Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 25, 1880, Page 5

5 Opportunities for Settlers upon the Public Lands. Whero Industrious and Courngeous Men May Find Holes. Tho Forms Necessary to Seouro Pro-Emp- Noe tlon or Homestead Righta, a a The Poblie Lands in the Different States and Tersi- fories, and What They Are Good Por, New York Times. Tt should be unneccasnry to say that tho public fands do not afford all the enso of clvilized reglous; that they aro not “aulling,’ nor ina condition to immediately yleld a plentvous living; that they nro more or fess remote from Inrgo settlements, and that to convert thom from thelr orlyinul condition to the purposes of agriculture requires indomitablo courage, in- dustry, and endurance In the settler, Tut, these facts being recognized, It ts to bo said that the public dumuin of the United States Includes many acres which, after a few years of fabor, may be rendered fertile and proituble, and which, under the gencroun provisions of tho Momestenad and Peetmption Jaws, aro avaitabie to all; who give ailegiance to the Govs ernment. A farmtmay bo bad for nothing, If any man hag" geit” enough to clenr a wilder nessund endure the deprivation of those little conventenecs and refinements which temper lifo Insettled communities, Young men of sinew ( and resotution can do this; the thousands of qworkInginon who overpopulute the larger clties might do It with immense advantuge to them- selvos and tho world, if thoy could wean thom- aclycs from their unucceuntablo attachinent to tho tenement-house, and itis to bo trusted that tho immense surplusuge of other countrica which {8 now flowing Into this through Custle Gorden will do it, But families long aceus- tomod ta tho amenities of New Englund and tho Middlo ‘tates should distiuctly remember that the publo Innds do not embrace any ready- made paradisea; that tholr development Involves time and toll, and — oeen= sion! contact with rude and desperate nelghbora. Much inthe way of education and religion isnot tu he expected; the lands In tho vicinity of elutrehes, schools, nid ines of trafic are mostly oecupled, and at the sume thine, If i wise selection {8 made, a few yenrs will usunl: reo tho Introduction of {hose advantages, thous! h they muy seem fur of ut the duto of scttio- mont. The question os to where a location shall bo made Ie ono that can only be discreetly answered after careful investigation and consideratiot The intending emigrant muat guurd ngulnst be “ing misled by tho alluring misstatements of agents’ and advertisements, He should trike {nto necountythe climate and polltioal candltion of the territary and its prospects of growth. It fs well for hint to precede bis family, and not to be huaty or without forethought tn his move- ments, ‘He should ascertain the nature of fence and other reul-estate lnwe, tho amount of State and county Indebtedness, the percentage oftaxation, tho charuct of tho ollicers, the water-supply, aud tho proximity oC markets, If eevernl funities of porsuua from one neighbor. hood cmigrito together, many advantages aro secured which wre unutiainable to separate Ine dividuals, not only Jn tha familiarity and cone geniulity of intercourse, but algo ina more aub- Btantlal direetion, . Hullway farcs, ote, aro ro- duced in proportion to tho sizo of the partys one gone muy be cmployed in bebalt of all, aud, should they desiry, instend of progmpting or homestending, to purchase. from private bold: ers, tho prices are initerlally lessoned ne the quantity bought is inercused. Whoro Isolated households would find the new conditions of lifo irksoine and arduous, rul colonizing tugcth- erwould avold the prineipal discomforts, and more reudlly develop which applies toull who intend to settle on tho publie lands, The Genucul Land Office at Washington issues gratuitously, for the benetit of inquirers, a unphiot which containg full summary of wl Tives reluting to the public domatn, but it fs so. diffuga and ovorlonded with unexplained tech- niealltles, thut more than a little porsplenity 6 ary a averace reader in gathering ung from t. Asimplo mana is published Me HN. Coppy Of \eushinguat, a witch, tho various terms used in pretmpting and homeat nde ara luckily defines Primarily; any person 2 yoarsat age or over may obtain iW norea of Government land under tha Homestend Inw (inurricd wamen excepted) by puytug $18 in fees, and atthe ead of flve yoars iniy acquire a clear docd to It, ora deed may be hud at tne end of six mouths by paymont of $00 for the Jund if it fs outside” railroad limita, or €400 If within them. By tho Pretmption act any person over #1 yeurs may acyuire 16) geres by paymont of In fevs, and © clenr dood will ho isauod to him after proot Js rizen of six months’ residence on the Jand and $20 additional Is pad. *The principal ditterence bo» tween the two privileges Is that, beyond tho $18 in fous, nothing Is patd for land homostoaded, if tho homosteuler dwells on tt for’ tive y wherens alt lund predinpted, coats $1.25 or 82.50 But only surveyed land enn be home. saniod, whereas unsuryeyed tracts may bo pre- empted, Tha Paywronts may be mado In cash, or by military bounty wirrants, azcioultural collego scrip, Supreme Court serlp, 0 Indemnity nnd fersp, autt Itevolutonary bounty Jand sorip, some of which may bo purchised ‘at such priced that tho hunds will cost less than If pald for with money, us, for ingtaheo, military bounty land warrints aro worth from $1 to $1.20 an nuro, and Supreme Court scrip, €L15 to $1.20 an acre, ‘Theew ure tor ule by various brokers, and they , should only be bought with a written gunrantco Umit, I oake af error [a the assienment or other dufoat, the acttler aball bo rolmuuraed, ~ This not ineendcd to naaimatize tho laws bere, Any peraon who contemplates colonizing muny Tunlhurize himselt with tham through a study of the two pamphicts pregenely mentioned, or by appllention to tho Land Olive in Wasbing- oad ot ‘Arkinens, Arizona, Callfornia, Colo- rul, Cake’, Fock a. idaho, luwa, Kansas, Monn, Slcalan, ailnnesota, Nebraskn, No- Vudu, Now Moxieo, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Wishington Téreitory. "Only swamp landd remain in Alubaom and Florida, while in Ari+ zon, fdnho, Montana, Nevada, New Moxico, and Wyoming the Innd ia yaluubto for mincral und gruzing, ruther than xgrioultural, pur- poses. Enel State and Territory hs at least one Laud Oftice, with n Rogister and itecoiver in attendance, from, whom infurmation muy be obtained, and through whom linds muy be to cated. ‘Tho xettler who wishes to avoid fallure should proceed ‘with caution, or at tho en of soveral sears’ Inbor hu may, find himself ousted off his acttlemont through somo detect in bis papers; and bo should be espeolully wary ot private land claws,” which oxist under grants of Various kinds from forelyn Goveru- ments. Many of theay are fruudulent, and Inungy invested In then te wasted, BSuitlors are. also tempted sometines with offers of fund suid, to be held under some epectul or private act of Congress, but they should only purchage Iton 1 cleur ubstract of title, showtug It to be free from tuxos, judgments, and mortises. if tho history of the public domain were writ- ten, it would ‘Abound with Instances of mal- fougnnee, of the graspings of individuals and corporations, of the evision of the requirements Of tho luw, and of awindies rent and sinail, all Perpotrated to tho disadvantage of tho bana Hie settler under the Homestead and Pretimption uote, ‘To sich an extent baa this buen the case, that A writer on the aubject chimed, bofore tho Nutlonu! Academy of Kelonces, soure tiie ayo, thitt all the gucd pub- No Jandy tnd been disposed of tn one way or ane other, und that not enough suitable for poor Don's farming wis left to mukea Wisconsin county. The porn with capital would un- doubtedly tid It to his boneft to purchiso from tho railroads or other private holders, rather than to nvall himself of the bomestend and utnor privileges: for the cholver lands Where there aro wasand lines of communication have nearly all beon absorbed, and are purehasabte at vari= ots prines much Above tho nominal $1.25 an ucro. Tho lands held and offered for sute by the soy- oral Btutes, tying been given to thom by the Goneral Government for improvements: aod educationul purpawes, wre ulso incre valuable god more desirable thun those which are public. They altunted in the — olter whore the suttler towns, murkets, aid whore « ‘ shool-housea, churches, and court-houses are already built, ung govioty ta fully organized; thoy w ad ont Jong time, In annual Installments, ata moderate Tato of juterest; thy purehuwer vin pay tho bul- Oneo due for thom at uny tine within: the long Po.lod ullowed, and, as the title ta derived ime Inodlately fro ho Stute iteelf, there is ne ques Un ug to its yalldity on account of mortynges, Judgments, or arrears of tnx tt, ae WAS Bald before, there ure still tracts: ig fare thomestending or pretmption, which, If tha Soltler ta reeveria it rious, muy be transformed from wildernesses into fortile and Valuablo fariua, feponded are brief dewriptions of the public Jond inthe several Btates and ‘Torritories, tho Tao semboiicd in which uve buen gathored 240 vurioiia nuurces,—froutdurvoyors-General, Yarious exocalties omens, Brpilars, a tho wietty © culture, and from private ourrp- apoudeates i . me tops ARTO oe i Tne 18 Ferritory ts large! ulated by’ Tune Pr Honengitebapenking Siexi¢ane OF Wreasers,” and hus been much burried by tndlun ware. It {fs reached by tho Southern Pavitig Hallway from, San | Fran- fico, via Fort Yum, or bythe Atchison, Topeka & Sunta EO Rullway from Kunsus Albuguerque, N, M., and thence by couch or wagon. ‘The bold of Voth Ife and propurty Is recarious, but, (hog thero f# littl urablo ad, the silver and vold mines are biguly prom. jung. Tho grusing lundy are excluded by law row survey, howovor, and are thi , forpredinpuon or ealo, any sinprov Upon thom being at the bullder’s risk. Tho et aro mostly the » the acction chuson, A fact. ton, ‘The lands are inostly for anlo in Aln- - ARK, ‘BAS. ‘ ‘Tho roclal and polit! condition of this Stato and the tnenns of reaching stare suficiently fas dilllar. About 5,000,000 sorce of pulilfe lands ara mubject to entry, atl of State tands aequiresdt from the General Government there ary about T0000 aeres to whieh the tile hasbeen Eenieaten, nnd LOQ000 vores to which tho tito has not erfeeted. ‘Phore Iaalxo flare quantity. of other land forfeited for the non-epayinent of taxes and subject nulg or donation, Eyory ulteltizen 18 aifered 160 neres free on pay: ment of hin fees, and on condition that within elyhicen months of tho dute of the application hes living on the land and hag prepared five weres for cultivation.. These tnnds tre niao for auloat G9 cents per ners, payntlo 11 Blate or county Keripa, which can be purebnsed at an Average. cost! of 40 cents om tho dollar, and, {f nequired Dis manner, tho huids muy be Left unimproved ns long a8 1ho buyer ebouses. 2 COLORADO. ‘Tho emigration to this State Is vory large, and the soltiementa ire fur Jn advance of tho gure yoy. Much embarrassment occurs from the lattor fnet. aa It often happens that when the survey Hines are run two families are found on one tract, and one or the other has to either abandon or remove its bulldings and improves ments, The Colorado Central Road bis opened upaome of tho most prodtetive lands fn tho Blate, especially in the Valloys of Bie nnd Little Thompron Creeks, the Cuclie a ta Poudre, and St. Vrain. Many inducements gre offered to ottlers, und the canvenienes and extraordinal development of the mineral, grazing, and agri. cultural lands lend tho country a moro than usunt attractiveness, 4, CALIFORNIA, Calffornia iathe largest of the States, contatutngy 155,000 xquare ml nbout 67,000,000 neces huve heen 8 About 43,000,000 aro unsurve: the Deputy) Surveyors section they chose for sur preference generally was for Oat, arid iands, worthless except for tho ense with which they could be plotted. THiy lands and lands inter sperred by vateys or covered with under growth or tiniber were avoided, ns it wis less profitable to survey them. Tho fands Icft une surveyed tre really the most valuable for ecesesete alr ee a8 the a renter mmnong the bills than inthe pialis, and the yal leys nro watered. In former years but lttlo agriculture was carried on in this State, and the pelecoltiien) resources are alll in thelr jnluney, The farms are usually in tho foot-hills and in the amaller valleys, or onthe mountain plateaus nnd slopes. Most or those localities are unsure veyed, a fnet which operates infuriously to tho best interests of the State and its settlers. Tho occupants of unsurveyed lands belng unable to obtain tities from the United States, the Stato Legistature = pussed inws to protect them unl tho proper. titles = could = ba. obtulned, and under — those juwe | It frequently happens that @ single Individual is able to hold, a2 against others eceking. homes, lnrge tricts of thonsands of acres, by’ amply fencing and ocenpying thom. Suck i person does not want the land surveyed, and docs all in his power to prevent It, for ‘ag long as [tis un- surveyed ho hus tho use tnd enjoyment of it without costs or tixes, while, when ft {3 sure veyed, ho is tinited tomemall portion of ff, and the rest. $s available for other settlers. Much destratlo tand that would furnish bbmes for a large number of families ts hold by a fow indi- viduals in this manner, and will be so. hekd na long ng Congress fails to provide suflelont moncy for tho publica surveys, Notwithstanding thoso foots, the Inimlgration attracted by the genial climnte and frnitfulness of the State ta so largo that the sales tudor the Protmption and Homes stead laws are Jurger than in any othor Stato, DAKOTA. Tho mines are, of course, the principal re- source of Kukotit, but contiguous to thom are some benttifal and well-watered valleys, which experiment hia proved to be arable Innd, eapn= ble of producing all kinds of vegotables and all tho amuller cerenls, ‘These valleys aro nearly all claimed and sottled, and seureely an acre tit thom remains wnoceupled, ‘The money. alrendy: expended by the ra nik amproventents of ali kinds indicates that they aro permanent and actint settlers, who only@walt tho extension of the publlo surveys to sccure tities. The Govern or of the Territory writes; “ Hallroads aro built or building neross tho public lands In every dle rection. The quallty of 00 per cent of theso Jnnds Is first-class out to tha Missouri River, aud westor that 2h at cent fs agricultural, 25 per cent mlnoral and hilly, and 60 per cent grazing,” IDAHO. The Utah Northorn Railway from Ogden is tho only moans of steam communication with thie Territory, and frolghts are high and commercial intercotirse Is resirloted. Tho stock-growing interest 18 inrwo nud constantly increasing. Cattle and horses in numerous hers subsist tho whole yenr through on natural grass, supplies monted in winter by white sage, sweet and miutrl- dows whon touched by the frosts of autuinn, They nre usually driven to the billa and mount~ ain slopos during tho summer, reserving the feed, along the fout-hills and valleys, where little snow flls and the climate Is moderate, for the winter, The profita of tho judicious stock-ralser aro large. and ure sald to be fully 13 percent of the capital Invested, A considerable purt of the Tor- ritory {s more than 4,000 fect above the level or the rea, and where tho mountain yailoys platenux onre not more than 6,000 fvot in altitude, they produco Jarge crops of oatsond the bardier vegetables, Tho agri+ cultural Janda are along the valleys, and ine glude tuble-Jands lying lower than the sources of the streams flowing pe them, frou which water can bo brought for irriation, Tho Aggregate quantity of such tand is large, but it is distributed in sniull tracts, OF a totnl ares of BS 228, 100 4, the Surveyor-Genoral states that he bellev OK) to ho eyricultural, cithor in thofr natural stato or through Irrigation; 35,000,~ 00 neres are pasture fands, 10,000,00) ncres, tim Der Innds, und the romatator consists of lava beds and penks, Tho ylctd of ceronis is large, twenty-flve to forty bushels of wheat and barley, and from fifty to elyhty bushels of oats, per acre, is suld to bo an average yield, TOWAs There 1s very little public tand In this Btato unoccupied, and the character of what thore ta Jefe may be learned through the United States Lnnd-Oflices at Des Moines and Sloux City. Noarly 1,000,000 nores aro held by various rafl- ronds'tn the infddle part of the western acction of the Htate, however, and those aro purchasablo at from $2.60 to $10 and more per acre, KANBAS, ‘The charactoristics of Kansas aro well known. According to the latest reports, thery nre in tho northwestern land district nbout 1,000,000 acres open to entry, a woud deal of it being unorgan ized countica on the plating; in the western land district there are about, 47,000,000 acres, much of which is also on the plains; In tho Sativa di triot there tre 115,340 acres in counties all organ: aed; in the Tope district thors t4 none to speak ‘of, though ane ent go in almost any direo- fon froin the State-touse, and within threo miles obtain fale land from private boldors at from $5 to $15 per acre; inthe Republican lynd district, ful the counties organized, there aro about 5),000 neres unoceupled; In tho’ Arkansns Valley district un aro about 4,700,000 neres subject to entry under the Homeatend, Protimp- tonyand Thiber Cultare hiws, and about 2,000,- woo acres Of Osnge und Cherokee lands subject to presantion entry, ps at $1.2 per acre; {In tho Wichita district thero arp, about 1,000,000 aures of | homestead lands and the sume number of bah Ine din hinds, and in tho = Osage district tho Recelver states that there aro about 10,000 neres of homestead lands, ndding: It Is tho re- fuse of many yours, und has been culled over many Unes by bon dors, ko that f presume it is very poor lund." ‘This ig undotbterly true of most of the pubile land remaining unocou- pled in Kineas, The State Univ * lunds ara. xenerally gituated in ol and w tons of tho State, aud are appral age of nbout &4, per rere, ono-tenth payable at tho time of sale, and the remainder in uine equal Insinliinonta, with 10 per cent interest, The wmlnimutn price of the Agricultural Coll HS lands is & pee were, and of 00,000 acres 30, * have already beon pu $1.05 per acre. ‘Tho torins of sale are eight an- nual inatallmonts, with 10 por cent interoat on onch fustalluient, piagbie annuatly, tho Nest ine atullmont to be’ pald at the date of purchnsa. About 24,00 acres of normal school lands, sald to bo of good quality, are purchasable at from &i.60 to $4.50 per ueru, and about 2,000 acres of cotminon school lands uro for sulo at an average of $4.30 an ucro. MICHIGAN, ‘This Stato also fe av well populated and tray orged by railways that but a iinited quantity of publte, lund {a unoccupied, In tho Detroit dia- rive thor urd over 100,000 acres opon to entry; in tho Grand River districe there nro less than 0,000 acres, which ure rapidly being homo- steaded and prevmpted, und in tho Cheboygan district thers are ubout 100,000 nores, Lhielly age rioultural, Ovor §40U,000 worth of Gaverninout Jandy wore purchased recently during one year, Here, aa vlsuwbere, the various State lands aro held at higher prices than Governuent landa in consiterutton of thole proxiuity to roads and rultroads, but the ensy terms of payment make settlement upon them practicable with een eas ready moans than would be required In Inaking purchase aud acttlement furthor Weat, MINNESOTA, Of tho unocoupled lands in Minnesota noarly 11,000,000 wores remain unsurveyed. The title to those Is ati) possessed by tho United Statea Goverament, but when they are surveyed about 66,000 acres will Inuse to tho Btate as wehool tands, and a furthor quantity ag swamp lands and grants fer ralleonds, Of the survored Janda, a0 far unoceupicd, there are about ° Gu acres open, to previnption and homestead on- ty about Aree belonging to the Btrte, 7,000, to the rallroad couspanies, and 500,000 agres to pevate bulders,~an aggregate of about 1,630,- acres. In the First United States Land Die- trict there are 1,000 acres to by disposed of, In the Second Diatrlet about 12,000 ucros, in the ‘Third Distrint about 10,000 acre, in the Fourth Diatrict about 65000 acres, in the Fifth Distriat ahont 20,000 ucres, in tho Sixth District about 180,000 acres, 1u the Seventh District about 400,000 ueres, in the Ei«hth District about 1,600,000 ores, and in tho Ninth District about 400.0U0 es. Tho Stute lands are scattered, and tho miniguw price prico for thum ts 85 per sore. Thoy aro always sold at public sale to the bigb- eat bidder, 6 per cont of the purchase-nonoy being required in cush, while the remainder draws 7, ber cent intercet per annum until the completion $f the puyment. MONTANA, Sontann ts chlor. noticeable for its mineral resourves, but the [and under oultivation oom. prises only a very mull pornon of tho wholo quanuty it is arable, and agriculture bus public land which been a marked Increase In products of tho field. however, and thie will doubtless continue until the aupply is equnl to the demand. Sheep-farnt- Ing and Rtock-raleing aro lurgely engaged tn. The stovkinen are paylug attention to the {me provement of aun! valu of thelr herds is Imated ut More: peoplo are to develop the resources of tho Ter+ but the Inhor market {4 fully suppl scnpltal te inv MLinthe various industrial enterprises. tho Surveyor-Genert! writes, more Inbor will bo required, tut nt present what. Montana most needs Is an Influx of Intelligent, industrious men and women who will take up the public Innds, and have meaus enough to support themselves for n year or two until ereIGUTELEO or stock-raising yields tham a lveli- od. NEBRASKA. ‘This Btate Is nn oxcellent fletd for tho homes steader and prefinptor, and large areas of pute Ie land adapted for agriculture and yearn ara opan to entry, with belts of tim! of commere efal value along the Niobrara River and its trite utartes, The finmigration is large and the sete Hors are ehielly a gooil cyiss of thrifty farmers, who nt ones secupy the public lands and beglt to break tp tho prairie, bulld modern houses, plant groves of thnber, and In a fow yours show wellecultivated, productive farms, NEVADA, e Nevada has called ttealf, tho deaort State, but increased effarta nee bene tands to utilize the scarce water for Irriuting purposes. Cannis uave been prospected, nnd the work of their construction is well advanced. ‘These will al sorb the Truckeo and Carson Ith . and probe 4 ably ndd 20,000 nores to those previously under cultivation, A canal from the Humboldt will nlao supply a largo tract af country. In Mason Valley as much new fand ts being cultivated ns tho Walker ‘ttiver will make arablo, anda project ison foot, or being reulized, ta tap the Bwhyee iver for a inrye extent of valuable fandin Humboldt County. In the eage-brush lands alfalfa, the cerenls, and all vegetables Nourish tn profusion where water can be ob- tained, and Nevada is becoming an important stock-rnising State, NEW MEXICO. ‘The special correspondents of this paper havo frequently described Now Moxtco, which, like Arizona, bad hitherto been impeded In its dovel- opment by the lack of rallways and thatbrifticss character of ita “grenser" population, Two rallronds communicating with tho East nro now within ite borders, however, and ita capabilltles, suoh as they nre, will, no doubt, Ue fairly tost- ed. For graziig purposes its advantages havo long been realized, but smoatier capitalists from the East have been driven out by tha lnw- lesnesa of tho fopuintions About one- tonth of tho public lands have been sure yeyed, The settiers, ne a cinss, are Ilmited in'meana, tho Surveyor-General states, and tt most cases thoy have not the ability to advance the money requisit fur tho surveys by which only thoy can bo assured of thoir titles. Thoy endure tho hardships sand exposure ineidenk to the fruntier, and at tho outside are compelled tostrugglo with poverty in order to secure 1 home and eventual independence for tholr familics, Inthe first yenrs hoir Rottement itis diftiewlt for them to ma@intain thomselyes without being compelled to borrow money at 1 high rate of interest to pny for tha survey, and, should thoy desire to suttie under tho Homo- stead tet, oven these survey's, unauthorized by the Government, do not chable them to enm= plote tholr tittes.’. . . A tnuch larger portion of New Mexico [s adapted to agriculture than isgeneratly supposed by those who have ie Uttle of tho sorsons and what tho capabilities of tho soil are. The Ynileys of tho San Juan, tio Grande, Gila, Picos, Hed River, Dry Cimarron, und other streams, with thelr hundreds of tributaries, create an iminense aren: of arable Ind, the rerl extent of whieh ts hut Ittlo known. Neur the foot of the mountalns there is asufictent rainfall te render irri tion unnecessary in many localities, even where itis practicable, and tne crore of corn, whoat, outs, and vegetables are raised,while tho mount~ ain sides and plutns, covered at all seasons with the nutritious grammn grass, are an ndmirablo range for stock. Tho cultivation of cotton tg engaged in successfully {n the southorn part of the 'Torritory, and the Valley of the Ito Grande Js becoming a vast vinoyard. OnEGoN. In tho wostern pirt of this Btate the public lands are nil timber and brush junds, much of whioh con bo cleared without great simenty: They are convenient to marketa, and tho soll Is excellont, produclug whent, onte, ricy, rye, potatoes, and all sorts of vegetables in great profusion, ‘fhe soll is also wall adapted to frults, including npples, pours, plums, and cher~ ries, but peaches and grapea succeed only fairly well. In’ Enstern and Southeastern Oregon thore is plenty of public land, valuable for grain and grazing, Tho immigration is largo, Until within the pnet few years it was customary to locute only upon tho open valley or bottom lands, and it was a gen. oral supposition that no other Inuds wero fit for agricultural purposes. But the experiments actually made provo that the high tuble-lands, tho herivily-thnbered regions of the bottoms an: tho foot-bills, and the rich vine-maple tracts senttered throughout the State from ono ond to the other, are Tully as valuable for gencral agri- culture, and for some crops far siporlor to the locations of the original settlements, and it is to these tracts that emigradion mally turns ite ate tention. Siost of those who desire to homestead. or predinpt are compolled to push aut upun the frontiers and upon the foot-hills and uplands of tha mountalna, WISCONSIN. The variousndvantagesof Wisconsin arofamtl= Jar, and little dealrabig, land ig subject to entry execpt in the remoter?counties. According to recent reports there are 5,000 acres of Govorn= ment land unoceupled in. Sheboygun County, 6,000 acrea In Culumet County’, 20,000 aeres (Stato aud Government) In Kewuuneo County, 1,000 neres in Sauk County, 2.000 ucrea (Stato and Government) in Hiohland County, | 1 nerea (Stato and Government) fo Mur- quotte County, 4,000 acres in tho north- ern part of Waupnca County, 20,000 _neres (Stata an Government) in Wood County, 122,000 nores of fair cubelty rte, and Government) in Jack- gon County, 4 nerea (Stato and Government) in ‘Trompealeau County, about 000 teres (Stato and Goyerumont) in Bufala County, 200,- vovocres In Bhawano County, 600,000 nores In Oconto County, 3,000 neres in Maruthon Couns ty, B4,000 neres In St. Croix County’, 270,000 nores (tallrogd and Government) in Barron County, 246,00) acres (ralirond and Government) in Polk County, and homestead lands are in abundance in Burnett, Ashinnd, Baytield, Douglas, Taylor, and Price Counties. wromtnd, Tho Valtoy, of the North Platto, as far up an longitude 16 deg. uly, wost, 14 now being rapldly settied, mainly by stock-ratsera, The Valioy of Hour River fs Alling up with the sumo class of iminigrants and furmery, nod the valleys of the Medieine Bow and Jaramie Rivers with eattla tnen and miners. Tho raising of cattle on an oxtensive scale fe much moro important and profitable in Wyoming than agriculturo, and where pure running water for stock aan bo found, the adjacent grazing or posturing lands fire becoming valuable. ‘Tho cattle men are not nomadic rice, but bulld comfortable bongs Tor thomeelves, and aro anxtous to secure pat- ents forthe lands which they ocoupy and aro fronewiheespatiale whioh thoy. have dilicuity in obtaining, owing to tho deflclency of tho eur+ WASHINGTON TEIUUTORY. Publifo-Jands aro rvailablo in nenrly every county of this ‘Torritory, and largo bodlos of Jand may also bo secured froin corporutions and private individunla at Governimant rates, exclu. siyo of impravemonts. There are $0,000,000 uores: of timber land, 10,000,000 neres of Rrairlo land, and 5,000,000 acres of rich alluvial bottotn land, all open for auttlement, ‘The agriouttural urowth of tho Torritory isremarkablo, tho ncro- Ago Sounltag in ayenr, withan average of nearly thirty bushels of wheat to the acre, LOCAL CRIME. WIPFE*BEATING, Adlagraceful case of wife-beating occurred at 7:80 Wednesday evening at No, 708 Mub- bard strect, tho residence of Mfrs, Milner, She has been separated for somo tine from her husband, on account of his brutality and incompatibility of tempor. He has boarded in tho neighbor- hood, and has done nothing for the support of his wife or children, Wednesday evening he called at the houso for the first tline In some days, and, meoting his wife at the gate, demanded entranee. She refused, and after some hard words ho assaulted her violently, Boing. a slightly-built Ilttle woman, of o highly nervous organtza- tion, Mrs, Milner was but Uttle ablo to withstand. tho kicks and blows inflicted upon her, and she fell unconscious to the ground, Milner made his way off, un- pioladted by any of: (io s Helghbors, Miho ae huve Known that ho had very near! a his wife, “Afrs. Milner wag borne thto: the re unt + suumoned to her, and even on her condition was such that the Doctor did not think she would live the night through. The police were romptly notified, and early yesterday morn: We Milner mie przestad iby Ofieer iD. Ingrose, who lo hin up at the Weel Lake Street Beatond te was feared that ai 1a Milner's injuries wero auch thats would get worse instead, of better, but Inet evenlug she was fecling iueh better, and was thought out of danger, She js, unfortunately, opposed to having her marital diMoultics made public, on account of a large number of relatives, and this will be her only reason for not prosecuting her cruel husband whey she recovers suflelent- ly to be about, : HUSBAND AND WIFE. ‘The police, it {a alleged, have been acting very unjustly towards a man named Charles West, so unjustly in fact as to lead one to suppose that some member of the Depart- uient {3 partlally responsible for West's domestic difculties, ‘The night of the ' ire qu Hess the with her mother, Mrs. Ludwig, at No, 330 West Randolph stregt, and, drawing his. re- volver, fired) one shel, whiel inissed his wife and cut off a flnger of Mrs, Ludwig, He ran nway, and was not arrested until 0:19 tnst Tuesday morning. Though pleked pin the South Diviston, he was spirited away to the Chicago Avenue Station, where, untll yeaterday, ho hag seen no one, In fact, no one but the reporter and the polles knew he was there, ‘To the former Mr. West, stated that be was a much abused man, and he lays. all his troubles upon, an artist named Jet Prentiss, who lives in the house on Randolph street. His wife, he says, ihinks more of Prentiss than of cher own Tushand, | Mrs. Ludwiz, his, mothertn-law, is the great family als- turber, In his opinion, He nnd. his wite have lived unhappily for three years, and vet he asserts his love for her, and elabus that he shnply wants her.toreforn, Ils wife and iT mether tell quite a different story, and Ite ns miteh entitled to belief, Doubt t publication of this will cause the po- cy fo book Mr, West In proper imattier, so ie us ean be arralgned before the Police Justice, VALUABLES RECOVERED, Last April D8, Tallerdy and. wife, em- vigyed Ingirice & Barnett’s slipper factory, atthe corner of Randolph street and Fifth avente, and iving in apurtments at No. 44 Fifth avenue, reported at pollea headquare ters that a gold wateh and chaln and a fine amethyst ring had been stolen out of their apartments, A woman employed by then as nt servant was suapected, but, ay no good elew could be obtained, no arrest was mate, ‘The detectives suspected a young compan fon of Mrs. ‘Tallerdy, who lad reeently come from Utiea, N. ¥., and who worked in the same slipper factory, but they could not be tnduced to attach any suspicion to her until quite recently, when sho quit work the day after a young man from Ulien entered the shopas a workninn, Mr. ‘Tall- erdy questioned this young man, but he conld say nothing. save that he knew the woman in en, but he wrote to the police thers and soon ascer- tained that she was a professional thief, A warrant was sworn out for the woman, and it was ascertained that she was living nt No. 101 Clark street witha Mr, Shortey, Detective Amsteln Inid in walt for her there yesterday, aud arrested her ns she came home after a shopping tour. ‘The stolen watch and chain und the nincthyst ting were found upon her when arrested, Annis Handley is the naine she registered by at the Armory, O'RRIEN, THE HACKMAN, James O'Brien, the young huckdriver shat by John MeNell, {s‘lylng at his mothor'’s house, No, 23 Hulbert street, and wns yester- day doing fairly cnongh. Besides the regu- Inr physteians in attendance upon him, the MeNell faintly yesterday sent Dr. Powell to the house, Tho family treated him cour- teously, and permitted hin to make a minute exainination of the wound, He reports that It will not prove troublesome, The bullet struck the bones just above tho. right eye, which point on the head is less vulnerable than almost. any other, as. the. bone thereabouts fs generally tough, and be- slides is of double thickness, 0 amnll porous: chamber intervening between the two putes. It was the doctor’s opinion that that portion of the bullet which entered the head lodged in this chamber, and that as soon ag the patient recovers from the con- cussion the lead can eaelly be oxtracted, Upon this represe Neil was yester- day held by Justice Wallace tn $5,000 bonds nnill duly3., William Cotter, who was In NeNell’scompany at the time of the shooting, was held in $1,000 to the sano date as oc- cessory. STABBED. Lato Wednesday night ‘Thomas Chochola, asuloonkeeper at. No, 403 Sixteenth strect, was stubbed, but not serlousty, In tho right breast while he was defending himself and property’ from no band of about a dozen young roughs of tho nelgh- borhood, Atter entering his place they ordered round of beer, and after drinking tumedlately ordered another. He, suspecting thoy lind no Intention of paying, refused until tho first round iad been paid, ‘They then began throwing the glasses, chairs, and other articles about, and when he inter fered ons of thein drew a pocket-knife and euthim. ‘Che police hope to capture tha ringleaders of the band. ITEMS. MaxgWerner Ludewlg, an old German, went before Justice Prindivillo yesterday and swore outa warrant for the nrrest of Peter Ludewig, hls son, charging him with tho larceny of 630 Prussian marks (9149), The son was arrested and gave bunds of $500 to appear Monday. ‘The police still keep pegging away nt tho bun-boat nulsance,:. Murray and Yattow are alnost daily booked upon stimmonses at tho Anory for selling liquor without a lteense, ‘They pay no attention to the summons, and when tho case finally comes to tril they entar no plea, and a fine of $100 ts entered up agalnst them, Tho pollee have suppreased a burglary which occurred early Thursday morning somewhere near the corner of Michizan ave- nue and Marrison street. ‘Che polleemian traveling that post sighted the burglar as he was escitping and pursued hin, but without avail, A half dozen shots were fired snd the entire neighborhood was alarmed in’ conse- quence, Emma Burns and Nelllo Rohan, a; and 13 years respectively. were arrested yes- terday In the North “Division, ond were identified at the station as the young girls who, tuder pretense of secking amployinent, ined entrunce to tho house of Mrs, Ania . S. Rosencrans, and there stolen watch and chaln and such other articles as were mentigned fn fonterday’s paper, Justlos aun ano held them in $0 bonds to the He . 15 Thomas Bagloy, shipbuilder, got Iooked up for impertinence yesterday, ‘Iwo of his sons Were in the West Division pollee court Yenterday upon some petty charge, and Mr, jazley was so uggravated about the alfale that hoe could not keep dls tongue qulet. Justice Walsh was very lenient with lim, untll Bagley beeume so very ini pertinent that he was compelled to order him under arrest for contompt of court, - ————————__- COMMENCEMENTS. KENYON COLLEGE, CoLumuvs, O., June %4,.—The Commences ment exercises of Kenyon College began here today at 9 a, m, ‘with religious services conducted at the College Chapul, which were attended by President Mayesand other distinguished visitors, A procession was then formed, at the head of which was President Mayes, Chiof Justies Walte, and the Hon, Stanley Matlhows, accompanied by Blshops Bedell and Jagger, and President W. 33, Bodine, and marched over to Rosse Hall, where the exercises of the graduating class were held, A large company of prominent visitors from abroud occupled seats on tho platform with those before mentloned, Bish- op Bedell introduced President Hayes, who spoke as fallows; Mut. Puesipent, LApieg, AND GENTLEMEN: It fa the preferenco of the audience, and | um con- Adont that the agreeable impressions left on wll our minds by tho thoughtful and oxcellont ad. dresgca to which wo have had the privilege of Istening to sual] not be disturbed by nuy Irreg- ular speaking, of which no warntiy tus boon, given inthe program which hus been furnivbed wus. With this your reasonable preferunup t amin full accord, T do not, therefury, wish, and it da not 123 PEDO, Jong to detain you, but itis my duty and happiness to wcknowlelge with the hoarticat thanks your friendly emery t naturally desire to aay a word expressive of the happineas it ares mo in belay: again in Kenyon, surrounded by so many friends, college aoe quaiutances, aud comrades of former years. ‘fo this pleusure anothor gratitivation 1s added to rejoice to the enoouraying iimprove~ moot jn the condition and prosposts of Kenyon. Collego, which ¢verywhery mcuts our eyes, Kenyon, College plainly now atunds ona solld foundation, a It is near the centro of the central State of ‘the Union, egally reached apap ail nates of the country, with a slie of un- aur beauty, perfectly beaithy, and cor for! for labor and study at all soasuns, ro- moved completely from every iutlucnce un- friendly w virtue and scholagy purvults, with wuplo groans and bulldiugy, ad out of debt. ‘Therg l¥ overy reason for bop! and belleving that Kenyon College und ity attendant institu- ond are about to stare in full the abounding proaperity with which our country 1a blessed. ‘There i4 one remark further wuich 1 wish to make, for the eucourugemont of the studvuts uf and soundness of the tbe ration Toni nhout to tnake. ‘The. student of a small cottewe, who bus nilizently «and | thoroughly mastered the studies of la courses will surely fad that he feat ne diendvantages: comparent with the: vreatest of what are known as tho grent collewes In tho trtining clement, knowledge, halite ot thought and atudy, whieh requisite for success tn the profession, or any fled of lenridineg or service whieh he may choore toenter. ‘There are eompensutions tit Hittle colteges for the well-lcnown nebviatstagen of lurwer fnatitotions. Pode not discourage. the arent eolinge know hy the compart of results, Cmercly any to you, 08 stitente of one of the amall colleges, you need net dread more than others the conipetitinn ty whinh. ta pries Heal life. merlt ts dienvered and determined, Celowe hy congratutating thn suther 4 HH, stances of this beatiful Chief Misticn Walte. made a few pv the point of which wos that if Kenyan want only fib up hee hil with stidenta'she werkt have all the money she neuded to educate them, The Moen, speveh. Ie fe graduite of of ile, "The degree of LE. D. was conferred pon Columbus Delano, of Mt Vernon O,, and thatof DD. upon’ the Rew. WHS Tall, of Ann Arbors Samed Clements, of Philadel phins and Jeeve F. Alsop, of Pittsburg, KNOX COLLEGE, Spretat Dispatch to The Chieayo Tritune, Garesnena, Uh, June 24.—The annual Commencement exerelses of Knox College took place at the Opern-House to-day, ‘There were twenty-one In the graduating elass, all + of whom acquitted themselves finely, ADRIAN COLLEGE, Speetal Diepatch to The Chteas Tribune, ApnIAN, Mich. June 24,—The twenty-see- ond annual Commencement of Adrian Col- lege took place at the Opera-Iouse to-day In the presetice of a large andience, CRIMINAL NEWS. TIE MOREY FORGERY CASE. Spectat Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Barthes Crees, Sime 23,—C. 7, White con- eluded his testimony in the Morey forgery case this morning, havfly been on the stand for two days. He gave evidence this morn- Ing admitting hisown guilt: in writing the notes and the receipt over A. 1. Clirk's signatures, forged by Morey. Tt is understood that the cuse seatnst White tor forery will he nol-prassed - fy constileration of his having turned State's evidence against Siarey, ‘The People are maklag out a strong case, but the defense rely on proving that Morey's forging was done without bis know! edge of the use the blinks were to be put to, t Is thought that the jury gre fi sympnthy, with the prtsoner, thinking bim to have bee; the tool of other partles, rather than an ft tentional eriuslina a SITOT IN A HAGNIO. Special Litspatch to The Cheagu Tribune, — ; Battir Creek, Mich, June 2.—Reuben Tlall, « Bellevue rough, went to the house of Hl-fame kept by Rance Bylngton this morn- ing, got into an altercation with the proprie- tor about one of the girls. Both were drunk. ial] refused to leave the house, and Bying- ton shot him twice, one ball entering the cheek and not yet extracted, ‘The other shot took effect in the forehead and glanced off. He will probably die. ‘The would-be mur- derer is under arrest awalting developments. PROBABLY MURDERED, St, Paur, Minn, June %4.—Tho body of Terence Desmond, a farmer, was found In Ms field, near Dover, Minn., to-day, with his his throat cut, and having the appearance of being struck with a stone, Desmond's brother-in-law, Robinson, with who he had quarreled, is suspected of the erie, Jtobin- son has not been captured, MURDERED BY CATTLE-THIEVES, GaLvEston, June 91.—Tho Net from Schulenburg says W, prominent citizen, was inurde 3 by cattle-thleves whom he had followed foe | dlrisg is body halt amily and threw It in the branch. CUPID IN POLITICS. What on Lady Saw at Chicago—Coquet+ rics Thut Possibly Saved the American Kepublie. Corresvemitence New York Sun, Cincaco, June M.—Love for Seminunis lost Ninus his head and changed the deati- nies of Assyriag an elopement caused we downfall of ‘Troy; tho beatiful eyes of Drlsels cost Greees thousands of lives and heaps of treasure; Cleopatra’s surpassiig: lovelivess sent Antony to tis deatie and wrapped Octavius in Jmperlal purple; die dith’s marvelous beauty belieaded Hola fornes, and gave anew Klig to Cappadocia; the glowing wife of Candautes: spurred Gyzes to the throne of Lyding Ning Henrys piss sion for Anne Boleyn broke th at WW the Catholle Chureh in” Englund; Mrs, Eaton’s eharnis upset Gen, daekson’s Cabinets and the coquetrics of a sapphire-eyed beauty at the Chieazo Conventlon possibly saved? the American Republie, ° She occupied a front sent In the gnllery to the right of the platform. She was plump, exceetingly pretty, and dressed Uy the 10st exquisit us Her eyes were of ceruean Une, her hair the color of the tinest Guinea gol, her nose and nostrils delicately ebia eled, hier mouth rlpe ound samk, and her complexion pure roses anderen. Leal not it L would interpret the ling of her eyes and fan, She had noadecuition, Her coqtetries were natured, They were the ovfor of tho rose ftself? and not snipe per- fumery, Like scores of other ladivs, she had apparently visited: the Convention to seo the physleal and fntelleetual Apollo who marshited the forces of Tinperialism, ller eyes beamed as she saw. hin moving down tha aisle with haughty bearing and stately stride. hoy were glances of curlos- ity tliged with admiration; but curiosity atlekiy evaporated, nid adiniration alone re- inained, Each hour increased its intensity, At tines if was veiled under a cloud of enprices, Iler eyes seemed to aliadow her thoughts as clouds are slindowed ins tsi: ier fandseape. If the great nvin had been a blotogist and the fair Indy a willing subject, she could not have watched lis motions with More constfint attentlon. Nordld Lf blame her, 1 liad seen Roscoe Gontnlling but twice, Yot, shull f frankly contess ft, from the first Instant L saw hh L nitinired the man, Ie bears the Imprint of 0 lofiy intellectuallty; ho hus pride without arrogance; ils courtesy is the essence of suavity; he hag a retined, manly benuty; Vightaing and Italian skles play ha his luril- nous eyes, and he dresses in faultless taste, Ig isa mental magiclan, wat jnitelleetunl Jondstone, He looks as though he was born to command, Aduiration involuntarily: fol- Tows hha. Yot anid all his outward and tne nate virtues L fancied Tsawadefeet. Itls thu sharply defined V formed by the polut of his hose, “Lt detracts from hls otherwise Olyii- plan fppenrance suggests a filnt reas tlonsilp to Pluto and recalls the story of Proserpine, And this sharply defined’ V ts wilrrored dn his dntellectnality, Gearge Willan Curtis saw It at Syracuse, But if av defect, this V fs a defect that not one lidy tn a willion would detect nt first sight. "The fulr lady tie tho gallery entirely overlooked it. ‘The'high pate brow, the fonining curls,-- more interesting from thesllght thigeof gray which bas githered over them,—the Yenc tian beard und mustache, the stecl-blue eye, the small, car, the shapely white hans, the arched neck, the squire, powerful shouldyrs, wd tapering formij—these were charmingly blended, and made the physique of aman Bint would attract the obseryation of any erltle, : Mr, Conkling felt the sapphire oyes as ho swept adown the aisle, Hlectrie signals may huye passed, perhaps unconsclously, - He: gracefully bowed, apparently to the delleate waves of npplause which were agitating the galleries, Me seated himself, bent his head toward his frlends, consulted Barras and ‘arnot, and stroked his beard; but all this: Une the electrical signals were working. A. mental telephone was Ln ceaseless operation. Possibly it was mind talking tomind through the nolseless medium of the eye, Hallat upon ballot was taken, The great louder issued orders, if any were issued, me- chanically. Was he blinded by the lovely qultror In the wallery ? Nuy, more. His tne terest in tho Indy wis so ovident that {twas observed by three newspaper correspondents on the platform, who repeatedly turned and watched the prgsress of the mental corres spondence, Bal the reeciver of tho elece trie currents hud no sight for others, He was not on the qui vive fr storm signals. These slguals .were flying In the Indiana, Wisconsin, and Connecticut delegations but the Grant Brinson wos busk, lug in siufles doating down from abuye- . TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: PRIDAY. JUNE 25, I880—TWELVE PAGES. < q o chief attractiveness of tho Territory Is to tbo | scarcely kept up with the actual wants of th i 1th West got in oa domestic broil | Ken College. and peinily of th ho dW: 9 ‘To alter the almile THE GREAT WEST. furge ntuuk-ralser oF the inlulny capitalist, fuupio? Whhinithe pat yenrortwo there hus | yy, yen Bok Sn donee Ives | Aruduiating tordny, will won text. tho neeurney Aap ahs a PULat I ain cuntpotaen wal nT 1 woman, he had atl sall- set, with flying jlbs, and his main sheet ropa wound around a cleat. Storrs and Logan saw the black elond, and wanted to reef sal], but their Captain held on to the tier absont-mind- edly. It wag an Interesting moment. Im perialistn and the fate of the’ Republic were balanced In the seules, ‘The gathering clouds burst on the thirty- sixth batlot. Connectiont tore the fib into shov-strings, Inalana ripped away the top galls, Male dipped the: giuwales, and Wls- eens elect the whole thing, and left the eraft bottom npwardy with a jainmed eentie: hoard. ‘Toa bite hud her Captain awakened tothe realities of he situation, ‘The smiles loft new beewme: teinpered with sympathet (ily xadness added te her nkiing sat with bowed head aisle catil the gato had sube he clambered on the hottamn of ant, and ouce more the electric aignais fiashed forth from the A reevss was hike. ‘The the galleries, and Mr, Conkling condalenes of his nuts friend: were probably ae consoling as tha sympaty reflected in the sapphire eyes, Astrigele among the inessenger boys on the platform attracted my attention. A ino- iment afterward F glance nt the hall of the Cauvention. Mr, Conkting had disappeared, Teast my eves at the galleries, ‘he lovely Tatly wits ¢ folonger, Nor did she shine qubatthe evening session, But, Mr, Conk- ling came Just in time to receive the gure render ofthe Ohio delegation by the nomina- tHonof A¢thur. The wns no goddess In the mallerics, however, and the eapltulation was robbed of allitscharm. A Litt. Bin, OBITUARY. WILLIAM PECK, Bracknenny, f, Junet2t.—Oneof theald- est settlers In this part of the State, Mr William Peck, of the ‘Town of Compton, Kune County, is dead. He was over 80 years ofare, On the 2d of this month he, aceom- panied hy his wife, left home for a visit to heirold hame in Oswego County, New York, They safled from Chicago on a steamer, reaching Osweeo about the 10th. He died there the next day, WILLIAM I. REED. Spretat Idispateh ta The Chicago, Tribune. AD a, Wis, dune 24—About 10 o’elovk this morning, while William 11. Reed, & prominent farmer of the Town of La Prairie, was driving some cattle Ina field fell antl almost. instantly Ife bas been afilieted with heart disease for sotne year, SYLVE t BORNS, Syeetal Dispatch to The Chteago Tritamne, Watintows, Wis. dune 24.—Sy'lverter Burns, w resident of Jefferson County since 1843, and éx-County Treasurer, died lasteven- Ing at his home inthis elty of paralysis, aged X ves a wife, four sons, and tien three daugh BUSINESS NOTICES, ee the Genuine Article.—The grent larity of © Wilbor's Compound af Code Olt and Lime” has induced sagie unprine cipled persons to attempt to pilin olf asimple article of thelrawn mantfacture; but any p gon who is suffering from coughs, calls, or eon- Ritmptlon should bo careful whe: ev purchase thisurticte, It requires no pulling. The resilts of its use are its best recommendations; and the proprietor bas ample evidence on ile of Its trnordinary success fn pulmonary complaint: The Phosphate of Lime possesses a most mire vetons healing power, as combined with the puro L. d-Liver Ol by Dr, Wilbor, This medicine ts regularly pegs tho medical fueuity, sold ty A. » Wilbor, Chemist, Boston, and all druggists. nee The public will beware of a fraudus lent knitation of Dobbins" etric Sonp now be- ing forced nn the inarket by misrepresentation, Tt will ruin any elothes washed with it, Insist wpon having Dobblus’ Electrio, always Onros and novor Tapp latte The world's gront Pain-Relievor for Man end Beast. Choap, quick and reliablo, PITCHER’S CASTORTA isnot Narcotic. Children grow fat upon, Mothers like, and Phyat- clans revommend CASTORIA. It regulates the Bowels, cures Wind Colle, alnays Feverishucss, and destroys Worms, ro tenamanareert SOU on tenet SERENE CE ' WEI DE MEYER'S OATARRH Cure, o Constitutional Antidoto for this torrible malady, by Absorption, ‘Tho most Important Discovery sinoo Vacoination. Other romodios may roHove Catarrh, this cures at any stazo hofore Consumption sets in, LOW PRICES! IN CHICACO. Berlin Gloves PLAIN AND WITIL LACE TOPS, 26 cents and upwards. LISLE THREAD GLOVES, PLAIN AND WITH LACE TOMS, 365 cents and upwards, SILK MITTS, ALL LENGTHS, AO cots aud upwards, We GUARANTEE these prices to he the LOWEST In the city, PARISKID GLOVE DEPOT, O01 STATE-ST. MILLINERY. GREAT WEST END DRY GOODS HOUSE, Madison and Peoria-sts, CARSON, PIRIE & CO.’S MILLINERY SENSATION! PRICES NEVER HEARD ~ OF BEFORE! 1,500 Ladies’ and Misses’ extra fine Leghorn Hats at 40 cts. each; these goods are cheap at $1 each. 10 cases Misses’ and Children’s Fancy Hats and Sailors at 25 and 35c each; reduced from 65 cts.and $1.25 each. x lot Embroidered Panama Hats at 25 cts, each, 1 lot Ladies’ Black Turbans 25 cts; former price, $1 each. 5 cases of Ladies’ Ecru Bonnets, extra fine Imported Braids, at 25 cts. each; these goods were sold for $1.50 each. Flowers, Feathers,and Trimmed Hats and Bonnets at extremely low prices. Millinery Department is now on second floor; is enlarged over five fold; greatly improved ; light and cool. Take the Elevator. THE GREAT SAUCE OF THE WORLD. Le. bit ssy WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, Imparts tho mont deticious taate snd zost to EXTRACT sours, Of n LETTER’ from a ’ MEDICAL, Tl MAN nt Mindras to its TEI, May, be ys “Toll LEA & PER INS that thelr sauco In DMehly esteemed in Ine dia, and ta in iny opine on, the most paintabl fa ‘well as the as wholesome, Eauce that FF Awanude,"* f GRAVIES, Fis, 4 HOT & COLD MEATS, J GAME, de. Bold and wrod throughout tho world, JOHN ‘DUNCAN'S SONS, AGENTS FOR THE UNITED BTATES, W YORK, “WOTLCE: Jn heroby given that In pursuance of nathority vont= onl Inu by certain agreements and powers of nttor~ guy innde by abd between curtaln pondtioldern of tho New York, West shure & Chicago Katlroad Company, i and Iu nevoniance with « rexolution adopted stm mucting of tho suld bondholtor, wo, the undorsignod rantees in & vertnin dea of conveyance, eh. 7, 1st nado by John A. Shields, as Master, to us the’ sald Jonept Puol, Willis Phelea, 0 C Cal houn, and Honry J, Cullett, will sell at public auction in the City of Now York,on the ith day of July, 1a, Bt 17 o'clock non, by Charles J, byan, nuctoncer, at the Exehanyo Halesroom, No. il Broadway, in sald chy, all and sinutllar tho ratiroads, railways, oi pertaining t f ‘ork, West Hrond Company, situate in the Statos of Now York und New dorsey, particularly set forth 0: cnerihnd in avid deed, toxether with all and angular ts, hereditaments, tracks, culvorta, sqfindl mimtorinle, ‘buildings, area ae: 3 TE po tion, nnd other things ap- or relnted to ur connected with doserives bropaety, or otherm ise ae tig Wo the anid Now York, West Shore & Chicago Ruilrond Company of overy kind, nature, nnd character whatever und wherover situated, and eannetully all property, franchises, and privileges of every kid uxistiig orozercisablo within the States of New York and of New Jersey, or elther of tho Annie, all tho foros praporty ‘boing sold only, as thy nam were sold ant conyuyed to. us by tho snld Mustur aforesnit, nubjert, novorthotess, to iy unpnld inges avon tha Bald property OF ROY Dor- ere ton a The premises wil! be xold aubject to the tions and ganaitions of nn aureoment dated January, 1s, mada botwaon ta and the huldery of severat of mart- gaze bonds of tho Weat Shore & Hudson iver Kutt road Company, and certain miortvage Lanite of tho Now York, Weat Shore & Chicago Hatirowd Company, and tha purchaser will nequira our rluhta thorcundor. ‘The proparty will bo suld und convoyed withayenny covenatite or warranty, clther oxpress or impllogend Upon the furthor terms tO he subscrivud by thewia~ anitew nod annouiced at the vata, Dated Now York, Juno y, West, JOSEPH LOOT, WILLIS PHELPS, PHILO 0. CATAIOUN, HENICY J, € 2 ‘ Committoo. Senn HOMROR A Tis MirD POWETE | "A ECIUFICS, aniplo exporionee an entire success, Kiniplu, Prompt, enietent, aud Heliuble, toy aro the only medlel rf bes Aduvled to popular usu, Mat prinelvat Nox. ie Prt 1. i ers t Curus, P 1 1 1 H 7 ‘ Lily, : jad or Midedime 1 weute ar chrunicr Ui Fe ‘Cough, viotont Coughs. #4, General Beniiity, Phyalcal Weaki 87) Kiduey Dleens a BS, Nervous Debitlt: au Prinars: Sentncea inne th ; Disense of the Menrt, Palplea “OH BALM WY ALL DAUULR Vial, free of ct Orsont by the Case, or alngia c on geculpe. af price. Aditrene Bitem Bienputhte Med. Con LO0 Fultoneat., No Ye Phe, Humphreys Hook on Disuuse und ‘te Core 4E pp. jon Hiustrated Catalogue aent tree. Ituimphreys' Hameupathte: 100 ¥ = tl OCKAN NAVIGATION, “NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. New York, onion, ;Parts, Blunuurs sail Overy Saturday York for Koulliampton wud Brumen. Passongors bouked for I don aud Paris at {ow vat Talus, bey Ke PASSAGE Fro ew York to Sonth- ampton, London, Havre, und Bremen, tit cabin, u second cabin, Leith TAL Hoturn tickets Bt roduoeg rales, WRLC & CUy Bowling ‘The steorugo rates by tho TH GERMAN LLOYD from HEREMEN to CHICAGO Is B41, an wale awouts: authorized to sell these ticks ct TE CLAUSSENIUS & CO.. 2 Houth Clark-at, BNWAL AGENTH. J..W. ESCHENBURG, 1d Fiftth-av, LOCAL AURBNT, STATE LINE . Toe trot ers Secor j%, Btovrays, 5) Hrusdway, Suns ite ‘To ‘woconumodaploa, Al UBTIN, BALDWIN & 00, Bs Fiend Snggeaet. Cal ——SSS ey a 5 2 $2 | BALYE, for cc Buniuns, Cuts, Burns, Bola, ZA UDNUGE “Drugiets lara ik’ Tele; oy pay baw ; ye ——————SE~=_———EEET raven abe Ae a Aan i 5; ita | ef