Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1878, Page 8

s THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1878, 5 . ator, . C_ Fritecn; Vice-Dictatgr, | stant Lut Justly exposes the nnjust ménucr ot | Tonse in Barker's name, and will have thelr | in conbination with other commercial bodies o | it bas been suffering for the past few sears, 1t | Wi had obtained breaki w! THE CIT Dl R Dol DU R Koo | Tonring toome Teties, and other municipalifien | cloarance-papers mado vut (n the saine way. Committecs, hovit ach be appointtd, ask the | Ia like & yontb{ul glant, strugaling to tear away | ceaged had been .l',']’m,;:d g B wiidew: De. ¥ Reporter, 11 I, Smit With prievous burdens, In this ¢ily evory messure e —— Attorney-(foneral to use the power of his offico | the swaddiing ciothes by which iis slumbering | o000 5 ', and had beey ) ¥ Fletche! eanurer, \ 1 1o ta indace the lene of bonde THE RAILROADS to prevent the raflrond companies from enter- | energles have been bound. Witness the numer. | placed lo Jait preparatory to beme removed to GENERAL NEWS, G mch mde 1o Tk iy for 'the stealings of ' aMcialy AL 3. Toe ko comnainartos. o reatraint. of trade, | ous sonventions which fisve recently been heid | the inanne naylym on Monday. Not more thay ol i e O K rantiane of the (iagea and others, aml e The mateor was reforred to & cominitice of | to deviso the wass nud means by which uur three or four vears ago decensed Was a prom; nent nod wealthy eftizen of this clEy, being . gagged fn the fur Lusiness, but he took (o deink, generally with much _snceess that whenever the THE DISCRIMINATION AUGAINST | seyen, Thinz t4 proposed the vatera enter a focnovit, and sentative 10 CHICAGO, a varled agricultural and manufucturing products Hoyles Teustees, 11, and 1. W, Curtle, T The Wilhelmj Troupe aro guests at the 1y bo trausported Lo the seabosrd, und thenca Fheeman, sy ke | tne fhing i done. Knowing that resatance i, | i peasing contrast with the one-sided mat- | THE CUT IN VOREIGN FREIGHT | to forelzn countries. Our granarics are tesm- | Which was the cause of his_ruin meutatly gt ; e idea tha telekery ta tho farm of AUt RATY o O nduetions of out aofl secking & | fnanclslly. 1 wifsand chidren lefs iy iy . W. D. Harrah, Dy regis- | place every Satnrdoy eveningz. Depnty urand . ' t ty's debt by tho | ter written by the two rallway Jourualsin this VS, o 8 e e etrolt, fa regine | BIACS S ALY CoF Mackeontite, 11, wan | Ehe et ol e e oy de b | oy tha recent aviiclea in Tite Tarn. | | In seiard ta the cutting of forelgn atesfrom [ MArket at hois or abroat. Gur, mestency) fow munilia ago. the instituting offcer. and manufacturing Industrics arn beginning to recover, and are anxlously scanning lorelm Iands to determine where thelr products can sold to the best advantage. Our shipping In- tercats must and will be fostercd In sume way, ond foroign commerce mustsod will revive speedily. We ara raplilly taking posscssion of tha ma kets of the world. England’s Imwur Is waning. Her financial system Is belne shaken to its very foundation, Ier manufactures ste beloz sus- talned at a constantly fncreased cost, and are diminlshing in productiveness and profit. Bhe finds a rival everywhere In the akill, and inge- nuity, and enteroriec of our own tuduatries, Ier revall, and that 15,000 ybtee ant of i, 000 shoald e cunshdered anthority for their fsaue, it spvailing 10 fazpayers, ‘Thir Aysiem of Injustice 14 con- taglous, and reaches unt Into the suburis, just as oflicinl corruption permeat=s the stmoaphere in the towus aronnd. Defaleations nnd pecutatiune nre- vall in Myde Park and Lake, and mumeipal dedts for untald thonsanns are contracted ny the fssue of bonds withou the authority of & vofe of the tas- vers, nithaugh the Suyreme Conrt has ducided st ruch honad, whether of town, citv, of scuool district, are void, Not inany years ago bonds neatnst a subnrban school diftrict for muny thousamds were fraed withiout the nuthority or knowledzu of the taznay- ers, and, more pecently, some $50,000 n bonda were lgsmed by the eame party on the 1xt of Dunuqus, in., Dee. 1%5,—At Cedar Fy this ftemoon, & Normal Benoal staden 1 0 0. Benton sulddded by shootinz himself through the head. No cause was assigned, CtNoinnatt, Dec. 15, ~Charles E. Utz ono legged, comnmitted suickdo thin morning |,y drowning in the river, Ilo Iaft his crutches an aletter on the ferrybost, The canse wag ina. Lility to obtain work, and a disinclination toe m:n on relatives, who were willing to care for ke "Tho objects of the Order are_soctal and benero- fent, providing for the pavnient 61 $2,000 to the widow and orphan chiidren of cach deccancd mem- ber. Winlo thia Order 18 comparatively young, it alréady tias 0 mempnerahin of over o, 60 with Grand ano Snbordinate Lodges {n meaclr every State {n the Unfon, Dnring the tast five vours over £:00, 000 haye heen pald to tho represcntalives uf ita doceased members, without vy litigation ot delay, ab An sverago expensy of losa than $4 yee year to each member, i TIOTEL, ARMIVALS. Aherman fouse—A. Iifliandcan, Parit Francet D. re R gt Iaaac K, Tnrton, Bostont J. 4 l‘}u{‘ w. o L. I, Ratler, cditor of the Buffalo Sunday News, is atthe Sherman. The Hon. Samncl Sanford, 8t. Paul, is ono ©f tho guesta of the Tremont. Prof. Carpentor, Boston, tho mesmerist, is smong the guests of the Tremont. The Hon. Joln J. Gosper, Secretary of Atizona, i3 guest of the Pacifie, Dr, J. . Hamilton, of tho United States { Marine Hospital Service, fe at the Patmer, Dr, J. L. Contl, Veterinary Surgeon, U, i on Vralirond discriminations,” (s the fol- | thincliy, She New York i¥erid of the 12th has lowing falr and sens! icla from the New ' ot e o oo bie: arkiste oo Thero was mueh talk yesterday at the Praduce ailteay Gazelle: Exchange in regand to the ‘‘cutiing down" b There bas been mnch, complaint at Chicagote- | railroad and ateaninhip lien In the rntes of thron cently that by the conduct of the ralronds trae. | freighita to Europe. A member of a well-known especially in_grain, which woutd otnerwiso go (0 | liroad-street firm said tiat there was 1o douht that city, hts heen diverteid throngh or nronnd It. | whatevor that the **cutting down ™ had begun. Thy conduet of tho rallroads n this caso meana tho | *The fact 1, he eaid, **that Troleht that was mnintaining of the rezuiar tariit on shapents 10 | branght hero from tha West for 35 cents & hutdred Chicao and feom Chicavo, wiitle cutting rates I8 | 1s is nuw «hipped for 30 cente, and tins 1n the faco praciiced on salpments from Milwankes and from | of tio aetion in the *iron-buund east-bound pool, * sumie finterlor points through to the Knst. | fouror fiva daya ago, when tho ralltosd companics Dixcrimination s what e * complained of, | fized n #chirauie of rates and provided for the pun- not pathapa discrimnation of a Unicago road | fshcut uf any vno who should vreax the agree. against Chicagu (thooyh that nay be), but fome- | ment, ould_not wonder If the rate would get. ——— Do Yon Take Chamicals? Rteubentitte (0.) Local, Tn refined soclety they doi'e Ray, "W W yoq have cream and sugar In your coffeel” i Gt Ve 2V Taiioc : d o where in the whole ratiruad syetom that notves the | down to 23 centa within the uext week. " vast wealth, accumulated for centurles under o y ; 8. A,, Fort Laramic, & at the Tremont. i T i, WEw | Yorky £ 11 A o S o eifuct the Int of | Noriiiwent such & diflerence of rates In favor of | * °**Vou imuet undretand, " he contlied, ** that | the auspices of fac.sighted and distinguished | imoly say, Sl £ help you to the chuik ¢ Tho Hon. J. E. Bhow, Enst®Saginaw, | Bouon Yo Famyhe, Bt Louis Charley oot aqatast the districk, {mposing upon Jt & | f0me ower piaces that Northwostem freiglit can | thints the light-frefchting season, and \he rail- | atatesmen, may sustain hor for many {’em;but ater, glucose, niuriate of th, and coppery” ' ho Hon. J. B " + | Bowers. Ne varks, WA aomy i A amaualis far the payment of Interest, and tat, | Ret to markat cheaper by many ef them than by | roads will take fretzht at very low rates rather than tho sceds of dissolution are alremly beginning | S===—===—=—==mm=ms=——==. : ! Mich., 1s one of tho guests of tho Pacifc. rtima Pueite Tl . Stismon, ‘st STAnk | 108 BRuuslly fur Ghe pay e et bF avont A | sty of Chicago, 11 makes mo diffezence 1a tho | e tnele catsiand umpte, Jiuntington, il to vroduce their fruit. Iler declive and ultl- mate fall are ns aorc and certain ss those of the old Rowan Emplre, [fer pillars of State are Jacob Nunnomacher, manager of Rice's ¢ Evaugaeline " compauy, s stapping st the Tre- Tieney § am, Lono J. T, Flateher, 81, Albainn, ¥ Sty Clnclunati] ey 11t Eng.d o). Chlcago merchanta by whom or how these differ- lifvan, New York; John Crureh, milllon of dollars, and where the annnal taxes on the farming land of tha townsiip range from $1 to 11 porncre, *+ [ regand to throngl fresght, —from Chicsgo to enccs aro made, whetliee by Chicago rosas giving | Tdverpool, for jnatance. -~ has thero beenany *cute Sower rates to 3ilwaukeo than 1o Chicago, orby | tinz down'?" his was nskes DARMETT—On the 15th of December, dence uf hixaunt, Mrs. t e o 1 Canmpbel! W i tting &t the core and tottering with weaknesa A o e Y Eantern roada making Jower ratos from Milwauxeo “*Thera 1 no totbt of whatever,™ was the fol A | sty of consuinyiion, Juhn fiarrett, aged 20 years, siambs $ ) Kllis, s T W. Clark, Tuchey 'me‘::‘ u.‘ :evlu‘gnnbcwrtd revolution ‘Isllxnrn iy e R A AR el T hera "’m;m?m“u mlllln o g bl d ago. She muy grasp after furelen posses Ti‘nnlngl will' foavo the residence at 10 Nathaniol Childs, author of -the burlesquo | Aatin, MINEASS Jutni ) 3 Atno distant day. Yours, ex | R 4 slons and seck to distract the guze of the warld | Tuesiay 0 '0'tlock oy .. 17, by carriages to Church of il ! Riirie. htnca by cara o Caiwary Cometerr. ¢ Hoie O'MARA—Dec. 18, Mr1. O'Maza, and niceo of 1. If What they require Is o be put upon | kers, grain, for tustunce, fs shinped the gross dis- an fl‘l“ fooling with other Weatern munr- | tauce from Chicago to Europe, fi cars and stesme kota in“any way. If thin is done by put- | alup, snd the ralifoad companics ailow 8 rebate Hing up the rates from the uther placo to tho regu= | tuat'ts, they poy bick the wholo or nart of the ¢+ Tiawatha, " and agent of the Williameon's Com- [ Itev. L. IL. Waters, New & pany, fa at the Paciflc, by the brilliancy of her lorelgn pollcy, but they are unly the convulsive efforts of aye strugalinir to prolong its power, in the vain effort 10 dis- TESTERDAY'S CARNIVAL ON MICHIGAN AVENUE. To the Editor of The Tribune. tary O'Mara, wir Lol Staatog. of Jota CHARLEY REED. Funeral 1o take pIaco on Tuesday, jioe. v Georgo L. oral Freight Agent " v ABie i Inr standard, they will probably be sntisfled; but i | frefzlit'my they havo received, and that is get- | gulse [ts decaylug vigor. m., &t her Jate residenc, 123 North Markot. b Hook? mnnnan,!:} an m‘f b Rall- | 118 STORY OF TuR WASWINGTON issioN. Citterao, Dec, 15 —Accarding to tho salendsr | (L, /co ot bo cane, then they wil neiat that the | tfux the e niaping Figut over | 1t 1s not 10, mueh 10 say that, 1t our Qovern- | Caiberral ofioly “amis thinca b3 cars 1o G of tho Rockford, Rock laland & St Louls e O mvu fram. Wasnington yester. | WIs 18 tho Tord's das, and holys hut, ImigingTeom | Cillcags rates ahowid be. rodced uniil tho eqitc | her o, iyt not tag mush to may that, (€ cnr.Oovern | Comstary, road, is at the Sherman. i par] ;! n:hu hiad wot been subjectod ta an infers the appéarance of aur city and e avennes, 1848 % | Jihrium Is established, and the Chicaro roads sill ‘Many ot the membern of the Exchavge were | aiunt o wl’;‘: P Judmt:"“: ‘:‘:5::1"01 l“::?‘:l:n gnuplfim‘n-.nlu. 'llfld_(ewle.an;pml, l:rfll 70 ¥ 'A boy from Osiikosh, Ty Sorenbarger, 1 | 427, #ud: sa o had vut beer soec o Faagnt iy | olidar, and Chteaco Is having o grand carnival. | doabilons, In ime, bive to submit-wil, tueed, | apoken t oit the subject. “Bomo of ity wald that +h s | pedneral om roducuc A e 3 e, 11 Dee, 17, at 104, 1m., bY carrlages 0 dopot, henee by 4 Life {8 short," bus your correspondent has spent cars to Caivary Conuicry. of its precioun lime to-day, from twenty minutes past D to b o'clock p. m,,—just 100 minutes, —in conniing the cntters that have passed a given point on Michigan avenne, between Twenty-flest and Twenty-second strects, and found the number to be 1,350 doubic and single cutters, not counting years of age, who cannot find his pacents, i¢ stop- Ding temporarity at the honse of William Wiltiame, + 0. 1002 Stato strect. "The Armory detectives yosterday recovered all of the $200° worth of godds stoien from Jirs. sutherland, of No, (20 State street, In Emanucl Tsnacs' pawnshop, No. 203 Clark street, take such sction of thelr own accord; 1or they Ao | whiia 1t wns iy bellered that tiere nut wish to lose trafiic any more than tho morehunts | yad been o and that *tamiting to luge trade. 'Fhey delay becauso thoy hopo | waa golug on st thet very minnte, stil it the settlemont will bo made In the other ways | was hara to find just wbero or L; whon 13, by Joveling up tnstead of loveling down the | 4t was belng done, The pnncipal of a frm atos—bringing tne places which are cufting toa | that duea an ¢xtonsive buaincss in tne shipment of maintenance of regular rates, inetead of inavgurat- | lard, said to n Worid ropurter: - * ing a general ratfroad war, fered 350 cente to-day for freizht, which u few daya Tt 1a not always cusy to' Tcarn whether trsfle i | since was At 40 cents. I knoies flrm, too, tbat in the afternoon and requested him to unbosom himeeif. . ++1 went down there,* asld he, **10 exsmine the files of the Treasury Departmont in relation to the Custom-Tlouse indictments, baving been rotalned by Mr. Durllng to detend him. Ileft hero two weeka ago yesterday (Saturday) and was intro. our natlon will soon obtain luuremuf tn tha commeree of the world, and the seat of tinancial empiro willin n _few years be transferrod [ruin Loudon to New York and 8an Francisco. To uid in the accomplisinent ol thia cvent our rallroad system must be an fmportant factor, It already extends across the Contluent, uniting the Atlontie and the Pucifie, and giving us ANNOUN 2 YOUNG MEN OF OUTt GITY, AND 14 (L pctatly thnse wiy arystrutuors arg. fnvited v tend the meeting at 1he rotiis of the ¥, M. I'llfi‘llh‘ The Hav. Georgo Huntington, of Osk | sildress the young inea, specdy neceas for the production of our oxhaust- - oty s iR D . 13, angihing on wheels, but minns coaches, hearses, | being diverted from ono place to anotlier Ly arti- | relegraphed to Chicago this alternoun to see ut o . C.YOUNG WILL LEA st e o, fo Enging, Compauy No. 1% | uced to bir. il who was thon Baperelslng | o oyyociors' giga. And now as the ahados of evon | fciai means, Tiiervafo other causce han diterim. | what o trchent froms shat city to Knrope could ba nd diversified climate to Europe and itiniat hower ¥ Atchitect, 1 made known my busigess to him, and _he repliod Uit conld pea’ any fles T wanted “to. o spent Monday, Tuesday, and Wednasday In read- ing the correspondence, ond became estisfied from n Illn'.l“r. lluflh’:m'!l!. l'llll dlner. Potter wera entleely 1nnocent of any fraud.** Foa hnva also beun retained by Ms. Tulr™ ¥ 41\hiat do you know about the *recond bateh?* ™ ++Up To Thursday moming o week ago, 1 had nothing whetever to do with the coses tn Wash: ington, 4V ou took a band in then? **Yes. oon, was cauxed by conla droppinz from s far- :-te“. and nctting fire to the flooring of No. 65 Ntate street, occupled by J. W. Niddleton & Co., stoljoners, Damsge, nominsl. Saturday vight a window in H, E. Schma- bel'a clear-store, No, 00 Washington sireet, was pried open by the thievos, who then renctied and upened 8 show-case. ‘Two empty cigar-boxes wore fonnd outslde upon the pavement, and as prarly ancould bo ascertained that fa all that ‘was taken. M, A, P. Stevens dolivered a lecturo last nieht st No, 67 North Clark strect upon **The Lossane of the Past,* Tho spenker's remarks ween nddressed solely 1o tne worklnzwomen, and were calenlatod to trace thoorigin of traden to the **yuilds " of anclent tiwmes. ‘the ance wan goody snid tho discourse very pleasiig to il present, M, Bluvena s u prominent meniber of the Wamen's Lanor Uniou of this city. Rudolph Galpkin nte supper last night nt Willam lise's restanrant, No. 103 Hatsted street, wnd tefuacd 10 pay for . The prooriator fotlowed it Into tho streat, ana Galpkin drow a revolver tened to out him peyoud the need of all ut, eeeing Ofcer U'llara approschiog, fie 100w 10 s beels, Two shots fired t acars hiin brglit him to o mand, and he was then arrested wind locked up at thy Weat Twelfth Strest Sution. Snturdny forenoon Mrs. J, Smakals, of No. 440 Carrall avenue, sent her D-year-oid son 1nntions in raflroad rates that modify the currents | obtained, and in less than an lionr three brokers of traflic, And the elfect of well-ostadlished dis- | wero in the oftice of the Gem that had tolegraphed, criminations s often exupgorated,—as nften by | eith offers of reduced rates rallroad men themuelves, perhaps, as by the pub- **What will be tho effeet of this reductlon?” ile ‘Tho tendency s, or has been, to be over “\\'eq. tho fact is that I don't bolleys it's poing hasty fo ‘*meeting” cats by competitors, and | to hurt New York so much as somu persons mi agents somotimes svem pauicestricken be- | tulnk, “Ibe market will regulate itsclf, 1am cau of tho loss of half-s-dozen car- | {sfled that anybody can get the rednced rates, It louds of frelght. To investiyale tho matter | aimply shows that the pool mado the other day ha. of a diversion of business from ono | fzzied out.” market o another, we should boahla to compare | It was suld by the agents of soversl Europesn the quantitics of the various commodities aeriving | ateamsbin lincs that frolnt rates are reguinted by t each placoinsiccesnivo weeks, We lato | tha condition of the market from ting to time, scortaining that for the Norshwestein | Thoy are governed by the law of demand and aup- , but have investigated the course of tho | piy,” flacun, for oxample, was frelghited to Livers grain movement, Wwhich, we fl" warning, 19 a8 | ygol from this city in Uttober for 22 shillings and ansatiafactory gulde, becaure ¢ is not wustgocs | g pence, The same kind of frelent brought 43 through a place. but what {s bought, sold, and | spillings snd 6 peacs thres weuks ngo. and this handled there which Lynofits t. phluuu vers | tyeck it has beon Ahipped for 45 shillings, Tho no_moro benefit than Ualumet ur Youkers fram | amonnt of frelght In the markot cauves e rute & milllon bushols of wheat shipped from Min- | to vary. 1t was also learncd that Western er ratiroad organizations are com- mencing & tlerco contliet, In order to participate in the benefits to be derived from that systemn. Tne old railroads sre combining theircaplial and enterprise in order to monopolize the traflic from ocean to ovean. Btatachartersareignored or for- gottun, Stato lincs are obliterated. Feebloroads are being swalluwed up and gradually sssimilat- cd 80 as to form a part of the vast combination, Vanderbiit, and Scott, and Garrett are grasping after natfonal power, and are already excreislog, s abrolute a control over the financial and com- mercial interesta of the country ns the Autocrat of Russla within his own dominions. Thelr in- flucnce 18 feit in every nook and corner of the land. Thelr flat {s the law in the remutest ham- let. ‘They tix the price at which a vard of callco shall be sold In the most obscure village. ‘They determine hotv much every farmer shall get for a bushel of corn. ‘Thev ‘establish the rate at which a barrel of Miuuesota flour shalt be sold in the New York market. They decido for tho wanulacturer how much his ‘machinery shall cost. ‘Uhey draw a circlo around the wholesale denlers and declare thus far shall it beprofitahle for you to transport your goods and no farther. They build ap tho commercial prosperity of oue city and destroy the commercial supremacs of another. A few months ago ,Now Yorl trembled with apprehcusion lest her trade fne ara upon uw, we hear, with the morry tinklo of the bells, the volces of song and joyous langhter, Whether this atato of things Is evidence of a i moralized state of soclety s a guestion which rt maius. Loaving such men s 'huhfl‘ Ingereol] all out {n the coid, in iny upinion it wonld be a safe arrangement for Chicaixo were all Christian minia- tersand aciontiic men who belleve in t! ci of prayer to think reriously on this mstier and fer- venily unite in nmylni. **From Ihe fate of Bodom and Gowmnorrab, Uood Lord, deliver ns. a. THAT CIGAR. To (he Editor af The Tridune. CiicAgo, Dec. 14.—The moiter of borrowing and payment cuta no figura except for the purpuse of mvaileation, The traneaction 1s the samo whether I hos tho change o borrows it, fo long ns Dbe pays back what he borrows. 1 gives 30,00 and acigar costing, say, Gcents for 10 cenls; that will bo $0.05, less 10 cents recelved, making his loss $0.85, In yenera), then, B loses the amount he pays and the cost of the article dellvared, less the mnoant recetved, 18, having a_good 10 cents for his cigar, hos made o proft of 6 cents on the »ale, and this reduces bis loss on the $9.00 given Iu change, D, X X, mecting a 0 Buccess(nl Buliier. wfi:mgm'ndi,\i,.— THE DEAF SHALL HEAR THROUGII THE IETAPUYNCAL DISCOVERY. O, H. FOLLANSBER, ESQ.. of Chicago, hns o nfoco, Mra. B, XI. Slaughter, who lost hor hearing by Bearlot Fovor waen yoars old, and tor iwenty years was pronotinaad incurable. One yenr nau sha bogan tho ude ofthe METAPHYSIOAL DISCOVELY” and now, her hearing 18 perfoct, nnd she has new hoalth and atrongth, both of body and ,:Imw'h “fu“‘.:"é‘“"f n.unéin fha’g cif'y nr}lxd sewhoro, can bo givon. Hond 250 for the PMETAPHYSIOAL” Pamphlot of 14 THow! ++Dr, Rnsh and Mr. Burronghs came to Wash, tnglon ihat morning, hnd | had a talk with them. +\What was the unject of tholr visity" +4Tq gecura a compromisa of dlamissal of the cases aguluat the sacond batch, ** b; I,n what way dia shey propose to bring it about?™ * "y payloz s nominal snm and the coste upon represcntation thal they had been in Jall, been e, and that thelr disilllory property had been, takon away froni them by the Jovernment.™ *Who fus authority to setile the casesr™ + Anact of Conuress, Sec. 3,220 of the Revised Btatates, 1 think it Is, provides that the Commis. stoner of Internal Rovenue, with the ndvico snd conaent of 1he Alturney-Ueneral and the Secretary of the Treasury, may sertlo any case pending In court, civil or crimitial, arising under the internal nesota directly throngh Chicago, by rall to New t sending freight by ships (which o It mattes of iliflafence 10 the mer- | Lople More ending It tiom Hidton and Fulias than chants 1f all such shipment: 4o by Peoria or the iy hecanre they aro offesed rtes low GoleE Cuteom And. wo are dnable Lo say low | ol e oY itle man one, doub Jargo 8 patt of the graln_reecipts roported wero of | the purposo of farcing New ¥ ork hip grttnin tramalt. “Toey did not, however, Includo | 1o give the Westort peonlo exproes 1 Ahibinunts 10 the Eash from Milwaukce by way of | kot raren. o all il scatuani olice Chleago. wied that there was oy combination amang Tho purcentages of tbe sogregato recelpts of teatuabip companive and, raiirond companies zesin of all kinds ut each of tho eight leading | tofix rates bolween New York and Liverpool, orthweatern markets for tha suven weeks cndiug | Neither wi with Nov, 30 this yoar wer and na o) THAT CIGAR 8 To the Editor o ADAIN. @ Tribune, nction whatever wid made between ¢ 3 —0. ¥ oty Nap.) ) Inerchant deslriag to send local frefzht ‘snd s rail- | should bo diverted to Boiton, Ta-day Chicago Pagoes., The * METALIIVSIGAL’ Discoy- i lizateth strcets, with o dn box con- | ** 44 3 1 35 2 i (tura'm il o1 dasials becaues oL ditimion: 24,48 tho Oiligo s B B e e e Wit tosting. | goy ot dld Tash and Baurroaghs waub you 10 | o1y gt s price of the cigar eata no fgure in it 0.0 47,4 FrERTEN 3 aw Yark, will delvor & FREE 1.4 0.0 43. ; : Bond-ut, 474, B4 0 TIE IANNIBAL & ST. JOE. bren reduced to comparative. Insignificance be- : 1, dol : tiut, tho buy was mat by two 12-year-old reno- | “Yerpg see if [ coutdn’t help them." whatever. . Dat it does. Thio measnro of B's loss e }"‘.’:i R LEOTURE on hor graat - METADITVEIU. i1 17N ' 104 .8 1 In ¢ the inancial condition of the | causc the nayigation of the Mississlppl was - | AT, DISCOVERY* g.m"' of the nelghborhood namea Edward Dono- **Did you do sot" 18 exactly A's ealn, uo more, no le which s 78 1] fiee l,f‘i‘;k!;f;,‘ Joa mumdwm Now York tereepted by railroails, and feara are bow enter- | the inwa 9:31 Sfim.‘.&‘é‘." hwlghrgl‘llylg:n{i\fl B ot the waienter D | oy e o e 050 Tn money i & 10-cend i “Tneloe 40 Sl gl by ke lamital & i thy tancd lest Montreal should becoma tho favorita | covars: kills tho rookof all dinoaso, includ. i, ¥ “ "o ot ¥ i oo 1203 1o o Tannwny. "Olicor Hows thinks they Bave' gone | s ht reseat ne wnecesss but Tam satisied that | Leat™ or **Pure Havana ™ brand, g wal 8 EXi entrepot for Woateru produce en routc to Eu. locus. ing tho fatal divoase, Catarrh) at tho Patlors of ‘tho Ohicago Branch Ofiivo of tho N. Y. Motaphyoical Unlyersity, 1026 Wabash-av., on Monday, Dao. 18, at 4 p, m. West to pre-cmpt & claim, John Mnanning, Shorif of Dondwood, is now fu the clty, baving jnst retarned from De. troit, whither he conveyed James Logan, Cnarles heyrer, \lemFI?.‘Mnnny. i, It Clarke, Charles « Dale, those oflicees feel disposed to grant thess men llef. Since my return this moruing I have scen cditorial in Triz TRiBUNK In relation to these cax which [ bolleva expresses the sentiments of ovi faje-minded man whe famiilar with the entira situstion, ™ rope. Omahas and Kansas City and other West- ern citles are cndeavoring 1o, attract to their own borders these great coutinental thorough- faros, whilat they are flercely conteuding among themeelves for frelzht and tratlic. The Campany's earnings_for nine months ending o5 i v s * | Bopt. 0 were 81,428,445 gross, and 8352, 402 net: 100.0]100.0100,01100,0 110.0,100.0'100.0 | the expenses were 387 or 81,47 per cent. A dacrease in tho proportion of the busluess | 'ThO &ross curnings for Uctover wwero 8243, 24A; the asing to ut through Cnicago fa certaiuly obsorva- | Met earnings not yet completely ascertained; No« D Samiins. roun tha st wesk of Oconer to | Yembor, Wity fourth week etimated, about $200, - SUBURBAN, HYDB PARK. The Doard of Trustees mot as usual Saturdsy ¥ ' tow shall these contlictiug intorests be rein- Tatly W W, . h t wook vember to ne 000, The cashh {3 hand, exclusive of $1,410 hel How Iz i sy iopan tn ihe Penitentinty of trom | .. Did yon see Darbor or Davier avening, Absent, Cog and Green, the'last ook of Nverber Lo nearly 0 por cent of | 00 awald prerenistion of past-dne coupons, 18 | edied? How shall this chaotlc mass of com- 1wo years and five montha 10 fonr yes:d and six nonthe for burlary, bighwsy robbuey, horsce stenling, ete. Mr, Mauning reports thingy lively in Deudiwood, stogo and brick bulldings toing up, aud pold coniing from the mines, Tho Sberift has 1 hanging on his hands 8 few weeka. ‘Phe following letter, giving a certificate of good character to ** Hoosler Till," wae recelved Festerday by Liout. Martin liayue, at the Armory: Mr. Beck uffered an ongros ordinance for opening Elghty-seventh atrect frum Blouy Istand avente to Cattage Grovc avenue, 200 feet wide, which was passed. Mr. Fallansbee, the Treasuror, reported that vil- lage finances on the st of Decambor were: Out- standing ceptificates, $00,304; ostatanding w ronts, $10,074; balance cash on band, §87,003, Chieago's proportion, The places wiuch bave | SIH7,130 in geweral ~account. —and 84,008 goined mnost aro Milwaukee (very nearly ns much proceeds. of free lands, =1, 4 Chicago basitost), Cleveland, and S, Louls, the lands - not covered Ly tha land twa Intter nol enungh 10 octasion ny remark, . 'The pay-roll for October In cleared oy Peoria, of which there hax been some compiaint, | the 1ast paymenta were mudas on Nov. 22 Suppiy had 8 larger proportivn in the first threa than in { VIl aro pitd up closely, Tho, CompAny has It the lnst thyeo of tha seven weeke, paner outstanding an follows: $24,000 on account “Tae proportions received at C! aud Milwag. | Of the clevator unretiasce of 1st yoar, about §44, - kee taken togetlicr hava varled na fotlows In tha | 00U 1u payment uf 1,000 tons of pteel rails and seyon weoks: other notes under @ new car canteact, ifercto pressed and warring_elements be reduced to or- der aud barmonyl What magic power can wave its hand from ‘ocean to ocean and reduco this vist combination to regularity and svtomnd! Manifeatly the Btates in thelr indlvidual ca- }m«'lly cannot sccomplish this herculean task. t can ouly be doue by a bower acting as a unit, as far-reachiog and ‘exteuslvo as the rallrosd **Did thoy runke an attemps Lo secure a settle. ment of the whisky cases?” “*Well, Burrovgna und Rush know what they did, and 1 prefor tast you would go,to them for b~ formation. 1101d you have any talk with them ™ ¢+ What advice did you give 21 told tnem my ndvice was that, it thoy be- Heved it Your Old 5 Clothes! Denrborn nnd D BIATED THOU out the Unlon=expriss i (» i) parta, 1 1b and upward, nt 23, 40, one per M Add . ordors, GUNTHEK, Lo tlouer, Chicago, ‘uienyo.& e L 8 |N T~ Ladies’ tirean [Shawis, dyrd il el system Itself, It can only be dona by the Goy- Wapavit, [nd., Dec. 19.—My DEAR $im: BIll Bridges, Tabls this best waye 2ud the only wiy | g1 nad sacticd with tho County Troawirnr, 80d hod | Week cuding Oct. {0y @3¢ Uct, 0, 0.1t oy, 2, foru tha Comgpany hired 200 frolght cars at a rental | ernment of the Unlied Siacos. 2 :.’...l{x‘.':.'.“. fi'n'n‘&:::c:'"u I:v\:?:l‘xgrcr‘f‘:{l::l\x:{“);fr?“-|v:ry :::‘-lu’cnviem w'::lfluu'r:: 'oz: .{:: (A“ng:n:i't;..m“m:: recatved trom hius on genersl fund taxes, 8147, 0581 | G NOY. D. Gho; Nov. 10. 30.ai Nov. i, d1.1s Nov, | of $10. 60 monthly por car. In nlace of this the If that Government can cuntrol tho postal parduned out of the Penitentiary by ur & imlable Go chiAra rate cha of tierve aud 1ie ouglit to of tw bro- v, our worihy Pauit, Muyorof Wabash. Arrcats: Steplion Dunno, who allempted and place the matter befora him, wving such rus- wons for his lenlent action as they might see Aty aud us they belloved wero falr aud rieht; and, after they had scen hiw, that they whouid o, In o body to' the Secrutary of 1§ Treasury, and prosent much views Lo him oy they thought best, 110ld thom ihat concerled actiot on thelr part would hava far greater welght than soparate actiou: that Af the gerieral public at on wpacial masexsments, 834, Tne intetest and stoking-fund some §00, 000, 1t was resolved to collect wator-rents according 1o Lhe now survey. Tha Attorney war directed to fite with the Board, in writing, all the facts in regard to tho Waldron total, 813,204, a1.8. Company hudlmunnt 450 cars, paying 841 per car d to Its credit There (s reason to expect a falliog off Inthe pro- | In cash, and enguying to pay .10 per car ortions arriving at thesu ' placcs uear thy close of | monihly for five yeafs, at the end of which Nuvember and later, becaurd the cluse of maviga- | ime “the cars * bocoms e properiy, tlon reduces thow 1o an équality with the juland | Thene payments — can be anlicipated st murkets, wiicreas with. tho lakes and cannls uben | & rebato of B por cent per annum, Of the £1,000, - they have s cheaper outlit’to the East than thoss ( 000 of Innd bunds, of *which the Farmen' Losn & placos furthor South which munt sbip all the | Trust Cotpany Ia tri way by rall. Evidently grain that mlight fi» sold, and the Com ake service, and by its sdiirable nanagement can fnsure the afmost certain delivery of every packago and letter that m-*1 be iutrasted to the 1nails, and detect and punish almaost every viola- tlon of thefr sanctity; If it can adjust tlic com- plicated tariff and revenue laws su as to protect tho vommun interests of the whole vountry, it surely can manage tho ratlroad system in such n ol ernor moie six months sgy. s’ uurdcrer, and thl h m Eiinole, and the expen by **fildo Jeans™ Willl apeettully, i 110,000 have not ueen ot open to offers for- Teadquarters for Caifornia Peans o o - y ; Tt Boringistd o ChciEo wian s jaka | {hem. Hor wers any of them [ncladed 1o the. lnst T Rvatd o wnjust dlssthoination | For Chriscmes TGdare Chiotes Winter Scllfs, 1, Mar: to commit wuiclde by shooting sexeral dave sfe, | Guucags know tho aifuatiun exsctly, nuy actiun ui | case,--what had boen coesed, vl s dtes W08 | pod s Hpringlola Lo Chleato ‘wnen fhio lnke [ b, morware Ay e . e s | e e L e e o | Sdin. Rastor tisuree, bl 1t Viesre, Kilutie ward Doian, Willlam Uliire. Natiew Conwiy, 0 e et s ua, | Lo ot T boudsinen, those who bud been sted. | cago aid o direet rall-rato fruns Noringteld to | bect driwo and pald ot $100,000, su 326,000 [ yot SR EE O Tions £ tho pevple, evrre, 4 g rices . O ! and Jawew 'Burke,’ yo who Uroy upuir the | bs BPPTOYEL LY KRS Keple: At cand batch.t nor | 0% who had not, and why? Tao Attorndy was | New York in £0 cents s basl uth Waterat, churcl-goers ot McVicker's Theatrat larceny of $7U from Rechard Kell Inn | wonld bo leus lkely | are now under uotice nnd advertlsod, with nu&luv) Kulley, toxo thorg whon tus rata frow Chicaya s 21 conty | enough collectlons on ' dand to el In 8 Now {s the tme for Congress to begin to oct. rk-atreet also directed 1o raport tho cascs now in lugation haa 1 anything to do with thew, but wage ths C'TION NAL from Springfleld but i conts, tnare: which will make $150,000 paid off of The crisis s upon us. The railronds are ranldly | SO PRI S B e T eer iy Gyem,. eufufed wnd 40 | SuFECatiun for theie guldaacu If they ware reuly ta Sadilisdupou) Ol thioss s Bave buen under | *pyc'chier truduls soetna ta live bean at Mitwaa. | ded tor payment within iho yeur of thels tasue. consolidating und combiniug with each other, | "By RWAT, “A. BUTLELRS & CO., L o e A etncs, strerts A 17 ‘?}a‘l"n'i You know that they were thera for the cug-é:mfi:'r ronorito G owrd -rnumrd tho taxea e e, Comarea 1o Alatse. it CHICAGO & DULUTIL T D K Th%s sl thois omormous me. A T trendaron i Rl I OF S e X 1 helplng thom ™ Tad been yiaid upan the broperty conveyed todudge | Michigan rosds which recalye by steamboat fros . ted syealth I dal; King e i bbbl Lol Lol Meckinzic, ono of & gaug of rougts who *'pat a f "PEEYIEBRTPERE O BUplY S B Michig y steamboat from 70 the. Bdlior af The Tribuns, greated wealth In dally making new terrlory T 2 l‘l;::}ulg‘::&g‘l{:; ‘};x:f.:a‘::n mrm.;:‘l"n.l ctl:;.n;-’x:n: Era the feadit o't yon think 1t would | The foliowing important o roiilon was pasieds | Mllwakes—that s, the llotrolt, Grand lsven tributary to thelr power and nflusnce, Within CATALOGUI SAT.I. & Milwaukee and the Filnt & Pera Marquetto— Cmicado, Dee, 14.—Iu your lasue of Dec. 12, clalu the right 1o make & rato. Jowse thinn tho all- | fn ruply.to ua Inquice by Mr, A, J. Lockbart In ruute, becaon eveuty mile Tl T forer,which 1n the winiar Iewmore bl to. ope | Felation to the “Chicago & Daluth Alr-Line struction or delay (though theae, we behieve, rarely | Rallroad,” you eay: oceur) than in suminer, The other roady are not The Chicago & Paclie Alr-Line was chartored In wiiling 1o pormit this, or 0 great a differonce ay 2 g Ll iatins wad ho vemu e 1e that | 1872, and waa lo ran from Chicsge to Daluth, 1t Mihwaukea baaln Bon meveral times been te. | Wae organizod by a number of prominent Wiscon- morallzed for lonuse o shorter perlode, and whon | sin geutlemen, who tried to get tne St. Cralx tand- Hibsary cut AL §H‘V;|=;;fl.“;|;hr°r Ingut bo at Chicago | grant. . . . “Not succeeding in getting the St. also, or C| or; und whon rates are | o 5 b at” Chicuyo, Bavt-bound busineus la not tkoly | GFors ey B0, (he prolect, Waa atantonad: fnd o bo worth auytbiug anywhrs uotil they aro fo- | yheto'laiug o wke forauch a i, havo been batter for thum to have scted openly aug above boardt" ** 1 should have done so ander the same circum- stances, (o1, If they did unything, It would ulti- mately nave been known to the pupl| **‘he eflort 10 keep the thingaccrot makes It Took a lfttla off, —as \f thera had been s bargaln, as rumored " 1 don't know that there was any effort ma p it srcret. " \ hiat about the Blodgett matter? Tho mornlog that L heard Coopar, and Rolck- erbocker, and sheldon wore thers for the nurposs of secuning action looking to the impeachment of Judge Biodeoit, withuut solicitatiun from any A. Konn, ot No, 271 Larrabee street. Joseph Gormau, a_notorious thief, is locked up 8t tho West Maodlson Streot Statlon, haviug been Identified as one of the two thicves who made & bold oudeavor to y with the Henry Willard's Resiced, That from mud sfter thisdato all public warks upon the strueis, Uxcebl Where cuatrarts ar aircady wr awanded, OF whete work hias been or y'ordered by thla Tiosrd, o rderad 10 b whally suse the next four years there jmust be Inaugu- rated a tremendous _strugele betwces these raliroad dlctators and the Government to deicrmine whicl shall be supreme. The tlusn- clal question befng pearly sottled, and the re- monettzation of “eilver, which {s absolutcly necessary 0 carry out the gigantic enterprises of the poopls, belng the declared policy of the vountry, the next grand question” witl bu the railroad problem. "It must come. Everytbiug is gravitatiug In that dlrection, We nced 10 Congress sume bold master * spirit,—some com- prehensivo intelleet, broad enough to appireclate Standard and Illustrated Books, Tueslay morning, Tieo, 17, at 11 o'clocks at Butters' Auction House, 178 and 175 Randoipuesf, * Cataluzue 6 hcreatier ahall b and thy saind are hepeby ordl pended for the romainder of the year, The Village Attorney waa dirocted to prepare an ordinanco for the repeal of the South Chicagy Fuwinptng Works ordinance, A resolution was passed: Wiraza A diffcrence of views oxisls a8 to the ad- cyntitutug (u fnlat uwaeraalo of tho Wi r alatlag, contract tutwoun ::.lnfl the fawn of Lake, and wnve U peop ‘haxt genersl sloctiun held tn th contenta of the money-drawer fluur und feed store at fu. 255 Halsted” stroet an e S0th of November iust. Mz Willand caught Gorman, but his I put o re. yowver to bis hesd am forced hlw 1o let go, An cxpressman named La dontague, wiio came to Willard's weslstance, wtruck ut opo of them with n shovel. bt missed and struck Willard o the arm, und the shock caused him o 2 85 WABASH-AV, Chattel Mortzago Nale. TUR ENTIRE FURNITURE, PIANG-FOUTE, E1Cs he f1 devirabia 10 1A questian at tl b T aimtbeen proposed {ifs year to poolthe | Your Feply to Mr. Lockart 1a not, in sowo re- | the muguitude of the'question, and suiticlently AT ATUCOTION. i revulvah, th builet entniy bigown | body, Ximuedistel a";:"‘é,:‘,’g_‘:,‘;f;}"‘;.";“"uf'”n' Taus Hherlorts at the electlon of Nupsrylsors and M"wngkei-‘-lhu-lnug: ¢ Was thouzlic that wih Lo fpocs M‘:’i’{;‘,’i,";m;l,.h:v :fl‘;?f;.nfiéflflf‘wr? conversant with the rallroad systerm i its de- | Pyesiay Moruing, Dec. 17, at 10 o'clock, ;::w.-tux.m“"em oyet st mihis, LTI uther metibers of Congross, and did oli 1 could ta | TR0, L':\’mlx':‘l'&flofx I!’I’l‘lfl;‘n;l"l“;.lllu’ AR :-::l:d,n’xu :;‘:‘)gllll-‘vunn‘ileuu;u:‘lx:: vvl‘:flll:: .if:‘.'-,-u"'}‘fi't without referouce to ugy land-grant, In 1874, tafls to inuugurato u plan which shall harmon- | 4 gwenling No. 033 Wahash-sy., wo shall sell for csh, Drovunt the presentatiod of any resolution: and 1 | Wieincs or ot hotice of dlssolation uf cospart 1za the contlictive interests of the wholo coun- try, aud which ehall lay the foundatioas for an eru of grenter splendor and proaperity than we liave ever yot experienced, JEuRY JENKS, nership With vl Town of Lake to such Jufni iVatcr-Works rat e TS et S ervet. Shd i v forrs o he bar ' Fur wnrll.hm from Lake,™ and ”Afi‘h‘- paration from Lake,” and that the Judges at sald election ceriify the resull to the clerk of thu ind Louis Dueckor, of No. 135 Olinton strect, wak intoxicated early yeterday momning, and, having vpeut all his money, wandered over to the corner of Larrabes strect and Chicagu avenue. “Foere he wos held ur by Willlam IL. Darry aud Clirw Daran, 2 and 10 yoars of e, who went throogh bis pockets bus fatled to dod spytblug. ‘e Lwwu Iatter wers booked af the Chicago Avenae Statlun for lighway robuery, und Duccker for in- tosication. . Duran ix & Youus man of poor but respectatile parentage, and bad been a hord-work- 1u¢ boy up to the ulzht of Murch 30 I sttempted to hold up u wan pamed F, did it for the reavou that I beiicve Judye Hlodgett to bo & pure and honest man, audone of the ablest Judges inthls country.” *+\What will bo the upsliot or thlsr i -':'lx"wm be an ignominious Tailure, ss it ought o be, bafure pasxiug tho meridlan of Tolodo, Butws the | when the Legislature ol "Wisconsin propased to s havo not been compieted qu,cnhl at Miwau- | dispose of the8t, Croix land grant, the Company ee navo thelr fnil effect on Northwestern tralle | requested tho sald Leglslature togrant to it thut goneratly, [arly this woek tho liucs intervatedd in | portion of the lands Iyiug along 1tf lne. This the Milwaukeo business sconsed uropared 10 settlo | ponycet was granted, as cau be seen fn Chiap., 196 thelr diloroncos snd 1o insintain rates; and Itwas | CEAUERE T8 KTRT G BT 0 RECE BT evon thought probable tuata poul ot Milwaukee | © Gl soiouptivg. uilumenta would be made; but just a8 the troubly | 8boUL 400,000 acres. Tue project of bulldlog thore ssemed Hkely to bo overcome, the cutting in | the road has got heen abanduped. “The Com- connection with stcamor roiptuents to Ksuropo put | puny stiil holda the lands granted todt. It has evorytUiug Into confusion, and uow 18 does not ap- | expended a Jarge amount of money, has about uear that harmony at Milwaukce will mund mutters | sixty miles graded, and purposes ta complete C mich. - the Jlne, Respecttull . Banngs. Withous rescrve, the eatire furnliure of s arst Howedlini, consisiiog of Farlor Tnrnitire, Plag.For M.~Top ‘Chisiber Sets, Brursols and ool Carpetn Bads, BeduivR, Crockery, (ilast und Plated Wara, Wi tel Urisuenis, Bloves, ('(e.“’l'nu whule comprised hing reqnisite for eplng. Closil a A,’m]' 148 & CU),, Auct! T8, CLOSING AUCTION SALE HOLIDAY GOODS, Hecetyed direct from Now York, ITREMS, ‘The THlinois Central Kallroad has placed on ealu round-trip tickets to New Orleans at the tow rate of $40. The tickets ‘will be good to return until June 1, 1870, Mr. Day K. 8mith, late Chicazo Agent of the 1t, 8. Thomoson, the attorney for 4, K. Deatty, reported on the Forty-firat trect sawer, suowing thnt in addition to the sum avreed upon oy the ure bitrators a4 due lo Mr, leatty—8: 1hat he tnd lost on discount vn’ ordets $580; and In addi- Ll’»n on his contract §1,026. Referred 10 tho At- 3 TIIE COURTS, TIR BANK OF CHICAGO. D, L. Fough, Hecetver of 1o Bank of Chieago, Sled & b} Saturday sgalpet J, W. Drexol and the other stockbolders of the bank to euforce thelr ident Bennott offered the following, which r and Ll - Ioternations! & Qreat Nortbern Rulrond of - g lability underithe churtor fur double the amouutof | was adopted: RAILROAD COMBINATIONS, F WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, at 10 o'clock n. m. sireets, A saloon-kevper named Wilwn inier- S . 4 TIE FREMONT SWINDLE. Texas, {8 now Buperintendent of the JHathway . . v fered, and, DLolog hi: e 5 that held by them, The deficlt between the masets | Wuznmas, Thers' was unv({uu and borrowed by The New York Board ot ‘Trade aud Trauspor- BB e o ey hici | and labllitea isa0ut8100,000. This Hability of the | {hGRISCOdiaE, osrd N Lruwbes pe3 a1t bl ot e B DLV TR Ty uns: Age's supply store under the Grand Pucitic Hotel. Mr. Smith is a must excellent man for tho position. The uext regular meeting of the Southwest- ern Rallway Association, which will be heid in this city on tho 23th of this month, will be the last onu under the present ogreement. Tho Committee on Rules und Rewulatious for the guveratagnt of the Assoclation for 1879, which was appotuted on the last mecting, will submit fte ruport, ‘The Committes will neet on the 27th Lo decide upon & plad for & reurganization of the puol. - The tralle departmert of the Minots Central Hallroad reports that tho trallic on e lnes 0 tation beld a wectiug in New York Friduv. Mr, A. B, Miller {ntroduced resolutions that de- clared it the duty of the Legislasure to pass the resolution, slready adupt:d bya ;:;-uvlnu- Legts. lature, mucudiug the Coostitution so as to malntaln the canals free of toll. Mr. Milier ‘;::‘,‘,‘1“,:“::; :{m:::l;:&?.l Pun“u‘d';:fil:’; sald that this atep was made necessary by the | ujflions of this 0 closs action of Canada in bullding the Welland Ca- | chonced by the ‘Texas & Pacltic for a portion of ual, which was to ba free from tolls. e gave | the lands granted by tbe Btate of Texas, The statistics of the fncome of business on | Vresent .“hh to compel sctilement Jor the re- the canals fo the Btata of New York [ WRUIE millon durlng the last scason over the tou- ILLINOIS RAILROAD, nage of the twqg previous scas dpectal INenateh o The Tridune. ‘The lucrease of tons carrled . In 1878 over At 8TORE No, 106 MADISON-8T. Also sa Iuvolca of Fing French Bronze & Harble Clocks Bronze Figuros, Ohandeliers, &o. W. A, BUTTENS & CO.,_Auctivneers REGULAR THURSDAY TRADE SALE. STAPLE & FARCY DRY G00DS Custom Mude Clothing, conflned him W his bed for o long Uue, snd, in conideration of hle sutferings, Doran was allowed to eveapo further punlshinant, One of tlo oldest Masonu in the world dled the othier day in Lozansport, Ind, 1lis name wan Johin McKeclsn, und he was born Dec. 0, 1381, ut Dallentoy, Irelund. Mo became s mem- ber of st dolw's Lodge, No. 48, Hallentoy, i 1809, aud bud @ parchment certidesle §n Latin, Beacin date of 117, e wes o 8lr Kaight, and Led recelved ol thy Scottish-itite degrees In Scot- Juid. When bie reached Loganypors he was over U0, snd thowh dure 1ho puat few years bis phveical vowers Lad gradually falled, his mind Wus clear to the end, 1y was burled froms Triulty Fpbsropal Church ithe lev, K, §. Furdy, Rectory, Friday ulteruoon, the funcral bowy aticnded by ave pald and taken uj aid the fups e o L & nd Uefaication of Ay D, Weldron teft e fn SdaltTon 16 the sbSes urns, which Lad t3 ha er'-ml for; and Wiigmean Tidy tloard Ie ucterinined to apply al funde helonking o the luteress and slaking fund ta the ratirement of villays Londs, and thercare it whl be neeclairyio pay ihe empluses of the villige 1, pari with warrantsdrawis on (o current tax-lavyy there: Reaniead, That:0 per cent of such dues be patd in crrtificates, excopt dues Lo day-laborers and for noces- P unplles. olred. That the Tressurer be dirscted 13 usa all 78 of'tha laterest il sinkiog fund wid of water: P veclal saressmait fund I the rchiase of the iR boida Teetr oy suibclent outy o pay sie iater- 8t ou bouds due Jaa. J, % An_ordin stockholders, it lv clalmed, 18 an asset of tho bauk, snd should be collected and paid out by the lle- cciver so as o glve all the creditors an equsl A pumber of depoaitors bave begun suits against difforent stockbolders 1o enforco the payment of the eum due hew respectively, and the Receiver alsoasks that tho prosccution of all such salts way be stooped. “Fho namua of tho srockholders W. Droxel, A, P, Fuller, J. Deadner Smith, 11, A, Tluribut, Routen Ilstch, Peter McFarlane, J. M. Heud, J, IL. Lane, Charlotte Lane, W, 'T'. Dem): nic, Hugh Allcn, Marian Munger, 8, J. Walki pea McCazty, 1. 1. Ellis, Hali, Lidell & ¢ aud Usorge . ¥mith & Bro, THE CITY BAVINGS BANK. Wasminoton, D. C., Dew 15~The sult of the French bondholders agafost tho Texas Pa- citic Ratlroad Company {s to compel the adjust- ment of about $1.003,000 of tirst-mortgagae co was reported, and onlered on- Krosed, making & Bue of noL inore than $200 for Tilkuols was L4048, aealnst §174,011 in No Furnishing Goods, Gloves f ) e 8 | Deearuw, D, Dec. M—~Mr, L. Qenle, of | b 1677, un sutrease of €0,680. There was & i y s th Mowonlc lodgen of Loganipart sad 8L JoBn's | 4y tiogers Saturday overruted, the demareer | 300 pordou: net ted b e vile. MCULTud | wyan 050,420 tons, s0d o¥er 1877 wn301418 tous, | Drussels, lielgium, bus been contirmed os Re- e e e Tawa INvision of $19,51%, Neke Hats, Boots, Shoes, Ete. was o slucere’ Chirletian, and was beloved by ali ' casusof K. L) Couke, Assignce | guch ine is paid, ‘Fhe resolution was adopted, and the Secretary | celver of the f1Muols Kallroad, fu place of Col, was Instructed to send & copy to the Qovernor, | K. J. Rees, resigued. There Is & probabilivy of the Canal Board, aua_tug members of the Lews | tho walu otllces of the road being removed from tulature. " Mr. £ 1. "Thucber fotroduced the fol- Purls to Tereo Jauta or this clty, wing: — Wuguzas, Jonest and cquitablo management of | CONGRESSIONAL RAILROAD BU- 4o rallrdads of toua Miate ls of primaty liaporjance REAU, o e vql :nllntll. and b rof t:nn cau only comu To the Editor of The Tridune. s guliton Sad o .1 RALCOPINE | rmnarteun . De. 0o my 1ot con organtzation of our legl: Lod{us iu sucn man. | munication | stated that the graod remedy for perss 3 fn‘l“‘ a1l aito 0 obtaln rumnedisl Jeg- | tho railrosd dlfficultios 1o which weare now lu- histioei T4 o time the commerclat aad | YOI€ 18 the establishinant of a Ratiroad Bu- fng the net Increwse fn both States for the month 30,678 The Land Dgpartment reports thut during the inunth of November 814 acres of land were sold for 87,540, ‘Fhe cash coblected on laud contracts was 10,250, ftis reported thet arrungements have becn completed to bulld the long-propused Omnatiu connectifon of the St. Louls, Kausas Clty & Northern Raflroad, and that a sutlicient sinonnt of bonds bins been placed to provide the moncy needed, About 140 miles of new road will huve to be bullt fruin Fattonsburg, Mo, nort t to Council Biulls, Tuo amoutit of bouds to lave beon placed 1 §2,360,000, a little over $16,000 per mile, on thejproposed uew road, aud the sale is contlogent ulnun the obtaining of & certsin smount of local akl along the line. ‘Lhe completion of the rosd would iivo this Coni= pany a liue from 8t. Louls to Couucil Blulls 407 iniles loog. pleas 1o FProtection Lifo-tasu. Compsuy, ve. Clty ¥avinge Bagk. The defendant cluimed Offvet that the Cowpsny had 326,000 of wiock o thie hank. The Assignes damarred on the ground that yuch purchaso wasultra vires, sad thiat, @ it3be Company was estopped (ror waing fen, the Asnigues wuder the law uccupled & tlon'wholly diferent, and was iiot catopp e was wholly void under i . jusurance, and uo estoppel could wriso where s public law' of tho State bad been clearly violated, Judgs Kogers, however, uvscruled the demar- rers, but gave leave 10 reply. BUPBRION COULT IN BRIBY, The Natlunal Bauk of Potsdatm begun & suit Sate urday arainst Calvin E, Wright and Leouard King te tecover $12, 000, & CIRCUIT COURT, William and Cathuriue Klug commenced & sult In treapaus aguinat ¥, ¥, Cols, Phube Cooley, Ju- weph Cooloy, nnd Annie K. Viekery, cisiing 6,000 dawmiages. Lawrence & (ano bevan & sult by stischment sgatoss W, G, ‘foomer 10 recover §2,434.50 The Albauy Uity Natioual Uank sued C. B. Wright snd Leonant Ki 0. Jung Hayes vegan & 000 damsges THURSDAY M0 who knew law, Butters' Auetion TIE MEX OF TRUTH, *“Tha Frat Ay Truth fur th U » part of the umnvuncement upon the tic Toutizd o, su vutertatnment whict $o0k place wight al Rlsre's §lall, No. 72 North Clark stree A contempl u of i au unuvual ABBOUDES ment e the above would uot uousturaily lead s person I0to ® supoosltitious frawme of wind. For ustunce, vie MLkl suppos inat 1here really had sprang into exivtence such beinge sa **soclety- men” of unguestiunable verscicy; or tust the sovicty under whowe musbices the ball was piven was alled e of Truth"; er that orgapiation was oterated nuthiug but the wiiictust prouity ol h in ita members. And, goinie further into o Jogical sohioquy wpon the wubject, one wlyh, with 8 good show of reason too, asi tho question: **1f thy soclely 1s oone of atrictly truibiul men why i thero euch s manifest Public interest and iu thu prucuning of place wheredn o ¢ men Whoss vory go auvents thelr worth to 8 wicked and porve generaiion?™ The correciness of any of ihay eitlous would leud (o the vody an futerest wlich t aclit not Gttierwive pousess, - To ubtaln e lucid idcu Of 1t all waw Lhe work of B reporter Last aivbt. Nottuug wore thau an luquiry of one of the oflicers 5 2 1IN0, Dee. 10, st D) o'clo: 1 {73 ttaudolp use. 173 and 173 taudolph-at. tween Filthav, allu-at, WL, A, U EVEHS &C0. tlonsers. d L P U 43 & CO.. tuncers, BANKRUPT SALE. Agricultural Implemonts, Ice 'Pouls, Dairy Furniture, Pumps, kte., Eto,, Belunglag o the Estate of WAL J, JIANNA, AT ATOTION, THURSDAY HDRNING, Dec By o TR etk Auarane L4 m"f:_w.—i BUT I & Cone Avet _ REGULAR BATURUAY MALE. Turnitore und. Housefurnishing Goods, BATURDAY, Des. al,w v cclock, of Butters” Auc- o ah e . BUTTE S & 0., Auctloutera Cargoes on Kpard, und Preparations for Saillng Baturday—The American Contract. or tu Deliver Tiow In Russian Waters. Soeciul 1o Cincianall Cumsmerial, PmiLaveruia, Pa., Dec. 11.—The Russfan shipe Europa and Asls, with heavy cargoes, in- cluding srias and ammunitfon, sail from Cramyp's yards, In this city, for Russia Saturda; Owioyg to the fact thst tbey are owned by an Auwerican, Wharton Barker, of Barker Sons, baukers, Philadelubits, n preat deal of legal form Las boen necessary to get thown away uunder the Awcrican fag % ‘Phe spectacle of American ships salliog from a0 American port, fylug the Awgrican flxfi»n- u Lexolsed, producing ‘classes paid wome otlention to il | rests by Congress. Tho power to establish such matter, aud by sll proper wicans eudeavored $0 {u- | § Bureau is beyond cuntroversy, Raflrouds are Suenca the selectivn of s Bpoaker for the nexi As- Somsly of this State who will abpalni a Colainiiies | COMION tarriers, and constitule s part of the on lh"n::?; '::‘lf.‘»:'-x“(l f‘nlfly l:uwu-flu&: ‘lrt.m public, | commurcial system of the country, Thelr raml- aa wel o raitroad intercats; u : Teibectfully sak members of aaembi ficutions extend over its whole surface, frum the cearefully scrutinlza the_rocord and A Atlautic to tho Pacltlc, and from tho Lakes to -ulnm fla‘:‘uwflu‘:'ufn- :‘:'mu:,c;;d 1‘;‘.‘ voie | the Gulf, through every Btata and Terrliory. i rouds which will do Justicw to- the producing, | The different sectlons of our country hve cou- menufactunog, asd commarcisl intercats of tug | Sicting futercits, The commerchal seeks to Stata, e wnafotain itself azalnst the agricultural, sud the Mr. Simon Bterne advocated the co-operation | muuufacturing sealust both, Tus smaziog of the commercial Boards in HAMPTON. Bpeciat Disvaich 1o Tha Tribune. Corosuis, 8. €, Dec, 15.~Dr. Taylor, chiet physician in attendance on Gov. Humptow, tered oo sn American regustry-list, and subject to Americon laws in casé of accident, dis- aster, ur trouble of aoy sort, yei with the appolutnients, directious, officers, and crew #ll Russlan, is s0 unusual chat it causes specur By GEO. £, GORE & CO, w lld—W_V!w-_:th REGULAE TRADE ¥ALE uring proper | rapldity with which the rallruad system bas | stated to your correspondentto-day tbat the SRR, | AR R e e | e b e L it e | o BSSIETI THEIR | B e B R B | i S ol | DEUY FOODS, b . H il ! ey way coul muade rouhit Less futeres! utv an antagood c e e 15" gumsve. Germun | wich th Ships aro delivered 0 (ho Russiau | Uulica sction of merchants of Now York, evca | position. Withies ibo- terrible coulict whict | TieBt witout iEUAr s morulng, and fu TOHSDAX, Dév. 1Ts Goverumeut and bo reccives uis money. Under the circumstunces {6 Is doubted wiether the American peutral laws will wpply o the case, the conditions beluir such 84 tu eXempt the owo- «¢r from the provisious of the act of the 3d of March, 13139, Bee. 1, reading as follows: ** That froimn sud after tbe termiuation of the war {n which the United States is now evgagzed with Great Britaig, it shull vot be lawful to employ ou buard & public or private vessel of tbe United States nuvgnrwn or persons gIcept citizens of the United States or persuns of color wvatives of the United Btates.” Barker will send the shivs to Russfa under Aweriean Captajus, though this wiil not hter- fery with the Dositivns of the Russtan Captatus, who retuln thels prestige $as chlet paval co wasnders. All the vesdels Dave their full com- plement of Kussian vrews and officers, the furer vaderstandiog wo Englib, from which fact {t fs supposcd the Yankee Captaln iss ;utrv tigurchead to satisfy the requircients of Tmportant L { emoraces called in tbho Hebrew tongue 3 Atues, " the which beivg intvrpreted mean: **The Mew of Truth,” Oue of thelr peculinitics 1o be u pruciivity 1o spend the oiybt of the Haboath fu Ligl terpaichoreas carnival, and thuv it was laal pight, Tho attendance wus grest, aud excrcise vivoruus sud wmirthtul. The pro- wrsune was long, wusic good, etc., eic., and the sitcudsvts waltzud swsy lhe e bour atter kour whth the chiecrful kuowledza that they were aldiog in the procuring of that ** unial-ground., " which, it seems, 14 10 be dovoted nob werely 10 wen of good character sud noted for truth aud” verscity 1o the vicinily in which they live. but #lao 1o pauyers of all classcs and creedu. —otie ench for the best Iady daacer, s, the plaiest-dresa 0 Hlie Riost bpuIAr bl — stowed, . ¢d bot s little 10 the general deligul. Tba *Mew of Truth" secwed Lo believw in toe old adage: 10 Yoo veritas, " —at » bali b leust. KNIGLIY OF HONUK. A ludge of the K, of H. wus justituted onthe eveluy of Dec. 1478t Lie ludfe-coou tu Nath side Tumee Mall. dbe foluwing omucrs were ¢ Beasonatie Bpeclalites, . P, GOUE & LU, BOOTS & SHOES AT ATCTION. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 0:30 & m,y Weahall closs out large lines of Winter Ge In:ll‘lfluj 8 largu lot uf Orst ‘Ill.llll itublcrs, “0‘!!1 pye's Bl Youlb's Heavy Hools buffialu sod Woul Lincd Bovis e ol Mg i s ufesturery e i o or S GO & Co., Auctre. By M. M, SANDERS & CO., 72854 T4 Wabash-av., Chilcago, Ui | BOOTS, SHORS aud RUBBERS UCTION, TURSDAY, Dec. 17. 9:0 3. m. F A ratne Winter Gooda 10 bo'void WITHOUT i LEAST be disciarged. ayainat such s poworful orgaolzation as the New | fs vow reglug among = the raliruads uead. 'ork Contral Raflroad. ie clutmed that thers | themselyes, Iu connection with — all was & statute agalist combluations which could | theso futercats, each seeking to monopolize the be enforced agalust the New York Ceutral for | trutlic of our cummerclsl, and sgricultural, sud entering uto & combivation 1o discrini. | wanufacturing foduatries, while the laticr ats nate sgalust the vity. Hle held thae | etruzgliug to secure for themseives tho sdvan- It was thy duty of the Attorncy-Genersl to | tages to be durived frow low (reighte. move in the matter, sud when requesied to do so Bome power superior W thew il ls neccasary by & combiued committee such 88 be proposes, | to barmonize ull thess contlicting demusnds wud theru would be no ditticulty lu sceuriog the en- | to reduve this chaotic st livg mass of clo- forcement ¢f the legal wicasurcs uguinsk railroad | meots futo guine vrder and system. 'Lhe Blates combluations. Ar. Bterue vl da resolution, | individuslly vaouot do this.” They sre power- whivh was sdovtes, providiug ttat an {uvitation | less beyoud thele owa linits, They may act as should be exteuded 10 tho represeutstives of | auxtllries, aud, in tte lucepiion of an extended commercial bodles and real catote luterests of | vativual sn, wav be compelied to do 80} New York to co-operate with the Board of | but the real rewedy ls to be found in Cungres- Trade and Trunsportation durlne the eusutne | sfonal lesislation aud the estsblishwmeut of & sesslon of the Legistaturo In an effort Lo orvan- | Nutonal Bureaw. ‘Tha Coustisutlou has lovested iz0 8 Board of Rallway Commissioucrs fur the | Couuress with the power W regulsts colsiercs Siate of New York, and Lo propuse such | swoug the different States. It sbould begla to otber romedisl bLills' a8 migut by deewed | exercise ita power durlug thls sesslon. expedient, und that the Comuwittee oo Leisla- the crivla bs now upon us. Whusher we will Gou draw tbe wbteution of the Atturuey-Uen- | or uot, it cannot be fzuored. Our whole coun- ezal to the truok Lue pooling wrranzcmcnt. sod | U 28 Bow arviotu luw the lethargy Ju woln every respecs fa still fmproving. The danger of secoudary heworshage this week (s the prin- cipal fear ad to bls futurs coudition, and, whea that Is pussed, the Governor may be cousidered safe and convalesciug, This coutlugeucy Is not apprevended, however, sud the chauces of bis rocuvery are eutirely fuvorable, —————— FINANCIAL. Boscial Disweich ie The Triduse. Dscitug, Ill, Dee. 15.—W. W. Foster has beca sppoluted Asslunes of ¥. B. Ureen, gro- cer. The stock of goods ls nuw being disposed of at auctiun, to satialy & claim to a considers- :fle sinount. Greeu vauie bere from Bloowing- on, Tucker. o L1 lfl-l\xs 210k, 4, a8 W o \ifiver, ; Jibuk Houxke =G cills S0 bk Welght va.C NG cal So. it ] ] AR wpatr TTaoal Comuny, oo el T Culcss TU=311 $ad 119 10 b Wciuslre, ek 3 22 "R Cans O trlat. JUpuk FauWatLL—Cooteated tootluna. JUbuK WiLLiANs—Contented wmotlo % Loo. i s, L pU! Passcd cascs Ne baatardy caso 0. 124 aid D S Sin o il Ml 85 Y AL g Sl Nen. T, T4, B0, 91 017, oeagJUDONENT, Cizruir Cots CLuk olin-Margaret J. Wrea ¥a. biandard Fire lusurauce Lowpay; Ve E it woton for Bew LHAL T Tl CORRESPONDENCE. CUURT-HOUSS BONDS. To the Editor of The Pribune. Cuicavo, Dec. 14.—Yous comments on the re- couut uf Lubd-voice ku Four lesus of the 12tk in- ————— SUICIDE. Spacial Dispuich te The Trivuss Ouana, Neb., Dec, 15.—This morslog August Huberman was found desd fubis cell {o Juil, with hia throat cut with o nlece of #lass, which aw. The veascls are rezistered at b Custow-