Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1880, Page 5

qos rendéred ngninat Mr. Flagg. The letter re- ferret to recites the partlentnys In thia ene fully, put omlta tocito tho precedenta where Collectors wero felleved by tho Depnrimont Itself from + apparent doflcita in succossion and incong-tax / mado apparent agatnst nesesnnonte,—notably tho case of Jobn i. Bryant of Princeton, 111, who, at ono time, was elurge- ably by th Internal Rovenua Department with n ta of over $100,000, Mr. Bryant, a brother of William Cullen Bryant, was moro of n busl- nes nan then Mr. Flagg, and at ened repatred fe Woshington and had bis techniten) red-tape Jucebtedtness wiped out, ‘This Mr. Flagg should have dong before realgning or puylog tho duilelt Tires interest manifested by the public in tho disappearance of [tle Charley’ Ross would natttrally lend ono to tho opinion that such cases are very rare inthe United States, and yet the statistics of the police onic in New York City show that over #00 tmyaterions disappearances have occurred Invchat elty during the past year, If to thislong list were ndded those of other cltles, the mumber of persona who drop out of sight tn this way would bo awellod to nimost. ine credible proportions, Doubtlesa many of them are murdered, but much tho larger number probably adopt this way of escaping from domestic tronbtes, bad debts, and tho result of evil and oriininal deed — Acconpinae to the Balthnore Amertean, that city {s worse govorned than Chicago. It churges the police with boing very anxious, ap- parently, to enforce the Sunday Inws against the German population. Meanwhile the gamblers ply tholr nefarious trade on prominent thor. oughfares without a pretense of concealinont or gvcreey, and seem to enjoy offleial protection. Itstates that tho llcenso of $500 that the ynm- bters used to pay into the Sheriff's oflice has been reduced to $200, and thnt there 1s no city In tho Unlon where gambling 1s carried on ao sceurely and openly ag in Baltimore, If tho editor of tho Amertean could make & tour of Inspection through State and Clark stroots he might alter his oplaton. ‘Tu editor of the Knoxville (Tenn) Chronicle has beon explaining to a brother-cd- itor of the Bourbon persunaion what is meant by: “ playtation manners.” Tid saya that it means thy manners of a bully who trios to onforce hls opinions by tho urts of a bully. Ho carries n pistol in his hip-pocket with which to shoot the man who does not agreo with him on political questions, Many young men fn the South adopt “plantation tiannera” whon they refuse to work, sit around the saloons drinking poor whisky and tolling politics, dress ih seedy clothes thit need patching, and lve on thelr poor parents, —_—_— Art thts distance from the scene of opera- tions what the Republican leaders about Augus- ta, Me. most Inek fs sand, They apperr to have no sand in thelr gizzards, and thetr tlvers are too white. ‘That they should have stood by sucking. thoir fingers while ¢io, usurpors tool possession of tho seats which tho opinion of the Supreme Courtand tho yetes of the people awarded ta the Republicnns {8 incomprehensible. Out West bore It looks pusillanimous in any tght in whieh it Is viewed, | Arter the decision of the Supreme Court ‘of Matno it was only necessary for the Ieft-out and counted-out mambers who lind beon elected to have walked Into tho Hull of the Senate and of the House and taken possession of their seats and kept them. Uf tho usurpers hud attempted toxelzeand hold tho sents of the elected mem- bers they would have been In the attitude of wrong-tocrs and trespaasers, aud vould bive: been dealt with summarily, Winns tho Chicago elevators are Mterally bursting wi b grain, it 18 only ono indleatton of the prodigious agrienttural prosperity of tho year Just.closed. ‘The cotton erop is larger by nlf a million bales than over before; the tobue- co crop is 13,000,000 pounds greater; and the sugar arop fs 200,000 hogshends shove all previous yields, ‘Tho excess of whont 18 20,000,000 Lushels, and of corn, 100,000,000 bushels News from the pluertes 1s y discourag- ing. Warm rains have visited those regions, and the stelghing his beou ruined. The pros- pect of a fine cut of ‘logs has vanished, nnd the lumbermen and mill-owners are>despondent. Muny are of the opinion that it {snow tou late in tho scnson to repalr the dumage, ‘Tir Philadelphin Times says that the city authorities have been foolish onough to pay over ainiltion and abalf of debt that nobody wanted patd, and hold an idle balance of $1,202,373 In tho Sinking Fond of a Troasury whose warrants ate shonored, while the clty owes over two millions to the achools and needy THUNB. + Ir tho growth of a nowspapor fs any Ine dlcatlon of the prosperity of 1 city, It lonks 1s if St. Paul was ina very flourishing conditton, Tho Ploneer-Preas in its enlarged form {8 0 crelit to the handsome town in which it Is pub- [lshed, and un honor to the nowspuper press of thogrent Northwest, Gov. Cornet, of Now York, has pleased tho Republicans very much with the ability and good sense of his first annual message. Even thoso papors that supported him under protest syens in tormaof warm praise of it and its author, Wnex the stock of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quiney Maslrond goes up from $1.26 to Fat, as itdld recently In ono day, it looks is If the engincer of tho stock train had pulled the throttic-yalve wido opon. SreAta of the proposal of David Davis tocrect a braonzo statue to Judyo Mursbull, the Richmond State observes that if one should be erected in honorof tho tlinols Senator it would take a corner In bra | ‘Tur New York Suz calls upon Blaine and Sherman to come out boldly and dononnce tho thirdterm, Either of thom might nlso come out and boldly donounco tho candidacy of any othor ‘nan but himself, ADexocraric paper thinks Garfield will bo dwarfed by going to tho Senate. It looks to Most people ng if Allen G. ‘fhurman would bo sowowbat dwarfed by going out. psa A eli alley ———— Trisatated that R. J. Oglesby has written & privato letter to a political friond in which he Heclures that ho will not bu 1 candidate next fall {qr Governo: Tim Freeport Journal says that a good Mmuny Republican newspapers are nwt indorsiug, ov, Cutlom for rv-cloction. : A Firenn of Jeff Davis anys that the ox- Confederate Prealdent docs not indorse the Gar- elon business, . 4 Sourirenn paper proporly styles Garee- Jon and his Counell the Great Amorican Ktopto- Malne-faca, Gov. GanceLon {8 not the frst man who ‘aked advivo and thon refused to follow it, PERSONALS, Frank Leslie fs seriously tl, Wituess fees in the Hayden trial havo Already cost the Stato of Conneoticut 37,000, Jonquin Miller has abandoned the poetic bad aud become a stock speculutor in Now ‘Tho elxty-four-foot shaft of granit provided i {n bis will by Gen. Wool for himself and wife 28 just Deon orected in the oometery ut Troy, F 4, The Emporor Willlam has ordered that the Tund of $00,000 colleuted on the oocasion of his foldon wedding be devoted to the reliof of suf- ferors by tho fumtno in Silesia, Ell Perkins, in his Jersey City lecture, said &reat bumorists aro groat Mars, But Ell blnself servoa ta show thut all wront Irs are ‘Rot nocessarily grout humorists,—Loutsville Cou- ner-Journal, A distressing tncldont occurred during the fecont election fn Boston, uf which women totod, one lovely creature depositing a curl Paper In tho ballot-box Justuad of the ticket she atendad to voto, ; wit. Arcliibald Forbes was to have lectured Cork on tha evoning of Deu, 23,but the audi- Mee declined to isten to a slugla word from tin, For daya past tho olty hus boun oovored hie Placayds calling attention to letters roviling irish rage written by: Mx. Forbes 11 1875, fea Mitchel, was candidyte for Tipporary. Tho Ouse Was accuntlngly fllod with a lostilo audl- face, Who rofusad ty hour the lovturcr, - Ho re- Howl, and the gua was turuod pit. ed “| that THE RAILROADS. Further’ Facts Regarding the Trouble About Lake ; Business. General Disposition to Arrange Pereentages to the Disad- vantage of Chicago, The Difficulty Over the Lumber Traffic. Settled by Arbi+ tration. An Investigation into New York Con- (tral Management Covering Many Years. A Schomo by Which Jny Gould Tried to Break Lake Shore Stock, ' CAN'T MOVE ‘TI LAKES, The diMeulties regarding the division of the business from Eastern seaboard points to St. Louis, and the attempt to include the lake business from those points In the per- centages of the Cliengo roads, are of 1 more serlous nattre than was ut first supposed, As was stated In yesterday's Trinunn, the trouble was brought on by the demand of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Rallroad fora share of the west-bound bushiess to St. Lous. ‘The Jott Executive Committee a- Jowed the claim of the Burtington, and de- creed that this road should be allowed 334 per cont of the business. Of course this amount had to be taken from the percentages of the other roads, which eom- prise the Vandalin, the Wabash, the Indian: apolis & St, Louls, the Qhlo& Mississippi, and the Chicago & Alton, All these lines mu di reet to St. Louls, with the exception of the Allon, whieh runs vin Chiengo, In justice, the percentage allowed the Burlington should Juve been taken allke from the varlous ronds, But the Wabash, with its usual hostility to- wards Chicago interests, demurred against the St. Louls roads giving up anything, and elaimed that the Burlington sh of the business must come out of the percentage of the Alton, which is the only Chiengo road that previously received a share of the west- bound business to St, Louls, on the ground thattheChicago roats recelved a large amount of St. Louis business from the lakes, which, in the opinion of the St. Louls roads, should bo Ineluded in the percentage allowed the Chicago road. == Preposterous as this proposition was, the trunk-line managers, with their usual eagerness to please the Southwestern routes, and particularly the Wabash, deereed that tho entire 334 per cent allowed the Burlington must be taken from the Alton pereentage. ‘This reduces the por- centige of the Alton from 12 per eent to 8!¢ percent, As the former figure was consid- eved quite unjust to the Alton, of course It would not be satisiied with the latter, and It promptly Informed Commissioner Flrk and tie trunk-line managers that, rather than accept the last figure, ft would do without anything, and they inight dispose of jts re- malning 83¢ per cent ay it saw fit, “Phe injus- tice of the action of the trunk Hnes fs best shawn by the faet that, the Alton on the east-bound business from St. Lotis hag heen awarded the sume, percentage as the Wabash, Indianapolis & St. Louls and ‘Vandalia Ronds, vet on the west-bound busl- ness the nbove three St. Louls roads get 23 pe cent each, while the Alton is allowed bub 8t4, although the eapacity aud facilitles of thls road are the same on west-bound as on exst-bound business, Lo the trank- line managers cond for one moment. listen elahn us that put forward by hy that Chicuge should have but 12 the St. Louis, business, no matter how many roads shall have to share It, be- enuse Chicago got considerable business from the likes, and, therefore, nre entitled to Ite or nothing from the rail routes, is be- yond conprehension, untess it is explained on the grounil that the trunk-line pools have been gotten up for the shinple puirnoge of destroying the advantages and the prestige Chicago has enjoyed thus far, and relegate it to the position of'an inland town, The busi ness reeeived by the Clileago roads from the fake and canal is just so muel business originating at Chicago, and none of the inte- rlor cities ure entitled tony share of tt, Suppose the Chleago & Eastern Ulinols and the Lllnols Central and Chicago, Rock Istand & Pacific, all of whieh lave good routes to St. Louls, should come in and demand a share of the west-baund business to St. Louls, as they would certainly haye aright todo? Incase thelr claim was allowed, of course thelr share would haye to come out of the 12 per cent heretofore allowed to the Alton, and, the St. Louls lines would still continue, ta divide 88 per cent, be- eause Chiengo has the lakes, and-enn apply the business they derive from that source to. their percentiy ‘The lown pool lines might, with equal justice, demand that. the business felne tothe Paelfie via the Exstern roads and: the Pacilic-Mail Line, should bo added to. thelr percentages, because they would get [tall if the Eastern reads did not recelve such business, ‘The Chingy mamigers are decktedly siete of the parthility thus far shawn by the trunk. Ina managers to the Southwestern routes, and, if there Is not a change In this palless will kick over the traces, and anake a fight for thelr rights, They have, of course, no remedy as regards the west-hound business, »| and nist ablile by the decision of the trunk- Ine managers; but they ara decidedly mas. ters of the situation as regards east-bound matters, ant, If the east-bound pool isbroken, it Is not likely that the west-bound pool can hokl together very long. Such a result would necessarily Iiilict much damage upon the roads, but the trunk Hnes would suffer fur more than the Chicago lines, whieh, dur ing the summer, owlng to thelr Inke connec- tons, are Independent of the trunk lines, and the Intter would no doubt soon come to learn that water cannot be made to run up the hit], or, lnother words, that they cannot move the lakes to the Inland Southwestern cities, and agres to do the falr thing towards Chileago thereafter, ‘There ta one thing more to be taken cogniz- qnee of regarding this matter, anid this Is the hostile course the Wabash still pure sues towards Chicago, ‘The managers of this road have been profuse in their «declarations Intely that they have the interests of Chicago ab heart, and that this was the reason that thoy are bullding a tine to this clty. When they do come tn here, they will no doubt demand 4 full share of the Chilengo business, aryl there has been a dis position on the pare of the Chicago roails to grant it, Yet they have lately taken every posstbld step to {njuro the Chleago business and divert lt ta Southwestern roads, ‘This strengthens the belief heretofore entertained that the Wabash Ilne to this elty Is belng con- structed shnply for sealping purpases,—to uss It for the purpose of bothering the Chicago lines while they take the bulk of the business over thelr regular line to Toledo and St. Louls, ‘This scams to be further indicated by the fact that they will not open thetr lne to this city until navigation is open, while It will be ready for use by the end of this month. ‘The fact is, the Wabash has no use for this line durin the winter months, when it can take Its bust- ness via ‘Toledo, but must have {t during the suunmer to get alargo silee of the lake Busi. ness toand from Chicago, It Is safe to say Independent of 8 pooling arrangemen' the Wabash would derive but little benefl from kuch 9 scheme, but under the present pools Its auro to get as much of the ileago business us any of the regutar long-estal- lished Chicago roads, which must work for the interests of Chicago because they have no other outlets, : oe Tn LUMBER TNOUBLES SETTLED. ‘The arbitrators appoluted In accordance witha resolution passed by the Southwest- orn Rallway Assocation, at Ita Jast meeting Jn this. fis to settle the dificultics In regard to the division of tho lumber business from points- north and south of Keokuk to Mis- sourl River points, held_a meeting jeaterday at the Grand ‘Pacifle, Hotel,—gll” the three membors, Mvasrs, Weyerhauser, ‘Toll, an Carpenter, belng proaeiits=-and adjusted the diMeulties for the settlement of which the: were appointed, © Thelr decision hug not BACH Whe uber nelly, ‘uf tho’ Assoetstane uni nt e ‘ ‘wien wit ba hel in us Lidy'out the atat oF his month, 3 ithas leaked out, howover, that the de- efsion provides fora small reduction in the rateg south of Keokuk, while the rates north of Keokuk are to retnain the same ns hereto- fore. As the arbitrators ara men who enjoy the confidence of al] concerned In the matter, It is not Ikely that nn ntions will be taken to thoir netion, and the difficulties regarding the division of the Jnmber business from Missiasippl to Missouri River points may be eonstdered at an end, CENTRAL RATE ASSOCIATION, ‘The Central Rallrond late Assoclation, which hins for its object the exaction of arbl- trary rates from the Eastern trunk Mnes on business to nnd from interfor points tn Tie nols and Indiana, will hold a meeting at In- dinnapolis Wednesday, Jan, 14, and all men- bers of (he Association are requested to be present, a3 business of importance Is to be transacted, From what can be learned, It looks ns if the Enstern trunk Hnes were throwhng all possible obstactes In the way of the Associa tion, and doing their best to break it up. The letter sentto Commisstoner Fink Inst week: by the President of the Association, Mr. J. M. Osborn, informing him of the actlon taker by the Iinots and Indian roads Inst week, and expressing the hope that the trunk lines would not oppose the movement because the ronds have suffered severely In the past from prorating, was treated y coldly, and Mr. Fink simply sent the letter to the varlous inembers of the Joint F uuive Committe without any comment whatever, ‘The West- ern roads, however, are deterinined in spite of the opposition to the trunk lines to ndhere to the position they have taken, Ti ystem of prorating has proved very dis- astrous to Interior Hlinots and Indiana roads, ‘The trunk lines have reaped all the benellt from this system, while even at the prevall- Ing Uteh rates the interior rounds could hardly earn a living, so sual wis tho proportion falllng to thelr share, Action will be taken at next Wednesday's meeting to strengthen the Association and to reattirm the netion heretofore taken regarding the exaction of semi-local or arbitrary rates from futerlor ints in THineis on all through business, oth cast and west bound, SLEEPING-CARS. ‘The last number of the Retlway Age has the following elaborate artlele on the superi- ority of the Pulhinan sleeplng-cars: Tho eleeping-cur Is a compuratively recent. addition to.tho appliances for ralhway travel, and yout It has become ono of the most tndispon- sable. Tho rallwny in this country: that does not rin sleepers” ts elthe: yl poor indeed, Al equipment fs nec 7 UE the ence ns to the method by which ft 4 to he pro- cured and opernied. Some munnygers bold that §t Is better for their eampuntes to operate thelr own cars, They reason that ff the business is profitable to sleeping-ear compantes it inust Heeessarily be proftable to the railways if care redon by thom. Experlence through 1 serles of years, however, seems to haye convinced nearly ail the railway companies that the Inter- esta Of thotr atackholders und the comfort of thelr passengers are host aubserved by placing the sleeping necommodations in the oharge of 0 separate organization. The apparent advan- tuges of tho utter plan le tn tho of detalt Kreator . system und perfection Which — nuturily—perluips not necessn- rilly—reswtt from directing tho w! attention to one branch of the selence of tr portation; fn the ability to operate on x emu wveraye of profit by renson of doing a hugely extended business; and furthermore In. the im- Portant fact that nearly every railway is now part of one or more through Hines, making. changes rt, nttendants, nnd even character of curs undesirable. .A very notable fiet, as scoming to IMustrate the tendency of rallway companies to plice tho matter of providing sleeplag aceommodations inthe hands of speefal organizations Tor the Purpoee, fx the agreement: Just, concluded by which the Chicago, Rook isiiid & Paclile tail- road Company, one of the most conservative and best managed corporations in this country, whieh hitherto, fur some twenty years, hid owned and operated its Blecplig-cirs, now taurus: over that business to Pullinan's Paluce-Car Come pany. Bytdently tho chango must have been proiyght about by the convietion tht. it wauld bo more advantageous to the road than ft own method, The Rock Island Company bus heen by no means «paring of “expenio tn Ita sfeeping-car equipment. Its mare recently bullt, cars are extremely elegant and Juxurions, and show a great advance from the Urst pattern, Wille, however, tho ditt stages of growth aro’ still to Le seen paring tho different cars of this Company, It 18 -notlecable that the Pullman cars, everywhere, uniformly contain the latest Improvements, 14 the Com: any 48 compelled by that determinn- jon in ndvanes of the publia demand which has been w marked feature’ of tho Pull. mun enterprise, as well ns by tho pressure of competition among different ronds, to rebulld ana raile all its old curs ucvordiug to tho latest models. ‘The terns upon which slecping-car companies operato railway Hnes are probably not generally understood. ‘fhe Pullen Company has n form of contriot cominon to different roads, of which the principal provisions inay be given as follows: ‘The Pullman Company owns tho cars, matntains: tho upholstery, beddiug, and carpets, and tho ap- pelntinunts Pportuining to a slooping-car und not pelonging to the ordinury firat-vlass day car, and guurnntees tho rallway” company aginst dam: nges from negiigenco of Pullusan employes and Imperfect construction of tho carand its rp plinnces, The ratiway company : keeps tho out- side of tho car in d order, renewing paint, gte,, us needed, repalrs all damages fram acel- ont except those originating from imperfect construction and mrintenanco, or from careles- ness or neglect of sleeping-car employes, fur- nishes and applies the lubricating materia), fur- nishes ice, fuel and material for Hyhts, and. washes and clonts the cars, Tho Pullntan Company, in consideration of providing tha cars used by tho rallway compan: ‘or transporting ite DUETS and for whicl tho railway company reeelyes ull tho ticket fares, is-ontitled to recelye the proceeds from tho salo of berths and seats, Rut itis furthor Provided that when tho revenuo from these sales oquals an avernge of $7,000 per car per ane nit, on all the curs upon tho Ine, then, while auch average continues, the wallway company 15 rolleved from the expense of mulntatiug the ears. Tho railway company reserves the option for a given tine to buy three-fourths or less of the cars and equipment, and, to share propor- tonably In the resulta of the bualnessy, ‘These provisions scom to ho fur to the rilway conipanics, 18 they ure thus enabled to give thelr passengers the use of inngulficont curs without any outlay of eupitul, and without oven tho ox- pense of interior malntunance which attaches to ordinary duy coaches, and tho putronaye roaches a certain averuxe thoy are rotleved from all expense of repairing and maintaining ex- terlor i woll ag iutertoe. “hat the organiantion nies duvotin, and operat i ant opine oper aleepiny cure hus boon of vast banett to the rulwny. Ine torest ag a whole, cannot be doubted, Wiitlo, it left to the netion of individual caripa nln, our slecping-car facilities would have heen crude ond disfolnted, they now forin a grand and com- prehenstye Bystem of through routes hundreds oF sites a EU over many Ko) aie ines, and we Journeys not on e But oven iukurioud and delightful 2 1Cr#bte ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FF, Arcuison, Kan,, Jan. 9.—General-Mannager Strong, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé, accumpanicd by Assistant General-Munager Manchester, arrived here to-day, and com- pleted arrangements for the erection of a grain elevator of the capuelty of 250,000 buah- els, and for amannnoth freight depot to be bullt of stone, 300x70 fect, und two storles high. Nearly allof the officials of the Mis- sourt Pacific Road wore in the city to-day, In- eluding Genoral-Superintondent ‘Talmage ond General Freight-Agent MUL Several of thom went West overthe Central Branch Diviston, Arrangements are belng made for reatly onlurging the machine-alops of the jnitral Branch Division in this city. ! COAL ROAD, Spriarierp, Il, Jan, %—Articlos of In- corporation were to-day filed withthe Secre- tary of State by the I!nols Coal-Mine Rafl- road Company, which haye already been re- corded In Cook, Kankakee, Lake, Dui Page, Wit, Grundy, and Kane Counties. ‘Tho cor porators are R, LB, Mason, 1 P, Derlekson, C. C, Bonney, A. B, Mason, and C, C, P, Holden, ‘The proposed road is to run from Buekinghaw, Kankakee County, to Turner Junction, and thence to Waukegan, with a branch or other connection to Chicago. Capital $50,000, whieh may be Increased to 000, ‘The object of the Company is evidently to afford quicker and cheaper transportation for the immense quantities of cont required for the country north and west of Chlcaya, uow largely carried through that . THE VALPARAISO ROAD, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Jouier, IU, Jan, 9,—Tho eltizonus of Morris are taking hold of tho Vulparalso Railroad project in dead earnest, The Committes ap- poluted at a recent meeting to consider the subject, met . the other day with Muyor Barr Inthe chair, agd ufter 9 general expression of opinions, decided that such a'rond would be of great advantage to Morris and tha sur- yountiing country,” for severs] obvious rea- sons, A tévolution'was pased providing for the ‘avpolutuuene ofa conumittea ‘of Ave to TNE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 188 effect an organization to Le called the Morris & Enstern Railroad, to cannect. with the dotlet, & Valparaiso Road at some point in WI! County, and Mayor Barr naned Messra, CAL. Goold, P. A. Armatrong, 8. 1 Thomas, L. W. Claypool, and such committer WISCONSIN RAILWAYS. Speetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Miravaunre, Jan. §.—The eltizens of Mons ros have expressed themselves fn favor of voting $50,000 In bonds toward securing the: completion of the Monroe & Freeport Road, Messrs, A. Tendlow and J, T. Dodge have been constituted a committer to visit Chi- enue and confer with railway officials on the subject, ‘The draw of the new fron bridue that is to span the Fox River at Appleton, and thus complete the ine of the Wisconsin Central Railway to that elty, is expeeted here daily. tis thought that trains will be running from Milwaukee to Appleton, over this line, by the first of February, ‘The warehouses of the Northern and Wis- consin Central Railways in the tpper part of the city are being enbirged to gecommotate the rapidly Inereasing business of both Hines, President Colby, of the Wisconsin Central Rallway, returned from the Hust to-day, GW. Armstrong as A CONSOLIDATION. Bptetat Dispateh to The Chicag Tribune, Koken, Ia, Jan, 9,—It Js reported on good authority that a-plan lng been agreed upon for the consolidation at this place of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw aud the Mie sourl, Iowa & Nebraska Railroads, ‘The Company that hag been organized to pur- ehase th Toledo,* Peoria Warsaw at the foreclosure sale on the 20th fs composed of those who own acon trolling Interest in the Missourl, Iowa & Ne- braska. After the purehase the two roads will be united, the Missourl, Iowa & Ne- braske extended west to Counell Bus, and the ‘Toledo, Peorla & Warsaw enst to a con- ueetion with the Wabash, fonuing a trunk line of these three roads, the combination Daeked by tho Wabash, which will, by this consolidation, secure control of several hun- dred miles more road, annual meet Ing of the Missouri, Town & Nebraskn the other day the Board of Directors was elected with this consolidation in view, ANOTHER GOULD TRICK, Boectat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New Yonk, Jan, 9.—Last Sunday night in the corridor of the Windsor Hotel, Jay Gould nppronched two newspaper men, not con- neeted with Is official organ, and informed them of the Intention of the Wabash Rallroad Company to buildin new line of road from ‘Yoledo to Buffato, In opposition to the Laka S Ruilrond, He was so anxious to have publ ed Monday morning that they became suspicious, and said nothing about it. ‘The story was used next day on the street to breake down the price of Lake Shore, It was sannouneed to-lsy, amd Rus- sell Sage, on being questioned, catsirmed It, that an arrangement had been concluded be- tween the Wabash and the Lake Shore Companies for Interchange of trafic. ‘Phe terms were, Mr. Suge said, emtnently satis- factory to the former company, Itis natan exclusive arrangement, the Lake Shore Com- pany haying the right to recelye from and give business to other roads, as before; but speelal terms have been agreed upon on alt business passing between the parties to the contract. Mr. Sage declined to furnish any further particulars, BURLINGTON & MISSOURT, Rpectal Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribune, Bunutwatox, In, Jan. 9—An important agreement was entered inte to-night be- tween tho elty aml the Burlington & Mis- sourl Rallrond Company, by whieh the city conveys tothe railroad company a sirip of land along the river front in the southern part of the elty, and grants the right to erect machine-shops tn the western portion of the clty the consideration being $50,000, to be pal rl by the rallrond company, and which 1s w be applied by the city for the construction. of various sewers that will uuterlally tin- prove the imperfect system of drain- age now existing. ‘The ‘railroad company also agree to erecta new passenger dépot to cost not less than $00, ERIWS EARNINGS, Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, W York, Jun. &2—Tho managers of the Erte Road have commenced to furnish monthly reports of their earnings. ‘The re- turn for November shows net earnings of $509,103.31, against $518,081.42 for the same month in 1873. Plans for the reorganization of tho Atlantle & Great Western Company have been perfected. ‘The gauge of tho renil iy to be reduced to conform tothe standard of other lines, and the Company is to be man: nged by London Trustees, who will run it Independently of any other, seeking ut the saine tine to work in harmony with all con- necting Hnes, — NEW YORK CENTRAL, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Jan, 2.—Tho members of the New York Central syndicate say that since the date of the original’ purchase a comuit- tee, consisting of Drexel, Morgan it Co,, L. Von Hoffman & Co., and Willlam L, Scott, have, with the consent of Mr. Vanderbilt, made a thorough examination of the affairs” of the Company for the past twenty ponte ‘Thoy refuse to make the results of the ex- amination public, further than to aasert that they were satisfactory to themselves. EDWARD GALLUP. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tritune, Boston, Mass, Jan, 0.-—Edward Gallup has declined the position of General Passenger Agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan South- ern, With headquarters at Chicago, and will remain at the head of the passenger depart- ment of the Boston & Albany Road, ITEMS. Some of the counties in Kansas south of the Atehlson, Topeka & Santa Fé Rallroad ure voting ald for the building of a read from Wichita to Kinsley, ‘The Chicago & Northwestern and other Western roads have notitied thir agents to reeclye no more grain for cleyator-lelivery in Chicago until further notice, as all the elovutors are filled to thelr ulmost capacity, It iselaimed that Gould has beon Induced to look favorably on the project of building nroad from Gainesville, the present terminus of the Dentson Pacilic, to the Southeast through Bart Worth, Cleburne, and Into the City of Mexico. , ‘The New York Triimine makes tho fallow. ing comments onsthe sale of the Atlantle & Great Western Ratlroad by the Purchasing Comnuittes appointed by the English bond- holders: ‘The purchasg In- behalf of tho bondholders of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroud is a partot uscheme for, its reor- nization, ‘The full particulars of the plan have never doen made pobtte, but in. its principal features it is sal to represent that adopted In tha reorganization of the Erle Railroad. It is understood that English and Dutch bankers have agreed to furnish the funds for the purchase of the property, the reduction of the gauge to the standard width, and for paying Hens and expenses, It_is a part of the plin to bulld extensions of the roud east from Salamanea, and toa Chicago conneetion from Dayton, ‘The road hus been lxced several times in Receivers’ hands, rom which It wus released several ‘times to be leased tothe Erio Road, ‘The last lease to that Company, which wos never exeented, was made in i874, and In December of the same year the road was pluced again In pos session of a Receivor,”” a ——— ‘Thonias Bayley Pottor’s Gitt to the Son of Abraham Lincoln. York Herutd, ‘Thorns Bayley has just forwarded a pretty resent to the gon of the late President Lincoln, [t consists of a handgone and curlously bound editionuf Robert Burns, in two volumes. ‘The covers are of fine and beautifully Hished — straw- colored | fancy woudl Kuown as the wood of Mocklin, Humfrleshire, whore this fane} binding was executed, On the outaldy of the upper cover of each volume, printed on the wood, fa an engrayl of Pit- RacTeS, 8 pisthresue spot in TWiguiands, where Mr, Potter had a residence gome four teen or fifteen years ago, when this little present wag ty le ready to Bent to the n President of the Ynited States, On the dutside of tho under coyer 1s an engraved por- trultof Gen, Garibaldi, who has for many ears been oi Intimate personal friend of r, Potter's, ape two volumes are con- tained it a small velvet-lined box made of. the sume fancy Mocklin wood, the picture of box while tiattaveet teeny 2b nthe frontof this pratty caste runs the Inseriptlon, “ From ‘Thomas ixteed —SIX TEE Potter, M.Y., Preatient of the Union and Emancipation Society.” On the_fly-leaves before the title page of Vol. 1 Mr. Potter has now written as follows: I Intended to present theas volumes to Abra- bnin Lincoln, Prestdent of the iteputite of tho United tates, in the spring of the yenr 1965, but hisuntiinely denth interposed. Tt waa my wish to rend bim a small tokon of my Intenze respect and admimtlon for hig character and my devo. tlon to the enusy which he upheld-—tho cause of freedom and popular government. I now present the to Ral T. Lincoln, hy worthy gon of the great President. nat nuurk of my esteem and regard for him and bis family, and f would also ndd asa mark of the sincere gratitude which J fecl for tho kind re- ception whieh Mrs. Potter and I have recentl met with Inthe United States, and of my asp[- rutions for the prosperity of the Union. May it always be one and indivisible, maintaining lib: erty and ndyancing progress, THOMAS BAYLEY POTTRR, Reform Club, London, Decembar, 1872, It was through inaking the personal ae- qualntunce of Mr. Rabert ‘T, Lineoln at Chi- cago, an his recent visit to the States, that Mr, Potter dechled to present. these volumes to that gentioman. It wag not in reference to apy special knowledge of President Line coln’s literary tastes that Mr, Potter selecte: Burns for the purpose of this gift in pre: ence to any other author, but Mr, Robert [ coln informed Mr, Potter that his father’: favorit pocts were Burns and Milton, —————— PARNELL. THE BROOKLYN MEETING, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, New York, Jan, 9.—The reception to Par- nellin the Brouklyn Academy of Musie this evening was a success In polnt of sumbers and enthuslasin. ‘The vast house was filled in every part by an audience evidently pre- pared to cheer every statement that mjght bo uttered In favor of the cause of Mr, Parnell and his associnte champion. This excessive cheering frequently led to untinely outbursts of applatise which drowned some of the well- chosen perlods of the speakers, Mayor Howell presided, and was surrounded on the platform by many prominent eltizens of Brooklyn. Mr. Parnell was recetved with upronrious applause, Le rend a telegram which le had received yesterday from MiI- chuel Davitt, the agitator, who was recently released from prison, The telegram was dated from Carraroe, Connemarra, Ireland, and set forth that the disturbances had cens- ed, that the people had been victorious, hay- ing prevented the serving of 124 ejectment processes, Which could no now be served because the perlod in which it was legal to servethem had expired. Mr. Parnell then made a statement of the Irish land question, and of the remedies whieh he proposes in or- der to cure the evils which he claimed to be inherent In the present system of letting Jand in that country, siinilar to those he has already made in New York and eisewhere on the same subject, Mr. Dillon was next introduced, and de- vole hls speech, for the most part, to a eriticisi on the Jand agitation in Irefand re- cently written by Lord Dunraven, While Mr. "Dillon was speaking, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher appeared on the platform and was recelved with an outburst of applause which was again renewed, and the cheering lasted several minutes. Mr. Beecher spoke of the rich prairic-lands of the West, . tecmn- ing with corn and other products that generous America would send to the distressed people of Ireland, Some of the papers, hu sald, had proclaimed that America’s duty was dono when she con- tributed to the starving people, After that they were to stop, Le held that the man who stopped there was not worthy the name ofaman. He did not believe In the Govern- ment of America interfering, but he believed in the organized voice of the people protest- ing against the unjust Land laws of Treland. He spoke of the Interference of Gladstone in behalf of the prisoners In Naples during the reign of Ferdinand IL, of the interference of England in the affairs of Turkey, and of her outspoken condemnation of the system In Ainerien which held 4,000,000 of slaves in bondage. Mr. Beecher sald the time was coming when the common people would rule everywhere, The tyranny of monopolists and ‘cnpitalists in thfs country was no better than the tyranny of the land- Jord system In England and Tretand, | ‘The tlie was coming when the peonte who tilled the land allover the world would own it. ‘There was a lhuit to vested right. ‘The yest- ed right of the French aristocracy had disap- peared, The vested right of the great monasteries and nunneries In England hid disappeared. Mr. Beecher sald he believed” in the agitation — of the Tand question in Ireland. If asked whether he believed in-armed opposition, he said he would not give any counsel on that subject, It was not for him to give counsel to an Trishinan about armed opposition. Mr. Froude sald tho Irish had for 800 years been rebelllous; that they were a bard. e0- ple to govern. Ife hoped they would be actions and uneasy until they got what they wanted. Mr, Beecher concluded by wishing Mr. Parnell success in his mission. Addresses were also made by Messrs, Rob- inson, Me yand Mickey, and resolutions were adopted requesting the Mayor to ar point Committees of thres in each ward to collect funds fur the relief of the distress in Ireland. ADDRESS ‘'O TIE PEOPLE. New Youk, Jan. %.—Parnel} has issued an address to the people of America asking for contributions to allevinte the distress In Ire- Innd, and stating that nll subseriptions col- Iected for relief purposes nay be forwarded to the ‘Treasurers, Drexel, Morgan & Co., of th ‘ity, who will forward the money to the urers of the Nattonal Land-League In Treland, PARNELIYS MOVEMENTS. New You, Jan. 2—Parnell has just been occupying considerable thno drawing up an appeal to the American public, It has been decided to establish a Central Committee, which will receive gifts from all parts of tho country for the relief of the Irish poor fund, ‘This fund will be called the Irish Famine Fund. Mayor Cooper has contributed $100 for the fund, Mr, Parnell was vehemently cheered in Jersey City last evening, and considerable money was raised for tho rollef of tho dis- tressed Irish people. All the receipts at the mecting to be ad- dressed by Parnell at the Academy of Musle, Brooklyn, this evening, go to the Irish Ke ituf Fund, DUBUQUE WANTS HIM. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dunvgue, Ia, Jan, 9,—A large meeting of Irbsanen was held this evening for the pur- pose of raising funds for the sufferlug Irish, A coinmittee, consisting of the Hon, W. Rnlanh Otto Junkerman, M, Brown, Gen. Jones, Sherlif Ferring, Gen, ‘Trumbull, D.C, Wilson, J, Derry, and P, Kavanaugh, wes apolnted to meet Parnell in Chicago and in- Hi fo him to come to, Dubuque on’ the 2ist st. —— IN NEW YoRK, New Your, Jon. 0.—Parnell visited tho Cotton and Stock Exchanges to-~dluy with John J, Kiernan and made an appeal for the poor of Ireland, A subsuription will be epencd at both places for the Irish Funine Hollet Fund, OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New You, Jan. &—Arrived, steamship State of Nevada, from Glasgow, Lonvon, Jan, ¥.—The steamers Algeria and Olympia, fram New York, have arrived |” out, Movitie; Jan. 0~Arrived, Maniteban, TT MMSMSOW, Jatt, 0 Arrived, City of ENA Ny a be Gone nighnucnde trom New York, cat FINANCIAL, Proma, Il, Jan, %—Marsh Bros, flour merchants, have failed, Assets, $4,431; Ita- Dilldies, $4,083, NAsHvVu.Le, Tenn., Jan, 9.—Tructt, Sons & Morgan, proprietors of the Rose Bunk Nurse- rhea, asslgn to-uay. Liubilities, $33,000; Assets Ul) Rowe. ‘The creditors principally dn Nashville, q BUSINESS NOTICES, Arend’s Kumyss has beon used with highly benciiulul rebults during tie last four yeurs THE TRIBUNE WHATHER-MAPY« .oys From Observations Made by the Signal-Sorvice, U..8. A., ‘at 11 PB m,. ‘Washington Mean Time, Jan. 9, 1880. et wae 3 /ABRECKENRID Gyac rots Tm12 goraralla A ST PAUL, Sn Be 29.09, OR, anton® T21K 04! o Eau Claire Or, reen Day, BS Onbion ef \’ MILWAUKEE; OES moinkg Rar 3049 127 ‘O Pun, OMAHA %% Oia, i000 c EOKUK A ar 30,11 Stoney QO’ 2 EAVENWoR?T Quincy. o De 3014 RTH I Tag cs et = ta gDAVENPORT U A038 INDIA Alton > ‘ng. ST.LOUIS Springhets Tar 40.21 FT.Clnson nN Os, uae Ta ding a en at Onicaaokay Bar 30.12, } T33 ‘OH A + Zafayette ai Springncfat Hae 0th beck Guy rn My" NASHVILLE ; ne sf Bar 30.20 : @ Teo 28) e Fair.“ Cloudy, Rain, Brow, Pe R, Malaially pant @ hours, ‘Arrows potat In the direction the [48 ‘wind Io bt Veathers upon 2. Light, “Freeh, Gate, >a Rand, HeNally & Co, Ragrarere and saul, su ” pap Pablishers, Chicago, q <> ,EBCANABAD 4 Nar 30. ie / T19 3.0: yy Mp Manistee GRAND HAVE(> | Bar ORONTOSA S| jar 29.73; Ear Tor PALS fins, DETROIT «£3 ar - A Ks) 7 * sroLen0 off Mar 3u.01 aed ITTSBURA, ‘Logansport Mansfeld? 4G Bar At @ Tbe Colatibne, = * . CINCINNATE 44% (Ou ROA LS Aresfettet T46 if APOLIS: o & an Ae (yBar 3 oO ro $0) Y) ‘ ; mw -ATDANY so QUISVILLE YC Huntington, n lo ar a 0 7, oe more. etLicingston Beate of Mites.” oh Hphar?: ° Sohringw Observations taken at the sane moment of time at all stations, LOCAL OBSERVATIONS, Paez 18 p. met) Wp. sia 15 ye tn aT 1) 2 INDICATIONS, ‘ OFFIce oF Tre Crier SIGNAL OFFICEN, Wasiinaton, D. C., Jan. 10—1 a. m.—For thi Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys, falling barometer, northerly shifting to Ke ‘or the Lake region, Tennessee, and Ob! warmer southerly winds, clear followed by partly cloudy: weather, z Y, westerly winils, back to southerly, cool, followed by stationary or higher temperature, rising followed by statiouary barometer, clear or partly cloudy weather, in the various forms of dyspepsin, guatritis, nausea, genenil debility, consumption, ete. hue myss fs not f medicine; It is a pleasant, wine- Ike beverage (a food); made from milk, peeu- Marly grateful to n delicate stomnch, Nothin else Inukes flesh and blood and strength so fast, dt can be safely relied on for the recuperation of those cases of low eitallty In which medication or ordinary nutrition fall. Send for clreulur, Beware of imitations, Arend'’s Kumyss is not sold to the trate, Consumers supplied directly by A. Arend, Chemist, 17 Madison strect, Chi eagu. The best remedy for whooping cough and croup is Mucalister’s Cough Mixture, pre- pured only by J.P. Lee, Halsted and Harrison Btreeta. Tor gale by Gale & Bluckt, 8 Clark, and ull druggista, A homely, old-fashioned perfume ts Lavender, yet delightfully, refreshing and in- vigornting. It can be found in no purer form thin in J. & E. Atkinson's genutne Mitcham Luvender, Eninent Dr. W. C, Cavenagh, Wem- ibis, ‘Te writes: For werk digestion, con- sumption, general debility, and want of 8p y= tite, T cheerfully recommend Colden’s Licbig's Liquid Extruet of Beet. ST. TACOS OIL. StJacobs@il The Great German Remedy. PROMPTLY CURES AMERICANS, GERMANS, FRENCHMEN, SPANIARDS, SWEDES, HOLLANDERS, DANES, BOHEMIANS, PORTUGUESE, ITALIANS, POLES, And tho peaple af every nattonallty UNDER THE 8UN, Of Rheumatism, Nourslgia, Backnche, Headache, Sprains, and alt sihilar bodily pains und ailments, Directions in eloven languages with overy buttlo. Drugyists sell thta Great German Remedy at GO CENTS. STACEY WILL, Esq., of the Mt. Auhurn Inclined Ratlroad, Cincinnatt, O., says: “Une doubtedly it Isa remarkable medicine." GLOVES, ee Many people think that kid gloces muct be made in Europe to be good, «A trial of the the now KID GLOVE, for men's wear, wilt convince you they are the best in the tworld, Made by FISK, CLANK & FLAGG and for sale everywhere STAUL, POPULAR RESORT For Ladies and Gentlemen! {Tho woll known Nestaurut located atl Washington: at, kopt by 11, PIPEH, the popular Cateror and Haker, Is meoting with u large und wuccosstul patronage, Mr. Piper's bill of farv 1a choice, white bis prices ary roa- sonable, Everything first-class, #F-Open unt ut night, Upon Sundays, No. 91 Washineto ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS. MRS, WINSLOW'S $0 worthte which are Bo-None of CURTIS. the outside wrapper, Bold by Druggists throughout the world, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. PEI 25¢.-WORLD-FAMED REMEDIES.-25¢45, BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness de, FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. BROWN'S HOUSEHOLD PANACEA, for EBROUDERIES. Chas. Gossage Sf Co. New. Choice, Cheap! HAMBURCH -: Embroideries! 10,000 Pieces «At Prices Less Than Last Season {?? : Notwithstanding the marked advance in foreign cost of these goods, peal? “We Open the Season of 1880” .. With a magnificent stack of Embroideries at evenless than usual prices! Our Embroideries are manufactured to our own order from special patterns, of superior cloth, firmly worked,” and’ wil give satisfactory service. : We assert with | confidence that they will be found ° 6626 per cent Cheaper??? : than equal qualities can be bought elsewhere t : Large Sale of LADIES’ MUSLIN UN- DERWEAR next week. ' ‘Chas. Gossage & Co. NEW LIGIIIS. Revolution in Gas Lighting! NEW PETROLEUM LIGHTS. ‘ PNEUMATIC LIGHT 40 TO 50¢ TER 1,000! a PETROLEUH GASLIONT CO TO 80¢ PER 1,000 1 ‘ThiaCompany will join capitalists, municlpalities, aud vetablishod or new Gas Companivain vsch localtty Thro iw Unlted Minton teupply lng Ww conan. rand chenper Ughte then can be pros hy any other known process, Cleewinne bing these lights, which are now'on exhibition at our office, and also the full merita of » THE HLECERIOC LIGHTS pplication, Companies equipped with ver coutrol the gaslight tant Of Camtal en ‘Be men : ‘lusest Invesugauon by BOL ANY tacullty, the safe and profitable’ found Inany market. the beat exporta is Invite THE WORLD'S TIGNT MANPG. CO., . | 186 and 118 Dearborn Chicago, I. EDUCATIONAL. Kemper Hall, MRS, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP ing, rellable, and harm the gums, reduces all jt only relieves the child from pain, but regus fates the stamach and bowels, correc! vat used it; on the contrary, all ate delighted with ite operations, Direotfons accompanying euch Bottle, BP GUARD AGAINST. counterfalt, wiry by reason of thelr large profits, BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS, for Eradicatlng Worms in Children, (Unfaiting.) BROWN’S CAMPHORATED DENTIFRICE, for Whitening and Preserving the Teeth. SOLD BY ALL CDRUGGISTS. ’ Behoul of high ontor, under the cara of the Tittopa of Wisopnathetiiniay and. Pont du bag, Od oune ih charge oF thy Blaters oC Bt Alury, a ‘i eit heute dan. fe ieee BISTRI MANGAN TENT LITHOGRAM, fresh Let Lec Se aes Noxe Torn An Oi, Renowned; AND vor es of Children, suc lic, Diarrhoea, &c, rine) Excelent Reel. i gives § Rio fie child. Never did we know an isfaction by any ona who OF, unprincipled imitations, jometimes thrust upon the un- enuine untess the fac-eimile PERKINS, New York, ison Ralleving all Palo, Internal and' External, |