Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1881, Page 8

kN3 D] CIIICAGO TRIBUNIE: U IBRUARY 15 1881— TWELVE PAGES, THE IN GENERAL. E. 1L TTlanr and wife are at the Palmer. B. L. WAT305, of Memphis, {s at tho Sherman, LoweLL W, Sxow, ol Doston, I8 nt tho Sher- mas. €0 mont, N mont. M. B Castir, of Bandwich, 11, fs at tho Palmer. 1. €. IIRNBLEY, of Denver, Colo, 18 ab Lo Palmer, 11 W. DunasT, of Stillwater, Minn,, {8 at te Sherman, J, W, Wiiiratone, of Yokohamn, Japau, 18 nt tho Palmer, Magorr Mrzcusry (Mes. 1L.J. Paddock) s at roeRsLEEVE, of New York, is at the Tre- . Wancit, of San Franclec , 3 L the Tre- . tho T'uacific, DAKER AND Farnos, * Tho Emigrants,” aro at tho Tremaont, TioMas W, KuEsg, tho tragedian, Is domicited 0t the Sherman., " Jony Q. Anaws, of Negaunee, Mick., is regls- tered nt the Sherman, Tute: doctars now havo strong hopes of ex- Mayor Colvin's recovery. dJupar W. K. McALLISTER, of Waukegan, and Judge J. M. Dailey, of Freeport, nre atthe Tucliic A. 8. Monrzn, General Agent of tho Burling- ton, Cedar Raplds & Nocthern Rallroad, is at the Falmer. J. F. Gonoarn, General Freleht Agent of the Atchison, Topekn & 8t. F& Hailroud, Is nt the Tremont. Fraxeis Bantierr and John T Gardner, Jr. Roston Directors of tho Chicago, Burllugton & Quincy Railroad, nre at tho Paglile. TNE sale of reserved soats yestorday for tho Theodore Thomus concerts, to be given fn tho Central Musie-Hall next week, nmounted toover 50U, Maus, Wint1ax Fonsey, wifo of William Fur- ney, of the Northwestern Ratirond Company, lett yesterdny morning fora trip to Europe, whero Bhe will Visit relatives. Jaaes It Hrows, Fombury, New Brunswick: Josuph Truteh and P. O'leflly, of Vietorh DBritish Columbla: Herman Kromsoer, of Darts mand, Germany; and E, Iatchidda, of Jupan, ure nt tho Pacilic. Ty temperature yesterday, ns obscrved hy ' apticlun, &8 Madlson strect (TRINUNE wits 18 Tollowss ALK 0, i, 13 degree 1200, 215 . i, 2628 p, 10, 2 Q. My 20,033 8 D, T, $0.2 Mut. C. I, At (Carl Pretzel) has been iyin dangeronsly Il at hig residence on Thirty-third street, Last Fridny evenlug he was® token down with Inflammatory rheumntinm, Thero are no slgns of improvement In his condition at tho present time. A ainx wagon, owned and driven by Mrs, Tosa Bell, un ohi tndy liviog near the eorner Fullerton und Webster avenues, eolllded at Just evening near the corner of Augusta strect with street-car No. 28 of tho Mllwuukeo nvenio Nne. The wngon was npset, and Mra, Dell was quite painfully injured by the fall. e annunl meeting of the Maksawbn Shoot- ing Club was held lnst evening nt_tho Sherman House, Aftera long and spirited scazion tho Tollowing oflicers were elected: 'resldent, F. 'TY Croxon; Vieo-Fresident, C, E. Willard; Seer 1), Newhury: Treasurer, Y B, CI 3 Managers. F. ‘' Croxan, I B. Organ, F. P, Taylor, and G, Ty meeting of the grain-shipp 10 have been held vesterday ot # p. m. wias postponed till to-dny ut tho same howr, Ity understood that resolutions relating to tho In- speation of grain will be laidbefore tho meuting, and that somo netlon will bo takoen concernlnge tho custon of plum(lmf through cars of graln, which rppenrs to have become n regular thing ‘Wwith some of tho pavtics suipping grain to this ty. D. M. KerLy, President of the Green Bay & Minnesotn Rudlrond; Whitehend, Presidont of tho Des Molnes & Fort Dodgo Rallrond; . Aubott, Viee-Prosident of tho Wisconsin Cen- tral Reilrond; 8. K, Hooper, General Passengor Agentof the Hunnlbal & St. Joo Rallrond; A, B. Leet! General Frelght Agent of tho Grand Ataptds & Indiuna Ratlrond: and ‘George Olds, General Frelght l\runl of tho Chleago, Milwaus Lee & 8t Paul Rallroad, aro at the Pacille. M. Jonx B. Lyox aund Mr, W, 8. Crosby, tho gentlemen huving in charge the disposnl of the stock In tho propused now telegraph compaay, wera seen yesterday, but hid nothing new to l'gllort‘ iverything was running along smoothly alid as well as might bo vxpected, Mr, Crosby left last nlght for Toledo, Clovoland, und De- trolt for tho puriose of interviewing tho busi- nesg-moen of thoso eities on the schewe and plucing stock where it would do the most good. Conosgi MATSON held aninguest yestorday at No. 420 West Wnshiugton street ujon tho re- nuing of E. Harold 1leming, tho urnfortunato Younu Canadlun who was aceidentally shot nnd Xkilled by bis ohimi, Charles J. Smith. Tha story of tho shocking aceldont, us elicited from boariis ers In the houss nnd froin yuuuy Swith himself, was precisely tho snuo iy ‘published fu yester- day's puper, and the jury promptly Lrouxht In a verdict that tho shootlig wus purely accldent- al, and thorefore recommonded the “rolense of young Smith. The remains aro to be taken ome to Himmilton, Ont., for Interment. Axpuew Huxfei, n roputable youug man of 21 years and A stident at firyant & Stratton's Commereinl Collegre, hita heen missing sinee lust Wedaesday from hia lodginegs ut No, 410 Wash- ington street, und bia friends are atruld somo- thinig has_happeuod him., 1o had but shortly ruturned from a visit to friends in Canada, and when lust eccn was going to tho Grand Trunk Depot to look nfter his bugzage. Iuearly lifo tho young mAn wus subject to fits, aud he muy perbups have met with gomo mistap by the unexpeeted roturn of those atiavkd, Iaformution should be seut to Mr. Brynut ut the college, Mr, Hubbs, ot No, 582 st Washlugton street, or to T, C. MaoMillan, Inter-Uzean ollice, A QENTLEMNAN who I8 Interested In the passnge bi’ the Legisinture of o blll giving relief to tho b4 it etims of the Gurnishmont law of this Stale ns fnow atands lntormed o Toisuse reported yestorduy thut thoro i quito a favorble prox Tor the phesngo of the bill introduced by 8 Campbell to amend See, 4 0f the Gardisheo net B0 1S to provide that I all enses whers o person I8 gurnlshed the officer serving tho summons Bhull at the thue of sorvieo tender tho gurnisheo £L05mlleags for each mile of neeessury travel In going to and returnitg from the plice where tho conre 48 beld, The Committes on Judicry hus voted mmulmnusl‘y in favor af the blll, which, it proverly tovked after, which it undoubtedly will ¢, as Benator Gampbelt Is very much Interested 1 Its suceess, will beeome a fnw, TIE WAREHOUSE INVESTIGATION, A distingulstied party et Chicago lust ovene 10g on tho Alton Roud ‘for Springlicld, Amoeng tho gentlemen in tho sleeper were Gov. Cullom, Chulrmun Fuller, Senutors Condes, Cnmpbell, Evans, White, Muln eprosentative Prelps, Sennter Ritdle, W Mnson, J. Paddock, ury of the Sonnte, and Mr, Whout, Ser- geunt-ut-Avins, and Comimlssioner G. M, Wogiio, o followlng members of tho Hoard of Trule went down 1 finswor (o @ Sumimons to nppar he- fore the camnittes appointed 1o investigate tho Btute syatem of wealu’ {ngpection. Messrs. B, 1) Jinldwin,J. M. Wanzer, Vi b West, George M, Huwe, W, t. Tioebe, F. 1, Foss, J. 0. Bnyth, and Inspectors W, A, Armstrone and B, SeClowil, Tt lst fepreanta tho grin ru: celvers of tho Board. Tt {t wderatood that sube punus will be isstied Juter for gridu shippers, ‘Tnw recalvers were a8 sllont ug ever In rogird 1o what churgea they wore ol to lay buture thu Investignilng Commitico. ‘Tho two Tnspects ors, it 18 understoad, buve bien wken nlong to EBOwW tho slipshad way (1 which nbout 1200 cues wora dnupeoted lnst summer,—which has niready Deen dliuded W In thosa colunng, 1t was also binted that evidenco witl be brought out toshow that the Chicngo grading of whuut hus besn 8o ' bigh that tho No. 3 Lus beon shipped out freely 10 New York where it has possed us No. &, BENRY W. KING DECLINES, Last Saturduy sovorat lepubllcans of the eity, inciuding Q. (G, Suortall, und Murrey Nelsou, ealled on Mr, Henry W, Klng und expressed o deslro that ho neeept the nominatlon for tho Mayoraity, Mr. Kmg fuformed thom that ba would think the pronosal_over und give then u mmlmuwur?'uumrduy. Ho wrate thom u lotter = statiug that ho dit not feel that bo conld dovoto tho time to the oltice which t required, nnd dos cllned with thunks. THE CITY-ITALL, Tnx Treasurer received $1,727 from the Col- lector und $170 from the Contruller. 4\ DELEGATION of property-owners found Ald, Bwiftand hunded bim w renionstruncs ngulnst tho hupievement of Adums street, ‘T only bullding-verisit lssued was one to W, Qruco to e o two-story brick dwolling, 22x6:3 feot,at No.2ih Calumet avenuo, to cost $4,600, T Houl comiectlon wus mudo yesterday of the thirty-six-iuch water matn at Harrdson stroet bridge, and the North and West Side P plugeworks ure now tulted by 1t, 1'0E Muyor has written u letter to Senntor Ade auw, vinbodying his views on the genoral licenso auestion. 1t contalied nothini, howevor, (Nt hu not ntreudy beon published in "Cne Tanuse, A8 B0OX W8 un Inventory 18 completed tio urticles of ** recovered stolen ]Iru\:xl()‘ * will b put up ut suctlon, ‘Tiero basn't Lecn o sale for two yeurs, and tho *SLatl ” IS s hurge roum, ‘Cug wortallty roport for lust weok shows thag thers were 218 dh.‘lll{‘l;‘ ugainst 156 for the corres sponding week fn 1880, und 130 in 1570, Cony wwas varried off 213 croup, 113 diphtber, 13; scarlet-fever, 6; pucrperul-fover, b consump. o, 2 pueumonin, 125 and smull-pux, V. OF th Gecedents, W wero undor 3 vears of ago, ‘Theve were 22 Alr.'unr: 11 tho Fifth Ward, 17 fn tho Blath, 10 fu tho Efguth, 10 in the Thirtecnth, 2 / ¢ urteenth, 15 (n the Fifteent Eeventeenth, nud 1at and Smaii-Pox 1 TE fee continnes piied up at the Crib, and the north gate 1 completely elosed up, but, tho Westand koitthwest entes being open, thery s o tronble abaut e tiog water, Although tho situntlon I« preearious, no rrinl - damngo to tho Crib scems to be upprehenided. ¥ RABERL of Archior avenue, was nt tho Hall for tho pury his snloon- lietnse trunafereed to n man to whom sold tho place. Me Raber, who will soon move to Lawndude, fntenda to go' Into tho lumber business with his gon, s new 4 per cent city honds will bo rendy fur dellvory abont the {st of text month, but the subseritiers tor lnrge amonnts will not prob ably eall for them befure the 20tk or 23th, in or- derto rave fnterest on thefr money., Tho elty will not hieed the cash until then, a8 tho honds for which the 4 por cents nro to be substituted o not mature until Aprll 1, Tar Inst number of the Medical Reriew says thut [enlth-Commissionor De Wolf intends to rosign. Belng nsked nbout fr, De. Do Wolf suld It was trie, and as soon ns the smnll-pux had censed he would retivo from pubilic lifo and de- votanlt his timo to tils privatny prictiee, which neets his nttentlon. A numbier of new cases were reportei yostenday, PropLE who nrd required to tako out lcenses, oxeept salootkeepers, are very slow, and tho officer In eharge ot the departuient s abont to tuko steps to hurey them up, Aceording to the books tho number of Leenses ssued so far dolig the leensesyear i3 a8 follows: Omnlbuses, 703 pawnbrokens, &) gonerat pedillers, 102 bread ldlers, 6: frust peddlers, 2i0: second-land enlors, rokerd, 127 perters and runners, 1243 Dbiitehers, Wi commissionnire, 6: auctloneer: Milllurds, poul, und ulley, 09 i Dle tonms, 1633 drays, 140; exh ary), b reas, ©014: gunpowder, I3 nucl Ki: intelligen.s oflle engere, 271 dogs, B concealed wi TurE Finance Commltteo met by themsely usuut, yesterdny, and went over, the est , of tho " Department of Pablie Works, cutting out BTG, n considerablo part of it coming from ealnrles. Tho mas men will have u show this afternoon, and tho Boand of Edueatlon people to-morrow. 1t 18 undorstoad that the Commlitice fntend to reduce not only tho sulnries of tho policem ndfiremen, ut to make nllowanee for less thun the present nunher of men, belloving that both depart- ments nre entirely too arge, 1t 1s niso aid tht uw(' c‘?nslrue 1ho Inw in relution to the paymeut of Alermen to permit of a charge of ¥3oncen week, and hence will figuro on the busis of fifty- two regular meetings a yenr. A wouray enlted on tho Mayor 1’(-5(::\'(]")’ aml aked him to let her gon out of tho Dirldovell. He was good boy,she snld; niways stayed homo nt night und read books, One day be disup= peared, und, after » long search, sho lesrned thut he had been urrested and sent to the House of Correction. 1iis llonor was sute istied that ho shoull iuterpose, and thurefore snfd he would pordon tho Ind. Uis nothor wns vory grateful,—thanked the Mayor over and over aiutn, nud wns sorry rho eoulil do anthing for i in return for his kindness, Whon bidding him adivu, an lden struck her, and she suld ** I hava n coupte of nic gimecacks at home, your “Worship, and 1'll send thom to ye.”” Tho Mayor told her, winle he was from Isentucky, he was not a chickens funcler, und declined tho presont with thanks. GO0SE ISLAND TRACKS, A visit was paid yesterday afternoon by Ald. Riordon, Young, ind MeNurney, of. tho” Com- mitteo on Raitroads, to the property owned by the Chlcugo Land Conmipany on Ge Islund, on which permission [8 nsked of tho Councll to lay a rullrond trock. 1 Aldermen were plinted to tho groung by Mr. I3, Liwenthal, who 18 inter- ested fnn ‘the property, Permission Is nsked to Iuy tho track on looker street, from Cherry to Hitines street, 0 distance of nbout 2,000 teet, ‘There are but few houses on tho strcet, and the Land Company elaim that no property woald be dumaged, 08 It owns il tho pruperty excopt a small pleeo, and the consent of tho owners of that has been obtained. Tho lots of tho Com- puny: are 240 feet deep, and on one side have the cunal privileges and on tho othor the North Tiranch. lietween tho west slde lots and tha Narth Branch the Chlcago & Paclfie Hullrond hns 1ta pgsengor triek, aud the Aldermen present seemed to think that was sufllclent for nll prac- tleul onrposes. Mr. Liwentbul sald tho Lund Cothpany only sked for o single tenck, with switches nnd turnouts, so that the property wauld be made vatunble for munuficturlog purposes. ‘The anly strect of hmportance it would eross would be Divislon street. ‘This crussing, the Aldermen thought, would Lo n Kgrent objeerion to granting the passage of tho ordinnnee. A meeting of the Commitico will by held Friday nftecnoon to discuss tho mattoer, BMALTAPOX, Tho marked falhng-off in rerorted small-pox cases durlg tho lutter prit of Inst week wns fn- correctly regarded as nn indiention of n decronse of the discase, tor no less than cight cases—an uwnusually Inrgo number—were put on the bonk at the Heolth Department yesterdny. At No. 109 North Unlon streot three children of Mr, Rtitey, who wns uttacked somo timo ngo and sent to the hospital, aro down, and tho youngest, o yenr and a hatf old, 18 In u very bud way, They wero sent to tho Deat- Housu, 03 werd the afifloted at No. 817 West Kin- zle strect and No, 162 Maxwell streot. In addl- tion to these, J, C, Tower, of Leavenworth, Ind., and Frances Edgertou, ot Rutlund, Vi, wore ro- colved thore, Tho two Intter, strangers in tho elty, hnd I)ust nreived here, ‘and, belng taken slck, applied Tor admission (o one of ‘the charity hospitals. Tho attending rh)slchm. finding thut they had ainall-pox, sont thew In o hurry to tho proper pluce for such Aulfer Alotg about nson Levl Hymun applied to thoe Tegistrar of Vitnl Statisties fora buriul permit, 1o gl no denth-certlficate, and was questloned a8 to the enuse. At lirst he said he lived at No, BUS Bouth Caunl street, and that be didn't know what his ehifld died nf, a8 he wus too poar to en ploy & puysielan, 113 munnor wiy susplelou: 80 ho was closely questioned, and flnally admlt- ted that ho lived at No, 508 South Canl gireot, and that his ehild wns all * broken out." Iie was thorefore urrested for concealing or falilng to report n ense of small-pox, When Henlth-Onicer Merll wont down to_seo nboit the burlal of the chlld ho found another case in No. 6% Bunth Caainl strect, witich had not beon rep L Ascertalning thint the uttendiug phy- #ielun was Dre, J. A, Mead, Merkl arrchted bfm o tho sumoe churyge Tho following cases of othor contagions dis eascd were reported to the Health Dupartment, Diputherin, No. I35 State streot, No, 14 tings street, No, 150 West Madisou stro 0, 414 Waubush avenue, No. 18 tay stroet, No. 711 Ash- land avenne. Scarlet fover, No, 1818 Indiapo avonue, No, 103 Divislon street (¢wo cases), No. 01t Weat Four! b street, No. 601 West Loko strect, No, ik o street, No, 634 Washington street, No, 651 West Fourteenth street. TOE COUNTY-BUILDING, C. F. Fornsten, Inte of tho Bherilt’s office, was yesterday uppoluted balllif, Iio has not yet Leen ussigned, Miciatn Curn, of Evanston, was ptaced in dnit yesterday In default of the puymentof a ine of §163 for un ageravated assault, Depirry-County-Crenk 1, B. Hasiurox fs down with *winter cholorn” H. L. Hortz, of tho Celmina) Clerk’s oftlee, hus tho snino disensa, und did not show up yegterduy.] Brare's-ArTonsey Minrs wag yesterday in Teeelpt of u postal enrd of o threateniog and abusive charucter, which purported Lo have baen writton by ona Heile MeCibe, who was i witniess in tho Fricdbery cuse, 'Ho has noldea that Bello McCabo wrote it, but thinks it emuuuted from thio Friedbory gung. Hrene, who wad discharged from the County Clerk's vitics somo weoks nwo, charged with no- copting monoy tu stuppross marringoe liceases from tho roporters, wus uround yesterday seok- ing to bo relustuted, Hoelalms to bo lunocent, of courio, but 1t §s iot nt all likuly that bo will Rot his placo buek, Jastes WiLtaaus waa taken trom tho Jail Sun- day to the County Hospital to bo . treuted for “winter cholurn.” Ho was brought back yesters dlay nt his own request, which tho Bherlit cons Alraes Into n compliment to- his bill of fare, Willlnms Is tn on s chiarge of highwiy robbery, ls s tho first cuse of tho disoase (n the Jall, ‘T Grand Jury for Fobriary was Impaueled yesterduy and disehurged for onu weck, thus Buving g, W, K., Bullivin was uppolintud fore- mn, Tho Stute's Altornoy suys thut whon the Jury gota In working trim ho will buve thom, nnang othior things, complete tho imvestigution into Meinko's ulluged tux frregulurities, ‘which the lust Jury dld not complete tor want of thnv, THE Jury {n the caso of AunaMackey, charged with the Kithing of Dora Aboil, brought in n vere dict of not gu yeaterday sorning, nd hud beon auticlinted, alid the prisonor wos reluased, Bho wad tuken [n chargo by r, Pendletou, who toole hier to bis housy ut Onkwoud,” whero she Wil bu provided with s home tor the timo belng, Ar, Pendleton sudd that S, E. C. Lacned hud becamo interestea “In the girl, and would give what hielp was neoded to enable her (o reforiu, AN Individun) slgalng htineelf * Witllam Iaivd, United States ‘Urewsurery and u'hllnLF hiy resie dunce us ftockford, 1k, wrote Judgo Loomls yesterduy s decidodly cruzy ntssivo, As noar ns coulild be gotlen wt "his subject was Chilvugo's prospective ylucuss fietory, but nolthor Hoad nor Wl could e mado out of what was writton, iio wants coples of fteent to the President of tho I Nutional Buuk, the Shorit, and suveral ull of whon uro ut lberty to call at the 3 Clerk's ulice and road the lotter, I7 I3 generally belfeved that delnko will not Do prosceated Tor bis tax olfenses to uuy seriouy extunt, In fuet, it wus stuted yostenduy that Hiobbins, whv 13 tho poscessor of tho Lorged core tifleaus, bud no desire to prosecute, und bud neesd that he would not, und If he dovs not the whole atfuir wiil @i ju nothing, ThoCounty Clerk will eatify agulust bin, of courde, nnd suyd he (s anxlous o seo Justicd don it s predivted that Heliiko will never be cou £Z I tho forgery chnrgu 1s not followed wnct‘mclu- " slon, und thut vigorously, SUni MORAN way nx&wwd to decldo tho 1mo- tlon for s new triid in the Friedberg cado yus- terduy, but did not. ‘Two additlonal uilidavits bearing on the caso yere pluced in bis bandy durlygs the duy, vougfrom Puto Hioveus, the wite-murderer, who 8 dojug time st Jullet, aud thuother trom Stk Weaver, the notorious buraiur, who Is ulso dolng thio at the sau pluce, Btovens swears that »Sheenvy George cunfesied to bla to tho killug of Viflcer Huce, aud Weaver swears thut he mever _guve “Bhecuoy’ aletter of lutroduction to Frivd- burg. The latter point came out in tha trial of 1ho ennsn, nit wos enled out, Judge Moran did not filo eithor of tho documents, but will ex- amine then at bis lefsure, U. B A T Pension Agent dajsbursed £3,800 yesterday. THE Internnt-reventic receipts yesterday anlounted, to &5,251, of which $20.92 was for apirlts wnd $4,605 for tubacen nnd elgaes, Tate: dhisby nents nt the Sub«Trensuey yos- tevday nmonnted to $15,00 i gold and 5,000 in sliver. ho receipts In sliver footed np $14UN. INSPECTON STeART has veturoed, and dis- eluimy all responsibitity for the nets of the vine ployes in hls employ,” According to his state- ment thoy re Irresponsible, and held in cheek only by the Postimaster-Generatl, who I8 too far away to be feared. A protty state of affairs, Mansnarn thrniure yesterday recetved ateles Rrwm fram tho Attorney-Genornl extending the time two weeks In which Wustum, Coey, and Wabster ean make applieation for n pardon. At the oxpirntion uf that thng they will he taken to Chester Penltentlney, unless pirdoned before, ForLLowixa f4 tho list of dutinble goods res ol dnys Fleld, entton ustom-Houso nsea dry goos leaty, cith Tiros., & ved it tho r & Uo s, CARCE 9 cages dry woods 1, T eose bleyeles: Crsobiy vk, Seo 4 drs goois; Mandel Bros. 1 Tnce goods: P, Naughtos, 2 eases hookss B, Hofl- wmnn, 4 enaps clignrs: . ML Graves & o, § eases dry guods? Buriey & Tyrroll, 10 packages eart enware. Collections, £5,600, Tne mnils are atill coming in stowly, and much nnnoganes 13 experlenced nt the Post-Oftie, whert the regular routine s disturbed by the usicertalnty ns ta the ureival of heavy and lme ortant nuills, The notablo delny was tho mall over the Dixon Beanch” of the North= 0 Itallrond, which was due in this nt nlllrdnr mornlig, bt which arrived i detay of two duys, The otber malis wore delayed ns follows: Second Michigan Southern, tive hours: Cincinnnti & Richmond, thi hours and twenty minutes; seeond Mietiran Central, two honra; Hliuois Central, seven houra: Madiaois Divislon of _tho Northwestern, three hours; Jaeksonville & Kuan- ANAUILy,two hourss Dubuaiietwohonrs; fast mall Plttsburge & Fort Wayne,one hourand twenty-tivo minutes; Haltimore & Ohilo, one hour and thirty minutes; Chicngo, Danvl & Vineennos, one hour: Roek Islund, three hours; Burlington, tva hours; second Pittsbure & Fort Wayne, twenty- n{u minutes; Michigan Southern, thirty min- utes, RT. VALENTINE. 'Tho celebration of the chosen day of St. Val- enting entalls ench yenr a gront burden on tho employdéy of a metropolitnn Post-Ollice. Yester- dny wag no exception to tho rule, ns tho tender messnges of love and friondly greeting enused many o tired sigh to_ bo uittered by tha prosaly peoplo whom tincle Sam omplays fo distributo a city's mwil, Tho utime ber of valentines which could by identlited us Passing into the hands of the earrlers for doi! ery yesterday wis nbout 35,000, ‘Tils Is exclusivo of the local busiuess ut tho stutions, which prob- nbly footed up 8 many more. The number is greater thun ever before, und tho number of lnrge missives and unwieldy boxes was unust- ally lorge. Many n pretty specimen of tinsol- puper was wayluld by the clerks begnnso of tho glags mivrors, which® nre unmailable; and, for tho reason that valentines seldom henr tho nanic of tho sendor, mich of this stull will probe avly never be reclnimed. METZ'S BTEALINGS. HE PAYS UP, AND WILL G0 FIIEE, Clty-Attorney Grinnell, to whom the caso of Metz, the defaulting Water-Oflice elork, wns turned over for fuvestigation, sent the follow- Ing letter to Commissionor Waller yesterday: Charles S, Waller, Esq., Commissioner of Public Works—DrAr Sti: 1n thematter of the defulea- tlon of Henry P. Metz, of the Water-Oftice, re- ferred 10 mu for investigntion and netion, 1hnve tho honor to ruport that the evidonee turnished me by the Water-Oflico showa Metz to have col- lected tho stm of $10) of which he only pnid i tho sum of $1L60, leaving a bultnce due tho clty uppropriated by him ot $170,00, Dedueting therefrom the bulutice of hisJununry salury of $40, we hnve the ainount unpaid of $170.00,whioh you will find fnclosed, I send to you so that You can dlspose of tho sumo pursunnt to tho rules of your office. 1 havo given n recolpt coverlug the specillo {tang embiwncing tho dofaleation, which nggres Rrate FNLH), hetore deducting nmounts paid In, 1 have conducted this matter in o business way far the Juterest of thocity, ns Lshonld do for any client, having In view tho collection of the money irst. Tho monoy has been otitained, [ am indisposed to fnstitute erlminal procecdings against hilm, sick, confined to his bed, withn wito and two small chlldren looking to him tor support unon his recovery, The muney budd to make good the defleit hns been contributed by his wife's relutlons. Further, 18 thero I3 noth- Ing due, Tam Inctined to belleve that no Jury coull be found to conviet, and, If thoy dld, thit, uwler the clrenmstances, tho Court woulld sus- pend the sontence. The resnit will not warrant thouxpense. *The gnmo 13 not worth tho candie,” Again, this I8 hurdly a0 oity defuleation, Metz hus swindled those who usked him 1o puy thelr tux. His muode of proceduro in shout threo- fourths of tho entircamount was to take money fromn people it tholr plnced of bustness, and givo his own receipts therotor, signed by lilm alote, on_water-receipt bianks, Those had written feross tholr faco, * vold unloss countersigned by the Rewistrar of tho Water Department.’ ‘Tha Mpts uro worthless In hands of holders, and each ono of thom could be proceeded aguinst by tho city and compellod to lmy!lm tnx to tho city. Motz In thosu transuetlons was simply the ugout of outsiders, and he-upproprinted toir Inoneys except In o very fow ug ho chinnged recolpts by crusures, or lnck of b partles 8o ploying M I¢ for tha trouble. emod (L more expediont to compel the paymeont of the money than to ablige thosv purfies to pay the tax when thoy belleve they have paid It unce. Nu linmunlty hus beon proiolsed him, and no ngreemont mide whereby he was not to be prosecuted and punished {F the money was paid. Shoukl further Investization show othor moneys appropehtted thun those above aceounted for, upon belig Juformed of tho fact, 1 shull consldes Itiny duty to ut once have Metz nrrested and tried. [oplng my unetion and the results will meet with your approval, [ remain, yours, et JULIUS S, GRINNELL, Clty Attorno; Commissionor Waller seows to” hu satlsiled now thut tha inoney §s in the troasiry, und It is doubtful 1t Metz’ I8 prosecuted “crlminnily, thouph the mutter {4 really in nboyance, 1f the booksshow that Metz atole uny more, lio will be srrested, 1hut, s tho exnaluution of them was fintshied several days nigo, und nothing crooked found heyond wwhat has alrendy heen mentioned In'Tue Tinouse, it §8 not likely that tho books will he gono ovor ngali. Fhis” wuy of scttling with a dishonest olerk is certainly wrong.~Ix an inducement to steal,—sinco, If ono I8 caught, which doesn't nlwiys huppen, oll bo has to do Is to restore the menoy and go frea. TIE UNION VETERANS. 1T 18 DECIDED NOT 0 00 TO WASHINGTON, The Chleago Unlon Veternn Club hoid a reg- ular meoting last ovening in its roamn nt tho Grand Yaclfle tlotel, The attendance was quito luryre, over 100 members belng present, Applicatlons for membership were recefved from the following: Johin M. Sauders, Compuny A, Ninth Ilinola Cavalry; Soth Godeo, Company. I, Fivst ltinols Artillery; 8. Butstack, Compuny 1, Boventh lllinols Infantry; B E. Wood, Come pauy C, One Hundred und Thisty-seventh 1t nols Infantry; 0.8, Kelso, Unlted States Navys Frank J, Saltingor, Company I, Fourth United Htates Infuntry; Capt, Correl Emith, Company @, Ninctoonth Ohla Infuntrys Nuthan T, Smth, Company 13, Third Wisconsin_{nluntry; Capt, pringer, Company ¥, One Hundred and ty-fourth 1llinols Clufantrys Npencer 1), Bmith, Bturgla Riflos: Thomas 11, Gawlt, Com- oy 1, Twanty-olghth Wikeonsln Infantry; Lenry Schmldt, Company G, Filty-sovouth 1il- nols Intunteys A, H, Perklns, Compuny C, 8ixth Wisconsln Infunts; Coumrade L. F. Jacobs, from a committes ta muko urmu‘mmumu for tho transportation of the Club to Washington to attond tho Innuygura- tion of President Gardleld, re}mrwxl that tho) could not wot rallrond tickets for leas than §25 the round trip, ‘Tho Raltitore & Oulo Rullrond agant hiud nformed him that that lino would curry tho Club to Washinglon cheaper thun uny athor road if tho rute mude by anothor roud wus less than $5 for the round teip. Some discussion ensued on tho organization of # drum corps, and, on tho motlon of Cowrnde Curtls, the Committeo Intrusted with tho watter was cuntlnued, with fostructions to report at the next inceting, Comrades Mavshall, Dudley, and Schoreck werd nppalnted u speclal Commitive to druw up sultablu resolutions upon the duemise of Coms rudy Lute Norton, Comrade Weavor, from tho Committes on lo- union, teported adversely to holding the re- unini on Washington's birthduy, Feb, 22, and the mattor was luid over until tho next mweattig. ‘The election of new moutbers wus luld over for aweek, The Club declded not to A(In to Washilogtonn n lmdyl o uttend to attond the Innuguration cere- monles. ‘Tho President announced tho appofutmunt of tho following BTANDING COMMITTEEN far the flmulnr yoear: Flnance, John J, Henly, ducab Gross, Doloss B, Rull; Leeturos, Julioy White, Murtlu Beem, A, L, Chetinin, Rubere W, where Tho stupldily t on tho part of tho 1z I3 chielly responsi- Smithy " Jumes A, ‘Bexton: Mombersh A, Hlodgett, Edward J, flook: Emplo} and Political’Action ¥, Hunenett, Juin Healy, C. I Mutso unn, F. ¢, Bull, § Bondreak, & Lo Bonett, 1 Motiruth, Aibord 1 Wyunt: Asslstant S r,‘wu A slstant Chaplain, Charics H, Morton, Hesolutlons of respect upon the donth of Conts rudo Copeland wero read uud adupted, Comrades Khnbull, Qlndele, and Munning were appoiuted u commitico to druft sultnblo resolus :Juul- "flm the domisv of Comrady Willlam Mor- on Pratt. Compado Munnlng referred to some abuses in tho mutter of recommending comrades for eme ployment, but no actiun was tukon, Curade L Buum futewduced resolutions thapklug Senutor Loxan for bis opposition to tho penslon mwasure known us the Sixty«Dise triot bill, Comrude Beonett wwk un opposit Viuw of the bill, although b was not oppused to uoher; Ase giviog Gen, Logan n vote of thanks, Hoth ge tlemen disetssest the bill warmly, Tho resolu- tons pnesed, Camando Hennett: voting In th negntive Wimrida A, W, Plattonburg wan Introdsiced to tho Club, and tho I'resdent read from Gien, Sherman a lotter commonding him. Tho 'rests dent nlso sall that tho comrade woull deliver i feetareon the ¢ Humors of the Loy In Blue and tho Contrabiandy ™ for the beneflt of tho Elub, If it 80 “desleod, matter wua roferred to the Lecture Committee, with power to act. SUBURBAN, LVANNTOS, Tinat evening, in the Baptist Chureh, neenrred tho atinunl contest for the Dunoon prize of 23, Tho prize is given to that mcmber of the Adelphly Literury Soclety who shnll write and deliver tho best Engllah aration, Tho vontest ants aro elected by tho Soclety, The oxorelsea Iust evenimg were much above tho average of oratorlenl contests, Mr, W, C, fi‘[lrlll)‘(l of Wils motte, a former memberof tiio Adelphic and an alumnus of tho Univeraity, presided, Good nnd appropeinfe muale was glven by the Chlengo Quanrtet. The ~followin speakera and tholr subjeotys € en werd tho ory “Anglo-Saxan HelfsGo M. Cor- ek, Danfol Webs 3 ‘hatehor, ‘Lord engonatield Yighol, ¥ Lossons of dvoralty ™y WA Supposcd Scone i the Mevotutio At Tl fidellty Ulthmated After the contest tho whole Adelphio Sncloty wentto tho hoise of Mr, George Dunoon, tho donor of tho prize, who feasted thom In elegnnt stylo, Aftor tho fonsting thero wiis much gonsg, il tonsts avers responded to by soveral meme byrs of the rociety, Thie Judges of 1he contest, Messrs, F. D). Hay- mond, H, C, 1lunt, A, M, Potter, . €. Crandon, and W, O, Wilson, nwarded the' prize to Mr, A, 11 Ditlggs, KANSAS. Winding-Up of the State Ald Commits 1ce—\ Nynopxin of Kix Operations. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, ToPERA, Kng, Feb, 14,—Tho Kansas State Afd ganlzed May 31, 1830, hna wound up its nttairs,—the nppointment by tho Leglela- ture of a Conmitteo on * Destitution on the Frontler” rendering unnceessury tho further prosecution of the aid business Ly tho State So- This Society was organized to tako ohargo of donntions In money und provialons from the countles In tho custern part of Kansas for tho rellef of tho settlers on the extreme westorn frontier of the State, who had lost their crops In_ conseduence of tho sovers droughts of 1870 and 1880, The number requiring rellef whet tho Ald Committeo wus organlzed way cs- timated nt 12,000 persons, distributed through twenty frontler countles. 1t was thon expected that nssistance would only be required durln; thu summer nonths, or until the maturlty o tho season’s crops: but, owing to untortunato elreumstances, this hups was not ronltzod, and tho committeo hus continued tho work of so- Heiting and und forwarding afd up to the pres- enttune, It was the endenvor of the commit- tou to mnko tho older-settled portions of the Stuto bear the burden of relteving the destitu- tion nmong thelr western nelghibors, and fn n ®rent mensure this has been done, ond tho chicerlng nasurance I8 given that Kaonsas fa nble and willlug to tnko eare of her n\vll!!cnp]u n times of dist hence the habit of pro- miscuons begging abrond will, it Ia thought, bo discontinted horeafter, Au exuminntion of the committee’s books shows tho following contributions from tho onstern and middlo counties ot the State: Liw.vf Lhs.of Jour, "~ nieals 3 Counties, Canl, Julingon L 1,20 Wabauusee,. 00 Washilngton. . 850 Wyandotto. ... s0n., 0 cm‘m from sources ouialde of the State were: 2,400 pounds of tlour and 8,000 pountds of menl from J. V, Farwell & Co., Chlengo: 13,000 pounds of tonut wnd 2 po@inds of menl from citizens of Knansas Citys 1050 poundsof flour from St Joseph: and miscolinneous contribin. tlons of 15,13 pounds ot Hour and 7400 pounds af menl togothior with cush donations as fol- lows: Acklund, Waylinu & Co., Clncinnnt!, *lWi Albort Blgelow, New York, £ mery Grazge,” I', Lester, $12.75,—mnkin F2410.78, a grand totnl of 214,130 pounds of tlour, and 207,106 POunds of menl, Iuackdition to the nbove thers were recolved Trom yarlous sourees 700 bushels of wheat, 1,000 buxhels of corn, 4,000 bustiels of potatoes, and Aevoral hundred preknges containing, clothing, groceries, fralt, meat, nnd sundries, the valig of which cannot bo detormined. The Town of Waterloo, [n., sent threoe car-loads of provislons; nud severnt ear-londs wore also recetved trom different puinte in Michigan, ‘Thu_cash-contributlons were oxponded for were needed from timo to timo o ed; wh with the othor supplles, wi b, ero judiclonsly distributed un- dertbe immedinte directlon of wn ngent of the Comuilttee, All tho rallronds of the State, and muny of thoae leading fnto the Btute, furnished freo transportution for all the reliof goods fur- nished by the Co Ittee, nnd thess facllitivs wero of grent nsslstance to tho Committee fn discharging its duty. ‘Tho Committov was coms pused of louding citizons of '"fopokn, and they retire with tho sutlstuction of having performed thele work faithfully und honvrubly, and re- lieved mueh of the sulfering Incldent to tho areat calawlty thac Lofell tha frontier sottlurd, e e—— . STOLEN CIGARS, A woman glving the unme of Mrs. Johnson ‘was arrested Baturdny afternoon by OMeor Ban- derson ut the instuuco of Mr, Brady, agont for L, HofMnan, denlor in clyars and tobneeo, Nos. 185 und 187 Madlgon street, who claimed that ton boxes of olzars whioh sho wits about to sell ton down town-donler nnmed loth, had; been atolen Trom his dolivery wagon, Upou bLoing closely questioned nt tho Armory, tho woman confesseil thut tho cliirs were stolon, uand that sho had been given them to sellby two young nion numod Frank Hayward, and Gearge Smith, Informu- tlon glven by ber led ta the nrrest of both al the bagnio of Bell Huyes in Rotten Row on Clinton street. Justieo Wallnco heled thom 1n $600_each to the Criminnl Court. 8 they conld offer no reasonablo oxplnnation ng to how thoy camo hy Hoods stolen out of Mr, Brudy's wagon. Tho Wwoman was discharged. —— A BOOKKEEPER ARRESTED, Charlea Itoturt, w German, 45 yeara of nge, who hns for some months pust-been in the employ of Carsten Blohmo, No. 138 Wost Washington atrect, In the eapacity of bookkeopor, wus are rexted yesterday afternoon and locked up at the Woar Madison Strect Statlon upon o cburgo of embozziensent and another of lnreony proforred Ly his employer, The ontire nmount wisappro- priuted (3 snld to be $45, but Mr., Blobmo thinks thero muy Lo othor-shortages which he hns not discovered. A portlon of thls wmount was fllched out of colleotions, and tho remuinder waa m goods sold, of which no cash roturns wero ever made 1o tho owner. ——— OPEN ON SUNDAY, Frank Bchwuchow, saloonkeoper nt tho cor- nor of Unfon und Mudlson streots; Jucob Gastol, corner of 1alsted and Madison streots; Charlof Von Kuchuau, No. 30, rad Herman Fink, No. 26 ‘West Madison stroet, wore booked attho West Madisou Stroot Stution yesterday on complaint of John W, Lyon, representing tho Womon's Chrlstiun Tomporanco Union, Thoy ure churged with keoplog 1 tippling-houso open on Bundyy in violndon of thu luw. Ball was furnished for tholr uppenranco for trial next Friduy, e —— .. ROBBED IN A SALOON, . Johin Bammous, proprietor of w galoon at No. 1M Clurk sfreot, 18 nt tho Arnory charged with larceny, and a womun supposcd to bo his imis- troas, giving tho name of Mary Robinson, is churgod with belng nucmu'r{ to the theft. Tho vomplafount 8 Itlchurd Walter, of No, 78 Bher- man strecs, and_ he oluhing that while ho was drinking und_carouning 11 thoe saloon tuoy man- nged to got §51 out of his pockets, e ——e—— Horsford’s Acid Fhosphuto for Sea« sickne Trof, Adolph Ott salds I the plurality of cused I suw tuo violout symptoms yleid, which churucterizo that diseade, und glve wiy o o healthy sedon of the funetlons ipairod.” ———— “RRough on Rats," Ask dragglsts for Rough on Kats. It clears out rats, wice, roaches, bed-bugs, ute, 156 boxes. e — The universal vordict Is that tho now No. 8 {8 thio shmplest and wost durable sowlng-mnchine. Wheeler & Wilson Munufucturing Co., 165 Btate. ———— We recommend Eldredgesowlng-machiues, THE COUNCIL. A Long Discussion Concerning the Eightaenth Street Via- duct. Tho Mayor Vetoes the Ordinance, and Suggests nn Alteration in the. Document. Mis Viows Colnclded In, After Which an Effort to Iass the Ordl- nance Falls, . A Bohool Inspeotor Appointed—Ald, Dixon Prosonts o Viadnot Ordinanco—Mis- collanoous Business. The Couneil hold a regular weekly mee ting Inst nlght, Muyor Hnrrison fn tho chair, and all tho Aldormen present except 1ildreth and Iur- coll. THE FOLLOWING VETO was reeelved from the Mayor: GrxTLEMEN: 1 return to your [honerable bady, without iny approval, *An ordinance per- mitting the rafsing of Llghteonth stroct bridyo nud ity approncties,”, for tha following rousons: Tobject to the followlng words in 8ce. 1 of the ordinanee, viz.: * under which the suld Itatlrond Company [Chiengo & Weatern Indlana] mny place its tencks and opornte 1ta rallroal.”” Theso words nre, of theinselves, o grant to tho Com- to- construct {ts tracks and operato puny ta raflrond under tho bridge, aund also, In_my omnlou. nro, )y Iulrllonuun nfl grint o operato the o of tyiek of which the trick under the, bridye will, 1f constructed, constitute a part, In view of tho fuet that n suit In chneery ‘18 pending for tho mirpuse of determiniug tha rlg 18 of tho Comn- pany under the ordlnnnes of Sept ordimance should, i my opinion, be piased which would or might operato as a distinet grant to tho (.ummmf ot powor to constriet tracks, 1 ree- ommend, therefore, that the ordinanee bo nmenided by strikivg out tho words referred to, ¥iz.: *under which tho sald rairond may vlneo Its track and oporate its raflrond,” 1 See. 1 of the ordlunnce. Ruspeotrully, Canten L Hanwisox, Mayor. Al Cullerton moved to reconalder tho voto by which tho ordinanco was passed, Agreed to, Ald. Dixon moved to amend tho ordinance as Buggested, § Ald. Cullerton ralsed the point that the mo- tlon was out of order, since, umder tho chartor, the only motion waus to pnss, tho voto botwith~ standing, Tho Chair sald that motlon was not mpern- tive, and declded that tho ordiunco was pend- {og, and could bo amended, A LONG DISCUSSION ENSUED over tho rightof Ald. Dixon to move the proe viotts question at the end of uspeech, ho have ing gotten the floor first and mudo une in sup- portaf tho nmendment, Tho Chalr heid that it contd bo dono, Al Caltorton Mlscxllml froin tho docistan, Ald, Dixon moved that the uppenl be laid on tho tble, Tha motion was agreed to,—yeas 18, hayg 15,— as_tolluws: Yeaa—Wickersham, Dixon, Bandors, MeAuloy, Burke, Lawler, Smyth, MeNurney, Solrocdur, Hwift, Everett, Hulbort, 'l’hulllll!!m, Brady, Lo- renz, Moyer, Murphy, Burley—I8, Nap~—=1altard, Clark, Hllurl!{ (Grannls, Wate kins, Cultorton, Altpoter, Itlordun, Poovey, Boid, McGrathy, Youny, Molor, Imhof, McCors m b tln question was ordored. Ald, Cutlerton then nrose and nasorted that ho had takon un appenl from tho decision of the Chalr when he declded that the amendnient ywos In order. The Chatr dldn’t recollect ft, Anothor diseussion followed, In which Ald. Cullerton took n prominent Imrt.—w prominent that ho haud to Le suppres: by the Chalr, who had considerable ditieulty {n getting him to un'iglu his uuull. M a4 ho amondmont was agroed to,—yens 2, nays 10—n8 fallows: 4 e Yeas—Wickersham, Dixon, Sanders, MeAuley, Durke, Luwler, Smyth, MeNurnay, Schirovder, Hwift, * Dond, Everett, lHulbert, Thompson, Drady, McGrath, Lorenz, Moyer, Meler, Imbof, Sturphy, MeCorick, Burley—2, Nays—Iullard, Clark, Storey, Grannly, Wat- l‘(,lnl:x. Culldv.-nuu' Altpeter, Kiordun, Peevey, oung—10, Al Clark enld that othor amendments wero necessary, and ho therefore moved to reeommlit. Am.l 8myth moved that the ordinance be passed, s Ald. Cullorton offered an amendment makng tho Comnpany lable fornil legal dumuges donc to property botwoun Canal and Grove und Seve enteenth ind Nineteenth streets. Al Wickersham mmuilo the point that amend« ments wero not In order. T'he Chudr didn't agreo with him, After mnore taik, nost of it by Ald, Callerton, the previous question was ordered, being tho amendment of Add. Callertun, which was lost b y the following vota: Yeag--Ballard, Clurk, Bhoroy, Watkfns, Cul- lerton, Altoctor, Wlordan, Pevvey, Hond, Hule bort, Youwur, Meler, Imhot, Burloy—14, Niypg—Wickersham, Dixon, Buiders, Geannls, Moduley, Burke, Liwier, Bmyth, MeNurnvy, Sehivoeder, Swirt, ratt, ‘Thompson, Brady, MGirath, Moyer, Sturphy, SeCormick~—is, The motion to recommit was lost. Ald, Clark thought T ORDINANCE WAS IMPERFECT. Ttwould be construed ns giving the Compan: rights which the Corporation Counsot_elnimed it dit not hnve in llmcusulpmmmu 11 tho Courts. Huo had voted in favor of tho orglnal ordinanco and to pass It aver the Muyor's veto bevauso ho thought he was doing rlehit. Ho had maintained, when tha road wantel to come in, that the teneks should b Infd close to those of the Michigun Houthorn, and was nssured by tho ollicors that #uch wis thoir intention, but “thoy wanted a1 it tlo latitudo fu order that they might mako bet- w 1870, o ter terins with tho property-owners, In- stend of keeplng fuith, however, the officers had - devestated tho - entlro distriet; had lald tricks within sixty feet of State strect. Ho was not vpposed to the” roud coming intu the city, yet desirod it restricted to o proper route, Ho offered tho followlng wmendiment ** 810, 6, This ordlunice 18 granted upon the furtber express condition that It shall be fore matly nceepted by tho Cileugo & Western In- diuni Railrond Company within ton dnya uttor 114 prasagee, and that the work horoln authorized shall bo done and comploted within six mouths from the presuge of tho ordinnnco: uthorwise ull elebts und privileges hereln granted shall cense und Lo null and vold." Thts was yareed o, Tho ¢uestion thon recurred on the ordinance, and it was voted down, yens 18, nuys {4, ns fol- lows—n mujority of all the Aldormen being nec- csgary: Yeay—Wickorsham, Dixon, Banderd, MoAuley, Burke, Lawler, Smy'th, MoNurney: Schroedor, Bwift, erett, ilulbert, Thompson, Hrady,* Moy, Initof, Murphy, MéCorm 3 Nuyg=Niullard, Clark, Shorey, urrumls’ Wat- kins, Cullorton, Altpeter, Itlordan, Peoyey, Diond, MeUruth, Youny, Meler, Burley—11. BCIOOL INSPECTOM, A communteation was rocelved from the Mayor nominating Connid L, Nieboff School Inspecior, in plico of' Juhn C, Richbory, rl’s‘f!lt‘d. Tho appolntmoent was contirmed. LEQULATING JUSTICE SHOPS, Ald.lllurluy oftered the followlug, which was passeds WitengAs, Under oxisting lnwa many of our citizens aro constuntly oppressod mu!ynnnn ol by suits being brought ugulist o before Jus- tiees of tho Pedcu within the county, but at long distunces from tholr homos: and WHEREAS, Buch sults Involve the Jmfllo! sucd In henvy oxponses in attending to defond such snlts; wnd WHEREAR, Many of such sultsaro brought un- Justly and for tho evidont purpose of blavks il u{r: o it Reyolved, That tha Senators and lopresentns tives in ‘“E ture assembled bo requested to pusdn law which will compel tho I»rix g of il suiLs beforo Justices within tha town lu Which ono of the parties to auid suit resldes, or in the dounty-town of the county, ¥ Itesntved, That tho Clty Clork'bo dircoted, and he Is heroby directed, to forward certifiod coples of tho foycwolng preamblo and resolutions to lench Bonutor and Reprosentative from Cook County now In the Htate Legistaturo, JUSCELLANEOUS, All, Bmyth, fruin tho Committes on Health, roported buck the ordinanca requiring the children In privato und scotarbin schools to bo vacelnuted, with a recommendation thut 1t pass, ‘Tho report wis lukd over, and made o speelal ordur for Monduy lllls:ll- A, Clark, from tho Commlttee on Btreots and Atleyd, South Divisiun, roecommended tho approprintion of $U.000 th pay for tho linproves went uf the vity's portion of Michlzan avenup, ‘Tho roport wus roferred to the Finunce Com= mittee. VIADUCTA, Al Dixon presented tho following, which was roferred to the Judlelry Conmitiee: Wil 8, . Tho city's’ portion of bullding the prosent viaducts and approuchos over the. dife feeent vollroud tracks fu this oity s over SEHUI3—not Inluding the Jurgo sum expended i repadry; und thu ratiroads’ portion Is only FEEL040, For wiiuse solo benorlt tho said viaducts and upprouchus wore bullt; und WitkitkAs, The estlmato usked for in this your’s nppropriution for rebulliog nyd repale- ng dofeclive vinduots is over $50,00; and Witkiras, Thore Jé ulso askod forin this yoar's appro pringon for uew vinducts aud approaches [ ullt or actuslly needed about %W0,00, thereforo ask for the Elfldlluo of the fullowing ordinunce n reard 1o bulliing and malutaining Vieduets und npprouches theretos He 1t ordgined, cte,, BECTION 1, That all via- ducts over rulivond L'l‘(inmi{! 1n, us.:)ll. ar along vm{ stroct of tho Clty of Chicago which may be unlored by the City"Council shall huroatteér bo bulit und erocted toguthor with appronchos thorota by such rallroad colnpany or compauies Wwithout cost or expouse 50 tho uityy aud the rame shall er bo kept and maintnined In proper repaic and condition by siich company or compnnics without cost or exponsa to tho olty. HEC. 2, That any rallrond company or compas nles refusing or neelecting (o bulld, croot, or keep und inaintaln fn ropair any such vinducts nnd appronches thoreto which may bo ordered hullt, erected, and repateed by tho Clty Counell over any streot ur atreota oeonpied by sald rafl= rondgshll st oneo ho ordered and dircoted by tho Commiskionor of the Department of Publia Works to remove any and nlf tenek or trieks from, in, upnn, or alang sich atreet over which tho vinditer 1a drdered to be bullt, NEC i UTpon fallure of salit company or com- ponles Lo removy 19 track or tracks pirsiant to st vrdor, it I8 hereby doetared to Uo the duty of tho Commissioner of Public Works to eauso the kunio to by renioved ut once, employing such furco s may bo necessary thorcto, OTIHER BUSINESY, Ald, Dixon aiso presented a petition from the Iinots Magnotle ‘Pelephone "Compuny nskinj for tho right to_construct telophono lines an exchunges, olfering to furnish each police atn- tlon with u compiete act of telophonns frea of charge, and pgreeing thnt tho rental of fol phones for ali ordinary distances shall not ex: ceed $50 u yoor, It was reforred to the Committee on Fira and nter, Ald, Lawlor moved to reconstder the motion by which the Elghtecuth street bridge ordiuanco wns lost, The Chalr held that ha couldn't make the mo- tlon, ns hie hndd voted with the minority. Th? Counctl thon adjourned untll Weduesdny aventng. THE UTES. Surveying the Slte of Thelr Futurc Home—Progreasgf the Survey Under Mr, Medary, Spectal Dlapateh ta The Chlengo Tribune, GALENA, TL, Feb. 11.—T. B, Medary, who, in tho employ of the Unlted Btates, has been on- gnged In surveylng Government land fn South- western Colorado and New Mexico, arrived in tho city Inst ovenimg on his way to Wushington, wheneo bie departs on Wednesday, Mr. Medary hus Leou engaged since November last in sur- veyg tho land which, under the recont I'reaty, is ta ho transferred to tho Utes, and to which they nre to be removed. His contract I3 one of unusuul dimensions, and, according to the prog- ress thus fur mnde, will consumo nearly if not quito n yenrfrom the date work was commenced. Mr. Medary his nbout fifteen men at work, and, uniler Instructions from the Department, Is making a8 rapld headway as possible, Lo describes tho rectlon of country to which tho Indiuns are to be removed as the iost benutiful, fortlle, and romantic in Colorndo, especlully nlong tho Lt Platic River, and says {t hi n mise tuken fden that the Indinns object serlonsly to tho removal, Ilh\]lnr‘)‘ has not been moleated or annoyed 1n tho lenst, tho Indinns huve troated them with respect and Kindness, As tho In- dlans eannot be removed until tho survey fa completed, Mr, Medary’s esthinato ot tho timo whot the Utes wiil * go*" did not conform to tho goueral Impression DE LESSEPS' VANGUARD. Arrival of tho Kirst Installment of Engtncors to Megin Work on tho Canal. Taxana, Fob, 3.—The Star and Herald of Feb. 1 hay the following regarding the arrival of the first of Mr. De Lesseps' englnecrd to commenco work on the caunl: OndJan, ) the French stenmer Lotayetto ar- rived at Colon, with Messrs, Armand Itectus, G Btunchiet, and. ubont forty others who iro to be cmployed on the Panama Canul. [ necordance with the pruviousty arrunged plan, the Pretect, Miguel Itorbua, necompnaled by the Alenido Commisslonurs Abelle, Zuboln, Rubinson, Fleld, and g, repatred to tho wharf, where they met M. Rectus and his nssociwtes und presonted o briof uddresa of welcome nppropriste to the acension, A lnrgo crowd had coliceted, and when tho Prefeet, nftor rendlug s short address, culled for ** vivus," the respouse was spontancous and benrty. Almost hinmedlately nfter tholr arelval the ehler of tho purty, M. Itectus, wont to the ruil- roud olfice to make nrranguements for golng fors ward, A special traln wns placed at tho dis- posal of the Lml'(,v by Mr, 11, A, Wouds, Superin- tomdont of the Puniimu Rallrod, which left As- plnwatt nt 0 w. m, und perlved ot Papam at 12 noon, The members of tho Panamn Commissipn were at tho station on tho urrelval of the traln, and exchunged formnl grectings with Mosurs, Rectus, Blunchet, and othors of the party, who were aqulekly conveyed to the Grand Hotel, where they are now comfortally Installed, For tho present, und it Is presumed permanently tho cannl |lcll(|l‘lllll‘“" wHI' be In Panami, though Colon will he the maly point for tho dis« tribution of supplles for tho worle, The expedition ig divided Into distinct gectlons or depariments, M, Reetus I8 Goneral Agent, with full powers frowmn the Canal Compuny over nll matters which mny require hils attention and duclslon on tho Isthinus, M. ianchet is Di- rector of the cannl works, It I nnderstond thut tha svork of tho varlons sections and e¢omnis- slons 18 10 bo bogun ut onee and pushed on with energy. ‘Theso will rolute prineipully 1w the oxuct location of tho 1o for the proposel cnnul, clenring wway tho timbor knd_brush, and thius opening up the country through which tho oxeavition will bo mado; arramangz matters of titles for the right of way, buildings, etc., and the goneral lnnding neranizoments of the Come- puny, aind othor mutters of & prellminugy char- neter which mnust neuus;nr)li' wuteeedo the eom- encemient of netual work In ronding tho con- tinents nsunder. No less thun thedo prelimbinry operutlons is tho organlzation of tho company 1tsclf, whioh will not be fully conpleted for sov- eral months yet, and the construction, on tho hinmonsa sedlo necessary, of tho colossal ma- chlnery which will be required 1o earry on tho varlous operations of digging, drilling, cud blusting rocks, and removing onrth and stoie, i muchinery 19 largely employed instend of tho oldur and” slower maothods, and tho uso of maero mnnual labor, The following 18 & summary of the servico ns at presont orgunlzen, and tho names and posi- tions of the various mewbers of this ploneer Canul Commisslon: "Tho oxpedition compaosed of the following depnrtmaonts: , tho Superlor Agenoy, luiv- in tho coutrol und linmedinte supervision of the technieal und legnl . mntters, n8 well ds tho ne- counts; second, the Depirtinont of Honl Estato third, tho Banitary Service; fourth, Work an Conalruction. Tho lnttor uopnrtmcnt 18 argnnized ng follows: The lirin of Messrs, Conorenux & Ilursent bave been yppoluted by M. Do Lesseps to completo tho studies and earry out the work relative to tho ploreing of tho Tsthmus, and M. Gaston Dlanchet 18 tho ropresentative of tho above tirm, —_— DECISION IN AN IMPORTANT CASE, Speclal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, CLEVELAND, O, Feb, H.—Tudgo Cadwell, of the Common Pleas Court, to-dny dismissed tho peti- tlon and eross-petition In tho Injunction sult of the Standard OIl Company ngatust Scotlicld, Schuriner & Tengle. Tho plalntlt attempted to hold the defondnnts to n contract prohibiting thom from carrying on businoss as oll-rofiners only under cortain conditions, Ono of tho atip- ulations was that tho dofendauts shoull not ro- tino more thun 85,000 burrels of potroleum per yoar. Tha two scnior wombors of tho flrm, np- pearing na dofondants, wore fuvorablo to tho cause of tho plgiutif, and.supported tho potidon with n . cross-potition, Judgo Hurber some woeka sineo crofused appli- catlon for n temporary infunction ro- stralning the dufendants “from” currying on their business, holding that thos contract was {llegn] and niainst puhfio poliey und [n rostraint of trade. Tho piniatif und eross-petitioners ex= cepted to Judge Cadwoll's action to-duy, and will nppeal the easo to the higher courts,” This unuo I8 of grout importunce Lo the Stundard Off Compuny, g It bes muny simitar contracts, ———— Indigestion, dyspepsin, nervous prostration, and il forms’ of gouernl debility rolloved by tuking Mensmuan's Peptontzed Boof Tonle, the ouly preparadon of beof contuining its entire }mulunuu propurties, It {8 not a nore stimus nut liko tho extructs of beof, but contuing blood-makiug, force-gencrating, and life-gus. tnining proportics; in invaluuble In’nll onfece Dbleod condluons, whothor tho tesutt of exbuus- tion, nurvous prostration, overwork, or ncuta sonscs, purtienlarly if resulting from pulmo- ro- nury complnints, prictors, Now York, woll, Hazu 0.y For anlo by drugglsts. MARRIAGE LICENSES, oo ollawiai Tarriago-licenscs were imsucd yestor Jiremian A, Gravell dromiat A, Gravetio, Mary 10bOrt 1 veseas !'A‘llw;lure (i, Bernhurdf Lizajo Miller.., Beatdence, 228 ) €1....52 Wt Erfe. I Norih W ood, 1% Contre avonue. 3 s#vunuwmn, 153 Wost Ml 1t Wet Sohree: J3.... Adison, 1. 4o erelombard, 1l hrrlll"'MO“nTfl'“I":“" b, do’s purents, by and.J, \V. Ullmor-{‘ i JIGUINS-YATES -0 \ Beorinaty dnnlo Yatod Ini P 'x’fx’l‘.‘ HATCH Funinra 'l are invited, HOAAN=Fob. 11, of conges tam Lo, et yomes s 3 s 1% Drin Fuinral Wiosday, Fob. 1t 15 oy, i renlideney of lils tather, Mariin: 11n "5k 10 Northwostorn Depok, thonee §, kA 218 ~0n Katarday nvoning, i, AT CONPOR, dry b A e y‘; e aad iy e o 01 E10 FOuldonce 0f e pyiey, Iy B ' 1] L ausda, Feb. 16,15, . uum\',’,};fi; MINUTER=Fob, 14t 3w, v wifo of Tuirick Minltor and sn 1o Bulfienn, nyord 8 gones, " 14 dniior ¢f ;“-nmhv"j Fanerr) ot 13 from b, rostdenre, 7y oy Famlly Churelr, from thonee’ 45 8heccay, Camotory, Frivada 07 (16 family ingicars @ Calfay CONWAY—Vho body of the Ine. ¥ + ¥, on Wednosday netoriou, the Tith tnat. » Vemeteryy) YOULBa biiriod from tho vauit af terpn GRERLEY=Feb, 11, " Mary dnne only di Larinal menin, Topohaatty yoin WAl oo nn Jinutesy i 2~ Wisconain und Minnosoty s YALIN=In thincity, Fab. 1, s T please vy, mes with pkthists Florastine wife of I o CKWELL-Sundar, tho it I, m:'M } P ipbed AUEE oF Sjpg 1 Metinnalss and Mra. lugeno 3, b I Ly, JONES W . OF i ely 1 Clareneo oo i Mg dten Chrton e T Srandiag 1 Flom, Tiunthy (Lo Tath addenly at Knnsay woE 9 AL Kansns City, §sturgae g, }_rlx'(n.«‘-n-fi,xu.x;n.‘x A rost, Bofoyod Brovhor of Alkters S1e doil, Mrs. A fenntige, M, 8, 1 Franen tk s BN yana, o 0y 0 Feenel, mnd iy} 10 wan lod Il)l A momaentof time,” BHERMAN=Ruwiden Mon e Bherman, of 1veraiie. oy wrening, gy, Notjes of sor tuntial ioéentuor, PATNE-In this clty. on th morntng of Anat, 3rs, i£ M. Caing, Wwidow of 0 fhe 1y vuiile, in ino's ||.v]!eurul“‘ix;-rn e 11O 1012 Jazer unonit Wodnesday, o 9 of hur dnuzhier, dtra: b 1. e st ROWE—AL her resida Loxinu o i, t. 150 Vark, Fab. o Finnie Tragry br, Fiinoml ta-day (Tuesday) o rpemmuryud-.-m Denot o Ihinuts Centent traln trom Chicn:go FRATP—Fob. 1, 2 . munt hin tote resitens s Fulton-st., (e Iieas Facotves by e, R aentet burning 07 Samuons, Ciark & . fuetory Morton Euit mowd & venras woniis und |~’{|,1.§} B ery A, ICARO Ar! i s Liout i WO Artillury. Noteo of faped 4 p.om, Carrls rHTaL uf 11 gt ANNOUNCEMENTS, AL VOTERS, TRRESPECTIVE ) I S ettt uro iy attend n nieoting in the leeture-rooy N Presbyterlan Chureh Washimktun st 3ot A Wilodant o SSMERTL in the contrietion of sTLhwestoen nilen Ot 1wl Do hetd Thls oveniing fo e n Clarkent. o’ nich > commiticos appoin R i ted on the Wost und North s4 e b undNonteg LL IN FAVOR OF A VIADL A uver the tracks of Chicngn, nmunumuw. Ty At Centre-ay, Wl ntond x cetin: Wednod s B m e Pencaelcn Hall, i ifine i ac oo uf Furteontii-at.” Goud” spunkers wil adiio i et KE, T velety Wi annogno| e monguly mees) meoting at tho Notlios o rey dneaing fn March s oy to b teld Wodaentay, 1te wlit taku plnce tho firat W, Griind Paclile Itotel ut 2; o ind 0. i FPULE SEVENTIT WARD Clab will mest this ove Gf welrth und Waller- meinbera uro requosted L ROYAL BAIK PURE MADE FROM GRAP CIREAM TARTAR ousekeeper's favorlte In lending cittes of thaxch Na other broparation tinkes suci L, taty b breadi or Juznrlons pastey. Cun bo tics withiont fear of the 11 resulting from | restible food. CE~ for puclisandub Hatiences by ! Tir, Mot MW Chattel Morfgage S Furnlturs, Stelnway Plano, ele,, 372 North Market.st. Brussels Carpets, Parlor Suif, )Iarplb Top Chamber Nots, Parlor and (k Stove, One Elegant Nicinway Fiam. Salo Tuesday Moralng, Feb, [5, at 004, 5 o 130 8 (0 ELISON, FLENSIED 810, — DISSOLUTION NOTICES. "DISSOLUTION, 'The partnership herotuforo oxisting baiween. ; Movro und John MeCoanell under the o nfi:" John Moora & Co,, has this dny been dlasolte . mutual consont, Jolin McCunnell relfring RS firm, Jony !lullllli.. Fobruary 12, 1831, JOUN AcCONNELI st aving purchased tha intorest of Joln :l:colx-“ 1n tho oty frm of Johu Moure & Ca., 1 Ul SHE at the old placo under tho namd UL nasuming all the indebtedness o colloeting all tho accounts due, ond dra. DISSOLUTION. ; in The conartnership heratofy firi hamo af 11, Cali i nititunl consent,’ Arnold 0 from said tira trons Junuary J K8 Chicago, Fab. 14, 181 _ATNULD G B rWISOY, B Tanks and 0 S1O00m ing ‘]k-fl", 0 Joediny, Mtching, UK, ng Pijace i o l}'l;;g,'i,',“’_ (= fails to enira, Prepared by J, ML 7 delphin e Nonsgcnius bt It W4 Cblcage Depots, 18] W, Madiaso, & 0f. MINING OUT. ASSA | oD A A A Anl HESAM Gonerl €1 ":'.L},ELE“' SILBERT WHLE C. GILBERLR o e it e Kunl u 10 ] Gl 4G UL —___EDOCioNle gy 5 A B LVANIA MILITALY et 3 el ngineeriok S5 Slianles E Ui esrvea conderrod. ¢ ATE Froak €2