Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1881, Page 7

~old lines+- =~ - .* The enlargement ¢ .Canal has not yet commenced; “of the river through the Galop THE CH’ICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1881-EIGHTEEN PAGES. 7 CANADA. Great Improvemen!s in the Matter of . Shipping Cattle Contemplated at fontreal. The Scheme for the Enlargement of the Cornwsll Canal Fully Eatured. Pefeat of {lic Bill to Incorporate the Orange Society of Outario. The Changes in the Tariff Laws Concurred | in by Parliament. WITE-DESERTION. Special Dispateh 10 The Cicago, Tribune, * ToroxTa, Feb. —\William T. Robinson, #n Englishman, has been arrested here on the charge of wife-desertion. The circum- siances connectad with the case are curfous. -Robinson married & handsome wife in En- gland nine years ago, making .$7,500 by the fransaction; and then came to Canada and audered the money. Returning to En- jand. he became intimate with his wife's “gister, and persuaded her 1o elepe with hiInll. 8 and once more reached this country. mans; the affair so well, however, that s wife remained under the impression that he had left her to seek emplovment here; and, 2s she rezularly e ved letters from hin, she re- mained unsusyicious fora year or so. At * Jast, becommyg restive, she crossed the ocean erself, without giving notice of her coming, and found the guilty pair living in a si village in Eastern Ontario. Iler husband got pews of her arrival, and made off with his + patamour; but was overhiauled in Toronto, and arrested as stated. i quest of $15,000 hias been left him, and that peintanded to draw the money and go to Cape Colony with It MATTERS IN MONTREAL, . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune: MoNTREAL, Feb. 26.—Great improvements sré contempiated at this port for the com- merce of cattle-shippers during the open season. A new line of railway will be laid gown so that cattle can be put on board at any time without driving them through the city. . The Itaiian Consul has brought before tha Board of Trade ascheme for lessening the towage charges on the river, and so advises their being remitted altogether, asa draw- * back to'the shipping of the port. B Anumber of the Roman Catholic parish- foners o’ Tallexfield intend entering action for defaraation against the priest of the par- ish for reading out their nawmes from the -gltar for failing to pay an annual fee of §1 ‘which he imposed upon thein. CREDIT-FONCIER. . . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. MoxTREAL, Feb. 26.—An understanding has been arrived at between the two Credit- Foncier companies whereby the difficulty as to the allezed infringement by the Dominion company upon the privilege- granted the Franco-Canada company by the Quebec Leg- islature is avoided, and with it the chief part of the constitutional difficulty. The Credit- Foncier of the Dominion of Canada will take aCanadian-charter only, and will not have any Board of Direct: in France. This leaves it free to employ its French capital in -the Province of Quebec withouttrenching on - the exclusive right of the other company to do business in the Province for thirty years asa French monetary institution. CANALS. Bpecial Disoatch to The Chicago Tribune. OzTAWA, Feb. 26,—In the Senate, Sir Alex- ander Campbell stated that the .scheme of enlargement of the Cornwall Canal has been 1in a great ineasure matured. At the lower end two new locks 270 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 14 feet on the sills, have been built, totake the place of the three locks on.:the the Williathsburg and 7 certain whether the reopening of thé¢ chrmnel Ra; will render its enlargetnent necessary. IMMIGRANTS TO THE NORTHWEST.} Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, OTTAWA, Feb, 26.—The Immigration Com- mittee met and examined Mr. R. ‘W, Prittu, of Toronto. He said he had "taken about 5000 persons to Manitoba during the past | -season. He said the Mackenzie Government gave him eighty acres of land for every set~ tler he took into the Northwest; but this ar- rangement had been canceled by the present Government. e complained that the rail- way companies §n\'e a larger percentage on tickets to the Statcs than te Manitoba, no natier if they only crossed the border in the former case, ORANGISM. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘ToroxTo, Feb. 26.—T4e bill to incorporaie {he Orange Society of Ontario has againbeen defeated in the Ontario Legislature. The discussion created unusual interest. The galleries of the House were all well occu- ggfid, the lower ones being crowded, The ‘was defeated by a vote of 56 to 19, OTTAWA ITEMS. Epecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. OrTAWA, Ont,, Feb., 26.—The Dominion Parliament have concurred in the tariff changes, and they go into effect to-day. . Lord George and Lady Campbell will visit Washington shortly, after spendmg some iittle time in the I{Tnited States prior to re- turning. ‘The Governor-General goes to Quebec next week. THE BUDGET. Bpecial Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, 'AYLMER, Ont. Feb. 26.—Alexander Weir, frain and commission merchant, has ab- gganded. His defalcations amount to $10,- Specicl Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. NDON, Feb. 26.—Mrs, Heyman, of New Tork, who was arrested here on a charge of detrauding Mr. Andrew Higginson, a mer- chant, out of §73, has been discharged, the DProsecution failing to appear. Part of the novey has been refunded, and security given {or the remainder. Special Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. MoNTIEAL, Feb. 25.—A stout and healthy- Joaking man begged piteousty in the Police urt to be sent to jail till spring, when he could ship on some canal-boat to the,States. He could get no work. The Police Magis- trate sent him down for a month. The exodus of the French-Canadians to e New England States stilt continues. merican dealers are so buisly engaged in i farm produce on the south shore of the St. Lawrence that not more than half B¢ farmers come to the Montreal markets Fho came Jast winter. Hay especially is Deing bought up in larze quantities. HYMENEAL. Marriage fn Plitsburg of Dr. Willlam Douglass, of Belfast, Ircland, and Misa Annie M. Fuller, of Alleghenys Gy, Pa. . Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. Prirsping, Pa., Feb. 2.—A notable wed- in high life took place at noon to-day at L Audrew’s Episeopal Chureh, The groom %2 Dr. William Donglass, a member of the 94 Douglass family of Belfast, Englsnd. He Sirgeon on the Royal mail steamship 8, and a gentleman well and favorably t1own on both sides of the Atlautic. The Uide was- Miss Annie M. Fuller, of Alle- Bheny. Tue pridesmaids were Miss Lilly e of New York, Miss Kalliwooda of Ustrla, Miss Bessie Jones of Altegheny, and K Lottie Benmett of Allegheny. The '8 dress was made by Worth, of Paris, Bt is a2 beautiful specimen of W It ie composed of white satin (i 2tong pleated train. trimaed With Duchesse laco and real pearl um‘fzs. The sleeves are made of Du- Cospgiprey 804 extend to the elbow. being tgep, "wng. It is cut in heart shape at the o le veil and 3 s 2 Jovely - foom.” The ~ The bride also wore a tul € blossors, and for orna; bearis, a ntesent from th Itis said that a be- | 1t is elaborately | sy costumes ot the bridesmaids were unique and * beautiful, beiny exact reproductions by Worth of ~ the costume of the lovely =~ Duchess of ~Devonshire in her celebrated - portrait by Gainsborough. Their dresses were of te surah silk, witl train carried over one arm. and blue’ sash. They have round waists with lace shirrin and rufiles, and fichus of tulle and lace. Eacl; of the ladies had her hair powdered, and Ihe)' also wore white plush Gainsborough hats, with long, nodding white plumes. Each canied Episcopul prayer-books, presents from the bride. "The ladies also wore cor-/ sage bouquets of Douglass roses, The ushers were JMr. Benjamin Than, Mr. Richard O'lara, Mr. “James Long, Mr. J. I MWhite, Mr, Will Orr, and Mr. Will Mullin: The ceremony <vas uccording to the full f the Episcopal Churell, partat the and part in the chancel. 1t was con- ducted by the Itev. Mr, Alsop. Afterthe coeemony a double quartet, in_ which Miss n Wallag ,_.\Illas Mourk, Miss Bashear, Balph, Ma uth, and others took part, ndered th B Chorus” from ‘!JLO,- bengrin® ‘There were over 500 invited , Including_ some members of the for- 1ons az Washington. Alrogether it vas the most notable society event that has occurred in Piusburg for veu The pres- ents were wany and very valuab) THE WEATHER. HILWAUKEE. Special Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribune. Minwavkee, Wis, Teb. 26—Rain has fallen throughout this rggion since moon. In the morning a thaw commenced, and the streets are now flooded. So far there are no washouts on the railroads, but reports of such occurrences must wecome numerous before long. 'The enormous snow-banks are meiting with surprising rapidity, and the Mitwaukea River is already flooding the store basements on East Water street. Snow has been packed to thie depth of about one foot on the level, besides which there are drifts in and about the ity to - the depth of four or five icet. The torrents of water forming at this time can therefore be imagined. The atmosphere having ned excessively warm, ancther day will clear the last v snow from the field damage from the flo the vity, on the farn lines. A year ago & the northwestern p: inundated and suffered much loss under con- 3 threatening than the present. at deal of snow in the pineries the open country whieh iS now turning to water rapidly and helping the rain to flood the vivers. 'The storm prostrated some of the telegraph wires between here and ‘St. Paal this evening, but repairs are being made and the interruption will be brief. GALENA, ILL. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. GALENA, 1L, Feb. 26.—A pouring rain- storm, accompanied by terrible thunder and blinding flashes of lightning, prevailed in this city early this forenoon, and water has fallen more or less all day. There is scarcely a dry cellar in the city, and Main street is com- pietely flooded, while thestreets leading from the hill have been converted into swiftly running creeks., Should the break-up oceur now, aother flood equal if not more di trous than the one with which we were vis- ited last spring will be sure to follow. The mercury yesterday morning was 12 degrees below zero. SIOUX CITY, .A. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Sroux City, Ia., Feb. 26.—A through train, the Hlinols Centra', is exp ‘etéd to-night, the first since Monday. North, along the line of the St. Paul & Sioux City, one of the worst storms of the season is reported, with a northwest wind and snow. 1tis hoped to clear the Sioux Falls line to-morrow. It has been closed iive days. Weather here cloudy, north wind, and thawing most all day. DUBUQUE, IA. Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. DunrQUE, In., Feb. 26.—A heavy rain-storm set in this morning, which was accompunied by thunder ana lightning. The weather was mild, which. assisted to thaw the snow and change our 'streets into “running rivers, -Many cellars were filled, and if the rain con- tinues great- damage is anticipated. Wash- outs are expected on the railroads, and trains - will be ordered to run slow. JONMOUTI, fLL. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. \Moxnéurm IIL, Feb. 26.—A severe thun- der-storm, accompanied by hail and rain, passed over this city thisforenocon. Thefine new house of W. C. Norcross was struck by lightning and considerably damaged. It is reported that two men were struck by light- ning and instantly killed to-day at Cameron, a small village six miles east of here. CEDAR RAPIDS, TA. Epecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Cepar Rarmos, Ia., Feb. 26.—Rain com- menced falling at an early hour this morning and continued nearly all day, accompanied by frequent sharp thunder and lightningz. fixe snow is rapidly disappearing, and a flood ii_céeminit the thaw and rain continues as to-day. . GRAND HAVEN, MICIT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. sRAND HAVEN, Mich., Feb. 26.—There was a heavy thunder-storm here at 6 o’clock this evening. CAMDEN, ME. CAMDEN, Me.. Feb. 26.—Penobscot Bay was frozen over last night for the first time since 187, : THE SIGNAL SERVICE. ‘OrFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasnveros, D. C., Feb. 27—1 a. m.—For the Tennessee and Ohio Vailey, cloudy, rainy weather, warmer southwest veering to colder northwest winds, fallmg followed by rising barometer. For tie Upper Lake region, rain or snow, followed by partly cloudy weather, variable winds, shifting to colder northwest, followed by rising baromet; B For the Upper sissippi and Lower Mis- souri Valleys, colder, fair weather. followed in the east district by occasional rain, north- westerly winds, and rising barometer. For the Lower Lake region, warmer, cloudy or rainy weather, southerly winds, falling barometer, generally followed by \}'inds g'eering‘ to colder northwesterly, and rising barometer. % Cautionary signalscontinue at Milwaukee, Grand Haven, and Ludington. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. CHICAGO, Feb. 26-10:18 p. m. Ther.|Hu | Wind.| Vel &) g (=3 | Bar, *Too small to measure. i tomperature,51:0; minimum temperature, ez fotor, B.0; Lian lemperature, 46:20; 9.0 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS CHICAGO. Feb. 23] | tner 13| 20:13 THE RAILROADS. Annual Report of the Chicago & Alton—A Good Showing. "Slight Falling Off in East-Bouad Freights Last Week. .Restoration of Colorado Rates and End of 5 Ghil the War, THE COICAGO 45 ALTON. The annual report of the Chicago & Alton Rallroad for the year ending Dec. 31, 1880, has just been issued. It shows that the Alton has fully shared in the general prosperity during 1860, It Is the finest exhibit ever wade by this Company, and its managers may well feel proud of what they have ac- complished,mud its stockholdérs have good reason to be elated over the results of the yuar’s business. The following is an abstract of the interesting document: A ‘The length of road operated at the end of the yeur, iucluding first and second main track and side tracks, was 1,06134 miles. The capital stock was as follows By Preterred shures, B 2425400 Conimon shares. + 11,181,400 Cqnvertible serip outstanding. ] Totul amount of bonds..... 12,981,960 = , Total stock and bonds........ 558,522 ‘The amount of common stock has been in- (s 111,160 shares, which have been sold by the Company for the purpose of providing additional equipment, and the amount of bonded indebtedness has' been -reduced by the eancellation of $61,080 of sinking-fund bonds since the last annual report. The Company has expended lurge sums ob- tained from thme to tiwe by the saje of its stock and bonds for permanent additious to fi; leased lines, and for rolling stock used on e ‘T'he lenses are perpetual, and the property thus held may be considersd as owned, sub- ject to the payment of annual rent.” The eross earnings, accompanivd with those of the year previous, were as follows: ‘The operating expenses, compared with those of the preceding year, were as follows: 1550 1879, Conducting transporta-, tion -8 $ 9515 Motiv Maintenanco of way Malotenance of cars, eneral expenses.. 19432 Total SLOLES §3,00,520 The summary of earnings and expenses is as follows: 1680, Larnings from all sources. §7,6 Operating expenses.. 4 Net gross earnings. Iocrease in net earni 1ncreuse in operating ex, § 019245 n line, with the exception of Increase in net earnings...... The entire m; thirty-eight miles, is Iaid with steel rails, and these thirty-eight miles will be Jaid with steel atonce, The earnings on each of the lines held and operated 1 nder lease were larger than in 18W. ‘The net earning sof the Joliet & Chicago Branch have at all times exceeded the aripunt of rent paid fur its use. ‘The St. Louis, Jacksonvilie & Chicago Rail- road earned $742,795 in 1879, and §965,763 in 5503 i 02, 3 g The Loui; ouri River Railroad earned S31 ), and §467,92¢ in 18803 ingrease, $150,16; 7y ‘The operation of the Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago Railrond under the terms of the lease commenced Nov. 1, 1879, T'he earnings of the road in 1850 were $1,201,991, or $%,742 per mile. * ‘The operation of the leased lines during “the last year has afforded a continued demon- stration of their great value to the Coinpany. During the last year, §1,135,124 was ex- pended for additional depot grounds, buitd- ings, side-tracks, lucomotives, and cars, of which sum §1,116,441 was ‘derived from the sale of 11,160 shares of the common stock of -the Company, and the batunce, amounting to £16,683, was paid from income account. Contracts were made Inst year for the eree- tion of twenty-two iron bridges to take the Elace of an equal nuwl of wooden ones, ut by reason of unexpected delays only part of that number were completed at the close of the year. The substitution of steel and iron for wood in bridges has been con- tinued until very few bridges of wood now remain on the Company’s lines. The work of reducing the inclination of the steepest grades on ivisi @& @ several divisionk of our road has been continued during the last year, and has been completed on the di- vision between Chicazo and Bloomington,— 126 mifes. The maximum inclination of grades on that division, in the direction of our largest traflic, is now twenty-four feet per mile, il ‘This improvement will be of great value in reducing the cost of transporiation. Con- siderable work of the same kind has been doneg during the last year between Louisiana and Mexico. EAST-BOUNDFREIGHT SRIPMENTS. ‘The east-bound freight shipmeuts for the week ending Feb. 26 fell' off still further; the decrease, however, is very slight. The shipments of flour, grain, and provisions dur- ing the week amounted to 45,708 tons, against 46,180 tons the week previous, a decrcase of 472 tons. There is a general belief that ship- ments will now continue to fall off as the time for opening navigation is drawing close and shippers will prefer to wait until they can take advantage of the lower lake rates. A meeting of Eastern managers is to be held In a few days to consider the advisa- bility of a reduction In rates to stimulate rail shipments and prevent a too serious_ falling off in business at the present time. Judging by the temper of some of the roads it is hardly probable, however, that a_ reduction W {e made so soon. Mostof the roads think it will be time enough to make a re- duction about April 1, asitisnot possible that vessels will be able to compete before May 1. It is argued that, if a reduetion in rates is decided upon as early as this, it will be necessary to reduce therates once or twice more during the summer. It is harnlly probable, however, that uniform rates on east-bound freights can be maintained ~during the summer. ‘The roads will stick tozether as longas they have all the business they can carry, but when there are plenty of idle cars competition will set*in and the rates go to pieces. The east- bound pooling arrangement is working very undatistactorily, and unless Commissioner Fink’s proposal to peol the business from the various Eastern fntew:\ys, _the agree- ment will not be much longer maintained, as the competition between the various lines is now as active as it was before the east-bound freizht-pool was formed. = The west-bound pool of the New York trunk lines is understood to_have already gone to picces, and rates to Western points are being badly cut. ‘The following statement shows theamount of flour, grain, and provisions carried by tha yarious roads leading East from this city for the week ending Feb. 26: carentwol Tousvilie.... New Orleans.. North ’latte Th'ng, 255 uratn., “lciar. BesKREETsERaa sl DS sEE LaBUREEERLEATS: LEY re: Brisk. 'Light.. Wiraemuce. Prov |Grain,| '8, Flour, |tuns of |tons of | Total ris. |2000 b, (2000 .| tons. Michigan Central..| 22932} %7907 2,881} 13,083 Luke Shore. 40,1501 6,204, 12,620 Fort Wayne.. 25331 1542 7,431 Pan-Hendl 14600( £,007] 6,262 Balumore & 2451 %) 2,640 rand 1 4,560] 2,501 3632 Total.... 110,46] 2i,56¢| 13,128] 45,708 COLORADO RATES RESTORED. The efforts that have been made during the last” three daysto stop the war on Col- orado rates have finally: proved successful, and orders were issued yesterday to restore the regular tariff rates, which are as follows: From Chicago to Missouri River points, first class, 85 cents; second class, 70 cents; third class, 45 cents; fourth class, 30 cents; special .class, 25 cents. During the continuance of the war the rate on all classes was 15 cents. 1t is elaiwed, however, that those rates were only given to a few leading shippeis at Den- ver. Itis understgod that the Northwestern was finally prevailed upon to churge here- after the same rates on Colorado business as are charged by the Southwestern roads. The Western and Southwestern roads feel . greatly elated over the success that ‘'has attended their negotiations for the reéstablishinent of peace. If the war had been allowed to continue any longer there would have been great dangerof a gen- eral smash-up of bofh the Iowa and South- western pools. ‘These pools are in a very un- satisfactory condition owing to the forma- tion of mneiv lines since their establishment, and both will have to be ‘Teorzanized in the spring, if- they are to be continued. It will not be vossible to_keep them up any longer than . that time. But the roads are anxious that they should be ke?t up and maintained until nieetings can be held to consider what steps are pecessary to perpetuate them. The pooling arrangements have been very bene- ficial to the roads, as without them disastrous freight wars on Western and South- western business could not have been averted. ~Should the .rouds fail to come to an_agreement in the spring, their freight business next summer will be worth very little. . Were it not for the fear of be: losses arising from a war between the vari- ous roads, both the Iowa and Southwestern pools would have ceased to exist before now. DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. The Milwaukee Evcning Wisconain a few days since charged the Chicago, Milsvaukee & St. Paul with diseriminating against Mil- waukee and in favor of Chieago. The charge | seems to ‘have struck the. managers of the Milwaukeo & St. Paul in asore spot, and General-Manager Merrill has sent the follow- ing letters to_the editors of the Wisconsin, réquesting that they be published to show that the charges were unfounded : JHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RAILWAY, AL FREIGHT AGENT'S OFFICE, MILWAU- Feb. 23, 188L.—8. S. ernll, Esq., General Manager—DEAR Stne: An editorfal in last even- ing’s issuc of tho Iisconxin, headed * Rufiroad Discrimination,” shopld be noticed In order to correct tho impressions the articlo is mado to convey. So fur as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paut Raflway is concerned, there 18 nova particle of truth in tho statement made. . 1have immediote charee of the making of rates from Chicugo and from Milwaukee 1o all Wisconsin points, and cau stite most positively that st uo time since your line was comploted Vetween Milwaukee und Chicago bas thero been made any less rate on any article whatever from Cnicngo.than has been mude from Milwaukee to any point on tha Comnpany’s linos within the State of Wisconsin. Yours truly, EYES. D. W, Ki Assistant Genernl Freight Agent. CHICAGO, MILWATREE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY, GENERAL FREIGNT AGENT'S OFFICE, MILWAU~ Kee, Fob, 23, 1851.—8. S, Merrill, K., General Manager—DEAR_ St notice an_editorial n iast evening's Wisconsin in which this Company is charged with discriminating against this clty in the interest of Chicugo.. Feeling that tho fm-~ wressions which tho article will ¢reate should be correeted, I beyr to eny that, having immediato charge of the freight matters pertaining to the divisionsof thisCompany in Towa, Blinnesota, and Dakota, I am in_a position to know that thero is no foundation in factns to the dis- crimination charged, T During very many years’ occupancy of the posidon of Assistant General Freight Agent of his Company. my Instructions huve teen to hold equal tho Iuterests of this city and Chicago where deviations from published rutes became necessary. Considering that tho freight matters of this Compnny are under control of this office, all special rates made by outside vepres:ntatives are reported to it and carefully exumined, thus preventing possibliity of discrimination. Re- spectfully, . 3. MCCOmIICR, Assistant Gengral Freight Agent. OBITUARY. DR. FRANCIS CARTER. Cor.vysus, 0., Feb. 26.—Dr. Francis Carter, a leading physician here, and Dean of St, Arling Medieal College for many years, died to-day; of inflmnmation of the throat. after an illness of forty-eight hours, aged Ars. Carter had recently gone to Washing- s 2 guest of the White House, to_ par- i te in the inauguration of President Garfield, and was there when notified of her husband’s death, : THE REV. THOMAS POWELL, D. D. Spectal Disvatch to ‘The Chicazo Tritune, OTTAWA, 111, Feb. 26.—The Rev. Thomas Powell, D. D., one of the pioncer Baptist clergymen of 1llinols, died at his home in this eity at 1 o’clock this morning, in his S0th year. Ieecame to La Salle County in 1836, His funeral will take plage on Monday aft- ernoon. ‘The sermon will be preached by the Rey. Dr. Ilobart, of Chicago. THE HON. . . STRADER. CivernyaTr, Feb. 26—A dispatch from Ashtabula, O., announces the death of the Hon. P. W. Strader, ex-member of Congress from the' First 'Offio- District, ¥nd’ formerly connected with the.Little Minma Railroad. THE REYV. FATHER DOYLE, Special Dispateh 16 The Chicago Tribune. MILwAUKEE, Feb, 26.—The Rev, Father Doyle, ono of the more prominent priests at St. John’s Cathedral in this city, died to-day at St, Mar~'s Hospital. AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY: The Charlestown Cadots Pay a Grace= ful Tribute to the Confederate Dead In Greenwood Cemetsry, New Orleans. New OnrLeans, La., Teb. 26.—To-day an impressive ceremony took place in Green- wood Cemetery. About 1l o’clock the Charlestown Cadets went out to the ceme- tery on the cars, and, having alighted, marched into the grounds. Drawing up in line in front of ihe statue of the Southern soldiers, the Company presented arms, came to parole rest, and the hymn * Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was sung by the entire company. After the hymn the emblem of the Union, made of colored flowers, with a crescent and star in the centre, was offered the dead and attached to the marble bust of lLce on the wmonument. 'Then the “Sweet By and/By”’ ‘was sung, after which the comyany marched silently to the cars and returned to the city. Commenting on the above incident the Plcayune says: *This act on the part of the Cadets was -entirely unexpeeted, even by their hosts, the Continental Guards, the mat- ter having been kept secret.. It was a cere- mony conceived in a spirit of amity, and per- formed with imposing dignity.” ——— A QUEER AFFAIR, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns- CivcryyaTty, 0., Feb. 26.—The Hamilton County delegation, at home to-night from the State General Assembly, are red-hot with in- | dignation against Senators Carron, Beer, and Wilkins, who have taken one of the five Pullmans engaged at Chicago and gone fo New Orleans with it to Mardi Gras, leaving only four at Columbus to take the Genera Assembly to Gartield’s inauguration. The first intimation of the General Assemb! that three of their number had tricked the remainder came from a tel- egram from Chicago explaining that the Senate Committee, the three named above, had telegraphed that four sieepers would do at Columbus, but that they individually would t the fifth sleeper,and use it to New Orleans. The Pulhuan Company’s terms are so liberal as to nearly amount to a gift of the use of the sleepers.” The members in Ohio are boiling mad, and have stinging rods in pickle for the Senators, whom they accuse of acting in bad faith. HE DECIDED TO TALK, St. Louis, Feb. 2%.—Henry W. Moore, city editor of the Post-Dispatch, purged himself of contempt this morning by answering the questions asked him by the Grand Jury, and De was discharged. 1 The Made Sure of the Dollar. Sumter (Ga). Republican. A Schley County Justice of the Peace was cal c'of his bed one night not loug since. 0] 0 his front door in his night clothes tosee Wwhe hailed, he was met by Sum and Lucy, col- ored, who notitled the Justice that they wished the marriage ceremouy performed, presenting & paper, saying It was the marriage license. The Justice then proceeded: *Sam, will you have Lucy for your wifer” To which Sam replied: * Yes, sir.” *Lucy, will you bave Sam for your husband?" To which Lucy replied: * Yes, sir.” The Justice then asked Sam if he had a dollar. Sam presented the moaey; When the Justice continued: ; “I now propounce you man and wife.” ———— The Correct Thing. London Quiz. .« Tt is considered ill-bred "to leave your knife and fork crossed on your plate when finished eating. Few perhups are aware that prior to the Reformation in England, and still in some Roman Catholic countries, crossing the knife and fork at the conclusion of a meal was and i by way of grace, and counsidered the correct thing to do. Kentucky Petrifactions, Cinctnnatt Enquirer. A cave south of Somerset, Ky.. at Tateville, has been explored, and a petrified bog und man have been found. The man is in a perfect state of preservation, and, from tbe cunformation of the head, is an Ilndian. The hog 5 entire, ex- cept the lose of a leg. The cave has not been fully explored, and will, inall probability, reveal other bodies in a state of petrifaction, ¢ THE PUBLIC HEALTH, Yesterday's Experiences of The ‘Tribune Commission. 'The Thaw Revealing More Filth Than Was Dreamed Of. Palm-@reasing ‘an Incentive to the Cleaning of Back Alleys. 5 Yesterday afternoon TRE TRIBUNE'S sanitary investigators dovoted several hours to a thorough” investigation of two localities,—the first & row of boarding-bousecs on South Morgan streot, the second a block of tenements on the corner of Milwaukee and Chicago avenues. Mention of the result of their researches there way be postponed untit a passing allusion is made to the fact thet in their drive from place to place yesterday the investigatora could not help being struck by the terrible exposs which the thaw is making of the condition of the streets and alleys of tho localities through which they traveled. Each departing inch of snow brings to view fresh patches of filth, so that it is tolerabiy clear that, wirea sleighing is over and nothing in the way of ash-piles and garbuge bears remain hidden, the clty's surface in all but a few solect spots will present the ap- pearance of & buiindless vast of nastiness which it will take many months of ‘steady work on the part of the Health Department to dispose of. Tho work of keeplug a city’s streots, and alleys, and yards clean is Mke ull other kinds of work intwo certain respects. In’ the first place, no one who is incompetent to dv a certain line of work can do it in a satisfactory manner; in tho second place, no matter how great the work- er's abllity, if he allows his work to get behind- hand and accumulate upon his hands, *catching up” isalways a terrible and ofientimes an jm- possiblo task, Without spending ume fn dis- cussiniy the question of whether it is the vesult of Incompetence or Indifference, the fact remains that the Hen|th Department’s work of keeplog the streets. and alleys, and vacant places of the city clear of rofuso has been nliowed to go by defuult until now the task which mects it is one of monstrous magni- tude. The tigures given in THE TRIBUNE & short time ago as indicating THE AMOUNT OF FILTH gcattered about the different wards of the city seemed nstoundine at the time, and, to wany peoplé who had no ideu of what underlny the snowy purity which met their eyes dalily, almost incredible, but the present showing,and certain- ty of its becoming worse every day of tho thaw, 0 to show that the estimate made was decidedly short of the reality, and that atleast 50 per cent must be ndded 'to those figuras to insure their correctness. If the Health Department can before spring- time, wben ali this filth will beginto send forth its disease-creating exbalations, remove it from the city’s surface, then the old ' fable ot Hercules and the Augean stables will have to ‘e luid on the shelf and the story told of how Health-Comnuissioner De Woll and his gallant corps of scaveagers accomplished a far greater wonder, 3 Of late the investigators have been iooking into the peculiur ways of the scavengers and ash-removers, and, though no peins was taken 1o establish a case sgainst any of thewn, it be- came very clear that many of them show an un- Just discriminadon in the removal of refuse, hich suggests very strongly that a stronger in- ducement than duty s the cause of theirstrict atwenton to business In cerain favored locali- ties, and that the absence ot lucrative incentive is 100 often the reason of their neglect. A yen- tleman said to one of the investigators yester- ay: * Iy was for along time a puzzie to me how it was that, while my ashes ana gurbage were al- ‘wiiys nllowed 1o accumuinte in wmy back alley, some of my netghbors had thoirs removed \with laudable regulnrity. At last 1 made up mymind thut if a tritle of money was standing In the way of my keeping my place clean, I would not let'it do so any longer, and so I—well, never mind what 1 did, but my part of the alley is kept clean now, and I am perfectly satistied.” 4 It Is safe to say that, fn;nine cases outof ten, ‘where a garbnge-and-ashes-bestrewn yard is to be seen, the tenunts have fallen into the babit of depositing their refuse there only after they have for some time despaired of having it re- moved by the otiicfals whose duty it is to do so. THE FIRST PLACE VISITED by the investigators yesterday was o row of six three-story and busement bricks on South Mor- gan street, all of which are used as boarding- houses. Iteport had had {t that all the houses in this block were infested with sewer-gas, ana that much sickness had been oocasioned thereby, and, though the full rescarches did ot confirm this statement, it looked, while the examination of the frst house In the block was in progress, ns though It was going to hovo a full verification. Bouse was No. 75 South Morgan, whose tepant assured the jnvestigators that she was delighted to see them, and that she believed her houge could produce for them sew- er-gas of as strong u guality and in as great vol- ume ns any they had visited: ‘This sounded promising, and théy at once proceeded with their resonrches. The first thing to be done wus 10 get at the catch-basin, whick was found to be under the kitchen floor, After lifting this and digeing away 2 qunnflt{ of superincumbent earth, the top of the catch-basin was reached and the discovery made that It was full of fiith. The ground at jt3side appeared to be very damp, and a broomstick was thrust Into it, revealing the fact that the basin was a fanityone and that its contents had leaked through and deluged the earth around it with greasy and malodorous ooze. This alone was sufficient to keep the kitchen supplied with sewer-gas, even suppos- ing that the crowded catch-basin was not of it- selt dolng energetic work in this objectionable line. The lady explained that, while they had suf- fered grently at this point, the source of the most offensive odors that troubled them was evidently at a point in the soil-pipe where it passed the wainscoting of the basement passago sloor. The spot was examined, when it was found that the soll-pipe leading from the closet oo the second floor of the house came through the dividing wall between the hall and the dining-room, and eatered a standing tile at the spot desiznated. It was discovered that at that junction of the pipe and the tile a brenk bad oceurred, which had been cemented over with mortar. This, however, bhad cracked. opencd, and was in & condition which allowed a. very free escape of the liquid filth of the sofl- pive. In plain English, human excretions were found ouzing frum the aperture, while from the saturated earth below cawme gushes of stink of o most overpowering description. Two distinet smells were to be noticed here commingling,— the fresh stench of recent deposits and the stifhing gases arising from the older and staler accretions. This, of course, wis & constant source or starick, 2nd what added to the evil condition of affairs was the fact that tho house- furnuce was_situated within eighteen inches ot the spot. and that, consequently, the gases were drawu into its draft and scattered freely about the premises. The lady explained that plumbers had been sount to remedy tho trouble, but the only discov- ory they made—a very luudable ono as far as it wept—yas that tho soll-ptpe—a leaden one—had vecn pierced by the nalls of careless carpenters. These holes they mended, and baving pro- nounced their job ended, took their pay with tho usual receptiveness of the plumber and de- parted, leaving the great % SOURCE OF STENCH STILL, UNCONTROLLED. Tn tho viclnity of the folding-doors on the fire floor, and at each of the hot-air openin throughout tho house, the sewer-gas wus de- tected. In the second floor back and froat roows, between which the water-closet was sit- uated, the same discovery was made, and it was noticed that the water from the band-basins in these rooms ran uuxrflrpedlnm the water-closct soll-pipe with, which it connected close to the water-gcal. . * A gentleman who took oneof these rooms. was obliged to leave the house on account of sickness,” the lady said. * Was that tho only sickness you have had in this house?” “Oh, no; 'we have all been sick cver sface we came here. We have had sore throats of a very severe nature, ususcs, biliousness, I under- stand that the tenant who had the house before me gave it up on account of its unbealthy con- dition.” An examination was next made of Nos. 77 and 79, occupied as a boarding-house by an energetic but anxious young lady, who at” first secmed deeply aggrieved that THE TRIBURE representa- tives should bave selected her house as a sub- ject of their investiganons. They explained that the object of their mission ‘was purely a beneficeat ons, and that though the discovery of sewer-gus and Its source on her premiges might prove temporarily disndvintageous, yet it wus much better for her to know the truth, even though at lirst an .uopalatable one, 'The Indy acknowledged the force of ‘this, but sala that end complete {t was true that ot a certain locaton in her house =z smell existed which, she knew was mnot sewer-gas, but which Deing mistaken for and published as such by the fnvestizators might do her great injury.” She was assured that .they were (ull{campe(em to distinguish infallibly between all kinds and con- ditions of smells, and at jast a reluctant consent toan examination of the premises was granted. The scent centre was discovered, and the scent analyzed nesally, and, when the opioion wag an- nounced that itarose from dead rats and not from sewer-gas, the good lady st once had faith in ber visitors' nice powers of olfactory discrim- ination, and accompanied them cheorfully upon their tourof tho house. It resulted in the dis- covery that the house, which bad been recently overhauled by a competens and consclentious plumber, was tree from the pest which all good housekecpers abhar ard all good bonrding-house- Keepers dread,—n decision which the lndy greeted with palpable joy. Her attention was, boweven drawn to the fact that the back-yard contained an unpardonably large quantity of ashes and kitchen garbage. She ackmowled; this, and protested that it was nat ber fault. & tten Just tired out of putting these’ mz:lxgt;:‘t’o“ zc.‘ha n.uje.v. ‘The Board of Health men never will remove them. After Tfoundit was ©Of 10 use to put them in the alley, I had them placed in front of the house until the piles of #shes and garbage there became so disgraceful that I had them removed yself, aud decided that the best thing for me to do was to throw all tho stuff into the yard for the winter, and a8 8000 as the thaw carried off the snow to have it all removed in o lump at my own expense.” ‘The experience of this lady is exactly that of nearly el those the condition of whose back- yards would scem to suggest an innate rather than a forced disregard of the most commonly understood laws of sanitation. THE EXAMINATION OF THE REST OF THE BLOCK falled to discovera condition of affairs at all purallel to that found at No. 75, although the condition of the plumbing was tound to be faulty in all the houses, and scwer-gas, though - not i very great volume. present fn some. Standing upou the morthwest corner of Mil- waukee and Chieago avenues i3 a four-story and basoment brick buildng, occupled in the lower stomes by the Nortbwestern Division Post-Oflice, a drug store, and a hardware store, and on the uppor storics by tenements, passages to which lead from hothavenues. On the sec- ond story of the house, whose Milwaukee avenue front wa3 numbpered 484, and whose Chicago ave- nue front was numbered 238, the Investizators interviewed one- of the tenanis, who said that the occupunts had had great trouble with the bad odors which made thelr lives miserable. The lady herself had had a very bad attuck of diph- therla during the winter, andso had her husband and one of her chiliren. Another fumily on the sawe toor,consisting of eight people, had hud five of the number seriously sick, and Dr. Scbaofer, who attended them, bad stated that the sewer- #as In the bullding vas at the bottom of the trouble. The other family on the sceond tloor waus visited, and tho indy at/its bend stated that during the winter diphtheria, croop, and whoop- ing-cough had added to the usuul anxieties of domestic life. =Examination of the tenements showed that in cacn of the passnges was i water-closet and a sink, which suppiled the necessitics of the occu- pants of the fivor, The waste-pipes of the sink on the third tloor were found to be out of order, in cousequence of which the sink was occuplod by liguids which could not find an egress. The wuste-pipe, Imperfectly tapped, run Into the soil-pipe, -upon the tloor around which were seen tho drippings from tho closet. The smell Of sewer-gus was plainly distinguisbable at this point. On the tloor below the arrangements were the same, and, added (o the sewer-gas, the stench of dead rats was observed. The same thing was observed in the next building,—No. 482 on Milwaukee avenue, and No. 236 on Chi- cago avenue,—where one of the tenants said thiit tho sewer-zas was almost always in the bouse, and that herself and several of her boarders hnd been made seriously sick by It. The basemaent was searched in quest of a picce of plumbing reported to have been done that day in response to tho combined compluint of the tenants made some two weeks previously. It was found a leak had existed at the junction of the waste-s0il pipe with the tile, but it had been mended. A man and a plumber had come with his little_trowel and u few ounces of mor- tar, and had pasted up tne aperture. From an economical point of view the job was a great success, but when, in a few wecks, the mortar cracks ggain and the lissure reappéurs, and the soil-pipe filth. oozes through it again and the sewer-gas again surzes through the building, And the children and adults get sick again, then it will happen that—well, simply that after sn- other loud protest, followed by another long de- lay, with an abundance of doctors’ visits by way of interlude, the plumber will come again with his trowel and patch with some more mortar the broken mortar with which he patched the sofl- pipe leaks on the previous occusion. And it i3 only the old story of landlord-indiference, plumber-imbecility, and tenant long-sulfering, which wiil go on befug told until, enlightened by THE TRIBUNE'S sanitary sugiestions, the people arlse in their might and demand of thefr land- Jords those just concessions which the tenant who pays_ his rent regalarly every month in ad- vance has a right to demand, and which the law ought to sustain him in demandiag. STEAMSHIP NEWS, « QUEENSTOWY, Feb. 26.—Arrived, the City of Brussels, from New York. NEw Yonk, Feb. 26.—Arrived, the Oder, from Bremen QuE sylvania, from Philndelphia, NEW Yonk, Feb. 26.—Arrived, the State.of Georgia, from Glasgow. ST. JACOBS OIL. Feb. 26, —Arrived, the Penn- RHEUMATISH, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and' Sprains, Burns and Scal ds, " Genaral Badily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feat and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals ST. JAcoBs O1L 23 8.0afc eire. smploand cheap Exiornal Remody, A trlat gntaiis but the compuratively rifing oulay of 50 Cents, and evers one sufféring With can have chesp and positive proof of its claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. I 80LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AKD DEALERS I MEDICTHE. l A.VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, Mdu U 8. 4 | LYON’'S KATHATRON. Gentle - N Women Who want glossy, lnxuriant and wavy tresses of abundant, beantifal “Hair must use LYON’S KATHATRON, This- elegant, cheap article alwa; mfies the Hair grow freel and fast, keeps it from falling out, arrests and cures gray- ness, .removes dandruff and itching, makes the Hair strong, giving it a- curling tendency and keeping it in any desired position, Beau- tiful, healthy Hair is the sure result of using Kathairon, B W T TR e B T BUSINESS CARDS. NOTICE To Railroad Companies, Contractors, Etc. The Northwestern Employment Agency, 773 South Canal-at., Chicago, Is now prepared to furnish Skilied Mechanlcs and Laborers, of all nationasities, on short notice by send- 10§ your orders und furnishing (ransporiation for th required number. e guarantee to fll the bill with none but competent, reliubie men, as we make rall~ rond work our speciaity. All applications answered with promptness. - Address M. G. ENRIGHT & CO. Cut this out and preserve for future reference. TRUSSES. g $100 - RUPTURE] n%ira Reward Indicates contidence in bolding case Lure, itk PARKER'S Jmfigwflz 5 . patented July 9, 158, A rinci- ble which positivoly cyres the Kuptare, A% Tmps Manutacturers, BARTLETT, BUTMAN & PARKER, i State’st.. Chlcago: L FOLDING BEDS. The Burr Folling Bed, Handsoms and comfortable. RAILROAD TICKETS. CHERPE e At NAT. RERVES & CO.S, Ticket 2nd Bxcusnged. Brokers, 19 . Clark-st. ‘and 1% Jtundolph. Ticke Ksiend Thces o ail parthe - oI CHIROPODISTS. P ) STErAEN, THEGHIROP: <urns, Guta. bruises, & ridiihavols Eoherhos Instadt relict, Stophons’ All- VITAL EESTOREATIVE, Kight Sulve for burns, boils, BIAADI'C VITA! AECTADATINT Thorc aa well-known principle in_ animal physiolo- g €y that oo vital action cun take piace _except thro the azency of the nervons system. If tha nerve pow- arinany organ s weakened. then' that orzan ia wenk. Therefs nremedy in the reach of all, ono that has stood the test for over balf a_century. Dr: Ricord's VITAT RESTORATIVE has baen scrutinized and in- dorsed by the Academy of Medicine in Paris 8s an in- fallible specific for the above: contalnsno phosoho- Tk, cantharides, or other polion; is purely VEGETA- BLE, producing no reaction, and [s_permanent in ef- fect: I a suear-caated pill, and_can be had of Leras- ser & Co. 10 bis Kue Richellen, Paris ¥range, or of Dr. S. Brown Sieesmond, Kaom % Wortd Building, New York. Box of 100 pilis. %; hox of 40.510. Eent'by mafl ‘on recelpt _of price. None genwine withont the signatur ot §. B. Sigesmond on the aids of eaca x. Jai; mf-f“fi":’i"‘?i Paix.—Out 38 PARIS, July fil—19 Rue de la Paix.- it of pationtsTreated 65 were cured within 3 days, 115in tween fivé and slx monil et Medicin de'1a Hopital Charity. Notlen ts hereby given that . A. Smith, ofSt. Louls, a0d K. L. Do Lisscr, of New York, ara no longer- au~ thorized to uct s azcats, . TEXTHAGT FROM LETTER JUNE 9, 130, DS, B. SIGESA ou write that you will n future advertise for yoursolf. Do you mean in your own name, of in ming as agant? DO YOU Dropose to Continue the azency ornot? In case you' do ishall, 0f course, 0 un uod cxpend some money in. adverc fising atmy own cxpense. Wil par every 3 days for what 1 order. If, however, you do not want me to ‘continue the azency inform me of the fact. T L DE LISSER, 2 Beekwan-st., New York, CAUTION. ‘The founl?r{u!ler of Ricord’s Vital Restorative, of the % United to kecptho azency pre- pare hlmecif with ashurious imitation, and change he oume from Kicord's Vital Restorative to br. tcorl's Restorative to have a similarity. e astiaomials 0 Dr. R Blanchard. C. Chevalier, M. Perizord, Raspall, Ligble StsThompsons. aro cop= my circulars. 146 from my eirWlgi o 5 SIGESMOND, M. D., Genera! Azent for the U. §. und South America. Send stamp for descriptive circular. D BY ALL DRUGGISTS. The genuine is_for sule by THOMAS BRAU: South Clark-st, T & J. A BRAUN, 1 East Madison- and GALE ¥ BLOCKL 81 South Clark-st. and o . TEVENSON & CO., Chicazo, TIL, le Azents for the Drue Trade only. TROPIC FRUIT LAXATIVE., - Laxati I the Best and Most Agreeable Preparation in the World for'Constipation, Biliousness, Headache, Indigestion, Hemorrhoids, Torpid Liver, Indisposition,’and all com- plaints’ arising from an obstructed state of the system. Qe Loiehge i the usual dose for male adults; one-half to three-fourths of one for ladies and children. LA - Thousands are us- \, ing it with the best re- }sults, and esteem -it highly as a safe, E pleasant and effect- tropical paate ive remedy. aad —_—— TROPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE serves the purpose of pills and the usual ‘purgatives.(of every name and nature), and is entirely free from the many objections common to them. Sold by Druggists everywhere.. Packed in bronded tin boxes only. . Price, 25 cents. : Large boxes, 6o cents. Each box bears the private government stamp, trade-mark, and mdaémpfi signature of tke proprictor. S — et o ettt e Tropic-Fruit