Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1879, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. 71AD ” MILLER . . charge that Ex-Gov. E. O. 2 gtanard Has Betrayed Them, i PR -recting © Compromiso with b m{ife “(x};uchraum Patont T*eoplo. nt on 'Change in Bt. Louis in xfl“&(;:;scquence of This Action, P the Compromise, and neme O b Was Eifectod. ., Fen, 20,—The excitement and 5.'"’,’,‘;’.,”.‘:,25;,nm millers hiero agnlnst ex- !’ufl"fl for compromlsing his suit, report- o alsg, continued unabated to-day, and ""m;uh l'lufl. he Missourl Stato Millers® As- m(au peld called meeting this afternoon, i snimously adopted reaolutions oxpelling l"mx.‘imurd & Co., and J. B, M. Kehlor & Co., L 50 havo settied with e Cochrane party, P tho Assoclation for breach of faitn In com- ulnz the sulta of the American Middlinge- ’er Company ngalnet their firms. Mr, Stan- It Vice-Prestdent of the Natlonal Millers tlon, and threats of expulalon from thut gatlonaromade agalust him, Mr, Stanard daleads isaction on what he regards sound bual- s prinelplcss and says o considerable numher ‘U‘M members of the National Association e taken tho amo course he las, and ho 2t seem to Lo much affected at the com- dg:;(an e haa causcd. It is osserted by the Cochrano party that any momber of the Nation- 4 Asaciation, or person or firm ngainst whom {hey havo sults pendingg, con compromizn thewm- {be pame terms offercd Mcasrs, Stanard and ?.;(ur‘ yiz.: onobundred dollars per run of flmmlll in the United States Cireutt Court sbieb have been 1 progress here more than two ks dlosed to-day, were submitted, and the ¢t bas taken them under advisoment, with . e noderstanding that deefsfons will be ren- dered the mezt torm. Judge Netzon will decldo ¢ Vionesota cases, and Judges Ditlon and frost the Missourt caecs. &t Louls Glode-Democrat, Fvb, 20, There lsmo **madder™ set 6f men In the clty péay than the millers, They boldly charzo hor, B 0. Btanard, Vice-President of the Hiters® Natlonal Association, and Mr. J. B, M. Keblor, President of the Missouri State Asso- itloo, with beteaytngs them. ‘That this fs not fitlag the care too strongly could be scen by 1agone on *Chiango yesterday, There was one *dthemost exciting times over seen on tho for of the Bt. Louts Exchange. And it all wscoutof o very quiot proceeding just over . fatbe Unitedt Btates Circuit Court, In the great piling sult now pending, On the threo learned Jadges taklng the beneh, and bofore argument: aamenced, Mr. Mason, chief counsel for com- jitiaant, aonounced that the sult neainst Mr, . L 0. Stanard wonld e dfsmisecd, as a com- jmmiso had beon made. There was somu sen- wilonat IS USEXPECTED ANNOUNGHMENT, tat, of course, there could bo no demonstration vithin the sacred precinets of a Foderal Court, listterwand turned out that Mr. Kehlor bad wtered foto an arrangement with the Cochrano patent right people, which would grant him {nmuzity from any action at law, although ho frzota party defendant to the prosent sult, as r, Stanard 1s. Thoea whio have not been reading the reports ol the procecdings ot this suit may not bo aware of the Important noturo of this compromise, It ttould, therofore, he understood that a certaln wrporation, entitled the American or Con- widted Middlings Puritier Company, havo brought sult against nearly all the large will~ omersfo the United Btates for an alloged in- Iogement of a patent right. The argu- meot now belug heard fn the United Eates Circult Court, Leforn Judees Dillon, Trat, and Nelson (of St. Poul), s in nulty tried Jointdy, neainst Ju A. Christlon, the ovaerof the largest mill in the United States, " Mioucapolis, nnd all the great Bt. Louls willers, Including tho Atlantte Miiling Company =~of whick Mr. George Baln is President—and alov, E. O, Stanard, owner of the Park Jills. The extent of the original demands of the patent-right people Is seen by the fact that lh:yukad #300,000 of Christlan & Co., and H000of ex-Uov. E. O. Btausrd, It {s admit- ted by Mr, Rodney Mason that the chiel reason tbe present sults wero brought was beeauso the Curlstlan mill st Minneapolls was the largest fn 1he country, und because the Prosident of sthe Misntic Milling Compnny of 8t. Louis (Mr. Bulo) was the Prestdent of the National Mitlers® = d!:::lnl‘(lnn. It hua been recognized that if i ent wore obtained by complainants fa In se sults It would bo no use of other millers ‘ghtlug azainst the Middlings-Purifice Comnpa- Iy and consequeatly the best talent on each #ke has been secured, the leading counsel for md'llhmm" being Mr. Harding, of Uhiladel- Bt ot ol Bates the trade hos e E ONGANIZED TO REBIST }h:ngwmgmd. und tho sults of the Middlings- er Company, it bolng contended that there . En llurmu;:mwm. whatever, und fhe claim mmlfin’m and of the prosceuting Compnny {8 Mnm-uun' Not only ‘this, but the Nattonal ey lon hes during the Inst few years de- b lmml of lts annuyi seaslons to a considera- hm:: the matter, und 1t hos assumed the moat b Mngumlal attitude, My, Harding §s em« s ey, (e Natlonal Assoclation to defend h&m ers. " Up to date the suits now pending et soet the wdilera 04000, und they will § Sl covcr $75,000 before they reach the i LGk |||urx. 1t can therefore readily bo seen s lulmwmu card Mr, Rodney Meson can th}clg"' fact of compromise with the Vicor iy xl of the Ijmlm)n Assoclation, and with o fivl] the Prestdent of tho Missouri Btate mul‘“:”fl'l:é‘l:lzaluat whoin, however, there was mlg[f'nm’m“" taken by the cx-Governor for m{mn the question was very tirm, - Ab the n;m Convention of the Millers® Natlonal atlon, hel at Indlanapolis on May 28, %), Nmm'mm' ke was one of tho foremost againab b so und fn ndvocating resfatance. Mo Reary, galu0tations aro taken’ from the utliclaf L n‘-nl'l“nubhnlmd In the Awmerican Miller): Ugether | ¢ lnaly things that hos brought us o {harecen the Cochrang sult, ond it is MHMA it should beso. Wanre standliz o Il‘.l one mnuhlnslcu\ of bulng scattored et 1o 1zth und breadeh of the Tand, subs [ wnmck indetalt, ., It will, per i % the nilicrs a militon dollars to de- oy Cochrany patont suit before It Is the 4 o 8 flual “judsinent,” Speaking ey oSty of puyiug up tho assess- o the ,f'?l‘""'“ to defray tho cxpenses lody 4 uu.uu-eL Mr: Btanard salds Every- Ly it 18 behind .ghould pay ups end “*llmgfil Lam ready to pay every aduluonal Bakgyyon that the Exceutivo "Committeo u wo e I think that if we cen't trust Bl e, ctaouot trust ourselves," Thesa ree Sianny l':m-d vart ol a specch delivored by Mr, ttyorg of ‘lflcfinu a resolution supporting the anmm"l Xecutlye Commlttee, which re- Ugeq o e reslsting the Coelirane claim snd Iy the Jmmu payment of nsscssicentsto de- veuses, “.A VEILY INTERESTING DOCUMENT br My mrclnuun was shown to the reporter Engirg an and Mr, Alex. i, Smith, of the i Ib" 1t wan an article of sgreement, Keblop hmwfi‘!rnuamen, with L. O. stanard, Sther g 1 Uoddard & Bons, and all the Hatg, To x'x’nlllm througlout the city and Dtent 1, Iv:" to combined defense ngainst any Ralogy (i’r eult which might bo brought Bitention u(“ Or auy one of them, It is the whicly R b:m- agreement to cover all cases 2enieal, of Lrouzht agalnst us for the in- zumlmuu any patent right now iu vsc or W meg) | 9 used | the inunufacture of tour of ayy 1Y process or deyice, und by the e ud all kiuds of mill inachinery,” meut was to remsin fu force for o o It I8 dated July 11, 1877, ’:||d1 olznhtclu mu to dum‘mlululn,: ufending any suit whic! Tt S S1Uzit ocafnnt any il Garg, gy 804 by Messrs.” Baln, Smith, God- wgnh, ‘"::'-:wlrln. Semnst-Mawre St i3 - ey huve broken this sgrees ~ Anablouzh o ey Tlability 1s adirmeds VUg Wi 1)), e ers Uiery was muaie in jhe alr, PPt loud, und long Wi AlL. 2. 6ODDALD Wetlarly fugiguane, Sald B to the ro- FEBRUARY wnant the United States Clreuit Conrt Juidson, one of the attorness for the tlefense, ant by me, and, in a whisper, asked mo §f I had beard” that Mr, Btanard had retticd. salil no—thint could not be fiossible, Mr. Judeon eald that twas the report, und that tho settlement had heen effeeted thie previons afternvon, ‘Then Rodaey Mnson announced to tha Court that, s Mr, Htanard had mado o comurornlse, Ahe pult auninst him wonld he dismissed. nut suppose thiat such a thing woulld be done during the telal, 1t strucik me as bad, mnd. I could not keep my sent. [ wanted togo up and denonnee the whofe thing to the Sudges., 1 thouseht, Ilke exposin told Mr, Judson that 3 sult involving $150,000 pending over him, the plaintifls cama Lo this city, soma two wecks rosccuts the suits, there was talk of comprotnise by all parties n **1 ealled on them aud asked what they would make for settlement, ani for all the millers of the Asavclation, ho Bt, Lonis Millcrs, n; thetn, and 1 in a8 good ever tanp reported thelr proposition to the Ex- veutlya Cominliteo of the Millers' National Association, and {t met with no favor, .1 then mnde up my mind, in view of the magnitudo ol the contingent conacquences, duty of our flrm to settie, nne at $100 per run of stone fur the pronerty we rice nt which they pro) hoy chargini us “nothi leared by us'where rogular use mnde of thie puritlers, ntil where our lease soon TLEURO ©or moro ago, Lo Letter from Dr. Detmers to Mr. Hickson, of the Grand Not o Single Case of the Dissase at that 1t was the e e the Stock-Yards or in the would llke Lo lave a con- ference with Jude Treat, awd Lell him the ehar- er of that man Stanard—how he had abused milters in times tone by, rtner) told me {4 wounld not do to Judge Treat, as ho was hear- {npz our easel ad then T appreclated, Comlng encountered “Mr. Kaufmnn, the partuer of Mr. Btanaed, what T had heard, wiet £ gafd 4f [ had done the sane Iwould bo ashamed of inysclf, and would throw myself Iy the Misslsalppt Itiver,—that [ would not show inyeell amongz white men, and man who would do such n dirty trick Mr, Kaufman dil nof Its mouth; he was ashamed of himself, ROt nto neftele, and fnn few momenta thero were about 100 members of around us, Mr, 8tanard stepped into ml_eald, *Well, gentlemen, these men have No matter how these will bo flled up to the Su- may not be decided for two Tn the meantime this suit will bo hang- ng over me, and, 1L L atiould dic, over tny fam- i 1) —n it," sald 1" #eannot your family her people’s families [ SWell, ho sald, I lind a chancs to totnpro- miag, and I did not pay them much mnoney, It was an object to me.'* M, Branard steoped bacl, and then I sald Mr. Kaufman eald I wns making too much. noise, and thut § was none of my busl- Teald that I would make iore nolse,— lnt this was the third time Mr, Stauerd had I sald I would bring a charve against Mr. 8tanard and haye him expelled from Itold Mr, Kaufman (hit there was uo niecessity of the compromise coming vut until after the trinl wos over, on the evidunt in- tunt of the claimants was that the announce- tnent should fnfluence the Court. man said the arrangement lad heen that the cempromisa should be left secret. erbocker (of the Mlddlings Puariflor Company) denfed that there wos nny such arrangemert, Mr. Stanard was appoaled ti Mr, Knickerbocker, und the latter asserted that It bnd beon particularly arranged that the mat- tor sbipuld come ont In court that morning, and that the complainaots had only done what was wo have dope g0, posed to ettty A fewr days ago Mr. Joseph Hickeon, General Mauoger of the Grand Trunk Rallway, request- ed Mr, F. A. Howo, General Agent of his rond in this eity, to procure from Dr. 1L J. Detmers, United States Insnector of Cattle at the Unlon 8tock-Yards, o full report os to the existence or non-exlstence of ** plenco-pneumonia” or other cattle discases in the Wostern A8 soon as our matter was consummated [ told the President of the Millers' Natlonal As- socintion exactly what I had done, explalning my reasons, and he not only dld not censure me, WOULD IAVE DONE TIE RAMRTHING (with my views of the sliuation) under ke clr- I reported ny actlon to him thus hecausa Tdul not want to oecupy a falsu on with any one, na I would have dons by atlempting to keep tha matter under cover, did not urge the millers to esttloat 8100 per run, beeanse [ found they differed widely from me, und becavse, If the caees went In favor of thoss who did not settle, I might be blamed for thus trytig to fofluenco them. I havo violated nu ngréement ; 4 have done nothlug but whot all the millers could have dono, If In thelr Jude- ment It was best for theie intoreats, and ‘what Bhoitid theso casss come to matter, as they will, I these sults defendants, no oue pre- tends that the Millers’ Association will protect thosc whio have property that ean bo reached by vas not it to live. before the Canadian Parliament ot Ottawa, {8, to havo the Cattlo law so nmended s to allow American cattle to bo shipped through Canada, Dr, Dot- iners, in compliatice with Mr. ITowo's request, has made the following exhanstive report, which must convinco the moat stubborn Canndian that therae Is not the least trace of a cattle plague in any part of the West, and that there did not exist the least causo for thelr foollsh action {n nutting an embargo on American cattle, nnd thus kmposing groat losses | tipon the Canndian raflroads, which derived much of their profits from the through cattlo trafile: You desircd me to state to von tho factaas 10 the existenceor non-cxistence of monia of enttle in the Unton Stoc) in the Western States in gz T will rifly do so, utd 1€ 20 linve the facis (s ol any value to you or to your Cotnpany, you are ni llverty to make any uso of this letter yon the Exchangs preme Court, aud stand It Juat as wel are declded agninst the ‘*1 hiope [ have business sagaclty enough not to hnzard a chance that might eripple moor wipe me out of_business exlstence, bagateile I could be relloved My duty to my family and to those who credit mu I cotishler ‘ngulnat such n course, but I re- fruin at this stage of tlic procecdinge, under present circumstances, from glving advice in the premises to full-grown men, My opiniqn is 1hat the case now _vending will bo’ declded in favor of the defendants, and what folly it is to suppose that my actlon could in any " way in- fluence the decision of such a tribtinal os the case 18 now being tried before, as was inti- mated ‘on 'Chonge’ by some of my miller Of course our cuse hna to by when for n more rom such nehance. enerat. Ln the fol tlie Exchange. of pleuro-preumo- Iu 1812 or *43 the dls- Hirst—As Lo the existence nia In the Untied States, 0 case, It 18 sald und not contradicted, wasTnport- ed into the Eastern States by a discased cow from IHolland, aud was aitorwards stamped out It {a nlso snid thatsines that time (184?) sporadie caves have occurred among the dnfry eattle of somo of the Fastern States, especlally of Now York. Whetlier such {8 truy or not, I do not kuow from bwn experience, AECONDLY, A8 TO TIlE WESTARN STATES, During the last thirteen yeors I bave lved and practiced a8 a voterinary surgeon fn 111- nols, Kanans, and lown, und have been con- nected with three, or even four, different Acri- Besldes that, 1 have, during the last nine years, conducted the V Departutent of s Citicaso WeEKLY uUNE, a paper which has a lorge and extensive circutatiou among the farmers of the whole 1878, I have resided lu st s1x m.mthe, till ro- in Masanclhusetts. aud b supported | piands to-tny. dismissed after scttlement, but my unaerstand- ings wae that It wes not to bedismissed nutil the trinla wera over, but thie plaintiils did not car to Ao understand 1 suit aganat us to-day without my knowl. ‘This I much regret, but I don't 'see thnt it con mnke any differcnce in the ond. question 18 gravely nsked, why I compromised while the case was pepding, Why, my dear sir, it could not bo comprotnised very well after a declsion was rendered, This 18 all the Mght I Tiave at present on the subject. allties, 1 am not disposed to lnduige in them.” TIE TENMA OF COMPROMISE, Mr, Rodnev Muson, when questioned es to the nature of the compromiso und how it had been effected, sald: *When wo came hore cortaln millers, among them Btanard und Keblor, expressea o desire that we should negotlate a settlement with tho While_ we refused to moke au offer,~for cvery offer we have ever made thern has been abused, they making it the basls of a charge that we were backing ivo nway our goods,~we nnd - dlsmissed * M. GEONGE DAIN was onqualified in his condemnation of the ac- Baid he: 1 was suncryous that I could hardly talk, but I tried to restrain mysell,* The day befors Mr, Stanard had told m thatho hndeettled with the Cochivane ' ring, " but that {t wne to bLe kept quler until after the auit was deelded, fu order that it shwould havano effect upon the declslon, In- stentd of that, 11ind thul the comproinise {8 used to preake my back, und the back of every othier Mr. Stauard {8 a gentlemnn of very high standing, and when it 18 sunounced thathie , the natural fnference is that to influenco the tlon uf Mr, Btanard, cultursd Collegges. As for person- but during the nave been embloved by Statés Commiesioner ot Agricaltire-in investi- gatinge the so-calied * lor-tholera,? or pwine- plague, and have been all over Northers and o conslderuble part of Central 1il{uols, mention nll this to 'show you that I lind abun- daut opportunity—perhaps more than any other veterinary murgeon—to Inforin nyesll ns to the extstence or provalened of contarious and And yet I bave noever acen, has compromised, the fact 1s pought to bo used Court, a8, it Mr, Stanard recognizes the merit of the patent, there must be somethin Koufmnn told Knickerbocker that be bad dong in zoiug through with that grand ¢ enurt-room that morolug; and it lie bait known that that would lave been done, hie would not have compronised at all. crbocker sald they had only done what wus Kalckerbocker also zald that it he hail not been a stranger ho would have slap- ped Mr. Kaufman in the face. 3R, CHRISTIAN, of Minnoapolls, was very emphatic in denounc- He soid that somo days azo Stanard came to sce him at the Hotel; ho (Mr, Christian) told him that theyv could not compromiag, that it would bean insult to the Judges to compromisc now that the suits liad been g0 long bofora them; Mr. Stauard bad sald ho would sovner lnse 31,000,000 than to compromrise with the Cochirane ring. Natlonal Assoclation. epidemic dlsenscs, nor have 1 ever bieard of, 8 case of pleuro-pneu~ monfa of cattio in any of the Weatern States, while, during the time £ Hyed and practiece Germany,—{rom 1850 to 1863, ~uumerous cascs Lave cont under my observativn, THIRBLY AS TO TUE UNION BTOCK-YARDS. On the 7th fust., while at Dixon, Iil, I re- fyed a dispateh trom Gen, Wililam G. Lo Due, Unfted Biates Commissloner of - Axrieulture, which requested mo to o unmedlately to the Une fou Btock-Yards at Chicazo, 111, und toaxamine as thorouehly as elrcumatances would allow every herd of neat-cattle shipped frow thut pluce, psto pleuro-pneuntonta nud other contagious tscases. That request I complied with ot onee, On tie 15th inst. I saw inTn Tununn r speclal dfapatel from Washington according to private Information pleuro-puenmonia had mude its appearatice o Chleago, Not belng able to ex- inine overy head of cattle shipped from the Stock-Yards over four differene railronds us thoroughly as I deslred, nnd not willing to shoulder the great respoualbllity of my position alone, I sent at once the: following telewram to Gen, Le Duc: ' Asalstance nccessary; Dr. Peentlee, Champaign, I, most desirable, I1. J. Dotmers,” und recefved immediately the follow- fng roply: “Employ Dr~Prentlee temporarily, Willlam (. Lo Dae” "Then I tolegraphed to (Feb, 17) morning. ussisted mo three days Preutico’s asslatance to thut of anybody elsc's, o well-edueated und ex- who graduated In down and . reody 10 stone as a full license, a releaso from past in- fringaments, and a license for the future,—n total sottlement of the eotire controversy, ‘Chey, as we understand, urged this offer upon the ‘members of the Execative Committes of the Nutfonal Millers' Association, then in the Wa told them wo would make the same scttlement with the members of the Missouri Association, and 1 tried to get the members to adopt 1 So they come to us uud sntd that been nble to bring thefr Assoctutions into this mattor, but that as they conld nor. nfford to tako the hazard of this ltizatiom, I wo would make them o proposition they would consider it. Wo told ' them that under the circunstauces wo woitld make the samo sottlement with them that we had offered to accept from the Assocla- ttons, The matter, which bas veen pending glnee the beglnaing of the present hearlug in Chiambers, was ended yestorda) aceeptapcs of Mesers, Stanor offer of settlement.” * How many run of stones do the parties sct- ing Mr, Btanard, clty, who refused it President of the Empire Mitliug Company, also strong n his statements agaluat Mr, e sald that the more il more the suits tased the moro satistied were they that the raue clalm was fraudulent. had cometo him wnd Mr. Christian and had tokl him that the Cochrang Compony vroposed to drop all the suits If $100 2 *run were pald by all the millers. They told Wim they would not compromise . on pny aecount, the, defenso beln; made a8 n matter of principle. Mr. Stanard “returned and stated that he had offccted o compronlse. And tlien Measrs, Smith and Christlan gave him *a picco of thelr mind.” 4 Kehlor for. elghteon; Stauard for nino, In Justico to_Kchlor ft shonld be stated that he was already liconsed under the George T, Smith nid ather ‘consotidated Scon alterward 1o arrived Sundav, nnd pressure {8 belug brought to bear on 8 preferred Dr. bue [ think iv s oly the local millers and mifl- ers throuchiout the Stato trying to got up_pub- Ueopinion, Asto our being oppreasive, Iwili By that whenever partics have como to us and offered eottloimont, thelr figures have always the Becretary of the Ilinois Btato Association, was In town yestorday. e claimed to purticu- inrly represent the feellngs of tho German mill- cra of Ilinofis, They had been telegraplied to, and had sent back answers condomnatory of the course of Mr, Stanard, T D anld, considercd Mr. Stanard as belng alead- {ng nan, not only in busit ‘They were very fndignant ti gotting them to subscribe thousands of dollars to the defense fuud, should desert them at the They cousldered it a treacher- ous oct, und one made use of by the comptaln- auts to Influence the Court ngalust the millera. Mr. Clrlstian further sald the complaiuants hadbeen worklug on Mr. Stanard's fear for the last six months, and they bad Boally succeeded in securiny o contract with bim, which, it been nereed should not bo dl vulged. But directly the opportunity presented itself the complalnants unnounce the fact of the comnpromiso to the Court, and withdraw the sult uzainst Mr. Stanard frowm the docket. The infercnce was tint this had been dons o fnflu- euce {ho decisjon fo tho cases, history of the suits, Mr, Christiun sald, Mg, Archibald, of Dundas, and Ames & Cao, Northfleld, Minn., hod botrayed thelr assoclates 1n compromising them after ngreeiny to stand togother n defense, and they wore expelled But, Mr. Chrlstian held, thelr conduct was not ncarly so blumable as was the conduct of Mr. Stanard. occupy such a prominuent position as Mr, Chirlstinn otlirmed that he would not, on priuciple, cumpromlss on any consids not only becausa b eriyneed veterinnry I pleuro-pucwmonis while practiclg {8 yot asubject of her Britannie known to me s a very relinblennd Dr. Prontice would lave nsafsted me Jonger, but he became siek, and went home Wednesday. On Monday last (I misslon (dated Fel United Stutes Insvu 0 German inillers, s | “iow mnoy run of stone ara there in the “\¥cll, about 4,000 in the Natlonal Mlllers Aasoclation, which [ncludes all the largzo mills, , of course, it would not pny to but_in “politics, conscicntious mat, Mr.Stuuard,after ‘b, 17) Irecelved my coms 14) trom \Wuslingion ns orof Cattle at the Unlon Btock-Yards at Chieago,nud **instructions to in- vesteate nud inspect all the eattle arriving ot or departing from the Stock-Yards at Chicago for the purpost of ase any fufeetious or contugi my commiasion requires me to “report the re- sult ot sald lnspeetion datly to the Department of Agriculturs,' to confer with the United States Cotlecror of Customs, ete., and authorizes me to give every shinper of cattle who may desire it & copy of my dally roport, ** which will be to them (the shippers)” somothing In the nuturo of a clean bill of health, or the reverse, as tho caso With all these instructions I have faiehfully complied to the best of iny nbllity, and 80 has Dr, Prentice, whilo he nssisted me; ‘The small milis, eleventh hour. In conclusion, Mr. Mason stated the Ameri- can Censolidated Middliugs Purifier Company $40,000 odd litizating the Cochrane patent, and were able to litigate it to He exprossed himsell as morally certam of winuing the case. BUTTER AND CHEESE. Third Annual Conventlon of the Northern Tawn Assoclution. MANciEesTER, In,, Feb, 20.—The Third Aunual Convention of the Northern Iowa Butter sud Choese Assoclation met here to<lay, stunding tho scvere weathor, the attondanco was quite largo, fully two-thirds inore delegates belng presont than Jost year. The Conventlon {s a deeided success u uvery respect. dress of welcome was delivered by ex-Mayor had olready spent fng the presenco of disense,'” Farther, but from the Assuclation. NEITHEI OF US IIA8 DREN ADLE To DIBCOVER of pleuro-pueuwmonta or uny other captaglous o l‘u fact, nul\\'mume:dln: that wo“%mvn made the most thorough scarch, and have fn- spocted every pen, and, a8 near as possible, every_anlmal (head of ey passed through the Stock Leven found a susplelous-looking antmnl, If we hnd we would have boutht and fmmealately, in order to inake n post mortem und to obtaln thereby absolute ‘heflrat ruspleious-loaking animal— and If exhibiting only the sligbtest symptoms— I shall flug, 1 can nssure you, will i and kilted and thorpughly examined, anto atd Buch, briefly stated, are the facts us they have como to my knowle In concluslon, [ mny leuro-pricumonin has v estern States and ‘Perritories tributary to the Chleago market. of thu Association, After the appolutment at cattle) that hos the Convention uadjourned of commlttecs rds, we have not il afternoon, on the importance of education to agriculture; feeding cattle for profit; the old und nuw way of making butter.” Col, Littler, of Davenport, introduced tho followiug resolutlon: Tteaolved, That we, tho members of the Northern Town Dutter and Checsu Association, deprecate the pranding of butter product of a creamery facturors of atraipht c “You cansay,'! put _fn Mr. Beybe, luterject- we {u Iillols are s mad as March hares!" killed the same * Really,” rcmarked 3Mr. Dain, “It would the Cochraue people to have given Mr. stanard o handsomo sum to compromise, Instend of him paying them, for the benelit of the {nflusneo it woul ‘I'here {8 o alternative, say the leading ors, but to cxpel Mr, Stanard from the Millers’ Thiz action will be all the more significant, ns, at.n recont.luformal meeting here, his namo wus fixed upon as the next Presidont. From tho best Information obtainable, the compromise cffected by Mr, Kehlor is that ho hall buy six purifiera from the complainants, they to bo the machines of GGeorza T, Bmith, nns not the Coclirane patent. of cech of these nisching Tor wlit pay only §i5 n {njustice to the manu. nory goods, and an lnpo- altion on the croamery, and gunerally deteimental 10 the good uame of 10wu as n dalry State, Aftor a somewhat heated discusson the reso- lutfon was lald over for further debate, Natlonal Associntion, treights wnd trausportation. After Hatenlng to o very learned discourse on breeds of cattlo by Col, Beott, azricultural editor of the Davenport Gazclte,the Conyention adjourned Ul to-morrow, Rneciol Disvaich t0 The Tribune, Sournt Erai, 1il, Feb, 20.—As [ lutimated through the coluinns of Tue ‘TRInUNE, the dalrymen of this sectlon have quite Joudly protested sgainst the present ox- lorbitant rates charged b ), which Includes tho Heenso and an iminunity for claling, past, present, snd Air, Kehlor heeitated, 1t Is sald, about closing the bargain when the compluinanuts maits tion that it should be understood thut he biad eettled with them at the rate of $100 8 run of elghteen stones, nml that that smount (81,800) should be deductea from the reduced cost of the machines, thus leaving s uominal balanco of. 8300 to be pald by Mr, K No speeln] fault 18 found by the wmillers against Mr. Kehlor. INTERVIEW WITH MIl. STANARD. Ex-Gov, Btanard was catled upon, and he made the followlng statement i “Whon I arrived *on 'Chango * this morn- Ingz 1 found thut my action in com suft brouzhit by the Amerlean MU fler Compauy, now the United Btatce for the Protection of Yuung Girls, Spectat Dispatch 10 Tha Trivune, Suecial Disvateh ta The Tribune. MoxnTiaL, Feb, 25, —1n ndditlon to the action takon by the Corn Exchungo on thy tarifl ques- tlon, o8 far us It concorns wheat sud corn, a petition to Parliament is o course of circula- tion hero amongg the merchants asking that no duty be finposed on Amerlcan grain fmported propose to submlt to the overcharge any longer than {t §s absolutely necessary. queaco, Goorgs Btringer and two extensive und successful farmors, have com- menced erecting o butter and cheeso fuctor! thelr uwn expense, where thoy will mauufac] tho milk from thelr own dairics, and perhaps will also manufacture the milk from a lew nelghboring datrivs. By s0 dofng, they will do- termino the greatest amount of monoy which cau bo exacted from thelr products. venture of these two farers pays, other dalry- men will follow thelr exampte and inanufacturo, also, the milk from their own dairies, unless the prosent fuctorymen conclude to come down to their terms for imanufactaring. ——— CHIGAN UNIVERSITY, cial Dispateh to The Tvi ANR Auson, Micl., Feb, 26.~The Demaceratle County Couvention met to-day and elucted del- ogates to the Btate Conventlon, which mncets at Lanaing Friday to nominato two Regents of thy University und & Justico of the Bupreme Court, The receut sctlon of tho Kegents in reinstathng Hose snd giving Beal tho 85,000 denounced, und & coalition with the ers recommouded with the University question 58 the waln 1srus of the spring cumpalgn, ———— £ EMBARRASSED. FALL RivEn, Mass,, Feb, 20,—The Canonlcus Mills, this city, better knowa as the Montaup Mills, are ssking thefr creditors for an exton- present diMcultics are reported Lo bo occasioned fu_part by tho embarrassmieat ot the Awericau_Print Works, Of the 8ve Di- rectors of the Print Works, threo are Directors of the Canonicus Misls, is Presidont. —— A blcesing to bumanity 1s what D, %00d alecady than any other mediclpe, homas Bishop, “Tho prolonged and unaccountable absenco of Mr. Viger, of the juwelry firm of Beaudry & Viger, causes anxlety. Bpecial Dispteh o The Tridune. Toronro, Fob, 20.—An clection takes place here to-morrow to U1l the vacuncy in’ the Augli- can Dioceso of Toronto caused by tho death of the 1ate Blshop Bethune. gates o the Bynod was held this evening fy 8t. Jomes Behiool-flouss, Korty-ulae parishes wore represented, and 4 resolution was passed unanls inousty to the offect that the Rev. Dr, Bullivan, of Chicago, was a #itiug candidate, and a gen- tleman sround whom all moderaty churchmen peuding agalust our flrn In ireult Court fn this clty, was bebg very unfavorably commented on by u portion of the millers of the city, und, In Jus- tico to all coucernwd, u word from e ma) bo out of pluce, mnore capectally us my charac- ter aud motives buyo beon assatiod, tion is nbout this: A meoting of dele- B, 0, Btanurd & Cu, haye beon aued for $160,000 damaves for uslug the prriflors, ‘Thers wos a8 suit decided In the uited Statcs Supreme Court some Lwo years ago that was and is consfdored adverso to the millers {n theas cases, sud soon afterwnrds un fujunction sult was brought apalnst a promni- nent milling coucern in Minueapults, to restroln them from using middlings puriilers in their mille, aud the o] wore put under bonds for $ “1am not a laweror a mucl these decislons iu view I have been concerned as o the final terinination of the suits now pend- ing ogafoss the willers, snd have been §n favor “ol compromise from the begiuning, * At Indianupolis last summer, ecutiva Committesof the Millers' Natloual Asso- cition, und with the plaintiils in these casvs, 1 was kaown to bo {n favor of compromise, und used my best exertlona to bring about o scttlement houorable to all; but falled to acconiplish suv- thing, aud on the suits Luve gon has been apent frecly us water, and matier how thess cuses sro_decided they will bo Supreme Court ot the United Btates, and nobody kuows where the end will be, und 1ifo I3 00 uocertaln for a wan to have u Quenxc, Feb, 20.—A gentleman In this city ralated toa member of the houeehold of the Marquls of Lorne, has Intely arrived here from Ottaywa, undstates that hu bss positivo Informa- tion thut the Marquils, vo wattor what action is taken by the Houso of Commons, will absoluto- 1y rofuso to sigu sny documes turb Licut.-Gov, Letellier's position, and that, he will act uponadvice for which he he tokea the precautiou to appeal Lo 8t. James. The Canadian uewspaper is evidently becouiing very much exerclsed with rofereuce to the re- ‘sultof the Qucbec petition, and bas alrcady commenced tohiut that the Marquis is very young to govern so important a country ss junction wus granted, and they 250,000, nunie, but with t teuding to dis befors the Ex- , and Qeorga B, Durfes Thls s evideutly intonded to propare the way for o bitter ‘attack.upon Ler Majesty's represontativo 8o soun a3 ho shall have sct v, Dull's Cough 27, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. down his foot upon the effors of the Qucbec conacryatives Lo shear the Crown of Its old-timo prerogative, ‘ &erial Ditpatch to The Triduna. MoNTREAL, Feb, 20,—Ald, Donovan has fo- structed hin legal adviser to take proceedings against Ald. Hood for some statement mnde nt n word fight in the City Coune!l fo which the denth of an employe named Harripgton was Iafd 4t Donovan's door, A lieartless landlord was fined §25 and costa for removing the windows of a tenement und exposing five young children to the foclemency of the weather hecause his rent was not pald. D, C. Edwards, uf this city, has bullt a burg- tar-proot safo which Is to contaln the jowels of 1L R. 1L Princess Louise, Sperial Iispateh 10 The Tridune. 0Otrawa, Feb, 20,—Tha Governor-Ueners! 18 secking personal avquaintanve with each of the members of Parlinment, ‘[lie members ore {n- ¥lted Lo call at the Governor-Ueneral's offlce, ‘I'hereare fifty-three private bills, including threa divorce bills, Lo cotne before Parlisment l:u; :L;nmnn. Lust yeor there woro only forty- chizht bitls, Theheing Lenten weok, Parllament adjourned every night at 6 o'cloek. I'hie work of the gos- slon will not comtnence until the Budget las leen brought down. 'This fs expected next week, Hpecial Dixmateh (o The Tridune, ‘ToruxTo, Fob. 26.—In the Local Loglslature the Premier anounced that the Government had the questjon of introducing o measury eranting ald to beet-sugar factorics under con- sideration, AnJmportaat mensure for the establishment of n refuge fur glele, futroduced by the Guvern- ment, passed 1ta third reading and has become a law, ‘fhe Refuzeis to be fn connection with the Andrew Mercer Iteformatory for Women, and wiil be under the same tnansgement. The bill provides thiat any County or Superlor Court Judge may, sflter inquiry, order any girl under 14, convleted uud servivie o term fn the common Jat, 1o be sent to the Refueselther immediately orat the exviration of her sentence, to be de- tained there not luss than t¥o nor more than live years, Girls under 10 may bJ transfotred from the Ruformatory Lo the Refuge, at the option of thie Inspector of Prisons. The wost Important proviston, however, s the following: ** A County Court Judge or Motis- trate muay, by bis warrant, commit to the Refuge ony girl apperensly under 14 years of oze who comus Within any of the following descriptions: Who {s founa’ begging or receiving alins, or beitg In any publie place 7or the purpose ~ of begeing or recciving alms; who Is found wandeting and not baving any scttled home or place of abode or proper guar- diauship: who s found destitute and fs an nr\mmu, or hins o Aurviving parent who is under. rolng penal servitude or imprisonment; whoso parent, step-parent, or guardian represents to the Judge or Police Magistrate that be 1s unatlo to contrul the girl, and desires her to be sont to the Refuwos who, by resson of neelect, drunk- enncss, or uther vicea of her pacents, or clther of thieni, or of any other person in whose charge such uirl Is, {8 miffered to be growlng up with- out salutary control and caucation, or in cir- cumstanees which render It probable that such o il witl, unless placed under proper coutrol, lend mt fdle ant aban-ioned le.” ST, Jous, N. B,, Feb, 20.—Mrs. Ward, whosc sentence of death for complicity in the murder of ter husband at Nowrivor, was comnmuted to sevon years' fnprisonment, has beon relensed by anler of the Minister of Justice. The mur- dz-rar.(]lm before betny hanged, declared Mra. Ward fonocent of the crime. POLITICAL. OHTO. Bpectal Dixpateh to The Tridune. Crevrraxn, Feb, 20.—The directton {n which the politlcal eat is golug to jump In the coming campaign In this 8tate fs stlll a matter much fn doubt, and as many suppositions and oplulons are belne venturced on the subject as ever. The last movement which has assumed {mportance fs the nttemvted union of the Democrats und Nationnls, but this would scem now to be pretty thoruughly eireunivented for the present, The Natloual Greenback Labor party (tuat fs the full name, whith the members glve themsclves now) I8 o curlous brood {n Oblo. All parties lave a slightly different shaging In this State trum that assumed elsewhere; but eapeclally is this eecn in the cazo of the Natlonals. Springing into exlatenco in the death-throes of the Jvely rag-baby, the members began to flock 1o its geeret Jodges about & yenr axo in such a manter a8 to ho truly unsettling. They held . occaglonal outdoor meethngs, amt the fervency of thie oratdry of the speakers put ‘forwnrd was something truly astonishing, Peter, the Hermit, proaching the first crusade wns declded- Iy lscking fn carnestness compared with the npostiea of paper money who discoursed for hiours together on pleasant winter nights to fn- terested multitudes. It wns the lust great rally sgawst ‘' those vampires, the Natoual bauka, and that Kingof gold buce, John Suer- muw, The moembers stood shoulder to shoulder 1llko brothers In the flesh, They preached the doctrines which they imbibed from their leaders to their companfous in the workshop and in the conl- yords, and it becamo no uncommnion thing to be- hold the conl-heaver and hod-carrier stopplug thelr hard tofl to talk glibly of the mismauaged finances of the country, and essert that to be the causo of the severity of his labor, When the warm spring doys dawnod, meltiog away the snow nud awnkening the flowers and rank wecds on uncared-for spots of ground, the National doctrine grew with the rest, rankest weed of all. There was absolutely no meaus of counting the converts to the doctriue, the scerot chiaracter of the orgunization proveuting any calculation of the kind, At length the secrot feature of the organization was modiled to 8 certain extent, but the vast amountZof talk which eacl Individual member 2id greatly magnifled the importance of the bodyas a whole, und wlhen election-dny came the number of votes polled was smaller than expected altmost every- where. ‘Tobe sure, in Toledo, where the rag- mouoyites were the strongest, there was much sstonlshment exuressod at the result, but even there the party has first decayed. They have al- rendy passed resolitious of unionwiththe Dom- ocrats, and **throw up the sponezo ' as a sepa- rate organization. In this city tho matter of union with the Dem- ocrata is still under debate with the leaders of the purty, Someof them clalm that there is nbsoiutely nothlog more for tho varty to live for, nud the souner it 15 absorbed in the older partics the better, Thelr atfliation will gon- crally tend towards the Democrata, ss that porty Iy willing, in this Btate, to concedo principles, and do anything to beat the Repablicans and retain the'short lease of power and patropage which they now have. y On the other hand, Mr, Robert Schilling, thd greatest Greonback advocato in the northern part of the 8tate nud cditor of the Lally Ad- runce, a red-hot Nutlonal journal, says that the cffect of resumption may not be felt fur a dozen years; that it {8 by no means an sccomplished fact, und the Natlonals, whbo are welik-kneed and lnlmrlnjz'. nre no truc Greeubackers at all, but stinply fellows who have come fnto the pe ty to iise the members for the demagogue's pur- poses, [le says that the party oreanizatiou should be kept {ntact, and ho is dolng all possi- bl In his paper to bflnfi about such a result, ‘This lattcr view {s the one which the Repub- Yeans would encourage, and they make no con- cenlment of the fact that they are very anxlous to bring this about, With the Natlonals sus- taining a nrun( vigorous organization, they are sufo n count| m‘ upoun carrying the State; but, with the Nationals united with the Dsmocrats, thiere fs but little hupe, fu many parts of the Biate at least. ‘The principal contest between the Dewocrats und Republicans, therefore, vot openly and above board, but in s surt of fusidious though effective way, 18 to. woo the Natlonala ou the one side, aid to back them up strangly on tie other sdo, and urge the manlluess of sustuining thelr party Jines slear cut wnd yigorous, aud Kesulng the purty faith uncoutaminated, The result of it all 14 thut the Notlonals with their few thousand votes have becowe greatly {nfated with thelr Inportance, und make the most eluuvnpfmt de- mands of the Democrata on the one slde, snd thy most extravazant threats towards the Re. publicans ou the otber, ‘The members of the arty who caine from the Bopublicans will listen ru uuthing that looks like uuion with the Dem- ocrats, und the Democratic wmembers of the party profess that they are witling to resurt Lo anythigs that shall vent thelr sncivot enmity to- wards . Republlcanisin, Aud thus It Los como about thut the lttle party, which was ralsed yery much like the first crusade, composed of the superstitious und razmutin elemeut of so- clety, which at first was & very enthusiastic ariny, but soon begun to stragple, dis by the wayalde, und lose themsolyos {n the swamps and bogs of tha jouruey, now kas no dedalte end in viqu aud {8 decldedly straggling and losing tac)! "f'o attend on of the counclla of tho Natlonals 18 to wituess tho traditional boar-garden acted out fully before the eyes. Dickcus fu bis Plck- wick Club, ‘Chackeray In sl the wild fizhts of his Juxurlant faucy, never camo near the reality of one of these gatberings. I bave taken the troubloe to bo present ab twoor three of thein, r _moro astonished In my life. The commiseration bestowed upon the - ¥ starv- Ing thousands " (by the way, the last-named words are the exaat words of party) {a something #ithlime confidence L artiyeat will be of great benefit to the race. "I'icre cannot any more than two of them ata time agres upon even the smalleat poin abrolutely have no possible conception of nr'u principles of parliamentary order or law, That a movoment {8 vn foot and pretty well consummated to put Stevhen Johoson, who was the National candidate for Governor the last tlme, upon the ticket with Gov. Bishop at the head, Iy pretty well understood. Jolinson Is sald 1o be acting in the capacity of Barkis, and the to know s whether' Bisliop and his 1 be ahble to hava thelr say about so hnportant n matter. The Nationals are the kind of nien who, the moment they boliese thnt they are belug pul tpob * fn auy way or that any- thing Hiie a job 18 belng forced 1ipon them, un- are getting by far the best of every d ey are gure Lo kick. ~ 'The preent, Natlowal party in Ohlo s com- posed of theelements of discord 1n the two old- er partics, Thoy are the grumblers nnd thoes who were never appreciated or given what the; deserve. In other words, they ara usually ¢ bf 1ot 10 Buy ply-hieads. n a e weeks now it s thought that he position of the Ureenbackers will “be quite fully deflned; and then, und not till then, can it be told how affairs will look In the coming con. hu orators of the remarkable, and the dectalons which they et THE RAILROADS. SOUTHWEBTXZRS RAILWAY ASS0- ON The regular monthly moeting of the South- western Hallway Associativn was heid at the Grand Paafic Hotel yesterday. present J. G, McMultly, General Manag Jumes 8mith, Geveeal Freleht Agent, Chicago & Altou; C. W. Bmith, go, Burlington & Quincy; J. I’ Sanford, Traflie Rock Teland & Pacificy Thomas McKissock, Uenerul Superintendent, and A, C. Bird, Qeneral Freight Apent, 8t. Louls, Kansas City & Northern; A, A, Talmadye, General Mauager, and J. A, Hill, Generat Frelght Agent, Missouri Paific; J." I3, Carson, Qeneral Manager, uml W, 1. MeDocl, G Freight Agent, Hannlbal & 8t Joe; George 01de, Goneral Freight Agent, Kansas City, 8t, Joe & Coupecll Bluffs; C. W. Bradley, Traffic raflic Manager, Chiva- Apeint, Wabash Courtwright, Commercial Agent, and J. . Mideley, Conmissloner, Southwestern Raflway Ar, J. C. MeMullln_occupfed the chair, and Commissioner J. W, Mlidgley acted ‘The entire forenoon was spent In the discus- sion of a way by which it will be possible to arbitrate the disputes about new percentaes of At the December meeting it was deelded that if the ronds were not able to arrive ot o satlsfactory underatanding the dif- ferences should Le aetiled by arbitration, and, os thers {3 but litile prospect Thut the roada will be nble to agree amony themeelves, recotrse to arbitration will uo doubt haveta be had i order. Ag some of the rouds wers 1o _slate what new perceniages they want, the whole matter was latd over until the next meeting of the Assoclation, which wiil be held {n 8t, Louis on the third Weduesday In A dolcgation of about a dozen prominent Chicago fumber dealors appenred beforo the mecting and made complalnt of the manber o which the recent lumber pool to Bouthwestern polnts was arranged. They clafimed thut the vercentages allowed to Chicazo, as well us the rates, were unsatisfactory, und were caleulated not only to greatly injura thele buslucas, but would force the business Into_ other chunnels, ‘Fhe rates from 8t. Louts and Misslsslupr River poluts arc 15 cents per hundred pounds, while from Chicago they were 25 cents per 100 pounds, which gives 8t Louls an advantago of 10 cents. Under these clrenmstances lumber could be slipoed down the Mississippt to Mississippi 1he variour roads, to avold a rapture. not vet ready rates than from Cl therefore naturally seek that. chanuel. mauagera lstened patient], of the shippers, und then they would fnvestigate the matter, and If they found there was any cause fur the complaints madgliey would Luve the matter satisfuctorily adjusted. ‘Ihe delegation, ulter expressing the Lope that somethini would be done in this mat- ter, speedily withdruw, 'Flie rates on live eattle and hiorses from Mis- sourl River polns to Chicago were reduced $5 .t var, waking the rate JOL50, uin remains ot 850, the saine as heretofore. "The rates on hogs froia Missourt Rlver poluts to Clifeago were reduced 810 per car, making the ‘The rates to Mississippl points remoin unchunged, adjourned, to meet again on the third Wednes- duy i Murzh, at the Lindell Hotel, 8t. Louls, o, und buslness would o the complaiots nformed them that The rate to St, The meethig theu TIIE DETROI'Y TUNNEL, Spectal Dispateh to The Totvune. Deritorr, Feb, 20.—\W, K. Mulr, 1x-General Manager of the Counda Soutlisrn, who returns from New York to-day, regards the rumors of the construction of a milllon-dollpr tunncl under the Detroit at Grosse Istu ns premature, but says thut complete plats, drawings, und soecleations for a tunuel have fur-some time been under constderation by Vanderbilt. the constraction of the tunpel at Grosse lele would leavo Dotrolt on a side track, consider- able uncasiness Is felt in husfness circles, Speciat Disvateh fo The Tribune. Winpsoit, Fob, 20,~I1 Is reported lerel that Willlam 1. Vanderbilt has let o coniradt to Willlam I, 8cott & Co., of Etle, Pa., fo con- struet w milllon-dollur tunnol under tfk D River at Urosse lely, A gentloman who has had some correspandence on the subject asscrts, with great positiveness, the truth of the report, General Manager Ledyard, of the Michizan Central, and W, K. Mul; Canada Southern, are now suppoacd, on buainess connected with the tun. late Manager of the n New York, It Is I0WA RAILROAD MATTERS. Bvecial Carrespondence of The Tribune, Dzs Moixes, fo, Feb, 24.—11, L. Morrll, Re- celver of the Contral Raflroud of Iowa, makes the followlng report to the United States Clreult Court of theroperations of that road for the year 1878:‘;' 4 Gross enrpisgs.. .. Operating $xponics Earulngs over opo ! Not Income..u.vees o ponded, new huproveins pended, now equipment Ol dobte paid by Sorril) Old'debts paid Ly Urinnel ‘This shows the earnings for 1878, as compared with 1877, to have Increased $32,110.40: the operating expensed to navo deereased 38,047.20. A new cot-off has been arranged fu the - terest of Clnclnnatt and 8t. Louls, of March a train will bu put ou ths Rock Istand & Peoria Road, and make close through cou- ticetlon for Cinclonat! aud 8t Lonls, conuect with Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific trains from the West und Eaat ot Rock lstand, enabling pusscngers to switch off Enst or South witbout going to Chicago, ‘The ton, J. B, Grinn road, with fair is from Grinuol 50, cll 18 working up a now rospocts of success, 'Fhie route to Monteziina, thence to the coal flelds In Keokuk Couuty, throuch the northern townships to Clinton by Western, thence to Chicago by the Chlcago & The rond 1s alrosd ta ILine Creek, near Riverside, and over 811 000 subscribed towards bullding, The survuys be bullt cheaper thau iy other road in the Btale, as it follows the En- giish River divide .from Montezum to River- [l It also traverses an linmense coal-fichl of excellent quality, The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is belug compolled to resume & large nutuber of farms Btate, owlng to thele Whore thero 1s cloarly aud unfortunats clreuie ho default, the Company 16 givivg an extension; but where the defuult (s clearly without good cause, the farms will by re- Of thesu latter thuro are in Puge County, 98; Casa County, #3; Taylor, 83, ‘Miese farws have sll moto or luss been fni- roved, and ar fn the best faruiln ha State, und tho man who could not succeed on them would not anywhero, Not long ago a company of ladles wero hayin; a soclal gathering one aficrnaon, on such vceasious, oach othier’s al of ather peopla were toples of tatk. Among them was th wife of a conductor of. sn lowa road, well kuown to the Brotherhood in the Btute wud the traveliug publies ‘The wile, in extolllng her husbund'a tood prescut avd prospectlye condilion, remarked sold to ecttlers Io stances bayo caused U swned und resold. ints uud thelr hat ha had $15,000 Iald away in a bank. * Withe, in ten daya thereafter that conductor was notf Ned that his resignation wonld be’ sceepted; and b promptly sarrendered His ticket-punth, © ‘Thie final loeatlon of the Councli Biufl & 8t. Louls 8hort-Lino Road has beon made on what is known as the Milla County line, southenst throngh Ingrahata Townshio, to Malvern, ¥liers - It will eross the Chieago, Burlington & Quiney, -+ thenee to Buenandos, leaving Clevinda out of the route, 3 B2 Ve B ‘Trains from (s city to Chariton, on the Chi- . enro, Burlington & Quiney, commenced regular trips to«lay. Two traing a dav each sray will bo rut, making close connection with trafns oh the Chicago, Rock Island & _Pacific antl Chicago, Burliugton & Quincy, By amicable ‘armnges . ment o through car will bo run pver the entirs’” rond each way for the actomtnadation of pase sengers. ‘The rumor that the Chicago, I‘Zock Island & Pacitle will take up §ts track on the Indianula branch from the Junetion 1o Sum- merset, and run dircet from here to Indlanola, thence to Spribg Hilt_and Winlerset, 1 am au- thoritattvely Informed, is without o slindow of | Soundation. It costs aboul $1,i per year to operate the Indjonola braneli at Summersét Junctlon as it now is, while it would” cost over 870,000 to make the repurted change, which fs a tinancial movement the Rock Island manaturs do ot olten Indulge fv. The present ionnage- ment are satistled the road should have been so constructed at first, but the rivalry between Winterset und Indinnola and the fiterests of . the Coustraction Company caused It Lo bo bulit utherwise, I “The Wahash & Western Is iteslrous of getting ncroes lown suuthwest, amd nccurdln&lg the old * Denke Road,” or- Missonrh, Juwa & Nobraska roule, 18 being revived, [tis completed to Cen- treville, In Appanoose County, und will be ex. . teaded to Corydun, Wayue " County, at once,- ntwl the Misrourl State line via Ringgold County lltyunlbh: during the present year, e eagineer of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincey, it 1a reported, hns heen ordered tu loeato the Afbia & Knoxville branch fram Knoxyillo to this eity, which ruimor 1s confirmed by u further rumur that during 1he past week peraons con- neeted with the "Clhicago, Burllngton & Quiney have been in this ciby quietly purchasing lots in a portion where w railroad station grounds would ba desfrable, HAWKEYR. BALTIMORE & OHtd. 8ueclal Dispaich to The Tribuna, Battugons, Md, Feb, 20.—The General Treight Agent of the Baithnore & Ohlo Rall- rond Lias recelved the following clrcular In ad- vance of the recently-revised local freight tarif® of that Company, which will become effective © Mureh 1, aud cxcuses the action on the ground that the recent attitnde of the West Virglula Legialature hos necessitated it: The Balthmore & Ohlo Company hereby elve notice that jtin Dhllch to withdraw from ehippors of general merchandise, live-stock, lumber. conl. oge, ete., It West Virginin, all snectal rates which have hitherto been given to enable ehippera to rench the market nt or beyond the terminsix of thy Baltimare & Ohlo Hallruad, Un and ufter March 1, the rates estatilished by the newjtarif will beap. plied without deviation or abatament o frelghtship- tied over theline of the Daltimore & Oliin Rallroaa 1o or from any eiatlon in Weot Virginia, As tho proceedings of the Legislataro seriously interfora with the arrangement with conneoting ltnex for the Interchinnre of teaflic, rates will not be quotad on frefght alipped from statione ju West Virginis 10 points bevond the termint of the road, or vicy versa, Frelght charges on all Ymrrrly deatined to points not on the line of the Haltiinore & Ollo 1toad wust herentter e prepatd. B ‘Ihe new/ tarill ia a reduction of nbout one- fourth vn the old rates, and spproximate to the special fizures heretofora miven to large ship- pers and ear-londs, It applies to nli stations by tween Bultimors and the Obio Ittver, Cy M. Vi & D, £ Corvspus, O., Feb, 26.«=At the annual meet- Ing; of the stockholaers of the Cleveland, Mount Vernon & Delaware Raltrond Company to-day, the fullowinyz Board of Directors whs cleeted: ‘Thomas 1D, Mezsley nnd William - Thaw, £lits., Luriz; George B, Roberts, Philadelphing Will- I M. Orr, Oreville; Satnnel Israel and Chatles Cooner, Mount Vernun; fsaac Harostor, Millers- ambler: and D, W, Cald- The Hoard subsequently ore iunlzed by re-clecting Thumas D, Messler Prea- tdent, . 8, Davie Secretarr, aud J, D, Thomp- son Treasurer, (1, A. Jonts was alse reapuolut- cd Superintendent, § ITEMS, Thie Detrolt Post states that a gentleman of that eity hins received a lotter from a responsi. _ble soures stating posltivoly that within the Inst ten days Vanderbilt hoa signed n contract with W. L. Beott, of Erle, for the constenction of a tunnet at Groase Polnt, at 3 cost ot $1,000,00), The Philadelphin papers report Pennsylvaute Rallrond stock ns very flrm, fu - consequuaco of rumors thut the fortheomine roport woull shuw not earniogs for the year 1878 of 10 per tent o the capltal stack ot the corporation, It 4 alvo Ninted that the rate of alvidend will be advanced, bosldes malntainigg the sinkimg fund: at tha rite of 860,000 per month, The rond is saidtolo 1n a stronzer inunelal positiou thun ever helfurv, ‘The fudieatlons are that there will be another war In pagseiyzer rates to Colorado points, It I8 cladmed ihat the Unlon Pacifle Rudtroad hoe Instructed fis conductors to refund 210 to pus- gengers from Chleago to Pueblo on reaclilng Denver. This step I8 safd to havo been taken to compete with the Atehicon, ‘Topelit & Santi Fe! "the rate to Pucblo over the Jntter fs the rowme ns to Deover, amd the rate fram Denver to Paeblo s €10, the amount refunded by the: Unlon Puelfle. Pussengers wanting to o~ to Deover purchaso of the Undon Pacitie n Pucblo ticket ou which thuy get €10 back, which Houts " the rate from Chleago to Denver just that amount, 'l Atehlson, Topuka & Banta Fe aud ita Chicnzo connections threaten to re- duee 1be raies ta Deaver and all other polnts in Colorada Il the Union Pacllie keops on in this. Pttt e et Ao o USEMENTS. I_IA VRN, ‘CHBATERE. do 4l UAVEHRL «+P'rupriator and Manager, THE GREAT N) YORK SUCCENS, LARGER AUDIENCE EVERY KIQIT TOSERE TIUE NEW YORK STANDARD TUEATRE €O, @rand production of Stra. Ettle Hemtorson's great drama ALMONT A LIFE! Played over threo nonths at Standand Thostrs, Now Or City,and sivei hers with thoeitiro Orikioal Covts Aoud Giranwer, Emily Itigh, Virginia Uuchanan, Sadle inaeiow, Sells Winrion, Fa o, 1, lu “Thorue, kben D'lyinpe A.Weavor, Guatavas Layick, 1iarry Eytioge, K gyl . Daly, Cling, Le Ciereq, . 3L, ftane anil, ¥ . liraliyu, ne, Il.,A. Weaver, Jt., W, Miller, mee, It Munroe, Mattoecs usday and Satnrday B’l" TCICIERR'S ‘BB ) GENUINE SUCCESS OF RICE'S SURPRISEPARTY WL KR AT O noblnm]: c%fl;«::wa‘:‘iulm“ ;fln:; Friday Has met with, {t will ba continued ul‘u?‘cvenlulw wyek. Baturdsy—Laat Hobiuson Crusoo Matiuee. Neat M ABES IR THE WOUD, Fu Lkt V' ARIOIRY, D t. Wabash and Mlchigan-svs. SEITIT.OET! Island No.;10! Gettyshurg! ve tng hisweek, and Gaturday afternoan, Rxe e o o i Cuher cemed of thie CIvil War, with short hyooptical Lecture, vesorved sgats, ) clde ool eutvin Sascrined AT, secturea Co."s, o at the door 1 tho svening. OOLLY'S THEATIRE, 4 Saturday tanly) Maslneo, commenc! Usgivesk ‘;nus“lxm’. m’i'v.u.‘x??" TN * Now wos haj iness.’ First apneatance in 11 city of M. J09. K, EMMET t ws NEW FRITZ WAL MaeT ) Bropit eme o, nl'll“”"lur tuths OLD FRIT ded ulightly with the Fashion aud Eilte, u“m:,mrw:d—A lrl!lln!l-m, $1, 75, &0, aod 23c. Ouly Hralo o) Mutloce fhl Tdsy), prices sains 88 aveulig. ionday, Fob. 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