Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1879, Page 15

A THE IMPEACHERS. They Do Not Appear Befors tho Bar Assooiation Committee, So That Dody Sets to Work Upon Iis Resolutions. The Full Text of the Petition Taken on to Washington. - The Committee of Fige, who, 1I they desire one thing In this workl above another, would be most zratified by a lidgering look at those charges against Judge Blodgett, met yesterday altornoon at 2 o'clock fn the oflice of Jpdge ‘Trumbutl, in the Reaper Block, Some of them might have imagined that the ** Impeachers would break their necks to get those charges into the Chalrman’s hands. But they didn't do uny such thing. Mora than that, they neglected to write any latter, from all thatcan be leamed, andabsclutely [afled toappear i person,although the Committeo had by letter fnvited them to come [n apd sit with it and liaten’ to the sweet volca of persunsion. The- first thing the five gentlemen did was to lock the doors, clasp tiauds, and enter into a solemn compact not to “glve it away " to any nowspaper man, living or dead, In (Gath’ or Ascalon, and, above all, in Chleago. Under ordinary circumstances this would have been wormwood and. gal to the Faber family, bot Tix Trispxe's hovering angel smiled & grim smile and vowed ho'd have it all thesame:: Without opecflglnz Just how be ot it, the Comittee will doubtless recognize the truthfuiness of the report. ‘The Compmities waited about hatt an hour for “the youn men V- with griovances to apnpear, At the end of that time thoy gave it up, and une of- the Comrhitteo drew from his pocket . A SHTIES OF RESOLUTIONS, prepared beforehand in anticipation of the re- fusal of *‘the young men.” It 1s necdless to £ay this was ifiot one of the verdant members who expected ' the young nien to tumble into the room with the papers protruding from thetr pockets. . The resolutions forel- Ly set forth the oluracy of the coutumaclous ** young meu® fnuot furaishing the charges, declared that thelr fallure was presmptive evidence that thay had no charges that amounted to anything, expressed the au- tl.or’s ablding conviction as to the ofliclal inte, tv of the District Judme for the Northernern Dis- triet, and recommended that the Bor Assacin- tlon—to whom, if adopted, they were to be pre- sented 08 o part of the Comimittea's report— proceed to discipline ““the young men® for thelr contumacy In the manner and form that the “assembled wisdom of the Association 't might determine, ‘The resolutions were not adopted. On the contrary, thc{' sere the subject of consklerable diseussfon. ‘Uhe debate promised to go on in- definitely, and would, nn doubt, have done so had not one of the Committee moved to adjourn until 'l‘lmmlm{ moruing at 10 o'clock, when, having studled the matter over In thelr indi- vidual minds, they would be better prepared to conlesce—agres un some conclusion. ‘Tlhe to- tlon struck * the nssembled wisdom as about the right thing, nnd was specdily adopted. The wmenibers pleked up their lats, crawled into their overconts and overshoes, aud went away tu think atout thelr New-Year's calls, Oue of them, however, wasn't left to the peaceful contemplation of his programine for LJdam, 1, 1870, Tlis_hovering angel, from his unerlal position, had observed, during the pro- Kress of the meeting, 1wo other children of “the world cugaged in earncst conversation on thy vurbstone below. They were also frionds of Judge Blodgett,—ons A very larze man, and tall, vary falr to_look upon, with a stk hat i phice of the nsunl black slouch, and a volumine ous white handkerchief about hia throats the other, short, and generally “dried-np," with eray, grizzly beard, o 20 deg. below zero louk, und wearing upon his head the Senatorial white slouch which hasnde him famous, ‘They glanced at tha fourth-story corner front ot unalli’, but It was a glance that siznified *no good; Trumbull won't have It As the Comniittes trooped out, however, thelr spirits rose, and in Jess thay hall an hour TUEY WERE CLORETED WITII ONE OF TIIE MEM- LERS, whg, whila be'wouldn't “give It away" for his a4 ¥ake to'any oewapuper: mait this xide of hieaven, unbosowed Wmmsel! to the “friends" for all be was worth, He read them the reso- lutions, and bis tones wero those of virtuous indignation wlhen he touched upon ** the young men” and their obduracy, Iiis auditors hesrd hiw unto the end, when they begun to sugeest amendments—a little tonfug-down here, tiore fodignation there, wore strengzeh in one place, mero hot shot {1f svother, ad infinttam. And the committeo member gracefully recelved the suggestions, made nuies of them, aud safd he would subinit them to the others Thursday morning, when, no doubt, they would receive fayorablo suggestion. In concluston, the Commitleo s welcome to two suigestions: Becret conversations shou be couducted i whispers, and with a certuinty that nobody 18 In the next room and only a thin door between them; and, in the nexi place, committees' findings are not, s a rule, ju- Huenced and tinkered Ly wholly outsida views. z K PETITION, According to. a. Chicago dispateh tothe 8t ‘Louls GlobeDemocral, the following fa the potition which Meswrs, Cooper, Knlckerboeker, und Sheldon took with them to Washington: To the Honvrable (he House of Kepresentatives of the United Stales of Americu in Congreas as- sembled : Your petltioners, cltizens of the United Btates and resfdonts of tho Northern District of 1ilinols, do most runpucllllll{ petltion your honor- aole body to investipate the oflicial conduct of Honry W, Dlodgelt, Judyo of the Unitea Statos Distelct Court for tne Nurthern District of Ilinolus and 1o take such fariher action na shail scom necd- ful (0 be taken In order to to keep purs the admin- istration of justica in sald Judicia) District, Aud wo must reapectiuily petition that an inves- :Izu:un e \lfll:;l!::m'dc‘. rp:mmhxfly;:; lhzml?‘llow.‘ ng charge: e Drefor agniust tha salll Henr \V‘.‘ l.unTgu , a8 such District Judgo, viz. i VIRST CHALGE, First Specification—That for several months prior to tue 101h day uf Octohor, 1878, thore were kruve charges atfecting the administration of jus- tice in aald District Conrt i bankraptcy causes rending before ft, ‘That such cliarges were not oundod upon ramar, bub npon & lenutiry exain lnge tion by & Standing Cowmltiea of the Chicagy Bur Awsocintion. 'Th rosuit of sich examination was 8 renort by such Comwitice to wald Assoctatlon, which was brdered printed, and tho samo was widely cireulated throughoutvuch Judicial District and copled in tho public press, Such report ahowed, amougst other thingw, that one Hlomer N, Jibbard, the solo Regtater in Haukruptcy 1n thi Firat, Second, aud Third Congreasioual Districts of 1ilinols, emoraciug the cufire Uity of Chiteago und coriain adjacent countles, Dl “been for soveral cars conducting the businesa of his oflice n flagrant violstion of the prpvieluns of tue Bankrupt Jaw of the United States anit the orders in bankrupter made and promul J ticen of thiu Buprewme Conrt of g N ‘Flat anid 11{bbard, av euch Lo yeara lllegally coaruing sud rece! fargeaniount of fecu nut sllowed by law, sud Ul never fua vine Kie bankrupicy cass out of the avverul thousands which biad buen reterred (o L, suluntted to the Clork of sald Court u stalement of bis 0 122, 1877, aulenda- tory of sail krupt act, ho had fal Led the total aniount of fees, clisryes, costs, und smolue meuts of every surt ruceived ur eatued by him Quring the year av wuch leglster sl aa smnount jess ':! :h:mln e of dullard than ho had actually re- elved, ‘Thateuch roport of said Standing Committeo was lfl:"l::‘:ll:lul uo.dl:u (;hn truth rl the sauu m‘u init1e e genoral comwunity ir asid Judicta) Dl-lflfi(.’ 8 ki Dl That the samw provoked much dlscussion, and tho facts contained therein were # wcandal un roach upon the administration of justice in sald patrict Court fur severul wmonths prior to the 20th ot Uctober, 1878, during atl of which i th Henry W. Blodgets, as l:rh District Jui 1 though he well know with reference theruto, futimacy with sald Lio 10th duy of Uctobor be, the o ;uc&b&-mudd-lm* 0 the tirsud Jury, duly fupane: 4 Bl Courts he GRINCD 10 Cal] holy ationtion bo such cuarges affucti suld HLbard wnd the adminbtration of Justice fu sa trami thence until on of ubout the outh of Uctuber twok uo the ssmo faguired luto by Jury, sod Hually, on about sald da Iast mentioned, the s scandal snd reproach bad become of such & chay ez that bho said Ussend Jury, of their own motlon, and withont any comvlaint belug wade before them, commencod 3n juvestigation of said charecs both as affectivz sald Homer A. Hibbard, and aise siber bankruptcy officiale of said court, sud so contivued a3ld ‘examinstion fiom tiwe 10 Ume ;x;(l::'n orsbout the 20tk day of the following u ‘That daring such pariod sald Henry W. Blodgett, &s such I.lnl.‘l-lnafu wronglully ‘endeavored Ly 1Le fnfluence of his Judiclal ofice to bave such ex- amination by such GraudJury stopped aud bro- cevd o further. Second Specifcation—That on or about sald 20th day of November, 1678, lmun“uumer things, sala Girtad Jury, witbiout o ‘diascuilug vote, foond irdictment agaluat satd Hower N, Ihbbard for crime of perjury Iu waklug false’ repocis, uuder ALk, 1o 8ach anpusl zeporia of the total auwcuns of fecs reculvad by im dunm{ the feapective yoand foversd by said eporte ainl by waitten Fesulution ustructed the Disrict Attorcey of the Luited 4d day of sald slevs 10 bave such Uran SEER] Btates attending npon such (irand Jnry to prepare #n ndictment n2sinst sald Homer N, Miobard for such erime of perfury. That on or about the 20d day of Novemter, and in the evening of waid day, said District Attorney had prepared sald indictments, and when he was ahout to present the same to Uie eald Grand Jury to e rgned and retarned 1nto aid District tonrt An s trna DL the enid Henry W, Blodeett, an such Dis- trict Judge, volnniarlly and withaut'bin advice or instrnctions beiny asked by eald (irand Jory, sought the said “District Attorney, and by tha power and infinenca of hie §ndicial oftice and pre- tended conatruction of law, procared the aald Ds- triet Attorney to withhinld said indictment for perjury from raid Grand J"r{. and procured the same 1o be suppressed and not roturned into said Court, although said Orand Jury agaln demanded that the kame te ronresented to them for sfguature by theit foreman to be retnrned by them intosaid Conrtas a true bill, ‘That In the same evening of the #aid dav the eatd Henry W. Blodzett, ae auch District Judge, dischrtrped the sald Urand Jury without satd in. dictment for perjury being returned Into conrt, Third Specification--That said Heoey W, Blod- e, a4 such Jiatrict Judee, on ralu 22d day of November, for the purpose of Indncing sald {"l. trict-Attorney to unlawfally withhold eald indict. ment for perjury and fo Juppress the aame, and thus shield aud protect sald Hihbard from the ptn- fshment of his erimoa, atated to s3id Hatrict-At. torney that he, tho eala Ilenry W, Dlodgett, had advised the sald Jlower N, Hibbard that in his sald annual reports as enid teginter he need not make mentton of sny fees earned or received by him dnring the year, eovered by much report, fn any bankraptey eause which had been referred to him before the heginning of snch year: wher n truth, the provisions of sald law requiring eald annual reports Is platn, and not open to construc- tlons, and clearly vrovides that Jegisters in Bank- nptcy shall report ail the fees enrned or recelved by them during the year for which ald report Is made, whetlier in {hore cnaca referred to sabd Iteg. Isters during such year, or peniding befor them at the Leginnlng of riich year. Congresd having the year 1874 redured the fees of all bankruptey oMcials onc-hall, an: onlercd thém thereafter to make a sworn annual report of how much they were earnfud, and given the Justices of the Sn- remo Court puwer 1o atiil further reduce thelr cos i1 the ofiicials appeared to be recelving too manch, Fourth Speclfication—Your petitlonces further #hov that thie #ald Interference of the rald Henry W, Blodgeit, as eaid District Judce, was nnwar- ranted, Miegnl, and fmproper, for the reason that the sald lomer N, Ilibhard bad not even reported his fees a« advieed by the sald Ilenry W. IModgett, but had, on the ccnizary, even nnder the aald pre tended construction of the law, suppressed from his llmunltrnmrt Iarge sums of fees, to-wit: rom the report for (he year ending 1,600, 50 from the report for the ? ne 10, 187102 and €4,010.560 from orthe year ending Jane 30, 1877, ~- making & total concealmont of 810,826.28 that wan undeniable, ro (ot fn evory lzht safd Indict- mont for_perjnry was valld, anil the interferonce of said Henry W, Blnagetl with the Grand Jury was an ontrugo on the aduinistration of jnetice 1 sald dlstrict, WECOND CHARUR. Your petitioncrs further shuw, th tho 20t day of July, 18 the d Hunr{ W, lodgett, ns such Distnct dudge, whllst lolding the Cirenit Court of the United States for the Northern District of [ltnots, disd uniawfully ana fmproperly aliow and award, by an orderby him as ruch Judge, directe’d to Le entered of record in raid Cirenit Court, **In the matter of the petition of the United Sistes of America for tho condemna- tion of Block No, 121, School Section Addition lo on or about .Chicago,* out of the moncyn of the United States Government then and there temporarlly In tho ens. tody of sald Court, to oue F. H, Winston, hls (the wald llanrr W. Blodgetl's) old fricnd and foriner partner, the snm of $:10,000, thie excnan and juee tidcatton for the nald allowance and award belng the pretanse that suid Winetun uad served as an ngent in securing land for tbe ussaf tho eald United Btatca for 8 Custoni-llouss and Post-Offico In the City of Chicayp, whervsa in trathand in fact the rald land was condemned and ita value nscerlsinel and determined by Commissioners, appointed in pursuance of anactof Congress, apurosed Dec, 21, 1871, entitled **an sct for the construction nf a public buiiding in the City of Chicagn 4 and your petitioners rep. nt that anen action of aaid Henry W, Hlodgett an such Judce was a ecandal upon tho records of sald Court, and forsuch reason and noie other wanafterward und on tho 15th dny of August, 1872, by the llon, Thomas Drummoid, Judie o the Circult Courtof the Unifed States for the Seventh Judiclal District, vgpated, nudiset aside, and ordered to be forever thereafier held for naught, and the certiticates {ssued therennder ore dered to be eanceled and deatroyed, H TUIKD CHAROE, Your petitioners furshior stato and chargo that, Jong prior to the 7ih dav of Aoril, 1874, n certain cerporation, called ticrmans Insurancs 'Company, haa been adjudied bankruut by said Disteled Courty held and presided vver by sald Honry W. Blodgott avsach Dinrict dudee, und an Asslznec duly sb- pointed for thu extate of vaid Company. Avionzet Ihe‘mlu“ of lul?wcumulll‘v 1o tho %mudt of :nl(l Aw were two _overdue promissary natoes, nmo:fl: ug to the anm uf nbout £20, 600, secrrcd by 170 stares of thy Illinols $/ante-Zeitung Com- pany, of thy par value of 817,000, and which stock at that time was worth more than its par sald notes were made by Anton C, Jlesing who had bypothecated such shares of alock g4 col lateral sccurity thore, Sald Leslue swas at that time a mon of larze influence In kald City of Chi- cago, and elsowhere, sid was o warm personul fricnid of Henry W, Ivlodgzett s that one o moro vons were deafrons of pu stock, and were ready and voilliung to_pur samo at & fair prices that satd Henry W, Blodvatt a8 wuch District Judye, on or avout the said th day of April, 1874, corruptly causea to be entered in wutd Distrlct Court in the mutter of sald estute 1 bankruptcy an order thit Use Asstgnce offer sald notes und ahares ot stuck at privato ssle, for the purposo ond with the deslgn of having a filend of saia {lesing purchase snid notes and ntock for the henefit of him, the said llesing, & sum nuch fons thian the €amo were worth und could at that be suld for, nusiyues, under the dircctiou and pro- curement of sald Menry W, Bloagett, ae such Dise trict Judge, atterward “and on or about tho 1tth day of wald wmontli of April afarcsald, aold wals notes and alinren of stock 10 a fricnd of (he nald aud gor the sole bonefit of the fntter, 000t and on the day and year Inat nforcastd the rafd Slunry W, Blndgett, ux sich Diatrict dudue, corruptly cawsed (o ho vitored In wald Distries Court n the mutter of tho wiid estat of wans bankrautcy corporation an oree contirm- and The saue was conflr and con- il the creditors of eald company wero suded out of u st 0f money exceed- summated, ll\ur"b{dall iny $12, 000, And your petitioners further show that the fol- lowlini are the names and roridonces of the sevoral by woom the truth of g n” ho eatabll ‘who hpaused and con le nltice and eaoctit of thelr vath, viz, @ . Marruw, Pontlac, Livinzatono Coanty, Leonldas Hamline, Evanston, Cook County, 111, Ellaw 1 Lee County, Mt " J 2 North Lasalle street, Jawes Chicago, 1 William Dieloy. Weunopin, Mutnam County, 111 Fatrick Flynn, Rtoekford, Winnehago County, i1, ¥, 1M, Uresn, Heury, alaresil County, 11l John Bwaney, Putn: Jounty, i1, ilie . “1""1. 3 ‘Ct'on,: Caunty, 1. 1), Sclutosh. Livingeton County, 1l AV, . Farmer, Laversyvilie, Lake County, 101, A, G, Thom, Marshull County, 1l Hichard Davidson, Marshail County, 1. 3. Bullivan, Aurorn, Kanu Coity, M, 3. K. Earle, Kane County, 11l F. tlerrington, Kane \:uum(. n. Jowea Crow, Cryaial Lake, Mclenry County, 111, Munson Wninatin, Peorka, ill, 1 . Brady, Kunkakee, 1L, 1 AL Schoup, Ruox County, 111, Walter Little, Amuvoy, Lee County; 111, E. U. Keith, Heney J. Wi Mark Ianus d Btatos Distriet At- 'l‘hm‘\:l‘m. Asststunt United States i Attor ago. {on, hviins Drumoond, Uslied States Chicayo. District Thu l, Chicago, Berthold Luwenthal, Chlcazo, Homur N. Hibuard, ‘Chicayo, James ¥, Nortony Chlcago, Williaw 1. Bradley, Clork Cnited States Clremt and District Courts, Chicago Your petiitoners further show that other and graver acts of oiticial miscondnet huve be: sited by the said Henry W, Hlodget Judge, which your petitioners hosita d b Wi Inauner to atsto, uot trom doubt ur waut of conviction of il truph thereod, but frow @ well-grouuded sear on the part of your petitioners thut” thu aid Heney W, Hiod Tneans of the great pawer of hia Judiesal onfce,'ang tho tulinence of his wealthy and yowerfal fricuds, would In 1hat case b enaoted to mako the proof of such oicial misconduct dificalt, i1 not impossible, Your petitioncrs are muved 10 this action &s the only modv ot relie open to the peoplo of thele disielct, that th Lirand dury el dinsolved sud sont 1o (it scattered Lowes, huve supealed 1 thy Barto redress the wrong dous the ainiistration of Justice futhelr persons; that your petitlonerd como forward with no personal feclings or malice, but with a deep and beartfelt repret that the present state of facie oxist; and that taelr unly mutive i thus appeaning before your honurable Lody. aud Iucurciug thy full weight of the displea of u far-reaching and puwerful Court de- »ite 1o sew nght done und the cunfidence of the prople o their Judiviary msige talned. A wore maulfest und 8 wore vaintul duty never devolred upon toem, and fu thisacilon they kuow they have tho approval of such honeus aud fearlens wen ud I uvery 3o und uscry counitey bave not heatated (0 Tobukd aven th tnoat puwertul wions-do Wl body o e numbly pray vour honora thy otticial conduct of tbosald Henry W, Blodgell as vuch Diatrict Judge, a4 well the apecilc charges lerein sbove stated as the other acts of oficial wiscouduct waieh que petilioners, se sach Lime sud places us way 1o desiguatat by your honorable Ludy, hoid theru- wolves resdy aod avle 1o prove by credible wite "pesses, & ‘And your pétitioncrs will ever pray, otc. Jous 8. Coorau, ey 1, SusLiow, ” ' Jous J. EXICKEUBOCKES, Cutcago, Dec. 18, 16738, uow 7k nar associaTioN acquiTs, To the Bditor of Tha Tridums, 5 Cuicago, Dee. 3L—Tue Bar Associatlon or- gauized a3 vourt, withiout the puwers or tls THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY., JANUARY 1, 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES. rules of a judictal body, {s rather an anomaly In our practice. 11 it Is to discharge functions of this kind regularly, 1t scems to e highly de- sfrable that its votes should be more strictly de- fined, | should itko to know what people mean when they say that the Bar Assoclation has ac- quitted this man, or condemned the dtbier. The common impreasion {8, no doubt, that tho/ Bar Associatiofh does not do anything by halves, But this Impressfon " fa wrong. The Tar Association frequently doos thines by halves, sod fractions below a haif, ‘The Bar Association has alout 200 members entitled to vote. Twenty members constitnfon quorum. A majority of 8 quorum can control the action uf the Association. flcnee it would Lo possible for eleven men interested In a cer- tain cause to sccure a vote of the lar Associa- ttan In its favor, provided there were no violent U{Ilmll“vn to it, ‘In practive, the Bar Associa- tion hias never taken any inportant step by so small & vote, But the wholu body bas heen committed in cascs of the higliest privilege by a emall minority of the membership, . The reso- Iution expressive of confldence in Regtster 1110~ hard’s integrity was passed by a voteof 87 to 18, On this oceaslon harely a guarter of the mem- berehip voted, At o ‘meeting a week later, spechally calied to conslder the sume matter, the former "vendict was confirmed by s vote of 40 to @0 Thus the Har Assoclation fa wew on record by, onc majority ot a vote of allttle over a third of its member-’ ship s having cortiicd to the fotegrity of an official whutn perhajs & majority of its whole membershlp belleve to have offended avalnst the zood morals of the profession, it not agalnst th letter of the Inw. The meeting of Saturday to consiter the Blod- gett matter was the most'fully attended in the history of tho Bar Assoclatlon. Yet on this octasion thero were but 113 members present and voting at one time. ‘The resolution for a Committes of Inquiry=In jtacll a uerfectly harmless and legitimate proceeding—was adopi- cd by the votes of about oue-third the ember- ship; and the vote by which Messrs. 8heldon, Rutckerbocker, and Cooper were requested to show their hands—or throw up thelr hands, a5 tho caso might Le—ivas carricd by about onequarter_of the membership. Tho first yote was T to 24, and :the sccond H6 to 3 Ao there was dodging or sbsentee- 15w cyen at this eritical moment. Beve: votes disappeared mysterionaly between the two batlots, 1t was supper-thne and growlog dark; Lut the members who would rather eat their supper than stop Lo ask Judee Bludgott's prose- cntors for thelr case inust lve been lukeworm and faint-hearted, fu nny ease, it appears that wn Lhis vecasion, 1s many times before, o rmall minority put the Bar Association on record as demanding what it had no right (o demand, every member had beet compelled to vote, and #o o tho record as seeking to foterfere with the right of privato Judgment and peraonal Uberty, }u‘ r.h«:' contrary, the result might huve been dit- eren ‘I'ie Bar Assoclation under its present rules tlosely resembles the Tilinois Lecisiature be- fore the new Consiltutiou was adopted. That body was oue of the most uncertain in exist- ence. It lad redueed the theory nud prictice of dodglng to o fine art: and so, 1 fear, tho Chl- cago Bar Association has doue. Axti-Dobuxn. RAILROADS. I0WA RAILROAD MATTERS, Soectal Correspondence of The Trilune. Dxa Mowvgs, la, Dee. 80.—~Tne frequent mutterinzs of the press along tho Misatssipol River fudicate moch disaatisfaction with the re- port of the Raflroad Commilssioners, It evi- dently 1s not Urangery cnoueh to please themw, 1t is clothed with too much equity between the rallronds aud _the people of all purts of the State, and dod not seck todivert ull business to the river cities at the gxpeuse of the Western people In the State, 1 my compliation fromn thewr report, sent you o fow days axu, ouly stutisties were glven of operatton of roads. Tho public very naturally would lke to kuow what the Commlasiouers suyeested as to tho future, Uwder the statue which created the Board, they arercquired to make a semi-annual ezam- inatlon of ult railroad bridaes in the State, und report the same to the rallroad compantes, ‘Lhe stutute wus uscless from tho start, because utterly Impracticable. There are_over 16,000 rullroad Ubridees {n the Btate. There are not enough days in the year, with coustaut labar of the Board, to comply with the law. It was also o plece of utter folly to compel the Board toad- visc the companles of tho condltion of their bridges, The Board will recommend the repenl of this scctlon, und that instead tho Koad- masters of the varfous roads, or thoso having succlal charice of bridies, be required to report quarterly to thy Commisaloners thy exact con- ditton of enctr bridge usder his charge, and upon such report, if the Commissioners decus it nee- essary, they tmy makeexamination of dofective hridges, atid votily the cumpany to make repalra within ten davs, which, if ‘not done, ths Com- tnlssioners shall proceed to close such bridge ugalnst use, Irwill striko the aversge mind that this plan «quitc ns impracticable us the old, for it vir- Iy makes a Roaduiaster confess by own der- cliction of duty to _his caiplojers, and, at the aatme time, makes him the purveyor of tho ey Meenee of his cmploye. “Thut 'won't work ut all, for the very livat rovort of u Roadmaster under such s rufe woutd bo very likely to be Aily followed with an Invitation tovall on the Paymuster. A1l sueh Tegistation as this is hused $on u fulso asaumption. 1f anybody fs fn- terested In snfu bridees, it certajoly 18 the rail- road companivs, - Thoy Bave all to luse and nothing to zalin by defeetive bridzes, and the recurds of rou ow that they are covatantly wnd vigiluntly Improvine bridges {n the best wsalble manhier. 1n every case whero "ll"m - 1ons have been made by the Board ua to hridices the compavies have given them prompt attens tiun. Complalnts having been made to the Tosed us to unfaje distributlon of vars to ahippers, when thero was great demand, the Board say it {3 theduty of railroad coupauies to huve suf- ficlent cars to do the ordiuary business of the road. Au extraordinary demand for cars should he et by o pro_rata distribution, ito-wit: Ifat o station ono shipyer usea one hutdred cars far wonth, anotber ten, the distrivution of cars should bo as ten to one, Sew, 11 of the Raltroad Jaw, which wasluserted by a Granger, reads os follows: Al concenslons of ratew, drawbackw, and con- ol rates whnll he oped to and ale s, companies, and corporations at the same rate per_ton per mile by car- upon Jiko condition and tnder simflar cir. cumvtaicey, unless by reason of the exten cost of tranwportation per car-luad, from a uifferunt tho eame wonld be unressonably and Jneynitubie, ‘Fi's hias been construed by sume shippers that a ear-load per ton per milo I8 the unit for fixiz the rates, sud that nothing but tue 1ra cost of transoortation from 4 dilferout pomt? vould chunge that bosis, ‘Ihe Come Dissfoncrs 83y thuty though the otent of the Law was to proveut discrimination s rates, o furr constructlon of the law under principles which govern the business world, - the wan who ships 100 ears from one poiut to another ouht to have better rates than ho who ships but one var the rame perfod of time. In otlier wordey the grocer hos wuzar and tho raitroad eomgany trunsportstion to suil, He whio biys thu lafest quantity should huve the i thut all wholesule deulers under tunces and conditions shall be b oeo all rotill dealersy undor dreismstances nud conditlons, There wust Tavoritian among the two clagses, Ehe Bourd reconsmended that ol repofts of railrouds bo mude Lo them cad of the (overnor, and that complufnts Le made to thew of violations of law by rullrouds; thut the Hoand have power to hear und determine the sume, subject to revisw by the Supremo Court. ‘Tho Board are decidedly in favor of ull rull- roud-crossings ot grade, ‘aud will recommend legtatation to that end, and nereln they will take lsaue with high suthority, The Con oners Wil recommend soecfal and vigorous legilation to protect raliroads from the Innamerablu caravay of tramps. Bueedy travsit, whether of pansenzers or freight, say the ummii within “thu rango of sufety, s of the very first fmportance. The passenger tratlle of lowads 25 per cent of thu whole; the freight tratlic s 75 per cent. 71 shows the relative linportance of toe two, Pus- senger trains move i lowa un uverage of 1wenty-two miles per hour; Jrelgit tratus twelve mitles per bour. In view of the tm- rtance ond valus of the freichi traflle, tho loard surgest an fucrease of speed of the frelzht trulus coimnensurato with wafoty. Tine 1s mon P’. The value of commerce woved daily iy rall In this country 1s $70,000.000, Hlence thy wrain of a Mngle day frum the West to thy Kast {s of greut loportance. rted that Manager Merrill, aukes & Bt. Paul, had pur- Compaoy a large Intcrest fu s valuable Mahaska - Couuty coal-intue, ‘This probubly preparstory to. his ¢xtenslon of their romd trom Cedur Ripids to Ottumwy wnd ou soutliwest to Kanang, it 18 now proposed to extond the Crooked Creek Narrow-Usuge Roal from Lelgh to Gow- rlo, oo the Fort Dodze & Des Moiues Road, thence to Sac City and Baolt Lake City. Ailwau- kee- §s understood to be the ultimate polot of this new road. “Yhere I3 uvow good assurance that the Des Molucs & Blioneapolls Narrow-Gauge will be pusbed porthward rapldly ouotber yesr, The wesns buve been secured 10 comvlets 0 from Miuncupolls to b leas Btate lne, while negotiations aro pending with Eastern capitalists to fu rnish the means to complete it throngh this State from fts present terminl, Tt {8 a mighty ool road for thia city, ns, with fta clote connections anil liberal ar- rangements with the Chieazo & Northwestern, it virtually pats that road fn competition here with the Rock Inland, thus giving this city the benefit of that first-clnas rord, The through malls from Chicago are now sent here by the Cniengo & Northwestern, because, as [ ani told by the Post-Office oflicials, they get through quicker, The mall express lenves Chiengo via this route forty-five minates belore the Chiago & Rock Tsland’s, comes to Ames, 18 ‘there tranyferred to the narrow gauge, thirty-seven miles, and arrives here one hour anda half earlier than the Chicago & Rock Tsland, and vet the distance fs 813 miles by the Northwestern, with thirty-seven milaa of narrow-gauge and transier, against 851 by the Rock Istand. ‘This fs quite n feature in the Northwestern Company, ‘I'his reminds me of a alight perverelon of facts i s rocent notice of the riumored combination of the Unfon Pacific and Chivago & Hock Islund, in whicl it was sald the Clilcago & Northwestern was not selected because it was not & dircet route. Tho inile- lmuu say it is three miles shorter than the Kock sland, and the vrofiles ehow that the grades and curvatures are ligater, henco adapted to greater speed and heavier trains. Ggn. Winstow, of the Burliogton, Cedar Rap- ids & Norlhern, seems to be -n:lcuy preparing Lo push his new purchase, the Clieago, Clinton & Western, through next year. Receutly n large number of deeds of right of way exe- cuted n 1675 have been filed for recurd, show- ing that money has been paid recentiy, The Goneral, by the way, is & humorous chap, as well ns o muou rallrad manager, ea- plite the tacituruity finposcd on him by bis pos- tlon, hls huinor will erop out. The other day he Iasued precautionary orders to tralomen in cungequence of cold weather, thusly: * Look outl Better off time on the track than off tho track on time.” Tho boys will sce the noint, while the public will appreciate the good seuse, as woll as the pungent humor. - EXPLORERS® TICKETS, The followlng jolnt circular to General Frelght and Passeuger Agents of connceting roads re- gurdinge the sale of land-explorers’ tickets has Just been lssued by the General Ticket and Pas- seuger Agents of the Clicago & Northwestern, Chicagu, Burliveton & Quiney, Chicugo, Rock Istand & Pacilc, oud Chicago & Alton Rall- roadst Au the conflicting intercats of the varions linea repreecnted v the late meetings of the Central and Wustern Awsoclitions of (ienernl Tickel anq L'an- nis prevented the satisfactory rolution cxplorers’ tlekets, the nadersigned er o carcful - couslderation of the subjrct, dectdod 1) ! 1 to withdraw from sale all firet-class rannd- trip ticketa to hike points aud at the rame mtes. “I'lieso tickein are proposed to ba rimilar to those now In use for Texan Jand pointe, and will be thor- onghly **Iron-ciad ™ and good onty in second. closs,” mmoking, or forward carintrain, After much careful thought and confercner, the abuve ruggested itaclt to usas being the most practical cumpromire between the varions plann proporud, and as Hkewlse aflerulng adequate protection to regular travel. This I+ a matter in which all are interested, and wa hope that this change will mect with your approoation to such an’ extent that yon will make A tike alteration in your ronnd-teip Jand furins on mame duta O a4 #6on thercaller as pose slie, Thin arrangement: will nof in any way - terfero. with the contipued salo of ane-way emi- arant iand tickets at the rates now in force, KANSAS CENTRAL BRRANCIT, 87, Louis, Mo, Dee. iil.—An Atchison, Ks., Atspateb says: A uumbeBol changes lave been mado in tha general officers of the Centrat Hranch Rallroad. M. L. Bargent, Iate of the Atetison, Topokn & Suuta Fe Road, is appoint- cd Ueneral Frelvht und Tickel Acent: W, W, Fagar, Iote of the [launibal & St Joe Road, tukes o positlon as Arsistant Superintendent; ‘Thomas J. White, chiel clerk, Is promoted to Auditor; J. P. Pomeroy i appointed Purchas- IXR Agont; and Mul E. 8. Wells, Ueneral rent, The exteaslon of the Central lranch to Scan- dla. twenty miles up the Repubilcan Vallay, bus ust been completed and opened for businesa, The contract for the extension of the Main line from Belolt to Cawker City, o distance of twonty miles, was leu yesterday, und it is pro- posed 1o extend the rood 100 miles further west durlog the coming year. e . MILWAUKEE. Spectat Disvaich to The Tridune. * MinwaukeR, Wis, Deo8L—Tho raiflway managers closed their busingdy atlsfactorily to- day. They keep mum as to'the object of their protonged mectinges, but they undonbtedly had somo vonnection with the gettlement of the pool wmentioned In Tis Tninunz ot Sunday, and 4t I8 fair to Infer that o settloment was reuchied. WINTER TARIFF, Bpeclat Dispatch to The Trisuna. MiLwaurns, Wis., Dec. 81.—The managers of the different leading Northwestern lines of rallway bave ndopted the *following winter tariff, which shows a reduction as comparad Wit that of & year ago: 187778, $1.00 | Thind-clasn Fourth-class B 1 Mo & C. Special Dispatch To The Tridune. Tenur Havre, Ind, Dee, 1.~Freight. Agent Kendall, of the BT, M, & C. Rallway, has been ofticlally Informed that nuvigation s open on the Ohlo River froin Bvansyille south, and to send forward Southern frelczhts, — The ronds st this polnt are now all open, d the great sc- cumulation of freights here s begionlug to move. A & 8B, T, 87, Louts, De ~Tha Atchlson, Topeks & Banta Fe Ralinuy Company has mado & sweop- Ing reduction fu pussenier fares to take effect to-morrow. Tho rute 13 reduced to four cents wer mile on the maly Hoe, und ol brauches in knnm, Colorndo, und New Mexivo, ‘This i u reduction of over 88 per vent, ITEMS, Mr. T. 11, Malone has heen soooluted Ueneral Freight Agent of the Wisconsin Ceutral Rafl- road in vlaco of M. 1L Riddell, resfgned, "This appolutment tukes effect dan, 1, T Information was recelved here yesterday that the Atchison, "Topeky & Sauta Fe Ratlrond has reduced Is rates 10 Denver and uther pu th samo figures as o by the Kansas Railvozd. The rates by both lnes are now on tho baslg of #27 from Kuusas to Denver. 'The old rates wers 833, It 18 reported that Mr, John 8. Couk, Intely {enoral Munager of the Pekin, Lincoln& eca- tur Rutlvoud, {s sbout to be sppointed General Maupeer and Genceal Freizht Agent of the Peo- rig, Pekiu & Jockwonyille Rallroad. Mr, Cook wa-l(mmtrl)‘ the Ueneral Freight Agent of this road. Efforts are belng inade to bring ahout a meet- ugg of tho m“mfi‘m‘ of the roads Jeuding cast from Chicago with the Exccutive Commirtes of Eustern trunk llues st New York next week to try to surmount the obstacles now tn tho way of the formation of un east-bound pool from Chivazo, The princlpal difffeutty cexista fn the foabitity of tho Chiuyo ruads 1o agree upon purcentuges o Lo selvet un arbitrutor satisfac- tory to all the roads. It bsfeared that the pools alréady formed from other Western paluts will 0 Lu Pleces If the Chicazo roads do not soon como 1o an understanding and haye the sawacity to bring ubouy an winicable adjustmen]t 28 soon o8 possible. ppointment of Mr, E, 8t, Johu as Gen- eral Tieket and Passouger Agent of the Chicago, Mock Tsland & Pucifle Rallvoud has ust been atllefally projuuliguted, Mr. St. John for many yenrs past ias Leen the cbief of the General Ticket Dopartuient of this road, (o which position he Ly made hosts of frivmis by bils guutlemauly and courteous bearluy towards ull who hud oceasion to come in contuct with lilm. He wid) no doubt presido over the Pessenger Departiment with the sume shill aud success as fiaa thus far charseterized bis mavagement of she UGeverul Tickes Department, In Mr, W, A, Btrong, who has been uprointed Asslstant Geu- eral Paseenger Agent, and Mr. Archur ‘Tomple, Chlef Glerk of the General Fleket Devartmeut, he hus 1wo aa able sssistaute 08 could possibly bave been selected, . - —— - Logle, % Many years ago o certafo’ Now Ilampshire Judue was traveling fn cumpany with his nephew, a youny aspirsut for lecul fume, Thoy occupted 1 Foou together ut & coustry fuo eus pizht, apd in W morning, &4 soul & Lu was awake, the young wuy usked the Judge what time it was, “Eeven v'elock, respouded the Judye, wilkout consulting bls watch. *llow do you kuow{" asked bis popliew, 1 sssuwe 18,7 answered bis unclo; “if 1 sayitis 7 o'clock | wmay be right; it luy snytliog clse, 1 nay be wrong.! Logic 1s logic, e —— — Caste ln Englsud, Lomdon World. She Ls 8 stately old lady of iitle, snd be lsone of the new school of voung tradeswen, who, sleb, welleducuted, sud well-wannered, @ro constantly endeavoring to ** sink the shop *' and pince themeelves on g level with thelr customers, even dunng huginess-honrs. fle knew her by sght snd by name, and on secing her enter the shop—for it is ashop alter all—ndvanced to- ward her with & pleasant smile, anid sald, ** [ hope, l.ady ~—, you wers plessed with the opera last night.” "8he turned to her comnanion and faintly asked whether “the man'' was apeaking to her. On heing snswered in the af- tirmative she confronted the still amniling youne nticman, and, with raiscd eycbrows, safd. "% My zood man, [ camo heroto buy s carpet.” ——— SUICIDE. 8T. PAUL, Minn, Dec. 3l.—A apecial to the DPlonerr-I'rexs from Wasces saya & man calling himself Prof. Ronzo DeLa Anotire, and claim- Ing to have been a fellow-traveler of Dr. Liv- iugrstone in Africa, committed suicide there by woison lu«ltfi. Ile was a peripatetic lecturer, and becaaie finan HEART DISEASE. . Bpectal Dirpateh to The Tridune, Decatuw, 11, Dec. 31.—Mrs. C. J. Barrack- man, aged €9, the wife of a wealtny farmer and a former merchant of thiscity, dicd at her home this morning, of heart discase. 8he leaves n husband and two grown fons. ——— UGH! CATARRHI! STAND OFFI!! Keepthe breadth of the room between us while we askyou a few questions. Arcyoua Christian ! Chrmln.ll; teachea that nlincss is next to (lodliness,” and certalnly you can find no Chris- tan excuse for haviug that flithy discase, when Dr. Bage's Uatarrh Remeds is a remedy for it cven in it worst forms. Arc youa braln-worker? A gencral impairment of the inteliectual pow- ers (notabls n luss of memory) is an Invariable sequence of catarrh. Dr. Boge's Catarrh Reme- dy Is the only retlable remedy for this disease. Itis no “dry-up" (expelling tho discasc from Lhe nasat passages only to send it to the lunm;. nor nupleasant and unwholesome ** fumigatur.’ It is stinple, safe, and surc, Are you married Besides being most disagreeably offeusive to your *‘better half,) lo you not Know that the Ulscasc 18 liable to be cotailed upon your chil« dreny fo the samo or some other farm? Dr, Sago’s Catarrh Remedy has cured thousands of cases that had been prononnced incurable. Are you unmarried! Be assured you will remaln so while you have that loathsomd discase, for Cuptd will smell it atar off. Dr. Bave's Catarrh Reme- dy has cured cases of catarch of many years’ siauding. ———— Joaquin. Oceaslonally Joaquin Miller tejls s bit of {frank truth that is so freah s to have a touch of gentus in lt. Ho Is now lecturing ; and speak- ing of it to an Interviewer, the other day, raid, 1 never gt a second call to a town, but 1 haven't got around yet, and new towns tnough are belng started to keep me moylug.” e ——— Love ral he court, the camp, the grove, But this we find where'er wo ruve, ‘That Bozodont alone supplics ‘The daxzling teeth snd roby dyes, "Ihat lend & inalden half the chars ‘Tlat win her to ber lover's arna, BUSINESS NOTICES, Kimball’s Catarcrh Clgarottes geldom fall 1o give lustant reliof or cure cold in the head. HOOLEY’S THEATRE, FARRWELL PERFOBMANCES of the Queen of tho American Stage, MISS FANNY DAVENPORT. Dighte st A, aud GRAND NEW. et tine fu tble clty of ceas, Wodneadsy, New-Vear's nlght (by special de: Jlhas Drayenpirs will avnear i hor great s 1 X AN YO0 LK akrieare’ ol 3 £ of ‘Miss Davenpurt, FROU 3 7 it LY ARSUBAN nfiht, Beneni s Y“UU‘- B e C b eunts Bill, LUNDOY AS : ad _luulle D), LONDOY AS- TRANCE and OLiVEIE TWINE, n., 3ius Eimmn Albott and e Eoglish L I e HOOLEY’S THEATRE, I M, HOULEY..........Sole Proprietor sd Manager. LI1ST1 OPERA 8EASOY, ening, Jan. 4=S1X NIGHTS A ARROTT: And the Widely Celebrated HESS ENGLINI OPERA CO. Emma Ablott, Annls Moutayne, Zelds feguin, Ade. l“'“’ Ituiiall, Wi, Castie, Co Al Turner, kille Ttyse, dwand seulo, Hdrry Watren, A W, Taos, M7, 21 }i. Allison. ~ A caretufly tratned’ Ciorus and ‘an excel: . ll'l !:t‘l“l'fl. Musical Director, 1 \\mnnd};u"} iFty snd katurday pighte— SEw OF RO ANDY. e Friday night—*"FAUSE." " v Msiihes Satupdn S MAITAN A caerved seata, K neral admtsetan, $1.00% 730, And 30 B Taduge, maa of seata commences 4 MVICKER'S TUEATRE ! GREAT. IOPCLAR KUCCESS OF THE TRACY-1ITUS ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY Grand Now-Year's Matines TO-DAY AT 3 O'CLUCK. ALSO EVENING AT 8. Planquette's Comle Upera, The BELLS OF CORNEVILLE, The cast ineluding tho favorites, Mixa Catherine Low- Laura Joyce, Mr. llenty Peakes, etu, "¥ull Chioruw and Urchestra, Matlnee Prices 25 and o centa. METROPOLITAN THEATTE, Late New Chicagu. A TAPPY NEW YEAR T0 ALL! Grand Matinee.To-Day. A Cumpany of Uncxcclled Artists sdanted especlally for the ai tient of Ladics und Children, d suceits. Bocclal por- @ o Topular prices, 55, &0 forinauce ou pundey Afternoon el " HALSTED-ST, OPERA TI0US U ORAND NEW YEAR'S DILL, bl NCLE JOSIK; Or, The Littlo Btrest Bwoop, turday. Moidsy, Jan, 6-- i T T g NCERT, Vooal and Instrumeontal, A Grand Freo Oyatur and Turkey Lunch on thts (Tucaday) uyeul w Years Day Loth murning wnd eveutng, wi Waptay a1 hroukl the dey sud eveuing. A o invited. HAVERLY’S THEATRE, J. 1, HAVERLY, Manager and Provrietar, Grand New Year Matiueo at 2. Glorious Now Yoar Rixhe i, Grand Now Year Holtilay A ttraction=the werld-famous BERGER PAMILY ELITE COMEDY COSIPANY, and NOL ST RUSNELL, The Wurld's Urcat Camlc Aritat, CHICAGO NATATORIUM AND INSTI= PUTE FOR PUYSICAL CULTURE, Michican-av.. corner Jackson-at. GYMNASTIC SEASON! To-morow (Thuredsy), Jan. 2 1T, the regular oL Ly madatle s Soblabie. A Huil Kttemdades o: ogud, Mausger. = HAMLIN'S THEATR Clark-st., oproalte Court-tlouse, 2. 35, 8 and 1ac. | Engaucinent of Uy dlstinguluhed i frinh i n Wuto of the Theateu vy el ubiin), 18 thio beghtlful draniatle ereation. tha Matluoes Tues: Kuaun atiuee £ ay, e e NERSHUEY MUSIC HALL. Tttt Exv tmeuta o PBYGHOLOGY and MES- ¢ By Prof, Carpenber. Lutighible, Woaderial, Piatruciive, Admison, St resersed wats e ‘OUEAN STUAMMEIFS, Only Direct Line 1o Prance. Gicueral Trausatiuutic Comynuy. Between New Yurk aud Havew. Pler 42, N, 1L, foor B 6Foey. Wriduivaday, Ja2, £ «Anesiday. ¥ ub. o N COLD" Uneludtas winey: 81008 Bevuid Labin, $933 e, beddlng, 10d uteustis llie’dv Parid.* **bi. Lau- uiees. of P'arla a azmount to aale. BIAN, Azent. 33 firosdway, W ¥ \lb'?li“l.?v‘v_t. Ereams Ageatd: e NORTH GEKWAN LLOVL. Thesteamers of this Company will sl every Satus. gay fro iremen pier, “tout ot T ai0g, 1avrey aad Srem <caviu, uid; lecrakt, sud paasage BpIY W0 O, % Voice 0@(1‘01}10! The * (len, Custer?? are thé best-selling 10¢ Cigar we over handled, JOIIN A. DADD, Drogglst, 221 Graud-av., Milwaukee, Wis, They disappear like hot cakes beforea 8t, Louis tramp, C. M. BROWN, Druggist, . lougmont, Col. ‘We ltave relafled over 175,000 of your Cigars. low many of your custoiners can show a hetter record t CROSMAN & PLUMMER, Drugglsts, Minncapolis, Miun, Although I have for years smoked varl- ous brauds of Key West Cigars, I have yet 1o find & brand that will compare with your ‘“‘@en, Caster?” for uniformity of quality and richness of fiavor, AJOR PATTISON, Of the flrm of M. E. The most satls haudled durlug Page & Co,, city, actory 10¢ Clgar we have e past two years, ELAND "HOTEL, Springfleld, 111, They go off like hot cakes on a frosiy mornlig, L (. WHITE, ‘Wholesale Grocer, Winona, Minn, 'The quality of your hrands are snperlor {o any we have found elsewhere, T, C. FOWER & BRO., Merchants and Forwarders, Ft. Denton, i'l‘lolnl.. Ft. Walsh. aud Ft. Mclcod, Mau-~ ohu. . The * Custers ? are our leading brand, and glve entire satisfaction, as attested by our constant mail and telegraph orders duriog the past tivo years,® R. 8, BROWNELL, Unlon Hotel Galesburg, 111, The steadily fncreasing volume of onr telegraph and mall orders,and the ex- presstons of approval by our customers from all paris of the country, assure ns that shirewd merchants aro more than ever recognizing veal mierit by placing thelr orders with first-class manofactar. cr, thercby avolding all middle profiis, and securing, as a natural consequence, & corresponding Increase In trade, R.W. TANSILL & G0, Manufacturers and Exporters, 69 LAKE-ST., CHICAGO. e C. CARPETS. In order to reduce stock beforo invontory, wo shall offor until Jan, 5 our ontiro stock of CARPETS at less than manufucturcrs’ cost, Purchasors can save fully 25 per cont. by buying this wook, SAMPLE PRICES: Tapestry Brussels, 6504 usual price, 860, (ood Ali-Waol szlg, 600} usual price, 760, Ingraina at 25, 30, 36, and 400; othars gat trom 40 to G50 for the gamo goods, Lhese ave only samples of our prices. Al other grades will be of- tered proportionately low. PARDRIDGES), 111 & 116 STATE-ST. CONKUNPTION ¢ RE. To GonsumPTIVES AND INVALIDS. n HVTOPIIOSPIIITE oy LIME pllan, en g, itimin, rduehliiani -u.mui\uflo oo e 1 tiedy, prved by & Cxperiomces TILY 170 7Y e A %3 per buttie. Tropared only by WINCHESTEIL & U0, Chemlats, Bold by Uruguista, 413 Jolin Misy New Yorks D e e e $95. $50. $100. $200. $500. have beca for 12 Will-st. elr e ‘rouhinghai ra wiud AN Lefevrs Ring, §1. Bet of Studs, 31 eontalning THE WONDERFUL LEY —_— e e 3 < 5.2 5 2 7] = 2 = Z £ 4 2 25 S 2 a2 v ] £ed 5 22 08 25 sbove represanted aro ;‘ 'K I WOVEN WIRE MATTRL MA MANUFACTURED BY 2 The Union Wire Matress Co by 7 and 9 North Clark-sts, - 3 CEHICAGO. ¥ Positively Warranted NOT TO SAG. Do not throw money away on cheap, coarse woave imitations, they cannot prove satisfactory. BUY THE BEST. For sale by Furniture Dealers and at our salosroom, 7 North Clark-st. Chicago, i T HELMBOLDS OO0MPOUND rggm EXTRAQT UCHU PHARMACEUTICAL, IA spocific remedy for all disesscaof the Blsdder and iners. For Dentitty. Loas of Mewmory. Indispostiion to Exer. tlan or Bustnees, shoriness of Jireatin, Troubled with Thoughtnof Diséase, Imness of \lston, Pains in the Tiack, Chiest. and Head, [l of Hlood' o the Head, Counteiiauce, and Diry skin. these symptowms are sliowed to goon, Vfl'( fre- Ly Eplinotic Fits and Consamption follow, Wire: 1tution hecymes affecied (€ required tha ald 1t rating mcdicing to strengthen and tone the sysieni, which HHELMBOLD'S BUCHL does (n ST JPEMUOLDYS BUCHU 1s unrqualed by suy romedy kno-n: It ll‘er!‘eflm by the most eminent physicians ali aver the world. DYSPEPSLA OR INDIGESTION, Headache. 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