Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1881, Page 12

12 e THE CHICAGO TRIBUN t FRIDAY, MARCIT 4, 1SSI—TWELVE PAGLES, TRUE TIME. How 1t Will Hereafter Bo Supplied to the City, Tho Arrangements of the Astro- nomical Soclety Nearly Completed. Interesting Foots as to the Manmner in ‘Whiel the Exact Time Is Secured, ‘The Clty of Chicngo soon will be furnished with correet time by the Astronomlcal Sucle Tho contrnet was mile several yenrs ngo, but its exceution waws interrupted by the great fire of 1671, It way Intely resumed, and tho necessary clectrle connections hetween thy Observatory and tho City-1inll will roon be completed, By the terms of thy contract the Soeloty ugrees to furntsh the city with tho trie thno of dny, ns ascertalned by the proper instrumeuts, alded by comnntent ustronomical ekill, The city witl bo guided by this time in regu- Inting the conduct of {ts ofiieers, 118 Police ang Fire Departinents. Ineldentally, the new de- purture Wil bo of great lmportunes to business-men. © Tho kuowledge of true Mo 18 of far grenter conseqienco in comimnercinl transctions than many people aro awaroof, Its value is almost luestimable. The payment of maturing contruets, and tho des Nveries of produec nre regulited by the tap of o bell, or by the supposed instunt when the hour for closing arrives. A uniform and enrrect registration af time ix of great use to banks. Instanees hinve been knowa In other communl- tles where gra fosses have ensued 18 n result of differences of opinlon kn regard to the [nstant when the bour for banks to eloso arrives. Fven 10 the courts grave legad questions might come up which can he obvinted by baving a rellnble standard of time. ‘To the ralleond eompunles the matterof time (5ol the greatost Importnnee. The sucvessful manugement of a great rallrond deponds ot liilo on juis one item, The thne 13 telearaphed overy dny from one slution 1o anather, nud the trab Is expeeteld to Keep with 1t I onlder to muke fl& conuections and svoid ne- cldents. Fifo Itself woull e D more ondtirable 1€ men would regulute thele witehes by tho trie time, and_prompry meel. tholr eugnge tho appointed tour. The dottor wi watch 10 coreespand with bis in elvare you pre- seriptions. The minister of tho gospel 14 eare- Sulnot to et his sermon sireten vut over tho tlind bis aodle keep awnke. On hls wedding doy the yonug tman should ke eire to have the eorrect timeTn s vest poeket, for If ne should wrrivont the chucen an bour late, b gt find tho bouse degerted and the fudy seel Ing revenge In ap setlon Tor breach of promist ory few prople have an fdea of the op tions necessury in determining 1ho trog tine. Thure s yet n lumrrmx{ Auspienn in the minds of thousinds that the ‘instanl when the sun due south divides the common year into 555 different parts, and that all that s neeessury 1o do s toset up i noon mack and geo when the Abudow of oid Sol sirikes lhflullllrk.]!m\'ldhlk that he does eo when he s due®south, Tut this fden 18 widely wrong. The discropaney som- LmeS HNOURLS Lo W et of w hour, AL tho present time thoe ervor Is in the nelghborhood of 13 minutes, 18 mey be m\n by Inspecting tho astronomical coluton of lusl Sundny's TrisuNE, THE MODUS OPERANDIL A Tranuxe reporter pald o visit to the Ob- SeEvValory the other evening, nisious to gathor infornntion about this und other outters pers tuintng ta tho subject of taking the tune. Urof, Hougb, tho Direetor of the Obscreatory, “wits ubacnt, the nixht nut helig a favorabio one for work.,~as many niuhts bave not bect recont- Iy udbe repurted thorefuro uinted up ik ‘TrrneNe Astronomer, who ls thoroughly at home fu thenattorhnvitg lind ehirge of the Qhserva- tory during tho five years that elapsed hetween theresiznacion ot Prol. Suttocd and the acees- ston of Prof, Mough, He kindly volun- teered to explua Une of the questions asked was in regunl to this very differenco be- ween the clock and the sun. “To eluchiate fo the gentletmn turned to lis tubles for tho pres- ent yeur, nnd showed thut on the st of the sun was glow of the clo 43 weconds, Tt 14 to <10 tho sonth il #a el past noon by u good ik, Lhe dliference ereased (0 W minutes i acconds on thie [0th of Febrinrs. und de Prensed now gutil Aoril 1, whew it watt o zer; Attt will then znin: an the clock 1H1 May when fie el e santi aearly 3, minut Rec onds before noon. Fhe dilferenco will e zoro azaln ot Jipo 1f, von which dato the sun will the cun dld not g s up 1o July M, when ho o owill bo s 0 minwtes, I8t seconds, On Aug. tho Bum Wil be outh within sbuit 3 scconds of elnck noon, and Croln thit Lo o will gofs up to Nov, 2. wholy bie wihil bo 36 wiiires B8 scconds phend of tho clock (n pass.ing o noon wark, Tho dlsnrep. nney between the sunand the reduc o nothimg an fee, 2, and next year ut this thno the ditference wiil be avout the Bnme ie now, but not prectaely so. Asking for the eanse of this, our reporter witg told that the venson is expluined b all the ete- mentary text-booksan astronuny. "It deperds on two canses,—the ane helng the fuct that tho enrth’s urhit |8 not cirealar, the othor thut her dully rotution 18 not performed in, or rather that tho plune of ber rotition does not colnelie with, the plane of hor orbit.” * A¢o tha stucs subjoct to the sume Irreguinti- e m".:ru voply wad glven by myala referriug to tho 3, * Tho &tars," sl tho astronomer, * alw change in like manner, but their leregutueltien ure very amall fn comparisun with those of tho sun lluulfi. tho nanual runee averaglog only a fow seconds nstewd of o goud many minutes, The stars also present tho wdditionat udvantnza thut severnl of thet ¢t be obsveverd durlng oo evenige by nn fustrumont mounted i the plane of the merid- Jun, while the sun only passes that line evory day, and H poteutgnt on the inRtag cau't bousutit wll, unless by the ahservatlon of witi- tude oz of thu merndian, which gives vory nch lers exuct resuits thin those abialned by using A INStrument it sWIgs in tho plung of the merkdinn. In a little building standing atone on tho westort llne of tha Unlyersity grounds, and onlled THE TIANSIT HOUSE, 1s mouuted the lnstranient used for tho purpose of tuking the thne, ‘I3 13 not tho grent equa- torml telescope nbowt which wo much lus been ‘written, but a mueh less protentious, though not less useful, wiluir. With funtern in bund tho re- porter was conducied (o this kpot, 1o sea nnd exaning tho Uttle transit justrmeny which gtironlcles thoe correct tine for tho great City ot Chicago. It swings north und south only, ontwa plery, und the bulldhue §s provided with shutters Touching Ity whole length Sram north to south, ock will ugaln with windows openligg o the simo_oxtent, 10 | o u [l eweep from the morthern urizon through the ze ith to the southorn it of tho great nreh of beaven. Fho object-gluss af tho telvseapy (8 only abput six fnehos b dinnieter, uud thy tubu tsell searcely lonuer thun the average blkht of wmi, but it 14 filled WIth nwmeraus fngentons upplinnee muko 4t really w complex Instrment. Esuying 10 louk through it the FLOT Witd sirprised to 00 twinty-thiree whs parnliel with thy morle dfun, und” three horizontal wires erossing the othors. Th wires ure not nctunily threads “tiken frow tho web of n splder, but 1oy nra roully 8pan out of the juseot. Thoy are pecullnrly well salted for taking ncetmato n.wulm‘uuwnls, betng much finer and mory CHEG LN ANy TG iy bas et dovised, *How Youl use the Instrament, Mr. As- tropote o ‘ 2 lhu telescupe §s direuted by graduated cive ales to 4 paine i the heavons whors tho tar will e when 1t comens Qo south. The stue (4 then obseeved ug ILpusse ench of those wires in saccesslon, the istint of its dolig so Loing ebranieled by aclick of the wisgrmphlo appitr- Rtue, which cuuses u detlection of o pen (it Tuns nguinst the cylinder woving i anothor roum ut the rate of ubuut one-bnit 1y fuek pec socond SUWVBUL B8 this new contrivaucor U IS A CHRONOURRAPIL ‘This exlludor I nboutatx Inchea lu dinmetor, und tourteen nches lonw. 1t revolves ander o foine 1all pelonee wunnate, wd usmall shisting of tho plu - evers time The barrel tures vound cuuses 1t 1o describe nnuthor innrk 0t the next voveiution, 8o 1t tho puper araund (s cove e UY 1 Rl e of paralivl lines, Every second the clocks Jerkn the pen o, i ipkes i hietieluon at tholde, so e serles of paeatiol hnes L2 broken ip it seis of abant oiceldf meh Tonits, which nre fuespersed hero anild thevn Wilat tho aparentls e Jurks. which markting the time I betwei the soeond reco Whien Tho stur hus putssed tho wires I suceessio Ahe Hime rel‘uln-xl 10 perform this w Wit the positlon of the s, Tho on Hear the LAURLOE Dusses 1l OWODLY=threw of tio Wikes w NEle sinder-thrcnds i uh minutes, ‘b}::’u;‘kh:‘l]‘:clrun‘:lll\l:ulll)'. i tho il 1t of e declibution wives mo L any othier stne. g Tolo st wecuplos niioe PECCISCly 060 BOur 10 pussing OF Wirew, thu seeunt or s BBOUL TFLy-1onr ti * What 18 douie utter thy nee been o at Ity I8 tukon Trom the chro iho positions marked sud ograph 0L urg uvernge of clack - thma wire, 1f the , und curefully measi all the wires 8 whn thia stue |'.llnlt~'1‘{ Oboervution bud Leon tuken precily i plato of “he werldian, the dHIOmACe Detwern :gfilu:‘u:- nn:lwuln{l the I.::;It llxmul"m thuw obe ed by calonlution, which'the oloc Bave sbuwn, will by UL ey hrm: SHRUIL OF 'TIE CLOCK u 0 tho work. Pructieally, bowever, saverat curecctions buve to bo wuae before this sum- mury subtraction, shove referrod to, cun Lo done. J1 I8 found thut evuu with the most per- fect Workmuuship wud 4o moat deliesto ud- Juvtments un jostrument Is never renlly 1n tho [ the plans of the merldien, except’ t celdeut, ~ Correetion ! bus 1a b tiade for what ds o called o Azmuty CFror, i / that {s; the nngular distanco enst or west from the trie merldin Hee of the horlzon, Alse for the leve) eveor, whilen is: the devintion of the nxtaor thn ingtrument froma tealy horlzontal nosition. Al for the collitnntion error, whicl {4 the divergence of tha optleal axiaof the In- Etrument from the real position of perpendicus Tarity to tho nxis, In the olden times, before prople weed the ehronogeaph, ana deponded only an what 8 knowt us the eye and car method of conntine the keeonds of the clock sehlle watehing the movement of the star, nitothor correction bad to be nutde Toe tho * persanal equation * of the ob- Rerver, Tt this Inst mentioned error 8 reduce tou very Inalenitiennt quantity whon the chror oxrugh lsemploged i waking tho vbiservntions. * What is done nexe?™ Ben the astronomier nscertatns how nuech tho clook Is fust or sy, The cloek here roferred o I8 the one keeping sldereal or stur time, which marks the lapse of $6l, times 2 bours during the year of 5134 duva,”The stars guln on tho sun at the rate of one diy tnt year, which Is about U minutes i ancotnds” per diy, hinparison i then nude between this elock and the ony thnt s Keepting * mean-time, that I8 recording the Apse of 2 hours In an verags solur doy while Keepiige pace with o fletitious sun, which mny e posed 1o 8wing birek and forth across tho wf the trie sun four thnes a year nt the dntes glyen as zero n v proceding pura- graph, The sidereal timo s then converted imto me lir thme, wnd the tekings of the clock keeping the lust mentioned thie sre transferred witomnaticnlly aver the wire which conneets the atory with the City-1lall. "T'his wire up by the Tire Departuient at the ex the Astronomical Soclety, 1t wis mal for. :hn- purpo<o, and ory, by way of Cottigze tGrove and Praleie aves nues, to ‘Pwentv-seeond street, thone the nliey enst of Michigan avenue to Twelfth, ('ru!vm'r then to Wibnsh, from which L coines down Juckson to Clark, and 18 connected with the sleetrfeal npparatus it the Clty-Hull, The time-siginils nre received ut the City-Hall by eluek (tho proverty ut. tho Astranmnica Soclety) which {8 loeated in the Fire-Alurm ‘Telexriph Oifice, - At prosent the time-signals are recelved by s clock owned by J. 15 Mayo & o, avhich has been loaned by thom to the” So- elety pending tho complotion "of tho clock now hemg manufnetured to orier by the Howard (3un||muf' of Boston, The operator (n the olfice of the Pire- Alwrm Ueloegraph now sends the sig- nids dally to the palice statlons and engines honses seittored thraugh tho city, 1tis exproted :ln\ltnrmnxnmunu will’ soon bo mado to sond ut eus THHEY TIME-SIGNALS A DAY to ench of theso puints, and to kive aleo a pro- Hminnry notlco nbout two minutes fn advineo of ench thno-record, This would peront the time comparison o bo made to ' instint ut vaeh of the atations kud engine bulildings.” The reporter was also [ntormed that the busi- ness communlty could niso secnre the correet time. Nourrnniemonts huve yet been mle fur ol ro, LIt probubly as soon ns the peoplo ree nlize the fmportunce of haviog thelr clocks right to ndot, agrecments will be entered fnto for having tho thue-signuls transmittod to oftlees, hunks, auid counting-rooms, Severil of the rullmoads centering n Chlengo huve ran for £evernl yours pitst on 1he tim furnistiod by the Astronomienl Soclety, Some of tho leddinyg Jewelers have aleo reiculuted thelr chronomoters und watelhies by this ine, Tho new clock alluded to above wiil he n first- clnss timepiece in vvery respeet, 1t will keep the time for several duays true to within n oml, and enn therofaro be relled upon in o K 11 tho wires or persistent eloudy weather shauld [nterrupt communicatious of Interfere with observations, Another safegurrd In ease of aceldent has been made, bowever, Arean, Transpurting o chronometer rervatory and the City«Hall In ense of Intecrip- ton of telegrtphic conununteation, and tho sy tem of compurison elocks nt the Obsurvitory will sanbl the tinie to by Kept there true to within the smatllust purt of 0 second for a period of several very cloudy days, TIUE NEW CLOCK whil be put in the new Clty-Hull when it [s rendy for occepancy und the Fire Departimont bus moved into it The now clock I8 nat ke the time-pteca thut will e romembered usone of tho distinguishing features of that mongrel speel- et of arefitecture.—tho old Conrt-flonse, A* tower cluck was then used with four fuces wiiich looked out from the four sldes of tho cipola of the nnteefire structure, The new hudlding (s not ureoged for such o clock, tho dinls of which could scarcely be soen at Ao grent on altirade In our compnra- nively nrrow strecta,—besides it would burdly bedn keeplig with the advancing chameter of thn city, Tho oli-fashloned church-tower cloek Bty Becomn i thing of the pist tn u big oity ke Chitertzzn, which possessen o telegraph afurm syse tem that makes [t possible to tranamit the sound of the bell, ar thy glven thne signnl, to nll parts of the eity slimulteneously, ‘The tire alurin, und the now palico telegraph systom, with its littlo boxea stacloned nt intorvals thronghuut tho ¢ity, cuti tiuke the stur tlme, 'Tho fire-tlarin wire conld bring the thoe_sig trausit houge in the Univ 1a1to the locul rooin of Ty 1 s Crom tho little ity grounds rlght ¥ atlice. There tro nitmerons mukeshitts for obtafning solur or mnr time, bt none of them ean_ be de- pended on (o give It earveetly, The noon-mark, 08 1t §s calledd, muy bo wsed (0 the countey. ‘Fho resitit obtainuwd from the uso of all of theso con- frivamces {8 genvrally sovoral seconds from tho fruth, and ouly the person who knows exnetly bow tu muke tho ohervation, and the necessiry correction ui'terward, ean tuke tho time In this wuy with oy satistactory degree of necurnc Byen with tho most upprovedof istronomical in- struments und ull the new uppllances, tho work o taking the thmo and of mnkiug tho ree auired —reductions 18 really one i quiring considerablo Inbor ami” experfence Much timo und skill aro demanded in keeping tho clacks In_unison, with the observations of ehinges dun tg varlations In the temperatu and to the wir pressics, The delieacy of the of BErVUtions requires e nttentlon to detuil und n complote mstery of the Instroment. Among the muny uttuckinents 1o tho telescope ure the tino pirit-levol for detormining tho er- rorof thu level, tho rcapgements for soting tho dectiaation of the star, fur rending tho grad- nnted cirele waich nxes the altitudeof w star, uud tho barometer which snust bo abserved fn arder ta gee how much the ray of light Is bent in comitr through the telescope, which varles the altitude of tho sue, In wdditlon to all this o AN MUSt possess n thorough knowledge of Muthematics, with fts_caloulus, spherienl teig- onometry, und tho mysterles o dtar computit- ton und measurements, Prof, G, W, Hough, the presont Director of tho Dearborn Dbsorvittory, his bind o lons experl- ence fn tnking e ‘ubservitlons, and undor- stunds his business thorough! ;. A WoRD sonr, Now do not think that tho littlo transit telo- acope ean o nothing elso but take the time of dlay’ in tho way vur reporter hus undertnkon to tell you nbout, As stuted by the nstronomer In a preceding parngeaph, 1t I8 qiite a3 uselil an fustrunent as 1ts beatlter—-the Great Bquutorlal =l the observatory proper. Sofio years aga 1ho transil wis used night after night by Prot, Enfford—wenther permitting—in revisioe the wrent lionn Catuloe of Stars, It will provnbly Lo employed In 2lmitar work aguin ws so0n ws tho Ingreased inconie of tho Astronomical So- I:It';ly will permit tho Dircetor to resumu tho ubir, CHEATED EMIGRANTS. Dessitate Mungarinns Swindlod Out of Thelr Mouey by Agonts and Loft Witnoat Employment in a Strange Lond. B Telegravh to New York Herald. Reaminag, Pa., Feb, 2h—Sevoral hundred wis-arrived Huugarlans aro now seattered at vurlous pofnts i this seation bomeless, without | nny means whitover, footanee, und o n gen-" erally deplorublo gondition, Thoy nre coms petled to e and to sleop in barns, Tholr story 18 that thoy wirw indacid tn erass the oeean by mirtles who promised thow work in the ivon and coal mines, ind that, bulNg now hure, thoro Is no deurund for thoir labor. They ure vsperls enolug u great deal of hardship und sutfering, Thuy suy they wore conxed from thelr native land Ly steamstip agonts, who pletured tho wood fortune wnd prospority that awaltod thom here o [nrgo and Waring postors and In piampli- lets, which are distributod throoghout the towhs i Aol native canntey, printed in_ thue mtive tongue. From statemants of wwents g vonfeduerutes who reslde In the coal regions und wark in coneert witli tho stsunislip ugents, res celviig o tnueh forunch emigrans who I8 fne titced to come, Whaotu faiflics and colonies nre this linded, Thuy pay what little monvy thoy ity havo 1o tho agents I Buropo und ure fur nished ters und sent bero to provide for thuamsol us best they enn. This seotion of Ponnsylvanis 18 completely ovorrun with fors elguery, who buva no chanes of employ ment, e —— A Mun with Elghty-ssven Chlldron, or Viissllef, u pousunt of the Government 0sUnW, WILS Lwioe eriod, His et wife hore him, 4t twonty-seven nceouchenents, chils Aren i 1ollows: 10 thines T thmes U, 4 times 4, s His secona wifo bara AL lght uccouchements.. ... /00,18 chilldron Total ..., teereren O1 1hls number soventy-threo wero lving in 1842, wuen: tho tuthior was 76 years old. Thoso fucls ure perfootly voritied,” 'The family of Yuustlof 13 well Kuown, und it bus been thy ob- Jeot of Governiuent favors. ——————— English Tuvernssigus, The orlgin of many ot tho curious Bugtish tnvern-alyng 18 expluined in Al tne Yeur found, Woat was forimerly Houlogne Blouth bas. brcomo Bull wnd Mouth; Caur Doyd Woldon. Heart)y Iy aow Quoer’ Door: | fHuvelunuis bus beon turned fnto lllf o' Nulls; Peg and Wussull roterring to un old castom Into Py and Wuistle: Gearge Canaing into G nouy wid God Encoinpussed Us lute Goat and Cumpussus. A guming bouse, kept by u Frunch- s, bore tho sigy l‘n‘uu et Carreuu (Spudes und l'(m;::)lnlll:. \"I:LL;) :lwl: ;:r lh: next uk!lclljmul.uu b, 'S undenit t, boe Pigund Curvoty. ALY el chitiren vhildren 10 chlldron eorge und Cuns aewers by perfornted man-hale covers. PUBLIC SAFETY. The Necessity of Ventilating the Street Sewers. The Attention of the Council Again Called to the SBubject, Summary of the Labors ot ihe Workshop Inspectors. Urgont Need of Fire-Escapes—A Possibility of Tertible Acoidents, SEWER VENTILATION. Henlth Commlasioner De Wolf, in bis forthe coming annnal report, hns this to sy with ref- eronee to street-sewer ventlinton: Ly my st anual report mide to your hone orabie hidy I 1975, 1 referrod 10 tho tecessity of providing & proper ventilation to the e the annusl approprintion foe the following year n sunll stm wns set upart for this purbose, and the experiment, very hnperfectly nttempted, has domonstrated both the neeoasity aud the prueticability — of tho work. 1 have nslsted over sid over aynin that this ventiintion, 8o Important, so genernily nb- sant, mid 80 Atrangely neglected in his eity, wus producuyg great discomfort, injury to hoith, antl niuch complaint, “Tha theory of - ventilation b feetly understood by many eitizen poerliment nlready made heen so earolealy and insutliciently conducted us to have ereated A nuisgnee I goma instances, wh.le fn other nelghburhoods much relief has been affordud, M. Robert Rtuwlinson, C. 13, Chief Bngineering Tuspector 1o the Guverament ' Board, Londo, in sume suggestions relative o the proper exeeit- tion of the Public Henlth net of | 1890, Bugland, Btates the recent position of saiitary engineers touching this question, nnd thorein unswers many of the querivs propuinded by our oftieinls ftlzens, 1o suys: ‘igre nre cities 1n which the sowers are not tlnted, because the inhabltunts refu huve iy gpon sewers ventilated it the This fs A mistake, ns n town have itifiated sowers, and house-draing con- wmventilated, must huve sease in oxcess, 1T it sewers ave not filly ventilutesl at regulur inteevals by fixed openings commuicating with the externul nir, thoy bie- coma fined, up which sewoge-grus will rise and puss through tae deajus to the counceted houses, Drdinary mali-sewer ventilution should Lo pro- vided for on ull sewers, at intesvals not grester than 100 yards, or not fewer thiun clghtoon fixed openings for ventilution should exist on ench nule of nain sewor. 1€ [t 18 found that some or thie ventilutors are i nulsinee, ndiditlonal sewer- \'n?llluuon should be provided at shortor futer- vails, lieen fmper- und (o ex- cam bofler or other furnaces nnd tall chhuneys may be used for sewer-ventilntion when the owners of fuctories will permit of syeh use,bit tho mun-hole weans of sewer-ventihiton must not on this aeeount be dispensed with, ns the ventilating ctfect of u furnues or tall chlm- ney will be lmited to a comparatively short length of sewor by the nuimber of opcniugs Into the mutn sewer, ‘such 3 house-dralng, stre uitlies, ete, ‘Those ineans for the full und per- munent ventintion of sewers and house-draing vent stagnution ur concon- 2es within spwers uno dealng, and with nimerous opemings from the sewers to the externul alr, n# deseribed, thore witt he uneoasing mation ‘and lnterchiogo botwixe the outer e and the lnner sewer ale, which will Lring about extrome dilution and dispersion of Suwer-gas £0 soon s generated. It has been fuind vy oxperiment tht, in unventiliied sew. ors 1h gus concentrates, ind 3o beconos deadiy, whilst in fully ventiluted sewers tho air is purer thin that of some stables, 1T sewer-nie at uny sower-ventilitor, or nt nny other point, shoulid bo otfensive, additionnd weans of ventliation Rhould 18 soon a8 possible bo supplicd. It hay been suggested that froe and open sewer and drun - ventllutlon wil taint the atmos- phere of a town or c“}" Scrions injury rom this result need not bo feared, as, with tho abundant meaus for ventilation siggested, the alr within thosuwer, by dilution,will he combara- tively pure, and further dilution wnd disporsion will dissipate every tence of taint and dungor, the ditution, through (lmrerfimn. betay ns the eihe of {1,"; spuce und the veloclty of tho ulr for tho time oing. ***The air In one mile of street sewer mny bo taken at LU0 cuhle ynrds: the nlr in the street above at LXK eible yurds, ehnnged wnd vo- newed many times during the day: 6o thut tne air In tho sewer will be severs| mifllions of times legs fn compnrutive volume thun the wir i the street. ‘The ditution of uny sewer-gas will there- fore bo i some such progortlon. ** At tho annuul ineeting of the Assoclation of Municipgl pud Sunitory Enli , el s, Enpland, May 27, 24, and 3, 1840, Mr. Willlnm . C. B presented o puper on sower-venti- Lution, tho fiuat canciusion being that *'The only practical plun feems to be that of allowline the guses 1o Fise Trom tho Sewers 1o the nlddlo of the rinud, 50 18 to esenpe o the open nlr, rixing naturilly, or at feust of their own ne- cord, Into the ntmosphere,” ST the very il diechsslon of this paper, which followed the reading, nnly one momber o the Asgoelution (Mr. Ashnend, of Uristol): dissented from thia view, The neeomplished Superintendent of Sewers in our ey, Col. G, Hownrd Effery, 8_in entire aweord with te npinluitexpressed by the gentlo- men ubovo referred to, nod hus mude 5oma sug- reations for tho rean of dillenltics wo huve plng the upenings In the covers coming closed by the solld refusy of tho rowds, nad preventitg this muterlal from droppig Inty the sewer, ete, * In my oplnion, the thne bag come when opr stregt sewers should bo so thoroughly ventis luted as to relieve our homes of the contuml- nating Influence of tho guses gencrated within them, and 1 also belicve that cun be no dungor In following it mcthod so IIy upproved by thoso whoso etudies in ction nuve glven them scientitio promi- I thorefore rocommend nn aporoprin- 8 nenee, tlon for this work sutlicient to thoroughly com- plute 16" TIE WORKSHOP INSPECTORS, ‘The Commilssioner spoaks thus of the Work- shop Tuspeetors in their labors: *An andinance providieg for tho sanitary in- speotion of all places of ¢oiployment win sorvico WAL tho Hmits of the oty was passed by the City Cauncll In_October, 1810, but wns lnopori- thve heewusa of a fullure 10 nuke appriprie tion fur the exccutlon of tho law, b August, I, tho ordinunce was mwaln bronght bofore the Council In an improved tarnt, sod was passed Sept BL o without w disvonting voto, Six Inspectors, whn werd thoght to possess pocit ing finess foe the work, were imicdintely - }Hrl; und the report appears fu tho followiug nblo: * I heliove that tho Counell In roviewing thls re- port will he surpracd—as [ have been—ng the nturo and results of theie Jubors, 1o this three months of provisionul trinl o foundution s 1 i for n bronder and oo oflicient sanitiry work thun hus evier helur been undertiken by the Ilealtn Dopnrtment of s cliy's and when this servien includes fu lts superviston thy sunitury ingpeotion of tho tenement-houkes.—tho homoes ot tho wugesworkors,—it will oxhibit i work so doit, 80 calaprehensive, nnd so thorouyh g4 10 cumbindy tho very epteit and fulll the widest in- tention ot sunitury effort, The inspection of tenemont=houses by this fores will bo nnder- taken early i tho connng year, and it I8 conii- dently expocted thut a State canctmuong, the drufe ot wineh v uivemly prepnred, will phice tho eonstraction af housésplumbing and sewers e, vintintiongote. of tenoment-bouses under the inmedine Matrol of this Depavtment. Tho exeeution of the Liw hus been conduoted with Ilillull}llvlzlllunllw the oilivers charged with io duty, Tha atlempt (o supervisg i a san f= tary Kunse by aunielbad ovllnneo DX places of bustiess and trido, comprismg 3% alstinet ostipntions, und directly lnterostag mors thig 25,0 people, is o delickto task, and especally #0 whon that iitempt is wn Innovatdon o the eatnblished eustom, 10 our nelehborbood, of trado regulnting Its own conditiuns, The diflls culties Duve generully beon met Inan excellont ugn‘ll by ull purties, nnd ctwployers nuw regard the law with satistiction, particulurly when ro- (‘ulrml Impravoments . nre ones well mado; - dloed, wuany Lirge mwantiteturers buve expressed Turlm;:sn thut this cure bad net been oXureisod hufure, *The ponulation of Chicago s Inereasing ut the gute of ut jeast 10 pursons n day by birth and tenlgeatton, wod cho werivals (roi abrowd, coidists of pieked men und women in e cepros duetive nge, Lusiness-mon wnd skilled work- men aro dully opeaing new shops und stored, and fetorles wre ey re lll\".‘ll) b wil purts of tha United Statos 1) this commersigl ventro, An o lbor ket Caleaio 18 fust becomng ono of tho most irportant polints i the conndtey, and woalready Buve distrier wottlements of Toles, {pnhvu.mu!. Seandiuvinns, Gormane, Irish, Helglung, und Dutel Poles ndinus, and Irish eond, wood, Inmns wund stune vards, teamibog, deiving, streot Il:l e bullding, und unskiited lnbor ot all i, *Bkiiled trades, requlring education and praes thew, uro muindy careied oI by mtive Awericats, G g, wiid Scuudinvinig, Thu whulesule business is curried on almost exclusively by Amcricans,—tho retull trado by Awvrlernd uni Gesnans, The largo menufuoce uring tiring uro Ameeicats aad Geria, *Ouo of the Inspeciors, who hus given much atteation to the subject, romurks that *upprens tieeanto s practically ubolished {0 most of thy speeitio aid stundard oceupadons; improved sunchinerys worked by stean, buving supereoded the skilled Bauds, Boys und giris are now In the mmu- which stout uien und wouien tormerly ed, * Ono stundued trade, or aecupation, aiter un- other s belug cut up lito minute subdivisions, und skillod workmen ure becoming supertiuous, Overcrowding, whict I.n:fuly Huplles wuut of venttlution, bus required ‘thore attention Frow tho Iuspcctors thun nny other sunlisry o wmong 1e workshop populstion. 2 »Bomu manutacturcrs, particularly the smalter of the cluibing nud telloriug cluss, sees to ro- wird It ad LRt to crowd tho greatest uutmber of work-peopls fito the swallest possible hpuce. uutil sume ot thele rootns wers pestilential teow o fouluvss of tho contucd wr, Lo soveral which I porsonnlly viafted, feet of air spaca was al il withowt sy m the e e Sty extubifsmints devoted 1o this provided with one-bull the nir s n e g a4 oF windnws, e o the A iss of lalior 1t uee requiced by “This speclal vico of evercrowding mist bo dealt with on the busts of §ts being an netive and dangeraus nuiganee, for (0 wholesome wnd Bealthful piees of employment nee to ho had for the men nind women and ebitdeon Isboving wulh{u doors, it 18 i this direction thiut tho law must net, ** L entl the spectal attentlon of the Counell to 1ho present status of the law requichng the plae- g af Nre-cscapes, The business blocks 1o the Fuest Wapd utid nelghborhond, Whoro Tud 18 1 At very blgh prices, are constiueted in man stanecs Lo srven storles it bight. Blevators rnnng by Ateam and water-power ake tha top floors desimablo for sle epiigsrooms, ofliees, workshups, or store-roams. ‘lhe Warkshop oris= nanee requires tho pluckiyg of Bre-escipes oi ol these bullitings, while nucttier ordinnnes desig- nates tho Muyor, Vira Mursbul, i suector, and Chadrman of soine standuyg com- mittec s a committes to desfienate the kind wd cacupes which shall bo phieed, his tiever met, o far ns | o 3 it certulnly bs nover desfpmted uny stuidird fre-eseape e *Tha luspeetors e 1w thit there nro not over elghty properlvsconstructod lireses- enpes Liings I this elty, whien should carty ut lenst A of them, 0N tho upperiloors i tho central purtion’ of tiw eity there nre i O people at work oe ntrest betiveen the hours of ¥ o'cluek n, n, and 0 o'vlock pom, Doovrs und atuirways nre ns ngenceral fact tow and far betwea, all ayallable soom bene used for - chinery und for storfug materinl and manu- fucturen gouds, *11 firo brenks ont In ono of these hulldivgs, the stalrway (s often tho tirst. thurs destroyed, or beeruso of the upwanldraft crented by the lug in the tloor, obstructed by fire and he peasibflity of toreible ensunltics from cause renders the domand fmporative thut #uch o change showld be unide i this Inw ay will plnco ity excention under the control of one dopuriment, and that immedbite stens shall be tikon to gechire greuter sufety For the thodsmls who are themselves poweriess 1o muko quy pros vision for their own pratection. CURRENT GOSSIP. A MATTER 0F COURSE, Nostin Transeript. Of course you've seen tho courser fly Around the racing courae, And tierry the concuuree, conrso and rudo, Discoursiag of the horse. Of courso you've heurd tho caustic tnunts Of thnso who have recourse To discourso conrso aud unrofined, Of Jnnguage but the corse. Of conrse It Is n eniel thing Thnt corset shonld expel, Or ¢'en that corslot shonld lot coarso, Inde discourse in it dwell. | Hut thon of course nee bettor grows A8 CurBagD grows more thehty In course of time, same thne of course Wil sct all thuse thiugs right. So let us nover try tho conrso And ruds ones o coered, Nor linve reeourso to discotrse harsh, Moro eaustic, If not warse, A COLD DAY FOI ABBATUCCI. Erneat. Harvier (v Puck, “Dolly,” sald Mrs, Dalrymple to her husband us bo was perusing the volumes of nn estecined contemparary, ** what is tho news this motning? < Who i8 muarricd? Who isdend? Hos FPertsel jrot bis divorcer™ * Hush, ‘Tillte,” suld Dahlgreen, aoa he read n second timo thls joeal brevitys “* Abbntueel Tambourinl, an Italian peanut vender on Mulberry street, was yesterday nse eauited by Polndexter Ryan, who upset bis stamd and robbed him of #1.22, Ryan wasarrested, and will be trled this morning for the lureeny und nssault,” It 80 bappened that Mr. Dalrymple eat among tho spectators in court thut day whon the caso was called. ITe had asublimo respuct—not un- common nmong those unfamitine with its work- Ings—for the udminlstration of Justice, and ho expected confldently to sce Tambourini's goods reatored to bim and Ryan #ent ton deep dun- #eon cell, Mo listencd, and this Is whot. ho | beard: Counsel for Tambourind, rising, sald: “If ft may plense tho Court, the prisonerat the bar s charged with aggravated and unpro- voked mamanit upon my cllents but, in_ conse- quenee of the repeul of the statuto ot 1501 by tho new goneral law of 1 I TR, 48 your totior will remember, not noticed unti) after the negatory net hnd prased both Howses of tho Legislature and obtalued tho Governar's signn- ture,—there 18 no lnw covering this coset You wil) 'tind, bowever, In an uct pussed in 156, uni entitied, * Annet to prevent mock nuctions and o secure efficiency fu. the Natlonul Gy clauss In tho econd seetion of the third nmes ment which bears directly upon this matter. It hnos beew held (lown va Bown, i 45, Muguiness J.j thae an wn assuuft upon tho norion of anallen s n misdemennor, Though Abbott (in Bluke va. Snoogles, 10, 11, 1) held othi- erwise, I tho net prssed In 1835, entitled *An net 1o withhold wator fracchises fron the Unlon Ferry Compuny for uinety yeuts,' itvus provided that whero robbery fullows assauit, the power of tho Judgo shnlf by diserotionary. But sher ey nro colieident, bls power 18 restrivted to < 1N Of £30,0r 1IOFR, OF 16s, OF BIX MONTRS I pris- onmeit, or more, ot less, or both, or cither.” And we thnd that at eommon huw tho snma rale hokls: Esto guewd esac videriv, 1 adindt that in tue prosor candition of tho stutito It i8 (wpossih whethor un offonso of this mature I, teehnieally, lomeanor, Howover, it wost Le elear tint Alunt has lost his peanits, and s entitled to oo redress,” an's eounsel here arosc: A [ it nuy plenss tho Court, this easo turns o tho alil law of 1&21, eutitied *Au nct to empuwer the Stnte Surveyor to sne for danuges sustilned by reason of county ordinanees,” ‘o test cise i roviuwed by Mills, G, ., who, In the mutter ol Sillito vi, Quiteras, hold it o wen may mifor ho sume injuries If ussaulted in tha strect us it ussunlted i 1 Bowe, Two Judges cuncuried and thres dasonted,” Ty one of thuso tnchies which seom alinost inovitable the Clerk mishld the opinlon of tho dissentig Juilees, and thio nssuulied mun wus sent to Jusl, whaero ho died «omno_ timo piterward, Thats however, 18 nor materinl, Parsony on Contraets states elearly that whero wun enter fnlo i areagromunit whertby there is u reasonnble Hkelihood that i Will by knoctced dowi, o g anly e ues in (ho ovent of hia beig klie honor will remetber thut Parsons s yuls w4 peromptory; bi, us Cilime truly observes: ' ‘llow’ ean tho dead mun “wue?’ " IHa pecears Dy belit non dect, 1 will not wiste tho thue of the Court to Inqul roally muullm Al whottior my ellone aid this fuadlig, L admit that he dil. We de promeditation, the tsauult, and tho lnreony, But what hus that to do with §t? s not Hope, i Dowiing va, Dus runde, 146, deeldud that’ where wirpiaty i not speeitled I8 w0t to be prosumed? oo wiy= body come fnta thid Court o gunruniceo thusy peabuts? No. e, Tambouriul swears tho pon- s were his, Lot us coneededt. What did he have them tor? Presupposiog no ket jntons tion on his pirt, aid waiving now ho got them, | walt suy sinply's He hwl twem ta dispose of, To whom? Phot 18 py business of this Court. Ity comes nlong, Ha tukes them, ‘Fhoy ure dizposed of, And- tias 8 anllowsfaced, el syed, luitern-Juwed, hungey=mauthod, Potinsie Lin contes here wiid aeks this augrise 1t 1o resolve Bsolf Into an investhenlinge comnsitteo Lo aseertuin whether tho consklerution wig adoe quotuy Al i the same breath thig ho viys he recelved nuthing for the peniuts ho swears that ho got twa bk vyesl* i fuur Honor pledse,” sald the Ttnlian's counrcel, ** tho bluck vyes reforvad to wery given o Tnunbouring by e gentiemun’s client,” (Unsuppressed merrlment of thy Couvt ot oer: Tho Judgo rapped heavily fur order, nnd when sllunee wus restored this spoke: “Thls caso |4 0 prealine month [ bear lt. Somotimes 1 der somethnes nnotlier, [t §s goneva o nppeited, und alwnys overruled. Auiborities conthiot, Judge Tlinothy Camphell bus held thiat au - ns- NAUIL (8 BOL 0l nsdunl whute protoditation 1 alown; but Judio Putelek Gs Buily bus dlecliled athorwise, hustig his decision onthootd coui- mon faw of tortd, which ussunies violence wg the ovenslon of Diood -Howing und contigions, It wue g0 beid by Walley, 0 Morey vs, Tom Collins, 4, 11, & *1ywir flonor plonse,” sutd yaa's counsel, * Lmove to dischnrize tho prisoner.’” wronndse* Fronnds thut the compling Is defeet- fve. {1 states that ‘Fambourinl Jy au Taling and resided al 5 Mulberry sireet. Naw | ol o show by paral_ ovidunco thut e Iv w mtive of tu Hopulihic of Sun Marino, and dues not rosido fut but cln ' s Muiberry street, dlis i Judge Dowline, I Wesion ve, O'Leary, 638, y b fiefd (but 1ho substitution of Che word *ut fortin ' ds Mmtal. Judgo Bridzes, in the mutter of 1o v, Bighs (ADBOLE'S FEROKLY, W, In, mure I OF tho Tinlex), siys, * Publie. poliey aotunds e suppress:an uf lotieries,' Tho g prinet- plu Ruverns this case, Hues ol el ju- avil oty 10, 16, * 1t your Hunor ulmw ventured 1o aran's Gudnioy bug deelded thut a weit of ne vers thig case, WO iy be perinlied (o nuieny the compluint by substituting *in' for ‘ut mounwhile it nm&' stund pro forma, *Then wo excoptund reserve rigbt to appeal,” * Excoption noted, und rght o uppeal Branic * We," suld Tambourin’s counscl, * except to mu exc mllun and reserve rigbit Lo uppeal. from 0 uppeal.” ‘-Sulflfnlumd.“ sald the Judgo, “1 du not bee Hevu that thero s uny siutulo o decision gove uriing this ouse. Non lur, sed erur. Judge O'Reardon, on thie day beforo iy hapeachment, hoeld that redross for injuries to the persun, whery iceompuuled by Toblery of peanuts, comes under tho act of [8L1 entitied: *Au uct 10 Abnut onca minars pending the probate of contest In the twentv=third cinse, which rolate ctlg, 1t {4 sl e v does ot pre ppose vivloner whe Hone exivly, vidence nn pomnt (3 unly ndmissible i quo warranto eiines, wnd - thea may ba atrieken tho' Tecord an_mation of opposing unsel’ Ktorv, i Mahtoon ve, Gilhooly, 10 %, h., holds that, peaniits being contratiand, trudo dotlars must Bo aceepteid In payment, Thongty L% trie that 1013 oot aitogetlior nol- ogous fo the ‘vruwul ene, Méenk mana in corpore san, 1 wo beld ln Perelval ve, The Pythogoras Art Avsgelntton, bitt was overrulod.” There Ia ke o the Heneh of the Appelinte Court now, o [will rink the dectsion agnin,” P your Honer Yh-n.uv," fuld Tambourlnl's Ly ** Tty 18 o bigonist.™” d tho dwdue, * that alters tha ease . Justun et tendcem proposiil elrum.” taternl ovidence,” responded *Tambourinl s n dentor, What standing enn b bave'in U Besides, he 18t Legzious peeson, and is defen unt i the cese of Swn Yoog, Wash Leo etul, L Tantiontinl, 1o the matter of tho Mulborry Strent Empire Laundry. M un you prove It ked the Judge, paE flonor, it s n ntter of record,'” hon 1 doi't see that Tambourni hes any. cnge arninst vy, “Fliere wis n brief consultation between Tam- baurnl wnd his counsel, The Tntter, ristg, zald: "l case, your Honor, titens wpon whaotlher tho nuudey §8 fneorported. Tn Magoon vs, Ap wir, 7108, Midclill’s Reparts, it wus held it tho wrtl ot incorporntion Aro necos- sury to tho suit, JCRetying on the deelslon of Wailer, In Me- Gluminhinn ve, MeGlabberty, 1881, wader the s, and necording to tho net of *An st to proltipt bomesteads recluin wiste tends,’ wo rest onr cuse,'” The Judge wrote on a visiting eard: * Will bo you direetlv,” nud handed it down from neh, He then rendered this deelsion: vl £ 10 bo_reluased pending the feaming ofnBew o e, the present one being de- fective. Tamiwueni I8 sent to tho (nuse of Detentton till the caso Is enlled agnin i the Atgist term, Rvan 19 to hold the peanuts, Tho Court stunds ndjourned.” A colildiey for Abbatiteel, murmured Mr, Daleymple, sidly, os e left the halls of Justice nud gut In bab-tatled car, Tyan's eonngel. Juidgment nrt? THE BOY AND 1 BRBAVE. Brooklyn Eaule, Brightly the goldon glare of tho wooutide sun buat down on the pralries and endons of Brouks Iyn. The heavy snows of & hited winter lny on the bunch aud butlalo graes, and down the Nissures In the rocky monntaln side the stormy torrents poured reslstiesly. Ferdinund Do Leon gazed upon tho honuties of nuture with & cloudy brow. Fonrteen sum- mers il invested him with noble ambitions, not nitogether dixconnected with buftalo and Intinns, and as he g neross tho valley which hie lived, bis fuco turned stern and cold, Tor he remembered that the butfulo wero tray- cling further to the Soutl, and his falthtul run- ners bud told him that tho Slowx in the North- west wero fulllug like plums Into tho hands of thelr encmies, 1lis youuy soul panted ns tho swift thoughts of vengeanve hurrled tarough hisburning brain. *And thisis the pay of a plrate!” he mut- tered. ™ For seary 1 hnve ronmed tho stormy cousts of our streets, and yet no sendp decorntes wy belt. My wigwin showa o sign of tho ¢hnse, I geetho traflof tho enemy on overy tand, but ho cludes me, Brough of tois, [ must inve bloadl Tn tho llct'{‘l tngle undor- nenth my ousedwells, E=TonchaOupye-Minue- Ruy, and ere youder sun s tipped the spire on Fualton eadon, I witt bave big hairl” ‘o young wurrior turned and went into the Douse, " hut the smile on his compressed hps boded no good to the savage chlefl upou whoin he hadt [kxed his vengennco, Ferdinand Do Leon, tho Scroech Owl of tho Third Ward, wasu torror in his balliwlek, 1lo had never killed anybody pardenlnely, but ho Dossed aroml conuiternbly, o gloomy &lunes of s vye had wirned more than oo set. ter that he wis dungerous when aroused, The dusky mnidens of the surroundiog friendly teibes hud contemplated bim with fuvor, but tlioy brought no tncenso to bis thirsty soul, which nothing but hload ecould Batisfy. "}-Tum:lul-Un}ll)tl-.\llllxlc-l\llx\ had over been his Triend. In tho lonz whon Ferdinund was out of a job, he h tuo olit chiel sid nio pickled oyaters, nnd many 1Ulole ne haul bored 1 the stonueh of tho wary favage when, In bis inventive duays, he had triod o it a hinge on a broom-bundle, that it might foil up and e used ns o clothes-pin. Bitt the honr of friendship had pussed out upan tho sca of war, und the solitury Tudian was duomed, heclt have work before nlght, In)‘lrlls!i; ) Brss,” murmured Ferdinand, tho Serecel Owl, 03 ho tenderly stroked tho sympathotio hurrel of hig fuithful revolver. Then, as §f ashumed of tho momentary fecling of softness, he thrust the wiipan i his Jacket pocket und plunged Into the Jungle under his house, 1'ar wway In the snadowy corner be saw hisg prey ying upon tho ground. In the dim nnd Heral Hisht of the flickering s Jet it looked like o log, but Ferdinand knew lettor, and, mbark- Ing upon lis lignt ennwe, with o alight moves mont of his sturdy arn he sent the frull bark far out luto the wldidle ol the glsomy celtar. “Fhlnk not ta doter mo.” ho mutterod,” us ha snt In tho conl-bin und rested on his paddie, *lhero 8 not rosmn for thoo and me ja this esfion. Art heoled?” Thoe Indiun mude no response, but lny qulet [n hisg ambush of shadaws, "Prepars to dig!’ shouted the brave boy, foormiiig to tuko hla anciny by surnrise, nid, holding one basul ovor the mazzie of s tristy Hrown Iesa, to deaden the repovt, lest (t aluran o nelghborhood, hoe turiied s bead from tho elekening slgit und binzed nway, 1 thuiisht net to die so voung,” snid Ferdl- nand, ns several friendly tribes ciurried bim up out of tha cellur and lfll bim out on o stool in his wigwam. 1 had hl!rt‘(l—ls ho dead?” ho asked, Interrupting himeolf, * Ho fuln still liveth,” sald the medicine mon, SIf vou menn tho log dawn eellur,” and heo yunked tho bullet from Ferdinund’s tist, You £nn o seven more thigers and two thumbs on Q" and the Caithfil servitor turned away, A the puneetul nlglt fell upon the cnions sl prairles of Brookyn foll upon the dismal Junglo in which E-Tonchu-Ouppo-Minno-Kun Mept pracofully, full upon tho wigwam In whioh tho Screcell 0wl of the Third Ward Iny in cohn, lmm nrony, teving 1o awap his trusty Drown sess for u roll of sticking-pluster, QUIPS. 1t it took eolfeo ns lnny to sottlo as It does men, fgrent muny af us would drink water, Huruh ernhundt Indignantly denlos the story Ahat n lghtuing-rod was put in hor stocking on Xnns Eve. “Ihse, who bollove the world owes thom nfily- Ao don‘t stop tu - condelor how nithy biud debts tho ol glubi bus to shoulder, Kuto Claxton ought to huvo horunine changod to Sully Mupder, sho huving had anotbor lire senro nt Vineennes, [nd., & few ovenings ago, Putrolmun—"Now, thon, move on! Thero's nothing the matter.” Sarcastio boy—*0C course thuro 'Ly It thoro way, you woulin't be here, A manwho was thoro und lindn't wot back, #peaking ina munnor of palaful reality, de- t(‘\nifl thint tha Lest pinco fora bed 18 1o o tea- ettlo, E * 1 told hor I'd never amoke nnothor cigar,' he suld softly, *nud Lwon'ts u plpe's good enough forwe,” wnd bo drow o wintel over th ley of bis trousers. Trisaner behind tho grating of o coll. Visitor 1 hopo n W BGL iare You i foe,—contompty " not: [anven't ot wo low s tht yet, Why, 1's 4u for o slmple drunk onl Wo sen mi artfele in tho |n|fwrs nbout ** oy fn- enturs.” Wo opo thoy wil invent a boy ‘who W 1o strvat-oars, o wisvall the head-Hnea when sodag papers, + * With' nentness,”” ho remarked, as ho shot dowin UL un i bobegled, *und dis-pateh,” he grouned tho nexe day, poiitiog to n h-cont steip of eourt-plister on 18 nasalnppondugo nnd eluse sieal forehend, ltecontiv, In tho Senute Chnmbor at Wosbing. ton, tho Chaplsin oftered the Lord's Prayer, Whun e huil tinishel, Doolmey leaned over to Jdosunby, and remarkeds (o st that prayer, w1l hot w Yheodio” on it tor | beard \the sumu pdens oxpressed In Buroku at u funerst over TWo years ugo.”" *Say, mistor,” gnkd n lohokus man, ns ho o tered our oitice and mildress o tha manngor, * the edltor 2" Yos," replisd that overworked mdividuul, looking ovor bis glisses, = Well, | thaught you wus tho chap, 1 winted to teil fuu ubent i oy of wine; you ought w bive him; ' it tho folfow you eught to mve on your paper; ho's the daridest fool | evor see.” e Carlyl Aunther bit of intorcsting gossip nbout i Carlylo comes rom @ correapoindont of thu Bullnio Express: ** Funeo ul u leitor of intraduction to Thomus Curlyle from Ralpi Wililo, wrson, 1t took mo wany duys before uld preseit it to the sage ol Chielsen,' 1 inally et bim by aceldent vy ol (e Drittsl Stwsesan, ‘aod thore my Jotter, He took (tin but unce ut mounder his ¢ uiid shuwgy eyebirows, falded the letter ok e by tha aid aod lod o oll the wiy st M1 worea nuighty boy, uid not L THIL Wity i Tome walk unid the only silent oo with a coms punton | ever hud, When within his bouse e bitkd for the tirst timo to we, * You smoko wud dutuk? Here iy pipe il thore some Seutch whisky1’ ut tho suine tinie ’mlnlml tuthem, [ told Bim £l not smoko or drink whisky, *El Why then you uro recreant Lo yonr countsy!™ [ told Wl ©wus pot, und that mueh of Amierl- i’ wmoking und delnking wus in fuiey vithier i b Faet,—us b those days, mord thun hoso, 14 was really 8o, * Then umlv' ure belled!* suld he lsugbiugly, and forthwith he swoked like Pitsbueg! "X more yenlul charmiog tser { never wiet, tls renct on themes wus finnenso, Tuever mot with but ohoe otber wan bis cqual, und that man 1s Jeterson Duvis. Mr, David can Impart a griceful juformution 10 any topie, frum tho gmullest to the greatest. Bo with Thownw Carlyte, of whom and whose tea=tublo tulks 1 could say nuch mo No matter what your (gllnfl or allment is, 0 the b 1 Butweon “us| Protect wmurlness ou thy bigh sous, dud o secuse § LHop Bitters will do you good, Frove it THE COURTS. Mrs. Speight Has the Judge on Her Side. Continpjiation of' the Evidence in tho Bross Murder Case, 8now-Bound Judgos—Record of Judg- ments, Now Suits, Ete, AN ONSTINA OLD CcoUrnnE, Tho npplications for divoreo tre 50 numerons hore in Chiteago, und 1ho stories of weddud mls- ory 80 often repeated, that tho lstener, whether ho bo Judge, Juror, or enronleler of pasaing aventa sooner or hiter becomes entloused, und tho testimony In each succeeding cofn, ever varging and yet much tho swmo In thom nlly presces I ono onr and out the other. Likon nowspaper, it ls forgotten when it i3 one day old. Oueslonally, howover, i ense of this kind comes up that by some unusunl eircunistunces conneeted with (¢ will foren itself on tho utton- tlon und engrave tsellf on tho memory, A suit deserving somoe notlce for thy & mealur bittor- ness with which [t hus been contested s been on trinl for g woeek or mors before Judge Gard- uer. ‘I'wenty-four yents amd more ago Willinn and Harrlett C.Spefght sturted out Inlifo togeth- er, and up to tho tlme of the firo scem to buve gat alone renssnubly wll Perhaps tho quareels wero anusually frequeitt, and umgiestionably thore was a want of thut forbeamnes with edch othor's fanlty which, I excreised, woull buve simonthed over muny arough place. During the eourse of yenrs Speight bl necunulnted quite o Inrge uolount. ol property, but by the great Hee he sutfered l,'flll‘l\lllfl“li’ in o fiawncial way. In ha wishied 10 niortznge somo of his teal estate to rebulld his houses, but bis wife refusod to ol with hitn i e fncumbeanes, lieeiuse ‘shy wanted hing to bulld on u jot sheownedon Huron street, vahued ut %173, He bud glven It to bher previously, und hoe ed her to reconvey it to im after tho law of 1875, whieh extended tho of marr women und tholre control helr property, wus passed, Tuis sho roe ¢d 10 da, und tho continunl eonlroversles uurrels over this vne small ot scem to huve destroyed the fumily hupowmess iwnd Hially Ied to n sepuration. (le petststently keot refor- ring to the matter, and, with n resniution worthy of & mites bet se, obstiuntely Insisted thnt #ho shonld r 'y to i the Iot, HIs trequont fits of pussipn flanliy worked on her $o that she by e nfeadd 1o live with him, and lefthibm In 1877, He appenrs 1o have sent her a letter 1o ine dduce her to return, but the terms wore price- tically those of absoluto surreader, and she de- elined to aeeede to them. She then led o bill for sepurito muintenance, which wns teard by Judgo Faewell, und dismissod For want of equity. Thereupon he turned weound und flled a bill for divores o toe groind of desertion. To this sho replied by a cross-bill for separate wednteannee. The trial was very bitter. Hoth the parties were very free In thele estimntes of eich other's shortcomings, Ile chneged hep with bhreakin, dishes ut table, with spittlug ‘In his fues, und nking erimaces nt him, nnd sho retorted with Hlar churges, Tho spcetucle was nob purtici= Jurly edifying to wea two old - peoplo both ~showing® tholr obstinncy in = tholr couateniaces, crfminnting and recriminnting ench othor, My, Speight bus boen giilte netive in times pust [n the _tompernnes enuse, and her offorts fn tho crusado & fow years ngo formed anothior subject for quarrel between hovset! and husband. The Judge in deelding the enso sald Spelght's demund on bis wite 10 deed to him the Huron struot [ot was utterly unjustithible. 1o would invartably argue, then dispute, nnd Mlly end by quarréling. Ino fuct, nearly all thelr domeatie trouble r{r»:\v ont of tho contest over this lot, when u liite forboaraues an both sides wautd huve obvinted all the dilliculty. Whon n wifu left hor lusband It toust he on what to her s grent provoeadon, for ""crf rensun, physical” and natiral, would Induce hew 1o stny with bim. The provecation might be decmed Insuficlent to an outsider, but to hor it would probably be consldered wmplo enough. If thio case was siuply uno fora divoree, por- hnps Srulflllt would bo entltled Lo his deoree. had, however, offered to return, but her bund refused to allow hor to come buck ex- cepton terms of absolute surrender, which sho was Justilied in not necepting. It wiis not neeos- sury'to malntuin a suit for separatc maintons unce that enongh ense should be aliown to aup- port u bill far divoree, It scemed us thoweh Mrs, 8poight bied sutticlent cause to leave hor busbund on account of his comluct to lier, so thut he was not ontitled to ndecree. On the contrary, she oueht to he entitind to a deereo of ucrumm mulntenaice on tho ground ot i fufure to support o, §t wis anntter of In- Justico that ho was, by decreo of Court, living on ber property #8 A liomestend, 8o that sno could not rotirn o (U whilo ho' lived, 1 divoree wero granted, it would bar her dower, and that would work an Injustice shonkd she survive him. Both partles were too old, wid ft snight tio ndded too unllt, to marey agin, and it would be fmproper ta divorce thom. Thore was a possillity rhut, if no divorer were wrunted, they might still live togethee again, The orlgl- nulbill would thereforo bo dismlssed for want of equity and a decree of sopurate mnntens ance granted ou tho eroxs-bill, L THE BRONS MURDER, Tho trinl of Jack Orr, atias Jon Oliver, and Frank Gitbart tor tho wurdor of ttichied Bross was resumed In the Crlminul Gourt yostordey mornlvg. The trst witness culled was Mrs, L(lll|)n Towls. Sho testified thut ehe lived in tho brsoment whore tho ghootlug oceurred, ind hwil seen tho flush of tho pistol In tho nds of Juck Qer, Bho anbsequently snw tho deceased take hold of Orr, and also saw Orr throw tuo plstol away; Frank Gllvert pleked up tho pistol and ran off with ¢, 4nd sho ran up-stairg and gave the alavm, Dr. Bluthuridt snid he hud made u post-mortom exnmination af the decoused. Ho produced tho futnd llmll. uand expiniued the chavacter of ftho wound, Thomns Miles sall e Jived fu the basemont where tho stiootmg aceurred, flo hud seen Orr fu his busement often, und he bud roomed with bim, a8 algo e Gilbiet, Orer was ut his place tho morning before the shoating, Hoe cume I to chunge i shirt, treated o boor, und wont off, Ho returaed, however, fn uhout two lourd, and Urought u drunken nur with bim, whom bo wanted taken care of, ‘The door wus fucked, and Bross eatled out, * You — — — hivo robbed him, and wint to put him off on us. Ocr yrew angry and wanted to winp Bross, but Bross would" buvo siothing (o do with him, ' Orr finally went off, and i fow bourd rotyrned with Gllbort, nod ncensed Beoss of having deawn arazoran him in the forenoon. Somo words followed, In the midst of which Ore drow o pistol und Cebot the decused. Do censed - prablied Ore ufter ho was shot A told Bl thint he bud Kliled bim, but Qer de- d that ho haed done the shooting, und sald that Gilbiert was the mun, Witness wiwin bed when Orr eume tho lust time, wid I got up 1o prevent uny troublo hetween him and tho idecensed, He suw Urr shioot Bross and thon throw thoe plstol bubind blu. Just vefore (ho shuoting ho stoud botweon Qrr ami tho deccused, but seeing Orre Tulse his gt arm with o nlul‘ul i1 his hand, und henritg him say *This s the kind of 0 yazor 1'vo Kot he wtepped back, Uross did not have ns much a8 w poeket-knlfe. After the shooting Gilbert vun olf, und he suw no more of him, Tho proseeution here rested tholr case, and thoattornoys tor the defendants mudo tholr *upening Uty tho Jury. Self-defonse was setup s thelr thonry of tho'commlission of the crimo, und w great deal of strows wus placed upan the allogatian it tho deceused bad aitacked Ory With u razor,and that his fe was in dunger when ho did (he rhuullll)%. duek Urr, ongof tho defendants, wns tha first witnoss callod for the defonsu, 1{o wns 24 years of wre, 118 parents died when he was youny, and o was tnsen in ebarge by o funily named Oliver. which nocounted for his being ealted Oll= veruttimes, lio bud known tho decensed suaio Jears, and at the thnvof the killing wus ewt- ployed an the steamer City of Fromont, Tho mornlug befurs the killing he was on the bont, when a man ealled * White-Punts " catnenboiird und usked lm o go up town with him. tle weat, und on Clark sirect ho 1uok soveral drinks, * White-P'ants’ became sick from drinking, and wanted o place to lie down, Ho touk blm 1o Miles’ place to ot u hed, und told him (Milos that he had soma money v his person, und to seo thut he wis not robboed, wid thut he (witness) would cull tor hin later, Bross ko "K and sald * Yos, you —— — — — —— robbed him and brought bl 1n hero to throw the Blamo on we,” Witneas nsked, * Do yuu call o thielr' und Bross answered that ho did. Witness gald be would not stand it and tho lnnguage bid to be taken hilcly or bo woutd whip tivoss or ger whipped. 1te started to puil OIF hiis cont, whureupon Fiross ook out i razor andeutat b, but did not steiko him, — From this he went olf (o a® neighiboriig sndoon and met Gilbert. Thoy agt 0w vostuiiruie far soio colfee, where ho displuyod o pistol, Thon he went ont to detall Bis movelsenis up to the tima of (o shooting. 1ie wont to Miles’ place uboul 8 woloek toenll tor * White-Punts,” und was tokd that bo hud gone, While hu wis talksng to Miles b decensed grabbed himn by the throut with ang bund und was ehewluyg bis arn und othorwise mattrouting Blm, Withess felt thut bls lite was I dangor, und Reotig Hross was abott to desw hifs rnzor i cut hing, he took out his plaol fne teding to shoot hm n the aroy wsen Nl bty bt insten) b shiot him Jn tho breast, DI reutly atter the stivoting severul colored porsons vushed ipon tho seenv, wid onu of (hei tiok Lross’ razor from Wim una throw it away, Wit- ness wits subsequently urrested nsd ko to tho voltes statton. In the restanrant Ullbert bud not told bl @ como on and do whit he wis go- Ing to do uienning 1o kil Bross), nor suld wiy- thing vlso to il of that auture, Ho never hald sufd thul Gilbort shot tho doceased. nor denied thut be blinsult bad ehot bia, 1 bu bad known thut Urusa was at Miles' the last tinu he weat thore be would not bave gone, Thuse was no talk nboul 4 razor when he lust mot decoas Ou ernss-exunynution bu sald ho bad never told his story bufure becuuse ho hid no oveuston to. 1y recollected everytbing thut oceurred on 1o duy of tho kllllufl‘. but was drunk, vory drunk, Ho bougut bly pletol o Biute strest OvAr n yenr agn, A the carteiduny streot I July ‘st Githert wia gy m:,""""" when Tross wttncked b with tha Taaie Moo 1t bnd nut been for Blm would by oy b thront, When o shot the deceisen i oL M8 Mitea® ulonee, bt it GHLErt after he oy 1ot 0 R il ot knne whether Boln eepr gt o yhootlig ar ot e had been jn g et well ujiee, BX OF ROVCH YORTS 1y, ride. Wiehinrd Oliver was eilled 18 1o churacte, dofendant OFF B Hyed with. i srpromt® whoen uite’ smnll He wia not ,.,,,,,",Mhl-r partienlurly brient, luulluleNunuW 0 pone and quietnoss wis good. e had e, hl-"ln’;'r st o the Tinliowol) e 1 Beard of by ol Thouss testilled to having heg i witen o SO oceuried, ti o oniresent on Harey Ward bawn the plstol.. 08 Men meive o stal -rlunf o for 'u';‘('.,','rlug:',. af it iy ) teo. He drank so Y Blmacir, : e Of tho hogy Adjourned untll this morntng. I'TEMS, The storm yesterday cn d vory serinua dls. uerngenients among the Courts. Judgos Dy, mond, Jameson, and Willtamson wepe Stinre bound, so thut thov did 10t Miko any appenr. nee durivg o diy, Judwo Blodgete was e Belied, trougl tho absence of two furars, o addfourn Court wll tio MoFie, Jintae Ansan 0 atss, thraligh, (o whxonco af o o of [an? yors, was obliged to postpone his pre Sl une] o imorink, DEEilnary ‘The exuminntion of law studonts tor admis. sion to tho Bar will take nlaca this morning in the Appellnto Court momns. Tha Examiniy Cominltica nro Messrs, W. i Culver, T s Smithy aud 1. 0, Hrowne. i) DIVORCGES, Alvino Nebrich lod . bill yesterday against ber hushand, Anton Nebrioh, askng for the usnnldecree of divorco on the ground of do. sertion, : Judgo Harnum granted a divorco yestentay 1o 0 8:hnell from AugustScanoll on the of descrtion. Rrouug " STATE COURTS. Jotn Havdmnn, Thomns A, Dowling, nnd Luopold PPeck began a suit yesterday to recover 5,000 of Robert 't Martin, Poterson & {lenubory brought sult tor $2.000 agglist tho Stamren Lihtuing-Saw Company. dmund C, Rogees ttied i bill ngafnst Leond W. una_Emily C. Volk and Maier Welnschoncs t Forecloss two morteages for $1,000 and 1,5 respectively, on Lot 8, i Jordnn & Snwyer's fte. subdivision of Lots b, 6,7 8, und all of Lots, 10, 12 und 1, Iving west of the Drexel nvemie boulevardenll In Bluck 15 of tho Resubdivision of Hlocks 15 and 18 {n Cleaverville, * CRIMINAL COURT. George Phro was found guilty of nssault with futeut to kill, and wus glvon three yours o tho Penttentinry, Churles Wilinott wns tried for nssault, and the Jury will roturn a sealed verdict. THE GRAND JURY, Tho Grand Jury yestorday found two impor. tant indictments—nne against Bddie Burrett, for burglary, aod ono agatust August Kussman, s Mitwritkeo nvonuo druggist, for manslaugnter, The lutter case Is whore morphine was sold for quining, which resulted In the death of tiwo chil drem, Blla und Martia Blank. Tho former in- dictment was returned Into Court, and tho latter will bo roturned to-morrow. To-dny soma fur« ther witnesees will he heard in the Heinke mat ter aud molr;llndluu will be submitted at once. PROBATE COURT. In tho matter of tho astate of Julie Hall et al,, minors, totters of guardlanship of tho ostute g‘l.:;'n Issued to Audrow D, Hall under bonds for 0, 1In tho matter of the eatate of Jolin Facsslor, deconsad, lettors of administrution wery lssued to Enrlotin Fuessler undor bonds for 1,400, In tho mutter of tho ute of Eban C. Preble, doeensedd, lotters of wihministration wero Issued toMary K. Preble under bonds for 81,00, THE CALL, € JuooE DrRo3ntoND—In chambors, Jupas BrobarTr—i'ssed and ot cases. No, B3), Curd ve. Hamlia, on trial ApPPELLATE CounT—No call until Monday, Ex- amination of law-students to-day, Junae GARY—2W0 ta 307. Nocase on trial, % SyrTii—No prelitminary call. Trial call HE, 20448, 2,450, 2,484, 2470, 2462, 2,185, No caso on teiul, Jupay WILLIAMSON—Assists Judgo Gary. No ease an trial, Junak JasEsos—Maotlons, 18,10, 20, No. 15, Tur- nervs, 1 ng. Junae, 1toa 15 to #10, Bicluslve, exeept 0 wind 32 No enso an trlal, Junar AsTHONV—Preliminary entl 216 t03i2, llrl(:ll'liwe. Trinl ol 2539, 207, ¥76, 290 o235, lue elusiv 558, I —Nn, 471 an trinl. » Juvae Hawks—3otons for new trials in Nos. 800, B85, 82, aud 423, 2 JUDGMENTS, Crneir Count — JUDGE ANTHONY — August Marx vs. Awidrew J, Canpur; vardict, $125,24 and motlon for now trial—eiikot Nyenes va. Dons nis Dornn and Andrew Brady, $35.10. OTTAWA, 1LL. 8pecial Dupateh to The Chicago Tribunt. O7TAWA, Ik, March 3.—~Justice Mulkey, ia the Bupremo Court, thls morning rendered the following opfnion upon tho subfect of appeals, tho question having Leen raised [n tho caso of Huskins vs, Tho Chlengo & Northwestern Rall+ rond Company. Tho quottion nus nover hefore been passed wpon, aud 8 cousidered of great fmportance by tho uttornoys befora the bar ol tha Suvreme Court: Thls §8 1 motlon to dismiss the uppeal for wan! of Jurisdioton. This was n sujt broug to reeover dwnages for the kitling o ®mare, inwhloh the dumnges wert I nt 81,000, By an exuminatiol of the record Wo find that the proofs tend te stiow that the vaduc of tio nure wis 51,00, That 18 the utmost that can be bo-clahined. Tt hus bees doeaded 1n i number of enses thut fn tbis clugs of ensea tho viiue of tho property must o 1 $1L000. The pialntiff I8 proceeding for dumidzos thiut are spccalutive 1 churucter, ard aro not susceptible of proof. Where tho nction 18 fn_form ex contractu and the dum aro SLON or moro, thon an appedl writ of crear - will Il to this Lfl?lrl- Whero tho actlon 13 in tart, ns fn_ this casedibo ivngees necording to tho lunguige of tho 1'nid- tleo act, nnd aecording to a sumbor of declsious, muat exeeed LU0, Tho ovidonco tn miscn‘lsg dnes not tel to show thut the dannges nxcu[' $1,000. Therefore tho motion musat bo ullowed. T the Weatern Associated Press, - OrrAwA, 1l Murch 8.—~Tho followlng were {ho proceciings this morning of tio Suprewe Court for the Northorn Grand Divisions ' MOTIONS DECIDED &, 8illtman ve. Bullock: rebenring denfed. 8 Brown vs, Gulluwny: retouring denled. - B, Hurking vs. Chilengo & Northwestorn m} 5 wiy Compunys wmotlon 1o dismiss uppesl (o want of Jurisdlotion, fod. I3, Cabbere va. Beott et al.: renoaring don e - 4, [ebbothiwalt et ul, va, Hopworth; robewr! denied, enitd: &, Hubbard va. Judy et al.; robearing dend b 10, Holbrook va. Farsyth; reheiring gruni Bumo v, Kirk; rehesring grantod. 7. Swan va. Tho Pegple: mutlon by plalutit orror fur oxtension of tiwe to flie nbstrict e wotion by appulleo todlxmist l“uu?r va. Dates; appeal, ll '. .Clblrord v, Hostor; motion by plalutidt for II%o to ::quuh“rmru und b“rlléf;o Burliogton & 20 and 27, Herry va. Chleaga, nincy ‘lnlllrmill r&xmpnuy; motion o passte lout uf the docket. 5 81, Predinan va, Allwoads motion for chid) of wn:m to the Soutbern Graud Diviston g! consent., ~i. Unlon Mutual Lite-Insurance Compmx::;; Hm\ld‘a: m‘;nlla’n 'mr exteusion of timo to struciaand brjers, " (2, Tnatehier ve, Tho Peoplos motion by P P(‘hh;u% (!ur oxtonsion of time to filo ubsimets uud biriota, i 43, Waotey v, Aloxander; same motion by 8% veliea, A . 4. Hislop v lg&.‘l’x.l’ aplo; sams motion by e, Plalutit in " o . Hunson ve. Joltot Iron & Bieal Comp m}'l‘llml for leuve 1o withdraw tho record B cunsent. . s 81, Commisslonor of Highwaya va. Tho Peop i nddon l} itppelives to ffsmiss uppeul for Wi ol jurisilotion, & ,\fv‘flrnm V8. Tho Pooplo; motion to dismiss L Ui e CALL OF TI - Te L ?lchmnnri'mur“"]. lluuu;l:u v'v.rll dismissed: 2. Hertrand va. Walkers pussud, . o 3 Chlouo & Towu atlwiy Compiny V& Fris by: writ dusmissed, B % Wil ve: Ticuding et al.; argued orally b7 ma motion, F. Bull tor defonaunt in evror, sud wwkeo. 5. Englis vs, Tho I'eoplut tiken. 0. Snlos va, Sheppurd: stands on notian. &, Parkhurst v, Stout ol ul.s tuken. o 9. Pooplo ¢x vel, Gross Vs, Stoakey'; 1aked 10 Worintoy va, Wornmloy: taken 11, Purdy ot ul. v 128 Iickoy ot ul argued by C, M. fiy ———————— ; A DMother of Patriots. e T WAsHiNGTON, Fev, 28.—Congress ufil,g;fi of speoful act piuding Stev. Elizauets UpfEle Lugind, s on PR Ty s ud cltevaen sons in o 3 noatlior lustance in- thu country Of 8 50 buving eleven suns, all ln the arwy. -—————— Winchester's llyvop::n-g’cl::fl' will curo consumptlon, couglis, WE bronchitiv, 4ud guno Gblity, "ol twenty-ouo youn,