Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1879, Page 9

INSURANCE. AR e Association Scheme Exploded. o nownl of the ‘War on Rates Predicted. Tho Tariff ARe : Yoar of Low Rates---Back- mmgown of the Mutual Life, ns Revelations Regarding the @lohe Lifo Affalrs. s Orimizal Likely to Escapo—Stato and National Suporvision, (alrageo espondence of The Tribune. "\f::r‘:::fl]zh. 23.—As IL scemeth to 8 ma. Sicof the fire-insurance ofticinls of this city )““zh alvation of the compantes in the future t ? dependent tpou ‘the formation of a ety ation, 1t 18 a matter of the highest mfluuca to the community to learn that hwumt the slizhtest probability that such tlon wilt be formed, There hnve been l..r twelvo meetinga to mature o plan, and e dlscussfons havo taken place upon the ,:nm features of tho proposed ngreement} 1, while s majority have been eatisfled with bu')mhr scctlons, 08 a whole, the plan‘ts ridi- by so many proininent underwriters thut onot possibly bo carried into offect, The m:h s, that the cotnpanles hove beon cheating :’Mnm,dm, tho public, and each otber so long that the {des’of on ogreement loyally adhered {o seems NOV preposterous. Immedtately after | \te Janusry flrcs, when overybody was exclted swont tho heavy losscs uobon the ity todaese, it appoared certaln that some- Qg to elect » permasen treform in rates would weaccomplished ; but the lngt three weeks hare effectually dlssipated that tope, aud to- ‘there 1s N0 prospect of stich an agreoment guill babindiiye upon o sufliclent number of nles torive It power und potency. The Wheme as tinally ndooted ls am[::cuwr too cmbrous and complleated, 1t provides for too pae new depareires, and, although some of e are meritorious, the entire” plan is im- tieables 105ABLY AUANDONMENT OF THX SOIESE. Asoriginally proposed by a committes, 1t was yiied that, to secure good fafth among mem- Yarsof the Tarifl Association, n deposit of $230 gaaid be mado by cach company represented, wecarity for a faithful obseavance of the rules 1! regulations of the Assoclation. This was \ukken out, and, while there wwero penalttea for 15 of omissfon und comemlasion, 1o accurity yademanded for thelr payment, and the whole riemewas {0 be conducted on the bosls of - bgood faith aud bonor.” But, to place it n n wire ddiculots lizht than ever, it was pro- tied that whenever any company withdrow from the compact, or wos_convicted of & viola- toaof its laws, llien all the companies should te fostantly released from all obligations to mpport the rates, Now, considerlug how the ampasics bave ncted in the Inst four years, and tor much cheating has been done, {t I8 aaking wexpecting too much that any ngrecment sholl tafmpllcitly abserved by all tlie subscribers, As sfanber and moro conclusive testiinony to the fuigeerity of those who have belped to put thls * abemofnto shupe, it Is now understood th: wilnot' be carried into practical effeet until awsented to by all the companiea dolngs business fo New York and Drooklyn. 'Thls s’ nbout as nillcatous a3 anythinge that can be fmogined as o galefor sucha scheme, It hus been known from the beginning that a dozen or twenty come tzks would not enter Into any combinatio axd the pretext of thelr staying out now, dofeat- by the pmguml ‘Torif Association, fs the wedest humbuz, Tho simple fact s, that so luzea proportton of the companies do not want atioding tarlff that they are secretly rejoleing orertbe defeat of this propoenl. WAR WORSE TIIAN EVEIL Asthe whole country, or that portlon of its wople foterested fn fire-Insuranco . matters, shether as Insurers or agonts, has been affected, coeorless by theso’ Jatter-duy, movementé, ®he outsido public will bo interosted in learn- bz that, In viow of the. certain - fallure of the Tiri Assoclatian, the prospect fa favorableto a taewal of the war fn rates fn this city. If fn Wb city, then elsowhere. Accordingly the rrestot outlook of nflafrs promizes to lead to @sof tho liveliest fizhts In rates’ and loose practlees yet witnesred. The position of tha conpauies s not fuvorable Lo o continnation of the warliko poliey, but it {a sceretly nr’,'nu! by mivy of tne mammoth corporations that they tn wlthstand several yeurs of hard times, whils thelr weaker uelghbors cannot; hence the latter bust sconer ‘or later o to the wall, wd theu tho survivors miny securo re- frmawhich arc now impossibic, The smaller tompanies nrguo that they can survive this ®ar by reduclng thelr lines, increasing thelr buizesy in new locallties, nml entting down ex- paes, The records for 1878 certalnly prove 12t the smaller companies have held thidr own 48 rule, althourh many of the strictly local companics fell olf fn not surplus, ‘The failurc ofthe fari® Association to rezulate the rebate :m! brokeraga questions threatens to fnerease dhs commilsslone, wieh' must further tend to ro- ;mnu-s Barring the detested dry-goods dis- 1 h ®hereln by gencral agreoment the rates ;l! rmiy upheld by reason of the large demand nIX; fnsurance, the rates generall; iy 1t {a belleved, il suk to'n stil lower fevel this year than -:AL Prior 1o the Iato fires the rates on storags Horsa for extra hazardous merchandise had de- gflmm cents. In threo months they will be TUL LEAVEN ALREADY AT WORK. Anywhereoutsideof thedry-roods distrivtrates I not now matnrained at anything lke the old tkes prevalling twelvo months go. The ox- mvle: re &0 numerous that a fow speciinen tlcks ar-al) that are needed to lllustrate the lcmlhol this staferent, Risks an buildlngs on "mwlch street, near Cortland, placed In h-;"t'mdo companies Jast February at 60 cents, ue bten rencwed at 40, Stocks on the East i " l‘hngcd 50 cents Inst year ara now aceepted i Warchouses, then 40, are now taken by ’:l n:holcm companies at 35, Rieks i tho ity gontino to Lo written (on hide aud . k8) ut 20 cente, azainst 23 and 30 last Harzeq we]ul»lm\ n foshlonable church was Litefyat v, Ti m_m\nxsngn!hcbnuIar(:nu)enr. mX. e ;nl hllu.c(l for three {F&"‘l at bl cents. Lisurangg IE stock wos placed by the Hunaver Smpaniey) ;{m‘l&m‘.y (one of the .lrlllu’.‘l"llll!! beri cente, uxainst 60 last year. 18 the most. remurkablo case Is that'of n 'lflkhen for A, L, CBtewart & Co. by, uilding yecently purchosed by - convenient to helr up-town ‘Wflnn Lalasette place, The upper storlco ave iy T8 clgar factory and other employiments, Mw’“}‘fyum Theents to 81, Mr, Biewart's et lvll§ngn;ir zoods an the liret floor has °mlmr]m_un at b0 eente, ‘Theso aroe all vecent o :«.l.vuml will serve to sabisfy Interested dnlLMmgu umd elsewliors thut *all {8 bot wes i that (eliers ™ 1" storioa of tnercnsed urk, ol Hesln New TUB GACK-DOWN OF TIR NUTUAL LIFE. Trutg WS of the actlon of the Board of ; ':‘Of the Mutual Lifo fn rescluding the 30 “)]H"fl.tmmhu!q for two years on nll jts now Pk s been well recedved, but tho proposal i 3 lthe old und ‘new premiums 15 per cout md“” |dlD advantages of the now goncesstons ‘"mrbl? exnenses is regarded with uumixed Ture Y other life compantes und thelr ngents. Ll gy re 12 doubt of the power of thy Mutual m“\‘u\u its exuenses (o a level which will tnd gy g CaL LIS 13 per cont. Tts elerk-hire Ullerence lwhlrlurg ulons onghit to afford tha Ty m;u' une, The Company is loaded with lanqo".m'fll real estate, soma of it taken on the m“nn this city und other portions, e iy ey of {mprovident expcnditure, Builgig,ey, 008t yucant but wmegniticent Olerprlyy Iushm. Its Phitladelphla buthbing ilar pegutaty S00UCr of its tumiaolery with anlemL &money, ‘Fho reduction I3 rates h‘luu “ul‘uon des{rable bonds und mortpazes Ry ) IH_I Wuudsome aumn out ot tho reve Vs neey of o COMIANY, and altogether there oy, bug gy 1Y Plood™ o tho Company’s tadof oy 28 pression now prevalis tiat (he . < bloou? 1 the Board of Trustacs Afr. Jomes W, McCullgh has Nipicuous u this elty jo opposttion Uite gyt 40 DOW policy-holders, but Nry e i stied with thy comvromlse, und Sueage, (0 VOley-holdera will generally ac. 0 oo tre {4 ho doubt that If the % per Blerigr gt 109 beou fnaiatud upon that thy Legg 0 Would have. uitimntely swept oy WO oflivials out of 1he Compuny. e effey aton wisy euough to forescu + Boon e 020 O1haelh, und grucofully yielded e Cogyay anPearavea of . puth, Which led 5 o0t of ity threateced diftleulty - / THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TIIURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1879-TWELVE PAGES. without loss of Qignity to himeelf, This was hntural to o man récelving 525,000 per year salary, THE M aLoNRY L1¥R REVELATIONS. The foquel to thy royelntions coucerning the Globe Lifo management exposed hythe report of theBuperintendont of thie Insuranca Department to thu Loglslature wilt nnquestiombly be the retirement of the offendiug ofilcials or the bank- ruptey of the Company. The Atterney-Genernl has nonounced his dolormination to proveed neainat the officers for consplracy In order to ense the Company, It has been understood that the affaira of the Globe are fn botter shape now than they wero ane year ago, and ine stead of belng Impalred that really the Com- panyis in solvent condition. But of the fn- iqultous management of Pliny Freeninn, fts otze | President, thero ean be no doutt. Al- though Invited and requeated by the Insurance Departiment to resiim st spring upon s browmise to withhold damaging revelations if the resigna- tlon were prompt, this oged mmnor as hunie on to the place with o flvms grip, but the polley- holders (cven If the Aitorney-(eneral falls) sliould forthwith ahow hum the door. ‘The ofli- eial report submitted now to the Leplaln- tute after alapas of nine months declares Ut ns to the Globe's offlcers ** the trusts reposed i them wero willfully und shiuncfully abused to thelr ownpecuntary benefit und to tlie great In- Jury of the policy-hotders.”” Thin revelation Wwill destroy confidence In the Company, and with contidence goue the end is dealh, A prompt and vicorous policy for the Compnny’s complete reorganization may set save It, hun the action must be quick and speedy, or the old cormorants will squeeze all the vitality out of the Company before they can themselves o oxpelted. A BEVCRE BLOW 7O STATE BUPERVIBION. ‘The Globe Lifo discovery has produced an fr- ritation against the New York Insuranco De- partment that threatens n serlous blow at the entire system of Btato superylsion, Peoplowho Judgo by their prejudices aro apt to forget that the system fs not to blame for the crrora ot the Indivldual,—in other words, that It a the Buper- intendent and not the offlen that s at fault in tho fallure to arrest the downward courso of tho Globe Life nud remove {ts President from a trust ho had so shamefully abused. 1t appears that so long ngo as 187 the tilube Life withdrew from the State of Kentaely, and the reason thercfor was the perslstency of the Insurance Commissioper of that Btate 4n examining the Compahy in its homo oftice, which resulted in o suspicion of 1ts Insulvency, ‘Ihis suspleion was founded on the discoverv of falss outrles and the appearance of a morteage given by Plin Trecman, individual, to Pliny Freeman, Presl- dent, for $60,000, uud carried by the Company ns an asset. ‘Ihese dircoverles were made known to the Company's Directors, and they frimedi- utoly refused the Kentucky Examiner further neeeas to the Company’s books and Jmpm' The withdrawal rom that Stato followed, “The New York Department waited untll 1877 befors ex- amining {nto the Company, and when the be- troyal of trusts was discovered the Superintend- ent was improperly lenfent in failing to bring ihe offenders to” justice, But on”the other lund 1t may be aucstivned whether his lenleney did not In reallty save the Company by fright- ening its olficers into herole measures to save it, and by saviuy the Company to save themselves lkewise, JILIt {8 truw now’ that the Company s entirely volvent, it I8 quite likely that sumwiary measures to punish the- gullty officers woulid havo killed the Company in 1873, PROBABLE ESCAPE OF DR, LAMBERT, The Court of Appeals has granteda new trinl to Dr. T, E. Lunbert, late President of the Ameriean Populur Life, and the old fellow, who hias bieen confined for over a yearin the Tombs In this city, is Jikely to ecscape convietion. On the firat trial [t was shown that the oath upon which e was convicted of perfury was taken be- foro n Notarg Publie who was a resldont of New Jorsoy, ond bienee fncompetent in Jaw to admin- fster an oath. “The lower Court ruled out this testimony, or declared that it did not affect the question of oerjury at sll. ‘The idea was that the lutentlon waa'the same, but the Court of Apfiuula has upsct this theory by nfllrming that, it the Notary was not legally quulificd to take the onth, then there was no perjury. 'Theso looploles will . probably afford the ‘Doctor a chance of éseape, Of hls moral euilt there isno doubt; but there {s one extenuating circum- stance which creates some sympathy for bim in the community, Lawbert did not proflt pecuni- arjly by his peérjury or fulschood. Ile built up a fabric of talse pretenses, but deluded himself into a bellef that it was all a solid aud subatan- tial reality, amd henee swore to It i good faith, Ho wos uvictim of his own concelt and folly, and ruined o previous good name by indulzing in o hobby. 1l hos becn protty severcly pune fshed already. HUBDUB ABOUT ADVERSE LEGISLATION. The fire comy ooles engaged in an agency busi- ness have been fntensely agitated during the past fortulght by the threatoned adverse lepisla- tion proposed in several Btates,—notably Ohlo and Tenuessce, The blll passed in tho latter Btate requiring companica to pay totnl Josses on thelr policles when Insured property ls wholly destroyed. s so obaoxlous to com- panies that it must Inovitably heve led to the withdrawal of the companies from that State; but sluce {t has been vetoed by the Gavernor, and the local Tennessce companles have taken such an active part in degouncing the biil, the rampanics here are feellngz easy on the subject, ‘The Ohlo law.1s only a trifle better, requiring a rlor negreemient a8 to the values of property nsurcd. The orinciple of valued polieles 18 at variunce with the practice of companles, und s lighly objectionable to the prinelple of in- demnity underiylng all insuranve contracts, It 18 belleved here the local Ohfo companies can defeat this bill, but the] trouble afleeting the agency compaties i8 thut every year they are threatened and worrded In varlous States by obnoxious measures offered 1 Legisiatures, and -urged elther by (ofercsted parties or by a vitlited public sentiment. The old "Natfonal Board kept o standing Committes on Obnoxious Lozislation which was nuthorized to act on bebalf of ull tlus companles to prevent theadoption of oppressiva measures, but slnce thls Commitice hos cepecd to net the worrinient and annovanee of watching Ihiese evlla fs thrust uvon each individual comi- poany, and requires constont care as well os the expenditure of considerable money. Thero ls n renthnent amonez the companies thiat about halt of thesu schiemes are designed to levy blackmail, A NATIONAL INSURANCE BURUAU, Maouy years ago an effort was made to per- stinde Congress to-puss a Jow in favorof a Natlonut Insurauce Bureau, with headouarters in Washiugton, The sl was Lo do away with all the various Btate laws on the subjeet of 1wsurance companies, aud glve them the char- acter of Nutional banis, with authority to carry on the business (rrespective of the Stuto licenses ad imposition It wns felt that an insurance compaiy of New York had the same right to #ell Ita pa leies In Nlnois or Towa that o citizen had to se}l s dry goods or hardware, und that thers should bo 1o restrictions save those anfe- guards created by Cougress to Keep the com- panies Lthorouzbly solvent, nnd hold the cotn- panies ' up* to a” hlgh stadard of fnterity In thelr deallngs with the publie. Tho sclieme was fovored by a lerge majority of the compuanles, ~nud some even went s0_far as to favor n})m\'leu that the companles asking wivantage of thls lnw should deposit 4000 in Government houds in Washlbgton as security to polics-holdors, But the whole schemeo waa sumtaarily knoclked fnthe head by a declston ot the United States Buptieme Court in thw case of Paul va, The State of Virginta, whereln it wna deelared thnt. the Btates huve exelustve jurlediction over the contracts of fu- surunes mado by thele own eltlzens, and that the provision of thy Coustitution tint no re- strictions upen the commerce of tho States shall bu lovicd by the su.usrato Stutes tdoes not apply to lusuraies contracts. o long os this declelon stands thers can bs o Nottonsl In- surance Bureay, nasmuch as thy power of tha States to [mnosa licenses nnd taxes is complato, ‘Thero are muny Inwyers, lowover, who profess tobelieyo that thy decislon will somu day be reversed, % 4 ILLINOIS CENTRAL INSUKANCL, ' 1t Is currently reported hero thut the Illinols Central Rallvoad, nfter several years' experiment. of lusuring {ts own property, has lately made o three-yeara' contract with two English compa- nies to tnsure its risks for a yery Jargo cmoynt, “The Compavy collected some heavy sums fram the Liverpool, Londun & Glébe Company for {ts lossca In the Chlcago fire, nud the preminms helng thereafterinereased the Raflroad Company declived 1o Insure, Mr, Ackeringu, the present President, while Auditor of the road, made ou vlaborate shet of figures, showing lhow much the road had saved by dolug its own fnsurunce, und was never tived of anawertig npnlla\uuwhu desired to make tenders for the Company's in- suranco, Kvidentty a chango hus oceurred, sud the [lliuots Uuntral hoa tound resson tosbandon self-insurdnes, and protect its pronerty under the™Wwing of fusuraico, policles, even ot some usensn for premiums, Another preat Chivago vafivond 18 reported to be ('untulnulnllut: the sawe step, after years of trisl in jnsuring dtscte, . WESIEAN BXPEIIENOEY, ‘The campanles have just heard from Minno- rota aud Michivan relative to the cxporicuces of 1678, ‘Tho reault of mogt of the sgeucy compa- nies In Minnesata were dlenstrous owing to the il losres in .\Hnnenrnlla. but tho totnls snow- i asmall profit. All the companies rave tivo or three made money durlng the year in Michi- gon. The totals fu thuse tivo Staies aru na fol- Tows; Dreminina Lozsey received, i, Michizan. ., $1,770, 140 Miuncsota | 015, 570 < Ntato, THE CATTLE DISEASE. Porlfylng Blisaville Stables = Eighty-six Cotwrn K1llod on Snturday. Newr York Tvibune, Feb, M, ‘The work of slavghtering the elck cows in the stables atteched to Gaoff, Flebchman & Co's distitlory at . Blisaville was continued on Satur- day under the personal inspcetion of Gen, Pat- rick. Tarly in the mornhis slxty-six cows were pronounced uninfected, nnd were driven to the flaughter-house In Jolinron avenuont (ireen- point. ‘The Meat-Inspector thera pronounced upon the quulity of the beef after the animals were killed, At the stables twenty animals were geleeted aud condemued, Their appraised value, which the Btate will pay, was estimated nt from &5 to £20; fn all, 8200, They 1hien were Kitled speedily, nml thelr hides slashed, Lo pre- vent themn from heing eold, ‘The carcasses wero rent ta Barren Istand. The owners and thelr stablemen expressed mtelr Indignation at the summary manner fu whizh the cows were dealt with, As the perlod ar fncubation for contagious plearo-pucumaonta varies from nine days to three months, omd an antmal can earry lnfectlon when not suffering from disease by having been ln contact with those sufferfug from (t, the stablea n which {t has avpeared will all be kept under survelllanee for ninety duys, Noue of the cows in the stables of Gaff, Flelsehman & Co. will be romoved except for slaughter. It fs declared that the bulldings are eo infected thut they will never be sale for eattle again, ‘They will all bn destroyed probably, I consequence of the re- cent published statement of D, Golng and threo other veterinarians of thls ¢ to the effect that no contaglous pleurn-pnenmonia existed at Bliseyllle, Dr. Mclean, of the Brooklyn Health Bourd, has invited 1 to call o meeiing of the recognized vetorinary surgeons of this city sud Brookivn to deelde thie question, the losing party to bear the expenses. A cow suffering from pleurc-pnenmonia was driven to the Btaper Street’ Pollce Station, Brooklyn, on Satucduy, by an old man who said hie hind Leen toid timthe could get 50 cents for 80 dolng. Search for the {uhuman owner who turned her adrift was wnavailing, She was Kkilled by, the Buard of ealth. Prof, Law states thut he was consulted re- specting the disease on Staten Islind last, yenr, when [t prevalled to a great extent, and lo be- lieves sifll oxists, The cxlstence of i ls also reported o the vielnity of Marristown, Morris County, N. J. Bhivments of Jive stock to England arestill coutfuned from Hoston, #0) head oy to Liver- ool on Baturday. 1f they are landed after Mareh 8, ten days will be stlowed for slaughter, bitt no removal’ from the laindiz.place will be ollowed, The Britlsh Viee-Covsul bere states thut the prolifbitory order was a precautionary mgasure, and_will"be repealed us suon s thie further spresd of discase. 18 no longer feared. Ho praises the propt actton of Gov. Robluson, ‘Tha nuricultural vocicties of France have re- quested e Freueh Government to forbld jm- portation of Amerfean vattle, NMistory of the Cattle-Plogue=A Cure which Migh Aathorities Have Declured Infallinle. Sranury, N.J., Feb, 18.~—70 the Editor of the New York Tribune: 1n 1843 the cattle-disease first made {ts appearance in the United States, having been commuulented by an fmported German cow landed at Bro - It graduadly spread among the eattle in Kings und Queens Counties, but so slowly that {t failed to attract speclal notice. {n 1847, Thomas Richardson, of Nuw Jersey, imported several bead of English cattle. ‘They were infected, nud tho contazion was disseminated amone his valuabln cattle, razing so violently that all were slanghtered, outalling a loss of $10,000, In 1830, W, W, Chenry, of Belmont, Mass,, imported four cows from Tlolland, Shortly alter thelr arcival thoy coxhibited sizns of llncss, and wers separated from his other stoel. But the virns had taken root, und upon exomination it was discovered that many of his cattle were diseasred, and (he character of {t'was determined to be * epizootle pleurs-pncumonta,” Lefora the discase pre- sented iteelf, Mr. Chenry sold some young cat- tleto Curtis Btoadard, of North Brookficld, Mose. One anlmal after another sickened and dled, until ho tost tnlsteen, and the remainder of lis fine herd of forty-cluht were sertously ). The stock loterests of Massachusetts was alarmed, The Legislatura appointed a Com- misalon, anpropristed $10,000,.uud the Cotnimia- sotera immu(llnlcl)‘ ndopted . suzmressive mens- ures tostav the plaime: “The discase hnd gafued rapidly. .\lmlf' Lierids were found fofected, ‘They W stantly quarantined, the barns disii- fected, the cattle treated, mnd, alter 4 reasonn- Ule time, il no signs of improvement were dig- covered, slaughtered, (reat excltement was aroused; 35000 was raised Ly privata subserip- tlon, and the work of extermination netlvely coutinued, Subsequent Legislatures continued the Commisslon, but not untsl 1567 was tho dis- case finally eradicated. Numcrous lnquiries have developed the fact thut the discase malutained its hold on Long Island from the tims of its first §ntroduction, In 133, until the present day, In 1850 it ap- peared i Camden County, N J., and crossing castern Pennsylvanin. Whenever i anlmal ex- hibited the stightest symptom of this allment it wab sold at onee, aid thus the plague was rap- Hly nid widely exten The Leglslntures ot several Btates fotluwed the lead ot Maskachn- seuts, and daring the t between 1860 and 1878 very cffective results were obtafned by the respective Commisstons, - In 1507="0S the dreaded enemy of our herds appeared from & pow guar- ter, At tho end of the Rebellion the Texua cattle trado was renewed, mvl fncreased with tremendous steides, The eattlo wers driven wany hundeed mfles, with but few opportunitics for rest, food, . uud water, ‘Lhey wers eoneregatud - some- tiines for dova by the tons of thousands at the reat eattle cutropots of Abilene and Knonsns uity, ‘They were overcrowded In filthy stocle. cara to eaditro untold tortures during the 1,500 miles ol rouen rail transportation, ‘They wero frequently two, three, and four days without food or witer, They wero perseeuted by brital drovors. Many dlet of exposury, starvatlon, o 1T treatment s thetr mungled bodies decom- nostog In the midst of living unimals, No won- der hint the Pluguu broko out alresh nml spreall with ten-fold yiralence, - {u 1858 the Legisluture of New York, in ro- spouse to petitions from every quarter, up- pointed a Commisston und appropriuted funds to fuvestizute the causes of e dlsease aml to cradlcale the terrible scourge, Milllons of dollars had Leen fost to tho country. ‘The rapid spread of the plague threntencd annthitation to the herds, ‘Fhe Commlssioners appointed wery admirably fitted to execute the fmportaut aud respunsible duties of the ofllee. ‘They were Qen, Marcenn R, Ustrick, Lewls £ Allen§ and John Btanton Gonld, ‘The work wus cnterail unon with encrey, ‘Fexnswas visited by Commisslons frum varluus Btates; the ralstig did e s tle on the great ranches wero obrerved manner of senadig than to the stock market of Kansas; the rall and steain transportution ex- umined: the stoci-yards in 8t Lowss, Calro, Chicugo, Bullalo, Alvany, und New York vis- ited, L e Commisvioners ealled to thelr sid the sblest aclentiflu tulent, nnd wero cordfally sce- onded by thu Metropolltun Board of Health, Thonzands of ifected eattle In 1o stack-yards, ou daley und othier farms, wers examined and destroyed, — Marus, stables, and yands were eleaned und disfufected. “Lhe press was aclive in presenting to the publicthe rc;urmnumlut!unu ol the Commlgaton, [ It was speedily diecovered that by the use of the sume uzent st l;mu{.‘m Jute notice by the dustinguished sclenttst, Willlum Crookes, of Englund, who stamped out the cuttle viagus or rind " by {ts nid In the Unitud Kiwzdom, equally gratifying results were nchieved here. Carbolie ucld administered ina very dilute state, in 1he deinkbg water, nud worinkled about the barus, stables, and yurds, quickly wind thorough- ly destroyed the Infiction, In the preliminary re- port, page T, tho Commissloners stated thut 4 earbolic acld 18 an ubsolute und perfeet disin- fectant, Jt not only destroys the udor, but kils the virus of the dlscase, Wo advise all farmers or drovery, who have reason to suspeet tlat thelr eattle bave been uflmwd to infection, to spriukle crode carbolle acld abunduntly sbout the yard whero they are coufined, nud to put sowme carbolic ucid fnlo the water they drink, in the progortion of one part of pure acil with thrico fts welzht of sal sodo 101,000 purts of water.” In the clreular, “Kugzcations to Farmers under © cthe . head of wMeaus of Prevention,” thay say: * When tho disease {s present 1o uny nelghborhood evory owner offeattlv should bu providea with s barrel of 10 per vent crudo carbolle ueld, nid a quart of 00 per cent carbolle ucid, ‘The latter mixes with water, the former does not, Lot the fdows and droppings of the cattle be sprinkled with tho “dcath of enry-Pethun-Alexin the Delnware attacked the valuablo herds or eruda acld, und cover {hw waod-worlkof the atalla with the gnme.” T their final report, under the hend of * Conclustons," pamo ), they stated ; ** Andirect results ol Investigations connecterd with this eattle disense, some of the most brill- fant and uaeful discoveries In aanftary selencoe bave been pehleved, Pleuro-pneumonia ling heen anceersfully treated, cml o remedinl ngent of Ineateulable value has beon broneht into com- won sy amone the focks amd nerds of the Btate. With reusonalle ecare on the part of stock-ownera o keeping themzelves supnlled with carboite ackl, and using #. freely on theyr premlises, there appears to bu o perfeet imimn- Aty from discases it have hitherto earred fn- cvitablo destruction wherever they apbeared," Furiher than thls, the observations of the Cantlsston warrant, the bellef that this snme tuzent possvases certaln properties of the grent- est value when applied to * foot-rot* fn sheep. Fromn the fact that earbolle acld wty apecifically upon all zerins or seeds of disease that are prop. ngated n aymanner similar (o the spores or fungua parasites of the ‘l'exaq dircase, it {8 not tao much to hope that It may be used sicees fully in the treatment of many discases o uni- mals heretofore rezanded s ucurable, cape- clalty the = glanders® {n horses, inas Tt s the “reeent researchies of hie world-rengsned Halller, of Java, have brought 1o bt in the nasal dlschnrgcn sned elreulathng Dlood of gland- ered horses, the “confothecium equinum,” o microscopie parasite of the same izenus us e ‘eanfothecium stflestarnurn, ' which i the active agent I 1he Texas eattle discure, and [3 effectu. allv destroyed by very weak solutions ot e bolle acid, ” It 18 Yery evident that, after the ex- citement of 156783 dlod away, distufection ceased, eare was relaxed, and muany of the canses thut brought ahout these preceding epldemies now extst, It I8 the supreme duty of the State to excrelse the sane vigilance in ihe protection of the flocks and herds from contarious decise thit it interposes when humamty fs endanizered, In view of oncluslons of the Commission of 1884, 1t wonld seem almost incredivle that farniers, dafrymen, awd stock-tealers should neglect to use'n remedial nnd preventive suent now to be cheaply obtained In every eity, town, nnd village in the United States. Gronor Suzrann Page, Feh. vod ot the Department of Ag- rleulture relative to hop-cholera, ‘T'his demon- strates the fact that the discase is not only tn- Wasmyatoy, tinues to be rece 2. ~Information con- fectious but contagtous. - It 1s nlso shown that other anlinnls taking the dlsense can transmit the sanie back to the provions source. 'Thi: been made apparent by Dr. Law, of Cornell Uuniversity. "The only way yet sugrested for the prevention of (he spread of the disease Is to stamp it out by killing the nnimn). It {8 uati- nmted that swine of the value of 320,000,000 or §30,000,000 perish every year. ‘The appropria- tton to enuble the Departmont to investigute the subject was $10,000, nud a similar amount will be appropriuted tlus year for the eamne pur- pose. ————— A DUCAL TURFITE. The Sixth Duke of Neweastle, New Yorik Herald, Feb, 23, The Atlantic eable yesterday nunounced the Pelbam- Clinton, sixth Duke of Neweastle, [le waa the son of the Duke who aceompanled the Drineo of Wales on lis visit to thls country. ‘The Duke Just dead was born on the 2ith of Jun- tary, 1831, und succeeded hls faiher as sixth Dukoon the 18th of October, 1834 Ile was cducated ac Eton, and from thenes was trans- ferred to Oxford. T3 Grace’s aceession to the turf bezan at an age which fudleated his passion lor It, ns In 1850 e had horses i conjunction: with Mr. Parr, who tralned them .at Benhums'y near Wantage; aud amone them were Indifer- coee, o very bad atmal, but not badly named Nerio, © piater, and Gaspnrd,! wiho ron n dead leat tor the Cesarewlteh * with Sic W, Booth's .Artless, his chance befng mueh deterforated by hia having been sent to Parls the yrevions week to run for the Grawl Prix de PEmperear. 1Hs Grace had Jlke- wise an Interest for a short timeln Fisherman,ag R 2-year-old, and Hkewlse when he ran for the Lucoln Ilandieap as o @, and was beaten by ‘Fmme Deer, Lupus was auo:ber avimal thut won hlman few raves; but, on the whole, his eareer fn the Wuntage stable was very unproflta- bie. After this thne fnlly reasona induced the Farl of Lincoln—for he had not then sieeeedad to the Dukedom—to give up keeplug horsox, und lor some tittle time he was merely a spectator at raees. s pext venture was with Au- rellan fu the Findon stable, but - the chanze from Mr. Parr to William Quater brouvht searcely any alteration of luck, In fact, such ‘an unlucky career woutld have caused many a beeinuer with less pluck to eive over, But the Duke ef Neweastlo wus not the person to vetire from un arenn whera distinctions are to be catned without making every effort to attain them; und as Mat Dawson happened to bo at Hberty, through re- signing the service of Mr, Merry, his (irceo en- gageed D, 1'he first victory of the uew tralner was with Jullus, at Winchester, "I'he Duke’s pusslon led to most disnstrons re- sults, In 1869 the aristocratic nelghborbived of Curlton Gardens witnessed un_ ususual scene, ‘Fhe stone walls of one of thie laruest mansions au Carlton Houss terrace werdy detnced by the valgar pusters of an auctioneer, winl {ts massive doors were thrown open, not at the huding of {ts master, but throwgh the Inexorable mandate of the law3 und not to the customary high-bretd visitors of ‘thut rellned loealtty; but 1o o mixed aml curjous erowd, eribracing the reh aud the poor, the apeculator amd the tlicr, the swell and the enob. Up and down the broad stonce steps and magnificent stutrenses pussed und repassed groups of men and women ** unusual to the seene,’—hrokers, boarding-house keepers, stout InnJlndlw, sew- -hand dealers, hook-nosed, shaep u,)urzlu;: men, and any number of femalo Toodleses,— Lent upon seenring bargalng, and eazer to bid for nuything, froma court sult to u coal-scitttle, that mfght be found landy tohaye i the house, Tu the spaclous roome, which the rough hands of the nuetion porters were able to entirely dl- vest of thetr natural alr of refluement and cle- wzanee, statesmen, peers, wind fashlonables of Loth sexes wore hustied aod elbowed by the common rabble, and pressed awd perseented to thelr evideat disgust by perslstent commission men with dirty shirts, divtier Lands, and Jaree diamaond plus, Evervwhere, outalds the man- slon and Inside, from earret to cellnry from din- hyg-room Lo stable, was tola the tale of the flnal ruln of tts owner, young Duke of Noeweastle, V'hg story of how the voung Dulis tost his for- tune is worth telling, evea i soine recapituln- tlun is necegsary, 1n 1801, when Earl of Lin- coln, e marded Henretta Adels Iope, the duugthter of u wealthy banker, und a very beau- ) givl. 'The Eart was then 31 years of age, but ho lad afready eiven evidence of the evil nassion that secaslonea his dlsaster, He was at thut time n debt dvenly enongh to vender a temporary resldence on the Coutinent desirable, und to create nn obstacle to his inclivation for o settled Ufe, 'These facts were communieated to Mr. Hupe, whose own domestic Hie i not 1 withatt its trints, and ho nt oncs soughtun futerview with the I ** How much do you owy in all* fguirad the banker, % Forty-llyy thonsand pounds will cover my debts,” was tho reply of the Earl, % Isthat all £ exclalmed Mr. Hapo fu somoe surprlse; *then (s ousily arranged," aml hu wrote u check forthe amount. Praacent fathera may now malntwin thut tie be- stowal of this st wpon a youne spendthrlit was not hatf oo cenmurable ashersking o daughter's future bappiness by o unlon with oo who had thuas early evinead his inespreity to restst the al- turements ol Lhose arel tempters, gambling and debts but it must be remembered that the Earl Dk a rich Dukedots at bis back, nd that s di- yided house was not the most desimble home fur a young und beautiful daughter, Fow moy- alizing parents wonld have hesitated unaer such circtinstanees. The apstocratie Jovers wero wedded, und nelther the Lreath of enyy nor the yet more polsonons tongue of the self-rizhicons Pharises hud ured to hink that they hayo not bean a unjted und affectlonate conple, In 15451 the Barl sueceeded to the Dukedom, Diw hoir, the present Earl of Lincoln, having beou born the same year. Marrled Te and the allurements of a hame brightenod by {nfancy wers not sulliclent to cury the Duke of his pas- ston for the excitement of the turf. Ag soou ag ho Jouud himeele muster ot the nools {ortuno nnd vust estates attacted to the Dukedom he launched out [ito the mosteXtravagont specolu tions [ horsellesh, wind was ut ones siarrounded by the beoches and blacklera whoave ot lute yeara disgraced thy Euglish tuel, ‘Tho result was oasy to foresee, In fivo yuara the young Duky dissipated o Prlnuuli/ fortune, il liferally mado himsolt u pauper, 1t seems Incrediblo ihat cs- tated unid tmoneys that brought him: In £75,000 o year should so soon huve melted away, but so ftwus: und fur soveral years the mati who, in 1664, found Wimsoll mister of his magnifleeny Income, With a mansfon In town und one of the yery Unest country bouses inall - England, was forced to ltva on his wifu's settlement and the bounty of his rich mother-in-law, Buch i3 the brief story of the carcer that closed with thy auction salo of the contents of the *Ducal man- sion un Ciifton-flonsa terrmee, Of the Duko of Newcustlo personally it Is rather ditfcult to speak, as his frauk and alTablo manuors, bis extremo kindoess of beart, und the courage with which ho endurcd his reverses on the tusl, extonded the popularity which bia father, who Jlterally sacrificed his lfo to his country, enjoyeit amoung all classes of his countrymen. Tho Duku did uot gwmbark on the stormy sen of politics. although he sat in the Honso of Commons for a short time for Newark, Buton those oceasfons on which he had to appear o public his addresses were marked hy a vigor nud grasp of thought which plainly showed the stock from whenee b sprinzs niud we have no less an authority than that of Mr, Gladstone, who was his father's ex- centor, that. it his Girnea had npplied himzelf to A polltical Nife the samo distinctions which his father gained wern quite within his reach, Amoug other offices which the late Duke beld was that of (irand-Master of the Freo Masons of Nottingham, and In that capacity, as wotl us the landlord of nnextensive and prosperous tenantey, his rule was as mild ond paternal as that which might have heen expeeted from his charnef and ha entirely lgnored the famaots rluctrine of his grandfather relative to **a man laving the right to do ns he likes with his own," for the freedom of cleetion prevalled on the Cimmber eatate at Taxford, Nottinghanshire, ns much 63 the most ardent lover of civil snd re- Itzlous Hberty could have desired, EDISON AS A NEWSBOY. How 1o Hiarted a Paper, nnd Why 1t Sus- pented=1fls Prodignl Customers—A Novel Way to Disposo of 01d Stock In Trade, The following characteristic sketehes of thy carly days of Edlsonare tfom the advance sheets of bis Ulozraphy. now being written by Coun- relor Edwin M, Fox, of New York City, who for several years past hias buen an fotimate friend of the great fnventor: About this time young Edison concelved the Iden of startinz o nuwt‘mpnr for cireulntion among the tralu-hamds und passengersrenerally. A piey sl telllng of the dally Jifo of the conductors, brakemen, aid employes, giving the latest news from the scene.of War, as clipped from the Detroit paoere, wad gervinge up the weneral possip of the stations slone the rond, was his conception of what the paper ought to be. His gervice of ten months on the train ns a newsbuy was his experfence, and a dozen wounds of old type his capital stock, Hoon the new papes inade its sppearance. It bore the dignitied title, in large block Jetters, the trand Trunk lerald, Tts salutatory told of {ts fear- lessnzes In polities nud its fafrness fn every- thing, “Fhe editor welcomed nll coutributions, Hterury o otherwise, partimularly otherwise, According 1o the hopes held out the fled; rllu;i was to be the long-felt want In the world o Jourmalism, §t was to so overflow with iinpor- tant news that even the least citrlous of passens grers would feel cotupelled to disrorgre the penny neeessary for fts purchase. In time Its elreuln- ton wag Lo exiend fue beyoml the limits of the State of Mlenigan, snd thousands of cager citi- 3 would dally await ts appearance with leverlsh fmpotic For the irsy few weeks the toundling fell rather tame on the unupore- clative community, ‘The largest of L_"pc eemed no inducement to purchaze. People Jovked dls- dainfully at the dlminntive sh In vain the editor and sole proprivtor ted its merlts throurh the vars. “‘Ihe pnssengers were not to e enjoled or deceived, After o _few weeks, however, there came o chiange. Edison bit upon some raflroad tople of general fnterest, und the demand for the new paper began to fucrease. People talked ahout it, und the coppers flowed fust into the hunds of the pmbltious voung journalist, Some ex- clted war news algo ut the same thne trunsplred, nwml the Grand Trunk Hera’d came in for fts share of the enhanced elreulation of papers generally, But, alas, there came aday when whe paper was forced to puspend, 1t was not becsuse of tonueia]l troubles, for the expense attending fes publivation was only nominal, 4y young Edison wrote everything nnd et up all the type himseil, dofug the work at odd hours which ho snatehed from his regular duty as tratn-boy. The dtsaster was rather mgiorious in its charaeters : It tame nhout through a man named Bockus. Mr. Bockus kent a storein Port 1turon, wid was pretty went known fn the place, In an unguard- od moment youue Edison one day wrote some- thing fn his paper that toucened the digolty of Ar. Bockus, and Mr. Loukus voned vengeance aralnat the offender. Ldison llt1le susp The tre of the angry I, Ho pursued the npparent sutety, chi made. The day of b eted the impendig danger, Mr, I was unknown to ven course of lifs way ¢ ling at the Dit he b digaster at last came ar the _depat wmting for the Jocoaotive Lo sten Tle did not see o stout unl wrathful log s man stealtblly walk- iz ub behiud blin, Hedid uot kuow at fivat whose was the beavy hand that alighted on bis shoul- dery and whose the volee of thunder that shout- d i Dis enr, 4 T've 203 you now, you yolng rascal 1" Ile had no time to apologize sid usk questions, 'The river flowed near the spot, uud toward [t Mr. Bockus ruttlessly draciea the Irizhtened editors .\ shout, @ short, sharp strueele, s 8piash, and the editor and sole pro- prletor of the Graud Trunk IHerad was flounder- Ingz i e water, Forfunately for sefeace the young news lad waa agood svinnner, ind goon he wus elambering up the pler, a wetter but o wieer boy. The Grand Trunk llerad wever agabw spiieared, From that day forward Edi- son turncd bls back on fournalisin, The duties of the editorlal chnir wero mtore than Lie cared to bear. Not long after the {nglorfous downlall of thu short-lived paper thers ozeurred an incident in the trufn ite of young Ldison that even to-day §a recalled with snies by the old train humds, Amoni the passenzers ona sttimer niterioon, on the tratn from Port Huven to Detrott, were four youus mew, apoarently the sous of wealthy fathwrs, traveligg for pleasure. They laughed, and told stories, sl enjoyed themselves as best they could, Evidently they had plenty of foase cash, for on one or two ocenslons fu tucle ilarlty they exhibited larze rolls of biils. Dur- {nzone of their buisterous paroxysms younsz Edison happened to bo passing through the trafn with u Dasket of orunges on hia arm. # gjere, bub," shouted ove of the youusr men, #what nre you seiling these oranges for i Withreo cents aplece,” readily responded the boy. X Lat's seo what they are good for,! continued the firat speaker, taking the basket dn his lap and serutinizing the oranges as thuueh ahout to pick ont oue. Young Edison at once began to expatiate on fhe lusclousncss of the oranges und thefe semarkable chieapness. The bolster- ous young man, howeyer, cut him short by say- fng, *What Wil yon tuke for the whole fott" 'The train-boy snpposed, of course, his custonier was leating, but answered, deferen- tall, Well, T've pot forty-five left. 1"l sell 'L‘lll)n‘ll for 81" The words were scarcely ut. tered bofore the cnstomer had pitehed basket wind uranges out of the open window, Young Edlison stared ut M in astonishment, then his indignation begzan to boll gs ho contemplated hix loxs, but before he could speak bls cecentric customer had alipped o bitl into his hunds with the woids: “There’s 83 for you—3L for the eranges and 81 for the baskes,” Then looklug nt the stll] sstonished trato-boy, he saliz ** Aren’t you satistled ¢ s8atisflied! Lond, yes,” wuld the boy, his eyes pllstening as bo azaln looked at the hillund BAW to acertatnty that it was genulne. ‘The (n- cldentover, the youn men resumed thele hilar- 1y, nid the traln-hoy wended his way back to thie hargawe evidently fu deen thought, A few minutos Inter younz Edlson was avaln i 1he car that contained the eceentrie customer, Tafs thne ho had on his art n bakket of apples, “They were not the largest apples fu the markot, netther o they altozother frec from defects; Wt are your apples worth, youug felleri® shotted the uld customer. . iz n ceats aplece,” replied Edison, pro ceeding to dilate on the superiority of thos tienlnr appies above ull others in e marke s ijow many have you gotd" continawd the cstomer, takiug the basket In his L s bal- aneing it M Siaty-twa,' sald Edison, Just as the baskiot ond apples sped through the window into an ) ficld, lere's your monog," said the pradigal, Tz the tralu-hoy u & note, 1dison azaln raturned to the bagprage car and onee tors the Bilarlons quartot resumed thele challine, 5 Five minutes later thoe train boy again a peared, ‘This timo his stock conslsted of news- paners. Both nrms were illed. To appearances t were the papers ol th ay, but Lav yonug 4 nwent knew that soven-clehths of theay wery old, discarded papers, which lud been ly- 0 his box for months, low mueh for your papers, bub! ™ shouted the youne men, . ¥ “Bix dallurs for the lot,” sald Felison, some- what timldly, however, us thougly feartul that the bonunza tight be drajucd, “lferu they go!™ shouted the customer, snatening them from his handa wud sending them, Ko thelr prodecessors, throuzh the vpen window, ** Hero's your money," and the trufn- boy poclieted 3. adaltional. Onco mory ho left tha car. By this thmo the P:vauu;:url wers wrought up to u hlgh piteh of nterast at the unusunst departure in political economy which they hadl witnesaed, The lavish young mon laughed atoud at thelr course, and one of them was heard to gay, © Well, 1 guess we've bought bl out ot Just.” ‘The orediction secimed to ba true, Fifteen minutes passed away und the trainboy did not mako his sppearance, But the progizats did not know the boy with whom they wera dealing, At tho end of a quorter ol an hour they juoked up, to sce com- iug down the aislo of the car Hawon und auother boy, bearing between them a targe box, av which they tugged uud puuted in their efforts to tret it to the seat of the youni men. “ Heli! What in the thuader have you got here!" said they, nsing tu look ut the cirioslty. Youog Edison iiped the perspiration from bty brow as hu said: ** Well, yow've bought out ull my atock, and now I've “brought my store and fixcurea nlong, (ve me 820 morn and you can ehuck them ail out of the window.” This wos too much for the capitallsts, They felt thut they had et thelr match, They do- clined to mako any further investinent, WASHINGTON SOCIETY. Closo of the Oy Senson—Nowspaper Notorle ety~Sonator Jones, of Novnida—The Charity Ball=Comininaloner PhalpsaThe Cookes Magrndor Wedding=Senntor Matthews, of Olilo=Thoe Supreme Court and Iindy Lawysra=Diplomntle Rennions—Senntor Biaine's Receptlan=dra. Dahlgren's Lit- erary Soclety=Furawell Featlvitionetecopas Lo ut the White fionsrmDinner-Parties— Weleome ta Zach Chandior-mSonator Ogles- Dy~tien, Grant at Cairo-¥i Art Com- nlaslon=Tho Lobbles—The Contenninlafo fer, ShieldawFire Depart mont, Speetal Correrzomdence of The Trithme, Wasiinatox, D. C., Feb, 23.—Tha past week, which was the Jast of ¢ the senson,” has been very ay and feative, but the succession nf entertain- ments drageed heavily along, and 1t was very avident thut the maldens fair cud matrons graye who figured therein wilt he glad to hear the matin bells of Lent toll a farewell to folly on Wednes- day ucxt. Wealthy Cougressmen and citizens havotirown open thelr houees, provided musie nnd auppers, und weleomed as guests all in " goclety.!” But there has been NUT LITTLE REAL ENJOYMENT, and the only conrolation has been the reoorting of hosts und guests. Detalled uccounts have been given of what was worn, and {t fs sald that one papa, of ufruwal turn of wmind, secured for n twenty-dollar bill glowing sccounts of his daughter’s atifre, varied for each successive evening. Readeraof these descriptions must have thought that the alleged wearer kept sinall armiy of mantuamakers In puy, and had the stock of o dry-zouds store at her cammand, whercas the truth was that ghe hos only one black-sllk dreas, which she has worn night after night. SENATOR NEVADA JONES gave a dancing reception ou Monduy afternoon ot bis restdence, the northern tencment fn But- ler’s granite blotk on Capltol Hill. ‘The house was furnished by Senator Jones when he fiest caie here, and wsed to recetve telegraphic re- ports of the joumense dally profits of his stiver- wines. Suco then he bas been g0 reduced In circumstances that he could not pay his bills, then a miilionnire dgaln, uud now he ts only fu tolerable clrcumstances ; but fortunc may smile on bim to-morrow? 80 ho keeps up astout heart, and enjoys life os e best can... On Monday af- ternoon the whole house was thrown open, the children recelving fu thelr nursery, Theatnlng- roum was used by the daneers, and the bill{ard- room was devoted to refreshments, ‘Chut even- ing TUE CHARITY BALL was lield at the Masoole Temple, The proceeds of this entertainment. go into the treasury of the Children's Hospita), and ¢ is cspecinlly patronized by the citizens, who ke 1t a point toattend, The hall was handsomely decoruted, the musie was good, and the whole entertaln- ment was o suceess, untél the geatlemen began to get thelr wraps to wear home. ‘The tlekets sotchow got misplaced, und 1he zood hats und coats were epon taken away, und finally some were left without auything to wear home, al- though it was snowing heavily, That profanity was indulged In was not to be wonderad ut, COMMISSIONER VIELPS gave a birth-night party to his daughter, Miss Sallle, on Tuesday eveniyy, und there were also receptions at Cul. DBeale’s, at Mr. Folloi's «quaiutly furnisbed hotise, at Yaymaster Cutter's, of the nayy, ot - Miss Coleman's, sud at the Ar- lington Hotel. Many went the grand rounds of ull these entertatnments, tinishing In the “wee ama’ hours! of the moraing. THE COOKE-MAGRUDER WEDDING attracted ‘o crowd of fashionables over to Gieorgetown on Wedneeday evenlng. St.John's Churely, which [s the aristocratic worshiving place of that anclent bure, was handsomely decorated with flowers, nud the bride was pro- nouuced “lovely,' as she came in, dressed fn white satin, with exquisite Duchess lace, the brids) present of her mother, The bridegroom 13 the son of 0 Georretown physiciny, snd whea algd he bud (he pluck to enter a machine-shop awml fearn how to build sud mn a stenn-eogioe, Guing 1o Coloradu, Lo became the eneineer of o pumpingz-engine ue o mine, and in dus e o miug-oitaer, so that hie bas amussed an nnde- vendent fortune. The fortunes of the Couke famnily, which wero a3 a low ebb after the col- Jupee'ol the Northern Pacfle Raflroad, have sturted up of late, and they have a silver-mine in Utan which they hope will restore them to hiefr furmer lugh estate. BENATOR STANLEY MATTHTWS gave s Jast reception on Wednesday evenlng, uod Mrs. Matthews, who is_a stutely matron, wus asslated in recerving by her two dauchters. The uttraction of the oceasicu was Mile, Ger- stery the Hunzarlan prima donng, who wore o white satin dress, cinbroidered with white bugles, il o white ganze ovenlress embrofd- ered i colora; with diatnond aud peard, jewelry, ‘Flere were thres weddiugs the same eyening, It §s aot the thing to be married during Lent, so those whu huve been matrimonially inclined are hurrylng up. THE SUPREME COURT SET were out in forco ‘Chursday evening ot o recen- tion riven oy Mr. Justice Brmllcr Alas! that Cungrees should have marred the enjoyment., not only of that eventig, but of the duly life of thelr Honors of the Supreme Conrt, by mokiug 1+ oblipgatory on them to bave lady-lawyers lead at their Bar. How to get around the Inw 3 what {8 now puzzling them, nud they have it in cortemplation to examine all applicants for adinission without rq"nnl to eex. ‘Thero was also 1 reception at the Riggs House, whieh I3 de- claedly the most popular hostelrle of the me- tropolts, THE DIPLOMATIO GATUELING of the week was on Fridey evening, ot the resi- dence of Baron Blanc, the Italiun Minlster. 'The Daraness (who was o Miss ‘lerry, of New York, before marriage) wore a ball dress of pale-blus silic, erimmed with narrow ruflles of pink siik, nnd embroidered with golden flowers. Another handsome tollet worn thers was that of Mrs, Carlisle Patterson, the wife of the Superintend- ent of the Const Survay, Iy was made of a del- feata shude of yellow sill, trimwedt with gurnet velvot and black lace, Willard’s Hotet liop, wlso Friilny eveuing, was well attended, sl the boarders at thet rejuvenated hotel nppeared to enjoy themsetves, SENATON BLAINE'S SATURDAY NIQUTS aro always crowded, nud last nlght thero was an unusualiy Inrze sttendunce, Mrs, Blanu was nasisted in recelving by the plquant Miss Ablratl Daodge, of Hantltan (better knownas Gall Hlame {lton), and the Senator was indetatizable in pro- motiy the enjovinent of his guests. An at- tonipt {8 being uade just now to censure him Trom bis votu on the bill to restilet Chineso lm- migration, but he don't eare & pin about thelr critictsins, Many of the guests passed the early part of thy evening at Mrs, Dahlgren's, where e Literary Suclety celebrated the auniversary of the birtn of (ke Father of his Country, who vever told a llo with s lizle hatcbet, “Chio(- Juitiee Drake, of the Court of Clahns, deliver- e an pddress, aud Mra.d, M, l)mvunl)urlem)dr redited the “ Star-Bpaneled Banner.’ THE TWO CLOSING NIGUTS ason—to-morrow unit Tuesday—wiil ba upted, On Momlay, from 4 untll 7, will have adancing recoption, thero ng av the Maring larracks, and conu will give nnentertulnment to the returned - excursionists, which will bo a brilllant affair, O Tuesduy evenlng, ot the White Ilouse, over n thousand fuvited guests will aecept the I'resdent’s hosvitality, il u magnifieont entertamuent s uxpected, The Furelzn Ministers aid their sultes have been fn- yited to wear their Court costuines und the of- of the 1ully o Ara, Curroll witl he daa Benor Zas =8 “fleers of the urny and navy to wppear in full unjfora, DINNEI-PARTIES during the post week have been numerous, ‘The most distingulshud party of rucsts was that which met sround Secrotary Evarts' mnhogany ta mect Goldwin Smith, Last night Secretary Edmunds . dined the members of the Sepate Committee on the Judiciary, of which ho is thoe Chairmun, and there was o graml spread ot Weleker's rostuuraut, given by a party of old Scnatora aud other personal friends to WELCOMH OLD ZACH CHANDLEL back to Washiugton, Chondler stated at this dluner how It was that he wus chitatened ¥ Okt Zach™ when ho wus comparutively o {oun' wian, It wus In 1853, whea bo was nomluated for Qavernor_of Al igun, ‘e people hed talked about Old Zach Tuylor a few yeurs pro- viuugly, und so they trunsforred tha epithet to the Gubernatortal eandidate, who haa since been known ug Old Zoch Chandler, Mo und his son- fu-law sleep ut the Chundler house, on i street, und eat at Wormley's, nelther of thelr wives huving lett Dotrolu this winter, ‘The vencrablo Christiancy gove to Now York fu a day or two 0 wake armuugements for bis voyuge to the 9 scenc of his futuro diplomatic trlumphs, Mrs. Christiancy will accomnany her husbund. UNCL® DICR OGLESIY, as hie [s generally called by his brother Senntors, statds o fair ehance of receiving the appointe ment of Minlater to Drazil. as it hes been deter. mined on to reeall Henry .- Iillnrd, now there, Unclo Dick will bo imlssed {n the Senate, where be fs o general favorite, und whera hit auaint remintscences and humorous staries of- ten enliven the cloak-room during tedlous do. hatea, Oue of his bost storlcs {8 that chapter of his inllitary oxperienca in the Inst War, when he had goncto Calrofn_command of tho Eighth linols Reglment, nnd bacame by senlority coms mudant of the post. Oue day a small man, rather sbabbily” dressed, came to hendquarters’ with n companion, who Introduced him as Gen, firant, ~ Ogleshy did not eateh the titte, but recognized in iho shabby little feilow (apt, (irant, whont ho had seen In Gov. Yates’ofllcs nt Springfield, acting as Military Sceratary, Grant, without cerctnony, eat down at. the mb{e, asked for a sheet of paper, and bozan weiting, Dgies~ by thourhit JMm rather presuming, hut was adumbfounded when lig handed over what hio had written, Itwaaenonder relieving Col, Ogleshy ot the command of the post, and placing Gen, McClernand in command, signed” U, B, tirant, Brigadier-General, ~ Ogleshy, who had seon Seott, Quitman, Shields, myl other Generals tn the Mex{ean War wearing the {nslznia of thelr rank, coultl not easily belleve that ho was ot~ ranked by und under the orders of the shabby Tittle man in citizen's dress before him, TIT PINE-ANT COMMISSION I8 now belie consldered by tho Congressfonal Couunlttces on she Library Mra, Fnesett's chanves of selline her great litstorleal picture of the Electoral Commlssion to the Goverument are goud. She hins been busy during tho recuss of the Supreme Court I touching 1t up in the room which she hos so truthfully portrayed, ond a general Interest Is taken In her success,” Miss Ransom has fallen on the ssking price of, lier full-iencth portrait of Gen, Thomus from 00 to 85,000, but the Committee evidently don't want the picture at any price. Willard’s pleture of Yunkee Doodlo™ lins been bronght to the Corcoran Art Gallery, In the hope_tnat Congreas will buy it. Ackerman, n New York urtlst, has brought us portraita of Clav, Web- ster, Douglas, and Fessenden which he hopea to disuosce of for 84,000, If bhocan get $400 ho wiil be well paid. THB LOBDIEY, As the closoof the sesslon approaches, the lobbiea beeome more Importunato to obtain de- sired legislation, Ex-Uov, Ramsoy snarshals the Northern Paclfic cohort; Ex-Gov. Brown the Southern Vacltle; Huntington the Central Lacitic; Reymond the revision of the Patens luwa; Dr. Green the Western Unlon ‘Talepraph Company; Dick HYufl'urd the War premium Alabamad claims; McGarrahan tbhe Nuw Idria quickstiver mine clatms; in short, there aro at least o hundred smart, keen nen here, cach ono engineering the passage or the defent of some bill batoro "Congress, 'Then there are delega- tious from all over the country, asking appro- priations for public vuildings, the improvement of rvers and harbors, levecs on tho Mississipp!, nul tnany other matters, ‘The tnost suceesaful work has been that of the tobacco manufactur- ers, who have accomplished thelr end, and secured the reductions of duty which they clafmed, ONE UNMITIOATED HUMBUG > hos heen the closing of *the Centenntal safe.” ‘This has been for sume veurs prst the occupa- tion ol a poitly dame, wwho has importuned offi- cials for tlicir portraits and autographa to de- nwsit fn a safe, whilo sho has permitted $ndivid- uals to record thelr siznatures for postority for o peeunlury conslucration. Having at last closed’ her safe, (he next pleco on the programmne is tc sk Congress for an approprintion to defray the cxpenses. A more useless aflair than this can- not well be Imagined; yet she has obtafned cone stderable sums jrom the ambitious. UEN. BHIELDS went over to Baltimoro nud oddressed the Mex: fran veterans on the 241, and on tho 4tk of Murch bio 13 to adgress the Irish Americans of this ¢ity, who will then celebrate the anmyer sury ol the death of Robert Emmet. The ol¢- ran 18in cxcellent health sml spirits,—3 Benator who has represented three States in the Senate,—a soldier wha has fought in three wars THE YINE DEPANTMENT was reviewed tn front of the Capltol on the 221 und moved with the preciston nd celerlty of § battery ot light arullery. 'The colummn, vom pored of six steam flre-viizines nud two hook and-ladder trucks, pesforted a varfety of evolu- tions, und was then reviewed by the Comnuttea of Congreas on the District of Columbln. It was an lmposing epectucle, Racontzvn e ——— BEQUESTS OF A WEALTHY LADY. DAVENLORT, In., Feb, 24.—The witl of the Inte Mra. Clarissa C. Cook wus filed for nrabate to- day. Judge Dillon and Judge Drury are namied excentors, Tha will bequeathis nbont 60,000 to found u home for destitute women fn this city, and also leaves about $100,000 tu the Eplseovai Church in Jowa, bedides targe logucles to inn vhurch-socletics, ‘Ihe branests ta lies relutives ore not Jurze, mink the will does not olease them. Durings her Iife Mra. Cook oxpeanded 310,000 tw bulld a Publle Library and Trinity Church. e c— E. B, WASHBURNE IN MEXICO, Disvateh 1 1. Lours Globe-pemocrat, 8ax AnToNi0, Tex., Feb, 24,—Reports from Mexico are, that ex-Minlster E. B, Washburnols having a glorfous time amongst the Qreasers. Il was heartily welcomed und received by the milftary and eitizens at I'edras Neoras and othier towns. Jle moves towands Monteroy. A Waninn's Rovengo. ' Sueetnl fo Cincinuall Knquirer. Nrw Yonx, Feb, 23, —Your readers will re- membur what * Cress® wroto from Chicago for SBunday’s paper rezarding the weddhyr thut 't come off between Misa Tsabelln Penton Porter and Mr. Neoln Minnchesa, of this city. The recorls of the Marlne Court of this city to- day disclosed tho reuson, sud show that {t was thework of o woman, Some timo {n 1877 a hus- band bronght sult for divoreo from s wifo for ndultery, hlad)rmclunl witniess bulngz, it is sald, Minachesl, Deforo the sult came to trial the husband und wite recouctled their differences and lived togethier aguin, Tho wife, however, felu very bitterly townrd Minnchest, und tongoild for reyenize. Tler chance soon came. Miss Por- ter, at Minachesi's suggeation, sent this lndy an invitation to be vresent at the nuptials in”the latter part of 1873, und sho {u reply {ndfcted a long epistlo to Mrs. Porter, mere, In which sho mado very serlous charges azatnst Minachost, and concluded by exhorting Mra, Porter to break off the muteh. “The mates was braken off, und whten Minachics! returned to this city ho brought #ult agamst the woman for 1bel, Inying lus dam- aues at 390,000, Soe is now fo jall with her hus- baud, who, under the new case, was mado a party defendant. Sho swears her accusatlos are true, sl that sha ean provo them;; but peos ple whoin shu hos mentloned as able to corrob- orate her declaro they are false. ———— ‘The Sawyor-Mnn Kleotrlo Light, New York Tribune, Fev, 11, A number of gentlemon, smone whom wera severnl cupltalists of thls city, zathered at the Inboratery of the Electro-Dynamic Light Com- pany, #t”No. {4 Walker street Inst evening, to eto i privato exhibition of the Sawyer-Man elsc- tric Heht, for houschold {llumination. Five eleetrie lamps wero st in the room. Euch lamp hind the powerof 2,700 sperm candles, uud the effect was ko that produced by sun- lght coming through a glass roof. Euch lamp could be turned down to a faint lilmv without dleatroylng the light [n the of though thoy wers ull 10 the same cireuit, “Ihe brilliancy was not unpleasant to the oye. The light of u vol. tule arc was shown for purpoaes of comparison, und the lare of this on the sye was found to be very palnful, Mr, Bawyer'a lamp has been lmsruvnd inshape recently, “Thu globe Is taller sud moro alender_ than thit of bis irat lamp, and the colls to ree- ulate the temperaturo of the glotio ure lighter und prettice, No chuugo has beon mado in the prineiple of tho lamp, the lght bolng produced 03 ut 1irst, thy the beating of " a slender pencil of curbon in an atmosphere from which oxv\nl:en is oxcluded. ‘The lamp will bo introduced into dwullivg-housea in o ahort thne, H] e — Au Aflifeted Woman, About twenty years ago Mrs. Hiram Craw. ford, of Bradtord, Pa, had o cavcer cut from her fuce, About twelve years ago sho attempte ed ta croas the rmtrond-crossing near s awitcli, Bhe was steuck by o flat car which wus making a fying switch, 8o had au infant in _her arm winl a litle son of -l&'uun by the hand, 'I'ha struck her and felled her to'the ground, fnfli g a wound upon her head, und cmlhlug ol hand uuder the car, muking a sovero snd patn- {ul uperation ncwunr[y. ho (ufantwos thrown from her urms upon the platform of the moying car und carrled to the switch. The lHitlu son wus crusbed to desth by the wheels. Last Thursday she bad her foft breast cut ulllll:uly nway to save ber from death by eancer. Tius ks 1ot buen ol hor nitliction; shio has lost ong husband with cholers und snother with hom- orshage. —— ———— Causo aud Efwot, Cause and conscquenco ary curfously fllug. trated by the ru'rm‘rcmnl of the New York Assembly. A promiuent Btate offlcer las o anuphites very sicke by reason af striped stocke Ingey . A bll) ugwlust the manufacture or salo of rouds aud gurwonts was accordiugly und has been fntroduced futo fle s !’)\)I)Olltlllllh o Wi b S::mlw. »’«nn o guod prospect of vuu\zm I not often thut stockivgy get futo leglslutlon.