Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1879, Page 6

- . STATE AFFAIRS. Yesterday’s Proceedings of " the Illinois General Assembly. * The Scheme for State Adoption of an Industrial School for Girls. A Little Job of Temporance Printing at a Siate Institution. The Grangers Fixing Up a Fearful Cockle-Bur Act for Themselves, Forty-nino Sections of the Drainage o g Bill Passed Upon by the House. Tabulated Sta.temant of the Tax~ : es Charged Against the Rallroads. A Lobby as Tonagions os Sindbad's 01d Man of the Sea, THE LEGISLATURI. > BENATE. Bpecial Dispaten 1o The Tridune. BPRINGYIELD, xvll.. March 14.—Immediately on tha opening of the Scnate, this morniug, Senstor Dement osked unanimous consent to take uo Benats bill 164, which allows the Com- missioners of the Penitentlarics, with the Gov- ernor, to chianga the districts which send- their convicts to ‘the prisons. The blllwas read a - second timo aud o amended as to placo Mc- Lean Gounty in the Northern District. . TREATING. Senator Munn then presented s petition pray- _ing that a Iaw be passed meking it an offenso punishable by fine for any person to invite another to *take a drink,” % " DRAINAGE, * Benator Hunt, from the Committes on Judi- clary, reported the Houss Drainnzo bill No. 876, as a substltnte for tho Senate Drainage ‘Gommittee's bill, and moved that the latter be 1aid on'the table. Senator Talliaforro opposed the motion, and Beoator Joslyn wanted a committes of fiva np- ‘polated by the Chair to syhom both bllls should bo referred. The bill was laid on the table, and then both substitut e nnd the original bill wore reforred to & sclect committeo of five. ETIZOOTIC. Also the bill making it an offonse punish able by a fine, not excoeding $100, for soy person to knowingly bring into this State any domestic anfrel infected jmith contaglous dlsease, nud recommended that it pnss, GARNISUNMENT. Also, the bill which has passed the flouse, nmending the law of garnishment by Incressing the exemption to $50, with the following Im- portant amendment by the Senate Committea: Provided; That, whero the debt songht to be ro- covered waa contracted in anothier- 8tate, the orig- ina) défendant or dabtor shail be allowed the same oxcmptlon as is allowed by tha laws of tho Siate ‘whero tho debt was contracted. . TOF GOLS THE WEABZL. The Committee on Approvriations: reported in favor of allowing the Southern Ineanc Hospital at Anna $60,000 for expenscs for thic year com- mencing July, 1, 1879, and the sum of 390,000 per annum tlereafter, 85,000 for ** noeded im- provemcots,” 81,000 for improvement of grounds, $3,000 tor now kitchon, $2,500 for wa- ter mu};ly. 81,000 for removiug an old barn, und 81,600 for extending a scwer. Adso {n favor of allowing 339,000 for oraloary cxpenaesof tho Soldiers’ Orphona' Home, $3,000 for necessary fuproyements,. and $300 for sewerage, . Also a Uil appropriating $70,000 for the first year, aud $80,000 for the sccond year, for the, ordinary expenscaof the Central Huspltal for the Insane ot Jacksonville for the noxt two years, $3,000 per annum for repalra and im- provements, and $500 for library, Also a bill apprupriating $20,000 per aonum 10 tho Eya and Ear Infirmary’ $1,500 for repaics, und $1,000,for furniture. Also abill appropriating $12,000 for State- Ilouse clovators, VAORAKCY. .Benator_Artley reported back the bill to ro- peal tho Vagrant et without recommondation. AN ENTERING WEDGR. ‘The bill to provide an Industrial School for Qirls was then token up out of its order, ns & number of ladies were presont who were anxlous 1o know the {atu of the bil in the Senate, 8enator Mayborne moved to striite out the third section. He said he must opnuss this bill as it now stood, Ho belleved it would furnish meddlers and busybodics with both occaslon und authority to interfere with the famlly rela- viona, and, With a bad jury, that common " thing 1n the courts of the day, and a little spite work, children could be taken from parents wrong- fully and great wrongs porpetrated. Benator Johnson warmly supnorted the bill, It was a praiseworthy charity, nnd e could not understand how the Bonator from Kang (May- horne) could bo 8o sliocked at this lats effort to help the most unfortunate clusses lu s LY. Benator Mayborne spoke aguiu in oppusition to the bill. Senators Ford and Joslyn favored it. Henator Moflitt sald he believed such o law as. this would do more for the welfare of socluty than all the penal institutions in the Btate, Scnator Merritt up{mscfl tho blll, tiesaid that, though it nsked for no appropriation uow, ,the fnstitution, It cstablished under this i, would nYm:nr hero pext time asking for an ap- propriation, Benator Southworth spoke In favor of the pro- posed schoal, On motlon of Benator DeLaney, dobate on the mation to striko out was closed, aud the wotivn to strise out wus lost. Henator Jones offered an amandment provid- that the expenses of conveylig aty person to such schoul by paid by thy county from which -u.c.n PErson was sent, which was udopted, The roll was called uud the blll was ordered to o thlrd readlug by o voty of 20 to 13, DRAINAGE COMMITTER, ‘The Chair snnounced as the Select Committes ®n Drainage Senatora Jualyn, Tulliaferro, Alubu, Deurborn, sud Archer. BLEEIING-CARS, Benator White then caliod up BA1 1160, to reg- ulats charzes on sleeping wud dlalng cars, and 1t was urdered engrossed to s third readiug, TUR BRAND OF CAIN. Honator Artley will introduce a bill requiring all articles inunufactured fu Penltentiacies to be stampod plaluly, sbowlng such fact, LIENS, Benstor DeLaney futroduced a bill this morn- hx;:iymvhnug for the euforcement of mechanics! and waterial men's ilens, the privcipal features of which are us follows: 8&e. 1. Every mechanic whoshall beeinployed by auunginal canfractor, uverysub-coutrucior and lifs emuloyes, sud every olber person who suall, with the Knowiedgo and tol it expressed or implied, of the vwior or le of uny lut or plecoy! ground, or hls agent, doany labor or furnish any wsteriale in building, alteruig, repuiring, boautilys oy, or oruamenting suy bLuuso or other building, ox uppuriensuces thorcto, on such lut, or un any sircct or ulley, and counected with such Lullding or uppurtenance, shull have a lien fur the value u sucli labor snd materisle uponsuch houssur butide ing and sppurteuances, bl upon the waole Jot or rlufll of mod upon which it stunds, Lo the exlent of o right, title, and dntcreat of tho owner or lussee therein at the time of the making of the origuml contract for suck houss of mprovement, wWhich den shall bu indefessable, and no legal selntion vetween tho vwner of lessvo aud nuy tiret, second, or_third coutractor sball upcrste to defeat wuch lien, but ali such cuntractors sbiall be consid. orcd os ngonts of such uwner ur lesseo in the oue ployment of labor aud purchiase of watyrials for such bulldlug or fwprovement. Sue, 14, Whatover rigut ur catate such owner had ju the Jand at tho tine of making tho firat con- tract may be sold aud the procecds of the salo ap- oifed Lo the payment of Hena allowed, 1f any part 4 e promised can by separated fioin tlo rcaidie and sold without dalusge to tho wiole, aud if the yalue thereof s suticlent o ety afl clutms 1w the cause, the Court may o v of that part, All sales under s sctaball bunadews olber nales uuder dec u chuncery, uud tho sune riyhit of redemption sl exlotos fs ur may by provided for redemphion of real ediate from sales under Judguients and executiony at cowmon law, 8ku, 35. Upon the lling of thy petition in ooy case under thls act, the Court sy, upon applicas tlou, appolat a leceiver to Iake povacusion of tha Luilding sud Jot pendivg the wuit, aud such He- ceiver shall take passeasion of the buiiding Iu bu- Llf of the len clalmanty, and reob ths ssuic and collect the rents, and accannt for the same to the Court a8 often a8 required by the Court, and the #ame ahall be applied. undor order of tho Court, 10 tho paysment of the claims allowed, and If the Uourt decrus It for the bust interests uf the clalm- ants it may decree a aale of A nortlon of ke pre- resand arenting by tho Receiver of thio romatn. der of the rllmlll\fl and in genecal thu Court may. in ita discretion, exarcire such control vver the premines a8 will ha for tne Liest interests of the partlen, and may, if advisabic, order 4 sale of the miiding 1o be romoved from the ground, or may order th renting of tho butiding until tha tonts have antiafled & portlon of the clalms, und theu order a snle of the property to pay thio balance. ‘The bill further provides for the glying of o Load by tho Keeolver. nousx. It is n somewhat anomalons thing to ace the mombers ariso reverently In thelr scats on the opening of the scsslon, every morning, and, with bowed heads, listen to the divine petition of the priest called upon to pray for them, and, immediately after the benediction is pronounced, sct themselves to work on all manner of mer- cenary and corrupt schemes nnd jobs for their own aggrandizement and in oppusition to the Interests of the people. The Thirty-first Gen- cral Assombly {8 dressed In the garb of respect- ability, bat a more selfish and corrupt body of men never nsseinbled in the State, vrobably, nud the sooner {ts scasion comed to a closo the beter for the people, AN BXPLANATION CALLED FOR. As an instance of the unjustifiable mauner in which the Stato fostitutions are ran, it may be stated that the antlJicense wmembers of the General Assembly aro a Hitle hot Just now over a matter which has been brought to thelr at- tentlon, and which has been investigated. Soma time aluco a circular woas prepared anmd printed by Miss Frances E. Willard, sent to ecvery member of the General Asscmbly, and circulated &t large through the State, The impress on the envelopes and paper shiows that the stationary was furnished by the Illinots Institution for the Education of the Deat and Duinb, at Jacksonville, lnquiry sliows that the prioting was done ot tlnt insti- tution also, at the expenso of the State, and that the postaga was supplled with which to clreu- Jate the documents from its treasury. The whole job of priuting, stationary, postage, ctc., COULD NOT RAVE COST THE STATE LESS THAN $150. ‘What the antf-liconse men want to know is by what authority this State institution is en- zaged ino running a tempcraoce bureau with the mouey ralsed by a tax upon.thelr own property, and appropriated by the Legislas laturs for another: purpuse. Mr. Cremer, of Peorls, questioned Dr, Gillott, the Munager of the institutfon, upon the aubject receutly, much to that wentieman's evident cmbarrase. ment. Ho finally claimed that Miss Willard paid Ll for the job, which statement nearly ull the members on the minority side of the Houss beg leave to doubt. ‘They libor under the embar- rassment, however, of not belng able to urove that stutement to bo absvlutoly untrue, as it is un easy watter to wanipulate the books, atten- tlon vace lisving been called to the job. g THE COMMITTER ON AGRICULTURE this morning roported a substituta for Frew's Cockle-Bur bill, which is s follows: A substitute for a tblll for an act to deatroy cncl:lle':lmm and marsh-mallows, or *‘velvet- weed. Hzorioxn 1. Do it evacted by the people of the State of 1ilinois represonied in tho Genoral Assem- Uly, That no owner of any improved landa, ot any tenant theroof, shull permit auy cockle-har or inarsn-mallow (also known as **volvet-weed*) to grow thoreon till the sanie shall begin to riven (nto ‘xeeds; but that all such porsons or corporations sball ‘causo the =sme tobe completely deatroyed and removed from euch promiscs each ¥Enr beforo any portion thorvo! shall have ripened. into sorda; [;wv jded thle act sholl nut upply to lauds that over- Hlow, #xc. 2. The Commissioners of Ilighways In townships under township organization, and Su- vecvisors of ltoads 1a_countles not under township organlzation, and superintendents of Strects in cltien, towns, ot villages, or other oficers having control of the highways, shull each year destroy any cockle-bur or marsh-mallow growing in their streots or highways beforo the same sball have ripened into seed, and shall make complaing apainat any porson or corpuration violatime tho first mection of this act, $xo. 3, Whoever violates this act shall be callty of a misdemoanor, aud, after five days' notice, given by any ong to destroy any snch cockle-bur or wmarsti-mallow, and {failing to'do so as foresald, aball be Oned during the year 1870 not less than $3 nor mora _than 85 for ibo drat ofense, and for tho uccond offense ot lesa thun $5 nor mors than $10; but_during the year 1880 whoover violates thie act shail'be taed . 1oL leas thon 86 nor more than $16 for cach offenso nfter such notice, and whuever violates this act after 1850 whall Lo flned not Jens than § nor more thun 320 for each offionse sfter such notlce, Sxo, 4, Whoover shall knowlingly permit any of his domestic anfuals to carry cockle-bura on 1o the promlacs of nnuthor shell vo fined not tess than $3 nor morg thun $10. Sgo, b, Any person ioa befors any Justice of the Peaco for s mis- demeanor {n violation of this act, und ona-half of tho 86 shall zo to such person, if re- gue ed, while the other inlf shall go to the achool und; but, if the inforiner shall not claim his poe- tion, then tho wholo shall £o 1o tho achaol fund of tho district where the defendant resides. On yesterday . 1. Frow appeared before the Committes on Aerlculturo nud offered the above s a substituts for his own bill, und asked the Committes to ndopt it; which was dono ac- cordingly, It appears thut the farmers are strongly fn favorof this bill to exterminato cocklo-burs aud marsh-mallow. PRINTING, ‘This worning the Speciul Committes appolnt- ¢d to Investizgate tho delay in the vublle print fg r:‘[immd that Mr. Gherlng, the Public Print- ory ind stuted that he had taken the contract cheaper than ho could do,tho work for, nnd Vit ho bad asked them for $200 sbuvo his cons tract price. ‘he Committee recommended that the monoy bo pald him, and the report was adopted by the House, This fs another evi- dence of the present system of Jetting public contructs to irresponsthle partics, nud at o low- er price thau any honest man can afford to do them. Guud and respousible bidders are driven out of the fleld uuder the presentsysiem of coutracts, make complaint BUIDEWELLS, Mr, Clark, of Coak, this morning {utroduced a resolution authorizing the Houses of Coreec- tlon to make contracts with towns ond villuzes for the caro of town and village prisoucrs, A section of the bill also provides that Iouses of Correctlon shisll have the benellt of a portlon of the money received for licendes” fur the salu of liquor, TiB MAILKOAD TAXES. Followlng is the tabulated statemont of the upan the tux-books of 1878 szalust the several ruilroads {n Itlinois, com- piled by the Auditor of Publis Accounts under Houg Tesolutivn of March 6, 1870: Fux of \RiB, , 7AL 18 157,50 a3 nro & Bt L. Cfllsud‘. 1 Carls. & Bl Chl, & Alton o & 17828000 1, ERCER ] I noie Miile'd I, & KE. (.oul Total 30T, T, TUK LRAINAGE BILL, which was mwlo tho special order for to-day, uevgrnl‘-lu % kince, cane up this worning at 100 w'cluck for discuysion utd amendineut, 'Fhis il wi Todiced by the Drafo, Coms wittee ou Feb. 7, 1879, ordered tu u lirst read- g, umd prnted for the House, ll.'h nuubercd 375.“””“““““ s “Tho LU s drawn {s sublect to many oblec- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: tions, nud will prabably undergo constderablo modificatfon beforo arriving at & state of per- fection satisfactory to the mujority of tho mem- begs of the House, The Honse held tiro scesions to-any for the purpose of considering and amendlng the bill, which {8 lonmthe nnd “somewhat complicated, miul contains alxty-six sections, At 2:90 o’clock the discusston of thu bill was resnmed. Mr. Matthews, W champton and projector of the bill, was kent bus? defending ils numerous #eetfons from the perniclous amendinents swhich were showered gown pon it and explaining its provisfons, After pasaing forty-nine sections, or that portfon anplying to fevees und draing comblued, the further conslderntion ol the A ml«-lnll order was poatpoued until Tuceday at 10 v'elack, On niotfon of Mr. Price, of Lake, the House odjourned to o'clock p. i on Monday. THR LODBAT. For romo time past tho House and Senato liave been crowded with all sorts of lobbylsts il dead-beats, much to the detriment of vublic business, Soine_ time sinee Mr, Herrington, ot Kane, introduced a resulution of n rather sareas- tie character, Inviting the crowd of lubbylste, with mock courtesv, ta the privileges of Ahe floor. ‘The resolution was adouted by the House fu tho satne soirit of pasumed cravity with which it was offered, This allernoon, for the purpnseof _wiving the tramps aud havgers- on abous the flcnm{] Assembly another broad hint thatthey were not wanted liere, Mr. Snyider, of Cass, presented the following ' resolutions, asked for a suspension of the rules, nind noved thelr ndoption. ‘Uhe Huuse refused to suspeud the rules: Resolved, 'That tho resolntion offero some timo sinico by the Domocraticgentleman from Kine (Hernngton), and adopted by the Houss, inviting certain arties, deslring the scouring of large upe propristions, to vceupy places of prominence nn lillnllum’ and in the comumittee-rovme, Is heroby rescinded, and declared to bo, ms n'measiro of ¥onng statcsmunship, a fallure, and in its practical resnlts a nuisance: und Resolved, Furiher, that nntil it s ascertained detinitely that wo cannot possibly get atony without them, ail afiicials of State institutions, 1nsurince agenta, book agents, ligatning-rod peddlera, Johe byista, and cormorants uencraily, are horeby ro- auested to rend thelr m}zgenuunu In writtuz to ns nt our hotels, and deelat from personatly botherlug nizthe few hours waich we try (o devote to ry leglslation. STATE CMILOYES. A sub-Committeo will shortly be appulnted, under a resohution {ntroduced by Mr. Ficklin, of Coles, for (he purpose of Investizating the re- port of George Harlow, Secretary of State, re- rardingz the employes ubout tha State-lonse. ?l Is elalmed by somo that o number of these employes hold sinccures, and that others draw pay upun two sets of pay-rolls, fu differont de- partents, at the same time, and that therg are other abuses in_this Department of the State Qoverument, Itis claimed, further, that the uames of attaches conspleously absent from theie posts of ofticlal duty a larra part of thelr tima_appeoe on the puy-rolls as if ot enzaged in other occupntion, or abseut for pleasure, SWAMP LANDS, SECOND REFOIT OF TIE STATE AGENT. The second report of Isaac R. Hitt, 1linols Stato Agent, has just come from the printer, and I8 10 substance a3 follows: 2 Sluce his lost report much timo has been de- voted to the adjustment of the claims of the several conntles agalnst the United Statcs growlng out of the sevoral Swamp-Land ucts of Congress, Application for over $0,000 of cash {ndemnity has been made, but not acted on by the General Land Office for want of clerleat force, etc. Lo adjust the awamp-land clalins of a1l tho States would require, the Commisaloner suys, a large cxtra force of clerks, nl wmuch money. During last winter apolication was mude to - the Commissloner to certify certaln swamo-land selections along the Illnuls Contral. 'This covered a conple of tracts in Fayetto County, o tract inJo Daviess, and was rofused. ‘Thé Sceretary of the Inte- rlor, 1o whom It was appealed, reversed the de- cision. Auother agollcation, made’to haye cer- tuln swamp selections certified, was refused, and the appeal sustalned; but o bill was {ntro- duced {n Congress to cover the case, The claint of the State to unsurveyed islands in the watera in and on the border of the State, and under fts. Jurisdiction, has been formally ssserted under the swnmrl.uud act of 1850, and mn approxi- mata_cstimato mado of the number ol such islands, which agarezate about ninety-three, Of this, Kendall bas ten, Winncbago tei, Pike ten, and Calboun elght. ‘Inis ‘galn, however, is uot as fmportant a8 it " scems, sloce many of tho islands have been washed away since the orlelnal surveys wero made.’ The countics supposed to bo entitled Lo new selections of swamp und overflowed lauds by way of Indemnity have beon notifled. - It is diflleult for the awency to_toll what countles are thus entitied, or 1o what extent cutitled, Each could ascertain, however, by making an cxamioation of the fleld uotes oraeurvey in the field, In the caso of overllowed lands no critieal examination woukl be unecessary, The County of Lawrence has tiied s st of new so- lectlons amounting to 13,800 acics, most of it being landa overtlowed by the Wabasl and the Embarras, The land {odemaity due Illinofs will reach 400,000 acres, of which amouut 101, s represented by Indemnity scrip already fssued and delivered to thirtecen countles. Under Sonate bill 780 this scrlp witl be surrendered, aud in Mlen of {t indemnity certliicates fn lots ot enhty and 160 acres will ‘Jssue subject to location by the assiznee or any lund subject to pre-omption or homestesd entry io any of the States awd Territories, ‘Ihio lssuo of any moro indemnity serip i8 held in abeysueo on the ground that thera Is no vacant laud subject to entry within the State upon which to locate It. The Goneral Jand Otiics has been nsked to lssue a patent to the State for 40,000 acres approved to It origivally under the Swamp-Land gets. In opder to scttlo the matters in couflict between the Btate und General Government, & case Tios been lmmurcd for trial both in the Northern ud Southera Districts United States Court, ‘Ihe report then goes on to give o unmber of documents bearing wpon the general subjeet,— mcts, committea reports, ete. ‘Ihe expense of the Stute Agency siuce December, 1870, s £4,702, und the total expense slnes July, 1875, #12,88), It is requested that such portion of this o8 may appear just be reiinbursed. ‘The counties, which are thie beneflciaries of the work done, have only puld 8100 towards it. _ Of sixty- eight Jeounties interested 1o Swamp-Lund av only live have sold out to speculators, “The re- malilng ones have been judicious in thelr dis- posal of their swamp lands, COMMUNICATIONS. THE STATE BOAJD OF MEALTHL “To the Ediior of The Tribune, CALUMET, March 13.—Never was there such a jollifieation known amony the water-Jots of our Joyely place thanithe one wo had last night, We had been walting for the Seuate to confirm the Bonrd of Health, ‘I'ho Intercst all centered in Dr. Rauch and thosu audacious charees azalnst bio. We want- il to know that there was not stuin upon his character, DanClemens had been up to the city in the afternoon to learn the news from Springleld. About 4 o'clock ho was scen dashing down through the mud, swluglug his bat, und yelllng Itku mad. Wo knew it was all right before he got to the first grocery, and every man rushed out and shouted Joud enough to drown the noiso of all the bullfrogs that fubabit the aqueous preciucts of Calumet, ‘I'he fifteen grocerles offered freo drinks to all thut canie fn. Such a breaking out of yellow fever us raged through our sulubrious town never was scen anywhere, Evory living being in ft had an attack, and whisky aud quintue were in terrivle demnnd. Drinks went upa cent I less than an hour, The zrocory-keopers called a meetine to he held at Mike Avon's, ‘Tunt is the coruer grovery, ‘Thers was a Uresident” and Bccretary, and— Lut I had the fever 50 bud that | dow't remem- ber ull that was dune, As soun a3 they are in shape, I will send “P o copy ob the 1 1tions. They were atronz in giving the quacks what llmg doserved, nied {u thunkig the Connnltics on Miscellany wisl the Senators who votud lor confiraton, ‘The stroncest was in - praising the doctor who prescribed for Dr, Ruuch it whisky and quiniue when he had e yellow fever,” We should try to havo him eeitls in Culumet if ha wus not'su overrun with business stuce be madu hls atliduyit, Early this morniung my nelghbor, Jim Crawee, cawe over to wy bonse. Huo sakd be was s0 clntl about thit cbulirsation that he coutdn't wurk, Jim 18 down ou the inack, As souni us thu Juw wus passcd to proteet the Aiplumay he ot a copy, uud studied it nlght sud duy. 6uu day ho came f to dioner, und thers wos his +ycar-uld pet, scremming with the cobic, Auut Bewon, une of bis nelghbors, who had. at- teuded to ul the slck cbildren around tere, bad been sent tor by Jin's wlte, sud, a8 Jim cameing was Just ready to tive (ho child s doso of eats wlp tea, which I3 a sure cure, Jim took fn the pltuatlon in o moment. Belz. g Aunt Besou, he fairly yelled out, ** Have ou_wot s licenss from’ tho Btate Bosrd of Healthi . “*No,'! nlld lady, Jooking as it she " said the thought Jim was mud, *“Theu,” says Jlo, **you must never, never, SATURDAY., MARCH 15, 1879—BIXTEEN PAGES. spondenta In a conspiracy to defrawid one Jordan | Northwestern Rafiroad ncross the Wisconsin = preseribo for the alck, or all the provistons of the Inty will he inflicted onto you." Ho fulrly drova (he woman out of his honse, and sent his vldeat boy Uftcen inllea o the clty to get a regular doctor. Jhn held that child eight mortal lours In his arms until the doctor came. The little fellow was nearly dead with the pain, The doctor asked §f thero was anv catnip In the house, wil he just gave the dose that Aunt Beson had prepared, and in five min. utes the pain had ceased. "Iho littic fellow had suffered 8o much that It took a mouth for him to srat over it. My wife was thero at the time, and knew al about it. As soon as the doctor left, Jim'se! wife ugked him why he didu’t let Aunt Deson £l7a the Loy the catnip-tea. “Ton't yout know,” says Jim, '*that the law won't Jet anyhody but a regular doctor pre- seribe for the aick ‘e law must be obeged I all childran die, Jlm wentout In a hull. ‘I'hc tears trickled down the cheaks of the poor wifo, aud she took- cd sadis throwsh the window to the little’ knoll where two little gravestones marked the spot where ane of hor loved ones rested, Tler troubled look showed that in imagination she saw nine more hillocks whero ber remaining children might be Iaid, { found out that two of the resolutlons adopted lust might nt the erocery were these: Resolved, That it would tio a disgraco for tho Toard of Health to by called to account for the money they have lid, and that every voto in Calu- et s In favor of giving the Board from the Trean. ury of the Stuto not lesa than $10,000 more, and no questlona nsked, X Resolred, 'That wo will mortgage every Jot in town rathor thaw that the Hoard should tot have the money, Senator Riddle is going too far when ho charzes anofliceholder of your city with any- thing corrupt. Ruddle over-shot the mark when he charged that McUren made, or tried to inake, o corrupt. hareain with some publisher of o newspaper in Chlcawo, ‘That word ¢ made " shoutd bave been left ont, It can’t bo sustawed, for no newspaper in Chicago would bo even towpted by anything corrapt, *Timea * havo beeu fu this city when it wns balloved that moncy would infliouco a newspaper, But that was long ago. MeCrea s safo with the Committeo on Mls- celiany, Al e has ot to do is to seo Senator Liddle’'s constituents and have o good lot of them who doa’t know anything about the nat- ter to make out a potition to the Committce, stating i glowing terms his good qualities and ;lm’t nicver knew Iy to bo corrupt, anid the thing s done, Mora than a thousand business men would slgn that petition. As soon 18 Scnatar Riddle sacs what his con- stiticnts lmve done he will come ydown more thau he did when lie voted for United States Senator. In fact, ho would himself vote for McCrea's confirmntlon. Jim Brower says ho_has soen IMeCren threo times, and ho declnres that he neves was corrupt. Ilardly a man fa Calumet but Is down on our Inquisitive Legislature nud the way they have gotof inquiring too closely into other people’s affairs, Ihera is one shining excentlon. The State Board of Health Is, and will ever remain, the only State Bourd whose accounts will not be fnvestizated, All hail to our worthy Represcntatives for thut exception. Jonn Ngepups, TERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESMENTS, To the Editor of The Tribuns. Cntcaco, March 14.—tn a hizhiy commend- atory editorial in this morning’s {ssus you quoto the following dispateh from Sprivgfield The Joint Rovenue Committes deculed to recom. mend the tollowing cnanges lu the oxisting Revenuo Inwe: Assessmonte of real ostale to bo mude onea in Tour years; all porsonal property to bo listed under oath; genurul notice of delinquent lands to Lo publisned, instead of tho present iteinized taxe list now demanded by Jaw; the nuuiber of booke for assesning and collectlug'to bo reduced to throe, 1f this is the main result of the work of the “Jolnt Revenys Commnlttee,” then indeed lus the mountald labored uud brought forth a mouse, It has beon fully demonstrated that scven- cighths of all the ovils und abuscs of onr pres- ent revenue system aro to bo found in the gross Ioequality of the' origtunl nsscssments by the Town Assessors, and that thers {s no possible remedy for these great wrongs under the present aw. Pleaso cxplaln what benefits would acerua to thut part of the community who are asscsscd at 80 to 100 per rent of Lul value, when the aver- age for the Stato or county {s only 50 per cent, Ly having such ussessnient fixed for four yeara inatead of ono; and how much bave you re- nioved temptation from the man who by dis- honeat means has secured a valuatlon of Jess than 20 per cent by relleviag him from manlpu- I8ting the matter more than once fu four years? ‘I'li¢ proposed oath to be udministered fn nll nssessments of personal property is simply a law for the subormwtion of verjury, and wonld result in more thoroughly oppressing the cons scientious mau by compelling him to more fully disclose his intanglble posacaslons, but would have no effect upon the unserupulous, who would would continus to deraud thelr follow-cittzens Ey avoiding their just portion of the publie bur- cns, 3 A few moro corrections would no doubt be made by County Boards in_the course of four years than can now be made in one, but thy nngs 0f wrongs would remain Intact, I will not repeat the argument made more than four years since, to show the utter Inadequacy of all existing remedics for theso. evils, and the absolute necessity fur a continuous revenue olles in cack county, and especaliy In Cook County, whero duta” would be continuously colleeted und permanentiy recorded, mid -by which the County Asscssor, or Supervisor of Revenuo, coulil tax every pleco of property, both real unl personal, with its just propor- tlon, Angthing short of this I3 simply clip- ping offt a4 few withered branches from the trew, when the woriis aro sapping ite life-blood at the roots, Very truly yours, A. J. GALLOWATY, TUE MILITIA DILL, Ta the Editor of The Trituns, Cmicaco, March 14,—~The bour is fast sp- proaching, it oue can judge by the sigos of the times, whenrifle und caunon shots may be heard inour midst, Eminent writers and thinkers wgree that thero 18 a danger fu the near future, —the danger uf an organized attack by Soclul- ism upon socicty: and property, If ever the State of 1llinols needed & well-orgganized aml cquipoed military foree, she needs it now. All petty differences about the form- of a Militia Jaw und the rank of oflicers should be loat sleht of by our Nepresentutives In the Leglslature; give us a law at once, aud sink differences of wplniun nbout trifles, - When bundreds of stauds of arms aro being shipped to Clieazo to avowed Communists; wheu thousands of raunds of ammunition are ordered from Eastorn coreridize-factories for the armed military bands of Communlsts now driil- lu:.' fu our whlat, 1t I3 bigh tiue to pass a law w‘ tln ml ewcrgeucy cluuse, for the emergency is at hawd, Bome mnen havo deoied that the mi litary band ealled ** Ul Lebr nid Wehr Veredu ' w-’n any- thing mors than u target-shouting association, Such mew would hotd o Hylited eindlo to a bare rel of gunpowder tuseo 1 it wus black sand, ‘Fhie followi r,-x;nluuml translation of a pouom Tutely puntished in a Communistlc paper tu this city, dedicated to this arned militory band; Canservo your best courage! teyine limes are band inspived by sicred ardor: 1t I nobla 4o flghty nota man of yuu will shun the struggle for Tlverty and vur rights; and whoover 1s abte to bear atms munt join your rauks, that in the trylng hour a1l may be'discipliued as onu man; hurrakh for the armed unlon} When men aro drilling with arms for the avowed purpose of radically revolutionlzing so- clety by foree of uris, the serlous wenkness of vur Nutional Guard, aidl the uew laws for its better urgantzation and equipment, are lost alzht of jnu petty feud about rauk between ofticers of the highest runk. Let e frivnds of cach drop thess lends und give us s good Militia 1aw, With un cinergeney cluse, Infuntey, Uavalry, und Artillery are preforable to Liberty, Equality, und Fratornity under the red daig of’ Ln Cominuue. Vivr. INDIANA, MISCELLANRBOUS ITHMS. Spectat Dispateh 19 Tio Tridune, INDIANAYOLIS, March 14.—Aniong tho bills pugsed by the Housu to-day wos one parmitting Larbers to ehave on Sunday. ‘Tho now Board of Trustees of the fnsane Asyluin took possessfon of Lhat Institution to- day, The Deaf and Duwb Asylum will chsoge to-morruw, und the Blind the next weok. ‘The difflenlty in the Northeru Biate Prison between the old aud new Boards und the old und new Warden has been transferred from Michigan Clty here. ‘Fhis plan of the now Board 11 tu Induce the Auditor of Stato not to recogs uize the warrants of {he ol Warden, and so to starve Lim into surronder, und at the same tims to buve the Leeislature pass o bill abolishiy the ollics of Wanden of the Penitentiary, uus authornzs the election of avager, or samothing of that sort, ‘This would legislute Wayno ouy of alllee, und allow the new Buard to cleey thelr man Murdock to an old place with a new nawe, AT THE INSANE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION to-nighy it was w’mpled %o fmplicate the ro- Grlftiths out of his property by having him pro- notnced insnne aud confined in the anylwn. The foct of Griffiths! arrest and confinement in 1877 wera proveus aleo that he wasnot regardol fn. sano ot that time by his friends, fncluding lls motter, sister, aud school-teacher, but n what manoer cither Jameson or Evarls wera - connceted with the conaplracy, It such conspiracy existed u'qll, in no wise appeared from (he “evidence. The Commission pronounciug him insatie was a regit- Inr ane, nid, with Jle was thought to be sane, Tie was discharzed, having beeu conflned five or aix weoks, 1t Ia likely moro will be heard of tlils matter to-marrow evoning, At the tinie of Uriniehs’ arrest he hod $4,000 In bank, MICHIGAN, KEROSENE. 3 apecral Dispatch to The Tridune. Lansing, March 14.—Acalate hour of last ovening's session Houso bill 5, reducing the flaah teat of xerosene ofl from 140 to 120 de- grees [ubirenheit, passed. The amendments made to the bill were the abolltion of the chill test, and fixing the fees for teating at 40 cents ver singlo harrel, 80 cents each for five or under 23 cents for ench ten or under, 10 cents ench for additional barrels or less than car-load Juts, and for car londs of fifty basrels, 10 cents cach. A fullure to keep records of nll inspected olls sub. jeets the Deputy Inspectors to a fine not ex- ceeding $300, or moru than slx montbs' Imprls- onwent. A vew section was added making it the duty of the Prosecuting Attorney to prose- cuta all violatious of the aet. ‘The biil was or- dered to go Into effect In sixty days, the delny helug for the purpose of proteeting dealers, who had luld {o a stock, agalnst Josa, “T'his settled the voxed question of high nnd low kerosene, aver which ticre has been so much wrangling. un{l &l\llcctunll: breaks the Ring, if such o thing exlsted. RAILROADS. TOL SOUTIERN PACITIC. The 8an Francisco Argonaut has the following In regard to the extension castward of tho Bouthern Paciflc Rallroad: Tho distasce by rall from Los Anecles to Yuma, upon the Colorado River, s 248 milles. ‘The distanee from Yuma to Maricopn Wells, in Arlzotm, {s 160 miles. ‘Vhe rall s now tventy- five miles of Marlcopa Wells, nud track is belug luld at tho rate of ten miles each week. ‘Two nud one-quarter miles were laid the day we were at the front, Uhu fand §s lovel and hard, re- quirlng only the removal of chappacal and shrubs, and the. smoothing down of smull Dillocks for the fron, itisan insplriting sceno to witness this moving cainp of rallroud-puild- ers in the descrl, disciplined like an ovmy, il marching slowly castwurd at the rate of ten miles a week, leaving buhind them the iron high- way that fs to bear upun its readbed o vast com- weree fa the future. Two thousand men, with thelr camps und cquipages, thelr tools and im- plewents of labor; great enzines bearing tralus neavily laden with tles, raits, straps, nud spikes; a_blacksmith-shop, a boarding-house, Bisson, Wallueg & Co.’s a:ore“ the private cur of Mr, Btrowbrldize, o1l on wheels; yreat structures plled with forage for — the cattle; ereat tanks (llfed with water for we horses aud men—for there I8 no water in the vicinity of the present work—great wagons hauling forwaed supplivs, grest plows with six-liorse tenms, scrapeea with two lorses, us. mon cutting shrubs, blas-eyed barbaciuns swith shavelr, lirlarean-armed, pitehing the sand in and outascutand A1l domand. In advance, ffteen miles from the tracic, men are grading the road, and pangs under the direction of Seth Green, with his stemn pile-driver, are building bridges und culvertaof splid timberd, Little groups of amazed Induns—buckn and equaws—Inok un as intercalea ¥nectators of the novet work that Invades the pri- vacy of thelr desort homes, enjuying. e up snt down rides upon the constcuction train, upon ull of which thuy are deadheads In apite of tie law agninst passod, At the Front da u villago of tents, and at tho iast pott of nccepled work inero aprings up n tomporary village, whia lts saloons #id boarding-houses, and worrd and convas dens for gin und dice. It ts a marvelous scenc, thls caruvah croseiuy tho dod It 1a 0 busy one by day. 1t ls.8 romuntic one upon nsnuvoniignt night, when sleep and silence cover thy tired work- ra, o1l mave Strowbridgo, tho constructor, lay them down to rest. Ho nover slesps, No idlors 3 hin camps; uo whlsky, no nolsy dispttes. Ever, ‘man hus eamething 16 do, and uvery wan does it or ia passed to the resr, ‘I'ho telegraph pole nnd clectrio wiro keep pace witn the rail, and the front tatis with the homo oflice In Sau Franciaco overy night and morning, BWETPING CIHIHANGES. At the nonual mecting of the Pennsylvanin Rallroad Company lield v few duys ngo, the fol- lowing resvlutions were offered by Mr. E.J. Lanman proposing aweeping changes in the management of this Road, und were roferred to the ucoming Board of Dircctors for avtlon: 1, Resolred that the President and Diructors of the Punusylvania Itallroad Company are reapect- fully requested to make tha followin reduction in the salarles of tho cmployes of tiae Penusylvania d Company: Un salaries of 81,200 and not $2,000, & reduction of 10 per cent on enlarics of $2,000 and nut. reaching $4,006, n 're- duction of 20 per ceni; and on all saluries of 84,000 and above, a reduction of 40 per cent, 2, ‘That thu Preaidont aud Directors of tha Penn- sylvania ltallroad Company ara respecttully re- quested to place nnon the Pennsylvania ltatirond, ond all other rutlroads which they operate, thelr 0w cxpross, to the exclusion of all ather express companles: that they shatl not burchaso the Adoma grany othor exprens caiapany to itain the object for which this resolution I8 ofored, —namely, that thoy shall bulld, furnish, and cquip thefr own vx- prass cars, to bé Fun In 'the futaccat of the sharo- holders of the Pennsylvania Raliroad Company. 3. 'nat the Prealdunt snd Diroctors of the enn+ sylvania Taflroad are respectfully requesica (o bhunld and place upon tho Pennsylvania Itailroad oud npon all othur railroads which they opeeate and control their own sleeping, varlor, and palace cars to the oxcluslon of the Pullman Cowpany und all otherpublic and private companies. 4. That the President und Directors of the Penn- aylvania Itallruad Compnny be instructed to report &t the next mecting of the stockholders the num- ber of uml)lv{l‘l wito recelve n $1,000 por ho nnmber of those ruceiving salarics sbovo that amount, and aléo the specific duttes and title of each ofticer In the employ of the Compauy, 6. That the obicers elected by the stockhuolders of the Pennsylvania Jtailroad Cony In{ for 1870 and 1850, bo “and ure heroby prohivited from ssu- ing annual or irlp passes over the Penusylvania Rtullroad or bronuchaes, except to employes i the Bervice of the Company, and then only when on Lusineas of tho Company, CHICAGO & LAKE IIURON. ‘The Mtization over the Chicago & Lake Hu- ron, which hus been carried on for some years, wil be nciively resumed on Monday before Judges Daxter und Bunn in the Unlied States Circult, Court at Detroit. ‘The Chicago & Lako Huron Railway has becn soucht to bo used asn Chleago route by the Grand Trunk Raflrond, but Vanderbilt {s In possession of the uk be- tween Fliot and Luvsing, and preveots its being used a8 an entire line, ‘The bondholders of the other divisfons claim that this pleco of road was largely bullt by the Recelver out o earplngs unlawfully directed, und now ask that they may have a llon, and that o Recelver bo appointed for the Chitago & Northeastern Iinilroad, sgo-called, which em- braces this plece of road between Flint and Lan- singg. The hearlug on Mouduy s ou o bil flled by “flenry M, Bmithers, of Englind, on behalf of ‘the forelzn bondholders, represonted by the administration of Americun sccurities of Awnsterdany. As the Union Trust Company of New York fatlod to take active steps, theso bondbotders intervened lust October fn thelr Lehalf. ‘Iie Unfon Trust Company has receutly takun exception to the fillng of this bill, and filcd u motion to strilie it from tho flless and a counter motlon has been filed by Slniflncrl to remove the Unfon Trust Compauy tor its negli- greuco and lucapacity, ‘Ihie heurinis hus buen postponed since Feb, 24, ns tho fon, Btanley Matthews has been re- tainod, avd will appear as additional counscl with Mr, Ashicy Poud for Mr, Vanderblit, Mr. Wheeler H, Peckham, of Now York, and the Hon, C. 1, Watker, of Detrolt, ropresont the Unlon Trust Company, whilo Judd & Whitehouse, of Chlcarro, nppeur for the foreign bondholders, \r&z ‘nm 80 vigorously attempting Lo seeure thelr rights, A WISCONSIN PROJECT. &peeiat Disoatch (0 The Tribune Minwauskee, March 14.~8ome time since the residents of Nefllsville began the conatruction of 8 rallroad from Merrillan to that place. Now tho Chlcago & Nortuwestern Rallway Company has submitted n provosition that it the Neitlevillo. Corapuny will denate the work already completed, that they would bind thom- selves'to have cars_ ruoning from Windom to Nolllsvitle by the 17th of June nuxt, A decle- jou 48 expected soon, If the road is buitt from Merrillan ta Noillsyillo it Is probable that before lon i will be extended through to Bpencer, & n‘i\mnn on the Wisconsin Central Rallroad, atout thirty miles from Nelllsville. From Merrilian to Bpeucer by rail the_distanco is about 150 mlles. From Merriilan to Bpetcer by the proposed new road ls only torty-six miles. “Ouchuudred wiles transportaiion Wwill be saved ou all supplles shipped from LaCrosse, Chicago, und other sup. my ug polots, that have to go ta tho woods, b viug the uew road, The samo distance will be saved ou all lumber returned. ‘he uow lrou rallway bridge of the Chicsge & River at Merrimack {s completed, THY CHICAGO & PACIFIC. Mr. J. M. Whitman, iteceiver of the Chlcago & Pacific Raliroad Company, filed bis 1cport yesterday, hefore Judge Hlodgett, of his re. celpts and dishursements for January and Feb- ruary last, which Is as follow: NECRIPTS, Tialanca on hand Jan. 1 ... Freighta and nanseoger nccounts Advance cliarzes on frelght, Ezpress acean Mall acconnt Blsceliancou: Tolalies wiv saevras varen DISRURSENENT! For rervico.. For supplies,., ... o F nce charges on freight, For switching For equipnient For rent and petty ForC, & I\ I, For miscollaneous accounts TAIAnce on BATA, 4o.ereviisisesrer o S11L BTN The repors was referred for the usual oxam- luation. AGENTS IN COUNCIL. . Naw Yonk, March 14.~The Geveral Ticket nnd Passenger Agents' Assoclation met to-day in semi-annual convention, 8. C. Boyleton was clected President, W, A, ‘Theall Vice-President, und Sumuel Powoell See- relary, VI'EMS, The East-bound frelght business Is getting into a worso miuddle every day. The oven rate from Chicarro to New York {s now 18 cents per 100 pounds on grain, but it is cialmed that some roads nro golmz below this figure, These are the lowest rutes ever quuted at this scason of the year. President W, C, Van Horne of the Southern Minnesotn Rajlroad has fssucid a cirenfar an- nouncing the appolntment ot My, 1% M. M; ns Gievernl Munuger of his road, He will entire eharge of the affairs of the Compnny fu the West, ilis beéadquarters will ba at Lae Crosse, Wis. Scnntor Crocker, of Califarnin, left San Fran- cisco Iast Wednesday by epeefal traln over 1he Crntral Pacific & Unfonn Pacific Rellroad, and will reach Omaba sumie sime to-day, whers n anccinl tnin of the Chicazo & Northwestern Rallroad wlil be fn readiness to bring lum to Chicago fn time for 1he st train East via the Peppayivania Company’s lnes Sunday. The Senator must bie {n Washington ‘Pucsdny morn- g to be present at tho enlng of Congress on that day. Across t! ntincut In six days i8 quick tline, und speaks woll for tho railways over which the tran $s run. Mr. A. . 8wiit, Superintendent of Telegraph of the Ch 0, Ronk Island & Pacifle Rallroad, has invented a sigual for holdimg trams at tele- araph stations for orders which fs far superior 1o anything of the kind that has yet heen In- veuted. ‘The Chivago, Rock lsluid & Pacifle sud odlier radronds whiea aro now using thia shiznnl speak In bigh terms of its superior qualities. It s safe, simpie, nud cheap, and can he worked by a child witkout danger of gettig out of order. It suppiies a want long felt for somctiing of the kind that 1c sate, cheap, und reliable, It will no donbt scon be used on all the raliroads In the country. ‘The new Board of Directors of the Kansas Pacifle Railrond nuder the Unioa Pacitle_admin- fstratlon was elezted In New York Jast Weines- day, It 1s as follows: Jay Gouwid, Sidney Dilton, F. L. Ames, Russeil Sage, D, M, Edrerton, C. 8. Greeley, Addlsou Commack, G. M. Dunige, J. P, Ushitr, James R. Keeud, and Janies M. Kuin, Mr Slaney Dilton, President of the Umon Pacille, was elected Presidenc ot the new Company ; Mr. D. M, Edgerton, Vico-President, nnd Mr. A, 1L Calel,y the tormer Cashier, See ey und Ticasurer, It {8 understood that Mr. T. 1, Oaks, General Superintemdent of the Kau- sus Pacitle Ratlrond, hias resfgned, and witl oc- cept the positive ol Geoeral-Superintendent of the dl,cnvnmwrtb. Lawrenee & Galveston Rail- road. CASUALTIES. TOR GEORGIVS DISASTER. Snectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Boatox, March 14,—None of the inlssing ves- sols of the Georee's Nshing fleet have arrived ut Gloucester, nud, though thero is supposed. to be n rlight chance [or threo of them, they vould not bo fnsured for 45 per eent to-duv. OF the safety of the other ton vessels, no hope remains n the minds of the owners. ‘Uhe story of the disnster, as sent to Tue Trinuxs on Tucsday night, was characterlzed by the Associnted Press Azent as irossty sensatfonal and nrema- turc, But careful fnvestization to-day proves the truthof thestataments first made. Reckoning the Tamilles of the three vessols, of which there is supposed to bo o elleht chance yet, 53 widows and 134 orphians will iuve to bo provided for, The past sonson was one of umvontedly nie- gardly raturns to the tishermen. _(iloucester up 1o the winter of 1873-'4 hod Tost 206 vesscls, and 1,437 men, an averago of seven vessels und 42 men yearly, Lust year the loss wus phenom- cually larze, but this winter the casuaitics nit fuld * will egusl the wverags losses for four years, Aug 26, 1873, § Gloucester ves- ecls and 128 men were loat, chielly in the Cull of 8t. Lawrence, and the Georie's disaster of Feb. 24, 1802, sunk 15 vessels und 120 tshermen from thoe same clty, but the recent disaster i more nppalling than any of the many which have plunged Gloucester in mourning. FATAL INJURIES, Speelat Dispatch fo The Tribune. BroosiNaToy, {11, March 14.—Julin Olds, of Bloomlugton, died to-day at Miuncapolls from Injurlcs sustained in the raflroad-ahops thero week ngo Ly a castiny falling on bim from n lo- comotlive. lde was one of the old residents of Bloomington, having been a cltizen sluce 1853, Ile was born In Manchester, Eng., In 1815, Among his sons are William and Alfred Olds, bank cashicrs, of Bloomiugton, and Mr, Charles Olds, TOBACCO CONVENTION, « CinciNKATI, March 14.—At the session of the Tobacco Convention to-day, telegrams from the trado from all parts of the couutey, favor- able to tho action of the Conventlon cstablish- fug prices yedterday, were read. Dr. Spence tavored the appolntment of a special cominitten to look after the Intercsts of cutters, On motton of Mr. Mcasfuger, of Toledo, the followlug gentlemon were appointed a Com- mittes of Arbitration to adjust the difTerences arlsing from the resolutions adopted by this Counventlon, and to whom all complaints of violatlon of faith slinll Ls reforred; Clarles Heldler, of New York; T. B. Morrick, O, G. RButler, of 8t. Louis; E, A. McAlpln, New York; C. W, Altes, Cincluuatl; Chrlstian Ax, Balti- more, CiNciNNATL, O., March 14.—In the . aflernoon & meeting of manntfacturers of plug tobaceo was ield, at which, after couslderable discuusion, n resolution was adopted favoring an advancs fu prices for May delivery, correspunding with the rocent advanca I leaf, u{nc«'lnlly in white illers, A committeo was appofnted to ndvise all man- ufacturers of the action of the meoting, e Death of Fleld-Marshnl Priuce Alezander Lurlatineky, A cabls telerratn irom Geneva announces the death In _that city, at an advaunccd age, of the celebrated Russlan Fleld-Marshal, Priuce Baria- tinaky, who had the honor of terminating the lowgz war for the conquest of the Caucasus, lio betoured to a distinguished family of tha hered- Itary uobllity of Russls, aud sttatnal hleh rank in the Russlan arny by more than tiveoty years' uuintermittod warfare' it the Caucasus, l’l. was he who gatned the decisive victory over the re- nowned Schamyl, nnd hu was rewarded with the post of “Namestulek,” or Vieeroy ol tht re- gion, During the Crimean war e hod com man of & division in Transcaucasla, partici- pated fu soveral battles, il was present at the copture of Jara. o was therealler promoted to the grade of Fiotd-Marshsl, nud brought bis career of conquest to a brlilisut ternination by the reduction of the trlbes of Daghlstan wnd Tieschistan, Hu had strong literary and sclen- tific tastes, uud publistied a nuinber of treatises on mflitry ayd geographlcal toples, Of late ho had resided qulstly in Bwitzorlu ———— . French Lawvyers. A French lawyer Is reported jn a separation case to have pleaded very warmly for his chent, who, he gald, was Htorally dylne of bunger, w who'had twa sl ehildreu. 1To demancded tha Immediato uld of 2,000 francs, ln the nams ol humanity and the namo of justice, aud, full of coutidence, o thresy himsell oo the equity of the Court. A fow days latcr bis client recelved the fullowing Jetter: " Madmine: 1 aw bappy to say we have suceceded fo obtalning the pro- vision of 2,000 fraocs, | have hauded 1,000 francsto ?uur uttorner, who has given mo a re- eeipt, aud 1 am much o\:lu;ml 1o you for thosur~ plus lo settloment of fees” ‘tremely good-looking by MUSTERED 0UT. How Private Hamilton Came to Leave the Service, —_— Peculiar Relations Traders' Insuranco Com His with tpy pany. In Tne TRIBUNE'S “Militlh Notes" Monduay tere appeared an ftein stay| “Private Hammond," of C Reglment, had been discharged 'i:w n‘:‘rvlli:e." 1t ehould have ‘ran amiiton, of Company C1* " was the person referred mAn n’-nn‘k \:::'; t:rnt nh Y Inteltizent young man, a bloude, very v.m! (l' bis gencral appearance, and considereq yun the Indies, had many friends smone the lxzx'ulgum:ln° ;:‘: whom he chanced to ba thrown in contact, d was one of the earllest members of |he'}’n° Regiment, and has oceupied several posty '; trust nnd honor fn. that. orzanization, upon 1, Field 8taff and 28 & non-commissioned officer |a lila company, i Tunuiry futo the matter developed fact, L] causes which led to nls belng first lnwm;’:‘: rank from First Sergeant, the highest non-com. missioned position fn the compang, ang ultle wately ta his ignominlous discharge from [ service, which places bim on record §n such ' manner that b can never agaln jolu n wilitly company, 1 this State at least. The g, ctiurges wlso led, o his_ discharzo fo disgrrn {rom the ‘Uraders’ Tnsurance Company, on Salle street, fo whoso oflice he wus emplo (u‘r cxaxtly 'lhu':)u v]carls. xlnlv'nl l\)\'heru he made noy u fow cneinies by, his lordiy bearing y tive mavners, ¥ und iapes- THD UISTORY OF 'THIS TOUNG MAN'S Liry, and the couses which led to his dow) substuntially us follows: olall are v 1878 C. Fran amilton came to t He eame from Bloomington, via the uh‘l‘l‘:;fl"h Alton Kallroad, whoae track ho followed faith. Iuily on foot the entire distance. He lott his bugrizuge In scctlons at diferent statlons along 1lie raute, leaving hls overcoat, the last of hig superfluons personnt property, at Joliet, [fe stoppud at the humble and hospitable residence of an Iristiman, o shiort mstancs from Chicago, whero ho was given anight's lodging and o Drenkfaat, and mude bis entry fnto the city withs out u vent that e could eall his own, 1la weut to the aflice of I H, Brown, fnsur ance ngent, on LoSalle strect, and.accured 4 situation us awency buokkeesor by represent. that he had bee comected with the Glenn's ‘nlis Insurance Company, of which his father was o stoekbolder. Frank proved tobe equal to s position, belny considered a very good man n the place, it three f‘unrs aco Iast Jany- ary he was taken fnto the offfee of the Traders), where ho vecupled the somie position, receiving §7n nonth as a salary, A year ago lost Febrye ary he was promoted 10 the posttion of Cashier, swas griven‘the keys to the safe and the woney- drawer, und had THE RUN OF THB AUCOUN Hig enfary wus lucreased to 31,500 a year, Pre- vious to this time dunning lesters had been camtngg futo the office trom n larize proportion of the tullors, livery-stable wen, hattere, cte, of the uity at afeartul rate. ‘There was scarcely a mail that did not contain from ove to nalf a dozen of theas missives, to say nothingof the enifectors who Ineluded this offies in the hst of weir daily rontes, Aud Fronk dressed well; there Wos no mistake about that, and le visited the tnatre and other places of expensive muuscaent -without stint. But the very day that he oboainel possession of the keys Lo the mouoy-drawer the bills stopped comiug to the ;Mllclu, und voue wers seen trot thut tino hence- orth, At length, howorer, TIIL SUSPICIOND OF TIE OFPICERS were zrott<ed, ‘They had watched the excenses of the young man, and his moe of life iid not appear to exactly sult them. e was kuownio have purchused no less thou slx new suils of clothes within the year and_four new: overcoats, e had a senson ticket to the opera, ind ho at- tended with dlsgusting puncluailty, enploying a carrlago and tukitge a ditferent’” young lady cach night. Lo wore & diamond stud wurta shout $200, and tricd to go inte good soclety. But tne day of griel was at tmd. On the afternoon ol the 15th of January the President ot ihe Cowmpany told him that fie thought the Comnpany could dispsnso with his services {n the future, sayig tiat he dia not think ho (Fraok) was the mun for she place be was ozeupylig, o took tlds sction on general privclples, wid the rews fell Iize w thiundernoit upon poor Fraok, Ife was told thnt he would Do given uotil the fast ot the month to straighten his baoks up, b the keys Lo the toney-drawer must bo st onco turned over to M. Smith, who wastobs hiis suceovsor. WHEN THE BALANCE-SHERT came to bo struck, 1t was found that there was o small discrepancy of $2.65, whicn Fraok pald ont of Wis pociet, remarking that 1t did not mmonnt to anything, Jut supsequently s new man wus put upon the books, wid 1t was then afscovered in gouys over the accounts that o ftem of §330 hod been charged on the debis side to eash when there had Leew no cash paid ont. 1t repreeented a loss of stock, and soould tiave been entercd upon the Journad and chareed to profit and foss, Next an jtem waa enteied showing another discrepancy, Along n Janus 1y, J, Y. Scamnon gave the Conipuny a chieck for 3105, puyable twenty doys alter-dute, or rather dated alead twenty days. Ile did not-credit cash for the $1U3, but he turned to the list of policies and wurked this particular ons patd, whivh would have made thie cash run over that mnount had overything been stralght, Noen- tey of tuls ftem” was'ever tnade o the cask book. After this wns discovered, Frank was sent for to oxplain. 1o took no notics of the noutes which were sent, und finally a wessenger was dlspatened to bring bhin, He e and sald 1t wus HMERELY A MISTAKE," and_ ho could “ix jt up.!’ I worked on the books for o day and i hlf, but didn't succeed fn fixing it up. Froally he owned to to the oifi- cers ol the Company that tie was inacbied to the fnstitution 1o the extent of Hu offered to settly matiers right thers hflurz- Iz over his wateh and chain il diamond sidy wnd gaving a ehiattel mortgage upon all his v sonal property, includivg a hibrary, clobisi ete., which terms were actepled by the oblcers Thie st nlse Mcluded o set of operiglisscs whlch were fn puwn, Vhen the firm told bin 10 o Lo work un the books for one wonth wud irf to stralghten them out with the mlmnukn Iils successar, I tivo days, thrce 110FC Cruvks ftems were struck, of which the following ':: lA. far sample: Theiagent at Aurora scut l‘nm account accompanied by a dralt for thoe b3ls of lug nE that Company, Fiey *for the eood of Tead “Privatq ;, of ¥4250, When the agency bookheewer checlkied up with the general bookkeper 1o see € the uccouuts aureed, this | It did ot sppear on tho oueral cash-book. pussed ilulougn the Secretary’s lands, |“rn: opencd the mail and coecked the balauce it ceived, Then 1t went to another fl"kt'hm shauld rerord the jtem. This clerk did r.‘lil i the itew on bis book, but it was ‘louu o Frauk's deposit ticket. 'l'hl:'uhv.':k was b through the Corn Exchanze National Back Fit the Clearing-fouse, sud fnally to the FH0 Natlonul vk, where was found the 1‘5 o documont, it buving buen deposite Yrrank 50 mucu cash taken from the drawer bid e tried to lay the blame upon the “ur 1 it wouldw't work, Two other stmiisr wera notel, all In the month of Jauuury. i “Llie lusurance Company bas uot uuim bt systematie checking of the accounts W Hol By of getting at the full amount of the l:llv' neh butappenr willlngg to let the matter s:m ot ‘Phe youn man was alinply takeu 1ty th v rouni und tokd to * et out.’ and never Lis facs about the oilice Nourly Burled nurln;, o Trances rtland Orggonian, 'Owemh'gfif,'mm Wm about nvclolre;l\l' uthwest of this city, was lflk\:rll :uodl 1y {11 several duys ago, und o whurt tl m)nlm to il appearauces, "he rleuds "“dd"u A wers convineed that the lnd{ was uw.‘ A proparations wore mads for tho mur‘x!nc.l‘n“d 42 remafns, Saturday the body was nd Segtn burlul and placed fa a cotliy, ~ ‘Lhe frien ldlauw to collect at the residence of the lmn'n;cw e ly. Buddenly o sligbit musu was lw‘x:u o from the collln in whichs tho body i B85 the cently been placed. ‘Thls greatly st s sasembled nelghibors, and the people w“d 1t va rush from the sooin whea the busbd i sabed Jady upproschied_the cottly and vm;{hm i to fiud the budy molst wnd warin. “.tc AT nmln';:um:h ‘Ilnc 0.1'("'5 i “"’: l‘l‘::\"cll::‘ applied pt eathing. estoral 008 Ve supposed dead cato back to Hife, sud was able to sit up und conversc. e Tho Worklng Classos of Great l‘n‘lll:ln-' Accordlug to the figures of Prol. Lfim o 8 recopuized sushorley in statlstics, u. ik - thirds uf the poputation of Great BRAE T, uted at about Rl,«m,wo in_ally hfill:l:‘z he Iaborinyg or wages class; und of Ll about 5,000,000 :;u c!mua:"(:hl: e the greater ol 0 ::mlz‘-. ‘aud sbout 3,000,000 in .gncul_mu- ook absolute income of the working € Levi computes at o little less than e 000, Wages atuouuted Jast yean, on i vaiken e, to about $3.50 a week for cach o aad for each Womsn about §3.50. '