ battered beads, and & uumber of wounded, but owin to tuc lateucas of the hour ue particulurs could be gleaned. . Last midulglit s bold attempt was tuade to repeat 1ho Lizaie Moure robbery of sote years agu. A wuple af yuumi wen were smusing themselves v playioe wawie of cards witl tho ludics fn the bavniu of Anule Wright, Noo 14 Cilutou street, and at mofdolght one of them Jumbed up uud - requeated to see Miss Wright privately.s She went with Siw isto un adjoluluy roows, and was humediatuly seized by ‘thy fulluw, Whu threw bis bands about ker throat aud woutb, and forcet 8 baudkerchlel saturated witn shlurofora to ler wostills, What Jitlls owc aa¢ was ebly o a vol- to make was combletely drowned by the nofse In an adjarent room. Miss Wrizht soon became nnconscious, and just as the thief had zotten nne of her dlamond rings off, the door was opuned and one of the female ,inmates entered, and 6aw at n glanee what had haopened. The fcllow dropped the ring and bolted out of the front door, but ran plump (nto a policeman’s arms. When taken to the statlon he gave the name of Harry Morgan, None of the policemen knew him. e acheme undoubtedly was to rob Misa ‘Wright of tho large auantity of diamornids which she usualiy wi valued at about $2,000, SPORTING. ITHR TURF, Kansas Crrr, Sept. 19.—~The attendance st the Fxposition to-iay was a0 Iarge as to be oh- manageable, the number being cstimated at 60,000, and when Rarus trotted be could not go within from two to lour feet of the jusile fence, owing to the humanity that hunz uwpon It. Representatives of the leading sporting papcrs who have made the eh- tire tourof the Western circuits declare the crowd to be beyond comparison the greatest of the year, and Splan declares it the lareeat as- semblace of people Rarus ever trottea before. ‘The wind Dlew a perfoct .ale, the air being 80 filled at times with dust s to make It diflicolt to follow the horses around the track, Tn spite of such state of affalrs Splan drove Harua tue two fastest consecutive and the fasteat second.and third heats he ever made on a halt-mile track, making the socond In 2:17 andd the third In 2:18. he seeand hiest he drove both times up the back stretch with his eyes shut, it betng fm- vosrible, he states, to face ruch a hurricane of dust at the galt e wea driving, The first heat waa trotted In 2(:.:.@(. and the Jast halt ile of thie second in The free tion race was won by Boneactter n 205, ana 2:20, Beott's ‘Thoimas took thy et In 2:23%, The Kausas Clty cup sweepstakes, two and oue- fourth mile dash, was won by Bl Diflou In 1125¢, Trump second, ¥weetheart third, In the mile aud repeat rave Sprimget won the first heat In 1:49, aud Florence Payne the sccund tn 1:65184, Tho race was then postpancd I to-murrow on sccount of darkuess, Luiu's special trot was also postponed until to-morrow, A steady, gentle rain I8 fallime to-night and the track” to-morruw: promises to be in guod condition. : ToLrvo, Bept. 10.—Races—Third day; 2:25 el!m: purse, $500; Lowinsky and Schuyler drawn: die. Pacitiz ¢lnes; purse, $800: Kleepy (eorg Bweelze § R BaN Fpaxcisco, Sept. 19.—In the Btate Falr races st Eacramento to-day, the runuiog race, free for all B-year-olds, was won Ly Mark [. in struight hesta; time, 1:43 and 1: 25{; beat 1og Glenitta, Ravon, and Lexington Belfo; fast- cat time In the State. In the recond race, running, Hlossom won In 1:443¢ and 1:40, beating Cosmo, Cordeltu, Planct, Black WiHo nd Matd of tho West. CeDAR RATIDS, Ia, Bept. 19.—The races to- day were very fnteresting, amd were witnesscd by over ) people. ‘The running race, in which Hod Grezory ran without saddle, bridle, or rider, was a tnost exciting one, and thecrowd fairly ylled fiself hoarso over it. Tlcre has been no trouble of any mowent upen the rounds this sear, Tha officers are untiring in thelr efforts to keep averything in order, and make this ouc of the most successful of sll Jowa’s Btato Fairs. Thers are some Iair attroc- tlona for to-morruw, and anotber large crowd is expected. AQUATIC, Syecial Diwpaich to The Tribune. BrunaEon Poist, Bopt. 10.—At the regatta hera for the professional single senll race there wore nine eotrirs. The distance was four miles with a turn, and the stakes $350, Nine started. Kennedy, of Portland, got away first, and led for the first halt mile, followed closely by Hos- mer, Plalsted, Riley, and Morrts. Riley put on aspurt sud overhauled Keunedy. but did not keep the position lovw, for Morris,eettling down to work, sent his shell to.the front and assumed the lead, of which he was uot subsequently - disposeeseed. Tho men reached the winning buov, Morris firat by ifteen leniths, Riloy sccond by half a length from Keunedy, whu was ahead of flosmer by about five lengtha; time, 81 minutes. The course wasa good lour miles. The rowine of Ritey was ruspicious throachout, hie having run Into Plalstea on the journey out, fouled Hosmer ang Keunedy ot the staku-boats, and run Into Mor- rls ou the homestreteh, e was deservedly dis- qualified, us was Plaisted, who, after being fouled, did not peracvere (n the race. Flrst mosey was awunded to Morris, avcond to Ken- nedy, third to Hosmer. Wallace Ross and Frenchy Jobnson are suffering from dysentery and did vot enter. Speciul Dispated 1o Tha Tribune, MoxrtaEaL, Bept. 10.—Courtuey arrived at Lachinc tuta evenlng, sceompanied by Mr. \\'ut l'fl g}m of his backers, He brought two boal w 10, WRESTLING, To the Editor of The Tridue. Ciicago, Bept, 19.—With your permission 1 would make the following statemont: About four years ago, while ¢n route for Callfornis on a prafessional tour, I made an effort to mect Col. McLaugzbhlln In s sguare, manly wrestling cunent, according to prescribed rules, and for any amount of money from $300 upwards. That gentieman refused to meot me, belny enguged iv other pursuits, as slleved by him and his friends. "Counscguently 1 was foled Inmy en- deavor to gratity my desire to moet him. [ am nUW oD MY wa! 4 from Callforpis. Lesruiog from time to time of his explouits aud victories, I now renew the effort, and challenge Col, Me- Laugblio to wrestle we a square up-and-up atel, collar and elbow, best two In three, ac- cording to rule, for from $500 to $1,%0 & sido, tho match to tuke place at Chicago, 11, &t any time agrevable to him witer thu 25th of this moutl. Yours truly, Joux McMauox. TBASK-BALL. The flrst of & serlvs of four gamnes batween the Chicazos of uext y 85 uearly wa they can be yotten together, and & strony plewed teamn from tho Chilcago and Indlanapolis teams, will be pluyed this alternoon st White Ntocklug Park, There is & great curigsity W see the new men, and the atteudauce will be une of the bust of the season. wL‘L{vm.n'u, Hept 1%.—Lorest City, 2; Hos- 0, " dpeckat Diepate o Tie Tritune, DeTroiT, Mich., Seot. 10.—The Chivagos de. feated the Cass ainateurs of this city this after uoon 1107, Urica, Bept. 19.~Manchesters, 10; Uticas, 8 —— . THE ORIEN A Long Batch of Newy by the Latest Pacifie Stoamship. Ban Fuawcisco, Sopt, 14.—Arrived, the steaimer City of Tokio frow Hougkoug vie Yokohame. CHiNA. lloxa Kowe, Aug. Zk—NRsin bas fallen abun- dantly fu the Northern provises, sud goed barveats ure uxvocted, Noturther dovastatious by fatuing are auticipated. Hostile demonsteutions agatnst the Euglish misstionaries in’ the (nterfor of the Fulkien proviace aud destruction of property and lfe are threatened. The Consular authorities at Foochow wre taking preveutive measures, A decres has besu Lisuwd by tha Viceroy st Naoking ordering be vonflscution ob uvery house rented fos uplum-smoking. Thls whole- ssle 1ovewcot la expected 1o pruve wore vetive thau any previeusly uudertaken, ‘I'he fuudstion ot Rinkiang causes ‘great dls- trese Buatnesy bs suspended u wuny Chioese quarters. lhmr huuses huve beeq washod it sevoral lives lost, e tiovernor-Uuneral of Manchuris {s about to be dispatched ou & spacial misdon to Kus- ain fur the supposcd purposs vt vemoustrating agaiuat Kusabus singoschwiouts o the extreme vorth of Cbiua. . Tise suvounucement is madeon trustworthy au- thority thut Li Huug Charge, Viceroy of the CLil provisces bus arcunged for bulldiug » esilway tween Tientsler wud Tuku, aud that worl will be comiucuced alnost bnurdiately, A tel- exraph luo Is projectod sloug the suie ruute, Al Carvalti, Portugucse Cousul-tenersl at Sbaugtal, divd carty tibs munth. daraN, ' -YoKkouaua, 8ept. S.—There were rutinous ouibursta ol discontented guldisry to T'uklo oo the nights of Aug. 33 und 30 portlon of regltuend of Loy Juiperial Guards, dissatuted Witk tLe awarus of presecnts, decorations, e, for nervices during the rebellion laat = formed A conspiracy to eclze ar and Irave thelr harracks, promb, with the purpose of demanding explanations from leading members of the Government, « Their full intention, hotvever, rocmaing un- knawo. ‘The ptot wasa discovered beforahand, and ample precaution taken. At the same tima 109 rioters succeeded In forcing their way out of quartera, after murdering one colonel and’ two ollicers of Jower rank. but were speedily cdfronted by an averpowering force [ami - duced to submission. The second taing was less serloud, and was a partinily auctessful at- tempt Lo sct at liberty the wnutincers srrested an the first ocension, * About twenty lives wers luet In both disturbances, Quiet f8 noir ro- stored, and ndurther scrious cunsequences are fearcd, although {ll-fecling 1s known to still ex- 15t among the jealous amintors, The Emperor started on a journcy through the northeen provinces Aug, 3, nicompanied b{ members of the ImperiAl family and n fow of the Mintatry, fie will be abeent two months, Admiral Kawmaura, Minister of the Navy, and tien. Kerada, Minister of Colonlea, are now together fn Viadlvostock on. Giovernment husi- ness. The news of a reciprocal treaty between the United States and Japan produceh.s remarkable sensation, especially in the Hrittah Legation, where it la felt that a_grent. advance in Amcrican intercsts has thua been made, nod l:lll British influcnce muat correapondingly de- cline, A ‘The latest cenans shows the population ot Japsu to bo 34,519,404, 8 steady and large lne creasq sluce 1875, ¥ ——————— IN THE DARK VALLEY. Spesial INevateh In The Tyivune. New Yonr, Sept. 20.—Bishop Odenheimer, of the Northern Dincese of New Jersey, who'.has been fn delicate health for some yeara, has falled lately, and has jnst gone to Burlington tospend his declining days there. Hedoes not expest to® recover. Col. T. 1. Thorpa, well known as a plessing rketch-writer on sporting topfes, Is zleut in Roosevell Hospital. He has been sick threa wecks, and for two days has heen unconsclona, For aevern! vears bo has beld o position in the Custom-louse, and has Loen one of the bess :‘Izm jralizn speakers In the Ilepubtican party in he State. s et —— BRITISH COLUMBIA, 84N Fraxcisco, Cal., Scpt. 10.—A Victorls depatch nays the Upnosition victaries in Canads East has created much fntereat there, Sir Jolin A. Macdonald having lost his seat for Kingston, Ont.. hns bicen put forward ns a candldate in Victorla City, nnd will undonhtedly. be elected, The Chinése atrike continues. (ireat incon. venience s expericneed by hotsckeepers anid hotel-keepers in consequence of the lack of servauts, THE GAS MEN, Br. Lovis. Bept. 19.—The Western Gas’ Eao- gineers’ and Superliiteudents' Assoclation per- fected their organization to-day and efveted the following offleers: _President, Joseph King, Jacksonville, 1IL: Vice:-Presidents, J, C. Sea- belsm, 8t. Louts, and_ Willlam_Wallace, of La- favette, Ind.: Recretury ana Treasurer, L. A, Hall, of Loulstana, Mo, Thev also elected & Board of ten Dirvctors from States of Mis- sourd, INinois, Arkutieag, and Texas, e —— POSTMASTER-GENERAL KEY, 8an Fuaxcisco, 8ept. 19.—Pustmastor-Gen- eral Key and party arrived ut Btockton this mornlog from the Yosemite, and, after a Lrief {nspection ol ovjects of finterest, took the traln for Sscramento to attend the State Fair, Hle wa« recelved by the officers of the Btate Agricultural Soclety, and witl be tendered s grund civll and . milltary reception to-morrow. ———— 5 Or hich or low, or rick or ponr, None wonld foul testh of breath endato, If they but knew how sare and siit Wan Sozodont. that pricelaar gift, In givini benuty, life, and tona Tu every churui the muuil can own. EUSINESS NOTICES. Une * Mrs, Winalow' children waile tecthinz. 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Gossage & Co. <« STATE WASHINGTON-ST, ANCIAL, RANDAL I, FOUTE, BANKER, EJ BROADIWAY, NEW l}l}‘. 5 Mariog bood for Lielvd jeard 3 uieiiber ot Mow vorc Stock bachanye aid Vice- Irestdens of Guld Boanl the ikhest characterand ¢xpetieucd bguarapteed, htuvke oty yad Houde: slx, Slock coutrcis, duch f = airad: iea, "+ puta, ™ wikl ** cally " 01 137K UF AlAN AUIU LA, bongtit i sold wu regular corpubaalunt sad biodors 'y sain rin. Fawphict cutitied * Wall birect, ” wnd sioc s Lb'es contatilug v aleabio forwatun, wiiled ou ra- celpt of 10c. - CUT ELOWERS. / e e L " y FLOWERS ) i