Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1880, Page 6

w- ‘3 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, ‘AUGUST 1, ‘ MARINE NEWS. Grain Freights Were Put Up An- other Peg Yesterday. Launch of a Barge at Manitowoc and _ Propeller at Bay City. ‘The Side of the Prosecution in the Flax- Seed Overrun Case. . Disaster to Propellers and Tuge—Waming . ,. to Ooarse-Freighters. HOME GATHERINGS. GRAIN AND COARSE FREIGHTS. . -Grain freights were very firm apd slightly higher yesterday, an advance of one-quarter cent being noted to Buffalo and one-half cent to Kingston over previous quotations. The en- gagements were limited to a comparatively smull number of vessels in port reudy to lond. Charters: To Buffalo—Propellers Commodore, Idaho, and Chicago, corn on tbrough rate; schooners Chandler J. Wells and Harvey Bissell, corn, at four and three-quarter cents. To Erie —Propeller Annie Young, cora, and propeller Delaware, wheat, on through rate. To Collingwood —Schooners Mary Collins and City of Chicago, corn, at’ two-thirds the rate to Butfalo. To Kingston—Schooner Ganges, wheat at nine and seven-cighths cents, znd schooner E. P. Dorr, wheat at 10 cents. To Serene cornea n—Scow Canty, Capacity. 20.000 bushels” wheat, 270,000 bushels corn, and about 5,000 bushels oats. No cuarse-freight ebarters were reported by agents, although several are known to have ‘been made. : A CASE FOR THE CHARITABLE. ‘The following letter has been received here at the oifice of Miller Brothers, the well-known shipbuilders: “ BUFFALO, N. Y., July 23, 1830.—We were well aequainted with the late George Coltis, of Ra- cine, who was drowned by the upsetting of the schooner Jo Duval on Lake Michigan @ shor$- time since. a - We knew him to be asober, industrious, and honest man, He left a wife. in poor health, and Boon to have another in addition to the seven children she nas ulready,—the oldest a girl of 1 Years. The fumily were lett entirely destitute. We have to-day collected about $100 for their benefit, ana will continue the good work. Coltis ‘was un Odd-Fellow in addition to bis other good qualities: Can you not, bya little effort, raise something to help them along: Justtry. Yours truly, Ropoers & Bro’ Jucompliance with the request of the well- known geutlemen from whom the above letter Was received, a subscription-list will to-day be repared and remain in the down-town oltice of Bitler Brothers.and at Harry Chavnon & Co.'s, on South Water strect, where the charitubly disposed can record their names and drop mites for the sorrowing, suffering, and really needy widow and children according to their means. Let it not be enid that Chicago fell behind Buf- falo in the amount of her donation. LAUNCH AT MANITOWOC. At 3 o'clock -yesterduy afternoon the new -barge built at Manitowoc by-Mesers. Rand & Burger for the Kirby-Carpenter Company was daunched without accident of ‘ind. Sbe bears the name S. M. Stevenson, and Was built over the molds of the H. Witbeck, which has been in service now several months, towed by the Menominee Barge Line Compa! tug Bismarek. The Stevenson hus 165 fect keel, 3 feet beam, anc 12 feet depth of bold. and will carry 650,000 feet of lumber on 10% feet draught of ter. She is said tobe ' Yully ns well, if not even better built, than the Witbeck. Among those who witnessed the launch were Messrs. A.A. Curpenter and S. M. Stevenson, with their fnilies, A general good ‘tine was bad after the lnunch. % MANITOWOC SIIPBUILDING NOTES. G. 5S. Band, of the Manitowoc shipbuilding firm of Rand & “fomer was in the city yester day, and, reply to. a question put to bim by THE TRIBUNE reporter, stated that the new propeller Ludington, on the stocks ut his yard for the Gondrich Line, is now 80 far advuuced that it can snfely be stated she wil] be launched about the 20th of the present month. Her dimensions are: Length of keel, 25 feet; length over all, 185 feet: breadth of beam, including 2!3 feet guards, 31 fect. Sho bas been built with an eye to winter service. ‘The frames, planking, and fastenings are extra heavy, her bow is what builders term solid. and she will be heavily ironed from end toend. The winter, route designed for the newcomer was left to the judgment of the reporter, and he is of the opinion that it will be across the luke, perhaps from Milwaukee to Ludington and Man- Astee, but more likely from Milwaukee to Grand Haven, in connection with the Detroit, Grand Haven. & Milwau- kee Railway.. The new propeller will carry a full-length cabin, with stateroom and reneral accommodations and conveniences of the tirst class. She will be ready for service early in October. Mr. Hand stated further that the schooner Bouse Simmons is in his dry-dock receiving new frames trom the forward part of the cabin aft, new main keclson und assistant keelsons, new centreboard box. rail, stringers, celling. and a new cabla. The latter is to be placed on deck this time. The work is to be completed about the Ist of September. ’ The schooner Gen. Sigel has left the yard with @ thorough rebuild. She hus received new frames aft. new rail, planksheer, cabin, masts, snd an entire new outtit of sails and rigging, the lniter wire. Jonah Richards is making fair progress in con- Yerting the old propeller Susquchanna into a barge ut his yard. He 1s giving her xo entire new bow and stern. frames where needed in the Red of the bull, and is also raising her some- what, SALE OF A WRECK. Yesterday a dilapidated bulk pussed down the river behind atug. Inquiry developed the fact ‘tbat the craft was none Other than the old schooner St. Paul, which had for years lain sunk against the Goose Island bank of the North Branch, near Chicago avenue bridge, and was only recently raised; also that she had been sojd. by her owner, Samuel Swenson. to Messrs. Co- ville & Jacobson, uf Whitehall, Mick.. who in- tend to buul her out at that place and give her a first-class rebuild next winter. The price ob- tained by Mr. Swenson for the old bulk was $800. Those who profess to know assert that the St. Paul's bottom is in excellent condition. A WARNING TO COARSE FREIGHTERS. ‘The mention by Tne Tittuune of the coming Jegul-test of the validity of special bills of lading: for grain-carriers through the suit brought against John M. Long to recover money paid to the Groton by'a consignee for overrun In a cargo bf flaxseed, led a gentleman engaged in the grain business to produce a bill of lading issued and used by a firm shipping lurge quuntities of lumber to Chicago, which contains this sly cluuse; ‘* All property on deck ut the risk of the vessel and owner.” Itisfair to presume that few owncrs of vessels engaxed in the lumber trade will care to assume any such responsibilj- ty, und they, as well as their Captains, should Yery careful of any bills containing the above or any other similar clause calculated to get them Anto trouble. ; THE TEST BILL OF LADING CASE. To tie Editor of The Chicago Tritune. We notice in this morning's issue of your Paper an account ot our suit against Mr. Long, —~-.. owner of the Groton, for overrun ona cargo of price ‘This account gives a one-sided view f thecase. We shipped in bulk last season something over 300,000 bushels of taxseed, and in every instance where the shortage amounted wany considerable amount we refunded it. to the vessel. In the case of the Groton, which overrun about 300 bushels, we claimed it showed conclusively that there had been an error in tho weighing of two dratts. and xs this was shipped from our private warchouse, it was a direct loss. When e shipper gives a vessel n warehouse re- ceipt and gets a bill for the same amount, itis a quéstion to be settled between the elevators here und at Buffalo and the vessel In our case we are the elevator and shippers, and any ‘difference in weight concerns us direttly. ‘We do not now, and never did, take the position that we were entitled to the overplus. and not responsible for tho shortage. We paidourshort- age patiently all full. and when the first case of overplus comes up, we are told that is a different thing. We notice the difference. ty, Watiace & KinGaax, “DOCK Nores.° , Continued quiet times slong the docks. : Charles W. Parker and Charles Elphicke are now sole owners of the schooner City of Green Bay. “3 ‘Trip before last the large Union Company pro- pelle New York tookon 6,000. bushels of corn at the Armour & Dolo A house in two hours and ree aan ee cir vestord: v morning the tu; an earl : = W.K. Muir urrij from aiilmeunee with the schooner Sunnyswe, Later in the day the tug Hagerman made her appearance from the same port with the schooner Ganges. . Capt. Charies Mussey will-have command of the tug McClellan, vice Capt. Driscoll. During yesterday forenoon a tug brought the schooner Telegraph in contact with Clark street bridae, and carried away fourteen feet of side- wilk railing. The schooner Hunganan was in Biiller ‘Brothers’ dry-dock yesterday. f ‘The schooners J. V. Jones, Myrtle, and Moselle Ay Gartield tiags. 2 ‘Tbe schooner John Kelderhouse, of this port, received a new foremast at Detroit. Capt. E. Dutfy, for muny years a2 commander pf vessels on the lakes, but now an Indinna farmer, was In the city yesterday. He is about ‘to remove to Cherokee County, Iowa. NOTES FROM ABROAD. LAUNOH OF THE LYCOMING. ‘The new. Anchor Line propeller Lycoming was Jaunched at Bay City yesterday afterngon. Fol- Jowing are her dimensions: Length of keel, 250 feet; over all, 262 fect; breadth of beam, 36 feet; depth of hold, 15fect. She is built of the best ‘imber which could be obtained in the Saginaw region. Her boiler. was made at. Buffalo by Riter Bros., and is pronounced to be capable of furnishing all the steam necessary for her 36x 50 compound engines, built by Trout & Bell mito at Buffalo. It was expected to have ba the new boat ready for her clement by June 1, but the workmen were deluyed by. the almost im- jossibility to procure timber, owing -to the Baa ‘condition of the roads during the winter. I, was estimated in March that the new ft would have #& burden of 1.80 tons, Custom-House measurement, but present calculations place it at something over 1,600. The Lycoming’s hull is painted green, and her upper works white, those being the colors used by the Anchor Line Compuny. The propeller Conemaugh, a mate of the Lycoming in every articular, is fully a month behind the one unched. PROPELLER CLEVELAND BURNED. legrams to the Detroit papers of yesterday sani that the propeller Cleveland, outward hound with four lumber-laden barges, took tire off the Charity Islands at 6 o’clook this morning. ‘The tug Music and steamer Emerald went to ber and towed heron to Point Au Gres, where sho lies a total loss. The Cleveland was formerly one of the Northern Transportation Company fleet, When burned she was owned jointly by Mason of East’ Sayinaw, Thomas Lester of Ma- rme City, and Mr. Shook. She was valucd at $15,000 cash, and was insured for $10,000, She was Jumber-laden for Tonawanda, with 200,000 fect lumber and 100,000 shingles. The curzo was insured in the Commercial of New York for 3 Fire Association of Philadelphia, $2.50; Fire and Marine, $1,500; Amazon, $2,00; St. Paul, $1,500. _ 4 TUG BURNED AND ONE SUNK. A telegram from Whitchall, Mich., to the De- troit Free Press, dated July 30, says: *T'his morn= ing, about 2:30 o'clock, fire was discovered on board the steam-tug Peter Dalton, owned by the White River Boom Company. The fire is sup- posed to have orlginated in the tire-box, and wus discovered by the engineer. The bn Bouip lately. destroyed, and it is sup] machinery is more or less damaged. ty is new, and a fine craft, costing about $8,000. She was purchased this spring, und was calcu- lated for tawing loxs. ‘The damuyo i3 estimated at about $2.50, She is insured in the Trav: ers’ Insurance Company of Chicago for $2,000. At Muskegon, on the same day, the tug Pony sank in Muskegon Lake. being loaded with raft- \| ing chain. The crew were allsaved. The boat is owned by the Boom Company. CASES OF DROWNING. Charles Singhoes, 2 sailor on the barge W. Y. ‘Trent, was nrowned at the anchorage of Bay City Friday night. 'f Sew Nights since, tt Buffalo, a deckhand of the propelier New York named Abram Van Dyke rolled into the river from the wharf, wheré he had gone tosicep, and was drowned. Deceased was an unmarried man, 2% years of age, and hailed from Medina, O. A NEW PROPELLER, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Bay Cirr, Mich., July 31—The new Anchor Line propeller Lycoming wus successfully Jaunched at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. LAKE PORTS. BUFFALO. Bpectas Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Burra.o, N. Y., July 3L—Arrived—Schooners J. F. Joy, Thomas Parsons, James Couch, Nellic Burt, Elizabeth Jones, P.C. Marsh, Homer, Anna ‘Vought, W. S. Crosthwaite, F. L. Danforth, L. A.Law, It. B.: Hayes, Scotia, D. P. Dobbina, in, Chicago. eClewred Schooner E. 5. Coyne, Golden Fleece, D. P. Dobbins, Chicago; North Cape, Duluth, Charters—Schooners Elizabeth Jones, Couch E. Corniag, Scotia, E. L. Coyne, coal, Chicago, 60 genus schooner Homer, coal, Duluth, on con- ‘tract Canal freights—Shipments were made this morning of corn gt 5!3 cents, but at noon was freely taken at 5% cents, and wheat at 6 cents, to New York; pine lumber at $2.65 per J,000 to Albany and $3.50 to New York; stavesto New York at $1.623¢ per ton. Canal shipments—235,000 bushels. i MILWAUKEE. fe Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Minwackre, July .31.—The propeller James Fisk, Jr., will not get out of dry-dock until to- morrow, the injuries sustained while on the rocks at North Point proving more serious than at first supposed. For about 10) feet a numberof her bottom plank, including the garboard stake, were so badly damaged that they had to be renewed. The linesmen of the Milwaukee Tug Company boats to-day struck for an advunce'ot $5 per month, but were unsuccessful, As fast as the men stopped work their places were filled with new men. The tug E. D. Holton basgone to Ludington to bring across the Rev. Henry Wurd Beecher. ‘The schooner J. B. Bierrill has cleared for Chicago. DETROIT. Special Dispatch to Ths Chteago Tribune, Detrorr, Mich., July $1.—Passed up—Pro- pellers Granite State, Denn Richmond, and schooner G. S. Huzard. Passaic and barges, St. Louis, Russia, Jay Gould; steam-barges Havana and consort, H. D, Cofinberry and consort, Auna Smith and consort, Viennn and consort; schoon- ers Marengo, D. Provost, Irene. Passed down—Propellers. Arizona, Pacific, Fountain City, Milwaukee No. 2, China; steam- barges H. B. Tuttle and consort, Alpena and burges, Huron City and barges, Missouri and barges, Belle Cross and barges, Mineral Rock and barges, Superior and consort, and schooners Escanaba, Oscoda, Antelope and barges; scbooners Clayton Belle, Cul. Cook, Zach Chand- ler, Rising Star, Michigan, Nicholson, and Gard- ner. 3 CLEVELAND. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CLEVELAND, 'O., July 3L—Arrived—Propeller Pacific, Portage; propeller Fletcher and schoon- ersE. P. Beuls and Ironton, Murquette, ore; schooners Ahira Cobb, Mincral State, Escanaba, ore. Cleared—Propeller Fletcher, schooner Fi, H. Brown, Escanaba. Charters -Fropelior Swain and schooner Max- well, ‘in to Erie, private terms; schooners Georgie B. Sloan. coal, Cleveland to Chicago, private terms; Three Brothers, Cleveland to ortage, $1 free, and retuyn ore, private terms; scow Emily and Eliza, coal, Black River w De- troit, private terms. PORT COLBORNE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Porr Conrorxe, Ont., July 31.—Passed up— Schooner Mary Battle, Kingston to ‘Toledo, light; stenm, barge Tecumseh, Port Culborne to fight. ‘“Down—Schooner Erle Queen, Toledo to King- ston, wheat; St. Andrews, Chicago to Kingstua, corn: Flora Carveth, Toledo to Ringston,wheat; Singapore, Detroit to Kingston, wheat; propel- Jer Dominion,Toledo to Montreal, general cargo; «Alma Munro, Toledo to Montreal, general cargo; Cel tic, Toledo to Montreal, general cargo. STURGEON BAY. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. STURGEON Bay. Wis., July 31.—Departed yes- feriay via the Door—Schooner America, ice- jen. Arrived to-day via cannl—Gospel-ship Glad ‘Tiding, Capt. Bundy; tug Pensaukee. Passed going north—Sdows Coaster and Nancy Dell: schooner Luling. Arrived—Rlver-boat Two Davids, of Abnapee, and departer lumber-laden for Abnapee: Wind—Light. Weather clear and pleasant. MARQUETTE. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Marquette. Mich., July 3L—Passod up—Pro- pellers Peerless and Arctic. Down—Steamer City of Cleveland and propel- Wei AlvedPropelier J. 8, Fay and ‘rived—Propelier J. 5. Fay and schooners D;H. Rhodes and Oneonta: Y Cleared—Sehooners Van Valkenburg, M. Stalker, J. F. Card, Oneonta, and Foster. ESCANABA, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Escavaua, Mich, July 3L—Arrived—Propel- lers Nahant, Normin, Oscar Townsend, Leland: schooners J. C. Harrison, -Pathiinder, Lottie Marquette; ‘ole= Cooper, John T. Moot. Pulaski,.Jnmes Platt,. Alice Richards, D. A. Wells, E. Kelly, Cossack, Cheney Ames. Cleated—Propellers Raleigh, Leland; schoon- ers William McGregor, Cheney Ames. PORT HURON. Port Hunon, Mick., July 31—10:30 p. m.— Passed Lean oe Russia, St. is, Jay Goul, Passaic barges, Havana and consort, . D. Coltinvury and consort. Down—Propellors Potomuc,-Ontonagon and barges, Ida May and barges; steamer Emerald 5 and barges; schooners Sweetheart, John O'N E.C. Hutchinson. i eal ‘Wind south, fresh. Weather cloudy. . POLT DALHOUSIE. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Porr Datnovsie. Ont., July 31.—Bound up— Schooner O, Mitchell, Courlorte to Chicago, coal. Bound down—Schooners Nevada, Chicago to Sackett’s, carn; Vanstraubansce, Milwaukee to Kingston. corn;. William Howe, Chisago to Kings- ton, wheat; John Me(see. Chicago to Oswego, cor Lady McDonald. Chicago to Kingston, wheat; Bangulore, Chicago to hingston, corn. MANTrowoc. Special Dispatch to The Chicao Tribune, Manitowoc, Wis., July 31.—The lurge tow- barge Sumuel Stephensov. built by Boiger & Rand for the Menomonee Barge Line Company, was launched hore this xfternvon. Her dimen- sions are: Keel. 163 feet; beam, 33 fect: hold, = feet: pane ares eur 3tonomunes iver is here e het and she start on her maiden trip to-night. DULUTH. Special Dispatch to The Chtcaoo Tribune, Duuurii, Minn., City of Winnipeg: tug Favorite; schooners Ma- ple Leaf, Belle Stevens, and Riverside. ieee Preellors: Asia and City of Win- peg. SAND BEACH, Specih! Dispatch to The Chteago Trizune, Sanp BEAcn, Mich., July 31.—The tug Mocking- Dird was down at 5p. 1., in tow of the tug Bob Hackett, having had a break-down. COLLINGWOOD. Spectat Disputch to The Chicago Tribune. CoLLInGwoop, Ont., July 3.—Cleared—Steam- er Northern Queen, Chicago, freight and passen- gers. PORT OF CHICAGO. ARRIVALS. Stmr Chicago, Manitowoc. sundries. Stuur Muskegon, Muskegon, sundries. Prop Skylark, Benton:Harbor, sundries, July 31,—Arrived—Propeller ‘ Prop T. S. Faxton, South Haven, sundries. Prop Delaware, Buffalo, sundries. Prop Messenger, St. Joseph, sundries. Prop R. C. Brittain, White Luke, sundries. Prop A. Laura, Muskegon, lumber. Prop G: P, Heath, Saugatuck, sundries, Prop T. W. Snook, White Lake, sundries. Prop J. J. Hagerman, Milwaukee, towing. Prop Lowell, Port Huron, sundries. Prop Commodore, Bullalo, sundries, Prop Tempest, White Luke, sundries, Prop I. H. Owen, Escaunba, iron-ore. Prop Swallow. Montague, lumber. Schr Lumberman, Blick Creek, lumber. Schr Nussau, Escanaba, fron-ore. Bere rare, hey ayer EE Dee chr Racine, Grand Haven, lumber. Schr Maj. N. H. Ferry, Black Creek, lumber. rand Haven, lumber. Schr Iver Lawson, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Lem Ellsworth, Menominee, pig-irom, Schr Minerva, Muskegon, lumber. Schr R. Howlett, Grand Haven, lumber. _ Bose Bohuy itil, Baer coah Sear ‘Tempest, Holland, wood. Schr S. Neelon, Styaitoulie: felanesy railroad tics. Sehr L. Doak, St. Joseph, lumber. Sehr William Moore. Grosse Point, gravel. Schr Gunges, Milwaukee, light. Schr Telegraph. Muskegon, lumber. Sehr J. O. Jones, Muskegon, lumber. Schr Magdalena, Horn's Pier, bark. Schr John Tibbetts, Traverse Bay, wood. ACTUAL SAILINGS. Schr C. C. Trowbridge. Cedar River. Schr A. Bronson, Manistee. Schr Coppella, suskegon. Schr Contest, Muskegon. Sebr Suces North Bay. Sehr H. M. Seove, Escanaba, Schr M. B. Hail, Menominee. Sebr C. M. Michelson, Lud: Schr Adirondack, Muskegon. Schr Racine, Muskegon. Sehr L. Doak, St. Joseph. Schr Merchant, Garden Bay. Sehr Minerva, Muskeyon. ‘ ‘ Sebr E. Ellenwood, White Lake. Sehr Higwic & Jones, Escanaba. Schr Montpelier, Muskegon, Schr M. Thompson, White Lake. Schr Otter, Grand Haven. Schr City of Grand Rapids, Grand Haven. Sehr H. A. Richmond, Muskegon. Sehr D. R. Martin, Sturgeon Bay. Sehr C. O. D.. Muskegon. Schr Hosa Belle, Grand Haven, Prop R. G. Peters, Manistee. Prop S. C. Baldwin, Escanaba, Prop Trader, Muskegon. Prop A. Laura. Muskegon. Schr Petrel, Manistee. Schr Maj. N. H. Ferry, Black Creek, Sebr Luiaverman, Black Creek, Schr Telegraph, Muskegon. |. Schr 2 Cumpbell, Muskezon, Schr Lookout, Sturgeon Bay. * Stnr Muskegon, Muskegon, sundries. Stmr Chicago, Manitowoc, sundries. Prop John Leathain, Sturgeon Bay, towing scows. Prop R. C. Brittain, White Lake, sundries. Prop Messenger, St. Joseph, sundries. Prop Skylark, Benton Harbor, sundries, Prop Coloradd, Butfalo, 48,000 bu corn and sun- ries. Prop B, W. Blanchard, Buffalo, 28,000 bu corn, 500 brls pork, and sundries. ‘ Schr E. J. MeVen, Port Colborne, 10,585 bu wheat. Schr A.M Beers, Bay du Noque, 10 bris flour, 16 ris beck. \Sehr Felloweraft, Collingwood, 14,392 bu coro. Schr Charles Hinckley, Buffalo, 21,200 bu wheat. Schr City of Green Bay, Goderich, 23,070 bu corn. Sear C. J. Wells, Buffalo, 37,400 bu corn. Prep Champlain, Cleveland, 6,800 bu corn and sundries, “| Prop Lempest, White Lake, sundries, Prop City of Traverse, Traverse City, 2,500 bu oats and sundries. - Schr David Vance, Buffalo, 50,000 ba corn. Prop Onelda, Buffalo, 1,038 tes lard and sundries. Schr Comanche, Ringston, 20,803 bu wheat. Prop Canada, Collingwood, 18,200 bu wheat and suudrics. ‘Kingston, 22,910 bu wheat, ferrick, Kingston, 21,11 bu wheat. arvey Bissell, Bufflo, 36,500 bu corn. Prop Commodore, Buifulo, 51,731 bu corn, 1,250 tes lars Schr M. E. Perew, Port Huron, 24,050 bu coro. Prop Minneapolis. Buffalo, 44,000 bu corn. Schr St. Louis, Kingston, 23,000 bu wheat. Schr fypo, Port Colborne, bu wheat. MUNIFICENT ENDOWMENT. The Stewart College Scheme—A Grand : Undertaking, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yor, July 31.—Judge Hilton and Mrs. Stewart, executors of the estate of the Jate Alexander T. Stewart, have lately been engaged in perfecting arrangements for the endowment of between $3,000,000 and $4,000,- 000 to be devoted to the erection, equipment, and perpetuity of institutions that will ex- ceed in scope the capacity and spliere of the Jargest collegein America, The munificent bequest of Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia, will be surpassed in detail and effect. The college buildings are-to be lo- cated at Garden City, where the remains of the great merchant will also repose, after the. cathedral now building shall be completed. All the buildings are to be dedi- cated to the memory of the late A. T. Stew- art, who originated, devised, and perfected the establishment of Garden City. ‘There is one edifice nearly completed for this pur- pose. It is the finest building devoted to eollege purposes in America. Five hundred students, «ll male, will be accommodated therein. The building is four stories high, 275 feet front, 190 feet deep. Inthe base- ment will be a monster swimming-bath, where 300 can bathe or disrobe ‘at once. The culinary- arrangements equal those of a large hotel. The dinmg-room will seat 500 persons. The public parlors, reception room, and library comprise 200 feet, 7 Mrs. Stewart has ordered 6,000 volumes for the library. An elaborate art-room with gallery is ‘placed on the third floor. A museum, lecture-room, and chapel seating halt a thousand; a gymnasium, a laboratory with extensive philosophical, scientific, electric, and astronomtic apparatus, and other features are also introduced. The buildmg is absolutely fire-proof, and ventilated. There will be 300 students’ rooms, As soon as this edilice is completed, another similar in size and for the same purpose will be commenced. A third for advanced col- legiate studies will also be finished as soon as_ consistent, making accommodation for 500 youths. Sixty acres of ground have been set apart for these three buildings, the annexes i dental thereto, and the drives, walks, gar- dens, and shrubbery that will surround them. The students will be educated by the best of talent at a cost of Jess than $100 per year, in- eluding traveling expenses. Ten acres of ground have been devoted to a campus for military drill, .base-ball and cricket fields, and other athletic sports. Boarding or day students will be accepted. During the next five years the studies will be below the Fresh- man grade in Harvard, but afteryvards will include the full collepiate course, all to beat the same nominal charge. As fast as these buildings are fivished they will be suf- ficiently furnished and equipped by Mrs. Stewart. ‘They will be transferred to the charge of the Episcopalian Diocese of Long. Island through its Bishop, in order to insure its perpetuity and conduct according to the desires of the late Mr, Stewart. ‘The ‘institu- tion will be nonsectarian, though in charge of the Bishop. F Other college buildings will also be con- structed, where girls can be educated on the same terms and conditions as the male students. ‘Twenty-five acres of land are devoted to edifices and annexes, where female students will be accommodated. The latter will have equal advantages with the other sex. Beau- 5" | tiful lawns, paths, fields, walks, groves, ete., willencircle each building. ‘The girls’ col- lege is now being constructed. - ivinity College, to perfect young men for the ministry of the Episcopal Church, has been started also in Garden City, which will provide reom for 200 students: ‘The home of the Bishop will be in Garden City, after the Cathedrial is finished, a magnificent edifice being built now for that purpose. {twill be the first Episcopal Cathedral in America, _ Lhese plans are done in pursuance of an intention of Afr. Stewart’s to convert Garden iY. which is a singularly healthy place, in- to what hetermed “The Oxford of America.” Itis believed that in ten years there will be nearly 3,000 students in this place. The erection of these buildings, their equipment and finishing, the cost of the grounds alloted. for such purposes, use of city water and gas, together with the endowments necessary to guarantee their perpetuity, will require nearly four millions of dollars, it is believed. GERMAN EXPORTS TO THE . UNITED TATES, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago-Tribune. Wasniverox, D. C., July SL—A state- ment received from Capt. Alfred E. Lee, United States Consul-Gentral at Frankfort- on-the-Main, shows a remarkable increase in the exports from the whole of his district in Germany to the United States. This in- crease for the quarter ending Juni over the corresponding quarter of 1879 is $2.955,- 243. The report’ covers the exports. from nine cities—namely: Al La’ Chapelle, Cologne, Frankfort, Mantnheiin, BMayence, Munich, Nurenburg, Sonnenburg, and Stuttgart, The least increase at any town ‘Was $66,000, and the greatest $1,345,237, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES: : THE TRASK GANG. Unearthing Some More of Their Rascalities. The Way in Which Helpless Wom- ~ en Are Plundered. ; A Fair Prospect that They Will at Last Be Brought to Justice. The extent of the outrages committed. through the connivance of corrupt Justices of the Peace, shysters, and the most disrep- utable of creatures known as Cook County Constables, by the Trask gang, will never be known, since .many of the persons wronged are poor, respectable, and shrink not alone from the publicity which the press gives their cases, but they dread still worse appearing as prosecutors in’ acourt of jus- tice. But this gang will, nevertneless, be broken up. Col. Cameron, the City Prose- cuting Attorney, is after them, and Mr. Mills, the State’s Attorney, says that he will do his utmost to convict the scoundrels when thay get into the Criminal Courts. One case has already been sent to the Grand Jury, and there are scores that will soon follow.° Edward A. Trask, a man of brains, but wholly heartless and unprincipled,hasgot- ten to the end of hisrope, and hecan nolonger wrong the widow, the orphan, aud the heip- Jess, as he has done for several years back. His rascality, under the guise of legal forms, has had no equal in the history of Cook County, and that he should still hold in his hands thesale and renting of somé property is marvelous. Butiis business is rapidly leaving him, for the exposures givenin ‘Tne TrwuNe of his scoundrelisms has attracted attention from all quarters,. Trask: has been largely engaged in renting smuil tenements to poor, industrious people. He kas also rented largely houses that are reputed to have been used for illegitimate purposes, To the poor and helpless he showed no mercy whatever, utterly disregarding all the laws of the State, stealing and hiding their prop- erty under the alleged color of law, and the robbed and oppressed families have never been able to hear of or see their goods again. Upon those who are discarded by decent so- ciety he placed all manner of indignities, and compelled them to. submit to impositions, also under the color of Jaw, that stand with- out an'equal in the criminal history of Chi- cago. Trask at present is in the clutches of the law, and THe ‘I'rrpune, In the interest of the poor and helpless, has done much to bring him there. His -raseality has been shown in every edition of this journal during the past week, but it would take months and months to record in press all the vvi- dence that continues to crop out of his past rascality. 5 ‘THE CREATURE DELACY (ALIAS H. Mf.) COOK, a poor, unprincipled townsman of Trask’s, whom he picked up dead-broke, after having been dropped in Chicago by. some_cireus company, Was niade a capitalist by Trask’s illegally placing in his nume property that was intrusted to him to sell, and which he did dispose of to other parties, Cook has some excuse, He shows that he is the victim of dissipation. sort of a fellow, who never had the guiding hand of a mother’s care. Trask once had a brother in bis émploy, but the brother was sharper than Trask, and the parmership was dissolved without notice. Cook, it is said, used to make collections and_then go on Snrecs with the cash, whereby Trask was the loser. ve WILLIAM T. TURNER, with his red face ind hang-dog look, showed by his own evidence that he was a willing tool, and always ready to perform the dirti- est part of any disreputable job suggested by ‘Trask. The villain McDonough, the ex- Constable, has shown that there is no act too vile for him to perform. The man Payne Fitz, who claims to have been Trask’s attorney for the past two years, testified for him Friday before Justice Meech, swearing; ‘Trask was in his office ata quarter to 8 o’cloek on the morning of the 12th of July, when Mrs. Johnson claimed that he left her héuse at twenty minutes to &, and, fier house was more than a half milo trom Fitz’s office,and Trask had been pre- viously to his own office. ‘The fact is, THE ALIBI WITNESSES swore to’too much. They were altogether too confident -as time, and = they trod too close upon one _an- other’s heels. -For instance: The Rev. Mr. Forsythe swore that he arrived at the ‘Van Buren street depot atS:30 in tho morn- ing.. Trask swore that the gentleman was in his office at twenty minutes to 9 o’clock on that same morning. Therese was a phenom- enal walker. This reverend pedestrian walked clear to Madison street, then took the ear and got to Trask’s office, corner of Hal- sted street, in ten minutes, This beats the best record ever made by St. Julien, and O’Leary would do well to look after his lanrels. Thecheelk of this gang stands with- out a parallel, In court Trask was caught coaching the £ellow-conspirator on the stand. The scoundrel MéDonough boasted that he knew the Court, and abused the attorney that Was prosecuting. - ‘Xesterday atternoon, before Justice Wal- lace, Col. Cameron had an information sworn out against Trask, charging him with per- sonating another, in swearing before Justice Joel W. Smull, of Austin, . THAT HE FRANKLIN J. SPENCER, in the replevin suit through which the fra- grant Horr, the Constable, was enabled to t from McDonough a warehouse receipt ‘or Mrs. Wagner’s goods, on a warehouse he didn’t know, and couldn’t remember where it was. ‘Trask was arrested, and gave bail for examination. Mrs. E, N.: Diggals, wno lives at No. 191 West Madison street, who testified regarding Trask on Friday betore Justice Meech, has not the most elevated opinion of him, From her story it would seem as if she had reason to detest him. She has oceupied her present quarters for nine years, has been 2 prompt-paying tenant, and is given a char- acter for bromyptness by the shopkeepers in the vicinity. ‘Irask only became. her land- lord some two years ago. When she leased the house on the Ist of May last the rent was raised, and Trask represented that the Rev. Afr. Forsythe, the owner, had agreed to make certain repairs, which were absolutely neces- sary, including a skylight and light shaft for ventilation, in some of the inside rooms. She paid her rent for the month of May, but no repairs had been attempted, and none had. been made to her house, though she had fre- quently asked that Trask should do as he agreed. On the Gth of July she went to ‘Trask’s office and told the elerk that the re- pairs must be inade, as agreed upon when she leased the house, and when Trask sent the carpenter to commence work the June rent was ready for him. On the Saturday following she sent her son to Trask, asking him to come over in the evening to her house. Trask agreed to come, but he didn’t, ofcourse. On Monday morning the owner, the Rev. Mr. Forsythe; came for his rent, from Englewood. Trask sent over Cook to collect it. She asked the capitalist why Trask had not comme over Saturday night, and why no im- provements had been made. Cook said that he believed ‘the Jandiord had backed out, and five minutesafter he CAME BACK WITH A DISTRESS WARRANT and levied on her furniture. She ran at once to Trask’s oftice and asked him what it meant, and he said that he had. d under the au~ thority of the Rev. Mr. Forsythe. She pard her rent, but Trask insisted that she must pay Cook $5 for costs of levy. She paid drask $60, and went back to the house. Cook had been making a list of her property, and he and his pal would not leave until she paid them 35, which she finally did, and obtained a receipt from Cook “for costs of distress warrant.” And here again their rascality crops out. Trask’s attorncy said that the case had been settled and the warrant destroyed. There was an illezal act, and one that should not be lost sight of, Here was a warrant issued ir dis- tress for rent, and it. was no doubt like all others that Trask issued, in his+name as owner. The statute explivitly specifies that these warrants shall be returned to some, Justice of ‘the county, and a summons issued thereon, and wherein amicable settlement is_made it shall still be returned and = become a portion of tho Justice records _ of the county. But‘ this was not done in this case. They sunply destroyed the evidence of their ras- cality, A lected the July rent of Mrs. Diggal!s himself, and gave her his receipt, and allowed her the $5 that Trask illegaliy attempted to collect other, Yesterday she signed a stipulation Heis a Jong, Jantern-jawed | nau Friday the Rev. Mr. Forsythe col- + that she would pay no more rent to Trask, Mr. Forsythe having appointed Mead & Coe as the agents for the prouperty.. Friday Con- stable Underwood tried to serve another dis- tress warrant upon her, but she thinks that this was a subterfuge to get at her so as to serve her with a subpoena, which he did. BR. L. SWITZER is arepairer of sewing-machines. He holds forth in Rooms 14 and 15'of the Parker Build- ing, corner of Halsted and Madison streets, where Trask also_ has his office. About two years ago Mr. Switzer managed the. business for a Mr. Hale, a dealer in sewing-machines, who sub-rented one-half of a storeof Mrs. Kearney, at: No. 288 West Madison street. Mr, Switzer had _a fine black-walnut counter, which he left_in charge of aman named Girard. Mrs, Kearney moved out, and Trask rented the store to a.Mr, and Mrs. Schult- house, who, sub-rented half of thestore toa rs. Keelef, ‘in whose charge Mr. Switzer left the counter for her use, but he was to pay nothing for. its storage. It was thor- oughly and clearly understood that all the Jessees had paid their rent. Trask, whom Mr. Switzer had never known or seen, swore that he owed him, Trask, $50 for back-rent of the store. Switzer never rented the place from Trask, and Mrs. Shelby, the owner of the property, swore that Mr. itzer owed her nothing, and Mrs. Kearney swore that Ar. Switzer had never guaranteed her rent. After all this had been proven, Scully, the Justice before whom the case was tried, al- lowed Trask to withdraw his suit, But ‘Mr. Switzer is still out the counter; Trask sold it to capitalist, Cook, on paper, and ‘he in return sold it to. a myth named Charles Johnson, and herein is shown another clear ease of inalicious prosecution on the part of the Trask gang, and conspiracy; Mr. Switzer is a fighter, and he is going to put the thumb- screws of the luw on the Scoundrelly gang, Of course, the man McDonough, their pliant tool, was the convenient “Constable” on all occasions. - NOW COMES THE SEQUEL. Mr. Switzer, after a deal of trouble, repley- ined his property and finally obtained it. ‘Then, before the convenient Justice De- murs, “Trask swore out a replevin writ, claiming to own the counter, and McDonough obtained it. The case was dismissed, and then another replevin suit was commenced before Scully by the capitalist Cook, who had received l of sale from Trask. The ease w the property awarded Mr. Switzer again. Then amyth named Charles Johnson steps in and replevies, and has a man- named George Simmons for bondsinan. ‘They brin; suit before Eberhardt, McDonough, ot course, again serves the papers. Neither Johnson nor Simmons can be founa, and there is little doubt that it is but a repetition of the Wagner ‘case, in another and more ageravated form. Mr. Switzer yesterday. called on Mr. Cameron, and he will prosecute the Trask gang ‘for robbery and conspiracy. ‘Trask was- before Justice Brown, charged. with robbery, in this very case. But Brown discharged ‘him, on the ground that Trask might have thought that Mr. Switzer owed him something. In this connection it might be stated that Justice Brown, when inquiry was made of him about these cases,was gruif and sunt and was about as impolite as a man could be, Apparently, he didn’t want theso cases to be investigated by the press. Mr, Switzer has succeeded in recovering a judgment for $197 and costs for his property. ut that is all he has gotien so far out of the ng. There area raft of judgments pend- ing ugainst Trask, and this, like the rest, has been appealed, and will'soon be tried before Judge Rogers. COL. PERCE AND JUSTICE SUMMERFIELD. At the conclusion of the report of the ‘Tr: trial, published yesterday, attention was called to the fact that, when the defense in- sisted on trying the charge before Justice Meech rather than before Justice Summer- field, Col. L. W. Perce, counsel for defend- ants, stated that it could not be tried befure Summerfield because he was a witness in the case, and he gave his professional word that the Justice would be summoned. This was in reply to some remark from Col. Cameron insinuating that this was merely a device to get the case out’ of Summeriield’s hands, It was also stated yesterday that Justice Summerfield had not been called asa witness in the case, notwithstanding Col. Perce’s pledge, and it was suggested that it would, therefore, be well for Col. Perce to rise and explain. This he has done, and his explanation is a perfectly satisfactory one, setting him right in the matter. The deferd- ants in the case Were charged with conspir- ing together to remove certain property be- longing to Mrs. Wagner, Col. Perce was In- formed by the defendants that a replevin suit, had. been commenced before Justice Sunimerfield by a man by the name of ‘Tay- Jor, who claimed to - own exactly the same property that was alleged in the criminal Proceedings to belong to Mrs. Wagner. Me was also informed that Mrs. Wagner had ‘been in court at the time, and had either testified that she did not own the property or had in soine way ad- mitted the fact. Having learned. this, the counsel for defendants determined to make the point when the trial came up that there Wasa variance between the charge and the proof,—that it was charged that the property belonged to Mrs. Wagner, while_it could be proved by him that it belonged toMr. Taylor. Such a variance being shown by the Justice before whom the case was brought would dismiss the charge. The Taylor proceeding havinz been commenced before Justice Sum- merfield, he was a witness to show that Taylor had claimed the ownership of the property. It so happened, however, during the trial before Justice Meech. that the City Prosecutor, Col. Cameron, did not attempt to prove that title was in Mrs. Wag- ner, but showed that it was in Taylor. It therefore became unnecessary to call Justice Summerfield, because the fact which he would have been called on to show: had al- ready been admitted or proven by the prose- cution. For that reason he was not called. The point was raised by the defense that the variance shown by the prosecution itself was a. fatal one,—the variance being that the charge alleged that Mrs. Wagner owned the Property, while the proof showed that ‘Taylor owned it, Justice Meech, however, held that the variance was not ma- terial: that the property was in Mrs. Wagner’s possession; and that the par- ties could be held for conspiring to: take it out of her possession, even though she did notactuallyown it. | Fe In the necessarily brief report of Col. Cam- eron’s argument for the prosecution a sen- tence was printed in reference toshyster law- Der -yers which might be construed as applying to Col. Perce. Col. Cameron, however, stated during his remarks that none of those observa- tions regarding shysters had any reference to counsel. KEEP IT uP. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cmicaco, July 31.—City-Attorney Col. Cameron is justly entitled to the gratitude of all justice-loving cjtizens for the uble and fearless ianner in which he has at last in- terrupted the nefarious robbery business of that heartless, greedy, and audacious scoun- drel Trask, and of his villainous henchmen, Capitalist Cook, Turner, ete. I say inter- Tupted only, because these robbers will never cease to rob the poor and friendless unless the head devil of the gangis placed behind the bars, where he ought to have been long ago. Allof his victims hope and pray that our avenger, Col. Cameron, may not relent in his good and glorious fight, but will cour- ageously persist in the prosecution of the whole infamous gang, and that he will see to it that the Grand Jury and finally the State’s- Attorney send them for ‘the full term to Joliet for perjury and robbery. 2 Until this is accomplished and justice has been vindicated “landlords and tenants should beware.” A respectable landlord will not run the risk of intrusting his property into the hands of such an unserupulons and tricky scoundrel, and thereby make himself liable to defend expensive and wtious lawsuits for damages. Poor tenants, ignor- ant of the law and its. complicated machina- tions, should never rent any premises what- ever for which Trask is the agent. No mat- ter how promptly and regularly atenant may ay his or her rent to Trask, this nefarious harpy will always find some pretext to brow- beat his tenants and extort: money by black- mail in some shape or other, especially if his victim js a poor widow. Of course he docs all of that in apparent legal form and by the perjury of hired henchmen, and this fact is the very reason why every tenant should give him as wide a berth as possible. There are houses and stores enough to rent which are in the hands of respectable, reasonable, and honest agents. Why, then, endanger your little property by renting from a notorious Dloudsucker like Trask? 3funy heartfelt thanks to yourpaper for itsservices rendered to the poor and helpless victims of the Trask conspirators and robbers, and we only hope, that you will give the next turn to Cottle & Co, and their Jegal codperator, Justice D: ton, who futnishes them with legal blan which are filled out for dubious claims an served on the selected victims bya set of whisky-soaked bummers, every one of whom purine to do service in Joliet. In Denalt oF seve Temain, yours respec! Lye damks AicDeemorr. St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1834 and in 1880; How Hr. John L. Wilson Got into Chicago Porty- six Years 4go. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cucaco, July 26.—Intending during the summer to visit many of the “settlements” that were around Chicago over forty years ago, methought I would cross the lake to St. Joe, after a forty-six years’ absence, and be- gin from that point. It was in the latter part of April, 1834, that we landed at Detroit, and took the “stage” for Chicago via Niles, ‘The vehicle above named resembled the am- bulance of amore recent date. Theroad to Ypsilanti was A “CORDUROY, ”— that is, it was made of logs aid crosswise,— and the builder had taken a diabolical pieas- ure, apparently, in putting a little log inside 2 big one, all the way,—probably with a view of retaining immigration in Detroit, instead of forwarding it westward. Pounded almost to a jelly, we seriously contemplated taking a return trip, so nearly prepared were we for the cemetery, and wishing to be buried within the bounds of civilization; but, on coming to the first little prairie (Bronson’s, I believe), we became reconciled, and had no desire to return to New England, to again turn over. with a plow the stones ot that farming land. The passengers were bookéd for Niles, as the mail-letting was from Detroit to Chicago, “three times a week,” on horseback; but the contractors had put on a stagé-line to Niles to carry passengers, and from thence west- ward they got along as best they could. To wait a whole week for a chance to get a ride to Michigan City was intolerable, with no prospect of getting beyond it except by walk- ing to Chicago. < 3 WE WALKED IT the succeeding spring, with the late Thomas Church, ‘from Michigan City, beating. the stage,—at which he was very much rejoiced. Two other routes were open to us: ‘to take another “corduroy” to the mouth of the St. Joe, distant twenty-five miles; or to buy a “dug-out” and “paddle our own canoe” to the mouth of the river, fifty-two miles. In company with two old “salts,” we chose the latter, and, purchasing a black-walnut log, hollowed out, of Jacob Beeson, then the prominent merchant of Niles, we set sail (it had no sail). The river was high, and on a “bender,”—for in bent nearly all the way, first to one side, and then to the other, mak- ing, ihe distance twice as great by water as yy land. St. Joe was a wee small place then, and much afraid of its big brother across the water, containing at that time less than 500 inhabitants, outside of the “ garrison” (it has now 500,000). Three small schooners plied across to carry passenger. Only one ‘was on the other side,— a THE “WESTWARD 3O,”? Capt. Gilbert. She had been a New “York pilot-boat. ‘Taking out her masts and ballast, she had been brought through the Erie Canat to do duty as_ above described. This was the beginning of emigration by land and water to Chicago in those days. Soon after steamers began to come around the ‘lakes from Buffalo. This was long, long before the day of railroads. ‘The wind was blowing almost 2 gale for several days after our arrival. There were no piers then at St. Joseph or Chicago, and. we had to.bide our time when the little craft could jump over the bar at the mouth of the river. We remained in the family of John F. Porter, who was the first warehouseman there. Newberry & Dole’s (corner Water and Dearborn streets) was the only correspond- ing one on this side. Having brought our salt-water ducking-gun with us (and know- ing how to.use It), we spent the time in shooting ducks, of which there were myriad: there being ro. one to molest or make them afraid; and the pen- insula between the lake and river, then cov- ered with heavy timber, now occupied by beautiful ressdences, was alive with pizeons. The wind lulling somewhat, six of us CHARTERED THE “HO” for $60 to take us across,—all of us good swimmers, as we thought we might need all our powers to get ashore if she struck the bar. Reefing down the sails, the little craft shot down the river, just bounced over the bar, and we were in the blue water, “ With the blue above, And the blue below.” It was 4p.m. when we set -sail,—the hatches were battened down, pilot-boat fashion; and we literally ran through the waves, not over them. The water was nearly ankle-deep on deck, and the scuppers were put to their ut- most capacity to carry off the water. “She scemed to dare the elements to strife, Aud walked the waters like a thing of life.” Anchoring off the mouth of the river (it then emptied at the foot of Madison street), we came ashore ina small boat and landed at “Fort Dearborn.” From the river to Madi- son street, on the east side of State, was an ordinary rail fence; and trom State on Madi- sonto the lake, the same. This was “The Reservation,” ‘eecupied -by Government troops (to keep the Indians _ off), and. was cultivated by them in all kinds of “garden- sass.” Passing the “Jone sentinel’? at the gate, we came to the fence, up one side and down the other of which there was a pair of Steps. Atthe footof the outside one and over the “Slough ” was a narrow board foot- bridge, which led to the Village of Ch The remnants of - several: wab-saw-kies (muskrat houses) were to be seen, and at a glance we saw it must be a small duck-para- dise if they were not disturbed. WE PULLED FOR THE POST-OFFICE along Water street. ‘Chere was none other on the South Side then built upon, and. only nineteen lots occupied on the entire. West Side, and about the same on the North Side. (Ihave a map upon which I marked in 1834 every lot that was then built on in Chicago. It is the only one in eiotence. There was no building then south of Lake street. Arriving at the Post-Ofiice, on the triangular block at the foot of Market street, we found that the Postmaster, John S. C. Hogan, to whom we were accredited, was up-stairs at breakfast; but his urbane First Assistant, John-Bates,— yet with us, at-the age of T7,—was in, and to him we gave our letter of introduction, being the first person with whom I became ac- quainted. I afterwards became, during the summer, while building a store, Second As- Sistaut, and was sworn in uot to steal, ete, There was ‘ NOTHING TO EMBEZZLE, as only about a dozen fetters came, “ tri- weekly, on horseback,” from Detroit,—con- taining nothing but news,—and not as many newspupers, for the entire Northwest at that time. A stovepipe hat would have contained the contents of each nail. The leisure time of the First Assistant and myself was oc- eupied in answering letters from the East about the country, asking questions from one to two dozen in number, and generally ask- ing ‘if the Indians and wolves were dange: ous.” We fear we retarded the settlement of the country in several instances by our answers. as After chattering with the genial Post- master awhile, Mr. Bates asked us if we had. gotaboarding-place. Of course we had not. So we sauntered along Water street to Mrs. Boyer’s, between Clark and La Salle streets, and Mr. B. inquired if she had a-spare bed. She replied she had the half of one, the other half being occupied by DR. EGAN, and he no doubt woulu be glad to share it with ine, as I had letters of introduction to him, Mr. Bates having to return “to his arduous duties (principally being to get his breakfast), I went into the first door I found open, which proved to be a restaurant kept by one Louis, a Frenchman, who wait- ed upon Gov. Seward as his valet upon his first tour in Europe. Four or five gentlemen Were sitting around a sinall table playing a slight game of “ araw,” as I was afterwards told, and appeared to be enjoying thefhselves muchly. ‘T'wo were officers of garrison; the other two——well, no matter. After the game was over, a gentleman of fine presence furned around and asked if 1 was a new- comer, I told him I was, and in search of. one Dr. Egan. He simply remarked that he | was individual, and I_ delivered my vouchers, when we went to Mrs. Boyer’s to breakfast, where he introduced’ me to Dr. Clark, Giles Spring, P. L. W. Peck, James Spencer, and one or two others. This is about HOW I GOT INTO cHIcAGo. Michigan was then a Territory, embracing Wisconsin and Iowa. (There is 'a man liv- ing at Keokuk that has lived in three States revisit St. Joe a: absence; and 60 ee eee 1Y halt ay, Kky-Lark,” we récrossed the oud af Once again to this fruit-subury e eteat lay An enormous Scotehinan, with ot Ch Fs breadth of beam, occupied the a a With us, while ‘a ge Dery ine” erept into the mig We territie-log ki ak I was, however, 2 poet fine, T ea leasant Vox: not inske so much Water ae aie ee boat dt as wwe are going over asain with miner. By children, including erandehildren? 2% Hy ing expedition, we will tire your feos 30h further at present. Jous: Less 29 P. S.—They seem to Tegard Y TLS oy there as the darky did the boy wan ook Ov the Mississippi, and whom with = fell culty he rescued. 8 bystander jmuch dig. he was his son. “No,” he repiteted tf he’s got all coast in his pocket att i elped Kill too man; ect be popular. '¥ Democrats 15 ee WEST LAKE STREET ‘The People Anxious for a Stree + road. At a meeting of the West Sidey, = ment Committee last evening, at Ne an Lake street, Gen. A. M. Stout was el he Chairman, and Mr. C. Healam Secreta Mr. G. Wrightman first addressed the ing. He ured the necessity of the acting in concert. The Mayor had Tefused; sign an ordinance passed in summer, because he thought the Ii property-holders defective. ‘The Masoretet cate conscience should be-regunted, speaker favored no company through prej dice, but wanted a road which would iby modate the citizens, anddidw’t care wh built -it, Then he spoke of the West Divisio Compauny’s monopoly, and expressed a ein to sce competition established; which in ths end would benefit the people. * . Afr. Vass recalled the eifurts Whieh hag been made to have the West Division Rat. way Company extend their lines, ‘When ay omnibus company, seven years a50, com peted with them, ther redueeid fares, and pa; on plenty of ears, and were generally accom. modating. When they bougit out the "bay } tine they were just as despicable as before Thev were tyrannical, selfish, and ‘They nominated their own Aldermen, and made.their employés pull wires. to give ther supremacy. The Peopie’s Company. har been incorporated mnder an act of the peo. ple, and it has come to stay. The West Di vision exnnot get_a franchise from Caio, Park, He favored givingit tothe competi dines, and refused to beg from the West De vision any longer. They snapped their fr gers at law, at right, and at the public, and it was high’time for the people to do alittle snapping. “The Secretary here announced that the Presidents of the lines interested had been invited to be present, but hud not yetap- peared. Mr, Booth declared himself the partisan of no enterprise. He diin't care whether the road was built on Luke oron Fulton s so that itis built on -either one... Sooner or later, though, in spite of the objectionsot some Fulton -street residents, the road will be built there, as a majority demands ft, and the public street is for the public and not for individuals, He was strongly opposed to th Couneil’s allowing one corporation to monop- olize the whole West Side. Competitica would cure them of inuch evil and disresard of the public’s wants. ‘The People’s Company promise to complete a through car line from the Michizan Central depot to Central Park in ninety days,'and will pay half a cent of ‘each fare collected to the City T i. or $50 a_ year for each car they run. he. accommodation must be had. Mr. further said that he felt as friendly towanls the West Division Company as. he dif towards any man who was garroting him. He asked Mr. Asay not lone since .if the People’s Company could be bought out, and Mr. Asay told him that it could not, but thas it was ready to buy out the West Divisin any time they wanted to sell. Messrs. Bayard, Hentlam, and Wrightman followed with speeches to the same effect The following preamble and resolutions were then introduced by Mr. Wrightman and carried: . Whereas, Applications have been made to the City Council of the City of Chivago bythe Chicago West Division Railway Compacy, sd by other corporations, for the grant of aright of way fora street-railway on Lake street wt West Luke street, Union Park, or its neizibor- -hood, and thence westward by different roatet to the city limits; ana oe Wrereas, Said Lake street and’ West Take strect,and Lake street bridge, constitute the only line of communication between the bust ness centre of the city and the residence por tion of the West Side not already occupied by & street-railway; and Wuereas, All persons residing or hehe roperty on the West Side are deeply inter In the question of the granting of a right of war for a street railway on sald streets and over suid bridge, and in the furtber question. to Shor eee Hebe shall be granted, if ithe grant- at all; an WHEREAS, It is 2 question of great moment to the residents and property-owners of the hale West Side whether all their means of communi cation with the business portion of the cits shall be controlled by one corporation, or whether there shall be two or more carporadions com: * peting. for popular favor and patronage ot aad est Side: und ‘WHEREAS, The action taken inthe last few weeks looking toward the granting of this of way appears to have been taken by parties personally interested in property to be benefited by such lines of ruilway: and WHERRAS, the great muss of the people of the West Side, and especially those living beyoud or out of the immediate vicially of ave hithel RO OPI their sentiments or wishes in the matter therefore Resolord, Tont a committee of three be a> Pointed by the Chair to consider all the circgit stances surrounding the subject, the v# lines of road, and the advantuzes or disadeaee Tages of ‘the different sehemes or onlin! = presented, the rights of the people in the prety ses. and how, in granting the right of wat asked for, the greatest benedt may bo sects to the people of the West Side at large, and Une such Committee report at a mass-mceting ay citizens of the Wess Side, to be called by ee Contrary at an early day, or 2s soon 8s ommittee can report. ‘ Heslced, That we respectfully urge ope City Council the necessity of delaying ity upon the ordinances presented to them unit pegple in said _mass-meeting assembled! ad opportunity to discuss the subject ful ae - Resolecd, That a copy of this preamt these resolutions be sent by the Chairaan © Honor the Muyor and toeach member ol City Council. ee ‘The meeting ‘then adjourned, subject call by the President'at two days' notice. cE “UNVEILING A MONUMENT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune t Keokuk. Ia. July 31.—The unveiling i the monument which has been erected oa the memory of the Spencer family, whose murdered on their farm in Clark Counth Mo.. in Angust, 1878, takes place at une Mo., next Tuesday. This inurder Aan of the most horrible ever conimitted in Bill section, and for which the notenio Young was arrested, tried, and acaulhes but the next day after his acquittal taken from his home by a mob and bun Frank Lane, who figured so conspict' . in this celebrated case, was arre: ero Poti i betme elatmed thnk ue onewiae oung, eing claimes + and led the blesdthtiaty erowd that did th hanging. His trial will come off thisefall. ° —_—————————— Hancoek’s Netzhbors for Garfeld., Montgomery County (Pa.), Correspondence PI * er hous One remarkable thing I noticed heres! isthe fact that at Gen, Hancock's bith place, where one would look for Bren thusiasm in his behalf, the feeling tr ers it field is overwhelming. | Stopping “Ort the fields at hap-hazard, I have rele abel one who is going to vote for Hancoc! Lukens, who formerly Keng the pat, Hotel on Second street in Philade! ee geek who is now enjoying the means es in an elerant residence In North ¥ oS the whose father, George Lukens, wis the ‘stock of the regular settlers - county, is well "qualified to concerning the existence of ay fact cock “boom,” by reason of the. thd that he knows every oné ena ihe coun Norristown. He says that arouue tt” hus ty-seat there is a strong Hancock fee ing ers that it exists nowhereelse within oe one of Montgomery. “ve heard o! tes she and that ‘one, Republicans, you Lt + ok said, “ who are going to vote fori a one and Pve looked each one wp, and eo ven denies it positively.” Stranze to ee piss the Culps, cousins of Gen. Hancore (oF nounce their determination not oy wl him. ‘Their feeling 1s best expressed red qin Simon Culp said to me when I inant by aloud call to cease his pert ng 0 ling of the udder of a motherly-looking (i “Hancock mai Pe a wighty, ood Raed i can, ant st + form iteriove: to aay. tat, Sinuon did 204 Ran. r) their favor los, wi ithout moving out of the same house.) But thought I wv Tam spinning too long a yarn. I know the name of the Republican no! “Tm going to vote for Bisirtield.” to bis the.