Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1879, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUELSDAY., FRBRUARY I479—TWELVE PAGES. " STATE AFFAIRS. Proceedings Yesterday in the Assembly at Spring- fleld. Unhardened Legislators Come Back in Dismay from the Rattlesnake Farm. ; N The Chester Grab Conceded to Be “the Dandy" Among Ililinois Bwindles. Probability that the Thicves Will Be Cut Off with a Paltry $200,000. Thoe Doators’ Little Board-of-Health Game Likely to Die Before Cutting Its Testh. House Discussion of Beaten Women and Bad Whisky. Brief The Bond Business in Minnesota.-- * The Wisconsin and Indians Legislatures. TLLINOIS. Bvectal Disvatch to The Tribune. 8ramorizLp, Feb, 3,—Most of the members who were absent on Saturdsy viowing that colossal picce ot knavery at Chester known os the Routhern Penitentlary, for which Gov. Cullom and Attorney-General Edsall arc chicly responsible, bave returned, and were o their scata in the House this morning. A miore dis- gusted lot of men never made their appearance in the General Assembly, They characterize the locatlon of the Penitentiary as & monument to ofbcial dishonesty, as a gross violation of the 1ruat und confidence ot the people, and as a dls- grace to the State,and, {n short,as an impudent, barefsced steal. This subject was pretty well ventilated at the time the location was consur- ated, and the people are now merely reminded of the clrcumstances by thia visit of the Peni- tentfary Committee, and the fresh demand upon the ‘Treasury for an aopropristion of $409,000, In additlon to the sporopri- atlon of $200,000 made by the Thir- tleth Genernl Assembly. Jake Bunn owned the lsnd on which the Pen- ttentinry is located, and a large smount In the vicloity, all of which has slnce passed jato the hands of his Assience. The Town of Chester fs situsted on the lron Mountaln, Chester & FEastern Rafirosd, a corporation which has a high-soundlng name, but which practically runs through o howling wildcrness. The Committes statc, almost without cxcep- tion, that the Penitentiary buliding {s bezun where o vast amount of excavation Is needed before the work of coustruction can really proceed, It fs at the foot of high bills crowded Into a small plat of ground wilhout room for bLullding without the removal of the hilla. Grand Tower, Grafton, Enst 8t. Louls, Alton, and several oth- er wlaces wero named by the Commissioners, all of which are sald to be more desirable than the present location. Grand Tower was flually pitched upon, but the Gov-' ernor amended the selection of tins site, bas- ing his decisfon on one of the learned * ouvin- fona” of the Attorney-General. Nelther Jake Hunn nor any other membar of the Sorfozficld Ring had any land there. I s sald hero that thc location of the Penitentiary at Chester was procured for a consideration. The circumstances surrodnding the case appear to corroborate thut story. The measure was apparently intended for the rellet of Jacob Buon, who was at the time of the Jocation of {he Penitentiary in flnan- clal decp water. The succor, however, came too Jate, and Mr. Bunn fafled = short tine there- sfter o splts of the muccess of ¢his scheme to rob the people. ‘Chere Is & strong feeling among the members now to make no further appropriations for this Job, and Senator Joalyn has pronared a bill pro- viding for the tranafer of the prisonerato Jollet, A petition was recolved from citlzens of Clin- ton County reciting that certain school taxes in that county, from 1860 to 1867 had been Ly error’ collected and paid into the Btata Treasury to the amount of §3,742.03, und ask- fug thut the snmie be appropriated und returned to the caudty for distribution to the several school distritts, whickipaid the tax referred to, Scpator Thohms presented a petition by citi- zens of 8t Clair Couuty ssking the. passage of an net aithorizing Circult Judges to appolnt, on petition of a hundred citizens;a commitiee of three fu each connty o audit sceouuta of edanty officers, such exawination to be made not ofteuer thian once in every two years. The petl- tion was referred, Senntor Hamllton, from the Committee un Miscellaneous Bubjects, roported adversely on e bitl abotlshing the State Board of Health; aleo, against the passage of the bill amending the Draw-Shop act, so that County Boards may erant auy number of licenses on petition; also, suolust the blil mokiug the possession of wore thau two gallons of spirits a violation of the Laquor law, ‘Theso bills are all extrete meas- ures, presented in the fnterests of Mquor-dual- ure. Senator McDowell, the author of ths bill to abolish the Stap§ Board of Heaith, sald be hsd not been infgrmed by the Committee of ita considerationaf his bill, und he, therefore, asked thut fhe SBenate defer action on the sub- Jeut for two wecks. This was agreed to. Benatbr Cheany preaented u resolution provid- {ug for fiquiring into thedetalls of the diaburs méut af the Militia Fund. This resolution r #tes that the one-twentieth of amlll, for mil- tary purposes, prodiced the sum of 835,201 lust yeor, amd required of the Adjutant-(ieneral ap {tewized account of the dishuricment of thiy fuud, ‘Tho resolution was adopted, My, Brink introduced a bill refunding to the school districts of Clinton Couunty Lhe suw of £3,742.05 school tax erroncuusly paid futo the Btate Treasury; also, & bill anending the Road and Bridge law so that suthority to begin pro- cecaioes for constructing bridges is vested n the Highway Cominissioners fnstead of the Bu- yervisors, as formerly, Beunator Fuller introduced & bill repeating.the preseut Hosd und Bridge law, und substituting o new und volulnous one therefor, < Benstor Delany, smending the law relatiug to the admintstrution of estates. Beoator Archer introduced a bill maklog ex- aminations lens on wersoual property only from the time they are placed {n the Bherifl's bande to execute. Benator Hunt, smending the Bchool law 80 as 10 proyide thaut the Boands of Educationorgantzed uuder soecial act sbull have the same authority 10 levy school tax as is conferred upon schoal sutbonties under the General,” Incorporstion Jaw. Thia is the bill recoipoignded by the State Teachers’ Assoclation ut ity recent Cunvention, Senutor Muwhy Wafendlog the Geperal To- corporgrian At of “citics and towns su thit Cltg‘Attorveyssall ve uppaivted Instead of elected, and thal City Treasurers shall be fo- eligible for recfeation for one year after their offical tertn espires, Sepatur JAddle's resolution requesting the Tiliuuls dekiration tn Congress to use thelr fn- flucure te fecure tho passage of & law granting pensious to all surviviog Mexiesn War vetCraug sud Back Hawk und other Indisu war veteruns npriready pensjvued,: was cotwmlited ta the suinmittes on Federul Retatious. . .. Bouator Marshall's resolarfou providing foFa Feduction fn the sulurics of Btate oflpers wyy culled up wnd sent to the Committes gu Fecs oud Baluries, The President annosuced Benators Muun and Dearboru 88 the representatives vn the past of the Senate on the Jaint Committee to conalder the ceding of the 1fliuois & Michigan Canal to the Federal tiovernment. The Cummittce on Horticulture reported favorably on the blll approoriating $2,000 inalkd of the State Hortleuitural Socety. for an amendment to his bill on liquor licenscs, and the bill was therefore recommitted. There is & good deal of a futter smong Re- publican Senators to-lay concerning the Gov- ernor’s appointments. around all day, talking swectly to the disat- fected, and endeavoring to bring them Into line. Dr¥ng the day he sent for Riddie.fand held a conference with that atatesman upon tho sub- joct of swhat was best to be done. It s under- stood that Riddle s in favor of the conflirma- ticns, the Republican the cauctis calted for to-morrow evening, and much apprehension 18 feit on the subject by iutercated parties. This cvening n tea-party was beld at Gov. Cullom's residence for the parpose of giviog tafly anid tes to certain weak- kneed Sonators whose Intellects are too weak to gutde them through the mazes of this futricate question without Exccutive sssistance. 1f the Democratic members of State Boards are not confirmed, the Democrats threaten that they will not vote for a single appropriation for any of the State Institutions, knowing that without ald not a dollar can be had. tactics has somewhst curbed cortain pranciug Republlcans who have been loudly talking about reforn concerning the nomination of Demo- crats on State Boards. At present the Execu- tive has his hands full. It so happens that Mr. R. D. Lawrence, the Democratié niember of the Board of Commissioners for the Peoitentlary, 18 worthy of specinl commendation in thnt he opposed bitterly the sclection of Cheater as the site for the prison, natton was concurred In until recently, when an opposition srosc from certaln quarters, in the hope that their own preferences might be re- warded. brought Into the flouse this morniug by Mr. Black, of McDonough, who presented a resolu- tion providing that all optlons should be re- ferred to o special commitiee. This resolution was explained as meaning options to grant M- censcs for the rale of intoxlcating llquors, that 1t provided for femule suffrage upon that subject In localities where licenses were fasued, As women were the greatest sufferces frow the should be nllowed n voice on this subject. Ho sald they clalmed it as thelr right, aud be was wling to coneedu it to them, ought to have the right under the law todafend ::I‘iunuulrm against the abusesthiey were subject- to. that all these petitions asking for the licenslng of saloous shall be submitted toa vota of the people, and that the women shall have the right under the law to vote on that question. resolution vn the tabis, resolution, tion on the part of the IHouse rodeprive the women of a fair hearing on this question. there would be a lurgo amount of this cluss of business before the [Honse, and he was, there- fore, in favor of having the cullre subject re- ferred to a special committee. ing “spcclal committeo ™ fn place of “*a com- mittee.” should consist of eleven members. mittee should be called the Comumittes on Licenaes and Female Sulfrage. and the resolution was carrled, tion, which went over under the rulos: Instructed to make a teport to thia louse—l. ‘What changes, if any, sre necess -r{ and advisanle 1a ba made to the prerent Revenue los 2. Whetlier, In their judgment, bo best matured and propared for adontion by and duriniz an open easlon of the Levtslatare, or by n relect committes appointed for thal purposos and 3. It by & committec, |s it ailvisable to have others than members of the two liouses on the Commitice, age was held to-nlght to consider the bill {ntro- duced by Senutor Dearbarn to provido for the construction of leyees und ditches ncross over- flowed lands, This bill amendment of the Constitution voted upon at the Iast election, and, it passed, will give ruwer to reclalm many thousinds of acres of valu lln‘lmla lying along the Mlisslssippi und Ulinols ivers, » Mr., Crooker's bill authorizing citles where City Courts aru now organized}to abollsh the samo 11 thought deslrable wus reported back this morninz with the recommendation thut fo do pass. these courts, but they have no power to discon- tinue them, reported o bl this morning ns 8 substitute for a number of bills relerred to that Committes on the subject of Intervst, changing thocontract rate of interest from 10 to 8 ver cent, and wak- gt no other change in the Jaw, viding that the law In relation to Clerks of Courta bo amended so a8 to wuthorize the elees tion of the Clerk of the Buperior Court of Cook County. there 18 no provial of the Buperior thut oflicisl is now acting, as it a8 o Mason a act thut other Judges than the County Judge shall have jurisdiction, pared with u view tosave debtors from th atip of betngz locked up ju juil insome emergen- Iror morning the bl to extend the remedies under the law of forelble detaluer to casus where, under a leass or convey chaser s cutitled to pussession the contract, camo up for disew ment under,the order of st reading, This LI 1s fo the naturs of un awmendment to the law, and n motlon was made by McKinlay to strikn out thut part of provides thut a forclble detainer shatl He whera #aole hos been mado under the terms of a of recond beforo they could ovtaln possession. vropositions in a solrit oot of equlty, but of generous liberality, Bills were Introdneed relating to tramps and summoned 1o appear betore the Committee on Wednesday next by Mr. Scroggs, the Chalrman, for the purpose of riving infarmation vn this subject 10 their henfihted minds. vacrants: to amend the statutes relating to The Lommitter o Fees aml Salarfea this | zarnlshee service: to allow towns and villazes afternoon agreed to make 8 nnanfmous veport | i Chicago County 10 ald the construction of o ruducing the sataricaof the Raliroad and Waie- | tatiway froni White Bear to Taylor's Falls; to ho Commissiotiers from $3,500 cach to 81,300 | provent the transportation of wame ot of the State; amt to proyide for the (nspection of hollers and engines, and for liceusioz engi- neers, Scnator Thomas was given opportunity to of- cach, Mr. Fraw, of Iroguos, is vreparing for an In- vestization of the Insane Asylams of 1he State, and has prepared a lutfon basca upon cer- talu facts which have cone to his knowledee, ‘The resolution specislly instructs the Cotmit tee on Publie Charities to carefully Investigate the case of John Colvin, who was contlned iy the Insane Arvluin at Ja:keonviile, and of other cascs to which complaints may reach their ears fn that and oiher Asvluins of the State, The Committes Is empowered to subnenn wit- nessea, nind s nsteneted to report the result of their fnvestications to the Hotae, It 18 clalined, in Cotvin's ¢ase, tint le waa beaten, kicked and brulsed by the Keepers, Moss wnd Bean, 0 that e spit blood, and was lame and sore for weeks sfterwards. Bevernl instances of brntality of this kind aro mentioped, und the uames of witnesses are given. It fs understood that thers are several othier instances of this kind which require fu- veatieation. ‘The Committee on Public Buildings anid (Grounds have resolved to recomnienid the abo- litlon of the State-touse Commissioners. TINB PRNITRNTIARIES, The Warden of the Jollet Penitentlary reports to the Governor the totn) number of convicts in Penstentiary Jan, 1 at 1,548, of whom 25 were femsles; received during the month, 25. one belng n female; discharged, 79; total in Peni- tentlary Feb. 1, 1,404, A shillar report from the Southern Peniten- WISCONSIN. Bpectal Disatch to The Triduna Mapisox, Wis., Feb. 3.—This being next to the last session before cutting the introduction of new business, n large number of bills were introduced on both sides of the Leglslature. In the Senate a petition was introuced in favor of a lquor smendment to the Constitution, A resolution was Introduced appointing a_com- mittes to investivate tho Wisconsn Farm- Mortgage Company. Bills was introduced re- Iating to the school privilcges of the Chippewa Indians;'to prevent the obstruction of the navigation of a part of 8t. Crolx; to amend the Revised Btalutes for vrotection sgainst the lnrcepy of animals; tu rewtlata the redemption of laud sold under mortzage; to apuropriate §80,000 to the Wisconsin Hosnital for the In- sanc for bullding additions thereto; to regulate loaning the funds of insurance companlea. A resolution giving messengers ant emploves £3 worth of statfonery passed, In the Assembly tn-night Mr. UeGrafl introduced a joint resotu- tion to amend the Constitution to aliow Sher- 1ifs, Attorneys, and Coroners to hold office fu congecutive terms and renew their bonas from time to thine. Mr, Bailey fntroduced a gast-irou temperance amendment ot the Constitdgion, by tiary shows 845 conviets on hand Feb. 1, of [ which the Leglslature {s never to permit thi whom 4 were fernales; recelved during January, | #ale of liquors, anid at any time may suppress 1 died, 2 eent to the lnsane Asylum, i3 | it. Bills were' introduced to allow the Chirago number on hand Feb, 1, 8061, & Northwestern Roflway to bulld a briige A Sub-Comnittes frum the Committeeon | ncross the Wisconsin River: to provide for the Aupropriations will be appointed by resolution | registry of electors In Milwaukes; in relation to accomipany the Committco on State Charita- | to rellzious exercises in the rulfllu schoola; ble lnstitutions oo thelr journey through the | to pirotect Jife and Imb agalnst State for purely busiuers purposes. This Com- |harbed-wiro fences; providing for sentences to mittee will make a note of the tmprovements | State's Prison, with reference to time; relating necded, the character and quality of the sup- | to fusolvency proceedides: for the sale of the phes forwarded. make an_ fnvestipation gen- | Wisconsin Suvreme Court Iteporta to abpro- erully of the manner in which the lormer 3 priste $2.500 to indemmify ccrtain persons for propriations have been expended, and ascertaln | the expense of a competitive trial of ateam-road what is required for the future. B cngines(f); to restraln the {urlsfllcl(un of the The Judiciary Committecof the House has | Cireuit Cinirt; to repeal the law granting Stato prepared 2 substitute for somo haif-dozen | certificates to the ‘(m(lm\les of the State Unl- utlls making sales of real cstate upaer | versity; to smend the Revised Statuies rolating mortgages hereafter redcemable, or taking | 10 the uakessment of bank stock; relating to de- away the power of sale requiring foreclosurc of | linguent taxes on mortgaged Tuids forfeited to eltlier billin chancery acire (acias, ns now. the State; to nmend the Revised Statutea relat- Senator Hamiiton's jolnt resotution for the | fhx to jurors; relating to the testing and grad- organization of a Revenue Commission of thir- | in2 of Wheat, und a multitude of bills of & local trento revise the code aml report toan ad- | nature. Journed scsalon of the Legislaturo in Jauuary next has been made a special order for to-mor- row, A substitute will bo offerva reducing the number of members of the Conmizsion, nnd re- quiring them to report to the prosent scasfon of tho General Assembly. The Comiittee on Munleipalities have pre- pared a report modifying the prefent law gov- erning Park Commizsioners, taking the nooolut- 1ngz power from the Governor, mid providing thut the Commissloners shall be elected by the people. ‘The bill, as amanded, provides for the election of three Livcoln Park Commissioners from North Chicago and two from Lake View, at the town elections, awd fixes the term of oflice at three years, Represeutative Link lost his pocketlbook on a raflroad train on the Wabash Road to-dav, contalning all his money and a _package of rail- road posses, o received o tolezram from the traln-boy this evenlug uotifying him that bis property had been found. Mr. Eliner Washburu, Bank Examiner, 1s hera ::H!i!'. aud visited the louse of Ropreseula- ves, Gov. Cullom has been It is understood slso that about half Scnators will not wo inte ‘This sort of Sonthern His renvmi- novsz. The subject. of partial female suffrage was Mr. Back satd. {n presenting this resolution, DAKGTA. YankToN, Feb, 3.—Tho twenty-first day of the Leuislative session has been reached, und no very finportant ‘measurca have yot psssed, though several are pending. There fa & talk of adjourning on the 18th tnst. Throuch thecom- munications of epeclal correapoudents, von- slderable has been sald reflecting upon the In- tegrity of Terrltorial Ticasurer Suerman, of Bloux Falls, the basis of all this being an fotimatlon in the Governor's messaze thint some things were unaccounted for in the ‘Treasury report. An investigation was ordered by the Legislature, and held, the result of which Ia that Mr, Sherman is exonerated, The Glovernor to<lay gave in his aoproval of the finding of the Leglslative Comumittes by ap- {:fllnuuz Mr. Sherman Terrltorlal Auditor. A i1l was fntroduced to-dsy erantiog sufrago to the women of the Terrltory. A hard- ! fought bottle bos been wawed over a temperance bill, but it has been defeated, and to-morrow a high License bill will be Introduced. A memorial has been adonted neking Concres to aivide Dakota Inte two Territories, and there In a strong sentiment againat the admission of the whole of Dakota as u State, as provided ina bill now pending in Con enle of lquors, he thought they e thought they It was for this reason that bie would ask Mr. Sufge, of Sangamon, woved tolay the ‘The motion was lost, Mr. S8nlzg moved to Indefinitely postpunc the Mr. Peters hoped_there would be no disposi- Mr. Itarts, of Logun, said he understood that INDIANA. Spectal Disvatch to The Tritune, InpIANAPOLIS, Feb, 8,—The Housc this after- noon had beforn them throe reports from the Judiclary Committes upou the right of this As- sembly to elect full Boards of Trustees for the benevolent institutions, the Deafl and Dumb, the Blind, and the Insane, The Democrats hold the cleetion of 1877 Ly the Republicans in jolnt con- ventlon to bo null und vold, and therefore treat the Presldency of the Bosrds and one of the Trusteeshipa as vacancies, whila for the other Trustee this Is the regular tlnu of elec- tion. The law provides that the clectlons shall be by concurrcent votes of the two Houses, and, as the clection of two years ago was In joint convention, they hold It legaland void. The Republicans claim that the election was a substantial compllance with the statute; that wo fraud violated it; that the Legislativo will was properly expressed, nud, although the Governor refused to commission the persons so elected, they were, notwithstand- ing, duly cleeted and qualified, and are entitied 10 hold for the full terin of four vears. ‘Tha Na- tional member of the Commnitteo makes a sccond minority report, taking the ground that the elcction of 1877 was null and vold, but thateach biennlal Gencral Assembly can only eleet one member of the Bourd. In hiscouctusious ho sides with the Republicans. ‘I'he debate was by Reoresentative Blecth for the IRepublicaus, Chairman Ostorno for the Democruts, and by Mr, Works for bimsclf. At n late hour the wmajority report of the Demoerntic memers of the Coninitteo was adopted by yeas, 483 naye, 30, awl the rald upon the benevolent institu- tions will provecd. ‘Yhe present olticors will, doubtless, endeavor to hold on, but, s the Democracy have control of the State Treasury, and will tot fl:cufilllzu them, it {8 hard to ses how thev. can do avything, ‘The Treasury oflicials will recognizo the men elected by this Assembly andg duly commissioned by Gov.” Will- fams, 'The new men will hold the loug end of the ‘mlc. Notbing else of futerest was done in the Legislature, Trouble has broken out In the Democratic rapks in a now place. Much anxiety exlsts, Nutn'l‘l;ul.c (J;-mmn]kul lluplm-el 0 ail the of- e ‘s at their dispusal, and the Cermans have banded together wd demnnded to beconciliaced |, o he Sebtzan duriam. Ly sume pap. Senator Henz ia at the head of = & the movemnent, nod those interested are enp. | G0sNEN, Iud,, Feb, 1.—1 read concerntng the clally bitter acainst Hendricks und those Demo- | Michigan Aeylum, 1 was an inmato of that fn- crats who voted for the constitutioni] smend- | gtltution for two years,—~a patient by turus ju went. A caucus of House Democrats was held | 4y, ve gifferent halle,—aud § feel certaln that no to-pleht which all ure eurnestly striving ‘i to unpress upon outsiders as barmoulous | 08¢ of ill-treatment by “starvation,” or lnany wind | rettling pust differences, The eligivility | other manner, ever did or vould occur, except of Cal, ‘Thomas Shea, nomimited for lhrrdur o the imatinatiou of & half-cured pattent, or of the Bouthiern Prison, was dlscussed und re- | the falaelivods of o desfgntug one, ‘The fuod 18 ferred to the Attorney-General for his ootolon. | good, well cooked, snd abundant; tliut prevared Shiea I 8 retired army ofticer o half-pay. Fhe | for the sick especially ntes. "The stiendants are cauens slso agreed” to do awsy with e Aprll | required to be uniformly kind attenlive to electful ‘Ihe Republicaus beld a caucus to- | the patients,—any known dereliction betng deals night, at which they deterined to press forun | with at once and summarily, And both the eurly submission of the constitutiouy]l amend- | retirlug nulthe precent Buperintendents are, in wents to the ])uuplu. ‘Vhey will not gret mapediul | the fullcst ssuke of the words, Christian gentle- vlecttan, the Democrats beloe In fayor of wait- | men, Juix Repr2zLd LATra. lug till the spring clection in 1830, The follows o nominutions were mades Livrarlan, Richard A U Mariou County; Dircetors of the Prison, John W, Baker, of Whitley Mr., Buleg's motion to postpoue was lost. Mz, Trusdell proposed an umendment sert. Mr. Qranger desired that the Committee Micniaa Speciat Dixpatck to The Tridune. Karamazoo, Mich., Jan, 3.—~The Investigat- lng Committeo appototed by the Leglslature last week will be here to-morrow und commence sy examination of the workings of the inatitu- Ilon and take the testimony of witnesscs sumn- woned here for that purpose, The Committes cousists of Senators Willlam Chamberlatn, Three Onks; R B. Robbins, of Adrian; and W, . Benjamin, of 8amnaw; aml Ruprescntativ dotn Willits, of Flint; k. V. Chase, of Elsley Crosby Eaton, of 8outh Havens W. 1L Curtls, of Otiawa; aud Joseph Walz, of Woyne, Mer. Fosbauder desired that the Speelal Com- ‘These respective amendiments were adopted, Mr. Granger bresented the following resolu. Lesolred, That the Committeo on Ilevenue be w of the Btate, uch changes can A Joint sessiun of the Committees on Drain- WEST VIRGINIA, Wunering, W, Va,, Feb. —The West Vir- ginla Leglslaturo to-doy rescinded its fnstruc- tlons to its Congresalonal deferation to vote for the Texas & Pacitle Rallroad Dbill, by remittiog the matter to the best judgment of fts Scuators aud Representatives in Congre is the result of the nablo VOICE OF TILE PEOPLE. A Wolf-Hunt. To the Lditor of The Tribune, Braver Hiw, 1L, Feb, 1.—A grand wolf-bunt will come off In Iroquols County, !linols, cuat of 8t. Mary, on the Uith Inst. Some of the Chi- cago sporting men have a wronu hinpression as 1o the date, Jasns Lxous, Under the law cities may establish Ar. Gross, from the Committee on Judlclary, The Tribuno Thankedl. To the Lditor of The Tribune. Cuicaqo, Feh, 1.—At the mesting of the Chi- cago Boclety of Decorative Art, held Jan. 24, the ladies passeyl & unspimous vote of thanks to Tun TRibUNE for gratultoualy inserting in ita columna notices and descriptive saketchies of the Loan Exhibition. Resuectiully, Many l'ank, Corresponding Sceretury. Mr. Mason, of Cuok, bias prepared a bifl pro- As the Iaw now stunds, by some error, n for the election of a Clerk ourt of Cook County, and were, Mr. to 80 Debtors’ mero deputy © by sufferauce. has nlso prepared o bill bee. 1 ol the lnsoivent end This bl has been pree hard- when the County Judge sickness, absence, or ot Dot aever T cause: ¢, the lesss or pur- v Lhe ters of 0 und wmneod - G now i existence which truat-decd or sale morteage, This ameudient, 1t 4 elafmed, would catmpel all persona who had sold property under u trust<ieed or mortigage Juidge Bangs' Memory. Lo resort to an action of e{m‘lmcm in a court To the Editor of The Tribune, Cnicaao, Feb, 3.—1 obaervo in your paper of b e | County; Robert’ Dykes, of Noble Couuty; .l:”:,m"‘.':‘ ;.':'L",, pmv‘lux{“;fihm" u{,,“fl:fi, Churles’ Luther, of Porter County: Sonthern | t0-387 your editorlal comments of the want of arzuments tts worafus. Mr. Sherman, | Drison, Chatles' Fo Coflin, of Waine Countys | memory of United Statos District-Atitorney In speaking to this question, cislmed that | Batuel ‘T. Platt, of Perry County; ‘Trustee of | Bangs ju the Blodgett luvestiration, suying such Deat and bDumb Jnstitute, ) County; Blind Tum, Ueorge er, of Fountaln County; Comutnfssioner Tasaue Lospital, Allen Bmith, of Wabash County. Jacob tiritlin, tits wmeudment would be In the nterest of lithzationund lawyers, und not in the {uterest of the people wnl ot Justlee. Where thy con- tract now provides that pussession shall by civen aufter sale under the power vontained fn the instrument, it would bo unfale to compel o resort to nm;‘llun of ejectiuent und create a bitl of expense: to'ubtaln possession. Mr. Matthews (uvored the amendment, because the law as it now exlsts was an fnnovation upon the common law aml an amendwent sdopted 0 this Stute at u receut date, and that it was unly fair t open up the whole guestion of the regularity of the proccedlvgs, which could be douc only in an actlon of ejectiment. Mo also saidh that the gruwing crops would sccompany thu possesslon of the property, ‘Ihis measure was under discussion when the Ilouss ad- Journed. Bome days since the following joins reso- lution was presented by Mr. Collius, of Cook: Lesolred, Ny the House of Neprescuiatives of defect operates s A disquallfication for thy oflice. I think you very charitable,~more than I can be after u erltical reading of his testimony, To my understanding, it shows by evaslon an un- willing witness, fortifving httoself when oeces- sary for his purooss by nol recvitecting, uol re- sembering; yet, when for the bepetit of Litodgett, his emory 18 better,—quite clear. Judge Bangs muay ns well understand that his carecr as Dstrict Attorney has been noted by the peuple, wnl judgent catered; and, 10 he cannot understund his unfituiess for the place, he appoluting power should, und remedy the evil. A, BOC # MINNESOTA, . Boecial Disps®A (0 The Tyibune. Bz, Pavr, Minn., Feb, 8.—In the denate to- day a petition fromithe rallvosd-engincers was prescuted, which prays the pasvage of u law ro} quiring that engincers shall pass a strict ox- amination before belug permitted to take chargo of cogines, Sclah Chambertatu's sunual petition was read and filed. Hels the largest holder of State rallroad bouds, und has equitics in a case which are dented to others ol the origina) boud- holders, He has ussented to several schemes of Mr. Grover Kepudinted. To the Fditor at The Tribune, Cnieado, Feb, 3—1 concelve ft to be due to the members of the Philosophical Soclety 4 scitlement heretofore proposed by the Legis- t t the mecting ou Saturda the Stato of Dinule, the Senate concurnug herein, prasens, . uf y -.;n-: dher still Ve subuiiih d o tho volers of luture, but rojected by vlo,vuh:,: vote, aud | Jast, when Mr. A. J. Grover delivered this Biate st thy nest ekclun for members | some yeurs ago spent coushderable mon ¥ q el D1 the Foaorl A ity 8 Recsabtlion o o ¥ pe shile oy in | bls Jecture on temperance, published 1a endeavoring to convines the voters of the Stute thls morning's TuIBUNE, to of the justness of the clafms of the bond- the A0 wection of | ¢he second arlicle of e Couatitution of this State that the same shal y thul the six criticlsms uilered to that Jecture, all, without read an followa: *Hhe right of toial by jury; os | holders. His present petition recites ut | exveption, objected to the fwputations cast u ® + ) bon Ty imny veovids ‘riciasee 0t | length the weltknown bistory of | Christlsns wnd Chrlstlan orgunlzatious as the cureence of love than tbree-fourthy of the Jurors lun veraict in ciril casca snali bu » suill- clent aerveincal, aud dicle inding whall bo the vordict of the ' jury, ud Juay nsu suthurize thg tr1al uf civil caves bgherc Justices of tha Peaca by a Jury of leas Ly twelve men, ‘Thix inatter bas wot yet been under conshderu- thon by the Judidury” Commiftice, to which it was referred, Lutit s atiracting some commeny here, uinl meets alth considerable fayor. M, Barry, of Lovk, bas prepared u bill mak- izt the duty of School” Boanls uml School Dircetors tu gatublish & unifu,m class of text- books 10 echicols, which shall not b changeuble fur a perod of threo years, “The Prigug Cominitteo held s rather pro- tructed geolon this atterugun, fn which the :Ilrmmu\‘:;g' of e Pubhe Pruter wers lareely scusse Me. fi-m, of 1roquols, presented a proposi- ton, @hleh recmied to mivel witn wuch tayor, Whick was the cstablishment of u State Printing Oilice and the sbolitiun of the Siste Printer, Tl Btate Friuter und Wreg experts bave begn bonds, and also of the varivus efforts at adjust- meat bo has made, awd argues that most peo- ple of the Btate, having sctiled hers stucs the bonds were fssued, have been led 1o wrongfully believe, by representations of o few newspaoers uud occusloual atthudes of political couventions, that the bonds origivated in fraud, und ought not to be paid. He asks tlmt the Leglslature sball propusy some plan of adjustmest which way be thuroughly und falrly discussed througle- out the Btate by men of character sud influcnce, whose atatements of facts wonld be respected, e sequits the people of the chargy of betug tn- tentlonal repudiators, anl urges that wr)‘,vllt upproye of u falr plan of - adjustmep wucuever they are made to understund the werits of the case. He coucludes with the gm surauco thut sucl (3 bis anxiety to leave bis | that Bocicty, that ff we must wuit the tardy helrs & more substantial degucy thaw a con- | march of evolution und sclence slone 1o nupress tested cludm against o sovereizn State, that vo | upou the fudividual seusoriuwm of the wasscs tha effort will be spared ou his part to tavet e vanced theorivs of bygieue uud w philosophice allies of intemperuuce; und ull, us honust men und women were fn honor and truth bouni to do, confessed that the various Christivn bodics were fn fact the greatest I not the unly opposers ull the drivking habits wud wustows ol the times, 1o additivn, these crliiclsms wera also offered, and Teft unsolved by the lecturers (1) That the wines of the Bible were of the Hghter sort, amd comparutively of @ harmless Lutuie; (2) that the Clhinstiuu” Bible, while apparcutly favorivg the driuking of wine, was vet u Hterature ju which otlier writers as foreibly uttered thesr dis- approvul; (3) that i1 drunkenness be a guestion ol heredity, g s fougdation must be Juoked for Juug sbtecedient 10 the advent of tho. ralie ol of tbe Ylbleo—cousequently Christlapity s uub responable for it - Aud 1 sy udd slso, as au humble wember of al control of the appetite before the plague of | expenses certainly woukl be several tho nds fmm werate drinking can be stayed, then | of dollurs more,—such as the payaent of ofli- alnal for the noor drunkard, and alasl | core’ galaries, repalrs to canal, wazes of em- for bis innovent wite and ehllire what hope | ployes, h a8 lock-tenders, ete, or tielp can there be for them t de, ot Teast, | Now, the Commisstoners poear to be trsing of 1 few thonsand yeara! Lo rin the eanal mertings now being held along The Tecture struck e thus as a selentifle of- | the line of canl and river in their own interest. fort: 1t was A failure, but as ncharge agamst | “Thefr prin the Scriptures, s la Tom atne, it was amas- | roads are terdy cffort, §t was received philosophieally, amld n fecliog that it was unjnat to truth, and, v appeared to me, afeeling that there wasa something in Christianity which mrde men act better than the creeds, nnd to range themselves on the stde of right rather than wrong,—on the side of temperance rather thun that of drunk- enness, and this in apite of ts apparent ap- proval of wine-dridking. Yours, ete., A Mespen. pal efforts aro to show that the rafl. tiopling the canal, instcad of admit- tinge thelr own [neana Supt. ‘Thomas, n his report dated December, 1877, sava that there had at that thae been $i5, damnage to State property by the Ogden- Wentworth Ditch in the fliling-in'of the canal, hreaking of banks, cte., yet those Commisston- ers, having control of $7,000,000 vr £8,000,000 of Btate property, allowed siich vandalism, ~ Wor, they cught to have applied to the Qovernor to bring vut the militiaof the Ntate and protect s cang of workinen In filllpg up the Wentworth Diteh, it they were powerlass to 011 it fu the or- dinnry way, ‘ But they say they cannot eet a sufficlent cur- rentof water from Chlengo by lowering the water at Lockport, s It will interfere with Noe- ton's water-power, Now let them tell Mr. Nor- tun that, when be got hls charter for the use of, the water of the canal, he only had two run of stone fo his mill; now he has'over twenty run, and that oublie interests demand that he use no more water than the State first allowed him, ‘They say thut the fcc in the canal interferes with the current: but the fact ia there has not been #1x fnches of fee in that cunal this winter. Nuw, we all favor a ship canal to be huilt by the Gen- eral Government, but untll that can bic done we want the present canal kapt uyen by rizid econ- amy and good mauagement. Private intercsts must npt _be protected in antagonism to pablic health nud convenlence, J Chistf Engincer Jenny, in his report, aays if three more dams and focks were bullt 6o the 1llinols River, at a cost of $1,450,000, that the traflic on the canal would bu increased about five-Totd, and In ten years abave ten-fold. Now, then, let us have the dams built, either by the Ueneral Governuient, that reserves itstight to the nuvigable waters of the country, or let the Rtato adyance the money to do it, and make the tolls 80 low that the canal shail act on the ralironds of Illinois as the Erlo Canal on those of New ork. 1 believo, as & matter of public policy, that the Board of Cana! Commissloners should he abolished, as they are drawing thelr pay out of the State Treasury in direct violation of the Constitutlon, which prohibits any State funda to be pald to eanals or rallroads, and the Chiet Eungineer and Superintendent could run the canal, with the aiddition of another clerk or two, at a moderato salary. The salaries of all canal oflicers should be reduccd at least 20 per cent, and all perquisites cut off. I wonld call the at- tention of vour readers 1o the Commissioners’ report of 1877, 1t-will show who are metting the benefit of the cannl funds, Retrenchment and reform in canal matters arc_neccasary to save it from bankraptcy, Onaptan ILicks, Canal-Bost Carpenters Man Is Extravagant. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicano, Feb, 8.—Have you cver notfeed the nickels, dimes, nnd quartersa man will spend during the week that arc entirely unnecessaryl The little things be brings home to s wife be- cause they wera 8o cheap, which sho kuows, though she may not say so, are of no uso to any one. Havo you ever seen him buya paper ino tho street-car one block from home,—~a paper he won't have time to read on the car, and will never think of agaln after alighting from it1 I say not a word ngainst his buying a newspa- per, if he has time to read {% and wishes to do #o} hut if bo buya it, as we have seen, becauso he has none In his hand at themoment, and gots ona for the sake of dolng something, I say the nickel might Lotter have been given to his wife to buy niik for the chiidren’s supper, or ut in the savings bank. Neither do I condem the practics of helping the boothlack earn an honest living by extend- ing patronage to bim, unless your means ara timited and you are in the habit of muflunlmi your wife aliout spending money. I so, malntain you coulid have blacked your boots yourself in the woodshed befure you leit home Without detracting one lota from your diznity, nnd the dime saved would have been better in the hank. Amit 1 do object most strenuously to your spending your money for cigars and driuks, whother for yourself or your friends. B You have fio right togak a mantotake a drink with you, or acigar, nnd serimp yourwife fifteen ceuts’ worth, even i there were no higher rea- suns why you sbould not do these things, nud the amount saved from drinks, cigars, und boots alone would nstonish you at the year's end. A nan can save when tb comes to Inrge sums, but he hates, and will not count, the pennies, und cannot comprehiend low what he terms his ‘littlo expenditures’ amount iu tho azgregato to a verv larye sun indeed,while it is proverbisl that wotnen are exceedingly careful of the small amounts, A woman wiil do the marketing for a family on one-balf the sum that a man will, sud have 88 great a varioty and sct as pood n table, sim- ply becnuse she Jooks after the little unneces- um;{unennu ench thme. woinan willturn, and pleee, and remodel an old druss, because shie’ cannot bear to pay out mouoy for aew, when shie already has so guod an article, where n man would thraw the same materinl away, and pshaw at the idea of fts be- ing good for anything. But why multlply oxnmples? Man fs, wa and always will bo extravagant, and will eve! llke Adam of old, try to turnthe blame of belu 80 upon his wife, sisier, or mother-in-Inw, as the ‘The Canal Comwlssloners. To the Editor of The Tribune. Nacnusa, Til,, Feb, 3.—The busincss men and farmers in this sectfon of the State are wmuch pleased with the noble stand Tur TRIBUNE has taken on the subject of water transportation, and if you will only keep piling on your sturdy blows at unjust discrimination and falr play for the canal you will be backed by three-fourths of the community, and by all who do not get their, living by their wits, and who do not expect to be dead-headed through life at the expeuso of thele meighbors. All admit the affairs of the case moy ba. MRa, B, C. [IXAZLITT. casal have been very badly managed In the past, u:t 1t lllu bcern a )Iom“.leinl "en;:h]l‘o A Woman Who Wants Cheap Divorces, |10 Loost 8 class of smal ey " polf- To the Editor of The Tvibune. ticfans into vpower, and to give them a means of obtaluing o lyelthood witbout having to work for the sawe, but that {s no rea- sun why the canal shonld be surrendered to the railrond monopolles of the 8tate, to be by them aried up and discontiuued, mud not have it, as It now 1s, the great leveler to bold them In eheek from robbing the various Industrics of tlie State of a good share of the frults of thelr labor, When times are flush, and all the prod. ucts of the farm are brging a good round price, the farmers do not feel the excesslve toll Imposed upon them by somo of the unscrupu- lous ruliroads of the Btate as_they do when the products of the fatn are down to bed.rovk prices, and when it is all they can possibly do by the most rigid cconomy to” make the two ends of the year meet. 1t 1s well known to ev- ery easital ohserver that the combined rallroads of the United Btates are to-day trying to drv up all the wator-routes in the country that have the least show of belng their competitors for the transportation of the cereals of the great pral- ries of the West to their flnal consumption, And they will certalnly be auccessful lu the end unless the produccrs and the coubuniers unite and take n long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all toggether to prevent it. The people both north and south of our Intitude ore belng swakened to the {mportance of a eticap water route to wive rellef to their overhiurdened granaries, and [t looks to ab out- sider that Chiengo will soon La left out in the cold unless she Uestivs hersolf, and foslsts that sho will hiave a direct srestern water-connection with”the Mlssissippt River, and all that it lm- plles. If the munugement of the llivols & Michiman Canal conld only he removed from the political areng, aud et none but competeot and vducated men in the busiuess be appoiuted to superintend und overseo ity how much belter it would be for the cunul and to all of us who are {utcrested In Its succeas nnd prosperity, Bue, solong as thy canal {8 madea politlcal machiug to subserye the interests of those who ara in power, it will bo o fluancial fallure sd disgrace to the State, aml the sooner 1t 18 turned out af politics the better It will bu for all partica ,concerned, except thiose who are prostituting it for thelr own political und selflsh wrains. If the Governor of the 8tato would only I[)- polnt suftahle porsons, with bustness qutalili- vations aud the proper education for Caual Conunissioners, to oversce und tako charge of it, the people of the State would take more in- terest in {18 success and its flnul completion, But, a8 it is now managed, all who do vot live in the vielnity of the canal, und whoare wot di- reetly futerested in its political and linancial spulls, bave becomo disgusted with the whole scheme, and wish it could be blotted out of exlstonre, and thereby remove one soures of corruption from the people of the Btate. 1t 1a well koown to every man of {ntelligence in Leo County that at least one of the Caoal Commisslonucrs ts incompetent so foras busiuces qualitlentions of any kind are concerned, und lins been a uscless parasite as o Canol Comimis- sloner, uud s not qualifled, elther by education or Itncf(n:xtlx»n, to discharge the duties of any public oftice, especially if there {s oy labor to perforu (n sald oflice. The State pavs hicr three L‘mml Commissioners $3,475 & vear, or §5 a day, Sundays ticluded, and to each Comansaloner 81,825 vearly for bia services; or, mors properly soeakine, each Cotnmissioner swears that sumn out of the Btate Treusury for bis sorvices, waen it ts well known that the Commissionersare not actually enzaged in their canul duties more than one-third of the time, And all kuow that the water 1o the canul Is frozeu solid at least four months of the year, und busincss of all kinds s suspanded o the canal during that time, und thero 18 nqthing whatever for the Canal Comtnissioners to do, so far as the canal is converned, Agaln, il the Legislature bad supposed the Cowmmlssloners would have sworn 1o 865 doys' Inbor for euch year, the offices woylil hnve been mado sularied fustead of per diem,’ 8s you well kuow, If aur Commlsstoners will bo so merce- nary as to awear to labor they do not perforn, it 18 the duty of the Loeislature to ubollsh the office of Canal Cominisslonur at ones and ap- point & computent engineer, whose sola busl- ness shall be to oversve and mavage the aflaire of the canal, and, if he needs couusel and sd- vice, Jot him vall to his asslstance such Btate officers o8 may ba deslznated by law, Wo mnust not expect the people of tho Stato wiil consent tu be taxed who do not live along the Mus of the cunal for uscicas sinecures, especially fa these hand thines, ninl when they at the sume time know these leeclics ure charging {ur Ik:lrv:e days' work when ouly ons s per- ormed. WasuinogToy, I, Feb, 1.—I was well pleased to sco i your fesuc of Jan. 27 the letter of W. M. D., and sincercly hope that this question, of such vital hinportance to us all, will bae thore oughly discussed. And, Mr. ‘Tntsuxg, 1 do uot think ft possible for you to omploy the pages of your influential paper fu auy better way than to cncourage discusalon on this sub- Ject. As our frlend W. M. D. truthfully says: “The amount of Juvenlle depravity, fufantile mortality, infanticldes, mul abortlons, together with tho unhappiness, brutality, sulclaes, nnd crlmes of various kinds arlsing from marital Infelicity, now provalent In our country, ls really npoalling, and if a remedy for these, including nlso the stunendous soclal cancer, prostitution, might be reallzed by soclety in general ndooting the Uneidn Community plan of according to all female adults absolutu free- dom und independence In their love and sexual relations,” ete., cle, Ob1 what u"destrable end this would bo to moke woman free, And o my opinlon that cost, what ft may, it will be cheap at any price. But'T do not velleve it s necessary for usto run from ove extreme to the other. Ido nut ihiok in order to emaucipate woman from lier resent thraldom that it is necessary to rush nto Comtnunisii, 1 think that our present arrisge system {s good, very wood; but, like all human fnstitutions, {t is not perfect, And I think that, by makiug divorces na casy as mnr- riaes, nind putting tlie cost of cither the one or the other at 256 cenes each, und making the dl- voree, a8 thy murrisge now is, subject to the will of the contsacting vartics, wo should re- mova the cause of much crime, ncluding In- fanticides, ana abortions, and prostitution, nnd mtuich misery, brutnlity, suicldes, ete. But sa yron satd to the Greeka: 1 tiva swords and native rauk e uly hiopo for freedom dwells, So sny [ to woman. If ye would be free, yourseives musf ke the blow. And flrst you inust be self-dependent, so thnt in case of ne- vossity you can support yourselfl in reapectabiit- ty and dignity. As longr ns our dnughters are taught to be dolls, to devend upon thefr fa- thers, their brothers, and lastly upon their hus- bands, longz will they bo the slaves of mnn, There 18 no reason i the world why a healthy, Iatelligent woman should not be abla to eu; port herself, and, if need be, one or two littla children, 3 she ts properly paid for hier work. Aud rlene here comes in “another question,— that of the proper remunoration of woman for er labor,—which question uiust also be solved by yoursclyes, Dear woman, aa long as you will work for half wages you will find peoble, bath men wid women, who are mnean enourh 1o tako your lohor ot the lowest posstblo price for v:hh-h they can get it, aud even to grumible at that, tilve us easy divorces, so that young men will not be afratil s they now arcto tuke the leap, us thourh they are leaping intoun frrevoca- Lle eteruty, so that, (n case of o infstake in the eelection of & partner, the mlstako can bo remedied withont muking u crlminal of one or e other of the coutracting parties. Glve us casy divorces, so thut, when a couple find that they buve wade 8 mstake, it can be correct- ed in early Jife, without compalling them to Hive a long lifo of sin, misery, uid criino agolost the lawa of God aud thelr own being. Giive us vasy divorces, so that, il o gentleman and o lady make a mistake, aud find themselyes unadapted to Jlve harmonlously togethicr, winl consequently unable to rear good, well balanced chilurer, for humanity’s sake lot them sep- arate ruther than ratsc children for the Penlten- thary und the gallows, Jwok i the mind’s eye upon ten of your married acauulntanc low many oot of “that ten ars happy In thelr marsied vetations? And If only one vut” of the ten unhoppy, that one {natunce calls for its remedy, which can onty be obralned by eaay divorces, But, If my obscrva- thons are coirect, vou will find over bialf of the whele comiunity who wre living In maritul misery—und whyl Just becauss somcbody suya it fs not right to_be seourated i oncs nar- ried, 1 would ask, Ts it right to e thilovest s it rlehit to rate murdererst s it right to brig futo the world any but well-balanced chiliirent And this can ouly be done by perfuct harmouy between the varents, which, in iy oofulun, is Heaven's choleest blessing to mor. tals. we fnfl o our finit attempt to ebtain this choleest of Heaven's blessiue, s thero any n‘n;mll,n'ulun why we should be deuled a seconid Ti . Ioping that others more able than I will take up this all-important question uud discuss the watter until we srrive st the truth, I retmal, W. H, Tho Hlinols & Michigan Canal, To the Editor of ‘Ihe Tritune. JorixT, 111, Jau, 81.~—A fetter hus this morn- fug been publtshied fo the Jollet News from the Canal Superintendeot, in which he, fua high state of excitement, makes some explanations u regard 1o the present condition of the caoul. ‘fhierc is sumething strauge why those canal uanagers canhiot discuss canal mattens without showiug such bitter fecllog. ‘Tho resideots tn the c¢ities alongz the Jine of canal bave the most veason 1o feel aggrleved by the offeasive ciluyla ariafo from the canal, that i3 corrylug siciiness uud death o ite track. The great diffleulty sppears to bo that the canal 44 sbout baukrupt, und the managers will soon loss thefr offices, upleas the Stute or Congress comes to Weir rellel. 1 understood the Buperinteudent to say, at & recent weetfoe beld bhere, that there wer. ubout 855,000 uf canal fuuds on band now, Lut he sbows .'dv hinlast year's report that thy aqueducts, bridecs, boats, dredges, und neces- sary repalrs, would require ubout §$30,000 (wisich he terms extruordivary exvcuses) before the opentug of vuvigationis 1370, 1he ordinary Contradictions in the Tible, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cuicago, Feb, &.—The discussion botween “¥rank " and ¢ Natbanicl” 1s bocoming fnter- esting to those who like to sce both sides well represented, In this case, as Inymost others, the truth prob- ably les between the two extremes. No oue can deny that Curlst taught the high- est form of wmorallty. At thesame time, It {8 equally trus that the Biblo iu msuy places o tious, eithier expressly or by necvasary implica- tlon, the grossest immorality. I is true, also, thut there are many contradlctious in the Bible, slthougn all aro not such thut are sometimes claimed tobe. Sowe overzealous infidel will point out & contradiction—tliat is, an apparent one—which can bo explaied or reconciled, Houce the overzealous Chrution will at once conciude that they are all of the same character, A distiuction must be drywu belween thoss accounts which, though differeut, may be supplemcotary to each othcr, nnd thosa which are absolutely {nconsistent: or 'flatly coutradict - cach other, The question s, Can the picture which bas been druwn 1o the mind’s eye or uvon canvas from Uw statement or descrfption of the vne still remaln,ur must it be blotted out auil a uew picture be drawa to n;rrel'ent. the siatement or descripiion of thy other ‘Yo ilustrate, let us take the calliog of Peter. "r‘hln :Dddl:;'. of evan; Matthew, Mark, and Luke, ) ) o o foliwa: " o Loke. Matthewy saw Lwo brethiren, Binion €4 ot Galjfg, drew his brother, ColledPuy lowel 1| brethren, dames, the son of Zebeger ST Other his brother, {n & ship with z:bel:f:‘ef"fhfi"“lnhn, ending their neta; aud He called om0 and foltowed Him.”—Matthew, distance wa sce a ship or fisbing.| sliore, substantiaily as follows: from land: also to let dow: draught, tolled all pighty and fiad taken nothy e multitude of fishes, an they valled upon stheir ship for kelp; that both salonished, al besought Jeaus to depsrr. Toes Zebedec, who were partners of Simon, 4y Jesus sal o forth thou shalt catch meo, had brought thelr shivs to lang, -nx, and followed Him,"—Luke, v., 111, sea} in the other, they will be fn the boat, whily ahore; or if Peter and Andrew were of the fh. cninen, they were on shiore also, called Janes und John. catled- together, were {n the ship, mending thelr nets; fo ke other, (hey" if they were of zelical hiatory 1 tedhy ocotay *And Jesun, walking by the geq ey nid gt CASLIE B uet Intg 1h, pot) As tey were tishers. And 1o saits l|)x" i Follow me, und I'will make you g them, ; YOU fhsliers of iy And I.llei":.lmlzht\uy Te1t their nets gy Pl And going on from thenes e thes lmmeiately leit tho ship ami. ey, A0 e Marics sccount, Mark, &, 100, (pros, 24 literally the same as Matthew 8, I8 not sistent'with it, In bot the ples ncon. In 118 Intogrity. Ve seo & coupte oy’ fretened O by the seashore casting In tlieie pote §ren v boat n We sco Christ. firat call e b follow Him, und then the f:::'?’.rfl;fi,"" [ where Chriat called the other two from ||“ ow, low 18 it with Luke's n-mlhn:l‘el'll [7,‘ That Jesus stood by the Lake aud saw w0 sbips standiug by e pasiith the fisuermen had goDo out of them, anj o2t washing their nets. That He enterey the i of 8imon Peter, and asked him to lhrun':;(,p n i That Simon suswered, o, 1 3 That the net brake, m:l DRTLHCEs in the qthe sbips were el hat Peter , they let dowo the xma and nclosed that they began to siok. among those present, who wer: were. James ‘and Jobin his brother, sty id unto_ 8imon, Fear not, from ety Add when thgy thiey foriog 8 this account consistent with that Matthew and Mark? Can the p(ulurcm:l!r:-b’ !ru:n the dnv'.rl'pllox: lll’( Mltlh‘n‘w and ,\lmy: inain, or muat it nof e crased, to for another? ReNe o In the one picturo wo will have one shipor hoat, in the other two; In the one we wii( bare Peter and Audrow casting thelr nets into by the fishermen were washing their netg 00 the washin, nets. In ‘the one, Peter and l\mlrawzvl‘ll['fl bo seen, immedintely upon being accosteg by Jesus, leaving thielr nets and following Hin, In the other they are first astooishied und co verted by a iiracle. 1n the one, Christ, alter calling Peter and Andrew, who were cuting their nets, “going on from theuce,” alterwar In the other, they ug In the one, Jatnes and Jotg “the fishermen” were out of the ship, washing thelr nets, £ Can any fair-minded peraon say that thegs ary both truthful accounts of the same transaction) ‘Thero are wany such conflicting accounts,— many, fn fact, that every truthfil and candyy maon will hesitate lona before asserting tha thcre aro fio contradlctions in the Gospel histories, . W XID GLOVES. The Testlmony All One Way, New York, Feb. 8.—The kidglove resy pralscment, begun several weeks ago, I come pleted, os far as the General and Merchant Ap- praisers are concerned, and resulted (nthres separata repaorts. Mr. Halsted acted an Merchant Anpralser on three of the invalces,and Clafiioon the remainiog one. Ilalsted declares his opio- fon to bo that the goods were clenrly under valued. e odvonces the valuo of fnvolces from 42 francs to 40 francs, with a risc of thres francs for ench additionnl button. His repors doos not carry any penolty. Clallin advances the gloves from 43 francsto 47 francs, and In his report wishes it fo beur- derstood (that he Is of the opinfon the the esk dence shuws that 53 francs fs the price at which rloves similar to thoso in question are soldin the forelgn market. Claflin’s declsion sdvancs the fnvolce value over 10 per cont and careles s penaity, 5 Thie Genersl Appralser, Aloxander P. Keich- um, xanounces he stiould austain thie local Ap: prafser in Lis advance of iuvoice value from 41 to 52 franca, Cullector Merritt 18 cxpected to glve an enly and flual deaision, —— THE MILWAUKEE SALOONS, . dpectal Dirpaich to The Trisune. Mirwavkes, Feb, 8.—Acting Mayor Mobirt adberes to his determination toenfores stringent reforma §n the saluon business of the city. A fortnight sluce he suppressed the concert-siloon nulsance. Then he became an ardent advocate of 'Ald. Btoltz's midnlght-closing onlinance, which atill hangs tire In the Common Cound, and now he bas lssucd an order requiring the Chiof of Pollco to make n most vigorous and carefal cxaminatlon, nid report ail saloon-keep ors who are fn the habit of sclling liquor to minors in violation of the 8tate law and dir ordinance. TiMs order {8 based upos informution that has been fited fn the Mavor's office, and, {t {s sald, will result in disclosures of a atartling anl aweeping character I ngidly euforced, ns scarcely o saloon or bar exists o the city where ll?unr 18 not daily snld tominors. It 1a safe to predict that Mayor DBlack will ind Lhs entlre hurde of saloon-keeoers up in smd acafst his administration wheu be returss frum Mezxico, ———g— - THE GHOST OF A GRAB. Bpecial Dixoateh to The Tridune INDIANAPOLIS, Feb, 8.—An old war chia came upto-day in the Superfor Court, Yeirs ago W. M. Coburn, s clalin agent, collected several hundred thousand dollars of Jfudisss 3 per cent clalms, The Legisiature inally allowed bim $10,000 for bis services, which was collected for him hf T. B, McCarty, then Btate Audifor and W, If, I, Terreli, AdJutant-Utnersl, wid the understindiog that they wero to have Coburn_died, and Lis exscutor sued for bib shnro of the money. 1la recoveced judment o o lower court, but the Appeltate Court revers i the Judgment, on the ground that no dm“:l was'ever made un Terretl, McCarty belnz dead: FELLOWS' JRYIOIFIO! TES WASTING DISEASES, 8UCH AB Consumption, Bronchitls, Asthma, General Dee bility, Brain Exhaustion, Chironic Cot- stipation, Chironte Diarchwa, Dys- pejria, or Loss of NERVOUS POWER, Are postilvely sud speedily cured by Tellows' Compound Syrvp of Mypeshosphitsh 1t 1s no longer an {dle dream or boasting uummm: Fellows' Hypophoephltes, whoreln are unlted n-hur" forces, will stroutben man aud niake bis e B3t 40F endurable, but sparkiig with rude nd juyout be this, then, wa recommand when vitallty lson the wssh oF when the organism becomes enfeebled. CONSUMPTION I8 CURABLE. 0.0 Maxuion Novsx Nore, Hartivoss, ! e ‘October &y 1M1 r. Jsmes 1, Felloxs; Tivar 8ir: ¥ havo fust fntehed the tenth and last of yuur eatimablo Byrap of the 11 yponliospbl usd § ascribe ceasation of couih, SRETD o aind eheat, and of coplol ciorsiiung b of appetils, buoysocy of apitl atrougih 5 perfornt my dall Plessure unkavien tu nie fors long Hms. inve expurtenced frou 1t vise )l persone ad el lav aday (o taking Ii~fealin Tioapbi fu'ow b Do not ba decelved by remedies name; na other preparation la » substituie derany circumstances, i Look out for Lhe name aad address, J. 1. PELLOTC. 8t Jobn, N, B., oa tbe yellow wrspper W B, mark, which (s secn by holling the paper Lefd! ght. 50. " Price, $1.50 per Bottle, Bix for §7.50. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ‘WESTEIIN AGENTS, J. V. ELARRIS & CO- QINOINNATI, O. L. besrng & imisd tate for $by 83" A ®) GuAPMY. o 1 4 puz. cAtn puoTos., 1 CATL 30 | ukPuh SRR b B, Witk £0, a8 DAYS,| v ttitiB bt GG L e